I do love checking in with SG-1. On the timeline of shows this comes in right after the season five opener of Atlantis, which I watch next week. It also raises some interesting character stuff, because as good as she is, Carter (Amanda Tapping) isn’t as strong a presence and leader in this as she is in Atlantis. And despite seeing Teal’c (Christopher Judge) a few episodes back with long hair, it’s gone now.

Not that it matters overall, it’s still a very fun ride.

Ba’al (Cliff Simon), the last Goa’uld system lord has finally been captured, and he is about to have his symbiote removed. SG-1 has been invited to observe the ceremony. Mitchell (Ben Browder), Carter, Teal’c, Daniel (Micheal Shanks), Vala (Claudia Black) and Jack O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) are all present.

But Ba’al has one last desperate plan, a temporal incursion to stop the Stargate from ever having arrived in America. It’s lost before it ever arrives. Ba’al has changed Earth’s past, and it has a ripple effect across the galaxy.

SG-1 (some of them) are able to make it through the Stargate but wind up in an altered timeline, filled with familiar faces, and a massive threat that could wipe out all of Earth.

In this new timeline, however, not everyone wants the timeline restored. This is the only one they’ve every known, what gives SG-1 the right?

There are some great locations, some great shots, and lots of fun and action. Everything you would want from a final SG-1 adventure. And it also plays with paradoxes and fun time travel.

And of course, with alternate timelines it means that versions of our heroes will be killed off, fighting nobly to the end to further the mission. Everyone makes sacrifices to restore the timeline, no matter the personal cost, or the wait, temporally speaking of course.

Written by Brad Wright, Continuum ends up being a very fun ride, that lets us have one final run with some beloved characters. It was great to see O’Neill again, and Anderson gets a couple of fun beats, not only the comedic stuff, but also some dramatic moments.

In the end, it ends up being a story for Mitchell, Carter and Daniel. There’s a nice moment with Daniel calling his alternate self to offer some advice, and it’s also fun to see how SG-1 interacts with the people we recognize, but are different from the ones we know. Landry (Beau Bridges), Hammond (Don S. Davis), Walter (Gary Jones), Hayes (William Devane) and Siler (Dan Shea) all make welcome appearances.

Next time, I start the fifth and final season of Atlantis, and then I start Universe after that. Just in time for more information about the new Stargate series to whet my appetite.