We do have to keep in mind that the direction the show took in Season's 9 and 10 was a direct result of RDA having left the show and of Amanda Tapping being pregnant.
Sam wouldn't have been at Area 51 had Amanda not had time off to be with her newborn. Jack wouldn't have been in Washington if RDA hadn't left the show. And 'no offworld experience' Cam Mitchell wouldn't have been given command of SG-1.
So the writers did what they could (IMHO without adequate supervision in the form on the Exec producers - which were no longer RDA and MG) to salvage some semblance of the show we loved. Why they didn't give command back to Sam once they had planned for her to stay is anyone's guess.
Sam wouldn't have been at Area 51 had Amanda not had time off to be with her newborn. Jack wouldn't have been in Washington if RDA hadn't left the show. And 'no offworld experience' Cam Mitchell wouldn't have been given command of SG-1.
So the writers did what they could (IMHO without adequate supervision in the form on the Exec producers - which were no longer RDA and MG) to salvage some semblance of the show we loved. Why they didn't give command back to Sam once they had planned for her to stay is anyone's guess.
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