It’s only the beginning.” I am a pubescent teenager, hear me roar, to paraphrase Helen Reddy.Ĭassandra tells Dr. I can do things … I want this to happen, Janet. “I’m changing … and there’s nothing you can do to stop it … It’s different now. “I know what’s happening,” she says grimly. And until your head starts spinning around and even then I will still see you.” Samantha Carter, Stargate SG-1, ‘Rite of Passage’ – S5, Ep6.Ĭassandra doesn’t exactly hint at what’s really going on. You’re just keeping me here because you’re afraid.” And later, “You’re killing me!” – although it’s not an exaggeration in this context. Like any misunderstood teen, Cassandra is apt to explode into such hyperbole as “You’re not my mother… You don’t know anything. Unsurprisingly for a genre show, ‘Rite of Passage’ uses the medium of science fiction to depict the-to put it delicately-hormonal and physiological changes experienced by teenagers, albeit metaphorically. To deal with the obvious allegory right up front, the “rite of passage” Cassandra will endure is a metaphorical stand-in for coming of age. The film starred David Bowie and was written by future Fringe showrunner J.H. Rice’s Secret (1999) in which they played mother and daughter. Teryl Rothery had previously worked with Colleen Rennison on a film called Mr. Cassandra (Colleen Rennison) unconscious in the Stargate SG-1 episode ‘Rite of Passage’ (S5, Ep6). Fraiser, with Cassandra’s survival hanging in the balance. When Nirrti is captured within the SGC by Jack, the stage is set for a life-or-death confrontation between the System Lord and Dr. Meanwhile, back at the base, Cassandra is gradually succumbing to a mysterious illness and manifesting inexplicable telekinetic powers. To collapse a great deal of plot into a few sentences, SG-1 pays a return visit to Cassandra’s home planet, PX-987-first seen in the Stargate SG-1 episode ‘Singularity’ (S1, Ep14)-where Daniel Jackson ( Michael Shanks) discovers a secret lab belonging to the Goa’uld Nirrti (Jacqueline Samuda) and evidence of genetic experimentation on young women. Lights exploded overhead.” But at the moment the only thing to be done is to rush Cassandra to the Cheyenne Mountain infirmary. In the final scene, Carter will make light of the domestic drama, teasing Cassandra “that last kiss was impressive. It’s an appropriate link, as the opening scene in ‘Rite of Passage’ is similar to Rogue (Anna Paquin)’s introduction in the first X-Men movie (2000). The role of Cassandra was originally played by Katie Stuart, but she was filming X-Men 2 at the time. Stargate SG-1, ‘Rite of Passage’ – S5, Ep6.Ĭassandra’s birthday cake in the Stargate SG-1 episode ‘Rite of Passage’ (S5, Ep6). I’m sure he’d love a piece of the birthday cake that Sam went to all the trouble to bake… Davis told Ash during the filming of ‘Foothold’ and we’re all the beneficiaries of it. “Your mind is a very strange place,” Don S. Ash, previously responsible for the delightful ‘Foothold’ (S3, Ep14), in which Jack O’Neill ( Richard Dean Anderson) confronted an Evil Janet, and Carter saved the men-and women-of the SGC from an alien invasion. ![]() ![]() ‘Rite of Passage’ sprang from the fertile brain of Stargate SG-1 Season 3 story editor Heather E. Rennison previously appeared as Ally, the street kid who befriends Teal’c after he goes on the run in the Stargate SG-1 episode ‘Bane’ (S2, Ep10). Janet Fraiser (Teryl Rothery) and Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) greet the teenage Cassandra (Colleen Rennison) in the Stargate SG-1 episode ‘Rite of Passage’ (S5, Ep6). We also obtain invaluable glimpses of the private life of Major Samantha Carter ( Amanda Tapping), who gets at least briefly liberated from her laboratory. ![]() Janet Fraiser (Teryl Rothery) and her “alien” adopted daughter Cassandra (Colleen Rennison). SG-1 is only briefly off-world, most of the episode is spent in the infirmary and the primary focus is on the unconventional family life of Dr. The clever mind games of the Stargate SG-1 episode ‘The Fifth Man’ (S5, Ep4) and the cinematic ‘Red Sky’ (S5, Ep5) were immediately followed by one of the show’s most atypical and endearing installments, ‘Rite of Passage’ (S5, Ep6). Going into its fifth and final season on Showtime, Stargate SG-1 was firing on all cylinders. Was lost.” Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy (1320) “In the middle of the journey of our life, I found myself in a dark wood where the straight way In the Stargate SG-1 episode ‘Rite of Passage’, Janet Fraiser and Samantha Carter confront a coming-of-age story rooted in fairytale archetypes.
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