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Stargate SG-1 Season 9 Episode 15

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AIRED: 2/3/06

SG-1 and the Prometheus travel to Tegalus to stop the Rand Protectorate from using an Ori-supplied superweapon to destroy their enemies, the Caledonians. But things turn grim when Daniel is captured and the Prometheus is caught in a firefight

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To much morale

4.0

By WesBar, Sep 01, 2012

This episode was in a way the worst episode that i have ever watched.

The whole time from the moment that the prometheus was destroyed, i expected that the team had some anger about the way they were treated or thier fallen friend, but no!!

Even when they had the chance to destroy the satalite and get some revenge for thier fallen team member they were stopped by Daniel being a dumbas in trusting these people .

The whole episode i was raging because of stupid things they did just because it was 'the right thing to do'. The evil captain in this episode was so obviously obsessed with the Ori and thier power and his action(powering the satalite on the end) was predicted.

The Tauri just screwed up this time by being to soft and weak facing enemies in battle.

They lost alot in this episode because they had to much compassion with the enemy and thier judgement was clouded by guilt.

I wish O'neil had been there. He would have said to destroy the satalite in the first place.

They always talk about the greater good and Daniel in the beginning already said to proceed with destroying the target no matter what.

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Boom today.

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By co_fragment, Mar 21, 2011

.Spoilers.

I wanted to put the heading as 'The episode where they blow up the Promethius" as that's about the only memorable part of the episode, but it's too much of a spoiler to leave sitting in full view...

While the world's politics and the Ori element aren't very deep, it sets the scene for a pretty cool showdown, as the Prometheus attacks the satellite the Ori have designed for the Rand. Again we see that much of the Earth and Asgard-derived technology is no match for Ori technology and how much the odds are stacked in the Ori's favour. I have to be honest that it was kind of fun to see the Earth forces go to basically boss the little guy around and get their butts handed to them.

Amazingly for Stargate, this time, nothing saves the day for the Prometheus and it gets quite memorably blown to pieces - although the crummy science has to be noted:

1. The 302s missile's leave a smoke trail. In space.

2. The Prometheus is seen burning. In space. I realize this might be explained by previously smoke-filled compartments being opened to space, but they don't get the benefit of that much doubt after the missiles.

The whole "did Sam make it off the ship" part was transparent melodrama and not on a par with the rest of the episode, plus we'd already seen the writer's do a surprisingly gutsy move by destroying the Prometius, they wouldn't kill her too. Then Daniel revealing that all they did was for nothing at the end, that the two nations just blew each other up would have been trite in the middle of the Cold War - never mind now.moreless
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The Prometheus was destoyed. The Commander was lost on the ship when it exploded. The Prometheus was mostly likey taken out of stargate-sg1 because of the new eath battle ship. Steal they did not have to destoy the ship.moreless

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By gateatlantis, Mar 06, 2011

The Prometheus was destoyed. The Commander was lost on the ship when it exploded. The Prometheus was mostly likey taken out of stargate-sg1 because of the new eath battle ship. Steal they did not have to destoy the ship. I do not see how the weapon got through the asgard design shields. If i were the commander of SGC i would ask for help from the Jaffa High Council.
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Read the main one.

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By xenomorph1211, Mar 06, 2011

This was a cool but unsettling episode. There was a pretty cool space battle. The Ori gave these people a space weapon capable of firing down on their enemies. The Ori weapon fires a focused beam that is very powerful. It cuts through the Promethesis\' shield like a knife through butter; but it doesn\'t stop there, it cuts through the armor just as easily. After about 2 or 3 shots, the commander evacuates the ship by the Asgard beaming technology. Soon after they fire one more blast, which cuts Earth\'s 1st line of defense in half. Good bye to the Promethesis. If you want to know what happens next in this exciting episode, watch it.moreless
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Another great episode of this great show.

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By Data-Dox, Mar 06, 2011

The storylines from this episode was like most of the rest of this show. It wasn't all just filler, it pushed forward the on going story as well as bringing back storylines from long ago. The story arc and characters are what always brings me back to this show and makes me look forward to each comming week for the new episodes.
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Ben Browder	Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell (Season 9+)
Michael Shanks	Dr. Daniel Jackson (Seasons 1-5, 7+)
Amanda Tapping	Captain/Major/ Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter
Christopher Judge	Teal'c

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Desiree Zurowski	Minister Chaska	Guest Star
Sage Brocklebank	Rand Protectorate Tech	Guest Star
Barclay Hope	Colonel Lionel Pendergast	Guest Star
Chelah Horsdal	Com. Officer	Recurring Role
Gary Jones	Technician/Sergeant Walter Davis	Recurring Role
Martin Christopher	Lt. Marks	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (2)
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- When Carter and Cpt. Marks argue about who gets to leave and who has to stay behind and finish tying the naquadah generator into Prometheus' power systems, the generator's main control switch changes from "ON" to "OFF" between cuts.
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- When Jarrod comes through the gate it shuts down, but the Chevrons stay lit.
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QUOTES (3)
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- Mitchell: Maybe one of us will get lucky and take a portion of the next shot.
  Teal'c: I would not consider that lucky, Colonel Mitchell.
  Mitchell: Well it could be for anybody aboard Prometheus.
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- Kane: Do you ever give up?
  Daniel: Not until I'm dead...and sometimes not even then...
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- Mitchell: You want the big chair?
  Sam: Not me, I'll sit here.
  Mitchell: Sam, (Landry's) in Washington.
  Sam: Yeah.
  (Mitchell moves towards the chair, then backs away)
  Mitchell: Right...
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NOTES (7)
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- On at least some of the DVD packaging for this season, this episode is incorrectly listed as "Eth(a)n," as opposed to the correct episode title which is "Eth(o)n."
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- International Air Dates:
  The Netherlands: August 4, 2007 on Veronica
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- Syndication Premiere: February 17-18, 2007
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- This episode first aired in Canada on Thursday, February 16, 2006.
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- The Ori satellite is similar to the Ancient satellite used in Stargate Atlantis' "The Siege (1)," although it doesn't appear to be the exact same F/X.
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- Beau Bridges does not appear in this episode - the first since he joined the show.
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- The last of seven appearances of Barclay Hope as Colonel Lionel Pendergast.
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ALLUSIONS (1)
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  In Greek mythology, Ethon was the eagle that each day attacked Prometheus and ate his liver, while Prometheus was chained to a mountain.
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