Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods - Final Cut (2009)

Children of the Gods is the first episode of the military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. It was written by producers Jonathan Glassner and Brad Wright and was directed by Mario Azzopardi. The episode first aired on July 27, 1997 on Showtime. Originally presented as a television movie, the episode would later be split into two parts for repeats and syndicated viewings. A new, updated cut, titled Children of the Gods – The Final Cut was released on July 21, 2009.

One year previously, as depicted in the movie Stargate, Colonel Jack O’Neill led a team through the Stargate to the planet Abydos, tasked with destroying any potential threat to Earth. After killing the Goa’uld System Lord Ra with a nuclear bomb, O’Neill returned to Earth with two survivors of his team, Charles Kawalsky and Louis Ferretti. They leave behind Dr. Daniel Jackson, with his new love Sha’re and her brother Skaara, falsely reporting that Dr. Jackson was killed on the mission along with the inhabitants of Abydos.