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[Colonel Carter]

What kind of episode titles are these? Sounds like the writers were sitting at their computers a little too long. :p How do they relate to the topic of their episodes?

[Anissa T]

Depends on what the episode(s) are about.

[Colonel Carter]

Well that's also kind of what I'm asking. I don't understand how those titles reflect the episode. Also the first season title "Cold Lazarus." I don't understand that title either given the episode.

[Anissa T]

As far as Cold Lazerus is concerned I'm not quite sure why they named it that. I bet someone in the Gateworld chatroom knows that.

I think the Icon episode is not a reference to a computer icon. I think Icon was in reference to the group of radicals who believed the Stargate was an Iconic representation of the ancient gods.


also i·kon (kn)An image; a representation.
A representation or picture of a sacred or sanctified Christian personage, traditionally used and venerated in the Eastern Church.

The Avatar episode I think they are using a term for video games since the writers used the Australian team who came up with the Stargate PC game to help them with this episode (according to Gateworld). I've seen the episode twice and actually think that the title is quite fitting as Teal'C was inside a video game (sort of) and/or virtual reality.


avatar-<chat, virtual reality> An image representing a user in a
multi-user virtual reality (or VR-like, in the case of
Palace) space.

[Colonel Carter]

With Cold Lazarus, when I think of Lazarus, I think of the guy in the Bible who died and Jesus called him back to life. Maybe it has something to do with that because Charlie is dead, yet the alien changed to look like him.