10x02 Morpheus
So, it's time for a sleepy bedtime story... (spoilers, there's a lot of awws in this. I forgot how much I missed SG-1!
The episode starts with Teal'c telling the latest from the Free Jaffas. Basically, they're still losing the Ori war. But this gloom is interrupted by Daniel bouncing down the hall with a Eureka moment and spouting Arthurian legend gibberish which makes Sam relate to how the team feels when she goes off on her technobabble. D'awww, hi Bouncy Daniel, we don't see you as much anymore.
Slightly calmer, Daniel briefs Landry of clue to find Merlin's weapon = defeat Ori. Landry says it's a go, except for Vala, who's not part of the Stargating club yet. She's getting closer though after Daniel advocates on her behalf to Landry, she just has to pass a psych exam.
Learning an exam is involved, Vala promptly decides to study, using Daniel's computer without his permission. Daniel is left sputtering as Mitchell drags him away (d'aww, Cam's getting over his complete awe in his fanboy phase isn't he?). They end up on this dead planet. Like dead dead. Not even birds. *cue spooky music*
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Landry takes pity on Vala and tries to support her, and also explain you can't study for this kind of test, but Vala's bound and determined to pass.
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Meantime SG-1 are on Vagonbrei, and they see dead people. No really. The people are just dead like they went to sleep and never woke up. Dun dun dun! Yeah, not really so spooky yet. But they call the anvil-droppingly named "Red Team", a medical SGC team to come check out the dead people. Red Shirts, I mean Red Team are grumpy and tired from being pulled onto another assignment after being up for a double shift already doing inoculations.
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Daniel has found evidence there may be a cave so spelunking they will go. Hi ho, hi ho.
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Vala's met the psychiatrist and promptly answers a simply how are you with detailed psychoanalysis. The tester blinks and realizes he's in for a very long day.
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The cave so far is a bust and it's getting dark, so Mitchell pulls a mom and tells Daniel he can't play anymore. Killjoy.
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Vala's moved on to inkblot tests, totally doing the analyst's job for him much to his frustration.
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Back at the village, the teams decide to call it a night, but they can't find one of the Red Team. He's asleep in a barn. Very asleep. Like can't wake up asleep. So they're stuck in the now dark, dead, creepy midieval village with a teammate who's not in a coma. They also realize they've got to quarantine themselves so they don't have another plague come back to the SGC.
The SGC sends coffee and stimulants, but as time passes with no answers from the science gurus yet, Mitchell notices this is an odd kind of sleepy time. Daniel replies he did read something about a curse. Maybe he should've mentioned that before. Oh, Daniel. While he keeps doing research, the rest of team head back to the caves to get some soil samples and see if that's where Bernie picked up whatever made him fall asleep.
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Vala comes to Landry to find out if she got an A. Landry says the results are null because of her antics. Vala leaves even more frustrated at the scolding since she's TRYING to take it seriously. So, no one's happy.
Back in her room, there's a knock on the door. Turns out it's Richard Woolsey. He has a proposition he doesn't think Vala can refuse. He greases the wheels for her to be on the team, and she turns into the IOA's spy. He leaves her to think on it.
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Sam finds a secret passageway in the cave. Teal'c and Cam decide to stay and check it out while Sam gets the soil samples back to Red Leader.
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The analyst decides to try something different with Vala. He's hooked her up to the most unrealistic polygraph ever, but it's pretty hilarious all the same when Vala tries to butter him up by saying he looks dashing, adn the polygraph just keeps showing her lying. D'awww!
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Red Leader's found a parasite. He bets this is the answer. Great! Except now they realize that another of the Red Shirts (c'mon we know that's what they are) bite the dust. Well, he's just asleep, but it's a deadly sleep since Bernie's now toast. Poor Red Leader.
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Mitchell and Teal'c get freaked out by the Geico gecko's cousin until they realize, hey, this is the first living thing they've spotted on teh planet. Let's grab him! They move deeper into the caves.
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Red Leader with Sam's help peforms the autopsy. Bernie's died of a brain anuerysm, caused by big monster parasite. It's like an internal sleeping tick or something EWWWW! And now I wonder why I picked this episode since it's got ICKY BUGS IN IT! Oh yeah, because of all the d'awwww. Moving on.
The Red Leader's figured out more about the parasite, but before he can save them all, he drops dead of a heart attack from all the stimulants he's been taking. Sam and Daniel try to revive him, well mostly Sam does. Daniel, as the resident expert in being dead, realizes it's hopeless.
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Vala's told Woolsey her decision to his offer, and then she runs into the anaylst and we learn her decision is not to betray the team. She rants at the analyst and all her frustration and honest emotion comes out at how Daniel's the first guy to believe in her rather than her having to fend for herself and she's tired of defending herself to the rest of them.
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Teal'c and Mitchell finally catch the reptile. Well, Teal'c catches it, Cam more falls on his face. Poor Cam. Mitchell decides to name the creature Curly as Teal'c hugs it in his jacket. D'aww. It's not a pet, Cam. Cam's more important things to consider than Curly's ultimate fate though, more like how this rock on the ground makes a really good pillow and wouldn't it be nice to just take a nap...Teal'c puts the kibosh on that idea, but realizes he can't get Curly to the others in time to help AND carry Cam out, so he vows to come back to get Mitchell and leaves the Colonel. D'awww! Poor Teal'c!
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The rest of SG-1 aren't faring much better as Sam and Daniel struggle to keep each other awake. Sam finally collapses and Daniel, reaching for her, collapses himself. (Oh noes!) Of course, since these two are SG-1 and NOT Red Shirt Team, the medics in hazmat suits come in and put them in those stasis quarantine capsule thingies. Sam's still alert enough to kinda realize what's happening and tries to tell them about the parasite but she's too weak and sleepy. Well, hopefully, Red Leader took notes the rescuers can find.
***
Teal'c stumbles out of the cave, but even tretonin-feeding Jaffa succumb to the sleeping bug. Luckily the hazmat team run into him and find Curly in his arms.
***
Apparently they find Mitchell in short order too. Isn't that lucky?! Because the next scene they're all chilling out in Daniel's lab and pretty much recovered, reliving some of the wacky hallucinogenic dreams they had. Daniel reveals that the trip wasn't a complete bust. He got a clue they should go to Atlantis. They're interrupted though by being called to the Gate Room.
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where Vala's making a scene and ready to pack up and go since she's not welcome here. Landry tells her she's free to leave, but seems a waste since she passed her psych exam and while not on SG-1, is probationary with the SGC. Mollified, Vala tattles on Woolsey, where she learns he too was part of the test. Not missing a beat, Vala asks if the sexual advances were part of the test too. Landry has to deal with a freaked out protesting Woolsey (never b.s. a b.s.'er, Richard).
1. The new kind of bed bug. Clever monster, or tiresome drama?
2. What do you think SG-1 hallucinated as they were succumbing to the parasite?
3. Do you think Vala's attempts to study for the test ultimately helped her by showing resolve or made the testing more difficult?
4. Hey, what do you think ever happened to Grimsby, the sleeping member of Red Shirt team?
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The episode starts with Teal'c telling the latest from the Free Jaffas. Basically, they're still losing the Ori war. But this gloom is interrupted by Daniel bouncing down the hall with a Eureka moment and spouting Arthurian legend gibberish which makes Sam relate to how the team feels when she goes off on her technobabble. D'awww, hi Bouncy Daniel, we don't see you as much anymore.
Slightly calmer, Daniel briefs Landry of clue to find Merlin's weapon = defeat Ori. Landry says it's a go, except for Vala, who's not part of the Stargating club yet. She's getting closer though after Daniel advocates on her behalf to Landry, she just has to pass a psych exam.
Learning an exam is involved, Vala promptly decides to study, using Daniel's computer without his permission. Daniel is left sputtering as Mitchell drags him away (d'aww, Cam's getting over his complete awe in his fanboy phase isn't he?). They end up on this dead planet. Like dead dead. Not even birds. *cue spooky music*
***
Landry takes pity on Vala and tries to support her, and also explain you can't study for this kind of test, but Vala's bound and determined to pass.
***
Meantime SG-1 are on Vagonbrei, and they see dead people. No really. The people are just dead like they went to sleep and never woke up. Dun dun dun! Yeah, not really so spooky yet. But they call the anvil-droppingly named "Red Team", a medical SGC team to come check out the dead people. Red Shirts, I mean Red Team are grumpy and tired from being pulled onto another assignment after being up for a double shift already doing inoculations.
***
Daniel has found evidence there may be a cave so spelunking they will go. Hi ho, hi ho.
***
Vala's met the psychiatrist and promptly answers a simply how are you with detailed psychoanalysis. The tester blinks and realizes he's in for a very long day.
***
The cave so far is a bust and it's getting dark, so Mitchell pulls a mom and tells Daniel he can't play anymore. Killjoy.
***
Vala's moved on to inkblot tests, totally doing the analyst's job for him much to his frustration.
***
Back at the village, the teams decide to call it a night, but they can't find one of the Red Team. He's asleep in a barn. Very asleep. Like can't wake up asleep. So they're stuck in the now dark, dead, creepy midieval village with a teammate who's not in a coma. They also realize they've got to quarantine themselves so they don't have another plague come back to the SGC.
The SGC sends coffee and stimulants, but as time passes with no answers from the science gurus yet, Mitchell notices this is an odd kind of sleepy time. Daniel replies he did read something about a curse. Maybe he should've mentioned that before. Oh, Daniel. While he keeps doing research, the rest of team head back to the caves to get some soil samples and see if that's where Bernie picked up whatever made him fall asleep.
***
Vala comes to Landry to find out if she got an A. Landry says the results are null because of her antics. Vala leaves even more frustrated at the scolding since she's TRYING to take it seriously. So, no one's happy.
Back in her room, there's a knock on the door. Turns out it's Richard Woolsey. He has a proposition he doesn't think Vala can refuse. He greases the wheels for her to be on the team, and she turns into the IOA's spy. He leaves her to think on it.
***
Sam finds a secret passageway in the cave. Teal'c and Cam decide to stay and check it out while Sam gets the soil samples back to Red Leader.
***
The analyst decides to try something different with Vala. He's hooked her up to the most unrealistic polygraph ever, but it's pretty hilarious all the same when Vala tries to butter him up by saying he looks dashing, adn the polygraph just keeps showing her lying. D'awww!
***
Red Leader's found a parasite. He bets this is the answer. Great! Except now they realize that another of the Red Shirts (c'mon we know that's what they are) bite the dust. Well, he's just asleep, but it's a deadly sleep since Bernie's now toast. Poor Red Leader.
***
Mitchell and Teal'c get freaked out by the Geico gecko's cousin until they realize, hey, this is the first living thing they've spotted on teh planet. Let's grab him! They move deeper into the caves.
***
Red Leader with Sam's help peforms the autopsy. Bernie's died of a brain anuerysm, caused by big monster parasite. It's like an internal sleeping tick or something EWWWW! And now I wonder why I picked this episode since it's got ICKY BUGS IN IT! Oh yeah, because of all the d'awwww. Moving on.
The Red Leader's figured out more about the parasite, but before he can save them all, he drops dead of a heart attack from all the stimulants he's been taking. Sam and Daniel try to revive him, well mostly Sam does. Daniel, as the resident expert in being dead, realizes it's hopeless.
***
Vala's told Woolsey her decision to his offer, and then she runs into the anaylst and we learn her decision is not to betray the team. She rants at the analyst and all her frustration and honest emotion comes out at how Daniel's the first guy to believe in her rather than her having to fend for herself and she's tired of defending herself to the rest of them.
***
Teal'c and Mitchell finally catch the reptile. Well, Teal'c catches it, Cam more falls on his face. Poor Cam. Mitchell decides to name the creature Curly as Teal'c hugs it in his jacket. D'aww. It's not a pet, Cam. Cam's more important things to consider than Curly's ultimate fate though, more like how this rock on the ground makes a really good pillow and wouldn't it be nice to just take a nap...Teal'c puts the kibosh on that idea, but realizes he can't get Curly to the others in time to help AND carry Cam out, so he vows to come back to get Mitchell and leaves the Colonel. D'awww! Poor Teal'c!
***
The rest of SG-1 aren't faring much better as Sam and Daniel struggle to keep each other awake. Sam finally collapses and Daniel, reaching for her, collapses himself. (Oh noes!) Of course, since these two are SG-1 and NOT Red Shirt Team, the medics in hazmat suits come in and put them in those stasis quarantine capsule thingies. Sam's still alert enough to kinda realize what's happening and tries to tell them about the parasite but she's too weak and sleepy. Well, hopefully, Red Leader took notes the rescuers can find.
***
Teal'c stumbles out of the cave, but even tretonin-feeding Jaffa succumb to the sleeping bug. Luckily the hazmat team run into him and find Curly in his arms.
***
Apparently they find Mitchell in short order too. Isn't that lucky?! Because the next scene they're all chilling out in Daniel's lab and pretty much recovered, reliving some of the wacky hallucinogenic dreams they had. Daniel reveals that the trip wasn't a complete bust. He got a clue they should go to Atlantis. They're interrupted though by being called to the Gate Room.
...
where Vala's making a scene and ready to pack up and go since she's not welcome here. Landry tells her she's free to leave, but seems a waste since she passed her psych exam and while not on SG-1, is probationary with the SGC. Mollified, Vala tattles on Woolsey, where she learns he too was part of the test. Not missing a beat, Vala asks if the sexual advances were part of the test too. Landry has to deal with a freaked out protesting Woolsey (never b.s. a b.s.'er, Richard).
1. The new kind of bed bug. Clever monster, or tiresome drama?
2. What do you think SG-1 hallucinated as they were succumbing to the parasite?
3. Do you think Vala's attempts to study for the test ultimately helped her by showing resolve or made the testing more difficult?
4. Hey, what do you think ever happened to Grimsby, the sleeping member of Red Shirt team?
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