WARNING - CONTAINS SPOILERS!

After helping her brother McKay with Replicator coding, sister Jeanie is kidnapped, prompting McKay to travel to Earth, where he, too, suddenly goes missing...

Miller's Crossing features David Hewlett's real life sister Kate as his onscreen sister Jeanie Miller. As with last season's McKay and Mrs Miller, the chemistry is already there, but the interaction between the two siblings is incredibly funny.

Stargate: SG-1 fans will be pleased to see Chief Master Sergeant Walter Harriman, played by Gary Jones, make one of his best appearances in the franchise.

It's also interesting to see that Rodney acts in exactly the same way as the industrialist when it's his sister on the line - and this isn't over played either, which makes for a more satisfying twist when you pick up on it.

Martin Gero (co-executive producer / writer) and Andy Mikita (director) provide the audio commentary. Highlights include Gero moaning about the nurses in bathrobes; Gero attacking the paintings in a scene as they are very distracting and you can't work out what they are supposed to be; and Sheppard reading a comic book that features Martin Wood on the cover as a superhero.

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Convinced that the Replicators have finally found their location, the team grapples with the prospect that their problems may very well be insurmountable...

This Mortal Coil will present quite a few problems for hard-core fans. There seem to be quite a few inexplicable issues within the first couple of acts: Lorne acting out of character; Sheppard wanting to pool all their resources into checking out the probe, rather than trying to get the gate operational; and doctor Keller not taking Sheppard's concerns about his health seriously enough. But, as the episode unfolds, it soon becomes apparent that these are all intentional scenes.

An additional clue can be garnered as to what is going on by paying close attention to the teams uniforms. This episode also sees another one of the prophecies from this season's The Seer coming true - but not as expected.

Joseph Mallozi (executive producer) and William Waring (director) provide this episodes audio commentary. Highlights include the fact that the actors were asked what they'd most like to change this season. They said the show's uniforms and table reads before each episode; pointing out that a table that was destroyed should have fallen over, or at least moved, as if you look carefully you can see that it is on wheels; and a scene where Jason Momoa runs into a tree which then spins around a little - it was placed there by the set dressers and wasn't very sturdy.

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As Teyla and Ronon evacuate humans from advancing Replicator forces, McKay partners with a Wraith scientist to try to create a program to shut down the Replicators...

Be All My Sins Remeber'd finally sees the payoff to all of the previous story arc threads that have slowly been building. This makes for a very enjoyable and immensely satisfying episode - or two episodes I suppose you could say, as this is really the first part of a two-parter.

Gero and Mikita both return to provide this episode's audio commentary. Highlights include the two moaning about the conference room set; the fact that the scene where Sheppard briefly looks down Larrin's low cut top, as she leans towards him, was not scripted; and the two asking why David Hewlett's hair is so unruly in one scene.

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When the team follows a tracking signal to a damaged hive ship drifting in space, they discover references to a secret Wraith base...

Spoils Of War has an interesting opening scene. We see the end of the last episode once again, but this time from the Wraith's perspective. Here we learn that a ZPM has been stolen from the Replicator's home world.

Teyla, once again gets to step inside the mind of a Wraith queen - however, this time she has a lot more to lose should her plan backfire.

Alan McCullough (producer / writer) and William Waring (director) provide the audio commentary. Highlights include a breakdown of the writing process; and how the writers discovered that Lorne's forename was Evan. Be warned though, there's also a spoiler about a character who will turn up later in this season.

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Extras include the aforementioned audio commentaries; Mission Directive: This Mortal Coil with William Waring (12 min, 27 sec behind the scenes look at This Mortal Coil. There's a great segment with Momoa playing guitar and Hewlett doing some awful singing); Photo Gallery and Design Gallery.

Pete Boomer