"Last Stand" is crucial for setting up the later events of Season 5 and 6, showing the Goa'uld as a crumbling empire being consumed by a stronger force (Anubis) while the Tok'ra face extinction.
Some viewers noted that the escape plan, though dramatic, was not fully shown, with the subsequent episode picking up as if the escape had already occurred smoothly. Key Quotes 5x16_Stargate_SG-1
Lt. Elliot, heavily injured and acting as host to the Tok'ra Lantash, offers to sacrifice themselves to release a symbiote poison and save the fleeing Tok'ra and SG-1. "Last Stand" is crucial for setting up the
Daniel faces Osiris, who is inhabiting his former love interest, Sarah Gardner. He cannot bring himself to kill Sarah, even though her death would eliminate the Goa'uld symbiote Osiris. was not fully shown