A geological SG team led by Colonel Edwards (Michael Rooker!!) finds themselves in need of some help from SG-1 when one of Edwards’ team is abducted and killed by an Unas.

Edwards’ team is on the planet to mine naquadah, and is less than keen to listen to anything Daniel (Michael Shanks) has to say about the Unas population, and the fact that the SG team may have inadvertently wronged them.

Written and directed by Peter DeLuise, who doesn’t get a chance for a cameo, Enemy Mine first aired on 25 July, 2003.

Edwards is determined to exact revenge for the death of his man, but O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) hauls him back to Stargate Command for a deep investigation. When O’Neill is injured (allowing Anderson to not shoot a lot for this episode), he’s stuck back at the SGC, and Daniel has to deal with Edwards on his own. Well, Teal’c (Christopher Judge) is around too.

It seems Carter (Amanda Tapping) is busy working on a gate program, so she’s no help.

So what will Daniel do to broker a peace between the SGC and the Unas? Daniel decides to bring in his old Unas friend, Chaka (G. Patrick Currie).

Is there a way to get the huge naquadah deposit without offending the Unas clan? General Vidrine (Steven Williams) suggests forcible relocation.

That doesn’t put the SGC in the best light. Will Daniel be able to find a way to work things out before war breaks out as the Unas prepare to summon all the clans? Hopefully Daniel and Chaka will find a way to sort things out before it gets too bloody.

Space Race was written by Damian Kindler and was first aired on 1 August, 2003.

Warrick Finn (Alex Zahara) last seen in the episode of The Forsaken returns. He comes to the SGC with an offer. He will give them some of his people’s advanced technology if Carter will help him win a race, a space race.

O’Neill makes a quick appearance, but this is pretty much Carter’s story and episode. It’s a little goofy, and a little silly. It’s just a big race, there’s even some ‘comedic’ network coverage of it among Finn’s people and the rest of the galaxy.

Of course, it’s not going to be easy, and Warrick and Carter have their work cut out for them. There’s cheating, traps, and lots of goofy tropes that you would totally expect from an episode like this.

It feels a little light-hearted, especially with the threat of the Goa’uld still out there. It’s just a silly escapist episode. That being said there is a bit of an exploration of racism, as well as lots of goofy adverts delivered by commentators.

It’s not the worst episode of the series, but it’s definitely not the best one.