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RATINGS SCORECARD GATEWORLD - * * * 1/2 FAN POLL - 9.07 SCI FI RATING - 1.6 SYNDICATION RATING - 0.7 Season Ratings   DOWNLOAD FULL EPISODE:   EPISODE NUMBER - 308 DVD DISC - Season 3, Disc 2 ORIGINAL U.S. AIR DATE - 09.08.06 SYNDICATION AIR DATE - 11.05.07 EXCERPTS WRITTEN BY - Carl Binder WRITTEN BY - Martin Gero DIRECTED BY - Martin Wood GUEST STARRING - Amanda Tapping (Samantha Carter), Kate Hewlett (Jeannie Miller), David Nykl (Radek Zelenka), Brendan Gall (Kaleb), Madison Bell (Madison), Trevor Devall (Voice of Hermiod), Sheri Noel (Scientist) Rodney McKay is reunited with his estranged sister back on Earth, who has given up a brilliant career as a scientist to raise a family.

PRODUCTION "Whenever [Martin Gero] finishes up the premiere, he'll follow up with that other story he pitched which will finally give fans a glimpse at one of the most moderately requested characters in fandom: McKay's sister Jeanie." (Executive producer Joseph Mallozzi, in a post at his blog) "McKay and Mrs. Miller" was difficult to write because "for the first act and half it's just McKay and his sister on Earth. ... I'm really excited about that episode, and I hope you guys like it." (Writer/producer Martin Gero, on stage at The Official Stargate SG-1 / Stargate Atlantis Convention in Vancouver [March 2006]) "It's an episode that I've been wanting to do for about a year now and just haven't found the right door. It kind of came out of the fact that I was back in Toronto last summer. ... And I saw a play starring David Hewlett's sister, Kate Hewlett, and she was spectacular. She's a phenomenal actress, and had a lot of -- dare I say -- 'Hewlettisms' about her. And they have a great chemistry in real life. ... But after I saw the play this summer I said, 'David, I've got to do an episode about your sister.'" "She's equally brilliant. Let me put it that way. But she has kind of left the physics game. She got pregnant, basically, when she was in university, and decided that being a mother was really important to her. She kind of put that part of her life on hold. McKay never forgave her for that. He felt that she was potentially more brilliant than even he was, and feels like the contribution she could've made to humanity far outweighs going home and raising a kid. "It's those two schools of thought meeting. It's about compromise. It's about accepting who your brother or sister is and trying to find some middle ground with them." "It's a neat story about siblings. I have a brother and two sisters. It's less trouble than McKay's relationship with his sister. But I think there's something universal. It's kind of [about] family and pride. It's quite a funny episode." (Writer/producer Martin Gero, in an interview with GateWorld) "When we did 'Hot Zone,' where [McKay] confesses that he has a sister, it had originally been written as a brother. And I said, 'Look, just on the off chance, I've got a lot of sisters and one of them happens to be an actress. I'm not saying you have to cast her, but just on the off chance, can I say 'sister?'' And they said, 'Oh, that's a good idea. That's fine." "I've just worked with Kate, because we just did this film together in January. And she's fantastic. And that's me saying it -- I'm usually tougher than anybody on that kind of stuff. And one of the producers actually saw a couple of things she did recently, as well, and said she's good." (Actor David Hewlett, in an interview with GateWorld)