Revelations (Stargate SG-1)

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“Revelations”
Stargate SG-1 episode
Episode no. Season 5
Episode 22
Written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie
Directed by Martin Wood
Guest stars Anna-Louise Plowman as Osiris
Teryl Rothery as Heimdall
David Palffy as Anubis
P.J. Johal as Jaffa
Shaker Paleja as Jaffa
Martin Sims as Jaffa
Michael Shanks as Voice of Thor
Production no. 522
Original airdate May 17, 2002
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"Revelations" is the Season 5 finale episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. This episode was nominated for an Emmy in the category "Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series", and won a Gemini Award in the category "Best Visual Effects".[1]

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[edit] Plot

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The episode starts with an Asgard ship arriving at a planet with two Goa'uld Ha'taks being in orbit. Thor contacts one of the ships, which is under the command of Osiris, and orders them to retreat but she doesn't follow his order. So he fires on her ship but he isn't able to destroy or even damage it.

At Stargate Command Sam sadly looks over Daniel Jackson's belongings when General Hammond arrives. They talk about the situation when the Stargate activates and Freyr arrives. He informs them about the Goa'uld attack on the planet and that Thor was killed. With the Goa'uld showing that they have more advanced weapons, none of the Protected Planets are safe, including Earth. He also asks them to rescue a scientist, who is trapped on the planet and Jack agrees to do so.

While SG-1 flies with a Tel'tak through hyperspace, Sam talks with Teal'c about Daniel, until they arrive at the planet and enter the atmosphere, where they are beamed from the ship into a hidden laboratory. There they meet the scientist Heimdall, who informs them that Thor is still alive and imprisoned by the Goa'uld. They are able to contact him but he refuses to be rescued because Anubis will soon arrive and the researches of Heimdall are too important. Afterwards they are informed by Heimdall that the Asgard are all cloned and due to genetic erosion the Asgard race is dying out. They then develop a plan to rescue Thor and when Anubis arrives, Jack and Teal'c transport onto Osiris' ship. With Sam's help they are able to prevent being captured and are even able to kill a Jaffa patrol.

In the meantime Anubis confronts Thor with a device which will be implanted in his brain and link with the ship's computer. Later Osiris orders the cooling gas of the engines to be blown into the lower decks. This stuns Jack and Teal'c. On the planet Heimdall shows Sam her research work – an ancient Asgard who she's researching to find out how to make the Asgard reproduce sexually – and they both teleport with the research on the Tel'tak.

On Anubis' ship the imprisoned Jack and Teal'c are contacted by Thor, who is able to control the ship's computer a little bit, and he frees them. In the meantime the laboratory is found by the Goa'uld and they use their weapons to blow a way to it so that they can transport inside it. Afterwards Osiris and some troops enter the laboratory and capture Sam who was still helping her comrades on the ship.

On the ship Jack and Teal'c are able to find the control crystals for the entire ship and destroy them. Thanks to this Heimdall is able to beam Jack, Teal'c, Thor and Sam, who was questioned by Osiris, on the Tel'tak. However because of the device in Thor's brain they are located and nearly destroyed. Suddenly three O'Neill Class Asgard ships under the command of Freyr arrive and confront the remaining Ha'tak (the other one left earlier to fight against Yu) and Anubis is forced to flee.

Back at SGC, Sam informs the others about the situation of the Asgard and Thor and that Thor fell in a coma when the device was removed from his brain.

That night, O'Neill, Carter, and Teal'c are on their way out of the base to go out to eat when there is an odd breeze inside the base. Though no one is really sure what caused it, as Jack enters the elevator he smiles.

[edit] Production

  • Daniel Jackson does not appear in person in this episode. However, it is implied at the end that the breeze SG-1 feels is Daniel. Michael Shanks does appear as the voice of Thor. This is the last episode where Michael Shanks would be listed in the main cast until season 7.
  • Teryl Rothery (Janet Fraiser) does the voice of Heimdall. According to the episode audio commentary, Rothery performed her lines onset to help give the actors a reference point. However, Richard Dean Anderson, Chris Judge and Rothery could not keep a straight face as the eye line they were given was a blinking light in Rothery's chest.
  • This episode broke the SG-1 tradition of ending the season half way through the episode, or an end of the season cliffhanger.
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[edit] Reception

This episode was nominated for an Emmy in the category "Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series", and won a Gemini Award in the category "Best Visual Effects".[1]

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  • This episode marks the first appearance of Anubis (David Palffy) on the series.
  • We find out that Hammond served in Vietnam in this episode.
  • The Asgard race is actually a dying race as their only means of population growth is through cloning. Complications with the original copy has caused Heimdall to do extensive research on a way to correct this problem.
  • The Season Finale of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 is also entitled "Revelations".

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Stargate SG-1" (1997) - Awards

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