Författarna insåg att detta var en problematisk idé. Som de nämnts av andra har de hängt en lykta på sina egna dåliga idéer i självparodi-episoden Wormhole X-Treme!
Director: The reality of the scene dictates there be dead aliens ... because you just killed them.
Head Writer: We could always go back to the way it was in the script.
Director: No we can't. We've already established that one shot stuns and two shots kills. Nick just shot everybody twice.
Martin: So three shots disintegrates them!
Director: Okay, you know what? I'm gonna pretend you didn't say that, because that is quite possibly the stupidest thing I've ever heard you say.