The first season of the
military science fiction
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television series
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''
Stargate SG-1
''Stargate SG-1'' (often stylized in all caps, or abbreviated ''SG-1'') is a military science fiction Adventure fiction, adventure television series within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate, ''Stargate'' franchise. The show, created by Brad Wrigh ...
'' commenced airing on the
Showtime
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channel in the United States on July 27, 1997, concluded on the Sci Fi channel on March 6, 1998, and contained 22 episodes. The show itself is a
spin-off from the 1994 hit movie ''
Stargate
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'' written by
Dean Devlin
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and
Roland Emmerich
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. ''Stargate SG-1'' re-introduced
supporting character
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s from the film universe, such as
Jonathan "Jack" O'Neill and
Daniel Jackson and included new characters such as
Teal'c
Teal'c of Chulak is a fictional character in the 1997 military science fiction television series '' Stargate SG-1''. Portrayed by Christopher Judge, Teal'c is a Jaffa warrior from the planet Chulak. As a Jaffa, Teal'c is a genetically modifi ...
,
George Hammond and
Samantha "Sam" Carter. The first season was about a military-science expedition team discovering how to use the ancient device, named the
Stargate
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, to explore the galaxy. However, they encountered a powerful enemy in the film named the
Goa'uld
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, who are bent on destroying
Earth
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and all who oppose them.
Ratings success
The 100-minute premiere "
Children of the Gods
"Children of the Gods" is the first episode of the military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1''. It was written by producers Jonathan Glassner and Brad Wright and was directed by Mario Azzopardi. The episode first aired on July 27, ...
", which aired on July 27, 1997 at 8 p.m, received Showtime's highest-ever ratings for a series premiere and ranked as the highest-rated original movie to premiere on Showtime at the time. The show got a 10.5 rating in Showtime's approximately 12 million U.S. households, which equaled approximately 1.5 million homes in total. Season one regular cast members included
Richard Dean Anderson
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,
Amanda Tapping
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,
Michael Shanks
Michael Garrett Shanks (born December 15, 1970) is a Canadian actor, writer and director. He is best known for his role as Daniel Jackson in the long-running military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1'' and as Charles Harris on ...
,
Christopher Judge
Douglas Christopher Judge (born October 13, 1964) is an American actor best known for playing Teal'c in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1,'' and Kratos in the 2018 video game ''God of War'' and its ...
and
Don S. Davis
Donald Sinclair "Don" Davis (August 4, 1942 – June 29, 2008) was an American character actor best known for playing General Hammond in the television series ''Stargate SG-1'' (1997–2007), and earlier for playing Major Garland Briggs on t ...
.
The series was a ratings success for Showtime. Although it received little critical response from major media publishers, ''Stargate SG-1'' was honored with numerous awards and award nominations in its first-season run. What was originally planned to be a two season long series lasted for ten seasons and became the second longest-running
science fiction
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series of all time after the original series of ''
Doctor Who
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'' (1963–1989).
Development
Production
Brad Wright
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and
Jonathan Glassner
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had worked together on the
Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer
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(MGM) television series ''
The Outer Limits'' since 1995. Wright saw a wide range of possible science fiction storylines in the original ''
Stargate
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'' (1994) film that could take place in the present day.
Meanwhile, Glassner was interested in the feature film's theme that
Ancient Egypt had been partially or completely built by aliens.
[ Upon hearing of MGM's plan to create a television spin-off series of the film, Wright and Glassner independently and unbeknownst to each other approached MGM and proposed their concept for the television series. MGM president John Symes greenlit the project on the condition that Wright and Glassner worked together as executive producers of the new show.] The show was
eventually given the name ''Stargate SG-1'' after Wright flightily agreed to Symes's pitch question if the team should be called "SG-1". MGM released posters titled ''Stargate SG-1'' within the next week without the knowledge of Wright and Glassner.
John Symes approached Michael Greenburg and Richard Dean Anderson
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of ''MacGyver
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In both po ...
'' fame.[ Although Anderson was never a real fan of the science fiction genre, he believed the original concept of a "]Stargate
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" was a good vehicle for a series. Anderson agreed to become involved with the project if his character Jack O'Neill
Jonathan J. "Jack" O'Neill is a fictional character in the MGM's military science fiction franchise ''Stargate'', primarily as one of the main characters of the television series ''Stargate SG-1''. Richard Dean Anderson played O'Neill in all th ...
was allowed significantly more comedic leeway than Kurt Russell
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's character in the feature film. He also requested ''Stargate SG-1'' to be more of an ensemble show, so that he would not be carrying the plot alone as on ''MacGyver''. The American subscription channel Showtime
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made a two-season commitment for 44 episodes in 1996.[ Principal photography began in Vancouver in February 1997.
"The First Commandment" was the first ''Stargate SG-1'' episode written by ]Robert C. Cooper
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, who would later become an executive producer and co-creator of the spin-off series ''Stargate Atlantis
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''. Paul McGillion
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Early life
McGillion was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Sco ...
, who played young Ernest Littlefield in "Torment of Tantalus", would go on to play the recurring and later main character Dr. Carson Beckett in ''Stargate Atlantis
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''. The outside scenes of "Solitudes" were filmed at Pemberton Icefield The Pemberton Icefield or Pemberton Icecap, is the southernmost of the series of very large icefields studding the Pacific Ranges of the southern Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada.
Physical Details
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.[Gibson, Thomasina (2001) Stargate SG-1 The Illustrated Companion Seasons 1 and 2. Published by Titan Books. ] The rest of the episode was filmed in the studio, which was filled with fake snow and ice and kept at a low temperature.
Production design
Lead production designer Richard Hudolin flew to Los Angeles
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, 1996 to gather material from ''Stargate
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'' for reference and found the original film prop
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stored outside in the Californian desert. Although the prop had severely disintegrated, he could take a detailed mould for ''Stargate SG-1'' production to build its own prop. The new Stargate was engineered to turn, lock the chevrons, and be computer-controlled to dial specific gate addresses. A portable Stargate prop was built for on-location shoots and required six workers and one full day to set up.[ Since visual effects are sometimes faster and cheaper,][ a computer-generated Stargate was occasionally used in on-location shoots in later seasons.][
The design of the ]Stargate Command
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(SGC) base was supposed to match the real Cheyenne Mountain complex
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as much as possible.[ The set had to be twice as high for shooting as the 22 feet tall Stargate prop, but one of Hudolin's original plans of a three-level SGC set was rejected in favor of a two-level set.][ The gateroom was the biggest room on set and could be redesigned for other scenes.] Two multi-purpose rooms were frequently redecorated into the infirmary, Daniel's lab, the cafeteria or the gym. The SGC set and all other sets from the pilot episode were constructed within six weeks in January and February 1997, incorporating some original set pieces from the feature film.
Cast and characters
The initial season had five main characters getting star billing. Richard Dean Anderson
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portrayed formerly suicidal United States Air Force
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Colonel
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Jonathan "Jack" O'Neill. Michael Shanks
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played the American Egyptologist Daniel Jackson. Both O'Neill and Jackson appeared in the 1994 film ''Stargate
''Stargate'' (often stylized in all caps) is a military science fiction media franchise based on the Stargate (film), film directed by Roland Emmerich, which he co-wrote with producer Dean Devlin. The franchise is based on the idea of an alien E ...
''. Amanda Tapping
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played astrophysicist and United States Air Force captain Samantha "Sam" Carter. Christopher Judge
Douglas Christopher Judge (born October 13, 1964) is an American actor best known for playing Teal'c in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1,'' and Kratos in the 2018 video game ''God of War'' and its ...
portrayed Teal'c
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, a Jaffa
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from Chulak and former First Prime of Apophis. Don S. Davis
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played George Hammond, the new leader of the Stargate program
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, taking over after General W.O. West. Numerous supporting characters have been given expansive and recurring appearances in the progressive storyline, including: Teryl Rothery
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as Janet Fraiser
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, Gary Jones as Chevron Guy (later identified as Walter Harriman), Jay Acovone
Jay Acovone (born August 20, 1955) is an American actor. Among his most famous roles is Charles Kawalsky in the TV series Stargate SG-1.
Personal life
Acovone was born in New York City. His family later moved to Mahopac, New York where his par ...
as Charles Kawalsky
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(portrayed by John Diehl
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in the 1994 feature film), Tom McBeath
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Biography
He appeared in an episode of ''Street ...
as Harry Maybourne
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, and Ronny Cox
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as Robert Kinsey
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In 1924, he won the U.S. National Championship men's doubles championship with his brother Howard Kinsey by defeating the Australian team of Gerald ...
, among others.
Main cast
* Starring Richard Dean Anderson
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as Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...
Jack O'Neill
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* Michael Shanks
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as Dr.
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Daniel Jackson
* Amanda Tapping
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as Captain
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Samantha Carter
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* With Christopher Judge
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as Teal'c
Teal'c of Chulak is a fictional character in the 1997 military science fiction television series '' Stargate SG-1''. Portrayed by Christopher Judge, Teal'c is a Jaffa warrior from the planet Chulak. As a Jaffa, Teal'c is a genetically modifi ...
* And Don S. Davis
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as Major General
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George Hammond
Release and reception
The original airing of "Children of the Gods
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" on Showtime featured full frontal nudity during the scene showing the possession of Sha're
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(Vaitiare Bandera
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Career
Vaitiare was a spokesperson for Miller Beer fr ...
) by Amonet. While this has never been repeated on network television and subsequent airings as well as this episode available on most streaming platforms have had the nudity cut out for syndication; it was rated R by the MPAA. The DVD, iTunes and Netflix prints of this episode retain this scene. According to Brad Wright, the Showtime network had insisted on the full frontal nudity despite Wright's vocal opposition; Wright told fan site
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GateWorld
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that he would cut the nudity scene from the 2009 direct-to-DVD
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recut of the pilot episode. The DVD version, in fact, only retains a portion of this scene, with full frontal nudity being cut and a partial syndicate friendly back nudity version used. Likely because of the nudity, the original version of this episode as well as the next two episodes of the series are the first and only ones in the series to be rated by the MPAA (it is rated R), while in the UK the episode is rated 18 by the BBFC (all other episodes have generally been rated PG, or 12, very occasionally 15). It is rated M in Australia, recommended for (but not restricted to) viewers 15 and older. The version available on iTunes and Netflix is the uncut, original version of the episode.
"Hathor" was heavily criticized, and the series' writers themselves acknowledged the episode's weakness. Later, in the Season 7 episode "Heroes (Part 1)", Dr. Fraiser is discussing Jack with the film crew and mentions "the whole Hathor incident, which we were never supposed to speak of again". "Politics", was the series' first clip show
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, it is widely regarded as one of ''Stargate SG-1s weakest episodes.
"Children of the Gods" was nominated for a Golden Reel Award in the category "Best Sound Editing – Television Movies of the Week" and the music for "Best Sound Editing – Television Episodic – Music". "The Nox" was nominated for an Emmy
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in the category "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)". "Within the Serpent's Grasp" was nominated for a Gemini Award
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in the category "Best Visual Effects". Richard Dean Anderson
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won a Saturn Award
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for Best Genre TV Actor.
Cultural references
During the production of "Solitudes", a joke was played on Richard Dean Anderson
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. Whilst filming, when O'Neill asks how Carter is getting along with unearthing the Stargate's DHD, Carter starts ranting at O'Neill for being completely "MacUseless" even though he spent seven years on ''MacGyver
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In both po ...
'', referring to Richard Dean Anderson
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's role in both shows. The prank was organized by Tapping in cooperation with the director. Similarly, in the first episode, "Children of the Gods" Carter speaks of "MacGyvering" the Stargate into operation while O'Neill rolls his eyes. The 2009 DVD version of this episode does not contain the MacGyver reference. "Politics" contains a scene that references uploading a virus to an alien mothership, alluding that the solution to the movie ''Independence Day
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'' will not work in this situation. "Within the Serpent's Grasp" contains the only scene produced especially for Showtime
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* ''Showtime'' (video), a 1995 live concert video by Blur
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, not shown on the syndicated versions. When seeing a floating metal ball, Teal'c explains "It is a Goa'uld long-range visual communication device, somewhat like your television
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, only much further advanced." In the Showtime version, O'Neill says "Think it gets Showtime?" While this scene remains in the DVD versions of the episode, syndication runs have O'Neill instead saying, "Hmm....Goa'uld TV..." (in a manner similar to that of Homer Simpson
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)
Episodes
In the United States the series broadcaster, Showtime, aired episodes 7 through 19, except 14 and 17 out of order.
Episodes in bold are continuous episodes, where the story spans over 2 or more episodes.
This is the list of episodes in order as they aired on Showtime.
References
External links
Season 1
on GateWorld
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Season 1
on IMDb
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1997 American television seasons
1998 American television seasons
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1998 Canadian television seasons