Within the Serpent's Grasp

   The Stargate Program is being shut down.  Daniel fears that the destruction he has already seen will come true again and tries once again to convince Jack that what he saw was real.  But even then, there seems there is nothing to do.  With no Stargate Program, there is no hope of a pre-emptive strike.

   Against orders, SG-1 travels to the co-ordinates from the message and arrive in a Goa'uld facility.  Soon try find themselves cut off from Earth, trapped in a Goa'uld attack ship.  On board is Klorel, the Goa'uld who took the body of Skaara.  Also on board are several thousand heavily armed Jaffa and they are all heading for Earth.

Great Quotes:

KLOREL: "You're friend had a feeble mind, it suffered greatly and gave in easily."

Review:

   So after twenty stories, it's time to see what surprises the series can put out of its hat.  Can it survive to have a second series?  Well someone must have been skimming the cash from other episodes (Politics probably) to make this.   The shear scale of the rooms on the ship is fantastic, it's bigger than the gate room.  Also the special effects are something that needed to be shouted about, not just a single five second effect like most episodes but nearly two minutes worth of it.
   The plot isn't huge, building on the series and particularly Children of the Gods.  It is great to see Skaara back, with Alexis Cruz putting in an excellent performance.  Without giving anything away I can't say much, but the ending is fantastic.  [5 out of 5]

Plot Holes:

• O'Neill didn't need to kill Skaara instead of injuring him.  Shooting a leg or his extended arm would have saved Daniel.  So much for the professional soldier. 

Bloopers:

• Just before Klorel shoots O'Neill in the head, a staff weapon opens without at electrical discharge or sound.

• Saturn's rings aren't straight on, if they flew like that they would have missed Earth by a big distance.