It's a somewhat clever way to do a clips show. The old events are shown while revealing a new element, the stones, that will become prominent in the Ori story arc.
But it's still a clips show. Those are useful for producers, so they can save some money and writing effort. They're useful for viewers to catch up on what happened over the course of the show. But if you're watching these episodes one after another, there's no reason to catch up. You've seen everything recently enough not to need reminders.
The story is pretty good up until about half way through the episode. People start to get excited over Joe's stories, his son wants to hear them, Joe's becoming more attached to the characters. But the downward slide to the stories ruining Joe's life isn't done as well. It's too sudden.
The end is weak. Revealing top secret info to Joe's wife makes no sense, especially since her problem with Joe isn't the stories, but rather it's how he lets the stories consume him to the point of ruining his business and family life. That the SGC stories are true wouldn't change or solve the problem.
Unfortunately the episode contains important foreshadowing. Fortunately, the foreshadowing is: there are stones that let people see events in other people's lives, and the stones may even do more.
Now you know about the stones. So you don't have to watch the episode.
But it's still a clips show. Those are useful for producers, so they can save some money and writing effort. They're useful for viewers to catch up on what happened over the course of the show. But if you're watching these episodes one after another, there's no reason to catch up. You've seen everything recently enough not to need reminders.
The story is pretty good up until about half way through the episode. People start to get excited over Joe's stories, his son wants to hear them, Joe's becoming more attached to the characters. But the downward slide to the stories ruining Joe's life isn't done as well. It's too sudden.
The end is weak. Revealing top secret info to Joe's wife makes no sense, especially since her problem with Joe isn't the stories, but rather it's how he lets the stories consume him to the point of ruining his business and family life. That the SGC stories are true wouldn't change or solve the problem.
Unfortunately the episode contains important foreshadowing. Fortunately, the foreshadowing is: there are stones that let people see events in other people's lives, and the stones may even do more.
Now you know about the stones. So you don't have to watch the episode.