included in the script, it was Richard Dean Anderson who, as an ad-lib decided mention the unsold television pilot Poochinski by name. According to DeLuise, the green skinned Wormhole X-Treme! aliens were an homage to the Orions from Star Trek. Release Broadcast The episode first aired on September 8, 2001 on Showtime in the United States. The episode was moved from its usual Sunday slot to Saturday night and was preceded by a Stargate SG-1 marathon to mark the hundredth episode. The episode was first syndicated in the week of February 24, 2003 where it received a 2.4 Nielsen rating. In the United Kingdom the episode was first shown on November 21, 2001 on Sky 1. Reception Jan Vincent-Rudzki for TV Zone awarded the episode 10 out of 10, writing "This is witty, well-written, well-directed, with some great in-jokes". Vincent-Rudzki applauded the episode for being "semi-ridiculous and yet still quite dramatic episode", with a "nice story" for non-fans of the show to enjoy. Reviewing for IGN, Daniel Solis called it a "Great, great episode", praising the "side-splittingly accurate" "caricatures" of SG-1. Andy Hall for DVD Times believed the episode was a "great way to mark reaching 100 shows" and that it "hilariously sends up SG-1 and in fact many shows of the genre, by ruthlessly picking plot holes in the concept". Brian Ford Sullivan for The Futon Critic placed the episode 50th in his "The 50 Best Episodes of 2001" list, calling it "a grand celebration of how good this underappreciated series can be" going on to applaud the episode for delivering "some of the series' best laughs to date". Keith R.A. DeCandido for Tor.com described "Wormhole X-Treme" as "a hilarious hundredth episode that celebrates by making fun of itself", applauding the return of Willie Garson's Martin Lloyd. Reflecting on the episode in 2019, Helen Ashcroft for Screen Rant believed the episode was "one of the most polarizing episodes in the entire show", claiming that "While many hate it, there must be others who agree that it is a light-hearted fun diversion". Writing for Stargate fansite Gateworld, David Read noted "A lot of people don’t consider this episode to be canon". Home media "Wormhole X-Treme!", along with the previous episodes "Between Two Fires", "2001" and "Desperate Measures" were first released to DVD on June 24, 2002, as part of Stargate SG-1 - Volume 22 in the United Kingdom. On the