Watching #StargateSG1 has been very fun so far. About 10 episodes in and every story has been quite compelling. Surprising amounts of character development too in such a short time.

I also love that the SG team isn’t bound by something like the Prime Directive from #StarTrek. They just charge in and do what they need to do. Sometimes that bites them of course but in general the characters have no problems interacting and also interfering with the gate locals. It’s fascinating/refreshing.

#StargateSG1 S1 E16 - Enigma and I’ve arrived at what I assume is the first of *many* call back episodes. There are now enough stories and world building that the writers can draw on them to return to familar characters and places.

This was another great episode that strengthened my love for both General Hammond and Sam Carter.

“You’re a good man, General.”

Yep, O’Neill, he sure is.

S2 E7 of #StargateSG1 ‘Message In A Bottle’ was very fun. Contact meets The Andromeda Strain and yet another story where O’Neill seems doomed but manages to make it out in one piece.

The whole “wild horses” scene between Jack and Teal’c is just awesome. A wonderful moment between fast friends that actually made me misty. 🥹

#StargateSG1 S2 E11 & 12 The Tok’ra are my new favorite episodes of the series so far.

There’s SO MUCH good stuff in this two part story:

• Amazing production design
• Sarah Douglas (Ursa!!)
• Sam’s relationship with Martouf
• ALL THE STUFF with Sam’s dad
• “Piece of cake” callback
• The entire host interview (so good)
• The interpersonal scenes w/ Sam and General Hammond 🥲

Just amazingly well written and plotted. Really looking forward to seeing more of them in the future.

Wow #StargateSG1 S2 E14 Touchstone… I wondered when that second Stargate from Antarctica would make another appearance and boy did it.

It seems the series has a serious dilemma going on that will eventually have to be resolved. Namely how long can the SGC operate freely before the program gets completely taken out of their hands? Been building ever since Maybourne showed up in S1. Guess we’ll find out eventually.

Great ep of #StargateSG1 in S2 E16 A Matter Of Time. The SG team opens a wormhole to a planet being sucked into a singularity & can’t close the gate!

Einsteinian drama ensues & boy what a well-written piece of science fiction it is. 🤓

Good stuff:
• ALL the physics/science stuff
• O’Neill, Hammond & others telling Carter to explain things in non-technobabble terms 😂
• Bye bye titanium iris!
• Days to solve the problem top side due to time dilation (brilliant!)
• Poor red / black shirt dude

After a VERY long hiatus I’m back watching #StargateSG1 and S3 E17 ‘A Hundred Days’ is a new favorite. Col O’Neil is stranded on a distant world when the Stargate there is buried in a meteor strike. After giving up all hope of ever making it home he falls in love with a native woman and starts to settle down just when he is rescued.

Fantastic episode with shades of #StarTrek TNG’s The Inner Light. Teal’C is a standout hero here as is Richard Anderson as usual. Great story & performances!

Boy, the SG1 team sure left a crap load of equipment back on P2X-416, didn’t they? Weapons, ammo, radios, a M.A.L.P., Zat Guns, and even a naquadah reactor. And all in the hands of race of militant humans. Sure hope that doesn’t come back to bite them eventually. 😬

#StargateSG1

Really enjoyed the S3 finale ‘Nemesis’ & the S4 premiere ‘Small Victories’ of #StargateSG1 introducing the new baddies The Replicators. Action packed w/ lots of heartfelt, funny moments. Highlights:

- Teal’c’s goatee!
- O’Neil’s genuine concern for Thor🥹
- Daniel’s line “I just feel so useless. I wish I was going with them.” And Gen Hammond’s reply “Now you know how I feel.”
- Carter HUGGING Thor!!! 🥹🥹🥹

I’m sure this isn’t the last we’ve seen of the Replicators, they’re pretty fun villains.

S4 E5 of #StargateSG1 ‘Divide and Conquer’ took me by surprise. The team searches for a brainwashed assassin within their ranks before a major diplomatic meeting and in the process Jack & Sam must admit how they *really* feel about each other.

- I remember Vanessa Angel from the TV version of Wierd Science. Have not seen her in decades, wow.

- The emotional reveal of O’Neil and Carter’s feeling hits seriously hard. I got misty 🥹

- Wow that person’s unexpected death! Didn’t see that coming. 😱

I understand now why S4 E6 of #StargateSG1 ‘Window of Opportunity’ is a fan favorite. O'Neill and Teal'c are caught in a time loop in the S.G.C., and must relive the same 10 hours over and over again.

This episode made me laugh out loud at least 3 or 4 times. I LOVE the running “Ok, bad example.” joke plus all the Groundhog Day references. This is like #StarTrek TNG’s ‘Cause and Effect’ but 1000x more fun. New fav SG1 episode 10/10
- The juggling!
- The technobabble! 😅
- That KISS!

I have to say one of my favorite aspects of #StargateSG1 is the lack of any kind of Prime Directive. I love how SG-1 and O’Neill have no problem making moral judgments about the societies they encounter and often proceed to interfere when they deem it necessary. Your society is based on slave labor? Nope! Not any more!!

YOU GO, JACK! 🫡👍👊

#StargateSG1 has become quite the comfort food for me of late. Even though every episode is new and unknown to me the show still feels like an old friend when I watch it. #StarTrek has long served this role for me so I’m very glad it’s got some company now.

Stargate is the perfect blend of sci-fi, well written characters, epic scope and humor that makes it a joy to watch when stress is high. Most grateful.

I enjoyed S4 E20 ‘Entity’ of #StargateSG1 much more than the previous 4 entries. Pretty standard scifi fare but done really well and with some nice twists and turns.

Though O’Neill’s shoot first, ask questions later mindset is usually wrong, here he’s vindicated. Big time.

More good stuff:
- Amanda Tapping’s ominous, dialog-free delivery
- Teal’c & Worf are brothers from another mother
- A++ Production design - WOW! Cyberpunk cool!
- Won’t someone please think of the M.A.L.P’s!

7.5/10

The #StargateSG1 S4 finale ‘Exodus’ & S5 premier ‘Enemies’ are a great, action packed adventure w/tons of twists & turns. I can imagine how hard it would’ve been to wait months between these episodes ala TNG’s ‘Best of Both Worlds.

- Great SFX w/ tons of spaceship goodness
- Return of the Replicators, yay! Bad bugs, bad!🤖
- AMAZING production & set design
- “It’s the first time I’ve ever blown up a star.”
- Teal’c brainwashed. DUH DUH DUUUUUH!
- Fourth times a charm for 86ing Apophis?

9.5/10

Holy cow! #StargateSG1 S5 E7 ‘Beast of Burden’ is a new favorite. This has all the hallmarks of great scifi including a very Trek feel. A GREAT Daniel J. ep too! SG-1 encounters a pre-industrial world using Unas as slaves & must decide what to do.

• The awesome Larry Drake as the heavy!
• “Why not? We’ve meddled in other societies before!” 😅
• Reverse Planet of the Apes meets Enemy Mine
• O’Neill’s change of heart over the Unas 💕
• Michael Shanks’ Jackson SHINES
• Plot twist ending!!

9/10

As good as E7 was I liked S5 E8 ‘The Tomb’ of #StargateSG1 even more. SG-1 teams up with a squad of Russians to explore an ancient alien temple & learn their comrade’s fate.

Holy cow the set design was AMAZING! Totally impressive on a TV budget. Creepy story and another one where Daniel is in his element. Just a really fun, Tomb Raider meets Alien story.

• Closed caption Russian: “Holy shit.” You can say that again. 😅
• Jennifer Halley as Tolinev 😍
• Perfectly timed escape FTW!

9.5/10

Oh no! The Cylons have infiltrated the SGC! If you took TNG’s Lower Decks and mashed it together with A Ship In The Bottle you’d get something like S5 E12’s Proving Grounds. #StargateSG1

Not a bad story, but just an entirely inconsequential one and helmed by C-level cadets who are not one tenth as interesting as those in Lower Decks.

- Non-surprise twist ending
- Extra grumpy Col O’Neill
- A very young, very unknown Grace Park
- So say we all!

6.5/10

Gen. Hammond just had John DeLancie’s Col Simmons arrested. Have I mentioned I love Gen Hammond? 😅

Somehow I don’t think we’ve seen the last of Q. #StargateSG1

When I was watching S5 ep 21 ‘Meridian’ of #StargateSG1 I had no idea this was the ep M. Shanks left the show. Daniel has a lethal dose of radiation & I fully expected him to be back on his feet by the end. Nope. Ooof. 🥺

I totally get why fans were upset when this occurred back in 2002. Daniel is the heart of the show he’s the REASON why SG-1 exists. He and Jack drove the plot.

Performances here, esp Amanda Tapping saying goodbye are incredible. A great but heartbreaking ep of Stargate. 9.5/10

Ooooh! New #StargateSG1 opening credits sequence to kick off S6, so PRETTY! Also, I actually like Jonas Quinn. Wide-eyed and green kinda like Daniel was at the outset. I wonder if he’ll join the team…. Hmmmm. 🤔

Also “Over my dead rotting corpse, General. Wait, did I just say that out loud?”

Gotta love Jack. 😅

I’ve been enjoying S6 of #StargateSG1 but E10 ‘Cure’ was particularly good. SG-1 makes first contact with a planet that’s been exploiting the healing properties of the Goa’uld, or so they think.

A classic #StarTrek morality play in every sense.
- Jonas continues to grow on me. He’s like a lite version of Daniel Jackson
- No shooting! Wow didn’t expect that.
- Symbiotes can reproduce asexually, but still have “Queens”. Huh? 🤔
- Non-stereotypical ending. Very cool.

8/10

S6 E20 of #StargateSG1 ‘Memento’ hits a ton of awesome notes & introduces new characters that I really liked. SG-1 and the crew of the Prometheus is stranded across the galaxy and they must enlist the help of a young civilization to literally uncover their own history to get back to Earth.

Robert Foxworth as the leader of the Tagreans does a GREAT job balancing diplomacy with the wonder of meeting aliens for the first time. Ep has shades of TNG’s First Contact. Hope we visit here again.

8/10

I’m well into S7 of #StargateSG1 and I kinda miss Jonas though it’s great to have D. Jackson back. E5 ‘Revisions’ is a little TOS ‘Return of the Archons’ and a little TNG ‘Remember Me’ but a solid, creepy bottle ep. where a town sealed in a bubble is slowly dissapearing but no one can remember it happening.

- O’Neill + kids = Greatness
- Village has shades of EPCOT’s World Showcase 😅
- Never beta test townsfolk in production!
- Love that alien planet day/night always aligns w/ Earth’s 🤔

7.5/10

Loved S7 E8 of #StargateSG1 ‘Space Race’. Wow what a fun episode! Carter gets center stage as she signs on to help an ally win a no-holds bar deep space race. All that was missing was Anakin and his pod racer. 😁

- Say hello to Murray for me!
- Gotta love those cheeky alien TV ads
- Very Babylon 5 feel
- Pretty great SVX for the day
- Thought I saw them pass Tom Paris in the Delta Flyer 😅
- Carter is here to chew bubblegum and kick space-ass and she’s all out of bubblegum

8.5/10

Yet another future #StarTrek Enterprise alum shows up in #StargateSG1 S7 E10’s ‘Birthright’. Jolene Blalock puts in an amazing performance as a strong Jaffa leader & potential love interest for Teal’c and I’m here for it. Great story (by Judge!), well acted and I hope she and her fellow warriors return soon.

- Daniel’s “non-talking” to the young sister 🥰
- Christopher Judge gets to emote and SHINE!
- Ishta kicking Teal’c ass six ways to Sun
- Dr. Fraser is right up there with Dr. McCoy

8.5/10