The Changeling
- Episode aired Feb 28, 2003
- TV-14
- 44m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
1.2K
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Teal'c is having strange nightmares featuring Apophis in which he is human and a firefighter with the rest of his team alongside him.Teal'c is having strange nightmares featuring Apophis in which he is human and a firefighter with the rest of his team alongside him.Teal'c is having strange nightmares featuring Apophis in which he is human and a firefighter with the rest of his team alongside him.
Nickolas Baric
- Firefighter
- (uncredited)
Bill Nikolai
- Technician Vern Alberts
- (uncredited)
Dean Redman
- Firefighter
- (uncredited)
Dan Shea
- Fireman Opening Station Door
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode was written by Christopher Judge (Teal'c) himself. He also wrote Season 5's The Warrior (2002), Season 7's Birthright (2003) and Season 8's Sacrifices (2004).
- GoofsTeal'c tells Carter that he would prefer to not consume bovine lactose at any temperature: however, in Unnatural Selection (2002) he seemed very interested in the ice cream he was eating. When Teal'c said 'bovine lactose', he presumably meant milk. The writers presumably wanted to give him some characteristcally pedantic, albeit inaccurate, way to say 'milk'. (Lactose is a sugar and only one component of milk.) His enjoyment of the ice cream does not contradict his aversion to milk. Many people enjoy dairy products (ice cream, cheese, yoghurt, etc.) but do not like drinking milk. Moreover, many 'ice creams' contain little or no milk.
- Quotes
Major Samantha Carter: Why don't you try a glass of warm milk?
Teal'c: I would prefer not to consume bovine lactose at any temperature.
- SoundtracksMain Title
Written by Joel Goldsmith and David Arnold
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How the other half lives
A very, very odd episode --pleasantly so, but it really requires some thinking. And understandably so, as it deals mostly with Teal'c's dreams... and besides being, well, Teal'c, he is a Jaffa, which means he doesn't normally sleep or dream. Ever.
I think dreams are a great way of giving us some insight into Teal'c's mind without making him too familiar, which would just ruin the character. The episode constantly switches from his "dream"-life as a firefighter, back to his "real" life at the SGC (Or so it seems). Like any dream, "Tee" 's life is filled with symbols, every element standing in for something we can trace back to his true life. Which means that you can re-watch it several times and always find new details to analyse. (It's also nice to see Christopher Judge act and speak "normally" for once.)
It is always nice when an episode acknowledges the viewer's ability to think. This one really maintains the suspense for a very long time, leaving us to try and guess what might be happening, and to wonder what the mysterious kidney transplant that everybody keeps mentioning is all about (after all, this is Stargate SG-1, not E.R.) So it's all about wondering what is real and what is not. A rather old existential question, you will say... except that the final twist turns it on its head rather neatly.
All in all, a very psychological episode, but it is well-built, really significant in terms of long-term development (also, nice bit of continuity, as the episode picks up some loose ends from Cure), and *certain people's* guest spots are always appreciated. On the downside, well, with so much focus on Teal'c, the rest of the team really don't do much. Also, the title is a total red herring, but I guess it is part of the mystery.
I think dreams are a great way of giving us some insight into Teal'c's mind without making him too familiar, which would just ruin the character. The episode constantly switches from his "dream"-life as a firefighter, back to his "real" life at the SGC (Or so it seems). Like any dream, "Tee" 's life is filled with symbols, every element standing in for something we can trace back to his true life. Which means that you can re-watch it several times and always find new details to analyse. (It's also nice to see Christopher Judge act and speak "normally" for once.)
It is always nice when an episode acknowledges the viewer's ability to think. This one really maintains the suspense for a very long time, leaving us to try and guess what might be happening, and to wonder what the mysterious kidney transplant that everybody keeps mentioning is all about (after all, this is Stargate SG-1, not E.R.) So it's all about wondering what is real and what is not. A rather old existential question, you will say... except that the final twist turns it on its head rather neatly.
All in all, a very psychological episode, but it is well-built, really significant in terms of long-term development (also, nice bit of continuity, as the episode picks up some loose ends from Cure), and *certain people's* guest spots are always appreciated. On the downside, well, with so much focus on Teal'c, the rest of the team really don't do much. Also, the title is a total red herring, but I guess it is part of the mystery.
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- owlaurence
- Jun 13, 2010
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