Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9206 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-04-28
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Number of discs: 6
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 6
• Running time: 800 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
It now seems clear that year five of Stargate will be remembered as the one where something went awry with Daniel Jackson. Lots of behind-the-scenes rumours fuelled the idea of cast tension, but whatever the problem, his sudden departure from the show was obviously via a hastily contrived scenario. In retrospect, there must have been a problem for some while before the weird penultimate episode ("Meridian"). Michael Shanks looks frequently bored in his rare moments of individual screen time as he infiltrates a Goa'uld meeting and even when making friends with a creature everyone else wants dead. In fact, there's only one point when everyone really seems to be having fun, and that's in the spoof 100th episode "Wormhole X-treme!"

Most shows go through a run-around, skin-of-their-teeth period awaiting renewal and it certainly seems to have affected storylines this year. For example, a next generation of younger SG teams is introduced. Replacements? The most unfortunate aspect of things however was that not a single episode managed to stand alone on its own merits. Every single story was dependent on a part of the greater interwoven warring species threads. Some of the one-off tales were terrific in and of themselves, but it was as if the writers fell into the trap of having to refer to as much backstory as possible, perhaps to ensure loose ends could be easily wrapped up? Ultimately none of this mattered since the show went on for quite a while. --Paul Tonks

Special Features
English
Region 2

Synopsis
A boxset of the fifth season of the very popular sci-fi series.
Contains the episodes:
ENEMIES
THRESHOLD
ASCENSION
THE FIFTH MAN
RED SKY
RITE OF PASSAGE
BEAST OF BURDEN
THE TOMB
BETWEEN TWO FIRES
2001
DESPERATE MEASURES
WORMHOLE X-TREME!
PROVING GROUND
48 HOURS
SUMMIT
LAST STAND
FAIL SAFE
THE WARRIOR
MENACE
THE SENTINEL
MERIDIAN
REVELATIONS