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Brief Candle

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After being greeted with open arms by the people of Argos, SG-1 discovers that not only do the Argosians suffer from rapid aging, but O'Neill has been somehow infected and will die in a few short days if they don't find a cure.

Episode Info

Number: Season 1, Episode 8
Airdate: Friday Sep 19, 1997 at 20:00
Runtime: 60 minutes

Writer: Katharyn Michaelian Powers
Director: Mario Azzopardi

6.9 (19 votes)

Guest Cast

Gary Jones

as Sgt. Walter Harriman

Teryl Rothery

as Dr. Janet Fraiser

Bobbie Phillips

as Kynthia

Gabrielle Miller

as Thetys

Harrison Coe

as Alekos

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Cast Appearances

Richard Dean Anderson

as Jack O'Neill

Michael Shanks

as Dr. Daniel Jackson

Amanda Tapping

as Samantha Carter

Christopher Judge

as Teal'c

Don S. Davis

as Lt. Gen. George Hammond

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Episode Discussion

StevenJDickie posted 4 months ago

Colonel Jack O'Neill gives his age as forty in this episode. In the episode "Fragile Balance," the year he was born, as shown on an I.D. card, is 1952, which would make him forty-five in 1997. Of course, here he may not have been giving his exact age.

StevenJDickie posted 4 months ago

This episode takes place over approximately a week and a half: Dan-el is born on the first day of the mission and looks to be around eleven or twelve when the Argosians take down Pelops' statue the day before it ends.