Weir, and subsequently Torri Higginson, was written off of Stargate Atlantis is related to that certain lack of depth or characterization for her character. Higginson seemed to feel as if Dr. I think everybody can take a bit of responsibility for that, obviously, myself included.
So yeah, I imagine that was it. Weir too passively. She revealed that producers gave her the option of becoming a recurring character. However, she disagreed with their approach, and she instead decided to simply bow out. I found that quite s——, to be honest.
Well, in a interview via GateWorld , he said that he wanted to spend more time with his daughter. His only child, Wylie Quinn Anderson, was born in , during the second season of Stargate SG-1 , and Anderson felt the series was taking too much time away from his relationship with his child. These feelings grew stronger as the show progressed, and in seasons six and seven of Stargate SG-1 , Anderson started to reduce his workload.
The writers would occasionally sideline his character in episodes to allow the rest of the SG-1 cast to step up and fill the gap. Then, in season eight, O'Neill became a minor character altogether. Every so often, Anderson made a guest-starring appearance on the series and other Stargate shows and movies , but he essentially left the franchise as a main character.
It's no surprise that Amanda Tapping has continued to enjoy a very successful career in Hollywood since the end of her Stargate days.
Not only is she an impressive actor, but she also has experience behind the camera as a director and producer. As for her time on Stargate , Tapping played the highly intelligent Samantha Carter, who begins her arc as a captain before eventually getting promoted, and was a member of the cast for all ten seasons of SG After the show ended, she was brought onto the spinoff series Stargate Atlantis as a main character for its fourth season.
But after that, she only showed up as a guest actor. So where did she go? Well, according to an interview with SheKnows , Tapping left the franchise to focus on her own show for the Syfy Network, which was called Sanctuary. In addition to starring in the series, she also produced and directed a few episodes.
After all, she had experience calling the shots on Stargate as she'd directed one episode of SG-1 "Resurrection". Around the time Tapping left the franchise, she began doing more work behind the camera, and perhaps this desire was one of the big reasons she moved on past her gate-traveling days. But Tapping was never too far from her roots, as she still guest-starred in the Stargate franchise after she stepped down as a main character. Michael Shanks played the archeologist Dr. Daniel Jackson, who sort of served as the conscience and cultural liaison of the SG Even though Shanks acted until the end of Stargate SG-1 , he left the show temporarily during season six.
At the end of season five, Shanks didn't renew his contract for a reason as old as time — he had creative disagreements with the writers. Shanks didn't get terribly specific about the reasons for his departure, but he's claimed his character Daniel Jackson wasn't being used to his full potential. To summarize his feelings, Shanks said in a Stargate interview , "I had begun to think the show would work just as well without me, and that's when I felt that I had to go.
By the end of season five, Daniel Jackson had finished his story arc with his wife, Sha'uri Mili Avital , which was the whole reason his character even joined SG-1 in the first place.
After that, it was unclear why Jackson was even on the show, despite being a lovable character. At the end of season five, Daniel Jackson "ascended," which is sort of like dying but not really. The people behind the show brought Jackson back in season seven by having the character "descend" back to the mortal realm.
Shanks didn't have hard feelings about the incident and later insisted, "I thought the writing staff was just great and did a marvelous job.
Corin Nemec's time on Stargate SG-1 was short but memorable. Nemec initially played a minor character named Jonas Quinn, who was introduced in season five. Jonas Quinn was an optimistic alien capable of learning super fast.
He was eager to prove valuable to his people — the alien race known as the Langarians — and to SG-1, but he was deeply afraid of failure. Quinn had some big shoes to fill in the wake of Jackson's sudden departure, but Nemec's portrayal helped him win the hearts of the audience pretty quickly, although plenty of Stargate fans still missed Daniel Jackson.
Well, as fate would have it, Dr. Jackson returned to the show in season seven and regained his position as a main component of SG The result forced Jonas Quinn to become a minor character again in season seven, and Nemec was only a guest on a few episodes after that. Despite his quick reversal of fortune, Nemec has insisted he doesn't have any hard feelings about Shank's return. He was happy to just be on the show at all.
In an interview with writer Kurt Manwaring , Nemec stated, "Michael [Shanks] originated with that show, his return was very welcome. Though of course disappointed, I still was happy for Michael. Being an actor on a great show like Stargate is the best life ever. Don S. His character managed the multiple teams that traveled through the Stargate, including SG Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams?
Learn more. Why did Dr. Weir Torri Higginson leave Stargate: Atlantis? Ask Question. Asked 6 years, 7 months ago. Active 3 years ago. Viewed 98k times. Improve this question. Jenayah Are you asking in-universe or out-of-universe? Or both? Out of universe. In is just given by the plots. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. It seems to have been a combination of three factors: The Weir character had grown beyond what the producers had originally intended The writers didn't know how to keep that up Torri Higginson didn't want to continue in a reduced role Elizabeth Weir was never intended to be a main character; she was intended to be the support character, specifically to be like SG-1 's General Hammond.
According to a partial transcript of a livechat : Torri was always trying to bring more to Weir during those pauses. Improve this answer. Community Bot 1.
Jason Baker Jason Baker k 41 41 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. I can see why Torri was frustrated as an actress. Weir was set up as a master negotiator, "an expert in international politics. She, er, she mediates top level negotiations for the UN" , but was ineffectual leading Atlantis. She came off like an ineffectual den mother. Sheppard would regularly ignore her authority. She'd let Rodney do any transparently bad idea so long as he could wrap it in enough technobabble.
She should have been more like Gen Hammond: weighing opinions, setting strategy, mediating disputes, managing personalities. Schwern Can't disagree. It's sad because Weir was quite strong in her first appearance ; she was very competent, not letting either Kinsey or SG-1 push her around.
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