There But For the Grace of God
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superbadgirlThis episode is not without its faults, but I love, love, love it. The idea in and of itself is pretty intriguing and, dare I say TPTB never recaptured the glory of the alternate reality in the same way again. How could they? This was all very confusing and shocking for Daniel because it had never happened before.
This is the first solo Daniel episode, I think, and boy what a way to start. From the moment "Oh, I really hate it when this happens" leaves his lips, this episode belongs to him. Okay, that's probably because the rest of SG-1 aren't SG-1. ;)
I think the word that most captures the tone of this episode is desperation. Daniel's desperation to understand, the Alt Reality SGA's desperation to survive by any means necessary, the Alt Reality SGA's desperation to inflict as much damage to their enemy as possible, Daniel's desperation to have the chance to save his own world... I was tense throughout the whole hour, and I've seen this episode many times. That's longevity.
Daniel was very expressive throughout and his confusion palpable. He certainly made me feel what he felt. I mean, look at his poor confused woobie face when he turns around to find MPs have their weapons drawn on him. Him shouting as he was hauled to the MRI, his baffling conversation with Catherine.
That said, he was a little slow to figure it out. ;)
I found myself mostly just enjoying the show, scribbling down quotes only:
"Good morning, campers..."
"Oh, I really hate it when this happens."
"Don't give me that...where's Doctor Fraiser...DON'T give me that!" (<--seriously, he was very panicky and emphatic.)
"Unless the last two years have been some wacky, wacky [insert adorable hand gestures here] dream, I am a member of SG-1."
"Okay, maybe I've completely lost my mind here, but as far as I'm concerned we know each other very well. You know everything that I know."
"Big guy, gold emblem on his head, Goa'uld in his stomach. Can't miss him."
"I feel like the victim of the biggest practical joke...ever."
"This isn't happening this is nuts this isn't happening."
"I think I'm dead."
"It's not going to fire." Carter goes huh, weren't you listening to my grim, factual statement about not feeling it anyway? "It's landing." (Incidentally, I love the shot of them watching the ship land. It's almost...epic.)
"Beware the destroyers." (Love that Daniel's notes here show he didn't get the translation correct right away.Here they They come from 3 32 16 8 10 12.)
"The Jack O'Neill I know would do it."
"Well, apparently you and I have never met."
"No, I guess not."
Even though the characters, except Daniel, weren't ours, I still felt the overwhelming desperation for them in several places. Especially when they all got dead. The shot with Jack, for example, is magnificent (for a death scene). His face! Jeez, First Prime Teal'c might as well have turned his big cannon on me (in a not-dirty kind of way). Samantha sacrificing herself. Catherine...Daniel staring up at Catherine was horrible and angsty. The staring contest between First Prime Teal'c and Daniel in the final moments...whoa. I'm left wondering what FP Teal'c must have been thinking, why he hesitated to fire. Was it the fierce passion in Daniel's gaze? Hmmm. In any case, I'm very glad he did.
The one major quibble I have with this episode is the shoehorning of romance into it. 1) Because there was no indication at ALL of romantic chemistry between General Jack and Samantha Carter. They didn't even really look at each other much and 2) General Jack did have WAY more chemistry with Daniel the perfect stranger and boy did they look at each other. And, no, I don't mean that in a slash way.
To sum up: "No, Jack...they're coming. They're coming." *shivers*
This is the first solo Daniel episode, I think, and boy what a way to start. From the moment "Oh, I really hate it when this happens" leaves his lips, this episode belongs to him. Okay, that's probably because the rest of SG-1 aren't SG-1. ;)
I think the word that most captures the tone of this episode is desperation. Daniel's desperation to understand, the Alt Reality SGA's desperation to survive by any means necessary, the Alt Reality SGA's desperation to inflict as much damage to their enemy as possible, Daniel's desperation to have the chance to save his own world... I was tense throughout the whole hour, and I've seen this episode many times. That's longevity.
Daniel was very expressive throughout and his confusion palpable. He certainly made me feel what he felt. I mean, look at his poor confused woobie face when he turns around to find MPs have their weapons drawn on him. Him shouting as he was hauled to the MRI, his baffling conversation with Catherine.
That said, he was a little slow to figure it out. ;)
I found myself mostly just enjoying the show, scribbling down quotes only:
"Good morning, campers..."
"Oh, I really hate it when this happens."
"Don't give me that...where's Doctor Fraiser...DON'T give me that!" (<--seriously, he was very panicky and emphatic.)
"Unless the last two years have been some wacky, wacky [insert adorable hand gestures here] dream, I am a member of SG-1."
"Okay, maybe I've completely lost my mind here, but as far as I'm concerned we know each other very well. You know everything that I know."
"Big guy, gold emblem on his head, Goa'uld in his stomach. Can't miss him."
"I feel like the victim of the biggest practical joke...ever."
"This isn't happening this is nuts this isn't happening."
"I think I'm dead."
"It's not going to fire." Carter goes huh, weren't you listening to my grim, factual statement about not feeling it anyway? "It's landing." (Incidentally, I love the shot of them watching the ship land. It's almost...epic.)
"Beware the destroyers." (Love that Daniel's notes here show he didn't get the translation correct right away.
"The Jack O'Neill I know would do it."
"Well, apparently you and I have never met."
"No, I guess not."
Even though the characters, except Daniel, weren't ours, I still felt the overwhelming desperation for them in several places. Especially when they all got dead. The shot with Jack, for example, is magnificent (for a death scene). His face! Jeez, First Prime Teal'c might as well have turned his big cannon on me (in a not-dirty kind of way). Samantha sacrificing herself. Catherine...Daniel staring up at Catherine was horrible and angsty. The staring contest between First Prime Teal'c and Daniel in the final moments...whoa. I'm left wondering what FP Teal'c must have been thinking, why he hesitated to fire. Was it the fierce passion in Daniel's gaze? Hmmm. In any case, I'm very glad he did.
The one major quibble I have with this episode is the shoehorning of romance into it. 1) Because there was no indication at ALL of romantic chemistry between General Jack and Samantha Carter. They didn't even really look at each other much and 2) General Jack did have WAY more chemistry with Daniel the perfect stranger and boy did they look at each other. And, no, I don't mean that in a slash way.
To sum up: "No, Jack...they're coming. They're coming." *shivers*
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Date: 2006-07-24 04:42 pm (UTC)