Redial the Gate squee: Enigma

[fignewton]

Some random thoughts on Enigma, because redial_the_gate goes live with the recap sometime tonight:

"No argument from me - wait, what's that?" <= Please note Daniel's idea of "no argument."

"This one's had it!" Ah, Sam, that's the sensitive cultural expert speaking... :)

Such love for early SG-1, when Hammond proudly compliments SG-1 for doing nothing more than saving people. Happy sigh.

I adore Omoc. He's unquestionably a good guy, but largely unlikeable with no social graces whatsoever. In short, he's real.

Daniel drinks more coffee in this episode than any other. Tollans, evidently, make him thirsty.

The female SF from Hathor is quite prominent in this one! Sadly, I don't think we ever see her again. ::mutters:: Bet Maybourne fired her, the rat.

Love the Sam and Daniel banter in the Gateroom. "New toy?" "One of them keeps asking a lot of questions about you." And the control room later, heh. "Whoops."

I loved Sam and Jack and Hammond honoring Tuplo by wearing their dress blues. And Tuplo took Omoc's rudeness with remarkable graciousness, which just goes to show that primitives are capable of class. In fact, we got a lot of dress blues this episode. Bonus!

Considering the VIP room that Hathor got, couldn't they find something a little nice than metal bunks for the Tollan?

I have an incredible fondness for young!Walter with hair.

Maybourne is a sleaze. I do not comprehend why so many people like him, I really don't. Yes, I very much enjoy the sheer antagnosim between Jack and Maybourne, and it's right up front from the very beginning - but like Maybourne? No way.

Hammond, on the other hand, rocks. And his ploy with the quarantine is exactly the kind of thing we should have seen from the entire SGC during Chain Reaction, but sadly didn't.

I love Teal'c's passion on behalf of the Tollan. He's been there. He suffered with Kennedy. He knows exactly what the NID are capable of doing.

"You know, the Pentagon, Intelligence, that I can understand. But the President? I voted for him!" Hee! Daniel's righteous indignation makes me giggle. This is the only kind of politics that gets a pass in my personal fandom, thank you.

Daniel the civilian as secret weapon. Oh, I love it. His ability to inspire trust is one of his absolute greatest assets. Omoc was actually willing to explain something to him, even if it was totally over Daniel's head.

Narim is one of the nicest guys that fell for Sam, isn't he? Although the slightly stalkerish thing in S5 about using her voice for his home's audio system makes it kinda borderline.

Daniel and Teal'c, civilians, defying the NID. Oh, I love them. Daniel snarking wordlessly at Maybourne - huh? what'd you say? - is absolutely squeeful, every time.

I love Lya. I love her face when she sees Daniel, and Daniel's when he greets her. In fact, Daniel is particularly beautiful in this episode. I just think that needed to be said.

Maybourne ordered the SFs to fire after the Tollan had already disappeared. In short, he was essentially telling the men to fire at Daniel and Teal'c, although admittedly Teal'c wasn't actually standing in the line of fire the way that Daniel was. Tell me again why people like him?

And now I want someone to write me the AU where the soldiers did fire before Lya vanished their weapons, and both Teal'c and Daniel are hurt or killed, and Lya spirits them away with her to the Nox planet to heal them, and Teal'c and Daniel have all sorts of adventures together before they finally make it back to Earth just in time to rescue Sam and Jack in Antarctica.

Yes. Someone write that. Please? :)

Jack: "I love those people." See? See? It's not just the Asgard! Jack likes Good Guys, that's all.

Jack, again: "You did good, Daniel." All together, now: Awwwww. :)

I always did wonder, though, why all four of them were staring at an inactive Stargate at the end.

Comments

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

I like him more than I like Kinsey and Simmons and the other one...all of whom I can't stand seeing on screen. Maybourne I at least often enjoy watching. I find him more redeemable than the others (I think...okay, Maybourne looks out for himself first and foremost, yes. But if he can help someone he's deemed worth helping without hurting himself, he will. And if he can get his way without harming people, he will (I'm talking later Maybourne, who has learned and grown and evolved, which I appreciate). Also, I firmly believe Maybourne usually did stuff he honestly thought was necessary to keep Earth (and himself) safe. Unlike Kinsey who is happy to risk destroying Earth for his own political gain).

In my mind, this makes him more likeable than the others, who seem to exist purely to get in SG-1 and SGC's way as much as possible.

I agree Maybourne, at times, went too far, but I do think he's learned and stepped back a bit and, well, I have to give him credit for that.

I didn't get the impression that his SoG operation was for himself. I saw it as protecting Earth the way he thought it needed protecting.

But you're free to not stand him. I agree he's reprehensible, I just like him best of the Earth villains we're given. (sortof like Apophis being an interesting villain to watch and the six-pack of Ba'als being annoying)

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Maybourne I at least often enjoy watching.

The actor is unquestionably good. I wouldn't seethe so much if he didn't play the part so well. :)

I just like him best of the Earth villains we're given.

Fair enough. I wish we didn't have Earth villains, per se, but that's another issue entirely.