Stargate, SG1. Season 9, Episode 16: Off The Grid [SPOILERS]

User45701

Sounds like a interesting enough episode looking forward to it

User45701

i enjoyed this episode allot very good episode the only problem i have is that it reley dummed down the power of a deadalus class shipi was under the impression that even without a zpm powering its shields and weapons that it was still a force to be reconed with

jor el

That was a definite improvement on previous episodes. Nice little self-contained story, and a final ending to Baal?

The Daedalus class ships probably are a force to be reckoned with, but against three motherships and without properly working weapons/shields, they were best to high tail it out of there.

BKtje

hat it reley dummed down the power of a deadalus class shipi was under the impression that even without a zpm powering its shields and weapons that it was still a force to be reconed with

Aye if one can take out a hive cruiser then im surprised with asgard (SP?) shields that it had to leave so quickly...that said i did think that their shields werent fully operational. This seems to be confirmed that they were down to 11% after a quick fight. Besides i doubt the US would want to loose another one of those ships on its shakedown run

User45701

ye true but i dont think its a ending to ball he would never have all of his clones in the one place and he is probbley still churning out new clones back on earth hower i do wonder was that ball or the baal killed in the conciel chmaber the real baal or is he still on earth?

Nukem

Good Epalright - that ship sucked but it was a trail run i hope:rolleyes:
They got new guns too - the ole P90 is gone or what? Love that gun in farcry:D
Nice to see this alliance come into play bet they will come into some story line later on regarding the Ori

is_that_so

A good episode- straight line narrative and no shoe-horning daft plots into it. IMHO easily the best episode of Season 9 - maybe it'll go out with bang.

Baggly

B-K-DzR wrote:

Besides i doubt the US would want to loose another one of those ships on its shakedown run

slightly off topic, but at the budget meeting valla crashed earlier on in the series wasnt it decided that they were gonna build lots more deadelus class ships?

when we gonna see those?

ixoy

Good solid episode. A decent line in continuity without taking the piss either and reasonably smart. I also felt that Mitchell was more his own character this week (he seemed to be chanelling Crichton far more than normal...).

Wasn't overly impressed with "The Odyssey" but maybe it'll grow on me, or maybe I just miss "The Prometheus" after last week.

As to do this being the demise of Ba'al - do we really honestly believe that? Course not! The clones were there to remind us he'll have backed himself up. I'll assume the original Ba'al is somewhere nice and safe, plotting his expansion yet further. He'll be around long after the hallowed Ori are defeated...

madrab

nope mitchel was his usual annoying self & how the hell did he escape from being tied down & guns pointed at him to be able to rejoin sg1 & run for the gate (although i liked carters ample bossom in this episode )

Mr E

Very good episode, but not the best of the season (that honour is reserved for beachhead).

User45701

ye ixoy is right he was his own charactor this week didnt find him annyoing like u did madrab
and tmb i thought like u that this and beachhead where both brillent episodes of the season but what ever happened to amazing epiosdes without action like abyss? or hmm my mind is gone blank well u know what i mean the good ol episodes that had no action but where still brillent

Ivan

Yes, as mentioned it was about time we got to see Sam in a tight fighting outfit. I think thats what, 1 per season?

Anyway, I personally thought it wasnt that great an episode. While I can understand them running at the end from the alliance ships, the odyssey was a bit of a disappointment. Its fair enough to run from 3 lucien ships as it served no tactical advantage to stay and fight. However while it was staying, it just seemed incredibly pathetic. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but in episode 1 of atlantis season 2, didnt the daedalas use asgard beaming technology to just beam straight through the wraith shields?

Stargate is begining to annoy me these days, with its blatant inconsistencys, its begining to approach star trek in this respect. Granted, I always loved the show for its humour and its ability to not take itself too seriously, however I find its just lacking nowadays. So much to the point that the story (and canon) is just twisted in order to suit the story of the hour.

That said, I really did like the ending. I just laughed as Mitchell asked "Do we have the best job or what?" And teal'c says "We are indeed suitably employed".

Quite amusing, but overall a lacklustre episode.
On that note, I cant believe people prefer this to last weeks episode.

senordingdong

Ivan wrote:

Quite amusing, but overall a lacklustre episode.
On that note, I cant believe people prefer this to last weeks episode.

Thank God!
I was pulling my hair out reading these posts!

This episode was riddled with faults but was ultimatly entertaining.

Odyssey was nothing but lame and it's quick appearance straight after the destruction of Prometehus only cheapens the loss of Prometheus.

The quick turn in the story was a bit crappy in my opinion and all elements were tied up too quickly.
The stupid corn story could have gone somewhere, as could the Stargates dissapearing. Nerus could have served so much more before he died.
Also, what's to stop Ba'al doing it again?

I'm almost sure it was the ridiculous amounts of gun fire that saved this episode.

Kojak

Reasonably good episode but a few drawbacks about it.

1. How the hell did Mitchell get out of being captured.

2. SG-1 were sitting down when they got beamed up by the odessy (sp?) but when they arrive on the ship they are standing up.

However, I think the producers went back to the more traditional approach of SG-1 episodes - i.e. Teal'c not saying much and when he did it was usually a funny remark at Mitchell (I know that's what he used to do to O'Neill).

Mitchell wasn't as annoying as he has been in the past. Jackson was pretty annomyous. Carter, well what can I say.

ShaneOC

Kojak wrote:

Reasonably good episode but a few drawbacks about it.
SG-1 were sitting down when they got beamed up by the odessy (sp?) but when they arrive on the ship they are standing up.

Not to mention that they all had cuts and bruises on their faces before the beam up but those cool asgard transporters miraculously healed them during the beam up process.

Overall though I thought that it was one of the better episodes of the season so far. Here's hoping for a few more of that standard (or better).

secret_squirrel

senordingdong wrote:

Odyssey was nothing but lame and it's quick appearance straight after the destruction of Prometehus only cheapens the loss of Prometheus.

kojak wrote:

1. How the hell did Mitchell get out of being captured.

Agreed. 2 massive flaws.

A 3rd : They were supposedly tortured for a day and they only have a couple of fat lips wtf???

Was there any continuity in that ep???:mad:

senordingdong

I don't think there was Squirrel but they probably thought we wouldn't notice by jumbling around the sequencing (putting a middle scene at the beginning) etc...

deman

Have to agree with madrab here.

SAM WAS SMOKING HOT IN THIS ONE.