Red Sky (505)

[GateWorld]

DISCUSS ... RED SKY EPISODE NUMBER - 505 SG-1 discovers that their trip through the Stargate may have inadvertently doomed an entire civilization, and plead with the Asgard for assistance. Visit the Episode Guide >>

[Sicarius]

I have mixed feelings about this episode. Anybody else?

I've got all the seasons on DVD, and this is one of the few shows I haven't gone back to watch again. On the one hand, I like that Carter screwed up and it was something they couldn't fix. On the other hand, I thought the implied maybe-God-saved them ending was pretty lame, mostly because it validates sitting on your butt, being obtuse, and doing nothing but praying as a solution. But then, I'm in the Nietzsche camp as far as religion goes.

I did like the scene where Jack loses his temper and almost kills that guy. Very human. Very intense.

Overall though, definitely not a favorite episode.

[Dramaqueen]

On the commentary Martin Wood said that he would have liked to see that the problem could not be fixed (however it actually was fixed in the end). I kind of like the idea and it would have been, IMHO a better ending for the story instead of this don't-know-whether-god-or-the-Asgard-saved-the-day ending.
But except for the ending I liked this ep. I liked the look of the planet with the sun getting redder and redder.
And Carter explaining physics with fruit, LOL

[Elwe Singollo]

Haha... Yah, i wasn't sure at the end if they did or didn't, the 'redish' look to the town looked nice

[Jafana]

Generally I really enjoyed this ep. as much as i complain about it much of the time, I enjoy ambiguous endings. And I wish they could have left it unfixed as the vastly intellegent Mr. Wood originally wanted it to be.

But for the moment, I would just like to know how:
1. if they bypassed a bunch of dialling protocols to get to the planet, how on earth does the unchanged, un-fiddled-with DHD dial earth again?
2. wouldnt they cause the same problem or make it worse everytime they use the gate?

[omnian]

There's one thing that's been bugging me about this episode....

If Sam couldn't get a lock on the planet's Stargate in the first place why did she bother? I mean, surely a red flag would've gone up there? 'Hang on, I can't get a lock on this planet. Maybe there's a good reason for it?'

I don't know about you but I would've stopped trying and gone back to it later on!

[Anubis]

I totally agree! lol Has to be one of her dumbest moments

[Jafana]

well, Dr. McKay in 48 hours pays her out for it, and gets her into trouble.
however, as she says in the same ep. her job is to present the risks, not to decide to take them.
thus, it's not really her fault - basically it comes down to General hammond, who would have made the ultimate decision to do the overrides.

[Anubis]

I guess you're right. In the end, all the decisions are down to Hammond. But I think O'Neill has some say over quite a lot also

[gate traveler]

I thought it was an interesting episode.

[Selmak]

The stupid protected planets treaty means nothing.

[Selmak]

Hail to Freyer!

[SeaBee]

I got bored with this one. I've tried to watch it again a couple of times, but just can't get into it.

[Selmak]

I remember a great quote from jack... "Carter, am I having a stroke".

[Lord Zedd]

Originally Posted by Selmak

I remember a great quote from jack... "Carter, am I having a stroke".

lol Does somebody know who fixed the sun Samantha Carter or the Asgard?maybe they helped but they wouldn't let them find out maybe a security risk???

[Uncle Dick]

Nothing takes me out of an episode more than a caption declaring the passage of an inordinate matter of time. The "One Year Later" in Absolute Power bothered me and the "Three Weeks Later" here has a similar effect. A few days pass during the course of an episode and I don't mind. Over a week? Make it a two-parter or cinch the story up a bit.

[Jprime]

Well in Red Sky it didn't bother me TOO much, although in Absoloute Power it really tipped me off to the (spoiler)suprise ending.

[Daniel's Sister]

I like this episode. It's not one of my favorets, but it was pretty good. Oh and by the way, did anyone else notice that the old guy sounded like Bells father in Beauty and the Beast?

[Daniel's_twin]

This ep was pretty good, gave us a more readily available way to contact the Asgard. it also kinda kills a lot of Star Trek, Kirk shows where they went down to the planet and the atmosphere turned out to be red (I think at least a third of 'em turned out that way). If I was the guy who came up with that super-heavy element, though, I would've wanted to go through the Stargate as well, not just look at it.

[Majson]

No see i liked this one, if only because it showed thatthey mess up, plus we saw a side tooneill that we all know is there, and should have come out on more occasions in my opinion