One False Step 

While testing new technology, a UAV malfunctions and crashes on a planet. SG-1 goes to determine the cause of the malfunction, but discovers that their presence may be causing serious injury to the planet's primitive inhabitants.

Director:

Bill Corcoran (as William Corcoran)

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
Colin Heath	...	Technician
Teryl Rothery	...	Dr. Janet Fraiser
Daniel Bacon	...	Technician
David Cameron	...	Elder
Richard de Klerk	...	Joe (as Richard DeKlerk)
Shaun Phillips	...	Jim

Storyline

A UAV glider crashes on PJ2-445 against what looks like a giant mushroom; before the camera gives out, a humanoid is seen. SG-1 is sent to retrieve the flight recorder and finds lots of young mushrooms among the dwellings of the humanoids, naked except for white paint, who seem naively friendly but don't speak, so Daniel has to try scribbling or sign language. When several natives faint, the others chant, apparently in vain, and the team calls medical help, fearing to have initiated an epidemic. Even taking one native to the base, Dr. Frazier fails to find their functioning or cure. Fearing to be infected, Jack and Daniel return too; Teal'c has only a short attack, while minding the strange plant as Daniel asked, and precisely it's symbiosis proves crucial...

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Plot Keywords:

illness | noise | sound | plant | no language | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Goofs

Despite the fact that the aliens have just discovered their hearts are under their abdomen, when one of them needs cardiopulmonary resuscitation, they perform this on his chest.

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Quotes

Jack O'Neill: [Jack and Daniel are in the infirmary. They have just had a major argue on a planet] Listen I, uh...
Daniel Jackson: No, no. Um... sorry, you were gonna say...
Jack O'Neill: No, it's just that, uh... Well... you know...
Daniel Jackson: No I know, I know. I know. You know that I...
Jack O'Neill: I know. It's obvious there's something...
Daniel Jackson: Something, something wrong with us.
Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson: Physically!
Janet Fraiser: [enters] Well, there's nothing wrong with you.
Daniel Jackson: What?
Janet Fraiser: Well, I've run every test I could, short of exploratory brain surgery and you're both in perfect health.
[...]

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Connections

References The Bullwinkle Show (1959)

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Soundtracks

End Title
Written by Joel Goldsmith

User Reviews

One of the Weakest Episodes of This Series

Sam is testing an Unmaned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and the drone crashes on a planet. When its camera shows an alien near the UAV, the SG-1 travels to the planet to retrieve the drone. On the arrival, they establish contact with a weird inhabitant and follow him to his village. Soon several inhabitants faint and the SG-1 believe they have brought some pandemic to the natives. They bring one native to the SGC and Dr. Fraiser tries to find a cure. Will the inhabitants be doomed to die?

"One False Step" is one of the weakest episodes of "Stargate SG-1". The forgettable story is annoying and silly and is totally different from the other episodes. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "One False Step"

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 February 1999 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gekko Film Corp., MGM Worldwide Television Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16 : 9