Or is he?
Holy buckets!
Well, it's a good question. Chances are, we'll be seeing good ol' Apophis some time soon. Of course, he will have been tortured to death (again...and again...and again...), so he may not be quite as happy as he has been in the past, but that's okay. Apophis isn't here to be jolly. He's here to be mean. And mean he is. Although he wasn't quite so mean in this episode (except for his initial "I'm going down and I'm taking you with me! MWA HA HA HA!" attitude). You had to feel sorry for the host. No, I mean you *had* to. The writers made it so. Just when you're thinking "Yay! They finally caught the bad guy! Now he's going to get what he deserves!" they throw in this whole host thing, to make you feel sorry for him. Poor emotional slobs.
WAH!
Okay, so I *did* feel sorry for the host. But can you blame me? Peter Williams (who I haven't really had too much respect for until this episode) did a great job with it.
The fact that Apophis actually 'loves' Ammonet is fairly twisted, if you ask me. And it's really gotta suck for Daniel too. But it's interesting that a Goa'uld would be capable of love. It's oximoronic, in a way, since their name is pretty synonimous with 'Destruction' and 'Hatred' throughout the galaxy. Oh well. All you need is love, I guess.
And now we have another Goa'uld to worry about. Sokar. He basically destroys that whole "My enemy's enemy is my friend" thing that O'Neill so confidently told Carter in Hathor . Guess it's pretty nonexistant with Goa'uld. Oh well. What isn't? (Other than egos the size of some major states).
But, overall, good episode. I liked it.