I formally declare myself the official flare SG1 topic-poster.
Last night we had "Cure". An alien world offers Earth a medicine with the power to cure any illness -- but the hidden price may be too high to pay. This 'Cure' is in fact created by harvesting Goa'uld symbiotes. And since this world's race does not understand/have access to gate travel, their source of these Goa'uld symbiotes is in fact a Goa'uld Queen they have imprisoned for over 50 years.
Not a whole lot of action in this episode, but time and time again we learn that this show isn�t a shoot-em-up. I was disturbed by the fact that we see another recent-era human-like race in this episode. Jonas Quinn's "World War 2" homeworld didn't bother me that much, as long as it wasn�t a common occurrence, but already we see a planet that�s way too close to Earth in terms of culture. However this is a minor setback that I can deal with.
I love the tie-ins we see with Ra, even though it was established that he had a smaller presence then most system lords, its good to see there�s something left of him all these years later. The whole series has seemed to be forging itself a history; in fact, I'm tempted to make a Stargate Chronology.
We finally get to see a Queen Goa'uld in this episode, but in fact it isn�t a Queen Goa'uld, it is actually the first Tokra. I really liked this, but they waited too long to introduce the 'character' of the Tokra Queen, and they don�t provide us with a lot of background. In fact, there was less then 20 minutes left in the episode when they 'introduced' the queen.
But because of the importance that was implied here, the 'Cure' they go over seems to be a sub-plot (although ultimately the dieing Tokra Queen provides her captures with a antidote). We end with a dramatic scene, with Tokra members carrying the fallen queen back to their world.
We hear NOTHING of the negotiations between SG-1 and these people, including SG-1 teaching them how to use the gate (they talk of their earlier in the episode). In fact, SG-1 was still off-world when the episode ended. This ending seemed complete, but later left me wanted to know what the heck happened with the race introduced in this episode (forgot the name).
Overall, 6.9/10 not bad, but certainly not memorable. Some history revealed was about the only high point.
Next Week: "Prometheus" -- Simmons is back, and it looks like he is Goa'uld!!! Muhahaha, I'm going to love seeing DeLancie playing a Goa'uld. One thing bother's me -- we are halfway though the season, yet they said this is the 'season finale'. We still have 4 episodes filmed, with 5 more on the way. I think Sci-Fi screwed up. This is just the cliffhanger before the 'break'. Oh well, we will find out soon enough.
[ August 17, 2002, 12:28: Message edited by: Proteus ]
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"We finally get to see a Queen Goa'uld in this episode..."
"Finally"? Isn't that what Hathor was? Or do you just mean we get to see one outside of a human?
Posted by Proteus (Member # 212) on :
quote:Originally posted by TSN: "Finally"? Isn't that what Hathor was? Or do you just mean we get to see one outside of a human?
Ah yes, I did mean unjoined (without host).
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
How does that work, anyway? The queen worm was big and fat. Maybe not longer than a human, but the size of a medium-sized pig, perhaps. So how does it fit inside a person? Did they watch Aliens a lot beforehand, and give it some sort of detachable womb? I am confused.
I also don't get the Tokra. I mean, not in a bad way or anything. But they are Enigmatic.
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
Yeah, it seemed to be detachable.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
Well, Hathor was capable of spawning a batch of snakelings and maintaining her sensuous figure at the same time. I'm guessing that the symbiote will dissolve / rearrange the hosts's internal organs to make room for whatever makes the snakes.