Counterstrike (1007)

[GateWorld]

SG-1 SEASON TEN COUNTERSTRIKE EPISODE NUMBER - 1007 The Jaffa take the fight to the Ori, using a genocidal weapon on their new worshippers and landing SG-1 in the middle of a war they can't control. VISIT THE EPISODE GUIDE > SPOILERS! PHOTOS! AND MORE!

[Descent]

Definately one of the best episodes this season. This whole arc has just gone dark with Adria back (whos really twisted).

A 9/10 from me!

[NowIWillDestroyAbydos]

Good ep, it's sad Langara is under Ori control, hey that would be a good story for the Series Finale, SG-1 rescuses Jonas from the Ori. I give it a ***1/2. Next week's doesn't look so good. This season is SO better than Season 9.

[siXbrownSnakes2]

I'm getting SICK of Malozzi's scripts being the only ones that have convenient beaming (at least Flesh and Blood made SOME sense as the ship was on the planet). Any other writer could have thought of something CREATIVE to do there.

The rest of the episode was good but every episode that involves the stupid asgard beam to save anyone at the last second gets -points from me. Why do the writers have to be so stupid? They know its convenient and even though they attempt to joke at their incompetance to write a good escape in "200", (and I bet malozzi wrote that segment of the episode) it still gets old and annoying. FAST.

7/10. I'll watch the episode again later to find all the plot holes because I feel like ripping Malozzi's script into shreds. But the convenience beaming is really getting sickening.

It's happening too much on Atlantis AND SG-1. I swear, that "tech" was the worst thing to happen to this show. Lets beam the entire building out off the Earth! And in Flesh and Blood, the same stupid crap happened.

/sigh


EDIT: I'll be positive about some things though. Vala grew on me this week. She has great potential. She and Daniel being able to interact on that kind of level is really nice. When I heard Daniel would tell her about Sha're, I figured it would be something sexually initiated, but this actually fit with the episode.

Fun to see an Ori ship as well. I just wish the good story wasn't ruined by the beaming.

I'm kind of sad to see the "Jaffa Nation" go, as storylines involving them tended to be good. But another "we didn't say theyre dead so they aren't nessecarily gone" stunt was pulled.

[nccjones]

Langara?! Isn't Jonas on Langara? I hate how they just forgot him

[Supacacto]

I liked the basic story, but there were a few specific things that really irked me.

- Why did Carter bother to take the staff? Did she actually think through that it'd bee beetter to hit the jaffa with the staff so she didn't have to shoot him? Why didn't she just hit him with the gun? The fact that they spent time to make a point of it made me hope they'd do something with it. Like, if they had any brains, maybe bring it home to examine it.

- A dell laptop apparently able to interface with an Ori ship (technology they've never encountered before).

- Adria's horrid looking contacs. Seriously, they were even lopsided, it was so gross.

- Bad cutting and bad lines. Especially the last one.

But like i said, plot-wise, it was pretty good.

[Pharaoh Atem]

Originally Posted by nccjones

Langara?! Isn't Jonas on Langara? I hate how they just forgot him

yes i just checked poor jonas

[Bragi]

When Sam said Hebridan and Langara were converted my heart sank about six inches into my belly. Of course, my heart was already sunken because of the cancellation. That was just the icing on the cake.

I'm assuming that Jonas is probably dead. I mean, there's just no way he'd submit and we know what happens to those who don't submit.

I hope Warrick's okay. Although I doubt he's still alive.

[Pharaoh Atem]

Originally Posted by Bragi

When Sam said Hebridan and Langara were converted my heart sank about six inches into my belly. Of course, my heart was already sunken because of the cancellation. That was just the icing on the cake.

I'm assuming that Jonas is probably dead. I mean, there's just no way he'd submit and we know what happens to those who don't submit.

I hope Warrick's okay. Although I doubt he's still alive.

there killed jonas with out a single shot (TPTB)

[the dancer of spaz]

Originally Posted by Supacacto

- Why did Carter bother to take the staff? Did she actually think through that it'd bee beetter to hit the jaffa with the staff so she didn't have to shoot him? Why didn't she just hit him with the gun? The fact that they spent time to make a point of it made me hope they'd do something with it. Like, if they had any brains, maybe bring it home to examine it.

In the sides that were released by showfax.com many, many months ago - prior to filming - the script actually said that Sam shot the Jaffa. Then Cameron said, "I didn't know you knew how to use one of those things," and Sam responded with, "Well, piece of cake." Don't know why they changed it.

[Über]

Originally Posted by nccjones

Langara?! Isn't Jonas on Langara? I hate how they just forgot him

Yup. Jonas is on Langara and Warrick is on Hebridan. Are they both dead or are they converted? Or are they in hiding?

You know, it would have been NICE if one of them mentioned their names.

[MarshAngel]

The episode was good but I agree the convenience beaming is very annoying. It just points out how unlikely it is that SG-1 could survive any of these situations. Once is a great, twice is a blessing, 6 fricking times is eye rollingly annoying and overdone.

I know there's a lot going on but yeah, a mention of Jonas would have been nice.

[Pharaoh Atem]

During counterstrike we found out that
counterstrike spoilers season 10

Spoiler:

Jonas's home world has gone ori so do you think this is TPTB ways of getting rid of him. do you think Jonas is still alive

[mi4si]

damn good episode....no to cancellation

[Pharaoh Atem]

Originally Posted by ÜberSG-1Fan

Yup. Jonas is on Langara and Warrick is on Hebridan. Are they both dead or are they converted? Or are they in hiding?

You know, it would have been NICE if one of them mentioned their names.

it's all up in the air sadly could be one of those I'm hiding please let me thought the gate before I'm discovered i have Intel type stories

i also made a thread to discuss this http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=34148

[the dancer of spaz]

Originally Posted by ÜberSG-1Fan

Yup. Jonas is on Langara and Warrick is on Hebridan. Are they both dead or are they converted? Or are they in hiding?

You know, it would have been NICE if one of them mentioned their names.

I don't care so much about Warrick, but I am annoyed about no mentioning of Jonas. It's like they mentioned Langara as a feeble bone to be thrown at those who even care about the guy - or who remember that he lives on Langara. I guess this is their twisted way of ending that mess for good, considering we all know that Jonas will never be on SG-1 again.

Tsk, tsk. They definitely should've handled that better.

[Pharaoh Atem]

ok my turn overall solid episode loved the visuals and showing just how strong adria is .

also loved the foreshadowing towards Daniel we have plains for you

[NotAscended]

Originally Posted by Supacacto

- A dell laptop apparently able to interface with an Ori ship (technology they've never encountered before).

Didn't you download the special Ori driver pack from Microsoft? I got it for my laptop, but haven't been able to find an Ori ship to plug and play yet.

[ShimmeringStar]

IMOHO Joe and Paul's writing with Andy's direction came a lot closer to a pre-S9 feel than we had all last season. There was conflict finally; some tension and doubt about how things might turn out for the characters. Not to say there wasn't times during the ep when it was like, okay.... this particular scene has gone on a couple beats too long.... but overall the ep was a good balance of all the characters. Serious tone; A lot was at stake... But heck.... was this part of the overall arc to bring the series to a close - having the Ori kill off the Taur'i's allies on every planet SG-1's ever visited?

Morena Baccarin put a suitably sinister touch on Adria, the right amount of, 'hey, I'm really only a few months old and still an innocent,' mixed with 'but I'm more evil than you can imagine...' Though her line about "We've got plans for you..." to Daniel... mmmm..... it seems like a wee bit too much foreshadowing when that certain something happens to him in a future ep; less of a surprise to casual non-fandom users when it does happen...

Oh well. The eps are getting better, only for the series to get axed... *shakes head morosely at Skiffy*

[knowsfords]

I think if Jonas is still alive then he wont be for much longer, he seems the rebelious type.