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The Goa’uld have Earth’s number – and they persistently try to send attack groups through the stargate, only to lose those warriors when they can’t penetrate the iris that has been installed to prevent unwanted visitors. The ongoing Goa’uld menace has also led General Hammond to take a less than friendly stance toward O’Neill’s request to add Teal’c to the SG-1 team. Teal’c is a Jaffa, a warrior who carries the larval form of a Goa’uld symbiont within him but is not controlled by it. Someone in the command center is under the control of a Goa’uld, however – Kawalsky, O’Neill’s former second-in-command and now in charge of SG-2, has brought back an unwelcome passenger from his last mission. The symbiont’s hold over Kawalsky is intermittent, but no one is quite sure how to remove it. But the Pentagon colonel who has arrived to interrogate Teal’c makes the surprising recommendation to leave Kawalsky infested – in the hopes that once the Goa’uld matures and assumes complete control, it can be questioned.

written by Brad Wright
directed by Dennis Berry
music by Dennis McCarthy & Kevin Kiner

Guest Cast: Alan Rachins (Colonel Kennedy), Jay Acovone (Kawalsky), Kevin McNulty (Dr. Warner), Gary Jones (Technician), Warren Takeuchi (Young Doctor)

Notes: Kawalsky was shown being attacked by a Goa’uld at the end of the series pilot Children Of The Gods.

LogBook entry by Earl Green with notes by Dave Thomer

A routine reconnaisance mission becomes a little less than routine when SG-1 saves a young boy from wild dogs. But when the rest of the boy’s tribe appears, they are shocked at the sight of Major Carter and even draw weapons on her, until the boy says that Carter helped to save his life. But he has something else in mind – the son of his tribe’s chieftan, he has fallen in love with the daughter of a rival tribe’s chieftan. The boy kidnaps Carter and offers to trade her in exchange for the girl he loves. But what neither he, nor the chieftan he is trying to sell Carter to, realizes is that his hostage won’t go quietly.

written by Katharyn Powers
directed by Jeff Woolnough
music by Kevin Kiner

Guest Cast: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Turghan), Jorge Vargas (Abu), Soon-Teck Oh (Moughai), Crystal Lo (Nya), Marilyn Chin (Clanswoman)

LogBook entry by Earl Green with notes by Dave Thomer

SG-1 is assigned to explore the planet believed to be the destination of the Goa’uld who attacked Abydos, and since the unmanned probe sent through the gate to gather intelligence seems to have returned no visual information, the SG-3 Marine unit is assigned to accompany them, and both teams are outfitted with night vision gear. Within seconds of stepping out of the gate, SG-1 is attacked by some kind of primitive humanoids. SG-3 fends off the attckers and the two teams go into hiding to observe, until a second group of humanoids – this one appearing to be more civilized – appears. The teams spend some time with the more advanced people, but when it becomes apparent that they haven’t been visited by the Goa’uld in a generation, O’Neill orders his teams to return to Earth. During debriefing, one of the Marines suddenly attacks Teal’c without warning. Other members of SG-3 begin to show similar behavior, and even Carter begins to behave more primally. As the symptoms spread, General Hampton orders the Cheyenne Mountain facility completely sealed off. The two least-affected members of SG-1, Teal’c and Daniel, are assigned to return through the gate to see if the more advanced humanoids know of a cure for their condition. But even after Daniel is abducted by the primitives, Teal’c’s diplomatic request for blood samples meet with hostility – so he takes a less diplomatic approach. It quickly becomes apparent that there may be a closer connection between the two societies on the alien planet than anyone thought.

written by Jonathan Glassner
directed by William Gereghty
music by Joel Goldsmith & David Arnold

Guest Cast: Teryl Rothery (Dr. Fraiser), Gary Jones (Technician), Steve Makaj (Makepeace), Nicole Oliver (Leedora), Gerard Plunkett (Tuplo), Danny Wattley (Johnson), Roxana Phillip (Melosha)

LogBook entry by Earl Green with notes by Dave Thomer

SG-1 follows a distress call from another stargate team, SG-9, that hasn’t returned from a distant world. O’Neill’s team finds only one survivor, and he tells them that Captain Hanson, the previous team’s commander, has assumed the role of a god among the planet’s indigenous people. Hanson has even executed those under his command who haven’t accepted his self-imposed godhood, and isn’t showing much more compassion for the natives. Carter, who was at one point engaged to Hanson before they were both assigned to the stargate project, can’t even talk him out of his subjugation of the planet and its people. Worse yet, when SG-1 makes its presence felt among the locals, they discover that Hanson has already warned them of “evil” beings with godlike powers similar to his own. Now O’Neill isn’t just up against a fellow commander – as far as the primitives are concerned, he’s trying to dethrone a god.

written by Robert C. Cooper
directed by Dennis Berry
music by Tim Truman

Guest Cast: William Russ (Captain Hanson), Roger R. Cross (Lt. Cooper), Zahf Hajee (Jamala), Adrian Hughes (Baker), D. Neil Mark (Frakes), Darcy Laurie (Cave-Dweller)

LogBook entry by Earl Green with notes by Dave Thomer

Examining crystalline formations on an unexplored world, O’Neill is knocked out cold by a burst of energy – and then a duplicate of him appears to accompany SG-1 back to Earth. The duplicate goes through O’Neill’s personal effects, finding a picture of what he believes is O’Neill’s home, and then goes there, and a disturbing encounter with O’Neill’s ex-wife ensues. It quickly becomes apparent that this duplicate knows nothing of what happened to O’Neill’s son Charlie, who died after accidentally shooting himself with O’Neill’s gun. When the real O’Neill recovers and comes through the stargate, he’s treated as a duplicate until he can prove who he really is – but before the team can figure out what has happened, the ersatz O’Neill, actually a being composed of energy, has begun to lose his human form, endangering everyone around him.

written by Jeff King
directed by Kenneth J. Girotti
music by Richard Band

Guest Cast: Harley Jane Kozak (Sara O’Neill), Teryl Rothery (Dr. Fraiser), Gary Jones (Technician), Wally Dalton (Sara’s Father), Kyle Graham (Charlie O’Neill), Marc Baur (Senior Cop), Jane Spence (Nurse), Carmen Moore (Lab Assistant), Charles Pyne (Guard NCO)

Notes: In another example of changed spellings, Jack’s wife is listed as “Sara” in the series, but as “Sarah” in the credits to the movie.

LogBook entry by Earl Green with notes by Dave Thomer

A representative from the White House visits the SGC to express the President’s misgivings that the Stargate program has yet to reap any useful technological benefits. When Teal’c mentions a planet where the indigenous life form has the power of invisibility, that world becomes SG-1’s next destination – despite the fact that Teal’c once hunted this creature without any success. When the team arrives, the stargate they traveled through seems to disappear after their arrival. Worse yet, they spot Apophis and a squadron of Goa’uld there as well, and the team’s attempt to ambush him is painfully unsuccessful. They awaken in what looks like a primitive village, apparently healed by the locals. But these primitives have also saved one of Apophis’ guards, not comprehending that he is an enemy of the others. The creatures, who call themselves the Nox, make a quick study of SG-1’s language and begins to communicate. But when O’Neill tries to offer his help in ridding the Nox of their Goa’uld problem, the pacifistic creatures refuse. But the Nox are hiding a secret of their own – a secret that could bring all of Apophis’ merciless force to bear on them, with O’Neill and his team in the middle.

written by Hart Hanson
directed by Charles Correll
music by Joel Goldsmith

Guest Cast: Armin Shimerman (Anteaus), Peter Williams (Apophis), Ray Xifo (Ohper), Gary Jones (Technician), Frida Betrani (Lya), Terry David Mulligan (Swift), Addison Ridge (Nafrayu), Michasa Armstrong (Shak’l), Zoran Vukelic (Jaffa)

Notes: Armin Shimerman played Quark for all seven seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as well as frequently guest starring as the principal of Buffy’s high school on Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.

LogBook entry by Earl Green with notes by Dave Thomer

O’Neill and his team arrive in a temple, where they find a man in a panic because his wife is about to give birth. Daniel turns out to be the most experienced member of the team in these matters, and helps to deliver the baby. The local villagers welcome SG-1 with open arms, particularly O’Neill himself. One of the village’s women, Kynthia, seems to take a special interest in him, and manages to lure him into her bed after he samples some of the local cuisine. At sundown, the entire village goes indoors and simultaneously falls into a deep sleep – and to the rest of the team’s alarm, O’Neill is powerless to keep himself from joining the villagers in their sleep. Major Carter asks around among the natives, and discovers that their lives are lived out at an extremely accelerated rate – they live and die in a matter of weeks. O’Neill’s metabolism has somehow synchronized with theirs, and where the natives show almost now physical signs of their accelerated age, O’Neill begins to wither before his teammates’ eyes – and they don’t believe he’ll survive if he goes back through the stargate.

story by Steven Barnes
teleplay by Katharyn Powers
directed by Mario Azzopardi
music by Kevin Kiner

Guest Cast: Bobbie Phillips (Kynthia), Teryl Rothery (Dr. Fraiser), Harrison Coe (Alekos), Gabrielle Miller (Thetys), Gary Jones (Technician)

LogBook entry by Earl Green with notes by Dave Thomer

On a hunch that the Goa’uld may have enemies more advanced than humans, SG-1 goes to a planet whose coordinates are taught to every Goa’uld – as a place to avoid at all costs, according to Teal’c. When the team emerges from the stargate, an obelisk near the gate activates and probes all four of them, finally settling on Teal’c. O’Neill leaps toward Teal’c to push him out of the beam, but both of them vanish in a flash of light. The primitive human locals tell Daniel and Carter that the obelisk – Thor’s hammer – only singles out Goa’uld hosts. This is also what a hologram, claiming to be Thor of the Asgard tells O’Neill and Teal’c, who find themselves in a sprawling underground maze. The image also warns that only the host of a Goa’uld can escape alive, but the symbiont will try. The only way Carter and Daniel can find the maze themselves is to follow a woman who claims to be a liberated Goa’uld host, a concept which intrigues Daniel, who hopes that his wife can be found and freed in the same way. When Teal’c encounters the device, it quickly becomes apparent that it will kill him in the process of eliminating the symbiont – and he must depend on Daniel to destroy it.

written by Katharyn Powers
directed by Brad Turner
music by Joel Goldsmith

Guest Cast: Galyn Gorg (Kendra), Vincent Hammond (Unas), Tasmin Kelsey (Gairwyn), James Earl Jones (voice of Unas), Mark Gibbon (Thor)

Notes: James Earl Jones is known to SF fans everywhere as the voice of CNN – oh, and Darth Vader, too.

LogBook entry by Earl Green with notes by Dave Thomer

An attempt to remove Teal’c’s Goa’uld symbiont for study is cut short when his body’s immune systems begin to shut down. The Goa’uld ensure their dominance over the Jaffa by assuming control of immune functions, forcing the Jaffa to keep the symbionts for their entire lives. But worse, Teal’c is worried about his son – part of a family he claimed didn’t exist when he joined SG-1. Now Teal’c wants to return to Chulak to prevent his son from receiving a symbiont on the day he comes of age, and he’s going with or without General Hammond’s permission. The General sends the rest of SG-1 with Teal’c, but when they arrive, Teal’c finds his home has been destroyed. A lone Jaffa ambushes them, and Teal’c recognizes him as Master Bra’tac, a leader of the Jaffa resistance and Teal’c’s mentor. Bra’tac reveals that Teal’c’s home was burned in retaliation for aiding SG-1, and his family have become outcasts. When Teal’c finds them, he discovers that his son is dying – and Teal’c’s mission prevent his son from receiving a Goa’uld may end with him giving the boy his own symbiont, sacrificing himself in the process.

story by Mark Saraceni
teleplay by Jeff King
directed by Mario Azzopardi
music by Joel Goldsmith, Dennis McCarthy and Tim Truman

Guest Cast: Tony Amendola (Bra’tac), Salli Richardson (Drey’auc), Teryl Rothery (Dr. Fraiser), Neil Denis (Rya’c), Brian Jensen (Head Priest), Bob Wilde (Priest)

LogBook entry by Earl Green with notes by Dave Thomer

SG-1 returns from a mission without Daniel, and O’Neill reports to General Hammond that Daniel died as the team tried to escape the volatile volcanic planet they were exploring. Dr. Fraiser, concerned about the mental state of the survivors, asks General Hammond to remove SG-1 from active duty for a week, during which they attend Daniel’s funeral service and begin to go through his personal effects (since national security concerns prevent anyone else from doing so). But O’Neill, Carter and Teal’c all begin to experience visions of Daniel’s death, usually triggered by the sight of liquid – which conflicts with their memories of Daniel perishing in fire. Daniel awakens in an underwater complex where an alien creature is keeping him alive – and keeping him hostage. Daniel’s captor demands all of Daniel’s knowledge regarding ancient Babylon – and unless he surrenders that information, Daniel will never return to the surface again.

story by Brad Wright & Katharyn Powers
teleplay by Katharyn Powers
directed by Allan Eastman
music by Joel Goldsmith and Richard Band

Guest Cast: Gerard Plunkett (Nem), Teryl Rothery (Dr. Fraiser), Gary Jones (Technician), Eric Schneider (Dr. McKenzie)

LogBook entry by Earl Green with notes by Dave Thomer