Originally posted by poundpuppy29
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I tend to see Sam as someone who has dedicated her life to both the military and science. Why does one have to be more important to her than the other? If science was her primary love, why did she stay on a front line team for so long? IMO if science is your first and only love, you devote yourself to science. You spend the majority of your time conducting experiments, coming up with hypotheses to test out, and writing papers about your findings. You do not spend the majority of your time traipsing about the galaxy carrying a P-90 and shooting at bad guys. If Sam didn't love being in the thick of the action, she could have just as easily contributed from the safety of the labs at the SGC. To me, it just doesn't make sense that science is her only real love. Why would she risk her life every day being a soldier then?
For me, the only way I can make the transfer to Area 51 make sense is the fact that Sam was trying to create a more normal personal life for herself. She needed to deal with losing her father, her fiance, and she needed to take care of Cassie. Otherwise, I don't think she would have ever left the SGC. I also think it was a temporary thing that Sam decided to do to help her get her personal life in order. I think she would've eventually missed the action of being in the field and the adventure of exploring the galaxy. If she was so happy doing science at Area 51, why did she consent to coming back to SG-1?
As for future movies, Sam would not be very involved in any plot if she were in charge of Area 51. The only time the head of Area 51 was ever part of Stargate was when Maybourne was in charge back in Season 2+3. Why would someone stationed at a remote base in Nevada have anything to do in an SG-1 movie? She would have more chance being involved in a future movie if she were put in command of a ship.
(AoT spoiler)
Spoiler:
Ohh... that's another possibility. Maybe Cam has been given command of a ship and Sam is allowed to be charge of SG-1?
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