stargate

Season Four

Episode Number: 85

Episode Title: Prodigy

Air Date: 02-02-01

Syndication Air Date: 04-22-02

First SciFi Syndication Air Date: 02-24-03

Chad's Summary: A brash young cadet named Jennifer Hailey (Elisabeth Rosen) joins SG-1 on a scientific mission as a last resort to keep her in the Air Force Academy. O'Neill and Teal'c discover a new life form which the scientists on the mission want to study. O'Neill objects to the scientists plan to study the new found organism. After Carter and Hailey arrive on the planet, O'Neill relents and allows an organism to be tested. After some time, the test subject is released. Dr. Bill Lee (Bill Dow) witnesses several organisms attack Dr. Thompson (Roger Haskett). O'Neill and Teal'c go to investigate and find Dr. Thompson dead. The organisms trap the team and the scientists in the research base. Carter and Hailey have different opinions on the solution to the problem. After O'Neill is shot once with a Zat Gun, he manages to dial the gate. The group returns home.

Guest Cast:

Gary Jones as Sgt. Tech. Walter Harriman (Voice)

Elisabeth Rosen as Cadet Jennifer Hailey

Bill Dow as Dr. Bill Lee

Hrothgar Mathews as Dr. Hamilton

Roger Haskett as Dr. Thompson

Michael Kopsa as General Kerrigan

General Ryan as Himself

Keith Martin Gordey as Professor Monroe

Russell Ferrier as Major Griff

Ivon R. Bartok as Cadet

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

Story: Brad Wright, Joseph Mallozzi, & Paul Mullie

Teleplay: Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie

Director: Peter DeLuise

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: Rick Martin

Supervising Art Director: Bridget McGuire

Art Directors: Doug McLean, Ivana Vasak, & Brentan Harron

Costume Designer: Christina McQuarrie

Make-Up Artist: Jan Newman

Unit Manager: John G. Lenic

Actor Notes:

Bill Dow appeared in the Special Unit 2 (2001 to 2002) episode "The Eve" as Al Capone. He played three different roles on The X-Files (1993 to 2002) in eight episodes. First, Dow portrayed the Dad in the episode "The Jersey Devil." Secondly, he played the part of Dr. Newton in the episode "War of the Coprophages." Finally, Dow appeared as Dr. Charles Burks in the following six episodes: "The Calusari," "Leonard Betts," "Biogenesis," "Rush," "Hollywood A.D.," and "Badlaa." He also portrayed Dr. Barrison Hahn in the Seven Days (1998 to 2001) episode "X-35 Needs Changing." Dow appeared in two episodes of Millennium (1996 to 1999) in two roles. First, he played Dr. Schroeder in the episode "The Fourth Horseman." Secondly, He appeared as a C.D.C. Examiner in "Borrowed Time." Dow appeared twice on The Outer Limits (1995 to 2002) in two different roles. First, he played the part of Doc Fink in the episode "Revelations of Becka Paulson." Secondly, Dow appeared as Dr. Keeler in the episode "In Our Own Image." He played Morty Woods in the Viper (1996 to 1999) episode "My Fair Hoodlums." Dow portrayed the part of Phil Tanner in "The Sentinel (1996 to 1999) episode "Neighborhood Watch." On Highlander: The Series (1992 to 1998), he appeared as Harry in the episode "Epitaph for Tommy." Dow appeared as Mickey in the "Ashes to Ashes" episode of Dead Like Me (2003 to 2004).

Elisabeth Rosen appeared in two horror films in the recent past. First, she played New Dawn Kid in Bless the Child (2000). Secondly, Rosen appeared as Skye in House of the Dead (2003). She appeared as Tanya Norton in the Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996 to 2000) episode "School of Thought." Rosen played Lisa Hughes in The Sentinel (1996 to 1999) episode "Blind Man's Bluff." She played the part of Melanie White in the Sliders (1995 to 2000) episode "The Young and the Relentless." Rosen portrayed Nadia Torrance in The Outer Limits (1995 to 2002) episode "If These Walls Could Talk." She appeared as Katie in The X-Files (1993 to 2002) episode "Red Museum."

Recurring Characters:

* This is Gary Jones' (Walter Harriman) 32nd Episode. [Voice Only -- Un-credited]

* This is Russell Ferrier's (Griff) 3rd Episode.

* This is Bill Dow (Bill Lee) 1st Episode.

* This is Elisabeth Rosen's (Jennifer Hailey) 1st Episode.

SG Teams:

* Team SG-11, temporarily including Dr. Daniel Jackson, is on a mission on an unnamed planet.

Connections:

* Actors Bill Dow and Richard Dean Anderson both worked together on two episodes of MacGyver (1985 to 1992).

* Actors Bill Dow and Elisabeth Rosen appeared on three science fiction or horror television series in different episodes of the three series'. First, they appeared in The X-Files (1993 to 2002). Next, they appeared in The Outer Limits (1995 to 2002). Finally, they appeared in The Sentinel (1996 to 1999).

Destination:

* Planet M4C--862 is a moon orbiting a gas giant with woodlands on the surface of said moon. The moon is the site of a SGC research base. The moon is also home to a new kind of life forms -- tiny energy beings capable of moving through the air with ease.

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