Within the Serpent's Grasp 

SG-1 secretly travels to a Goauuld attack ship and learn that the Earth is about to be attacked in an all-out assault.

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 Senate's decision to shut down his Stargate 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 colleagues to ignore Hammond's command and dial the address tthat he Goa'uld invasion started from in the alternate reality that 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 to his son Klorel, whose host is none other than the team's young Abydonian 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 the Jaffa manage to liberate Klorel. Jack discovers that the ship goes far faster than expected.

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Plot Keywords:

energy weapon | dual guns | possession | reference to showtime | spaceship | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

After this episode, and the initial airing of the first season in Sweden, it would take another 5½ years before the second season finally would air. Although the initial airing garnered huge interest among Swedish sci-fi fans, the network lost faith in the show, even though the show was in it's fifth season production wise at that point. After changes of time slot, and several reruns partly on a different sister channel, they finally called it quits in the middle of the third rerun of season 1. It would then take another 5 years before the show again was picked up by the network on a new sister channel (TV6), who by then had profiled itself as Sweden's unofficial sci-fi channel, and a continuous airing of all 10 seasons during weekdays began. Due to the extreme tempo of this airing, the network did catch-up pretty well by the end of the series, and the finale aired only four months after USA, compared to the premiere of season 2 which was almost nine years behind.

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Goofs

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. However, this woman does not have a Jaffa symbol on her forehead, like several other similarly dressed women in the shot, so it is possible that they are lesser Goa'uld. Also possible she is "Lo'taur", a human slave serving Goa'uld as described later in Season 5, Episode 15 "Summit".

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Quotes

Skaara: Nothing of the host survives.
Jack O'Neill: That's bullshit!

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Connections

Features Stargate (1994)

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Soundtracks

Main Title
Written by Joel Goldsmith and David Arnold

User Reviews

A Great Episode to be Continued

The SGC has been shut down by Senator Kinsey despite the efforts of General Hammond. However, Jack, Sam, Daniel and Teal'c disobey the orders and they travel to the coordinates that Daniel brought from the alternative Earth. They arrive in a room and out of the blue a group of Jaffa brings a large floating ball and leave it in front of the Stargate. Teal'c explains that it is a sort of television for communication purpose. Further, they discover that they are inside a Goa' uld spacecraft that is heading towards Earth to destroy the human race. Then they see Apophis ordering his son Klorel, who is actually Skaara, to wait for him before the ultimate attack. Sam and Daniel plant C-4 everywhere while Jack and Teal'c try to rescue Skaara, but they are captured by the enemy. Meanwhile Major Louis Ferretti assume the SGC and he expects to destroy the Goa'uld spacecrafts with two missiles. Will the Earth defenses suffice to hold the attack? Will the SG-1 survive?

"Within the Serpent's Grasp" is a great episode to be continued and hold the viewers to Season 2. I hate this type of procedure and fortunately I am watching to "Stargate SG-1" with all the DVDs in a non-stop mode. Skaara is gone and Jack has finally accepted the reality. Major Ferretti is an irritating character and I look forward to see his plan fall flat on face. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Within the Serpent's Grasp"

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 March 1998 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Bridge Studios, Gekko Film Corp., MGM Worldwide Television Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16 : 9