SG-1 finds themselves captured by a bounty hunter, Aris Boch (Sam J. Jones!) in Deadman Switch. Written by Robert C. Cooper, this episode was first broadcast on 6 August, 1999.

It seems O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Carter (Amanda Tapping), Teal’c (Christopher Judge) and Daniel (Michael Shanks) have a price on their heads from causing so many problems for the system lords.

But, Boch isn’t going to cash in on them just yet. It seems he has a problem with his next quarry, a Goa’uld, but the team learns that the target is actually a Tok’ra named Korra (Mark Holden). Boch reveals that despite the fact that he hates the Goa’uld (they killed his wife, and hold his son) he is currently working for Sokar. But Korra reveals some truths about Boch, including his use of the drug roshna, which the Goa’uld created to keep him enslaved and addicted.

We also get introduced to a new Goa’uld ship, a cargo class, known as a Tel’tak.

There’s lots of fun banter, and character beats as they learn what they are worth to the Goa’uld, and then try to escape Boch, and then ultimately help him.

The story is a fairly regular tale, but it’s the character interactions that really make this shine. It’s sad that this is the only appearance the character of Boch makes. There’s some interesting story threads that could have been revisited, and Boch would have been fun to have resurface at some point.

How do you not want to have Flash Gordon come back for another episode?

Demons was directed by Peter DeLuise (watch for his cameo) and was written by Carl Binder. It debuted on 13 August, 1999.

SG-1 travels to a planet populated by a medieval religious community that believes it is being terrorized by a demon in service to Satan. In fact, it is an Unas (Rick Morwick) working for Sokar who is claiming sacrifices for the Goa’uld.

When SG-1 arrives in town, there is fear over the appearance of Teal’c and the religious leader, Canon (A.C. Peterson) is ready to condemn them all.

They do have an ally. After their arrival, they rescue Mary (Laura Mennell) who was to be the next sacrifice. She and Simon (David McNally) are deeply religious. Their whole culture was claimed from medieval Earth by Sokar in the dark ages and dropped on this remote planet… where they haven’t progressed at all, staying trapped in the same technology state, and religious fervor.

Canon puts Teal’c through the witch trials, and his fellows believe that he may in fact be dead (happily junior is taking care of things). The religious hold Canon has over the community is horrifying, and all too familiar. And what if there is more going with Canon than SG-1 realizes?

They won’t be able to break the religious hold over the community, but perhaps they can at least stop the Unas and Sokar (who we still haven’t seen yet – outside of a manipulated hologram) from preying on the planet.