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* ConfessionDeferred: {{Inverted}}. Vala tries to make Dr. Jackson believe that she acquired the kor mak bracelets through legal means. She forgot she's already told him she stole them.
-->'''Dr. Jackson''': He's the guy you stole the bracelets from, right?\\
'''Vala''': How dare you assume that I acquired those bracelets through anything but honest means! I may have a less-than-perfect reputation -\\
'''Dr. Jackson''': You ''told'' me you stole them!\\
'''Vala''': I did?\\
'''Dr. Jackson''': Yes!

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* CryCute: Subverted and lampshaded by Vala when Daniel rejects her offer of sex and delivers a fairly cutting analysis of her character. She starts crying and talking about her DarkAndTroubledPast, and Daniel is genuinely remorseful until he realizes halfway through his apology that she's putting it on.
-->'''Daniel:''' Are you ''messin''' with me?
-->'''Vala:''' Is it working?
-->'''Daniel:''' Get out. Go.


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* HumanizingTears: Subverted and lampshaded by Vala when Daniel rejects her offer of sex and delivers a fairly cutting analysis of her character. She starts crying and talking about her DarkAndTroubledPast, and Daniel is genuinely remorseful until he realizes halfway through his apology that she's putting it on.
-->'''Daniel:''' Are you ''messin''' with me?
-->'''Vala:''' Is it working?
-->'''Daniel:''' Get out. Go.

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* BumblingHenchmenDuo: Tenat and Jup, the two incompetent smugglers Vala tried to sell the ''Prometheus'' to in her [[Recap/StargateSG1S8E12PrometheusUnbound first appearance]].



* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Tenat and Jup, the two incompetent smugglers Vala tried to sell the ''Prometheus'' to in her [[Recap/StargateSG1S8E12PrometheusUnbound first appearance]].
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The Pentagon wants to shift focus from the SGC, which has effectively wrapped up the Goa'uld and Replicator threats, and put more emphasis on the Atlantis expedition which promises much better return on investment. The chairman at the hearing sarcastically points out that this new Ori threat has conveniently come out of nowhere just as the SGC is becoming irrelevant.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: "Hero" may be a stretch- but it's implied that one of the guys in the ChainOfDeals (the one who wants the obsolete power coil back) needs the item for his ''own'' chain of deals.
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* FetchQuest: The entire premise of the episode.
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* BlatantLies: Played with. Though she doesn't literally lie, Vala gets mad at Daniel for assuming she obtained the bracelets by dishonest means...when she'd stolen them and had already told him that.
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* StockFootage: The EstablishingShot for Arlos Kadawam's homeworld is recycled from "[[Recap/StargateSG1S1E4TheBrocaDivide The Broca Divide]]". Similarly, Inago's planet is established with a stock shot from "[[Recap/StargateSG1S2E5Need Need]]".
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* NoHonorAmongThieves: Jup claims that Mitchell can trust him and Tenat to uphold their end of the bargain as they have a reputation to uphold, only for Tenat to reveal to Daniel and Vala that they plan to screw him over. Fortunately, [[GenreSavvy the team expected this]], and came prepared.

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* NoHonorAmongThieves: Jup claims that Mitchell can trust him and Tenat to uphold their end of the bargain as they have a reputation to uphold, only for Tenat to reveal to Daniel and Vala that they plan to screw him over. Fortunately, [[GenreSavvy the team expected this]], this, and came prepared.
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-->'''Daniel:''' Yeah. You live a solitary existence, you move from place to place, you never form any last relationships, you use sex as a weapon to prevent yourself from forming any real emotional bonds.

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* CryCute: Subverted and lampshaded by Vala when Daniel rejects her offer of sex and delivers a fairly cutting analysis of her character. She starts crying and talking about her DarkAndTroublePast, and Daniel is genuinely remorseful until he realizes halfway through his apology that she's putting it on.

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* CryCute: Subverted and lampshaded by Vala when Daniel rejects her offer of sex and delivers a fairly cutting analysis of her character. She starts crying and talking about her DarkAndTroublePast, DarkAndTroubledPast, and Daniel is genuinely remorseful until he realizes halfway through his apology that she's putting it on.

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-> Directed by William Waring
-> Written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie

Hoping to disconnect the kor mak bracelets effects keeping them linked ("Avalon"), Daniel, Teal'c, Mitchell, and Vala try to pry the information out of the person she stole them from in the first place. When he wants something in return, they discover that his request isn't so easy to complete, and they must go on a series of quests to please his demands.

Should not be confused with the books ''Literature/TheTiesThatBind'' by Vanessa Duriès, ''StarWars: Literature/JediApprentice: The Ties That Bind'' and ''Literature/TiesThatBind'' by Guy Baldwin. Should not be confused with the FanFic ''FanFic/TiesThatBind''. Should not be confused with the songs ''The Ties That Bind'' by Music/BruceSpringsteen and ''Ties That Bind'' by Music/AlterBridge. Should not be confused with the ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' episode "[[Recap/AndromedaS1E7TheTiesThatBlind The Ties That Bind]]", the ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'' episode "[[Recap/BattlestarGalacticaReimaginedS4E5TheTiesThatBind The Ties That Bind]]", the ''Series/JeevesAndWooster'' episode "[[Recap/JeevesAndWoosterS4E6TheTiesThatBind The Ties That Bind]]", the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E2TheTiesThatBind The Ties That Bind]]", the ''Series/TheOC'' episode "[[Recap/TheOCS1E27TheTiesThatBind The Ties That Bind]]", the ''Series/{{Revolution}}'' episode "[[Recap/RevolutionS1E8TiesThatBind Ties That Bind]]", the ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' episode "[[Recap/TheVampireDiariesS3E12TheTiesThatBind The Ties That Bind]]", and the ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' episode "[[Recap/XenaS01E20TiesThatBind Ties That Bind]]". Should not be confused with the animated tie-in for ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' titled ''Anime/StreetFighterIVTheTiesThatBind''. Should not be confused with the {{Documentary}} ''Film/TheTiesThatBind1985'', the {{Thriller}} ''Film/TiesThatBind2006'', and the MadeForTVMovie ''Film/TiesThatBind2010''. Should not be confused with the VideoGame ''VideoGame/TheSuffering: Ties That Bind''.

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-> Directed by William Waring
-> Written by Joseph Mallozzi
->''"Look, we can point fingers all we want, but the fact is we're stuck together. So like it or not, we're just gonna have to learn to get along."''
-->'''-- Vala Mal Doran'''

After Daniel
and Paul Mullie

Hoping
Vala discover that they're still linked together despite having [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E3Origin removed the]] ''[[Recap/StargateSG1S9E3Origin kor mak]]'' [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E3Origin bracelets]], they decide to disconnect get some answers from Arlos Kadawam, the kor mak man she stole the bracelets effects keeping them linked ("Avalon"), Daniel, Teal'c, Mitchell, and Vala try to pry the information out of the person she stole them from in the first place. When he Unfortunately, Arlos wants something in return, they discover that his request isn't so easy to complete, exchange for the information, and they must go on the team end up cutting a series of quests to please his demands.

Should not be confused
increasingly difficult deals with various people Vala has conned over the books ''Literature/TheTiesThatBind'' by Vanessa Duriès, ''StarWars: Literature/JediApprentice: The Ties That Bind'' and ''Literature/TiesThatBind'' by Guy Baldwin. Should not be confused with years.

First appearance of
the FanFic ''FanFic/TiesThatBind''. Should not be confused with the songs ''The Ties That Bind'' by Music/BruceSpringsteen and ''Ties That Bind'' by Music/AlterBridge. Should not be confused with the ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' episode "[[Recap/AndromedaS1E7TheTiesThatBlind The Ties That Bind]]", the ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'' episode "[[Recap/BattlestarGalacticaReimaginedS4E5TheTiesThatBind The Ties That Bind]]", the ''Series/JeevesAndWooster'' episode "[[Recap/JeevesAndWoosterS4E6TheTiesThatBind The Ties That Bind]]", the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E2TheTiesThatBind The Ties That Bind]]", the ''Series/TheOC'' episode "[[Recap/TheOCS1E27TheTiesThatBind The Ties That Bind]]", the ''Series/{{Revolution}}'' episode "[[Recap/RevolutionS1E8TiesThatBind Ties That Bind]]", the ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' episode "[[Recap/TheVampireDiariesS3E12TheTiesThatBind The Ties That Bind]]", and the ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' episode "[[Recap/XenaS01E20TiesThatBind Ties That Bind]]". Should not be confused with the animated tie-in for ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' titled ''Anime/StreetFighterIVTheTiesThatBind''. Should not be confused with the {{Documentary}} ''Film/TheTiesThatBind1985'', the {{Thriller}} ''Film/TiesThatBind2006'', and the MadeForTVMovie ''Film/TiesThatBind2010''. Should not be confused with the VideoGame ''VideoGame/TheSuffering: Ties That Bind''.[[SpacePirates Lucian Alliance]].



!!This episode contains examples of:
* ChainedHeat: The kor mak bracelets act as a variant of this for Dr. Daniel Jackson and Vala Mal Doran. They are not physically chained at the wrist, but if they get more than one hundred feet from each other, they will begin to feel ill, which can be fatal.
* FemmeFatale: Vala Mal Doran. She is a thief and con artist, but she has also helped out the protagonists at times.
* ShaggyDogStory: The good news is that the protagonist get a necklace back to Arlos Kadawam, the scientist studying the kor mak bracelets. The bad news is that Arlos can't sever the bond between Vala and Daniel, although he thinks the bond will wear off eventually.

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!!This episode contains !!"The Ties That Bind" provides examples of:
of the following tropes:
* ChainedHeat: AffectionatePickpocket: Vala asks Daniel for a parting hug before she leaves at the beginning of the episode in order to steal back the artifact he's just confiscated from her.
* BadassLongcoat: Mitchell, Daniel and Teal'c all wear long duster-style coats while posing as traders.
* BaitAndSwitchComment: When Daniel is seeing Vala off during the opening scene:
-->'''Vala:''' Came to see me off. That's sweet.
-->'''Daniel:''' Well, we've been through a lot together and I just wanted to come here myself and make sure you were... thoroughly searched.
* BeleagueredAssistant: Walter trying to make sure Landry keeps on top of his paperwork.
* CargoCult: One of the team's stops includes a monastery where the worshippers pay their respects to faulty power coil that Vala supplied, claiming it was an object of religious significance.
* ChainOfDeals:
The kor mak basic premise of the episode has the team cutting a series of deals with people Vala has conned over the years in order to find out how to sever the residual link between her and Daniel.
* ChekhovsGun: Caius states that he needs his ship back because of a series of custom modifications that he made to it, which come in handy when the team has to escape from Lucian Alliance.
* CompensatingForSomething: Vala suggests that the reason the Chairman of the Appropriations Board is so eager to build more ships is because he's compensating for an "insufficient manhood". Landry is not amused.
* ContinuityNod:
** Tenat and Jup still have a grudge against Daniel and Vala after the events of [[Recap/StargateSG1S8E12PrometheusUnbound "Prometheus Unbound"]].
** Daniel complains that if it wasn't for Vala he would be [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E1AvalonPart1 in the Pegasus galaxy by now]].
* CryCute: Subverted and lampshaded by Vala when Daniel rejects her offer of sex and delivers a fairly cutting analysis of her character. She starts crying and talking about her DarkAndTroublePast, and Daniel is genuinely remorseful until he realizes halfway through his apology that she's putting it on.
-->'''Daniel:''' Are you ''messin''' with me?
-->'''Vala:''' Is it working?
-->'''Daniel:''' Get out. Go.
* DangerousPhlebotinumInteraction: Dr. Lee speculates that the lingering bond between Daniel and Vala even after they've removed the
bracelets act could be due to an interaction with the [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E2AvalonPart2 Ancient communication device]].
* GunpointBanter: Mitchell chatting to Jup about football while they're pointing guns at each other.
-->'''Mitchell:''' So who you liking in the NFL this year? You kinda strike me
as a variant of this for Dr. Raiders fan.
* HauledBeforeASenateSubCommittee: Landry, Teal'c,
Daniel Jackson and Vala Mal Doran. They are brought before the Senate Appropriations Committee to try and justify keeping the program at its current level of operation due to plans to slash their budget by 70%.
* IgnoreTheFanservice: Daniel's response to finding a scantily-clad Vala in his bed is to order her out of his room so he can sleep.
* ImStandingRightHere: When Dr. Lee is trying to figure out a way to sever the link between Daniel and Vala:
-->'''Vala:''' This is a waste of time.
-->'''Daniel:''' Shut up.
-->'''Vala:''' It's
not physically chained at like I wanted this to happen. Anyway, I'm being realistic, he has no idea what he's doing.
-->'''Lee:''' I'm standing ''right'' here.
* KickedUpstairs: Referenced when Landry threatens to promote Walter so that he can go to meetings in his place.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Most of
the wrist, but if interaction between Daniel and Vala, who are well and truly sick of being stuck with each other by this point.
* MayDecemberRomance: Vala's apparent past relationship with Arlos, the old man she stole the bracelets from, though she was using him in order to steal said bracelets.
* NoHonorAmongThieves: Jup claims that Mitchell can trust him and Tenat to uphold their end of the bargain as
they get more than have a reputation to uphold, only for Tenat to reveal to Daniel and Vala that they plan to screw him over. Fortunately, [[GenreSavvy the team expected this]], and came prepared.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The Senate Appropriations Committee only seem to be interested in funding the Atlantis project and the development of new ships and refuse to take the Ori threat seriously after eight years of fighting the Goa'uld.
* ReadyForLovemaking: Vala tries to seduce Daniel by waiting in his bed and throwing back the covers when he enters the room to reveal her skimpy pink nightwear.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Daniel gives
one hundred feet to Vala after rejecting her advances.
-->'''Daniel:''' I know what you're doing, with the whole "sexual" thing, it's a defense mechanism.
-->'''Vala:''' Really?
-->'''Daniel:''' Yeah. You live a solitary existence, you move
from each other, they will begin place to feel ill, which can be fatal.
* FemmeFatale: Vala Mal Doran. She is
place, you never form any last relationships, you use sex as a thief and con artist, but she has also helped out the protagonists at times.
weapon to prevent yourself from forming any real emotional bonds.
* ShaggyDogStory: The good news is that After the protagonist team succeed in completing a series of ever-more dangerous deals to get a the necklace that Vala stole back to Arlos Kadawam, the scientist studying the kor mak bracelets. The bad news is Arlos, he reveals that Arlos can't he has no idea how to sever the bond link between Daniel and Vala, but he suspects it will eventually fade by itself.
* SpacePirates: The Lucian Alliance, who
Vala describes as a "coalition of former smugglers and Daniel, although he thinks mercenaries who've banded together to take advantage of the bond will wear power vacuum left by the demise of the Goa'uld".
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Tenat and Jup, the two incompetent smugglers Vala tried to sell the ''Prometheus'' to in her [[Recap/StargateSG1S8E12PrometheusUnbound first appearance]].
* TooMuchInformation: Arlos describing his torrid love affair with Vala to Daniel and Mitchell.
-->'''Arlos:''' I remember it like it was yesterday. Some nights, we would steal away from the city, strip
off eventually.our clothing and bathe in the springs of our garden. We would chase one another across the mossy hills and then... lie naked under Edora's moons and Vala would--
-->'''Mitchell:''' Okay! That's great, thanks. We got the picture. The very vivid, very disturbing picture.
* VolleyingInsults:
-->'''Inago:''' Vala. You cowardly, back-stabbing, sorry excuse for a woman. How have you been?
-->'''Vala:''' Inago. You filthy, double-talking slug. Nice to see you too.
* YankTheDogsChain: It looks like Daniel might finally be about to catch a break when Vala leaves without complication at the beginning of the episode, but obviously it's not going to be that easy.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Teal'c states that Mitchell sometimes reminds him of O'Neill. Mitchell replies that he's going to take that as a compliment; Teal'c doesn't seem so sure.
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-> Directed by William Waring
-> Written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie

Hoping to disconnect the kor mak bracelets effects keeping them linked ("Avalon"), Daniel, Teal'c, Mitchell, and Vala try to pry the information out of the person she stole them from in the first place. When he wants something in return, they discover that his request isn't so easy to complete, and they must go on a series of quests to please his demands.

Should not be confused with the books ''Literature/TheTiesThatBind'' by Vanessa Duriès, ''StarWars: Literature/JediApprentice: The Ties That Bind'' and ''Literature/TiesThatBind'' by Guy Baldwin. Should not be confused with the FanFic ''FanFic/TiesThatBind''. Should not be confused with the songs ''The Ties That Bind'' by Music/BruceSpringsteen and ''Ties That Bind'' by Music/AlterBridge. Should not be confused with the ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' episode "[[Recap/AndromedaS1E7TheTiesThatBlind The Ties That Bind]]", the ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'' episode "[[Recap/BattlestarGalacticaReimaginedS4E5TheTiesThatBind The Ties That Bind]]", the ''Series/JeevesAndWooster'' episode "[[Recap/JeevesAndWoosterS4E6TheTiesThatBind The Ties That Bind]]", the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E2TheTiesThatBind The Ties That Bind]]", the ''Series/TheOC'' episode "[[Recap/TheOCS1E27TheTiesThatBind The Ties That Bind]]", the ''Series/{{Revolution}}'' episode "[[Recap/RevolutionS1E8TiesThatBind Ties That Bind]]", the ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' episode "[[Recap/TheVampireDiariesS3E12TheTiesThatBind The Ties That Bind]]", and the ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' episode "[[Recap/XenaS01E20TiesThatBind Ties That Bind]]". Should not be confused with the animated tie-in for ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' titled ''Anime/StreetFighterIVTheTiesThatBind''. Should not be confused with the {{Documentary}} ''Film/TheTiesThatBind1985'', the {{Thriller}} ''Film/TiesThatBind2006'', and the MadeForTVMovie ''Film/TiesThatBind2010''. Should not be confused with the VideoGame ''VideoGame/TheSuffering: Ties That Bind''.
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!!This episode contains examples of:
* ChainedHeat: The kor mak bracelets act as a variant of this for Dr. Daniel Jackson and Vala Mal Doran. They are not physically chained at the wrist, but if they get more than one hundred feet from each other, they will begin to feel ill, which can be fatal.
* FemmeFatale: Vala Mal Doran. She is a thief and con artist, but she has also helped out the protagonists at times.
* ShaggyDogStory: The good news is that the protagonist get a necklace back to Arlos Kadawam, the scientist studying the kor mak bracelets. The bad news is that Arlos can't sever the bond between Vala and Daniel, although he thinks the bond will wear off eventually.
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