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Yes! Acknowledgement of the superiority of "Prometheus Unbound"! Also, I fuckin love "Moebius" parts one and two. You cannot convince me that Sam and Jack aren't together after these eps.

'"Redemption" was also notable for the introduction of the Jaffa Shaq’rel, an otherwise inconsequential character but for the fact that the part was initially written for a certain NBA star who, according to Chris Judge, was interested in doing the show. Well, that never worked for whatever reason and while I won’t reveal the name of the basketball player, it really shouldn’t be that hard to figure out.'

what

Fans didn't like "Wormhole X-Treme!" when it aired? Why? It's so fun! I also love "200". I love when shows can make fun of themselves and just have fun.

Not related to the content at all, but there are truly a staggering amount of typos and formatting issues in this book.

I didn't know Scalzi was involved with SG-1! I knew he was a consultant on Universe, but apparently they hired him to rewrite some episodes! They're talking about "Tangents" right now, which is the one where O'Neill and Teal'c get trapped in an experimental aircraft as it ascends to space.

I just learned that Carmen Argenziano died :( They were talking about him playing Sam's father, and how much warmth he brought to that character, so I googled him and now I'm sad.

Interesting. The oral history part of this book has ended, and it has now switched to an episode guide with behind the scenes tidbits from writers and producers.

"iTunes was very excited about it, but then, as talks progressed, Sci-Fi exercised this clause in their contract that didn’t allow us to pursue another home. It felt like a version of calling out a game, taking the ball and going home. It was too bad; it would have been very interesting to see what would have come of that."

those motherfuckers

"Vala was just a delightfully off-the-wall character that I absolutely loved to write for. The funny thing is we asked for her to be a series regular and Sci-Fi said 'No, just give her six episodes.' And then, after they saw the six episodes, they were, like, 'Let’s make her a series regular,' but we said, 'At this point, that ship has sailed. If we get a 10th season, we’ll make her a series regular,' and we did."

"We had two chiefs of staff of the Air Force do cameo roles; one was even bigger than a cameo. It was like a full bloody part, and he was good, too. I can’t remember his name — Michael was his first name, but I called him Sir — and apparently one of the first things he said when he became chief of staff of the Air Force was, 'When do I get to do my Stargate cameo?'