It's about time

Show: Stargate SG-1
Season: 1
Episode: 10
Title: The Torment of Tantalus
Original air date: 03/10/1997
Full episode on Stargate SG-1 official channel: • Torment of Tantalus, The
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In this clip:
Christopher Judge as Teal'c
Michael Shanks as Dr. Daniel Jackson
Richard Dean Anderson as Colonel Jack O'Neill
Amanda Tapping as Captain Sam (Samantha) Carter
Elizabeth Hoffman as Catherine Langford
Keene Curtis as Ernest Littlefield

[@monkeyman767]

1:10 Jack's near-silent "oh for crying out loud" says so much about his character. Amazed Ernest is still alive, instantly saddened by the realisation that that means he's been alone here, all this time.

[@saquist]

That was an expert dodge by Carter!

[@lvlc6023]

Oh boy.

[@davfree9732]

Piccolo - See Gohan? That's how you.... DOOOOOOOOOODGE!

[@sgste]

That first reaction just breaks my heart every time... Complete isolation for 50 years - and his first true human contact since then... I couldn't fathom just how difficult it must have been for him. The relief in his voice when he says 'It's about time'... Fantastic acting and such an amazing scene - one of my favourites!

[@Daehawk]

I agree. Loved this ep. And got there just in time.

[@DeepEye1994]

It reminds me the scene in "Oldboy" when the protagonist is released on the rooftop of a building after being kept in isolation for 15 years and sees a suicidal guy, who begs to leve him alone and that he's worse than a beast and doesn't deserve to live, but the protagonist doesn't listen a single word and just begins to touch and smell him because it's the first fucking direct human contact he has had after 15 years, and they both just break down into tears.

[@musicalaviator]

I think I'll react like this after Melbourne's Covid-19 lockdown ends.

[@NeilPower]

Dr. Mann (Movie Interstellar): "Pray you never learn just how good it can be to see another face."

[@marich91]

I love how, despite the confusion and the fact that there's a literal totally naked (and, let's assume, pretty filthy) stranger hugging him, Daniel's immediate reflex is to hug him back instead of being surprised, avoiding him or else. Beautiful

[@RoonMian]

Meanwhile Carter... :D

[@Commandelicious]

@@RoonMian 'oh boy ...' *fleees*

[@jeremymacdonald6687]

He is actually naked not literal naked. if he was literal naked he would have cloths on.

[@will4958]

@@jeremymacdonald6687 Actually, literal is the correct word for this. Literal refers to something that is real, as in 'If you go outside without protection during the winter in Alaska, you will literally freeze to death.', although they should've used the word 'literally' in this instance to make it a little more grammatically correct.

[@matthewbass9859]

you do know this is fiction and acting right, he huged him because the script called for it.

[@Ragitsu]

If this area near the gate was a meeting place for four great races, it stands to reason that it would have facilities to support their basic needs.

[@JoshSweetvale]

Drink the rain, eat the birds and their eggs, eat the mosses. Use some of the consoles as hotplates.

[@theonlyjacknicole]

I think it was just that: a meeting place.

[@tompearce5418]

The place had been vacant for over ten thousand years, and the Four Races would have stripped the place bare of anything that could be salvaged. The holographic projector was most likely left because it was fixed in the floor. On the other hand there had to have been a ZPM somewhere in the building at one point to allow the Asgard to return to Othala in the Ida Galaxy. Pity at this point Stargate Command didn't know the things existed or to look for one in Ancient ruins.

[@SpencerLemay]

Bring a cooler

[@Ragitsu]

@@SpencerLemay A naquadah-powered cooler?

[@Johny40Se7en]

I remember this episode very well. When Ernest realises that they're not a figment of his imagination and then cwtches them, that gave me butterflies, still does. So bloody lovely aye 🥰😊 And then he just sniggers at Catherine and walks off 😅

[@Caseytify]

Try running to get some clothes. 😏

[@mariusevander2214]

@@Caseytify I thought it was more a "she knew i was here and didn't find a way to get me back" = contempt for her morale character.

[@a1994-x2s]

I love teal’c reaction

[@TheSimmr001]

"I've killed for less... however this is forgiveable"

[@WUZLE]

Torment of Tantalus is an episode I've watched several times. You really feel for the poor man who's been stuck alone for so many years.

[@tomdfrog]

perfectly done. Makes me cry...then laugh!

[@KipdoesStuff]

Powerful scene.

[@magatrone100]

50 years and he snubs here, Ernest ain’t no simp

[@MastaSquidge]

Gigachad scientist.

[@mariusevander2214]

I thought it was more a "she knew i was here and didn't find a way to get me back" = contempt for her morale character.

[@pheenix42]

I always wondered how he managed to survive in a completely alien world, ya know?

[@Fraggr92]

Shh. Don't question it.

[@ILikeMyPrivacytbt]

What did he eat?

[@ILikeMyPrivacytbt]

Did he feed on hope?

[@TheShowdown16]

John Doe Sounds plausible xD.

[@FerretJohn]

Well the world is more than just that ruined city. He found edible plants right outside and probably small animals good for meat. He learned to survive

[@mikeschmidt4800]

I love the stank eye he gives Catherine.

[@tomf3150]

"The place of our legacy"

[@ejasonrichmond]

"Sir, how long have you been in a state of undress?"

[@TimStamper89]

Christ imagine that 50 odd years alone Ooft

[@nashzaman1062]

So Dr Little field hugs everyone while showing his little field.

[@Freedom9X]

I wonder, what he was eating and drinking the whole time.

[@flisko123]

is that the guy that went in with the scafander suit?

[@peger]

Yes. Spoiler: DHD was broken so he has no chance to return.

[@flisko123]

omfg nice spoiler

[@Groza_Dallocort]

@@flisko123 This episode is 22 years old it's way out of spoiler territory

[@flisko123]

@@Groza_Dallocort knot

[@charlesphillips1468]

That's all most men have to say to their wives after 50 years.

[@RowenJ420]

Why didn't they ever return to that planet with a star ship if it was a base for a great alliance. I bet theirs lots of info and technology

[@LostDisciple24]

the base that they are in was destroyed later in the episode.

[@quinnsinclair7028]

The base was old, it fell into the sea during a storm at the end of this episode.

[@RowenJ420]

@@quinnsinclair7028 yes but ancient tech is really durable they could at least beam up the memory crystals and if their is a base their is probably a settlement and more information or tech from the four races

[@RowenJ420]

@@LostDisciple24 @Quinn Sinclair yes but ancient tech is really durable they could at least beam up the memory crystals and if their is a base their is probably a settlement and more information or tech from the four races

[@tompearce5418]

Agreed, once they developed hyperspace technology it would have been worth taking a look to see what else was on the planet.

[@teddyabearo1066]

Brought to you in STUNNING 360p! 🤡 🤟🏽🤠

[@hanoc101]

I don't usually nitpick but I do wonder what he ate and drank in all those years.

[@flisko123]

he had a chicken farm in the back

[@accessdenied3350]

I do wish they kept Katherine's original accent

[@DOGMA1138]

how did he shave?

[@NyuuMikuru1]

DOGMA1138 Rocks/shells from the sea. It can be done but he have gone bald by hairloss.

[@philiptucker6119]

How exactly did this man survive for 50 years lol ?

[@PerfectAlibi1]

Pure willpower? XD

[@madman2u]

He most likely arrived with some food and before that running out, he explored the surrounding area and found something edible by trial and error. Quite impressive if such considering that if you eat the wrong thing, you may be come sick and without anyone to help you, you may die.

[@jwsmith53]

He grabbed a bite when they broke for lunch.

[@richardm3023]

@@jwsmith53 Hope he put on a robe first.

[@andrewilliams2139]

Same way that crazy japanese solider did thinking ww2 was still going on he came out of the woods in like 2004 lol.

[@alanshierling7721]

What episode is this?

[@SGtidbits]

Season 1 episode 10 - The torment of Tantalus www.imdb.com/title/tt0709205/

[@mattsprayberry0]

2:00 0.25

[@JumpMasterJef]

What?

[@lordwinton]

I feel for the guy but hell no

[@johndoes2434]

Kind of like Jack and Daniel Daniel's Resurrection

[@ShadowHunter120]

Hmph

[@piotrd.4850]

This was basically light sci-fi soap opera ... and for some reason, every other episode was written, acted and executed far better, more profoundly than most of big budget movies these days.

[@flybeep1661]

Oh come on give me a fuckin break. There are good movies and bad ones just like with this show having stupid episodes and very good ones. This fanboy hyperbole BS is cringy AF.

[@rizon72]

@@flybeep1661 There is a point, a lot of today's movies are not that good despite the big budgets. Honestly, for the budgets they should be better yet we accept mediocracy.

[@petert3355]

@@flybeep1661 The problem Fly is that over the past 30 years, the ratio of good movies to bad ones has swung drastically in the direction of bad movies.

[@GregaMeglic]

@@petert3355 Thats because Every other movie is trying to push a political agenda or ideology on to people, story be damned.

[@prolamer7]

Writers knew their audience and made stories for them, then for some time it was all about money (even that period was somewhat ok), but now its only about marketing, nepotism, who knows who etc. nobody gives two fks about story or even if show makes money.

[@SpartanSniper3]

The sheer strength of will is incredible. How many times must he have thought of ending it all? How many times did he hallucinate a rescue so that his first reaction upon seeing SG1 was disbelief? Not enough time was spent in admiration of this man for just surviving.

[@porpus99]

The only thing that save him was the ancient repository. The gathering place of the old Alliance to share knowledge. The only way to survive isolation is to come up with something to do, keep your mind active.

[@esraeloh8681]

I've always felt the same, it missed a few important aspects of the experience for me

[@lyndatuttle]

The actor was fantastic in the role.

[@frederalbacon]

@@esraeloh8681 Like what the hell he ate?

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

@@frederalbacon space geckos

[@CZghost]

His reaction to seeing another human after 50 years of isolation is genuinely stunning. That's how I'd react if I was stranded in isolation for 50 years.

[@AzguardMike]

Ca-ca-catherine? HMPH!

[@armengoldz5136]

that is gold ... lol

[@rxonmymind8362]

That would have been my wife after 1 hour.😂

[@DeepEye1994]

2:45 "After years... that's all he has to say!" *[Catherine.exe has stopped working]*

[@superblahman]

Nah he was nude in front of his meant to be wife, and felt indecent.

[@DeepEye1994]

@@superblahman I made the "exe stopped working" joke because in the end the video glitches a little on her face (but you gotta start watching it from 2:10 without stopping the video, and you should catch the little glitch in the end).

[@JoaquinPhi]

When Carter was still naive.😆

[@GogaPartizan]

"Oh my god, I thought I've escaped this woman!"

[@mariusevander2214]

I thought it was more a "she knew i was here and didn't find a way to get me back" = contempt for her morale character.

[@simonwillis1529]

I’m glad he got home poor guy Great episode

[@CraigieG]

Man.... no matter what, the series is soo good. I'm rewatching the entire series for the third time in the last five or so years now? I remember watching bits of it back when I was kid but mannn.. it's soo good, it aged well imo. Nothing just doesn't stand up to the series. I really wish they came out with a new stargate series. Ahh... Also the acting in this scene. Soo gooooood!

[@pawsomelabrastead9244]

Amazon just bought MGM, so possible high chance of a new Stargate series.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

@@pawsomelabrastead9244 I don't want it if it's Woke. .

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Yeah. I bought the DVD's. I've watched it all the way through at least half a dozen times. I don't always watch all the episodes though. Some of them I don't like. When I've already seen them several times if I'm working my way though the series - there's some of them I skip. But mostly I really enjoy them. Now - a big part of that is Amanda Tapping - when she was young. She was just gorgeous. I never really got into any of the others. The thing with SG-1 is that all of the 4 core actors were really great in their role and the supporting actors were great too. I can't say that for the others. Watching Rainbow Sun Franks (yes - that's his real name) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Sun_Francks was like hearing nails on a chalk board - and I'm old enough to have done that. Rachel Lutrell did nothing for me. She wasn't a negative but she wasn't a positive either. Nothing like Amanda was on SG-1. I used to love to watch Amanda's Ass as she walked through the Star Gate in the SG-1 Intro. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH2VpJ2Oisl6Zs0&pp=ygUKc2ctMSBpbnRybw%3D%3D

[@johnpauljones9310]

Sam shouldn't have dodged him. I know it was meant to be comedic. But the mental anguish that poor man suffered being completely alone and abandoned for decades warranted at least a hug. He wasn't being sexual at all.

[@simonwillis1529]

I’m glad he got home the poor guy great episode

[@GogaPartizan]

- After all this time? - Always. *walks back into the ruins*

[@finnmcool2]

After 50 years alone it's amazing he can speak at all, but him some slack.

[@curiousfiend1169]

Episodes like this made this a great show, imo.

[@josenazario7]

50 years after

[@Frankjc3rd]

I think I understand the old man's logic, if you're convinced you are alone if you walk around naked that will make people show up.

[@Myuutsuu85]

1:45 Absolute tear-jerker. 2:00 funniest shit I have ever seen.

[@darkhope97]

I know that the first season gets a lot of flack but i absolutly love it

[@snewsh]

First seasons are aways rough for shows. Stargates was really good comparatively.

[@Fayanora]

This poor dear man, all alone for all that time. Though I do wonder how he survived. What did he eat?

[@tylisirn]

It's a world with oxygen atmosphere, which means it has to have life. In Stargate worlds have been shown to be broadly biologically compatible because we have seen humans living on wide variety of planets, so presumably, as long as it's a life bearing planet you can probably live off of it in the SG verse. If I recall correctly, this facility is next to the ocean which is generally a good source for food.

[@tomgreaney1]

This is perhaps the best ever scene... how after 50 years does he not have a beard though? It pulls at the heart strings when he realises he’s been found

[@GrandHighGamer]

Found a way to shave?

[@quinnsinclair7028]

Probably the same way he doesn't have hair on his head.

[@JoshSweetvale]

It fell out. He's hairless.

[@mrfrenzy.]

Lack of vitamins will do that.

[@SpencerLemay]

@@mrfrenzy. Didn't impact the hair on his arms!

[@jeffclark1129]

Lt. Jack O'Neill. You gotta love him! "Oh, for crying out loud." on seeing Dr. Littlefield completely nude, with two women present.

[@estellemelodimitchell8259]

Lt. you say??

[@jeffclark1129]

@@estellemelodimitchell8259 I should have said COLONEL Jack O'Neill. My mistake, since I used to watch "Stargate SG-1" years ago. Major Carter ALWAYS called him Colonel.

[@24juan68]

The snubbing was pure genius

[@greggweber9967]

Did he go to find something to wear?

[@davidchism6081]

The diving suit he wore when he entered the Stargate.

[@uwillnevahno6837]

Seeing this again prompted me to look up the diving suit he wore. Sadly it seems the locking mechanism for the window and helmet mean it would have been quite difficult if not impossible (assuming he had no tools/found no useful tools) to remove. He'd have been able to breathe (assuming there's no valve mechanism in the helmet) through the cut hose.

[@ai.117unsc4]

2:19 Melanie ?

[@TheTrainstation]

It would have been good if he asked for some cheese

[@michaeljorgensen790]

Had the time to find food and survive for 50 years....but not enough time to weave some underwear or find a fig leaf?

[@Avaruusmurkku]

Why do you need clothes when you're alone?

[@alexiachimciuc3199]

What did he eat for 50 years? Moths?? 😂

[@AAltair619]

I think it is explained somewhere in the episode, though I wouldn't bet my life on it.

[@desa415]

In one scene you see food next to his bed that looks like fruit and potatoes.

[@hugothepinkcat]

Carter: "Oh boy..." *Jumps aside* Good reflexes Sam! Lol

[@MrOverjay]

What episode is this?

[@SGtidbits]

Season 1 episode 10 - The torment of Tantalus www.imdb.com/title/tt0709205/

[@ILikeMyPrivacytbt]

Season 1 episode 11 if you count the first episode as a two parter.

[@sentival]

Stargate Origins

[@Kakwann]

our reaction, when we will get out of the quarantine in 2072!

[@gort5583]

Don't understand Sam's rather prudish reaction in what was a very emotional scene?

[@forgotten8936]

He was completely naked lol.

[@ai.117unsc4]

1:15 Donald Trump it's you ?

[@mcfcguvnors]

Wow how good is ernest