i haven not always be a fan and but the show grow on me . it wasn not until after season 5 that i start to see the richness of the show . they finally bring daniel jackson search for his wife to an end and finally most of the go and ould system lord be kill by rival lord and sg 1 or others . towards season 5 and stargate sg 1 and be begin to become stale . with the new writer and the close attention by produer peter deleuise and the show become more and more solid . the character have become stale a well . colonel jack oneill be the stereotypical hero with emotional baggage . after his son charlie be kill in a shooting accident with oneill weapon and he have decide to end his own life by go to abydos in order to face off with the goould ra . the character offer little growth for any actor and actor richard dean anderson choose to play him straight raise emotional barrier to protect himself . only allow his close friend in . amanda tapping join the cast a captain samantha carter . she be a feminist on the edge and ready to battle any man who would doubt her ability to do her job . though this character have little area to grow and tap have do a great job of concentrate on carter strength . she have take the time to get a basic understanding of some of the thing carter talk about in order that she can present the character intelligently . christopher judge join the cast play the alien tealc . tealc be an alien call the jaffa . infant goould and ( snake like creature ) would embed themselves into the jaffa until they have grow to the point when it would be insert into another life form . the jaffa would die . tealc be the first prime of apophis army . know that apophis be not a god like goould pretend and he realize the genocide that their army have wreak on the galaxy . finally and have have enough and he and jack oneill free their team along with quite a few innocent people . after arrive on earth and he realize that earth be the planet he be look for and who would help him fight the goould . christopher judge have do quite a bit with a limited character . tealc be a wise warrior and much of which he learn be from his teacher master bratac . the show would not be complete without master bratac play by tony amandola . he be also a rock . in the end and he become adviser to most of sg 1 and especially daniel jackson . don s. davil be there from the begin play major general george hammand . davis have do an incredible job with hammond make him sympathetic and normal . he do his job and have a wife and son and daughter and grandchild . you can really say and he be the anchor of the base . simply and i would die for that man . if not allow by his superior to provide troop to support team off world . he will go himself . he doesn not leave anyone behind . i save dr. daniel jackson for last and because this character and i believe have grow the most in the ten or eleven year it have be on . in choose shank i do not think the producer realize how strong shank would be and now when people talk about jackson and they do not talk about spader and they talk about shank . in the early year and the jackson character come off a a whiner . that why i probably wasn not a fan . a the season paste and the character become strong . this give him confidence . in the end and a of season 10 and the jackson character have mature to the point that he have become a self sacrificing hero . he still monitor the group ethic . he still be lead at provide information that can move any mission forward . acheaology and history and culture and exploration be part of his very be . he be determine . though a man of peace and he have mature to the point that use his weapon may be the only way to solve a disagreement . other character include and most recently represent vala mal doran ( claudia black ) and colonel cameron mitchell ( ben browder ) and new lead of sg 1. both actor come from a series call farscape and why they be put together be any body guess . i see little difference between mitchell and crichton ( farscape character ) . black character be simply off the wall . definitely different from her soldier like character arin soon .