Where to even start with this one? There are three entire plots running through this episode, and each one of them is significant. They also, appropriately, all have to do with secrets. Secret the First: Sha’re is pregnant with a goa’uld baby, and we need to find out a way to keep him out of both Apophis’ and Heru’ur’s hands without them knowing we have him. Secret the Second: somebody’s a snitch! This one nosy reporter tracks down Jack and starts asking him extremely pointed questions about how exactly he’s spending all his time over in Colorado. Secret the Third: we meet Sam’s dad, he’s a full-on general and friend of Hammond’s, and while he’s not exactly in the loop for all things gate-related, he immediately zones in on the cover story being bullshit.

So this story feels like our protagonists trying to hold water in their hands and they’re spilling it in all directions. There’s also a running theme of nepotism, as both Apophis and Jacob Carter have apparently decided exactly what their children should be doing with their lives, and in both cases our heroes aren’t happy with it. Finally, we get the best version of high-stakes Washington DC espionage you can shoot in Vancouver, as some unseen puppetmaster decides to close the lid on the upcoming scandal. It’s a lot, and virtually all of it leads to further episodes down the line! Very little of it is decidedly resolved by the end of it! Drama!

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