Inauguration (720)

[GateWorld]

DISCUSS ... 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. Visit the Episode Guide >>

[bcmilco]

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]

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]

Oh, yes please, that would be so nice!

[Bacardi]

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

[MagnoliaAnaglypta]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Teendragon]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[omnian]

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....)