 Stargate producers were not sure actor Richard Dean Anderson would return for the episode , so they devised many scenes where Anderson was " in " the episode but not actually shown . However , Anderson was willing to return and appeared in several scenes . In the DVD special Stargate SG @-@ 1 : Behind the 200th Cooper said , " it was a big deal for us to have [ him ] back for the 200th episode . We obviously didn 't think we could do it without him . " 
