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Talk:Başkale

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Large town or city?
Anyone know how Baskale would be classified? --Lisa 01:35, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Assyrians, Armenians, Nestorians...
Recently, Chaldean made these changes. Perhaps these are 100% accurate -- I don't know for sure and I don't understand the finer points of differences between ethnic identities in Turkey either. However, it appears most of the original information in this article was sourced from the 1911 Encyclopaedia (consistently considered a reputable resource, although it exhibits quite a different worldview than that of today since it's almost 100 years old). So, why were references to Armenians and Nestorian Christians changed to Assyrians? I just need to know this is not some Assyrian-Armenian edit war. Thank you — Donama 00:45, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I won't contest Chaldean's changing Nestorian to Assyrian, but I assume he was mistaken when he changed Armenian genocide to Assyrian genocide, so I reverted that last change. --Benne ['bɛnə] (talk) 01:00, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, first off, both genocides occurred after 1911, so the information must have been added by a user. It's pretty simple - Armenians were killed in the Armenian Genocide, Assyrians were killed in the Assyrian genocide. So I believe Chaldean made a mistake. — Khoikhoi 01:33, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

 * No I did not mistaken. The "history" paragraph was not taken from Brittanica..it was sourced (did anybody see the source? Did anybody even read the sentence before it?  approximately 50 Gawarnai Assyrians by Muslims on 30 October 1914 at Başkale  - Assyrians, not Armenians...so Assyrians died, so were going to call it Armenian genocide? No, Assyrian deaths belong under the subject of Assyrian genocide and Armenian dead belongs to Armenian genocide. As for Nestorian..that is another name for the kind of Christians Assyrians adhire. If anybody have any other questions, please let me know. Chaldean 03:15, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, if you check the source, you'll see that it mentions Armenians being killed. It even says so in the article itself! --Benne ['bɛnə] (talk) 03:31, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, you can add additional information about other people dying if you like, but that sentence talks about Assyrians dying. If you like, you can add additional information about Armenians dying as well, and then comfrim that being part of the [Armenian genocide]]. Or you can be the Anti-Assyrian that you are and go at another edit war with me. Chaldean 13:50, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Stop with the personal attacks and show me an un-biased source that backs up your claim. — Khoikhoi 17:20, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

 * You really should start reading more carefully, check out the history of the page before you started editing, and check out the source. --Benne ['bɛnə] (talk) 20:05, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Benne, your the one that needs to read. The sentence was COPIED and PASTED from the source I provided. Nowhere in the Armenian cited site is Baskale mentioned (at least I didn't see.) So; where going to get information from an Assyrian website about Gewargi Assyrians getting massacred and file it under the Armenian genocide. So, what is the Assyrian genocide page use for? When is it appropriate to mention Assyrian genocide? If, a sentence is stating Assyrians died, and that is not appropriate to link to the wider event of the Assyrian genocide, then when can we???  Chaldean 03:07, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Chaldean, where is the word "Assyrian" here? — Khoikhoi 04:19, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Exactly! That is what I am saying! Where is the word Assyrian or Baskale there? So, then why is this source used? Look at this page, in its first format - "Gawarnai Assyrian" - Are those Armenian people to you? Look at Benne's comments here - how can he say that with a straight face? Chaldean 04:27, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * This is starting to get confusing. If the source is about the deaths of Armenians in the area, then why would we change it to Assyrian when we don't have a neutral source for the latter?— Khoikhoi 04:31, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I dint not change anything. Brittanica 1911 was the one that wrote One of many events in the string of tensions which led to World War I was a massacre of approximately 50 Gawarnai Assyrians by Muslims on 30 October 1914 at Başkale  as it looks like, according to its first version of this page. Dont ask me how this is possible, but that is what it looks like now. Chaldean 04:35, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Ok, but it appears that this is the 1911 Britannica article. Apparently User:Lisathurston is the one who wrote the article. I suggest someone email her. — Khoikhoi 04:42, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

So then the only conclusion is that she got that from the Assyrian page. Ok then if you think its baised, then the sentence should be completly removed (which is what I did, but was rv'd and responded to as if I'm an extremist or something.) Chaldean 04:46, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * We don't know where she got it from. I'll email her about it. — Khoikhoi 04:55, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, I'm sorry, but I really think you should get yourself a pair of glasses. The first source provided talks about Armenians, and also about Syrians (a.k.a. Suryāye). Look for Bashkala, not Başkala.
 * And the following sentence you wrote just does not make sense:
 * Brittanica 1911 was the one that wrote One of many events in the string of tensions which led to World War I was a massacre of approximately 50 Gawarnai Assyrians by Muslims on 30 October 1914 at Başkale  as it looks like, according to its first version of this page.
 * How can a 1911 encyclopaedia write about an event that happened in 1914? --Benne ['bɛnə] (talk) 07:43, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

I thought it could have been maybe a late addition since it was a current event. I did not write that sentence about the Assyrians getting killed. I went back to the other link and by the way, when they say Syrians they mean Sureth speaking people, but dont think for a second they are Syriac Orthodox members...because there is no such thing in Hakkari and plus it explains in the beginning what they meant by Syrian ''Semitic Christian population, variously known as "Nestorians" (from their religion), "Syrians" (from their language) or "Chaldoeans" (from their race). ''

And so this is what is says about Baskale: ''The many hundreds (and perhaps some thousands) of Armenians and Syrians in the region of Bashkala have been massacred. '' So, in essince, both Armenians and Assyrians died in Baskale. So the sentence of One of many events in the string of tensions which led to World War I was a massacre of approximately 50 Gawarnai Assyrians by Muslims on 30 October 1914 at Başkale  should not be dismissed. So then, what are we going to do now. I think we should have something like;

One of many events in the string of tensions which led to World War I was a massacre of approximately 50 Gawarnai Assyrians by Muslims on 30 October 1914 at Başkale, as part of the Assyrian genocide. Hundreds more of Armenians of Başkale were later deported and massacred by Turks and Kurds during the Armenian genocide. Chaldean 14:04, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the email, User:Khoikhoi. Unfortunately I was a bit of a novice wikipedia editor when I started writing this article. I started it purely in response to a list of 1911 encyclopaedia articles that were not yet started in Wikipedia at the time. So I did get most of the information from the 1911 article, because this is a topic I knew nothing about -- and still know VERY little. I wasn't properly aware of the Wikipedia rules about verifiability and citing sources when I did this too and so I can only imagine I tried to add more up to date information to the article by googling on baskale and bashkala. Considering there's no verifiable source for what I wrote - or if there was I don't remember it - I suggest what I originally wrote be discounted and deleted. And hopefully User:Chaldean and User:Benne can collaborate to rewrite a history section from scratch since they know about this topic. Lisa 01:50, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Sourced text
This text has been removed twice by Makalp: Armenians of Başkale were later deported and massacred by Turks and Kurds during the Armenian genocide. The source is Viscount Bryce's The Treatment of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. It says: The news that comes to us from across the Turkish border is far from pleasant. The many hundreds (and perhaps some thousands) of Armenians and Syrians in the region of Bashkala have been massacred. The Armenians and Kurds in and about Van have begun to fight.

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Yesterday I assembled about fifty Armenians from the neighbourhood of Bashkala...They feel certain that their wives and children have been massacred or else taken away to a captivity worse than death. I think the text is clearly supported by the source. Unless Makalp can bring reasoned argument here to counter this, I believe the text, so sourced, should remain. — Gareth Hughes 22:07, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

 * I am dismayed by this set of edits by Makalp. The user decided to remove the text again in the middle of an extensive rewrite. I have attempted to incorporate useful portions of the rewritten article with those parts of the old that this user deleted. It is not acceptable to edit in such a manner. Why hasn't this user even bothered to use this talk page? — Gareth Hughes 18:07, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi Gareth. This user does remove sourced information, constituting vandalism, spewing anti-Armenian racism across wiki. He thinks he can do as he wants and very reluctantly works on editing with others.Hetoum I 01:30, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Inclusion of the Armenian Genocide section
I have protected the article due to the edit war over the inclusion of the sentence about treatment of Armenians. The section is solely based on an electronic version of 1916 primary document (report of the British secretary of state). There are a few problems with the document as a source:
 * WP:RS does not recommend to use primary sources. As a rule wiki should use modern academic secondary and tertiary sources. Usage of primary sources is allowed only as exceptions
 * The electronic document is from a personal account. There might be some sort of altering of the document
 * As I understand User:Makalp, there are some obvious factual errors in the document.

I have protected the article for a week. Please use this time to do some research. Alex Bakharev 11:34, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Can the supporters of the inclusion of the phrase find some modern sources to refer the phrase?

Can the opponents provide some analysis showing the errors in the document?

If there would be no consensus over the reliability of the sources can we edit the phrase to state it not as a fact but as a personal opinion of Viscount Bryce? Alex Bakharev 11:34, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Can you please take a look at User:Makalps contributions, especially the articles that touch on Armenian or Kurdish issues. He's been removing sourced information, disregarding any kind of discussion, and just plain vandalizing Wikipedia. VartanM 15:16, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, he does have a habit of doing this. Also, can he tell us what is wrong with the given source and record? Its pretty well known and used :).Hetoum I 19:37, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

It's nice to see that Alex Bakharev is displaying the ignorance and arrogance that is a requirement for a Wikipedia administrator. Keep up the good work.Meowy 00:57, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

 * And of course the ignorance of the typical Wikipedia editor is often beyond belief. Either moronic propagandists (spewing out Turkish lies), or one source wonders (who think they are experts just by quoting from Bryce). Articles like this one are so full of errors that one often feels what's the point of trying to correct them. Meowy 01:07, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

 * For the record, I have informed Meowy (talk · contribs) that the above constitutes a personal attack against another user. This user has some history of incivility and may be blocked following another such demonstration. — Gareth Hughes 13:15, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Amongst their many other sins, is the one where Wikipedia administrators state the blindingly obvious as if it were a great insight on their part. A personal insult was exacly what I intended my comment to be. Meowy 19:19, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Occupation by Armanian militia
Are there any sources for the phrase:
 * Başkale was occupated by Armenian militias by the support of Russian army at 02 December 1915 for a three years. During the socialist revolt, Russian army was withdrawed back with the armenian militias and then at 22 April 1918 Turkish militias took control of the city.

Please do not insert until sources are provided Alex Bakharev 21:46, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Dear Alex Bakharev.
 * Armenian land that was populated by Armenians since Roman era to 1923 CANNOT BE OCCUPATED by Armenians. Most likely it was LIBERATED. 178.78.135.48 (talk) 21:47, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

 * If Başkale was populated by Armenians during the 3 years in question (late 1915 until 1918), it doesn't necessarily follow that it was "occupied" by Armenian militia. "Occupation" in the military sense means to hold military control over. So, since this is in dispute, provide a reliable reference. Surely it can't be that hard to find. Donama (talk) 01:06, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

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Başkale (Kurdish: Elbak, Armenian: Albayrak, and alternatively rendered as Bashkala or Pashgala)

How could it be. Albayrak is also Turkish. Which means Red Flag. Turks use Albayrak also for Turkish Flag.

 * "Albayrak" is derived from the original name of the district, "Aghbak". Meowy 18:02, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Recent changes re Armenian genocide viewpoint
I reverted the recent changes as none were sourced and they were of poor technical quality. Hints to me that this article needs more work though from the perspective of its Armenian history. Single POV edits like those I reverted are unhelpful though. Donama (talk) 03:45, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

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Resurrection (Stargate SG-1)

"Resurrection" is the 19th episode from the seventh season of military science fiction adventure television show Stargate SG-1 and is the 151st overall. It was first broadcast on February 17, 2004, on Sky One in the United Kingdom. The episode was written by Michael Shanks and was directed by Amanda Tapping.

In the episode, Major Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping), Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) and Teal'c (Christopher Judge) of SG-1 are sent to investigate a massacre at a rogue NID facility. They meet with Malcolm Barrett (Peter Flemming) who tells them that one woman, Anna (Kristen Dalton) was responsible for the slaughter of 32 people.

"Resurrection" is the only episode of Stargate SG-1 to be both written and directed by members of the main cast, with Michael Shanks who portrays Dr. Daniel Jackson writing and Amanda Tapping, who portrays Major Samantha Carter directing. It is also the first and only episode of the show to be directed by a woman.

Plot
Major Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping), Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) and Teal'c (Christopher Judge) of SG-1 have been summoned to a Los Angeles warehouse to meet with agent Agent Barrett (Peter Flemming) of the NID. Barrett tells the team that the facility was being used by a rogue element of his organisation, who were all massacred by one woman who is being detained. The team locate a room full of artifacts which Teal'c believes belonged to the Goa'uld Sekhmet. Barrett believes they were originally recovered by the Germans, and tells SG-1 they are holding another survivor, Dr. Keffler who is the son of a Nazi War Criminal. Carter and Barrett begin their interrogation of Dr. Keffler (Brad Greenquist), who is reluctant to tell them who Anna is or what the facility was being used for. Unsuccessful, they head back to Daniel and Teal'c who have been studying the artifacts, one of which is a locked Goa'uld ark, that they are unable to open.

Daniel visits Anna (Kristen Dalton) who is being held in a glass and steel cell which covered in strange and disturbing charcoal drawings. He questions her to try and determine why the rogue NID wanted her. Anna insists that she didn't kill anyone, even after Daniel show's her security camera footage of her killing people. She does however reveal that Dr. Keffler made her. SG-1 and agent Barrett try to understand how Keffler could have created Anna as her age and that of the operation fail to align. Daniel visits Anna again who tells him that the inspiration for her drawings come from flashes that she sees. She tells Daniel that although the drawings scare her, Keffler hurts her if she takes them down from the walls of her cell. Carter discovers that amongst the artifacts originally recovered was a canopic jar containing a Goa'uld symbiote. According to the research logs at the facility, Keffler created Anna by combining Goa'uld and human DNA to create a hybrid.

Through analysing Anna's drawings, Daniel discovers how to open the Goa'uld ark. However, on opening it, they discover it is a naqahdah bomb. Keffler tells Barrett and Carter that he created Anna as a conduit to access the genetic memories of the Goa'uld and that she has two personalities, Anna and the Goa'uld Sekhmet. Teal'c and Dr. Lee (Bill Dow) set about trying to defuse the bomb, whilst Daniel tries to get Anna to remember how to defuse it through meditation. This leads to Sekhmet emerging, who then sets fire to all the drawings in the cell. Anna manages to escape her cell, as does Keffler when he hears about her escape. They encounter each other in a corridor, and gunshots are heard, after which Daniel discovers them both lying dead.

Development and writing

The episode was written by Michael Shanks who portrays Dr. Daniel Jackson in Stargate SG-1. Writing an episode of SG-1 was negotiated as part of his contract for the show's seventh season. Shanks pitched the writers a number of different stories, one being a sequel to the season three episode "Crystal Skull", with elements of the pitch informing the episode "Evolution". Additionally, Shanks also considered writing a story that would have explored Daniel's time as an ascended being. According to Shanks his pitch for what became "Resurrection" "started as a vampire story" and became "a conspiracy story".

In trying to find a place to start writing, Shanks looked to what he considered the "original concept" of Stargate, which was tying real world mythologies and mysteries into an SG-1 story. He imagined that during Napoleon's visit to the Great Sphinx of Giza during the French campaign in Egypt and Syria, Napoleon had discovered a canopic jar containing the remains of a dead Goa'uld inside. The jar and the remains within it were then passed along to a museum, before being captured by the Nazis who conducted experiments on the Goa'uld remains. These experiments were later continued by the NID, a rogue government organisation from the Stargate universe.

Prior to meeting with the Stargate SG-1 writers, Shanks was asked to get as much of his story "on the page" as possible. Upon meeting with the writers and show-runner Robert C. Cooper in early June 2003, Shanks described his idea "ended up getting bandied around the room", and the "details had to be rehashed, redone or fussed with a little bit and adjusted", with certain elements being cut and new ones added. According to Shanks, after breaking the story the NID had become a much larger part of the episode.

After completing his script, Shanks believed the "heart of the story was still there" but felt as though he had not been "quite able to fully realize" the relationship between his character, Daniel Jackson, and Anna. Shanks felt that this meant there was not "enough of an emotional connection" made to the character of Anna and therefore felt the ending was not as "poignant as it could have been". Shanks described his finished story as "an Earth-based story" in which the NID "attempts to create a hybrid Goa'uld-human".

Cast, characters and design
Due to it being the final episode filmed of season seven, Richard Dean Anderson had already wrapped for the year, therefore his character Jack O'Neill was not included in the episode. Don S. Davis character George Hammond was also absent.

Kristen Dalton portrays the character of Anna. Shanks described the part as a "strong female lead". Brad Greenquist portrays Keffler. Shanks had nobody in particular when writing the character, describing the part as an "older German scientist". Director Amanda Tapping selected Greenquist, who was living and working in Los Angeles, after watching his audition tape. Greenquist saw Keffler as "very practical and logical", describing him as "trying to save millions or billions of people by doing this experiment". Peter Flemming reprises the role of NID Agent Malcolm Barrett. Stunt co-ordinator Dan Shea stood in for Flemming when Anna attacks Barrett. Bill Dow reprises the character Dr. Lee. As with previous episodes, Tapping as director would keep the camera rolling after the end of a scene incase Dow had any ad-libs. Andrew Wilson, the show's second unit director of photography and Bruce Woloshyn, the show's visual effects supervisor both cameo as dead scientists.

Art director James Robbins produced all of Anna's charcoal drawings. Tapping asked that he "go really over-the-top scary" with his illustrations which would line her prison cell walls. The script described the pictures as "alien drawings" that could be "anything from memories to nasty images". To tie the imagery into the story Art department assistant Teresa Uy researched materials relating to Sekhmet, which Robbins then referred to for many of his drawings, whilst he also produced illustrations of aliens, ships, the Stargate and "strange lands". Robbins ultimately produced around 75 pictures for the episode in three days. Robbins also designed the Naquadah ark, which turns out to be a bomb. The prop had a number of mechanical and electrical functions, including a countdown timer. During filming, production had some difficulty getting the countdown timer to operate at the desired speed. A glass cage that would imprison Anna was also designed and constructed for the episode. When first conceived, it was assumed that the cage would be built out of plexiglass, which was cheaper, lighter and created less reflections when filming compared to glass, however due to a scene involving a fire, a steel and glass version had to be created.

Filming

The episode was directed by Amanda Tapping, who portrays Samantha Carter. The episode would be Tapping's television directorial debut, having only previously directed theatre. Tapping was the first woman to direct an episode of Stargate SG-1 and became the second member of the show's main cast to direct the show, with Michael Shanks having directed during the show's fourth season. Tapping had first asked to direct during the shows third season. According to Tapping, "Resurrection" had been expected to enter production earlier in the season, however Shank's script had not been completed, which coupled with Anna-Louise Plowman's availability for "Chimera" meant the episode "got pushed back and pushed back until it was the very last episode that we shot" of season seven.

As preparation for directing, Tapping shadowed Stargate SG-1 colleague Martin Wood directing the series Jeremiah. Additionally, Tapping spent her time between her scenes observing directors Peter DeLuise & Andy Mikita, as well as talking to the show's camera department. For prepping to shoot her episode Tapping was given 3 days, some of which was during the filming of "Lost City". Tapping worked with art director James Robbins to produce storyboards for select scenes and then put together a comprehensive shot list.

Filming commenced on August 28, 2003, which was incidentally Tapping's birthday. The episode was shot entirely on location at Terminal City Iron Works in Vancouver, Canada. Production utilized both the exterior and interior of the complex, building a laboratory, artefact room and a large glass cage in the centre of a large warehouse.

Due to the volume of dialog in the episode, Tapping "felt the show needed movement because there was just so much happening, and so much talky-talky". In order to achieve this, Tapping heavily relied upon steadicam and crane shots. The director also wanted a lot of "texture" in her shots, and to give a "creepy" nature to them. Along with employing a lot of movement in her shots, Tapping was keen to use a lot of long takes, often without cutting away for additional camera coverage. This was used by Tapping as both a stylistic choice and in order to save time. Due to being the last episode of the season to be filmed, there would be no additional time after principal photography wrapped for the show's second unit to get any additional material. Tapping was therefore in regular contact with the episodes editor, Brad Rines, who began editing the episode whilst filming was underway allowing them to capture any additional, inserts or coverage that Rines felt was missing.

Tapping had hoped to direct again, however ultimately was not given the opportunity on SG-1 or either of the spin-off series. Ultimately "Resurrection" remained the only episode of Stargate SG-1 to be directed by a woman. In 2021 SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe co-creator Brad Wright revealed that should a fourth spin-off go-ahead, Tapping would be asked to direct.

Broadcast and ratings
"Resurrection" was first broadcast on February 17, 2004 on Sky One in the United Kingdom and was the second most watched program on the channel that week, with approximately 773,000 viewers. The episode was first shown in the United States on February 27, 2004 on Sci Fi, earning a 1.7 household rating. This was down 0.2 from the previous week's episode "Heroes" part 2, though Stargate SG-1 remained the most watched program on Sci Fi. In Canada the episode was first shown on January 13, 2005 on SPACE. The episode was first syndicated in the United States in the last week of April 2005, earning a household rating of 1.6.

Reception
A promotional photograph of Amanda Tapping as Samantha Carter kissing Michael Shanks as Daniel Jackson taken during filming the episode was released to the press and online prior to the episode airing, leading to a lot of fan speculation about the context of the kiss. The kiss was not part of the final scene or episode leading to some confusion amongst fans.

Reaction to the episode was mixed. Jan Vincent-Rudzki of TV Zone wrote "Although there's nothing exactly wrong with it, there's nothing notable either", giving the episode 6 out of 10. He went on to describe the dialog surrounding the threat as "all a bit too glib to give much sense of danger" and believed that Anna did "little that gains our sympathy" and described Keffler as a "villain with no redeeming features". Jayne Dearsley for SFX felt that despite a strong start, the "talking nature of the script" dragged things down but did however pick back up at the end of the episode, awarding it 3 out of 5. Dearsley believed the story was a prime example of the show's "charm" and ability to build upon past stories and in order to make "them much more meaningful". She did however criticise Keffler, calling him "so over-the-top" and also felt that Anna being "fully-grown, functional, attractive" was "a little too much to swallow". Paul Spragg of Starburst called "Resurrection" "a very simple story very ponderously told", awarding it 2 out of 5. Spragg noted Tapping's directorial debut and felt that she hadn't been given "anything especially interesting to shoot, stuck as she is with a glass box and a few corridors" calling it a "workmanlike effort with few technical flourishes". Spragg believed it was "painfully obvious" that Sekhmet was controlling Anna, but did enjoy Brad Greenquist's performance as Keffler, favourably comparing him to Cigarette Smoking Man from The X-Files.

Reviewers were particularly critical of the what was shown onscreen verses the offscreen. Dearsley commented that the episode "starts off promisingly, throwing the audience right into the action in the aftermath of the massacre" before becoming "a little monotonous", whilst Vincent-Rudzki felt that the episodes back story was more "interesting than what we actually get", which Spragg also echoed, asserting that "everything interesting happens before the audience arrives". Of the reviews featured on fansite Gateworld, contributor Lex called the writing "an interesting change in pace from the majority of the season", feeling that there was more dialog than usual and praising the "weaving of previous plotlines into the story". Lex was however critical of using a bomb to create tension describing it as "something we've surely seen dozens of times before". Keith R.A. DeCandido for Tor.com included the episode as a runner-up for what he believed to be the best episode of season seven praising it for tying "into the show’s mythos very nicely" and calling it "a rare Earth-based episode that feels significant rather than budget-saving filler".

Home media
"Resurrection" along with the episodes "Heroes" and "Inauguration" were first released on Region 2 DVD on May 31, 2004, as part of the "Volume 36" standalone disc, before being released as part of the Season 7 boxset on October 19, 2004. A behind the scenes featurette of the episode "SG-1 Directors Series - Resurrection", as well as commentary by director Amanda Tapping and camera operator Will Warring were included in the DVD releases. "Grace" along with the rest of season 7 was 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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Talk:Tallaght Stadium

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The official name of the stadium,according to this,is Sloanpark.Should this article name be changed?--Play Brian Moore 01:36, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

No, Sloane Park is the name of the shelf company which the former owners of SRFC set up to build the stadium, not the name of the ground. With the stadium nowin the council's hands, Sloane Park is being wound up. Jdorney

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Content from main Rovers article
In the process of slimming the main article as requested by a ga reviewer, I'm leaving the replaced/summarised Tallaght content here to be incorporated into this article at some stage if necessary.

"The GAA can't be facilitated in the stadium – it is as simple as that. I don’t know why they are persisting with it. They are simply holding up Shamrock Rovers from moving in, that's all that will come of any action. It can go to a hearing but there will be no climbdown by the Government. It is proposed to be the new home stadium for Shamrock Rovers and will have a capacity for 6,000 spectators. The stadium would need to be redesigned to accommodate Gaelic games. The GAA have their own site in Rathcoole and there are 24 acre there that are to be developed and I have said that I would help them with that but that's not enough for them."

- John O'Donoghue T.D., Minister for Sport, Arts and Tourism

"We want to see Shamrock Rovers playing in the Tallaght Community Stadium – and as soon as possible. We have been working hard behind the scenes with the various stakeholders over the past two years to see Tallaght completed for soccer in the area."

- John Delaney Onetonycousins (talk) 21:33, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Combined with the below confusion over the capacity, points suggesting the seated capacity to be 6,000 or less are confusing and potentially inaccurate. This particularly includes stating in the article that "This stand holds the stadium's TV gantry and has brought the seating capacity to 6,000." The seating capacity is 8,000 per FAI, the venue's own website, and press reports about the proposed fourth stand (1, 2, 3, 4. Being an all-seater stadium, the seated capacity should be clearly and consistently stated as 8,000, not 6,000. Any statements on 6,000 capacity should specify that they refer to past configurations, not present. -192.69.65.16 (talk) 23:13, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Capacity of Tallaght Stadium
(copied in part from Talk:Shamrock Rovers F.C.) There has been a slow-running revert war on the topic of how many seats exist in Tallagh Stadium since at least October. The first claim I became aware of was that the stadium had 8,600 seats. This was bolstered by this source which states "Rovers have installed an additional stand containing 2,500 seats at the car park end of the ground to bring the capacity up to 8,600. The club plans to put in additional seating following the Rubin Kazan game." This has been changed to 8,513 seats and no source was offered, 5,947 seats (a claim that also fails to be verified by sources), and most recently 8,000 seats (again with no source offered). This problem needs to be corrected. To recap, here are the prior claims and their respective proofs: One of the threshold issues at Wikipedia is verification by reliable sources. If anyone can find any sources other than the 8,600 source then please present them. Otherwise these numbers may as well have been made up on the spot by vandals. Until we locate sources, the (only) verifiable 8,600 claim should be used in this article. -Thibbs (talk) 16:15, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * 8,600 seats - Rovers have installed an additional stand containing 2,500 seats at the car park end of the ground to bring the capacity up to 8,600. The club plans to put in additional seating following the Rubin Kazan game.
 * 8,513 seats - [citation needed]
 * 8,000 seats - [citation needed]
 * 5,947 seats - [citation needed]

Category 4 Structural Criteria, Article 77, Spectator Capacity, Page 14
"The inclusion of the new south stand brought the stadium capacity above the minimum of 8,500 seats needed to be classified as a Category 4 Stadium as laid out in the UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations".

The figure is, not 8,500, but "at least 8,000".

See page fourteen here (VI. Category 4 Structural Criteria, Article 77, Spectator Capacity): http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Stadium&Security/01/48/48/85/1484885_DOWNLOAD.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rpafitzpatrick (talk • contribs) 00:35, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 October 2021
Change "Coranvirus" to "COVID-19 Test Centre". This is the Section 5.1 title below "Other Uses". FootballPsychoAlan (talk) 20:52, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
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Rovers foundation date
1899 not 1901 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.101.121.132 (talk) 14:01, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

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The frist picture should be changed to shamrock rovers or ireland woman's team 78.18.13.195 (talk) 21:28, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
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Change the capacity from 8000 to 10000 as the new north stand has been opened. 80.233.49.123 (talk) 09:20, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
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Picabo, Idaho

Picabo (pronounced ) is an unincorporated community in Blaine County, Idaho, United States.

Description
Picabo is located along U.S. Route 20, about 6 mi west of Carey, 19 mi southeast of Hailey, and 31 mi northeast of Shoshone. It has a gas station, country store, post office, and a small airport. The community is surrounded by large ranches and irrigated fields. The 2000 United States census for this ZIP Code shows a population of 128 in 56 housing units in 104 km2.

Picabo is located about 56 mi north of the Snake River along the northern edge of the Snake River Plain, a topographic depression that cuts across the Basin and Range Mountain structures of southern Idaho. The nearest flowing stream is Silver Creek, a scenic spring-fed tributary of the Little Wood River, a key source of irrigation water for eastern Blaine County. The pristine Silver Creek is renowned among fly fishermen and was a favorite of Ernest Hemingway, who enjoyed hunting and fishing along the stream with local rancher, Bud Purdy.

Name
The name "Picabo" supposedly derives from a Native American term translated as "silver water". The name "Picabo" was made familiar by Picabo Street, an Olympic skier who grew up in nearby Triumph.

Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Picabo has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate, abbreviated "Dsb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Picabo was 102 F on July 17, 1998, and July 11, 2002, while the coldest temperature recorded was -37 F on December 23, 1990.

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Death Knell (Stargate SG-1)

"Death Knell" is the 16th episode from the seventh season of military science fiction adventure television show Stargate SG-1 and is the 148th overall. It was first broadcast on January 27, 2004, on Sky One in the United Kingdom. The episode was written and directed by Peter DeLuise.

In the episode, Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Jacob Carter / Selmak (Carmen Argenziano) are developing a prototype weapon to fight Anubis's Super Soldiers at the Alpha Site when they are attacked. After the base is destroyed, Carter is relentlessly pursued by one of the Super Soldiers. Meanwhile, the fragile alliance between the Tok'ra, Rebel Jaffa and Earth hangs in the balance.

The episode continues on from the events of the season six episode "Allegiance" and season seven episode "Evolution".

Plot
Major Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Jacob Carter / Selmak (Carmen Argenziano) are at Stargate Command's offworld base, the Alpha Site, working on a prototype of a weapon designed to kill Anubis's Super Soldiers. Soon, the base is attacked by Anubis' forces and Stargate Command personnel begin to evacuate to the Beta Site. At Stargate Command General George Hammond (Don S. Davis) informs Colonel Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Dr. Daniel Jackson (Stargate) (Michael Shanks) and Teal'c (Christopher Judge) of the attack and the fact that many personnel, including Carter are still missing. O'Neill, Daniel, Teal'c & Colonel Reynolds team head to the Alpha Site and begin their search. They soon locate a number of survivors including rebel Jaffa, Tok'ra and Stargate Command personnel, and not long after that they find Jacob who gives O'Neill the prototype weapon.

Daniel and Jacob head back to Stargate Command with the other survivors where Hammond has begun an investigation to find out who leaked the location of their secret offworld base. Jacob tells Daniel that he believes Anubis knew they were creating a weapon that could neutralise his Super Soldiers and that the soldier was likely now hunting Sam as she has the designs. Stargate Command launch a unmanned aerial vehicle armed with missiles, however it is soon shot down by the Super Soldier who is hunting Sam through a forest. Sam locates the downed UAV and manually fires its missile at the soldier, however it survives and continues its attack. Teal'c arrives and draws its attention, whilst Jack is able to retrieve the power source for the weapon from Sam, who uses it to successfully kill the Super Soldier.

At Stargate Command, having learnt that a Tok'ra spy unwillingly gave away details of the Alpha Site after being captured by Anubis, the Tok'ra and Jaffa inform Hammond that they will not be moving to the Beta Site and that both parties wish to go their own way. The tripart alliance seems to be breaking up.

Development and writing
The episode was written by Peter DeLuise. One of his main inspirations came from the logging which was taking place around the Mount Seymour Provincial Park, which had previously served as the filming location of the Alpha Site in the season six episode "Allegiance". According to DeLuise, he "half kidding" suggested to showrunner Robert C. Cooper that they "do an episode where the thing is blown up, and all the trees have gone down". Cooper approved the idea and they subsequently developed it into an episode. DeLuise wrote the episode "very fast"In order to take advantage of the location.

For his story, DeLuise continued on from events established in his episode "Allegiance", dealing with the alliance between Earth, the Tok'ra and Rebel Jaffa. In preparation for the season finale which would see Anubis attack Earth, DeLuise wanted the episode to further isolate Earth from its allies "so that they wouldn't come speeding to our help so easily, so that we would look a little more helpless", and therefore used the destruction of the Alpha Site to "disintegrate the alliance" between the three factions. The question of who was responsible for allowing the location of the Alpha Site to fall into the hands of Anubis would play a key role in the episode and DeLuise quickly realised that Anubis could have learnt the location from his probing of Jonas Quinn in the episode "Fallen", therefore it would be established in the story that this was an entirely new base.

Cast and filming
Carmen Argenziano reprises his role as Jacob Carter / Selmak and Dan Payne returns as the Super Soldier. The episode introduces the Rebel Jaffa M'zel, portrayed by Mark Gibbon. Gibbon previously portrayed a human version of Thor in the episode "Thor's Chariot". Sebastian Spence guest stars as Delek, a Tok'ra. The character was named after Derek Lowe who worked on the show as a behind the scenes video producer. Dan Shea, Gary Jones and Eric Breker reprise their roles as Siler, Technician and Colonel Renyolds. Nels Lennarson and Sam MacMillan portray Lt. Glenn and Major Green.

The episode was directed by Peter DeLuise, whilst Andrew Wilson served as cinematographer. Filming took place in late July 2003, the episodes "Chimera" and "Grace" were also shooting at the same time. As Amanda Tapping was being heavily featured in both "Grace" and "Chimera", the episode's story and filming was structured so that Tapping would be able to complete all her scenes in just two days of photography. The exterior scenes were filmed around Mount Seymour Provincial Park and Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve in North Vancouver. For the prototype weapon that would kill the Super Soldier, art director James Robbins designed a piece that attached to an existing weapon from the show, the Transphase Eradication Rod gun. The new piece would light up when snapped onto the T.E.R..

Broadcast and ratings
"Death Knell" first aired on January 27, 2004, on Sky One in the United Kingdom. It was watched by approximately 759,000 households and was the channels 9th most popular broadcast that week. In the United States, the episode first aired on February 6, 2004, on the Sci-Fi Channel. Stargate SG-1 continued to be the Sci-Fi Channel's highest rated show to air that week, reportedly earning a 1.9 household rating, equating to approximately 2.3 million viewers. "Death Knell" was first shown in Canada on December 23, 2004, on SPACE.

Reception
Response to the episode was mixed. Jan Vincent-Rudzki for TV Zone awarded the episode 5 out of 10, comparing it to the Star Trek episode "Arena". Vincent-Rudzki felt that whilst it was "probably a credible conclusion" to the Earth, Jaffa & Tok'ra Alliance, he "didn't really care", believing that it was possibly a "money saving" episode. Paul Spragg for Starburst awarded the episode 2 out 5, believing that writer & director Peter DeLuise "disguises a story that's been done to death as something new and almost gets away with it". Spragg was of the opinion that after "interminable tales showing the lack of trust between the Jaffa and Tok'ra" resulting in the alliance's dissolution "shouldn't need an entire episode", although felt that the episode gave "Argenziano's Jacob some of the best material he's had in a long while as he tries to mend bridges". Jayne Dearsley for SFX was also critical, calling the episode "action-packed and stuffed with big-stakes drama and conflict. It's got battles, explosions, life-and-death situations and intrigue. Shame none of it comes together into an episode you really enjoy watching". Dearsley did however highlight the "brilliant acting", singling out Carmen Argenziano's performance.

James Hoare for The Companion positively received the episode for how it made Carter "real", writing "This is a Sam Carter we rarely see. With no toys to tinker with and no team to inspire, what remains? Is this wounded and weary woman in battered battledress more than the sum of her parts?". Hoare praised seeing the character in a situation "like nothing we had seen before" going on to write "We’re often shown glimpses of Jack’s special forces training, but this is our first sustained encounter with Sam’s own fieldcraft". Writing for Tor.com Keith R.A. DeCandido was critical of "not enough time" being spent on "Carter's plight". DeCandido believing Jacob Carter being marginalized by his fellow Tok'ra was an "interesting plot point" but felt that "neither Sebastian Spence’s Tok’ra nor Mark Gibbon’s Jaffa is anyone we give a damn about", instead suggesting that the presence of Bra'tac and an established Tok'ra character would have made the plotline "much more convincing". Reviewing for fansite Gateworld, Alli Snow praised the episode, believing it had "terrific balance" between "political intrigue and action". Snow called Carmen Argenziano "the star of the show" as well as praising the "wonderful" character additions, such as Delek and M'Zel.

Samantha Carter resting her head on Jack O'Neill's shoulder was commented upon by both reviewers as well as the cast and crew. Snow for Gateworld appreciated the character moment, calling it a "a rare scene of one character comforting another after a harrowing experience" and asking "Who doesn't love that?". Dearsley felt the moment "shows her as a real human being for once and is a lovely touch". Hoare meanwhile wrote "it's tempting to view it through the giddy glee of ‘shipping, but this moment of rare physical affection between the two is deeper and more nuanced than that. It's a comradeship honed through experience, battle, trauma, and love". Tapping commented that she originally "balked" at the scene as she felt it made Carter "look weak" and believed that O'Neill would not comfort Teal'c or Daniel in that way. DeLuise justification was that "she's been through hell, she deserves to be comforted for a second", also acknowledging the relationship & chemistry between the two characters.

Home media
"Death Knell" along with the episodes "Grace", "Fallout" and "Chimera" were first released on Region 2 DVD on May 3, 2004, as part of the "Volume 35" 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 actor Amanda Tapping. "Death Knell" along with the rest of season 7 was 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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Chimera (Stargate SG-1)

"Chimera" is the 15th episode from the seventh season of military science fiction adventure television show Stargate SG-1 and is the 147th overall. It was first broadcast on January 20, 2004, on Sky One in the United Kingdom. The episode was written by the shows executive producer Robert C. Cooper, with Damian Kindler writing the teleplay and Will Waring directing.

In the episode, Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) has been having strange dreams, recalling memories of his time spent with Dr. Sarah Gardener (Anna-Louise Plowman), before she became host to the Goa'uld Osiris that don't quite line up with what actually happened. Meanwhile, Major Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) starts seeing a police detective, Pete Shanahan (David DeLuise), who becomes curious about the top secret Air Force project Carter works for.

The episodes writers Damian Kindler and Robert C. Cooper, along with actor Amanda Tapping have all described "Chimera" as a "departure" episode for its greater emphasis on the romance and character development of Samantha Carter & Pete, and Daniel & Sarah. Although the episode was well received, "Chimera" introduced Pete Shanahan, notoriously referred to by fans, and later by critics and even those involved in the shows production as "Stalker Pete".

Plot
The Goa'uld Osiris has snuck into Daniel Jackson's (Michael Shanks) home and is using a device to enter his mind as he sleeps. The next morning in a coffee shop, Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) meets her new boyfriend Pete Shanahan (David DeLuise) who tries to persuade her to spend the day with him instead of going to work. Declining Pete's request, she arrives at Stargate Command and is greeted by a tired Daniel who tells her about a strange dream he had about his ex-girlfriend Sarah, who is now host to Osiris. Daniel explains that in his dreams he's reliving events from his and Sarah's time together in Chicago, however he feels as though things aren't quite right. Carter then tells Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) about her new relationship with Pete, revealing to him that her brother set them up together.

Using an Asgard transporter Osiris continues to visit Daniel at night as he sleeps, and one night shows Daniel a stone tablet covered with strange symbols, which she asks for Daniel's help in deciphering. The next morning at Stargate Command, an extremely tired Daniel tells Sam and Teal'c (Christopher Judge) about his dreams and the tablet. He tells them that the tablets bears resemblance to the one they found on Abydos and Teal'c & Sam suggest he's that he's subconsciously attempting to reveal the location of the Lost City.

Pete takes Sam to a ballroom dance, and afterwards they spend the night together at Sam's house. The next morning, after confiding in Sam about his previous marriage and divorce, Pete leaves frustrated after Sam's seeming unwillingness to reveal any details about her life and the work she does. Pete contacts a friend in the FBI, who warns him that Carter must be involved in something big & top secret. Osiris once again has returned and linked her mind with Daniel as he sleeps. In Daniel's dream, he is becoming increasingly frustrated at being unable to understand one of the passages of text on the tablet. Much to Daniel's disbelief Sarah is able to correctly translates it. A confused Daniel then realises he and Sarah had planned to go out for dinner to celebrate two months since they first started seeing each other, but Sarah claims not to mind. Daniel however recognises that when he really missed their date, Sarah left him.

The next day Daniel describes his dreams to Teal'c, Sam and General Hammond (Don S. Davis), when Teal'c suddenly realises that the Goa'uld possess the technology to explore people minds and that Osiris could in fact be on Earth probing Daniel when he sleeps. That night, SG-1 put Daniel's house under surveillance and plan to block Osiris' escape by jamming her from transporting away. Osiris arrives and reconnects Daniel and themselves to the constructed reality, but once in there Daniel admits the text means nothing to him, causing Osiris to sever the connection and begin attacking Daniel in the real world. O'Neill and Teal'c move in as Osiris attempts to transport out.

Unable to do so, they instead turn their attention to O'Neill, throwing him back with their hand-device before shooting at Teal'c. Pete, who has followed Sam to the stakeout confronts her as Osiris comes out the front door and begins firing at the pair who both return fire. O'Neill shoots Osiris with a tranquilliser, but not before Pete is hit by weapons fire.

At the SGC, Sarah wakes up, after finally being freed from Osiris, and cries on Daniel's shoulder. In another room, Pete is visited by Sam, who finally tells him the truth about her work and the Stargate.

Development and writing
Executive producer Robert C. Cooper wanted to use season seven of Stargate SG-1 as an opportunity to "really showcase a little more of the personal sides" of the characters Major Samantha Carter, Dr. Daniel Jackson and Teal'c. This was influenced by the reduced availability of Richard Dean Anderson who portrays Colonel Jack O'Neill in the series, with Cooper explaining "he's going to be present in almost every episode. But there's going to be a lot more focus put on the other three characters and their relationships".

Actress Amanda Tapping felt that despite her character of Samantha Carter's "obvious attraction" to Anderson's O'Neill, it was very important that "Carter not sit there pining away for her commanding officer", with the actress believing that it "weakens her considerably" and that she was "starting to get sick" of it as a plot point. Tapping also believed that Carter's dating history had become "a joke on the Internet, the 'Black Widow Curse'" and so she encouraged the writers to move away from these elements. Cooper as show-runner, and Brad Wright before him had frequently commented upon the will-they-won't-they dynamic between Carter and O'Neill, citing that the United States Air Force involvement in the show made it an impossibility to explicitly link the two characters romantically due to O'Neill being Carter's superior officer. Both fans of the show and those involved in making the series joked that Carter had a "Black Widow Curse", whereby everyone she was linked to romantically ended up dying, which included Martouf ("Divide and Conquer"), Narim ("Between Two Fires") & Jonas Hanson ("The First Commandment"). Conversations between Tapping and Cooper lead them to evaluate where the character would then go, with Cooper explaining that Carter "tends to be, in our scripts, the person who does all of the techno-babble exposition, and we sometimes lose track of the fact that she's also a woman, who has a life, and we wanted to explore that too". As writing commenced on the new season in late 2002, Cooper pitched the idea of Carter entering a relationship and having the love interest live out the episode. The pitch idea was subsequently referred to as "Black Widow Carter".

With the return of actor Michael Shanks in season seven, a number of stories that were shelved from season six due to the character of Daniel Jackson's absence were now able to be told, one of which was Cooper's desire to reunite Jackson with the Goa'uld Osiris. Co-producers Paul Mullie and Joseph Mallozzi then married the Daniel/Osiris story with "Black Widow Carter", and Cooper assigned writer and producer Damian Kindler to pen the episode, fleshing the story out together first. Upon joining the writing staff in season six, Kindler felt that Carter was "woefully under-explored". He believed the characters "abilities are without doubt. She’s a genius, she’s brave, she’s worthy, she’s heroic", but he wanted to add more layers to Carter "that would flesh her out to me as a person". Kindler described himself as becoming "fascinated as to what else was going on" with the character, calling it a "mini-agenda" that he tell "some good Carter stories", and would go on to write the episodes "Space Race" and "Grace" to focus on the character in season seven. In the episode "Grace", Kindler described having Carter "address some very heavy issues in her life in order to find a reason to keep going", one of which being Jack O'Neill, with Kindler using the story to show Carter's feeling for O'Neill and "what that has been doing to her for seven years". Kindler and Cooper wanted the repercussions of "Grace" to play out in "Black Widow Carter", having Carter move on from O'Neill and get a boyfriend.

For the Daniel and Osiris storyline, Kindler rewatched the Sarah Gardener, host of the Goa'uld Osiris, introductory episode "The Curse" from the shows fourth season as he wanted his episode to be a sequel that concluded their storyline. Plot points including Osiris' alliance with the Goa'uld Anubis and the information and technology gained from Anubis' torture of Thor in the season five episode "Revelations" were incorporated, as was the continuing search for The Lost City. Kindler engineered the Daniel and Osiris story to run concurrently with the Sam romance story. Kindler also considered the journey of Teal'c as a character and the events of "The Changeling" when looking at how the character would contribute. Kindler recognised that since losing his Goa'uld symbiote, Teal'c would now sleep and dream, something the character did not previously do and therefore would be able to help Daniel Jackson with his dreams, recognising the Goa'uld manipulation. The title "Chimera" was selected by Kindler because of Carter's romantic history, with the writer likening her to a monster or Chimera as well as its alternative meaning that he described as a "fleeting dream that doesn't last". Kindler wrote the script during the shows summer hiatus, completing his final draft on July 15, 2003, before submitting the finished script on July 24, 2003. Cooper noted that there ended up being "three Carter-heavy shows almost in a row" with "Grace", "Chimera" and then "Death Knell".

Cast
An offer was made to Ben Browder to play the role of Carter's love interest, however the actor turned the part down. Browder was later considered for the roles of Major John Sheppard as well as Colonel Dillon Everett in Stargate Atlantis, before eventually being cast as Colonel Cameron Mitchell, becoming one of the shows main characters from season nine onwards. Executive producer Michael Greenburg instead suggested David DeLuise, younger brother of SG-1 director, writer and producer Peter DeLuise. Peter phoned David to gauge his interest and availability in playing the part and a day later David was given an offer and put on a plane that evening, with filming taking place the very next day. The original name for the character failed to clear the shows lawyers as there was a person living in Denver with the same name, with the character instead being named Pete Shanahan. David DeLuise's casting in the show made him the fourth member of the DeLuise family to appear, with Dom DeLuise guest starring as Urgo in the episode of the same name and Michael DeLuise guest starring as Nick Marlowe in "Wormhole Extreme" and later "200". Prior to filming, Kindler and Peter sat down with David and helped him define the character, with Peter believing it was important that Pete be portrayed "a little more grown up" as Peter wanted it to be "believable that Sam’s character was attracted or involved" with someone like David DeLuise's Pete.

Anna-Louise Plowman returns as Dr. Sarah Gardener, host to the Goa'uld Osiris. The episode had originally been planned for later in the season, however Plowman's availability which was coupled with having to fly the actress in from the United Kingdom where she resided, meant bringing it forward to accommodate the actress. Prior to "Chimera" Plowman had last appeared in the season five episode "Revelations", and although open to returning as Gardener the episode marks her final appearance in the franchise.

Filming
"Chimera" is the third episode directed by series camera operator Will Waring. Peter F. Woeste served as cinematographer, although as filming was split over a long period with multiple episodes being worked on simultaneously, therefore Andrew Wilson stepped in as director of photography for some scenes whilst Woeste directed "Inauguration". Parts of the episode "Grace" were also filmed by the shows second unit whilst the shows main unit worked on "Chimera".

More urban location filming was used than a typical episode of the show, with location manager Lynn Smith commenting that they were "all over the place". One of the first locations visited was the recurring home of Samantha Carter, a private residence on Grand Boulevard in North Vancouver. Smith noted that they had to "make sure that the neighbours had had enough of a break between projects" as the location had become popular with other productions. Boulevard Park opposite the house was also used. The FBI office of Special Agent Farrity (Paul Jarrett) was also shot at the residence on Grand Boulevard. Shots Amanda Tapping's Sam Carter in the doorway of her house and the subsequent reactions of David DeLuise's Pete in the scene where Pete arrives to take Sam to the dance were shot two weeks apart. DeLuise's reaction shots were also filmed at an entirely different location, with DeLuise instead reacting to Anne Marie Loder due to Tapping not being available. Production then moved to a private residence on Edinburgh Street in North Burnaby for two days, with the location being used as the home of Dr. Daniel Jackson. The road outside the residence was also shut down to film the shootout between SG-1, Pete and Osiris, followed by blowing up a van. The surveillance van interior was built in the Stargate embarkation room at The Bridge Studios. Elsewhere on the standing sets at Bridge Studios, the multipurpose room was dressed as a canteen for a number of scenes, before being redressed as a gym. Amanda Tapping had originally intended for her character Samantha Carter to hum the theme tune of Richard Dean Anderson's former series MacGyver whilst sharing a lift with Anderson's Jack O'Neill. Tapping couldn't remember MacGyver in time, so instead opted to brake the fourth wall by humming the Stargate SG-1 theme.

For Daniel's office at The University of Chicago filming took place at then home of North Vancouver Museum & Archives on West 4th Street in North Vancouver. Andrew Jackson stepped in as director of photography at this location due to Woeste directing "Inauguration" at the time. Exterior shots of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools were inserted during editing. The community hall attached to the Saint Nicholas and Dimitrios Greek Orthodox Church down the road from The Bridge Studios was used for the 60th wedding anniversary ballroom dance that Sam and Pete attend. Amanda Tapping wore her own Betsey Johnson dress for the scenes. Producer and director Andy Mikita's Funk-soul band The Hip Replacements were the act performing at the ballroom dance. The production team created a poster featuring executive producer Robert C. Cooper sporting a top hat, dancing with production accountant & wife of Peter Woeste, Nicole Forest. In Waring's original cut, the dance scene opened with a close-up of the poster before panning round to Sam and Pete. Despite objections from Waring and Kindler, Cooper rearranged the shots during editing and removed the close-up. Posters were subsequently put around the shows production offices at The Bridge Studios. Parents of executive producer John Smith appear onscreen as the couple celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary, with the couple having hit the milestone in real life that past November. Elements Cafe located across the street from The Bridge Studios was also used.

Amanda Tapping commented that "Chimera was interesting because it didn't feel like a Stargate episode" and that she felt "very out of my element, wearing high heeled shoes and skirts", noting that the shows costume set supervisor Barry Peters felt it was more like "shooting a movie of the week" or a "Harlequin romance".

Broadcast and ratings
"Chimera" first aired on January 20, 2004, on Sky One in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the episode first aired on January 30, 2004, on the Sci-Fi Channel. The episode reportedly earned a 1.9 household rating, equating to approximately 2.3 million viewers. Stargate SG-1 continued to be the Sci-Fi Channel's highest rated show, maintaining the same rating as previous episode "Fallout". Ultimately the episode's 1.9 rating would make it the joint third most popular episode of the seventh season. Upon first being syndicated on February 7, 2005, in the United States, the episode scored a 2.0 household rating, equating to approximately 2.2 million households. "Chimera" was first shown in Canada on December 16, 2004, on SPACE.

Reception
Paul Spragg for Starburst awarded the episode a full 5 out of 5, calling it "Simply done, but very enjoyable". Spragg praised the character development and chemistry between the couples as being "spot on", whilst also highlighting the episode for its "great comic moments". Jayne Dearsley for SFX also awarded the episode the full 5 out of 5, and similarly directed their praise at what they called "wonderful character moments - too many to count", also complementing the chemistry between Shanks and Plowman. Dearsley also appreciated the decision to have Daniel Jackson save Sarah from the Goa'uld Osiris after being unable to save his wife Sha're from Amaunet earlier in the show. Writing for TV Zone, Jan Vincent-Rudzki called the episode "undoubtedly one of the highlights of this season", giving it 9 out of 10. Although Vincent-Rudzki was critical of the Daniel Jackson and Sarah storyline, writing the "story takes too long to get going and doesn't really spark any interest much before its conclusion", but did however enjoy the Sam and Pete romance for its "charming dialogue which is a pleasure to hear". The TV Zone reviewer went on to say "'Awe' has been missing for a lot of this season, and so when down-to-Earth Pete encounters his first alien his reaction is a reminder of that thrill from previous adventures". Marco Lanzagorta for Popmatters called Samantha Carter humming the Stargate SG-1 theme tune "delightful".

The response from fansite Gateworld was mixed. Alli Snow criticised the episode for being "more concerned with 'getting Sam a guy who doesn't die' than writing a single, solid story", but did enjoy the interplay between Daniel and Osiris/Sarah as well as the scenes with Teal'c "finally getting the opportunity to show some humor and extracurricular interests". In a more positive fan review on Gateworld, Lex called "Chimera" "one of those episodes that leaves you with a smile on your face", praising Amanda Tapping for playing the part of a "charmed and content woman beautifully" and believing that "David DeLuise complemented that performance with a confident and cheeky portrayal of Pete". Writer and producer Joseph Mallozzi observed that the response from fans online to the line "There's no zoo in Colorado Springs" was particularly surprising to the writers. The series fictional setting of Stargate Command is set within the Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado Springs, with Cheyenne Mountain Zoo located close by. Many fans complained that this was an oversight from the writers, however Mallozzi commented that the line was intended to subtly poke fun at Carter for being so invested in her work on the base, that she "hasn't even taken the time to have a social life", with the writer reflecting that "It was a throw-away that was, perhaps, a little too subtle".

The episode marks the first appearance of Samantha Carter's love interest, Pete Shanahan, with fans coining the name "Stalker Pete" for the character. Author of the Stargate SG-1 Illustrated Companion Thomasina Gibson wrote "Good grief! If ever a character stirred up controversy it was the lovely Pete Shanahan. He waltzed in, swept Sam Carter onto slinky high-heeled feet and sent the internet into overdrive as fans fought to decide whether or not he deserved the moniker 'Stalker Pete'." Snow for Gateworld wrote "Perhaps doing a background check on and following a potential partner around town comes off as cute and concerned to some. But to others, it possibly harkens back to Sam's propensity to attract guys with stalker tendencies", highlighting previous love-interests of Samantha Carter, Narim in "Between Two Fires" and Orlin in "Ascension" who he believed also exhibited stalking tendencies. Of Shanahan, Spragg called the character "a perfect foil for Carter, romantic, funny and smart", whilst Vincent-Rudzki wrote "David Deluise plays Pete beautifully and the chemistry between him and Sam works perfectly".

Home media
"Chimera" along with the episodes Grace", "Fallout" and "Death Knell" were first released on Region 2 DVD on May 3, 2004 as part of the "Volume 35" standalone disc, before being released as part of the Season 7 boxset on October 19, 2004. The episodes audio commentary is provided by director Will Waring, director of photography Peter F. Woeste and writer Damian Kindler. "Chimera" along with the rest of season 7 was 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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Fallout (Stargate SG-1)

"Fallout" is the 14th episode from the seventh season of military science fiction adventure television show Stargate SG-1 and is the 146th overall. It was first broadcast on January 13, 2004, on Sky One in the United Kingdom. The story was created by Corin Nemec, with Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie writing the teleplay. It was directed by Martin Wood.

In the episode, Jonas Quinn (Corin Nemec) arrives at Stargate Command seeking the help of SG-1 to prevent the destruction of his home planet of Langara. Quinn explains that Kelownan scientists believe an underground vein of the mineral Naquadah is transforming into the much more powerful and unstable Naquadria.

The episode marks the final onscreen appearance of Jonas Quinn who was first introduced in the season five episode "Meridian", before being made a series regular during the shows sixth season.

Plot
Jonas Quinn (Corin Nemec) arrives at Stargate Command seeking the help of his former SG-1 teammates in saving his home planet of Langara. He tells SG-1 and General Hammond (Don S. Davis) that scientists on his world discovered that naquadria, the super-powerful alien mineral found on Langara, is not in fact native to the planet. The mineral was in fact created by a Goa'uld, who found a way to slowly transform the planets naquadah into the much more powerful naquadria, in a process Jonas' people have now discovered is still ongoing and threatens to bring the destruction of the planet should the transformation continue.

Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) goes to Kelowna on Langara where she's presented with Jonas' research. Jonas also introduces her to his assistant Kianna Cyr (Emily Holmes). In the meantime the representatives of the three major powers of Langara arrive on Earth, where they are presented with the fact that although the centre of the catastrophe will lie in Kelowna, the whole planet will then be uninhabitable. They are then presented with the fact that it was an earlier test of a naqahdriah bomb by the Kelownans which caused the chain reaction that is in fact causing the reaction within the planet. This causes much outrage from the representatives until Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) loses his patience.

In Kelowna, Sam finds a way to solve the problem by causing a much greater explosion near the naqahdriah and Jonas shows her a vehicle which can dig into earth. By using the vehicle and Tok'ra tunnel crystals, Jonas believes they would be able to go deep enough into the planet, so Teal'c (Christopher Judge) goes to the Tok'ra to bring some of them back. While Sam is checking the digger she talks with Jonas about Kianna, who, unknown to them, injects herself with something in the laboratory. Later Sam finds out that the machine uses Goa'uld technology and they find out that Kianna is a Goa'uld. When they confront her she reveals that she works for Ba'al but that she also wants to save the planet.

Because all of their simulations with the digger fail, they decide to take the Goa'uld on board to help make modifications during the digger's operation. In the meantime, the delegates on Earth face the problem that Ba'al may come to the planet because the Goa'uld in Kianna hasn't made contact with him. However, they decide to ignore this problem and instead concentrate on the possible evacuation, however, due to their continued bickering Jack tells them that Earth won't help them.

In the digger the Goa'uld and Sam are able to solve problems as they occur whilst boring down into the planet. However, they finally get stuck and the only way to come close enough to the naqahdriah vein is by using the tunnel crystals to create a tunnel large enough for a single person to get down. Because the tunnel would be filled with toxic gas and heat the Goa'uld decides to go, as her symbiote will sustain her. The Goa'uld is able to plant the bomb, but is seriously weakened and struggles in returning to the vehicle. Back on board, the vehicle races against its fast depleting power reserves, but is just about able to successfully return to the surface. At Stargate Command the parties are informed that the mission was a success. Kianna's Goa'uld dies, but saves the host.

Development and writing
The episode's story was thought up by actor Corin Nemec who portrays the character Jonas Quinn on the show, with co-producers Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie writing the teleplay. Nemec had been a main cast member for the previous season and was encouraged by the shows executive producers Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper that should he have any story ideas he should pitch them. Nemec exited the show in the episode "Homecoming", which was the second episode of season seven, however had a three-episode contract. Having not previously written for television, the shows writing team provided Nemec with "their beat sheets" and assistance with how best to pitch for the series. According to Nemec, he pitched 3-5 different ideas to Cooper, one of which had the working title of "Deep Core". Nemec originally envisioned this story as taking place on Earth, however Cooper felt that it was too similar to another story that was being developed at the time and suggested that Nemec rework his story to take place on Jonas Quinn's homeworld.

Nemec then worked with Cooper to further refine the story. This involved removing a subplot that would have taken place alongside the main story involving Daniel Jackson "getting caught up in" a coup d'état, as it had become "too big of an episode". According to Nemec, he put together the "basics of a story" in the form of "beats and moments" with "no dialogue written" which Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie then "made an episode out of".

Writer Paul Mullie felt that the Kelownan's having constructed digger that was able to tunnel into the planets core was "a big buy" given the Kelownan's level of technology. Mullie described that there were "sort of steps" which "all came very quickly" during writing and that these helped make the story unfold and make the drill more plausible. According to Mullie "one of the major changes" made to Nemec's story was that the drill would not be journeying to the core of the planet and instead would only tunnel a small number of miles. Introducing the Goa'uld character who inhabits a Kelownan called Kianna Cyr, the writers imagined that "she improved the digger" for the Kelownan's, but felt "it still wasn't good enough to do this quite frankly really incredible thing" so the writers added "an extra alien technology element, which was to use Tok'ra tunnel crystals" to augment the tunnelling process.

Originally titled "Turn of Events", the episode also had the working title "Deep Core" at one point during its development. Nemec later retitled it to be "Pressure Point", a reference to "unstable nature of the planet" both politically and geological, before finally settling on the name "Fallout". Mullie named the planet Langara, after the Vancouver golf course of the same name.

Cast and characters
Corin Nemec makes his final appearance on Stargate as Jonas Quinn. Nemec, who hadn't filmed for the series in a number of months asked Joseph Mallozzi if he could keep his haircut at the time, which unbeknownst to Mallozzi was remarkably similar to the haircut of Jonas' love interest for the episode, played by Emily Holmes. According to Mullie it wasn't until reviewing the first days footage that they realised. Emily Holmes was cast as Kianna Cyr, a Kelownan research assistant to Jonas Quinn, who is secretly a Goa'uld working for Ba'al. When writing Kianna, Mullie considered how the Goa'uld characters could sometimes be two dimensional and therefore wanted to create a more layered character "who wasn't a System Lord, wasn't a big villain" and "who wasn't clear cut evil". It was written that Kianna would have "loyalties to a System Lord but wasn't necessarily going to follow through on them" as they "may or may not have developed a relationship". Gillian Barber returns as First Minister Dreylock, making her final appearance on the show, whilst Bill Nikolai's character Vern Alberts makes his final appearance, although Nikolai continued working on the show as Richard Dean Anderson's photo double. Patricia Drake and Julian Christopher play the characters of Lucia Tarthus and Vin Eremal, whilst director Martin Wood and Dan Shea make uncredited cameos as technician and Siler.

Design
In the episode, the Kelownan's have constructed a boring machine in order to tunnel into the planet and reach a vein of naquadah. As a cost saving measure, the shows production originally planned for the interior set of the drill to be a redress of the Sebrus space ship set from the episode "Space Race", however production designer Bridget McGuire ultimately opted to rebuild the set almost entirely. The Sebrus set had originally been built on a gimble, but due to the issues this caused during filming it was decided the new set should constructed on the studio floor. McGuire designed the drill to be a "relatively small set" with a "low ceiling" and lots of "pipes and gadgets". Like the Sebrus set, only one room was built, which would be dressed as the main control bridge, then would be converted become the engine room set. Writer Paul Mullie wanted the drill to look like "what the future would look like as pictured by someone in the 30's". As the show had previously established the technology level and aesthetics of Jonas' people in previous episodes, McQuire's team sought to continue these design ques in creating the drill set. Art director Peter Bodarus described the look as "1940's industrial" and took design ques from World War II submarines with Bodarus imagining "the ship would be driven much like an old-fashioned tank with two brake levers". As a cost saving measure, chairs from the Prometheus set were repainted and used on the drill set.

There were extensive conversations during writing and preproduction about how best to depict the drill digging into the planet. Writer Paul Mullie noted that "we were a bit concerned when we started to think about the concept and realised 'we're never going to see what's happening outside the ship" and that the action was only "going to play on their faces", worrying that the episode might feel "too claustrophobic". Consideration was given to having visual effects shots illustrate the digging process, such as having a computer generated shot as though a camera were mounted to the hull of the drill, however director Martin Wood noted the questions of "what's lighting this" and "what are you going to see" dissuaded them from using visual effects. In order to give some visual representation to where the drill was, Bridget McQuire's team introduced electronic display screens to the drill.

Filming
The episode was directed by Martin Wood. Filming took place in June 2003. As with many episodes, Wood tried to find new ways of shooting scenes in the Stargate Command briefing room. Wood separated the briefing room table and began the sequence by bringing the camera up from in the middle of the two halves. The table was then pushed together as the camera pulls back, revealing the full table. According to Wood, Corin Nemec had not had time to prepare the first day filming in the Stargate Command briefing room and therefore had his script sides positioned out of view of the camera during filming. For the scenes where the drill was in motion, an image shaker was used on the camera to help give the impression of movement, furthermore a device was fitted to the exterior of the set to make the set ceiling move. Due to the noise this generated, dialog had to be re-recorded during post-production. Production created Tok'ra tunnels from styrofoam. The tunnel set was designed to be much smaller than previous depictions, which Wood was ultimately unsatisfied with during filming. The director had hoped to only use shots looking downward, into the tunnel and cut everything else, however the episode length made this impossible. The shows visual effects building was used as the exterior of Kelowna.

The visual effects shots of the city of Kelowna were revised and reused from the episode "Homecoming", with Anubis' mothership removed. The digger visual effects model was created by Neill Blomkamp at The Embassy Visual Effects It was originally scripted that the digger would emerge from the ground in Kelownan desert, which would be depicted through visual effects, however the budget for the episode came in too high and therefore the shot was dropped.

Broadcast and ratings
"Fallout" was first broadcast on January 6, 2004, on Sky One in the United Kingdom. The episode was watched by approximately 760,000 viewers and was the eighth most popular broadcast on Sky One that week. It was then shown for the first time in the United States on January 23, 2004, on Sci Fi, earning a Nielsen rating of 1.9, equating to approximately 2.3 million viewers. In Canada the episode was first shown on December 9, 2004, on SPACE. The episode was first syndicated in the United States during the week of January 24, 2005 and achieved a 2.2 household rating, equating to approximately 2.4 million.

A deleted scene between Jonas, Carter and Hammond from the episode was posted on the official Sci Fi website on January 24, 2004.

Reception
Reviews for the episode were mixed. Jan Vincent-Rudzki for TV Zone awarded the episode 9 out of 10 and called it a "pleasure" to see Jonas again, however felt it was a "pity" that "it is only he and Sam who really spend much time together". Jayne Dearsley for SFX awarded the episode 4 out of 5, writing "This isn't a bad little yarn, all told, with some tense moments and a smattering of humour", highlighting the return of Jonas Quinn. Dearsley did however criticize the lack of Teal'c in the episode, and also felt the threat to the planet was poorly executed onscreen, writing "With the whole planet under threat, why ore only three people working on a solution?". Paul Spragg for Starburst awarded the episode 2 out of 5 writing "the whole story is people sitting about talking, and it quickly becomes soporific". Continuing his review, the Spragg bemoaned the lack of visual effects showing the actual drilling taking place, arguing that "the panel displays inside don't really bring much tension to the proceedings". Spragg did however call it "lovely to see Corin Nemec on the show again", however felt he should "try harder on the story for his next attempt". Reviewing for Stargate fansite Gateworld, Alli Snow positively received the episode, calling it "especially refreshing and fun, a nice mixture of action, intrigue and humor that reminds us what a versatile show Stargate really is".

Reviewers also noted similarities to 2003 film The Core, with Dearsley writing "This is remarkably similar to that recent blockbuster although on a much smaller scale, obviously. It's also rather good, in exactly the some kind of twee, campy way", whilst Vincent-Rudzki wrote "although this has a lesser budget it is more exciting".

Home media
"Fallout" along with the episodes "Chimera", "Fallout" and "Death Knell" were first released on Region 2 DVD on May 3, 2004, as part of the "Volume 35" standalone disc, before being released as part of the Season 7 boxset on October 19, 2004. The episode's audio commentary features director Martin Wood, writer and producer Paul Mullie and visual effects supervisor James Tichenor. "Fallout" along with the rest of season 7 was 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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Grace (Stargate SG-1)

"Grace" is the 13th episode from the seventh season of military science fiction adventure television show Stargate SG-1 and is the 145th overall. It was first broadcast on January 6, 2004, on Sky One in the United Kingdom. The episode was written by Damian Kindler and was directed by Peter F. Woeste.

In the episode, Prometheus is travelling back to Earth when it is attacked by an unknown vessel. During the attack Major Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) is knocked unconscious and awakens to find the ships crew are missing and the Prometheus is stuck in a gas cloud.

Actress Amanda Tapping won a Leo Award for her performance in the episode. Sina Oroomchi, David Hibbert, Devan Kraushar and David Cur from the shows sound department were nominated for a Leo Award for their work on the episode.

Plot
The Prometheus is traveling back to Earth using a hyperdrive taken from a Goa'uld Al'kesh. In order to stop the retrofitted hyperdrive from overloading, the ship has been dropping out of hyperspace every few hours to allow the drive to cool down. After dropping out once more, the Prometheus is attacked by an unknown vessel. Unable to use the hyperdrive, Major Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) suggests they retreat into an gas cloud with the hope it will make it more difficult for the alien vessel to track them. As the alien vessel continues their attack, Carter is knocked unconscious.

When Carter wakes up, she finds herself alone on board the Prometheus, with the entire crew missing. Suffering from head injury, Carter struggles to stay conscious and soon begins having visions of a little girl (Sasha Pieterse) running around the ship blowing bubbles. Unable to restart the engines the ship is stuck in the cloud. Teal'c (Christopher Judge) appears, warning her that she must not fall asleep, however she is unable to resist. After seeing the little girl once more, she then starts seeing Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) and in talking to him believes that she's hallucinating and that he's a figment her subconscious mind. As the ships hull begins to corrode and her concussion worsens, Carter continues to imagine Daniel who wants her to study the gas cloud and believes the gas cloud is a sentient being, whilst Teal'c warns her that she may have in fact been captured by the aliens. She imagines her father, Jacob Carter (Carmen Argenziano) who questions her life choices and whether or not she's happy. As Carter gives up on finding a solution to leave the cloud, she conjures up the image of Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and confronts him about her feelings.

The small girl continues to blow bubbles, giving Carter the idea to partially engage the hyperdrive and take Prometheus out of the cloud's space-time. She contacts the alien ship, offering her solution to escape the gas cloud in exchange for return of the crew and safe passage. The crew are returned and Carter creates a bubble around both ships and they both exit the cloud.

Development and writing
The episode was written by Damian Kindler. It was originally titled "Crossfire", before being titled "Passengers" and then finally "Grace". At the start of pre-production on season seven actress Amanda Tapping and showrunner Robert C. Cooper had a conversation regarding the direction to take Samantha Carter in the upcoming season. Tapping asked Cooper for an episode where Carter would "struggle with her demons" and would question her "life choices and questions what she's missing, you know, as a woman and as a contributing member of society". Cooper told Tapping they had already begun developing something in that vein, commenting that he tended to rely upon Carter's voice for technobabble and exposition admitting "we sometimes lose track of the fact that she's also a woman, who has a life, and we wanted to explore that too".

The episode continued what Kindler described as a "kind of a mini agenda coming into season seven" where he "really wanted to write some good Carter stories". Kindler had two initial ideas which formed the basis of the episode. The first idea came to Kindler in a dream, in which he imagined "Carter trapped on a planet in a decaying orbit" and "having to deal with this very personal and emotional gauntlet if she hopes to survive". Kindler also had the idea "of the team encountering a faceless alien threat" and showrunner Robert C. Cooper believed both ideas could marry together for an episode. Kindler described the story as a "closed-door mystery" where "You never really find out what happened in the epic sense", intending that the episode remain focused around Carter.

During the story, a stranded and alone Carter would become concussed. In Carter's fight to survive, Kindler wanted the character to "address some very heavy issues in her life in order to find a reason to keep going", one of the key issues being "her feelings for O'Neill and the hopelessness" she felt regarding their situation. Kindler described wanting to address but not conclude "what that has been doing to her for seven years", whilst also expressing his desire to "stir the pot" of the fans who ship Carter & O'Neill romantically. This would then setup Cooper & Kindler's upcoming episode "Chimera" which would see Carter enter a relationship with a new character. According to writer and co-executive producer Joseph Mallozzi in the early outline of the story Carter would have boarded the alien vessel and come "face to face with its crew", however it was ultimately decided the story "would work better as a self-contained narrative".

Cast and filming
Sasha Pieterse guest stars as the titular character, Grace. Tapping believed who or what the character was purposely left open for interpretation, however she personally Grace as "Sam's child if she had chosen family over career" as well as "the potential future for Carter". Tapping also believed the child could be seen as being emblematic of "Carter's inner child, the child that she doesn't play with" and "a representation of what Carter's capable of". Carmen Argenziano reprises his role as Jacob Carter/Selmak. John Novak and Ingrid Kavelaars reprise their roles of Major Erin Gant and Colonel William Ronson from the episode "Memento". Craig Veroni appears as Weapons Officer. Veroni was subsequently cast the following year as Peter Grodin who was a recurring character during the first season of Stargate Atlantis.

The episode was directed by Peter F. Woeste, with cinematography by Jim Menard. Tapping recorded her voice-over dialog before filming the episode began. The episode was predominantly shot by the shows second unit whilst the shows main unit worked on the episodes Death Knell" and "Chimera". According to Tapping, although the official schedule was for two days of main unit photography and six days of second unit, filming took over a month to complete. Tapping had hoped to use the summer filming hiatus to "map out" her arc and beats within the episode, particularly regarding the effects of her head-injury, however filming ended up starting on the final day of production before the hiatus.

In being concussed and hallucinating, Tapping was mindful of "not going over the top" with her performance, and looked to try and perform her scenes "very softly". According to Tapping Richard Dean Anderson, Christopher Judge and Michael Shanks all played "somewhat different" versions of their characters; Jack O'Neill, Teal'c and Daniel Jackson in Carters hallucinations. In filming the scenes where Carter is concussed and alone onboard Prometheus, Woeste wanted to keep the audience "a little off balance" and shot the scenes with wider lenses on order to "show as much of the set" and to show Carter "somewhat diminutive in that set, just to give it that feeling she's alone and that there's no one else around her". Dutch camera angles and camera rotation were also used with Menard hoping that the audience would be unsure whether "it was a dream or not". Using Dutch angles in the hallways of the Prometheus set meant that the studio ceiling would be visible, therefore the set ceilings had to be filled in.

Broadcast and ratings
"Grace" was first broadcast on January 6, 2004 on Sky One in the United Kingdom. It was then shown for the first time in the United States on January 16, 2004 on Sci Fi, earning a Nielsen rating of 1.8. This was down on the channel's record breaking 2.2 household rating for the previous week's episode "Evolution", but remained above the season average of 1.7. In Canada the episode was first shown on December 2, 2004 on SPACE. The episode was first syndicated in the United States during the week of January 17, 2005 and achieved a 2.5 household rating, equating to approximately 2.7 million viewers which made it the most watched episode of season seven to-date.

Reception and awards
Reviewing for SFX Jayne Dearsley awarded the episode five out of five stars, praising Tapping's "pitch-perfect performance". Dearsley believed the episode delivered "some genuine, creepy chills, a good dollop of emotion and some lovely effects" and called the use of hallucinations "refreshing", writing "Carter's visions could've been explained away as some sort of technobabble-heavy anomaly, but, happily, they're not supernatural at all; just side effects of the bang on her bonce". Reviewing for TV Zone Jan Vincent-Rudzki called it "Not a great episode, but well executed" and compared the premise to Star Trek, awarding the episode 7 out of 10. Reviewing for fansite Gateworld, Ali Snow awarded the episode three and a half stars, hailing Tapping for carrying the episode, calling her performance "brilliant". Snow also praised how Kindler appeared to flirt with Star Trek tropes such as "sentient space anomaly" and "alien mind trick" "then veers back into an original and satisfying story". James Hoare for The Companion believed "When we think of Sam at her finest, it's episodes like ‘Grace’ that immediately offer themselves up as evidence" Reviewing for Sci-Fi Online, Darren Rea felt the episode was "a bit of a sci-fi cliché", awarding it 6 out of 10.

Amanda Tapping won a Leo Award in the category "Dramatic Series: Best Lead Performance - Female" for her performance as Samantha Carter in the episode. Sina Oroomchi, David Hibbert, Devan Kraushar and David Cur were nominated for a Leo Award in "Best Overall Sound in a Dramatic Series", losing to The Collector episode "The Rapper".

Home media
"Grace" along with the episodes "Chimera", "Fallout" and "Death Knell" were first released on Region 2 DVD on May 3, 2004 as part of the "Volume 35" 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 Woeste, director of photography Jim Menard, camera operator Will Waring and set decorator Mark Davidson. "Grace" along with the rest of season 7 was 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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