1969 (5 Mar. 1999)

A solar flare sends SG-1 back in time thirty years to 1969. Captured by military police at Cheyenne Mountain, they escape with the help of a young Hammond and then must find the Stargate so they can return to the present.

Director:

Charles Correll

Writers:

Brad Wright (developed for television by), Jonathan Glassner (developed for television by),

Stars:

Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Richard Dean Anderson	...	Colonel Jack O'Neill
Michael Shanks	...	Dr. Daniel Jackson
Amanda Tapping	...	Captain Samantha Carter
Christopher Judge	...	Teal'c
Don S. Davis	...	Major General George Hammond
Alex Zahara	...	Michael
Aaron Pearl	...	Lieutenant George Hammond
Amber Rothwell	...	Jenny
Pamela Perry	...	'Future' Cassandra
Daniel Bacon	...	Technician
Glynis Davies	...	Young Catherine Langford
Fred Henderson	...	Major Robert Thornbird
Sean Campbell	...	Sergeant
Efosa Otuomagie	...	Security Police

Storyline

Trough a flaw in star-gate travel, SG-1 lands back in Cheyenne mountain in 1969, only Teal'c staff weapon prevents them from being incinerated by a Titan rocket launch. They are captured by their own USAir Force, and Carter realizes they can't do or say anything for fear of irreparably altering their own past and thus creating an alternative reality. Yet someone at the base finds on the team an anonymous note to help them- it's Lieutenant George S. Hammond, their future general, who wrote it to his past self and succeeds in allowing them to escape and recuperate their belongings during prisoner transport, so they can search a star-gate to return. The only other help the note offers them are two consecutive dates and exact times. Daniel decides their best chance is meeting Catherine Langford, in New York, without telling the truth or getting caught on the way. While they get a ride from gullible hippies, posing as anti-establishment aliens, Carter realizes the nature of the times: ...

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Plot Keywords:

time travel | title spoken by character

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

5 March 1999 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

MGM Worldwide Television Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Did You Know?

Trivia

Daniel Jackson tells Colonel O'Neill that he was 4 1/2 years old in 1969, which would make Jackson born in either late 1964 or early 1965.

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Goofs

As the Stargate team travels east, Route 66 road signs are periodically shown to mark their progress. However, by 1969 Route 66 had been eclipsed by the interstate highway system.

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Quotes

Dr. Daniel Jackson: So what's the plan?
Jack O'Neill: Find the stargate.
Dr. Daniel Jackson: Find the stargate? That's-that's the plan?
Jack O'Neill: Elegant in its simplicity, don't you think?

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Connections

Featured in Stargate SG-1: Citizen Joe (2005)

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Soundtracks

"End Title"
Composed by David Arnold and Joel Goldsmith

User Reviews

A really fun episode

This is a rather lighthearted romp through what 1969 would be like, at least in the eyes of hippies. It was interesting that the actor who plays the young hammond looks surprisingly like the older general hammond, except maybe for the fact he's way too tall, but hey this is sci-fi! Time travel shows can be entertaining if well written, and this was pretty neat. I guess the only weakness was the rather oddball way daniel jackson faked being German...kind of a silly characterization. The ending wraps up cleanly in a rather unexpected manner, but is satisfactory and has a character from another episode which mingles nicely into the plot.