[color=66ff00]I thought that most of season eight was smashing, it just seemed to go from strength to strength.
The problem is that Earth is almost a bloody fortress now but that is a good thing IMHO; too many 'save Earth' episodes. It should force them to come up with clever ways to keep the sense of urgency. The only thing I see as a definite dodgy area is the lack of the funny-serious O'Neill-Teal'c dynamic which has been a constant source of some of the best humour.
I still think Ben Browder can do the show justice, it's hard to tell with Beau Bridges though, I haven't seen him in anything since Jerry Maguire.
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