Yeeeeah, I kind of remember it. Maybe. Is it the episode with the ailing Queen Tok'ra? Uh, no. I think that's some other episode. Damn.

Yeah, that's the one, where the Tok'ra are all "no, that's cool, experiment all you want" until they realize it's one of theirs. This is also the one where a five-foot slug as big around as a 55-gallon drum manages to fit itself into the brain stem of a normally sized host.

If tretonin is ground symbiote, then where is all the proud declaration of "We're finally free from our need for symbiotes!" coming from? The whole plot is kind of wacked, yo. Maybe they pulled the whole thing out of their asses 'cause they just ran out of the CGI money for the baby snakes and the pouch, having blown it all on explosives.

You're thinking again, aren't you? We've talked about that.

(I suppose one could assume that the Tok'ra aren't using actual ground symbiote, and have learned to, like, synthesize fake ground symbiote. Like NutraSymbiote, or something. They've never said so, though.)

(I suppose one could assume that the Tok'ra aren't using actual ground symbiote, and have learned to, like, synthesize fake ground symbiote. Like NutraSymbiote, or something. They've never said so, though.)

Yes, because grinding up sentient beings for (essentially) food is generally considered wrong.

Yes, because grinding up sentient beings for (essentially) food is generally considered wrong.

Oh, no, just that ideally they'd like to completely wipe out all the symbionts, so needing to keep some around to grind would be a problem.

(I don't think anybody's much concerned about the ethics of anything having to do with the evil parasitic slug things. Or at least, not until that girl who was with Jonas when he had the bad hair? But they seem to be completely ignoring her just as they did the several-million-year-old ice-woman who got Jack sick.)

You're thinking again, aren't you? We've talked about that.

that, in a nutshell, is the problem with Stargate.

Katie & Vonnie, did you see? K/infinitemonkeys wants to know what episodes to watch/procure/purchase. Sigh.

Katie & Vonnie, did you see? K/infinitemonkeys wants to know what episodes to watch/procure/purchase. Sigh.

Heh. Been there & done that already.

We are, like, The Borg or something.

Is there a logic to the rings? You don't need receiving rings. Why are there some sometimes -- is that for ringing to a moving target?

If I had to create a logic, I'd say that the rings either go to a particular set of receiving rings or can just go straight down a pre-set distance (which isn't very far) if there isn't one. Because we've seen them used in situations where there was clearly no receiving set, and we've seen people talking like they need the receiving set for the rings to be useful.

Perhaps having a second set of rings helps with practicality and distance problems. A single set of rings has to travel from the start to the destination to reintigrate their cargo. Two sets of rings could work at longer ranges since they don't really go anywhere, they just play pitcher and catcher (so to speak) with a ball of energy.

I guess I'll just have to rewatch every Stargate ep ever, to see.

Question for Smallville lovers:

How would you like to see Lex go bad? And where in the series would you like it to be.

Way back upon a time I drabbled Lex shooting his father to stop shooting Clark. In that scenario, Lionel's gun still goes off, and Clark is hit, but obviously lived. Lex has killed his father, exposed the lie, and this sends him over the edge into consciously or not, following through his father's work.

But does comic Lex know Superman is Clark Kent?

How would you like to see Lex go bad?

Naked.

Oh. You mean like evil. I think the I-keep-marrying-evil-chicks angle is still his best shot. He is going to get into a relationship - and be all not trusty and suspicious. And do something horrible to the woman assuming that she is like his previous brides - working for his dad and/or out for money - and then it will be revealed that she really truly loved him and was wholesome and perfect. And somehow it will all be Clark's fault and then with the life long seeking revenge.

I like your scenario better though.

Don't know about comicverse Lex's knowledge about Clark.