{"id":1947,"date":"2008-10-24T07:29:42","date_gmt":"2008-10-24T15:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2008-10-25T04:32:52","modified_gmt":"2008-10-25T12:32:52","slug":"inquisition-the-road-to-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/inquisition-the-road-to-hell\/","title":{"rendered":""Inquisition": The Road to Hell. . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sheppard<\/p>\n

You’ve heard the saying “The road to Hell is paved with good intentions,” and tonight’s episode of Stargate Atlantis<\/em>, “Inquisition”, shows how some humans of the Pegasus Galaxy perceive that the Atlantis Expedition poses more of a threat than a hope to their civilizations in their fight against the Wraith. The Expedition’s presence in the galaxy for the last five years has definitely been felt, but some of their good intentions to help the less-advantaged and preyed-upon have in actuality caused great harm. Some of the surviving human civilizations have formed a Coalition to bring the Expedition to trial and to answer for their deeds.<\/p>\n

At first it all seems innocuous enough; the Coalition contacts the Expedition and requests Sheppard meet with them to discuss the Wraith situation. Woolsey sends Sheppard’s team with the belief that they were called in to help this group of humans, but once Sheppard’s team arrives, they are placed under arrest and charged with “crimes against the people of the galaxy.” The Coalition Council, comprised of three representatives, charges that the Expedition has been “making unilateral decisions that affect the lives of millions without consultation and without accountability.”<\/p>\n

Once Woolsey learns of his team’s predicament through an informant, he immediately places himself before the Council to argue in the Expedition’s defense. This is the exact kind of situation for which Woolsey has trained his entire life: he is a man of law. Will his arguments win over the Council or are there other factors of which he is not aware? Will there be Hell to pay if the Expedition is removed as humanity’s most technologically advanced military power in the galaxy?<\/p>\n

“Inquisition” was written by script coordinator Alex Levine. He’s contributed story ideas in the past (SG-1’s “Dominion” and SGA’s “The Queen”), but this is the “first dramatic live-action script” he’s written. “Here\u2019s what I have to tell you about writing for television,” Levine relates in his scifi.com blog<\/a>. “It\u2019s tough. And even though the show you\u2019re going to see this week, Inquisition, is a clip show, that didn\u2019t make it any easier to write. You see, there\u2019s a particular aspect of writing clip shows that\u2019s extra tough, and that is the part where they move in and out of the clips. Of course Paul Mullie, who did the re-write and produced the episode, has lots of clip show experience, but this was my first attempt. And writing specs and other scripts didn\u2019t prepare me one bit. So let\u2019s just say it was a great learning experience.<\/p>\n

“At the end of the day, the writing staff was very kind. They met with me on my first draft, gave me notes and some time to re-write the script. I did another draft too on another round of notes. In the writing I found some things about the characters and the story that worked well; other stuff was discarded. There\u2019s certainly some of my writing in the finished product, but I must credit Paul Mullie and the writing staff with much of the episode\u2019s success. And my experience is not unlike other first time writers of any show. Stargate is no exception.<\/p>\n

“The coolest part of the show, which is always why people watch clip shows, is that you\u2019ll get to see pretty much every cool space battle we\u2019ve done. There\u2019s also great acting in this one \u2013 keep your eyes open for the character of Myrus (the Council Liaison), who is played by my real life brother, Tobias Slezak<\/a> (different last name). He did a great job.”<\/p>\n

“Inquisition” premieres tonight at 9 pm Eastern on the Sci Fi Channel. There is a repeat at 11 pm.<\/p>\n

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