Cold Lazarus 

O'Neill is knocked out and replaced by an alien double while on a mission.

Director:

Ken Girotti (as Kenneth J. Girotti)

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
Harley Jane Kozak	...	Sara O'Neill
Teryl Rothery	...	Dr. Janet Fraiser
Gary Jones	...	Sgt. Walter Harriman
Wally Dalton	...	Sara's Father
Kyle Graham	...	Charlie O'Neill
Marc Baur	...	Senior Cop
Jane Spence	...	Nurse
Carmen Moore	...	Laboratory Assistant
Charles Andrew Payne	...	Guard NCO (as Charles Payne)

Storyline

When Jack is injured unintentionally by a crystal alien, the alien duplicates Jack's form and out of fear of retribution tries to heal Jack. He returns to Earth in place of Jack, while Jack is still unconscious on the planet, to find the one thing he feels will accomplish this; the one thing that cannot be found again. Meanwhile, the 'real' Jack has returned and is trying to convince SGC that he is who he says he is.

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Plot Keywords:

loss of child | accidental shooting | death by gun shot | child uses a gun | child uses gun | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

When O'Neill opens his locker and looks through the letters and pictures inside the cigar box, the envelope shows his ex-wife's address (and presumably O'Neill's former address), which is 842 Cranbrooke Lane, Winter Park, CO, 80310.

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Goofs

When the real Jack is about the return through the Stargate the iris is open. However, he could not have sent the GDO code to open the iris, because the gate is not open yet.

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Quotes

Jack O'Neill: Come on, get me outta here.
[pause]
Jack O'Neill: Tell ya what, let me put it nicely. Get me the *hell* outta here!

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Connections

Features Stargate (1994)

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Soundtracks

End Title
Written by Joel Goldsmith

User Reviews

this episode goes back to Jack's earlier life

This episode moves back to the first Stargate (1994) where we were told that Jack's son was killed by accident by playing with his gun at home. The stargate team is on another planet when Jack is unintentionally injured by a crystal alien. The alien takes the form of Jack's body and rejoins the team and moves via the stargate back to earth. It's there that the false Jack moves back to Sara, his ex wife. Not knowing what is going on Sara and Jack bring back memories.

Of course when the 'real' Jack returns to earth they know something is going on, who's real and who's fake?

This is in fact not really a story about the aliens itself but is more about the early life of Jack. It goes a bit deeper into his history. For some this will be another stupid entry into Stargate but I could take it because we know a bit more about Jack. It's also the first time that Teal'c is going into the real world. Just look how they solve the problem with his gun and the mark on his head.

Not bad at all for those wanting to go deeper into Jack's story.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2,5/5 Story 3,5/5 Comedy 0/5

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 August 1997 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Bridge Studios, Gekko Film Corp., MGM Worldwide Television Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16 : 9