SG-1: Season Two
First Aired: February 5, 1999
First Aired: February 5, 1999
SG-1 discovers an elderly man known for developing technology to fight the Goa’uld. Daniel is tricked into switching bodies with the man, Ma’chello, who believes he is “owed” for all the good he has done.
“Holiday” Facts:
- Long-time Stargate fans will know just who it is playing the role of Ma’chello underneath prosthetics: it’s none other than Michael Shanks (“Daniel Jackson”) himself!
- After they swap bodies Teal’c tells Colonel O’Neill, “If I am to remain in this body … I must shave my head.” It’s a hint at what may be a religious observance among the Jaffa — which Teal’c would later abandon when he grew his hair in Season Eight.
- We’ve seen Teal’c meditate throughout the series, but in this episode he states that without the practice of kelnorim his body will die. (This was no longer the case in later seasons, after his larval symbiote was replaced by the drug tretonin.
- Ma’chello’s many inventions to fight the Goa’uld would be revisited very soon, in the early third season episode “Legacy.”
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Love this one.
great one
Good times! Wish I could go back and watch them all again – I can’t believe that this one aired in 1999, it seems so long ago…
One of my favorite episodes!!! The Jack-Teal’c scenes were some of my favorites…and then there was “body musical chairs”…that scene is priceless!
Ehh. I almost didn’t wanna watch it again. I remembered this episode and didn’t care for it. I watched it anyway. Nothing has changed in my views on it. The only parts I like is when Teal’c and Jack were switched. I’m not a huge fan of when new aspects or arcs are introduced into a story and not really touched on again or brought to any kind of solid conclusion.
I didn’t really care much for this one either. It did have some decently funny parts and was well enough to pass the time with, but in the end it was pointless and didn’t tie in enough with the rest of the series to matter.
I always like this episode every time I see it. Michael is great with the street guy and then the body swapping thing is hysterical–cut my hair?! Loved re-seeing it once again.