In one way I loved the scene where Todd offers to shake Sam's hand it was funny and it also show Todd's quirky sense of humor. However in some ways I also hated to scene. I have been a fan of SG1 for years and Sam there is a really good character, she have guts, she is a genius and she do well in the field. However in this scene she appears as a coward.
Now here is the thing, Todd completely own Carter in this scene, after all it is not even established that a wraith can feed anywhere else than over the heart, in addition he was the one taking a big risk, if Carter as much as cough while shaking his hand the guards would fire at him, even if he could feed through her hand he would not have the time to do much damage before he was killed. So effectively what he showed was that hey I am in a cell with several guns pointed at me and you are the one who is afraid. I control this situation.
Now another thing is that this scene is very out of character for Carter, she have have a alien inside her brain and met, touched and fought more critters than Kirk himself, she would no be that afraid of Todd, and also Carter know enough of politics to see that she is allowing him to control the situation when she shows that she is scared of him. Sam should have shook his hand, at worst he could have cut her hand open and doing so would have shut him him as Todd expected her to refuse, he wanted to show Sam who was boss, that is why he offered to shake her hand in the first place.
Now here is the thing, Todd completely own Carter in this scene, after all it is not even established that a wraith can feed anywhere else than over the heart, in addition he was the one taking a big risk, if Carter as much as cough while shaking his hand the guards would fire at him, even if he could feed through her hand he would not have the time to do much damage before he was killed. So effectively what he showed was that hey I am in a cell with several guns pointed at me and you are the one who is afraid. I control this situation.
Now another thing is that this scene is very out of character for Carter, she have have a alien inside her brain and met, touched and fought more critters than Kirk himself, she would no be that afraid of Todd, and also Carter know enough of politics to see that she is allowing him to control the situation when she shows that she is scared of him. Sam should have shook his hand, at worst he could have cut her hand open and doing so would have shut him him as Todd expected her to refuse, he wanted to show Sam who was boss, that is why he offered to shake her hand in the first place.
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