The First Commandment (105)

[Crazedwraith]

Sorry Craized, I misjudged you there. I got confused with a fanfic I was reading at the time.

You're forgiven, my child. But only if you stop misspelling my name... there no "I" in team...er....Crazed.

[Anubis]

You're forgiven, my child. But only if you stop misspelling my name... there no "I" in team...er....Crazed.

OK, noted. I'll just have to actually remember now!

[Replicarter]

This was one of the boring episodes of the season, though the writes must have liked it to make another similar to it in season 8.

[Don Karnage]

Hi! I've got a very specific question. When we see the Natives running after Franks and Conner, some of them wear masks made of "hardened earth" I kow I've seen it worn by a civilization on Earth and I believe it'S the Diolas form Sengal. Can somebody tell me if I'm right or not?

Thanks.

[Uncle Dick]

The story itself it just so-so but the quotes/moments make this episode far better than most episodes in S4-8.

My favorites:

• The way the Stargate theme swells over the drumbeat at the beginning when the doomed team member tells his partner to get back to the gate. (Notice how they never use the Stargate cue anymore?)
  
• "Does it say Colonel anywhere on my uniform?"
  
• Daniel's furtive glance at Jack when discussing Jonas' mental instability with Carter.
  
• Jack's biblical knowledge (or lack thereof).

[Lord Zedd]

So why did the SGC let this guy lead an SG unit I think the SGC will select only the very best and this guy was nuts!!

[Matt G]

Psychologists can be fooled!

Spoilers for S5 Threshold: Teal'c suckered McKensie into thinking he wasn't worshipping Apothis any more

[Uncle Dick]

So why did the SGC let this guy lead an SG unit I think the SGC will select only the very best and this guy was nuts!!

To quote Apocalypse Now, which several aspects of this episode remind me of, "I think the sun put the zap on his head." Sometimes the unstable types slip through the cracks and/or circumstances promote the production of a god-complex (remember Philip Zombardo's prison experiment? or Abu Gharib?).

[SeaBee]

There was probably some kind of underlying instability in the guys character, but not enough to show up in psych tests.

[Spiderman]

So why did the SGC let this guy lead an SG unit I think the SGC will select only the very best and this guy was nuts!!

Maybe he was schitzofrenic???Perhaps?

[zats]

And so begins Sam's trend of obsessive boyfriends. She really runs through them.

What was good:

a. Sam. In this case, I'm more than slightly biased; I like Sam-centered eps. So forgive me. But I think AT did a good job, and I love the bit where Sam beans Hanson's flunky--Baker, I think. Yay! And the part when Teal'c told Daniel that they wouldn't have been able to stop her if they'd wanted to. Double yay! Oh, and the background story was nicely handy for writing fic.

b. Jamala. He was so funny (and being cute doesn't hurt him much, either! ).

c. The opener. I. Was. Hooked.

What wasn't so good:

a. During the nighttime ambush, where the natives kidnapped Connor, I am sorry but I could swear that some of them were wearing egg crates on their heads. Weird.

b. Why didn't Connor just go through the 'gate after they shot Frakes? He could have made it.

c. I think the 'gate shut down early; Connor didn't go through and it shut down WAY under the 38-minute window.

Still a good episode. Sam-centered generally equals good. (Excepting Emancipation).

[Uncle Dick]

c. I think the 'gate shut down early; Connor didn't go through and it shut down WAY under the 38-minute window.

I was under the impression that the 'gate shut down automatically after a short time if no matter passed through it or if no one on either end made a conscious effort to keep it open.

[zats]

Ah. I hadn't thought of that. Thanks.

[JediTrilobite]

Did this episode remind anyone of Heart of Darkness?

[Major Fischer]

Did this episode remind anyone of Heart of Darkness?

A bit, I wouldn't be surprise if it was deliberate on the part of the writers/director.