Well this is an eps that I gave one of the best eps ever for the fact we have Jack N Daniel banter back. Which is missed but Mitchell and DAniel seem to banter in their own way.

And nice to Vala put fourth the question about what if roles were reversed even though he has backed her every step of the way.

Just an over all great team eps.

Even though this episode was predictable, it still has heart. There is great chemistry between both Daniel and Jack and Daniel and Vala. I think this is the big reason that so many stories revolve around Daniel - Shanks is awesome. Honestly, there was probably even chemistry between Daniel and Vala's daughter.

I loved the scene with Daniel and Vala. How hilarious was it for her to sit there on his lap and chat with him like he's Santa while in reality he looks like a Prior? But I think it was only right that Vala didn't believe him. She's more vested in this story than any of the others. Only she truly understands how easy it is for people to fall under the spell of the Ori. So even though she would trust Daniel with her own life, she can't trust him with the lives of everyone in the galaxy.

They did have a plan for disrupting the wormhole from the Ori galaxy - they talked about beaming a Mk IX gate buster just behind the event horizon to disconnect the wormhole, but they never followed through with that. I suppose with O'Neil by himself on the Odyssey, it would have been implausible for him to suddenly push the "Beam Gatebuster into place" button, but you think Carter might have thought of something.

Morena Baccarin's presence trumps any bad episode

"Unfortunately, the previews gave away some plot details .... I'm still a bit miffed by the previews for the episode." And yet you continue to watch the previews. Perhaps you could, oh, I dunno, maybe ... not?

I missed all the promos, but I still knew everything that was going to happen. It's amazing how SG-1 and Atlantis are so different in terms of quality. I think it's glaringly apparent that SG-1's time was up last year - this season has been chock full of stinkers like this episode. Boring and totally, 100% predictable. I knew every single thing that was going to happen or was going to be said before it showed up on screen. It was cliche city. If I had to use the really stupid TV Squad rating system, I'd give it a 3, tops.

Loved Daniel and Jack though. Always a great bit of chemistry there.

Excellent "team" episode, and so wonderful to see Jack as part of the team again!

Morjana

Loved the interaction between Jack & Daniel....
'Have I ever lied to you before?' Also with Vala ...would you believe me if the roles were reversed? I liked how they let Cam keep his role as comedy relief there instead of Jack taking the whole bit. What the heck happened to Dr. Lam? I know she's married to Michael Shanks and they have two kids, but has there ever been a reason for Gen Landry's daughter being gone?

Well Andrew, they were originally going to have Daniel stay evil for a big arc (I believe it was 3-4 episodes) but with the cancelleation they decided to tidy it down to a one episode story.

As for the promos...I refuse to watch them since SciFi has an idiot in charge of making the promos for the show.

It was a fun episode to watch, but I felt that because they left a back door to turn Daniel normal again, they really cut off a plotline that could have been really cool. Evil Daniel?