Covenant

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Covenant is the eighth episode of the eighth season of Stargate SG-1.

Contents 1 Plot 1.1 References 2 Notes 3 Sources

[edit] Plot

Alec Colson, a wealthy and veritable aerospace entrepreneur claims to the world he possesses evidence of extraterrestrial life, effectively exposing the SGC's various exploits over the years. He seems harmless until he appears to produce a real Asgard at a press conference. The team discovers that Colson's company was one of the many tech companies that the SGC contracted to work on back-engineering alien technology, and that he was a key member in the production of the F-302 fighter. As part of the SGC effort to sequence Asgard DNA, one of the subsidiary companies under Colson's direction was contracted for the work; after performing the process for the SGC, the company proceeded to secretly clone the Asgard, which was then presented in the press release.

Meanwhile, Colson is contemplating releasing information about Anubis' attack on Earth when suddenly, the Asgard clone, all of the cloning equipment, and Colson himself are beamed out, much to the surprise of his staff. At the SGC, Carter reveals the truth about the Stargate program, and pleads with him not to reveal the truth, but the plan backfires, and Colson is more emboldened to tell his story. However, after an assassination attempt, as well as the suicide of one of Colson's most trusted employees, SG-1 discovers that The Trust has targeted Colson for assassination. Carter convinces Colson to hide out at the Alpha Site for his own protection, though he vows that someday the truth will get out.

[edit] References

Asgard, The Trust, Alpha Site, Colson Industries

[edit] Notes

• Alec Colson was originally named Andrew Colson, and was intended to be a recurring character.^{[citation needed]}
• Julia Donovan (Kendall Cross) previously appeared in season six's "Prometheus".
• Chronologically, this episode takes place five months after the battle over Antarctica that took place in "Lost City".
• The new Alpha Site is now built inside of a mountain, like the SGC.
• The Colson Industries logo is a slightly distorted Sci-Fi Channel logo, inverted and upside down.
• Alec is introduced to a character named 'Shefield' when he goes off-world. Charles Shaughnessy played a character named Maxwell Sheffield on The Nanny.
• It is confirmed in this episode that Kinsey is no longer Vice-President.
• Since this episode was originally supposed to air before "Affinity", there is a bit of dialogue added of Sam telling Colson about the Trust before Vogler confesses. No such dialogue was included in the original script.
• In the DVD commentary for the episode, it is revealed that the Colson Industries set is actually the Stargate Atlantis set and was also one of the sets for Blade: Trinity.
• The name Alec Colson bear resemblance to a character in MacGyver, Andy Colson.
• When Carter and Daniel visit Colson to try and convince him to not go public the picture frame next to where the TV is has a picture of the Stargate.

[edit] Sources

• Official Stargate SG-1 site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires Flash.
• Screenplay (PDF). Distributed by MGM. Prepared by Line 21 Media Services Ltd (2004-08-23). Retrieved on October 29, 2006.
• Episode guide from Skyone. Visited June 4, 2006.
• Summary from SciFi. Visited June 4, 2006. Requires Flash.
• Review from GateWorld. Reviewed by Alli Snow. Visited May 5, 2006.

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