It doesn’t happen often in this series, but I think we were due for one. It’s the SG-1 clip show! A framing story, written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, sees Hammond (Don S. Davis) and Major Davis (Colin Cunningham) briefing representatives from other governments.

They are revealing the existence of the Stargate program to other governments. Senator Kinsey (Ronny Cox), however, uses the opportunity to attempt to wrest control of the program from Stargate Command, championing the NID and citing all manner of errors and problems that have happened with the SGC.

First airing on 14 February, 2003, the episode has clips the run the gambit from across the series six seasons and gives everyone a refresher of the politics, the tech, the aliens, the adventures and more.

Will the government reps go back to their leaders and recommend full disclosure of the program, or is there some way to persuade them of the necessity to keep the program a secret?

It’s a sold clip show in that it uses the clips to forward the storyline, in this case the political discussion on disclosure. It also shows everything that the SGC has gotten up to in the past six years.

Did we need a clip show? No, and I’m not really a fan of them. Is anyone? But at least this one works. It not only lays out all the narrative threads, it also advances the Kinsey arc. Man that guy is annoying.

And hey, Micheal Shanks gets to lend his voice to the series with another appearance by Thor.

Forsaken first aired on 21 Februay, 2003 and was written by Damian Kindler.

When SG-1 comes across a crashed ship and a trio of humans struggling for survival, O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and the rest are willing to lend help. Teal’c (Christopher Judge) seems to think there is something in the forest surrounding the ship, which Carter (Amanda Tapping) is helping one of the crew, Aden (Martin Cummins) repair.

Soon, Teal’c’s suspicion is proven correct when they are attacked. Aden and his fellow survivors are determined to kill them, while O’Neill wants to capture them and talk to them.

That’s a big indicator that something more is going on. And it’s rather obvious what it is, but it’s executed with that nice little SG-1 style. It’s a run-of-the-mill episode with no real surprises but it looks great.

Jonas Quinn (Corin Nemec) gets some nice moments, and the character bits of all the leads is nice and relaxed.

SG-1 has its groove down. But we’re coming up on the end of season six, and once again, there are changes coming on the horizon, new cast and new series! The adventure just keeps growing.