"Within the Serpent's Grasp"
Season 1's finale.
With the Stargate Program being shutdown, the team violates orders and goes through to the coordinates that Dr. Jackson got two episodes earlier to prevent the Goa'uld invasion that had occurred in the alternate reality.
I like how the previous two episodes are spent leading up to this point. And, that the writers bring us back to the series' main storyline--at least, the main storyline for this point of the series.
The episode brings back some elements from the pilot and others that were introduced during the first season: Skaara, Ferreti, the over all Goa'uld theme, the Ha'tak-class vessels, the death gliders, the sarcophagi... And, we're introduced to others that will become common as the series progresses: the zat-guns, the telly-balls ("You think it gets showtime?"
), hyperspace technology, a ship-board stargate... I'm trying to think if this is the first use of C-4 in the series, or was it used the pilot?And, the scene at the beginning where the team is deciding whether or not to go ahead and disobey orders... You know that they're all going to go, but I like that they have Carter hesitate. That the characters are aware of the consequences of such an action if they're caught.
Oh, yeah. This is the first time Teal'c is presented to Apophis as a gift--something that happen frequently as the series goes on. It'd be interesting to tally up just how many times this happens between now and Season 5.
Well, that's Season 1.
