stargate

Season Four

Episode Number: 77

Episode Title: Point of No Return

Air Date: 09-08-00

Syndication Air Date: 11-19-01

First SciFi Syndication Air Date: 02-10-03

Chad's Summary: The SGC is contacted by a man named Martin Lloyd (Willie Garson) who wishes to meet with Col. O'Neill. At the meeting, Lloyd claims to be an alien who can lead O'Neill to his space craft. Martin also has a lot of information about the Stargate. SG-1, minus O'Neill, investigate Martin's home. They find psychotropic drugs and are watched by a video camera. After analysis, several unknown chemicals are found in the drugs. As a stall tactic, O'Neill allows Martin to lead him to the space craft. O'Neill suspicions are proved correct when Martin gets lost. Later, Martin finds O'Neill and Teal'c at a Sleep Right Motel. Martin knows that someone was in his house, and he requests to go through the Stargate. Meanwhile, Jackson and Carter interview Dr. Peter Tanner (Robert Lewis). Martin hands O'Neill a gate address while Carter and Jackson are taken hostage. Teal'c watches over Martin while O'Neill goes in search of Jackson and Carter. the hostages are questioned for information about Martin Lloyd and Teal'c. Martin remembers where his space craft is located and takes O'Neill and Teal'c to that location. A temporary command center is set up at the location. After a brief meeting, Martin is taken away by Dr. Tanner and his cohorts -- the people who took Carter and Jackson hostage. O'Neill and Teal'c follow Martin and the others. O'Neill finds Carter and Jackson while Teal'c finds Martin. Martin's space ship explodes and he is taken back to his home world which has been overtaken by the aftermath of a Goa'uld attack.

Guest Cast:

Teryl Rothery as Dr. Janet Fraiser

Francis Boyle as Sgt. Peters

Willie Garson as Martin Lloyd

Robert Lewis as Dr. Peter Tanner

Matthew Bennett as Group Leader

Mar Andersons as Bob

Production Credits:

Developed for Television: Brad Wright & Jonathan Glassner

Executive Consultant: Jonathan Glassner

Creative Consultant: Peter DeLuise

Producers: Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie

Co--Executive Producers: Robert C. Cooper & N. John Smith

Writers: Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie

Director: William Gereghty

Executive Producers: Michael Greenburg, Richard Dean Anderson, & Brad Wright

Production Manager: Andy Mikita

First Assistant Director: Matthew J. Blecha

Second Assistant Director: Ryan Kosmynka

Music: Joel Goldsmith

Original Stargate Themes: David Arnold

Director of Photography: Jim Menard

Production Designer: Richard Hudolin

Editor: Brad Rines

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) 42nd Episode.

* This is Willie Garson's (Martin Lloyd) 1st Episode.

Actor Notes:

Willie Garson portrayed Dr. Kreutz in Steven Spielberg Presents: Taken (2002). He appeared as Brett in the Science Fiction film What Planet Are You From? (2000). In the Science Fiction film Mars Attacks! (1996), Garson played the Corporate Guy. On the television series Special Unit 2 (2001 to 2002), he portrayed two different roles in two separate episodes. First, Garson appeared as Little Brother in the episode "The Brothers." Second, he played Ross Bowman/Amphorian/Cupid in the episode "The Love." Garson portrayed two different characters in two different episodes of The X-Files (1993 to 2002). First, he played Quinton "Roach" Freely in the episode "The Walk." Second, Garson appeared as Henry Weems in the episode "The Goldberg Variation." On Star Trek: Voyager (1995 to 2001), he portrayed Riga in the episode "Thirty Days." On Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 to 2003), Garson played the Security Guard in the episode "Killed by Death." On Quantum Leap (1989 to 1993), Garson portrayed two characters in three different episodes. First, Garson played Seymour in the episode "Play It Again, Seymour." Then, he portrayed Lee Harvey Oswald in the episodes "Lee Harvey Oswald, Parts 1 and 2."

Robert Lewis appeared as Man #1 on the transport ship in the Battlestar Galactica (2003) mini-series. In the SciFi/Horror film Disturbing Behavior (1998), he portrayed the un-credited role of the Moderator. On the television series Dark Angel (2000 to 2002), Lewis played Dochnovich. On Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda (2000 to 2005), he appeared as Ragatz in the episode "Cui Bono." On The Lone Gunmen (2001), Lewis portrayed Jeff Strode in the episode "The Lying Game." On The Outer Limits (1995 to 2002), he played the role of Jake Sternlight in the episode "Relativity Theory." On Dead Man's Gun (1997 to 1999), Lewis appeared as Col. Fraser in the episode "The Deserter." On The Sentinel (1996 to 1999), he portrayed Dietz in the episode "Dead Certain." On Sliders (1995 to 2000), Lewis appeared as Mr. Clarke in the episode "Invasion." On The X-Files (1993 to 2002), Lewis played two characters in three different episodes. First, he played the role of Officer in the episodes "Eve" and "Duane Barry." Then, Lewis portrayed the ER Doctor in the episode "Paper Clip."

The Name Game:

* This episode of Stargate SG-1, "Point of No Return," shares its' title with a season four episode of Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict (1997 to 2002) which was originally broadcast on May 19, 2001.

* This episode of Stargate SG-1, "Point of No Return," shares its' title with a third season episode of Babylon 5 which was originally broadcast on February 29, 1996.

Connections:

* Actors Willie Garson, Laurie Murdoch, (from Beneath the Surface), Brian Markinson, and Alessandro Juliani (from Scorched Earth) all worked together on Steven Spielberg Presents: Taken (2002).

Destination

* The SGC computer designation of Martin Lloyd's home world is unknown. The name of the planet is also not known. The planet was left in ruble after a devastating Goa'uld attack which also left a limited number of survivors, including Martin Lloyd, headed for Earth in a spaceship.

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