And would these same Sam haters be the ones who didn't object when Jack O'Neill went from Brigadier to Major General to Lieutenant General in the space of 3 years, clearly without enough time in grade?
Sam had at least two (and probably at least three years in as Captain) and she would have graduated the Academy as a Lieutenant. She then served 5 years as a Major before getting her promotion to Lieutenant Colonel, and had 3 years at that rank before making Full Bird. This does not seem unreasonable.
I like Jack. He's the character that originally drew me to the show, and I tend to watch with "Jack goggles" on, although I like them all, and want them all to have their place in the sun. The show wouldn't work if it were just the Jack O'Neill, HERO show.
Even I know that Jack gets away with murder and the kitchen sink because RDA was their big name star with his name above the title, and that Sam, even though she is one of the most kick-ass female characters in television, is often relegated to the Technobabble Delivery Sustem, by the writers.
I think she deserved every promotion she got, and worked hard for them all.
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Date: 2011-06-08 06:07 am (UTC)Sam had at least two (and probably at least three years in as Captain) and she would have graduated the Academy as a Lieutenant. She then served 5 years as a Major before getting her promotion to Lieutenant Colonel, and had 3 years at that rank before making Full Bird. This does not seem unreasonable.
I like Jack. He's the character that originally drew me to the show, and I tend to watch with "Jack goggles" on, although I like them all, and want them all to have their place in the sun. The show wouldn't work if it were just the Jack O'Neill, HERO show.
Even I know that Jack gets away with murder and the kitchen sink because RDA was their big name star with his name above the title, and that Sam, even though she is one of the most kick-ass female characters in television, is often relegated to the Technobabble Delivery Sustem, by the writers.
I think she deserved every promotion she got, and worked hard for them all.