Politics

I started watching SG-1 from the beginning again, it's been years, I've been enjoying it quite a bit. This was a good episode, not the best but it was entertaining. I betting a lot of the really low reviews and over-the-top negative comments are actually about politics or religion.

No one ever said he was a Republican, I think he acts like a Republican so Republicans assume that's what they're mocking.

After the last four years, I actually think the senator doesn't even look that outrageous. He doesn't care what the facts are, he's arrogant about it, and the reason evangelicals don't care about climate changes is because "God wouldn't let that happen"

It is not that far of a jump to assume if they were in power and start it was a real thing, they'd say the same thing about this.

"Politics" is one of the least-good episodes of an outstanding series. Like the infamous Next Generation episode "Shades of Gray," it is a clip episode with the flashbacks loosely connected by a poorly written uberstory. The original bits are a political "hearing" with bickering and insults being used to pad the episode runtime. This was obviously made to stretch the season budget.

Let me say that I am a huge Stargate SG-1 fan but episodes like this make me want to throw in the fan towel. When will writers and production companies learn that these type of episodes are beyond ridiculous - statement not question. To be engaged and drawn into an episode there has to be a great story to tell at its heart. One that could lead to you wonder what the eventual outcome might be or how it might shape a future thread. Unfortunately these politically driven 'oh look the Stargate programme might be shut down' pieces of drivel are worthless airtime as we all know the outcome before they even begin. Therefore we watch them once simply for the point of completeness of knowing we have watched the entire series but we'd never watch them again.

That's the case in point with this episode. If you're new to Stargate (and there are people who still haven't watched it) then just skip this garbage as you won't miss a single thing from the overall story. The only you'll realise from watching it is that it's a painful way to spend 44 minutes.

Frustrating. Frustrating. Frustrating. Frustrating.

I'm new to this series. As in I didn't watch it real time and have just now started to watch it. I've pretty much enjoyed the earlier episodes. But. Uuuuuuuuuuugh. This episode is awful. Awful. Awful.

How odd for a show to have a retrospective before the first season is even over?! The information is too new for it to be forgotten and there is no need to relive. Boring and unnecessary episode.