Proving Ground (Stargate SG-1)

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“Proving Ground”
Stargate SG-1 episode
Episode no. Season 5
Episode 13
Guest stars Courtenay J. Stevens as Lt. Elliot
Elisabeth Rosen as Lt. Jennifer Hailey
Grace Park as Lt. Satterfield
David Kopp as Lt. Grogan
Michael Kopsa as General Kerrigan
Written by Ron Wilkerson
Directed by Andy Mikita
Production no. 513
Original airdate March 8, 2002
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"Proving Ground" is an episode from Season 5 of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.

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SG-1 trains several young lieutenants for the rigors of off-world missions using several life-like scenarios that appear incredibly realistic. Through a very elaborate ploy set up by SG-1, General Hammond, and the entire SGC, the lieutenants are led to believe that the SGC has been totally infiltrated by the Goa'uld, and all of the staff are under a sort of mind control last seen on the planet Argos. Using stun weapons leftover from a previous training mission, the cadets manage to infiltrate the SGC and destroy the device that was supposedly putting everybody under a state of mind control. SG-1 and Hammond then congratulate the lieutenants and reveal the true nature of the exercise. Suddenly, the Stargate engages and opens a wormhole to a planet releasing deadly radiation. 2LT Hailey rushes in and manually overrides the iris, appearing to get killed in the process. The leader of the team of cadets, Lt. Elliot, ignores General Hammonds' orders and runs into the embarkation room anyway to attempt to rescue his fallen teammate. She turns out to be fine, a part of another training exercise. SG-1 congratulates the cadets again, and all four members are told that they have a bright future in the SGC.

[edit] Notes

  • Jennifer Hailey makes a return from her previous appearance in the episode Prodigy.
  • Courtenay J. Stevens would reprise his role as Lieutenant Elliot in the episodes Summit and Last Stand. He would also later appear in the first season of Stargate Atlantis, playing the role of Keras in "Childhood's End."
  • Lieutenant Grogan returns in Season Five episode, The Sentinel
  • Grace Park (Lieutenant Satterfield) later plays Sharon Valerii in Battlestar Galactica.
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