I wouldn't begrudge actors moving on, and I actually liked the character of Vala at first, but I did not like they way they tried to add her to the team. They changed her character radically, and then, in season 10, they had her acting all coy and childlike, as if somehow that made her less of a threat. And why did she need to be less of a threat? Why couldn't she have remained somewhat dangerous--someone they couldn't trust.
I seriously wanted to barf at that briefing room scene with Daniel, Bra'tac, and Teal'c all talking about how wonderful Vala was.
My main problem with season 10, though, was that, there's just no way in hell Daniel (or any of SG-1) would have accepted Vala on the team like that. Daniel, especially, made me sick by treating Vala like he was her skeevy uncle.
Like you, I preferred Mitchell's attitude, and I felt everyone should have had that attitude. After a long time on the team, maybe there would be some sort of bonding event or something and perhaps some team members might let down their guard with her a little--just a little--but right from the start? Landry acting so fond of her as if what happened in season 9 never happened?
Season 9: That's when she endangered Daniel's life and dragged him around by that virtual dog collar for so long, manipulating Daniel, Landry, and pretty much everyone the entire time. She lied and proved over and over that she couldn't be trusted. Why would they suddenly decide, "Oh, she can be trusted?" That made no sense at all.
Anyway, and why was Vala on the team at all? They never gave any explanation for that at all. She just ended up with them, so she was on the team. Well, lots of people they'd dealt with ended up stuck on Earth, but they didn't invite any of them to join SG-1.
Frankly in Season 9 with the Supergate and everything when Vala got sucked to Ori-world, I felt they were being doofuses. She tried to share her plan with them but noone would listen. Why? They were in deep trouble and any idea would have been better than none and as a former Goa`uld it`s not like she has nothing to bring to the table. It felt childish and unprofessional how they excluded her there. Now it feels naive how they include her.
I feel the same way about season 10, but exactly the opposite about season 9--the episode you mentioned. I have no idea why she was even on that mission. In the past, if anyone on SG-1 were compromised with alien technology or influence, they were not allowed off-world. Landry made this mistake several times when he was first commander on the SGC, and it was a mistake again here. Since Vala was there, they had no reason to listen to her. She'd lied and manipulated them over and over and over. What reason did they have to trust her? What right did she have to say anything at all?
Even though her idea did work to an extent, I still think it was foolish. It could just as easily not have worked or resulted in her being in a position where they'd have to risk their lives to rescue her and either way, she was wrong to do it.
Ah well, as you can tell, I still have pretty strong feelings about this. *g* I'm still pissed about the whole thing. In season 9, I loved the Daniel-focus of the first few episodes. I didn't really care for Vala or his interaction with him. I could enjoy Vala when she was a little more serious, and I could overlook the stupidity of everyone involved (especially Daniel and Landry) because it was only a few episodes and because they never really trusted her. The fact that she continually got the better of them, though, made everyone at the SGC look stupid.
In season 10, though, this effect was intensified.
I actually still haven't watched the last few episodes of SG-1. I was so hating on Daniel that I couldn't stand to watch. I can't think of any reason why I'd want to see it, even though I was determined to see it through to the end.
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I seriously wanted to barf at that briefing room scene with Daniel, Bra'tac, and Teal'c all talking about how wonderful Vala was.
My main problem with season 10, though, was that, there's just no way in hell Daniel (or any of SG-1) would have accepted Vala on the team like that. Daniel, especially, made me sick by treating Vala like he was her skeevy uncle.
Like you, I preferred Mitchell's attitude, and I felt everyone should have had that attitude. After a long time on the team, maybe there would be some sort of bonding event or something and perhaps some team members might let down their guard with her a little--just a little--but right from the start? Landry acting so fond of her as if what happened in season 9 never happened?
Season 9: That's when she endangered Daniel's life and dragged him around by that virtual dog collar for so long, manipulating Daniel, Landry, and pretty much everyone the entire time. She lied and proved over and over that she couldn't be trusted. Why would they suddenly decide, "Oh, she can be trusted?" That made no sense at all.
Anyway, and why was Vala on the team at all? They never gave any explanation for that at all. She just ended up with them, so she was on the team. Well, lots of people they'd dealt with ended up stuck on Earth, but they didn't invite any of them to join SG-1.
Frankly in Season 9 with the Supergate and everything when Vala got sucked to Ori-world, I felt they were being doofuses. She tried to share her plan with them but noone would listen. Why? They were in deep trouble and any idea would have been better than none and as a former Goa`uld it`s not like she has nothing to bring to the table. It felt childish and unprofessional how they excluded her there.
Now it feels naive how they include her.
I feel the same way about season 10, but exactly the opposite about season 9--the episode you mentioned. I have no idea why she was even on that mission. In the past, if anyone on SG-1 were compromised with alien technology or influence, they were not allowed off-world. Landry made this mistake several times when he was first commander on the SGC, and it was a mistake again here. Since Vala was there, they had no reason to listen to her. She'd lied and manipulated them over and over and over. What reason did they have to trust her? What right did she have to say anything at all?
Even though her idea did work to an extent, I still think it was foolish. It could just as easily not have worked or resulted in her being in a position where they'd have to risk their lives to rescue her and either way, she was wrong to do it.
Ah well, as you can tell, I still have pretty strong feelings about this. *g* I'm still pissed about the whole thing. In season 9, I loved the Daniel-focus of the first few episodes. I didn't really care for Vala or his interaction with him. I could enjoy Vala when she was a little more serious, and I could overlook the stupidity of everyone involved (especially Daniel and Landry) because it was only a few episodes and because they never really trusted her. The fact that she continually got the better of them, though, made everyone at the SGC look stupid.
In season 10, though, this effect was intensified.
I actually still haven't watched the last few episodes of SG-1. I was so hating on Daniel that I couldn't stand to watch. I can't think of any reason why I'd want to see it, even though I was determined to see it through to the end.