Within the Serpent's Grasp (6 Mar. 1998)

General Hammond has tried everything to get the senates decision to shut down his space program undone, but the president personally refuses to 'commit political suicide': the Stargate will... See full summary »

Director:

David Warry-Smith

Writers:

Brad Wright (developed for television by), Jonathan Glassner (developed for television by),

Stars:

Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Richard Dean Anderson	...	Colonel Jack O'Neill
Michael Shanks	...	Dr. Daniel Jackson
Amanda Tapping	...	Captain Samantha Carter
Christopher Judge	...	Teal'c
Don S. Davis	...	Major General George Hammond
Peter Williams	...	Apophis
Gary Jones	...	Sgt. Walter Harriman
Alexis Cruz	...	Skaara / Klorel
Brent Stait	...	Major Louis Ferretti
Michael Dobson	...	Jaffa (as Michael Richard Dobson)

Storyline

General Hammond has tried everything to get the senates decision to shut down his space program undone, but the president personally refuses to 'commit political suicide': the Stargate will be buried. Daniel's insistence the danger for earth as a whole outweighs everything convinces his military SG-1 colleagues to ignore the commander general's command and dial the address the goa'ald invasion started from in the parallel dimension he visited. They arrive not on a planet but a new, superior type of starship, already launched by hyper-drive. A 'video' proves it belongs to Apophis, who gives command aboard to his son Klorel, whose host is no other then the team's young Abydos friend Skaara, yet overpowering him seems their best move, while Sam installs explosives in the death glider deck with a 24 hours timer just in case, but Jaffa manage to liberate Klorel and the ship goes far faster then expected...

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Plot Keywords:

ancient astronaut

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Release Date:

6 March 1998 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bridge Studios, The, MGM Worldwide Television Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Did You Know?

Trivia

While the SG-1 team is on a Goa'uld mothership, O'Neill asks Teal'c if the Goa'uld "TV" gets Showtime. A reference to the Showtime network on which the series aired from 1997 to 2002.

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Goofs

(at around 55 mins) When the Jaffa are all summoned to hear Apophis on the long-range communication device, the Jaffa woman in the second row, standing next to the sarcophagus, does not have a symbiote pouch.

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Quotes

Skaara: No part of the host survives.
Jack O'Neill: That's bullshit!

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Connections

Featured in Stargate SG-1: Citizen Joe (2005)

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Soundtracks

"Main Title"
Written by Joel Goldsmith and David Arnold

User Reviews

finally science-fiction

The last episode of Season one and you know what, I'm looking forward to see season two. I started SG-1 due lists I had seen were it mostly popped up in the top 5. After a few episodes I thought what the hell was it all about, I liked some episodes but some were really terrible. But after episode 16 it really get going and the episodes weren't a stand alone no longer. In fact, a real story started and the episodes combined the story until the end of season one.

Even the president agreed to shut down SG-1. But Daniel still hasn't forgotten his parallel dimension adventure and wants to be sure that earth is save but therefore SG-1 has to to through the stargate. Without knowledge of the base and the general, of they go into space. But what they don't know is that they arrive at a battlestar from the goa'uld. The battlestar goes straight to earth, to destroy it...

Again a very good episode with an open ending, something that make you eager to watch season 2. Only hope that the story continues and we don't have stand alone episodes.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3,5/5 Comedy 0,5/5