Season Five
Episode Number: 94
Episode Title: Rite of Passage
Air Date: 08-03-01
Syndication Air Date: 10-14-02
First SciFi Syndication Air Date: 09-01-03
Chad's Summary: On her sixteenth birthday, Cassandra (Colleen Rennison) passes out and is taken to the SGC infirmary. Dr. Fraiser discovers that Cassandra has a retrovirus that is later found to be caused by the Goa'uld Nurti. SG-1 gate to Cassandra's home planet of Hanka (P8X--987) to find answers. They ring to a secret subterranean scientific laboratory of Nurti's in which she conducted genetic experiments on the people of Hanka. SG-1 return to Earth with Nurti in tow under the disguise of her invisibility cloak. A Hok'Tar is an advanced human host which Nurti experimented with on Cassandra in order to create a superior human host for herself. Using Zat Guns and TER's, SG-1 search the base for Nurti on Cassandra's urging. She is then captured and interrogated about a cure for Cassandra. Nurti tells O'Neill and General Hammond nothing. Pushed to the edge to save her daughter, Dr. Fraiser aims a gun at Nurti demanding she cure Cassandra. Cassandra is cured, and Nurti is allowed to leave the base without a sample of Cassandra's blood to continue her experiments. Cassandra is well on the way to recovery.
Guest Cast:
Teryl Rothery as Dr. Janet Fraiser
Jacqueline Samuda as Nurti
Colleen Rennison as Cassandra
Karen von Blankenstein as Nurse
Richard de Klerk as Dominic
Production Credits:
Developed for Television: Brad Wright & Jonathan Glassner
Executive Consultant: Jonathan Glassner
Creative Consultant: Peter DeLuise
Supervising Producers: Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie
Co--Executive Producer: N. John Smith
Executive Producer: Robert C. Cooper
Writer: Heather E. Ash
Director: Peter DeLuise
Executive Producers: Michael Greenburg, Richard Dean Anderson, & Brad Wright
Story Editor: Ron Wilkerson
Production Manager: Andy Mikita
First Assistant Director: Bill Mizel
Second Assistant Director: Ryan Kosmynka
Music: Joel Goldsmith & Richard Band
Original Stargate Themes: David Arnold
Director of Photography: Peter Woeste, C.S.C.
Production Designer: Richard Hudolin
Editor: Kevin Willis
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
Recurring Characters:
* This is Teryl Rothery's (Janet Fraiser) 51st Episode.
* This is Jacqueline Samuda's (Nurti) 2nd Episode.
* This is Karen Von Blankenstein's (Nurse) 3rd Episode.
The Name Game:
* This episode of Stargate SG-1, "Rite of Passage," shares its' title with a season four episode of The Outer Limits (1995 to 2002) which was originally broadcast on March 13, 1998.
Destination:
* Hanka is designated P8X--987 by the SGC computer. Hanka is the site of SGC Project 169 mandated to study the accretion disk of a black hole. The planet resembles Earth with a temperate climate and a population of 1,428 plus the four members of team SG-7. Sadly, all of the people, including SG-7, were infected with an ultimately fatal virus as part of the Goa'uld Nurti's genetic experiments. Cassandra is the lone survivor of her people. The above information is compiled from reports mad by team SG-1 in October, 1997. The following information is compiled from reports made by team SG-1 in August, 2001. The base of operations, for Nurti's genetic experiments on the people of Hanka in 1997, is found in a subterranean scientific laboratory. The lab is no longer used by Nurti and may hold the answer to Cassandra's current medical illness.
Actor Tracker:
* Actor Colleen Rennison takes over the role of Cassandra from actor Katie Stuart in this episode. For an Actor Note on Colleen Rennison See: Bane. For an Actor Note on Katie Stuart See: Singularity.
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