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Pretense

The Tollan inform the SGC that Klor'el/Ska'ara have crash-landed on their planet and that they will hold a trial to determine which has the right to Ska'ara's body. SG-1 is invited to Tollan to act as his defense.

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Episode Discussion

StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago

Goofs... 

During the Triad, Zipacna's argument that the Goa'uld consider themselves more advanced and more intelligent than humans goes largely unchallenged, despite the fact that it is repeatedly established in this episode alone that the Tollan are far more advanced than them.

StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago

Goofs... 

In the opening sequence, the two Ha'tak ships are fired upon from multiple locations, and it is apparent that they are a significant distance apart, so by targeting just the cannons within walking distance for the duration of the Triad, it would be impossible for the Jaffa to target all the cannons that are in range of a mothership in space. While it would reduce the city's defensive capabilities (especially against Death Gliders), the mothership would still be destroyed immediately after firing the volley at the city based cannons.

StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago

Goofs... 

The close shot of the Tollan Stargate and the way it appears in the long shots are completely different.

StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago

Goofs... 

Towards the end of the episode Colonel Jack O'Neill's dog tags are hanging outside his T-shirt but there is only one visible. Dog tags come in pairs with one on a shorter chain that can be removed should the serviceman be captured or killed, and one that remains on the body at all times on the longer chain. O'Neill is missing the one from his longer chain, it does not appear in shots from in front or behind him.

StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago
Bill Nikolai (TSgt. Vern Alberts) was the stand-in and photo double for Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver and Stargate SG-1.
StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago
In this episode three Ha'tak ships are destroyed by Tollan Ion cannons. This is the sixth since Stargate Command's inception.
StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago
A banner hanging near Skaara/Klorel's jail cell shows the point of origin for his home planet, Abydos, which is a pyramid surrounded by 3 moons, as well as Apophis' snake symbol. A similar banner, showing the Tau'ri symbol is found in SG-1's quarters. The banner in Lya's chambers is not that of a Stargate glyph, but presumably is the symbol of the Nox.
StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago
The urban outdoor scenes of Tollana were shot on the main campus of Simon Fraser University (S.F.U.) in Burnaby, a small city just east of Vancouver. The same university location would be used again in the Fifth-Season episode "Between Two Fires" when SG-1 visits Tollana once more. It has also been used by Battlestar Galactica and Andromeda.
StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago
This is the first episode of Stargate SG-1 to air in the year 2000.
StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago

This is the last episode to feature the Nox. They are mentioned again in the episodes "Shades of Grey" and "Paradise Lost". Given comments in "Shades of Grey," Earth manages to establish some form of diplomatic relationship with them after this episode which is threatened in "Shades of Grey".

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