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Definately a memorable episode, but in all of the production notes people are calling it "A huge episode". For example:
At the September 2000 GATECON convention in Vancouver, Christopher Judge ("Teal'c") stated that Shanks was handling his directorial debut very well -- and that "Double Jeopardy" would be the biggest episode since the pilot movie, "Children of the Gods."SG-1 writer/producer Joseph Mallozzi had the following to say about this episode: "[Michael Shanks'] directorial debut went well -- although, quite frankly, I'm sure it was somewhat of a hellish experience for him. The episode was HUUUGE -- but we watched the almost finished cut last week and it looks terrific."sigpic
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2 Jacks. How can I not like this episode? Most here agree that the 2 quarelling Jacks are pretty hilarious.
I am sad that they killed off the robots. I expected more episode mileage from them.
The way robot Daniel died was both very sad and shocking. I really did not expect him to get beheaded.
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Jack on Jack violence. Heh.
Rating: 8/10
Full Review: http://stargatesummer.blogspot.com/2...e-jepardy.htmlMy attempt to watch every episode of SG-1 and Atlantis this summer:
http://stargatesummer.blogspot.com/
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This was a good fun shootemup episode. I agree with some of the other posters though that putting the robots in such a 'light' episode didn't do justice to them.
They were awesome, and so deeply thought out in their first episode. Now they just 'happen' to be in 4 situations that kill each of them, what are the chances of the entire robot team dying and the entire non robot team being ok? Also the robots are designed to be stronger, smarter, and faster than their human counterparts.
I would have prefered a story exploring what they've been doing to keep themselves busy on the planet, what they've learned, how they've changed, and save the shoot em up for shallower characters. But anways, good episode, just wish they hadn't all died, and I would have liked to know more about their 'alternate' lives.
Like I said in the post on the first robot episode, SG-1 would have been much better off having them act as a sort of off planet version of their team, set up a lab in the factory and have them be the brains of the bunch, though now with powerpacks they can move - keep them out of battle and have them research alien technology - they practically have computers installed in their brains, in addition to an 11,000 year old alien that was perfectly willing to help and had nothing better to do. Fun episode, but it is a shame to waste so much potential on a single quick 4 death episode.
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Finally, sometime last week, some website put together a list of their favorite episode titles. Alas, Stargate failed to make the list. To rectify that oversight, I’ve decided to put together a list of My Top 10 Favorite Stargate Titles:
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10) Double Jeopardy: The audience sits there wondering “Why the hell is this episode called Double Jeopardy?” until the end of the first act when Daniel Jackson gets decapitated, at which point they suddenly realize they’ve been following the android versions of our heroes (last scene in Tin Man). Double the SG-1 = Double the jeopardy.
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I loved it when Robo Jack and actual Jack were gonna beat each other up... lol!! That was great!!Check me out at http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1223365/Aerilon452sigpic
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and yet all the robots bought it in the end... that makes me sad.Check me out at http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1223365/Aerilon452sigpic
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