There But for the Grace of God

StevenJDickie posted 5 months ago

O'Neill in the alternate reality is a Brigadier General and head of the SGA. His main timeline counterpart would receive the same promotion and posting seven years later in the Season 8 episode "New Order, Part 2".

StevenJDickie posted 5 months ago

O'Neill in the alternate reality has a scar on his left eyebrow which is similar to the injury his main timeline self would receive in the Season 3 episode "Demons", with the injury later leaving O'Neill with a permanent scar above his left eyebrow.

StevenJDickie posted 5 months ago

This episode takes place one day before "Politics".

StevenJDickie posted 5 months ago

It has been approximately two years since the events of Stargate and one year since the events of "Children of the Gods".

StevenJDickie posted 5 months ago

The events of this episode resonate contiguously through "The Serpent's Lair", and information gained within this episode is the first indication of an imminent Goa'uld attack.

StevenJDickie posted 5 months ago

The customary 38-minute window that a Stargate can remain open without extraordinary measures is first established here, as is the fact that Earth's dialing computer dials notably slower than a Dial Home Device.

StevenJDickie posted 5 months ago

The dividing point seems to be that, when approached by Catherine Langford to join the original Stargate Program, Dr. Daniel Jackson declined, to the extent that he was apparently "quite rude" to Catherine. However, other details such as Dr. Samantha Carter having never joined the United States Air Force and Jack O'Neill and George S. Hammond having the opposite ranks suggest that there were earlier divergences from the reality we know. Since Jackson was the one who dissuaded O'Neill from detonating the nuclear warhead on Abydos, that planet was never fully explored and many of their continued adventures did not occur. This also explains the difference in O'Neill's personality; the original trip through the Stargate to Abydos had a recuperative effect on O'Neill and greatly softened him from being a cold military man to the O'Neill we see in the SG-1 series. Also, as Jackson never met Sha're, then there would be no reason to go to Chulak to attempt to rescue her if she was ever taken in this reality. As a result, the team never met Teal'c, hence him lacking from SG-1.

StevenJDickie posted 5 months ago

The title refers to the quotation "There but for the grace of God go I," by English preacher John Bradford referring to the distinct possibility that, if only a bare few occurrences had been different, one's own reality could have walked the same path as any other one.

Guest Cast

Elizabeth Hoffman

Gary Jones

Laara Sadiq

Shawn Stewart

Michael Kopsa

Stuart O'Connell

Cast Appearances

Richard Dean Anderson

Michael Shanks

Amanda Tapping

Christopher Judge

Don S. Davis

Episode Discussion