It's really incredible that the entire show has such a coherent story considering how many times they intended to "end" it

i love SG1's ending exactly because it doesn't feel like an ending, it feels like SG1 is still out there going on mission and exploring the universe

SG1 was the only show that spanned the entire Golden Decade of Sci Fi, starting at the beginning and its finale effectively marking the end of the era. It's also a show that defined that era of Sci Fi, one that never took itself too seriously whilst still providing some of the most gripping drama there was in Sci Fi. For me it's one of the best shows ever made.

My wife never watched the series when it originally aired, but we watched it together a couple of years back and when Daniel “died”/ascended, she teared up and asked me “is he really gone?” And I said yes and she genuinely got choked up about it. I think the studio was quite aware of Michael Shanks’ magnetic personality but even I was a little shocked how hard she took it! Lol ( when I later confessed that he comes back, she promptly reached over and threw something at me )

I enjoyed how SG1 show writers didn't take themselves too seriously making parodies of their own show with puppets and "Wormhole Xtreme!"

I miss this series more than any other scifi. RIP Cliff Simon

My favorite episode was the one they kept reliving. Teal'c and O'Neal was going insane until Daniel said something like "I don't know, depends on how you look at it. If I could go back and live the same day with no consequences?" Teal'c and O'Neal look at each other and back out while Daniel was still talking and then hilarity ensues. 😂

To this day, Amanda Tapping remains my celebrity crush. Stargate introduced me to her, and Sanctuary was an amazing show for her to make afterwards.

I loved how Richard Dean Anderson brought a bunch of his friends from his MacGyver days to co-star with him in Sg1. Christopher Judge who played Tealc was a troubled youth, Michael Shanks who played Daniel Jackson played his son, Don S. Davis played two different parts and so on. I wonder how he managed to pull it off?

Continuum, for me was the best send off. Why? It was a fun adventure, like a stand alone long high quality episode. It embodied SG1 completely. A tribute to itself. Once final episode, bigger, grander, and just as entertaining as ever. They didn't have to go sentimental, they just went for thought provoking entertainment. As SG1 always has done.

Daniel Jackson's ascension was a really sad ending, but the death of Anubis was also a pretty incredible ending to the series! :D

Stargate SG1: The little show that could. What stays with me is just how good the show got over its run, but never took itself too seriously. They even had filler episodes that poked fun at the whole premise of the show. It was also rather optimistic, considering what fiction writing is like in most fantasy an sci-fi shows that came later.

It's Stargate boys, let's bow and thank the ancients for giving us SO MUCH to love.

Considering the short form storytelling (and less episodic storytelling) that we're seeing nowadays, Stargate is likely one of the last great shows to hit the 200 episode mark 😥

I read that Sam's ending comment in Continuum about the "moonbase" was referencing SGA's plan to do a DVD movie about Atlantis being stationed on the Moon after it's trip to Earth in SGA's finale. It was going to be called 'Stargate Atlantis: Extinction'.

I loved they didn’t take themselves too seriously. They even poked fun at the question “how does everyone on different planets speak English?!”

The producers could have kept this series going for 20 years or more. It was a great show.

I miss this show so much. I was so invested when it came out.

The endings were great for the most part. They kept the show fresh by tying up the major plot points and letting them move on, something a lot of long running series could learn from.

you can tell a good show when you can watch reruns over and over.

I am 20 years old, and I’m on my 4th watch through of the entire Stargate franchise. It really is my favorite piece of film work ever. I can’t imagine myself not watching it everyday.

Stargate is my prozac❤️❤️❤️ I watch it daily. I’ve lost count on how many times I’ve rewatched it. Oh & I cry again & again at all the right places THANK YOU to all who made it happen so PERFECTLY ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Unending did it for me. The final scene in the gate room actually brings tears of joy everytime i see it.

I loved SG-1 so much I wish it hadn't ended at all. It was an exceptional show with stellar writing

This is my favorite show and the best of sci fi. I remember watching it in syndication as a kid, it came on late. The first ep I ever seen was when the bounty hunter had SG-1 trapped in a cave and told Danial "you figured out how the stargate works, the price on your head is much higher’’.

I miss SG1 and SGA sooooooooooooooo much. It was such a nice show that filled my heart with warmth, hope and FUN. In the past decade Hollywood stopped producing such shows. Everything has to be dark and gritty. Protagonists are nowadays often psychopaths with a lot of teenage angst. I rewatched the shows so many times that I know a lot of dialogue by heart and would be ready to fork out 10k $ for a new season that is at least the spiritual successor of these shows.

That's their secret. The adventure may be over on-camera, but they're never truly over as long as the cast and crew still want to continue.

Morbius is still my favourite episode. Jack and Sam finally get to be together and we get literal fireworks when they do. Love it

Thanks for this detailed roundup - I didn’t have a clear idea before, on how the two movies fitted in. As we speak, I am retired now AND getting to watch the final SG1 season for the first time. Long story, but about 5 years ago here in the UK, I set my PVR to record the final series as usual. Life, family and personal events got in the way though, so it wasn’t until this year that I started to watch them, as I say, for the very first time. The bonus, is that for whatever reason and unknown to me, my PVR went on to record the entire Atlantis series as well, which the TV company ran immediately after SG1 ended. Had no idea that had happened, so I will also get to watch that series for the first time as well! Great show, great cast and happy memories. 👌

Continuum was my favorite. Amazing ending.

Iv seen all SG-1 season 7 times, 2 times as "bluray". I could still watch all episodes atleast once, plus movies. Best series out there with X-Files. Always hope up for new seasons. Happy to see 100k subs! Almost, almost!

This show guided me through decades of my life. I get a certain feeling of loss when I start thinking about the ending to this and the spin-offs. Hats off to the cast and crew.

The two franchises that don't get enough love are Babylon 5 and Stargate.

I still think we were robbed the outcome of several SGU plot endings, and the series was highly underrated. Not many Sci-fi shows that broadcast on the Sci-fi Network last more than 2 or 3 seasons, especially after SGU's ending. Which was ironically unfortunate, considering the network had several really great shows produced and broadcasted in the early to mid 2010s.

Just think, the show was this good even under all these unknowns and lack of faith from networks. Just imagine how much more it could have been with all those unknows and stresses added to the writers/actors not being there.

The best cast of characters with the best chemistry. I loved SG1.

Although I still wish the series was renewed, I enjoyed the entire series as it is. Loved the finale and the 2 movies tied everything together in the end. My all time favorite episode will always and forever be “ Window Of Opportunity “ ❤️

Still waiting with anticipation for the next stories in the franchise. My all time favorite Science Fiction series, bar none. I generally see Television as a worthless waste of life and time. The exception is Stargate SG-1. I hope I live long enough to see the next set of adventures as I will soon be 76. My mind is still sharp, and it truly enjoys the stimulation from Stargate.

Many good ones, but my favorite has to be the ending of season 8 with them all finally fishing at O'Neill's cabin.

Personally I love Stargate series, I will always remember the day my dad showed me this series first time. I've watched them over and over again for so many times.

This is a good video , concise and informative. It made me realise how much I miss the entire SG franchise. I've been lucky enough to lived through tremendous scfi stories from Dr Who, Blake's 7, all of the Gerry Anderson and Gene Roddenberry franchises. Loved Babylon 5 and Farscape, and many others. But none of them compare to Stargate SG 1 and Atlantis. For me, it's the development of the characters that is key to its success. While the scfi elements and story line were fantastic, I came to love the interactions that the characters had with each other , it's was just pure fun to watch. I have a deep and longing respect for the actors who portrayed them, and congrats to all the writers and production staff who made this the most wonderful television experience in my life.

What made SG1/A beloved was the humor (something lost when made SGU, even though it was good SF if you weren’t expecting SG)

We know shows write cliffhangers to bring people back. But I think tying things up in a really really satisfying way is also a great way to get people to come back. And it doesn't have to be everything just one storyline.

All of the episodes mentioned were memorable and great. Fishing would’ve been an amazing ending, including for the shippers. But the one that actually happened to SG1 was hopeful as well. 💔 With any luck we’ll get something about that moon base with Sam or one of the others teased…

thanks for this video. nice to hear something new I didnt know about Stargate. Guess Ill have to rewatch the whole series again :)

the one that was totally obvious to me was the end of season 8, but I had no idea how uncertain the show's future was with each season. Thanks for the info :)

Thanks for putting this together! Lets hope we get some more SG soon!

What is really interesting about Stargate outside of the story, is the length of time that it ran covered the drastic change in how we watch television. The earliest seasons are all in 4:3 aspect ratio and only 480p and as you watch eventually the aspect ratio and quality go up significantly.

One of the episodes in season 10 Cam Mitchell says all he needs is a good time travel story, and I have the sG1 trifecta. It was cool that Mitchell got that time travel story in continuum. Or maybe they were Foreshadowing that movie with his line. Either way, this show is amazing and was a huge positive influence in my childhood.

I'm so glad thwy did how they did! SG1 and Atlantis are my all time favorites and I'm on the about 20th run now, binging both shows again

Thanks for this video. It was really informative, and explains a few oddities along the way, as I watched during its original release. It was a good show, and they really got a fantastic run , between sg1 and all the movies and spin offs.

Honestly Abydos being destroyed wrecked me. I had followed this series since the movies, and loved every character and every minute of it. Seeing it destroyed simply put, crushed me.

Always liked how Unending had them stuck on a ship of course they solve it, but with Ben Browder being the one who "wants to get off" no matter what. A nice play on his character being stranded on the far side of the galaxy like he was in Farscape. Also, how they played Daniel and Vala's "romantic" thing as well. as a "you had me in the last show" inside-joke to Ben

They definitely should've ended SG1 with season eight, it was a perfect ending for the show proper (the main enemies were defeated and the main-est character Jack retiring). They should've spun off the Ori story into a new show. That way, people would have been more willing to watch a "new show" rather than ignore it because they feel like they're too far behind on eight seasons to bother trying to catch up. 🤦 If they'd done that, the new show might have gone more than two seasons, and could have bolstered Atlantis to last a couple of more seasons, and maybe even helped the blech Universe last a little longer, and possibly even allow the franchise to survive until another spin-off. But alas, we'll never know, that reality is in a parallel universe we'd need sci-fi tech to find out…

Having to roughly end abruptly Unending was just perfect. It made me so sad, and even tear up. It by far my favorite ep. It a real shame how SG Atlantis and universe ended. The Stargate series is by and far the best Si-Fi has to offer.

Usually these types of videos are so boring I can't get through half of it, but you did a really great job with bring this one all together.

I have to say no matter what gets thrown at them the writers make the VERY best out of what they got. I love this sort of dynamic writing while keeping the integrity of the greater plot.

this is fascinating, I never knew all this!! Thank you for sharing ❤

The whole video makes no sense. SG never ended. It continues to this day. In our hearts...

Like a lot of other fans, back when SG1 was very popular, I was on a few Stargate Yahoo!Groups. This was, for the most part, the only way, being in the UK, that we could get up to date information as it was happening. I remember several campaigns that the fans launched, one was trying to get Michael Shanks to reprise his role as Daniel Jackson after he "Died", and the other was when it was announced that SG1 was ending. I remember it being announced on a group that the SCI-FI channel had decided that after 10 years of Stargate SG1, they'd decided to "go out on a high with the show." That they were going to renew Stargate Atlantis for one more season, but they were going to concentrate on Battlestar Galactica from now on. Obviously, their latest baby, at the time. Which, as I was raised on the original, and because I was annoyed with how they'd messed with the characters and the show, and on hearing this news, being more than a bit ticked off about it, I didn't see it then, and I still have never seen an episode of Battlestar Glactica! But I do remember word going out that some woman at the SCI-FI channel was responsible to SG1's fate. The fans had found this out and had spread her work address amongst the SG1 fan base. The message went out to send her empty tissue/Kleenex boxes with Daniel's original message, "Thanks. Please send more!" In the hope that they would renew the series. I also remember hearing that despite the actors and crew being happy to continue filming and making a weekly show, the SCI-FI Channel said that they couldn't. Even though MGM had the movie rights to make the show, they didn't have the rights to sell the show to another channel. I even heard that the writers had asked The SCI-FI Channel if they could give them some time to tie up the loose ends for the fans, and they again said no. As The SCI-FI owned distribution rights and refused to either sell or show the series, even if MGM had continued to make the series. So, for various reasons, including to tie up loose ends for the fans, MGM made the movies, which The SCI-FI channel had no control over. But I also remember with smug satisfaction after cancelling both SG1 and Atlantis, their "baby" only lasted another season or so. It didn't have the longevity of SG1 or the potential that Atlantis might have gained after SG1 fans like myself started watching Atlantis when SG1 finished. It's hard to believe it's been 25 years since it started. My daughter was nearly two when it did. And I can honestly say thank God for this show and for SG1 fan fiction! Lol. As crazy as it sounds, SG1 Fan Fic helped me cope for a year when I nursed my Mum through bowel cancer, which, despite some setbacks, she survived. And funnily enough, more than 15 years later, it's helping me cope with her passing last year.

Thanks for another great video!

Great video. Nice to have a summary of these endings, thankfully some of which never happened

I have way, way more respect for the writers of this show now that I know how many speedbumps they had. And that's saying something, because I already liked their work a lot.

What an emotional and nostalgic roller coaster this video was for me. I almost shed a tear. Thanks for making me relive one of the best times in my life and also how fkn old I am. Amazing vid!

Personally I think 'Reckoning' was the perfect ending. I've always been a big fan of the 'I don't like you, you don't like me, but they are going to kill all of us' trope.

Man, we so need a remaster 2k/4k set of SG1 series + movies. I'd totally re-buy everything. It's nice to have it all on DVD, but we are definitely in need of an upgrade.

Great video. Thank You!!

Honestly, there are not many times that I learn new stuff about one of my old favorite shows. I thought I knew why Daniel Jackson was written out, but wow. Great video, Loved it!!

Man, it's sad to see it end, but it's good to know you experienced it.

I loved them all. This presentation explains things and puts the sequences back into perspective. I thought I was getting into a time lock and evens blurring or evolving into some alternate timeline, but nope, the show survived multiple attempts at ending the series until the last move was made with our favorite characters.

Thanks for the video. Very good info to know for an SG1 fan.

Fantastic Video! Thank you!

I don’t know why but this show brings a series of memories and emotions call back I miss the show. Everything I’ve ever watched in my entire life This was my favorite show. Makes me sad that it had to end😢

Even the recap episodes were pretty good. There isn't a minute of SG1 that I would cast aside. Atlantis... is close enough (and suffered for other reasons, I expect), and Universe, unfortunately, only went up when the end came near. I also feel compelled to point out Jacob's 'We're not going to make it!' might have been a little relevant, at the time.

We were blessed by a team of cast, crew, writers and Producers who gave a damn. For that we are thankful.

The way the ended was perfect: going through the gate on the next mission. That is an ending with no ending. In our minds they are still out there saving the Earth.

Unending is my favorite episode in general, so I go with that. But nevertheless. All of this episodes left a big impact to me.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Quality content.

Amazing that the one time they were confident of another season was the one time they needed to plan for an end

this is so cool and makes so much sense. I am happy that the show continued through 10 seasons! :)

My wife and enjoyed every episode of this show even after RDA left. We enjoyed his dead pan humor. 200 was my favorite episode.

Interesting, I've not realized this. Well this is a problem series have to address, unlike a movie where it has a start and an end a Serie depends on the ratings polls. The writters have to struggle with the narrative every season and make it coherent. In this case I think they (writters) addressed it perfectly. I would say that Startgate writters are among the best in TV history. Great video..!!

I'm a huge fan and your presentation is tops!

A WONDERFUL MOTIVATING SUCCESS STORY THAT MAKES ME SMILE AND BELIEVE IN MIRACLES. AMAZING SERIES, GREAT ACTORS AND THE PRODUCERS ARE GENIUSES. STARGATE USED TO BE MY DAD'S PREFERRED TV SHOW. AND IT HAS BEEN MINE SINCE MY CHILDHOOD. THANK GOD FOR HUMAN CREATIVITY! ( EVEB THE ACTORS HAD NEARLY PERFECT LIVES IN REALITY. THEY ARE INSPIRING MODELS TO THIS DAY. RIP THOSE WHO PASSED AWAY, AND BLESS YOU THOSE WHO STAYED.

I found Stargate SG-1 well into the middle of its run. I call myself a Stargate superfan but apparently I'm not because I never knew SG-1 was on Showtime for 4 years. I always had it in my head it was just the first season for some unknown reason. You live you learn.

I love Continuum. Such a good movie!

“Which series finale is your favorite?” Yes

I was abroad when all these shows were aired, My brother told me about them. I was so hooked to the TV for Months. Nothing today even comes close. Time to make new adventures in the Sci-Fy world. Reality TV is F-ing up the world. Let people dream, not live others' reality.

This was a great video!

It’s a real shame stargate Atlantis didn’t get a tv movie to wrap up there story better. Great shows.

This will always be my favourite tv series ever made. So many fantastic memories from this courageous and incredibly heartfelt show. 😍

I loved the show and miss it still, the characters we’re great and got on really well together, it was always best when Richard Dean Anderson was in the show there was something missing when he wasn’t. My kid’s grew up watching star gate and they loved it as much as I do.

Asgard should have given the humans all their leftover ships

Was a phenomenal show & very much missed. Nothing even comes close to it today.

Thank you! Very, very good. Very enjoyable.

Awesome summary of how the writers had to manage a show that was so successful that they were balked at every time they thought it was going to end. Very interesting and more so than a lot of gate videos.

Which ending is my favorite? All of them! They could end it a few more times and I'd love it every bit as much as I do now!

i loved Lost city so much.. my favorite. Paired with the two parter Atlantis lunch.

The season-finales and midseason-finales with 2-3 episodes each were so good. It should be standard in each series!

I think its The Greatest sci-fi series ever. And ive watched them all. From star trek to babylon 5,etc.. I couldnt find anything more to watch and recently started again SG-1. I felt soooo happy and excited. This goes to show how amazing this show is. I love how long it is as well, not just 2 seasons and pfff.. Done.