Inquisition (24 Oct. 2008)

Sheppard and his team are lured to a planet and are soon put on trial for crimes against the people of the Pegasus galaxy. In flashbacks, the three judge tribunal recounts the indictment ... See full summary »

Director:

Brenton Spencer

Writers:

Brad Wright (creator), Robert C. Cooper (creator),

Stars:

Joe Flanigan, Rachel Luttrell, Jason Momoa

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Joe Flanigan	...	Lt. Colonel John Sheppard
Rachel Luttrell	...	Teyla Emmagan
Jason Momoa	...	Ronon Dex
Jewel Staite	...	Dr. Jennifer Keller (credit only)
Robert Picardo	...	Richard Woolsey
David Hewlett	...	Dr. Rodney McKay
Kavan Smith	...	Major Evan Lorne
Alan Blumenfeld	...	Dimas
David Lovgren	...	Kelore
Tobias Slezak	...	Myrus
Kaaren de Zilva	...	Shiana (as Kaaren De Zilva)
Ecstasia Sanders	...	Villager
Rainbow Francks	...	Lt. Aiden Ford (archive footage) (as Rainbow Sun Francks)
Andee Frizzell	...	Wraith Queen (archive footage)
Robert Patrick	...	Colonel Marshall Sumner (archive footage)

Storyline

Sheppard and his team are lured to a planet and are soon put on trial for crimes against the people of the Pegasus galaxy. In flashbacks, the three judge tribunal recounts the indictment against them including the re-awakening of the Wraith and the various missions where at least a few, if not more, innocent bystanders were killed. Sheppard does his best to argue that on balance, fewer were killed by their presence than would have been the case if they had never been there. A least one of the judges is clearly determined to find them guilty while a second seems far more sympathetic. It's left to Richard Woolsey, who has now joined them, to plead the rest of their case. A lawyer by profession, Richard clearly knows how the game is played and focuses on that third judge.

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Plot Keywords:

clip show

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Adventure

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Details

Release Date:

24 October 2008 (USA)

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Trivia

Mr Woolsey comments that the coalition would be like the Federation, a reference to Star Trek (Robert Picardo (Woolsey) starred in Star Trek: Voyager). At the end of the episode Woolsey and Sheppard are smoking cigars and drinking scotch on the balcony, a classic scene from Boston Legal where, at the end of each episode, Denny Crane and Alan Shaw are smoking cigars and drinking scotch.

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Quotes

Richard Woolsey: I was Harvard Law Review. I was chief counsel of the US Army Corps of Engineers. Prior to that, I was an appellate advocate for Hartshorne & Slaughter, one of the most prestigious litigation boutiques in all New York City. Believe me, I can handle three tribal elders with a stack of papyrus.

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Connections

Features Stargate: Atlantis: No Man's Land (2006)

User Reviews

A complete waste of time

"Inquisition" feels like a gust of sickly wind from the past come to haunt us and taunt us. It is a standard Flashbacks-episode AKA rubbish-TV, using a trial as the o' so unoriginal vehicle with which to torment the viewer with clips from earlier episodes.

Between these old clips the episode treats us to a flat, boring and stale story. Wholly unimaginitive, this tripe does nothing but antagonize the fans of the show.

It is garbage like this that makes us have to suffer the term "all new"... I really hoped TV-shows had evolved past the use of this shameful type of filler-episode, but apparently I did so in vain.