a5c7b9f00b General Hammond summons Colonel Jack O'Neill out of retirement to embark on a secret rescue mission. O'Neill confesses that he disobeyed orders to destroy the Stargate on Planet Abydos, and that scientist Daniel Jackson may still be alive. Arriving on Abydos with his team, O'Neill meets up once again with the scientist, who has discovered a giant elaborate cartouche in hieroglyphics. All signs point to the fact that this is a map of many Stargates that exist throughout the galaxy - a development that makes the dream of the SG-1 team to travel throughout the universe in time a reality. A secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore other planets through the recently discovered Stargates. Now that we've all had time to digest this series, it's clear that it will go down in history as one of the best sci-fi shows and series of all-time. Watching any season means watching quality. How many shows can you say that about regardless of genre? Usually, it takes a while for sci-fi shows to hit their mark. Next Generation and Deep Space Nine spring to mind… they were not very good during their early seasons but grew to greatness. With Stargate SG-1, it was good and grew to great. Yes, the final season seemed lacking compared to what had come before but it was still high entertainment. Overall, it saddens me that it is gone and there's take of reboot. Either continue the story or let it rest as legend. Okay, so I've been a massive fan of the whole Stargate franchise since the movie in '94 (even have the Gate address for Earth tattooed on my arm) but the following just HAS to be said. Does anyone else think that Frasier's up and coming death is a really bad idea? It's bad enough Teryl Rothery hasn't had a name on the regular credits all these years, but to kill her in a non arc-intensive mid-season two-parter? That's almost as off-handed as Daniel's death. Shouldn't the death of regular or even recurring characters be relevant to the ongoing story arcs of the show? Looking back on the last few seasons, the SG-1 crew don't exactly have a sparkling record when it comes to writing out characters - Martouf's death being one of the worst offenders. Now throw in Daniel, Share, Drey'Auc and Fraiser and it really does look grim. It amazes me somehow that only the bad guys ever get the dramatic and well thought-out deaths (Hathor in the cryo-tank, Apophis crashing into a planet, Ra being nuked, Heru-ur being set-up - Col Simmons is the only real exception to the rule, his death was lame) but the heroes don't. I mean, if Richard Dean Anderson ever leaves the show (which would probably be the last nail in the coffin for me) can you even imagine how they'd off O'Neill? I think the odds go in equal favour of either a) O'Neill contracts intergalactic syphilis from boning the latest offworld-babe-of-the-week and dies in the infirmary while grabbing his crotch in agony, or b) O'Neill dies off-screen in a freak Minnesota fishing trip accident involving a ZAT and a 3 foot long bass. Neither would totally shock me. Interesting how Jonas wasn't written out entirely in Daniel's return, shows at least a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.
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