Brief Candle (108)

[mathpiglet]

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Another lightly cautionary tale: no cavorting with the locals and mind what you eat!

This episode reminded me of Firefly's Our Mrs. Reynolds

Space travellers: Beware members of the opposite sex offering only you certain food.

[Noxbait]

This episode reminded me of Firefly's Our Mrs. Reynolds

Space travellers: Beware members of the opposite sex offering only you certain food.

Haha! You're right, somehow I hadn't made that connection with Our Mrs. Reynolds before! So true, so true. I'm gonna be paranoid of anyone offering me anything from here on out.... "Cupcake?" "NOOOOOO!" (unless of course he is single, handsome, rich and a SG1 fan!) ; )

[VampyreWraith]

This is probably my least favorite episode of the first season. The nanites were kind of cool; Kynthia and her people, not so much.

[DigiFluid]

I appreciated Kynthia. Awwww yeaaaaa

[jelgate]

I can't comprehend the stupidity of Jack in this episode of how he contracted the disease on Argos. It makes me roll my eyes on how he throws away Air Force rules and common sense. And the nanite solution was too simple for my liking. The culture was interesting but nothing groundbreaking. An overall forgetable episode

[LeftHandedGuitarist]

I can't comprehend the stupidity of Jack in this episode of how he contracted the disease on Argos. It makes me roll my eyes on how he throws away Air Force rules and common sense. And the nanite solution was too simple for my liking. The culture was interesting but nothing groundbreaking. An overall forgetable episode

It's not his fault, he is drugged and not in control of what he is doing - did you miss that part?!

[Brother Freyr]

This episode reminded me of Firefly's Our Mrs. Reynolds

Awesome comparison.

Among the weaker episodes. Two points linger for me. One, it gives us greater insight to the goa'uld's opinion of humans (animals to be experimented upon). Two, we encounter nano tech for the first time. Otherwise, eh.

[jelgate]

It's not his fault, he is drugged and not in control of what he is doing - did you miss that part?!

They never said the cake was a drug. It was speculated by Jack but never proven.

[muziqaz]

They never said the cake was a drug. It was speculated by Jack but never proven.

I think the cake was a lie from the beginning

[Noxbait]

I think he was drugged. That was my impression. I mean, he acted strange right after he ate that thing and the part where he was watching Kynthia dance made it look like he was on drugs or something! : ) I'm sorry, but I don't think Jack is at all the kind of guy to do something like that. He is far to honorable and committed to the mission and his team. I really don't buy it unless he was drugged. just my little opinion, please don't shoot me.

[SF_and_Coffee]

I think he was drugged. That was my impression. I mean, he acted strange right after he ate that thing and the part where he was watching Kynthia dance made it look like he was on drugs or something! : ) I'm sorry, but I don't think Jack is at all the kind of guy to do something like that. He is far to honorable and committed to the mission and his team. I really don't buy it unless he was drugged. just my little opinion, please don't shoot me.

I agree. Just look at how he acted right after he ate the cake; he was clearly being portrayed as someone falling under the effect of a drug. And when he next saw the team... it was like he was coming down off of something that had affected his thought processes. It's pretty obvious to me that the writers intended us to believe there was something in the cake that overtook Jack's control of his own faculties and judgment.

[Skydiver]

Jack was the only one that ate the cake, jack was the only one that got sick. Now it's possible that his intimate contact with kynthia allowed him to catch the nanites, but he was definitely drugged into making nookie.

[jelgate]

Jack was the only one that ate the cake, jack was the only one that got sick. Now it's possible that his intimate contact with kynthia allowed him to catch the nanites, but he was definitely drugged into making nookie.

Jack was also the only one had intimiate contact. Its pretty clear that is what gave the nanite sickness. I'm not one to believe that the cake caused him to do that without more proof.

[SF_and_Coffee]

Well, try watching the scene again where he eats the cake, and take careful note of how he's portrayed immediately after eating it, prior to anything else that Kynthia does. That is definitely not normal Jack, and I don't know what more proof you need beyond that scene.

[DigiFluid]

Heh. Not even careful attention, it's pretty painfully obvious.