Inauguration (720)

GateWorld · #1 April 30th, 2004, 03:00 PM

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INAUGURATION
EPISODE NUMBER - 720

The newly-elected president is debriefed about the Stargate program, and Vice President Kinsey makes a new play for control of the program.

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bcmilco · #2 May 2nd, 2004, 02:07 AM

For a clips show I thought this episode was amazingly well done.

It had a great plot that drove the episode and the clips had a good reason for being shown.

It also helps to have an "all star" cast

And I love that they brought in that diskette from "Chain Reaction"

Nolamom · #3 May 2nd, 2004, 04:15 AM

I loved William Devane and the President. I hope that TPTB write him into a few episodes for season 8 - he's a great character.
Nola

bcmilco · #4 May 2nd, 2004, 04:16 AM

Oh, yes please, that would be so nice!

Bacardi · #5 May 3rd, 2004, 11:22 AM

as far as clips shows go, this wasnt bad at all. set the scene nicely for LC

MagnoliaAnaglypta · #6 May 5th, 2004, 11:21 AM

I thought this one was clever. I thought it was extremely well scripted, and extremely well cast, and I didn't miss the main cast at all.

Lugal · #7 May 5th, 2004, 06:55 PM

Great episode, for a clip show. I thought it insteresting that he stared at the staue of Kennedy for a few moments because I tghink William Devine played Kennedy in at least one movie.

Question: Other than Divide and Conquer did we ever see the other president?

bcmilco · #8 May 5th, 2004, 07:03 PM

The man in D&C was not the president, he was a stand in just in case there were any Zatarcs on the base.

The real president was waiting up on the surface. So we never actually saw the other president in any episodes.

KorbenDirewolf · #9 May 7th, 2004, 06:43 AM

I don't think the former President existed as anything other than "The President". Henry Hayes seems to be doing a pretty good job adjusting.

Mr Prophet · #10 May 8th, 2004, 09:16 AM

It's interesting that this episode once and for all establishes that Stargate is set in a world alternate to ours, since a President is being inaugurated in 2003/4.

Crazedwraith · #11 May 9th, 2004, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr Prophet

It's interesting that this episode once and for all establishes that Stargate is set in a world alternate to ours, since a President is being inaugurated in 2003/4.

Err. now about loads of eps since "Shadows and Mirrors" That establishedd there was election coming up?

Mr Prophet · #12 May 9th, 2004, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Crazedwraith

Err. now about loads of eps since "Shadows and Mirrors" That establishedd there was election coming up?

But 'coming up' could mean a lot of things; it's a long campaign trail.

stargate barbie · #13 May 9th, 2004, 08:49 PM

i. love. the new president. i hope we get to see more of him.
best. clip show. EVER!

Teendragon · #14 May 17th, 2004, 10:42 AM

wow i love this episode , my favorite clip is when Anubis said "times up" and then with his freaking huge ship , he destroyed all of those ghould motherships

Anubis · #15 May 17th, 2004, 11:04 AM

The new President is great. Although it was a clip show, I still think it was a decent episode. I guess the big budget was for the Lost City and they had nothing left for episode 7.19 so they chose it to be a sort of review of the past seasons!

stargate barbie · #16 May 17th, 2004, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Anubis

The new President is great. Although it was a clip show, I still think it was a decent episode. I guess the big budget was for the Lost City and they had nothing left for episode 7.19 so they chose it to be a sort of review of the past seasons!

yeah but that oval office set must have cost them. that was one amazing set, for a while there i thought maybe they had stolen the west wings set for a week. i was very impressed.

KorbenDirewolf · #17 May 17th, 2004, 06:53 PM

I think I read somewhere that that set came from some movie or other.. Have to go try and remember where I saw it.

Manic · #18 May 28th, 2004, 09:48 PM

One thing I found amusing was Kinsey's entire argument consisted of "these people barely saved the world over a dozen times, and I think it had nothing to do with skill." Also, his examples of Carter and O'Neill's feelings were some of the flimsiest (and most brief) examples I've seen.

Elwe Singollo · #19 May 28th, 2004, 10:26 PM

I totally agree, if it someone else was 'barely saving the world', i think the world would have been over by now.

omnian · #20 June 21st, 2004, 09:20 AM

I thought this was incredible. I was amazed that an episode that doesn't feature SG-1 could be so good! I love the new President

I also noticed that the Oval Office was the same one featured in X2, which coincidentally featured some Stargate actors! (Tanith for one....)