- "So your back's up against the wall and there's no tomorrow. Just take one day at a time to remember, the bigger they are, etc."
- ―Jack O'Neill
| "Emancipation" | |
|---|---|
| Series Stargate SG-1 Season 1, Episode 4 | |
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| Air date | August 8th, 1997 |
| Writers | Katharyn Powers |
| Director | Jeff Woolnough |
| Producers | Michael Greenburg; Jeff King; Ron French; Jonathan Glassner; Brad Wright |
| Starring | Richard Dean Anderson; Michael Shanks; Amanda Tapping; Christopher Judge; Don S. Davis |
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"Emancipation" is the fourth episode of season one of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, which is based on the 1994 feature film, Stargate. The episode was directed by Jeff Woolnough and written by Katharyn Powers. In this episode, the SG-1 team travel to a planet ruled by the Shavadai, who bear a strong resemblance to the Mongols of Earth. Women are a repressed gender in Shavadai society and Captain Samantha Carter is captured and forced to enter into a reluctant bargaining deal between two opposing chieftains. Carter proves that she is not a woman to be trifled with as she engages in physical combat with the chieftain, Turghan.
Cast[]
Principal Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Richard Dean Anderson | Colonel Jack O'Neill |
| Michael Shanks | Doctor Daniel Jackson |
| Amanda Tapping | Captain Samantha Carter |
| Christopher Judge | Teal'c |
| Don S. Davis | General George Hammond [1] |
Guest Stars[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | Turghan |
| Jorge Vargas | Abu |
| Soon-Tek Oh | Moughal |
| Crystal Lo | Nya |
| Marilyn Chin | Clanswoman |
Notes & Trivia[]
- This episode is included on disc one of the Stargate SG-1: The Complete First Season DVD collection as well as the Stargate SG-1: The Portal Collection and the Stargate SG-1: The Complete Series Collection box set collections.
- This is the first science fiction directing work for Jeff Woolnough.
- This is the first episode of Stargate SG-1 written by Katharyn Powers.
- This is the first episode of the series that does not directly involve the Goa'uld.
- Actress Marilyn Chin, who plays a clanswoman in this episode, also played a character named Suzi in "The Coltons" episode of the action series MacGyver, which starred Richard Dean Anderson.
Quotes[]
- Turghan: You cannot go out until you are attired properly.
- Samantha Carter: Attired properly?
- Daniel Jackson: You should probably do what they say. Anthropologists do it all the time. They dress and live as the people they're studying.
- Samantha Carter: I'm not an anthropologist!
- Jack O'Neill: You are today.
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- Jack O'Neill: Looks like I'm gonna to have to cancel that Oprah interview.
- Teal'c: What is an Oprah?
....
- Samantha Carter: What a relief! I've never been so happy to see you guys.
- Jack O'Neill: Oh sure you have! Remember that time on P3X-595? You drank that stuff that made you take off...
- Samantha Carter: We won't get into that right now!
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- Samantha Carter: Daniel, find me an anthropologist that dresses like this and I will eat this headdress.
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- Abu: No, I cannot look at you!
- Samantha Carter: Okay, now I'm hurt.
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- Jack O'Neillk: The hell with culture - a member of my team has been neutralized. That's a hostile act.
- Daniel Jackson: How is it that you always manage to come up with the worst case scenario?
- Jack O'Neill: I practice.
See also[]
Stargate SG-1
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Universe
External Links[]
Episode links
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References[]
- ↑ The actor is credited, but otherwise does not appear in this episode.