Samantha Carter's mother
| Samantha Carter's mother | |
|---|---|
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| Biographical information | |
| Planet of origin | Earth |
| Death | c. 1980 in a car accident |
| Gender | |
| Race | Tau'ri |
| Species | Human |
| Information about family | |
| Marriage | Jacob Carter (deceased) |
| Children |
Mark Carter (son) Samantha Carter (daughter) |
| Out of Stargate universe information | |
| First mention | "Jolinar's Memories" |
Samantha Carter's mother was the late wife of Jacob Carter, mother of Samantha and Mark Carter. She died in a car accident circa 1980.
Biography
During Samantha Carter's childhood, her mother used to sing to her "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" (SG1: "Grace").
When Sam was twelve, her father Jacob Carter was supposed to pick up her wife at the airport, but he wasn't there on time. So her wife had to take a cab to come back home. She died in a car accident. Because of this, Samantha and her brother Mark blamed their father for many years until they eventually forgive him (SG1: "Seth", "Jolinar's Memories", "The Devil You Know").
Character's evolution
"Jolinar's Memories" (1999)
While they travelling to the moon Netu, Martouf is using a memory recall device on Samantha Carter in order to find a way to escape the prison moon, thanks to the memories left by Jolinar. At one moment she remembers the day when her father told a young Sam that her mother died.
"The Devil You Know"
When SG-1 are trapped in the prison moon Netu, Samantha Carter is interrogated by Apophis. Using a memory recall device and the blood of Sokar, he makes her remembering her childhoold, the very day of her mother's funerals, using her grief against her father to gather informations about the iris code.
"Ascension" (2001)
When Orlin is visiting Samantha Carter's house, he put a look on a picture of Samantha Carter's family taken when she was young; on the picture were Mark, Sam's mother, Jacob and Sam.