"Stargate SG-1" Moebius: Part 2 (2005)

Director:

Peter DeLuise

Writers:

Brad Wright (developer) &
Jonathan Glassner (developer) ...

TV Series:

"Stargate SG-1" (1997)

Original Air Date:

22 February 2005 (Season 8, Episode 20)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

SG-1 has changed the course of history and made SGC virtually non-existent. Doctors Carter and Jackson...

Plot Keywords:

Military | Alien Race | Back From The Dead | Time Travel | Alternative History

Cast

Richard Dean Anderson	...	Brigadier General Jack O'Neill / Colonel Jack O'Neill
Amanda Tapping	...	Lt. Col. Samantha Carter / Dr. Samantha Carter
Christopher Judge	...	Teal'c
Michael Shanks	...	Dr. Daniel Jackson
David Hewlett	...	Dr. Rodney McKay
Don S. Davis	...	Brigadier General George Hammond
Peter Williams	...	Apophis
Alessandro Juliani	...	Katep
Jay Acovone	...	Major Charles Kawalsky
Benjamin Easterday	...	Ra's Jaffa Commander
Sina Najafi	...	Egyptian Boy
Christopher Pierce	...	Bosworth
Rob Fournier	...	Airman Mansfield

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

Kawoosh! Productions VIII

Quotes:

Sam Carter: Look, if we don't make it...
[kisses Jack]
Jack O'Neill: Wait a minute! I thought you liked Daniel.
Sam Carter: I lied. I just wanted to get to know you better. You see, I'm a very cautious person, and I tend to take things-
[Jack interrupts, kissing her]

Movie Connections:

References "MacGyver" (1985)

Almost as bad as it gets

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This really is one of the worst episodes of "SG-1" in a long, long time. Probably the worst since "Prodigy", one of my least favourite episodes.

After "Moebius Part I", I was expecting a lot more from this episode especially since it was Richard Dean Anderson's swansong as a regular. It was cool to see General Hammond, Rodney, Apophis and Kawalsky in "SG-1" again but, in fairness, they didn't really do anything that important. It seemed to me that they were just brought back for the heck of it. One character is okay but FOUR is a little overkill.

I also really disliked the stupid, sappy ending. I'm all for Jack and Sam getting together at some stage but it's not the only reason, or the main one, I watch the show. I watch it for the humour, the great story lines, the great special effects and the usually above average acting. Unfortunately, this episode was low on all of them. It was obvious that they'd spent most of their special effects budget on "Reckoning" and "Threads". It was such a cop-out to kill off the original timeline Jack, Sam and Teal'c and the alternate timeline Daniel so they wouldn't have to do any split-screen shots. Having characters meet other versions of themselves is one of the main things that I love about time travel or alternate reality episodes.

The actual ending was a big anti-climax. Describing it was certainly not enough to satisfy or even engage the viewer. To think that this would have been not just the season finale but the SERIES finale if the show wasn't renewed for a ninth season makes me shudder...and gives me an upset stomach. Either "Reckoning" or "Threads" would've have been a much better season finale and a swansong for RDA.