#the first commandment

[janetfraiserspenlight]

"This tastes like chicken."

"So what's wrong with it?"

"It's macaroni and cheese."

[1thesewordsaremyown1]

Oooohhhhh.

Daniel: That's typical of our government with our soldiers, the crazier they are, the more extreme situations they put them in

Immediately turns to look back at Jack. Great call back to the movie! The first time I watched this, I didn't even know about the movie, so this went over my head, especially as we don't see the suicidal Jack in the show that we saw in the movie. It's such a simple line, but wow, way to link the two together!

[antoschauniverse]

Daniel Jackson🔥

[brigitoshaughnessy]

People act like Daniel has cornered the SG-1 market on provocative little poses, but I present to you…

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

Exhibit C:

Okay… forget that last one. In fact, forget I said anything. Never mind.

[velvetwar]

Went back to season 1 of Stargate cause season 9 was depressing me. Decided to watch "The First Commandment" and it's so funny? Teal'c is so much less sassy, he plays it so straight. Carter has baby bangs. Daniel is a literal child just sort of lumbering about in the forest and complaining that mac and cheese tastes like chicken. He and Jack touch each other All The Damn Time for no good reason. This episode isn't good but I am enjoying it.

The children:

[dailystargatebooty]

[evilhorse]

I am the lord they god.

(Nexus: God Con #1)

[ekaterin1701]

On to episode 6 of Season 1 of Stargate - The First Commandment.

The episode starts with two SG team members running to the Stargate on an alien world as they’re being chased, then we see that there are two other SG members in the group chasing them, then one of the escaping men is killed by one of these SGC members. A gripping opening sequence!

SG1 are sent in to find out what’s going on. We find out that SG9 have been on the planet for a few weeks, the native population thought they were gods because they came through the Stargate, and Jonas Hanson, the leader has gone crazy and started believing he is god. We also find out that Jonas is Sam’s ex-fiancee.

She has a conversation with Daniel where she comments that Jonas always liked to be in control, and when Daniel asks what she saw in him (tactful, Daniel!), she replies that she has a soft spot for the lunatic fringe and mentions that Jonas’ black ops past obviously affected him, all while Jack is walking right behind them… Jonas later tells Sam that she’s ’the healer of the emotionally wounded’ - ouch.

SG1 find out that Jonas told the natives he could ‘turn the sky orange’ so they wouldn’t have to live in caves (due to high radiation levels from the sun), and Teal’c recognises this description as a Goa’uld force field/ shield. Sam, then Jack, are captured by Jonas, but Teal’c, Daniel, and one of the natives (Jamala), find the other part of the shield generator, which they use to prove that Jonas isn’t a god as he can’t activate the shield by himself. And Jonas is killed by his people, who throw him into the Stargate after he’d dialled earth without sending through a code, meaning the iris is closed.

Sam feels guilty for not shooting Jonas when she had the chance, and Jack tells her that killing a man is no badge of honour. A powerful line.

Further Thoughts

I felt this was much darker in tone than the previous two episodes, because the villain of this episode is an ordinary human.

The planet was abandoned by the Goa’uld, who left the shield technology behind, and the natives live in an abandoned mine - I wonder if this planet was mined for naquadah (not mentioned on the show yet) in the past.

Daniel comments that Abydos was an exception as most of the planets used by the Goa’uld are more like this planet (a forest), and Teal’c comments that the Goa’uld terraformed planets. This explains why they all look like British Colombia 😀

I’ve been trying to find an image of the drawing Teal’c does of the valley (which Jamala compliments), but haven’t had any luck yet!

Edit: This is the first time we see them camping off-world - the tents, the dubious-tasting MREs, setting a perimeter, taking watches. I’ve read so many fanfics with these ‘camping off-world’ moments that’ll seem like cliches, so it’s a little odd to see actually it on the show!