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Enemy Mine (Stargate SG-1)

"Enemy Mine" is the 7th episode from the seventh season of military science fiction adventure television show Stargate SG-1 and is the 139th overall. It was first broadcast on July 25, 2003, on the Sci-fi Channel. The episode was written and directed by Peter DeLuise.

In the episode, a Stargate Command survey team led by Colonel Edwards (Michael Rooker) is looking to determine whether the planet they're on contains the Naqahdah mineral required for the construction of interstellar battleships, however they soon encounter a group of Unas who attack and kill one of Edwards men. In desperate need of the mineral, Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) enlists help from his old ally Chaka (Patrick Currie) to help curate a treaty.

The episode sees the return of Chaka, an Unas character first introduced in the season 4 episode "The First Ones", which was also written and directed by DeLuise. The character was last seen in the season 5 episode "Beast of Burden" having led an uprising against his human captors. The episode won a Leo Award for "Best Make-Up in a Dramatic Series".

Plot
On a distant planet, a survey team from Stargate Command led by Colonel Edwards (Michael Rooker) have determined that the site they're on contains a significant amount of an element called Naqahdah, which he reminds Major Lorne (Kavan Smith) as being crucial for Earth's production of interstellar battleships, such as the Prometheus. Meanwhile, a member of Edwards team, Lieutenant Ritter (Kirk Caouette) is conducting a geological survey some distance from the main camp when he is dragged away into the forest by an unseen being. Colonel Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) and Teal'c (Christopher Judge) of SG-1 are called in to help search for the missing lieutenant. Upon arriving, Daniel examines some artefacts uncovered by the survey team and determines that the objects in question likely belonged to an Unas. Concerned that the Unas might be the ones responsible for Ritters disappearance, Daniel appeals that Edwards shut down operations, but he refuses. Searching the forest, Teal'c and Lorne discover an Unas structure, which Teal'c believes to be a warning to stay away. The pair then locate the missing lieutenant, whose dead body has been strung up. Edwards orders his men to find the Unas responsible, much to the objection of Daniel. One of the Stargate Command search parties are soon drawn into a fight with a large group of Unas, and O'Neill, Teal'c and Daniel rush through the forest to assist. As both sides take casualties, O'Neill is thrown aside, but Daniel pleas in the Unas language for the being not to continue its attack. The Unas seemingly listens and they withdraw from the forest. Edwards argues to go after them, but O'Neill orders everyone back to Stargate Command.

Back at Stargate Command, Edwards is informed by General Vidrine (Steven Williams) that The Pentagon wants his team to head back to the planet and begin mining. Daniel manages to convince the General that with the help of Chaka, an Unas they previously encountered on another world, they might be able to settle the problem peacefully. However, General Vidrine makes it clear that they are to take whatever steps are necessary to secure the Naqahdah. Chaka (Patrick Currie) arrives at Stargate Command and he and Daniel Gate back to the planet to search for the Unas. After waiting an Unas structure, another Unas eventually arrives (Alex Zahara) and they begin discussions. Daniel learns that the land they're attempting to mine is sacred, as the Goa'uld once forced the Unas to mine the Naqahdah there, before the Unas rose up and defeated the Goa'uld. Daniel returns to the base camp and tells Edwards what he's learnt and that they shouldn't begin mining there. Edwards however tells Daniel that their new analysis of the site shows a 53,000 metric ton deposit which they aren't going to give up. Daniel contacts Stargate Command and General Vidrine tells him that the Unas population will have to be tranquilized and relocated, however Daniel still believes he can come to an agreement with the Unas and so Vidrine gives him 24 hours. Daniel and Chaka once again meet with the other Unas and eventually come to the understanding that the Unas will work the mine themselves, and in exchange Stargate Command will provide them with food. Suddenly, they hear gunfire and the three of them run towards it to investigate. An Unas has been killed by Stargate Command forces whilst trying to retrieve a necklace that he had lost in their early battle. The Unas, having heard the gunfire have assembled their forces and prepare to attack the Stargate Command forces that have now retreated back to the main base camp and are preparing to evacuate through the Stargate once more. The Unas arrive in full force and surround the camp, revealing their numbers to be unlike anything Stargate Command previously expected. Daniel once again pleads with the Unas forces that they can work together to fight the Goa'uld, and by convincing Edwards and the Stargate Command forces to lay down the weapons, the Unas relent and spare the humans.

Development and writing
Following the season five episode "Beast of Burden", Peter DeLuise, who penned the episode was keen to follow-up on the events of his story and revisit the character of Chaka. As work on season six commenced, executive producer Brad Wright also expressed his desire for the characters return and had conversations with DeLuise about bringing the character back. According to writer Joseph Mallozzi, DeLuise made his pitch for the return of Chaka, however the episode was shelved as "it didn't make sense to do an Unas or Chaka story without the Daniel character", with Dr. Daniel Jackson, played by actor Michael Shanks no longer part of the shows main cast. Following the show being renewed for a seventh season and the return of Shanks, DeLuise once again pitched the episode before then being given the go-ahead to write it.

Executive producer Robert C. Cooper explained that the question of "where are we getting our resources from? Where are we getting our naquadah?" was part of the stories inception, which DeLuise married with the return of the Unas and Chaka character. DeLuise also drew inspiration from the 1996 film The Ghost and the Darkness, in which lions attack the workers constructing a bridge, with DeLuise instead imagining the Unas as attacking Stargate Command personnel who are attempting the mine the land. Early on in the writing process, DeLuise knew that he wanted the difficulty in communicating with the Unas to be at the heart of the story, and later described "the whole episode is about communicating with beings who don't speak English, which we always gloss-over because everyone speaks English, because otherwise ever episode would be about 'what did he say?', so it's a gimme on our show that pretty much everybody speaks English". He therefore decided to expanded upon the Unas language "there's about twenty-five words or so that I made up. I tried to anticipate all the words that they would need", adding to his Unas dictionary as writing continued.

DeLuise then came up with what would be the ending of his story, the idea that an enormous army of Unas would surround and trap the humans at the mining camp from escaping through the Stargate. With his ending envisioned, the writer then set about envisioning how they reached that point. As with many of the episode throughout the season, DeLuise had to take into account the limited availability of Richard Dean Anderson, constructing a battle sequence during which O'Neill would be injured and be unable to continue leading the mission. This also gave DeLuise the opportunity to put another character in charge of the operation, which he felt would be interesting for the character of Daniel Jackson, who would not be able to rely on O'Neill, and instead have to earn the trust of the new officer in charge. At one stage the episode was known as "Hallowed Ground", before changing to "Enemy Mine", in reference to the short story and movie of the same name.

Cast
Michael Rooker guest stars as Colonel Edwards. Kavan Smith was cast as Lorne, who would eventually become a reoccurring character in spinoff series Stargate Atlantis. Smith had unsuccessfully auditioned for the part of Daniel Jackson back in 1997, and was friends with producer Michael Greenburg who had looked for a way to add Smith to the show. The actor commented that he "didn't have the best audition. I was quite surprised when they said at the end of the day, 'Yeah, we want you to do this.'" Smith described the incarnation of Lorne in "Enemy Mine" as a "surveyor-type character", with the character later being reworked to be "much more military guy". Dion Johnstone had previously portrayed the Unas character Chaka in both "Beast of Burden" and "The First Ones", but was unavailable at the time of shooting, due to rehearsals for the Stratford Festival. Instead, recurring Stargate SG-1 actor Patrick Currie was cast in the role. Currie watched "The First Ones" to study the character and described his portrayal of Chaka as "following Dion's lead and then doing my own thing with it". DeLuise decided that Chaka would be "far more sophisticated since we last saw him", and would now be "dressed in Human-type clothes" as well as also being able to speak better English. Alex Zahara, who frequently appears as different characters in the show was cast as the Unas character Iron Shirt. In order to make he character more identifiable, Iron Shirt was given a large scar across his eye and dressed in worn Jaffa armour. Zahara would go on to call the character one of his favourites to portray from his time on the show. Sean Tyson and Wycliff Hartwig also portray Unas.

Michael Gordin Shore makes his third appearance in the series, this time as Kenneth Menard, having previous portrayed a F-302 pilot in "Fragile Balance" and weapons officer in "Memento". Dean Redman was cast as Lieutenant Woeste, with Redman also having previously portrayed a number of background characters over the course of the series. Kirk Caouette portrays Lieutenant Ritter. DeLuise named many of the episodes characters after people, with Lorne named after his brother-in-law, Lorne Loder, Kenneth Menard and Woeste were named after the shows directors of photography Jim Menard and Peter Woeste, whilst Ritter was named after Kate Ritter, who had frequently interviewed the cast and crew as part of the SG-1 Explorer Unit fansite. Steven Williams returns as General Vidrine, having last appeared as the character in season four episode "Absolute Power". Dan Shea and Gary Jones reprise their roles of Siler and Technician.

Filming

As well as writing the episode, Peter DeLuise also directed, with Peter Woeste serving as the episodes director of photography. Filming took place in early May 2003, with production split between "Enemy Mine", and "Avenger 2.0". The split meant that Shanks was only sparingly featured in "Avenger 2.0", whilst Amanda Tapping only appeared as Major Samantha Carter in a single scene in "Enemy Mine". Outside of the main set at The Bridge Studios, a disused gravel pit near Mid-Valley Viewpoint in North Vancouver served as the mining base-camp on an alien planet.

As well as taking inspiration for his story from The Ghost and the Darkness, DeLuise's shot of Lieutenant Ritter being dragged away into the forest was influenced by a similar shot of a lion dragging one of the labourers away in the film. The Unas battle sequence in the woods required a lot of stunt-work, with stunt co-ordinator Dan Shea having performers James Bamford and Christopher Sayour thrown into trees using air ramps & mini-trampolines. During filming, Michael Shanks suggested to DeLuise that during Daniel Jackson's meeting with Chaka and Iron Shirt, Jackson would produce an energy bar as a callback to "The First Ones" and "Beast of Burden".

DeLuise had been inspired by the scale of the armies and crowds shown in The Lord of the Rings film series, and in his story had included large numbers of Unas, however the time and cost of applying the Unas makeup limited production to just four Unas characters in addition to Chaka. To increase the number of Unas shown onscreen at any one time, the subjects were photographed in different positions in the frame, with small adjustments being made to their costumes and makeup and then the different images were stitched together in post-production. To achieve the largest crowd shots at the end of the episode, the live photography was combined with digital crowd replication. DeLuise noted that he wanted to make sure that Alex Zahara and Patrick Currie's pronunciation of the Unas language was entirely accurate, which frequently lead to both actors breaking character during filming, with the writer-director commenting "the bloopers are so great. I really hope one day they'll let us put them on the DVDs".

Broadcast and ratings
"Enemy Mine" aired first on the Sci-fi Channel in the United States on July 25, 2003, earning a Nielsen ratings of 1.2. Although the episode was down 0.3 on the previous weeks episode, it remained Sci-fi Channel's highest rated show. Upon being syndicated in the US in November 2004, the episode earned a rating of 2.2, being viewed in approximately 2.4 million households. In the United Kingdom, the episode first aired on November 10, 2003, on Sky One and was later syndicated onto Channel 4 on October 17, 2004, where it was viewed by 2.019 million households. In Canada, the episode was first shown on Space on October 21, 2004.

Reception

Reviewing the episode for Dreamwatch, Brigid Cherry positively received the episode, calling Daniel Jackson's interactions with the Unas "powerful stuff", as well as highlighting O'Neill going head-to-head with Colonel Edwards writing "this scenario has a lot of strengths thanks to a guest appearance from Michael Rooker". David Richardson for Starburst called the episode a "mundane fare". Julia Houston for About.com called the episode "okay-but-not-great", believing that the writing was "too heavy-handed". Houston did however enjoy the earlier scenes between Daniel Jackson and Jack O'Neill, as well as the interplay between Daniel and Chaka. Keith R.A. DeCandido for Tor.com wrote that the episode provided "that the Unas still aren't interesting". Jan Vincent-Rudzki for TV Zone awarded the episode 6 out of 10 in his mixed review, believing it suffered from what he called "Star Trek syndrome" in that "everyone in authority, apart from our heroes, are complete fools".

Fan response published on fansite Gateworld was also very mixed. Contributor Alli Snow confessed he had not enjoyed any previous story about the Unas, calling previous episodes "painful" and "dull", awarding "Enemy Mine" just 1 star. Snow was critical of the pacing, lack of O'Neill, Carter and Teal'c screentime but did however appreciate DeLuise's direction and the Unas prosthetic makeup. In another published review, contributor Lex was also critical of the lack of participation from the other main cast members besides Shanks, but did call it a "wonderful character episode" and awarded it 3 stars.

Jan Newman, Todd Masters, Lise Kuhr, Rachel Griffin, Dorothee Deichmann and Mike Fields won the 2004 Leo Award for "Best Make-Up in a Dramatic Series" for their work on the episode. Other nominees included The Collector episode "The Rapper" and the Smallville episode "Exile".

Home media
"Enemy Mine", along with the episodes "Revisions", "Lifeboat" and "Space Race" were first released on Region 2 DVD on March 8, 2004, as part of the "Volume 33" standalone disc, before being released as part of the Season 7 boxset on October 19, 2004. The episodes audio commentary is provided by Gary Jones and director Peter DeLuise. After the episode aired, a deleted scene featuring Teal'c and Daniel conversing about the Unas was posted to the Sci-fi Channel website.

The episodes along with the rest of season 7 were first made available digitally in January 2008 through iTunes and Amazon Unbox. The episode, along with every other episode of the series, were made available to stream for the first time through Netflix in the USA on August 15, 2010. The episode, along with the rest of the series has been upscaled for releases on various streaming platforms and the 2020 Blu-ray release.

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Light intensity

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 * Radiant intensity, a radiometric quantity measured in watts per steradian (W/sr)
 * Luminous intensity, a photometric quantity measured in lumens per steradian (lm/sr), or candela (cd)
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Lifeboat (Stargate SG-1)

"Lifeboat" is the 6th episode from the seventh season of military science fiction adventure television show Stargate SG-1 and is the 138th overall. It was first broadcast on July 18, 2003, on the Sci-Fi Channel. The episode was written by the shows co-creator Brad Wright, and was directed by Peter DeLuise.

In the episode, SG-1 discover a crashed alien spaceship carrying hundreds of people who have are frozen in stasis pods. Whilst exploring, the team are knocked unconscious and upon awakening discover that several of the ships passengers have somehow been downloaded into Daniel Jackson's (Michael Shanks) body.

Due to his father passing away, Richard Dean Anderson was not present during the original filming of the episode, with all of his scenes being filmed separately after filming the episode had otherwise been completed. Michael Shanks, who portrays Dr. Daniel Jackson, won a Leo Award in the category "Dramatic Series: Best Lead Performance - Male" for his performance in the episode, whilst Teryl Rothery was nominated for a Leo Award in the category "Dramatic Series: Best Supporting Performance - Female" for her performance as Dr. Janet Fraiser in the episode.

Plot
While exploring an alien planet, SG-1 finds a crashed alien space ship and onboard they discover hundreds of people frozen in stasis pods. Colonel Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) orders a headcount and the team split up. Soon Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) discovers a pod that has failed, when suddenly a bright burst of energy courses throughout the ship knocking SG-1 unconscious. Teal'c (Christopher Judge) recovers first and then soon locates O'Neill and Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) who are both fine, however they soon locate Jackson who is hysterical upon seeing his teammates. The team bring Jackson back to Stargate Command, where he becomes enraged and claims that he is the Sovereign of Talthus, and that his name is in fact Martice. Dr. Janet Fraiser (Teryl Rothery) conducts an EEG of Jackson which suggests he is in a coma whilst a number of personalities now appear to inhabit his body.

Through the different personalities, Dr. Fraiser learns that the people they found are passengers of a ship called Stromos, which was bound for a world called Ardena. One of the personalities belonging to a young and fearful boy named Keenin explains that they boarded the ship to escape the destruction of their homeworld. Another personality, Tryan, who is one of the ships engineers tells them that the passengers are stored in a cyrosleep and that each persons consciousness has been uploaded to a memory module to avoid deteriorating during the long voyage. He also informs Dr. Fraiser that there is no way to separate the cryosleeper from its consciousness or send it to any other than its corresponding body — unless that person dies. Believing that someone may have awoken from cyrosleep and caused this, Carter and Teal'c head back to the crashed Stromos to search for the guilty party.

On board the Stromos, Teal'c captures Pharrin (James Parks), who tells Teal'c and Carter that he was awoken from cyrosleep after the ship crashed. With the ship, including its cyrosleep pods and memory module are all losing power Pharrin decided to bypass its safety failsafes and confesses to using Daniel as a lifeboat to host some of the souls once stored in the ships memory. He also reveals that he too is hosting a number of other passengers in order to keep them alive. Carter offers Pharrin help in powering their ship and saving their race in exchange for restoring Daniel, but Pharrin informs them that his own son, Keenin is now being kept alive in Daniel Jackson.

Back at Stargate Command, Pharrin has agreed to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to save his people, restoring Daniel Jackson and permanently removing the other souls from inside of him. However, the Sovereign Martice comes to the forefront of Daniel's body and orders Pharrin not to make any sacrifice. The personalities controlling Daniel shift again, and Pharrin's son Keenin emerges and the two are able to share a final goodbye. Daniel is taken to the Stromos and Pharrin restores him, with Pharrin taking the souls into his own mind. The ship restored, they can continue their journey to a new world.

Development and writing

Series co-creator and former executive producer Brad Wright made the decision during the shows sixth season that should the show be picked up for a seventh, he would take a "sabbatical" in order to continue developing a potential spinoff series, Stargate Atlantis, making Robert C. Cooper as executive producer. After SG-1 was renewed, Wright sat in on early meetings for the seventh season, but soon left his office at The Bridge Studios, limiting his involvement to just phoning Cooper "almost daily - or at least a few times each week" which Wright described as "almost a courtesy call to let me know what was going on, as much as it was for the occasional piece of advise". Wright did however want to pen "a few episodes", which would ultimately end up being "Lifeboat" and the season finale "Lost City", which he co-wrote with Cooper. Originally referred to as "Voices", Wright had first outlined the idea for the episode in 2002 during the writing of the shows sixth season, however the absence of Michael Shanks, who had left the shows main cast, meant that the episode was shelved. Co-producer and writer Joseph Mallozzi explained "because of the type of story it was, it only worked with the Daniel character, which was why when Daniel came back, Brad dusted off the pitch and wrote the script", with it eventually being retitled to "Lifeboat".

In the episode, twelve different personalities are downloaded into Daniel Jackson's (Michael Shanks) body, three of which are concentrated on: Tryan, who is a loyal engineer on board the Stromos, Martice - the Sovereign leader, and Keenin - who is a young boy. Shanks wanted to make sure all of the different characters he would portray were "clearly defined" as "structurally, they all had to be certain extremities", however the schedule constraints of the show meant Shanks did not have much time in order to flesh the characters out. In order to make the different characters stand out, Shanks used a number of different methods in constructing his performances, looking to "attach a recognisable quirk or trait to each of them" as well as borrowing "from other different shows that I had watched".  Shanks initial idea for playing Martice was based around Ralph Fiennes depiction of Amon Göth in the 1993 film Schindler's List, with Shanks giving the character a thick German accent. This was eventually changed more towards what Shanks described as a faux-British accent, inspired somewhat by Patrick Stewart. Tryan, the ships engineer was inspired by Jack Lemmon's character Jack Godell from the 1979 film The China Syndrome. For the character of Keenin, Shanks decided to base his performance on that of actor Ryan Drescher's, who would be portraying the character in flashback sequences. Shanks felt Drescher "had given such an interesting read" and studied his audition tapes, attempting to copy certain mannerisms that he was able to find in his performance and apply them to his own depiction of the character.

Teryl Rothery returns as Dr. Janet Fraiser. James Parks portrays the character of Pharrin and Ryan Drescher plays Keenin, who is Pharrin's son, both who are passengers on board the Stromos. Frequent background actor Dean Redman had originally been cast to portray Tryan, but had to pull out due to another job. According to director of the episode Peter DeLuise, this would have been Redman's first speaking role and that Redman was "mortified" that he could not do it, but DeLuise instead gave him a speaking role in the episode "Enemy Mine". DeLuise instead auditioned background actors on the day, reportedly by going from table to table during a lunch break, asking the extras to recite the line 'Compartment is secure, sir' in a Boston accent and eventually arriving at actor Travis Webster who DeLuise awarded the part to. Gary Jones and Dan Shea reprise their roles as technician and Siler. Kimberly Unger, Rob Hayter, Colin Corrigan and Fraser Aitcheson all portray Stargate Command personnel. Peter DeLuise cameos as a man in a status pod.

Design and filming
For the interior of the crashed alien spaceship Stromos, production designer Bridget McGuire explained "After doing a very stark Sci-Fi type of set in "Revisions", I wanted to go completely in the other direction and create a space that was more traditional and warm, almost Jules Verne-like". Originally, the Stromos interior was expected to feature far less, with only four pages of the script taking place there and only calling for a set wall that would be covered in suspended animation pods. After rewrites, around twelve pages of the script would take place on board the Stromos set, and therefore far more of the ship would need to be seen. In order to not have to build a far larger set, Rodrigo Segovia designed the pods on wheels, constructing around 20 pods total which could be easily moved into different configurations, to give the impression of different rooms and corridors on board the ship. Parts of the interior were then extended using matte paintings. Once background actors were put inside the pods DeLuise recalled that one extra had a panic attack from the enclosed space, whilst another fell asleep.

Whilst not usually the case, in order to help with Shanks' portrayal of multiple personalities DeLuise tried where possible to shoot the episode in chronological order. Richard Dean Anderson was not available for the majority of the episode due to his father passing away. In order to still feature Jack O'Neill, Anderson's stand-in Bill Nykolite was used where possible, whilst DeLuise limited his use of wider group shots. Filming had been otherwise completed by the time Anderson returned to work, with the rest of the cast moving on to other episodes, therefore DeLuise filmed all of Anderson's scenes separately so he could be inserted into the episode. Where possible, DeLuise had cast members return to read with Anderson, however most of Anderson's scenes were filmed either alone or with stand-ins. As so much of the episode would take place in a single observation room on the Stargate Command set at The Bridge Studio and feature just the characters of Daniel Jackson and Janet Fraiser, DeLuise considered it a difficult episode to shoot. In order to "make it interesting for the viewer" DeLuise, who would normally spend much more time blocking but instead allowed Shanks and Rothery to move around the set much more freely, with DeLuise keeping the camera locked on them. DeLuise and Director of Photography Peter Woeste also opted to light just the actors in the observation room scene, giving the impression of a dark, black room. DeLuise had Teryl Rothery play some of her scenes with Michael Shanks in different ways. In one take, Rothery described having "Janet blow her stack, which is quite rare because she is usually very contained and in control", whilst in other takes were not as heated. For some of the shots of characters watching Daniel Jackson and Janet Fraiser from the observation rooms gallery, DeLuise took influence from the film The Rock, panning from a live video feed of Jackson and Fraiser on a monitor, to the characters in the room itself. For some of the most abrupt, rapid personality changes between that Michael Shanks was portraying, DeLuise took inspiration for his filming and editing from the way Gollum/Sméagol was sometimes shown in The Lord of the Rings film series, making quick, close-up cuts between camera angles.

Broadcast and ratings
The episode was first broadcast on July 18, 2003, on the Sci-Fi Channel in the United States, earning a Nielson rating of 1.7 and remained the networks highest-rated program. The episode was first syndicated on US television on January 3, 2005, where it earned a 2.0 household rating, attracting approximately 2.2 million viewers. In the United Kingdom the episode was first shown on Sky One on November 3, 2003, attracting 670,000 viewers and was the channels seventh most popular program that week. The episode was first syndicated to Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2004, attracting 1.975 million viewers. In Canada, the episode was first shown on Space on October 14, 2004.

Reception
Reviewing for About.com, Julia Houston called the episode "certainly enjoyable, if a little forgettable", applauding what she felt was a return to a more "classic" style SG-1 episode of "visiting planets and having adventures". Houston praised the episode for centering "nicely on Daniel Jackson in a role that lets Michael Shanks show off his impressive range", but felt it was similar to the season two episode "Holiday", as well as the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Masks". Jan Vincent-Rudzki for TV Zone praised Michael Shanks acting performance in the episode, but was critical of the lack of urgency displayed "despite the fact that there seems to be a time limit on how long these 'souls' can stay in Daniel". Vincent-Rudzki awarded the episode 6 out of 10.

Chris Allcock of Den of Geek hailed Michael Shanks performance in the episode, calling it a "tour de force for the actor to showcase his dramatic range", going on to also praise Teryl Rothery who he believed "more than rises to the challenge of matching Shanks's performance". Allcock placed the episode 18th on his list of the 25 Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1, writing "this episode stands tall on the strength of its talent, rather than its script or ideas". WhatCulture noted "Lifeboat" as one of the "stand-out episodes" of the season. Writing for Tor.com, Keith R.A. DeCandido negatively received the episode, writing "like “Legacy” in season 3, spends too much time as an acting exercise for Michael Shanks and not enough as an interesting story". Writing for Starburst, although David Richardson noted the premise was a "sci-fi cliché" he enjoyed the episode, proclaiming that it "boasts superb work from Shanks".

Writing for Stargate fansite Gateworld, Ali Snow acknowledged that whilst using possession as a storytelling device was something the show had frequently explored, he felt this episode was "far more poignant" than previous stories. Snow praised the "superbly handled" performances of Michael Shanks and Teryl Rothery, although did feel that some of the split personality scenes were "a bit overdone".

Actor Michael Shanks, who portrays Dr. Daniel Jackson won the Leo Award for "Dramatic Series: Best Lead Performance - Male" for his performance in the episode. Other nominees for the category included Matthew Bennett for his performance in Cold Squad, as well as Nicolas Campbell, Ian Tracey and Donnelly Rhodes for their performances in Da Vinci's Inquest. Teryl Rothery was also nominated for "Best Supporting Performance by a Female" in the 2004 Leo Awards for her performance as Dr. Janet Fraiser in the episode, with Carly Pope winning the award for her performance on The Collector.

Home media
"Lifeboat", along with the episodes "Revisions", "Enemy Mine" and "Space Race" were first released on Region 2 DVD on March 8, 2004, as part of the "Volume 33" standalone disc, before being released as part of the Season 7 boxset on October 19, 2004. The episodes audio commentary is provided by director Peter DeLuise and director of photography Peter Woeste.

The episodes along with the rest of season 7 were first made available digitally in January 2008 through iTunes and Amazon Unbox. The episode, along with every other episode of the series, were made available to stream for the first time through Netflix in the USA on August 15, 2010. The episode, along with the rest of the series has been upscaled for releases on various streaming platforms and the 2020 Blu-ray release.

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Georg Bühler

Professor Johann Georg Bühler (19 July 1837 – 8 April 1898) was a German scholar of ancient Indian languages and law.

Early life and education
Bühler was born to Rev. Johann G. Bühler in Borstel, Hanover, attended grammar school in Hanover, where he mastered Greek and Latin, then university as a student of theology and philosophy at Göttingen, where he studied classical philology, Sanskrit, Zend, Persian, Armenian, and Arabic. In 1858 he received his doctorate in eastern languages and archaeology; his thesis explored the suffix -tês in Greek grammar. That same year he went to Paris to study Sanskrit manuscripts, and in 1859 onwards to London, where he remained until October 1862. This time was used mainly for the study of the Vedic manuscripts at the India Office and the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. While in England, Bühler was first a private teacher and later (from May 1861) assistant to the Queen's librarian in Windsor Castle.

Academic career
In Fall 1862 Bühler was appointed assistant at the Göttingen library; he moved there in October. While settling in, he received an invitation via Prof. Max Müller to join the Benares Sanskrit College in India. Before this could be settled, he also received (again via Prof. Müller) an offer of Professor of Oriental Languages at the Elphinstone College, Bombay (now Mumbai). Bühler responded immediately and arrived in Bombay on 10 February 1863. Noted Sanskrit and legal scholar Kashinath Trimbak Telang was then a student at the college. In the next year Bühler became a Fellow of Bombay University and member of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. He was to remain in India until 1880. During this time he collected a remarkable number of texts for the Indian government and the libraries of Berlin, Cambridge University, and Oxford University.

In the year 1878 he published his translations of the Paiyalachchhi, the oldest Prakrit dictionary, with glossary and translation. He also took responsibility for the translation of the Apastamba, Dharmasutra etc. in Professor Max Müller's monumental compilation and translation, the Sacred Books of the East, vols. 2, 14, and 25.

In 1880 he returned to Europe and taught as a professor of Indian philology and archeology at the University of Vienna, where he worked until the end of his life. On 8 April 1898 Bühler drowned in Lake Constance, under somewhat mysterious circumstances. Contemporary accounts mostly attributed it to an accident, but it has been speculated that it was a suicide motivated by Bühler's connections to a scandal involving his former student Alois Anton Führer.

Selected publications

 * Prakrit dictionary Paiyalacchinamamala ("Beiträge zur Kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen", Göttingen 1878)
 * Erklärung der Ashokainschriften ("Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenländischen Gesellschaft", 1883–1893)
 * The roots of the Dhatupatha not found in literature ("Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes", 1894)
 * On the origin of the Kharosthi alphabet (ibid. 1895)
 * Digest of Hindu law cases (1867–1869; 1883)
 * Panchatantra with English notes ("The Bombay sanscrit series", 1868; 1891)
 * Apastambiya Dharmasutra (1868–1871; 1892–1894)
 * Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts from Gujarat (4 vol., 1871–1873)
 * Dachakumaracharita, with English notes ("Sanscrit series" no. 10, 1873, 1887; II, with P. Peterson)
 * Vikramankacharita with an introduction (1875)
 * Detailed report of a tour in Kashmir (1877)
 * Sacred laws of the Aryas (I, 1879; II, 1883; vols. 2 and 14, "The Sacred Books of the East")
 * Third book of sanscrit (1877; 1888)
 * Leitfaden für den Elementarcursus des Sanskrit (1883)
 * Inscriptions from the caves of the Bombay presidency ("Archaeological reports of Western India", 1883)
 * Paleographic remarks on the Horrinzi palmleaf manuscript ("Anecdota oxoniensia", 1884)
 * The laws of Manu translated ("The Sacred Books of the East", vol. 25, 1886)
 * Translation of the Dhauli and Jaugada versions of the Ashoka edicts ("Archeological reports of Southern India", vol. I, 1887)
 * On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet (German 1895, English 1898)

In the Schriften der Wiener Akademie der Wissenschaften:

 * Über eine Sammlung von Sanskrit- und Prakrit-Handschriften (1881)
 * Über das Zeitalter des Kashmirischen Dichters Somadeva (1885)
 * Über eine Inschrift des Königs Dharasena von Valabhi (1886)
 * Über eine neue Inschrift des Gurjara königs Dadda II (1887)
 * Über eine Sendrakainschrift
 * Über die indische Sekte der Yainas
 * Über das Navasahasankacharita des Padmagupta (1888, with Th. Zachariae)
 * Über das Sukrtasamkirtana des Arisimha (1889)
 * Die indischen Inschriften und das Alter der indischen Kunstpoesie (1890)
 * Indian studies: I. The Jagaducarita of Sarvananda, a historical romance from Gujarat (1892); II. Contributions to the history of the Mahabharata (with J. Kirste); III. On the origin of the Brahmi alphabet (1895)

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Revisions (Stargate SG-1)

"Revisions" is the 5th episode from the  seventh season of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 and is the 137th episode overall. It was first broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel on July 11, 2003. The episode was written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie and was directed by Martin Wood.

In the episode, Stargate Command discovers a civilization living in a seemingly perfect dome on an otherwise toxic, unliveable planet. After making contact, SG-1 learn that the inhabitants are all neurologically connected to a central computer known as The Link, from which they can access any information, at any time. Believing everything is not as it seems, Major Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) learns from one of the inhabitants, Pallan (Christopher Heyerdahl), about their technology, whilst Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) attempts to find out more about planets history and the dome's creation.

The writers pitched the episode as a standalone story, that would not rely on any of the greater mythology of the show, whilst hoping to recapture the team-driven exploration stories found in earlier seasons of Stargate SG-1.

Plot
Stargate Command makes contact with a planet with a toxic atmosphere, on which a strange dome exists. The MALP probe is able to enter the dome, where inside they see a beautiful landscape. SG-1 journey to the planet and after discovering the dome has a breathable landscape soon encounter a young boy named Nevin (Liam Ranger). Nevin takes the team to his town to meet his father, Kendrick (Peter Lacroix) who sends them to their ruling council. There, SG-1 learn that the townspeople are all connected through a neural interface to a large library of knowledge, which they can access at any time, known as the link. Interested to learn more about the inhabitants, the team stay in the town overnight, with Colonel O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and Teal'c (Christopher Judge) staying with Kendrick and Nevin, who becomes enthralled in the idea of becoming an explorer. Meanwhile, Major Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Dr. Jackson (Michael Shanks) stay with Pallan (Christopher Heyerdahl), a technician who maintains the dome and his wife Evalla (Tiffany Lyndall-Knight). They discuss the premise and concept of the Link, even offering Daniel a chance at accessing the huge pool of knowledge. During the night, unbeknownst to SG-1 or the townspeople, a woman from the ruling council awakens and exits the protective dome.

In the morning, Pallan shows Sam the control room for the Link while Evalla takes Daniel to the unused library. While Sam looks at the control interfaces of the Link, the monitors suddenly flash some strange code and every person in the city suddenly stop for a few seconds, staring blankly into space as the council had, then continue on, as if nothing happened. SG-1 offers the council the option of relocation, to which they dismiss. Daniel then inquires about the woman who was on the council when they last met, to which they rebuke the idea of ever having a woman on the council. Afterwards, Sam interfaces with the Link through a laptop and suddenly becomes alarmed with several problems Pallan is unaware of. Yet, after Sam tries to convince of impending danger, Pallan will not believe his instruments lie. After agreeing to take Nevin and Kendrick to another world, Teal'c and O'Neill soon discover that the MALP is missing, with Sam determining that the dome is losing integrity and collapsing in on itself. Evalla suddenly leaves Daniel, who despite following, soon loses track of her.

After going to retrieve the hazmat suits, O'Neill and Teal'c encounter Nevin who brings them to a building, which he claims is his home. Kendrick and Nevin are entirely unaware that they have moved house and also deny having ever asked to go to another world with O'Neill and Teal'c. Daniel makes the discovery that there were once some 100,000 people living in the dome, whilst Sam determines that the power-supply is failing and the Link is killing off inhabitants and altering the memories of those left in order to preserve the rest of the population and dome as long as possible. Unable to convince Pallan, who cannot even remember his wife Evalla, Sam forcefully removes the Link device from him. As the rest of the population, now fully controlled by the link move to surround O'Neill and Teal'c, Pallan is able to reprogram the Link to erase all knowledge of SG-1, causing the inhabitants to stand down. The townspeople remove their links and over the following days are helped to relocate to another world by Stargate Command.

Development and casting

The episode was written by writing duo & co-executive producers Paul Mullie and Joseph Mallozzi. During the episodes development, it was originally known as "Bubble World" and was pitched as a standalone episode that did not rely on any of the ongoing story arcs or greater mythology of the show. According to Mullie, the genesis of the story had been "kicking around in different versions for a couple of years". The duos original pitch was for a far darker story, however, executive producer Robert C. Cooper steered them in a different direction. After putting the story to the rest of the writing staff, a number of changes were made; the character name Evanna was changed to Evalla, with Mallozzi commenting that "Evanna reminds Paul of Ivana Trump", whilst the young boy, who was originally called Aidan was instead changed to be Nevin and Parlan became Pallan. Writing the script, Mallozzi and Mullie constructed the dialog in their typical manner "throwing out variations on lines, different attacks on the respective scenes", with the complete process taking some 2 weeks to complete, whilst also working on other stories and their responsibilities as producers on the show. As the pair were drafting, Mallozzi commented that a detail regarding the way in which the "computer reboots the system" initially caused their entire story to unravel under scrutiny, but was fixed by giving additional detail on the parameters of the computer in the story. In an earlier draft of the story, Daniel Jackson would have tried on the link and had his memories altered; with the team having to try and get through to him in the episodes climax. Mallozzi explained that this was taken out of the story as "it seemed highly unlikely that they would risk connecting to that alien device before having it thoroughly tested first".

Director Martin Wood noted that a number of changes were made to the story due to budget constraints and Richard Dean Anderson's reduced schedule, with the original intention that the scenes involving O'Neill and Teal'c being perused around the town by the inhabitants would take place at night. Additionally, the final scene of the show would have originally involved the entire team talking to Pallan and the other townspeople, but this was reduced to just Sam and Pallan. Mallozzi later commented that it was a rare script for him, in that he knew exactly where he wanted to the end the episode, with "a final moment in which one of the characters asks Carter to tell him about the wife he no longer remember". Discussing the original, darker concept for the episode, Mallozzi expressed his reluctance to reveal the "shocking conclusion" that he originally envisioned, "because the story we ended up with was so different that I'd love to repurpose it given some future opportunity", later stating that he might adapt the original pitch into an episode of his series Dark Matter.

"Revisions" marks the first appearance of Christopher Heyerdahl in the franchise, playing Pallan in this episode. After being cast in the episode, Heyerdahl and director Martin Wood realised they were neighbours and went on to become friends. The following year, Heyerdahl was cast as Halling, a reoccurring character on spinoff Stargate Atlantis and would later play another reoccurring character nicknamed "Todd". Heyerdahl, along with Amanda Tapping also went on to star in Sanctuary together, with Wood producing. Peter LaCroix was cast as Kendrick, with director Martin Wood commenting that he felt enough time had passed since LaCroix previously played the Goa'uld Ashrak in the season 2 episode "In the Line of Duty". Liam Ranger portrays the character of Nevin, whilst Tiffany Knight plays Evalla, having previously portrayed a Jaffa in "Within the Serpent's Grasp" and La Moor in "Touchstone". Gary Jones reprises his role of Walter Harriman. Episode director Martin Wood cameos as a Stargate Command technician, as does writer-director Peter DeLuise. Shank's stand-in Finn Michael portrays both Daniel Jackson and a councilman.

Design
Location manager Lynn Smith began scouting for locations whilst Mullie and Mollozzi were still writing their script. Mullie commented that they wanted the location to convey an aura that the world was "too good to be true", with Mullie elaborating "we wanted to create a kind of mini-perfect, almost Disneyland-esque little village". The team discovered and secured use of an amusement park, Fantasy Gardens in Richmond, British Columbia for the episode. Mallozzi commented that the location worked perfectly as it "looks like a place that has no reason to exist, but it actually does", going on to note that "it looks so fake. But we wanted it to look fake". When dressing the set, the production team were careful to make sure that there were no photographs or portraits used for decoration in order to further the idea that the inhabitants would have no idea that people were disappearing from the dome. Costume designer Christina McQuarrie dressed the inhabitants of the alien world with very little colour in any of the outfits, as well as making the garments very form-fitting and smart. Wood wanted this to contrast the colourful world and also give the impression that they weren't technologically advanced, as well as making them look creepy and unusual. A big discussion point during production meetings was whether or not to show the Link that was controlling the inhabitants, ultimately opting for a small removable implant that would sit on the side of the subjects face.

The computer core was created back on a soundstage. Director Martin Wood gave production designer Bridget McGuire the brief of creating a space with lots of plexiglass and "things we don't see" in the alien village itself. McGuire continued the red brick aesthetic found at Fantasy Gardens at the entrance of the room, then looked to create a space that contrasted "the quaintness of the village", opting for a "very futuristic, shiny and quite stark" look. Art director Peter Bodnarus explained that they reworked "honey-coomb looking creates and turning them into our idea of a self-replicating building block-type of alien world" for the walls of the structure. New addition to the production design team, Rodrigo Segovia commented that creating the centre console for the room was his "trial by fire" and that they wanted to create a piece that was "a standalone piece, yet had to fully integrate with the rest of the set elements".

The exterior of the alien dome was created on the sound stage at Norco Studio, dressed to look like building ruins. A combination of heavy backlighting and smoke was then used to create the allusion of the world being sulfurous. Wood's intention was the SG-1 to "walk up to the side of a great, blue dome" which would be computer-generated in post-production. Visual effects supervisor James Tichenor noted that the exterior of the dome and subsequent pass-through was one of the trickier effects of the first part of season 7, commenting that "usually, you don't want any smoke in your effects shots -- when you put in the CG, how to you match the smoke levels to the rest of the plate". Tichenor had considered filming the scene without smoke against a greenscreen, however the camera placement for the scene made it prohibitive to do so. As production was running three different main unit crews simultaneously that day, each shooting different episodes, the faces of team were obscured by the hazmat suits, allowing the lead-actors stand-ins to portray the roles of SG-1, including Dan Shea standing in for O'Neill and Finn Michael for Jackson and Herbert Duncanson for Teal'c.

Filming and post-production
Filming at Fantasy Gardens took place in March 2003 and was 1 of 3 episode being filmed simultaneously by production at the time. Directed by Martin Wood, with director of photography Jim Menard, filming presented a number of challenges for production. The gardens of Fantasy Gardens were surrounded by a highway, which made them mostly unusable due to noise, so a second location, VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver also had to be used for scenes outside of the alien town. Many of the buildings within Fantasy Gardens were only façades, with only a small number of rooms big enough for the productions requirements. As such, many of the rooms were redressed to serve as multiple locations, as were the exterior streets. The location also featured a Christian church, which despite Wood's attempt to obscure from view, ended up briefly appearing in the finished episode.

As the town at Fantasy Gardens was far smaller than the alien world imagined in the script, director Martin Wood wanted to try and make the location appear larger than it actually was in camera. Wood placed an emphasis on using crane shots, often looking down onto the village and the characters, whilst also predominately opting to use wide-angle camera lenses, not using anything longer than 25mm. He hoped this would keep the audience "off-centred" and give the impression the town was far larger. Additionally, Wood tried to keep the camera moving during scenes, using "creeping" movements in an attempt to make the audience feel uncomfortable, as if "something isn't quite right". As the episode would not be spending much time at any of the established locations, Wood gave Menard free rein when deciding on the lighting and use of colour for episode. Menard relied on more bright and saturated colour grading for many of the daytime scenes, whilst noting that particularly for the night shots he "keyed the whole place with primary colours, so that the shadows and the layers are actually three different colours", with the intent of reflecting the fact that the village was surrounded by a projection. Wood noted that the original cut of the story was around 7 minutes too-long.

Broadcast and reception
"Revisions" was first broadcast on July 11, 2003 on the Sci-Fi Channel in the United States. According to Nielsen ratings, the episode had a 1.5 household rating. In the United Kingdom, the episode was first shown on Sky One on October 27, 2003 and drew an estimated 780,000 viewers, making it Sky One's 8th most popular broadcast that week.

Jan Vincent-Rudzki for TV Zone positively received the episode, awarding it 8/10 in what they described as "what may be the most horrific episode of Stargate SG-1 to date". The reviewer felt that the horror of the episode was well underplayed and appreciated that the computer controlling the population "is just that", rather than a device that "Sam, or perhaps O'Neill has to argue with and make it realize the error of its ways", drawing parallels to the program from Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Darren Rea for Sci-fi Online hailed the episode as "one of the most visually stunning episodes of this season to date", praising the episode for revisiting the series earlier format of more standalone "planet and alien race of the week", calling it a "welcome change of pace".

Writing for SFX, Jayne Dearsley awarded the episode 3 out of 5 stars, commenting "this is about as average as an episode of Stargate can get, although that's not necessarily a bad thing". Dearsley praised the effects, locations and costume design but was critical that "O'Neill bonds with a little kid for about the millionth time in the history of Stargate". The reviewer went on to list all the times that members of SG-1 have bonded with children and suggested "having a kid that none of them like, none of them bond with and no-one cares about for once".

Of the reviews featured on fan website GateWorld, one contributor commented that despite the episode seemingly trying to return to the team-based exploration stories found in the earlier years of SG-1, "Revisions" "didn't quite manage to capture the old magic". A lack of any real danger or tension was one of main criticisms, whilst the team dynamic between Jack & Teal'c was highlighted by the author for providing "light-hearted moments" and Sam & Daniel "doing what they do best". Co-writer of the episode, Joseph Mallozzi included the episode amongst a list of what he believed to be the 10 most underrated episodes of the Stargate franchise.

Home media
"Revisions", along with subsequent episodes "Lifeboat", "Enemy Mine" and "Space Race" were first released on Region 2 DVD on March 8, 2004 as part of the "Volume 33" standalone disc, before being released as part of the Season 7 boxset on October 19, 2004. A "SG-1 Directors Series: Revisions" is included amongst the DVD's special features, providing a behind the scenes look at the film of the episode, whilst the DVD audio commentary was provided by Michael Shanks, director Martin Wood and director of photography Jim Menard.

The episodes along with the rest of season 7 were first made available digitally in January 2008 through iTunes and Amazon Unbox. The episode, along with every other episode of the series, were made available to stream for the first time through Netflix in the USA on August 15, 2010. Along with the rest of the series, the episode has been upscaled for releases on various streaming platforms and the 2020 Blu-ray release.

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Orpheus (Stargate SG-1)

"Orpheus" is the 4th episode from the seventh season of military science fiction adventure television show Stargate SG-1 and is the 136th overall. It was first broadcast on June 27, 2003, on the Sci-Fi Channel. The episode was written and directed by Peter DeLuise.

In this episode, following one of SG-1's missions to another world through the Stargate, Teal'c (Christopher Judge) is seriously injured. No longer able to rely on the healing powers of his symbiote, Teal'c struggles with his rehabilitation and believes he has become weak. Meanwhile, Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) is struggling to piece together memories from his time as ascended being but fears that Teal'c's son Rya'c and mentor Bra'tac are in trouble.

The episode deals with the repercussions of the season six episode "The Changeling", which sees Teal'c lose his symbiote.

Plot
SG-1, who have been on a mission off-world, have dialed the Stargate to Earth and advised General Hammond (Don S. Davis) that they're under attack and are preparing to retreat through the gate to Stargate Command. Personnel in the gate room brace themselves, as Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping), Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) and then Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) all rush out of the gate. Teal'c (Christopher Judge) is the last to arrive, but before Stargate's iris is closed and able to prevent their attackers from following, an enemy Jaffa soldier manages to come through and before being killed is able to shoot Teal'c.

Teal'c wakes up in the infirmary where Dr. Fraiser (Teryl Rothery) informs him that he was shot directly where his Goa'uld symbiote once was and as a result has suffered spinal damage. After Daniel visits a taciturn Teal'c, who is reluctant to talk. As Daniel leaves the infirmary he hears mysterious voices. Some time later, Teal'c trains for his recovery while Daniel and Sam work out. They notice that Teal'c is rigorously training, perhaps too much, but he ignores their concerns. After making a full recovery, Teal’c begins to train more than ever, yet remains uncharacteristically taciturn. In the meantime, Sam and Daniel look over Stargate addresses because Daniel feels an inclination to recover a lost memory. He only knows it's connected with the wormhole generated by the Stargate. When he and Jack visit Teal'c, he finally reveals that his reticent attitude is due to a weakness felt due to use of the Tretonin, and his teammates can offer no consolation.

To help himself remember, Daniel asks Teal'c to teach him Kelno'reem, a Jaffa meditation which aids in uncovering a memory regarding Rya'c (Neil Denis) and Bra'tac (Tony Amendola) who, together with other Jaffa, are working as slaves on an unknown world. Because Teal'c has no knowledge of this place, SG-1 contacts Rak'nor (Obi Ndefo) to assist in their plight. In the meantime, Rya'c and Bra'tac witness an execution, at the hands of a Goa'uld serving Jaffa Commander (David Richmond-Peck), of several slaves too weak to work. At Stargate Command, Rak'nor identifies the planet as Erebus, a world controlled by the Goa'uld System Lord Ba'al where prisoners are forced to mine materials for the construction of Goa'uld Ha'tak motherships. Rak'nor also tells them that Erebus' Stargate is protected by an energy shield, which Daniel recalls how to penetrate in another visions.

SG-1 along with Rak'nor and other Stargate Command forces embark on a rescue mission to Erebus, securing a position on a hillside looking down into the labor camp. During the night, Teal'c and Rak'nor sneak into the camp but are betrayed, captured, and tortured. The rest of SG-1, unable to do anything, decide to create a diversion. Sam and Daniel use a Ring Transporter to gain access to the nearby Ha'tak, which is under construction to place C-4, but cannot get to the Ring Transporter, which is under heavy guard. In the meantime, Teal'c enlightens Bra'tac and Rya'c about their plans to flee and the word is spread among the fellow Jaffa held prisoner in the camp. Rya'c is caught spreading the word by the prison guards, and is scheduled for execution when Teal'c begs to take his place. However, before he is killed, the C-4 explodes, plunging the mothership to the ground. The Jaffa Commander swiftly orders his Jaffa to the ship when they are deftly ambushed by the SG teams. As the Jaffa slaves rebel against their captors, Teal'c is able to kill the Jaffa Commander, and SG-1 and their allies take control of the camp before returning to Stargate Command. As Teal'c and Daniel meditate together they agree that for the first time they feel that they are involved in something important and that they belong in the Stargate Command.

Development and writing

In the season seven opening episode, "Fallen", Dr. Daniel Jackson, portrayed by Michael Shanks returned to the show as a main character, having been reduced to a reoccurring role in season six. With the character having died and ascended to a high plain of existence in the season five episode "Meridian", he is ultimately "cast out" by the other ascended beings following his attempt to prevent Anubis from using his super-weapon in "Full Circle", and is stripped of his powers, memories and returned to flesh and blood. Following Daniel's return to human form, it was the suggestion of writer and co-producer Paul Mullie that there should be some "residual memories" from Daniel's time as an ascended being. Mullie felt that it was a "requirement of the season in that we had some issues to deal with, the first being Daniel's return and what does he remember", and wanted the season to answer "does he regret having been pretty much kicked out of the ranks of the Ascended?". Executive producer Robert C. Cooper commented that "Daniel wasn't just going to get his memory back and be ready to go next episode; these things are going to reverberate throughout the season", as well stating "we don't like to wrap everything up neatly at the end of one episode". This gave writer Peter DeLuise his inspiration for what would become "Orpheus". DeLuise imagined Daniel as having what he described as a "tortuous fragment of a memory" from his time ascended, whilst Mullie felt the character would also be "trying to come to terms with being Human again and no longer having special abilities". Shanks desire to see his character move away from a "passive observer" was also taken into account in writing "Orpheus", with Daniel Jackson becoming more "proactive" in pushing forward their cause in the episode and from this point onwards. DeLuise described the unravelling of Daniel's memory as "our door into the adventure" that eventually leads to Bra'tac and Rya'c, who have been imprisoned.

Although the Daniel Jackson character was the catalyst for DeLuise's story, it was Teal'c that he chose to focus his episode on. In the previous season's episode "The Changeling", Teal'c loses his Goa'uld symbiote, a creature which until that point was responsible for keeping him alive, and is forced to instead begin using an experimental drug called Tretonin. DeLuise wanted to examine how this change had affected Teal'c, with co-producer Joseph Mallozzi explaining that they "wanted to do a story in which Teal'c is seriously injured and has to go through physiotherapy and the same type of painful recovery process that an ordinary Human being has to". DeLuise was also inspired by the popular concept of putting a character through their own personal hell, citing the episode "Orpheus 3.3" of his old show 21 Jump Street and the Ancient Greek legend that it drew influence from of Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheus' journey to the underworld of Hades to rescue his wife Eurydice were plot elements DeLuise adapted to his story, with Teal'c being the one who must journey to hell to save his son, Ry'ac and master, Bra'tac. Whilst DeLuise had Teal'c sustain a physical injury, it was the physiological affects this would have on the character that he really wanted to delve into. DeLuise considered previous episode's including "Rules of Engagement", where only the strongest Jaffa survive. Looking to expand upon this, DeLuise decided on the concept that Jaffa would use the same word for 'death' as they do for 'weakness', reasoning that "In Jaffa culture if one is weak, one might as well be dead", which would therefore see Teal'c fall into a state of "state of living death" following his injury. DeLuise also wanted to give Teal'c actor Christopher Judge the opportunity "to show weakness, and do some acting other than just cocking his eyebrow".

Cast
David Richmond-Peck portrays the stories antagonist, a Jaffa Commander. Serving the Goa'uld System Lord Ba'al, the character oversee's the Goa'uld forced Labor camp on the world of Erebus. DeLuise based elements of the character off of Ralph Fiennes' depiction of Amon Göth from the film Schindler's List. DeLuise wanted the character to be easily identifiable in shots and therefore had Richmond-Peck's hair dyed bleach blond, whilst in order to "make him look more evil" the director opted to give him a white, "goopy" eye, having Peck wear a contact lens. Tony Amendola, Obi Ndefo and Neil Denis all reprise their roles as rebel Jaffa characters Bra'tac, Rya'c and Rak'nor and Teryl Rothery also returns as Dr. Janet Fraiser. Amanda Tapping's stand in Sheri Noel	was cast as the physiotherapist. Gary Jones is credited as technician, whilst director Martin Wood makes a cameo as another Stargate Command technician. Dan Shea's character Siler was originally in the episode, but his scenes were ultimately cut out.

Filming and post-production
Peter DeLuise directed the episode, with Peter Woeste serving as director of photography. Filming on "Orpheus" began in March 2003, overlapping slightly with work on the opening two-part episodes "Fallen" & "Homecoming", which was concluding filming. As well as filming on the shows standing sets at The Bridge Studios, Jackson Pit; a disused gravel pit in Coquitlam, British Columbia was chosen for the location of the Goa'uld labor camp. Due to heavy rainfall, filming at Jackson Pit was particularly challenging for the both crew and the actors, with production designer Bridget McGuire describing it as "the show that nearly killed us", whilst Christopher Judge later reflected that "the episode wasn't much fun due to the weather, which was absolutely horrible". The mixture of 50 background actors and stunt performers were ferried between Jackson Pit and a location in Maple Ridge for the film of the episode "Homecoming". The crew had to dig out trenches to direct water flow away from the set, whilst stunt co-ordinator Dan Shea highlighted that a number of the performers kept slipping over and falling down during scenes due to the wet surface. In the pit itself, McGuire's production team designed and built a bucket-wheel excavator as the centre piece of the set, whilst smaller tents surrounded the mine itself. Set decorators also buried children's swimming pools into the pit to create what looked like bubbling tar pits.

In constructing the cinematography for the episode, DeLuise and Woeste wanted scenes to be "more intimate", with DeLuise reasoning that he wanted to "look at how these people feel, rather than what they're doing", and so the subjects faces were often tightly framed during scenes, which was achieved using long-focus camera lenses. Whilst most of the episode was shot on 35 mm movie film, as was typical for the show at the time, the memory-recall sequences involving Daniel Jackson were shot on 16 mm film as Woeste wanted these scenes to utilize its more grainy aesthetic. Additionally a combination of desaturating, push processing and using flashes of the original 16 mm film negative was employed by Woeste during post to make the sequences appear "removed from reality". In an earlier cut of the episode, there was originally a shot Teal'c's smouldering stomach wound, having staff-blast, however it was ultimately removed. Woeste and DeLuise also had shot additional scenes in the gym, however they were cut as Cooper felt they were "too Baywatch-ish" Various scenes at the Goa'uld labor camp involved crowd replication, whereby around 40-50 extras were filmed, then redressed and repositioned within the frame. These different frames were then stitched together in post-production to make the crowd look far more populated. Art director James Robbins created concept artwork for the episode, in which the pyramid of the Goa'uld Ha'tak was "at least 50% bigger than what was in previous episodes" according to Lead 3D animator Wes Sargent. Sargent liked Robbins scaled up version, and was allowed to entirely rebuild the CGI model of the mothership for the episode, basing it off of Robbins larger pyramid illustration.

Cultural references
The M. Night Shyamalan 2002 film Signs, although not directly named, is reviewed by Carter, with the character heavily criticising the fact the aliens weakness is water. Numerous references are made by Jack O'Neill and Teal'c to the Austin Powers film series, with O'Neill believing Teal'c has lost his "mojo". DeLuise based his choice of shots of the Jaffa running up the hill towards the Goa'uld mothership whilst under mortar fire on a scene from The Thin Red Line (1998), whilst there are also visual references to The Pianist (2002) and The Three Musketeers (1993). Nickolas Baric, who had appeared in numerous previous episodes as different background characters portrays a soldier named Penhall, a reference to DeLuise's 21 Jump Street character Doug Penhall. The tale of Orpheus and Eurydice from Ancient Greek mythology informs parts of the story and title, with the Goa'uld world on which the labor camp is located named Erebus, which is a "place of darkness between earth and Hades", also from the mythology.

Broadcast and reception
The episode was first broadcast on June 27, 2003, on the Sci-Fi Channel in the United States and achieved a 1.6 household rating. In the United Kingdom, the episode was broadcast first on Sky One on October 20, 2003, and attracted 660,000 viewers. It was later syndicated onto Channel 4 on September 19, 2004. In Canada, the episode first aired on September 30, 2004, on Space.

Jayne Dearsley at SFX awarded the episode 4 out of 5 stars, calling writer and director Peter DeLuise "the man who seems to know Stargate SG-1 better than anybody else". Dearsley felt as though the labor camp scenes in the middle of the episode lacked the urgency and danger needed, but believed this was made up for in the "huge battle at the climax" of the episode. Jan Vincent-Rudzki at TV Zone bemoaned the trope of "warriors who lose their honour", and was of the opinion that "Teal'c just wallows too much in self pity", awarding the episode 6 out of 10. The episode was recommended by Courtney Potter at Zap2it as one of their 'best bets'. Chloe Richards at Dreamwatch called the episode "a standard Goa'uld drama and is served nicely by Judge and Shanks".

Response from contributors on fansite Gateworld.net was largely positive, with reviewer Alli Snow praising Christopher Judge's performance as Teal'c as being amongst the highlights of the episode. Another contributor, Lex, applauded the episode as a "master class in character development" in regard to the arcs of both Teal'c and Daniel, and praised DeLuise for fitting "vast and powerful" themes "into such a short space of time without any feeling of it being rushed or crowded". Darren Rea of Sci-Fi Online awarded the episode 7 out of 10, and whilst they enjoyed Judge's performance, they were of the opinion that Teal'c "seemed a little out of character" in the episode.

Home media
"Orpheus" was first released as part of the "Volume 32" region 2 DVD on February 2, 2004, along with previous episodes "Fallen", "Homecoming" and "Fragile Balance" which topped the UK TV On Video Chart the following week. It was then released as part of the complete Season 7 boxsets on October 19, 2004, in region 1 and February 28, 2005, in region 2. The episode, along with the rest of season 7 were first made available digitally in January 2008 through iTunes and Amazon Unbox. The episode, along with every other episode of the series, were made available to stream for the first time through Netflix in the USA on August 15, 2010. Director Peter DeLuise and cinematographer Peter Woeste provide the audio commentary for the episode. The episode, along with the rest of the series has been upscaled for releases on various streaming platforms as well as the 2020 Blu-ray release. A deleted scene was posted on June 30, 2003, on the Sci-Fi Channel website involving Daniel talking to Siler about the voices he's been hearing.

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Imdaking

Imdaking
[ Vote here] (0/4/0) ending 01:43 02 September 2005 (UTC) - I have has contributed alot since his first log on. I has a tenency to be on Wikipedia every single day since I first logged on and will continue to. I can be a good administrator if I'm given the chance--Imdaking 01:43, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

''Cancelled. I am exercising the administrative perogative to close nominations that are hopelessly flawed, in this case for lack of experience. Come back when you have more experience and the community has learned to trust you and we will be glad to reconsider.'' Dragons flight 02:09, August 27, 2005 (UTC)

Support

Oppose
 * 1) Absolutely not. Just under 150 edits; has never edited the Talk namespace. You clearly don't have even a passing familiarity with admin chores and what they entail, based on your answers. "No profanity" is a not a Wikipedia policy. Andre ( talk ) 01:58, August 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose. Very few edits. First edit less than 4 days ago. Try again in 6 months or so. --Chris S. 02:00, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Oppose 151 edits since 23rd august.... sorry. Be sure to try again in a couple of months :) Ryan Norton T 02:02, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Strong oppose, 60 edits? Far far too early. As Andre stated before me, I'm not so sure you have any idea what sysop choses entail. Try again in 6 months. K1Bond007 04:39, August 27, 2005 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments
 * (This comment made after cancellation) Some people above are giving wierd times for reapplication. Please beware of admin inflation, current editcountitis levels are already insanely high at 3 months + 1500 edits. Let's not make that worse! (even so, admins should at least be able to spell... ^^;; ) Come back in 3 months: If you're doing ok then, fair deal! :-) Kim Bruning 10:14, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
 * 1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
 * Making sure there's no profanity, illegal use of images, or text. Also,that there is no conflict or abuse between users.
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * All of wich I contributed I felt pleased with, including all of the Articles I will do and contribute, I will feel pleased with..
 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
 * I have been in conflicts, but I think we can resolve the issue if the other user agrees to.


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Talk:LeBreton Flats

Maps
your map shows nothing, at least the photo gives a better impression of scale, your map seems to show the entire eastern ontario triangle
 * The map is a map of OTTAWA with a dot where Lebreton Flats is. -- Earl Andrew - talk 03:04, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

okay, as I thought, useless, your map, as extremely sized, to show Ottawa on a map of Ontario with a tiny pixel for Lebreton is hmmm, let's say a little bit egocentric (I love your map, it's beautiful, lose it)

Current text, as reverted by you: "It is lies to the west" -do you read your work?

 * what are rambling on about? The map is not useless, many Ottawa neighbourhoods have similar maps. -- Earl Andrew - talk 21:18, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Hmm, it's kind of hard to make much sense of it, since it only shows the rivers. Perhaps something that showed main streets, at least, would be more useful for this kind of thing. Dan Carkner 18:02, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

This map is truely useless--we might as well have a map of all of Ontario with a dot indicating the Flats, and I could say the same for all the Ottawa maps I've looked at so far. Mr Carkner is being overly polite. A better map is required here and elsewhere in the Ottawa section. Buck 08:05, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Lebreton or LeBreton
The article currently spells it "Lebreton", but I notice that Earl Andrew recently added a note to the article that "LeBreton" is an alternate spelling. A quick check of their respective web sites shows that the NCC and the City of Ottawa use the "LeBreton" spelling. What is the correct spelling of the area, and if it is LeBreton, should the article be moved? (LeBreton Flats is currently a redirect) I don't think this issue has come up before -- the article appears to have been using "Lebreton" since it was created in 2005. Skeezix1000 17:45, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It appears that the book, An Acre of Time (perhaps the only comprehensive history book on the Flats), spells it "LeBreton". Skeezix1000 17:52, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Both are frequently used. I think LeBreton is more of an archaic way of spelling it. -- Earl Andrew - talk 18:58, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * You're right. A Google search shows that both versions are widely used (some sites, like NCC Watch, even appear to indiscriminately switch back and forth between versions).  However, a bit of subsequent research shows that all three levels of government use the LeBreton spelling, the Flats were names after Captain John LeBreton, the official topographical name appears to be LeBreton (see  and ), the media appears to use the LeBreton spelling (see, for example, the Ottawa Citizen, the Ottawa Sun , CBC , the Globe and Mail , and so on...), and the Flats two biggest users (for now), the Canadian War Museum and Bluesfest, use the LeBreton spelling.  Although I initially asked the question "Lebreton or LeBreton" without knowing the answer, I am now inclined to believe that LeBreton is the appropriate and correct spelling, and that the article should be moved (with a notation that "Lebreton" is a common spelling). Skeezix1000 11:33, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Just to add: the only "official" use of "Lebreton" that I could find (mind you, I might have missed stuff) was OC Transpo's "Lebreton station". OC Transpo appears to go against the grain.  Skeezix1000 11:36, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Not exactly! The Sign at Lebreton Station says "LeBreton". -- Earl Andrew - talk 17:25, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Although this image suggests that some of the OC Transpo signage also says "Lebreton". The inconsistent signage doesn't surprise me, though. Skeezix1000 19:41, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, that photo doesnt show it, but I know there is a sign that says LeBreton there, as I went to the War Museum on Canada Day and saw it. -- Earl Andrew - talk 20:48, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, I didn't doubt you. What I was saying is that it seems appropriate, given the evident confusion over the spelling, that OC Transpo would have both Lebreton and LeBreton signs. Skeezix1000 20:54, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't think this is generating any controversy, so I will move the article. Skeezix1000 13:42, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: "In 1820, LeBreton lived at the community of Britannia, Ottawa"
Actually in 1820 LeBreton built some sort of home on his recently acquired OF1 Lot 20 which he bought from Tamer Wright in 1818. He also bought Lot 18. In time the area would become the community of Britannia, but in 1820 it was just LeBreton and no one else on a sizable chunk of land. See here for details.

Also as read the wording seems to suggest that LeBreton overheard Lord Dalhousie in Britannia, which he most certainly did not. Different sources cite different ways in which LeBreton learned of the proposed Rideau Canal, but it certainly wasn't out on his land 15 km from ByTown. You may want to edit the wording to reflect those clarifications.

Neighbourhood or landmark
I don't think it's clear which this article is. It states that 57 people live in Lebreton Flats (2004). The actual flats, I'm guessing because the neighbourhood is quite big. How about dividing the article between Lebreton Flats the physical landmark and Lebreton Flats the neighbourhood. I don't know if separate articles would work because there is so much cross-over, especially now that the flats themselves are being developed and are part of the neighbourhood. TurtleMelody (talk) 09:08, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

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Fragile Balance (Stargate SG-1)

"Fragile Balance" is the 3rd episode from the seventh season of military science fiction television show Stargate SG-1 and is the 135th overall. It was first broadcast on June 20, 2003 on the Sci-fi Channel. The episode was written by Peter DeLuise and Michael Greenburg, with Damian Kindler writing the teleplay. DeLuise also directed the episode.

In the episode, a teenage boy who claims to be Colonel Jack O'Neill (Michael Welch) shows up at Stargate Command. Believing that the Asgard are involved, the team tries to find the culprit in order to unravel what has happened to Jack.

The episode was originally developed for season 4, and was then moved into season 5 and would have originally centred around a half-human, half-Asgard character called Odin. Eventually "Fragile Balance" was redeveloped as part of season 7, exploring themes such as alien abduction, human cloning as well as expanding upon the Asgard mythology. Michael Welch's performance as Jack O'Neill was particularly well received, with a sequel involving the character developed but ultimately went unmade.

Plot
Major Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) is called by General George Hammond (Don S. Davis) to investigate an intruder who's attempted to gain access to Stargate Command by using Colonel Jack O'Neill's Air Force ID badge. When Hammond and Carter reach the holding cell, the “intruder” turns out to be a fifteen-year-old boy who claims he is Colonel O'Neill (Michael Welch). Initially, no one believes him. However, with the arrival of Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) and Teal'c (Christopher Judge, the boy rattles off facts about each of them, causing SG-1 to reconsider his claim. After genetic testing, Dr. Janet Fraiser (Teryl Rothery) determines that, outside of a small abnormality, the boy is Jack O'Neill. Carter, Teal'c, Jackson, and Hammond all begin treating him as such, but Carter and Teal'c also encourage him to enjoy his newfound youth.  The team goes to Jack's house to try to ascertain the cause of this youth, and after a strange vision, Jack reveals that he was abducted, apparently by the Asgard.

Dr. Fraiser determines that Jack is dying, and that something must be done to prevent it, so the Tok'ra are contacted and Jacob Carter (Carmen Argenziano) arrives. He recommends that O'Neill be placed in stasis, which provokes Jack into escaping the base. After running into an old friend, Lt. Col. Harlan Beck (Gregory Bennett), Jack claims that he's the nephew of O'Neill in the hope his friend will buy him beer. Beck reports his sighting of Jack and the team take him back to Stargate Command. Meanwhile, Daniel and Teal'c have been investigating Jack's claim that he was abducted, and are interviewing people whose alien abduction stories are consistent with Jack's. They find eight such people in the United States, all of whom claim to have seen an Asgard similar to the one Jack saw, as well as glowing green lights. This information is complicated by the Tok'ra's finding that young Jack is actually a clone of O'Neill, and this has presumably happened to all the other abductees.

Believing that the Asgard responsible will re-abduct Jack after seven days, the team return to O'Neill's house and lie in wait. As Jack is beamed up to a ship, he immediately stuns an Asgard and brings the rest of the team onboard. They learn from Loki, the Asgard responsible that he has been performing unsanctioned experiments on humans for years. After using the ship to communicate with the Asgard, Thor arrives and helps bring the regular O'Neill back, giving him the choice of whether or not to keep his clone. Jack decides to and Thor fixes the genetic defect, whereupon Thor condemns Loki to punishment. Back on Earth, the two O'Neill's go their separate way, with 15 year old Jack deciding to re-enter high school and agreeing it's best they don't keep in contact.

Development and writing

"Fragile Balance" was developed by Peter DeLuise & Michael Greenburg and went through a number of different iterations before eventually being made. The episode was first discussed in 2000, as part of season 4, but was then put on hold. The following year, it was reported that the episode would further the Asgard storyline as well as introducing a new character and would be going before cameras after the cast and crews summer production hiatus as part of season 5. Pre-production had started on the episode, with art director Brentan Harron developing concept drawings for visual effects and the production design team. It wasn't until season 7 that "Fragile Balance" finally went into production. The new iteration married a number of different pitches together.

An earlier iteration of DeLuise's story imagined "Old O'Neill jumps into his younger body, a la Quantum Leap" and would have seen the character back at boot camp. According to Greenburg his original story examined the Asgard species and would have investigated their history of cloning, explaining he wanted to "attack the Asgard and their obvious physical and intellectual evolution". This would have unraveled how the species ended up with, what Greenburg described as creatures with "big heads, big brains, and their bodies are kind of genderless", and how they had deteriorated so far that they could no longer reproduce on their own. Further to this, Greenburg and DeLuise's original story would have involved a half human, half Asgard antagonist named Odin, a renegade who kidnaps Jack O'Neill to try and abate the "diminishing returns of cloning" by tapping into his DNA.

By season 7, Richard Dean Anderson's availability had become a key consideration for everyone involved in Stargate SG-1, with the actor now working 3-day weeks in order to spend more time with his daughter back in Los Angeles, United States. As such, the writers were looking for different reasons as to why Jack O'Neill might not be in every scene or episode. Peter DeLuise recounted that the premise of making a "young O'Neill" came whilst sitting in Robert C. Cooper's office, "I was inspired because I was looking right at Robert Cooper, and beyond him were these beautiful pictures of his gorgeous children, and I thought, you know, we should see O'Neill young". Cooper then expanded upon this, coming up with the idea that O'Neill had been abducted and cloned, but the clone was not fully matured. In creating the young O'Neill character, Cooper instructed Kindler, who scripted the story, to write young O'Neill exactly like he would write regular O'Neill. The ending of the story, with young O'Neill deciding to go high-school was a big discussion point in the writers room. Kindler, recalled that the question of "wouldn't you want to go back and do it again, knowing what you know, if you could go back in time, and have that chance, but have the knowledge you have now?" was what ultimately made the writers settle on the ending. Kindler also felt that the two O'Neill's were no longer the exact same person, with young O'Neill in the body of a 15 year old, already having been on his own adventure.

Cast
Michael Welch was cast in the part of young Jack O'Neill. Welch, who was living in Los Angeles at the time, recorded a video audition for the role, and having not seen the show, performed the character "like it was written" as a "dry, sarcastic, very in-charge and in control of himself kind of guy". When deciding who to cast, DeLuise and Kindler later commented that there were a number of other actors who more closely resembled Richard Dean Anderson, however they felt Welch best embodied the role. They also felt Welch brought a somewhat "nerdy" and "vulnerable" quality to the character, which Kindler wanted in order to forward the notion that O'Neill did not have the best memories of being a teenager and would therefore hate being stuck in the body of his 15 year old self. After casting Welch in the role, DeLuise worked with the editing team to put together a compilation of O'Neill moments that he felt would aid Welch in capturing O'Neill's mannerisms, attitude and the way in which he carried himself. Welch was also provided a number of episodes, including "Revelations" in order to gain insight into the Asgard's backstory. Watching the tapes in preparation, Welch recalled he "rewound them a hundred times, and I was up all night studying this guy", going on to describe the process as "very challenging. Richard Dean Anderson — he is so original. I don’t think there’s ever been an actor quite like him before".

Elsewhere in the episode, a new renegade Asgard scientist called Loki is featured, with influence taken from the God from Norse mythology of the same name. One of the puppeteers originally recorded dialog for the character, however Robert C. Cooper felt that it should be rerecorded, suggesting DeLuise do the part. Michael Shanks also provides the voice for the Asgard Thor, whilst other reoccurring characters include Dr. Janet Fraiser and Jacob Carter, played by Teryl Rothery and Carmen Argenziano. Frequent guest actor and stunt performer Dan Payne cameos in the episode as an Air Force security officer. Poppi Reiner portrays Pamela Ambrose, with Joey Shea, daughter of actor and stunt co-ordinator Dan Shea playing the young version of the character. Ed Hong-Louie plays the part of abductee, Zyang Wu, with Theresa Lee playing his interpreter. Gregory Bennett portrays Lt. Col. Harlan Beck and Tom Heaton plays Werner. Chris Kramer and Ralph Alderman	both portray F-302 pilots.

Design, filming and post-production
Art director Brentan Harron first began conceptualising the interior and exterior of a new Asgard ship for the episode as part of season 5, although at this stage the ship was intended for the half-human, half-Asgard character Odin. Eventually, after the story was redeveloped for the shows seventh season, Odin was replaced with a different character, a renegade Asgard named Loki. The production design team abandoned their original concept drawings and started fresh on a new Asgard ship in season 7. Art director Peter Bodnarus explained that the design for their new Asgard ship was "something a little more organic" than some of the more "stark and compartmentalised" technology and ships which had previously featured. Production designer Bridget McQuire's principal idea was "tooth-like pylons", which Bodnarus and Robbins developed drawings of. These designs were then given to a company with a numerical control device which was used to precisely carve pieces of foam to form the ship. Bodnarus described the process of cutting pieces of foam from three different axes in order to form "an extremely elegant shape from which to work". Elements such as pylons and observational turrets were crafted, with the overall intention of creating something "a race as advanced as the Asgard would have built". For the Asgard probe onboard the ship, McGuire explained that they wanted to make "something quite threatening and scary looking that could be suspended over a person". The probe was originally only going to appear in flashback sequences, but eventually this was expanded, with it appearing in more scenes and thus it needed to be more detailed. Existing Asgard set pieces, such as the Asgard medical pod from "Nemesis", and other pieces from "Small Victories" were used to dress the Asgard laboratory, which was constructed on Stage 6 of The Bridge Studios.

Peter DeLuise directed the episode, with Peter Woeste as director of photography. "Fragile Balance" was the first episode filmed in season 7, with production commencing in February 2003. Shooting took place across a number of different locations; with production using the reoccurring private residence in Fairmont Road, North Vancouver as both O'Neill's house as well as redressing the exterior to serve as a ranch. Other locations included a sushi café opposite The Bridge Studios on Boundary Road, which was redressed as a liquor store, Adanac Park Lodge in Burnaby, which was dressed as the fictional "Mountain Springs High School" and finally a woodland stream in Mosquito Creek, North Vancouver. Richard Dean Anderson, who had not yet returned to work, would only be present and available for the final day of filming the episode. As the actor wasn't on set, DeLuise tried to explain and demonstrate to Michael Welch how Anderson might act in a scene in order to help the actor best capture O'Neill. DeLuise asked Welch and the hair and make-up team not to conceal any of Welch's acne to further O'Neill's frustration at being a teenager and also had the naturally blue eyed actor wear darker contacts so as to match Anderson's. Elsewhere in the episode, Kindler looked through previous episodes at how other characters had managed to escape the mountain in order to map out how O'Neill would flee Stargate Command. For the scenes involving the Asgard, two different Asgard puppets were used for Loki and Thor, which were supplemented with visual effects shots in order to show the characters walking around the Asgard laboratory. The song "Who Am I?" by Lily Frost, from her 2001 album Lunamarium features in the final scene of the show.

Planned sequel
In July 2003, writer Joseph Mallozzi commented that there had been discussions about following-up on the character of Young O'Neill in the later part of season 7, but ultimately a story was not put together in time. The following year, Greenburg and DeLuise came up with a sequel to "Fragile Balance" as part of the shows eighth season, which had the working title "You Ain't Jack". Their story paired Welch's young O'Neill with Tom Mcbeath's character of Harry Maybourne. Welch was unable to commit due to working on the show Joan of Arcadia, which coupled with Anderson's limited schedule kept the episode in limbo and meant it was eventually replaced with the episode "It's Good to be King".

Broadcast and reception
"Fragile Balance" premiered on June 20, 2003 on Sci Fi in the United States, and achieved a 1.8 Nielsen rating, once again making it the channels most watched broadcast that week. In the United Kingdom, the episode was first shown on October 11, 2003 on Sky One and was the third most popular broadcast on the network that week, with approximately 900,000 viewers. In Canada, the channel Space first aired "Fragile Balance" on September 23, 2004.

Jayne Dearsley for SFX awarded the episode the maximum five stars, applauding Michael Welch's portrayal of Jack O'Neill as "absolutely stunning" and hailing the episode for being "laugh-out-loud funny". Dearsley felt that Welch had perfectly captured "every single one of Richard Dean Anderson's mannerisms", going on to comment "it's down to his believability that this episode works so well". Sci-fi Online writer Darren Rae awarded the episode 8 out 10, commending Welch's "superb job" as O'Neill. Jan Vincent-Rudzki for TV Zone also gave the episode a glowing review, proclaiming it as being both "brilliantly written and executed", awarding it 9 out of 10. "He has the great man's mannerisms, tones and intonations down to perfection" Vicent-Rudzki wrote of Welch's impersonation of Richard Dean Anderson's O'Neill, highlighting the later scenes involving both incarnations of O'Neill as being "particularly enjoyable and interesting".

Writing for The Futon Critic, Brian Ford Sullivan awarded the episode the 24th spot on his "The 50 Best Episodes of 2003" list praising Welch for getting "all of Anderson's mannerisms and voice inflections dead on perfect". Ford Sullivan also believed the episode "helped prove that despite Anderson's decreased presence on the show, O'Neill's presence can still be felt on a weekly basis." Kieran Dickson for Comet TV awarded the episode the position of 8th on his "10 Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1" and felt that the scenes between Welch and Anderson "produced some genuine laugh out loud moments". Keith R.A. DeCandido for Tor.com awarded the episode the runner-up spot for best episode of the season, praising Welch's impersonation of Anderson's O'Neill.

Fan response published on Stargate fansite Gateworld was less positive. Whilst praising Welch's performance, contributor Alli Snow felt as though young O'Neill's behaviours and actions were not in keeping with the established character, such as escaping Stargate Command and proceeding to go for a beer and questioning "would Jack really be so willing to leave behind the fight against the Goa'uld, the S.G.C., his friends and his entire life ... all for the chance to go to high school again?".

Home media
"Fragile Balance" was first released as part of the "Volume 32" region 2 DVD on February 2, 2004, along with previous episodes "Fallen", "Homecoming" and subsequent episode "Orpheus". It was then released as part of the complete Season 7 boxsets on October 19, 2004 in region 1 and February 28, 2005 in region 2. The episode, along with the rest of season 7 were first made available digitally in January 2008 through iTunes and Amazon Unbox. The episode, along with every other episode of the series, were made available to stream for the first time through Netflix in the USA on August 15, 2010. Derek Lowe shot and produced a behind the scenes look at the episode, "SG-1 Directors Series: Fragile Balance", which was released as part of DVD sets. Kindler and DeLuise provided audio commentary of the episode.

title: Fragile Balance (Stargate SG-1)