Busy, Goa'uld-packed episode. Carter is promoted from Captain to Major. During the cermony, O'Neill gets abruptly beamed up from Earth by Thor (isn't an Asgard CUTE when he blinks his eyes??)... the Goa'uld are upset at Earth over Hathor's death, and want to wipe these pesky Earthlings out. The Asgard stall that with a plan for negotiations between three of the greatest Goa'uld system lords (including the most powerful, Chronos) and, representing the...

During season two, the writers of Stargate began to play around with the idea of more GoaÆuld characters other than the GoaÆuld. From there ideas emerged a storyline detailing the fall of Apophis. Through this storyline came the introduction of two other GoaÆulds - Heru-ur, and the more threatening Sohkar. During one of the last episodes of the season, æSerpentÆs SongÆ, the threat of Sohkar was revealed - it seemed like a new day had dawned for the show. Somewhere between there and this...