Stargate SG-1

Seth

Season 3, Episode 2, Aired 7/2/99

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The Tok'ra believe that the ancient Goa'uld System Lord, Seth, is hiding on Earth posing as a religious leader. SG-1 and the Tok'ra Selmak must find him without falling victim to his brainwashing powers.

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Cast & Crew

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Richard Dean Anderson

Colonel/Brigadier General Jonathan J. "Jack" O'Neill (Seasons 1-8)
Christopher Judge

Teal'c
Don S. Davis

Major General George S. Hammond (Seasons 1-7)

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SG-1 tackles a Goa'uld who is posing as a cult leader on earth...

8.4

"Great"

By MurrayTheJaffa, Sep 14, 2008 Report Abuse

The Tok'ra have a job for us, track down a Goa'uld they think is hiding on earth. This was an average episode of SG-1. We get to see Jacob again and have some adventures a little closer to earth, but nothing really stuck out with this episode. As usual, the humor of Jack moves the show along, and Teal'c lack of understanding human relationship offers a different perspective, but there was nothing that was extremely good and extremely bad about this episode. On top of that, almost no new information about the Goa'uld is revealed in this episode. You could probably skip this episode and not be worse off. However, it's still an entertaining episode, just not really good or bad.moreless

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Fathers and sons...

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By Parricida, Feb 13, 2008 Report Abuse

Character development mainly and some interesting thing - like for centuries there have been Goa'uld on Earth living happily among people and having his cults and secret organization, getting people killed. And he his not very hiding as they soon figure out who he is and where but to get him down, it is harder and the team have to risk a lot to get into the organization and get people out without killing.

A lot of beautiful talks between Sam and his father and the end, they dealing with Sam's brother who has not felt like a part of the family for long. It was great episode but not too amazing.moreless

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Good Sam and Jacob development

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By lowriderz95s10, May 05, 2007 Report Abuse

This episode has its good points and it's bad. I kind of liked the idea that Seth, who was actually a very important deity in Egyptian mythology, was hiding from the system lords on Earth. The episode had some good humor as well mostly the Jaffa jokes. I know most fans don't like this episode but there is something that I will always like. I also liked the B story of Jacob and his son that gave us some back-story on him and Sam. Now for the bad, the whole Wako thing was what most fans did not like. I did like the way that Sam killed Seth and the end was good to see. Overall a decent episode that I will always like.moreless

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A great suspencefull episode!

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By clabrazil, Apr 09, 2007 Report Abuse

Really great one! It started out a bit slow and a thought it was going to be a regular episode, but it got interesting after they got to the place where Seth is hiding and really caught my atention... I thought it was a relly nice touch, that father trying to get his son back and all, it really helped Jacob change his mind about his own son. And Sam was really great too, using the hand device to kill Seth, eve though she had no clue on how to do it, she is alays saving th day. Really enjoyed this episode!moreless

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I liked this one, the tok'ra believe that the gouald Seth is hiding on Earth and has been for thousands of years. So Sg1 start on their search. Daniel Jackson is able to locate Seth with the help of the internet.moreless

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By okeydokeythen, Mar 30, 2007 Report Abuse

They go to the location where Seth is suspected of hiding. They find a big house with lots of guards and Arms. Both gouald and tauri weapons were on the grounds.
There was a gentleman outside the property when sg1 arrived. He said that his son was in there but he can't get to him. He says that he had hired a private investagator but he was unable to do anything. He starts out by showing them where the point to enter the grounds would be. Selmack says that the people inside are probably being brain washed. But he also says that a small electrical charge like from a Zat wuld snap them out of it. So they plant ear pieces with a wire set to electrically bring the team out of the brain washed state. But first they have to get in.
The team infultrates the house by way of secret passage and rings. Once they are inside they are immediately captured by seth and his crew.
Once the team awaken from the process they are taken into the main room with he rest of the members. Seth sinces that sam has been blended (jolinar) and demands to know who she is working for. He gathers the rest of sg1 and commands that they be taken away and killed. The boy takes them away and as they round the corner they grab him and shoot him with the Zat that he had on his side. He snaps to and they ask him his name. He tells them that he ios tommy. The son of the man they met outside. they explain to him that they are there to get him and the others.
He shows them where the zats arer kept. They then am them selves and return to the main room. to find everyone prepareing to evacuate the premisis. They shoot these people with the zats and like with tommy they snap to reality. They begin taking them through the rings.
Seth and the final four fo the residence come across Jack and Daniel as they are finishing up. He knocks them out and leaves through the rings. He seta bomb to kill jack and Daniel.They awaken in time to get out through the rings. Daniel hears through the ear peives what is goin on and he and Selmack go down to help. As they are searching for him in the tunnel Seth gets Selmack and he is hurt bad. Sealmack gives Sam the hand device and tells her that she can get seth she has the will,she takes it and goes after him, She catches up with him and as he is about to use the hand device on sam she uses hers on him. She first hits him really hard with it. When she walks over to him she uses it one final time and gets rid of the culprit.
I like this one very much. It was entertaining.moreless

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Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

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Trivia
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- Trivia: When Daniel is telling Sam and Jacob about Seth, you can see two pictures on his desk. One is of his wife Sha're and the other is of himself on a camel with a pyramid behind him. Edit
- The SGC must have an extraordinary marksman training program for their teams since in this episode SG-1 manages to have three of its members (Jack, Sam & Daniel), each using two Zats simultaneously, fire in rapid succession at a group of ten people and hit each of them exactly once (a second hit with a Zat kills, and the whole group goes down, but no one died). This deed is even more impressive since they only had one or two seconds to assess the situation and didn't need to speak to coordinate their attack. Edit
- When Joe Levinson was getting coffee in the command tent, the coffee pot on top of the coffee machine changes amounts between shots. Edit
Notes
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- Mitchell Kosterman would later play Colonel Thomas Rundell in 'Heroes Part I & II' Edit
- Robert Duncan previously played Daniel's father in "The Gamekeeper." Edit
- Syndication airdate: October 9, 2000. Edit
Quotes
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- Daniel: You killed [Seth]! Jack: Hail Dorothy. Edit
- Jack: Jaffa jokes? Let's hear one of them. Teal'c: I shall attempt to translate one, O'Neill. A Serpent guard, a Horus guard, and a Setesh guard meet on a neutral planet. It is a tense moment. The Serpent guard's eyes glow. The Horus guard's beak glistens. The Setesh guard's nose drips. (Teal'c starts laughing as everyone stares) Edit
- (team debating how to eliminate Seth from his fortress) Teal'c: What are you thinking, O'Neill? Jack: Well, I was thinking we need to get in there... Edit
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- Jack: Hail Dorothy.
  This dialog is, of course, a reference to the death of the Wicked Witch of the East in The Wizard of Oz. Edit
- Character name: Seth/Setesh
  The ancient Egyptian god of chaos, the embodiment of hostility and even of outright evil. Edit
- Jack: I'm Larry, this is Moe, and of course, everyone's favorite, Curly.
  Jack introducing himself, Capt. Carter and Dr. Jackson to Seth, referring to the 'Three Stooges'. Edit