While O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) argues to get Teal’c (Christopher Judge) assigned to SG-1, Kawalsky (Jay Acovone) struggles to keep control as the juvenile goa’uld within him seizes more domination over him.

Written by Brad Wright, this episode was first aired on 1 August, 1997.

Kawalsky checks in the the doctors, complaining of headaches, and he seems to be blacking out as the goa’uld takes over. As he begins to behave more and more oddly something that troubles Carter (Amanda Tapping), and the rest of the SG-1 team, the doctor plans an MRI, and what they discover is the creature inside him.

As Teal’c is grilled by higher-ups for any information that they can use against the goa’uld, O’Neill steps in to stand by the jaffa’s side to make sure he is treated fairly. The episode also expands more of the show’s mythology, building its continuity and its characters as it lays out the goa’uld’s intentions, and the part Earth may play in their final defeat.

Hammond (Don S. Davis) grows increasingly tired of the belligerent behaviour of the investigator and finally comes down on Teal’c’s side as the warrior offers all his resources in an attempt to save Kawalsky, including an examination of the goa’uld infant he carries in his marsupial pouch.

Jackson (Michael Shanks) continues to worry about his missing wife, and how to find her. He also wonders about the possibility of saving her when he sees what happens with Kawalsky, there is evidence that something of the host survives. In the end the goa’uld takes over Kowalsky completely, and ends up in mortal combat with Teal’c in front of an open stargate, allowing him to prove his loyalty to the program to the satisfaction of all.

Emancipation was written by Katharyn Powers and first debuted on 8 August, 1997.

Definitely not the best episode, but if this helps get the bad stuff out of the way first before the rest of the series soars, then lets do it!

The SG-1 team arrives on a planet that may have descended from the Mongols, and the inhabitants are less than happy to discover a strange woman, Carter, among the travellers. According to this culture, she isn’t allowed to speak and show her face in public, oh oh. But one of them decides she’ll make a suitable wife, however, and she ends up being abducted.

The team has to go out and hunt her down before O’Neill starts doling out violence.

Carter was abducted by the chief’s son for a trade, he wants to marry his enemy’s daughter but that, of course, are going to go sideways for all involved until O’Neill and company can get to their comrade, and Carter is going to have a fight to the death to survive.

It’s a pretty sexist and horrible episode (and surprise surprise, it was written by the same person who wrote the much-hated Next Generation episode, Code of Honor. Despite some solid guest stars like Soon-Tek Oh and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, I’m quite happy to leave this one behind.

Let’s move on from this episode and keep exploring!