Stargate SG-1 (TV Series) Bloodlines (1997) User Reviews

Average Episode

[claudio_carvalho · 7/10 · 19 May 2015]

Teal'c is unsuccessfully submitted to a surgery to remove his Goa'uld. Then he tells that he needs to meet his family, since his son Rya'c will receive his Goa'uld larva soon and he wants to avoid it. Jack convinces Hammond to let the SG-1 go. Jack, Daniel and Sam go to Chulak with Teal'c disguised as Apophis' team members. When they reach Teal'c's home, they find it burned down to the ground. However they encounter Teal'c's mentor Bra'tac that explains that his family is living in a camp for outcast. Teal'c rescues his son, but his wife discloses that he is sick and only a Goa'uld larva can save him. What will Teal'c do?

"Bloodlines" is one episode that details the ceremony of implantation of a Goa'uld larva in Teal'c's people. This episode is average only and Bra'tac is doomed to die with his attitude. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Bloodlines"

all about the past of Teal'c

[trashgang · 8/10 · 15 April 2013]

Already episode 11 in the first season and for me Stargate had it flows. It so strange that Stargate became a cult success because so far there wasn't that much of science-fiction to watch but I must say that it really is the acting that kept you watching. Colonel Jack, Dr. Daniel, Captain Carter and Teal'c they all fit together perfectly.

But somehow I enjoyed the episodes even as it is really low budget. That doesn't of course mean a thing, just have a look at Star Trek. We already went deeper into the past of Colonel Jack but this time we go deeper into the past of Teal'c.

By now we do know that Teal'c could stay with SG-1 because he didn't had any important things left on his planet Chulak. Wrong we were, this time the whole episode is about Teal'c's past. He do has a wife and a child. His son Rya'c is ready for a typical Jaffa ritual and Teal'c has to go back to Chulak. He doesn't want that Rya'c will get a prim'ta into his body that will turn him into a Goa'uld drone. Of he goes with the SG-1 team to stop the ritual, in comes Bra'tac, his master. One of the few characters that will reappear in the next 10 year Stargate is seen on the telee.

We do learn more about the Jaffa's and the ritual. A very important episode t o understand the sacrifice given by Teal'c to stay with SG-1 and leaving his son and wife behind.

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

Pointless

[Calicodreamin · 6/10 · 11 January 2022]

As far as production value goes, this is a solid episode with good costuming, effects, and sets. However, the storyline is pointless and it all sums up to zero in the end.

Sacrication

[CursedChico · 7/10 · 9 January 2021]

Sacrication

Tealc left his family and fortunately, nothing have happened to them. He tried not to let implamanting of larval goauld but in the end, he had to give his goauld to his son. It was sad.

bratac did not come to earth. Maybe he was not welcomed if he came.

Daniel killed baby goa ulds I did not like it.

Another very important early episode of the series

[GusF · 9/10 · 3 April 2013]

In my mind, this forms the last part in an unofficial trilogy of three consecutive great episodes which establish important parts of the series' mythology which have future ramifications. As the first Teal'c-centric episode, we learn more about Jaffa society than in any of the previous episodes, excluding "Children of the Gods".

The introduction of Bra'tac, who went on to appear in every subsequent season except Season Four (the worst thing about my favourite season), is its most significant addition to the Stargate universe. A wonderfully written and acted character from the get-go, he is one of those occasional characters who are introduced into a TV series who make you wonder how the series ever got along without them! With a total of 26 appearances, Bra'tac was present for many of the most important moments in the series' history, becoming arguably the SGC's most loyal and reliable offworld ally and one of the fans' favourite recurring characters. It's hard to imagine the series without him now.

Teal'c's wife Drey'auc and son Rya'c also make their debut in this episode. While their appearances were far fewer and further between than Bra'tac's, their presence was still often felt throughout the series, much like that of Sha're. This is the first episode to establish just how much Teal'c sacrificed when he broke Jack, Daniel and Sam out of the prison on Chulak and is very effective on that score. I've always loved the fact that Teal'c kept their existence a secret rather than the writers just inventing a family for him that the characters all already knew about but never previously mentioned. It's more respectful of the audience's intelligence. Incidentally, I like the fact that Rya'c is played by Neil Denis in all of his appearances over the course of seven years as it shows a rare example of continuity of actors in terms of children on television.

The episode's best scene is definitely the one in which Daniel destroys the symbiote vat as, despite him being a man of peace, it was perfectly in character for him, given what happened to Sha're and Skaara.

What's with all the bad acting?

[ANannyMoose02 · 1/10 · 10 December 2022]

Seriously though, what is with the terrible acting in this episode. Teal'c is always bad, so this episode was exceptionally awful because it was a Teal'c episode, but the fact that every small roll played in this episode was atrocious is just inexcusable. The actors they got must have been people off the street because there is no way in hell their performances could be considered acting.

This is the first episode that I had to begin skipping scenes just to get through it. I wanted it to end so I could get to the next episode, but now I'm not sure if I want to continue watching the series. If this episode is any indication, then it's safe to say the series itself is unwatchably bad.