20 April 2007 @ 11:29 pm
SG-1 10.12: Line in the Sand  
This is more of an insta-reaction than a thoughtful response

Watching the warriors massacre crouching villagers was particularly painful given the events of this week. I was surprised by the severity of the gut-punch that delivered. I mean, I know that nobody died and it was just flashes from off screen but I was quite the strength of my reaction was unexpected. I wish we'd seen this back when the Brits did rather than now. :(

Stupid premise -- how in the world did they think that the Ori wouldn't notice the missing village? So, assuming I can get past that idiocy, I think the episode was reasonably good. I was glad for once to see a grievously injured character actually suffer. I know that sounds weird but I'm tired of seeing the equivalent of the Monty Python Flesh Wound still fighting. It gave Amanda a cool part to play and it gave us a lot of really nice character beats between Sam and Cam.

I just hope Sam doesn't fall for Cam because he's Teal'c's man and I'd hate to see her lose the colonel again like she did Jack to Daniel. ;-)
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Mish: Sam -- Nishta Junkie[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on April 21st, 2007 02:16 pm (UTC)
The lack of consequences on this show is a real problem so I was glad to see some come out of the sort of injury that we usually see them grit their teeth and soldier through. I think this way of doing it makes her stronger because we see her struggling to do what she can despite the injuries. I also really liked her awareness that the machine, the project, and the war were the most important. She was willing to die there rather than have Cam do one of his heroic, stupid, solo moves.

Sam's pain, both emotional and physical, was palpable, as was Cam's deterimation that she wouldn't die.

I think that both Ben Browder and Amanda Tapping have a lot to be proud of in that scene.

...I'm pretty much here for the drama :)

For once, the drama was worth showing up for. :)

(Alas, the techy stuff was badly botched. *sigh*)