Spirits (213)

[captain jake]

the best and only part i liked was when the aliens showed their true forms.

as a whole, the native american theme did not really excite me.

jack is like a bullseye target for sharp metals. poor guy.

i am happy to see that conners have been promoted and is now leading his own sg team.

question: is sg1 the only team with a civilian culture expert like daniel?

In these early episodes it is clear that Daniel is one of the only civilians who goes of world. However, in later episodes I am not so sure, we see many other civilian scientists.

[pritnep]

An interesting mission for Sam to have her first command position on.

Before the arrow came through the gate and hit Jack, they received SG-11's iris code, but the Stargate had not yet opened. I guess I'm not the only one to notice that as it was mentioned in the trivia on TV.com, I guess a problem with editing there.

I liked the character of Tonane a very happy go lucky guy, funny how he called everyone by their first name even General Hammond.

The sprits looked cool the way their gills was breathing was pretty good.

The native/north American thing I thought was cool, something very different.

[Pic]

the best and only part i liked was when the aliens showed their true forms.

as a whole, the native american theme did not really excite me.

jack is like a bullseye target for sharp metals. poor guy.

i am happy to see that conners have been promoted and is now leading his own sg team.

question: is sg1 the only team with a civilian culture expert like daniel?

He seems to take it all in stride.
Jack: Oh please. Aliens are always poking me full of holes.

[RononXSpecialist]

Good ep, But this Ep also gets boring after you watch it a few times.
Tonane is waay laid back which is cool, Sam "Can we have our weapons back?", Tonane : "Sure", Lol thats a 1 in a million.
Gotta love those Native Americans

[ZOMG!b_cs]

The aliens were part fish or something? (they had... gills? on their faces?) I don't get it.

I like that Sam had her first command! Go Sam!

[Butlersgate]

i like that they brought back the guy from the first commandment even though he was a fish-like alien "zapping" people into god knows where, but still i think he rocks

[Starbreaker]

This episode was interesting. I really liked it up until the point where Daniel convinces the Spirits to change their whole way of living after about a minute and a half of talking... and the whole bumping arms to make people disappear thing was a little hokey. I did like seeing Sam get her first command, though. I can't decide if this episode was intentionally comedic or not.

[The Stig]

For me this was an episode i watched because it was part of the series.

[lordofseas]

I thought they could have done more with the Salesh through the series.

[Replicator Todd]

I thought this episode was pretty awesomely bizarre. I liked the Native American mythology being used. I think this is first time we see a "Code 9" was it? That part was really cool. I didn't like the reveal of the true spirits though, I thought it was cooler to see them as a wolf, crow, and others, I liked the mystery behind them until they showed their fishy faces . Tonane was very odd, the way he spoke was very un-alien like.

[rushy]

This episode was so cool!Liked the invasion thing. and to all probies.Don't watch episode called Hathor.

[gateship15]

i like this episode. i like that unlike the Goa'uld this aliens are ruling not to in slave. i also like how they can change shape. i do need to watch it again tho

[mrscopterdoc]

I have mixed feelings about this episode. Rodney A. Grant as Tonané was awesome!!

[StargateWatcher]

If most people remembered, then it wouldn't be an issue.

and realized the significance of the tragedy along with it too, yes; that's why these allegorical hints r good to write into a show's plot

It seems that most people liked this eps.
For me it was just too strange, and wierd. The concept was good, but I think more work could have been done on the Indian part.

how so?

When Tonane kept referring to the superiority of the ways of the spirits over the ways of the Tau'ri, I was reminded a bit of the Nox who disapproved of "our ways".
they both live a simplified life


I don't know. They've got some pretty sweet casinos out where I live.

The only bit of moralizing that really made me cringe was O'Neill's little speech to Hammond when the General suggested deceiving the Indians. SG-1 just seemed a little too quick to jump on good ol' George when they've overtly participated in some morally ambiguous activities during past episodes. Other than that, I thought the whole Native American theme was well realized and a nice departure from the totally evil and totally good gods represented by the Gou'ald and Asgard, respectively. The Spirits were neither. Just fiercely loyal to Tonane's people.

the Asgard do punish who hey eprcieve to be evildoers too

not my favorite episode but my god where the indians funny, i loved tonane, hes so great, theyre so laid back and casual!

I like races that r friendlier to gate travelers


[QUOTE=SmartFox;378875]I like this ep especially Tonane. He had such a laid back attitude it was great.
SG-1 "Can we have our Weapons?"
Tonane "Sure."
SG-1 "Can we see your spirits?"
Tonane "Sure."

I liked Tonane, but he did bug me a bit after a while; he just seemed too cheerful and laid back.
the protected life they live might explain this


I always wonder about the use of animals in tv/film. I'm not entirely comfortable with the idea that they tied the dog's tail down to make it look more wolf-like. Dogs are pack animals though and most love pleasing people. I have two dogs with fantastic natures; as docile and gentle as anything but protective over my family too (no, they've never bitten - their bark has proved sufficient deterrent thus far). They really seem to enjoy pleasing us and actually get quite upset if they don't understand what we're asking them to do, like posing for a photo, for example.
yah; thought Stargate producers more enlightened people than this!

This was an ok episode, not one of my favourites so far. Is it just me, or did the aliens seem to be persuaded a little too easily at the end?

Jack O'Neill did it,; I think he makes his conciliatory attempts seem effortless.

[hlndncr]

I don't hate this episode, but it will never be up there in the love it category either. Some of the dialog and team interaction seems off, which was due to the fact that they had to rewrite the ep around RDA being available for the birth of his daughter.

At first I found Tonanea off-putting and annoying. He just wasn't what I expected his character to be--you know stereotypical stoic Indian--but sweet and kind of happy go lucky. I think that fact eventually won me over. You can see why the Spirits liked and wanted to protect these people.

I thought the Spirits in their true form was cool. Love the gills; I find them rather mesmerizing.

According to TPTB, there was originally supposed to be a bear, but Canadian law doesn't allow filming with undomisticated animals. The "wolf" was actually a crossbred half wolf, half dog.