[Dave]

This could have been a Star Trek episode -- full of moralising, bad science and Trek-like techno-babble. I liked it really, but it was strange.

I was reminded frequently of the Arthur C. Clarke quote: "Any science or technology which is sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic." I also thought, at first, that the stuff about blowing up the rocket and whether to blame the whole society was about the "Twin Towers" attack and Afganistan, but then I realised that it must have been written over six months ago. It makes you think though!

IMHO I think that Jack is far too flippant with the Asgard, they are still very powerful, Gods or not.

Ragnarok is the time when three little ice ages will fall upon the world, known as the Fimbulvetr. The fire giants led by Surt will come out of Muspelheim. Naglfar, the ship made out of dead men's nails, will carry the frost giants to the battlefield, Vigrid. Interesting then, to apply it to the dying Star. And interesting not to have Thor, as his end of the world scenario is based upon his battle with Jormungard, the Midguard Serpent! I liked seeing Freya, but wasn't Freya a female God? Or are the Asgard asexual? Why hasn't Jack asked them that yet?

Not too sure about the science though. Tell me if I'm wrong here, but I thought that since wormholes exist outside space and time, they wouldn't pass through other points in space on their way from start to finish. And I thought that all elements that heavy would be radioactive and unstable, also how did they pick up Plutonium in the wormhole, it doesn't exist in nature? And one final thing, since when did the SGC get to name new Elements, it's usually done by an international committee of old men?