Heroes (Stargate SG-1)
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| “Heroes (Parts 1 & 2)” | |
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| Stargate SG-1 episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 7 Episode 17 & 18 |
| Guest stars | Saul Rubinek as Emmett Bregman Adam Baldwin as Colonel Dave Dixon Ronny Cox as Senator Kinsey Dan Shea as Sergeant Siler Robert Picardo as Agent Woolsey |
| Written by | Robert C. Cooper |
| Directed by | Andy Mikita |
| Production no. | 717 & 718 |
| Original airdate | February 13, 2004 & February 20, 2004 |
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"Heroes" (Parts 1 and 2) are episodes from Season 7 of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.
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[edit] Plot
[edit] Part 1
It is revealed to the viewer that the President of the United States, nearing the end of his time in office, has grown concerned over how the public will react if the Stargate program becomes public knowledge after he leaves office. Hoping that he will be able to put a positive spin on his association with the program, he has commissioned a reporter to create a documentary on the people within the SGC and their activities. However, few key SGC members demonstrate willingness to participate in the documentary and the reporter seems to irritate the members of SG-1, and occasionally rant about censorship. (While he has been given complete access to all past mission reports, current activities of the SGC are off-limits since the Pentagon has yet to review and certify them safe for public viewing.) While Sam Carter and Daniel Jackson do participate in the interviews (unlike Teal'c, who simply stares silently at the camera, and Jack O'Neill, who goes to great pains to avoid the reporter completely), it is only Janet Fraiser who seems willing to tolerate the reporter's presence (including his rather clumsy attempts to make a pass at her).
Meanwhile, on a distant planet being explored by SG-13, a Goa'uld probe (possibly inspired by the MALP) stumbles across the human exploration team and, after a brief firefight, is successfully disabled. Deeming the world to be safe, at least for the immediate future, the SGC allows SG-13 to continue to study the ruins they had found. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to the SGC, the probe had dispatched a sub-space signal before it was destroyed, and a Goa'uld strike force appears soon afterwards to engage the explorers. With one team member wounded by a Jaffa staff blast and unable to move, the SGC is forced to send several SG teams as reinforcement to hold off the Jaffa until Dr. Fraiser can stabilise the wounded soldier.
[edit] Part 2
Continuing where Part 1 left off, SG-1 and other teams enter the combat and provide cover for Dr. Fraiser and the wounded airman. Shockingly, while providing cover for the wounded soldier, Colonel O'Neill takes a Jaffa staff blast to the torso and falls to the ground amid continued violence. The embattled SG teams return to Earth and, while the camera crews are forced out of the Gateroom due to the 'No current activity' prohibition, an unidentified individual stretched lifeless on a gurney is visible to concern the viewer and the reporter. Soon afterwards, the reports that there was a KIA during the mission begins to filter through the SGC and piques the interest of the reporter. In addition, Agent Woolsey conducts an investigation into the SGC, with many of General Hammond's, Dr. Jackson's, and Major Carter's operational decisions questioned. During this, the reporter continues to try to determine exactly what happened, who was on that stretcher, and whether rumors of Colonel O'Neill's death are accurate.
After continued pressure, Dr. Jackson allows the reporter to view the tape that he had made of the mission. Viewing the tape, we see Dr. Fraiser tending to the wounded soldier and, almost immediately after stabilising him for travel, taking a staff blast to the torso, fatally wounding her. Jack survived his own impact, and the wounded soldier was saved due to Janet's actions.
Towards the end of the episode a memorial service for Janet is held, with Sam reading the names of those who, instead of having given their lives for their country, were still alive and serving due to Janet's excellent care. The first name on the list is Sam's own, followed by Daniel, Teal'c, and Jack. A touching moment, it illustrates just how large an impact Dr. Fraiser had on the SGC and how gravely her absence from the show will be felt.
It is revealed that the wounded soldier, who was saved by Janet, had a newly born baby daughter. She was named after Janet.
The show ends with Jack finally succumbing to an interview.
[edit] Quotes
- Dr. Balinsky: This architecture, these writings... Dr. Jackson is going to die when he sees this!
Col. Dixon: What, again?
- Col. Dixon: Well, one's pretty bad, but you figure you got to have two so the little guy can have a brother or sister, right? Then you have two boys, and the wife says she wants a girl so you figure "Hell, three can't be much harder than two", right? What you don't realize is that your brain's fried because you haven't slept. After three, four is no big deal. You're so deep in it that nothing seems to matter any more. It's chaos. You're just trying to make it through each day alive. In the end you spend all the energy you have trying to get them into bed only to lie awake praying they don't get hooked on drugs, hurt, or worse... wind up dead in an alley somewhere.
- Col. Dixon: Yeah, miracle of birth, my ass. I'll tell you what a miracle is, birth control that works.
[edit] Trivia
- Adam Baldwin, who plays Colonel Dave Dixon, commander of SG-13, in this episode, is well-known among sci-fi fans for playing Jayne Cobb in the cult hit Firefly and its big-screen adaptation Serenity.
- Mitchell Kosterman previously played a different character, Special Agent James Hamner, in "Seth".
- It is said that the SGC has now conducted 1,000 official missions through the Stargate.
- Dr. Fraiser mentions that Jack has had three knee surgeries. Anderson has in fact had three knee surgeries, the last one after tearing his knee when he tripped while carrying his daughter shortly before the shooting of season 6 began.
- This episode marks the first appearance of Agent Richard Woolsey (Robert Picardo) on the series. Picardo is most well-known for playing the holographic Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager.
- During Dr. Fraiser's interview, we can see Siler in the background. He is being treated for an injury in the same area of his torso as when he was shot testing the non-energy staff weapon defense material earlier, after having declared "I'm alright" at the time.
- This two-parter was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form in 2005.
- Televised trailers played up the mystery over who died in the second episode, leading to intensive internet speculation and scuttlebutt that the character of Jack O'Neill was being killed off, rather than Docter Fraiser.
- Just days after shooting this episode, the cast and crew learned the show was being picked up for another season. Due to a massive fan uproar over the death of Dr. Fraiser, several of the writers wished to undo her death and bring her back for the next season. However that idea was overruled by executive producers who felt Fraiser's return would cheapen the episode.
[edit] External links
- Official Stargate SG-1 site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires Flash.
- Screenplay of Part 1 (PDF). Distributed by MGM. Prepared by Line 21 Media Services Ltd (2003-08-21). Retrieved on October 18, 2006. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site.
- Screenplay of Part 2 (PDF). Distributed by MGM. Prepared by Line 21 Media Services Ltd (2003-09-10). Retrieved on October 18, 2006. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site.
- Review of Part I from GateWorld. Reviewed by Alli Snow. Visited May 6, 2006.
- Another review of Part I from GateWorld. Reviewed by Lex. Visited May 6, 2006.
- Review of Part II from GateWorld. Reviewed by Alli Snow. Visited May 6, 2006.
- Another review of Part II from GateWorld. Reviewed by Lex. Visited May 6, 2006.
