#sg1: ex deus machina

[lenalake]

“I think, personally, she is referring to O’Neill, and whether they’re dating or not, I mean, it’s—”

“They’re sleeping together…they’re sleeping together that’s for sure.”

- Ex Deus Machina (S9E07) commentary with Joe Mallozzi and Martin Wood

Whatever their relationship stage/status, Sam and Jack are obviously a couple in season 9 and I love that. 🥰

[agent-troi]

ok new headcanon even though it’s no longer against regs for them to be together sam and jack are still choosing to keep it on the down low and not make it public knowledge bc they’re consummate professionals lol

[janetfraiserspenlight]

Louder for the people in the back !!!

Why the Stargate fandom can officially declare Sam/Jack canon (even though the producers forgot to mention it)

Although the relationship between Samantha Carter and Jack O'Neill has never been officially confirmed, it has been hinted at in both SG-1 and SGA, as well as in interviews with writers, producers, and cast members.

Joe Mallozzi (producer) said in this blog post

“Jack and Sam could have gotten together after Jack’s retirement, but it was never made canon because, quite frankly, it wasn’t my call. Still, despite the lack of official confirmation, it was only natural that they should get together after the events of Threads and, in my mind, they have been together ever since.”

If, for some reason, you don’t think that they got together, here’s a big list of reasons why, as soon as they possibly could after the frat regs that had been keeping them apart for so long no longer affected them, they finally managed to have a proper romantic relationship, as well as some proof that was slipped in to SGA and SG-1 when they did.

I’ve tried to take my ship goggles off for this, and to only pick out moments that objectively show the relationship between Sam and Jack (and have, in doing so, had to miss a few of my favourite episodes off the list!), but despite that there’s still a hell of a lot of support for this perfect ship.

Keep reading

[writingherhope]

Finally back on my Stargate rewatch. Ex Deus Machina, while not a favorite of mine, is still great and further serves to prove that I would have much rather preferred Sam to have had an arc with Agent Barret than Pete. He at least could be seen as more of a threat to the favorite ship of the show. He was smart, kind, knew of the SGC and respected all things classified because he too had a classified job.

I would have loved that relationship. Not as much as Sam/Jack but still loved it nonetheless because it seems to me like it would have had more potential than Pete. If a show is going to provide the audience with a character to seperate a fan favorite ship for drama and angst and some layer of jealousy and "oh damn, I may have lost my chance"/"well they never made a move so they must not feel the same anymore"; then why not make it a legitmate threat to actually cause those feelings in the audience? Pete, at least to me, did nothing but irritate me at his actions and disrespect. As well as the complete disregard that a background check on a scrubbed identity within a top secret program would not have raised flags and been cause for concern for Hammond and O'Neill.

Again, not my favorite episode (I just really despise Garek), but we did get this lovely little snippet for us Sam/Jack shippers. :)

[stargate365]

[SG-1] 9.07: Ex Deus Machina

Previously on SG1… The Trust got Snaked, and Gerrak took over the Free Jaffa Nation…

Um… wat… did a Jaffa just get hit by a car???

So… why was a Jaffa on Earth? And whats this fancy company got to do with it?

Yes Gerrak, what do you plan to do.

Lol, Cam’s on a roll, and then: “Outsiders are not permitted to address the council.” “…nevermind.”

What the hell?? Garrek has the missing dude as a prisioner?? The missing dude is a Snake?? THE HELL?

Blonde lady annoys me… she’s bullshitting her way through this.

Oh… oh dear… Ba’al is on Earth?

Okay, wow, that suit.

Whelp… this is not going to go well…

Lol. This is one night this guy is going to wish he didn’t work late.

A… a naquada bomb? On earth? Well damn, Ba’al is stubborn af.

Wha… oh. Lol. Cam, you’re hilarious. Putting your mark on them. But at least you’re human and didn’t have to pee on them.

Oooh, we need some Pink Floyd for this now.

Not exactly?? >> Is… is Sam dating Jack now??

Excuse you Mr Jaffa Dude, this is OUR Moon.

Are… are you sure Teal’c? Are you sure they don’t already know??

Well crap… how are we going to fix this??

“How the hell are you going to get there?” *Sam beams out*

Oh… oh hell… There isn’t a bomb in the building, the building is the bomb.

Cam has had an Idea! :D

Oh… oh… that’s sneaky sneaky clever. I like Cam.

Gonna teleport the entire goddamn movie into space… So… how they gonna explain the missing building to the public??

Ba’al escaped, goddamn he’s one slippery weasel.

The Jaffa have Ba’al??

The Jaffa killed Ba’al??

I don’t buy it… it’s too easy…

I… what… more than one Ba’al?? He cloned himself??

Lol, Teal’c is done playing nice with the Jaffa.

A Gas Line Explosion?? Lol, wat?

Oooh… look at that. So pretty. Multiple Ba’al’s in one room… That’s… dangerous.

“Over 600 channels and nothing to watch.” #MOOD

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Ah, the fine trekkian tradition of repurposing matte paintings (even digital ones). top is from SG-1's Ex-Deus Machina and was where one the Ba'al clones was hiding out, and bottom is from Atlantis' Outcast. the building barely got a facelift and some shrubbery has been moved around.

[stargatelov3r]

I would love to hear everyone’s thoughts on this: Would Ba’al fuck his clone(s)?

[mysg1spacemonkey]

Ex deus machina

[bagheerita]

Ba'al shows up in "Ex Deus Machina" and it's like that moment at the end of Dead Man's Chest when Barbossa comes down the stairs and I'm just throwing myself at him, crying, do you know what I've had to put up with for the last two hours, thank god for antagonists who can make things fun bc so help me I've been bored out of my mind

[zavuya]

[stargatecaps]

[agent-troi]

barrett: so you’re single again

sam: not exactly

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[pass-the-bechdel]

Stargate SG1 s09e07 ‘Ex-Deus Machina’

Does it pass the Bechdel Test?

Yes, once.

How many female characters (with names and lines) are there?

Five (27.77% of cast).

How many male characters (with names and lines) are there?

Thirteen.

Positive Content Rating:

Three.

General Episode Quality:

Delightful! 

MORE INFO (and potential spoilers) UNDER THE CUT:

Passing the Bechdel:

Carter interviews Charlotte Mayfield.

Female characters:

Samantha Carter.

Charlotte Mayfield.

Male characters:

Daniel Jackson.

Hank Landry.

Cameron Mitchell.

Teal’c.

Garek.

Yat’Yir.

Ba’al.

Lionel Pendergast.

Malcolm Barrett.

Marks.

Williams.

Walter Harriman.

Ba’al, again.

OTHER NOTES:

I love Ba’al. I love him using his human voice and wearing dapper Earth suits. Best - and most stylish - Goa’uld ever.

It took seven episodes, but we officially have a team again.

Carter’s still helping out with Cassandra. It’s the good stuff.

They just beamed an entire building into space! This is exactly the kind of imaginative use of science fiction that last season lacked. 

THERE ARE LOADS OF BA’AL CLONES RUNNING AROUND. THIS IS THE IMAGINATIVE USE OF SCIENCE FICTION THAT LAST SEASON LACKED. I find it pretty funny that Ba’al has evidently cloned not just himself, but his host body as well; does he just really, really like that body? Has he been using it so long he identifies with it and wouldn’t feel right with a different one? Or is it so that all his underlings will always know they’re dealing with him, regardless of which one of him it is? I mean, hopping a whole bunch of other bodies would help him to sneak into places and commit nefarious deeds in disguise, but it’s less convenient from an episodic television perspective. Anyway - I’ve listed Ba’al twice in the character list, since we know we definitely hear from at least two different Ba’al’s in the course of the episode (and each one is its own distinct character now despite coming from the same source), but technically we don’t know how many clones we dealt with, maybe the one who was hanging out at the office with Charlotte Mayfield and the one who sent the SGC video messages and the one who gave a press conference and the one the Jaffa caught were all the same guy (I’m going with that theory), or maybe it was a different clone every time. No way to know, really. Very confusing.

I know I basically said it already, but remember how last season played it so safe and didn’t really have much outrageous fun with the fact that this is scifi and practically anything is possible? I’m really glad they got over that. With all the changes they had to make by necessity for this season, it makes sense to just lean in to the chaos and start thinking of big, weird, crazy new plots and twists and resolutions, but so much tv fails to go for it anyway. This is using your assets well - thinking outside the box, bringing back successful guest characters from previous seasons, and setting the stage for new and different and ambitious plots in the future as well. This is the kind of rock-solid entertainment value that legitimises a show like this lasting for so damn long.

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Ben Browder

Stargate SG1 - Ex Deus Machina

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A room full of Ba’als.