Stargate SG-1: Season 06 - The Complete Sixth Season

Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Richard Dean Anderson	Colonel Jack O'Neil
Christopher Judge	Teal'c
Michael Shanks	Daniel Jackson
Amanda Tapping	Captain Samantha Carter
Ben Browder	Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell
Beau Bridges	Major General Hank Landry
Claudia Black	Vala Malduran
Don S. Davis	Major General/Lieutenant General George Hammond
Corin Nemec	Jonas Quinn
Teryl Rothery	Dr. Janet Fraiser
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Director	Mario Azzopardi; Dennis Berry
Producer	Peter DeLuise; Ron French
Writer	Dean Devlin; Roland Emmerich

The biggest change for Stargate SG-1's sixth season was its move to the Sci-Fi Channel. Financial rescue or genre haven from cancellation? Whatever the behind-the-scenes politics, the departure of Daniel Jackson (actor Michael Shanks) the previous year most certainly contributed to the need to run a tighter ship somewhere. With the addition of his replacement, Jonas Quinn, the new show dynamic (hinted at by the new title theme) meant far more convolutedly involved story arcs and less individual focus. One of very few solo spotlights came from Christopher Judge writing his own show, when "The Changeling" saw Teal'c act out a life as a fireman. One reason for its being a fan favorite was the cameo from still-alive-after-all Daniel Jackson. There'd be several more through the year, culminating in a finale that relied on how much attention you'd been paying to that all-important back-story. Other kooky cameos included Dean Stockwell in one of the many spotlights on the energy resource n'quadria, Ian Buchanan as one of the devilish Replicators (and hopefully the end of that plotline), and regular spots from John DeLancie, Ronny Cox, and Tom McBeath as the Earth-bound series bad guys. More pertinently, we also saw The X-Files' Byers (Bruce Harwood) as a scientist involved with the Antarctic Gate. Lest we forget, there are other portals on Earth. Is that an already planned spin-off on the horizon? --Paul Tonks