Season Three

Episode Number: 62

Episode Title: Shades of Grey

Air Date: 02-11-00

Syndication Air Date: 04-16-01

First Sci-Fi Syndication Air Date: 01-13-03

Chad's Summary: On Tollana, Dr. Jackson requests that the Tollans give the humans advanced weapons, in return for helping the Tollans earlier, to use in the fight against the Goa'uld. The Tollans deny his request, and O'Neill angrily walks out the room followed by SG-1. O'Neill steals a Tollan device capable of disabling human and Goa'uld weaponry. When General Hammond finds out that O'Neill stole the device, he and O'Neill get into a heated argument over the morality of obtaining advanced weapons at any cost. O'Neill is relieved of his command and sent to the infirmary escorted by Teal'c. High Chancellor Travell (Marie Stillin) arrives at the SGC to reclaim the stolen Tollan technology. O'Neill chooses early retirement over a court--martial as punishment for his actions. At his home, Jackson comes to visit O'Neill to talk. Jackson tells O'Neill that the Tollan have more to offer than their technology. O'Neill is unconvinced. Col. Maybourne visits O'Neill and offers him the command of a rogue Stargate unit to obtain new technologies. O'Neill tells him to leave. Col. Makepeace takes command of SG-1. O'Neill accepts Maybourne's offer and requests to retire on Edora. Hammond grants his request. O'Neill gates to Edora and then gates to the world where the rogue Stargate team is located. O'Neill and his new team's first mission is on P3X-595 to obtain an invisibility device which turns out to be a piece of Asgard technology on an Asgard protected world. O'Neill gates to a world to hide the device for a rogue SGC member to bring back to Earth. SG-1 gates to the same world, and Makepeace picks up the device. After SG-1 leaves the planet, O'Neill returns to the rogue team's base. An Asgard ship arrives to reclaim their stolen property. Meanwhile, O'Neill returns to Earth followed by the rogue agents. O'Neill arrests Col. Makepeace and tells him that Earth does not need the advanced technology of the Tollan, Nox, and Asgard. However, Earth does need the Tollan, Nox, and Asgard as allies in the fight against the Goa'uld. The rogue agents are all under arrest for high crimes against the United States and its' allies.

Guest Cast:

Teryl Rothery as Dr. Janet Fraiser

Tom McBeath as Col. Harry Maybourne

Steve Makaj as Col. Makepeace

Marie Stillin as High Chancellor Travell

Christian Bocher as Neumann

Linnea Sharples as Lt. Claire Tobias 

Production Credits:

Developed for Television: Brad Wright & Jonathan Glassner

Supervising Producer: Robert C. Cooper

Producer: N. John Smith

Writer: Jonathan Glassner

Director: Martin Wood

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: Matthew J. Blecha

Second Assistant Director: Greg Rousseaux   

Music: Kevin Kiner

Original Stargate Themes: David Arnold

Director of Photography: Jim Menard

Production Designer: Richard Hudolin

Editor: Rick Martin

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) 32nd Episode.

* This is Steve Makaj's (Makepeace) 5th Episode.

* This is Tom McBeath's (Harry Maybourne) 5th Episode.

* This is Marie Stillin's (Travell) 2nd Episode.

SG Teams:

* After Col. O'Neill goes into early Retirement again, Col. Makepeace is given command of team SG-1.

* Col. O'Neill is given command of a rouge SG team by Col. Maybourne.

The Name Game:

* This episode of Stargate SG-1, "Shades of Grey," shares its' title with a second season episode of the spin-off series  Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 to 1994). The Star Trek: The Next Generation episode was originally broadcast on July 17, 1989.

Destinations:

* Tollana is the new home of the Tollan people. Modern cities exit near a Tollan built Stargate. The Nox helped the Tollans get to their new home. The Tollans exhibit a culture with a high level of technology.  

* The name of the planet that a rouge SG team gates to is unknown. The planet is, however, an Asgard protected world under the Asgard treaty with the Goa'uld, The planets' SGC computer designation is P3X--595.

* The name of the planet on which the rouge SG base is located is unknown. However, the planet has an Earth-like topography of barren mountains and cliffs. 

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

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