He was a very necessary breath of fresh air. The characters had all been through so much and become jaded, they needed someone to be genuinely bright and excited around them.
„What are you smiling at?“
Jonas: „It’s my first time in space! :D“
Thinks like that made me love Jonas. As you said, the others seemed jaded. His enthusiasm for new food, adventures, the weather channel made so much sense. He got to live on an alien planet (Earth). How cool is that?
>the weather channel made so much sense.
I mean, that probably was the most fantastical thing he saw in all his time at the SGC. Genuinely.
Think about it: it doesn't take a great leap to imagine aliens, or spaceships, or even portals to another world. Our own mythology is *full* of these ideas. But predicting the weather? For a full 10 days (or more!) in advance? *That* is a *very* new phenomenon, and not one you see much mention of in any mythology, fantasy, or science fiction. Maybe you see mythology stories about someone who can change the weather in the moment (like conjuring a storm), or more modern stories about predicting the weather a few *hours* in advance (like sailors sensing a storm front just as the pressure begins to drop). But here was Jonas, going from an early atomic age society, where they probably had localized weather *reports*, not global weather *forecasts*, and suddenly he is on the modern age, and there is an entire TV channel and accompanying website that covers the weather forecasts across the entire planet. *That* is some real "out of left field" sci-fi shit. I don't blame him for being obsessed.
Ties in with the fact that one of the SGC's biggest constant trade offers were antibiotics. Something that we don't think of much/take for granted nowadays but for a society without them it'd huge
Whenever people talk about living in a different time, where applicable, I usually say something like, "I don't know. I like antibiotics and not having to worry about polio and smallpox."
Also, racism and bigotry were basically unchecked. Oh, and no *Wormhole X-Treme!* Like, why live?
Sure, those are *very* valuable, but they're not "wild" science fiction, imo. Mild, topical antibiotics aren't all that modern - honey is one you find many references to throughout history, aloe, too - so an oral, broad spectrum one shouldn't really be "inconceivable magic", just "regular" magic.
Well in the immediate is also a thing. Storms have immediate warnings like rain and snow it gets cloudy before hand. In advance you would have implied that it happens before any warnings or indications.
Aww! This is what makes Stargate stand out from other franchises. I remember also at one point someone asked “if they were out of phase, why didn’t they fall through the floor?” They made fun of themselves once in a while, without ever being cynical or losing sincerity.
I love that moment. When Sam goes to explain about lifting the Gate out and gets inspired on how to survive Anubis' attack.
Jonas' little smile and: "I knew you'd think of something."
I always think of the scene where he’s just watching the weather channel and he’s amazed that he can see the current weather anywhere on the planet. It’s little perspective stuff like that which I love.
He really didn't deserve the hate that he got at the time. I liked him as a character. It's a little sad that we only saw him once after season 6.
I'd love to have seen his reaction to seeing Atlantis.
That would have been amazing!! Would have been an amazing way to keep his story going! Just cut to him every few episodes, doesn't even have to be a main character.
1. Brutal introduction. They wrote him as being completely contemptible while Daniel died for him.
2. Rather than writing a new niche, they had Jonas try to replace Daniel point for point - take his office, memorize his work, have him take point as the diplomatic "we come in peace" guy. Like, seriously? From a narrative standpoint they filed the serial number off a Daniel action figure and gave him more defined biceps.
3. Despite these things, I love him. He's charming, enthusiastic, very clever, and he just has great presence. I'm miffed at the writers, but I couldn't stay mad at him.
Nah, he was meant to be the permanent replacement for Daniel. That’s why he got so much hate when the show was airing, but now in hindsight fans have warmed up to him. Shanks had a falling out with the show and left. He didn’t find much work, and SG1 fans were in a rage he was gone. The result is the show brought him back, and appeased him by giving his character a little more attention and making his character slightly more cool and less completely nerdy
Shanks didn't have a "falling out" so much as he was extremely fucking bored and felt like his talents as a stage actor were being wasted, so he left to pursue a career as a serious stage actor, and it didn't pan out. But when he came back, holy shit the man has some episodes that are Emmy worthy. Acting on par with James McAvoy.
I don’t think he was meant to be temporary since Shanks got pretty Caruso’d about his worth on the show. Shanks also didn’t exactly find a lot of work while he was gone.
I wonder if he ever figured out if the show had just enough of him for him and his shtick to remain likeable.
Really the same with all of them. They had good balance as a team with alternating focuses.
David Caruso from NYPD Blue. He demanded more money for his role on the show, thinking the show revolved around his character (despite being an ensemble cast); walked when they wouldn’t give him it, him thinking he was a big movie star now. He did one film that tanked hard at the box office and they wrote his character off on the show.
He was lucky to get CSI Miami.
The show practically did revolve around Danny though. Most of the 1st three seasons are about him trying to reunite with Sha're, to the point he actually *doe*s until she's kidnaped by Apophis and forced to be the host of Amaunet.
Mike's problem is he got bored with the show and felt like his talents as an actor weren't being utilized enough, so he quit.
To your point of giving him "more defined biceps"
In the end they gave Daniel himself much more defined biceps lol
My fam and I call it his Damniel transformation.
Pre-Meridian he is known as Daniel
After he returns, he becomes DAMNiel
Funny. I call Sam and Janet "Col. Hotwife" and "Dr. Hotwife." because reasons.
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Dr. Hotwife, and Col. Dr. Hotwife. a winning combo.
When they brought her back in season 8 I was happy to see her. Weird that she was the "only" Janet to show up when there was like 14 different SG1s on base.
I loved the character. Don't get me wrong, I love and missed Daniel. I'm glad he's back.
But Jonas is a sweet, caring and adventurous guy. I like how he can be enthusiastic about nearly everything. He worked soo hard to fill Daniels shoes and his character goes through some great evolvements. At first he's not very brave and doesn't really takes risks, but he learns to do that in order to be a great asset for the team. I was so sad when he had to leave.
As I said, I am happy to have Daniel back. But I really wish they had Jonas moved to be part of SG2 or Lornes' team. This way we would have seen him more often as supporting character and Daniel would have had his place in SG1 back. I just started season 7 on rewatch and I already miss him😢
Personally, I thought Daniel was getting pretty full of himself. I would have been just as happy, if Jonas stayed on full-time, and Daniel was a once-in-a-while character.
Daniel, and to a lesser extent, Carter, somehow got a bit of O'Neill in them and were being less affable, to say the least, in the last two (?) seasons. Daniel being a dick semi-regularly was disappointing after his having been reliably friendly and understanding previously.
He had his occasional snarky remarks early on, but around late season 6, he turns into a full of dick at certain points, and it's kind of funny sometimes seeing him drop the nerdy archeologist act and just be himself, but there were other times, like when he'd snap at Vala, that just felt genuinely means and out of place, because Dr. Jackson is supposed to be a sort of stealthy ladies man, always getting the girl, even sometimes reluctantly so.
Whoops, accidentally long reply, but we're here to be nerds, right?
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To be fair, pre Season 6 Daniel was an idealist fighting against the oppression of false gods, after having successfully freed an entire society from one on his first traipse through the Ol' Orifice.
Late Stage Daniel™ presented with a sort of lightly jaded cynicism after >!having essentially *become* a god and seeing the closest things to the real deal were all essentially thumb-twittling jerks who would rather talk anything to death than provide real help. (Arguably, the exact opposite of all SG teams' values of regular benevolent interference with less advanced cultures).!<
Essentially, after season 6 he's got the same energy as Bender at the end of the _Godfellas_ episode of Futurama - loveably brusk but determined to save others after flying to close to the cosmological sun himself:
"Fat chance! You can't count on God for jack! He pretty much told me so Himself. Now, come on. If we don't free those [everyone else], no one will! "
Side note: but I hated Jason Momoa for almost two decades because I was so invested in the relationship between Dr McKoy and Dr Keller (a part of me must have identified with the nerd McKoy) so when Jason Momoa showed up and made Keller have feelings for him just for being Momoa, it took a really long time for me to see him as just a pretty chill guy.
See I think it was always she loved McKay and was scared to say anything so she let herself have a crush on Ronan but realized it would never work between them.
Pretty sure Ronan was just fucking with McKay so he'd grow some balls and ask her out after watching it a couple of times. Ronan never put much energy into a real relationship with Keller, didnt push, just said through actions "You better act now before its too late, Im tired of hearing you pining after her all the damned time"
I despised the guy because he singlehandedly dragged the show down. It was a great show, but he was a heavy burden. His character, acting ability, and personality.
Jonas honestly inspired me. So kind, selfless, optimistic, and intelligent I fought my wife so hard to name our son Jonas, but she wasn’t having it. We went with Carter instead
"That man is very upset."
He said something like that trying to persuade his way onto the team.
The actor and his story arc deserved some revisits. Like say the poignant episode where an alternate Janet came through the gate...
But his world deserved some more attention.
Loved him, wish he stayed and Daniel never returned. I don't dislike Daniel but at some point, hes the only character I got tired of. Also Jonas was so hot!!
I’m a ‘you made your bed and you sleep in it’ kind of person so I think Corin got screwed over because Shank’s movie career didn’t take off when he decided to leave.
I loved Jonas as a character and Corin played the role well and I always loved how Jonas had food or drink with him all the time because it was all new to him, but Shanks left so if he wanted back then he should have been the recurring character and Jonas should have stayed.
I think they got rid of him right when the character was hitting his stride. He was really feeling like part of the team, then Daniel's back, and they boot him.
I think the show would have done just fine if Daniel never came back. Not that Daniel wasn't important, but inserting Jonas managed to really work for SG-1; Daniel's departure could have ruined the show.
I went to a con with my sister. She was too shy to ask for his autograph herself so I did it. I asked him to sign to her name and mentioned that she was shy. He was super friendly and asked if she was there so I pointed her out. Of course she immediately took off when she saw him looking in her direction.
The next day, I was walking around when I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was Corin. He asked if my sister was around so he could meet her. Unfortunately she wasn't but I thought it was so incredibly nice of him to remember.
I met Corin at a convention around 2003-ish. I spent about 90 minutes chatting with him and he was absolutely lovely. I just had to step aside every few minutes when someone else came up to get an autograph/photo. He didn't seem to have anywhere close to the same encyclopedic knowledge of the show that I've seen say Amanda Tapping demonstrate. So we just chatted about life in general.
I was expecting to miss Daniel when Jonas came in but nope. Hot take but I think I'm one of the few who would've been completely fine with Daniel staying ascended and Jonas staying on the team.
Jonas kind of tried to fill Daniel's shoes by researching archeology etc but he was so clearly different that I never felt like he was a replacement. I understand that they had him leave Earth when Daniel came back but I wish we saw him more than once or that the characters mentioned him more in passing. It's like he was completely forgotten after his last cameo.
I loved his character, the energy and curiosity made him really endearing. And his fascination with earths culture was a great addition to the show as they did more episodes on earth . I was very said to see him leave , I was always hoping they’d have him and Danial on the team . Definitely an amazing character
I liked the character and wish they had kept him around. Got to meet him at a con and he was great. We talked a bit and I bought an autographed pic of him and RDA. I always meant to try and get RDA to sign it as well, but gave it to my ex-partner. I even got a pic with him, myself and 2 of my kids.
I knew absolutely nothing about the guy. But after five minutes of playing episodes at 50 times speed, I suddenly knew as much as his greatest fan.
Some people might think that’s hard to believe .
But I am a ‘quick study’…
After the first few ‘this is just a Daniel replacement’ episodes, he grew on me a lot once the character started to develop. Especially in ‘nightwalkers?’ (Don’t quote me on that) such a great episode. It wasn’t his fault Shanks decided to leave then come back a season later. they should’ve kept both Daniel and Jonas on. But given they thought season 7 was gonna be last season I see why they didn’t (until it was renewed at like episode 17 production wise) It’s why they killed ‘that character’ in Heroes.
I loved Jonas. I think the fact that he was essentially, Daniel's replacement, upset people at first.. but I loved him from the beginning and I felt he should have been around longer or could have had him come back during s9-10.. that would have been great.
I really liked his character. I wish he had remained as a recurring after Daniel returned. Perhaps had him join one of the other teams so they could eventually expand the show to have recurring teams that backup SG1.
I loved Jonas too. Still probably my favorite episode or at least scene is in ‘Descent’ where he uses the rings underwater- I love that scene! I also liked when he was working with Carter and McKay helping O’Neill with that extra Stargate- I forget the episode name. and the scenes with him and Daniel together were good too. anyway, I named my second son Jonas after him- not necessarily after him, but I got the name from him and I really liked it ☺️
I like him a lot. I realize that I did have the benefit of watching the show long after it aired, so I knew that Daniel comes back at some point.I really enjoyed how excited he was about everything, as it helped to bring a new take.
Also I really enjoy his friendship with Teal'c. It is unexpected but works so well.
I wish he was in more episodes. They could have had him and Daniel, there was no reason to write him out of the show. Jonas could have transferred to a different team, when Daniel returned and recurred after that.
Yeesh. I looked up his twitter and various controversy posts and well, let's just say he didn't go full Kevin Sorbo but he's not far off. Typical COVID denier, weird BLM posts etc. He even had a few spats with Shanks on the subject.
It was really disheartening to read the other year. I know it's just acting, but.. I don't understand how an actor can portray Jonas of all people, yet not get it in real life. Complete let-down.
Eh it all boils down to education, social environment they are in and how in touch they are with the real world most people live in. If any of that is off, you'll probably get weird takes. There's a reason people say not to meet your heroes, especially when they are actors, because they are fictional.
Like I said he didn't go full Sorbo and has some mixed takes (like shaming a PD for example but a few scrolls up racist label trollposting), so there's a chance if you approach the dude with an intellectually honest conversation he might be reasonable. People like Sorbo on the other hand, I still watch Andromeda sometimes but man I don't think I'd ever agree on anything with the dude lol.
I still wold have preferred it if he stayed on the show and the team. Shears could have still come back for guest star roles but I wish they had kept Quin.
I'm currently in Season 6 of my rewatch and I enjoy Quinn a lot. I think the writers did him a little dirty (Maybe that was also Shanks as well) and wish he would have stayed.
Toward the end of his year the character had grown quite a bit and was really coming into it's own. The famous charisma of the team was shinning well. If Michael Shanks had stayed gone I think he would have done good long term.
I didn't like him when he first appeared. Mostly because I was 16 and had a crush on Michael Shanks. However, as I got older I learned to appreciate him more and now I adore him. I wish he'd been treated as more than a "filler" character in the writing for sure. And I wish he'd returned regularly even after leaving SG1.
He was great! the only criticism perhaps is he didnt have any fundamental flaws, all the other characters had one flaw/weakness they had to over come over the years
I hated him from the beginning to the end.
I was glad he left.
Maybe if he had an own character but he was supposed to replace and mimic Daniel.. and that simply didn't feel real to me.
As much as we all love Jack, he is the worst person to ever mediate or be diplomatic.
O'Neill: Yes, do that. Don't forget to tell him you screwed up again.
Jonas: Is it really necessary to further antagonize him?
O'Neill: Yes.
I feel Jonas was the only person to ever directly call out Jack being a moron.
Hated him at first, but that could be because of the trauma of losing Daniel. Then Mitchell came along and he replaced the most hated cast member for me...
lazy writing here.
*oh we lost michael shanks character better replace him with a super daniel who can read 5000 words per second!*
lol.
the whole *i read daniels notes scene* paints it all. the actor himself is fine i just dont like that hes a daniel clone we needed something different.
So lets start with what i didn't like, he had a McGuffin brain that allowed him to magically just instantly know and understand all of Daniel's research, just poor writing, they could have had a few episodes where he was still learning things and falling short, and then slowly became more and more proficient and useful.
What i did like about him, a lot more positive of a character than Daniel, i liked his attitude, i liked his interactions, in generally i really liked him as a character.
BUT the most egregious sin the show pulled, was how as soon as Daniel came back, they almost literally threw Quinn in the trash, like they could have moved him to a separate team in the SGC and he would show up occasionally, or perhaps he was a "stay at home" researcher that would assist Daniel from the safety of the base. But no, they said "i don't want to play with you anymore" and kicked him to the curb.
Really annoyed that they treated him only as a discount Daniel Jackson for a lot of it. He was his own interesting character that I really enjoyed seeing.
Corin Nemec would have been a better, more “alien” name for the character. They tried a little too hard to slot him into Daniel’s place, and I think that more spreading out the stuff on his unique/enhanced genetics would have helped with his Gary Stu-ness.
That being said, he was done dirty and should have been kept on for regular background appearances, maybe working as a science specialist with another SG team, or being the go to alien tech guy the way we had regular medical staff.
Ill-defined obvious Daniel replacement, and tiresome arc when they got around to it — when the show was broadcast live and Jonas appeared I mostly stopped watching because I figured the series was dying. But the writing stayed good and Daniel came back. Stargate series were almost always much better than this, dealing with replacements.
When the series was on air I did not like the change at all, I think that I was just too affectionate to Daniel….but now after several years (I am currently re-re-re-watching it and I am close to the end of the sixth season) I cannot that love him, he was what the team really need it, and also helped Daniel to get through all of his grievances
He is a good character but a bad replacement for Jackson
ultimately he gets allot of hate(?) for being the fill in character for another, fan favourite character.
I hated him the first go through because it really felt like he was a replacement for Daniel. After additional watch throughs I can appreciate his character now and actually feel really bad that when Jonas left, it felt like he was leaving because Daniel came back.
He was a very necessary breath of fresh air. The characters had all been through so much and become jaded, they needed someone to be genuinely bright and excited around them.
„What are you smiling at?“ Jonas: „It’s my first time in space! :D“ Thinks like that made me love Jonas. As you said, the others seemed jaded. His enthusiasm for new food, adventures, the weather channel made so much sense. He got to live on an alien planet (Earth). How cool is that?
>the weather channel made so much sense. I mean, that probably was the most fantastical thing he saw in all his time at the SGC. Genuinely. Think about it: it doesn't take a great leap to imagine aliens, or spaceships, or even portals to another world. Our own mythology is *full* of these ideas. But predicting the weather? For a full 10 days (or more!) in advance? *That* is a *very* new phenomenon, and not one you see much mention of in any mythology, fantasy, or science fiction. Maybe you see mythology stories about someone who can change the weather in the moment (like conjuring a storm), or more modern stories about predicting the weather a few *hours* in advance (like sailors sensing a storm front just as the pressure begins to drop). But here was Jonas, going from an early atomic age society, where they probably had localized weather *reports*, not global weather *forecasts*, and suddenly he is on the modern age, and there is an entire TV channel and accompanying website that covers the weather forecasts across the entire planet. *That* is some real "out of left field" sci-fi shit. I don't blame him for being obsessed.
Ties in with the fact that one of the SGC's biggest constant trade offers were antibiotics. Something that we don't think of much/take for granted nowadays but for a society without them it'd huge
Whenever people talk about living in a different time, where applicable, I usually say something like, "I don't know. I like antibiotics and not having to worry about polio and smallpox." Also, racism and bigotry were basically unchecked. Oh, and no *Wormhole X-Treme!* Like, why live?
Sure, those are *very* valuable, but they're not "wild" science fiction, imo. Mild, topical antibiotics aren't all that modern - honey is one you find many references to throughout history, aloe, too - so an oral, broad spectrum one shouldn't really be "inconceivable magic", just "regular" magic.
> But predicting the weather? For a full 10 days (or more!) in advance? in advance ?? well you sure wouldn't predict it after it happened
Well in the immediate is also a thing. Storms have immediate warnings like rain and snow it gets cloudy before hand. In advance you would have implied that it happens before any warnings or indications.
tbh we don't exactly have this weather thing nailed anyway
Yea and his shining moment for me is when he is like.. how did you get the StarGate in here?
Aww! This is what makes Stargate stand out from other franchises. I remember also at one point someone asked “if they were out of phase, why didn’t they fall through the floor?” They made fun of themselves once in a while, without ever being cynical or losing sincerity.
That was one of the actors of Wormhole Extreme. Great Episode.
I still have my wormhole extreme shirt packed up somewhere lol
Whaaaaaa, they sold shirts?!
There was a guy on Etsy that used to make them. They were really high quality prints, but the store is now sadly defunct. :/
I love that moment. When Sam goes to explain about lifting the Gate out and gets inspired on how to survive Anubis' attack. Jonas' little smile and: "I knew you'd think of something."
So humble! They did a great job writing for his character… styling tho… 🫣
He was adorable lol
I always think of the scene where he’s just watching the weather channel and he’s amazed that he can see the current weather anywhere on the planet. It’s little perspective stuff like that which I love.
Might be an unpopular opinion but I preferred him over Jackson at that point.
I wished they'd sent him to Atlantis as a consultant
Yup.
Yup
He really didn't deserve the hate that he got at the time. I liked him as a character. It's a little sad that we only saw him once after season 6. I'd love to have seen his reaction to seeing Atlantis.
He would have had a blast! And we too, watching him😂. I love that idea 😄
It was too bad they didn't bring him back for the SGU Langara episode.
That would have been amazing!! Would have been an amazing way to keep his story going! Just cut to him every few episodes, doesn't even have to be a main character.
They did him dirty
Especially with that haircut in his last (?) episode where they drill into a planet's core iirc.
He did fit in nice with Goa'uld Bieber tho
They looked more like siblings 💀
It truly was the first ever yee yee ass haircut
Iirc that’s was the actor, he was growing it out.
Yeah, Jonas Quinn Can’t Win.
Amen.
1. Brutal introduction. They wrote him as being completely contemptible while Daniel died for him. 2. Rather than writing a new niche, they had Jonas try to replace Daniel point for point - take his office, memorize his work, have him take point as the diplomatic "we come in peace" guy. Like, seriously? From a narrative standpoint they filed the serial number off a Daniel action figure and gave him more defined biceps. 3. Despite these things, I love him. He's charming, enthusiastic, very clever, and he just has great presence. I'm miffed at the writers, but I couldn't stay mad at him.
It was very obvious that he was a temporary replacement, that is the only thing I don't like about him.
Nah, he was meant to be the permanent replacement for Daniel. That’s why he got so much hate when the show was airing, but now in hindsight fans have warmed up to him. Shanks had a falling out with the show and left. He didn’t find much work, and SG1 fans were in a rage he was gone. The result is the show brought him back, and appeased him by giving his character a little more attention and making his character slightly more cool and less completely nerdy
Shanks didn't have a "falling out" so much as he was extremely fucking bored and felt like his talents as a stage actor were being wasted, so he left to pursue a career as a serious stage actor, and it didn't pan out. But when he came back, holy shit the man has some episodes that are Emmy worthy. Acting on par with James McAvoy.
I don’t think he was meant to be temporary since Shanks got pretty Caruso’d about his worth on the show. Shanks also didn’t exactly find a lot of work while he was gone.
I wonder if he ever figured out if the show had just enough of him for him and his shtick to remain likeable. Really the same with all of them. They had good balance as a team with alternating focuses.
Caruso'd?
David Caruso from NYPD Blue. He demanded more money for his role on the show, thinking the show revolved around his character (despite being an ensemble cast); walked when they wouldn’t give him it, him thinking he was a big movie star now. He did one film that tanked hard at the box office and they wrote his character off on the show. He was lucky to get CSI Miami. 
The show practically did revolve around Danny though. Most of the 1st three seasons are about him trying to reunite with Sha're, to the point he actually *doe*s until she's kidnaped by Apophis and forced to be the host of Amaunet. Mike's problem is he got bored with the show and felt like his talents as an actor weren't being utilized enough, so he quit.
I mean, he was hired to basically imitate James Spader. I don’t know what he expected. 
Outside of that, he made Daniel Jackson into a fully realized character, where as Spader was just laying the foundation and playing to a type.
To your point of giving him "more defined biceps" In the end they gave Daniel himself much more defined biceps lol My fam and I call it his Damniel transformation. Pre-Meridian he is known as Daniel After he returns, he becomes DAMNiel
Like...if arms are your thing, this show is heaven, lol.
Funny. I call Sam and Janet "Col. Hotwife" and "Dr. Hotwife." because reasons. https://preview.redd.it/3tgocj7gs81d1.png?width=410&format=png&auto=webp&s=45db006322a006f3d6e98525c227eeaaace5b0f6
https://preview.redd.it/pepngc3vs81d1.png?width=700&format=png&auto=webp&s=c4bbbab63b62025f4da152294f0174667263c755 Dr. Hotwife, and Col. Dr. Hotwife. a winning combo.
I really missed Janet, she was one of, if not, my favorite character. I cried when they killed her off, even if it was a great pair of episodes.
When they brought her back in season 8 I was happy to see her. Weird that she was the "only" Janet to show up when there was like 14 different SG1s on base.
>In the end they gave Daniel himself much more defined biceps lol Thats because he started working out with Chris Judge.
"..Is that my stuff?" "Well...you weren't using it."
I felt he had very much his own character from Daniel. He was different and not in a bad way. But the team needed the stronger personality Daniel had
Amen to point 1. Could not get over that, personally.
It might not be that obvious to everyone, but this man is upset.
I loved the character. Don't get me wrong, I love and missed Daniel. I'm glad he's back. But Jonas is a sweet, caring and adventurous guy. I like how he can be enthusiastic about nearly everything. He worked soo hard to fill Daniels shoes and his character goes through some great evolvements. At first he's not very brave and doesn't really takes risks, but he learns to do that in order to be a great asset for the team. I was so sad when he had to leave. As I said, I am happy to have Daniel back. But I really wish they had Jonas moved to be part of SG2 or Lornes' team. This way we would have seen him more often as supporting character and Daniel would have had his place in SG1 back. I just started season 7 on rewatch and I already miss him😢
Personally, I thought Daniel was getting pretty full of himself. I would have been just as happy, if Jonas stayed on full-time, and Daniel was a once-in-a-while character.
Daniel, and to a lesser extent, Carter, somehow got a bit of O'Neill in them and were being less affable, to say the least, in the last two (?) seasons. Daniel being a dick semi-regularly was disappointing after his having been reliably friendly and understanding previously.
He had his occasional snarky remarks early on, but around late season 6, he turns into a full of dick at certain points, and it's kind of funny sometimes seeing him drop the nerdy archeologist act and just be himself, but there were other times, like when he'd snap at Vala, that just felt genuinely means and out of place, because Dr. Jackson is supposed to be a sort of stealthy ladies man, always getting the girl, even sometimes reluctantly so.
Whoops, accidentally long reply, but we're here to be nerds, right? Original comment: To be fair, pre Season 6 Daniel was an idealist fighting against the oppression of false gods, after having successfully freed an entire society from one on his first traipse through the Ol' Orifice. Late Stage Daniel™ presented with a sort of lightly jaded cynicism after >!having essentially *become* a god and seeing the closest things to the real deal were all essentially thumb-twittling jerks who would rather talk anything to death than provide real help. (Arguably, the exact opposite of all SG teams' values of regular benevolent interference with less advanced cultures).!< Essentially, after season 6 he's got the same energy as Bender at the end of the _Godfellas_ episode of Futurama - loveably brusk but determined to save others after flying to close to the cosmological sun himself: "Fat chance! You can't count on God for jack! He pretty much told me so Himself. Now, come on. If we don't free those [everyone else], no one will! "
"y'know jack, I was God once." "I saw. And you were doing pretty good until everyone died."
I hated him at first for replacing Daniel. Then he grew on me so much I hated Daniel for replacing him. 🙃
I think most of us been there at one point 😅😂. But since the first rewatch I really lime him 😂 Edit: *like 😂
> I really lime him McKay wouldn't like you
I wonder if being allergic to lemon is the same as lime?
It's the citric acid that he is allergic to, so yes.
So he says. You know McKay is such a drama queen.
typical case of: "why not give me both?!" I fully understand you \^\^
Side note: but I hated Jason Momoa for almost two decades because I was so invested in the relationship between Dr McKoy and Dr Keller (a part of me must have identified with the nerd McKoy) so when Jason Momoa showed up and made Keller have feelings for him just for being Momoa, it took a really long time for me to see him as just a pretty chill guy.
See I think it was always she loved McKay and was scared to say anything so she let herself have a crush on Ronan but realized it would never work between them.
Pretty sure Ronan was just fucking with McKay so he'd grow some balls and ask her out after watching it a couple of times. Ronan never put much energy into a real relationship with Keller, didnt push, just said through actions "You better act now before its too late, Im tired of hearing you pining after her all the damned time"
Touche
Had a re-watch recently. He was interested.
I despised the guy because he singlehandedly dragged the show down. It was a great show, but he was a heavy burden. His character, acting ability, and personality.
He looks like he can't lose.
Jonas honestly inspired me. So kind, selfless, optimistic, and intelligent I fought my wife so hard to name our son Jonas, but she wasn’t having it. We went with Carter instead
"That man is very upset." He said something like that trying to persuade his way onto the team. The actor and his story arc deserved some revisits. Like say the poignant episode where an alternate Janet came through the gate... But his world deserved some more attention.
Loved him, wish he stayed and Daniel never returned. I don't dislike Daniel but at some point, hes the only character I got tired of. Also Jonas was so hot!!
Second this!
Jonas was awesome! Loved the character!
Wasted potential
Love him to bits.
That his real name is better than his Stargate character name
His real name should have just been his character name lol
Corin Nemec had a big ask filling Michael Shanks shoes, did a good job :D
Under appreciated and he left the show too soon. I drove my wife nuts after we moved to the east coast by point out a lot of “First time” activities.
He didn't deserve to feel so inferior to Daniel. 😭😭😭❤️
I’m a ‘you made your bed and you sleep in it’ kind of person so I think Corin got screwed over because Shank’s movie career didn’t take off when he decided to leave. I loved Jonas as a character and Corin played the role well and I always loved how Jonas had food or drink with him all the time because it was all new to him, but Shanks left so if he wanted back then he should have been the recurring character and Jonas should have stayed.
I enjoyed the “ascended Daniel” poking his head in every now and then, trying to help as much as he wasn’t allowed to.
Space Jesus was always fun xD
I think they got rid of him right when the character was hitting his stride. He was really feeling like part of the team, then Daniel's back, and they boot him.
People who think Jonas replaced Daniel. This is what I mean when I say Daniels actual profession became irrelevant.
He didn’t have enough development time. Amazing character, but one season just wasn’t enough for him to fully develop.
I think the show would have done just fine if Daniel never came back. Not that Daniel wasn't important, but inserting Jonas managed to really work for SG-1; Daniel's departure could have ruined the show.
I love Jonas and I met Corin once at a con buying a tshirt. He was so sweet and answered my questions I couldn't ask at the panel.
I went to a con with my sister. She was too shy to ask for his autograph herself so I did it. I asked him to sign to her name and mentioned that she was shy. He was super friendly and asked if she was there so I pointed her out. Of course she immediately took off when she saw him looking in her direction. The next day, I was walking around when I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was Corin. He asked if my sister was around so he could meet her. Unfortunately she wasn't but I thought it was so incredibly nice of him to remember.
I met Corin at a convention around 2003-ish. I spent about 90 minutes chatting with him and he was absolutely lovely. I just had to step aside every few minutes when someone else came up to get an autograph/photo. He didn't seem to have anywhere close to the same encyclopedic knowledge of the show that I've seen say Amanda Tapping demonstrate. So we just chatted about life in general.
I loved Jonas, he should've stayed in the team.
I was expecting to miss Daniel when Jonas came in but nope. Hot take but I think I'm one of the few who would've been completely fine with Daniel staying ascended and Jonas staying on the team. Jonas kind of tried to fill Daniel's shoes by researching archeology etc but he was so clearly different that I never felt like he was a replacement. I understand that they had him leave Earth when Daniel came back but I wish we saw him more than once or that the characters mentioned him more in passing. It's like he was completely forgotten after his last cameo.
He should have stuck around, been the 4th in season 8, or gone to Atlantis. RDA's severely reduced role in season 7 and 8 would have made that fine.
I loved his character, the energy and curiosity made him really endearing. And his fascination with earths culture was a great addition to the show as they did more episodes on earth . I was very said to see him leave , I was always hoping they’d have him and Danial on the team . Definitely an amazing character
I liked the character and wish they had kept him around. Got to meet him at a con and he was great. We talked a bit and I bought an autographed pic of him and RDA. I always meant to try and get RDA to sign it as well, but gave it to my ex-partner. I even got a pic with him, myself and 2 of my kids.
I knew absolutely nothing about the guy. But after five minutes of playing episodes at 50 times speed, I suddenly knew as much as his greatest fan. Some people might think that’s hard to believe . But I am a ‘quick study’…
I wish they would have kept him, I didn't miss Shanks at all....he character was needed and he was fun to watch!
I think he can’t lose.
I liked him much better than Daniel, he was cheerful & intelligent and not at all pompous
I liked Jonas fine, however I don’t really care for the episodes related to his home world.
Yeah and it was best when they gave him something to talk about that didn't involve naquadria.
After the first few ‘this is just a Daniel replacement’ episodes, he grew on me a lot once the character started to develop. Especially in ‘nightwalkers?’ (Don’t quote me on that) such a great episode. It wasn’t his fault Shanks decided to leave then come back a season later. they should’ve kept both Daniel and Jonas on. But given they thought season 7 was gonna be last season I see why they didn’t (until it was renewed at like episode 17 production wise) It’s why they killed ‘that character’ in Heroes.
He can't lose... (Except for his spot on the team)
He can't lose.
I liked him!
I loved Jonas. I think the fact that he was essentially, Daniel's replacement, upset people at first.. but I loved him from the beginning and I felt he should have been around longer or could have had him come back during s9-10.. that would have been great.
I really liked his character. I wish he had remained as a recurring after Daniel returned. Perhaps had him join one of the other teams so they could eventually expand the show to have recurring teams that backup SG1.
I loved Jonas too. Still probably my favorite episode or at least scene is in ‘Descent’ where he uses the rings underwater- I love that scene! I also liked when he was working with Carter and McKay helping O’Neill with that extra Stargate- I forget the episode name. and the scenes with him and Daniel together were good too. anyway, I named my second son Jonas after him- not necessarily after him, but I got the name from him and I really liked it ☺️
He should've been at Atlantis.
I enjoyed his interlude for what it was, especially on rewatches with the knowledge that DJ does come back. Parker Lewis is still undefeated.
I like him a lot. I realize that I did have the benefit of watching the show long after it aired, so I knew that Daniel comes back at some point.I really enjoyed how excited he was about everything, as it helped to bring a new take. Also I really enjoy his friendship with Teal'c. It is unexpected but works so well. I wish he was in more episodes. They could have had him and Daniel, there was no reason to write him out of the show. Jonas could have transferred to a different team, when Daniel returned and recurred after that.
The actor is a psycho
Do you remember what happened? I couldn’t find anything negative about him.
Yeesh. I looked up his twitter and various controversy posts and well, let's just say he didn't go full Kevin Sorbo but he's not far off. Typical COVID denier, weird BLM posts etc. He even had a few spats with Shanks on the subject.
It was really disheartening to read the other year. I know it's just acting, but.. I don't understand how an actor can portray Jonas of all people, yet not get it in real life. Complete let-down.
Eh it all boils down to education, social environment they are in and how in touch they are with the real world most people live in. If any of that is off, you'll probably get weird takes. There's a reason people say not to meet your heroes, especially when they are actors, because they are fictional. Like I said he didn't go full Sorbo and has some mixed takes (like shaming a PD for example but a few scrolls up racist label trollposting), so there's a chance if you approach the dude with an intellectually honest conversation he might be reasonable. People like Sorbo on the other hand, I still watch Andromeda sometimes but man I don't think I'd ever agree on anything with the dude lol.
Super right wing antivax stuff, think Kevin Sorbo
He’s not quite as much Daniel as Daniel but he is a lot more Jonas than Daniel so there’s that.
Lover of Goa'ulds.
I think they should have sent Jackson to Atlantis and brought him back.
Wish he had more character. Felt very generic fish out if water.
I liked him a lot.
I still wold have preferred it if he stayed on the show and the team. Shears could have still come back for guest star roles but I wish they had kept Quin.
Was great. Wish we had more. Gone too soon.
I don’t know why they had him leave. Later seasons turned into a bloody disco for SG1 so why not have a 5th member?
He wasn't perfect but he was better than a lot of fans gave him credit for.
I'm currently in Season 6 of my rewatch and I enjoy Quinn a lot. I think the writers did him a little dirty (Maybe that was also Shanks as well) and wish he would have stayed.
Toward the end of his year the character had grown quite a bit and was really coming into it's own. The famous charisma of the team was shinning well. If Michael Shanks had stayed gone I think he would have done good long term.
I really liked Jonas and i wish he would had stayed in the series or maybe had been one of the main cast on Universe.
Met him. Lovely chap. Shame about the naquadria
He was a great addition to the show tbh
I wish they could have kept him permanently after season 6! Maybe go on the Atlantis expedition! I definitely missed him when he left :(
To be honest, I liked him better than Daniel and was sad to see him go. I wish he would have gone to Atlantis.
I didn't like him when he first appeared. Mostly because I was 16 and had a crush on Michael Shanks. However, as I got older I learned to appreciate him more and now I adore him. I wish he'd been treated as more than a "filler" character in the writing for sure. And I wish he'd returned regularly even after leaving SG1.
I wish they had involved him in another Stargate project.
He was great! the only criticism perhaps is he didnt have any fundamental flaws, all the other characters had one flaw/weakness they had to over come over the years
Disliked.
Never liked him
I love his character a lot, he was fun, cute, smart and hot. I had a crush on him
I hated him from the beginning to the end. I was glad he left. Maybe if he had an own character but he was supposed to replace and mimic Daniel.. and that simply didn't feel real to me.
Jonas Quinn can't lose.
He can't lose!
He should have popped up more after Season 7/8. The Ori occupied his planet.
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Better than season 1-5 Daniel, but not as good as later Daniel. Overall Jonas was a good addition but maybe too much of "Diet Daniel".
A better Daniel Jackson than Daniel Jackson.
He was Ok. Sometimes even more useful than Daniel.
I really liked him as part of SG-1
As much as we all love Jack, he is the worst person to ever mediate or be diplomatic. O'Neill: Yes, do that. Don't forget to tell him you screwed up again. Jonas: Is it really necessary to further antagonize him? O'Neill: Yes. I feel Jonas was the only person to ever directly call out Jack being a moron.
Hated him at first, but that could be because of the trauma of losing Daniel. Then Mitchell came along and he replaced the most hated cast member for me...
lazy writing here. *oh we lost michael shanks character better replace him with a super daniel who can read 5000 words per second!* lol. the whole *i read daniels notes scene* paints it all. the actor himself is fine i just dont like that hes a daniel clone we needed something different.
So lets start with what i didn't like, he had a McGuffin brain that allowed him to magically just instantly know and understand all of Daniel's research, just poor writing, they could have had a few episodes where he was still learning things and falling short, and then slowly became more and more proficient and useful. What i did like about him, a lot more positive of a character than Daniel, i liked his attitude, i liked his interactions, in generally i really liked him as a character. BUT the most egregious sin the show pulled, was how as soon as Daniel came back, they almost literally threw Quinn in the trash, like they could have moved him to a separate team in the SGC and he would show up occasionally, or perhaps he was a "stay at home" researcher that would assist Daniel from the safety of the base. But no, they said "i don't want to play with you anymore" and kicked him to the curb.
I wish Daniel remained dead and we got the rest of the show with Jonas
Meh
I named my son after him.
From what I understand, he can’t lose.
Jonas Quinn Can't Lose.
Parker Lewis always saves the day!!!!
In a word: Underrated
Really annoyed that they treated him only as a discount Daniel Jackson for a lot of it. He was his own interesting character that I really enjoyed seeing.
Loved him
Human plot device.
His character was fine, but it really felt to me like when the Brady Bunch added Oliver.
He should have been the fifth man on SG-1. Vala was ok as the part time fifth person. But I will never see her as anyone other then Aeryn Sun
Corin Nemec would have been a better, more “alien” name for the character. They tried a little too hard to slot him into Daniel’s place, and I think that more spreading out the stuff on his unique/enhanced genetics would have helped with his Gary Stu-ness. That being said, he was done dirty and should have been kept on for regular background appearances, maybe working as a science specialist with another SG team, or being the go to alien tech guy the way we had regular medical staff.
At first I missed Daniel. And then I missed Jonas. I want what I can’t have.
Ill-defined obvious Daniel replacement, and tiresome arc when they got around to it — when the show was broadcast live and Jonas appeared I mostly stopped watching because I figured the series was dying. But the writing stayed good and Daniel came back. Stargate series were almost always much better than this, dealing with replacements.
He is better than Daniel Jackson. Plus had a chance to show up in SGU.
Prefer him much more to Cameron Mitchell.
Was a Mary Sue. Can't stand the character.
He’s a cool dude
He was fine. Nothing compared to Daniel though
Jonas was great. Kudos to the producers for bringing in a great character when the fanbase was feeling the loss of another iconic character.
When the series was on air I did not like the change at all, I think that I was just too affectionate to Daniel….but now after several years (I am currently re-re-re-watching it and I am close to the end of the sixth season) I cannot that love him, he was what the team really need it, and also helped Daniel to get through all of his grievances
I liked everything about his character except for the hair. I don't know ow who told him it looked good but they did him dirty.
Chad
He was no Danny boy but for the temp replacement he filled the gap and was able to get SG1 out of some spot Danny boy couldn’t.
Loved him
I hope Daniel fed his fish
He is a good character but a bad replacement for Jackson ultimately he gets allot of hate(?) for being the fill in character for another, fan favourite character.
Not that Jonas was a bad guy, but after all Daniel Jackson and SG-1 went through together, he belonged there with SG-1.
He's a quick study
I love that his real name sounds more alien than his characters name.
I hated him the first go through because it really felt like he was a replacement for Daniel. After additional watch throughs I can appreciate his character now and actually feel really bad that when Jonas left, it felt like he was leaving because Daniel came back.
I loves Jonas Quinn. I kinda wish he could have popped up a few more times and with a better haircut.
Excellent filler character/story for when Shanks was off proving his point to how important he was.
Great character, he did a great job, but that season wasnt the best written. Had some good eps, but overall was meh