Season Three

Episode Number: 50

Episode Title: Point of View

Air Date: 07-30-99

Syndication Air Date: 11-06-00

First Sci-Fi Syndication Air Date: 12-23-02

Chad's Summary: Dr. Carter and Major Kawalsky enter Area 51, from an alternate reality, through the quantum mirror. Dr. Fraiser examines the both of them and discovers that they are Carter and Kawalsky. Jack O'Neill and Samantha Carter are somewhat perplexed by the situation. During a debriefing, Kawalsky gets angry at Teal'c because in Kawalsky's reality Teal'c led the Goa'uld invasion of Earth. Dr. Carter and Kawalsky request to remain in the current reality. They are given temporary quarters until a decision can be made. In her quarters, Dr. Carter looks at a wedding picture of O'Neill and Herself. O'Neill informs Carter that They can stay, and he finds out that O'Neill and Carter were married in the alternate reality. Dr. Carter begins going through entropic cascade failure, because two Samantha Carter's can not exist in one reality. Jackson suggests that the Asgard from the alternate reality could help resolve the situation. Meanwhile, the Carters fix the Asgard power generator. Kawalsky and Jackson search for the alternate reality from which he and Dr. Carter came. O'Neill, Dr. Carter, Kawalsky, Jackson, and Teal'c go to the alternate reality using the mirror. In the alternate reality, Apophis is alive. Teal'c kills the alternate reality counterpart of himself. Using the mirror, Jackson attempts to find their home reality. Apophis tortures the counterpart of General Hammond. Assuming his counterpart's role Teal'c brings Dr. Carter to the Stargate. O'Neill and Kawalsky attach the power generator to the gate's power supply. Dr. Carter goes through the gate to contact the Asgard. The team is taken hostage by Apophis, and he tortures the team one by one with a Zat gun. The Asgard arrive to protect the humans from the Goa'uld who then retreat through the Stargate. Teal'c and Jackson return home while Dr. Carter kisses O'Neill to the dismay of another Carter.

Guest Cast:

Teryl Rothery as Dr. Fraiser

Jay Acovone as Major Kawalsky

Peter Williams as Apophis

Ty Olsson as Jaffa # 1

Shawn Reis as Jaffa # 2

Tracy Westerholm as SF Guard

Production Credits:

Developed for Television: Brad Wright & Jonathan Glassner

Producers: Robert C. Cooper & N. John Smith

Story: Jonathan Glassner Brad Wright Robert C. Cooper & Tor Alexander Valenza

Teleplay: Jonathan Glassner & Brad Wright

Director: Peter De Luise

Executive Producers: Michael Greenburg Richard Dean Anderson 

Executive Producers: Jonathan Glassner & Brad Wright

Senior Story Editor: Tor Alexander Valenza

Story Editor: Heather E. Ash 

Production Manager: Andy Mikita

First Assistant Director: Bill Mizel

Second Assistant Director: Greg Rousseaux  

Music: Joel Goldsmith

Original Stargate Themes: David Arnold

Director of Photography: Peter Woeste, C.S.C. 

Production Designer: Richard Hudolin

Editor: Richard Benwick

Art Director: Bridget McGuire

Costume Designer: Christina McQuarrie

Make-Up Artist: Jan Newman

Unit Manager: John G. Lenic

Recurring Characters:

* This is Teryl Rothery's (Janet Fraiser) 25th Episode.

* This is Peter Williams' (Apophis) 10th Episode.

* This is Jay Acovone's (Kawalsky) 5th Episode.

Location:

* The events of this episode take place on Earth in an alternate reality version of the SGC.

Editor's Note: The Italic/Bold text, in the summary above for "Point of View," refers to the alternate reality counterparts of the characters. 

Chad's Summary is copyright 2003 by Sci-Fi Corner.

Stargate SG--1 is copyright 2005 by MGM Corporation.