Season 2, Episode 11 - The Tok'ra (Part One)
Original Air Date: October 2, 1998

Captain Samantha Carter has a vivid dream in which she sees through the eyes of Jolinar, a Tok'ra and rebel Goa'uld, who briefly inhabited her body before dying (in In the Line of Duty). Although her father Jacob is dying of cancer, Carter knows she must go on the mission with the rest of the SG-1 team to find the Tok'ra.

poor sam give the girl a break her fathers got cancer , shes had a tokra in her body and now the tokra are asking her to volunter to become a host again, god the cheek
but i did love this episode its my fave from season 2 followed by the part 2 of the tokra and amanda tapping was wonderful in this .

Go Sam! Back to the episode now, yes it was good. I think the best part was when the Tok'ra appeared out of the sand. It was so cool, and Dune-ish. I liked Frank Herbert's Dune (2000 i think) that was a made for TV miniseries. The moment they popped out of the sand I knew that they would be cool rebel fighters. Only rebels and terrorists do that kinda sand thing, and it is by far the coolest thing the Tok'ra have ever done.

ive never heard of that dune thingy but im guessing its a tv programme and if im wrong then im stupid but im a dumb ass anyway dont have very good oppinions and probaly not all that inteklligant but im a nice person even though my motto is 'im not evil, im just satins daughter'

god im always putting myself down i think i need therapy

Another top episode in my opinion. It gave some insight into other Goa'uld race (rather than System Lords I mean). There must be a whole colony of mums and dads of snakes somewhere afterall.

"We are not Goa'uld... don't call us that!", if looks could kill, the only thing that ever came close was Sam in The Entity

i think amanda tapping done well with this acting out all that emotian and just genrally putting sams character in order its not everyday we see the emotianal side to sam because shes a tough military woman and she wants to show she can do this job just aswell as one of the men so this episode was certainly a golden one.

"Tough military woman"? Really? Is that how we see her? I always thought she needed to act a little more like an Air Force Captain/Major. Seems to often question things, add her two cents worth (like I should talk..) and otherwise be a little less than the ideal military person.

But given her father, well, what can I say - ha ha haaa.....

yeah she is a tough military woman look she hides everything inside because she doesnt want ppl to see her emotianal side so she tries to act tough but she genrally is a person with a lot of troubled feelings and does have a sad side to her but i do think shes tough.

yeah well i think carter will only give arguments when it is particuly neccersery and if its not then shes like ok do as he says hes your co but they all have their own independancy so.....

theyd turn around and go look sirs your wrong im right, your thick and im smart lets go with my opinion
nah just kidding dont pay any attention to that at all.

some do

Oh crap ussshorty is one, isn't she?? Yikes we better tread carefully here.

So, please, tell us what would a soldier do in this situation?

In my experience, limited as that may be, you offer the best advice to your CO that you can. If they're a good CO, they will take that advice into consideration. But once they make their decision, you follow orders.

As a soldier you're not trained to be dumb. If you see something that you know something about you pass that up the chain of command. Obviously this is different from a standard military command as it involves civilians and is not always on a battlefield, but JO is still the commanding officer, and the buck stops with him. SC understands that, and acts accordingly.

well if it was me i know its not right but if it was critical id probaly say you r actually wrong you know some soldiers do actually speak up but ive never really been in that situation as my mates would say im not that supperior yet.

How did a Tok'ra turn into a spy? I thought they were all born from the same queen, making them all start off with the same memories and personalities. How then could 1 stray to the path of the Goa'uld?

no.... they voluteer to become hosts and if u consider it they can be tortured or somehow a spy is snuck in.

hey hey im only speaking possibilties here.
sorry ill keep my opinions to myself in future.

oh boy, it begins...

we now officially know the tokra. go us.

the ep in itself wasn't bad, even though the first thing the tokra do is capture us. but i liked the popping up out of the sand trick too. i wanna know how they did that.

i liked the bit where they were all standing around and just pointing weapons at one and other and the big tokra booss guy cordesh and O'neill arguin.
but the sand trick was pretty cool now i know why they have their costumes that colour.

sam give us the image of a perfect military who respect the superiors and the rules, giving her idea went is necessary and rarely her opinions. i thing she should be more tought, like daniel. but i cant see her in the role of a colonel or a general, like jack and hammond. seeing sam giving orders... strange!

I can see Sam taking command at some point, but we don't want that because it would mean that she'd get an SG team of her own to command and not be with SG1 anymore. Or it would be when Jack retires or something else happens to him and she would take command of SG1 # would anyone be up for that? They did it on "Star Trek: Voyager". And hey, what was the plan when Jack went off to become a Tok'ra in "Abyss" (606)? Was he supposed to be coming back or was SG1 short a person?. I didn't see 601-605, so I don't know if they built up to that or not.

Anyway, I love this episode # it's great to see Sam get to explore her feelings # I love that she is usually so business-like and is never a sissy # I really hate shows that portray women as helpless fools # Sam is always prepared, ready for whatever the team is off to do. And you guys are right # she makes her point to Jack if she sees a problem or has a suggestion, but ultimately follows orders when he makes a decision.

I was glad they cleared up some issues from "In the Line of Duty" # I always wondered why Jolinar never let Sam speak for herself or couldn't let her know that she wasn't trying to take her over like a Goa'uld. Sam tells Martouf that she was fighting Jolinar the whole time # that's why she couldn't understand (until the end when Jolinar saved her life) and that would explain why they didn't really blend. Oh, and "Tok'ra 2" explains why Sam was feeling sad after Jolinar died # she had some sense of blending at the end and felt the grief of loss (I guess # based on what Jacob was told he would feel about Selmak's host dying).

If I didn't want Sam to end up with Jack, I would have really liked to see the Martouf relationship explored # he was really cool. I hate how they killed him off. Has his symbiote reappeared in Season 6?

Oh, I like the Tok'ra's sand camouflage, too. Way cool.

This post has been edited by Sam's Sister: May 22nd 2003, 1:14 AM