Original sentence: It has been interpreted as a special case in wormhole physics, but more likely, the SG-1 writers wrote themselves into a corner.It is never explained sufficiently why the gate does not deactivate at 38 minutes.The song of lament is possibly a loose reference to Star Trek, where one episode had Spock sing a song, an episode that George Takei, who played Lt.The wormhole shutting down at 38 minutes would have been anti-climactic, but there was no other possible way to resolve the problem.They go to Senator Kinsey's house, the politician who almost had the SGC shut down in the end of season one.When Senator Kinsey exits the house with O'Neill and Maybourne accompanying, NID is prevented from moving to apprehend the pair by the press, whom O'Neill called to create a diversion
Edited sentence: "(Note: the author believes this could possibly be a loose reference to Star Trek, where one episode had Spock sing a song, an episode that George Takei, who played Lt.(Note: it is never explained sufficiently why this is.The author believes you could interpret it as a special case in wormhole physics, but more likely, the SG-1 writers wrote themselves into a corner, as it were: the wormhole shutting down at 38 minutes would have been anti-climactic, but there was no other possible way to resolve the problem.They go the Senator Kinsey's house, the politician who almost had the SGC shut down in the end of season one.When Senator Kinsey exits the house with O'Neill and Maybourne accompanying, NID is prevented from moving to apprehend the pair by the press, whom O'Neillcalled to create a diversion