Editing Cameron Mitchell (Stargate) (section)

==Role in ''Stargate SG-1''==
===Character arc===
[[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] Cameron Mitchell is the son of Frank and Wendy Mitchell, long-time residents of [[Auburn, Kansas]].<ref name="Bounty">{{cite episode|episode-link=Bounty (Stargate SG-1)|title=Bounty|series=Stargate SG-1|series-link=Stargate SG-1|credits=[[Peter DeLuise]] (director); [[Damian Kindler]] (writer)|network=[[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]]|season=10|number=15}}
* Poster: "Class of 1987"
* '''Mitchell:''' "You know, Colorado Springs, it's not that far away, so maybe someday soon, you might think about taking a little trip." / '''Amy Vanderberg:''' "Maybe."</ref> Mitchell occasionally mentions his [[Bible]]-thumping grandmother in comparison and contrast to the [[Ori (Stargate)|Ori]] religion.<ref>{{cite episode|episode-link=Origin (Stargate SG-1)|title=Origin|series=Stargate SG-1|series-link=Stargate SG-1|credits=[[Brad Turner (director)|Brad Turner]] (director); [[Robert C. Cooper]] (writer)|network=[[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]]|season=9|number=3}}
* '''Mitchell:''' "My grandma was a bit of a Bible-thumper. Weekends at grandma's meant long, ''long'' Sundays at St. Hilda's Church of the Grand Epiphany."</ref><ref>{{cite episode|episode-link=Line in the Sand (Stargate SG-1)|title=Line in the Sand|series=Stargate SG-1|series-link=Stargate SG-1|credits=[[Peter DeLuise]] (director); Alan McCullough (writer)|network=[[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]]|season=10|number=12}}
* '''Mitchell:''' "My grandma used to say, 'God is like a prairie windstorm. If you look too hard, you get dust in your eyes, but there's still plenty of ways to know it's there.'"</ref> As shown in ''[[Stargate: Continuum]]'', Mitchell's grandfather was the captain of the ship that transported the Alpha Gate from [[Egypt]] to the United States in the late 1930s.

Two episodes flash back to Mitchell's past. As revealed in "[[Stargate SG-1 season 9#ep186|Collateral Damage]]", Mitchell's father was a test pilot for the [[United States Air Force]] and lost both legs in an accident when Mitchell was a child. When Cameron Mitchell was a USAF [[Captain (U.S. Air Force)|Captain]], he piloted an [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16]] over the Middle Eastern desert and mistakenly bombed a vehicle containing innocent refugees rather than the enemy.<ref name="Collateral Damage">{{cite episode|episode-link=Collateral Damage (Stargate SG-1)|title=Collateral Damage|series=Stargate SG-1|series-link=Stargate SG-1|credits=[[Will Waring]] (director); [[Joseph Mallozzi]] & [[Paul Mullie]] (writers)|network=[[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]]|season=9|number=12}}
* '''Mitchell:''' "We're watching the launch of the [[Space Shuttle Columbia|first Space Shuttle]]. I can't be much more than ten years old."
* '''Mitchell:''' "Who was in the convoy, sir?" / '''Davidson:''' "As far as we know, it was a group of refugees. This wasn't your fault." / '''Mitchell:''' "That doesn't change the fact that I have to live with it for the rest of my life."</ref> The season 9 premiere "[[Avalon (Stargate SG-1)|Avalon]]" flashes back to Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell during the events over [[Antarctica]] in season 7's "[[Lost City (Stargate SG-1)|Lost City]]". Mitchell led a squadron of [[Lost City (Stargate SG-1)|F-302]] fighters against the forces of the arch villain [[Lost City (Stargate SG-1)|Anubis]] and was shot down, resulting in severe injuries. During his recovery in the hospital, he received the [[Medal of Honor]] and was promised any assignment by Brigadier General [[Jack O'Neill]].<ref name="Avalon">{{cite episode|episode-link=Avalon (Stargate SG-1)|title=Avalon|series=Stargate SG-1|series-link=Stargate SG-1|credits=[[Andy Mikita]] (director); [[Robert C. Cooper]] (writer)|network=[[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]]|season=9|number=1&2}}
* '''Carter:''' "The Congressional Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force that can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States of America. On behalf of the President..."
* '''O'Neill:''' "Get well soon. And when you do, you can do anything you want, and I mean professionally, anything you want. Well not... anything."
* '''Mitchell:''' "General, I'm here to join SG-1." / '''Landry:''' "Colonel, you're here to lead SG-1." / '''Landry:''' "Uh, what about Lieutenant Colonel Carter?" / '''Landry:''' "She's taken command of Stargate's R&D out of Area 51." [...] / '''Mitchell:''' "And Daniel Jackson?" / '''Landry:''' "Dr. Jackson put in for reassignment. Teal'c left the program over a month ago."
* '''Vala''': "But I know nothing about your fair planet... other than it seems to have a rather interesting, if somewhat limited, gene pool."</ref> Mitchell began reading all mission reports that the SG-1 team had filed.<ref>{{cite episode|episode-link=Arthur's Mantle (Stargate SG-1)|title=Arthur's Mantle|series=Stargate SG-1|series-link=Stargate SG-1|credits=[[Peter DeLuise]] (director); Alan McCullough (writer)|network=[[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]]|season=9|number=18}}
* '''Carter:''' "You really did read every report from every mission we ever went on, didn't you?" / '''Mitchell:''' "I was in that hospital a long time, and they were all riveting."</ref>

In his first appearance in the season 9 premiere "Avalon", Mitchell has fully recovered and opts to join SG-1. When he learns that the original team has moved on to new assignments, he becomes the new SG-1 leader but fails to assemble a new team. After the alien [[Vala Mal Doran]] arrives on Earth, Dr. [[Daniel Jackson (Stargate)|Daniel Jackson]] and the alien [[Teal'c]] assist Mitchell for a treasure hunt on Earth that eventually sets off the Ori arc.<ref name="Avalon"/> Mitchell takes his place at the head of this provisional team rather reluctantly.<ref name=official_jun06>{{cite journal|title=Ben Browder - Taking The Lead|journal=Official Stargate Magazine|pages=38–41|date=June 2006}}</ref> Lieutenant Colonel [[Samantha Carter]] temporarily joins Mitchell's team in season 9's sixth episode, "[[Stargate SG-1 season 9#ep180|Beachhead]]", which ends with Vala's disappearance.<ref>{{cite episode|episode-link=Beachhead (Stargate SG-1)|title=Beachhead|series=Stargate SG-1|series-link=Stargate SG-1|credits=[[Brad Turner (director)|Brad Turner]] (director); [[Brad Wright]] (writer)|network=[[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]]|season=9|number=6}}</ref> Mitchell officially reunites the former SG-1 team one episode later in "[[Stargate SG-1 season 9#ep181|Ex Deus Machina]]".<ref>{{cite episode|episode-link=Ex Deus Machina (Stargate SG-1)|title=Ex Deus Machina|series=Stargate SG-1|series-link=Stargate SG-1|credits=[[Martin Wood (director)|Martin Wood]] (director); [[Joseph Mallozzi]] & [[Paul Mullie]] (writers)|network=[[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]]|season=9|number=7}}</ref> Vala reappears in late season 9 and officially joins SG-1 under Mitchell's command in season 10's "[[Stargate SG-1 season 9#ep181|Memento Mori]]".<ref>{{cite episode|title=Memento Mori|episode-link=Memento Mori (Stargate SG-1)|series=Stargate SG-1|series-link=Stargate SG-1|credits=[[Peter DeLuise]] (director); [[Joseph Mallozzi]] & [[Paul Mullie]] (writers)|network=[[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]]|season=10|number=8}}</ref> Mitchell continues to lead SG-1 in ''[[Stargate: The Ark of Truth]]'' and is promoted to [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]] before his appearance in ''Stargate: Continuum'' (where the credits mistakenly<ref name=jm_080801>{{cite web|last=Mallozzi|first=Joseph|author-link=Joseph Mallozzi|url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/august-1-2008-my-top-5-july-reads/|title=August 1, 2008: My Top 5 July Reads|publisher=josephmallozzi.wordpress.com|date=August 1, 2008|access-date=2009-03-07}}</ref> list him as "Lieutenant Colonel").

===Characterization===
At the beginning of season 9, Mitchell's main motivation is to get the SG-1 team back together.<ref name=ac901/> Producer [[Robert C. Cooper]] wanted Cameron Mitchell to mirror the ''Stargate'' fandom and be a "super fan" of SG-1 and a "Stargate geek",<ref name=ac901/> who is enthusiastic about exploring the galaxy.<ref name=findtruth/> Nevertheless, Browder described Mitchell as a "stoic" character who "actually follows military protocol";<ref name=cinemaspy>{{cite web|last=Simpson|first=Michael|url=http://www.cinemaspy.ca/article.php?id=1333|title=Interview: Ben Browder - On 'Stargate', 'Farscape', writing a mini-series for SCI FI...and weed whackers|publisher=cinemaspy.ca|date=September 10, 2008|access-date=2009-02-20|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925190847/http://www.cinemaspy.ca/article.php?id=1333 |archive-date=September 25, 2008 }}</ref> the character has "a certain naïvety and innocence, even though he is neither particularly naïve or innocent".<ref name=official_feb06>{{cite journal|title=Ben Browder - Creating Cameron|journal=Official Stargate Magazine|pages=6–8|date=February 2006}}</ref> Mitchell's personality and attitude depends on his location (on-base and off-world) and the people around him.<ref name=tvzones67_24/> With Mitchell's team demeanor becoming subtler in season 10, Browder felt that the writers "finally figured out Mitchell's only superpower is getting beat up and bleeding".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://totalscifionline.com/interviews/1562-ben-browder-the-ice-storm|title=Ben Browder: The ice storm|publisher=[[Dreamwatch|Total Sci-Fi Online]]|date=February 13, 2008|access-date=2010-09-29|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223081052/http://totalscifionline.com/interviews/1562-ben-browder-the-ice-storm |archive-date=December 23, 2010 }}</ref>

Browder considered Mitchell to be more restrained than his former ''[[Farscape]]'' character [[John Crichton (Farscape)|John Crichton]], who had higher emotional stakes and was "literally going insane through the process of the series. Mitchell's focus was on his job, and on the fun of his job. But Crichton's focus was on survival, and on the creation of a family."<ref name=gw_lucky/> Crichton was also the center of the ''Farscape'' narrative, whereas the ''SG-1'' characters serve as nearly equal parts in an ensemble show.<ref name=gw_lucky>{{cite web|last=Read|first=David|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2009/01/lucky-man/|title=Lucky Man: An interview with Ben Browder|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=January 2009|access-date=2009-02-19}}</ref> Browder did not view Mitchell as a substitute for [[Richard Dean Anderson]]'s role of Colonel [[Jack O'Neill]], the undisputed SG-1 team leader from seasons 1 through 7.<ref name=dreamwatch_138_52/> While O'Neill's approach was "normally couched in sarcastic terms" in later years, Mitchell is "more optimistic and has a wry sense about him that's not so much sarcastic".<ref name=dreamwatch_138_52/>

===Awards and decorations===
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===Relationships===
Mitchell maintains a level of decorum around [[List of Stargate SG-1 characters#Hank Landry|General Landry]] ([[Beau Bridges]]), but is more laid-back around the SG-1 members.<ref name=tvzones67_24>{{cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Ben Browder - Hero In The Making |journal=[[TV Zone]] |issue=Special 67 |pages=24–28 |date=December 2005}}</ref> [[Michael Shanks]] ([[Daniel Jackson (Stargate)|Daniel Jackson]]) and Browder did not want to repeat the "cliché[d]" original O'Neill-Daniel dynamic where views on military and diplomacy clash. The actors tried to find some commonality between the characters while trying to develop an entertaining rapport between them.<ref name=tvzones67_38>{{cite journal|last=Eramo|first=Steven|title=Michael Shanks - Team Player|journal=[[TV Zone]]|issue=Special 67|pages=38–40|date=December 2005}}</ref> By mid-season 9, their interaction had become playful, without being decidedly positive or antagonistic.<ref name=tvzones64_40>{{cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Michael Shanks - Curious Mind |journal=[[TV Zone]] |issue=Special 64 |pages=40–42 |date=July 2005}}</ref> Although Mitchell and [[Teal'c]] ([[Christopher Judge]]) are both warriors and leaders, Teal'c is taken aback by Mitchell's enthusiasm at first, as he is more used to O'Neill's reserved attitude.<ref name=tvzones67_34>{{cite journal|last=Eramo|first=Steven|title=Christopher Judge - Loyal Warrior|journal=[[TV Zone]]|issue=Special 67|pages=34–36|date=December 2005}}</ref> Teal'c is unsure if he likes Mitchell, but Mitchell forces Teal'c to interact with him. By not letting Teal'c step back and observe, Mitchell makes Teal'c an active part of the scene.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2005/05/judgement-day/|title=Judgement Day: An interview with Christopher Judge|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=May 1, 2005|access-date=2009-03-01}}</ref>

Because Ben Browder and [[Claudia Black]] ([[Vala Mal Doran]]) were well known for formerly starring as star-crossed lovers in ''Farscape'', the ''Stargate'' producers refrained from emphasizing the pairing of Mitchell and Vala beyond in-jokes.<ref name=scifi_browder_black>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=30979 |title=Black, Browder Talk New SG-1 |publisher=scifi.com |date=May 6, 2005 |access-date=2008-01-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709031916/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0 |archive-date=July 9, 2008 }}</ref><ref name=injoke>Upon meeting Mitchell for the first time in the Season 9 premiere "Avalon", Vala remarks "I know we haven't met. That I'm sure I would remember." The episode "[[200 (Stargate SG-1)|200]]" features a short parody segment where Vala imagines the SG-1 members playing various ''[[Farscape]]'' characters. Vala plays Black's old role of [[List of Farscape characters#Aeryn Sun|Aeryn Sun]], while Mitchell (Browder) plays the ''Farscape'' character [[List of Farscape characters#Stark|Stark]]. Daniel (Shanks) plays Browder's old role of [[List of Farscape characters#John Crichton|John Crichton]].</ref> The producers instead opted to further the comedic chemistry between Claudia Black and Michael Shanks.<ref name="tvzones64_40"/> When Vala's relationship with the SG-1 team members evolved in season 10, the producers grew comfortable with pairing Browder's and Black's characters more often, and even teased (and misled) viewers about them "end[ing] up in a motel room bed together" in the episode "Memento Mori", involving underwear, "handcuffs as well as creamy [[Twinkie]]s".<ref name=tvzones71_40>{{cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Preview Season 10 |journal=[[TV Zone]] |issue=Special 74 |pages=40–52 |date=July 2006}}</ref> A scene in the milestone episode "[[200 (Stargate SG-1)|200]]" also parodied the show's connection to ''Farscape''.<ref name=injoke />

[[Amanda Tapping]] ([[Samantha Carter]]) found that the introduction of the [[Ori (Stargate)|Ori]] threat inhibited major character and relationship development in season 9.<ref name=tvzones67_30>{{cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Amanda Tapping - Coming Home |journal=[[TV Zone]] |issue=Special 67 |pages=30–33 |date=December 2005}}</ref> The characters are of equal rank, and regard each other with respect according to producer [[Joseph Mallozzi]]. They give each other fair weight in decision-making, and Mitchell defers to Carter on all science-related issues.<ref name=jm_080727>{{cite web |last=Cooper |first=Robert C. |author-link=Robert C. Cooper |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/july-27-2008-writerdirectorexecutive-producer-robert-c-cooper-answers-your-ark-of-truth-questions-and-then-some/ |title=July 27, 2008: Writer/Director/Executive Producer Robert C. Cooper Answers Your Ark of Truth Questions - And Then Some! |publisher=josephmallozzi.wordpress.com |date=July 27, 2008 |access-date=2009-03-07}}</ref> Tapping's favorite Mitchell-Carter scenes were some "neat sibling-type moments" in "[[Stargate SG-1 season 9#ep192|Arthur's Mantle]]",<ref name=tvzones67_30/> and moments showing their history and friendship in "[[Stargate SG-1 season 10#ep206|Line in the Sand]]", "[[Stargate SG-1 season 10#ep207|The Road Not Taken]]", and ''Stargate: The Ark of Truth''.<ref name=tvzones79_48>{{cite journal <!--|last=Eramo |first=Steven--> | title=Actress Amanda Tapping |journal=[[TV Zone]] |issue=Special 79 |pages=48 |date=November 2007}}</ref> Browder regretted after season 10 that he had not worked enough with the cast besides Tapping, and that "the fans probably feel that way as well".<ref name=tvzones79_42>{{cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven |url=http://www.visimag.com/tvzone/ts79_feat01.htm |title=Actor Ben Browder - Candid Cameron |journal=[[TV Zone]] |issue=Special 79 |pages=42–45 |date=November 2007 |access-date=2009-03-07 |archive-date=2008-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509184623/http://www.visimag.com/tvzone/ts79_feat01.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Several episodes hint at Mitchell's love life. The early episodes of season 9 suggest a relationship between Mitchell and Landry's daughter, Dr. [[List of recurring Earth characters in Stargate SG-1#Carolyn Lam|Carolyn Lam]] ([[Lexa Doig]]); a scripted romantic subplot in "[[Avalon (Stargate SG-1)|Avalon]]" was filmed but was cut for time<ref name=ac904/> when the two-parter ran long for over twenty minutes.<ref name=ac901/> In season 9's "[[Stargate SG-1 season 9#ep186|Collateral Damage]]", Mitchell has a romantic encounter with a female human researcher from another planet, named Reya Varrick but she is killed. At his 20-year high school reunion in "[[Stargate SG-1 season 10#ep209|Bounty]]", Mitchell lays the foundation for a relationship with his high school crush, Amy Vanderburg.<ref name="Bounty"/>

===SG-1 leadership===
Mitchell was conceived as the leader of SG-1 who brings the team back together.<ref name=gw_looking/> Following negative fan reactions to Carter's cancelled leadership within the team (she commanded SG-1 throughout season 8),<ref name=gw_working/> Browder noted the production difficulties that came with Amanda Tapping's maternity leave, and claimed that new leaders are brought in routinely into units in military reality.<ref name=gw_working/> Tapping admitted to also have been "kind of put off" upon learning that someone else would lead SG-1,<ref name=gw_looking/> and hoped that the producers would make SG-1 more of an ensemble team in season 10 by removing the patriarchal line of command.<ref name=tvzones67_30/> The writers decided after an animated discussion after the initial season 9 episodes that Mitchell and Carter should co-command the team,<ref name=jm_070225>{{cite web|last=Mallozzi|first=Joseph|author-link=Joseph Mallozzi|url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/february-25-2007/|title=February 25, 2007|publisher=josephmallozzi.wordpress.com|date=February 25, 2007|access-date=2009-03-07}}</ref> although they left Mitchell in the official leadership position.

Whereas Mitchell can hardly cope with leading the team in season 9, Mitchell is more comfortable with his leadership position in ''Stargate: The Ark of Truth''.<ref name=findtruth/> Browder described Mitchell's early leadership difficulties as "dealing with what are essentially legendary characters within the mythology of the show"; ordering them around would ring false or as hubris from both an audience- and storytelling perspective.<ref name=findtruth>{{cite web |last=Perenson |first=Melissa |url=http://stage.scifi.co.uk/blog/interview-1/ben-browder-and-michael-shanks/ |title=Ben Browder and Michael Shanks find Truth in a new straight-to-DVD Stargate SG-1 movie |publisher=scifi.com |date=March 10, 2008 |access-date=2010-10-01}} {{Dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Tapping eventually considered the question of leadership irrelevant; Mitchell cannot give orders to his team since he and Carter hold the same military rank, and Daniel and Teal'c are not members of the United States military.<ref name=gw_looking>{{cite web|author=Denise (Skydiver)|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2007/01/looking-backward-looking-forward/|title=Looking Backward, Looking Forward: An interview with Amanda Tapping|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=January 7, 2007}}</ref> Mitchell thus plays more to the strength of the team,<ref name=tvzones67_24/> choosing a leadership style that is comparable to elite teams like [[Delta Force|Delta units]], where everyone participates to the fullest of their abilities and defers to the specialist quickly when needed.<ref name=official_feb06/>