The Curse

Poor Teal’c. He was roped into fishing an empty lake with Jack. The whole team was given personal time after the death of Daniel’s former professor, Dr. Jordan. Sam spent her time working on a motorcycle with Sergeant Siler.

At the funeral, Daniel met up with some of his former colleagues. Sarah, his ex-lady friend, and Steven, who had always been jealous of Daniel, were surprised to see him after a five year absence from the academic circle. They had been studying some rare artifacts with Dr. Jordan before an explosion killed the scholar. When Daniel saw the pieces, he knew something was wrong.

Two of the artifacts were vessels for Goa’uld symbiotes. The snakes had been held in stasis for thousands of years. One of the Goa’ulds, Isis, died after the seal broke. The container holding Osiris was missing along with a golden amulet.

Daniel, Sam, and Dr. Fraiser traveled to Egypt suspecting the Goa’uld had taken Steven. He was already unconscious when they arrived at an isolated ruin. Osiris was actually inside Sarah. After beating up the team and zapping Daniel’s brain, she escaped in a buried ship.

Dating Daniel definitely has drawbacks. Let’s go down the list of his known lovers up to this point. Sha’uri – taken as a host. Sarah – taken as a host. Hathor – Goa’uld queen. Shyla – pretended to be a Goa’uld. Ke’ra – the destroyer of worlds. The best of the bunch might have been the cavewoman he hooked up with during “The Broca Divide.”

After all that, he’s still better at dating than Sam. She turned down another cabin offer in this episode. Grr…

My Rating: 9/10