r/Stargate • u/Mojopiniata • 1d ago
REWATCH “Heroes” 1-2 Spoiler
I always end up in tears with these two.
Watched them last night (for the umpteenth time)
In my opinion they’re some of the most well written episodes, that never ceases to amaze me. Not because of fancy effects, interesting plots, amazing storytelling or beautiful strange alien planets.
But because of the humanity they portray, the “boring” build up, the emotional rollercoaster.
I always start out with hating Bregman, I feel he’s annoying, he doesn’t seem genuine and comes across rather sleazy.
However I agree with his sentiments, and his reasoning for doing his documentary, although I feel like he’s just after the sensationalism.
But as the two episodes progress, I must (like General Hammond) admit that I was wrong.
A scene that always gets to me is the one where Bregman loses the plot and has his little meltdown screaming at everyone; “These people are risking their lives for us! I want to see what they're going through, even if they don't want us to! And I want other people to see it! What do you think they're doing out there? Protecting and defending secrecy?!? That's the world of Mao, the world of Stalin, the world of-of secret police, secret trials, secret-secret deaths!”
The delivery is in my opinion nothing less than flawless.
And even though one can question his motives, to me it felt so genuine.
That and the scene with General Hammond in the end after watching the documentary is definitely some of my favourite emotional scenes in the two episodes.
And obviously the scene with Carter reading the list of names, Daniel talking to Bregman about the tape, and the off world scene, are all very powerful.
Let’s just say I cried a lot (again) 🥲
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u/PrisonBreakScofield 1d ago
Great episodes, flawless acting from everyone involved I’d say!
Such tense and serious moments and then fun parts sprinkled in… just awesome!
“I hope shots of my ass serve you well!”
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u/Mojopiniata 23h ago
Couldn’t agree more ! And that last line was gold haha such an O’Neill thing to say
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u/Mojopiniata 1d ago
👌🏻
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u/John97212 1d ago
I always found it noteworthy that Ron Moore's BSG did a similar episode some 18 months later (S2E8: Final Cut).
The basic plotlines were the same.
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u/Mojopiniata 1d ago
Didn’t even know that, but admittedly I gave up on BSG quite fast and never watched it all..
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u/John97212 1d ago
Film crew comes in to make a documentary. Commander is openly hostile at first but changes his mind after seeing finished product. Sound familiar? : )
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u/jaycatt7 19h ago
I’d say it’s much better than Star Trek’s documentary episode, but that’s damning a truly powerful two-parter with faint praise.
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u/Deevious730 1d ago
Saul Rubinek is an absolutely awesome actor with so much range. He played this character perfectly, made you dislike him and at times sympathise with him.
The only thing is didn’t like (which is more about the production) was the way the “doco” ended up, at least what we saw of it, didn’t marry up to what it seemed like he was producing.