1969 (Stargate SG-1)

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Stargate SG-1 episode
“1969”
Episode no. Season 2
Episode 21
Guest star(s) Alex Zahara as Michael
Aaron Pearl as Lt. George Hammond
Amber Rothwell as Jenny
Pamela Perry as Cassandra
Glynis Davies as Catherine Langford
Fred Henderson as Maj. Thornbird
Writer(s) Brad Wright
Director Charles Correll
Production no. 221
Original airdate March 5, 1999
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"1969" is an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.

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[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details for Stargate SG-1 Season 2 follow.

A powerful solar flare crossing the path of the Stargate's matter stream causes the SG-1 team to be propelled around the sun and travel back in time 30 years. They arrive inside a top-secret missile testing facility and are arrested by guards that think they are Soviet spies.

Whilst Colonel O’Neill is interrogated and uses comedic answers to deny any connection to the Stargate facility, a young lieutenant searches through SG-1's possessions and discovers a note stating that he should help them, a note General Hammond had given Captain Carter before they left. After escaping custody with the help of the lieutenant, they discover that he is in fact General Hammond, 30 years younger, who gives them some money to purchase disguises.

The SG-1 team must find a way home- if nothing else, Teal'c will eventually be taken over by his symbiote unless he can return to the present- but it seems apparent they are doomed to be stuck in the past. However, Carter, using the note, which includes two dates and times, grasps that the dates actually describe two more solar flares on the opposite side of the sun. And to use these flares as an effective measure in getting back to the future, they must find the Stargate.

After a bold hitchhiking maneuver by Teal'c, SG-1 is able to travel across the country with a hippie couple, Michael and Jenny, who are heading to Woodstock, in their bus. Donning a convincing German accent, Daniel Jackson learns the location of the Stargate from Catherine. SG-1 manages to activate the gate (stored in an old D.C. armory) and run through under fire from guards.

However, they arrive in an empty, dark gate room. An elderly woman walks in, who is actually Cassandra, and tells them that they stepped into the Stargate a few seconds early and were sent far into the future. She reactivates the gate and tells them that they must return to their time. The team arrives back in the normal gate room with General Hammond reminding O’Neill of the money he owes him. Which is around $500 ($539.50), after interest.

[edit] Quotes

  • Daniel: So we go in disguise, pretend to be foreigners.
    Jack: How do we do that?
    Daniel: Well, I speak twenty-three languages, Jack. Pick one.


  • Michael: So your thing, that thing, on your forehead; what's it symbolize? Peace?
    Teal'c: Slavery, to false gods.
    Michael: Right on. So it's made out of....
    Teal'c: Do not discuss it further.
    Michael: I dig. It's cool. [pause] So you just go AWOL?
    [Stare from Teal'c]
    Michael: Hey, we're cool. After the concert me and Jenny, we're even thinking about crossing the border up to Canada.
    Teal'c: For what reason?
    Michael: You know, man... the war.
    Teal'c: The war with Canada?
    Michael: No.


  • Thornbird: I'm Maj. Robert Thornbird. And you are?
    O'Neill: Capt. James T. Kirk, of the starship Enterprise.

[edit] Notes

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  • Daniel reveals that he speaks 23 languages, though whether he is fluent in each language, or how many of these are extinct languages, is not known.
  • Though it is not explicit in this episode, apparently Daniel Jackson teaches Teal'c how to drive a car. When Teal'c drives a car in the season 6 episode "Smoke & Mirrors", Jonas Quinn asks the obvious question, "who taught you to drive?" and Teal'c replies, "Daniel Jackson." Jonas asks when; the reply is "I believe the year was 1969."
  • During the 200th episode Jackson, Carter, and Teal'c hint that O'Neill fathered Cameron Mitchell while back in time during this episode. Though they seemed to be joking with him, they never admit it actually is a joke, leaving the matter open to debate; if nothing else, the dates certainly match.
  • The 1969 Colorado license plates on the bus are designated PJ 2251, from Arapahoe County near Denver.
  • When the bus approaches Chicago the Sears Tower is shown in the skyline, although its construction did not begin until 1972.

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