Memento Mori (8 Sep. 2006)

Vala is kidnapped by agents of the Trust who are trying to find an ancient treasure when an accident causes Vala to forget who she is.

Director:

Peter DeLuise

Writers:

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

Stars:

Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Browder	...	Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell
Amanda Tapping	...	Lt. Col. Samantha Carter
Christopher Judge	...	Teal'c
Claudia Black	...	Vala Mal Doran
Beau Bridges	...	Major General Hank Landry
Michael Shanks	...	Dr. Daniel Jackson
Don Stark	...	Sal
Adrian Holmes	...	Detective Ryan
Sonya Salomaa	...	Charlotte Mayfield / Athena
Brendan Beiser	...	Weaver
Gary Jones	...	Chief Mst Sgt. Walter Harriman
Peter Benson	...	Devon
Patricia Harras	...	Fake Carter
Brian Davies	...	Waiter
Phillip Mitchell	...	Guy #1

Storyline

When Vala has a dinner with Daniel, she is kidnapped by the Trust, interrogated, and dumped with almost total amnesia, as waitress in a diner, where she does however demonstrate to have retained her fighting skills when a robber has the misfortune to come during her shift. Even after Daniel figures out which Goa'ulds on Earth -including Athena, and especially Ba'al- can be involved, it proves difficult to retrieve her. And when Mitchell does, she suspiciously takes him captured, badly wounded.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Release Date:

8 September 2006 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kawoosh! Productions X, MGM Worldwide Television Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Vala racks the slide on the Beretta 92F, she has acquired, an empty casing is ejected from the chamber. This type of firearm automatically ejects empty casings.

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Quotes

Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Okay, I think I've figured out what happened to you, why you don't remember anything.
Vala Mal Doran: Oh, good. Does it involve an alien abduction?
Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Well, in as much as that you're an alien who was abducted, yes.

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Connections

References The X-Files (1993)

User Reviews

Vala loses her memory.

The Trust kidnaps Vala and uses a Goa'uld device meant to recover some of her memories, but the device is destroyed in a bad moment and erases all her memory. There is a funny twist: she works as waitress (which seems to me to fit her perfectly - I think because of her attitude) for a couple of weeks until she singlehandedly stops two robbers. It's a classic theme (amnesia), but the script is pretty good and it works. The fans can't be disappointed as there are a few details that are adorable (Daniel takes Vala out, but refuses to call it a "date", Col. Mitchell is "kidnapped" by Vala,…). Besides these, I always find it refreshing to see the characters on Earth - in street clothes, trying to behave normally (and the actors trying to pretend they are pretending to be normal… hihihi) and the way the common people get entangled.