Let's review Stargate SG-1 Cor-ai part 1

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Some Stargate SG-1 episodes ask big questions. “Cor-ai” demands answers — and accountability.

This episode puts Teal’c on trial for crimes he committed while serving the Goa’uld — and refuses to let anyone, including the audience, look away. What unfolds is a story about responsibility, redemption, and whether justice can exist inside systems shaped by violence and power.

In this first part of my Cor-ai review, I focus heavily on Teal’c’s redemption arc — why it moved me so deeply when I first watched it, and why it still does. At the same time, I wrestle openly with the episode’s deeply uncomfortable ableist narrative that treats a disabled character’s death as a “mercy.” That moment stopped me cold — and I couldn’t let it pass without unpacking why it matters, and why, in my eyes, it causes real harm.