by Jonathan Klotz
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Stargate SG-1 It was underappreciated when it aired, and today, 17 years after it went off the air, it remains a niche series even compared to its sci-fi contemporaries. Planted firmly between the fantasy adventure of Star Wars and the futuristic ideals of Star Trek, the series manages to combine the best of both worlds and come up with its winning formula. Few episodes capture that as well as “Heroes,” a two-parter that begins as an eye-catching episode focusing on the filming of a documentary and then becomes a tribute to a fallen hero that challenges audience expectations at every turn.
Part 1 is fun and games
In “Heroes, Part One”, Emmett Bergman (Warehouse 13 Saul Rubinek) is a documentary filmmaker brought in by the United States government to capture the inner workings of the Stargate program. The result is fun Stargate SG-1 An episode of characters we know and love who react very differently to the presence of the camera, from Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) running and hiding to Teal'c (God of war Christopher Judge), who we know as a noble warrior and skilled diplomat, emits monosyllabic grunts as the camera rolls. On the other hand, Samantha Carter (The sanctuary Amanda Tapping) enthusiastically goes into detail about the science behind the Stargates before getting exasperated by Emmett's desire to watch them spin.
In fact, the only member of the Stargate SG-1 team who responds well to Emmett's camera is Dr. Janet Fraser (Teryl Rothery), who agrees to have lunch with the documentarian after the interview. It's a nice character moment for someone who may have been a fan favorite but was often a supporting character to someone else's story, was never a real part of the main cast (Rothery was working without a contract for the first three seasons) and in retrospect, the increased screen time Serves as proof that this episode will be different.
Part 2 shows the tragedy of war
“Heroes, Part 2” takes place in the aftermath of the Gao'uld ambush at the end of the first episode, which brought the story to a close. Freezer And Emmett's lunch where the good doctor had to respond to a medical emergency. We see a body being pushed into the base, covered in a tarp, making it unclear who died, a mystery that isn't solved until much later in the episode when Emmett's tape is shown, and we see that Dr. Fraser is killed in action afterwards. Save another life. Producers for Stargate SG-1 I thought season 7 would be the last and wanted to kill off a major character, but in doing so, they produced one of the best characters. Science fiction episodes that were ever produced and ended up breathing new life into the franchise as a whole.
Robert Picardo, Doctor Who Star Trek: The travelermade his first of many appearances as Woolsey, a character I initially hated, like most fans, but ended up considering as a favorite even though he never changed, we simply changed the way we looked at him. Woolsey was brought in to find out who was responsible for Dr. Fraser's death, but as Emmett's tape shows, it was her who put her life on the line to save someone else that ultimately led to her death. Stargate SG-1 It was a show about war, and in war there will be casualties, and the decision to make this moment not a cinematic sacrifice but simply the act of being in the wrong place at the wrong time out of a desire to do good, added more weight to the moment than anyone expected from a SyFy Original.
Stargate SG-1 has had this moment
When Carter wakes up at Frasier's funeral and praises the good doctor by listing everyone she's saved during her life, it's one of the most powerful moments in the entire series. Stargate SG-1 She's dealt with the trauma and emotional toil of war on her characters before, but this was a raw moment that moved the home audience to tears. It's one thing to see the Doctor constantly saving lives in every episode, but it's one thing to realize that this sense of nobility cost Frasier her life and all the lives that otherwise would have been lost.
Stargate SG-1 He got the one-two punch of “Heroes” with some of the most underrated science fiction writing of the time. It would have been very easy for the show to be based on goofball cheese Adventure shows of the timeespecially with MacGuyver himself, Richard Dean Anderson, as part of the cast, and while the show embraces the fun side of the genre, each character is fleshed out and feels like a full person by the time the series finale rolls around. Other shows have taken the documentary style. For example, Amanda Tapping's later series, havendid an entire episode from the film crew's point of view as if it were found footage, but no other series has used it to pack an emotional punch. “Heroes, Part 1 and Part 2” is a brilliant 90 minutes of almost everything great about science fiction.
