If this is not possible, then it doesn't matter to me if you don't bring Daniel back because I will no longer be numbered among your viewers.

Like I said, a very simple request. Thank you.

Virginia Groover <GinGroov@aol.com>
Lamar, CO - Thursday, May 9, 2002, 10:35 PM

Totally unreal, here. I can't believe you could be so blind and still be in a position of authority. Open your eyes, guys, you've just killed your own show.

Shani Gibson
Santa Barbara, CALIFORNIA - Thursday, May 9, 2002, 10:14 PM

And now you've gotten rid of the one bright spot in the whole show? Totally unreal.

Bottom line for the Joseph household: No Daniel, No Stargate. I feel sure we'll find something else to occupy ourselves with on friday nights.

Bruce and Kyla Joseph <personal>
Camarillo, CA--USA - Thursday, May 9, 2002, 7:33 PM

Without Daniel, alive and present with the SG-1 Team, the premise is destroyed, the magic gone, and this show no longer has any interest for me. I will not accept the unbelievable "replacement" for Daniel on the team. The choice of background and introduction for this "replacement" has made it impossible for me to accept him. I will not watch any episodes that do not include a real, live, breathing Daniel played by Michael Shanks (and no, I will not accept a gust of wind from the ventilation shaft as a Daniel appearance!). I have written, I have called, and I have sent postcards to all the involved parties. It appears that no one is listening. No one seems to care!

Thanks for the "bone" of one episode, "Abyss" for Daniel. I will watch that one. However, one episode is not sufficient by a long shot.

Know this, those of you who made the decisions that led us all here, if this situation is not remedied for season 6 and beyond and Stargate SG-1 returned to its former intact glory I am one person who will not be watching, buying or caring! That may not be significant to any of you, however, I bring with me my husband, my 4 siblings and their spouses, my 10 nieces and nephews (ages 16 to 25), their spouses and significant others, many of my co-workers and friends and anyone else that I can tell about this situation, including all the communities on the Internet that I participate in. Most of them watched the show. Most agree with me, feel the same disappointment and grief. None of them will be watching. All of them will be talking to their friend and relatives and co-workers.

Do the math.

Sharon Wood <sharyn@shadowmyst.com>
Centereach, New York, USA - Thursday, May 9, 2002, 5:19 PM

Bring back Daniel. Season Six hasn't started airing on Sci-Fi yet, you can still remedy the situation before it really is too late.

Dave Favuzzi
Goleta, California - Thursday, May 9, 2002, 4:24 PM

Thomas Wick
Essen, Germany - Thursday, May 9, 2002, 4:18 PM

I love Richard Dean Anderson. If he gets in another series, I'll be one of the first ones watching.

Melodi K. Rayl
Springfield, MO, US - Thursday, May 9, 2002, 4:15 PM

Even though they match.

In my opinion-- oh. Andy is 28 and I'm 25. He, at least, is in your demographic, people!

Okay. In my opinion, you've really blown it here. For once a TV show has good scripts, good acting, great chemistry between the actors, and yet you've systematically wrecked it all. You started messing up at least two years ago, taking the excellent Jack and Daniel part of the team and turning them into a couple of fishwives. Making Jack a moron. Sam and Jack? Puh-leeze. And Teal'c deserves better than to be invisible.

Bring Daniel back, give Jack his brains back and for pete's sake, stop with the SuperSamTheWonderGirl. Geesh.

No more Stargate for me on any channel. No spin-off either, cartoon or live-action.

Marie Whittome <private, too>
San Fransisco, California - Thursday, May 9, 2002, 4:14 PM

Daniel Jackson ranks right up there with Spock and Data as an exciting and unsual character. Combine the uniqueness of the character with the excellent acting ability of Michael Shanks and you have someone who will continue to live on in fandom long after the series has disappeared from view.

You've made a very bad miscalculation in pushing Michael Shanks out of the show. Perhaps if you hustle your buns you can get him back again and repair the damage you've done to the franchise you're attempting to create.

Andrew Taksuna <Private>
San Fransisco, California - Thursday, May 9, 2002, 4:05 PM

I agree totally with all that has been said by countless people on this page, in editorials, in episode redux, Thought for the Day etc. Daniel was and is the heart of the team. Michael Shanks was and is a star not a supporting actor. Michael Shanks tried to tell you that Daniel mattered and you wouldnt listen, so you let the heart and soul of the Stargate story go while your writers were busy with bigger and better baddies. I've tried to tell you politely that Stargate had something special because of the chemistry between two excellent actors playing 2 diametricaly opposite characters. Both were hurting because of their past, both found something special because of their experiences together. We watched Michael Shanks do a good copy of James Spader's Daniel then take the character up so many notches. Michael does vulnerable, excited,geeky, tongue in cheek, banter, idealistic,loving, caring, hurting,addicted, schizophrenic, enlightened etc etc so well it is addictive. RDA and MS together gave us some of the best buddy scenes on TV ever without need for sexual innuendo, bad language or cliched dialogue. Sensitive writers, wrote brilliant stories and the result was magical. And you let it go, with regret I'm sure, but without a fight. You let the new writers experiment and let them destroy that special relationship that was the Stargate team. You let Michael Shanks express his dissatisfaction then showed him the door.

For what? A new direction? A new guy on a new channel with new enthusiasm? Michael had that enthusiasm in spades in seasons 1-3. Crystal Skull - he acted his socks off in the background as a ghost!! You let this go, and let him believe we didnt care, because it seems you didnt care.

I've said it all, so have the Brits for months, but you arent listening to the polite voice of reason. Now I think you are going to get it in stronger language from your own countrymen!!

Go on USA, tell em what the rest of us have been saying since January and in such numbers that they HAVE to listen. Only you can do it - we’ve tried and been dismissed as incoherent babblers. Carole

carole campbell <carolecampbell1@hotmail.com>
Leicester, UK - Thursday, May 9, 2002, 3:50 PM

I am so glad I found out today what is going to happen tomorrow night. If I'd sat down and been smacked in the face with Daniel's death--and it is a death, a lack of Daniel in future episodes--I'd have been even angrier than I am now.

Why do writers and producers think the fans don't count? That our opinions on what we like are worthless? Exactly why do they make the TV shows then? Gratuitous Masterbation?

I won't be watching tomorrow night. I don't want to see it. I won't be watching when it moves to Sci Fi and I refuse to watch any spin-offs that have anything to do with MGM, Brad Wright or Joe Malazzi.

And I'll put this in a letter right now.

Kate Pickett <Personal>
Santa Barbara, CA --USA - Thursday, May 9, 2002, 2:16 PM

Desirae <evalewis021@msn.com>
ogden, Utah - Thursday, May 9, 2002, 1:54 PM

Get a clue guys, get Michael Shanks back before its too late if it isnt already.Oh and well your at it how about showing Joe Mallozzi the door you know the one you showed to Michael when he tried to tell you the truth.

webster <no e mail>
u.s.a. - Thursday, May 9, 2002, 9:10 AM

Sarah Kingston <starlight_sasa@hotmail.com>
QLD, Australia - Thursday, May 9, 2002, 3:36 AM

I think this website has done an excellent job of showing BOTH sides of this debacle. I think what you, TPTB, have done is horribly wrong. It's a disservice to the loyal fans who've spent their time watching the show for FIVE YEARS and their money buying the books and DVDs and videos and whatever else that comes out Stargate-related.

The best part of the show was the TEAM. The way they stood by each other, protected each other and CARED about each other. I won't go into what disgust I feel towards the past two years worth of episodes, others have already done it far better than I could. I just want you to put Daniel back where he belongs. I want the team back together the way they were at the beginning.

Kay Carns <KCarns@impulse.net>
Goleta, California - Thursday, May 9, 2002, 12:19 AM

BUT. Killing off Daniel is just so not acceptable. No way. Daniel is real. He could be anyone of us. Not his brains, duh, no, but the curiosity and wanting to do things peacefully. Don't we all want peace?

Without Daniel there's no balance in your show. You have Jack and Daniel and Sam and Teal'c. Balance. Daniel balances the other three, he keeps Jack in line. You've gone and broken your own toy.

Not that you care, that's obvious, but I'm not going to be watching when you flip over to the Sci Fi channel. Nope. I'll wash the dog between 9 and 10 pm, then turn on Farscape. I don't think you people have a clue what you've done. Not at all.

Peter Bendaar <Peter_Bendaar@outsell.net>
Carpenteria, California - Wednesday, May 8, 2002, 11:33 PM

We sat there in front of our television set at the end, numb and disbelieving, feeling betrayed. A major character, THE most important character in our minds, was horribly MURDERED, with no warning and no reason. You killed the one person who represented the average, non-military person—-I was going to say American, but I've now read too many postings from people All Over The World to know it's only us who are shocked and grieving.

Watching Stargate was a regular Friday night gig for our group of friends (because we had the tape, we had a special viewing tonight) If the show was pre-empted, we watched a video from an earlier season. We talked plots and created worlds for SG-1 to explore. I can't understand how you can say you've run out of ideas for Daniel—-we came up with a new story every Friday night.

So tonight we were angry, wanting to know what had happened and why, when my twelve-year-old daughter wandered through the living room and said: look it up on the net, mom, that's what a computer is for. So, with her help, we did. And found this website. And discovered what happened and why.

It looks like from now on our Friday nights will consist of a video tape and then Farscape. We're thinking we'll start with the movie this Friday night, and then move on to the beginning of the show and start fresh.

And in keeping with the request of this website to stay polite, we're going to stop right here and not say anything else.

David and Karin Blanco <KBlanco@YTC.com>
Santa Barbara, CA - Wednesday, May 8, 2002, 11:22 PM

I saw "Meridian" tonight and I still can't believe it. Can't believe what you've done. You've killed Daniel. He's gone. I came on line to see what I could find and here was this website and I've been reading all the posts and the interviews and... What have you DONE??????????? WHY????????? What on earth possessed you to write Michael Shanks into such an uncomfortable corner that he had to leave the show???

And that JONAS creature is his replacement???? That spineless, cowardly, traitorous THIEF is going to take ***Daniel's*** place on the TEAM???? Sam and Teal'c and JACK are actually going to sit back and let the person who helped MURDER Daniel become a member of the team?

I can't believe it. There is no way in the UNIVERSE that I am going to watch the show when it moves to the SCI-FI Channel. No way. I can't believe what you've done. It totally blows my mind.

kathryn B. <local library>
Santa Barbara, California - Wednesday, May 8, 2002, 11:02 PM

I have a very busy life, yet I made time for Stargate. I won't be doing that now Daniel is gone. Sorry Bonnie Hammer and the Sci Fi Channel, but why spend my precious time watching something I don't enjoy. It was doable these past two years because of Daniel; without him, it's a waste of my time.

Daria Peters <not in public, sorry >
Lacey, Washington - Wednesday, May 8, 2002, 8:33 PM

Thank you.

Ms. Andi Thompson
Albuquerque, New Mexico - Wednesday, May 8, 2002, 7:29 PM

I believe this will ruin the show, because Daniel/Michael does need to show up more than once!! He's the sensitive one, the one whose life always seems to go wrong but he can keep it *together*. Like so many 'Real People'.

Katrina
Wednesday, May 8, 2002, 5:56 PM

One of the instances when this has not been done is with the departure of Daniel Jackson. He is one of the main characters, and extremely popular. A lot of people I know first tuned into the show because it looked different. That's one reason why they stayed. The other main reason is because of Daniel. He's the type of person that you would want running around the galaxy keeping the military people from blowing everything up.

You have proven that the SGC without Daniel is disastrous. When Daniel goes through the quantum mirror in 'There But For The Grace Of God', the Goa'uld are taking over the world. Where's Daniel? Not part of the SGC. What happens? The world is taken over. In the episode 'Point Of View', again, Daniel is not part of the SGC, the world is being taken over by Goa'uld. You yourselves have proven that the SGC without Daniel is just asking for trouble. Will that be how the series ends? The Goa'uld taking over and everyone lamenting that if Daniel was still here then it probably wouldn't have happened? It would certainly be going along with the Canon that you have put in place.

So please do the right thing, bring back Daniel. He's a wonderful character, a wonderful actor and a part of SG1. Please put him back where he belongs. As everyone knows he can descend. You proved that in Ascension, when Orlin descends. So it can be done. And besides this is sci fi, you can do pretty much whatever you want and say it's because of some alien device or interference.

Shelley Hie
Hamiltion, Ontario, Canada - Wednesday, May 8, 2002, 5:20 PM

Jeff Brief
Webster, TX USA - Wednesday, May 8, 2002, 5:15 PM

ALSO: remember the episode where the team was sent back in time, to when General Hammond was not a General, well later in the episode they were sent far into the future, where the little girl that the team saved previously, was grown up. She told the team that they would have many adventures, ALL OF THEM! How can you, therefore, kill him off, the continuity is bad, and well, we just want him back!

I feel very strongly about this issue, as I have been watching all of the episodes, even on sky 1, & felt that this was a very entertaining show. I now feel that it is starting to go "Downhill" and if it continues to do so, then I am afraid that I will no longer continue to watch it.

Kendra
Doncaster, England - Wednesday, May 8, 2002, 5:09 PM

We've been Science Fictions aficionados since the late 40's, probably before the writers and producers of Stargate SG-1 were even born. We were in on the ground floor, so to speak, old enough to appreciate Star Trek over Lost in Space. We're certainly of an age where we've sat through enough garbage masquerading as real Science Fiction to know a quality program when we find it.

We found just such a thing in Stargate, first when the movie came out, and then when the series premiered. We felt the casting of a tough, mentally-scarred military man and a brilliant, gentle, peace-loving linguist/archaeologist was a brilliant piece of work on the part of the original creators. When the series premiered, the role of Jack O'Neil was rather drastically changed, but having enjoyed the MacGyver series, we were okay with watching Colonel MacGyver go through the gate.

We were thrilled to find that Dr. Daniel Jackson rode into the series the same person he'd been in the movie. Young Michael Shanks took over the James Spader part and made it even better. It's been a joy for us to watch a character we like so much become even more fleshed out with such an excellent acting job.

Even though Jack had changed between the movie and the series, we found that the more we watched, the more we enjoyed the interaction between the two totally different men. Both wanting pretty much the same thing, but each one going about achieving it from completely different ends of the spectrum. It was with great dismay that we watched as this unique relationship began to fall apart somewhere around the middle of third season. It quickly degenerated from there, with the fourth and fifth season producing few noteworthy episodes.

It all came to a screeching halt when we discovered that Daniel Jackson was going to be "removed." I can't say "killed" because, technically, he isn't is he? Of course, nobody really has to die in Science Fiction: witness the death and rapidly brought-back-to-life Mr. Spock. Fans weren't any more happy with his demise than we are now with Dr. Jackson's.

Whatever went on behind the scenes to cause Mr. Shanks departure from the show is nobody's business other than his. While I sense there is more to it than what has been written about in interviews, that is now water under the bridge. What's important now is to work out a way to bring this remarkable young actor back into the fold so he can at least give voice to Daniel Jackson in the second half of season six.

John Ennis and Gene Strickland <No spam>
Gonzales, LA, USA - Wednesday, May 8, 2002, 4:02 PM

To be fair, there have been exceptions, usually those episodes penned by The God, Peter deLuise, or Robert C Cooper.

Now, we're faced with the ultimate disaster, the death of Daniel Jackson, and you know what? I can't fight any more. My head has hit the wall for the last time.

I won't be watching Stargate on the SciFi channel; I realise there will be a Daniel episode there, but... it won't be the same. I miss the team from the beginnig, the four people who liked each other and grieved when something bad happened to one of them.

You've ruined my enjoyment of the show. At least I can cancel my cable program now. Use that money for something else.

Later days, dudes. It's been fun. Sort of. This all goes for my husband, too, by the way, not just me.

I wish Michael Shanks nothing but the greatest success, although with a talent like his, success is pretty much assured.

Misti and Jim Havlovich <blank>
Antioch, California - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 5:56 PM

We have been watching the show together for five years (a nice mother/son bonding thingie) and we don't like the Jack and Sam stuff, and we don't like that you've turned Sam into a Supergirl. She didn't open the Stargate. Daniel did. We don't like that you made Jack hate Daniel.

And we don't like that you're killing Daniel. That totally stinks. We won't watch it this summer unless you put Daniel back on it.

That's all.

Jay Karandikar <so you can spam me, no way>
Maumee, Ohio - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 5:44 PM

We were pleasantly surprised to find that Michael Shanks carried over the true spirit of Daniel from the movie. We were less than pleased with Richard Dean Anderson's Jack, feeling it was too "goofy." Subsequent years did nothing to dissuade us of our opinion of "Jack," especially as the writers seemed to go out of their way to make him appear as stupid as possible.

Michael Shanks, however, continued to thrill us, especially when it became obvious just how good an actor he actually was (Need, Legacy, Holiday, Absolute Power, The First Ones… to name a few outstanding performances). This young man (who may be older than he appears, I don’t know) took the words off a page and helped create an exceptional character, one who everyone watching could identify with. There are bits and pieces of Daniel in all of us—maybe not the brilliance, but the compassion, humanity and simple caring that he had for everyone.

We've only skimmed the articles, editorials and interviews on this website, but what we've seen has told us that Mr. Shanks was treated rather poorly by someone Higher Up, and that nobody in the writing or producing side of things seems to know what they're doing with the show anymore. Key people apparently bailed two years ago, which is a shame. There have been the stand-out episodes, "The First Ones" and "Beast of Burden" being two favorites, but for the most part… Neither Heather nor I are going to miss not watching the show on the Sci Fi channel. We will watch "Abyss," and any others Daniel may appear in, but that is all.

In all Sincerity, we're really sorry we have to go.

Jason and Heather Fenzi <Not giving it out>
Madison, Wisconson, USA - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 5:31 PM

Eileen
Virginia - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 5:31 PM

Ifat
UK - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 5:03 PM

It also seems to me that if the producers think the character is unimportant then they have lost their understanding of what the show is about. The character is as important as the O Neill character.

Some of the recent episodes also reflects a lack of understanding of the focus of the show.

The producers would be well advised to listen to the fans as they are after all their customers, and the customer is always right!!!

Frank
Eire - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 3:59 PM

I saw the original cinematic release of the Stargate movie. I loved the character of Daniel Jackson with all his flaws and allergies. When the TV series began I fell further in love with the character of Daniel Jackson as played so well by Michael Shanks.

I noticed in the fourth season that I started to lose interest in Stargate. It was not as satisfying as it used to be. The character of Daniel Jackson seemed to be different from the first three seasons. In fact, all the characters seemed a little less real - marginalised, diminished. I miss the tenor of the interplay between O'Neil, Jackson & Teal'c that was so evident in the first three seasons.

The fifth season is yet to air in Australia but from all indications I will find this coming season even more disappointing. Once the episode where Daniel Jackson dies is aired I will mourn the loss of the show that was. I know this has been said by many but the character of Daniel Jackson was the heart and soul of the series.

Without the character of Daniel Jackson I have no interest in watching Stargate episodes or Stargate movies at the Cinema in the future and that is a pity.

Kerrie
Australia - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 3:58 PM

Bring back our beloved Daniel Jackson, with Michael Shanks playing the character of course. I honestly do not want to see Stargate without him, and am so disappointed with MGM for letting him go. No Daniel, no Stargate as far as I am concerned.

Tracey F
UK - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 3:57 PM

Elizabeth
AL, USA - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 3:56 PM

What a mess you writers and producers have created. I think most people would have been okay, albeit unhappy, with Michael Shanks' departure from the show, and the "demise" of Daniel Jackson, if we didn't have all this background information. What a shabby way to treat someone that seems to be a very nice young man (and excellent actor). I understand we will meet Daniel's replacement this coming friday. From all we've read so far, I don't think either of us is going to be especially thrilled with what we find out.

You can un-do whatever it is that happens friday night. Please get Michael Shanks back on the show so we can have our favorite character back. And if you could stop making Jack look so stupid, that would be nice, too.

Mr and Mrs Peter Hopkins <private>
Southern California, USA - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 3:51 PM

I fully support Michael Shanks in his departure from the show. The role of his character in the last few seasons has deteriorated, and he hasn't been given the plots or screen time he deserves. I believe Mr. Shanks shows great courage and responsibility towards the interests and ethics of his character. As much as I mourn for the loss of Daniel Jackson and the show that Stargate SG-1 used to be, I fully understand and support his reasons for leaving.

Both Daniel Jackson and Michael Shanks deserve so much more than the treatment they have recieved. Michael Shanks is a fantastic actor and brought sensitivity and realism to his character, which is what ultimately made me fall in love with both the show and Daniel Jackson. He can never be replaced, and the show will simply never be what is once was without him.

I wish to see Michael Shanks/Daniel Jackson in his rightful place on the show once again. To me, Daniel Jackson has always been Stargate SG-1. Without him, it is a mere shadow of what it was. No other character OR actor can replace him.

Thank you.

Krystal
Canada - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 3:36 PM

Daniel is a vital part of this program and would leave a large hole in the cast if he left. Please reconsider keeping this clean cut young man.

An over 60 viewer who totally enjoys this TV show.

Sue
CA, USA - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 3:34 PM

I am a devoted fan of Stargate SG-1. The deletion of Dr. Daniel Jackson from the series is ludicrous. It was Daniel who discovered how the gate worked. It does not make sense for him NOT to be involved with the show. If it weren't for Daniel Jackson, there would not have been a premise for the original movie. How could O'Neill (either RDA or Kurt Russell) have even made the trip if Jackson hadn't deciphered the glyphs and made the gate work. Please don't get me wrong, O'Neill and Carter and Tealc' are as important to the show but they don't give the show the premise. Granted Share' is gone and Skarra is safe now but with the enormous curiosity and thirst for all things new that Daniel possesses, totally different from Carter's, the show just won't have the "what will I find this time" element any more. SG-1 is a team of "4" not "3". I have to agree that the character was losing substance with each subsequent episode. Like it was forgotten that if it weren't for Dr Jackson, there would be no SGC. Yes, I am one of the let's have a Sam and Jack thing (like the old TV show "Hennessey" that starred Jackie Cooper and Abby Dalton). Believe me, I work at a military base and we have couples who probably shouldn't be together but when you are military and you have to socialize, it is easier to socialize with others who know what you have to put up with and endure at your job. A civilian just wouldn't understand as easily. Daniel really hasn't grasped the military mind but he tries. But a Sam and Jack thing should not overshadow the importance of Dr. Jackson and his 1) linquistic knowledge, 2) his historical knowledge and 3)his pacifist attitude. He is the soul of the show. I will deeply miss him and hope that whatever problems have arisen with the character can be worked out and Michael Shanks WILL return to portray him in all his absent-minded professorish glory!! Please bring Daniel back to the series! Alice PS This show has got me more addicted than Star Trek ever did!! I stay up late on Saturday and Sunday until 1 AM to watch it on Fox TV in syndication. It is a great show!

Alice
AZ, USA - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 3:33 PM

Don
CA, USA - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 3:32 PM

Lana
MD, USA - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 3:31 PM

I just want to keep watching Michael Shanks. If he's not there, I won't watch the show. I'm shallow. So what?

Verena
NV, USA - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 2:30 PM

Dr Jackson was the one most like your average person, he's the one we could pretend to be as he went through the gate. Brilliant, compassionate, non-self-serving and non-military, always looking for a peaceful way out of things. He kept the humanity in the show.

With Dr Jackson gone, Stargate will just be another mediocre Star Trek wannabe. Although Sci-Fi is one of our favorite channels, we won't be tuning in on Fridays at 9 pm.

Mike-n-Peg <private, sorry>
Memphis, TN - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 1:06 PM

Angela
NJ, USA - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 12:21 PM

Simply put: This is Science Fiction. You can fix what you broke. Please do so.

Thank you.

David and Liz Carroll <aol.com>
Sunny Santa Barbara, California - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 11:43 AM

Tamarra Saunders <tamarrasaunders@hotmail.com>
Carnarvon, western australia - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 7:20 AM

Alex
Canada - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 4:35 AM

>From the first instance i saw the movie Stargate, i was enthralled. My love of Ancient Egypt was incorporated into a movie that unlike many others, did not contain bad language or sex. It was a thrill to watch such a wonderful movie.

You can no doubt then know my amazement and delight at finding out that this movie was to be made into a series.

I have not missed one episode. The new series begins in Australia this Thursday, but my excitment has led to disappointment at finding out that my favourite character, Daniel, is leaving the show.

Daniel is one of four who have made up the show from the very beginning. By taking him out, you are taking out the heart and soul of the show.

The show will never be the same. No-one will be able to replace him.

Please, from a devoted fan in Australia, please go into talks with Michael Shanks regarding his future with Stargate SG1.

Your consideration would be most appreciated.

Tracey
Australia - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 4:34 AM

Felicia
MI, USA - Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 4:33 AM

Watching the interaction between the four characters as they grew and learned more about each other, and began to trust themselves and each other was a wonderful experience. Each epsiode managed to show just a little more about one of the characters.

Mid-way through Season Three that seemed to change. I don't know why, I don't keep up with "insider trivia" that much. All I know is that I began to notice a decay in the relationship between Jack and Daniel; they were friends then suddenly they seemed to barely tolerate each other. Jack and Sam started giving each other "the eye," which in thier line of work is a big no-no. Teal'c... well, the Big Guy just sort of disappeared.

I did keep watching. Even not-so-good Stargate is better than none. By the beginning of fifth season, though, watching the show was almost painful. Seeing the way Jack treated Daniel was sickening. My husband and I had so enjoyed watching a show where two men could be close, loving friends without all the macho bullshit, where a men and women could work together without sex coming into it... and here we sat watching all our major dislikes begin to show up on the screen.

Losing Daniel Jackson ends the series for us. I realise it will be on Sci Fi come June, and I would have been pleased to support Bonnie Hammer as she tried to get more women to watch that channel. Unfortunately, neither my husband nor I will be tuning in (except for the episode that Daniel is in) and for that I'm very sorry.

I was apalled when I read the articles on this website with the interviews by Brad Wright, Joseph Mallozzi and Michael Shanks, to find out just how somebody (and I don't know who) treated that young man. He's an amazing young actor and some of his finer episodes (Need, Legacy, Holiday...) have me in awe of his talents. It will be a joy to watch this young man as he matures in his craft.

Maggie Fenwick <Private>
Clarkston, Michigan - Monday, May 6, 2002, 11:44 PM

I could care less if you want to make Jack and Sam lovers, although I think it's a pretty stupid thing to do. Doesn't work like that in real life, and you need to make sci-fi at least partially believable in order for it to succeed.

You need to move Teal'c out of the background, too. Caught him on Andromeda the other day, that's another good actor.

Bring back Daniel Jackson for what's left of season six and you just might get that franchise you all seem so hot about.

Mike Betts <posting from work email>
Canton, MI, USA - Monday, May 6, 2002, 11:27 PM

Just because we are fans does not mean we are stupid and have no feelings. We've spent five years getting to know Daniel and the other characters on Stargate and you are killing a member of our "family."

We would like you to bring Daniel back for more than one episode, please.

David and Lisa Capizzi <personal and private>
Allen, Texas - Monday, May 6, 2002, 11:08 PM

We have been Star Trek fans since the beginning and have found Stargate SG-1 to be the best sci-fi show in a long time. What's been done to it in the past two years is very sad; a good show has rapidly declined into something we watch *IF* we happen to remember. Where once we made sure to be home on Friday nights at 10 pm, the past year has found us off doing other things, even though we taped the show to watch later. Many of the episodes have not been worth the cost of the video tape.

Now that you have removed Daniel Jackson, the most interesting and fascinating character to come along since Mr Spock and Data, there is no longer anything to keep us hooked on the show. The interaction between the earlier, smarter Jack O'Neill and the younger, peace-loving linguist was one of the high-lights of the show.

"The First Ones" was one of the best episodes of the entire run of the show (with the exception of Rothman's death, which made no sense) and it showed so clearly a team working together to find their missing team-mate, the brilliant acting ability of Michael Shanks, and the creative genius of Peter De Luise. The actor who played the Unas was excellent, also.

*That* is what we're going to miss in Season Six, and that is why, with the exception of "Abyss," we will not be tuning into the Sci-Fi channel for Stargate SG-1. Farscape, yes, Stargate, no.

David and Susan Hopkins <private@sbcglobal.net>
Orland Park, IL, USA - Monday, May 6, 2002, 7:16 PM

Chris
IL, USA - Monday, May 6, 2002, 6:19 PM

Plus in NEW ARTICLES ,another interview from Michael, this time on the set doing Abyss, sounding more relaxed than for a long time. He is getting LOTS of work as we predicted, ( because he really is A BRILLIANT ACTOR), and he’s back to do ONLY ONE episode of SG1. The fan uproar is about to get going and he will be in Ireland doing a spiritual film.

Good for you Michael and I for one can’t wait to see it. Chris Judge is writing something for him - come on Peter Deluise,Brad Wright, where are you? Remember your comment, Brad ’ I told him if he wants to come back to just phone me’. Time to pull out the stops, PHONE HIM Brad. Michael says it will be by negotiation - he's still available and willing, so give us Danieland Michael back in the last 4/5 TEAM episodes where they belong, PLUS the film + an option on the spin off. NB It would be really good drama if Jonas got killed off suddenly for dramatic effect! Respectfully, Carole

carole campbell <carolecampbell1@hotmail.com>
Leicester, UK - Monday, May 6, 2002, 6:13 PM

I'm writing to you just to tell you how sad am I about the retirement of Daniel Jackson at the end of season 5 of Stargate SG1.

SG1 is, I think, just one team with four unique characters and I don't think we can still call this crew SG1 if Daniel Jackson isn't in it anymore.

You should change your mind about the last part of season 6 and make Daniel Jackson come back with all the three other members.

Give us a great final ending to this great show that is Stargate SG1.

Olivier
France - Monday, May 6, 2002, 5:36 PM

Translation:

My name is Matthew, I am seven years old and I love Stargate very much. I don't want Daniel to go because he is who best knows the signs and the languages of the different worlds"

Matthew
France - Monday, May 6, 2002, 5:35 PM

Daniel Jackson a une connaissance et une curiosité qui sont essentielles dans la découverte des nouveaux mondes et des peuples qui s'y trouvent; il déchiffre les caractéres linguistiques des peuples.

Je pense qu'éliminer son personnage serait grotesque, aucun des autres personnages ne posséde ses compétences.

Cette série est trés bien ainsi et j'éspere qu'elle continuera encore longtemps.

Je ne sais pas si mon témoignage servira mais je tenais à faire parti de ceux qui soutiennent Daniel Jackson.

Translation:

I unfortunately do not speak English but I wanted to provide my comments anyways. I like STARGATE very much and so does my 7 year old son; I also liked the film very much.

I don't see how the series can continue without Daniel Jackson. He is a member of the team and plays an important role, as important as the others, they all have their personalities, knowledge and they complement each other. We also shouldn't forget that he was the one that opened the gate.

Daniel Jackson has knowledge and curiosity that are essential in the discovery of new worlds and races on those worlds; he deciphers the linguistic character of people.

I think that removing his character would be an abomination, none of the other characters possess his qualities.

I don't know if my comments will help but I wanted to join those that support Daniel Jackson.

Cathy
France - Monday, May 6, 2002, 5:34 PM

I have been a dedicated Stargate fan since Sg1 first made their appearance in South Africa. Even though we have only been priveledged enough to see 3 Seasons we have fallen in love with ALL 4 the members of SG 1.

I beg you to reconsider wrighting Daniel Jackson out of Stargate. No Daniel means no Stargate. What would the Stargate project be like with no silly geeky Daniel to get them all in trouble??

If you right Daniel out you are killing you own Serries. Don't make a HUGE mistake. Bring Daniel back! We don't want no Stargate without Daniel!!

Daniel is part of the heart and soul of Stargate. He went through the first time that Gate was activated, you take Daniel away you might as well never dail up that Gate again.

So I beg you, please, bring back Daniel Jackson. Don't kill Stargat don't let it lose it's Magic. Please do the right thing and bring back our Geek!!

Please.

Arora
South Africa - Monday, May 6, 2002, 5:29 PM

Please keep Daniel Jackson on as part of Stargate. I really love the show. The character of Daniel Jackson's knowledge of archeology, ancient Egyptian artifacts and ancient civilizations makes him an interesting part of the show.

It seems like the thought that some of these ancient civilizations may have come from other worlds that could be accessed by the stargate could make for some great story lines.

The show will not be the same without Daniel Jackson. I urge you to reconsider keeping Daniel on the show. I look forward to watching the SG-1 team every Saturday night.

Kim
IL, USA - Monday, May 6, 2002, 5:28 PM

I support Michael Shanks and plead that he be brought back into his rightful place in the show.

Thanking You.

Jennifer
Australia - Monday, May 6, 2002, 5:27 PM

I'm writing from another country to beg you not to write off the character of Daniel Jackson (or any other). It would be impossible to imagine the show without him.

Luis
Spain - Monday, May 6, 2002, 5:26 PM

Terri
NC, USA - Monday, May 6, 2002, 5:25 PM

Donna
Canada - Monday, May 6, 2002, 5:23 PM

Margie & Angie <margaretloftus@bushinternet.com>
Liverpool, England - Monday, May 6, 2002, 4:53 PM

You've managed single-handedly to take what started out as an amazing NEW Sci-Fi show and turn it in to a rather boring soap opera. Not content with that, you then push out the best character (and by far the best ACTOR) in the show and leave us with.... Parker Lewis?

I'm not happy. I realise the letter I wrote probably won't do a thing, however, I can make sure that my money (and time) isn't spent watching Season Six on the Sci-Fi channel (sorry Ms. Hammer, but you bought a pig-in-a-poke)the movie or any spin-off series that might result. Including the Stargate cartoon.

Jeff Littlejohn <Work email is private>
Petaluma, California - Monday, May 6, 2002, 3:36 PM

For me DJ is the heart of stargate sg-1, without him there will be no meaning of watching stargate. it just like India without Ghandi..there will be no India. with the new comers of other tv programme such as Beastmaster, Roswell etc,etc and the losing of DJ in stargate sg-1,no purpose for me to stick to these programme who seems forgot where they came from....

ivy <poison_iviey@ yahoo.co.uk>
malaysia - Monday, May 6, 2002, 3:23 PM

When I first saw the movie Stargate many years ago, I was intrigued that here was a mixture of the best of two different types of men, each the best in their own way - the protective, military type, Jack, and the probing intellectual, Daniel. In order for Earth to be saved, it took BOTH of them, working together, each in their own way, though in the beginning, they couldn't see the logic of the other's method of saving civilization as they knew it. I saw something fresh, revived, and as someone who doesn't watch much television, (I only have three shows that I watch with any regularity at all, and two of those are comedy shows because most of what is on the television now is regurgitated garbage), I was deliriously happy to learn that the movie had spawned a series, and once again, as many years ago, in a little low budget show named Star Trek, there was to be a triumverate, a military man, (Jack/Kirk), a man of heart and soul, (Daniel/McCoy), and a male of alien origin, having a touch of each, and yet his own mysterious personna that would intrigue (Teal'c/Spock), all together forming the ideal of our masculine 'hero', compassionate, yet intellectual, humorous, yet protective, ironic, yet in control.

To see this fine trio of characters interact, with the addition of a female character who was able to stand her ground in this fascinating collage of masculinity, to offer scientific possibilities of discovery in a setting that was not so futuristic as to seem impossible, I was in front of my television every chance I got to see every moment, every second of every episode, to watch every rerun, to bathe in the glory that is Stargate: SG-1.

I was thrilled to find new, imaginative, fantastic stories about characters that opened my mind, soul and heart to new possibilities in this hopeless world that I must deal with every day.

Today, May 6th 2002, my hope was shattered, when I learned that a part of that wonderful trio may be eliminated, removed, as though it were a dead organ, no longer needed. I cannot believe that people who created such a wonderous marvel in the insulting world of televsion writing and programming could be throwing away such a creative and marvelous outlet for the dreams and hopes of a world torn apart by terrorism, death, crime, drugs, hatred, a show that in it's own subtle way, teaches us that everyone, no matter how different from their companions, has something wonderful and meaningful to add to our continuing survival in this world.

Perhaps, as happens with writing, it has become difficult to decide where the character of Daniel Jackson is to go next, for he is a character whose raison d'etre is to search the past. But please, remember that he searches the past to learn, to teach us how to handle the future.

Please, look at the past, at what happened to that little, low budget show named Star Trek when it was taken off the air, when it's formula was disturbed by character neglect, and how much was lost, in the joy it created, in the loyalty that was severely tested between the studio that produced it and the fans who supported that studio with their time, their interest, and their money, and in the lost of income the studio and producers went through when they carelessly tossed aside one small, precious jewel of a little show, by ignoring the people that it was supposedly created for.

Learn from the past, and please, don't throw away the future. Keep our ideal trio strong, let our children have good, strong role models, for these are the people that will defend and protect us in our golden years. Give them a Daniel Jackson to record our past, for, without him, would there have been any kind of happy ending in the movie? I do believe we need Daniel Jackson, and Michael Shanks, more than we can ever know.

Please, keep Michael, and keep Daniel Jackson. Don't let history repeat itself.

Lucas
AZ, USA - Monday, May 6, 2002, 1:36 PM

Tom
IL, USA - Monday, May 6, 2002, 1:30 PM

I can not believe that (1) Daniel Jackson is no longer on the show and (2) that MGM and others involved have not done anything to resolve the situation, bring Michael Shanks and get the chemistry back that has made the show such a big success worldwide. I personally am a huge fan and look forward to owning the enitre series on dvd. PLEASE, heed the concerns of all of the fans of the show. I would hate to see the "higher ups" decide to change the chemistry of the show and take it in a different direction when it was so great the way it was. Thank you for your time!

Joseph
Mississippi, USA - Monday, May 6, 2002, 1:30 PM

Wayne "Doc"
CT, USA - Monday, May 6, 2002, 1:29 PM

I have been watching SG-1 for years, and the character Daniel Jackson is an integral part of this show. I am very likely to stop watching the show without his character. Please consider bringing him back.

James
AR, USA - Monday, May 6, 2002, 1:27 PM

Carmenza Zambrano <Menchaza@aol.com>
Woodside , NY . USA - Monday, May 6, 2002, 11:21 AM

als erstes möchte ich Euch mitteilen, daß mir Eure Initiative Daniel Jackson in das SG-1 Team zurückzuholen, sehr gut gefällt.

Ich finde es sehr schade, daß er derzeit nicht mehr Teil der Serie ist, da gerade er Ausschlag gebend für das Stargate-Projekt war. Ohne ihn wären Reisen in andere Welten nicht möglich gewesen. Gerade in der Hinsicht, daß das SG-1 Team auf neue Planten reist, muß ein Archiologe mit von der Party sein.

Bitte fügt DJ wieder dem SG-1 Team hinzu. Stargate wäre sonst nicht mehr das, was es derzeit (hier in Deutschland hat gerade erst die 5. Staffel begonnen) noch ist.

Sollte DJ nicht mehr bei Stargate auftauchen, befürchte ich, daß die Serie zu sehr ins militärische geht und sich somit nicht mehr von anderen Serien abhebt.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Translation:

Hello all,

First I would like to let you know that I hope your initiative of bringing back Daniel Jackson to SG-1 goes well.

I think it is a pity that he, who was the starter of the Stargate project, isn't a part of the series anymore. Without him, travels to other worlds are not possible. From the beginning, whenever SG-1 went to a new planet, an archaeologist had to be part of the group. Please let DJ come back.

Stargate won't be the same (here in Germany Season 5 has just started) when the time comes. If DJ is never returned to Stargate, I'm afraid that the show would become too militaristic and will never distinguish itself from other series.

Best wishes.

HH

Helmut
Germany - Monday, May 6, 2002, 2:17 PM

D Müller
Germany - Monday, May 6, 2002, 3:12 AM

Darlene
Kentucky/USA - Sunday, May 5, 2002, 8:44 PM

Piers <NO E-MAIL SORRY.>
Ontario, Canada - Sunday, May 5, 2002, 5:58 PM

We love Daniel only him no one else without him there is no show get him back please please. We want the show to continue but it will not without him...Daniel Jackson so you must get him back promise him anything he is important to you should you not see this .We know this he knows this there is no Stargate without him he is Stargate.

Thankyou for this I hope you listen to all the people who are talking to you we now stargate we know the show the people we love Jcak and Daniel are Stargate they are the show do not kill them we want only them we want the team all of them together , forever. Give us them back please is that too much to ask? If not goodbye from Hollland forever we watch only for him. Thankyou gooodbye.

ellaina <private>
amsterdam, Sunday, May 5, 2002, 5:42 PM

Thorsten Hallwas
Germany - Sunday, May 5, 2002, 5:00 PM

Why is a Stargate episode focussed on a bunch of OCs? I don't know these people from Adam and what's more, don't give a shit about them. I want to see what's happening with my team - that is to say *all* of my team, not just fifty percent of them - and, silly me, that's why I'm watching the episode in the first place. Over the past five years I've developed this admittedly ridiculous, possibly foolishly optomistic and naively trusting expectation tuning into an episode of a series entitled Stargate SG-1 will *guarentee* the ensuing 44 minutes will in fact *be* about the team featured prominently in the title and in the opening credits of said series as advertised - (that's what I want, that's why I'm watching the darned thing in the first place) and instead during this particular episode of this here series that's supposed to be about my team all I'm getting is stupid, snotty nosed kids.

What's going on here?

Oh wait, I forgot, this is the fifth season right, this IS what Stargate is all about now, right? Everything else BUT the team and the Stargate.

Well, you'll forgive me, but I'm not the slightest bit interested in what happens to a bunch of Mary Sues. Life is short, my time is precious, and I think I'll spend the rest of the hours doing something useful.

Do give me a call when this series gets back to being about SG-1 again, will you? And I do mean, ALL of SG-1, not SG.75 and the Tagalong Traitor. I don't care about what happens to *him* either. Unless his future with the team involves them throwing him into the wrong end of the wormhole....

TTFN.

ITWS <private>
Canada - Saturday, May 4, 2002, 10:02 PM

Katherine C Pyron <pyrotech@theramp.net>
Galt, IL - Saturday, May 4, 2002, 6:09 PM

Found this site. Blew my socks off when I found out I was right to be worried.

I can't believe what all has been going on. It amazes me that MGM and Brad Wright are so willing to kill off the golden goose. Daniel Jackson was "everyman". We who watched the series could relate to him in a way we couldn't to O'Neill, Carter and Teal'c. I have no reason to watch the show when it turns up on Sci-Fi, which is a shame since I'm a bif Farscape fan and was looking forward to Friday nights.

On another note: what are you trying to do with O'Neill? He has turned into the DUMBEST idiot I've ever seen. If he acted like that in the real world, he'd be out of the AF so fast he'd leave his shoes behind.

Dave Emerton <no spam allowed>
Salinas, CA USA - Saturday, May 4, 2002, 5:57 PM

Anne
Germany - Saturday, May 4, 2002, 12:00 PM

THE REAL C@M3L3ON <the_cam3l3on@freemail.hu>
saint george, romania - Saturday, May 4, 2002, 8:39 AM

Katherine
Atlanta, GA - Friday, May 3, 2002, 11:40 PM