The Road Not Taken.
NO, not the poem. The SG-1 episode!
It was awesome. (I watched it on YouTube, by the way. It's much easier than downloading torrent files.) I thought it was going to be a Carter-McKay episode, which was why I was so excited about it, but it actually ended up being much better. Landry (Beau Bridges) was the President and Hammond (Don Davis) was still in charge of the SGC in the alternate reality, and it really delved into how the government can take away freedoms in a time of crisis slowly, until you have nothing left. That was what had happened in this reality. The people had found out about the Stargate program and the impending Ori attack, and there was rioting in the streets and chaos. Landry declared martial law, then pretty much took away all forms of free speech and began running the government almost like a dictatorship. It was a nice commentary that seemed to stem from current events. (I don't want to speculate too much on the origins of the episode without knowing for sure, but after watching it, it seems like a safe bet to me.)
Okay, now I need to smoke. But I leave you with this:
Carter: The McKay I know would never back down from a challenge. In my reality, he is a forthright, unselfish, courageous person.
McKay: You're lying, aren't you?
Carter: Um...
McKay: Fine, I'll help you.
It was awesome. (I watched it on YouTube, by the way. It's much easier than downloading torrent files.) I thought it was going to be a Carter-McKay episode, which was why I was so excited about it, but it actually ended up being much better. Landry (Beau Bridges) was the President and Hammond (Don Davis) was still in charge of the SGC in the alternate reality, and it really delved into how the government can take away freedoms in a time of crisis slowly, until you have nothing left. That was what had happened in this reality. The people had found out about the Stargate program and the impending Ori attack, and there was rioting in the streets and chaos. Landry declared martial law, then pretty much took away all forms of free speech and began running the government almost like a dictatorship. It was a nice commentary that seemed to stem from current events. (I don't want to speculate too much on the origins of the episode without knowing for sure, but after watching it, it seems like a safe bet to me.)
Okay, now I need to smoke. But I leave you with this:
Carter: The McKay I know would never back down from a challenge. In my reality, he is a forthright, unselfish, courageous person.
McKay: You're lying, aren't you?
Carter: Um...
McKay: Fine, I'll help you.
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