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New Order (Stargate SG-1)
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New Order is the two-part Season 8
premiere of the science-fiction series Stargate SG-1
. The episode earned a 2.4 Nielsen rating
, a new record high for the show during its run on cable, which has since been tied, but never beaten. It also became the most-watched regular series episode ever for the Sci Fi Channel
and the highest rated episode in the history of Stargate SG-1, drawing 3.22 million viewers. Part 2 was nominated for a Gemini Award
in the category "Best Visual Effects".)
Dr. Jackson packs for Antarctica but Dr. Weir
tells him that talks over the use of the outpost have stalled again. Meanwhile, Major Carter
proposes using the modified Tel'tak to get to Othala to contact the Asgard
, who could help Col. O'Neill
. Weir denies the request on the grounds that the modified hyperdrive was too valuable to risk losing and because there was a chance engines could burn out on the flight. However, she relents when Carter implies that she would refuse to contribute to the study of the ship.
Once Carter and Teal'c
are underway, Earth receives a message from Camulus, a Goa'uld
System Lord, who wants to arrange a meeting between Earth and the System Lords. Weir is authorized by the President to begin negotiations.
Meanwhile Carter and Teal'c reach Halla but find that the Halla sun has become a black hole and are rescued from its gravitational pull by Thor. He informs them that the Asgard collapsed the sun to create a black hole to permanently destroy the Replicators
on Halla. The replicators nonetheless escape, and fire a projectile composed of replicator blocks at the ship, infesting it. Carter and Teal'c attempt to destroy the replicators, and Carter is beamed away by the replicator ship.
On Earth the Goa'uld representatives, Camulus, Amaterasu, Yu, and Yu's First Prime Oshu arrive. To avoid open war, the System Lords agreed to divide his territories and armies equally, but Ba'al had taken control of the Kull warrior
s and begun conquering the other System Lords. Ba'al believes, correctly, that the Asgard can no longer exercise power in the Milky Way galaxy, and plans to attack the worlds protected by the Protected Planets Treaty. The Goa'uld seek to use the Ancient weapon against Baal. They offer hyperdrive engines, but Weir counters that if Earth defeats Ba'al, they should inherit all that is his.
In the Asgard galaxy Thor follows the Replicators, which head towards Orilla, the new Asgard homeworld. Orilla is rich with neutronium, which would allow the construction of many Human-form Replicators. On the Replicator ship, Carter is confronted by Fifth, who is angry at her betrayal of him. He tortures her for some time, but eventually relents.
Thor closes in on the replicator ship with the intention of using a self-destruct to destroy both vessels, but his ship abruptly loses power due to a replicator co-opting its systems. Teal'c destroys it, but the opportunity is lost, and Thor sends a warning to his people.
On Earth Daniel decodes a message between the Systems Lords and deactivates the Stargate before they can leave, having learned that a ship has been dispatched to attack Earth, and Weir orders them taken prisoner.
At SGC, Daniel informs the System Lords that their ship was destroyed by Ba'al. Suddenly, he is beamed aboard Thor's ship, the Daniel Jackson. Thor then beams O'Neill into a stasis pod, hoping to harness the Ancient
knowledge in his mind to devise a means of defeating the replicators.
Meanwhile, Carter wakes up in bed in a Montana farmhouse. Pete Shanahan greets her and maintains that what she is experiencing is reality, but Carter does not believe and it is revealed to be Fifth.
Thor interfaces O'Neill's mind his ship's computer. O'Neill creates a schematic for an unknown device in the ship's computer. With O'Neill close to death, Thor erases the Ancient knowledge from his mind and revives him. After awakening, his memories of what has transpired since having the repository downloaded into his mind is clouded. Thor synthesizes the device which O'Neill designed, but even he does not know its function. Penegal contacts them to inform them that the Replicators on Orilla seem to be controlled by a human-form Replicator. This gives SG-1 hope that Sam may have survived, however the Asgard are unable to locate her life signs. During transmission, contact with Orilla is lost.
At SGC, Oshu asks Weir to let them go to fight against Ba'al. Weir eventually agrees, but Camulus requests asylum, saying his forces had fallen.
While Thor examines the Ancient device, he is contacted by Aegir, commander of the Valhalla, who tells him that they found the remains of a human-form Replicator in space. Thor beams him on board, and begins to access the Replicator communication network. They are able to locate Carter, but the human-form Replicator wakes up and attacks. The human weapons are useless, but O'Neill then uses the Ancient device, the Replicator Disruptor, causing the replicator to disassociate into its constituent components. After observing its function, Thor begins development of a large-scale version of the weapon to destroy all Replicators on Orilla.
In the meantime, SG-1 beams down on the planet to rescue Carter. They engages the replicators until Fifth appears and threatens to kill Carter. O'Neill is then contacted by Thor but suddenly all the Replicators start to move in one direction. They converge on a ship composed of Replicator blocks, which jumps to hyperspace. Thor deploys the weapon, destroying the remaining replicators. Afterward, SG-1 finds Carter.
Later, O'Neill visits Weir who tells him that she will supervise the Ancient outpost. She also tell him that General Hammond will be promoted and made the new director of the new unofficial "Department of Homeworld Security", and the new commander of SGC will be Brigadier General Jack O'Neill.
A large gathering is held in the gate room during which Weir says goodbye and presents Stargate Command with their commanding officer. As his first act as C.O., O'Neill promotes Major Samantha Carter to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
On the Replicator ship Fifth greets a newly created human-form replicator, which is patterned after Carter.
, a new record high for the show during its run on cable, which has since been tied, but never beaten. It also became the most-watched regular series episode ever for the Sci Fi Channel
and the highest rated episode in the history of Stargate SG-1, drawing 3.22 million viewers. Part 2 was nominated for a Gemini Award
in the category "Best Visual Effects".)
Stargate SG-1 (season 8)
Season eight of Stargate SG-1, an American-Canadian military science fiction television series, began airing on July 9, 2004 on the Sci Fi channel. The eighth season concluded on February 22, 2005, after 20 episodes on British Sky One, which overtook the Sci Fi Channel in mid-season...
premiere of the science-fiction series Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich...
. The episode earned a 2.4 Nielsen rating
Nielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
, a new record high for the show during its run on cable, which has since been tied, but never beaten. It also became the most-watched regular series episode ever for the Sci Fi Channel
Sci Fi Channel (United States)
Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...
and the highest rated episode in the history of Stargate SG-1, drawing 3.22 million viewers. Part 2 was nominated for a Gemini Award
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
in the category "Best Visual Effects".)
Part 1
At Stargate CommandStargate Command
The Stargate Program is a fictional top-secret program that plays a key role in the Stargate franchise: it surrounds the operations of the Stargate on Earth. The core of the Stargate Program is Stargate Command , based at the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station near Colorado Springs, Colorado...
Dr. Jackson packs for Antarctica but Dr. Weir
Elizabeth Weir (Stargate)
Dr. Elizabeth Weir is a fictional character in the Canadian-American Sci-Fi Channel television series Stargate Atlantis, a military science fiction show about a military team exploring the galaxy via a network of alien transportation devices. Elizabeth Weir is introduced as a recurring character in...
tells him that talks over the use of the outpost have stalled again. Meanwhile, Major Carter
Samantha Carter
Samantha "Sam" Carter is a fictional character in the Canadian-American military science fiction Stargate franchise, appearing in television series Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Stargate Universe. SG-1 and Atlantis are both about a military team exploring the galaxy via a network of alien...
proposes using the modified Tel'tak to get to Othala to contact the Asgard
Asgard (Stargate)
The Asgard are a fictional highly advanced race in the science fiction series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. They are first mentioned in the episode , and first seen in . In the series, the Asgard gave rise to Norse mythology on Earth, as well as accounts of the Roswell "Greys"...
, who could help Col. O'Neill
Jack O'Neill
Jonathan J. "Jack" O'Neill is a fictional character in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe, three science fiction shows about military teams exploring the galaxy via a network of alien transportation devices...
. Weir denies the request on the grounds that the modified hyperdrive was too valuable to risk losing and because there was a chance engines could burn out on the flight. However, she relents when Carter implies that she would refuse to contribute to the study of the ship.
Once Carter and Teal'c
Teal'c
Teal'c is a fictional character in the military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. Played by Christopher Judge, Teal'c is a Jaffa warrior from the planet Chulak. As a Jaffa, Teal'c is a genetically modified human with an abdominal pouch that serves as an incubator for a larval Goa'uld...
are underway, Earth receives a message from Camulus, a Goa'uld
Goa'uld
The Goa'uld are a fictional symbiotic race of ancient astronauts from the American-Canadian military science fiction television franchise Stargate. The Goa'uld are parasites from the planet P3X-888, integrated within a host, most of the time human. The resulting creatures are a powerful race bent...
System Lord, who wants to arrange a meeting between Earth and the System Lords. Weir is authorized by the President to begin negotiations.
Meanwhile Carter and Teal'c reach Halla but find that the Halla sun has become a black hole and are rescued from its gravitational pull by Thor. He informs them that the Asgard collapsed the sun to create a black hole to permanently destroy the Replicators
Replicator (Stargate)
In the military science fiction series Stargate SG-1, the Replicators are antagonistic self-replicating machines that propagate by ingesting the metals that make up civilizations and use them to create either blocks that form the bug-like version or smaller cells that compose the human-form...
on Halla. The replicators nonetheless escape, and fire a projectile composed of replicator blocks at the ship, infesting it. Carter and Teal'c attempt to destroy the replicators, and Carter is beamed away by the replicator ship.
On Earth the Goa'uld representatives, Camulus, Amaterasu, Yu, and Yu's First Prime Oshu arrive. To avoid open war, the System Lords agreed to divide his territories and armies equally, but Ba'al had taken control of the Kull warrior
Kull Warrior
In the fictional universe of the science fiction TV show Stargate SG-1, the Kull Warriors are creatures created by the Goa'uld Anubis for use as his personal army.-Concept and production:...
s and begun conquering the other System Lords. Ba'al believes, correctly, that the Asgard can no longer exercise power in the Milky Way galaxy, and plans to attack the worlds protected by the Protected Planets Treaty. The Goa'uld seek to use the Ancient weapon against Baal. They offer hyperdrive engines, but Weir counters that if Earth defeats Ba'al, they should inherit all that is his.
In the Asgard galaxy Thor follows the Replicators, which head towards Orilla, the new Asgard homeworld. Orilla is rich with neutronium, which would allow the construction of many Human-form Replicators. On the Replicator ship, Carter is confronted by Fifth, who is angry at her betrayal of him. He tortures her for some time, but eventually relents.
Thor closes in on the replicator ship with the intention of using a self-destruct to destroy both vessels, but his ship abruptly loses power due to a replicator co-opting its systems. Teal'c destroys it, but the opportunity is lost, and Thor sends a warning to his people.
On Earth Daniel decodes a message between the Systems Lords and deactivates the Stargate before they can leave, having learned that a ship has been dispatched to attack Earth, and Weir orders them taken prisoner.
Part 2
Penegal of the Asgard Council informs Thor that although the Replicator ship has been destroyed, a number of blocks made it to the planet's surface. They infest the technology used to save the minds and cloned bodies of the Asgard, which makes them unwilling to abandon Orilla. Thor travels to Earth.At SGC, Daniel informs the System Lords that their ship was destroyed by Ba'al. Suddenly, he is beamed aboard Thor's ship, the Daniel Jackson. Thor then beams O'Neill into a stasis pod, hoping to harness the Ancient
Ancient (Stargate)
The Ancients are a humanoid race in the fictional Stargate universe. They are called "Ancients" in the Milky Way, but are also known as Lanteans or Ancestors in the Pegasus galaxy and as the Alterans in their home galaxy, and they sometimes call themselves Anquietas in their language...
knowledge in his mind to devise a means of defeating the replicators.
Meanwhile, Carter wakes up in bed in a Montana farmhouse. Pete Shanahan greets her and maintains that what she is experiencing is reality, but Carter does not believe and it is revealed to be Fifth.
Thor interfaces O'Neill's mind his ship's computer. O'Neill creates a schematic for an unknown device in the ship's computer. With O'Neill close to death, Thor erases the Ancient knowledge from his mind and revives him. After awakening, his memories of what has transpired since having the repository downloaded into his mind is clouded. Thor synthesizes the device which O'Neill designed, but even he does not know its function. Penegal contacts them to inform them that the Replicators on Orilla seem to be controlled by a human-form Replicator. This gives SG-1 hope that Sam may have survived, however the Asgard are unable to locate her life signs. During transmission, contact with Orilla is lost.
At SGC, Oshu asks Weir to let them go to fight against Ba'al. Weir eventually agrees, but Camulus requests asylum, saying his forces had fallen.
While Thor examines the Ancient device, he is contacted by Aegir, commander of the Valhalla, who tells him that they found the remains of a human-form Replicator in space. Thor beams him on board, and begins to access the Replicator communication network. They are able to locate Carter, but the human-form Replicator wakes up and attacks. The human weapons are useless, but O'Neill then uses the Ancient device, the Replicator Disruptor, causing the replicator to disassociate into its constituent components. After observing its function, Thor begins development of a large-scale version of the weapon to destroy all Replicators on Orilla.
In the meantime, SG-1 beams down on the planet to rescue Carter. They engages the replicators until Fifth appears and threatens to kill Carter. O'Neill is then contacted by Thor but suddenly all the Replicators start to move in one direction. They converge on a ship composed of Replicator blocks, which jumps to hyperspace. Thor deploys the weapon, destroying the remaining replicators. Afterward, SG-1 finds Carter.
Later, O'Neill visits Weir who tells him that she will supervise the Ancient outpost. She also tell him that General Hammond will be promoted and made the new director of the new unofficial "Department of Homeworld Security", and the new commander of SGC will be Brigadier General Jack O'Neill.
A large gathering is held in the gate room during which Weir says goodbye and presents Stargate Command with their commanding officer. As his first act as C.O., O'Neill promotes Major Samantha Carter to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
On the Replicator ship Fifth greets a newly created human-form replicator, which is patterned after Carter.
Production
- Michael ShanksMichael ShanksMichael Garrett Shanks is a Canadian actor who achieved fame for his role as Dr. Daniel Jackson in the long-running Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.-Early life:...
plays three different characters in this episode: Dr. Daniel Jackson, Thor, and Penegal. - Torri HigginsonTorri HigginsonSarah Victoria "Torri" Higginson is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles in the TekWar movies and series, The English Patient, Bliss, and Stargate Atlantis...
replaced Jessica SteenJessica SteenJessica Steen is a film and television actress, noted for her roles in Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, Homefront, Earth 2, Armageddon, Left Behind: World at War, NCIS, and Flashpoint....
as Dr. Weir beginning with this episode, and continuing into the spinoff series Stargate AtlantisStargate AtlantisStargate Atlantis is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1, which was created by Wright and Jonathan Glassner and was itself...
. - Steve BacicSteve BacicSteve Bacic is a Canadian actor of Croatian origin. He is known for playing the character Telemachus Rhade on the Sci-Fi series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. After being a guest star in season 1-3, he joined the cast early in season four...
previously played Major Coburn, an SG Team leader, in "Maternal Instinct" and "The First Ones", and is known for playing Gaheris Rhade and Telemachus Rhade, his descendant, on AndromedaAndromeda (TV series)Andromeda is a Canadian-American science fiction television series, based on unused material by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett Roddenberry. It starred Kevin Sorbo as High Guard Captain Dylan Hunt...
. - This episode marks the first appearance of Colonel Lionel Pendergast (Barclay HopeBarclay Hope-Life and career:Hope was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the brother of actor William Hope. Hope appeared in the TV series Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal as Peter Axon...
).
Reception
The episode earned a 2.4 Nielsen ratingNielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
, a new record high for the show during its run on cable, which has since been tied, but never beaten. It also became the most-watched regular series episode ever for the Sci Fi Channel
Sci Fi Channel (United States)
Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...
and the highest rated episode in the history of Stargate SG-1, drawing 3.22 million viewers. Part 2 was nominated for a Gemini Award
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
in the category "Best Visual Effects".)
External links
- New Order Part 1 and Part 2 at mgm.com
- New Order Part 1 and Part 2 at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- New Order Part 1 and Part 2 at scifi.comSci Fi Channel (United States)Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...
- Screenplay Part 1 and Part 2 (PDF). Distributed by MGM.