During a routine reconnaissance mission, the UAV plane crashes into a cactus-like plant. Sent to recover the plane, SG-1 discovers that the inhabitants have begun falling ill, and before long a plague of illness sweeps the race.
Guest Cast
Colin Heath
as Alien
Cast Appearances
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Goofs...
The organism on the planet is more a fungus than a plant. Despite the blooming at the end of the episode, the organism is not green, so it can not feed by photosynthesis. On the other hand, it has threads in the soil, similar to the vegetative body of fungi.
Goofs...
When Teal'c returns through the Stargate the announcement can be heard declaring off world activation followed by the noise of the Unstable vortex but the Stargate can already be seen active in the background.
Goofs...
At around 34:50 mark, Captain Samantha Carter mentions there are long amplitude waves. Judging by the image on the screen, she is talking about long wavelength, which also has high amplitude, but the terms are not interchangeable - wavelength represents frequency, and amplitude is the strength of the signal, in this case the volume of the sound at a particular wavelength/frequency. Also, consumer grade camcorders do not have a dynamic range larger than that of human senses, in case of sound the range humans can hear is, at best, from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, and camcorders do not really go as low as that, more like 200 Hz, and definitely not to subsonic range (below 20 Hz). That said, it is not possible for the camera to record sub bass frequencies.
Goofs...
Despite Dr. Janet Fraiser's discovery that the aliens' hearts are located in their abdomens, when one of them needs Cardiopulmonary resuscitation it is performed on his chest.
Goofs...
We rarely see the Pod people close-up for extended periods of time in this episode. However, early on in this episode, a camera catches the back of some of them, and invisible zipper seams running up the back of the costumes are clearly visible.
Goofs...
As Dr. Daniel Jackson attempts to communicate with the aliens inside one of their huts, his jacket patches switch from the usual SG-1 and Earth symbol designs to two Earth symbols between shots.