1x01 Children of the Gods (1) - Stargate SG-1 Episode Guide

Stargate SG-1

- Episode 01x01

Episode: 01x01 (pilot)
Title: Children of the Gods (1)
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 101A
First Aired: Jul. 27, 1997

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Stargate SG-1 - 01x01 Children of the Gods (1)

Summary: After the Goa'uld Apophis comes through the Earth Stargateand kidnaps a female airman, Col. Jack O'Neill is recalled to active duty to be sent through the Stargate on a mission to find out what happened to Daniel Jackson and the people of Abydos, as well as find out where this new threat came from. Captain Samantha Carter, the world’s foremost expert on the Stargate, is put on his team, much to the annoyance of O'Neill due to his dislike of scientists.

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01x01 Children of the Gods, Part 2 (41:57) (Full Episode)

01x01 Children of the Gods (44:02) (Full Episode)

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Captain Samantha Carter	played by Amanda Tapping
Major Charles Kawalsky	played by Jay Acovone
Sha're	played by Vaitiare Bandera
Amaunet	played by Vaitiare Bandera
Samuels	played by Robert Wisden
Apophis	played by Peter Williams (IV)
Louis Ferretti	played by Brent Stait
Sgt. Walter Harriman	played by Gary Jones
Skaara	played by Alexis Cruz

	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Children of the Gods (1) Jack O'Neill: General, we don't need that probe. Kawalsky: We don't? Jack O'Neill: Nope. This'll do.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Children of the Gods (1) Colonel Jack O'Neill: I can save these people. Help me! Help me. Teal'c: Many have said that. But you are the first I believe could do it.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

PLOT: When Apophis, Teal'c and various other Jaffa travel through the gate to earth, the wormhole closes, but when they leave with the female USAF officer the gate is open even though they didn't enter the control room and wouldn't be able to use earths system anyway because of the difference between earths computers and DHDs.
FAKE: The scenes looking down at the descending lift are actually shots looking up at an ascending lift. There is a looping cable visibly defying gravity 'above' the lift
CONT: In the pilot episodes #1.1 & 1.2, "Children of the Gods" Teal'c's supposedly permanent gold serpent marking is upside-down in a scene where he is talking with Jack. There are also some episodes where it is slightly crooked.
FACT: In both parts of this episode, Kawalsky is referred to as Major, but he is wearing the rank insignia of an Air Force Captain.
CONT: In the movie Stargate, Daniel's wife's name is spelled "Sha'uri," but in the credits for this episode (and every other episode she's in) her name is spelled "Sha're."

TRIVIA

In 2009 this episode was edited to create Stargate SG-1 Children of the Gods Final Cut, in memory of 'Don S. Davis'. Some scenes were deleted or added, dialogue changed (Carter saying "MacGyver'd" is changed to "jerry rigged"), and any frontal nudity (Sha're) removed.
Amanda Tapping ('Samatha Carter') says, "This is how they controlled it. It took us 15 years and three supercomputers to MacGyver a system for the gate on Earth." Richard Dean Anderson played the eponymous lead in "MacGyver" (1985). According to one account, Tapping ad-libbed the MacGyver reference while reading for the part of Carter, and that was what clinched the role for her.