200 - Who was the party for?

[Dutch_Razor]

Did you see the way Sam and Jack were looking at each other when Martin mentioned the wedding?

I have a fair guess what that offworld party was

But wasn't there a cake scene in one of the trailers with the gate flashing and 200 on it, did I just miss that or was it never there?

[jenks]

My first thought was - this is not even happening, I thought that was made obvious by the way Walter changed clothes.

[unknown.entity]

...But wasn't there a cake scene in one of the trailers with the gate flashing and 200 on it, did I just miss that or was it never there?

Yeah, that's what made me think I had missed a scene in the actual episode.

[Dutch_Razor]

Now that I've seen it again it has lots of cameras and almost all of the writers and crew on it..

[Morbo]

my god people.

Look.

The parodies and funny things we saw were all fictional ideas from SG-1 to Martin for the movie.
The meeting for the movie was an actual event happening in the episode. The gate malfunctioning was also part of the real events of the episode.
Going through the gate, to a SURPRISE party offworld to comemorate Mitchell's 200th trip was the point of the episode. The funny stuff was just things everyone was coming up with for the movie. It was UNRELATED.

The episode's name was "200," which has a double meaning. It was Mitchell's big 200th time through a gate, and it was also the show's 200th episode.

It makes perfect sense.
I don't think I can explain any more simpler than that.


(PS: the thing with walter changing clothes instantaneously was just a little funny thing the writers included.)

[Smashman]

How about they were going through the gate to a party about the 200th ep of the show, kind of admitting it's just a show within the show?

Given the tone of the rest of the ep, I thought this was an obvious conclusion.

[Mitchell82]

How about they were going through the gate to a party about the 200th ep of the show, kind of admitting it's just a show within the show?

Given the tone of the rest of the ep, I thought this was an obvious conclusion.

That was my thought too.

[Uber]

my god people.

Look.

The parodies and funny things we saw were all fictional ideas from SG-1 to Martin for the movie.
The meeting for the movie was an actual event happening in the episode. The gate malfunctioning was also part of the real events of the episode.
Going through the gate, to a SURPRISE party offworld to comemorate Mitchell's 200th trip was the point of the episode. The funny stuff was just things everyone was coming up with for the movie. It was UNRELATED.

The episode's name was "200," which has a double meaning. It was Mitchell's big 200th time through a gate, and it was also the show's 200th episode.

It makes perfect sense.
I don't think I can explain any more simpler than that.


(PS: the thing with walter changing clothes instantaneously was just a little funny thing the writers included.)

Sorry...but I completely disagree with your OPINION. Further, I find your condescending tone extremely inappropriate.

And seriously, if the party was about Mitchell getting to walk through 200 puddles, then that's just pathetic. The show really is all about him, isn't it?

Nope. Sorry. I don't buy for a second that they'd set up a massive party to celebrate something so trivial.

I think it's more than likely either about Jack or it's about nothing other than as a silly way to break down the 4th wall and celebrate the show's 200th episode.

[Major Gambit]

it was mithcell's 200th gate trip, so he got a fun party. They played pin the tail on the donkey.

[Mitchell82]

Sorry...but I completely disagree with your OPINION. Further, I find your condescending tone extremely inappropriate.

And seriously, if the party was about Mitchell getting to walk through 200 puddles, then that's just pathetic. The show really is all about him, isn't it?

Nope. Sorry. I don't buy for a second that they'd set up a massive party to celebrate something so trivial.

I think it's more than likely either about Jack or it's about nothing other than as a silly way to break down the 4th wall and celebrate the show's 200th episode.

I must disagree. I found all that believable and enjoyable.

[Uber]

I must disagree. I found all that believable and enjoyable.

What's believable about them setting up a big party to celebrate the factoid that one of their SG team members walked through 200 event horizons? With how many teams and like 4 people on each, you find it believable that they do this with everyone or just Mitchell? 200 missions...maybe. 200 steps through any event horizon? Not likely.

Think of the time and resources they'd have to expend for the party. It's not realistic that they'd do it for something so trivial.

[Seshat]

The parodies and funny things we saw were all fictional ideas from SG-1 to Martin for the movie.
The meeting for the movie was an actual event happening in the episode. The gate malfunctioning was also part of the real events of the episode.
Going through the gate, to a SURPRISE party offworld to comemorate Mitchell's 200th trip was the point of the episode. The funny stuff was just things everyone was coming up with for the movie. It was UNRELATED.

The episode's name was "200," which has a double meaning. It was Mitchell's big 200th time through a gate, and it was also the show's 200th episode.

It makes perfect sense.
I don't think I can explain any more simpler than that.

(PS: the thing with walter changing clothes instantaneously was just a little funny thing the writers included.)

I have to agree with this description as outlined. This was exactly how I saw all of the events in the episode as well.

What made it especially funny to me was the silliness of SG-1 celebrating Mitchell's 200th trip - a completely unimportant event in reality - by holding a party for him. It was such a ludicrous idea, and perfectly fitting for the humorous slant of the show.

[Mitchell82]

What's believable about them setting up a big party to celebrate the factoid that one of their SG team members walked through 200 event horizons? With how many teams and like 4 people on each, you find it believable that they do this with everyone or just Mitchell? 200 missions...maybe. 200 steps through any event horizon? Not likely.

Think of the time and resources they'd have to expend for the party. It's not realistic that they'd do it for something so trivial.

Not true. It was a memorable event which is why Jack was there. Now you don't have to agree it is just an opinion.

[Seshat]

What's believable about them setting up a big party to celebrate the factoid that one of their SG team members walked through 200 event horizons? With how many teams and like 4 people on each, you find it believable that they do this with everyone or just Mitchell? 200 missions...maybe. 200 steps through any event horizon? Not likely.

Think of the time and resources they'd have to expend for the party. It's not realistic that they'd do it for something so trivial.

Yes, of course. That's why writing it into the episode was just another joke the writers were having. It works if you don't take any part of the ep so seriously, which the writers obviously didn't.

[PG15]

The party was for Stargate SG1.

Simple.