SG-1 Picks of the Week: 1969

How do all and welcome back to SG-1 Picks of the Week.  This is where I force you to endure my favorite SG-1 episodes, the recap as well as the points about the episode in question.  If you have mistakenly logged on here for pottery, you will be gravely disappointed.   Well we just got back from the body swap cliché of yesterday so how about a time travel story arc?  Hey, it’s Sci-fi.  Are you really that surprised?  For you fellas reading this I am saddened to report no Orion slave girls in this so check Star Trek instead.  So grab your tie dye, prep your rose colored glasses and feel that love in the air.  This is Stargate: SG-1: 1969.

Alright, which one of you is Ringo??!!!

Alright, I’ll be honest with ya, Bob. My name’s not Kirk. It’s Spoiler.

Going back in halls of time we find ourselves in Season 2, Episode 21 as the SG-1 team is waiting in the gate room; Carter is plotting a proper course of alignment for the gates in the event that time and space as well as astronomical debris could cause an issue with the gate travel.  The fellas are getting impatient but finally the trek is on its way…or is it? Dun dun DUN!!!!  

Sorry, I just can't take you seriously now.

Our team seems to bounce back from the gate signal and end right back at the gate room when suddenly the gate disappears and is replaced with…a Titan Missile??  Cheyenne Mountain seems too gone back to its original standing of being a missile silo testing facility and SAC system.  But how can this be unless…yes, without the aid of Dr. Emmet Brown the SG team has gone back in time.   No sooner does Teal’c stop them from being roasted alive by rocket fire with a zat gun, the team is taken in custody by base personnel.  

  

How can they explain their advanced technology, let alone their alien tech?  Is Area 51 even in use or will they be debriefed by the CIA??  Have they even a chance of getting back home or will they have to live out their lives in some remote portion of the planet and historical events?   What of Timmy trapped in the well? 

Okay now that has been taken care of, I would like to point out some of the interesting tidbits of this episode.  One is seeing Teal’c rocking a Jimi Hendrix wig.  That was interesting to say the least.   I did have a few timeline nitpicks that cannot be ignored.  Our team is traveling east from Colorado through Chicago and well there are shots of the Sears Tower.  For those weak on history that building was not completed until 1973.  The M-16s the guards were issued were sporting 30 round magazines instead of the standard 20 back in the day of 1969.  Again these are kind of petty but I thought they warranted mentioning.

Stop scaring the hippies!!!

Now the pop culture gags throughout the episode are completely worth the viewing.   The whole cast got in plenty of zingers with the exception of stalwart Teal’c.   Poor Christopher Judge is limited in lines but makes up for it in action.