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Forever in a Day
Summary
SG-1 is called to rescue the Abydonians, who have been captured by Amonet. Kasuf tells Daniel that Amonet has stolen Sha’re’s son, who had been hidden among the villagers since his birth. When Daniel goes to confront/rescue his wife, Amonet tortures him with the hand device. Teal’c rescues him from her clutches, but Sha’re is killed in the process. When Daniel wakes up after returning to the SGC, he is unbelieving of the truth.
The next day, Daniel wakes up and finds Sha’re—herself once more—alive and well with him in the infirmary. He seems to know it is a dream, but Sha’re continues to appear to him. Is she alive? Or is he hallucinating?
Favorite Lines
I love the story Daniel tells about Sha’re and her first experience with his ballpoint pen. She thought it was magic, and I thought it was
Favorite Scene
When Sam fires the AT-4 in the opening battle scene. Total bad@$$.
General
This is another Daniel-centric episode, the plot of which is made possible by Daniel’s terrible decision-making skills. He moves away from the group towards a known threat the instant he sees Sha’re/Amonet, armed only with a handgun, even though Sha’re is protected by fully armed and armored Jaffa. But hey, it’s Daniel right?
Anyway, this episode is interesting in that it takes place in the few minutes Amonet is torturing him with the hand device. The whole arduous process is Sha’re’s effort to speak to Daniel one last time, through the mental connection afforded by the hand device. She urges him to forgive Teal’c for killing her, and to find her son, whom she has hidden on Keb.
Sam and Jack
Again, since this is a Daniel-centric episode, not much ship to be found. However, I managed to spy a scene that featured Sam and Jack in civvies—and they’re both wearing leather jackets. I imagine them arriving at Daniel’s apartment separately but concurrently, eyeing each other and going “Nice jacket.” You know, in that very solemn, military kind of way, like they’re saying “S’up?”
Overall
This episode is okay. It’s not one I return to often, because of the Daniel-centric episodes out there, it’s pretty slow and plodding, and the plot is one you see once and it loses its intrigue. It’s heartbreaking to see the final scene, where Daniel lies sprawled next to Sha’re’s corpse, and even in his agony he seems so incredibly reverent of her. It’s hard to believe they were only together for a year.
In those rare moments where I’m feeling particularly feisty, and self-punishing, I imagine this episode with roles of Daniel and Sha’re cast to Sam and Jack—and I proceed to cry. I don’t do it often, but it ramps up the intensity for me, and is more engaging than the pouty-Daniel version. Oops… did I say “pouty-Daniel” aloud?
To be honest, I never liked this episode much due to the slow pace and it being Daniel-centered 
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