"Stargate SG-1" Proving Ground (TV Episode 2001) Poster

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8/10
Predictable but Entertaining
claudio_carvalho26 December 2016
Colonel O'Neill and Samantha are training four rookie Air Force cadets for the SGC. Out of the blue, aliens take over the SGC and Jack does not have anyone that he can trust but the cadets. He teams-up with the cadets and they enter in the SGC using a hidden exit to rescue Sam. What will happen to the SGC? Will they be capable to avoid the invasion?

"Proving Ground" is a predictable but entertaining episode of SG-1. It is quite obvious that everything is part of a drill to prepare the "next generation" of the explorers. The conclusion is a joke with the alarm activated again. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Proving Ground"
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10/10
I like this episode
daffodil5431 March 2016
It's pretty amazing to watch how cadets are trained and tested in preparedness to join SG. O'Neill is a bit too firm and I feel bad for the cadet he kept reprimanding.

I don't know what much to say but while some cases seem implausible (as it invariably does in SG1) I can't help but like how the future of SG would look like with these new recruits running it.

There are obvious flaws but it's fresh and cozy. I can already see the future of SG with these new blood. I wish they would make a new one and hire them for a new SG. Atlantis' great but the cast here is excellent. 10/10
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6/10
Testing my patience
Calicodreamin28 February 2022
Though a decent storyline, these cocky cadets were testing my patience. Long, drawn out, and just a bit too predictable. Will we ever even see these people again?
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1/10
Painful
alienzuel29 January 2016
I don't like the academy episodes of SG1 as the actors who potray the cadets are... Well... Bad actors... And very unlikebale. It seems the writers created this episode as an excuse to see what the SG1 team would look like if they were very young. But, they came across as just SG1 wannabes. You have a cadet for everyone of the SG1 team, but just... Unlikeable and wrong. Thus, this episode was just used as a filler and nothing more. It serves no other purpose. It doens't extend the storyline or fill any backstory. It's just there. It's just a cheap excuse for an SG1 episode. It seems like they had a half baked idea and decided to chuck it in because they needed to meet their demands for 22 episodes this season. A very bad and poorly written storyline. You can skip it if you want though.
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1/10
One of the Bad Episodes
fcabanski2 September 2015
Warning: Spoilers
This, like the other academy episode, was bad. The training scenarios, even the supposedly real scenarios, were fake looking. The characters acted as if they knew.

The acting was bad. This was maybe the first appearance of "somewhat cute Asian sci fi girl" who lent her poor acting talents to the horrible Battlestar Galactica reboot, Sarah Connor Chronicles, and then Hawaii Five-0 Babies.

This looked as bad as Wormhole EXreme, the purposely poorly acted, over the top, cheesy looking show within a show.

Luckily I didn't have to sit through this episode first run on TV. I was able to fast forward through most of it.
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