Politics

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This episode is part 1 of 3; it is followed by "Within the Serpent's Grasp" and "The Serpent's Lair".

This episode is a clip show: it is largely composed of clips of previous episodes.

[edit] Summary

Senator Robert Kinsey, chair of the appropriations committee, arrives at SGC planning to shut the program down as he believes it represents a 'colossal waste of money'. Despite the testimony of SG-1 and Hammond, the Senator orders the program terminated immediately. Even Jackson's assertion that the Goa'uld are about to attack Earth has no effect on Kinsey, who insists that God will protect America and the Goa'uld will be no match for the US military.

[edit] Notes

• The episode is largely a clip show containing scenes from previous episodes as a way to save money for the upcoming finale "Within the Serpent's Grasp". Clips from the following episodes were included:
  • "Children of the Gods"
  • "The Nox"
  • "Singularity"
  • "Cold Lazarus"
  • "The Enemy Within"
  • "The Broca Divide"
  • "Brief Candle"
  • Also included was a clip from Stargate, the original movie.
• "Politics" is not very well regarded among fans. Possibly because it is a clip show, it is widely regarded as one of Stargate SG-1's weakest episodes.
• When Kinsey says the Goa'uld will "regret taking on the United States military," Daniel Jackson replies by sarcastically suggesting that they could thwart the invasion by uploading a computer virus into Apophis' mothership. This is likely a reference to Independence Day, which was directed by Roland Emmerich, and written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin, the same team behind the Stargate film.
• This is the first and only SG-1 episode to feature a scene taken from the original movie.
• The beginning of this episode contains a reference to The Wizard of Oz when O'Neill comically remarks "And you were there, and you were there, and there's no place like home..."
• This episode features the first appearance of Ronny Cox as Robert Kinsey.

[edit] External links

• Politics on the official Syfy website.
• Politics Screenplay on the official MGM website.
• Politics on GateWorld.