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Teal'c is betrayed by two renegade Jaffa who convince him
they want to stand against Aphophis but then hand him over
to the Goa'uld. While Teal'c is tortured as a lesson to his
kind that the Goa'uld really are gods the rest of SG-1 must
decide whether to rescue him or continue with their current
mission...
Serpent's
Venom is
one of those edge-of-seat episodes that can be watched over
and over again. There is an excellent scene, which neatly
balances comedy and real tension, when the SG-1 team (minus
Teal'c) try to disable a floating bomb. We also get to discover
(by listening to the director's commentary) that Visual Effects
supervisor, James Tichenor has a planet named after him and
that different systems are named after various members of
staff.
When
Daniel Jackson's old professor is killed in mysterious circumstances
while on the brink of an archeological breakthrough the media
put it down to a mummy's curse. When Jackson becomes involved
he quickly realises that his mentor's death may be linked
with the Goa'uld. Jackson must also bury ghosts of the past
with his friend...
The
Curse is a remarkable change of pace for SG-1.
Instead of being based around the planet hopping of the SG-1
crew The Curse takes an Indiana Jones slant.
The pace is fast and furious but unfortunately it's not hard
to work out who the bad person is (a big clue is provided
by the cover - Oops! MGM that was a silly mistake!) Enjoyable
all the same.
When
General Hammond resigns a new general is assigned to the SGC
project. The new General seems to be intent on using the Stargate
to test nuclear weapons. When O'Neill goes to visit Hammond
it slowly emerges that Hammond's resignation was forced. This
puts O'Neill in the awkward position of having to seek out
an old adversary's help to set things right...
Chain
Reaction sees the welcome return of Colonel Maybourne
as O'Neill fights to rid the SGC of the megalomaniac acting
general and replace him with our old bald friend. The end
sequence with Maybourne walking into the distance brings to
mind the final scene in The Silence of the Lambs. Good
stuff.
Sometime
between now and 2010 (when this episode is set) the human
race form an alliance with an alien race. This race, the Aschen,
are now familiar to our planet and have even begun to share
their technology with us. However, when Carter discovers she
can't become pregnant she unearths evidence that suggests
that the Aschen are behind a worldwide plan to stop mankind
from breeding. But why?...
2010
has
an interesting premise that gets weirder as the episode progresses.
The
manor in which General Hammond's death is revealed and why
O'Neill is absent from the opening ceremony is rather badly
thrown into the conversation. There
is also a strange continuity error on the disc. When Carter
first starts talking to O'Neill about the "Aschen"
we hear "Aschen" but her lips say something else.
That
said, this is a damn fine disc (not a surprise to those of
you who have been following SG-1 this season) and thankfully
MGM have managed to avoid producing any turkeys so far.
Darren
Rea
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