major fictional character canadian television series stargate military science fiction shows military teams exploring galaxy network alien transportation devices played introduced recurring character seventh season stargate holding military rank major united_states_air_force joins atlantis expedition siege personnel class battlecruiser recurring character seasons seven stargate season season stargate atlantis smith originally supposed play character stargate atlantis producers eventually decided popular fans according smith appears total episodes character arc appears stargate episode enemy reappears new personnel sent siege serves atlantis military second command lieutenant colonel runner assists search possesses gene revealed gene natural artificial seen episodes including condemned atlantis expedition members mortal form killed alternate timeline shown episode man appears command appears team leader unit alternate universe season episode road taken threatens believing stunned questioned says hadn incident mother art teacher taught paint weekends growing muse stay atlantis takes severe delaying medicine supposed hold illness causes team paranoid aggressive confused resort shooting affected sickness eventually picture convinced assist treat sick later apologised originally san_francisco california sister young boys loves ice cream conceptual history character introduced stargate episode enemy formed close relationship director cast development episode finished plans expanding role franchise smith felt necessarily lead big shooting enemy producers wanted talk smith possibility having return spin series stargate atlantis talk smith auditioned won received different character according smith character military guy producers eventually decided smith old character talking season stargate atlantis staff writer said notable recurring character series interview smith revealed decided later confirmed executive producer fans hand given marcus alternately nick producers writers responded episode war character going uncle scene cut time constraints plot information episode coup bit scarce fans speculated going kill smith went brief talk writing staff responding worries cliffhanger according smith reason making recurring character positive feedback fans sunday episode reveal information backstory smith described sort faithful loyal guy everybody kind knows representing steady constant said character active season reception commented played character character originally portrayed stargate guy concluding review saying reacted positive evolution character talking science fiction smith said shocked fan response character stating possible science fiction television series interview smith said character developing feel like career sort moving ahead interview smith said evolved strong fanbase started obscure earlier work followed career strong fan response smith started attend stargate conventions
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