Point of Origin: A Stargate Podcast

Heather Ash tackles the class divide in late stage capitalism, Daniel picks up yet another girl on a different planet, Sam and Jack are cute as hell and Hammond reminds Jack of Homer Simpson.   IMDB Trivia Beneath the Surface Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Jack regresses back to Kurt Russel and solving every problem with a bomb while Daniel does his level best to remind Jack that he's not the boss of him. Also Sam is a biologist now apparently?   IMDB Trivia Scorched Earth Wiki Non-Carbon based biochemistries Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Daniel is tired of playing damsel in distress and decides to make a new friend instead. Meanwhile, Teal'c is the leading man of an eighties action movie and everyone else is just living in his world.   IMDB Trivia The First Ones Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Daniel, Sam, and a Russian scientist nearly die in a Swiss submarine on another planet while Jack and Teal'c face a much worse fate back one Earth: Dealing with Maybourne.   IMDB Trivia Watergate Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Things go a little bit wacko at SGC when they're stuck in a time loop that only Teal'c and Jack can remember. Jack spends 3 months learning to read Ancient only to save the day using empathy instead.   IMDB Trivia Window of Opportunity Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

The Tok'ra think the time to sign a treaty with Earth is immediately after being infiltrated by a spy but I guess he's off doing a milk run or something. Sam and Jack fear they may be brainwashed by the enemy.   IMDB Trivia Divide and Conquer Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Katharyn Powers continues to disappoint us as a writer and the actors and director try their best to salvage a hot mess but at least casting managed to snag Methos for an otherwise miserable episode.   IMDB Trivia Crossroads Wiki Egeria Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Teal'c is Hammond's favorite child, the Tok'ra have no concept of safe human medical trials, and Sam and Daniel want super powers for book reasons which is honestly the most relatable they've ever been.   IMDB Trivia Upgrades Wiki "that's the Starfleet expression for get out" Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Stargate decides to take a bold stance against Nazis and Jack and Daniel nearly get a divorce. That's it. That's the episode.   IMDB Trivia The Other Side Wiki Norwegian Heavy Water Sabotage Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Sam takes up the daunting challenge of being stupid with great gusto, the Russians start a Ukrainian exchange program with their subs, and Jack still doesn't get to go fishing.   IMDB Trivia IMDB Goofs Small Victories Wiki Submarine Rescue Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Daniel takes the day off but don't worry because Thor is around so it's basically the same thing. Jack is lonely, the Asgard are starring in their own version of Alien, and SG-1 straight up steal a gate.   IMDB Trivia Nemesis Wiki Bilskirnir Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Does this episode have any sort of bearing or impact on future episodes, or indeed, even successfully reference previous ones? No, not really, but it still manages to be a good time regardless.     IMDB Trivia Crystal Skull Wiki Filming Locations Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Teal'c interrupts Jack, Daniel gets magic powers, and Sam tries to find a scientific explanation for everything while Bra'tac considers retirement and Oma Desala gets name-dropped for the first time.   IMDB Trivia Maternal Instinct Wiki Filming Locations Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

With the cursed month of July behind us, we're back with a new episode where 3/4 of the team spend 3/4 of the episode in cages and blinded Teal'c still manages to see things more clearly than the locals.   New Ground Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

This week we watch an utterly inconsequential episode where Jack acts wildly out of character, Sam is cheated out of a well deserved command, Daniel is petty, and Teal'c isn't given any speaking line.   IMDB Trivia Shades of Grey Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Jack pulls a Daniel and gets himself stranded on an alien planet with a new love interest, which is for the best really considering Daniel's one job in this episode is to translate Jaffa idioms.    IMDB Trivia A Hundred Days Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Once more SG-1 fails to properly delineate the difference between sentience and sapience, but the important thing here is that Dom Deluise is dangerously funny and Urgo, delightfully dramatic.   IMDB Trivia Urgo Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

The Tollan are back for a far less nuanced take on the Cor-Ai episode from season one, but at least the show remembered Skaara was still a thing? I miss Tobin Bell, honestly.   IMDB Trivia Pretense Wiki Friends Theme Song Analysis Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

In honor of Heather E. Ash's second episode we decided to record this episode twice, and to keep up the theme, Alex Zahara plays not one, but two different aliens in this homage to Invasion of the Body Snatchers.   IMDB Trivia Foothold Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

That awkward moment when the professional spy is an easier mark for information extraction than the civilian scientist, but then, we all knew Daniel's petty levels were not to be trifled with.   The Devil You Know Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

In which we talk Pokemon, camera cuts, daddy kinks, where Satan falls in the theology timeline, and the precise mechanics of a Goa'uld sarcophagus. And maybe a little bit about the episode as well.   IMDB Trivia Jolinar's Memories Wiki Why Sokar also being Satan doesn't make any damn sense timeline wise Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Daniel discovers that rebound relationships never end well, especially when they're with notorious mass murderers with amnesia. And more than a little bit of an age gap as well.   Past and Present Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Stargate SG-1 walked so Inception could run, and that's FACTS. Daniel goes through the stages of grief in literally the blink of an eye, and Rothman makes his first appearance!   IMDB Trivia Forever in a Day Wiki Robot Chicken 5 Stages of Grief Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Stargate SG-1 does its very best attempt at M.A.S.H., the Alan Alda years, and tackles the age-old question: War, what is it good for?   IMDB Trivia Rules of Engagement Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Stargate Sg-1 tackles the subject of Christianity and the devil, and we're honestly far more interested in the untold backstory of one of the side characters.   IMDB Trivia IMDB Goofs Demons Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

It's 80's TV action star vs. 80's TV action star, when Macgyver faces off against Flash Gordon, and Daniel is NOT that kind of Doctor, damn it.   IMDB Trivia Deadman Switch Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Stargate finally delivers on the requisite darkest timeline goatee trope and Sam has an entire bad hair universe. Also we don't see proof,  but Daniel is still probably dead.   IMDB Trivia Point of View Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

This week on Point of Origin we find ourselves in familiar recording territory as we speak for hours about an episode that we don't even remember to name.   IMDB Trivia Learning Curve Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Stargate continues its tradition of being incredibly iffy on the topic of mental health and common sense is thrown to the side in the name of pushing the narrative forward but at least Michael Shanks is good.   IMDB Trivia Legacy Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Robert C Cooper somehow manages to make an episode about treaty negotiations interesting and SGC keeps a room full of Goa'uld room decor for emergencies, apparently.   IMDB Trivia Fair Game Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Unexpected daddy issues, unfortunate cult harems, and Jonathan Glassner desperately scrambling to make Teal'c shooting Ry'ac with a Zat okay. Suddenly Sam has a brother??   IMDB Trivia Seth Wiki Deprogramming Wiki   Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

"Those who travel through wormholes together stay together."      - Lys   IMDB Trivia Into the Fire Wiki "Girls Get It Done" from The Boys     CAUTION: Contains scenes of extreme physical violence and explicit language Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Stargate manages to do the unthinkable... make a clip show episode that's actually pretty decent. And even more inconceivable than that, make Hathor nearly tolerable. Wild.   IMDB Trivia Out of Mind Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

The actual mechanics of time travel don't make any goddamn sense, Daniel is the smartest idiot on Earth with a bad German accent, and Jack refuses to pick sides on the Star Wars vs. Start Trek wars.   IMDB Trivia 1969 Wiki Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally   Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc @ItsMelNotLys @ItsLysNotMel pointoforigincast@gmail.com   Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

In which the show expects us to remember previous episodes but doesn't expect the same of SGC, and hard science is once again briefly flirted with in our science fiction show. IMDB TriviaShow and Tell WikiThe Calvin and Hobbes comicDeath Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc@ItsMelNotLys@ItsLysNotMelpointoforigincast@gmail.com Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

SG-1 take a break from all that stressful Goa'uld nonsense and a step through the looking glass but everyone has forgotten the word 'mushroom'. Also Jack and Daniel need some serious marriage counseling. That's not how diseases work, JanetOne False Step WikiDeath Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc@ItsMelNotLys@ItsLysNotMelpointoforigincast@gmail.com Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Apophis is dying and like a true petty bitch he tries to take all of SGC with him. We talk ethics and mythology and marvel at the fact that using the Sagan box as a frisbee wasn't actually a joke after all.  IMDB TriviaSerpent's Song WikiDeath Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc@ItsMelNotLys@ItsLysNotMelpointoforigincast@gmail.com Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

The episode might be called holiday, but Michael Shanks isn't having much of one in this one.  And neither are we, for that matter, since we both hate the body swap trope. Sigh. IMDB TriviaHoliday WikiDeath Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally  Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc@ItsMelNotLys@ItsLysNotMelpointoforigincast@gmail.com Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Lt. Simmons is officially rebranded as Boy Toy, Daniel is Sir Not Appearing In This Film, and Commando Dickhead falls meaninglessly to his death. At least Sam shines in this episode. And Paul! Is here!! IMDB TriviaIMDB GoofsA Matter of Time WikiTime DilationCan a Stargate draw power from a black hole?Death Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally  Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc@ItsMelNotLys@ItsLysNotMelpointoforigincast@gmail.com Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

"You know that meaning of life stuff? I think we're gonna be alright." No jokes here, just a damn good episode. IMDB TriviaThe Fifth Race10% of the brain mythRome and Ancient Roads **Iconians vs. AncientsThe Great FilterDeath Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally Footnotes:**Three days of manic road-history searching, and this is what I have to show for it.There is literally NOTHING to back up Daniel’s line about the Romans learning how to build roads from their gods. There isn’t even a Roman god of roads; the closest you get there is Mercury - the Roman equivalent of Hermes, the GREEK god of roads (kind of, not really. It had more to do with traveling to and from the underworld, but still). While the Romans were the most prolific road builders in history, the oldest roads predate theirs by millennia (the world’s oldest paved road is in Egypt). There’s next to no information available detailing Roman road origins, just a ton of information about their building styles. Blame what I’m guessing is a combination of both the destruction of the Library of Alexandria and Rome’s sacking when it fell. Thousands upon thousands of scrolls burned, taking centuries of knowledge with them.I couldn’t even find out if they might’ve stolen road-building techniques from the Etruscans (not that it would’ve helped me much, seeing how the earliest evidence of Etruscan civilization only dates back to 900 BCE). I tried, though, and am officially chalking it up to the writer’s creative license. Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc@ItsMelNotLys@ItsLysNotMelpointoforigincast@gmail.com Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Maybourne is back and no one is happy. The Antarctica Stargate is also back and, you guessed it, no one it happy. The Ancients are starting to be hinted at in canon and Mel and Lys try to be happy about it. IMDB TriviaTouchstoneDeath Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc@ItsMelNotLys@ItsLysNotMelpointoforigincast@gmail.com Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Mel complains about certain scenes from the novel IT, Lys complains about her phone charger, and once upon a time we recorded together in the same room. Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc@ItsMelNotLys@ItsLysNotMelpointoforigincast@gmail.com

You might need the fortuitous timing of a solar flare to time travel in the show, but apparently all you need on our podcast to make it happen is us forgetting how to count. Enjoy this previously lost episode! IMDB TriviaThere But For the Grace of God WikiDeath Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc@ItsMelNotLys@ItsLysNotMelpointoforigincast@gmail.com Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

You can tell the Air Force are the Bad Guys this time because they make sure to send Daniel out of the room before plotting. Also Jaffa do not believe in ghosts apparently, so jot that down. IMDB TriviaSpritis WikiTrinium WikiConfederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes WikiDeath Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc@ItsMelNotLys@ItsLysNotMelpointoforigincast@gmail.com Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

The Tok'ra don't know what kissing looks like and Sam is the fastest gate dialer in the West. Meanwhile Jacob's personality takes an 180° about face but none of us are really complaining. IMDB GoofsThe Tok'ra: Part 2 WikiChakotay WikiDeath Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc@ItsMelNotLys@ItsLysNotMelpointoforigincast@gmail.com Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

In which we remember precisely how frustrating the Tok'ra actually are, and some truly terrible missteps are made in the episode's writing regarding topics like gender and mental health.  IMDB TriviaThe Tok'ra: Part 1 WikiPrimal Fear WikiThe Use of D.I.D. in CinemaJolinar of Malkshur WikiDeath Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc@ItsMelNotLys@ItsLysNotMelpointoforigincast@gmail.com Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Stargate does its own take on The Fly, The Fugitive, and Alien. Jack is deeply over Maybourne and his bullshit, and Sam and Daniel wear matching floppy hats on a mission. Also, bugs. IMDB TriviaBane WikiRights under HIPAADeath Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc@ItsMelNotLys@ItsLysNotMelpointoforigincast@gmail.com Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Sam's dad is a dick, Jack proves himself cool under pressure, and Hammond may have killed a guy. Oh yeah and Daniel runs into Sha're again. IMDB TriviaSecrets WikiLabor Induction WikiDeath Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc@ItsMelNotLys@ItsLysNotMelpointoforigincast@gmail.com Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Apophis remembers that Teal'c has a family before Teal'c does and apparently the Goa'uld only have one move and that is to use children as a walking bomb. Also Teal'c wildly misunderstands the function of ECT. Family WikiECT WikiTranscranial Direct Current Stimulation WikiDeath Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc@ItsMelNotLys@ItsLysNotMelpointoforigincast@gmail.com Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Stargate tries its hand at a horror movie, Mel refuses to learn the names of supporting characters, and we once again discuss the ethics in medicine praticed at SGC. (Teal'c has some really great moments too.) IMDB TriviaMessage in a Bottle WikiNID WikiIonizing Radiation WikiRadiation Protection in SpacesuitsDeath Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc@ItsMelNotLys@ItsLysNotMelpointoforigincast@gmail.com Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.

Sam and Daniel play Indiana Jones and take a leap of faith from the lion's head, Michael Shanks talks to himself over some pi, and the team (and we) are getting real tired of being told they are  "too young". IMDB TriviaThor's Chariot WikiCinema SinsDeath Tally/Jack vs Daniel Tally/Writer Tally Contact Us: @pointoforiginpc@ItsMelNotLys@ItsLysNotMelpointoforigincast@gmail.com Theme music and sound effects used in the episodes are properties of MGM Studios.