Plug in removed, it was causing issues.
An interview with Richard Dean Anderson while he is down under, thanks to RDA’s own website and The Big Couch via MIX94.5 for the initial posting. We’ve been told Richard will also appear on Sunrise 7 the early morning Australian breakfast show around 8.20am on Monday 11th.
Upon returning to the SGC our Jaffa seems upset and we learn that his son is engaged to one of the female warriors who are rebelling against the system lord Moloc, this seems to be upsetting news as he sees it as a betrayal of the oath the boy took to fight for the freedom of all Jaffa. The situation becomes more complicated when Ishta and her people are forced to move to the SGC as their worlds location is leaked to Moloc and then their secret meeting is ambushed and both Ishta and Teal’c are hunted by the Jaffa.
Sacrifices is written by Christopher Judge and sees the return of Jolene Blalock as Ishta the strong leader of the female warriors who are making a successful stand against Moloc, events are conspiring to force their hand which goes against Teal’c’s belief that there is little to be gained by attempting to over throw Moloc while there are ready made Goa’uld replacements who will simply take over. It gets more complicated when Rya’k falls in love with one of her people and they are engaged, Teal’c sees his son as turning his back on the large fight and by extension disrespects both Ishta and the young woman Kar’yn much to Bra’tac’s annoyance which gets spread around with the exception of Jack who seems to be handling the horses, children and leather clad young women rather well, we even get a Kirk shoulder grab of Sam which was held way too long for comfort if you ask me.
Well if you must.
We finally get to meet Moloc played by Royston Innes who is the stereotypical system lord maybe even more so since the idea of slaughtering so many females seems counter productive when the size of the Jaffa army can be the deciding factor in a battle and limiting the number of women will impact that figure long term. It’s also tricky in that we can fully understand why Ishta is so eager to bring Moloc down as she is focussing on the immediate deaths and why Teal’s does not see the benefit long term but it’s unlikely any Gou’ald replacement would carry on the sacrificing of young girls especially with the ongoing struggle for dominance on the galactic scale.
Sinister!
We got some feedback via Facebook this week and there are a few birthdays and a bit of news in the podcast and the promo is from Colin and his Trek News & Views, I can highly recommend the show.
Next week we are covering the Stargate Atlantis episode “Home” as Weir and her people have the opportunity to return home thanks to an alien energy source, hope you can join us and please feel free to drop us a line, review, feedback via this site, Facebook, G+, itunes, stitcher and of course email.
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I spotted two familiar faces this week on the latest episodes of NCIS and The Mentalist, on NCIS Jay Acovone played Frankie Dean in the episode Prime Suspect and Erick Avari was Dr Lance Reinhardt in the Mentalist episode Red Lacquer Nail Polish.
Out of the Blue the second episode from David Blue’s podcast this week featuring Robert Picardo of Voyager and Stargate with many a tv show and movie in between.
A Very Happy Birthday (March 6th) to Larry Cedar who played a Prior of the Ori in the Stargate SG1 episode “Origin” and also guest starred on Deadwood, Constantine and Community.
A bumper bonanza on the fifth of March for Stargate Birthdays.
Dean Stockwell made his movie debut back in 1945 but for most of
us he was Al in Quantum Leap before appearing in the Stargate SG1
episode Shadow Play as Doctor Kieran. He then played the wonderfully
convoluted Cavil in Battlestar Galactica.
David Palffy appeared many times in Stargate but often under heavy
make up first as the System Lord Sokar and then the uber Gou’ald
Anubis. He’s also appeared in Blade The Series and Andromeda.
The sublime Jolene Blalock made only two appearances in Stargate
SG1 as the Jaffa “Ishta” who led the rebellion against the System Lord
Molock as well as becoming a love interest for Teal’c.
Jolene is better known for playing T’pol on Enterprise and has guest
starred on CSI:Miami, JAG and Legend of the Seeker.
Neil Jackson had a starring role in Blade The Series as well as recurring
roles in Make It or Break It, Upstairs Downstairs and Flash Forward.
He guest starred in the Stargate SG1 episode Prototype as Khalek
and a Wraith in the Atlantis episode Vegas and he’s currently appearing
in the ITV drama Lightfields.
Teyla leads a mission to one of her peoples former trading partners who have the resources to supply the city with Tava beans a local and useful crop similar to a sweet potato and they need it as McKay is eating them our of house and home, rationing is not in his mindset. Upon arrival they are greeted by Sora and her father Tyrus who with some caution bring them to the local community leaders and negotiations begin with medicine and eventually explosives offered (for land clearing) in return for the crops.
Events take a twist when Sheppard and McKay discover a underground complex which is very definitely not in the spirit of the Genii farming communities and the charade is revealed, the Genii are far more advanced then anyone believes and they use the cover of farming to hide their society from the up coming culling and pretty much everyone else.
Ultimately the Genii are too self centred to be totally trust worthy in the same way as the expedition, neither side would ever compromise enough to make a real partnership work so the events on the joint mission against a hive was only the immediate cause for the collapse of the alliance rather than the underlying reasons.
Hi bloody Ho
Underground is a wonderful story and we meet for the first time an advanced Pegasus human culture and unfortunately for the expedition one which is strong willed and militaristic, as with many western societies long term trouble is born based on short term trade and more to the point military assistance. Colm Meaney rocks every scene he is in and Erin Chambers is wonderfully deadly with a really sunny appearance both in farmer and military guise, it’s great that we get to see both of these characters and the Genii later in the series. The episode also serves to open up the bigger picture, the true threat of the Wraith is revealed even though they must have had a large fleet to take the battle to the Ancients with over 60 hives (maybe more) the task ahead of the expedition looks beyond them and it’s only a matter of time before the Wraith coming a calling or is that culling.
Tastes like Chicken
A huge thank you to Jeff for joining us this week, Underground was an episode he wanted to be a part of and when ever possible we’ll try to get a third voice into the mix, if you fancy joining us then drop us a line and while a few episodes have been spoken for (SG1 and SGA) there are still plenty more. We had a little feedback this week via Facebook, a few birthday notices and a bit of news and we are always looking for community input on Facebook, Twitter, G+ and the Gatecast website. If you want to get in touch then you can use the feedback options on this website or visit us on the above social media portals and if you are of a mind an itunes review/rating is Stargate gold:)
This weeks promo is from the women of Tyrion’s Landing a Game of Thrones podcast and next week we are back with Stargate SG1 and the episode Sacrifices as Ishta returns and Teal’c gets a surprise, no she is not pregnant.
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A welcome return to the Canadian time travel scifi series starring Rachel Nichols and quite a few former Stargate actors such as Tony Amendola, Jennifer Spence, Lexa Doig and Roger R Cross. The second season is in production with an unconfirmed premiere date on the 21st of April.
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Many happy returns for the Stargate Birthday on the 1st of March to Emily Holmes who appeared in the Stargate SG1 episode Fallout as Kianna Cyr a resident of Kelowna and love interest to Jonas Quinn. Emily has also guest starred in Alcatraz, Fringe, Dark Angel, Smallville and Supernatural.
A very happy birthday on the 28th to Peter Stebbings who played Malek the Tok’ra in two Stargate SG1 episodes ( Cure & Allegiance ) as well as roles on Jeremiah, The Listener, The X_Files, The Outer Limits and K9 The Widow Maker.
It’s not a leap year so we are going to wish Suanne Braun many happy returns of the day as her birthday is February the 29th. Suanne appeared in only three episodes of Stargate SG1 but made a huge splash with the fan community with her portrayal of the Gou’ald queen Hathor, she also starred in the scifi comedy Starhyke and Silk Stalkings.
Christopher Heyerdahl guest starred in “Hunt” the second part of a double bill in this weeks Castle playing Jacque Henri a mysterious man who comes to Castle’s aid. Christopher appeared in twenty two episodes of Stargate Atlantis and a single episode of SG1 as well as recurring roles on Sanctuary, True Blood and the Twilight series of movies.
Christopher and Nathan – Castle S5E16 “Hunt”
A very happy Stargate birthday this February 27th to the totally awesome Adam Baldwin who played Colonel Dave Dixon in the Stargate SG1 episode “Heroes” and the classics that are Firefly, Chuck and Angel. He’s also starred in The Inside (a very underrated crime show) and recently appeared on L&O:SVU, Castle and Leverage.
A triple header of Stargate birthdays on the 26th of February.
Happy Birthday to James “BamBam” Bamford the principle Stargate SGA & SGU stuntman/co-ordinator who is now working wonders on Arrow. He also made an appearance as a human form replicator in SG1.
Birthday wishes to Mark Dacascos who played Tyre in three episodes of Stargate Atlantis and Wo Fat in Hawaii Five-0 and finally many happy returns to Currie Graham who played James Marrick in Stargate The Ark of Truth and guest starred in Arrow, Fringe, Grimm, Suits and many many more.
Christopher Heyerdahl talks about his role as the Swede on Hell on Wheels with the
entertainment site Assignment X.
