Charles Kawalsky

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Charles Kawalsky
Stargate character
Kawalsky controlled by the Goa'uld
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Rank	Lieutenant (in the film) Major (in the television series)
Birthplace	US, Earth
Film portrayer	John Diehl
Television portrayer	Jay Acovone
Key episodes	"Stargate" (first appearance)

Charles Kawalsky was a fictional character from the film Stargate portrayed by John Diehl, and then the spin-off television series Stargate SG-1 when he was played by Jay Acovone. Despite dying in the second episode of SG-1, Kawalsky remained an infrequent recurring character, the team encountering alternate and virtual reality versions of him on three occasions.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

1 Military career
2 Mission to Abydos
3 The reopening of the program
4 Reappearances

[edit] Military career

Because of his reputation and connections, General West recruited Kawalsky to the Air Force for the first Stargate mission to Abydos. He again worked with Jack O'Neill, this time helping him to free the people on the planet from the Goa'uld System Lord Ra. His experience during his first mission made him a natural choice to rejoin the programme once it was fully reactivated. Unfortunately, it was on his mission to Chulak that eventually led to Kawalsky's death.

[edit] Mission to Abydos

In Stargate, Lieutenant Kawalsky served under Jack O'Neill on the mission to Abydos, generally serving as O'Neill's second-in-command. Kawalsky became very angry when he discovered Daniel Jackson did not have what he needed to reopen to Stargate. However he later changed his view on the Doctor not only because Daniel was able to bring them home but also because he saved them from Ra. He, along with Feretti, survived to return to Earth and together with his teammates decided to keep silent about what really happened during the mission.

[edit] The reopening of the program

When the Goa'uld Apophis attacked SGC Kawalsky, now promoted to major, was brought back together with his former teammates and questioned by General Hammond. However both he and Feretti kept quiet. After Colonel O'Neill convinced the General to let him go to Abydos again, Kawalsky accompanied him to bring back Daniel Jackson. Afterwards he became the leader of the newly formed SG-2 and accompanies SG-1 on their mission to Chulak to rescue Sha're and Skaara. On the planet SG-2 guarded the Stargate and provided cover for SG-1 when they fled from the pursuing Jaffa. However before he returns to Earth he is infected with a young Goa'uld from a dead Jaffa.

Back on Earth the symbiote started to take control over the major, resulting in Kawalsky having several blackouts. The SGC tried to surgically remove the Goa'uld from his body and although they were able to remove the symbiote the Goa'uld had already taken over Kawalsky's mind. He freed himself and tried to flee from the base, setting off the self-destruct as he dialled the Stargate, but was stopped by Teal'c while the self-destruct was disarmed. They fought in front of the open Stargate and when Teal'c held his head into it, the gate was closed, resulting in Kawalsky's death as the back part of his skull and brain, complete with the Goa'uld, were lost in the event horizon.

[edit] Reappearances

Despite his demise in the second episode of the show, Kawalsky still appeared in three more episodes. In "The Gamekeeper", O'Neill and Teal'c encountered Kawalsky in a virtual reality simulation during which O'Neill remembered an earlier mission in his life. In "Point of View", a Kawalsky and Samantha Carter from an alternate reality where the Goa'uld have successfully invaded Earth come into the contact with Stargate Command, but return to their world after SG-1 help them make contact with the Asgard of their universe. Finally in the season 8 finale Kawalsky returns in an alternate timeline accidentally created by SG-1 when they travelled back in time to acquire a ZPM and were trapped in the past with the destruction of their time machine. In a partial mirror to the pilot, Kawalsky accompanies O'Neill, Carter and Daniel to Chulak in part two of "Moebius". In this last appearance, he again meets his end, although here he is merely shot; it is the alternate Daniel Jackson who is infected with the Goa'uld and killed by Teal'c.

Recurring characters on Stargate SG-1		Edit
Tau'ri	Malcolm Barrett \| Jacob Carter \| Chekov \| Adrian Conrad \| Paul Davis \| Paul Emerson \| Louis Ferretti \| Janet Fraiser Walter Harriman \| Charles Kawalsky \| Robert Kinsey \| Carolyn Lam \| Catherine Langford \| Bill Lee Harry Maybourne \| Lionel Pendergast \| Robert Rothman \| Frank Simmons \| Pete Shanahan \| Siler \| Richard Woolsey
Other Humans	Cassandra \| Kasuf \| Linea \| Ma'chello \| Martin Lloyd \| Sha're \| Shifu \| Skaara
Goa'uld	Amaterasu \| Amonet \| Anubis \| Apophis \| Ba'al \| Camulus \| Cronus \| Hathor \| Heru-ur Nerus \| Osiris \| Ra \| Sokar \| Tanith \| Yu \| Zipacna
Jaffa	Bra'tac \| Gerak \| Ishta \| Rya'c
Other	Adria \| Chaka \| Fifth \| Harlan \| Lotan \| Oma Desala \| Reese \| Replicator Carter \| Thor
Lists by race	All \| Tau'ri \| Ancient, Aschen, Asgard, Goa'uld, Jaffa, Langaran, Lucian Alliance Ori, Replicator, Tok'ra, Tollan, System Lord