O'Neill says "I think a better idea is to get the other guys to lay down their lives for their world first". This is a variation of a quote from Patton (1970): "no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor, dumb bastard die for his country". This quote is often misattributed to the real George S. Patton.
Season 2 is the only season in the show's run in which all five major characters - played by Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Don S. Davis and Christopher Judge - appear in all the episodes.
In Sky's Top 10 Stargate Episodes, it was voted into 10th place.