I just rewatched this today because I wanted to get a feel for mid-season Jack again. I do hope this is the sort of Jack we get to see in the third movie. There's a nice balance of leadership and a bit of being smartass and only a little bit of Simpsonness in his performance here. I kind of wish they would have let Sam handle some of the bigger weapons rather than staying back with Thor, but she needed to do her brilliant genius thing.
I quite missed Daniel though. I wonder how he would have fit into this plotline if MS hadn't gotten ill? I kind of take the season finale of three as some of the last bits on trying to really integrate Daniel's original specialties into the story for a really long time (almost until season 9 IMO). It seems like so many times afterward, he's sort of off to the side on things or used as the source of conflict or in his own B storyline in the same episode; just not integrated too much as they brought the focus onto the military and more onto Sam and Jack bantering.
I like the entrance of new enemies and the newer plot threads, but when I rewatch, I realize I'm kind of sad that this seems to be the turning point of exploration-type episodes.
I quite missed Daniel though. I wonder how he would have fit into this plotline if MS hadn't gotten ill? I kind of take the season finale of three as some of the last bits on trying to really integrate Daniel's original specialties into the story for a really long time (almost until season 9 IMO). It seems like so many times afterward, he's sort of off to the side on things or used as the source of conflict or in his own B storyline in the same episode; just not integrated too much as they brought the focus onto the military and more onto Sam and Jack bantering.
I like the entrance of new enemies and the newer plot threads, but when I rewatch, I realize I'm kind of sad that this seems to be the turning point of exploration-type episodes.
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