Singularity (114)

[angelfire east]

I love this episode! Very well acted by everyone. THe actresss who played Callie was brilliant, the best kind of child actor. AT was amazing, she hit all the right emotional notes Daniel was such a sweet heart in this episode, I loved it. I also really liked Jack at the start of the eprisode when he showed his brains.

I don't see her as being a good or capable mother any more. In this episode though I thought so (and whenever I watch it), but not any more.

Why not anymore?

[Vhladynineer]

My favorite Sam ep after Jolinar's Memories/The Devil you Know. This was the character I very much missed in the later seasons. She has maternal, assertive, yet with a vulnerability that wasn't soapy and wishy washy. There are great and sorely missed interaction here from Jack-Teal'c and Daniel-Sam.

My favorite scene was at the infirmary with Sam and Daniel.

CARTER: I know I am supposed to be detached...

JACKSON: Who said that?

CARTER: Sometimes I forget you're not military.

This definetely exemplifies the best character written ep of Sam for me. Jolinar's Memories/The Devil You Know had the characterization pretty much shared with other team-mates. This one was written by RCC who also wrote some of my favorite mythology and character eps like TOT, TBFTGOG, In The Line of Duty, Need, Fifth Race, Fair Game, Deadman Switch, The Devil You Know, Maternal Instinct, Absolute Power and Meridian. Although I can't deny that he was responsible for clunkers as well but he did prove here that he can write something that has "heart" which I prefers over the Trek-like stories of late.

I mean compare Singularity to a Sam ep from the latter seasons such as Prodigy, Space Race, Avenger 2.0, Chimera (which ironically was written by RCC ), Gemini, Grace, Death Knell, Desperate Measures, 2001, 2010 etc. ?

Yikes. They had more plot, but definitely less heart than this ep.

[HelloVelo]

Is Sam the most huggable person ever?

Rating: 6/10

Full Review:http://stargatesummer.blogspot.com/2...ngularity.html

[captain jake]

I didn't care for the emotional side of this episode, however all the rest of it was very interesting. We get a glimpse of a Goa'uld Mothership and the first off world research outpost. I believe this to be a turning point for the SGC they are flexing their ability to take on larger and more important missions that require more than just a four person team. It also shows a more advanced medical sittuation in which science-fiction bonds with our modern medical abilities. The off world black hole observatory is also extremely cool. There is a lot more to this episode than Cassandra this is a key episode leading up to the SGC's fight with not only Apophis, but the Goa'uld system lords.

[L E E]

i always knew that jack is just pretending to be dumb.

the bomb in the girl is a fascinating technology. evil goaulds are sooo sneaky.

sam gets too attached too quickly. i don't expect her to be a robot or unemotional. it's just that its too fast. not even a day. although, it would be very hard for me to do what she did, leading the girl in that chamber and leaving her there to die. i'm kinda glad she did not leave her alone in the end.

jack explainin black holes to teal'c is funny.

[captain jake]

i always knew that jack is just pretending to be dumb.

the bomb in the girl is a fascinating technology. evil goaulds are sooo sneaky.

sam gets too attached too quickly. i don't expect her to be a robot or unemotional. it's just that its too fast. not even a day. although, it would be very hard for me to do what she did, leading the girl in that chamber and leaving her there to die. i'm kinda glad she did not leave her alone in the end.

jack explainin black holes to teal'c is funny.

Just wait, there are many of us that think he is actualy an ascended ancient simply messing around with lesser mortals.

I couldn't agree with you more I hate the relationship between her and Cassandra. I completely understand that the young girl would get attached to the savior figure. However for Sam to reciprocate seemed really out of character.

That was a great Jack/Teal'c moment.

TEAL'C: I still do not understand this black hole.

O'NEILL: Well a black hole is this really...big thing. It um...well basically it's uh...massive...hole, out there.

TEAL'C: I see.

O'NEILL: What happens is, everything gets sucked into it, even light, that's why we can't see it. Just gets...sucked in.

TEAL'C: Thank you.

[Ulkesh47]

You know how Teal'c called Nirrti "he"?

Is it possible that Teal'c did this because the last he had heard of Nirrti, he/she was in a male host? And that some time between that time and "Fair Game", Nirrti went into a new, female host? I don't recall Teal'c showing any surprise about Nirrti's appearance in "Fair Game"... So could this be the case?

[Gater_Gurl]

You know how Teal'c called Nirrti "he"?

Is it possible that Teal'c did this because the last he had heard of Nirrti, he/she was in a male host? And that some time between that time and "Fair Game", Nirrti went into a new, female host? I don't recall Teal'c showing any surprise about Nirrti's appearance in "Fair Game"... So could this be the case?

According to Hindu mythology, the god Nirrta is the male form of the goddess Nirrti so if Nirrti were in a male host, she would probably use the name Nirrta.

It was probably just a typo or a misspoken line.

[pritnep]

I didn't care for the emotional side of this episode, however all the rest of it was very interesting. We get a glimpse of a Goa'uld Mothership and the first off world research outpost. I believe this to be a turning point for the SGC they are flexing their ability to take on larger and more important missions that require more than just a four person team. It also shows a more advanced medical sittuation in which science-fiction bonds with our modern medical abilities. The off world black hole observatory is also extremely cool. There is a lot more to this episode than Cassandra this is a key episode leading up to the SGC's fight with not only Apophis, but the Goa'uld system lords.

Agreed completely. This for me was another of the episodes I original thought was boring but actually looking at it now while not my favourite episode it did have it's moments.

Seeing that "softer" side of Carter was nice, the only other time we heard her speak about children was the kids she is an auntie to "I miss them like hell" I think she said a couple of episodes back. Janet and Carter certainly have a friendship you can see it come out and especially with all the scenes they have together.

First look at the Mothership bit of a tease, a glimpse through a monitor but still nice. The Goa'uld/Nirrti aspect was also interesting and kind of shows the lengths Goa'ulds will go to.

Hehe I like how Jack new about the black hole and about his telescope not being used to spy on the neighbours...initially - class Jack.

[Pic]

Like several others have mentioned, this was a Sam-centric episode about her getting all emotionally attached with Cassie.

Now that sounds like I didn't like this episode, but I did. I liked the Jack/Teal'c interaction, I liked the whole "how evil are they? using kids as bombs!" theme, the Janet/Sam and the Sam/Daniel stuff.

I thought Sam got attached to Cassie a bit quickly. I don't see Sam as the mother type, perhaps this is where/when she makes that final personality shift to realizing she's not going to be a mother? I say personality shift versus decision because I don't think it's a conscious thing, more like a turning point in life where you accept the path you're heading down or you don't. Sam's remark to Teal'c in the park seemed to conclude this as well.

Also, having that attachment shift so quickly to Janet seems a bit bizarre, but at least Cassie was kept in the SG family.

[General Yogi Bear]

Exactly 11 years ago on Halloween Friday Oct. 31 1997 this show first aired. Today is Halloween, Friday Oct. 31 2008 and the Stargate Franchise is still going strong. At the time I thought that this was a pretty powerful episode (using a child as a bomb) and Carter breaking orders to be with that child (comforting her) even though it would cost Carter her life. (And also that scene with Carter in the elevator struggling with her decision to leave Cassandra was very moving.) And at the time what made the episode neat was that we got a glimpse of a guald mothership. This was the first time we saw a fully formed mothership. In the original movie we had only seen the pyramid part of the ship. It was a good Halloween episode because it was dark and was a good episode in general because it had a happy ending. (Cassandra living and getting a dog, etc.)

[RononXSpecialist]

Good ep to bad we didn't get to see the black hole =\ And is it just me or do Jaffa have bad aim with death gliders ? lol.

[Butlersgate]

Good ep to bad we didn't get to see the black hole =\ And is it just me or do Jaffa have bad aim with death gliders ? lol.

we do see the black hole, right at the start and also in the distance of the malp on the comp screen. i think this is an important episode where blackholes were seen as an important part of stargate

[Anda]

"Every kid has got to have a dog. This is a dog, and he's yours."I liked that.
It was fun..

[The Stig]

the whole Cassie being a bomb and sam not leaving her was a really ice touch to the episode. It shows how caring sam really is. And how cruel nirti can be.