DVD, Stargate SG-1 S1 (The Torment of Tantalus)
I think Katherine was a character from the film, possibly, and that whole angle was good, and her fiance (played by the guy from Voyager's 'Sacred Ground') was very good, but it seemed to degenerate into a bit of a getting out mission. Yes, there's the tantalising projection room, and having old people in it gives it a different slant, but he recovered too soon from being alone, where did that food come from, how did they get up on the roof, and why did the place collapse the very day they arrived! And surely they'd have precautionary measures of the SGC checking up on them every few hours in case they couldn't get back?
It seems full of holes, but it had just about enough to qualify as a good one. It's twice in a row, now, that Daniel has had to give up some important piece of technology in order to save lives. He was close to staying, but as they said, what good is knowledge if it can't be shared - it would all have died with him. It also makes you wonder who the four races were that created all that, and whether Jackson will be able to ask them as Ernest suggests. There were some good effects and some sad personal moments, but we never got to find out what happened to Ernest or Catherine. And I got the bit about her knowing Daniel and Jack, but how does she know Carter?
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