Maternal Instinct

This was our first encounter with an ascended being. Oma Desala resided in a temple on Kheb, a planet of Jaffa legend. The team traveled there after Bra’tac arrived at the SGC with his wounded apprentice. Apophis had attacked Chulak and was searching for his son. Daniel wanted to rescue the baby before Apophis could get there.

I bet it would be awesome to get stoned with that Asian dude. It has been years since I’ve done anything that naughty, but I’m pretty sure I would be blown away by sayings like, “Because it is so clear, it takes a longer time to realize it. If you immediately know the candlelight is fire, then the meal was cooked a long time ago.” Ummm… cookie dough ice cream.

My favorite part of this episode was when Daniel started to grow skeptical, so the monk lit the candle to prove it could be done. The monk then said, “Now you blow it out.” Daniel then bent down and blew out the flame. “With your mind.” I love that little laugh.

There is no doubt this episode was an important part of Stargate history. I think you could argue the Atlantis series would not exist without it.

My Rating: 8/10

Emancipation

This is one of the most hated episodes of Stargate SG-1 ever made. Oddly, I don’t think it’s that bad. Yeah, Abu is fairly annoying, and some of the dialogue is downright laughable (“Rancid Yak Butter”), but I thought it had some redeemable elements.

As you probably realized while reading this blog, I like snarky, smartass comments. Jack has plenty of them in this episode. You could almost see him biting his tongue the whole time Sam was in that snazzy, blue dress.

This episode also featured a lot of Angry Sam. I happen to think an angry Sam is a foxy Sam. Her death stare endearingly reminded me of a former lady friend. I would receive that glare several times a week back in the good ol’ days. How could I have finished the ice cream without telling her? 

Ah, the silent treatment. 

My Rating: 4/10