Window of Opportunity

Season 4, Episode 6, Aired
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When an alien scientist activates a device that the Ancients created for time alterations, Jack and Teal'c get caught in a time loop.
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  • different and hilarious episode...

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    By sasg_2, Jun 29, 2011 Report Abuse
    this episode was really funny.
    i got to say that it was one of the better written episode because it allowed us to see a more funny side of teal'c and it also gave us an opportunity to see jack and teal'c be the one's that had to come up with an idea to save them, to solve the situation (normally sam and daniel are the ones that make the plans) so for me it was a different and hilarious episode.
    i loved the part that jack and teal'c were playing golf through the stargate.
    the final scene was very good i liked the fact that the guy from the planet only did it because he wanted to see his wife, it was a better solution that make him a bad guy.
    jack's words at the end about how he couldn't see his son die again were very emotional.moreless

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  • Definately the best episode, great example of why SG-1 is so good

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    By completefanatic, Aug 14, 2010 Report Abuse
    This episode is without a shadow of a doubt the funniest and best to date. It is a really good example of what sets SG-1 apart from other Sci-fi's. I am yet to find another science fiction show that makes me laugh as hard as this one. Window of Opportunity is a "Groundhog Day" kind of episode that really shows how well the entire show is written and how good the actors are at comedy. I doubt that they will ever top this episode especially since Richard Dean Anderson has left. In any case, should some idiot need convincing of how funny the show can the show can be then they need to see Window of Opportunity.moreless

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  • My favorite episode of the entire series.

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    By nishiyamatv, Jun 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    Absolutely entertaining...

    If you are a fan of the movie Groundhog Day, you will love this episode.

    Once they get past the monotony of the perpetual day, the characters break out of their shells and appear to really enjoy their time doing whatever the hell they want.

    I am sure that many of the fans of the series out there were pleasantly surprised with the creative nature of this episode. I would imagine that pieces like this are a writers dream where they have the freedom to do anything with the characters without consequence.

    I thoroughly enjoyed watching this and highly recommend this to anyone that is a fan of the series.moreless

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  • Pure gold from our favourite Colonel!

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    By leo1312, Jun 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    Brilliant, just so funny! All of Jacks lines were just classic, his speech about "three fries short of Happy Meal"-made me laugh for about 10 mins my sister thought I was having a seizure! Also loved THE KISS- a little something for us poor S/J shippers! I mean how long have we been waiting now, and all we get is a picture in her office in Atlantis!!
    We need more!

    But at least this showed us that theres potential and *ahem* feelings there.

    Sam- "Maybe you read my report?"
    Daniel-" Maybe he read your report?!?"

    Hehe-and I just loved his exclamation of "magnets!" as the solution (to everything!)

    I would watch this episode over and over again!moreless

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  • I defy anyone to give this episode anything but a 10, it was absolutely brilliant

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    By yellowbucket101, Jun 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    I thoroughly enjoyed the film groundhog day and thought Bill Murray's performance was brilliant in it. However I did not enjoy it nearly as much as I enjoyed this, utterly sublime and brilliantly funny. When I first watched this I missed half of it because I was laughing so much, only after watching it on video (later DVD) could I truly appreciate its brilliance. I really don't think they could have picked two better characters to experience the loop over and over. The sheer frustration you see O'Neill go through is wonderfully hilarious, even the normally unshakable Teal'c got rattled. I will never forgot the scene; "I also experience some discomfort at the beginning of every loop" then you see him smacked in the face by a door, cracks me up every time. "Maybe next time I will not be so forgiving!". A brilliant episode in a brilliant show, sod the odd continuity error, that is part of what makes the show so great. If a show was totally perfect it wouldn't give people as much to talk about. I think even if someone does not watch or like Stargate they should watch this episode, and for those of us who enjoy the show it is even better as we get to see Teal'c being mischievous, a rare sight.moreless

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    • Carter states at the end of the episode that there is no way to know how much time passed. Actually, this isn't true, they can know the time. Very few planets were in the timeloop with them. They can go anywhere they were before the day the timeloop started. If there passed more than one day, that planet wasn't in the timeloop, so the time passed regularly there, and they can calculate the real time on Earth. Even more simple to ask their own teams, who were out somewhere else during the events (and couldn't come home). Edit
    • When Jack is trying to convince Malikai to stop the device in the final loop, reflected in the sunglasses of Jack and Sam are the stage lights used. This light is not from the sun as the direction they are facing puts the sun behind them and no other lights are seen intentionally put there. Edit
    • Although Jack's fruit loops are glued to the spoon for the breakfast scene (as mentioned in Notes), the people walking around in the background change every time events reoccur. Edit

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    • Bill Nikolai (the technician O'Neill rides his bike past) also acts as Richard Dean Anderson's stunt double for the series. Edit
    • In real life Christopher Judge plays golf and wants to join some ProAm tournaments. Edit
    • The Fruit Loops on the spoon were actually glued there to make it look the same every day and in every shot. Edit

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    • Teal'c: It is powered by ionization. Jack: In the atmosphere, right. Which is caused by... yut! (holds up finger) I know this one. Magnets! Teal'c: The geomagnetic storm. Jack: Close. Edit
    • Hammond: So the loop can be broken? Daniel: (walks over to the computer screen) Err... there's a section of text on the altar that deals specifically with the geomagnetic storms that power the device. Apparently, they recur every fifty or so years, which is why incidentally... Jack: Yes, sir! The loop can be broken! Edit
    • Daniel: If we really have had this conversation before, then I probably pointed it out to you that there's no way I can translate this entire text in less than a day. Jack: I'm one step ahead of you... I put the whole thing on tape last time. So you don't have to start from scratch. (Jack plays the tape; nothing but static. He rams it onto the side of the table, but to no avail) Daniel: If what you say is true, then when the loop started again... your recording wouldn't have happened yet. Jack: Yeah... right. Teal'c: Did I not say your plan would be unsuccessful? Jack: Careful! Be careful! Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Jack: D'oh Jack and Teal'c are with Hammond in his office when there is an off world activation alarm. Jack says "D'oh" as they leave the office. "D'oh" is the catchphrase of Homer Simpson, from the animated series The Simpsons. Homer usually says this when he injures himself, of after he does something stupid. Edit
    • Daniel: I have encountered this script before. It's a similar pronounciation to a language on our planet called Latin.
      The Ancients' language is similar to Medieval Latin as we learnt from Season 2 episode "The Fifth Race". Edit
    • Jack: Why? So you can be king of Groundhog Day?
      Groundhog Day was a movie starring Bill Murray. In the movie Bill Murray's character got stuck in a time loop similar to what SG-1 was experiencing. Edit

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