Colonel Maybourne gives some advice 

I think more like he can't believe his erstwhile partners had been so sloppy as to make a plastic counterfit. He had to do some fast thinking to cover his ass.

uh, we know he's in on it, he is in communication with the NID team.

Considering he was running the operation, he was more worried that he was busted.

Indeed

They probably switched it in Transit. Or when it was loaded, originally.

@@Rensune Agreed, but they got a plastic one made in that time.

@@tomb7942 nobody said that transportation occurred any time soon.

@@tatianapreobrazhenskaya9777 So they snuck it off a top secret base without anyone noticing? If that is the case, then nothing on Area 51 can be considered secure. I'm not saying that couldn't have happened and it most likely did, but I would think that Hammond would have his allies go ballistic over that happening.

@@tomb7942 nah, I mean they didn't just snatch it away right after they found it. Extracting two half-frozen humans is one thing, moving such a huge object from such a remote place is another. Mounting the operation alone would take weeks. I assume there were at least six months between the discovery of second gate and its arrival to Area 51, enough time gap to make a copy without too much rush, unless it was stated otherwise during some episode that I just don't remember now.

Yh, give props though. How they used the prop's actual (plastic) material into the story line to make it into a fake gate.

Actually it was made out of rubber

@@Howyaduing boing boing im a fuckin 58 thousand pound gate

@@possiblynova not all rubber can bounce

@@DarkKnight52365 no, but a bouncy stargate would be pretty funny. Especially if it wobbled while establishing a wormhole.

Nice reference!

Playing the part like a good liar?

It's hard to see, but there's actually a commercial break right before Jack says "So". Shows do stuff like this from time to time where this shift slightly between commercial breaks.

Because part of his job is lying, and Harry was extremly good at his job.

Probably because he never inspected the counterfit personally and didn't realize his erstwhile partners were so sloppy as to make it out of plastic, in their defense though I'm pretty sure they were running this on the fly, they had a very narrow window to grab the second Gate and didn't have time to make the fake one out of anything but molded plastic. He had to do some fast thinking to cover his ass there. Out of story though, I think the writers initially planned to have Maybourne not be associated with the rogue NID group, they changed their minds after this was filmed

What I don't understand is why he doesn't continue to act genuinely surprised and be like "I will get to the bottom of this!". Instead he's goes like "That's assuming there was no authorization to move the gate" and "Drop it" and all that. Kind of incriminating himself and giving away information for no good reason.

Lmao

Haha

LOL I hadn't even realized that! Good one.

Nope. If you check the uniforms they were Air Force, but the Air Force also has some very badassed special-ops types.

@@tomjustis7237 Being the Earth's biggest bad-ass is like being the toughest kid in your elementary school. Teal'c was a _monster_ who was feared throughout the entire galaxy as the First Prime of Apophis.

I think it was more a "Is it worth it" calculation. SG-1 would stomp them, probably, but would the repercussions be worth it? Political consequences and all that.

@@NoJusticeNoPeace maybe, but he’s also unarmed & not armored, and at a decent distance from a bunch of guys with rifles. He wouldn’t get 5 ft.

@@lamelama22 You do remember his fight against Arkad, right? Arkad was younger, faster, and stronger, and Teal'c was wounded and exhausted -- and Teal'c _still_ killed him. Teal'c is an elite warrior even among elite warriors.

They sold the prop years ago :(

@@zethcader6478 It probably costed a hell of a lot too.

A couple of the chevrons broke off during delivery.

Tofu dreg gate

both are possible; this is Maybourne we're talking about here.

I think he was genuinely shocked that they used plastic.

He probably loaned it to someone and thought it would’ve been back by then

I think he was double crossed by the folks pulling strings and they convinced him he had the real gate and to take good care of it until they decide what to do with it

It probably was. I believe the actually prop is plastic

It was their mobile prop probably, the one they use for setting up for location filming before they started doing more CGI for it.

they had 2 gate props; the sgc gate with the spinning ring, and a lighter prop for location shooting without any moving parts. Not surprisingly, it was made of hollow plastic. This is likely the prop in question.

Ye well he did become king so...

One zat and they get a court martial for assaulting military personnel. There are rules for what you can and can't do, and for good reason. Imagine what people like Maybourne (and they do exist) could do if allowed to do whatever they like.

@@Zombiemermaid101 So the same as current?

@@D8W2P4 you'd be surprised, the military has a bunch of rules that make sure everyone is working within the system, these rules are not always followed, but they are there and they are enforced.

The thing is they needed to look elsewhere. That was the point. I see this as a warning to tread with caution. He still has to follow orders and keep things hidden.

I'm guessing A) He truly believed this to be the real second stargate, he was aware it was being used but assumed it would still be kept here. Which is why he acts surprised and shocked as he was unaware they replaced it. He then remembers what is at stake and tries to warn them to back off. B) He tried really hard to bluff his way through their questioning including trying to pretend to be surprised. When his bluff failed he then tried to intimidate and threaten them to back off from their investigation. I personally will go with answer A.

@@ZeroRewind That's what I'm thinking as well. He didn't seem like he already knew.

simple to throw off suspicion Maybourne was in charge of that operation and that other one Jack had to infiltrate

My guess is that spies are in the habit of pretending they know everything.

Yeah he prop didnt know at this moment that gate was replaced he must thought what Jack did, that it was just repacked again, but someone above him made plastic copy and didnt tell him. And he was shocked that he wasnt informed...

Season 2 episode 14 - Touchstone www.imdb.com/title/tt0709213/

grtyuj "nice" Maybourne always scared me the most _for some fucking reason..._

They stoll the real Gate in undhergraundet Navy base!!!!!!