DVD, Stargate SG-1 S2 (A Matter of Time)

A couple of things were missing from this. Well, three if you count Dr. Jackson who only makes a cameo at the end, but specifically when the doughnuts came into it and Carter was offered one I was expecting her to have some kind of eureka moment and be inspired to come up with a plan. The other thing I was expecting was for O'Neill to forgive his former friend Cromwell before he got sucked away, or at least pay off the subplot that was created. Maybe they needed to fill some time and that was why the scenes with the two of them were written?

Time was clearly the operative word, and the concept was a good one. The series doesn't often do heavy sci-fi, but they pulled this one off well - often it's more about the soldier antics and dodging aliens, but the time moving at different speeds relative to the distance from the Stargate was interesting, with Hammond coming and going after flying across the country among the illustrations of the phenomenon. Major Davis got to make his appearance, Siler got to be there working away, on hand as usual to help fix things, and there were very special effects with the horizontal abseil towards the gate, all much fun. But why wasn't Daniel included? Maybe Michael Shanks booked a holiday that week.

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