There’s always going to be at least one episode a season that I don’t really care for, and this time around it’s One False Step.

Written by Michael Kaplan and John Sanborn this episode was first broadcast on 19 February, 1999.

When SG-1 gates to a distant planet to recover a downed UAV, O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Teal’c (Christopher Judge), Carter (Amanda Tapping), and Jackson (Michael Shanks) encounter a primitive species that have no verbal communication, and who begin to fall ill shortly after the team’s arrival.

Frasier (Teryl Rothery) gets to make a housecall, traveling through the gate to investigate and offer advice, and perhaps work to find a cure. I love the way that the series constantly expands the cast, supporting characters have arcs, and become integral in stories. Hammond, Frasier, Siler, and oh, so many more fill out the world, and a number of them become fan favorites.

As things turn increasingly dire, O’Neill and Jackson discover that there may be a connection between the odd plants, and sound frequencies. They come across it in a strange way, as the planet seems to have an effect on them, as they begin to argue with one another, and feel increasingly ill.

Teal’c is able to help put more of it together, and eventually Stargate Command figures out how to help, and restores the damage they have done. There’s a bit of an environmental theme here because the inhabitants are directly influenced by the plants around them, and any change to the plants affects them.

Not my favorite episode.

On a side note, it looks like Anderson is finally letting his silver hair grow in without coloring it anymore, and it works well for both him and the character.

Show and Tell is directed by Peter DeLuise (watch for his cameo) who also directed Serpent’s Song, and will go on to direct another fifty-four episodes of SG-1, and six episodes of Stargate: Atlantis.

Hey look, it’s that kid from The X-Files! A young boy, Charlie (Jeff Gulka) is able to override the SGC’s iris and come out of the gate. And he brings them a warning of terrorists, known as the Reetou, that are determined to wipe out all of humanity to prevent them from becoming hosts for their enemy the goa’uld.

It sounds like these things, which are invisible, could have really been a menace to the heroes of the Stargate universe, but this is their only appearance. Charlie seems to be able to see and hear them, something which no doubt saves on budgetary concerns until you have to show one.

For help with the ailing boy and information on the Reetou, they reach out to the Tok’ra and Jacob/Selmack (Carmen Argenziano) arrive to help out, and give us our first look at the creature.

Their encounter with the Reetou causes some SGC security additions, and some new weapons, and it’s a good episode, it’s just too bad that the creatures will never be revisited throughout the series.

Written by one of the showrunners, Jonathan Glassner, this episode first debuted on 26 February, 1999. It’s smart, fun, and the fact that they don’t get revisited seems like a bit of a miss on the part of the series.

Next time we finish up season two!