Brief Candle

"Brief Candle" is an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. SG-1 arrive at a beautiful planet, Argos, and immediately Daniel Jackson has to deliver a baby for one of its inhabitants. Successful, they thank him immensely and name the child Dan'el. Daniel observes that the culture worships an ancient Greek hero, Pelops, as a God. This suggests that the myths surrounding the man originated from him being a Goa'uld (and t... more

"Brief Candle" is an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. SG-1 arrive at a beautiful planet, Argos, and immediately Daniel Jackson has to deliver a baby for one of its inhabitants. Successful, they thank him immensely and name the child Dan'el. Daniel observes that the culture worships an ancient Greek hero, Pelops, as a God. This suggests that the myths surrounding the man originated from him being a Goa'uld (and therefore able to inspire and possibly force worship from the aforementioned culture). Pelops must have transferred these people to Argos a long time ago for his own purposes, but he is no longer here except in statue form. The Argosians treat SG-1 very well and one woman, Kynthia, takes a strong liking to Jack; they have lots of close contact. That night, however, all of the Argosians, as well as Jack, suddenly fall asleep at exactly the same time. Sam supposes that there is something in the Argosian diet that has caused this (considering... less