Stargate SG-1: Эволюция (Дамиен Кайндлер, Майкл Шэнкс, Питер Делуиз)

"Evolution" (Parts 1 & 2) are the 11th and 12th episodes from seventh season of the science fiction television series Stargate SG 1. Part 1 was co written by Damien Kindler and Michael Shanks, with Kindler adapting the story into a teleplay, whilst part 2 was written by Peter Deluise and Damien Kindler, with Deluise handling the teleplay as well as directing the episode. Part 1 was first broadcast on August 22, 2003, on Sci Fi Channel in the United States, with part 2 subsequently airing first in the on Sky One in United Kingdom on December 14, 2003, following the shows mid season hiatus in the US. In the episode, Stargate Command and it's allies encounter a new enemy "Super Soldier", who is impervious to their weapons. Believing that the Goa'uld Anubis has created this enemy using Ancient technology, Dr. Jackson (Michael Shanks) travels to South America to investigate a similar device mentioned in legend. Meanwhile, the rest of SG 1 along with their allies Bra'tac (Tony Amendola) and Jacob Carter (Carmen Argenziano) hatch a plan to capture one of the soldiers alive. The writers wanted to introduce a new enemy in response to more and more of the Jaffa defecting and turning against the Goa'uld, as well as creating a soldier that was a much more powerful adversary. "Evolution" part 2 broke rating records for the Sci Fi Channel as the channels most watch broadcast to date, as well as being the most watch episode of Stargate SG 1.

Teal'c (Christopher Judge) and Bra'tac (Tony Amendola) have travelled to a planet to investigate the meeting between two opposing Goa'uld's, Tilgath and Ramius. They arrive to discover that both sides were massacred by a single enemy soldier, who soon attacks Teal'c & Bra'tac. Initially the soldier seems impervious to their weapons, but is eventually killed by Teal'c and taken back to Stargate Command where they inform SG 1 and General Hammond (Don S. Davis). Jacob Carter (Carmen Argenziano) arrives and together, he and Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) examine the warrior, and soon make the discovery that it was created in a laboratory and given life by Goa'uld symbiote. They also determine that it was not Teal'c that killed the being, but rather it suffered a heart attack. Noticing similarities between the soldier's armour and the technology of the Goa'uld Sarcophagus, Jacob explains that a Goa'uld named Telchak created the first Sarcophagus thousands of years earlier, basing it on an Ancient device that has since been lost. Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) recalls that his grandfather, Nicholas Ballard, had conducted research on the supposed location fountain of youth, linking it to the Maya civilization. Jackson and Jacob believe that Ballard's research might lead them to the location of the lost Ancient device. Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Samantha, Teal'c, Bra'tac and an SG team travel to a planet held by the Goa'uld Ramius. Believing that Anubis will try to finish the job and kill Ramius, the team plan to capture a super soldier alive. After the soldier is impervious to their stun dart and subsequent traps, the team are captured and imprisoned by Ramius. After being freed, the team are able to steal a Goa'uld cargo ship and use the ring transporter to capture the super soldier. Hoping to find the Telchak device, Dr. Jackson, along with Dr. Lee (Bill Dow) have travelled to Honduras, where Rogelio (Zak Santiago), a guide, takes them into the jungle in search of the temple described in Ballard's notes. After locating the device and escaping the temple as it floods, the group are captured by Honduran revolutionaries who believe them to be thieves they can hold for ransom money. Rogelio tries to escape but is shot. The captured super soldier has been taken back to Stargate Command for interrogation, but the being is unwilling to say anything more than it serves Anubis. Jacob believes they can use a Tok'ra memory recall device to access it's mind and in doing so they are able to identify Anubis' planet of operations. General Hammond informs O'Neill, Carter and Teal'c that Dr. Jackson and Dr. Lee have been kidnapped and likely taken into Nicaragua.

In the rebel camp in Nicaragua, Daniel is questioned by their leader Rafael (Frank Roman), but refuses to tell him who they work for or what the device is that they recovered. Believing Daniel to be hiding something, Rafael tortures Daniel, but Daniel still refuses to divulge anything, so Rafael instead turns his attention to Dr. Lee. At Stargate Command, General Hammond informs O'Neill that there are ransoms for Dr. Jackson and Dr. Lee, and soon after O'Neill is given the go ahead to attempt a rescue mission. After O'Neill says goodbye to Sam, she, along with Teal'c, General Hammond, Jacob and Bra'tac hatch a plan to use the stolen Goa'uld cargo ship and armour of the Super Soldier to infiltrate Anubis' base of operations on the planet Tartarus. In Honduras, O'Neill meets CIA Agent Burke (Enrico Colantoni), a former friend and comrade of O'Neill from his time in black ops. After Burke relays the situation to O'Neill, the pair begin to argue about their past, specifically their last mission together where Burke killed a member of their team in friendly fire and was subsequently discharged from the military. Burke decides to leave O'Neill to complete the current mission on his own. Meanwhile, in the rebel camp, Lee tells Daniel that he gave into their torture and told the revolutionaries everything he knew about the device, which Rafael activates. Jacob, in the armour of the Super Soldier travels through the Stargate to Tartarus, where upon arrival, is taken by a Goa'uld named Thoth to be examined. Suddenly Anubis (David Palffy) enters and calls Thoth away. With Thoth gone, Jacob is able to deactivate the sensors, allowing Sam, Teal'c and Bra'tac to land in their Cargo Ship. Jacob, Sam & Teal'c then find a Goa'uld queen symbiote, which is being used by Anubis to birth Goa'uld to create more Super Soldiers. They plant explosive on the queen and continue exploring the base until they find a room with thousands of Super Soldiers being addressed by Anubis. Thoth discovers them, but is swiftly killed, which sets off the alarm. The Super Soldiers pursue them, with one of them making it on board the Cargo Ship, but luckily Bra'tac and Jacob are able to eject it. O'Neill and his guide find Telchak's temple, where Burke is waiting nearby, having changed his mind and decided to help. They then come across Rogelio who is still alive. As O'Neill and Burke continue tracking, Burke reveals that he killed their fellow team member on their last mission after realising the soldier was a traitor and was about to kill him, but withheld it in order to protect the mans family. In the rebel camp, after learning that Rafael is using the Ancient Device and seeing him kill one of his own men, Dr. Jackson and Dr. Lee manage to escape and flee into the jungle, but are soon chased by Rafael and his men. As the revolutionaries catch up to Jackson and Lee, O'Neill arrives and kills them. A rebel who has been reanimated by the Ancient Device then starts attacking them, but is soon blown up by Burke.

Part 1 of "Evolution" was written by Damian Kindler and Michael Shanks, with Kindler also handling the teleplay, whilst part 2 was written by Peter Deluise and Kindler, with Deluise also writing the teleplay. Although uncredited, producer Robert C. Cooper also assisted. Shank's had been working on a number of stories, one of which would have been a sequel to the season 3 episode "Crystal Skull", with Daniel's dying grandfather Nicholas Ballard returning and Daniel subsequently finding his notes on the Fountain of Youth. Robert C. Cooper had been developing his own ideas surrounding the Goa'uld using a device to create a new soldier, which upon Shank's pitching his stories for season 7, Cooper felt that some of their ideas paired well together. Subsequently, Shanks worked with Damian Kindler to further adapt the story into what would become part 1 of "Evolution". Peter Deluise wrote part 2 of "Evolution" with Kindler. In an earlier draft of part 2, Deluise had O'Neill end the episode with the line "we didn't die this time! ", but subsequently removed it as he felt it was too on the nose. Due to Jaffa being enslaved by the Goa'uld, Peter Deluise felt it had also become "distasteful" battling them. Cooper wanted to create a much more powerful adversary than the Jaffa, as well as noting they wanted "one that would relish the challenge of dealing with, and have a little more fun with. We don't mind shooting this guy; he's bad and deserves to be destroyed". The production team had reoccurring actor Dan Payne in mind for the role, as he had the sort of tall, muscular build they had imagined for the part, as well as being able to handle the sort of physicality that would be involved. A Payne, Cooper, DeLuise and John Lenic then spent time developing the way in which the being would move and interact with things, as well as its general demeanour. Payne noted that they the movements to reflect "something that has human elements, robotic elements, is a killer so he has a hunter’s instinct", as well as considering how the soldier would act in battle, commenting they intended for the soldier to come across as "nonchalant" rather than "robotic" when being fired upon.

Enrico Colantoni was cast in the part of CIA agent Burke, a former comrade of O'Neill's time in Black ops. As the story would delve into an incident from O'Neill's past, Deluise had initially envisioned Burke as quite serious, however as the story progressed Deluise decided to inject more of his own "wacky" mannerisms to add another dimension to the character. Deluise had hoped to bring Burke back again in a later episode. Zak Santiago was cast as Honduran guide, Rogelio Duran. Santiago was originally going to die in the first part of "Evolution", with his body to be discovered in the second part, however DeLuise was impressed with Santiago's performance and instead decided the character would survive being shot so as to give Santiago a slightly expanded part. Frank Roman portrayed Honduran revolutionary, Rafael. Roman, who hadn't previously worked with firearms was given training to use both the AK47 and 9mm handgun. Roman found his scenes involving bugs on the set particularly challenging, later commenting that "bugs aren’t my thing and being around them makes me antsy. I had to act in the scene and try not to be freaked out by the bugs around my feet!". Victor Favrin plays one of Rafael's men, Chalo. Ian Marsh plays the Goa'uld scientist, Thoth. Named after the Ancient Egyptian God of Knowledge, Thoth. Deluise later joked that he named the character that as it was "the only Egyptian God name we hadn't used yet for good reason", but justified his choice of "terrible" names by saying it fitted the character who was a "Goa'uld nerd". Recurring guest stars Carmen Argenziano and Tony Amendola return as Jacob Carter and Bra'tac. Eric Breker, Bill Dow, Dan Shea, David Palffy also reprise their characters of Colonel Reynolds, Dr. Lee, Sergeant Siler and Anubis.

The episode was directed by frequent director Peter Deluise, with Jim Menard overseeing cinematography. Whilst parts of the episode were taking place in Honduras, filming these scenes stayed in British Columbia. Forests outside of Burnaby were redressed with ferns, banana plants and other botany found in South America. Mid Valley viewpoint served as the location of the rebel camp where Dr. Jackson & Lee were held, with production managing to acquire a downed Russian helicopter to dress the location. Visual effects studio Rainmaker Digital Effects had originally assembled previs images which depicted Anubis' Tartarus Outpost as a series of monolithic dome like structures high up in a rock mountain, before being reimagined.

As with almost all of season seven, almost all of the key plot points were leaked online in May 2003 and subsequently reposted by various publications. The new enemy, the Goa'uld "Super Soldiers" were teased by various publications in July 2003.

"Evolution" part 1 was first broadcast on August 22, 2003, on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States, with the show then taking a four month mid season break. During this break, broadcasts of Stargate SG 1 Season 7 on Sky One in the United Kingdom caught up and overtook those in the US, with part 2 of "Evolution" airing first in the UK on December 14, 2003. "Evolution" part 1 was first shown in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2003, whilst part 2 was first shown in the United States on January 9, 2004. Upon being broadcast on the Sci fi Channel, part 1 achieved a 1.7 household rating, whilst "Evolution" part 2 set the record as the highest rated broadcast ever for the Sci fi Channel, with a 2.2 household rating, representing around 2.7 million viewers. At the time, this also made it the most watched episode of SG 1'''s seven and a half year run. On Sky One, part one attracted an estimated 680,000 viewers and was Sky One's sixth most watched show that week, whilst part 2 had some 770,000 viewers, and was the seventh most watched show on Sky One that week. Reviewing for About. com Julia Houston praised the episode for "capitalizing" on previous plot points, writing "the buildup to the big confrontation with Anubis is progressing nicely". Houston also singled out Enrico Colantoni's guest performance as Burke, calling him "extremely likable", as well as highlighting her appreciation of Richard Dean Anderson's increased screen time as Jack O'Neill in the episode. Writing for Stargate fansite Gateworld. net, Alli Snow praised the first part of "Evolution" as being "entertaining", but did highlight the unexplained absence of Richard Dean Anderson's Jack O'Neill for the first 20 minutes of the episode. Upon O'Neill's onscreen arrival, Snow felt like the writers "were trying to cram as much "Jackness" as humanly possible into three or four minutes of screen time", which they felt was "a little forced", although nevertheless found it amusing. Snow's review also echoed other reviewers critiques of the episode in that the climax of the first of the two episodes lacked the drama to make it an effective cliff hanger and build up the audiences excitement for the second part. Reviewing the second part, Snow felt that too much of the episode was cantered on the character of Burke (Enrico Colantoni), which they found to be superfluous to the plot and was critical of the constant shifting between the different storylines, believing it disrupted the tension. The score by Joel Goldsmith and the setup of the new enemy "super soldiers" were praised by the reviewer as the standout aspects of the episode. Writer and director Peter Deluise described "Evolution" part 2 as his favourite episode to write for on Stargate SG 1'', specifically creating the character of Burke. Geek Bomb placed the episode amongst their top 10 episodes from the shows 10 year run.

"Evolution", along with prior episodes "Avenger 2.0" and "Birthright" were first released on Region 2 DVD on March 29, 2004, as part of the "Volume 34" standalone disc, before being released as part of the Season 7 boxset on October 19, 2004. Whilst no "SG 1 Directors Series" behind the scenes feature was produced for the episode, audio commentaries of the episode with director Peter Deluise, with actor Gary Jones joining him for part 1 and Amanda Tapping in part 2 were included with the DVD. The episodes along with the rest of season 7 were first made available digitally in January 2008 through iTunes and Amazon Unbox. The episode, along with every other episode of the series, were made available to stream for the first time through Netflix in the USA on August 15, 2010.