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Stargate SG-1: Flesh and Blood (season premiere)

by Will O'Brien, posted Jul 15th 2006 8:04AM

(S10E01)
This season's premier of SG-1 felt like the first half of a two hour episode. My Tivo's description has it dead on. "The team struggles to reunite after an Ori defeat." That's pretty much the entire episode. I'll get some grief because I'm going to be complaining about some details on this one. If you're a fan of the show, you'll still enjoyed watching it.

Alright, I still enjoyed it. What can I say, SG-1 is just likable. If they could only manage to quit contriving the plot so much. But first, Vala finally gives birth to her freaky baby. Since I'd read about Morena Baccarin joining the cast, I sorta figured that Vala's kid was going to be another one of these super quick aging kids. The girl grows up pretty fast, but we don't get to see the oh so lovely Morena just yet. Watching Vala and her evil daughter argue back and forth is intriguing. That relationship could get very interesting.

Sam is drifting through space and Mitchell is waking up with a classic bloodied face. Here's were I get irritated. The remaining earth cruiser pulls up and Mitchell apparently flies aboard, leaving Sam floating around in space. So... Why the heck didn't he pull up next to her with his X302 and tow her back to the ship? We're treated to a prolonged session of nattering about the beaming system being broken, finished up with a dramatic, but slightly retarded session of flying the biggest ship they've got over to pick her up. However, I have to admit that the seeing the giant ship bear down on Sam was pretty cool.

As expected Teal'c and Bra'tac run off on a suicide mission to attack the Ori. Of course, Sam and Mitchell run off with them. Now that everyone is converging to the appropriate planet, we're back to Daniel. The episode feels off track up until Daniel gets back with Vala. We finally get a bit of good chemistry with these two. They get into their little groove and the episode comes to life.

The final bit sorta bugs me. We've had other episodes where people are completely unprepared to be beamed. To make the save work, Daniel somehow knows he's being beamed and actually has time to grab hold of Vala. All the little plot holes just irked me throughout the episode, but the finish came together nicely.

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HUNTER

SONGOHAN NEEDS TO LEARN HOW TO SPELL.

July 27 2006 at 6:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Julio

Being a big fan of farscape its hard to see Vala clicking with someone else other than Browder. It seems that the show goes out of their way to keep Claudia and Browder apart as much as possible. His character doesnt have the tolerence for her. There is a clash there between Daniel and Browder.

July 23 2006 at 9:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bart

Has anyone considered a crossover episode? The Ori troops are human and the Wraith feed on humans. The way I see it, one battle over (no more Ori ground troops imminently threatening anyone) and only the Wraith to fight off as they approach Earth.

July 20 2006 at 12:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
LC

Will, I just don't see how the X-302 could tow Sam into the Earth cruiser. It's not like its equiped with a grappling hook and even if it was, once inside the cruiser, artificial gravity would take effect. It would be like flying an F-16 to the tarmac with someone hanging off the back. She would be killed. Sam even made mention of the artificial gravity when she said she would be falling in a 30ft vertical drop once she cleared the docks forcefield.

July 18 2006 at 10:38 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
SadWinter

I´m a big fan of Stargate since the movie, and right now I´m tired of the story, because they eliminate the contact with all the earth mithology. They try to use the Arturus story, but now is forgotten. And I hate Atlantis for the same thing. I don´t see future in this series with the Ori story.

July 18 2006 at 1:24 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Linda

I am a Sci-Fi fan from long ago and still am, SG1 and Stargate Atlantis are both the best, I let everyone know in my family for two hours Friday night, Do NOT Bother Me during this time.I just find it very good,excellent!!

Linda

July 17 2006 at 3:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Linda

I just like SG1. What more can I say as they all do an excellent job of acting and I will be a fan of anything that's done about this series.As for Stargate Atlantis, I love it and have from the beginning.
Linda

July 17 2006 at 3:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mack Swift

The special effects for both series new season openers was top notch! And I suspect we'll see more of that as both seasons go on. The highlights were 'Catch-Sam-in-the-Docking-Bay'; when Bratac's Ha'tak crashed into the Ori ship; the opening dog fight with the F-302s on Atlantis, and when Shep pulled a 'Han Solo' and latched onto the hive ship.

As for the story lines, I think they both served their purposes. Not only did they close out the previous season's cliffhangers, but they also seemed to set the tone for the rest of the season's. SG-1 is gonna have a hell of a time with the Ori and the major changes are afoot for the Wraith.

That's one thing I'd like to see tackled in both series. Both the major baddies feed off of humans one way or the other for survival (and the Wraith do have worshippers of a sort as well); I wonder if the two sets of bad guys converge one way or the other.

July 17 2006 at 1:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
eva

Browder does sarcasm extremely well, but, yeah, he probably needs slightly better writing. I have to say, though, he was much more somber during this outing than we've seen him. His sarcasm seemed more frustration than trying to be cute.

I agree about the Daniel/Vala chemistry. The show just pops when they're onscreen. My opinion, of course, but Claudia Black has chemistry with just about everyone.

I can't address the whole beaming thing other than, awww, Daniel grabbed for Vala instead of the evil kid.

July 17 2006 at 12:11 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
songohan

A good first episode. And Daniel founding out the weakness point from the auri ships, will be the central point for a comeback. So his the mistake of the auri did with ADria. She has the power and the arrogance of the auri but, the has the heart of a human. So i'm waiting for big cat fights between ADria and his mother and ADria and is contunies felling of been human.

July 16 2006 at 6:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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