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Today's Topic: Pete in SG1
In Chimera, when we first meet Pete, he and Carter have been dating for a while already. In the episode, Pete, feeling that Sam is being less than truthful and honest with him, checks up on her and even follows her.
I've read a lot of comments that say this is stalking and therefore shows that Pete is unstable and overly possessive of Carter. I just don't see it that way.
When we first meet Pete, he and Sam are in an established and serious relationship (not that I really see Carter -- or Pete, for that matter -- having any other kind of relationship). With the "Deep Space Radar Telemetry" cover that she has, it doesn't allow for a lot of "top secret" believability. In fact, it makes the physical aspects of gate travel impossible to explain away as job related. Well, job related to Deep Space Radar Telemetry, at least.
Pete's a cop. He knows Sam is lying to him about a large portion of her life. We know that the lies cover a totally legal and honorable profession, but there's no way for Pete to know that. There are a whole lot of extra-legal things that Sam could have been doing. All of which would have been much more believable than reality. Pete's job being what it is, he had to have some concern that he would be compromised at some point by whatever it was Sam was lying about.
I just don't see Pete's actions as stalkerish. And neither did Sam, since she continued to date him and even had him approved to know about the Stargate program.
Sure the plotting opens up a whole lot of other show/canon questions, but just from a character standpoint, I don't see Pete's actions as being that out of line.
For all you SG1 fans out there, what do you think? Am I being to soft on the guy? Was Sam? Would have it been more honorable for Pete to just dump Sam because she was lying to him?
In Chimera, when we first meet Pete, he and Carter have been dating for a while already. In the episode, Pete, feeling that Sam is being less than truthful and honest with him, checks up on her and even follows her.
I've read a lot of comments that say this is stalking and therefore shows that Pete is unstable and overly possessive of Carter. I just don't see it that way.
When we first meet Pete, he and Sam are in an established and serious relationship (not that I really see Carter -- or Pete, for that matter -- having any other kind of relationship). With the "Deep Space Radar Telemetry" cover that she has, it doesn't allow for a lot of "top secret" believability. In fact, it makes the physical aspects of gate travel impossible to explain away as job related. Well, job related to Deep Space Radar Telemetry, at least.
Pete's a cop. He knows Sam is lying to him about a large portion of her life. We know that the lies cover a totally legal and honorable profession, but there's no way for Pete to know that. There are a whole lot of extra-legal things that Sam could have been doing. All of which would have been much more believable than reality. Pete's job being what it is, he had to have some concern that he would be compromised at some point by whatever it was Sam was lying about.
I just don't see Pete's actions as stalkerish. And neither did Sam, since she continued to date him and even had him approved to know about the Stargate program.
Sure the plotting opens up a whole lot of other show/canon questions, but just from a character standpoint, I don't see Pete's actions as being that out of line.
For all you SG1 fans out there, what do you think? Am I being to soft on the guy? Was Sam? Would have it been more honorable for Pete to just dump Sam because she was lying to him?
