SG-1: Season Ten
First Aired: May 4, 2007
First Aired: May 4, 2007
When SG-1 discovers that Daniel Jackson has been turned into a Prior of the Ori, they must determine whether or not his plan to destroy the Ori is genuine.
“The Shroud” Facts:
- “The Shroud” is Richard Dean Anderson’s second appearance in SG-1‘s tenth season (after the less serious pop-in in the 200th episode). It also marks the former series star’s final episode in the series — though he would go on to appear on SGU and in the SG-1 movie Stargate: Continuum.
- Daniel Jackson was taken by Adria three episodes earlier (“The Quest, Part 2”). Though the original plan was to have the character (and actor) gone a bit longer, it was plenty of time for his off-screen transformation into a Prior to occur.
- The original idea for Daniel’s turn as a Prior was to play it much darker (with Daniel more than merely physically transformed), and even to extend it out over a longer arc — with him coming back to a sense of who he really is and being redeemed. Alas, the producers decided that taking the beloved character too dark would damage the good guy that Daniel is at his core.
- Compressing the storyline in this way also made “The Shroud” heavy on the exposition. Rather than seeing Daniel’s turn and re-turn played out over several episodes, Daniel spent the episode strapped to a chair telling the story, and then trying to convince his team that he was still loyal.
- Did the weapon work? Are the Ori all dead? We would hear Adria’s answer to that in “Dominion,” but not know that it was, in fact, true until the finale movie The Ark of Truth.
“The Shroud” on GateWorld:
- Episode Guide
- Photo Gallery
- Screencap Gallery
- Discussion Thread
- Season Ten Podcast
- Interview with Michael Shanks (2007)
- Interview with Robert C. Cooper (2007)
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I quite liked that Daniel was not turned and his only problem was convincing the rest of his team that he is in control.
A lynch pin episode of the ori arc, leading to the Ori Ark! The Shroud does seem a bit heavy on exposition in places but the drama and tension more than make up for that and everyone’s performances are top notch. I particularly like the fact that O’Neill’s presence supports Landry’s and reminds that things have changed within the SGC and the Stargate programme over the last few years within the series. O’Neill calling the Daedalus through the Supergate reflects this too, a reminder that Atlantis in helping to block the Supergate, protected the Milky Way from the Ori. Finally… Read more »
I really enjoyed this episode. I liked the fact that Daniel was able to knock Adria on her ass for once. Lol. What I didn’t like was how anti-clamatic the ending was. The had this massive build up with the weapon and all we get was the ship going through the supergate.