Grace

[icepixie]

Teaser

- Serious, serious Star Trek vibes here. Really. I mean it. Although the outside of the Prometheus looks like it was lifted from the B5/Crusade universe.

- Who's the Colonel person? He's vaguely reminding me of that other captain from Voyager's "Equinox," but I don't think that's it.

- Kid in a candy store. Heh. "I'll try to retain my composure." More heh.

- I cannot STAND this FocusFactor guy. He's on the verge of becoming the new Sci-Fi Channel Bitch.

First Act

- More Star Trek. Really, incredibly Star Trek--the bridge scene when the alien ship is firing? So could've been pulled straight from any of the series.

- Sam, honey...dude. You lean over the crystals that make the ship work while someone's firing at you, you get what you deserve. Did we learn nothing from "Fail Safe"?

- Was it just me, or did AT start sounding more Canadian than usual (which would be none) in Sam's voiceover monologue? I noticed it esspecially on "assume," which turned into "assyoom."

- Ooooh, pretty neubla.

- Teal'c's "If you sleep, you will DIE!" thing sounds like the tag line from some kind of cheap horror movie. Just sayin'.

Second Act

- I'm harmonizing along with the kid's "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." I am such a choir geek.

- Dude! It's a bathroom on a starship! *snicker* Okay, not as much Star Trek.

- Pretty music with the kid.

- Daniel (or Sam's-subconcious-posing-as-Daniel)? Have you recently watched The Matrix? Several times, perhaps?

Third Act

- Living cloud? Okay, I so remember this plotline from TNG. Really. I think Voyager did something with it, too.

- I find this incarnation of Daniel quite amusing.

Fourth Act

- "Luke, I am your father." (See, chiroho, I recognize SW refs even if I haven't seen the movies. ;))

- Please don't take me for some kind of raging feminist, but I was a little...bemused by Jacob and Sam's conversation. Does Sam need someone to love just to have a relationship, no matter how wonderful it is? Or should said wonderful relationship come about because she meets someone she can fall into said relationship with? Jacob's wording made it sound like "you need this in your life," where as I would argue that she doesn't; it would be nice if it happened, but I can't see Sam as the type to go searching very hard for it.

On second thought, though, you could also read it as "you deserve this kind of happiness," or "I treasured this kind of happiness when I had it; I love you and thus want you to experience it as well," which I would agree with. I think it was meant to go over this way; however, my very first impression of it leans more towards my first interpretation. YMMV.

Of course, this is all Sam's own thoughts. This is what she thinks her dad wants for her, and what she wants for herself, so I suppose how it's presented is less than important. I suppose that also negates my comment above that Sam wouldn't go searching for this kind of relationship if indeed she wants it badly enough to talk to herself about it, doesn't it? ;) (This has been your stream-of-consciousness analysis for today. I'm quitting while I'm, if not ahead, then at least not as far behind as I could be.)

- Oh, my. So many things in that convo with Jack. Wow. Hooray for writers addressing the Sam/Jack issue instead of leaving the UST to fester!

- Not getting the connection with "Grace" being the kid's name. Did Sam know someone named Grace?

- So who the hell are the aliens, anyway? Anybody we know?

Tag

- Hee! She called him Jack!

Overall

The whole plot with the Prometheus, the living cloud, and the random alien ship was pretty dull, and if that had been the whole story, I would be very disappointed. (If it had been the whole story, it would've been giving "Revisions" a run for "worst S7 episode so far"!) However, it wasn't, and the Sam-introspection bits were great. She has a very entertaining subconscious--or at least the Daniel bits were. Heh. Plus lots to chew over in the conversations with Jacob and Jack. Nice.