The First Ones (18 Aug. 2000)

Whilst on an archaeological dig at the original Goa'uld home world, Jackson is captured by a young Unas. He tries to communicate with it and slowly builds a rapport. Meanwhile, SG1 comes to... See full summary »

Director:

Peter DeLuise

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	...	Major Samantha Carter
Christopher Judge	...	Teal'c
Don S. Davis	...	Major General George Hammond
Dion Johnstone	...	Chaka
Jason Schombing	...	Dr. Robert Rothman
Vincent Hammond	...	Unas
Gary Jones	...	Sgt. Walter Harriman
Barry W. Levy	...	Major Hawkins (as Barry Levy)
Steve Bacic	...	Major Coburn
Russell Ferrier	...	Captain Griff
Rob Lee	...	Pierce

Storyline

Whilst on an archaeological dig at the original Goa'uld home world, Jackson is captured by a young Unas. He tries to communicate with it and slowly builds a rapport. Meanwhile, SG1 comes to the planet to find Jackson and they soon realise that some of the SG members there may have been taken over by Goa'uld. Will they be able to discover which ones in time to rescue Daniel.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Release Date:

18 August 2000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

MGM Worldwide Television Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Did You Know?

Trivia

This marks the first appearance of the P-90 sub-machine gun to replace the MP-5s used as the primary weapons of SG-1.

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Goofs

When O'Neill and his group find Major Hawkins, none of their P-90s have bullets in them (P-90s have translucent magazines and the rounds can be seen easily) or they have blacked-out magazines. Though later, when O'Neill and crew are by the lake, all of them have regular, fully loaded P-90 magazines.

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Quotes

Colonel Jack O'Neill: I'm tellin' you, it's gotta be Hawkins.
Teal'c: [raises eyebrow] Trust in me O'Neill.
Colonel Jack O'Neill: What if I'm not O'Neill?
Teal'c: Then I was not talking to you.

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Soundtracks

"Main Title"
Composed by David Arnold and Joel Goldsmith

User Reviews

An archeologist's dream... or nightmare

This episode really focuses on Daniel, who has been abducted by an Unas with whom he gradually learns to communicate (a bit). Once more, his constant comments make for some hilarious moments. Despite becoming a real veteran, he still remains the same blundering scholar he used to be -minus the sneezes, though. The Unas (Sha'ka) is very well done, you can actually decipher his expressions and most of what he means. Meanwhile, the rest of the team is not idle, but has to deal with their late discovery that this planet, the Goa'uld home world, is teeming with larvae. By the time they realise it, however, some of them have already been taken over, and Teal'c's strategy to detect them is, here again, both very clever and comically Teal'cesque.

Finally, this is an opportunity to learn some new things about the Goa'uld, where they came from (and the fact that they really haven't changed at all). Incidentally, we also learn that Jaffa cannot become hosts, which was implicit but had never been really mentioned.