New Order (Stargate SG-1)

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“New Order (Parts 1 & 2)”
Stargate SG-1 episode
Episode no. Season 8
Episode 1 & 2
Written by Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie and Robert C. Cooper
Directed by Andy Mikita
Guest stars Torri Higginson as Dr. Elizabeth Weir
Patrick Currie as Fifth
Kira Clavell as Amaterasu
Steve Bacic as Camulus
Gary Jones as Technician
Kevan Ohtsji as Oshu
Vince Crestejo as Yu The Great
David DeLuise as Pete Shanahan
James Bamford as Replicator
Production no. 801 & 802
Original airdate July 9, 2004
Episode chronology
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New Order is the two-part eighth-season premiere of the science-fiction series Stargate SG-1. The episode earned a 2.4 Nielsen Rating, a new record high for the show during its run on cable, which has since been tied, but never beaten. It also became the most-watched regular series episode ever for the Sci Fi Channel and the highest rated episode in the history of Stargate SG-1, drawing 3.22 million viewers.[1] Part 2 was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Visual Effects".) [2]

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[edit] Part 1

At Stargate Command Dr. Jackson plans to go to Antarctica but then Dr. Weir enters and tells him that the talks stalled again. He gets angry about the situation but because she can't do anything she leaves. She later talks with SG-1 and its members protest that they are not allowed to use the Stargate. She tells them that they can't use it because they want to show their goodwill to the world. Major Carter then proposes using the modified Tel'tak to get to Othala to contact the Asgard, who could help Col. O'Neill. However Weir denies that request since they perhaps need that ship in the future to fend off the Goa'uld and because the engines could burn out on the flight.

Later Carter talks with Weir privately and asks her to reconsider her request but she denies. However when Carter threatens to refuse to work on the modified cargo ship, she gets the allowance. Carter then talks with Teal'c about their flight and when Daniel enters he is informed that he has to stay because if the two fail he would be the only one left to help O'Neill. Some time later Carter and Teal'c fly through hyperspace to Halla and during the flight Carter tries to find out how O'Neill modified the engines but she can't find out how he did it. She then tries to start a conversation with Teal'c but it isn't a long talk.

At SGC Daniel again talks with Weir about the talks between the nations when suddenly the gate is activated. They receive a text message of Camulus, a Goa'uld System Lord, who wants to arrange a meeting between Earth and the System Lords. Weir is then authorized by the President to start negotiations and Daniel informs her about the System Lords, their behavior and their representatives, especially Lord Yu.

Meanwhile Carter and Teal'c reach Halla but find that the Halla sun has become a black hole and that their engines have burned out. They are unable to break free from the gravitational forces of the black hole. They try transferring shield power to the engines without effect; the hull breaks apart as they are beamed out by Thor. He informs them that the Asgard collapsed the sun to create a black hole to permanently destroy the Replicators on Halla. They estimated that it would take the human-form Replicators two years to reach the time-dilation device used to trap them, so a more permanent solution was devised. As they talk a large block of Replicators, who have reversed the time-dilation device to speed time and their own evolution, form a ship using the energy and matter from the accretion disk of the black hole and escape just before crossing the event horizon, heading towards Thor's ship. They try to escape but the Replicators fire a Replicator-infested projectile on them and board the ship. While Carter and Teal'c start to destroy the Replicators Carter is beamed away by the Replicator ship, which then enters hyperspace.

On Earth the representatives, Camulus, Amaterasu, Yu, and his First Prime Oshu arrive. They reveal that since the defeat of Anubis, the System Lords balance of power was destroyed. To avoid open war, they divided his territories among them, but Ba'al found Tartarus, took control of the Kull warriors, and that he plans to attack the worlds protected by the Protected Planets Treaty. They ask if they could use the Ancient weapon against Baal. After a break the System Lords offer them hyperspace engines as powerful as a Ha'tak for a fleet of Earth ships to take the fight to Baal but Weir declines. Instead she proposes that Earth gets Ba'al's territory after they defeated him but the System Lords decline this offer. Afterwards the Goa'uld contact their allies.

In the Asgard galaxy Thor follows the Replicators, which head towards Orilla, the new Asgard homeworld, rich with neutronium. It is the key component in Asgard technology, the means for the Replicators to make thousands and construct Human Replicators. Meanwhile on the Replicator ship Carter is confronted by Fifth, who is angry at her betrayal of him. He then rams his hand in her head and starts to torture her. He does this for some time, so that Carter can feel the pain he felt at her betrayal. But once he sees just how much pain Carter is in, he relents. Meanwhile Thor proposes to self destruct his ship to destroy both ships and Teal'c agrees. However before they reach the Replicators, the ship loses power because of surviving Replicators on the ship. Teal'c destroys them while Thor warns his people. The Asgard then send a fleet to protect Orilla and six O'Neill class battleships destroy the arriving Replicator ship.

On Earth Daniel looks on the message which the System Lords got and before they leave he deactivates the gate. It turns out that the System Lords sent a ship to test Earth's defense and so Weir orders the Goa'uld to be arrested.

[edit] Part 2

Thor is informed by Penegal of the Asgard Council that Replicator blocks rained down on Orilla. They infest the technology used to save the minds and cloned bodies of the Asgard. Unfortunately, the Asgard are unable to evacuate their new home. In the meantime the Prometheus waits in Earth orbit on the Goa'uld ship. The ship turns out not to be a Ha'tak, but they discover it is Thor's ship and are greeted by Teal'c. At SGC, Daniel informs the System Lords that their ship was destroyed by Ba'al. Suddenly, he is beamed aboard Thor's ship, the Daniel Jackson. After he is greeted, Thor beams up O'Neill, whose Ancient-knowledge would be needed to fight the Replicators.

Meanwhile, Carter wakes up in bed in a Montana farmhouse. Pete Shanahan greets her, but she doubts the reality of her situation. Pete tells her that she left SGC a year ago due to mental stress. After some time she finally agrees to eat something. When finished with her meal, she reiterates her disbelief. This angers Pete who reveals himself to be Fifth and professes his love for her. She tells him that she cannot love him back. At her rejection, he threatens to make her very unhappy.

Thor connects the stasis pod that has been holding O'Neill with the computer of his ship and the computer translating Ancient. Eventually, O'Neill is able to talk through the communication system and indicates his control over the ship by the activation of certain lights. Appearing as a hologram, he starts to work on a weapon to use against the Replicators. After some time, an alarm sounds warning that the Ancient knowledge must be erased. O'Neill is barely able to finish his work before the knowledge is removed. As he awakens from stasis, he has no memory of what has transpired. Thor materializes the device which O'Neill designed, but even he does not know its function. Penegal contacts them to inform them that the Replicators on Orilla seem to be controlled by a human-form Replicator. This gives SG-1 hope that Sam may have survived, however the Asgard are unable to locate her life signs. Abruptly, communications from Penegal are disrupted.

At SGC, Weir visits Yu's First Prime Oshu who asks her to let them go to fight against Ba'al, since he commands the fleets of Anubis with which he would control the galaxy. Later, she visits Camulus who wants to request asylum since his forces were destroyed. Finally, the System Lords are allowed to leave, but Amaterasu tells Weir to tell Camulus that he will be forever branded a traitor and a coward.

While Thor examines the Ancient device, he is contacted by Aegir, commander of the Valhalla, who tells him that they found the remains of a human-form Replicator in space. Thor beams him on board, and begins to access the Replicator communication network. They are able to locate Carter, but the human-form Replicator wakes up, repairs itself, resists beaming and takes control of the ship. The three humans fire on him but to no avail. O'Neill then uses the Ancient weapon, the Replicator Disruptor, causing the replicator to disassociate into its constituent components. With this new information, Thor begins development of a large-scale version of the weapon to destroy all Replicators on Orilla.

In the meantime, SG-1 beams down on the planet to rescue Carter. They are quickly attacked by Replicators which they start to destroy until Fifth appears, who threatens to kill Carter. O'Neill is then contacted by Thor but suddenly all the Replicators start to move in one direction. SG-1 tries to destroy as much of them as possible until they see a massive Replicator ship in the form of a large spider. Meanwhile Carter talks with Fifth, who tells her what is happening. She tries to talk some sense into him when suddenly the ship leaves. Afterwards Thor activates the massive disruptor which destroys all remaining Replicators on the planet. He then detects another life sign in the proximity of the three humans and it turns out to be Carter.

Later, O'Neill visits Weir who tells him that she will supervise the Ancient outpost. She also tell him that General Hammond will be the new director of the new unofficial "Department for Homeworld Security", and the new commander of SGC will be Brigadier General Jack O'Neill. Although he is happy about the promotion, he dislikes the thought of not being in the field, which he also points out to SG-1. They assure him that he is the best for this position, and there will be challenges for him in command as well as for SG-1 in the field.

A large meeting is held in the gate room during which Weir says goodbye and presents Stargate Command with their commanding officer. As one of his first acts as C.O., O'Neill promotes Major Samantha Carter to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

On the Replicator ship Fifth is very happy so see that the new human-form Replicator is completed, which has the form of Carter.

[edit] Production

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[edit] Reception

The episode earned a 2.4 Nielsen Rating, a new record high for the show during its run on cable, which has since been tied, but never beaten. It also became the most-watched regular series episode ever for the Sci Fi Channel and the highest rated episode in the history of Stargate SG-1, drawing 3.22 million viewers.[1] Part 2 was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Visual Effects".) [2]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b STARGATE SG-1 recognized as the #1 show in all Sci Fi history by Stargate Command — mp3, nasa, family | Gather
  2. ^ a b "Stargate SG-1" (1997) - Awards

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