The Gamekeeper (204)

GateWorld · #1 April 27th, 2004, 11:54 PM

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THE GAMEKEEPER
EPISODE NUMBER - 204

SG-1 is imprisoned in a virtual reality realm and forced to relive the worst moments of their lives over and over.

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-Major Woody · #2 May 12th, 2004, 11:43 PM

Wish we could have also seen something from Carter's or Teal'c's past.

KorbenDirewolf · #3 May 13th, 2004, 05:44 PM

Would have been nice.. But they do go into some detail about Carter and T in future episodes.

omnian · #4 May 21st, 2004, 02:26 PM

I loved the idea of these machines! I can't wait for Season 8 to come around!

KorbenDirewolf · #5 May 23rd, 2004, 03:19 PM

Erm.. Yeah, the idea of enslaving an entire planet with an advanced game is pretty good.

Sicarius · #6 May 23rd, 2004, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by KorbenDirewolf

Erm.. Yeah, the idea of enslaving an entire planet with an advanced game is pretty good.

Sorta like Everquest, eh?

KorbenDirewolf · #7 May 24th, 2004, 07:09 PM

Dunno.. Never heard of Everquest.

Neon Rider · #8 June 22nd, 2004, 01:17 PM

A good episode, of course you did get to see the wonderful gardens of the QE.

It was interesting that they only went into Jack's and Daniel's past when they were young. Jack being I believe a Captain at the time and Daniel just being a young kid. One thing I couldn't stand is how he didn't let his people see their planet I got so damn annoyed that he wouldn't let them speak or anything! The other thing is that they got back to the SGC and it wasn't real I hate that in any type of show were you don't know which is real or which is fiction.

Is it me or do they have a lot of Star Trek stars guest star in SG1?
My mom didn't like the guy who played Barkley on ST: TNG she thought he was wimpy and of course she didn't like him in this episode either.

SeaBee · #9 June 26th, 2004, 06:51 AM

I enjoyed this episode, the first time I watched it. But when I went back and watched it again recently I found myself thinking that perhaps they had the Gamekeeper character wrong. He seemed a little too wimpy.

Not a bad ep., but no real lasting appeal, for me.

Selmak · #10 July 10th, 2004, 10:15 PM

I like how the Gate's point of origin was incorporated into there society.

Selmak · #11 July 15th, 2004, 08:33 PM

When I see that guy... I don't think weird gamekeeper guy... I think Reginald Barclay.

Ancient · #12 July 19th, 2004, 08:12 PM

Ilike this episode because i know i would hav e a great tiem if i got to go back and experiment with different variations,

GameKeeper: NO NO NO dont pull on that

yenny8a · #13 July 24th, 2004, 07:44 AM

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

The way the Gamekeeper walks suddenly into the scene where Jack and Teal'c are looks so wrong, and that's what makes it so funny.

The Gamekeeper is a such a funny man.

Anubis · #14 July 24th, 2004, 08:01 AM

Also quite nasty to Daniel

Selmak · #15 July 26th, 2004, 08:28 PM

He is kinda sadistic... one geeky guy in charge of an entire society.

yenny8a · #16 August 2nd, 2004, 03:39 PM

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I enjoyed this episode, the first time I watched it. But when I went back and watched it again recently I found myself thinking that perhaps they had the Gamekeeper character wrong. He seemed a little too wimpy.

I reckon they got the Gamekeeper 100% right. It's his comical character which makes him so funny. Sometimes I just don't understand why people don't find these marvelous subtelties funny at all.

Anubis · #17 August 2nd, 2004, 04:18 PM

I love the scene at the end where all the people are in his garden moving the plants and stuff. His reaction was so funny

VirtualCLD · #18 August 3rd, 2004, 10:23 AM

I thought he was pretty funny.

Asgard Buddy · #19 August 17th, 2004, 09:16 AM

I was just so annoyed that the Gamekeeper had kept the truth from his people for so long. They should have stuck him in one of those things as punishment.

Although, I think I would have liked the episode better if Daniel and Jack were re-living happy memories. Then it would be a lot harder to get them out. And why was that memory Jack's strongest? What about the time when Charlie killed himself. Wasn't Jack and his wife right outside at the time?

Uncle Dick · #20 September 19th, 2004, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by -Major Woody

Wish we could have also seen something from Carter's or Teal'c's past.

At this point in the show, Jack and Daniel were still the main characters. Since this episode dealt with incidents intially established or suggested in the Stargate feature, it made sense to focus on those two.

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Although, I think I would have liked the episode better if Daniel and Jack were re-living happy memories.

The episode would have lost much of its edge if that were the case. The Keeper's disinterest in the fact that his "games" are causing severe emotional distress to SG-1 is one of the creepier aspects of the character that prevents him from becoming an ineffectual comic figure like, say, Martin.

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What about the time when Charlie killed himself. Wasn't Jack and his wife right outside at the time?

The Hammondkeeper mentioned Charlie at one point, but I don't think it would have worked at all on screen. For one, watching a child repeatedly kill himself probably wouldn't be enjoyable television. Jack already dealt extensively with the death of Charlie in "Cold Lazarus". Another episode dwelling on his death seems excessive.

The morph effects are top notch. No wonder it's my favorite episode.