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Point of View

Episode Number: 50    Season Num: 3    First Aired: Friday July 30, 1999    Prod Code: 306
Alternate reality versions of Carter and Kawalsky use the quantum mirror to arrive at a secured building in the top secret Area 51 in "our" universe. In their reality Jack was married to Dr. Carter before his death at the hands of the Goa'uld, Teal'c is still in the service of Apophis, Kawalsky is still alive, and Carter is a civilian Doctor.
Dr. Carter begins to suffer from temporal distortion caused by travel through the quantum mirror. "Our" Carter determines that her alternate will die unless she is returned to her alternate reality - unfortunately that's also a death sentence since the Goa'uld have swarmed that universe's SGC. SG-1 must use their present day resources and knowledge to return with their new acquaintances and overthrow the Goa'uld.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner, Tor Alexander Valenza, Robert C. Cooper, Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner
Director: Peter DeLuise
Star: Richard Dean Anderson (Colonel/Brigadier General Jonathan J. "Jack" O'Neill (Seasons 1-8)),  Amanda Tapping (Captain/Major/ Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter),  Don S. Davis (Major General George S. Hammond (Seasons 1-7)),  Christopher Judge (Teal'c),  Michael Shanks (Dr. Daniel Jackson (Seasons 1-5, 7+))
Recurring Role: Teryl Rothery (Dr. Janet Fraiser),  Jay Acovone (Major Kawalsky),  Tracy Westerholm (SF Guard),  Peter Williams (IV) (Apophis)
Guest Star: Ty Olsson (Jaffa #1),  Shawn Reis (Jaffa #2)

Notes

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Peter also plays a Jaffa. When they're in the other reality and two Jaffa inform Apophis of the Asgard ship, he's the one in the background. (edit)
Director's Cameo: Peter DeLuise is the voice of the man interviewing Dr. Carter on the recording. (edit)
Dr. Carter and Maj. Kawalsky come from a different reality than the one Daniel went to; one thing that's mentioned is how there are only "a few" realities where Earth hasn't been overrun. We see at least one other where the Quantum Mirror is still in storage in Area 51... Also, Gen. Hammond says that he's going to "have the Quantum Mirror destroyed," but we all know how eager the crew at Area 51 are to get rid of useful technology. Perhaps it could have an iris attached to it? After all, visible light can travel through it when its activated, so its possible that radio waves can too, and we could have a "Quantum Mirror: QM-1" spin off show. (edit)
Syndication airdate: November 6, 2000. (edit)

Quotes

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Jack: (about Asgard helping to defeat the Goa'ulds) Come on. Ya gotta love those guys! (edit)
(Jack bumps into Carter1 after talking to Carter2)
Jack: How are you doing with this... twin thing?
Carter1: Do you have a couple of hours?
Jack: Okay.
Carter1: That was the answer.
Jack: Oh, oh. (edit)
Carter2: We made a good team, Major.
Carter1: Yeah, we did, Doctor.
Carter2: Plus your hair's kinda grown on me. Pardon the pun. (edit)
Sam: This is incredible. If the Asgard could design this to give the Gate extra juice, then they’re just the little, green men we’re looking for.
Jack: They’re grey, actually. Roswell Grey to be exact. (edit)
Sam: This is hard, goodbye for a second time.
Jack: This is the first time.
Sam: It doesn’t feel that way to me; you have to understand, my Jack had the same face, same voice... same hands.
Jack: Which brings to mind an obvious question: how could you marry such a loser? (edit)

Trivia

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At the very beginning of the episode you can clearly hear what Sam and Kawalsky are saying while on the other side of the mirror. However, later in the episode when Daniel connects to the universe with "Captain" Carter, no sound is transmitted through the mirror. (edit)
In this episode, Hammond and Dr. Carter said they found the quantum mirror on P3X-233, but it really is P3R-233. (edit)
At the end when Thor was coming to save Earth, his ship was detectable on radar but in earlier episodes they were undetectable to radar unless in the alternate reality the Asgard don't have that in their technology. (edit)

Allusions

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Teal'c Goatee:
In the alternate universe (where he did not turn), Teal'c wears a goatee. This is very likely a reference to the episode "Mirror, Mirror" of the original Star Trek series, where several members of the Enterprise crew are transported to an alternate reality where "evil" Spock wears a goatee. (edit)
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Community Reviews (11)

 
6.0
Fair
Point of View
"Painful to watch"
not another mirror episode! all they do is showing that in most cases the goauld wins and we (yes, WE!) are dead.
Continue » Posted May 6, 2008 12:15 pm PST
9.0
Superb
Point of View
"Alternate reality"
One of those might be episodes.
Continue » Posted Feb 14, 2008 12:57 pm PST
9.9
Superb
Point of View
"Well written"
awesome episode...
Continue » Posted Sep 3, 2007 3:22 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
Point of View
"Revealing"
I thought it was good.I liked the idea of an alternate reality-it really added a special touch on to the plot of the episode.I also liked the idea of the mirror that they used-it was really very cool to see how they used it.I liked the very end.Awesome
Continue » Posted May 31, 2007 6:51 am PST
10.0
Perfect
Point of View
"Revealing"
I thought it was good.I liked the idea of an alternate reality-it really added a special touch on to the plot of the episode.I also liked the idea of the mirror that they used-it was really very cool to see how they used it.I liked the kiss.
Continue » Posted May 31, 2007 6:47 am PST
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Episode: Point of View
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