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Episode 1.16 “Singularity”

Planetary Tally: P8X987, or as the sign reads, Hanka
Season/Series Total: 15

Episodic References: “Children of the Gods”—the telescope on Jack’s roof is referenced, Daniel’s allergies are also remembered


Ah, the great battle for continuity.

Quote(s) of the Week:
Sam: But during the totality phase of the eclipse, we should be able to see matter spiraling towards it.
Jack: Actually, it’s called the accretion disc.
Daniel: Well I guess it’s easy to understand why the local population would be afraid of something like--What did you just say?
Jack: It’s just an astronomical term.
Sam: You didn’t think the Colonel had a telescope on his roof just do look at the neighbors, did you?
(long pause)
Jack: Not initially.

Daniel: Well, to a Goa’uld, she’s not as we see her. She’s a tool. Her death is a very cheap way to get rid of us.
Sam: I know I am supposed to be detached.
Daniel: Who said that?
Sam: Sometimes I forget you’re not military.


What did you just say? --Daniel
It’s just an astronomical term. --Jack

Introducing: Cassandra; Goa’uld attack vessels; Nirrti (though she’s not seen on screen, point of interest: Teal'c refers to Nirrti as a "he")

Hello, Again: Dr. Warner returns to do some exploratory surgery on Cassandra

Stargate Mythos: it is reiterated that Jack actually knows something about astronomy; SG-7 was stationed on Hanka; among standard SGC gear is hazmat masks; Teal’c doesn’t need to put on a hazmat mask; Daniel’s allergies once again surface; the Stargate is made of naquadah (I think this is the first time they name the element); Cassandra has traces of naquadah in her blood; Cassandra and Sam have a pretty tight bond; Frasier worries that we took a bacteria to Hanka that mutated and killed everyone (which is a legitimate concern); the Goa’uld use a child as a weapon against the SGC; Goa’uld mothership is first seen; Nirrti is established as a Goa’uld enemy of Apophsis and a scientist; there is an abandoned nuclear facility just 20 minutes away from Cheyenne Mountain; the SG-1 policy of “if one of us dies, we all die” is established


“Sam, protect me from Teal’c’s scary smile!”

Fashion Week: green and black and later everyone (except Teal’c) gets a hazmat suit--yellow is so flattering.

Auto Destruct: Season/Series Total: 3

Full Body Exam: SG-1 is decontaminated and then Frasier checks them all out. Frasier also performs medical exams on Cassandra.

Laid Up:
Daniel: Season/Series Total: 2
Jack: Season/Series Total: 7
Sam: Season/Series Total: 4

Brain Washing 101:
Daniel: Season/Series Total: 2
Jack: Season/Series Total: 4
Sam: Season/Series Total: 2
Teal’c: Season/Series Total: 1

Chain of Command:

Putzing with Props: Jack gets to play with the big telescope (not a euphemism) and a dog.


Don’t you want to cuddle up with them both?

Daniel’s Dead: Season/Series Total: 3

Murray Alert: 1-- Teal'c wears a hat when they go for a walk in the park. Season/Series Total: 6

Techno-Babble: Sam tells Daniel what they will see during the eclipse, namely matter spiraling towards the black hole. Sam argues for staying to witness the eclipse because using this window of total darkness to photograph the black hole will--apparently--change the course of human history. Sam figures out that the device inside Cassie is made up of two halves--one side is made of iron and potassium, the other side is naquadah--combine them and you have a bomb.


Carter Translation for O’Neill: Naquadah + Potassium = Boom

Good Luck, SG-1:

There’s Always Room for Jello:

Stargate Scorin’:
Daniel: Season/Series Total: 3
Jack: Season/Series Total: 3
Sam: Season/Series Total: 3
Teal’c: Season/Series Total: 1

Daniel Obsession:
What’s the Daniel of it?: Daniel is shocked by Jack’s knowledge of astronomy; apparently he has forgotten that Jack actually has to have a brain to make it to the rank of Colonel. On planet, Daniel and Teal’c check out the village while Sam and Jack check the observatory; they find everyone dead! Daniel does the guilt thing--when the SGC visited Hanka three months ago, the indigenous people said that “with the darkness would come the Apocalpyse” (::restraining Angel joke::); of course the SGC explained that it was just an eclipse and that there was nothing to worry about, but apparently the Hankans' mythology was correct. Daniel and Sam return to Earth with Cassie, while Teal’c and Jack stay behind to photograph the eclipse. After they arrive on Earth, Daniel debriefs with Hammond and Frasier. Daniel sits and reads outside Cassie’s door--he sort of begs Sam to let him help her take care of Cassie. Daniel is there when Sam experiments with naquadah and potassium to determine that Cassandra is a nuclear time bomb. Daniel explains that the Goa’uld used Cassandra as a Trojan horse; that they are using our humanity against us. Daniel keeps Sam company (standing entirely too close to her for my comfort) as Sam watches over Cassandra. When the crisis is averted, Daniel hits Teal’c in celebration and Teal’c gives him this look that sort of says, “do not hit me, you little shaggy-haired man.” Daniel and Sam let Cassandra swing on their arms, making me want to have little Danny-children.


Really, they make a cute family. Die, Sam, die!

Translation Time/Artifact Alley:

Caffeine Habit: Daniel has a coffee as he and Sam watch the exploratory surgery on Cassandra.


“I need a refill.”

Headgear:
Bandana: Season/Series Total: 1
Flak Helmet: Season/Series Total: 9
Fly Hat: Season/Series Total: 2
Other: 1--hazmat mask
Season/Series Total: 4

Perfect Vision: Daniel has to take off his glasses to put on the hazmat mask. Daniel isn’t wearing his glasses when Janet delivers the news about the contaminated area. Daniel is glasses-less during his debriefing with Hammond and Frasier.

Oh, Danny Boy: Season/Series Total: 4

Shooting a Load: Season/Series Total: 4

Mop Up, Aisle 5: 10--glasses-less Daniel; Daniel sneezing; more glasses-less Daniel; him just listening to Sam talk; Daniel glasses-less at the debriefing; when Daniel says “we don’t know”; Daniel walking into Cassie’s room; Daniel reading in the hallway in that nice tight black shirt; Daniel explaining what happened to Cassandra; Daniel looking very wistfully at Sam as they drive to the nuclear facility


Who knew reading could be this erotic?

More droolage:


The real reason Daniel has long hair--he's really a surfer.


Let’s just have a quiet moment, okay? ::drool::

SG-1 Fun Facts for Episode 1.17 “Enigma” here