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Stargate SG-1
Episode 5.16, "Last Stand"
Original Air-Date: 3/29/02
Written by Robert C. Cooper
Directed by Martin Wood
We pick up where we left off from 'Summit" -- Daniel is onboard the Goa'uld base at the meeting of system lords, impersonating Yu's servant. The rest of SG-1, meanwhile, is trapped in the collapsed Tok'ra base which has been attacked by Goa'uld sent by Anubis to destroy the Tok'ra. Lt. Elliot has had the Lantash symbiont slurp into his body. Lt. Hailey is, well I don't know where she is because they won't show her!
Daniel doesn't set off the poison because he doesn't want to kill Sarah/Osiris, but he talks to Jacob who convinces him that setting off the poison is the right thing to do since so much is at stake. Daniel reluctantly agrees to do it once he finds out who the secret power behind Osiris is. She comes to visit Daniel to see what he's up to and Daniel manages to prick her with the same ring that affected Yu's memory. She then believes Daniel is simply Yu's loyal servant. Daniel returns to the conference and discovers that Anubis is the secret power behind Osiris, so he returns with the news to Jacob and says that he won't be able to use the poison after all. If the poison kills all the present system lords then Anubis will occupy the power void and become a huge threat.
Meanwhile, back at the Tok'ra base, the rest of SG-1 plus Lt. Elliot/Lantash is now struggling through the collapsed base. Lantash is too weak to heal Lt. Elliot so he's trying to just keep them both alive. Teal'c and Jack find some cool Tok'ra crystals which create tunnels. So they go all SimCity on the underground and make some new passages and then an exit with help from Lantash. They decide the best course of action is to reprogram one of the Tok'ra communication relays on the planet so that it will send out a SOS. SG-1 heads to the relay, and Sam gets to work on modifying it.
Daniel continues to looks for a way to get Sarah back while also trying to carry out the mission he was sent there for. Daniel discovers a barrel containing many Goa'uld symbionts and surmises that all the servants will be given the hosts at the end of the conference. He has a talk with another Goa'uld servant and discovers just how warped some of them are. He returns to the conference and witnesses something horrifying (but it makes for a cool scene) in which the Goa'uld each take a symbiont and proceed to eat them!
He finds out Zapacna is attacking the Tok'ra base so he makes quick with a plan to try and capture Osiris so that the Tok'ra can remove the symbiont and save Sarah. He's overpowered by Osiris and Yu gets stabbed by her while she and Daniel fight. Daniel hops into an escape pod and leaves the conference without Osiris and is picked up by Jacob in his ship. They make haste to the Tok'ra planet but are shot down by gliders and crash. The SG-1 reunion ensues, and Lt. Elliot/Lantash plan to lead a suicide Trojan horse attack on the Goa'uld guarding the gate. Lt. Elliot takes the poison Daniel had, and is left alone to be captured by the Goa'uld. What happens to him, and how does SG-1 get back to Earth? We still have no idea when the episode ends.
Where's that wickedly cute Lt. Hailey? Still no idea.
Episode Rating: 8 out of 10
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