History Recap / StargateSG1S10E13TheRoadNotTaken

* AbsenteeActor: Daniel does not appear in this episode, having been captured by the Ori in "[[Recap/StargateSG1S10E11TheQuestPart2 The Quest, Part 2]]". The same fate befell his counterpart in the alternate reality.

* NotSoDifferent: Near the end of the episode, Alternate Landry argues that the moral compromises he has made are not all that different from the moral compromises Carter makes in her own universe to keep the Stargate a secret.

* WhamShot: The Secret Service using Goa'uld weapons on a protester at the presidential reception. It's what finally wakes Sam up to the fact that this alternate universe is ''way'' worse off then she initially thought.

** The existence of the Stargate program was revealed to the general public during [[Recap/StargateSG1S7E22LostCityPart2 Anubis' attack on Earth]]. [[RealityEnsues Mass hysteria and panic followed]], with other countries in the international community turning on the US. The US swiftly placed under martial law as a result.

** The existence of the Stargate program was revealed to the general public during [[Recap/StargateSG1S7E22LostCityPart2 Anubis's attack on Earth]]. [[RealityEnsues Mass hysteria and panic followed]], with other countries in the international community turning on the US. The US swiftly placed under martial law as a result.

A freak lab accident transports Carter to an alternate universe where the Stargate program was made public following [[Recap/StargateSG1S7E22LostCityPart2 Anubis's attack on Earth]]. After using the phase-shifting device to help defend the alternate Earth from an Ori fleet, she finds that ''President'' Landry is unwilling to let her return to her own universe.

A freak lab accident transports Carter to an alternate universe where the stargate program was made public following [[Recap/StargateSG1S7E22LostCityPart2 Anubis's attack on Earth]]. After using the phase-shifting device to help defend the alternate Earth from an Ori fleet, she finds that ''President'' Landry is unwilling to let her return to her own universe.

** Carter is still a Major, Teal'c returned to the Jaffa following the defeat of the Goa'uld, and Vala is locked in a cell in Area 51 (which implicitly means that Adira doesn't exist in this alternate universe).

** The alternate universe SGC had visited Glastonbury, likely how they [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E2AvalonPart2 drew the Ori to the Milky Way Galaxy]], and had imprisoned Vala, but knew nothing about Atlantis. In the main timeline, Vala only came to know Daniel and Earth (leading them to Glastonbury) because of [[Recap/StargateSG1S8E12PrometheusUnbound when she stole]] ''[[Recap/StargateSG1S8E12PrometheusUnbound Prometheus]]'', during its attempted mission to Atlantis.

* CrapsackWorld: The alternate universe visited by Carter is, to put it delicately, ''awful.'' After mass rioting and hysteria in the wake of Anubis' attack, the United States has become a brutal dictatorship under Landry that uses ImportedAlienPhlebotinum to maintain control. Also, Earth has also abandoned its interstellar allies, leaving most of the Milky Way to the "mercy" of the Ori.

* NotSoDifferent: Near the end of the episode, Alternate!Landry argues that the moral compromises he has made are not all that different from the moral compromises Carter makes in her own universe to keep the Stargate a secret.

* BeingGoodSucks[=/=]NoGoodDeedsGoesUnpunished: Alternate Mitchell was upset at the violation of civil rights he saw and called the government on it. They responded by kicking him out of the military and stopped his treatment, leaving him a bitter wheelchair bound alcoholic.

-->'''Alt![=McKay=]:''' Oh my God, you're a lesbian. Is that what you're trying to tell me?

** The existence of the stargate program was revealed to the general public during [[Recap/StargateSG1S7E22LostCityPart2 Anubis's attack on Earth]]. Mass hysteria and panic followed, with other countries in the international community turning on the US, which was swiftly placed under martial law.

** Carter is still a Major, Teal'c returned to the Jaffa following the defeat of the Goa'uld, and Vala is locked in a cell in Area 51.

* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: The alternate Secret Service use Goa'uld pain sticks on protestors.

* NotSoDifferent: Near the end of the episode, alternate Landry argues that the moral compromises he has made are not all that different from the moral compromises Carter makes in her own universe to keep the Stargate a secret.

* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica: Landry declared martial law in the US due to the rioting that followed the reveal of the stargate program. This involves censoring the press and using Goa'uld cattle prods on unarmed protesters.
* PresidentEvil: Alternate Landry. The fact that he just acts like his usual self makes it even creepier.

* WhamShot: The Secret Service using Goa'uld weapons on a protestor at the presidential reception. It's what finally wakes Sam up to the fact that this alternate universe is ''way'' worse off then she initially thought.

** Hammond and Landry give it right back to her when they point out that Carter is in no position to judge them. It's rather easy for her to make judgments about their universe when she doesn't have to live there. As alternate Landry puts it, they have no where to run to if things get too bad.

* MovingTheGoalposts: After initially agreeing to help Carter get back to her own reality if she helps him defend his Earth from the Ori, Landry changes to terms of their deal and refuses to let her leave once he realizes how invaluable she is, both for her scientific knowledge and as a public figurehead for his press campaign.

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: [=McKay=] states he was given one when offered the chance of becoming President Landry's new scientific adviser.

* NotSoDifferent: Near the end of the episode, alternate Landry argues that the moral compromises he has made are not all that different from the moral compromises Carter has to make to keep the Stargate a secret.

* EntertainglyWrong: When Carter returns, she wonders how the team did trying to find her. The team is forced to admit that they actually thought that Carter had been rendered into an intangible state as happened in an earlier episode. Carter has to laugh when she realizes that for the three weeks she was gone, the team took turns talking and "keeping company" to an empty room.

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: [=McKay=}] states he was given one when offered the chance of becoming President Landry's new scientific adviser.

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: McKay states he was given one when offered the chance of becoming President Landry's new scientific adviser.

* WhatTheHellHero: Carter calls out the alternate versions of both Hammond and Landry after realizing just how far the police state has gone.

** Hammond and Landry give it right back to her when they point out that Carter is in no position to judge them. It's rather easy for her to make judgments about their universe when she doesn't have to live there. As alternate Landry puts it, they have no where to run to if things get too bad.