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Lauren Reacts! Stargate SG-1 S2E5 'Need' (Patreon)

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2026-07-18 17:00:04
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Giving me a lot to think about with this one, huh? Interesting way to bring up addiction, tbh.

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Okay I’m going to Preface this with the fact that this one kind of got away from me and ended up pretty long, so understandable if it’s a bit too much of a read, just hadn’t gotten around to addressing each thing as I originally meant to across all the episodes. So touching on a handful of topics up until your Thors chariot reaction. So hope it’s of interest and might be helpful to some of the questions you’ve had. I’m not even touching on some elements of the mechanics of gate travel and details I meant to during the finale, as this is already far too long. So just starting with a dumb aside, I randomly received this text from my dad while apparently he was attempting to watch the series, but it took absolutely forever to decipher and figure what exactly he was even talking about. “So l've been watching now Jackson on Stargate going from meeting his wife for the first time and then when he got back through the Stargate and turned into a rage machine. I guess he misses the vaginicus or something” Turns out it was apparently this episode and I still don’t know why he was referring to the sarcophagus like that or what else he was implying, honestly don’t think he could tell me either. So there’s that. As far as actually answering a few questions I’ve been meaning to. To start, this might be obvious or go without saying, but the goa’uld function with more of a feudalist structure and clearly are not anywhere near as cohesive and at this point it becomes clear are not all working toward the same interests and typically rather selfishly function exclusively in their own self interest, something pretty much a hallmark of their race and evidenced by how poorly they treat their Jaffa. I think this is made somewhat evident by and touching on another question. The fact that the Jaffa each bare the mark of their specific “god”, such as Apophis’ being a snake god and a snake mark and “Teal’c not just having the traditional tattoo, but distinct as his role as First Prime, basically their right hand man and leader of their Jaffa armies. A lot of this is reflected in or revolving around the Egyptian pantheon and lore, with most of our myth heavily implied to have been inspired by the history of their universe counterpart gods, such as Ra, Apophis, Heru’ur and Hathor. Same implications go for the Asgard and then tangentially the image of the Roswell greys. One important detail I’m unsure if you’ve had the chance to go back to the movie or not, but there are a lot of implications that are seeded and also explained as to certain significance of earth, both then and throughout the series. Which as I’ve mentioned in the past a lot of things that do come across as narrative contrivances, do also tend to have actual in universe explanations, that usually at least make some level of sense and rarely do such things never get addressed or at least lampshaded within the narrative itself. Similarly I know you mentioned they should essentially always carry Zats everywhere, something that has been echoed by fans for years. Which is actually why on numerous occasions the showrunners/writers have said the inclusion/introduction of the zat or at least some of its mechanics to be one of there biggest mistakes and have even partially retconned or glossed over certain elements of its function. Namely the third shot disintegrating anything without a trace, even the first two shots often introduces a major narrative concern and could function as a deus ex machina in major instances. So that is why it doesn’t always see consistent use, as it’s a little too convenient and sometimes takes away the need of ingenuity or in some circumstances stakes at all. Another point I meant to address awhile ago was during the introduction of the tok’ra, back when you mentioned it made sense as the goa’uld are not a monolith. But ironically I would argue they absolutely are a bit of a monolith in most respects. So much so that I think the mere comparison or even being spoken within the same breadth could be offensive to the tok’ra Since as far as the goa’uld go, they actually kind of are considered a monolith for the most part. While they obviously are not cohesively allied(aforementioned feudalist structure), they all kind of suck in their own particular and usually on brand ways. As they’ve previously mentioned they’re essentially reproduced with a full genetic memory of all that came before them. Which is why they’re pretty much born highly intelligent, deceitful, and aware of their lineage's history. So they’re not only already predisposed to it through their genetic memory/experiential history. But there’s also the general belief and concept that much knowledge and power will always corrupt and essentially result in pretty much evil megalomaniacal creatures. It’s also believed that it’s borderline impossible to overcome or escape that level of countless generations of genetic memory of hate and power hungry motivations. Which is also what is at least suspected to be a major contributor to the specific desire to be put in such a position and to be worshiped as gods. So while I won’t spoil anything, the Tok’ra are not just as simple as individuals that are inexplicably going against what amounts to that hardcoded genetic evil and maniacal character traits, tho the sarcophagus are also mentioned as a further contributing factor and point of contention . All of that is a huge part of why they’d honestly likely take offense to even being talked about or so closely compared to the goa’uld in such a manner. Also while I can understand the feeling of forgetting his wife, the reality is there simply is not anything much to be done and they’re in no such position to do so. As they have no idea how to even find her and while it’s obvious going to be a priority to Daniel, it’s certainly not to the stargate command/military leadership and would constitute going to full scale war with Apophis’ or other goa’uld armies. With the most important detail that this is a highly serialized show that was given an initial 4 season run on showtime, so many story lines were likely written with that entire time frame in mind. Compared to more traditional uncertain season by season runs that may or may not have a further season to plan on or allow for things to be left open ended if potentially cancelled. So a lot is a big picture slow burn and not going to be addressed at what’s become a more typical seasonal pace. As well as if you really think about it, the vast majority of missions it would be a complete non sequitur to just be constantly randomly bringing up Sha’re, as it’s simply not applicable to the events at hand in the vast majority of episodes. But could also come off a little weird or whiny if he was constantly taking every opportunity to bring her up. So I definitely understand how it feels that way, I do think it kind of makes sense when framed within the events of the series and what’s actively being displayed or carried out episode to episode. With her potential rescue being somewhat open ended and unknown how her rescue could even be possible not even having enough knowledge to execute or even plan on, not to mention logistically what that would entail to follow through on at this point in the series. Especially when it obviously isn’t even going to Be the militaries priority and Daniel’s just kind of along for the ride furthering and helping act in earths best interest and help get to a position or ability to actually finally reach his own personal goals. So while they could in theory talk about her more, there’s only so many instances where it makes sense organically, especially when he’s sometimes not in his right mind and influenced otherwise. So it really doesn’t always make sense happening during the events of more episodes, more so in down time between missions. I’d also say the slow burn 4 season order likely has a lot to do with how they delve into individual characters and slowly evolving that role. With Jack and Daniel being the easiest, as they already have existing established/delved into roles and history from the movie and general archetypes they represent. Where as in general “science officer” Type characters in scifi sometimes don’t get nearly as much character drama or focus in general. Something I can thankfully say I don’t believe that to be the case with Sam and she definitely is going to have her moments as time goes on.

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Dont worry. You dont have to wait long at all for some Teal'c and Sam centric episodes coming up at the first half and midpoint of this season.