Moebius (Part 1) is episode 19 of season 8 of Stargate SG-1, first aired in 2004.
Digging through a looter's treasure turns up a five-thousand-year-old video camera... with SG-1 on it. To find a ZPM buried in ancient Egypt, the team borrows the time jumper and travels back to Giza, under Ra's reign. The trip goes off the rails: history is altered, and in the alternate present, a frustrated linguist Daniel, a shy Carter and a pike-fishing Jack have never opened the gate.
Why it matters to the mythology
The great final paradox: SG-1 rewrites its own origin and plants the ZPM that will power many tomorrows.
The review
The series' birthday present to itself: revisiting Giza, Ra and the first rebellion, closing the loop on the 1994 movie with TV means and a gleeful sense of play. The alternate versions of the heroes are a delight of self-parody, Daniel as a hapless professor and Carter as a desk mouse are pure gold, and the pleasure of watching them become themselves again is the finest statement about what the gate made of these people. An exhilarating first part.
Written by Sebastian
Founder and editor-in-chief of Stargate Initiative
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