SciFriday: 01/13/06 - A Kiss!

SciFriday didn't have that same rush as last week but as usual I found some goodies.

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Stargate: SG1 - Collateral Damage
When SG-1 travels to an Asgard Protected Planet, Colonel Mitchell is accused of a murder he did not commit.

Honestly, I was bored until the last 15 minutes of this one. It had a the most entertaining twist that I've seen in this show in a long time. The real killer implanted memories of his killing in Col. Mitchell and erased all knowledge of his evil deeds from his own memory. That way, he couldn't slip up or behave strangely if questioned. Because he didn't remember anything, he was not charged and got to continue his work. It was the best use of memory implants that I've seen in a long time. The build up was extremely sedate but it paid off in the end. Very classy.


Stargate: Deep Space Nine - The Storyteller
Stardate: 46729.1 O'Brien is appointed as the spiritual leader of a Bajoran village when he and Bashir are unable to save the dying predecessor. O'Brien must now defend the village from a mysterious and destructive force.
Wait a minute... I mean... Stargate: Atlantis - Epiphany
Sheppard finds himself stranded in a village populated by people who are waiting to be ascended (like Daniel Jackson a few seasons back). Unable to find his way out, Sheppard must now defend the village from a mysterious and destructive force.

This mission was stupid. There is no way that a trained military officer should have been in this situation. He had the most inept team. Why was Teyla and faux Worf even on the team? He should have had a military unit and there was no rush to go into the "portal" in the first place without translating the text on the outside. In both episodes, the villagers get rid of the monsters by thinking it away. This episode was dumb.


Battlestar Galactica - Resurrection Ship: Part 2
The new human alliance is in danger of fracturing over new revelations about the Battlestar Pegasus.

FINALLY! The President and Captain, now Admiral, Adama shared a kiss. I haven't been that happy to see an on-screen kiss since Mulder and Scully. I'm glad it didn't take as long either.
Part 1 of this episode set up an assassination of both the Captains of Pegasus and Galactica. Both assassinations were called off. But the No.6 Cylon ended up killing Admiral Cain anyway. A very Star Trek ending. I think these two episodes were rushed. This could have easily went on for two more episodes. I'm told that if I want to know the full story that I should listen to the BSG podcast. The thing is... I don't want to have to supplement a full story with a podcast. I want the whole story dammit.
When Lee/Apollo was stranded out in space I started having flashbacks of Crusade. "Who are you? What do you want? Whom do you serve? What are you looking for?" No technomages here but he did get rescued and everyone lived happily ever after.

Can't wait until next week.