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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.

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18/8/06 02:42 (UTC)
celli: a woman and a man holding hands, captioned "i treasure" (Daniel "Indy" Jackson)
Posted by [personal profile] celli
I love the comedy episodes. Urgo, Window of Opportunity, Wormhole X-Treme (the meta! *squee*)--those are my favorite eps.

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18/8/06 02:45 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] nestra.livejournal.com
I wholeheartedly second Window of Opportunity.

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18/8/06 03:07 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] 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.

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18/8/06 03:07 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] pearl-o.livejournal.com
I will definitely try that one first, then!

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18/8/06 03:08 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] pearl-o.livejournal.com
I like comedy! It has less speechifying, for one thing. Woot!

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18/8/06 03:08 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] 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.

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18/8/06 03:20 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] 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.

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18/8/06 03:21 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] 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.

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18/8/06 03:22 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] dirty-diana.livejournal.com
I hate many of the comedy eps. But then, I like Daniel. So I have no idea why I am replying to this post at all. Wait.

*takes opinions and runs away*

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18/8/06 03:25 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] minervacat.livejournal.com
i whole-heartedly third the motion for "window of opportunity", and also can say that i enjoyed the following episodes a great deal:

1x19: there but for the grace of god
1x21: within the serpent's grasp
2x01: the serpent's lair
6x19: the changeling
6x21: full circle
8x18: threads
8x19-20: moebius parts one and two
9x04: ties that bind
9x06: beachhead

[livejournal.com profile] triskellita has been spoon-feeding me the "best of sg-1 pre-s9" (i've seen all of s9) this summer, and so far those are my favorites.

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18/8/06 03:27 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] pearl-o.livejournal.com
Awwww. I respect your opinions even when they clash with my own!

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18/8/06 03:27 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] pearl-o.livejournal.com
*notes!*

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18/8/06 03:29 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] triskellita.livejournal.com
definitely window of opportunity (4x06), and wormhole x-treme (5x12, it was the 100th episode). you don't need a lot of backstory for either. I'd also recommend torment of tantalus (1x10), and the fifth race (2x15), for some background on the ancients and such.

whichever you choose, enjoy!

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18/8/06 03:33 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] meacoustic.livejournal.com
Hmm. "Fire and Water" (1.13), "In the Line of Duty (2.02), both parts of "The Tok'ra" (2.11 & 2.12) - I cried a lot, "Learning Curve" (3.5), "A Hundred Days" (3.17), and "Shades of Grey" (3.18). Those were a few of the ones I liked the most out of the first three seasons (I'm only two discs into S4).

Not all fun and entertaining, though. I do adore the very end of "Bane" (2.10) for the Teal'c and Daniel interaction.

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18/8/06 03:40 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] barkley.livejournal.com
Window of Opportunity! Upgrades!

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18/8/06 03:46 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] pearl-o.livejournal.com
Thanks!

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18/8/06 03:46 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] pearl-o.livejournal.com
Cool, thank you!

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18/8/06 03:46 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] pearl-o.livejournal.com
Hee. Exclamation points are always a good sign.

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18/8/06 04:09 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] dirty-diana.livejournal.com
But. How can anyone not like Daniel? *cries*

Seriously, cool, action-y eps that I like are 1.18 Solitudes, 2.11 and 2.12 The Tok'ra, 2.16 A Matter of Time, 3.17 A Hundred Days, 5.08 The Tomb, 6.01 ad 6.02 Redemption (but maybe those are the Rodney bits you've seen?), 8.01 and 8.02 New Order, 8.20 and 8.21 Moebius.

Some of the eps I see below consist mainly of Daniel making speeches, frankly. I could point them out to you. Threads

Watch all of season 9, it has Ben Browder's ass.

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18/8/06 04:29 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] pearl-o.livejournal.com
Well ... maybe i just haven't seen the right stuff yet! Maybe he will magically become awesome in my eyes! It's possible.

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18/8/06 05:16 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] meacoustic.livejournal.com
Upgrades was awesome! Armband of doom!

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18/8/06 14:40 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] nestra.livejournal.com
Yes! Upgrades!

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