Fallout (Stargate SG-1)
In the episode, Jonas Quinn (Corin Nemec) arrives at Stargate Command seeking the help of SG-1 to prevent the destruction of his home planet of Langara.
Jonas Quinn (Corin Nemec) arrives at Stargate Command seeking the help of his former SG-1 teammates in saving his home planet of Langara.
He tells SG-1 and General Hammond (Don S. Davis) that scientists on his world discovered that naquadria, the super-powerful alien mineral found on Langara, is not in fact native to the planet.
In the meantime the representatives of the three major powers of Langara arrive on Earth, where they are presented with the fact that although the centre of the catastrophe will lie in Kelowna, the whole planet will then be uninhabitable.
In Kelowna, Sam finds a way to solve the problem by causing a much greater explosion near the naqahdriah and Jonas shows her a vehicle which can dig into earth.
However, they decide to ignore this problem and instead concentrate on the possible evacuation, however, due to their continued bickering Jack tells them that Earth won't help them.
The episode's story was thought up by actor Corin Nemec who portrays the character Jonas Quinn on the show, with co-producers Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie writing the teleplay.
Nemec had been a main cast member for the previous season and was encouraged by the shows executive producers Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper that should he have any story ideas he should pitch them.
[2] Having not previously written for television, the shows writing team provided Nemec with "their beat sheets" and assistance with how best to pitch for the series.
[1] According to Nemec, he put together the "basics of a story" in the form of "beats and moments" with "no dialogue written" which Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie then "made an episode out of".
According to Mullie "one of the major changes" made to Nemec's story was that the drill would not be journeying to the core of the planet and instead would only tunnel a small number of miles.
[6][1] Nemec later retitled it to be "Pressure Point", a reference to "unstable nature of the planet" both politically and geological, before finally settling on the name "Fallout".
[5][9][10][11][12] Emily Holmes was cast as Kianna Cyr, a Kelownan research assistant to Jonas Quinn, who is secretly a Goa'uld working for Ba'al.
[13] Patricia Drake and Julian Christopher play the characters of Lucia Tarthus and Vin Eremal, whilst director Martin Wood and Dan Shea make uncredited cameos as technician and Siler.
[5] Writer Paul Mullie noted that "we were a bit concerned when we started to think about the concept and realised 'we're never going to see what's happening outside the ship" and that the action was only "going to play on their faces", worrying that the episode might feel "too claustrophobic".
[23] It was then shown for the first time in the United States on January 23, 2004, on Sci Fi, earning a Nielsen rating of 1.9, equating to approximately 2.3 million viewers.
Jan Vincent-Rudzki for TV Zone awarded the episode 9 out of 10 and called it a "pleasure" to see Jonas again, however felt it was a "pity" that "it is only he and Sam who really spend much time together".
[29] Jayne Dearsley for SFX awarded the episode 4 out of 5, writing "This isn't a bad little yarn, all told, with some tense moments and a smattering of humour", highlighting the return of Jonas Quinn.
Continuing his review, the Spragg bemoaned the lack of visual effects showing the actual drilling taking place, arguing that "the panel displays inside don't really bring much tension to the proceedings".
[33][34] The episode's audio commentary features director Martin Wood, writer and producer Paul Mullie and visual effects supervisor James Tichenor.
