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Such a cliché, a boy running away from four attacking dogs
and they save him by spraying bullets from their guns into the air.
He searches their faces and upon laying his eyes on exquisite Sam
he is upset and angry. She tries to comfort him but he becomes more
agitated. (I KNOW a certain blonde Major comforting an upset guy,
would not upset my male friends, they'd just wish for it to
be them.)
Daniel tries to get information from him. He explains he is Abu
of the Shavadi, after much debate, they explain they are from across
the Sea of Ogada, as the women there may show their faces. (I do
hope Amanda Tapping gave the writers a hard time for this episode,
must remember to ask her next time I see her.)
Other tribal members, sweep into view and point their weapons,
and also take offence to Sam. Sheesh I tell ya, all my male friends
would bow at her feet, not be offended for crying out loud! Abu
explains to his father, Moogal, who had ordered her death, that
she saved his life. He invites them to the village and her life
is to be protected as a result.
Sam is forced to change her attire to that of the Shavadi women.
She is shown to a tent, which smells like rancid yak butter, her
words not mine, haven't smelt it myself, but you get the picture
or the smell in this case. Under protest she changes, after Danny
explained that anthropologists do as the people they are studying.
Small comfort for Sam, the guys are gits (ok for my American friends
the word git covers a multitude of profanities, but can also be
a term of endearment... not in this case!) They find out the
Shavadi have a natural herbal anaesthetic. The boys are treated
to a feast, while Sam is told to stay. All the guys faces are a
picture as they see her in THAT awful, awful blue dress. Jack hovers
to ask if she is going to be ok. Yeah we know he just wants to ogle
at her.
During the night Abu grabs Sam (who wouldn't I ask you) and
is intent on exchanging her for his beloved N'ya. Daniel goes
to see how Sam is and realises she is missing, shock horror! Teal'c
tracks them, the hoof prints being that of the son, the son's
horse not the son! Confused? I am. The father feels guilty and helps
them find Sam. Unfortunately Sam finds herself exchanged for gold
to a scum sucking woman beater known as Togun, Chieftain of the
Toogai. The reason he will not grant him N'ya is that she is
to be married to another chieftain called Schumacker, a neighbouring
tribe he wishes to have. Does anybody else have a problem with him
being named after a racing driver perchance? Nah, before you say
it, its Chumacker. Same diff.
There is a bit of fun watching the lads ride horses to follow, it
seems ole Teal'c is very proficient in the art of riding, is
there nothing he can't do? They track them to the camp where
Sam is held.
Meanwhile Sam is left alone with the tyrant that would make most
women's lib speak up, I for once would join their cause on
that one! He holds a knife to her throat when she refuses to do
his bidding. He likes her eyes, ok yeah my male friends do to, cant
blame him for that! And makes references to her bearing loads of
children. She is then put in camp with other women, who are forced
to do whatever they are told. Now guys don't be getting any
ideas from this episode! But wait! Sam escapes! Sadly only for a
moment as she is taken out by the camps lookouts and bought back
to the Chieftain. He tells her that he will beat the other women
as her punishment. Sam stands up to him again, way to go! And tells
him that if he wants to act like a man then to beat her instead.
He just laughs, please its so clichéd... then grabs her
hair kissing her. Ewwwww He never brushes his teeth I can tell.
Oh she looks really afraid. Not! She knows the guys will just kick
his ass.
Speaking of devils, they manage to gain access to the camp and
try to barter for Carter... Hey I'm a poet and I didn't
know it! Meanwhile Sam helps N'ya escape by starting a fire,
how enterprising. After the offer of gold gets to 500 weights of
gold, the Chieftain still says no until Jack fires his gun. Yeah
they can all be bought in the end! Let that be a lesson to you!
So off they all go on horses back to the Shavadai camp, oh I forgot
to mention just as Jack did, that the gun needs reloading to continue
to work!
Hmmmm, anyway... back to the story...Sam finally gets rid
of that awful monstrosity and sits delighted in comfy BDU's,
saying how happy she is, that is until that git Jack reminds her
of drinking something on P3X-595 where she took her clothes off!
Typical! Abu rides into their camp in the morning informing them
that N'ya is about to be stoned to death as her Neanderthal
father caught them. Let this be a lesson to aspiring young men that
want to take a girl out and don't have her back by bed time!
They naturally go back to help after Daniel comes up with a solution
using the old laws. Yeah don't they just come in handy. Anyway
the gitface Togun refuses to fight the old guy of the Shavadi, so
Sam steps in as chieftain and kicks his ass at knife combat 101!
Yay for Sam, she the woman! They are released and go back to the
village, as they leave they are invited to stay for the six day
wedding, glad I'm not paying for that. But sadly they decline...
and awww a happy ending... all the Shavadi women get to show
their faces because of Sam. The episode closes on their disappointment
on not getting the credit for the herbal discovery and not getting
on Oprah...Teal'c really had no idea!
The morals of the story... hmmm, let me think... Don't
do as the Anthropologists do, you really do not know what you are
letting yourself in for! Boys have the girl back when the dad says
or else!
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