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Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods (1)
After the Goa'uld Apophis comes through the Earth Stargate and kidnaps a female airman, Col. Jack O'Neill is recalled to active duty to be sent through the Stargate on a mission to find out what happened to Daniel Jackson and the people of Abydos, as well as find out where this new threat came from. Captain Samantha Carter, the world’s foremost expert on the Stargate, is put on his team, much to the annoyance of O'Neill due to his dislike of scientists.
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Episode number: 1x1 Production Number: 101A Airdate: Sunday July 27th, 1997 Alternate Airdates:
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Recap
Five airmen are playing cards in an underground bunker beneath Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. They're in charge of watching a single item: a large cloth-covered disc. When the one female airmen wonders what happens if their superiors catch them playing cards, the others assure her that nobody ever comes down there. They're interrupted when the cloth over the disc starts to move on its own. As the female airman goes to check it out, a sudden wind rips the cloth off… the Stargate. The entire chamber starts to vibrate as the Stargate activates on its own. An incoming wormhole opens and a metal sphere bounces through. The female airman picks it up and a scanning ray surveys the chamber. A warrior in serpent-styled armor come through the gate and grabs her, forcing her to drop her gun. Other Serpent Warriors come through, lead by a figure in imperial gold Serpent armor. The leader has his lead warrior, First Prime Teal'c, give him the airman who he scans with a hand device. He stuns her and the other airmen open fire. The Jaffa warriors have bulletproof armor and return fire with staff blasters. The airmen manage to kill two of the Jaffa but are killed themselves. The last one manages to send an alert before dying. Base commander General George S. Hammond leads a team of men to the chamber but orders them to hold their fire because of the female airman held hostage. The leader removes his helmet to reveal an Egyptian figure with glowing eyes. He glares at Hammond for a moment, and then he and Teal'c depart with the woman, shutting the Stargate down behind them...Read the full recap
Episode Notes
Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson), Amanda Tapping (Samantha Carter), Christopher Judge (Teal'c) and Gary Jones (Sgt. Walter Harriman) are the only actors to appear in both the first ("Children of the Gods") and last ("Unending") episodes of the series.
We find out General West (Leon Rippy) from the movie has been replaced by General Hammond (Don S. Davis) at SGC.
In the movie, Stargate Command was situated under Creek Mountain, Colorado Springs. They changed it in the series and now Stargate Command is situated in Cheyenne Mountain.
Amanda Tapping (Samantha Carter) is the only cast member that didn't work with any of the other cast members prior to this episode.
Alexis Cruz (Skaara) and Erick Avari (Kasuf) are the only actors to appear in both this series and the original film.
Apophis is from Greek mythology. His Egyptian equivalent is Apep.
Two new actors take the roles of Ferretti and Kawalsky in this episode. In the 1994 film John Diehl played Ferretti and French Stewart played Kawalsky.
The film Stargate was originally going to be part of a film franchise, but the creators Dean Devlin and Rolan Emmerich moved onto Independence Day. So three years later MGM decided to make Stargate into a television series.
In the original film Colonel Jack O' Neill (or O'Neil in the movie) is portrayed as being negative, cynical, pessimistic and very serious. This was changed as Richard Dean Anderson told MGM he could not play the character that way. This is why O' Neill in the television series is rather sarcastic with a naughty sense of humour, although he is still cynical and does sometimes become very serious in attitude, albeit rarely.
Even though Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich wrote the film Stargate (1994), they refused on screen credit in this series.
This is the second of only two episodes in which General Hammond (Don S. Davis) and Apophis (Peter Williams) actually meet, the first being the pilot episode "Children of the Gods". However, their counterparts in an alternate reality would share a scene and exchange dialogue in the Season Three episode "Point of View".
Episode Quotes
General Hammond: You ever think of writing a book about your exploits in the line of duty?
Jack: Ah, thought about it. But then I'd have to shoot anyone who actually read it. (pause) It's a joke, sir.
Jack: Ah, thought about it. But then I'd have to shoot anyone who actually read it. (pause) It's a joke, sir.
Dr. McKenzie: (to General Hammond; referring to a the dead Jaffa) He's not human, sir.
Jack: Ya think?
Jack: Ya think?
General Hammond: You didn't like Daniel Jackson, did you?
Jack: Daniel was a scientist. He sneezed a lot. Basically he was a geek, sir.
Major Samuels: So you didn't have a lot of time for him.
Jack I didn't say that. He also saved my life and found the way home for my men and me. A little thing like that kinda makes a person grow on you, if you know what I mean.
Jack: Daniel was a scientist. He sneezed a lot. Basically he was a geek, sir.
Major Samuels: So you didn't have a lot of time for him.
Jack I didn't say that. He also saved my life and found the way home for my men and me. A little thing like that kinda makes a person grow on you, if you know what I mean.
(Jack sends Kleenex to Daniel)
General Hammond: Care to explain this concept?
Jack: Daniel has allergies.
Major Kawalsky: (smiles) Oh, I get it.
Jack: He'll know this came from me and not from someone, with all due respect, sir, like yourself.
General Hammond: Care to explain this concept?
Jack: Daniel has allergies.
Major Kawalsky: (smiles) Oh, I get it.
Jack: He'll know this came from me and not from someone, with all due respect, sir, like yourself.
Major Samuels: (referring to a box of Kleenex) What if the aliens get it?
Jack: Well, they could be blowing their noses right now.
Jack: Well, they could be blowing their noses right now.
Jack: (referring to Sam) Oh, here we go. Another scientist. General, please...
Sam: Theoretical astrophysicist.
Jack: Which means...?
General Hammond: Which means she is smarter than you are, Colonel.
Sam: Theoretical astrophysicist.
Jack: Which means...?
General Hammond: Which means she is smarter than you are, Colonel.
Sam:: (to Jack) And just because my reproductive organs are on the inside instead of the outside, doesn't mean I can't handle whatever you can handle.
Sam: (to Jack) I logged over 100 hours in the Gulf War. Is that tough enough for you or are we going to have to arm-wrestle?
Sam: You know Colonel, you really will like me once you get to know me.
Jack: Oh I adore you already, Captain.
Jack: Oh I adore you already, Captain.
Jack: Moonshine.
Skaara: Moon...shine?
Jack: Yeah. moonshine, as in booze. Daniel, what are you teaching these kids?
Skaara: Try it.
Jack: Alright. Skaara's moonshine. Give it a little shot. (takes a sip, spits) Oh good God!! (gasping) Smooth. Very smooth.
Skaara: Moonshine!
Kawalsky: Our little soldiers are all grown up, Colonel.
Jack: Yeah, I'm so proud. Whoa...
Skaara: Moon...shine?
Jack: Yeah. moonshine, as in booze. Daniel, what are you teaching these kids?
Skaara: Try it.
Jack: Alright. Skaara's moonshine. Give it a little shot. (takes a sip, spits) Oh good God!! (gasping) Smooth. Very smooth.
Skaara: Moonshine!
Kawalsky: Our little soldiers are all grown up, Colonel.
Jack: Yeah, I'm so proud. Whoa...
Episode Goofs
There are seven symbols in every cartouche in the Abydos maproom. If the seventh symbol is always the point of origin, then all of the seventh symbols should be the same. But they're not.
How can a wormhole be tracked through three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional plexiglass map?
When a small, round metallic object lands at the feet of a trained soldier, she picks it up. Luckily it wasn't a grenade.
In the first scene, Teal'c, Apophis and six other Jaffa come through the Stargate. Although only two Jaffa are killed, the SGC seems to have acquired four Jaffa corpses, and only Teal'c, Apophis and one other Jaffa return to Chulak.
Although Kawalsky seems to indicate that he and Jack first met during the original Stargate mission, it is later revealed in "The Gamekeeper" that they had known each other since at least 1982.
Although Dr. McKenzie is a physician in this episode, he is a psychologist in all his subsequent appearances.
After the opening battle sequence the soldiers' bodies are covered in blood, despite the fact that staff weapon blasts cauterize wounds.
Episode References
Sam made a reference to MacGyver: "It took us 15 years and 3 super computers to MacGyver a dialing system for the Stargate." Richard Dean Anderson (Jack O'Neill) starred in the TV series MacGyver.
The remote scanning device prop was used as a grenade in "Within The Serpent's Grasp" and "Redemption Part 2," and a booby-trap bomb in "Seth."
Other Episode Crew
| • Developer | Brad Wright (1) | Jonathan Glassner |
| • Executive Producer | Jonathan Glassner | Brad Wright (1) | Richard Dean Anderson |
| • Co-Executive Producer | Michael Greenburg (1) |
| • Associate Producer | W. Michael Beard |
| • Production Designer | Richard Hudolin |
| • Editor | Allan Lee |
| • Casting | Mary Jo Slater | Paul Weber | Carol Kelsay |
| • First Assistant Director | Andy Mikita |
| • Second Assistant Director | Matthew Blecha |
| • Music | David Arnold | Joel Goldsmith |
| • Music Editor | Alex Wilkinson |
| • Music Supervisor | Richard S. Kaufman |
| • Costume Designer | Christina McQuarrie |
| • Hairstylist | Julie McHaffie |
| • Make-up | Jan Newman |
| • Key Grip | Nick Kuchera |
| • Camera Operator | Keith Thompson |
| • Set Decorator | Mark Davidson | Robert Davidson |
| • Location Manager | Leanne Arnott |
| • Transportation Coordinator | Ian "Moss" Urquhart |
| • Property Master | Dan Sissons |
| • Construction Coordinator | Thom Wells |
| • Script Supervisor | Candice Field |
| • Production Coordinator | Marion Gonneville |
| • Assistant Editor | Richard Long (2) | Doug Oke |
| • Post Production Supervisor | Michael S. McLean (1) | R. Michael Eliot |
| • Re-Recording Mixer | Paul A. Sharpe | Dean Giammarco |
| • On-Line Editor | Rick Chdock |
| • Other | John G. Lenic (Assistant to the Co-Executive Producer) | Tim Atkins (Chief Lighting Technician) | Barry Kootchin (Head Painter) | Carol Horn (Legal Counsel) | Nicole Forest (Production Accountant) | Victoria James (Production Associate) | Jacqueline Cristianini (Sound Supervision) | David Arnold (Theme) | Michelle Commens (Visual Effects Coordinator) | Nigel Hollick (Visual Effects Coordinator) | Ted Rae (Visual Effects Supervisor) | John Gajdecki (Visual Effects Supervisor) |
| • Director of Photography | Peter F. Woeste |
| • Stunt Coordinator | Scott J. Ateah |
| • Art Director | Bridgit McGuire |
| • Post Production Coordinator | Dawn Knight |
| • Production Manager | Ron French |
| • Sound Editor | Steve Smith (6) | Issac Strozberg |
| • Sound Mixer | David Cyr |
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