Window of Opportunity - A Stargate Rewatch Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Ripple Effect brings back some dearly departed characters, but there are also shenanigans afoot. And we did not see that twist coming. Once we find out that the whole universe jumping was planned, we're not sure it makes sense. It just seems to ask more questions than it answers.

We love this episode. It's a lot of fun, but there were some missed opportunities. Who would you have brought back on an SG1 team just for a little cameo? Why wasn't the cast of Wormhole X-Treme one of the alternate SG1s? 

We did take a little issue with Landry refusing to allow time to find a solution to get all the stranded teams home. His SGC isn't under any immediate threat like some of the other worlds are. He couldn't give them 24 hours?

Finally, buckle up folks, cos Wagner has chimed in on time dilation and the issues with Epiphany.

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In Epiphany, John is trapped in a time dilation bubble where time is passing much faster for him. Can the team save him before he dies of old age?

This episode is not among our favorites. The script seems a little clunky in parts and the characters are not making the best choices. And Rodney wastes so much time telling people he doesn't have time to explain what's happening because that would waste time.

What's with Teer's visions of John? This whole storyline just opens up way more questions that we're not sure we want answered.

Don't get us started on the ending. All those people had to do was just stare up at the beast and that banished it? That's too much for us even by "Because TV!" standards.

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Due to pending technical issues, we speed run this week's discussion of SG1's Babylon. But don't worry. We're still funny. We hope…

We wish we had more information about the Sodan. We're told they're these amazing warriors that have inspired Jaffa all throughout the galaxy, but why? From what we see happen, they were banished by their goa'uld and then just lived off on their own without any regard for what was happening with all the other Jaffa.

We really like how they're writing Mitchell, and the way he is trying to make the Sodan understand how bad the Ori are is a completely different approach than we've seen in the past with regard to the goa'uld.

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Jack and Maybourne get stranded in Paradise Lost because, SURPRISE, Maybourne lied. Again. This episode has that problem Stargate sometimes does where the ending is very abrupt. It all comes down to the circles. They could fix it with one sentence from Jonas, though. And Rachael has the greatest idea ever for a Maybourne-centric spin-off: The Maybourne Identity. Why would Maybourne think an "invitation" that was found in an Ancient Egyptian tomb that is probably 2000 years old would lead to a still thriving utopian civilization? 

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This week there are both Smoke AND Mirrors as Jack is accused of assassinating Senator Kinsey. Was anyone else hoping for a quick Daniel cameo when he was mentioned as being one that had a working mimic device? But of course, this whole thing comes down to money. Nobody ever said protecting Earth had to be a non-profit business. And Kinsey's not even dead anyway. Every part of this was just full of smoke and mirrors.

While it was great to see the mimic devices come back, they still didn't answer a lot of questions about how stuff like clothing works for these things, and what if the two people have completely different body types?

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And now possibly the dumbest episode of Stargate - Sight Unseen. So many plotholes and stuff that just happens for reasons. They really need to stop bringing stuff back to the SGC without knowing what it is or what it does. Seriously. But this does raise an interesting question - does Jonas have the ATA gene?

What was your "First is the worst…" playground chant? There's some interesting ones out there.

Also, apologies for the weird audio quality this week. Kerri's laptop had to be sent in for service so we're working off an old machine for a couple weeks.

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Why exactly is Unnatural Selection a Part 2 paired with Prometheus? They really don't have anything to do with each other. Why didn't SG1 try to negotiate for a new ship or some tech or something in exchange for helping with the Replicator problem?

Where is Al's dead body??? Has everyone completely forgotten that Al was shot in the stomach and died onboard the X303? 

Why was the Prometheus Project called Prometheus? As Jack says, it's a Greek Tragedy. Not really the best name for a ship.

But the best part, the Replicators have now taken human form!! However, if they built themselves in Reese's image, why don't any of them look like Reese? Fifth is really adorable, though. For a Replicator…

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Earth finally has a ship! It's called Prometheus. And it gets hijacked way too easily. Also, if this reporter thinks Prometheus is a large reactor, why not just show her a reactor? Why show her what Prometheus actually is? Even though background checks were done on the crew, their bags and equipment should have still been inspected. This episode might just cause us to bring back memos!

Apologies in advance for the bulging egg sac discussion.

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In Cure, we have some issues with the timeline as far as Pangar's history with the gate and just how much time passes within this episode. The introduction of Tretonin is interesting and does lead to some fascinating plot points in the future, but this episode just has a few too many plot holes and contradictions for us to really enjoy it. 

How do you guys feel about a goa'uld symbiote being used in medical experimentation? Sure, the goa'uld are evil but they are sentient beings. Would you take Tretonin if it was an actual thing?

Also, Riot Fest sucks.

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An invisible assassin finally brings the Tok'ra and Jaffa together in Allegiance. And once they know the assassin is invisible, why does everyone just keep shooting into the air at something they can't see? Don't get us wrong, Jack looks super cool with that massive machine gun in slo-mo. But what he's doing is completely pointless. And just where is the rest of the Alpha Site?

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