There is something about an alternative time frame conspiracy that Stargate SG-1 fans absolutely. The episode of the season 3 "Looked Point" is a fan-obligatory installment that is currently located at the number 32 of Imdb List of episodes (as opposed to "emancipation", which IMDB users vote the worst episode of "SG1") And is well remembered for its unique story that saw alternative versions of Dr. Samantha Carter on Amanda Tapper and Major of Jayej Acovon, Charles Kavalski, traveling to the main universe to seek help from the SG-1 crew.

The "view of the view" was the second time "SG-1" explored parallel universes (the first is "Season 1", but for the grace of God, which introduced the quantum mirror). Writers would return to the concept of alternative timeframes in the fourth and fifth season of the show, with "2010" and "2001", respectively-both have diminished as fans, though We never got a third episode of Ashen from "SG-1", that would continue the story of those loved ones. But there is something particularly impressive about the "view", which served as the sixth episode of the 3 and 50th episode season, in that the writers actually created the whole story in a span of about 48 hours.

In a "point of view", alternative versions of Samantha Carter and Major Charles Kavalski use the quantum mirror to travel to the main timeline "SG-1" after their version of the country is born from Goald. In this alternating time schedule, in which Goald basically conquered the country, Colonel Jackec O'Neal and Dr -Samantha Carter were married before O'Neal was killed during an attack on SGA (an alternative version of Stargate command). This is important because there was always a big questionnaire about the couple's relationship from the start of the series. Unproducted dialogue from "SG-1" hinted at Sam and Jackec's romantic statusAnd throughout the series, there were several suggestions that the couple were more than just colleagues. But in this episode, the writers were able to explore the idea of ​​being married, and there is a moving scene where the alternative Sam cries on the shoulder of the Jackec main timetable.

In addition to the marriage of O'Neal and Carter and Goald that conquer the country, the alternative reality is particularly different from the main continuity in many other ways. Neither Tea, nor Dr. Daniel Acksexone has ever become part of the SG-1 crew, with Tea staying the enemy of the human race, which led attacks on the Stargate command of that universe.

In the main time frame, the alternative version of Carter begins to suffer from what is known as the failure of the entropic cascade, which will eventually kill her unless she returns to its universe. The only question is that Goald is waiting for her, where he is almost certain he will be killed. Of course, the SG-1 crew cannot leave it hanging, and so they travel back to the alternative timetable with it, eventually write the help of the Asgard breed, who intervene and rescue the SG-1 crew and their parallel friends from AFFAFA and Goal. O'Neill and an alternative Sam even have time to kiss the team to return to the main universe. It is intense and at times a pretty moving story that seems to have years in making. In fact, the episode was actually written in the last minute.

In an interview with Dial the gate (through Gate), the writer and editor of the story, Thor Valencia, revealed that the "point of view" gathered as a result of some problems with scheduling. "We had a big, emptiness, because a scenario or died of a fee, or whatever," he said. "Maybe MGM didn't like it. Whatever it was, it was something that had to be fully overwritten. And we just decided:" Well, we have to come up with something from scratch and write something in 48 hours. "" "

This is exactly what the team did, with Valencia remembering how almost everyone at his disposal was available to "use the plot". According to the writer, who was given a story for the episode, "all the staff was there trying to work out (...), remember that it was really a high -pressure situation for us to appear with this script story because no one started without the script, and we had zero, and had to start producing for two weeks."

As for the popularity of the episode, Valencia speculated that at least partly there was something with the relationship with the relationship of Sam Carter and Jackec O'Neal. "(Sam and Jackec) were married in the alternative universe, so it's definitely something that everyone loved and everything else. And so you had that drama about it. It was the perfect way to create that soap opera tension." Sam and Jackec have never gathered at "SG-1", But it has made it more and more attractive to the relationship, with the classic will-you-don't dynamic being one of the best parts of the series. With a "point of view", the writers had to take up the idea without devoting themselves to it and destroying the tension for future episodes, which is a genius move, especially given that the whole thing was written in two days.