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SEASON Three EPISODE NUMBER 318EPISODE TITLE Shades Of Grey |
WRITTEN BY Jonathan GlassnerDIRECTED BY Martin WoodREVIEWED BY Wendy |
Jack pretends to be bad by stealing the Tollan device that deactivates weapons, gets offered early retirement (or a court martial - no choice, really!) and on the way is horrible to everybody, especially Daniel who visits him at home to see if he's OK. Jack then gets recruited by Maybourne to command a unit stealing alien technology. He asks Hammond for one last favour - he says he wants to retire off world to Adora. We see him go with everyone in the gateroom watching him leave. When he arrives on Adora he moves like greased lightning to redial the gate to go somewhere else (perhaps he didn't want to run into Lara <g>).
When he meets his team there's a female engineer who reminds him of Sam (always spouting scientific jargon). His team steal an Asgard disappearing device and he's told they pass it to earth via a mole in one of the SG teams. Jack volunteers for the mission. When he gates to the 'drop point' he hides the device and is about to go back through the gate when it activates and SG1 and their new commander, Col. Makepeace, come through. After a considerable length of time skulking in the bushes, Jack spots Makepeace retrieve the 'drop'. When he gets back to his base, an Asgard ship shows up and Jack dials the gate, telling his team to either follow him or get taken by the Asgard. They follow, straight back to the SGC and get arrested, along with Makepeace.
Daniel asks for an explanation - it turns out that the Tollans and Asgard had complained that they were having technology stolen by SGC personnel. The Tollans, Asgard and Nox were going to break off ties with earth so Jack and Gen Hammond came up with their plan. The Asgard insisted that Jack had to be the one to carry it out (Jack says "they like me" - really cute <g>). Sam, Daniel and Teal'c weren't told so their reactions were right.
There's quite an amusing scene right at the end when Jack tries to apologise to Daniel for the conversation at his house. Daniel admits that Sam, Teal'c and him drew straws to decide who went to see Jack.
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