Stargate SG-1 (2004) – Icon, and Avatar

Daniel (Michael Shanks) is in the middle of a global conflict in Icon. Written by Damian Kindler, it first aired on 6 August, 2004. Told through flashbacks while Daniel recovers, the story sprawls three months, from SG-1’s first contact with the planet of Tegalus. Daniel briefs O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Teal’c…

Stargate SG-1 (2004) – Lockdown, and Zero Hour

Stargate Command is showing a little more international cooperation, as the Russians have a detachment working there in concert with a space station in orbit. This space station has a close call with a piece of debris from the most recent battle and it seems something has survived. Lockdown was written by Joseph Mallozzi and…

Stargate SG-1 (2004) – Resurrection, and Inauguration

While O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) continues to recover from his staff blast wound he received in Heroes, the rest of SG-1 is sent to Los Angeles to consult on a mass murder case. Why? Because there are a number of Goa’uld artifacts, and the NID are involved. Written by Michael Shanks and directed by Amanda…

Stargate SG-1 (2004) – Heroes: Part 1, and Part 2

Saul Rubinek guest stars as a documentary filmmaker, Emmett Bregman, who has come to Stargate Command to finally document the staff and project that so few on the planet know about. Heroes: Part 1 first aired on 13 February, 2004 and was written by Robert C. Cooper. As Emmett chats with all the members of…

Stargate SG-1 (2003/2004) – Evolution: Part 1, and Part 2

The mid-season finale, Evolution: Part 1 first aired on 22 August, 2003. It was written by Damian Kindler from a story by Kindler and Michael Shanks. There’s a new threat in the Stargate Universe. Teal’c (Christopher Judge) and Bra’tac (Tony Amendola) are stunned when they come across a battlefield strewn with dead Jaffa. A dying…

Stargate SG-1 (2003) – Paradise Lost, and Metamorphosis

Maybourne (Tom McBeath) is back as a throrn in O’Neill’s (Richard Dean Anderson) side in Paradise Lost. Written by Robert C. Cooper the episode debuted on 31 January, 2003. The former colonel, and on-the-run traitor approaches O’Neill with information about the weapons cache on the planet that Simmons (John de Lancie) stole the X-303 to…

Stargate SG-1 (2001) – Prodigy, and Entity

There’s a fun opener with O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Hammond (Don S. Davis) and the actual Air Force Chief of Staff at the time, Micheal E. Ryan. And then the story dives into a fun Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) story. Prodigy was written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie from a story by Mallozzi, Mullie,…

The X-Files (2018) – Plus One, and The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat

Series creator Chris Carter pens Plus One, which first aired on 17 January, 2018. Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) get pulled into a weird one, when they hear about a rash of phenomenon relating to the appearance of doppelgängers, and they all seem to relate to a pair of twins, Chuck and Judy…

The X-Files (2001) – Salvage, and Badlaa

These two entries in The X-Files, while solid, failed to engage me as the previous stories of the season, and the series did. It’s not for lack of performances, I just wasn’t captivated by them, and they both seemed to circle around concepts of revenge. Salvage was written by Jeffrey Bell, and first aired on…

The X-Files (1999) – Field Trip, and Biogenesis

Frank Spotnitz created the story which Vince Gilligan and John Shiban wrote the teleplay for the sixth season’s penultimate episode, Field Trip, which first aired on 9 May, 1999. Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) head to Brown Mountain, home of the Brown Mountain Lights, which Mulder believes may be UFO related, to investigate…