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Politics

The Stargate program faces an immediate threat - - from Senator Kinsey, a man who sees the program as wasteful. Even Daniel's desperate warning of an imminent attack won't sway the Senator, who is determined to bury the gate and put the program out of business.

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Episode Discussion

StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago
This episode features the first appearance of Ronny Cox as Senator Robert Kinsey.
StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago
This is the first episode of the series to refer to the fact that Sha're and Skaara are siblings, as was established in the Stargate film.
StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago
This episode takes place one day after the events of "There But for the Grace of God".
StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago
Stargate Command costs $7.4 billion per year to operate.
StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago
SG-2 had returned to Argos and found that the people of Argos are living free of the nanites and leading long, healthy and productive lives.
StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago
Kinsey claims that O'Neill and Major Charles Kawalsky were sent to Chulak on "the tenth of February of this year," while the events of "The Broca Divide" took place in March.
StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago
The beginning of this episode contains a reference to The Wizard of Oz when Colonel Jack O'Neill comically remarks, "And you were there, and you were there, and there's no place like home..."
StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago
This is the first SG-1 episode to feature a scene taken from the original movie. Later shots of Heru'ur's ship landing on the Temple of Ra in the episode "Secrets" were also lifted from the film.
StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago
When Senator Robert Kinsey says the Goa'uld will "regret taking on the United States military," Dr. 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.
StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago
"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.
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