Stargate SG-1 (TV Series) The Road Not Taken (2007) User Reviews

Over too soon

[fig-75275 · 9/10 · 14 October 2020]

This episode was so good that I didn't realise how much of it I had watched. I only stopped to look at how many minutes were left when the arc of the story abruptly changed, and I was left wondering why. There was less than two minutes left on the clock, so that was the reason for the change!

I have watched a lot of science fiction, and I've seen episodes of shows like this before. They've got such a good thing going that it must be very difficult for the writers to change course and bring the whole thing to an end. I'm not saying that the ending was bad, just that I didn't want it to happen so soon.

In any case, I won't say anthing more, except to say that this one is all about Sam, and she is great in it!

Good premise

[rkehler3 · 8/10 · 17 January 2021]

Back in the Season 8 episode Convenant, Lt Col. Carter and Alec Colson debate the merits of keeping the Stargate a secret from the public. This episode takes the other "fork in the road" following the Anubis attack on Earth at the end of season seven, showing how things played out differently had the Stargate's existence been revealed. Despite a couple of obvious plotholes, it makes for an interesting contrast between the two scenarios, at the same time reminding us that, no matter how good the intentions, society can go sideways very quickly.

The vigil

[Calicodreamin · 7/10 · 14 April 2022]

An interesting episode, though the concept has been done many times many ways. The ending was surprisingly heartfelt. Acting was good and fun to see a few originals.

In Another Universe

[claudio_carvalho · 7/10 · 2 March 2022]

Sam is recovered and researching a force shield in a Merlin's device with a when out of the blue she vanishes. Soon she finds that she was transported to the SG-1 in a parallel universe when Samantha Carter has just died in her experiment. Further, people that she knows have different fate. When she learns that Earth will be attacked in five days by the Ori, she accepts to help President Hank Landry to save the world. But soon she finds that Landry is a dictator that keeps the world under Martial Law and does not intend to return civil rights to the population.

"The Road Not Taken" is another episode of "Stargate SG-1" with the storyline of member(s) of the team in another universe or dimension. This is an easy way to have a successful episode but is becoming too repetitive. The best part of the show is the chance to see Don S. Davis back to the show. The conclusion is abrupt and very disappointing. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "The Road Not Taken"

Clearly running out of ideas

[acharrell · 4/10 · 5 January 2021]

Second episode in a row centered around the Merlin device and I've lost count on how many alternate universe/dimension episodes we've had at this point. Nice to see General Hammond again though.

Another Diversion

[fcabanski · 5/10 · 12 October 2015]

While it's a decent alternate reality episode, Road Not Taken is yet another diversion off the road of the main Ori story. But the show had to save money; somehow after a few big effects episodes.

Sam goes off into an alternate reality where Landry is a full, big government leftist President. He's been suspending freedoms not just in America but all over the world, in the name of security. The big government needs heroes for the people. So when alternate reality Sam 1 (I thought there were no fish) hides the world from the Ori, President Landry wants to use her.

Sam becomes too much trouble, so President Landry has their Rodney McKay, a rich business man conscripted to serve in Sam's place, send her home.

There's a look at what happens if people make the wrong decisions that make government too big and powerful. But there's no real progress towards a resolution to the Ori story. It's an unnecessary side trip delivering a simple message.

Before Sam departs, she gives Rodney Kirk's "you can change things" speech from "Mirror Mirror".