Some sort of infection of the very structure of the SGC and it’s personnel is then discovered and soon questions about an intelligence behind the “infection” are raised.

Message in a Bottle was a very good episode even with plot elements very similar to The Andromeda Strain but it had some excellent Jack and Teal’c moments and even some funnies with a young Lieutenant who has a crush on Sam but like so many of her suitors suffers for his feelings:)

Teryl looked yummy in this episode and we have email.

Thor’s Chariot is a magnificent episode as we see the SGC having to deal with the direct consequences of the interference on another people. We also meet a new System Lord a son of Apophis and Hathor named Heru’ur and the race behind the Hammer is also revealed as pretty much the iconic “greys”.

We both had little or no recollection of this episode which speaks volumes despite it having a good pedigree writing and directing wise and at times we struggled for things to say but thankfully no recording issues this time around.

• The Man who would be King
• Teryl Rothery
  

He played Dr Corman the town coroner who is on friendly terms with the character of the week Dean is playing and helps the boys discover the cause of a number of mysterious deaths including two young people on their first date who literally eat eachother…

Yes it’s one of the more gruesome yet funny episodes of Supernatural:)

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On the surface this episode seems a little light but I think it actually works quite well and Dwight Shultz plays The part of the Gamekeeper very well with 1 part cheese and 1 part foreboding. Jay Acovone returns to the show playing Kawalsky and just re-enforces what a good character  he played in the early days.

Again recording issues raised their ugly head and meant the editing and posting of the ep was delayed, we need to get this sorted out if only to make sure 1 new ep per week isn’t like climbing Everest:)

The people of this world use the Stargate as a one way transport to a penal facility and on arrival SG1 find a small society of mainly men who are controlled or say influenced by one intelligent and resourceful woman who herself was guilty after thousands died under her care.

Overall a good episode with an interesting and twisty new character in Linea played by Bonnie Bartlett and a very smart looking studio set, shame about the dodgy animation on some of the gate shots.

Once again apologies for the slight delay and the audio quality. The VOIP recording app let us down for the second week running meaning the scheduled recording session this week was used to fix last weeks but we are trying another app and hopefully it should be more reliable.

Now I really enjoyed this new take on the SG franchise so I would assume I am part of the demographic that MGM are looking to exploit by this half season boxset released on DVD and Blu-ray. However the  pricing for this half season release especially when you double it up and consider that this could be the most expensive 20 episodes of a network/cable show on the market is a little optimistic especially with the mixed reactions to the series.

Anyhow for those with more money than sense or simply a much bigger fan than I am then both the US DVD and Blu-ray are up for pre-order before their February 9th release date. The UK DVD release is slated for July and no details on the content except for a vague mention of 6 discs so it could be a full season release.

Amazon

• DVD $27.99

• Blu-ray $38.99

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First off apologises for anyone who listens to this “commentary” while watching the episode, the recording had issues mid-way through and sync was all over the place, I eventually gave up and went for close enough.

The technical stuff aside we both enjoyed In The Line of Duty and marvelled at how good the episode teaser looked despite this ep supposedly being a budget limited production confirmed by Jonathan Glassner himself. A major revelation in the story opens up much of what will interest the SG1 story arc for the next season or two, good times are a coming:)

Colonel Samuels makes an ass of himself, Daniel is a space monkey and after all manner of rough and tumble Sam’s hair is perfect:)

This is the first show proper of the year and we have a few plans to improve things but it make take longer than anticipated. As always we welcome feedback in any form about any aspect of the episode or podcast overall.
As mentioned in the show…

Hubble was launched in 1990 so it was certainly up there when the ships arrived, it may not have been in a position to see them and of course someone would need to know where to point it in the first place. The wooly hat can indeed be bought with a SG1 badge or in this case Teal’cs emblem, you find the “beanie” hat here.