sg-1! what is this shiny thing in the distance?

[schmerica]

If I was interested in watching a couple episodes of SG-1, what would you recommend to me to show it as fun and entertaining and not totally boring? So far all I've seen is a few Rodney bits, the first Vala episode, and some of this season. Not that I haven't tried a couple other random things, but ... there's a reason I'm asking for the criteria I am.

BACK TO THE VID MINES.

Comments

[nestra.livejournal.com]

I wholeheartedly second Window of Opportunity.

[helenish.livejournal.com]

Is that the one where they go back in time to the sixties? Because that one is AWESOME. But I'm not sure it's as awesome if you haven't sort of built up the canon residue that makes Teal'c + Hippies = Comedy Gold.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

To be fair, if nothing like the real ting, I can imagine you can still get a lot of humor value from that within ten seconds of meeting Teal'c.

[vonniek.livejournal.com]

No, "Window of Opportunity" is the one where Jack and Teal'c get stuck in a time loop and have to relieve the day over and over again, like Groundhog's Day. It's hysterical. I don't think you need a huge amount of backstory to enjoy it, other than basic stuff like 1) Daniel can annoy the heck out of Jack when he geeks out over his ancient artifacts, 2) Teal'c is stoic, until he's pushed past his limits, 3) there is some vague UST thing going on between Jack and Sam.

Other good, fun episodes... let me see:

I love "Tin Man" from S1, which is one of my favourite standalone episodes. It's excellent & meaty, with some funny bits, although not exactly a laugh-riot.

"Upgrades" from S4 is quite funny, with good team-bonding moments.

[minervacat.livejournal.com]

no, window of opportunity is the one where jack and teal'c are stuck in the time loop; i think the one with the hippies is actually called "1969" or something like that. window of opportunity is great, though. fantastic episode.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I will definitely try that one first, then!