Redial the Gate: Heroes, part 1

Nanda's fantastic recap of Heroes, part 1 was posted at redial_the_gate yesterday, but I didn't get a chance to watch the ep until this morning on the treadmill. So a few random observations:

Janet is just beautiful in this episode. Oh, I do love her.

SG-13 is made of awesome, every one of 'em. So many great moments of sheer teamy goodness, and YAY for the chance to learn that other Gate teams are every much as close and well-oiled as SG-1. Love the betting in the beginning (two headed aliens - one head good, one head bad), "Dr. Jackson's gonna die when he sees this!" "What, again?", the ribbing of the ultrasound as being less attractive than whatever creature they met once on a mission, the seamless way the team acted when the probe showed up with Dixon unhesitatingly following Balinsky's suggestion to bury it under a wall, the smarts of sending Balinsky to get back to the SGC for help... all of it, really. So wonderful.

Sam teasing Teal'c about being a blabbermouth. Daniel's faux innocent shock to Sam that Bregman found his films of ruins et al boring. The woman tech behind Walter trying so hard not to roll her eyes during his interview. Jack and Kinsey. Siler getting blasted and Bill Lee, whee!

( On a slightly more serious note... )