The Other Guys

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Stargate SG-1 episode
“The Other Guys”
Episode no. Season 6
Episode 8
Guest star(s) Patrick McKenna as Jay Felger
John Billingsley as Dr. Coombs
Michael Adamthwaite as Herak
Michael Daingerfield as Big Jaffa
Writer(s) Damien Kindler
Director Martin Wood
Production no. 608
Original airdate August 2, 2002
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"The Other Guys" 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 6 follow.

A Goa'uld named Khonsu has learned of SG-1’s location and orders his First Prime, Herak, to capture the team.

On another world, three scientists research a Ring Transporter, while another, Jay Felger, is fascinated with watching SG-1. He giddily talks with Col. O'Neill and Teal'c, when the two are suddenly called by Carter. O'Neill orders the scientists to stay put while he assists Carter. Felger begins to quarrel with one of his colleagues when an Al'kesh suddenly screeches overhead. Felger contacts SG-1, which is under attack by several Jaffa. The three scientists hurriedly run to the scene, only to see the team transported away. Felger valiantly decides to use the ring transporter to ring himself and another comrade, Coombs, aboard the nearby ha’tak, while the third reports back to General Hammond and Stargate Command.

On the ship SG-1 is sequestered in a cell, discussing their fate, when suddenly Herak enters and speaks of SG-1’s future. In the meantime, Felger and Coombs slip through the ship in search for SG-1. They find them, much to O'Neill’s dismay. He angrily reveals to the bumbling pair that their capture was planned in order to contact a Tok'ra. SG-1 is able to procure the assistance of two free Jaffa to move the scientists to a safe location whilst they carry out their mission.

The ha'tak arrives on Khonsu’s planet where SG-1 is imprisoned in a special cell inside of Khonsu's base. On the ship, the two free Jaffa are shot down as known traitors, much to the shock of the two scientists. Coombs panics but Felger calmly assures his partner that he has a plan. They disguise themselves as Jaffa and ring to the planet under protest from Coombs. Inside the fortress, Herak confronts Khonsu and shoots him. He exposes Khonsu to the other Jaffa as the Tok'ra spy and orders that their allegiance now belongs to Anubis. He promptly takes over command and orders SG-1 be brought before him. They are told of Khonsu’s untimely demise. O'Neill is tortured with a pain staff so that he reveals where the Tok'ra are. However, he knows nothing, thus the team is taken away.

Back at SGC, Hammond is informed that Khonsu was killed but knows they are powerless to do anything without knowing SG-1's location. The two other scientists, again in search for SG-1, find a control room with access to the entire base. They contact SG-1 and, with the help of Carter, Coombs is able to lower the energy field holding SG-1. In the meantime, Felger brings the team weapons. They formulate a plan to take out the Jaffa outside the base, while Coombs aids from the control room. SG-1 successfully immobilizes the Jaffa on the ground despite overwhelming numbers. However, Felger relays the fact that Coombs is trapped inside the control room, nearly breached by Jaffa. Coombs beams Col. O'Neill and Teal'c inside the base who decimate the Jaffa and rescue him. The three ring to the planet and leave through the Stargate.

Back at the base, Felger daydreams about a ceremony in which the two are honored as heroes by General Hammond, Col. O’Neill personally thanks the two, and Carter passionately kisses Felger. The maladroit scientist realizes his job may be better than the life-threatening missions of SG-1.

[edit] Notes

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  • Patrick McKenna (Felger) is known for playing Harold Green on The Red Green Show.
  • John Billingsley (Coombs) is known for playing Dr. Phlox on Star Trek: Enterprise, and starred in The Others, to which the episode's title might be referring.
  • A Klingon bat'leth is visible above Lord Khonsu's throne.
  • Coombs is a Trekkie, and wonders how Felger can consider himself a scientist and not "worship at the altar of Roddenberry."
  • Whilst hiding in the cargo hold, Coombs replies to Felger's optimism with "Oh come on Felger, we might as well be wearing red shirts", a reference to the high mortality rate in Star Trek TOS.
  • This episode marks the first appearance of Herak, who will later become the First Prime of Anubis.
  • Coombs, while assisting the escape of SG-1 from their prison cell, excitedly comments "Everything is in here!" when he begins to operate a Goa'uld command console. This is a reference to the common occurrence in many action and Sci-Fi shows where, whenever a critical piece of information or vital system needs to be accessed, everything necessary is miraculously located within a single computer console that is fortuitously unguarded and easily accessed.
  • As part of their Jaffa disguises, Coombs and Felger paint tribal symbols on their foreheads in the shape of Shadow battlecrab ships from Babylon 5.

[edit] Quotes

  • Coombs: Jay, are you sure about this?
    Felger: Think about it Simon, what would Colonel O'Neill do if he was here now?
    Coombs: You want me to shoot you?
  • He'rak: No matter what you have endured, you have never experienced the likes of what Anubis is capable of.
    O'Neill: You ended that sentence with a preposition! Bastard!
    ("...of doing." would have ended He'rak's sentence correctly.)
  • Felger: Don't you get it Simon, Jaffa do not kill each other for fun.
    Coombs: They don't?
    Felger: OK, I don't know that for sure.
  • Felger: This is great! Sneaking around with you guys in a Goa'uld pyramid on some alien planet - only thing missing is some Jaffa chasing us.
    Teal'c: O'Neill! [Sounds of approaching guards]
    Felger: Yeh, that's not my fault 'cos there's no possible . . . Simon hurry up! We've got company.

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