SG-1 was really good at setting up these fascinating questions of politics or worldbuilding or personal experience and then choosing to focus on something else entirely. On the one hand, this makes it a rich and fertile land for ficcing. On the other, what the hell, guys.

I think that if they'd really taken the time to explore what Sha're and Shifu – and even Apophis, when put into that context – meant for the SGC and the Goa'uld and the rest of the show universe, they could have really enriched the world. But I think they didn't want to be encumbered with that storyline, and wound up shuffling it aside so they could get back to the adventure-an-episode format, only loosely hewing to plot arcs. Which is a shame; I love a well-arced show.

Thanks!