Jim is a fantastic character. George Dzundza is wonderful playing the part. Glad I didn't look at the cast list ahead of time to ruin the reveal. It is rare for me to not be ahead of the characters, but I was right there with Daniel figuring it out. I did not see that coming. I knew something was up, but not that Jim was Anubis. I love being surprised like that.
screams into the void about Sam and Jack
This is the saddest episode of the show
Shout by dgwVIP 10BlockedParent2021-07-01T01:21:31Z
In this case, even Netflix failed me: According to IMDB trivia, the Stargate wikia, GateWorld, and a blog post by producer Joseph Mallozzi… this was originally a longer episode (63 minutes vs. 43 minutes, excluding commercials), and was cut down for syndication. Twenty minutes is a lot of material to cut, even if part of it was a "last week on Stargate SG-1 segment—and the list of omitted scenes in the shortened version is damning (see SG wikia).
Fans were right to be mad at MGM for issuing those early DVDs with the shortened version. Without even having seen the original cut, the syndicated version still feels like it's missing something. I'm mad that Hulu, Netflix, iTunes, and Vudu all have the shortened version despite later DVD releases of the show coming with the longer original cut. (Google Play might have the full version, but it's doubtful. Can't tell because it doesn't show episode runtimes in the store.)
My next step will be to request the Season 8 DVDs via interlibrary loan, just so I can watch this episode as it was intended.
GateWorld: https://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s8/threads/#production
Wikia: https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/Threads#Notes
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0709210/trivia?item=tr0671344
Joseph Mallozzi's post: https://josephmallozzi.com/2011/06/04/june-4-2011-a-sneak-peek-at-the-standing-sets-for-transporter-the-series-they-eyes-dont-have-it-the-stargate-sg-1-season-8-wrap-up/