KMInfinity
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Registered: Jun 2002
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Superb episode~
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Thinking from a writer's perspective, the key was that the audience had to see Jack repeatedly suffering intense physical pain and mental anguish----then hooking up with Daniel in the cell (after the sarcophagus revived him from torture and death)---and accepting that Daniel couldn't physically bust Jack out.... And the writers did an excellent job of this..... It made sense, didn't cause (IMO) a build up of resentment against Daniel for not helping, and provided gobs of great dialogue and conversation between the two. It also superbly set up the idea that Jack really could step out of his "can-do, man of action" role and understand that other perspectives are valid---the first step in being able to ascend? Granted, Jack didn't agree with Daniel's self imposed limitations, but he accepted them.
It's the best episode I've ever seen considering the low amounts of action and effects...
The bulk of the episode was the relationship/dialogue between Jack and Daniel, but there were some other nice touches :
~General Hammond going toe-to toe with the Tok'ra and drawing a line in the sand....
~Teal'c smiling--big beaming smile, when Hammond "chewed out" the Tok'ra in that precise, professional, tough way that only a military officer can do....
~The really cool local gravity effects...loved how Jack learned to adapt to that...
~Ba'al---handsome, clever, witty--and vicious
~A teeny, tiny shipper moment>When Jack is back at SGC, in the hospital bed, Sam gets Jack a glass of water--IMO, a deep serious look of care and love? from her to him.....(Meanwhile, I think Jack merely asked for the water to get her out of the room so he could talk to Daniel privately, since no one else could see him....)
Minor quibbles and questions:
~Yeah, woulda been nice to see Jack with the snake inside...
~Woulda been nice to see a bit of action as Jack escaped....
~I agree with Angelique that Teal'c did not get the idea to use Yu from Daniel...Let's not turn Daniel into the "god in the machine" who saves everybody every time something goes wrong.....I thought that was the whole point of the episode...
~I agree with kmg that this episode implies Daniel is "hanging out" at SGC--Why can't he appear more, then? Like at Jack's bedside, what's the deal where he couldn't appear to all for a moment and say hi? Ascending means cutting off all past connections? Then WTF is he giving Jack moral support for during the torture ordeal?.....methinks I smell a conflict in Daniel about his ascended status. Maybe he didn't truly give up all of his "burdens" and ends up unascending? descending? returning form the heights...whatever...
*OT ?---Since the thread itself is labeled spoiler, must individual posts provide spoiler space? How's that FAQ coming?
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