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 03:49 pm (UTC)
I was going to mention that Sam was a tough -- but always pretty -- injury victim but I forgot to. I think they should have at the very least given an ashen makeup job. Maybe the Ori weapon cauterized the wound so she wasn't suffering massive internal bleeding? Maybe Cam is actually a brilliant field surgeon masquerading as flyboy? *grin*

I liked the cookie scene, too, though I wish Teal'c had been there. The "Keep Your Hands" crap gave me Stupid!Jack flashbacks. I felt it was supposed to make me think of Jack, which it did, but not in the good way they hoped. It was stupid and pointless and Cam is NOT Jack. Although, that line would have been completely in character for Crighton -- and would have worked there.

I did see the addition of Don! I was thinking of posting a list of announced guests and likelihood they'll actually show. "Michael Shanks - 5%; Don Davis - 95%" and so on. ;)