Between Two Fires

The Tollan sold us out. They always had an arrogant demeanor, but they showed their true colors as soon as they got in trouble. In the end, the Tollan were just hi-tech turncoats in ugly jumpsuits.

This episode further enforced my belief that Sam sucks at dating. Apparently she has a thing for creepy stalkers. Narim reproduced her voice, enabling his home computer to talk dirty to him respond to his requests as if it were Sam. That’s not cute. That’s just weird.

Tanith showed up to announce he was now working in the service of a mystery Goa’uld. This made Teal’c very happy. He then ordered the Tollan to send a bomb to Earth.

Luckily, Sam’s stalker blew up all the super bombs before the Tollan had a chance to consider the task. SG-1 fled through the stargate after the Goa’uld started their attack. The Tollan were, presumably, killed while trying to flee in spaceships.

Rating: 9/10

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On an unrelated note: After years of resistance, I finally created a facebook page. If anyone wants to become my internet friend, you can send me a message here. 

Exodus

Yes, this was good episode. We got to see the team playing with their fancy, new spaceship, and the battles were pretty. However, some parts of this show drove me crazy.

The first thing that bugged me was how Tanith escaped. How can the Tok’ra be that dumb? He did a ridiculous, seizure-esque freak out, and they believed it. Then, with two guards watching (one pointing a zatgun at him), he grabbed the person who went in to check on him. The scene cuts, and we are forced to imagine that he beat up the other guards, eluded the rest of the Tok’ra on the base, and used the ring transporters to reach the surface. No way am I buying that.

The other thing that made me grumble was how Tanith was able to communicate directly with Apophis. If he could do that, why didn’t he just tell Apophis where the Tok’ra were hiding a while ago? Was he just waiting for a special occasion?

Don’t even get me started about Teal’c.

Okay, now that I got that out of the way. The cliffhanger was great. Sam and Jacob did a little father/daughter bonding exercise by blowing up a star together. The team was sent 200 million light years away, and Apophis ended up right behind them. Oh, and Teal’c was captured along the way and was aboard Apophis’s ship. The credits started rolling with the team stranded in space and facing an overpowering ship.

To Be Continued

Rating: 8/10

Crossroads

Never trust a snake. Whether it’s a Tok’ra, a Goa’uld, or in a Jaffa, it will never truly be on your side.

Shau’nac traveled to the SGC, because she believed the Goa’uld within her wanted to join the Tok’ra. She had managed to communicate with her snake while in a deep state of kelnorim. She previously fooled around with Teal’c and was definitely a foxy space lady.

Teal’c was excited by her arrival and believed her discovery could lead to the downfall of the Goa’uld. They enjoyed some private time, which I thought was out of character for Teal’c. I don’t like the idea of him cheating on his wife.

The Tok’ra were intrigued by the prospect of adding to their ranks, because their queen was dead and their population was dwindling. They found a host for Shau’nac’s mature Goa’uld and a new larva. When her snake took its host, he was introduced as Tanith. That neck blood gave me the willies.

Jack hoped to learn from Tanith’s Goa’uld memories. Anise killed that idea by sending SG-1 away without any information. Jack was not happy. “I guess we should just mosey on back to Earth and tell General Hammond how the Tok’ra boned us again.”

The twist was the Tok’ra thought Tanith was a spy. They planned on giving him misinformation. Their suspicions were confirmed when he killed Shau’nac. To maintain the ruse, Teal’c was forced to embrace Tanith in a tense final scene. The twitchy jaw muscles made him seem a tad insincere.

I can’t help it. Here’s another picture of Anise.

It was also neat to see Teal'c's dad, but someone should buy Cronus a hairbrush. 

My Rating: 8/10