Stargate SG-1 Memories: Threads, Moebius I and II

THREADS (818)

And almost every story thread that wasn’t wrapped up in the previous episode gets wrapped up here: Anubis, Oma Desala, the Jaffa quest for freedom, Jacob/Selmak, stalker Pete, and Jack and Sam. Well, sort of in the case of the latter. We know both Jack and Sam end their standing relationships for, presumably, each other – but it’s not all that overt which, on the one hand, leaves the door open for future will they/won’t they but, on the other hand, is somewhat disappointing given that if there was ever an episode in which to get them together, this would have been it. That aside, it was a terrific episode and Exec. Producer Robert Cooper packed so much into the script that the usual 42 minute running time wasn’t able to contain it. As a result, a special 90 minute version was released (and later mistakenly omitted when the season 8 dvd was released, much to the displeasure of most fans).

MOEBIUS I (819)

What ever happened to all that cool tech SG-1 amassed over the course of their many adventures: the sarcophagus, the healing device, that time-traveling puddle jumper from It’s Good To Be King? Well, glad you asked because the jumper makes a return appearance in this episode – before heading back for continued R&D (or, in our timeline, just staying right where it is).

Sabrina Gosling, Catherine Langford’s niece, is named after Sharon Gosling – author, editor, and freelance writer – who interviewed the cast and crew on numerous occasions over the course of SG-1’s lengthy run.

Alt. Carter’s “Now, just because my reproductive organs are on the inside instead of the outside doesn’t …” is a callback to the SG-1’s opener, Children of the Gods, and what has long been considered one of the most cringeworthy lines in the history of the franchise.

MOEBIUS II (820)

The end of an era! Although the series continued, it did so in radically different fashion. As far as finales go, this one ranks as one of my very favorites. Given that it was a time travel story, there were plenty of arguments in the writers’ room over exactly what could and couldn’t work within the two-parter’s SF constraints but, in the end, we managed to get it all worked out and my writing partner, Paul (aka Captain Logic), avoided a nervous breakdown.