Season Three of SG-1 got underway on 25 June 1999 with Into the Fire. Written by one of the showrunners, Brad Wright, General Hammond (Don S. Davis) learns that SG-1 is being held captive by Hathor (Suanne Braun). While Major Davis (Colin Cunningham) stays at the SGC, Hammond joins Teal’c (Christopher Judge) and Bra’tac (Tony…
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1981) – Episodes 4, 5, and 6
Douglas Adams iconic story The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy continues with Arthur Dent’s (Simon Jones) comedic and intergalactic travels . The fourth episode aired on 26 January, 1981. The gang are still on Magrathea and the reveal that mice were the ones who financed the planet Earth, and were conducting experiments there. Arthur confers…
Stargate SG-1 (1999) – Holiday, and Serpent’s Song
While on a mission, Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) gets body-swapped with an ancient inventor Ma’chello (also Shanks), but that’s just the beginning of the problems . Ma’chello takes over Daniel’s body, and just uses it as an opportunity to take a reprieve from life, and travel around the city. But when Teal’c (Christopher Judge) and…
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1981) – Episodes 1, 2, and 3
I feel that most of North America was introduced to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy when this version of the novel, adapted from the BBC radio broadcast, jumped the pond. I remember 1980, at Christmas the novel was under the Christmas Tree for me. I may have been a little young for it at…
Stargate SG-1 (1999) – The Fifth Race, and A Matter of Time
Poor Jack (Richard Dean Anderson). O’Neill becomes infected with an alien database when they travel to one of the possible ally worlds of the five races allied against the goa’uld system lords. Written by Robert C. Cooper, The Fifth Race first debuted on 22 January, 1999. He begins to speak in an alien tongue, and…
Stargate SG-1 (1998) – Spirits, and Touchstone
When an SG team goes missing on a mining expedition SG-1 is sent to investigate and find themselves encountering a a transplanted tribe of Indigenous peoples who have very strong views about the SGC turning their mountain into a mining site. Written by Tor Alexander Valenza, Spirits first aired on 23 October, 1998. Before SG-1…
Stargate SG-1 (1998) – The Tok’ra Part 1, and Part 2
Using story threads laid down in the episode In the Line of Duty and Secrets, The Tok’ra expands the Stargate universe once again, and introduces new characters, allies and threats? The Tok’ra Part 1 was written by one of the showrunners, Jonathan Glassner, and it debuted on 2 October, 1998. When Captain Carter (Amanda Tapping)…
Stargate SG-1 (1998) – Message in a Bottle, and Family
SG-1 investigates a planet that requires them to wear spacesuits, so it’s cool to know Stargate Command has access to that kind of thing. I mean after the shuttle rescue at the beginning of season two, i guess they have all kinds of access. But that’s only the precursor to Message in a Bottle. Written…
Stargate SG-1 (1998) – The Serpent’s Lair, and In the Line of Duty
Season two of SG-1 got underway on 26 June, 1998 with The Serpent’s Lair. Written by one of the series showrunners, Brad Wright, the episode picks up moments after the conclusion of the season one finale. O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Carter (Amanda Tapping), Jackson (Michael Shanks) and Teal’c (Christopher Judge) are still aboard the goa’uld…
Stargate SG-1 (1998) – Politics, and Within the Serpent’s Grasp
Politics picks up with Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) talking about the oncoming goa’uld assault that he witnessed in the alternate reality, but he’s not only going to have to prove himself to O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Teal’c (Christopher Judge) and the SGC, but also the government. And that means not only…
The Mind Reels 