Felger (Patrick McKenna) is back!

Avenger 2.0 was written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, and it debuted on 8 August, 2003.

Since his last appearance in The Other Guys he’s been working on a number of projects, and one of them is a computer virus, Avenger 2.0. This virus should help them better control over the stargate network. They could use it to disable Goa’uld controlled gates by scrambling their DHDs (dial home devices), but, of course, it doesn’t quite work out that way.

It disables all of them. And there are countless offworld teams, including O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Teal’c (Christopher Judge) and Daniel (Michael Shanks).

Now, Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Felger need to find a way to get the network up and running again.

It’s light, it’s comedic. And some of it is a little too silly. Felger is a little too nerdy, and some of the references are a little on-the-nose; Felger has created a little Stargate collection of toys of his own, his hero worship gone wild. And of course, he’s so blatantly focused on Carter, that he doesn’t see Chloe (Jocelyne Loewen).

Still, SG-1 is going strong, it is still willing to experiment with its plots and characters. They aren’t all going to be winners, but they keep taking those swings.

That being said, it’s not my favorite episode of the season. That’s too bad, because I loved Felger’s appearance in The Other Guys, I just think his appearance here could have been a bit better, and still let him be as geeky as he is.

Birthright is another Jaffa story penned by Christopher Judge. This one was first broadcast on 15 August, 2003.

This story introduces a clan of female Jaffa who fight for their people. They are led by Ishta (Jolene Blalock). Seeing the potential for new allies, SG1 makes diplomatic overtures, and even offers them the drug, tretonin.

The offer of the tretonin would allow the Jaffa to wean themselves of their Goa’uld symbiotes, but a number of the clan are unwilling to risk it as there are only currently two known Jaffa using them, Teal’c and Bra’tac (Tony Amendola).

Ishta wants SG-1’s assistance in combating the local Goa’uld warlord, and help save all of their children. Not everyone wants the tretonin, but Teal’c cautions against going up against the systemlords to continue stealing symbiotes to survive.

Judge wrote the script with Blalock in mind, and I do like that it opens up more of the Jaffa world, and ties in with Amazonian legends. The cast also includes the wonderful Christine Adams, she is one of those actors who you know from everything.

It’s a solid ep, and I like how Judge keeps wanting to expand the Jaffa mythology, layering it and introducing new aspects of the culture.

Next week, it’s the mid-season cliffhanger!