The Serpent’s Venom

Teal’c had another rough day. He was betrayed by his fellow Jaffa and tortured mercilessly by one of Heru’ur’s minions. I bet that pain stick to the pouch left a sore spot. On the positive side, Teal’c is slowly starting to gain followers to his Jaffa movement.

Apophis was looking good. His face healed slightly since the last time we saw him, and he switched over to a red wardrobe. He even had some scantily clad women stroking his head. That man is a natural pimp.

I thought it was funny how Jack got all uppity when Jacob first brought up the Tok’ra plan. Then he felt left out before Jacob said, “Of course, Colonel O’Neill is always lots of fun to have around.”

Apophis’s mothership looked awesome. It blew Heru’ur to bits with just a few shots. It’s a shame we won’t the bald guy again. I always liked his earrings.

In typical SG-1 fashion, their plan managed to create a bigger problem. Apophis will absorb Heru’ur’s fleet and grow even stronger. Soon he will be able to challenge the System Lords by himself.

My Rating: 9/10

Secrets

Holy cow, there were a lot of very good plotlines crammed into this episode. Daniel returned to Abydos, a reporter learned about the stargate program, Sam’s dad made his first appearance, Sha’uri was pregnant, and Heru’ur planned to steal the baby. Exhale. 

Teal’c and Daniel discovered Sha’uri had been living on Abydos with a little bun in the oven. Her goa’uld relinquished control of the body to protect the unborn baby, but would revive after the birth. Apophis was the proud papa and planned to use the resulting child as his future host. How creepy is that? 

Heru’ur didn’t like that idea and sent his Jaffa out to find Sha’uri. She gave birth to a little boy while they were searching. Teal’c was in charge of the postnatal care and decided to shoot Sha’uri with a zat gun. Obviously, they have health care issues on Chulak. 

Sam and Jack were in Washington, DC while all that was happening. They were supposed to meet the president during a medal ceremony. General Jacob Carter, Sam’s dad, came to the party with some good news and some bad news. The good news: Sam can quit her boring job and join NASA. The bad news: He had cancer. For the love of God, somebody better give Sam a hug. 

A reporter with leaked information about the stargate program accosted Jack for a comment. Jack played it cool and denied everything with his characteristic charm. After a second meeting with Jack, the reporter died after he either accidentally walked into traffic or was purposely run over by a government goon. 

I’m sorry. I can’t resist a truly bad pun. “That’s one way to kill a story.” 

I’ll get my coat. 

One last note: Apophis was really pushing the limits of Goa’uld fashion in that final scene, but he was totally outclassed by Sha’uri’s headdress. I sort of wish everyone dressed like that in real life.

 My Rating: 9/10

Thor’s Chariot

This episode continued the story from “Thor’s Hammer.” In typical SG-1 fashion, the team created a huge problem and had to save the day. In the process, they met a grumpy Goa’uld, picked up a few space toys, and spoke to Thor. 

Heru’ur, the son of Ra and Hathor, obviously enjoyed raiding mom’s jewelry box as much as he enjoyed conquering planets. He had already killed a number of the locals and was building a landing platform for his ships when SG-1 arrived. With Thor’s Hammer destroyed, the planet was defenseless. 

Gairwyn greeted SG-1 at the gate and led them to Kendra’s grave. Sam learned that she could operate some Goa’uld technology, but she was much better at blowing up dirt than working the healing device. 

After Jack and Teal’c went off to fight some Jaffa, Sam and Daniel tried to find The Hall of Thor’s Might. The hall contained a series of tests designed to determine if the locals were advanced enough to meet the Asgard. Daniel and Sam passed and explained the problem to Thor. He promptly showed up to beam the Goa’uld away and install a new defense system. 

Sigh, we are still too young to hang out with the Asgard, but at least they know who we are. 

My Rating: 8/10