ManaByte said:Well the finale is feeling a lot like a Series Finale, and in a way it is with the changes in season 9.
Archaix said:The following isn't really a direct spoiler, but it does hint at things, so maybe you want to wait until it's done before you read this.
I can see that for the first while, but not the full episode. The end just pops out of nowhere, too. I thought it was going to be a cliffhanger, but instead it just wrapped everything up in 90 seconds flat.
Tortfeasor said:My tivo stopped recording at the moment when Jack grabbed the box from Sam and told her he was going to bring it to the lab. He said something about geeks and then that is it. What happened next? What was the end?
silver said:The same as the ending in "Threads" - Jack and Sam at the fishing pond having exactly the same conversation as before, but this time a fish jumps out of the water and O'Neill says "Close enough". It's been confirmed that nothing in the timeline has changed, O'Neill really believed for 8 years that there were no fish in his pond, but he was just wrong. :lol So all in all, "Threads" is the real season finale.![]()
The back half of season 8 has been great. Reckoning I and II and Threads really felt like the ending of a story arc spanning over 8 years and the Jaffa scenes were quite moving.
And Archaix, you're way off.
Teal'c said:Threads was one of my favorite episodes in the series. There was a lot going on and it worked. Its not like everything was just solved in heartbeat. The workings of it had been going on for a very long time. The ascension, the freed Jaffa, the ancient device, and much other stuff all was worked out a long time ago, this was just the pinnacle. As for the Season ender, I thought the idea was neat and necessary to get the ZPM. It would have been dumb if someone just stumbled on a ZPM by random. Also, much like threads, it brought everything around full circle. We see SG-1 experice everything again for the very first time. Apothis, Kawalski, and Teal'c as first prime. Its just neat for a fan. It didn't have to be SUPER SERIOUS and epic. It wasn't meant to be. That was slated for Atlantis. Which IMO had some of the best special effects I've ever seen.
silver said:Threads was a 90-minute special episode. They wrapped up the Sam and Pete storyline, revealed the story of the ascension of Anubis and the entire Anubis arc altogether. And that's about it. The Replicators have been wiped out in OUR galaxy, not entirely. There are still some Goa'uld left, for example Ba'al. I think it was an awesome episode, it did everything right in my book.
Moebius, it was cool to see Kawalsky (always liked him), Apophis (always loved him) and First Prime Teal'c. The expressions on his face when SG-1 shows him the tape are amazing. Teal'c (the GAF poster) is right: Moebius wasn't meant to be as epic as The Siege (SGA). It was filmed as a series finale, they gave the fans all they ever wanted.
Would've liked to see more of Ra though.