TV.com

Stargate SG-1 Season 3 Episode 3

Fair Game

Favorite

Watched It I've Watched This 2

Next
Episode Previous
Episode

9.1

User Rating

265 votes

Your Rating: 10
Your Rating: 9.5
Your Rating: 9
Your Rating: 8.5
Your Rating: 8
Your Rating: 7.5
Your Rating: 7
Your Rating: 6.5
Your Rating: 6
Your Rating: 5.5
Your Rating: 5
Your Rating: 4.5
Your Rating: 4
Your Rating: 3.5
Your Rating: 3
Your Rating: 2.5
Your Rating: 2
Your Rating: 1.5
Your Rating: 1

Rate Now

EPISODE REVIEWS
By TV.com Users

Write A Review

Episode Summary

EDIT

Free Trial / Subscription

AIRED: 7/9/99

During an awards ceremony where Carter is awarded a promotion to Major, O'Neill is transported to a space ship orbiting Earth. Here he meets a non-humanoid alien who calls himself Thor. Thor tells O'Neill that the Goa'uld are upset with Earth about the death of Hathor and are now considering retaliation. The Asgard wish to include Earth in the protected planets treaty, which will save them from an attack. The negotiations are to take place at the SGC.moreless

FAN RECAP

Fan Episode Reviews (7)

Earth joins the protected planets treaty and Carter becomes a major...

9.4

By MurrayTheJaffa, Sep 15, 2008

This was one of my favorite episodes, and it was loaded with Jack being very Jack-like. It seemed to be a pretty well thought out episode, with a somewhat convenient twist that saves the SGC from having to hand over the 'gate. We get to meet the Asgard in a more official capacity which I also liked, and I thoroughly enjoyed the system lords in this episode all of whom are among my favorites. More importantly, this episode provides a plausible explanation as to why the system lords never attack earth in force, with the exception of Apophis' attack before the treaty. I would definitely classify this as a must see, it definitely kept me watching.moreless
DO YOU AGREE?
1 0

Flag
Share Hide
Peace talks with Goa'ulds...

8.8

By Parricida, Feb 13, 2008

This was somehow really shocking episode because all of those things that happened - first Carter getting promoted to Major. It will take time to take that and then, O'Neill going to say some words but... he disappears, and mets with Asgard who has something worrying to say - Earth is on danger, again...

So, the way out this time is peace talks and Asgards are planning them but they do not go easy as the terms are not very good and to make it even worse, one of the Goa'uld representative has hard history with Teal'c and he is found in hopeless condition Teal'c beside him. Teal'c ofcourse says he did not do that and now they have to do their best to save the peace talks and found the real bad one.. and ofcourse, in the end Earth is saved...

It was good, interesting but..moreless
DO YOU AGREE?
0 0

Flag
Share Hide
It was ok,but kind of boring!

7.6

By cheysm1, Nov 28, 2007

Dont get me wrong I liked the episode but it was a little boring to me!Even though Jack's sense of humor was all there!But I just felt like they didnt know what to do for a episode so they came up with this!And I felt like Daniel should have been envolved a little more since they were dealing with the Goa'uld and Daniel studies them very deeply!I dont know it just didnt feel like there normal, funny, stunning, thrilling, magnificent episodes!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .moreless
DO YOU AGREE?
0 3

Flag
Share Hide
Expanded the Mythology.

9.5

By lowriderz95s10, May 05, 2007

This episode starts with the much deserved promotion of Carter to the rank of Major. The beam up of O'Neill was surprising and very funny. This is a very important episode in that Earth is now in the Asgard protected planets treaty and that it introduces three system loads that would play heavily in the later seasons. It was great to get a little back-story on Teal'c and what happened to hid father. The who done it with Teal'c and Cronus was nicely done. I loved Jack's plan and it worked beautifully. In the end this is one of the best of the season and will always be high on my favorite list.moreless
DO YOU AGREE?
1 1

Flag
Share Hide
This one was prety good. I liked the fact that they had to have the Gouald on the base to beable to have this meeting to be a protected planet. The same exat ones that they were trying to get protection from.moreless

9.4

By okeydokeythen, Mar 29, 2007

When they were informed that they could not have any weapons on the base in oder to have the meeting. It was so funny when they were trying to get Teal'c to surrender his staff weapon. Even tho' he did you could see the look in his that he felt this would be a bad idea.

This one really did have alot of humor in it. That is what I really like about Stargate anyway. It may a serious story they are telling but it still has it's laughs.

Ok they finally get to this meeting And they sit down do the intros and the gouald get an attitude with eachother and Jack asks about everybody speaking the same language and it was over just that quick. Thor, informs Jack that this was to be expected of their behavior and it would not be easy.

Cronas is attacked and injured badly, of they have to let the Lord Yu and Nirtii know what was going on, now there is trouble and they have n idea how to handle this one. But they are almost positive tht one of the other 2 gouald had to be the culprit.

They finally come up with the fact that Nirtii had some kind of cloaking devise and that it had to be her. So they call the other 2 in and tell them their suspisions. And basically tell Nirtii they think she di it. And they she has a cloaking devise for a individual. Lord Yu freaks out and of course She takes off running. Sam pulls out the weapon for the Retu and catches her. Now the whole point of the meeting has changed there will be no sacrfice on the Tauri.

So it was a really good show. I enjoyed every minute of it.moreless
DO YOU AGREE?
0 0

Flag
Share Hide

See All Fan Reviews

Cast & Crew: STARS

EDIT

Richard Dean Anderson	Colonel/Brigadier General Jonathan J. "Jack" O'Neill (Seasons 1-8)
Christopher Judge	Teal'c
Amanda Tapping	Captain/Major/ Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter
Don S. Davis	Major General George S. Hammond (Seasons 1-7)
Michael Shanks	Dr. Daniel Jackson (Seasons 1-5, 7+)

See All Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew: RECURRING AND GUESTS

EDIT

Jacqueline Samuda	Nirrti	Guest Star
Michael David Simms	Secretary of Defense Arthur Simms	Guest Star
T.M. Sandulak	Sgt. Ziplinski	Guest Star
Laara Sadiq	Technician	Recurring Role
Michael Shanks	Thor (voice)	Recurring Role
Vince Crestejo	Goa'uld System Lord Yu-huang "Yu The Great" Shang Ti	Recurring Role

See All Cast & Crew

Watch Online

Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

FILTER BY TYPE

TRIVIA (3)
ADD TRIVIA
- Trivia: Wall safe (with Goa'uld hand devices) combination: 91857
  EDIT SHARE
- As SG-1 (sans Teal'c) and Hammond review the security tape of Teal'c and Cronos's meeting and discuss the two's previous dealings, Daniel's shirt collar keeps switching from outside his jacket to undernearth it between shots.
  EDIT SHARE
- When they showed the computer monitors in the background, the iris was closed on them, yet the iris was open.
  EDIT SHARE
QUOTES (9)
ADD QUOTES
- Daniel: Excuse me, sorry for interrupting, what just happened?
  Jack: Apparently we said "hello," insulted each other, and broke for recess.
  EDIT SHARE
- Jack: I thought we were gonna speak the same language.
  Cronos: Gonach! (storms out of the room)
  (The other Goa'uld storm out of the room behind him)
  Jack: What? What'd I say?
  Thor: You insulted them.
  O'Neill: I insulted them?
  EDIT SHARE
- Gen. Hammond: Teal'c, I would like you to act as liaison to the Goa'uld. Dr Jackson...
  Teal'c: General Hammond...
  Gen. Hammond: Is there a problem?
  Teal'c: I mean no disrespect, but I have given my allegiance to you, to the SGC, and to the people here, freely. I will, however, not see to the petty needs of these Goa'uld
  Daniel: I'll see to the petty needs of the Goa'uld, sir.
  EDIT SHARE
- Daniel: Uh, the second Goa'uld representative we're expecting is Yu.
  Jack: Me?
  Daniel: Yu is the name of the Goa'uld.
  Jack: Ah...sorry.
  EDIT SHARE
- Jack: Leave the world in my hands and I screw it up.
  EDIT SHARE
- Daniel: Boy, [Nirrti]'s gonna get it.
  Jack: My heart bleeds.
  EDIT SHARE
- Thor: The System Lords are capable of launching an assault 100 times more powerful than the one you have previously withstood before by the hands of Apophis.
  Jack: Okay, uh... that could be a problem.
  Thor: The Asgard agree.
  EDIT SHARE
- Sam: I think Chronos is the one who sent the Ashrak to kill Jolinar. I just hate having them here.
  Jack: Major, I hate having them anywhere.
  EDIT SHARE
- Thor: Earth has once again proven it can be a formidable threat to the Goa'uld.
  Jack: Oh, now we're a threat to them!
  EDIT SHARE
NOTES (2)
ADD NOTES
- This episode marks the first appearances of Cronos (Ron Halder), Nirrti (Jacqueline Samuda) and Lord Yu (Vince Crestejo).
  EDIT SHARE
- Syndication airdate: October 16, 2000.
  EDIT SHARE
ALLUSIONS (2)
ADD ALLUSIONS
- Cronus:
  Cronus, the son of Uranus and Gaia and the youngest of the twelve Titans. The Romans compared Cronus with their Saturn, who was to the Romans a corn god.
  EDIT SHARE
- Yu-huang:
  The "Jade Emperor" of Chinese mythology. He is one of the most important deities of folk religion and religious Taoism. He personally determines all that happens in Heaven and on Earth, and for this purpose he has an enormous celestial administration at his disposal.
  EDIT SHARE