7.11: Evolution - Part One

[Tabitha]

Finally SG1 returns to form.

This one had a lot of items on my wishlist. Genuine action, a sense of peril for our main characters, some strong supporting turns, an engaging B-plot. Jack had only a small presence in the first half of the episode, and yet I didn't miss him that much - and when he was brought in, he didn't seem as out of place as in recent episodes.

On the bad side though, it seemed more than a little cliched and xenophobic to have Daniel & co kidnapped. Maybe I would have coped with the kidnapping a bit better if the kidnappers weren't so one-dimensional.

Good cliffhanger ending, but am I right in thinking that new episodes won't turn up until January???? That's nuts!

[beckmen]

Yeah, they did this last year too with Promethues (waited like 5 months to see Unnatural Selection). It drove me crazy. However, the schedule is differant in the UK and I think in a month or two they'll start playing the latter half of S7, and you'll be able to DL the eps if you know where to find them.

[Krystal]

The episode was awesome, the new warrior was great. And it would be cool to see more about it and his homeworld. The story of the episode was very entertaining and interesting. Is a shame that we have to wait for next year to see how it continue.

Krystal

[Rowan]

Agreed! 'Way too long a wait. I'll have to see if anyone drops any tidbits at Gatecon in a couple of weeks.

Rowan

[skoon]

I thought this was a great ep. I believe for the first time I said after the show & emailed a few people, c..r..a..p are WE & our allies ever in DEEP s..h..*...t!!! (as long as SG1 doesn't quickly solve the problem in the continuation ep.!

[Dave]

Originally posted by Giorgio
They look kinda like a Predator ...

I thought it looked more like the 'Guyver'.

No, not 'McGuyver'

The 'Super-Soldiers' were in the 'X-Files'. I was ready for Jack to make some quip about the 'X-Files' when Sam said that, but he missed his chance.

I liked most of the episode, but there were a few things stopped it from going in the Hall of Fame. The South American archaeological trip was so clichéd.... the 'Indiania Jones' temple traps, the greedy guide, the kidnapping bandits

One thing I did notice was that while the kidnapping was genuinely frightening, at the same time Jack, Sam and Teal'c were locked up on an alien planet by nasty aliens. There was no equal sense of anxiety about their predicament, and that says a lot to me about how easy-to-defeat the Goa'uld have now become. That's the reason why they need to introduce Half-Ascended Goa'ulds and Super-Soldiers at all.

Also, that whole mission to capture the Super-Soldier was supposedly to be able to interrogate one. What did they find out? That he works for Anubis. What useful information! All those Jaffa and SGC personnel died to find that out.

Okay, suddenly they find this Tok'ra memory device and get more useful information, but shouldn't they have assessed the usefulness of the mission first before committing to it.

And all of the 'Fountain of Youth' legends in the world relate to a single South American temple, that no one knows anything about about, but that anyone walking by could literally fall into?

For that matter, Daniel's grandfather sure was secretive about his work. Why does Daniel bother searching for anything new himself? He should just go and dust off a few more old notebooks from granddad.

I liked the episode, but...