OVERALL OPINION If you're looking for Sam/Jack episodes, this is definitely one to watch. 95% of the last half of the episode is ship, ship, and nothing but ship. And 95% of *that* is Jack angst. Which is never a bad thing. Let's face it: this episode isn't about the entity, it's about the fact that when it comes down to it, Jack can do what needs to be done. He won't let his feelings get in the way. Many anti-shippers argue otherwise but if anything this episode proves anti-shippers wrong. He can do it. I think that was the point of the entire episode.

1) Jack telling to Sam to "Do what the doctor says," regarding her injured hand. It's only after he says it that she relents and goes.

2) Jack standing next to Sam's bed in the background while Fraiser, Hammond, Daniel and Teal'c discuss the situation.

3) While the entity is inside Sam, it spends almost all of its time staring at Jack - even when Daniel's talking to it, it still looks to Jack at key moments.

4) Jack's obvious annoyance that they can't contact their allies for help and Janet's expression when she looks at Jack in this scene - she SO knows.

5) Jack telling Janet to get the entity out of Sam, only for her to rebut that she doesn't know how.

6) Jack's eyes at the end of the second MALP room scene. How *dark* are they?

7) The entity telling Jack that it is now Major Samantha Carter, and him interrupting and insisting that it isn't. The entity's claim that Jack won't kill/hurt Sam to get rid of it, because "This one is important." Jack admitting that Sam *is* important.

8) At the beginning of the briefing room scene as the camera zooms in towards everyone, look at Jack on the left-hand side. He rubs his face and his eyes several times, clearly finding it hard to deal with. Hammond's 'chat' with Jack at the end of the briefing room scene. He even calls him Jack. "I know that Major Carter means a great deal to you."

9) Jack's 'dark side' coming out when he threatens to attack the entity's entire race if it doesn't leave Sam's body. He'd do it, too. "You've read my file; think again." That angry smile.

10) Jack being forced to shoot Sam with the zat gun. Jack being forced to shoot Sam with the zat gun, twice! The expression on his face afterwards.

11) When Janet walks into the infirmary to discover Jack once again by Sam's side, fiddling with something and keeping his head down. Her footsteps slow for a moment, but she's not surprised to see him. Nice piece of information - he knows about her living will. Jack asking Janet to just "wait a minute, huh?" when she suggests they should let Sam die, as if he believes that if he waits long enough Sam will just come back.

Fraiser: I don't know if she ever told you this Colonel, but Sam made a living will. No extraordinary means.
O'Neill: Yeah, she told me.
Fraiser: There's uh, there's no brain activity of any kind. No brain wave for either Sam or the Entity - she's being kept alive entirely on life support. I think it's time to let her go, sir.
O'Neill: Just...give it a minute. Huh?

Throughout most of the scene - even when people are talking to him - he's always looking at Sam. In the entire scene he only meets someone's gaze once, and even then it's a very, very quick glance at Janet.

12) Being forced to say: "Daniel, I shot her. Twice."

13) Asking Carter where she's been. It's the whole "I'm fine, really. I didn't feel like my world was about to end," Jack O'Neill thing. He *so* wants to hold her hand at the end. You can see him fidgeting to do it. And this may or may not mean anything, but once reassured that Carter's okay, Hammond looks at Jack...

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