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Episode 1.20 “There But For the Grace of God”

Planetary Tally: P3R233
Season/Series Total: 19

Episodic References:

Quote(s) of the Week:
Daniel: I feel like the victim of the biggest practical joke--Ever.

Daniel: Where is Teal’c? Big guy, gold emblem on his head, goa’uld in his stomach; you can’t miss him.

Daniel (on alternate realities): Well it sounds like I theoretically, possibly, actually found one.

Daniel: Uh-oh.
Sam: What?
Daniel: I think I’m dead.

Daniel: The Jack O’Neill I know would do it.
Jack: Well apparently you and I have never met.

Still in Kansas:

Introducing: the Quantum Mirror


Oooh. It’s all tingly.

Hello Again: Catherine Langford, Sgt. Walter Davis


It’s all fun and games until someone accidentally steps into an alternate reality.

Stargate Mythos: there are alternate realities that run parallel to our own; the quantum mirror is a doorway between these realities

in the alternate reality: the SGC is called the SGA; Catherine and Sam figured out the Stargate; Sam didn’t join the military; Jack is a General and the CO of the SGA; without Daniel, they never visited Chulak and Teal’c never joined them; Jack and Sam are engaged

Fashion Week: Green and black with flak jackets
General Jack O’Neill wears cameo fatigues--and his sexy scar is made overly prominent
Sam wears a fetching pants suit and has long hair
Teal’c wears his serpent guard uniform and has Klingon-like hair


You know you’re in an alternate reality
when everyone’s hair is different.

Auto Destruct: 1--The SGA sets it to prevent the Goa’uld from taking control of the ‘Gate.
Season/Series Total: 4

Full Body Exam:

Laid Up:
Daniel: Daniel is sedated and submitted to an MRI.
Season/Series Total: 4
Jack: Season/Series Total: 8
Sam: Season/Series Total: 4

Zatted:

Brain Washing 101:
Daniel: Season/Series Total: 4
Jack: Season/Series Total: 5
Sam: Season/Series Total: 3
Teal’c: Season/Series Total: 2

Chain of Command: Jack is the CO of the SGA; he is the chain of command.

Putzing with Props: Jack points at a map as he makes strategic plans.

Jack O’Neill Cliché Count:

Daniel’s Dead: The Daniel of the Alternate Reality is, in all likelihood, dead but this doesn’t count towards our Daniel’s Dead total.
Season/Series Total: 3


Gonna go out on a limb and say that being dead sucks.

Murray Alert: 1--Teal’c is still First Prime of Apophis and therefore in silly Serpent head. And of course there’s the hair. Which is also silly.
Season/Series Total: 8


::insert Star Trek joke here::

Techno-Babble: Alter-Sam notes that the Stargate uses space-time to create a wormhole that takes you across great distances, but it doesn’t take you to an alternate reality. She then goes on to explain the theory that there are an infinite number of dimensions, each containing a different possible version of reality--some of them are very different and some of them are almost identical. Sam works on making the dialing program run faster. She notes that the Goa’uld can keep a wormhole established for 38 minutes.

First Name Basis: Sam calls him “Jack” when they’re saying goodbyee (and he mumbles “I love you” into her shoulder).
Jack: Season/Series Total:
Sam: Season/Series Total: 1*
*I haven’t gone back to add this category in previous Fun Facts yet.


S/J shippers all together now: Awwwwww

Welcome Home, SG-1:

There’s Always Room for Jello:

Stargate Scorin’:
Daniel: Season/Series Total: 3
Jack: Season/Series Total: 3
Sam: Season/Series Total: 4
Teal’c: Season/Series Total: 1

Daniel Obsession:
What’s the Daniel of it?: Daniel makes home movies of P3R233 where he and Sam find a lab with several tagged artifacts. Jack calls to the team to leave, so Daniel grabs some artifacts and accidentally activates, touches, and is transported through the quantum mirror (I’d say that Daniel should stop touching things, but I like it when he touches--things). Once through the mirror, Daniel is alone on P3R233. When Daniel arrives back at the SGCA, he is surrounded by armed guards and taken into custody. He is sedadted and subjected to an MIR and then imprisoned. In his cell, Catherine visits him. Catherine has heard of Daniel, noting that he’s known for some of his more “radical ideas.” Catherine explains that when she asked Daniel to join the translation team he said no and was “quite rude.” Daniel wins Catherine over by mentioning Ernest. Daniel chats with Jack and says that he and Jack know each other “very well” (I’ll just let that stand as it is). Daniel explains that he, Jack, Capt. Carter, and Teal’c make up SG-1. Daniel gives them the address to Chulak--big mistake as Daniel witnesses Jack send a bomb to Chulak.


Dear Alli, Why couldn’t I have been transported
to an alternate reality in which you marry me?
Love, Your Sex Monkey Daniel

Daniel and Catherine figure out that the mirror is some kind of reality-transportation device and that the hand-held device seems to control it. They all watch as a mothership lands on Cheyene Mountain. Daniel translates the recording they got from P3R233 and uses his videotape to figure out the alien’s code for numbering the symbols on their Stargate. Daniel argues for them to use their last chance to open a wormhole to send him back to his reality. He convinces Jack to try to buy some time by talking to Teal’c. Daniel is surprised that Jack and Sam are engaged in this reality. Daniel is sent on his merry way back to his reality, but takes a staff blast to his shoulder as he jumps through the Gate. He then struggles back to the Quantum Mirror and is returned to his reality (thankfully he didn’t need the controller Alter-Sam blew to smithereens).

Translation Time/Artifact Alley: Daniel notes that the writing on many of the artifacts on P3R233 is “definitely alien.” In the alternate reality, Daniel is tasked with translating the transmission from P3R233. He identifies that the first part sounds like Ancient Egyptian. It says, “Beware the destroyers. They come from…” and then the rest of the message is a series of beats broken into 6 parts--3, 32, 16, 8, 10, 12--Daniel figures out it’s a ‘Gate address.

Caffeine Habit:

Headgear:
Bandana: Season/Series Total: 1
Flak Helmet: Season/Series Total: 10
Fly Hat: Season/Series Total: 2
Other: Season/Series Total: 4

Perfect Vision: : Daniel is sans glasses when they hustle him into the infirmary to give him an MRI. Daniel is still glasses-less when he wakes up after the ordeal. He takes his glasses off when frustrated with the fact that “everything is screwed up.” Daniel has his glasses off when showing Catherine his treasure trove of alien artifacts taken from P3R233. Daniel continues to be glasses-less until he looks up that he’s dead.


Take ‘em off, baby!

Oh, Danny Boy: Season/Series Total: 4

Shooting a Load: Daniel was apparently carrying a gun and a grenade while on P3R233.
Season/Series Total: 4

Mop Up, Aisle 5: 10--coming through the ‘Gate and confronted by a squad of armed soldiers; confused that Jack is a General; waking up and putting on his glasses; explaining to Catherine that he’s a member of SG-1 (he does a cute little dance); arguing with Gen. O’Neill; glasses-less and confused; glasses-less; chanting “this isn’t happening”; worried about Catherine’s safety; finding out that Jack and Sam are engaged


Would any of your believe me if I said I had nothing to do with this?

Jack Cap O’ the Week


Seriously, how can he look sexier?

SG-1 Fun Facts for Episode 1.21 “Politics” here