Iโm currently rewatching Stargate SG-1 and this just hit like a fucking truck and I desperately need to talk about it.
Thereโs this moment, barely a few seconds long, in S2ep7 of Stargate SG-1, โMessage in a Bottle,โ that I didnโt even notice on my first watch through. The team is talking to a frightened alien that has infected Oโneill and poses a world-ending threat. Theyโre trying to bargain with it, come to an understanding, and the alien is using Oโneillโs emotions and memories to try to reckon with trusting them.
Now, a consistent theme with Oโneill, especially in the early seasons, that his emotions are only expressed when it isnโt him speaking. Daniel explains Oโneillโs past to Carter, the clone seeks out his ex and paves the path for apologizes, this infection. Only when an outside force pushes him to express something, does he ever.
And this alien that has infected him, expressing itโs will to survive, says โOโneill desires this as well. He wishes to live.โ
It then turns, pointedly, to look at Daniel. Daniel, the only other member of the cast from the original movie. The only character who was there to see Oโneill at his worst, who went with him on what Oโneill knew was a suicide mission.
Daniel, who knew the Oโneill who wanted to die.
Dnaiel, who convinced him to try finding a purpose in protecting people again.
The camera lingers on Danielโs face for a moment, before the alien looks away again. The conversation continues. Itโs been said, and said to the person who probably needed to hear it most.
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