SG-1 should have ended at the end of Season 8. In the final episode, a scene from an earlier episode repeated with a slight change. O'Neill and Carter were finally together, the Replicators were defeated, the Goa'uld were mostly defeated: all was wrapped.
But the series went on. Now for the shift to Stargate Farscape, with the annoying but hot Vala, the not bad Col. Mitchell, the blustery General Landry, "Chevron 7 locked" now some kind of Radar (from MASH) because his name is Walter too, and a new major threat.
Avalon starts out strong. It has good character development. It has flashbacks that work well to reveal Mitchell's part in Earth's defense against Anubis and O'Neill's promise to let Mitchell have whatever he wanted in his career. It has Mitchell trying to get SG-1 back together with little success, but he won't give up.
Than Vala shows up.
She slaps a bracelet on Daniel that forces she and Daniel to remain near each other, and she brings a tablet that reveals an Ancient treasure.
The rest of the episode is Mitchell saying "golly, isn't it good to be back in action" to Daniel and Teal'c, and Daniel explaining the show's hijacking of Arthurian legend for the Ancients.
It isn't terrible. But there's little real action. And it isn't really Stargate SG-1. It's Stargate Farscape.
But the series went on. Now for the shift to Stargate Farscape, with the annoying but hot Vala, the not bad Col. Mitchell, the blustery General Landry, "Chevron 7 locked" now some kind of Radar (from MASH) because his name is Walter too, and a new major threat.
Avalon starts out strong. It has good character development. It has flashbacks that work well to reveal Mitchell's part in Earth's defense against Anubis and O'Neill's promise to let Mitchell have whatever he wanted in his career. It has Mitchell trying to get SG-1 back together with little success, but he won't give up.
Than Vala shows up.
She slaps a bracelet on Daniel that forces she and Daniel to remain near each other, and she brings a tablet that reveals an Ancient treasure.
The rest of the episode is Mitchell saying "golly, isn't it good to be back in action" to Daniel and Teal'c, and Daniel explaining the show's hijacking of Arthurian legend for the Ancients.
It isn't terrible. But there's little real action. And it isn't really Stargate SG-1. It's Stargate Farscape.