The Gamekeeper 

Col. Jack O'Neill and the SG-1 team travel to P7J-989, where they discover a beautiful garden and a dome full of strange metallic chambers. Inside each podlike chamber is an unconscious person.

Director:

Martin Wood

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
Dwight Schultz	...	The Keeper
Teryl Rothery	...	Dr. Janet Fraiser
Jay Acovone	...	Captain Charles Kawalsky
Michael J Rogers	...	Colonel John Michaels (as Michael Rogers)
Laara Sadiq	...	Technician
Lisa Bunting	...	Claire Jackson
Rob Murray Duncan	...	Melburn Jackson (as Robert Duncan)
Diane Brown	...	Docent
Gillian Barber	...	Resident #1
Cathy Weseluck	...	Resident #2

Storyline

Exploring a strange and beautiful garden, SG-1 comes across a dome containing a race that are connected to machines. The team are captured by the machines and rendered unconscious, but awake to find themselves reliving pivotal moments of their lives, over and over again. Then they discover it is virtual reality and a mysterious keeper appears to persuade them to try different outcomes for the moments. But can the team escape his clutches, when they don't know what is real and what is not?

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Plot Keywords:

simulation | ambush | museum | inside a computer | computer simulation | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dwight Schultz plays the Keeper, the master of the virtual reality environment. He previously played Lt. Barclay on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), a character addicted to the virtual reality of the holodeck.

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Goofs

When the museum exhibit collapses, some of the "stone" pillars flex and bend.

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Quotes

Jack O'Neill: Um, General. Without meaning - this time - to sound like... a smartass... are you cracked?

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Connections

Referenced in Stargate SG-1: Avatar (2004)

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Soundtracks

End Title
Written by Joel Goldsmith

User Reviews

Silly Episode

Jack, Sam, Daniel and Teal'c arrive in a garden on the planet P7J-989 and soon they find the inhabitants are tied by tubes to weird machines in a dome. Out of the blue, they are hold by four machines. Jack and Teal'c awake on East Germany where they meet other soldiers and Jack recalls that it was a failed mission that he had participated where soldiers died. Jack unsuccessfully tries to take the correct actions to save the soldiers and the event happens several times. Meanwhile Daniel and Sam awake in the New York Museum of Art and they witness the accident that killed Daniel's parents. Daniel unsuccessfully tries to save them. Soon they are visited by the Keeper, who tells that they are attached to the machines and they have the change to fix the past in that simulation. What are the intentions of the Keeper to use their memories in the virtual reality?

"The Gamekeeper" is a silly episode of SG-1, with a reasonable story by an annoying important character. The keeper is irritating with his behavior and gesture, recalling Dr. Smith from "Lost in Space". My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "The Gamekeeper"

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 July 1998 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Bloedel Conservatory and Aviary - 4500 Cambie Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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