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The Dragon Egg
unbrokenmetal9 December 2014
A Chinese alchemist builds a Dragon Egg, a device filled with an explosive liquid, designed to surprise an enemy. Something must not have worked out, because centuries later, Sydney Fox still has the opportunity to find the egg in one piece. A rival relic hunter steals the map from her, Nigel realizes this is a bad start („China is a lot bigger than Chinatown") and the chase is on. When Nigel and Sydney arrive in China, their rival is in prison and has lost the map to dangerous local villains...

In this first episode of season 3, we are introduced to Karen (Tanja Reichert) replacing Claudia. Since Lindy Booth didn't get a farewell scene, just a brief comment („she got a dream job in New York"), probably a casting decision made at the eleventh hour. Fortunately, Karen did not become a mere copy of Claudia, but a different character, definitely much brighter, and she contributed a lot to the last season of the show. She exposes her two big talents already here - I mean, persuasiveness and adaptability, of course.
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8/10
Fun season opener
xbatgirl-300295 April 2023
Warning: Spoilers
This episode was really fun and a huge improvement over the season 2 finale. Tons of suspense too. I definitely missed Claudia though. I have to figure the Chinese countryside looks pretty different from Ontario, but all of it worked for me, including some well timed, stock footage of China to keep the illusion going. A high point for me was getting to see Apophis (Peter Williams) do something out of his Stargate costume for a change. He made a great bad guy, of course. The other high point was when Sydney threw the rival relic hunter out of the truck! He was nastier than usual but then we could cheer his end more easily.

It's getting harder to believe Sydney can beat up all these huge men but I can let it slide for the sake of a good story. It was also great to see Nigel be competent throughout. I like knowing Sydney keeps him around for a reason.

I am reserving judgement on the new secretary. I'm not a fan of her outfits. I noticed Sydney also seemed to be showing off more than usual. It seems some suit decided more skin would lead to higher ratings. Karen seems to have a hidden past and perhaps more motive to keep her job than a simple paycheck.
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