Season 1, Episode 1 - Children of the Gods
Original Air Date: July 27, 1997

General Hammond summons Colonel Jack O'Neill out of retirement when aliens emerge from the Stargate, kill the soldiers guarding it, and kidnap a female guard. In the aftermath of the attack, O'Neill confesses that he defied the order to destroy Abydos, and that Daniel Jackson is still alive.

wasnt that scene between jack and sam when they first meet really funny sheer class im glad they brought a women in and im very glad shes smart and has a very solid head on her shoulders no one is going to mess with that girl.
and as soon as the episode really started it had comedy.
hammond:have you thought about writing a book?

o'neill:ive thought about it, but id have to shoot anyboby that read it.

i tell you summin i knew i was going to love stargate right from the first moment it was aired on tv all i can say is well done to tyhe cast and crew.

also it showed when sam never believed anything that dan said, then they found all the adresses for the gates. also the iris closing for the first time was cool

It also mentioned that Shar'e was given to Daniel as a gift. Imagine getting a gift like that Sam didn't think it was so great though. She made a McGyver Joke in the Abydos gate room too if I remember correctly.

not putting sam down or anything but its nice when you see that the v.smart and buetiful sam wrong but thats hardly ever i love sam and her intelligence and i love the fact that she doesnt moan when shes wrong she just handles it and goes on to figguring out the other answeres.

actually its in vancouver canada

I didn't think it was a secret location or anything, but merely logistics that prevented people from visiting?!?!?

yeah i do as well i think it would be quite amusing i know when the last ever episode happens i wreckon they should arm wrestle in that.

I thought their little banter at the beginning was fun enough. That scene could have gone over the top, but I think they pulled it off quite nicely. Any comments?

yeah they could of gone over the top but amanda tapping and richard dean anderson are originally comedy actors and could off easily pulled it off.

Hmmm, "safety and insurance" eh?? No more than any other set though, no?!?!?!? But I guess 15 billion fans wanting to speak in deep voices and zat each other could get annoying

The reason they do not let people in is this, you can see the hole set in 5 mins. To Have alot of people walking though would desruped the set all day long,(they have enough to worry about). I know this might sound a little finger pointing, but fans have a tendencey to pick up suvaneares. You can see the whole sete in WORMHOLE X-TREME! and most of the crew, they had cameo shots. If you notice also, that most of the episodes are outside, or around, or in Vancuver. You go to Vancuver, you go to Stargates site.

True, and can you imagine the nitpicking some of us would do there? I think I'd do the same (keep out visitors) if it were my show

Well that's true. We'd all be complaining about something not being like the show - only it is the show!!! But to quote from the MGM web site:

Q. Is it possible to visit the set in Vancouver?
A. No, due to liability and safety issues where the series in filmed, the
set is not open to the public for visitation.

but also:

Q. How can I contact the actors or the production office?
A. You can write to any cast or crew member involved in the show at
the address below:

Stargate SG-1
c/o MGM
2501 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90404

yeah if a your a mad fan then you are probaly v.likely to try and pick up souvenir and plus fans would probaly get in the way and stress every1 out.

The conversation should have gone a little more like this:

O'neill: "What's your name?"

Teal'c: "Teal'c"

O'neill: "Teal'c. Kinda sounds like a blueish-green baby powder, huh?"

Teal'c: "Indeed."

^^^^
v.strange

Sentiment understood, but explain this - why do Canada and the US share the same international dialling prefix? The country code for both nations is "1". You'll note that virtually every other country has a 2 or three digit international dialling prefix. Certainly makes it seem like they're fairly closely related.

BTW, don't shoot me because I have several Canadian friends, am a citizen of a Commonwealth country, and am really just pulling your leg!

And at least Canadians can spell words like colour correctly! THANK GOODNESS!

In the very beginning when the lady is kidnapped, how is the gate reopened. Did they go up to the dialing computer?

Well at least as many times as you spammed yesterday in any case.

Enrico Ng, welcome aboard, your question is a mystery to us. You are correct, there was nothing shown. Just think of it as "introducing story lines" rather than go insane trying to answer it. Same with most things relating to the gate actually, dialling sequences, orders, back to front issues and so forth. Just smile and move on

what muddles me is they came through an open wormhole leading to the base but then went through it again and if im right which i think i am then your not aloud to go through an open wormhole back to the planet which you dialed out cause you have to start a new wormhole from where youve landed to get back to where you started.
rite

Oh ussshorty tsk tsk tsk I would've thought YOU would have known this by now We put up with the question from newbies, but you???

Here is the steps, simple:
1) Gate opens
2) Round thing (probe) comes through
3) Jaffa step through
4) Apophis steps through and immediately VISUALLY and AUDIO shows the gate shutting down
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bang bang bang, bloodshed...

5) Apophis glances at the gate and mumbles something to Jaffa
6) Scenes cut, time delay, anything could have happened
7) Jaffa walks back up the ramp from within the room
8) Gate is open again, bye bye.