Absolute Power

[ShelbyS]

Not one of my favourites, but it was still a pretty good ep.

 

[Gatecon]

I agree Shelby, and I think I will need to watch it again to make a full opinion of it.

It made for a good storyline, and it was good to see Daniel go off the edge a bit, and get away from his usual demenour

 

[ShelbyS]

Yeah, it was good to see Daniel get away from his usual self. However, I still think it was in character for him. I can see Daniel acting in that way, which is why I think MS did a really good job. It was believeable. I never went "Nah, Danny, would never do that", but given his history with the Goa'uld and the loss of people that he loved, I can see Danny acting that way in that situation.

I think the whole "1 year later" thing, and then the twist at the end with it being a dream is what really threw me off liking it. It was a good lesson for him, but just a little hard to enjoy.

 

[JAD]

I really enjoyed this episode... i love the share/shifu storyline...and the dream concept..brilliant!
Im pretty sure that a little was cut out from the moscow blowing up scene...but you cant really blame channel 7 for doing so with all the terrorist stuff going on at the moment.

 

[ShelbyS]

I loved Shifu. He's so wise.

Here are some quotes:

O'Neill: What about his step-mom? Is she coming along?
Daniel: He says that ultimately a man travels his chosen path alone.
O'Neill: Smart kid.

Daniel: Shifu. This is General Hammond. He's the leader of this facility.
Hammond: Welcome to Earth.
Shifu: A spark lights the flame but the candle will only burn as long as the wick.
O'Neill: If I may Sir. I think what he means is the wick is the centre of the candle and ostensibly a great leader like yourself is essential to the whole ball of wax. Basically what it means is, that's it's always better to have a big long wick. (To Daniel). Right?
Daniel: Don't look at me.

Shifu: Leaves fall from the tree once a year but the tree still grows strong and proud.

Carter: They say they can use the memory recall device to extract information from Shifu without harming him physically.
Dr. Fraiser: What about mentally?
Daniel: Ah, what about emotionally? I mean think about what we'd be exposing him to. We'd be flooding his mind with the thoughts of a thousand Hitlers. One of whom happened put a snake in the head of his mother.

Shifu: If the instrument is broken, the music will be sour.
Daniel: The music does not play the musician.
Shifu: Normally there is truth in that.
Daniel: Really? Good. Cause I really didn't have any idea what I was talking about.

Daniel: Shouldn't we just nip this in the bud?

Shifu: The mind is always free.

Carter: What did you do to Daniel?
Shifu: Dreams sometimes teach. I am teaching him.
Carter: Teaching him what?
Shifu: That the true nature of a man is determined in the battle between his conscious mind and his subconscious and that the evil in my subconscious is too strong to resist.