“We sort of messed that up.”
- Release Date: 31st July 1998
- Season 2
- Episode 6
- Director: William Gereghty
- Writers: Katharyn Powers
Earth receives what is essentially a distress signal – from an impact on the Iris, they determine that it was the box they sent to Cimmeria to send on to Thor whenever possible. They dial back and discover the planet under attack by the Gou’ald. As the planet is only in that position due to SG-1 destroying their Gou’ald defence to free Teal’c, Hammond agrees to let them go to thy and repair their damage.
SG-1 meets up with Gairwyn, the leader they dealt with last time, who takes them to the grave of Kendra, a former Gou’ald host that died free. Sam discovers that she can use both the Kara kesh palm weapon and the healing device, although not particularly well. They head to the caves where the remainder of the villagers are and decide to split up. Jack and Teal’c will do reconnaissance and defence while Sam and Daniel go with Gairwyn to investigate the Hall of Thor’s Might, hoping to find weapons.
Accompanying Jack and Teal’c is Olaf, who does not trust or like them at all. They discover that this Gou’ald is Heru’ur, the son of Ra and Hathor, so probably isn’t a big fan of those from Earth. Olaf gets in trouble, but refuses to acknowledge Heru’ur as a god, pledging himself to Thor. Jack and Teal’c manage to save him and retreat, and Olaf starts to like them even more once they use claymores to take out a bunch of Jaffa.
Meanwhile, Daniel, Sam and Gairwyn investigate the Hall of Thor’s Might and have to complete a few tests to prove that they are advanced enough. The first is simple but also probably the most important – the “hall” seems to just be a stone totem and it’s forbidden to touch it – to do so would mean death. Of course, touching it teleports them to the actual hall. It’s a very simple action for Daniel, but it means that Thor wanted the people of Cimmeria to denounce him as a god and ignore his rules.
The second test has them walk across a narrow beam across a large abyss. But getting across is not a test – the room shakes and puts one in grave danger, but Daniel risking himself to save Gairwyn makes them pass. The final test is a series of runes and images – although Daniel rudely dismisses drawings that Gairwyn points out (as though anything in there would be unimportant). They eventually work out that the answer is pi and depict it on a circle.
The hologram of Thor transforms into his true image – which, as Cater points out, looks a lot like the Roswell Greys – as he explains who they are. Gairwyn asks questions, to which Daniel points out that Thor is just a hologram, only to be corrected by Thor saying he is contacting them from the quarters of his ship. Daniel pretty much explains that SG-1 not only messed up his people finding out about him early, but that they also damaged Thor’s Hammer and the Gou’ald are here. Thor is seemingly not happy, and teleports Daniel and Sam away.
Everyone regroups back at the cave, and they’re surrounded by Heru’ur’s troops. He promises that the people on the planet will not be killed if SG-1 surrenders – they decide to do so, although probably in vain because there’s no way that the people would become slaves, which buys enough time for Thor’s ship to arrive and teleport all the Jaffa away, with Heru’ur retreating through the statgate.
Gairwyn is beamed back and says that Thor’s Hammer will be rebuilt with an exception for Teal’ and an Asgard teacher will be left behind to help them. Sadly, neither of these are brought up again despite the exception for Teal’c seemingly being an open invitation for Earth. That said, I would presume the Asgard Teacher would simply tell anyone from Earth “I’m not here for you” and refuse to answer questions. This episode establishes the Asgard a lot more, as well as how powerful they are.
