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The team learns of a device with the ability to transplant
memories. Reya, the scientist who made the technological breakthrough,
is found murdered - and Mitchell is the main suspect. Mitchell
confesses, but his memory of the crime may not be real. The
team must figure out who was responsible for the crime...
Collateral
Damage is
an interesting episode, but not overly original. Without spoiling
too much, it's pretty obvious that Mitchell is not responsible
for the murder, and the fact that they've just been given
a demonstration of how the memory device works is a huge clue
to the fact that Mitchell's memory has been altered.
I'm
not entirely sure that the ending works either. How do we
know that the person accused of Reya's murder is really the
killer? How do we know that one of the scientists working
on uncovering Mitchell's real memories wasn't the murderer
and planted this to frame the person who is accused? Also
I loved the fact that William Atherton (who always plays the
villain) is thrown in as a possible suspect. Is it him? Well,
you'll have to watch the episode to find out.
This
episode is dedicated to Jeff Upton, who was the gaffer on
the episode and who died half way through filming.
The
audio commentary (with director Will Waring and director of
photography, Peter Woeste) is interesting. Waring talks about
winding up one of the guest actors by asking him if he'd shave
his head for his role. He also points out a huge nit-pick
too: If the killer did do as the episodes suggests, why does
he not have a memory of waking up with wires stuck to his
head?
When SG-1 arrives at Stargate Command, a confused Landry realises
that it is a clone when the real SG-1 comes back. They deduce
that these likenesses are really from several different alternate
realities. The team and all their counterparts must work together
to get everyone safely back...
Ripple
Effect is
a lot of fun and takes the old Star Trek alternate
universe story to a whole new level. In fact there's a nod
to this when one of the cast mentions that the duplicates
can't be from an evil twin universe because they don't have
goatee beards. In this episode numerous SG-1 teams come through
the gate over a period of time. This episode also sees the
surprise return of two old characters (which I won't spoil
for you) which was a very nice touch.
My
only nit-pick here is that I was surprised that they were
all allowed to wander around the base doing whatever they
wanted. Surely they would have been confined to some sort
of quarters until the SGC made sure they didn't pose a threat.
I
strongly suggest that you don't listen to the audio commentary
on this episode until you've watched the later episode Ethon.
Why? Well, Joseph Mallozzi (executive producer and writer)
gives away quite a big plot twist.
Teal'c becomes alarmed when members of the Jaffa Council turn
against the notion of democracy. Daniel realises that the
Jaffa are being brainwashed, and Teal'c has been kidnapped
by none other than Ba'al, who has a proposition. Ba'al wishes
to work with SG-1 to defeat the Ori forces...
Stronghold
sees
the return of the old Goa'uld system lord Ba'al, who needs
the help of the Jaffa in order to defeat the Ori. But obviously
he's not just going to come out and ask them - that would
be crazy. So he sets about trying to brainwash their leaders.
The
audio commentary on this episode is by Peter DeLuise and Gary
Jones who waffle their way through in their own amusing style.
The highlight for me was their discussion on whether the Jaffa
were naked under their robes - it would explain why they always
look so agitated.
An
interesting enough episode, but nothing really happens to
get that excited about.
Extras
include Stargate: SG-1: An Introduction to Ben Browder
(21 minute feature on Browder and his thoughts on the show);
audio commentaries for each episode and a Production Gallery.
One
other point, the person who compiled the synopsis for each
episode for the back of the DVD case should get a stiff talking
to from Sony. Apparently Teal'c is spelt "Tealc",
Ba'al is spelt "Baal" and Ori is now "Oris".
No doubt letters from hard-core fans will be winging their
way to Sony's offices by the bucket load.
Darren
Rea
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