SG-1: The Shroud

[moonshayde]

Here we go...



Okay, so...not a bad episode. It held my interest. One of the better eps of the season. This was a highly anticipated episode for me, so it will never meet my expectations, but it wasn't bad.

The GOOD
*Jack
*Jack and Daniel scenes
*Jack and everybody scenes
*Team feel
*Abyss confirmation between Jack and Daniel
And probably most importantly...
*The element of suspense ran throughout the episode. I never really knew if Daniel was Daniel or not.

The BAD
*Not enough Sam and Daniel friendship scenes. Boo.
*Not so great acting. Okay, the acting in this episode didn't impress me. AT was just sort of there. BB was okay. CB was a bit annoying with the overly done facial expressions. RDA was better than I've seen in a while (like SGA), but not as dramatic as I would have hoped for. And MS...not even sure what was off about it. I understand Daniel was messed up, but dunno. I didn't really like anyone's acting but CJ and Robert Picardo in this.

The WEIRD
*Adria and Daniel. I had a feeling that was coming though


Personally, I would have liked for more gray area. Maybe Daniel not being totally in control of himself. I think that would make it richer. But with the time limits, I can understand why.

I think I need to watch again to get the full impact as I don't catch a lot during first viewings. But I was really satisifed that TPTB kept us guessing as to Daniel's intentions throughout. That was very important to make the episode work and they pulled it off well. I just have standards that can't be met sometimes ;) But it was a good episode. I might not have been impressed with the acting, but it felt good. The episode felt right.

I really miss Jack and the team :(

4 out of 4!!!! Yay! I...don't think we'll make 5 out of 5 though. The preview for next week. Oh...eek.

Comments

[selmak.livejournal.com]

I have to say that I was SOOO surprised by these two episodes. Both SG1 and SGA were.... dare we say it? GOOD! Enjoyable!

Probably the best two episodes this season for both of them. :)

Yeah, there was some problems, but all in all, I was surprised. And I wondered where the hell the writers have been there all this time. :)

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

*The element of suspense ran throughout the episode. I never really knew if Daniel was Daniel or not.

Hee! I was positive that Daniel was Daniel throughout.

I loved this episode for the Jack & Daniel and only for that, really. I thought they still had amazing chemistry. I would totally watch the Jack & Daniel show if all they did is sit in a room and talk and eat waffles. *g*

[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

I thought you might like it. :) I agree that it could have been better. It felt like they held back a few times, like they could have made Daniel a little more menacing, but they weren't willing to go there. I also didn't like Woolsey wanting to kill Daniel, not because I thought it was OOC, but because I thought it would have worked better if he'd been advocating for stasis all along. Everyone knows SG1 isn't going to let them kill Daniel, but stasis...they'd have to at least consider that, you know? But, overall I really liked it. I've watched that first scene between Jack and Daniel so many times I can practically recite it with the characters. *g* (I wanted to say it earlier, but I try not to bias people.)

The Adria and Daniel kiss was very weird. I have no idea why they decided to put that in there. *shrug*

[crazymadjo.livejournal.com]

*Not enough Sam and Daniel friendship scenes. Boo.

There was a perfect place for it, too. The second time Jack went in there - to ask Daniel to give them the intel Sam needed for the team to complete the mission in Daniel's place. I mean, come on. Are we really supposed to believe Daniel told it all to Jack?! And then ...

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SCENE: Jack walks into Sam's lab, where the rest of SG-1 is waiting.

Sam: So ... did he tell you, sir?

Jack: Oh, yeah. He said you had to hook up your thing to that thing with the lights, and then ... do stuff. Something like that.
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Riiight. It would have made a lot more sense for Sam to at least have come with Jack. Not that I didn't *love* the scene the way it played out (I'm never going to complain about a Jack and Daniel scene really), but still ....

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

Now that the episode is out over here and most people have seen it, I'm planning on writing some missing scene fillers to address some of the weaker points and make the thing longer. It may end up AU, because I REALLY like PriorDaniel and I think the whole "Merlin programmed me to revert to human form" thing was kind of doubtful, but meh. Very good episode.

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

*perks*

Abyss confirmation? What does that mean?

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

*cracks knuckles*

I really didn't like this episode very much. I thought Jack was very flat (though not as bad as he was in Atlantis) and I felt that the episode was badly written. I mean, I understand that sometimes things have to happen a certain way or the episode would be over in 10 minutes, but it is inexcusable to think that a) they would leave Adria on the ship and b) that they wouldn't at least take her shielf off while she was unconcious. To me, that's just lazy writing.

And I know I say this a lot, but one of the reasons season nine and ten bug me so much is that they never win anymore. And now Merlin's Weapon is gone and the Gate is back open and...they come home without a success AGAIN.

[dunv-i.livejournal.com]

This episode was going to be a threesome at first, I think. It's sorta interesting to think about what they might've done if they'd had that much time.

[crayonbreakygal.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I just had a chance to watch it last night. It was flat. I did love the Daniel/Jack banter. I've missed that.

It just seemed that everything was so rushed. It was like they had this script that was a two hour show and they had to cut it to one hour. Or there were some missing scenes on the cutting room floor that would have made the episode more lively. I really didn't have as much of a problem with CB as you did. Teal'c was wonderful interrogating Daniel. I wanted Sam up there also, talking to Daniel too.