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Dec 19, 2022

It has been years since I've done an all series and movies rewatch of #Stargate, and I used to do it yearly. As we get into winter and turn the calendar to the new year I think it's time to start again. At least 1 episode a day tweeting a favorite random moment. #wewantstargate

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That's all! Season 3 finale tomorrow and then into season 4!

The giant alien hears them speaking in English but still greets them in Mayan. From that I'd assume they don't know English, but Daniel answers back in English and suddenly they know it. Odd

All it takes for Jack to believe Daniel is there is for Nicholas to repeat Daniel saying "Jack don't be an ass." Fitting giveaway.

They have Teal'c around Nicholas without any hat. Don't you think he'd have some questions about the big gold emblem on his forehead?

Nicholas Ballard is one of those opposite moments of knowing someone before Stargate instead of seeing someone in a show and knowing them from Stargate. It's Yan from Mighty Ducks!

And of course Rothman disobeys direct orders and looks directly into the skulls eyes.

The great team of Rothman and Siler in the case of figuring out the skull. Siler knows what's up with the odds of Rothman figuring it out. "I think you're going to get fired."

"Napoleonic power monger." Interesting insult from Jack

It seems when Teal'c gets the skull the case he uses already has foam cut to the precise dimensions of the skull. Minor issue there since they obviously wouldn't know how to form fit the foam to the skull

Daniel is affected by the radiation and is the one that goes out of phase. Not the last time we'll see Daniel take a heavy dose of radiation and be affected by it 😬

"Hey if you'd been listening you'd know Nintendos pass through everything!" Jack as usual not getting the new terms correct and replacing with a random word

I feel like I should be sipping some Crystal Head vodka during this one. Damn you, dry Lent!

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Season 3 "Crystal Skull" No, not the bad Indiana Jones movie that I refuse to accept as the fourth in the franchise. The better Crystal Skull sees Daniel put out of phase by a crystal skull from a giant off-world Mayan style temple. #WeWantStargate #StargateSG1

Oma stopping the staff blasts directed at the team and subsequently killing all the Jaffa as well as knocking out the gliders before ascending the monk is a pretty badass introduction to the ancients and their power.

Our first look at Oma! In ascended form of course.

I like the night sky background they used for Keb too with all the colors from a dust cloud mixed among the stars. For my it just adds to the mystique of the planet.

As Bra'tac says, "We still have false gods to slay."

Jack has no patience to deal with the subtlety but Daniel and Bra'tac want to play along, though Bra'tac is not ready to give up his symbiote which is a wall to meeting Oma. So Daniel end up on his own trying to figure it all out

We get to see Bra'tac and Teal'c using their master tracking abilities here again. By footprints they know how many Jaffa went through the area and generally what they were doing.

Good throw in note that sticks with the continuity of the story that Keb isn't in the Abydos cartouche but instead the address comes from the Ancient database.

Attack them all the try*. Typo ruining a good Charlie the unicorn reference.

Oh they actually address why he'd attack instead of try and get them back into his army. Better to attack them all the. Try and weed out the non believers.

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Have to love Jack's reaction. "Son of a bitch!" And "Somebody's got to teach that guy how to die."

It's interesting to me that Apophis attacks Chulak. Likely because of the free Jaffa there and people believing he is dead. Trying to show what happens for their insolence because gods cannot die, but he probably could have added them to his army he got from Sokar

Season 3 "Maternal Instinct" First time we meet an Ancient in this one! Oma Desala makes her first appearance and has a few other appearances in the series as well. Obviously a big character for Daniel's development. #WeWantStargate #StargateSG1

Nyan getting to stay in Earth as Daniel's research assistant is a nice touch, but he doesn't get to pop up at all again in the series. Would have been a cool little nod to this episode if he popped up in Daniel's research lab here and there.

These people learned how to use a Zat and a walkie-talkie pretty quickly with 0 instruction on how they work.

Jack's answers to the questioning is great. Giant worms, magic, he just can't take anything seriously

There they are! The team in electrified dog kennels. That'd be a very uncomfortable form of torture.

This culture is definitely more advanced than Earth but unwilling to accept the Stargate for what it is because of the beliefs that have been engrained in them for generations.

I believe this is the first time we are on a planet with 2 separate cultures with 2 separate beliefs and get involved with how they interact with each other.

I like the look of the gate with the rock face behind it because it hasn't fully been excavated yet.

Season 3 "New Ground" We get to see the team gate to a planet just discovering the Stargate and trying to figure out what it is. And the team gets put in dog kennels! #StargateSG1 #WeWantStargate

It's good if Jack to give Daniel a personal apology after all he put him through. And fun to see the playful jab from Daniel back that the team drew straws and he lost which is why he visited. Another strong episode in my opinion!

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"Hello Newman." Love the Seinfeld reference too!

The opera music in the background is a great touch when Jack and Maybourne talk. Makes it like a Mafia movie. He's making Jack an offer he can't refuse.

Have to love Daniel going to bat for Sam though saying she should be in charge of SG1 instead of Makepeace

And poor Daniel again hearing Jack say there really is no foundation to their friendship.