Hathor

Plot: A goa'uld is found in stasis within a sarcophagus on Earth by a team of archaeologists. She is Hathor, goddess of fertility, inebrity and music. Hathor finds her way to the SGC, where she bewitches the men on base. It's up to Sam, Dr Frasier and the rest of the women of the SGC to stop her evil plot, without harming the men under her control.


First of all, some top Jack O'Neill quotage:

Daniel Jackson: Hathor was the Egyptian goddess of fertility, inebriety, and music.
Jack O'Neill: Sex, drugs, and rock & roll?
Daniel Jackson: In a manner of speaking.

He's a great wit and was in danger of becoming a great Jaffa in this episode. Turns out that Hathor is a queen bee of Goa'uld's. She gets Daniel to knock her up and then births a bunch of larva. We see them on more than one occassion, writhing around in a hot bath, like a pool of hot dogs. Mega gross.

It was interesting to see how quickly Jack's health detiriorated after Hathos transformed his gut in to a pouch for a larva. It seems that the procedure removes the host's immune system at the same time, meaning that the prospective Jaffa must accept the Goa'uld, or die. Tough choice.

Hathor herself, as played Suanne Braun is wonderfully enchanting and a pleasure to watch. A fine bit of casting for sure.

This episode also sees Frasier and Carter teaming up for a bit of girl power action. Kicking ass and taking names in order to rid the men on base of Hathor's control. Seeing Sam knock General Hammond out with a rifle butt to the back of the head was a particular highlight. I'm not sure George thought so.

The SGC took delivery of the sarcophagus after it was found by the archaeologists. Frasier uses it to heal Jack after he'd been given the pouch. I was just thinking that it would be massivle convenient to have that in sick bay, when Hathor kindly blows it up and throws that plot device out of the window. We do see the detrimental effects of long term use of the sarcophagus in season 2, so the writers certainly had their bases covered.

I'm out of town for a couple of days, so this is the last post until the weekend. In the mean time, take it easy gate fans.

7 out of 10