Dial the Gate: Nightwalkers
redial_the_gate does Nightwalkers! I have been promised Sam in leather and Jonas and Teal'c in trenchcoats. Also, I'm pretty sure Sam slaps Jonas and that this ep includes that shot I've seen in music vids of a bunch of soldiers running down a street, waving rifles with lights and looking ridiculously conspicuous. No real commentary here, just liveblogging my reaction. Onwards!
Sam looks gorgeous in the cover screenshot from the DVD, or whatever you call it.
Why don't people ever make desperate phone calls on a bright, sunny day?
Okay, I am getting increasingly amused at the absolutely incredulous looks poor Jonas gets every time he references something he knows with his amazing technicolor memory. Even Hammond gets into it this time!
And then I laughed out loud that Sam and Teal'c are even more incredulous that he doesn't know something.... :)
...That's all we get on Jack? "The Tok'ra are still looking for a suitable host for his symbiote"? How about, "Yes, he's cured and inventing new insults for the Tok'ra's refusal to let him come back to Earth in the meantime"? Or something! I say again - this must've been a killer for people who watched this when S6 first aired.
Also, I want a ficlet where poor Sam considers that she has to infiltrate a little town with the subtle backup of two aliens, one with a gold tattoo on his forehead and the other with an obsession for the Weather Channel and memorizing random factoids. Hee hee hee hee.
"I don't want people to start thinking that I'm... strange." ::sporfles:: And Sam's face definitely says, "Too late."
"What about Colonel O'Neill?" "...Let's get some lunch." Bwah!
Just noticed Jonas wears a ring. From Kelowna? Anyone have anything on that?
::dissolves in giggles:: LEATHER and TRENCHCOATS, people. Ah, team. ::squishes them:: And Jonas trying to teach Sam how to use a video camera...!
"Keep an eye on Teal'c." "...Keep an eye on Jonas." Ha ha ha - poor, poor Sam. :)
Sherrif Knox -- interesting guy. I don't remember from my reading of the transcript -- four years ago, now -- whether he's involved in the whatever-it-is, but I had no trouble buying him as a small-town cop who resents the big boys (or, in this case, girls) horning in on his case. He seems helpful, for a given value of helpful.
Is Jonas eating a lollipop?
Oooh! Mysterious brooding intent guy!
I like this: Teal'c goes upstairs to make sure they're secure, Jonas wanders around poking things, and Sam goes straight for the computer. Also, Windows 95 screenshot, hee!
The delivery girl apparently doesn't find it odd that the woman who answers Fleming's door is wearing gloves indoors.
Remembering Bloodlines, I find it hard to believe that Sam could ever open something thermos-like in so blase a fashion without worrying about being jumped by a snake. Maybe it's too narrow?
"Perhaps his paranoia is well-founded. He is missing." This strikes me as delightful Teal'c-speak for "just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you." :)
...You know, I have no memory of any reference to Stargate doing zombies before Evolution. You'd think someone would've said something by now.
Intense creepy guy! He vaguely reminds me of Seth.
Okay, Jonas and eating in every scene is getting to be a bit ridiculous here. "We have another tradition. It's called hardened arteries." ::grins::
Okay, official verdict: Jonas is ridiculously adorable. Rattling off everything he's noticed and still eating his fries and complaining about his hamburger at the same time. I will now formally squish him (but, Aurora, I will not call him George).
More intent broody guy! Not the Seth-lite guy, though.
Again, I like Knox. I do hope he's not involved with the evil creepy stuff.
Here's an odd thought - what does Teal'c, as a Jaffa, think of genetic manipulation and research after what his people experienced from the Goa'uld over the years?
Such a little thing, but I love that Teal'c orders ginger ale instead of beer - that Jaffa thing.
Jonas giving "an effort" to be at home with the small-town guys is kinda cringe-inducing. Poor delusional alien. And Teal'c - "You have much to learn about humans." Hah!
"When my time on SG-1 is done, I will return to Chulak with my son." Ah, Teal'c. And Jonas, acknowledging that he'll never be able to go home.
Teal'c giving the bar guys his gracious nod is utterly for the win. :)
And here's proof that Knox is involved. Too bad - I really did like him.
PDL cameo! I think. I thought he'd lost more weight than that.
I love the scene of the three of them in their "undercover" coats striding down the street! Also, Jonas is right - anyone forgetting the oddness that is Teal'c and Jonas together is definitely suspicious. :)
Broody guy!
Heeeee! Teal'c, you win at everything. :D Interesting that Sam calls Teal'c by his own name rather than "Murray," though.
"You didn't say anything weird, did you?" "...Why are you looking at me?" Hee hee hee.
"The people of this town are behaving strangely. Even for humans." TEAL'C FOR THE WIN.
I don't get the transition between what Sam said and Jonas remembering tire tracks. Help? (Also, Jonas' ability to notice detail is getting a little over the top.)
Aw, he wants Sam to teach him how to pick locks!
"Wormhole theory, motorcycle riding, and lock-picking." I WANT AN ICON OF SAM WITH THAT AS HER RESUME. Ahem. Just saying.
I want to know why, once Hammond knew there was an alien presence involved, he didn't send SG-3 and a platoon of Marines as backup.
Ah, I see - I can still like Knox, because he's a completely different person at daytime and nighttime. Good. :)
Love, love the Goa'uld theme playing when Sam sees the hieroglyphs on the screen.
Wait, they're all Goa'uld -- implanted with cloned symbiotes? Okay, no naquadah kinda sorta makes sense because, um, the cloned cells won't carry the naquadah...? Er. But why no eye flash? We should've had an eye flash from Knox when he woke up.
Sam wasted an awful lot of that stuff when she squirted it out.
NID!
Teal'c worrying about innocents, YES. That's one of the reasons he chose to rebel against Apophis back in COTG - "I can save these people!"
This. This has got to be the ultimate horror for Sam. Getting snaked AGAIN.
And there's the eye flash! Yes, of course they sedated her first - the immature symbiote can't take control if she's awake.
Y'know, this Agent Cross guy is half-way decent -- if you ignore the complacency of harming innocents, that is.
I want meta on that slap, people. Whoa.
Creepy Seth guy is apparently one of the major players. And I am interested in that "Welcome, brother," because they're all clones of the same symbiote, right? And... and now I'm thinking of the six-pack of Ba'al's of S9. Huh. They recycled a storyline.
Goa'uld calling Teal'c a "sholva" never gets old. :)
"The humans don't really trust him." Um, ow?
And here's the scene of everyone running down the street. Incompetents. No one tries for a little stealth?
Whee Sam! "You guys aren't nearly a smart as you think you are." Heh.
"I had to make it look good. ...Let's get some lunch." Yes. I want meta on that slap, I really do. Jack's not the only one with issues.
And some some actual real commentary on the episode:
Fun bits aside, what does it say about the NID -- and its superiors, presumably the Joint Chiefs of Staff -- that they're willing to allow innocent civilians to suffer under Goa'uld occupation for the sake of a bit of tech? That sneer about succeeding where the SGC failed. How much of this is Maybourne-like comeuppance vs. Makepeace-like do anything to win the battle against the Go'auld?
I would welcome your thoughts on this. :)
Sam looks gorgeous in the cover screenshot from the DVD, or whatever you call it.
Why don't people ever make desperate phone calls on a bright, sunny day?
Okay, I am getting increasingly amused at the absolutely incredulous looks poor Jonas gets every time he references something he knows with his amazing technicolor memory. Even Hammond gets into it this time!
And then I laughed out loud that Sam and Teal'c are even more incredulous that he doesn't know something.... :)
...That's all we get on Jack? "The Tok'ra are still looking for a suitable host for his symbiote"? How about, "Yes, he's cured and inventing new insults for the Tok'ra's refusal to let him come back to Earth in the meantime"? Or something! I say again - this must've been a killer for people who watched this when S6 first aired.
Also, I want a ficlet where poor Sam considers that she has to infiltrate a little town with the subtle backup of two aliens, one with a gold tattoo on his forehead and the other with an obsession for the Weather Channel and memorizing random factoids. Hee hee hee hee.
"I don't want people to start thinking that I'm... strange." ::sporfles:: And Sam's face definitely says, "Too late."
"What about Colonel O'Neill?" "...Let's get some lunch." Bwah!
Just noticed Jonas wears a ring. From Kelowna? Anyone have anything on that?
::dissolves in giggles:: LEATHER and TRENCHCOATS, people. Ah, team. ::squishes them:: And Jonas trying to teach Sam how to use a video camera...!
"Keep an eye on Teal'c." "...Keep an eye on Jonas." Ha ha ha - poor, poor Sam. :)
Sherrif Knox -- interesting guy. I don't remember from my reading of the transcript -- four years ago, now -- whether he's involved in the whatever-it-is, but I had no trouble buying him as a small-town cop who resents the big boys (or, in this case, girls) horning in on his case. He seems helpful, for a given value of helpful.
Is Jonas eating a lollipop?
Oooh! Mysterious brooding intent guy!
I like this: Teal'c goes upstairs to make sure they're secure, Jonas wanders around poking things, and Sam goes straight for the computer. Also, Windows 95 screenshot, hee!
The delivery girl apparently doesn't find it odd that the woman who answers Fleming's door is wearing gloves indoors.
Remembering Bloodlines, I find it hard to believe that Sam could ever open something thermos-like in so blase a fashion without worrying about being jumped by a snake. Maybe it's too narrow?
"Perhaps his paranoia is well-founded. He is missing." This strikes me as delightful Teal'c-speak for "just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you." :)
...You know, I have no memory of any reference to Stargate doing zombies before Evolution. You'd think someone would've said something by now.
Intense creepy guy! He vaguely reminds me of Seth.
Okay, Jonas and eating in every scene is getting to be a bit ridiculous here. "We have another tradition. It's called hardened arteries." ::grins::
Okay, official verdict: Jonas is ridiculously adorable. Rattling off everything he's noticed and still eating his fries and complaining about his hamburger at the same time. I will now formally squish him (but, Aurora, I will not call him George).
More intent broody guy! Not the Seth-lite guy, though.
Again, I like Knox. I do hope he's not involved with the evil creepy stuff.
Here's an odd thought - what does Teal'c, as a Jaffa, think of genetic manipulation and research after what his people experienced from the Goa'uld over the years?
Such a little thing, but I love that Teal'c orders ginger ale instead of beer - that Jaffa thing.
Jonas giving "an effort" to be at home with the small-town guys is kinda cringe-inducing. Poor delusional alien. And Teal'c - "You have much to learn about humans." Hah!
"When my time on SG-1 is done, I will return to Chulak with my son." Ah, Teal'c. And Jonas, acknowledging that he'll never be able to go home.
Teal'c giving the bar guys his gracious nod is utterly for the win. :)
And here's proof that Knox is involved. Too bad - I really did like him.
PDL cameo! I think. I thought he'd lost more weight than that.
I love the scene of the three of them in their "undercover" coats striding down the street! Also, Jonas is right - anyone forgetting the oddness that is Teal'c and Jonas together is definitely suspicious. :)
Broody guy!
Heeeee! Teal'c, you win at everything. :D Interesting that Sam calls Teal'c by his own name rather than "Murray," though.
"You didn't say anything weird, did you?" "...Why are you looking at me?" Hee hee hee.
"The people of this town are behaving strangely. Even for humans." TEAL'C FOR THE WIN.
I don't get the transition between what Sam said and Jonas remembering tire tracks. Help? (Also, Jonas' ability to notice detail is getting a little over the top.)
Aw, he wants Sam to teach him how to pick locks!
"Wormhole theory, motorcycle riding, and lock-picking." I WANT AN ICON OF SAM WITH THAT AS HER RESUME. Ahem. Just saying.
I want to know why, once Hammond knew there was an alien presence involved, he didn't send SG-3 and a platoon of Marines as backup.
Ah, I see - I can still like Knox, because he's a completely different person at daytime and nighttime. Good. :)
Love, love the Goa'uld theme playing when Sam sees the hieroglyphs on the screen.
Wait, they're all Goa'uld -- implanted with cloned symbiotes? Okay, no naquadah kinda sorta makes sense because, um, the cloned cells won't carry the naquadah...? Er. But why no eye flash? We should've had an eye flash from Knox when he woke up.
Sam wasted an awful lot of that stuff when she squirted it out.
NID!
Teal'c worrying about innocents, YES. That's one of the reasons he chose to rebel against Apophis back in COTG - "I can save these people!"
This. This has got to be the ultimate horror for Sam. Getting snaked AGAIN.
And there's the eye flash! Yes, of course they sedated her first - the immature symbiote can't take control if she's awake.
Y'know, this Agent Cross guy is half-way decent -- if you ignore the complacency of harming innocents, that is.
I want meta on that slap, people. Whoa.
Creepy Seth guy is apparently one of the major players. And I am interested in that "Welcome, brother," because they're all clones of the same symbiote, right? And... and now I'm thinking of the six-pack of Ba'al's of S9. Huh. They recycled a storyline.
Goa'uld calling Teal'c a "sholva" never gets old. :)
"The humans don't really trust him." Um, ow?
And here's the scene of everyone running down the street. Incompetents. No one tries for a little stealth?
Whee Sam! "You guys aren't nearly a smart as you think you are." Heh.
"I had to make it look good. ...Let's get some lunch." Yes. I want meta on that slap, I really do. Jack's not the only one with issues.
And some some actual real commentary on the episode:
Fun bits aside, what does it say about the NID -- and its superiors, presumably the Joint Chiefs of Staff -- that they're willing to allow innocent civilians to suffer under Goa'uld occupation for the sake of a bit of tech? That sneer about succeeding where the SGC failed. How much of this is Maybourne-like comeuppance vs. Makepeace-like do anything to win the battle against the Go'auld?
I would welcome your thoughts on this. :)