Here I'll write reviews of each episode of Stargate SG-1.
Season One episode guide/reviews
SEASON 1 CHILDREN OF THE GODS As Colonel Jack O'Neill and his team journey to Abydos to confront deadly warriors and laser-firing Death Gliders, O'Neill realises that this new mission seems hauntingly familiar and that an old enemy has returned to take his revenge on earth.
THE ENEMY WITHIN In this suspenseful tale of survival of the fittest,' O'Neill and the SG-1 team must attempt to remove a Goa'uld larva that has infected Kawalsky's brain...but time is running out!
EMANCIPATION On the planet of Simarka, where the fierce race of Shavadai mistreat females, Carter challenges their misogynous ways in a thrilling battle of wits that may bring women equity or forever keep them as second-class citizens.
THE BROCA DIVIDE Returning from a planet with both a civilized and a primitive side, all but two of the team become infected and spread a brutal virus. Will Teal'c and Jackson find the cause, or are their colleagues doomed to become Stone Age primitives?
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT The SG-1 team is sent after the SG-9 team that has failed to return. They find that their captain, having been treated like a god by planetary inhabitants, is drunk with power and is tyrannizing them. Can they overcome him?
COLD LAZARUS A strange crystal strikes down O'Neill, replacing him with a double that returns with the team to Earth to find the cause of O'Neill's private grief-his son's death. But the double is dangerously unstable. Can O'Neill return home to save everyone and prevent chaos?
THE NOX When a planned ambush goes disastrously wrong, resulting in fatalities among the SG-1 team, the peace-loving Nox restore them to life. But while these gentle people can bring back the dead, can they resist the deadly technology of the bloodthirsty Goa'uld?
BREIF CANDLE On the mysterious planet Argos, the beautiful Kynthia seduces Colonel O'Neill, which means he's condemned to an Argosian lifespan of only a hundred days. As he turns grey, will his team succeed in their frantic search for a cure?
THOR'S HAMMER Looking for allies against the Goa'uld, the SG-1 team lands on Cimmeria, home of the legendary Norse gods. Teal'c and O'Neill are transported to the underground labyrinth caves of the vicious creature Unas. Can Carter and Daniel rescue them?
THE TORMENT OF TANTALUS Jackson discovers that in 1945, a young professor slipped through the Stargate, never to return. Together with his still living fiancée, the SG-1 team discovers the now aged professor trapped in a decaying fortress. Will they be able to rescue him and escape in time?
BLOODLINES With the proviso that he will bring back a Goa'uld larva for study, Teal'c returns to Chulak to stop the Goa'uld from enslaving his son Rya'c. Trouble is, Rya'c needs a larva to survive-and the only one available is Teal'c's...
FIRE AND WATER The SG-1 team is transported to a planet of opposites, the home of the sole survivor of an aquatic race. Teal'c, O'Neill and Carter return to Earth shell-shocked and disturbed. Can the team recover to find Daniel and attempt rescue?
HATHOR The evil Goa'uld Hathor escapes from a Mayan pyramid in Mexico. At the Stargate facility, she uses her charms to seduce the men into helping her take over the world. Can Samantha Carter and her female colleagues defeat her?
SINGULARITY Carter returns with the sole survivor of a planetary plague-a little girl, Cassandra. As they become attached, Carter discovers the girl's terrible secret-a time bomb planted by the Goa'uld. Can she save the girl-and the world?
COR-AI O'Neill and the team travel to Chartago, where teal'c is recognized as once having been head Jaffa to the sinister Goa'uld Apothis. He's arrested for murder and put on trial for his life. Can his comrades save him?
ENIGMA The SG-1 team rescues a group of highly developed survivors from the cataclysmic planet of Tollan. To stop the legendary knowledge of the Tollan people from falling in to the wrong hands, O'Neill and his team stake all on the cross-universal rescue.
SOLITUDES Following a Stargate technical defect, O'Neill and Carter find themselves stranded on an icy wasteland. O'Neill is severely wounded, both are freezing to death, and nobody can find the section of the universe in which they are stuck.
TIN MAN Upon landing on planet 0X3 989, the mysterious alien Harlan renders the SG-1 team unconscious. After waking and returning to Earth, they find their spirits and minds have been transferred to androids. The team must return to regain body and soul.
THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD A mysterious mirror transports Jackson to another dimension. Suddenly he finds himself on an alternate earth that is under attack from the Goa'uld. Daniel foresees that the same cruel fate awaits his Earth. Can he return to his dimension and save the world?
POLITICS Only Daniel Jackson knows of the Goa'uld plans to invade Earth. But no one takes his warnings seriously in fact, this time the authorities have chosen to terminate the costly Stargate programme and close the gate forever.
WITHIN THE SERPENT'S GRASP To stop the Goa'uld invasion, the SG-1 team disobeys orders and transports itself to the Goa'uld attack headquarters. Landing amidst preparations for an all-out strike on Earth, the way home is blocked. Can the team avert disaster and save humanity?
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