The First Commandment - Season 1, Episode 5

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First Aired On: August 22, 1997
Written By: Robert C. Cooper
Directed By: Dennis Berry
Guest Stars: William Russ (Hanson), Roger R. Cross (Connor)


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Review: 6/10
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Related Episodes:

Daniel Jackson's History/Linguistic/Mythology Lesson:

Sam Carter's Physics Lesson:

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Quotes:
Daniel, to Connor who attacks him: "Ok, ok, don't shoot."
O'Neill, attacking Connor: "Very sound advice."

Daniel: "For a planet with a UV radiation as high as this one's supposed to have, the plant life seems to be doing very well."
Carter: "Apparently Abydos was the exception, not the rule as far as trees are concerned."
Daniel: "Well that makes sense. I mean, in order for a planet to support human life there must be some sort of carbon-based vegetation, right?"

Connor: "No, Sir."
O'Neill: "'No Sir'? Does it say Colonel anywhere on my uniform?"

O'Neill: "We're off to see the wizard."

Carter: "The probe's data indicated that shade, even heavy cloud cover, won't protect us. It can be pouring rain and we'd still get burned."
Connor: "She's right, Sir."
O'Neill: "Then why on earth are we traveling during the day?"
Connor: 'We're not on Earth."

O'Neill: "To Oz."

Daniel: "This tastes like chicken."
Carter: "So what's wrong with it?"
Daniel: "It's macaroni and cheese."

Teal'c: "Perimeter is established." An annoying alarm sounds.
O'Neill: "Perfect. If any little rocks sneak up on us we'll have plenty of warning."

O'Neill, waking up Daniel: "Let's go. We've got company."
Daniel: "Are you sure?" A dart lands six inches from his head.
O'Neill: "Pretty sure."

Daniel: "Well, they were probably instructed just to take Connor to send us a message that Hanson's in control."
Carter: "Sounds familiar."
Daniel: "Which part?"
Carter: "He likes control."
Daniel: "Oh. Well, what did you see in him?"
Carter: "I don't know. I guess I've always had a soft spot for the lunatic fringe. He was...he was charming."
Daniel: "Well that's good. Charming is good."
Carter: "I don't know, I should be more surprised by this than I am but I'm not. You know, he had this in him, Daniel. Too many years of black ops."
Daniel: "Well, that's typical of our government's evaluation of soldiers. The crazier they are the more extreme the situation they seem to be put into." He casts a sidelong glance at O'Neill behind them. Interesting reference to the movie and O'Neill's willingness to sacrifice his life.

Daniel to Carter: "Whoa, where are you going?"
Carter, about one of the guards: "We can't just stay here and watch him beat that man to death."
Teal'c: "You will be captured."
Carter: "Uh-huh."
Daniel: "Alright, and you think that is a plan?"
Carter: "Daniel, I can get to Hanson--that's what the Colonel was talking about."
Daniel: "Well, can you at least wait until he gets back?"
Carter: "The man could be dead by then." She leaves.
Daniel: "We should have stopped her."
Teal'c: "We would have failed."

Carter, after knocking out a guard: "Well that was refreshing."

O'Neill, upon returning to the remaining team: "Daniel?" Daniel points toward Carter. "Never mind."

Hanson: "These people have been multiplying like rabbits."

Hanson, about his status as a 'god': "I am not posing. It's a matter of definition."

Hanson, about Carter: "Healer of the emotionally wounded. I was your one failure. The bird with the broken wing that would not heal."
Carter: "You seem to be flying well enough on your own."

Jamala: "Jonas said you would come. Devils with power like him here to destroy us."
Daniel: "No. We're not devils. We're men like yourself. We're...I'm Daniel, this is Jack, and, uh, he's Teal'c."
O'Neill: "Hi."
Jamala, pointing at Teal'c: "Is he Jaffa?"
Daniel: "Yes."
Jamala: "Oh, don't kill me..."
Daniel: "No, it's ok. He's friendly. He's a friend." Stands and walks over by Teal'c. "See, smile, look friendly." Teal'c gives Jamala a really lame smile.
O'Neill: "You're going to have to work on that a little bit."

O'Neill: "He's from another place. So are we."
Jamala: "Another place?"
O'Neill: "Yes. Earth. It's way...way out there."

O'Neill: "Sky...orange?"
Jamala: "The sky...up there."
O'Neill: "Yeah. I know what the sky is."

Hanson: "Besides, I'm supposed to be crazy, right?"
Carter: "I never said you were crazy."
Hanson: "But you think it, don't you?"

Hanson, holding a Bible: "I've been carrying this for years. All along I've been looking for God... and here I am."

Teal'c: "Power alone does not make one a god."

Teal'c, pointing at a very crude drawing: "This is the valley. Here's the Stargate. Here's the temple."
Jamala: "Good drawing."
Teal'c: "Thank you."

Connor: "Kill me."
O'Neill: "Are you sure? I've come all this way."

O'Neill, to the guards who just caught him and Connor: "Hey, how're you doing? You know, we'd love to stick around but some brain-dead sycophant left my buddy out here to die. So we're out of here." Guard slaps him. "Ow."

Carter, to O'Neill as he's brought in, captured: "Colonel O'Neill."
O'Neill: "Captain. I see everything is working out just as we'd planned."

Carter: "You said you wouldn't kill them."
Hanson: "I'm not. I'm sending them back to Earth."
Carter: "Without sending the signal to open the iris they'll die."
Hanson: "Please, Sam. I'm having a moment here."

O'Neill: "We're not demons, for crying out loud."

Hanson: "Do as I say or you will all die!"
O'Neill: "Do as he says and you will die!"

Daniel: "Maybe we should come back and check on these people."
Carter: "I think we've done enough, don't you?"

Carter: "I had the chance to end this, Colonel. He literally asked me to do it."
O'Neill: "Killing a man is no badge of honor, Captain."
Carter: "Yeah."
O'Neill, holding a Bible: "Look, I'm no expert on this thing. But I generally remember one commandment, and I think it's the first."
Carter: "'I am the Lord your God and you shall take no other gods before me."
O'Neill: "Ok, it's not the first one. I'm talking about the no killing one. No matter what the reason, every time you break it you take one step closer to Hanson."
Carter: "Thanks."

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