Gentlemen, these planets, designated P3-575 and P3A-577,
have been submitted by Carter's team as destinations for your next mission.
SG units one and two will operate concurrently.
You know, I'm kinda partial to P3-575, if you don't mind taking P3A-577.
- I'll take 577. - I'm not married to it. I wanna be fair.
- Let's flip for it. - How about you go where I tell you?
- As far as I'm... - Inbound traveller.
Repeat, inbound traveller.
Damn. Those Goa'ulds are persistent.
- I think we pissed them off. - Closing the iris.
Alert! All defence teams, stand by!
Set the base autodestruct countdown at three minutes.
I'm not goin' anywhere if the Goa'ulds keep attacking.
They can't keep this up for ever.
- Can they? - Whoa!
Once they see our gate's impenetrable, they'll give up.
Part of me just wants to let 'em through. Give 'em the fight they're lookin' for.
Radiation team, move in.
Well, there have gotta be worse ways to go, I suppose.
You don't think the Goa'ulds are sending people through?
Be like bugs on a windshield.
- Team reports all clear, sir. - Stand down. Abort the countdown.
Kawalsky, what's the matter?
Headache. I took a fistful of aspirin, but nothin' helps.
Get down to the infirmary, get it checked out.
Sir, I think I'll do that. Sir, with your permission.
By all means, Major. I need you to lead your team to P3-575.
Inbound traveller!
Reset the count. Here we go again.
All defence teams, remain in position.
So this iris is gonna hold, right?
Pure titanium, three micrometres from the event horizon.
It won't even allow matter to reintegrate.
So this iris is gonna hold, right?
If not, the fail-safe device will detonate, this mountain'll vaporise
- and there'll be nothing to worry about. - Ah, good.
I feel much better.
Come.
I can understand how Kawalsky feels. This job gives me a headache, too.
- Uh-huh. What's the bad news, General? - Not much for small talk, are you?
How was your weekend? Get any fishing in?
I'm rejecting your request to have Teal'c join SG-1. Wasn't my choice.
Colonel Kennedy is en route from the Pentagon
- to ask your friend some questions. - What questions?
Troop strength, technology, weaponry.
I'd like to know the answers, too, but after they're done askin'...
There'll be more questions, possibly tests.
After all, he's carrying the larval form of a hostile and formidable enemy in his body.
What kind of tests are we talking about?
Maybe you haven't noticed, but he is the first alien species we've actually run into.
Doesn't it qualify him as a subject of scientific interest?
- A subject? - He is what he is, Colonel.
With all due respect, sir,
I don't think he saved the lives of my team or came over to our side
to become a guinea pig for US military intelligence!
Back up, Colonel. He switched sides once.
- Are you positive he won't switch back? - Yes, sir.
Well, you are alone in that assertion.
Colonel Kennedy arrives in an hour.
I promise Teal'c will be treated with dignity and respect
for as long as he remains a guest of this facility.
Beyond that, I can't promise a damn thing.
Dismissed, Colonel.
Hey. Am I interrupting anything?
Yes.
Why don't I come back?
The people from Chulak...
We sent the last of 'em back before the Goa'ulds knocked at the door.
- Good. - Thanks to you.
So, how long do you think they'll keep it up?
One, perhaps two more attempts.
They will believe their weapons have destroyed you.
They will not send warriors through yet to make sure of your destruction.
Well, they'll be in for a surprise, huh?
Your iris will be closed. They will be crushed.
Surprise!
Am I a prisoner?
Yeah.
I understand.
We're not exactly living up to your expectations of us, are we?
See, Teal'c, we've been living alone in our little corner of the galaxy for quite a while.
And I think... The people I work for just need to get to know you a little better.
Your knowledge of the Goa'ulds makes them curious.
- I will give that knowledge freely. - I know, and we'll put it to good use.
I will pledge my allegiance to this world.
I'm just not sure that's ever gonna be enough for them to trust you.
To be honest with you, I think they're scared of you.
I understand.
You must be used to that by now, huh?
I am a Jaffa.
I have served as a warrior for your enemy.
I have carried your enemy within me.
Yeah.
Well, it's kind of a human thing.
We tend to be afraid of things we don't know.
Why is O'Neill not afraid?
Teal'c, I saw you stand up to a god. You refused to Kill.
- I saw you make that decision. - Yes.
In that moment I learned everything I needed to know to trust you.
If I had killed you then, I would not be here now.
Neither would I.
I will prove my allegiance, O'Neill.
Teal'c, I sure wish you didn't have to.
When I do...
you will show me this world.
Ah, you bet.
Just not all at once, though.
It's big.
These headaches, Major, started when you came back from your last mission?
Yeah. They've been gettin' worse.
Anybody else on the team experience these symptoms?
No. Why?
It could be a reaction to gate travel.
Look, Doc, just give me a horse pill for the pain or something. It's a damn headache.
What's this?
- You didn't notice this? - What? Notice what?
Major!
The device should be on every planet we find. I studied the Abydos one for months.
It's sort of like a... a...
- Telephone. - Telephone. I like that.
In order to get back home, all you have to do is dial Earth, which is, um...
which is what we're here to talk about, so...
What is Major Kawalsky doing in the embarkation room?
Page Colonel O'Neill and General Hammond to the embarkation room now.
- Charlie? - Major Kawalsky?
Jack?
What am I doin' here?
Hey, we got a sick man here!
Where the hell is he?
- Was the doctor here before? - I don't remember.
Sorry. Dr Nimziki was supposed to be on call.
- Dr Warner. What's the problem? - Headache.
Little more than a headache, Doc. He just had a blackout.
We'll do an MRI right away, see what's going on in there.
Take care of him. We need him.
Thank you, sir.
Welcome, Teal'c. This is Colonel Kennedy.
I'm extraordinarily pleased to meet you, sir.
Colonel Kennedy's job is to gather information, uh, knowledge,
about our potential enemies.
I offer my knowledge of the Goa'ulds.
I offer my skills as a warrior in defeating them.
I pledge my honour and my life to this world.
Well, thank you.
This is just an informal meeting, son.
Take a seat.
I have a lot of questions, so if there are no objections...
What can you tell us of the power source the Goa'ulds use for weapons, ships?
- Nothing. - I see.
Do you yourself have an understanding of the physics behind the Stargate?
- No. - I see.
Knowledge of Goa'uld magic is forbidden.
It's not magic, Teal'c. They just want you to think that.
Permission to barge in, sir?
Colonel O'Neill. I was hoping to meet you.
Your mission report from Chulak made for a most engrossing analysis.
Thanks. What was your favourite part?
Perhaps now is not the time, Colonel.
General, you know what I went and did?
I told Teal'c how we all respect a person's rights in this country.
There's nothing untoward taking place here, Colonel. Please, join us.
Thank you.
- Hey, Teal'c. - O'Neill.
That's "Teal'c” with an apostrophe - T-E-A-L'C.
- Colonel... - Yes, sir.
Very well. Teal'c, what can you tell me about the Goa'ulds?
They rule by force.
Their numbers were very few, but they are growing.
- How many worlds do they control? - Many hundreds. Perhaps more.
And should we expect to encounter these Goa'ulds everywhere?
- It is possible. - We?
But there are many more worlds that the Goa'ulds have no use for.
On those worlds people are abandoned and left to fend for themselves.
Is there a leadership with which we could negotiate a peace?
Some, like Apophis, are great kings and rule over many worlds as their gods.
But they have no need for peace.
- If they could Kill you, they would. - Could they?
- They have spacecraft, right? - Yes.
Without the Stargate, such a journey would take many months, perhaps years.
It would take many vessels, many slave armies.
We're not that much of a nuisance just yet.
- The slaves, where do they come from? - There is a tale of a primitive world
the Goa'uld discovered millennia ago. The Tauri.
First world where forms of this type evolved.
It is said the Goa'uld harvested among the primitives.
Some became Goa'uld hosts.
Others became Jaffa.
The rest were taken as slaves and seeded among the stars to serve them.
But that world has been lost for centuries.
Teal'c, beings of this form evolved here, on Earth.
- This world? - Is the world you're talkin' about.
Ra came here. If our ancestors hadn't rebelled and buried the Stargate...
You would have not become strong enough to challenge them.
Then the galaxy is populated by the ancient peoples of Earth.
- There could be millions by now. - Then you are their greatest hope.
And mine.
I'll drop by the control room.
By the silence, it seems like the Goa'ulds have finally given up.
- When was the last time you slept? - I don't know.
Doesn't help when the base goes on alert.
No, it's not that. It's that my mind races and I can't stop thinking about Sha're,
- where she is, what she's become. - But you can't stay awake for ever.
I can try!
You're right. I'll meet you at the next briefing.
All right.
Major Kawalsky, we're all done here, but I'm taking you off active duty as of now.
Major?
Security to the infirmary. Security to the infirmary.
Set. Condition red. Set. Condition red.
Kawalsky, what the hell are you doing? Agh!
Close the blast doors!
Emergency in the control room! Emergency in the control room!
Help me.
Kawalsky!
Don't shoot!
Don't shoot. Don't shoot.
They won't let you out of this mountain alive.
When those doors open, they'll shoot on sight. You know that.
Someone in the elevator hit the emergency stop.
- Get the doors open! - Hey!
- Get 'em open! - It's about time. Gimme a hand here.
- Charlie, what the hell's goin' on? - I don't have a clue, but she's hurt bad.
We have to get her to the infirmary.
The parasite's wrapped around his spine.
It's a... it's a Goa'uld.
Probably an infant.
They think the reason it hasn't taken you over completely is it's not mature yet.
- It's what's causing your blackouts. - What? I got one of the parasites in me?
- How in the hell does that happen? - We were hoping you could tell us.
You didn't feel it happening?
No.
When was the first time you blacked out?
I was here.
We'd just come back through from Chulak.
I thought it was just from coming back through the Stargate.
We were helping that kid. Casey was his name.
It was a... a sharp...
Oh, God, Jack.
I thought I wrenched my neck.
Anyway, Casey, he was all right. They took him outta there.
Oh, God, Jack. You gotta help me.
- You gotta get this thing outta me. - That's the plan.
I've taken Major Kawalsky off all pain medication to increase his alertness.
- It should increase his ability to resist... - When can you remove it?
It'd be a complex operation. The parasite is woven around his nervous system.
Can it be done or not?
Without Killing him, possibly.
Without making him a quadriplegic, that's a different story.
You just tell me who you need to assist, anyone in the world.
- I'll have them here within 24 hours. - Yes, sir.
When I was out, did I hurt anybody?
There's one man dead. A few more hurt.
Captain Carter's gonna be all right. I was just gonna go check on her.
- Oh, I didn't mean to... - No. She doesn't blame you.
You're not responsible. It's not your fault.
It's that damn thing that's inside of you.
Once they know how to do it, they'll cut it out of you. Right how you gotta fight it.
I don't mind tellin' you, this is scarin' me big time.
Teal'c, stand and face this way, please.
What is the emergency? They would not tell me.
- That's none of your concern now. - Kawalsky's been infected with a Goa'uld.
And you wish to see if I still carry the Goa'uld in me?
Yes. Now, please.
God! I hate those things.
Have you seen enough?
- You understand we had to see this. - What are its demands?
So far it's only managed to rear its ugly head whenever Kawalsky blacks out.
- It's already killed a man. - There'll be a struggle for the host body.
It must have sought a host before it was mature.
We intend to remove it before that happens.
It will Kill the host if you try. Once it is one with the host, it is capable of Killing him.
So...
What do we do?
Charlie, we got General Hammond here.
General, please, you gotta tell 'em to do something. The pain is too much.
- We are, Major. You just have to hold on. - Don't give me that "good soldier” crap!
Order them to cut this thing out of me!
- Teal'c says if they do that you might die. - I don't care!
Look, Charlie... they wanna talk to it.
What? What the hell is there to talk about?
- We must offer it life to save yours. - No! No! I want you to Kill it!
- We must talk to the Goa'uld. - Jack. Please help me, Jack.
- Charlie, just let 'em do their job! - Don't let them do it. I want you to Kill it!
- His heart rate just doubled. - Kill it! Kill it! Kill it! Kill it! Kill it! Kill it!
Nemeth Kree.
I won't speak to the traitor. You are their leader?
- I am. - Speak.
I'm General George Hammond, United States Air Force.
Commander in chief of the SGC. And you are?
Interested only in returning through the Stargate. Now!
You are in no position to make demands. I have a proposition...
Release me now, or I will destroy you.
If you leave this man's body, we'll let you live and send you back through the gate.
This body is mine.
If you're unwilling to leave, we will be forced to surgically...
Teal'c! Hold him!
Release me now or I will destroy you!
- Do not attempt to escape. - I command you!
- We'll open fire. Colonel, stand aside! - Release me now!
Take aim!
- Don't shoot! - Don't shoot!
- Hold your fire! - Oh! Oh, God!
It's all right, son. I won't put you through that again.
Oh, Jack, what did I do?
Nothin'. Just got a little mouthy. Nothin' serious.
Dr Warner, I want to know the minute that godforsaken thing can be taken out.
- Is that clear? - Yes, sir.
This conversation is over.
As you were, people.
In light of the day's events, Colonel Kennedy has made recommendations
to my superiors that I want to share with you. Colonel Kennedy?
I know many of you have served with Kawalsky,
so please forgive me if what I'm about to suggest appears callous,
but I believe surgical removal of the parasite may be a mistake.
General, this is a waste of time Kawalsky does not have.
Dr Warner, what are Major Kawalsky's chances of surviving the procedure?
10... 12%, at most.
And the parasite? It is an intelligent being, after all. Isn't it, Colonel?
- I believe I first read that in your report. - The parasite itself would not survive.
So, we're faced with destroying one life in the hopeless attempt to save another.
- You see the ethical dilemma. - No, I don't.
My team and I are completely prepared to perform the procedure. We'll do our best.
Of course you will. Please don't misunderstand.
We all wish the invading parasite in Major Kawalsky could be safely removed,
but the facts are the facts.
- I'm sorry. What was your point? - If we proceed with this operation,
Major Kawalsky will have died in vain.
- And if we don't? - Well, let's consider that for a moment.
These infant Goa'ulds, if they're so fragile in their larval state that they require a...
- Sorry. What is it you called yourself? - Jaffa.
For want of a better translation, what, incubator? How is it they're so intelligent?
A Goa'uld is born with the knowledge of all Goa'ulds that came before it.
- Genetic memory. That's amazing. - Yes, it is.
All the knowledge of the Goa'ulds.
- Think on that before we throw it away. - I've thought about it. You thought, too?
- I think we've all... Any more thinking? - Colonel...
Imagine if we convince this Goa'uld to share that knowledge.
A Goa'uld would not willingly share.
Teal'c is right. To them, we're nothing. Less than nothing.
They've taken on the roles of our ancient gods. What does that tell you?
What if we just studied it? How much could we learn from that?
What if we faced up to the fact of Major Kawalsky's slim chances of survival
and realised that the greatest enemy mankind may ever face
has just been delivered right to our doorstep?
Even if we let it return through the Stargate as a gesture of good faith...
- What kind of an officer are you, Colonel? - Sir?
As long as there is any chance my officer will survive this, we'll go ahead with it.
I feel I should take this to my superiors.
Well, me, I'll just call the president and get approval right from the horse's mouth!
But you go right ahead, Colonel. Talk to your superiors.
In the meantime, people, let's get the job done.
Do you sense the new anaesthetic is working better than the last one we tried?
Yes.
But you're not sure?
There's ho communication at all between you and the symbiote?
A Jaffa does not communicate with the Goa'uld it carries.
Well, keep your fingers crossed.
Nurse, you can stop this IV and release the patient. We'll go with this one.
They're gettin' ready.
It's about time.
How's the pain?
Maybe I'm just gettin' used to it.
- Listen, Jack, if this doesn't work... - Hey, come on. It's a cakewalk.
It hurts to talk. Will you shut up for a second?
I wanna be cremated.
I don't want there to be anything left of that thing inside of me.
- You make sure, all right? - Can we not talk about this?
When am I gonna talk about it, Jack? This could be my last conversation.
For cryin' out loud, it's not your last conversation.
Hey, I spoke to the doc. He told me the odds.
Don't give me any crap.
OK, it's our last conversation.
You'll be off on some other planet.
Yeah. P3A-575.
Whatever.
This was gonna be my first real command.
- I was lookin' forward to it. - You still can, Charlie.
They got me all tied up here.
Give me your hand.
I want you to know, no matter what happens,
it was an honour to serve with you... sir.
Listen, um...
I gotta ask you something. It's not easy for me.
We're friends.
If you don't make it...
can I have your stereo?
What?
It hurts to laugh.
You all right?
Oh, never better.
I've held back on the anaesthetic until it can be administered
to both patient and creature simultaneously.
Major Kawalsky, we're going to begin the operation.
Are you ready?
I wanna say something.
General Hammond, sir?
I'm here, son.
If this doesn't work, I want you to give the order.
I wanna wake up as me, or not at all.
You have my word, son.
Scalpel.
Injecting anaesthetic.
All right. Start the clock.
I'm making the first incision.
I'm separating primary ganglia attaching the parasite to the spinal cord... now.
It's coming away more easily than I'd hoped.
Must be the anaesthetic.
- At least it's going well. - That's fantastic.
If we can reverse what's happened to the major, there's still a chance for Sha're.
Let's hope.
The ganglia are still constricting periodically.
Obviously, there still seems to be some sign of life in this symbiote.
I don't know how. Scissors.
Scissors.
There are... thin filaments extending up and into the brain.
I'm going to sever them.
Hold him still!
What's happening?
I don't know, sir. I don't think it was anything I did.
I'd like to proceed.
- How much longer? - Almost there.
Almost...
- Large clamp. - Large clamp.
I'm... taking it out...
now.
I think we did it!
- Close for me. - Well done, everyone.
That's right, Dorothy. It was all a dream.
Can you move your fingers?
Toes?
Hey!
Congratulations, Major. You've already exceeded my wildest expectations.
Thirsty.
Here.
Easy, big fella. You're not drinkin' for two any more.
I made it.
See? Told you. Piece of cake.
I heard the operation was a complete success, sir. Congratulations.
- I have orders to return to Langley. - Don't let the door hit your ass as you go.
With Teal'c, sir. I have his travel orders as well.
You realise without his cooperation in finding an anaesthetic,
the operation might've failed? We owe him something for that.
But Teal'c is now carrying the only living Goa'uld available for study.
And we do need to study it. These aliens are the greatest threat this country has...
I'm well aware of the threat, Colonel. This facility is the front line.
We just go about things differently around here.
I see. Well, I'll make the transport arrangements in the morning.
You do that.
Colonel Kennedy's probably gonna take it with him, so if you wanna see it before...
- You mean that thing in my head? - Daniel thinks it's fascinating.
- No, I just thought you'd wanna see it. - No. Thanks.
Hey, they're shipping Teal'c to Langley. Kennedy's taking him with him.
- What?! - What for?
Study. That's Kennedy's word.
Right. Like a damn lab rat!
Apparently, Kennedy's ethics are selective.
In case the colonel can't talk him out of it,
I'd like a minute alone with Teal'c before they ship him out.
He helped get me through this.
- I gotta thank him. - OK. I think that can be arranged.
Hey.
Come on over here.
I wanna shake hands with the man who helped save my life.
I'd like a minute alone with my friend.
I'll make it an order. Does that make you feel better?
Jaffa, what they removed was merely a dead husk.
I'd already become one with the host.
1 give you this chance.
Serve me and you may live.
I... will... not.
Then die!
I'm doing all I can.
So, because he wasn't born on this planet, he doesn't have rights any more?
Get out!
Major!
What happened?
The Goa'uld has won. It's taken control of him.
- But how? - It deceived us.
Jaffa... kal sha!
You cannot pass.
- What? - He set the coordinates for Chulak!
- He set the autodestruct sequence. - How'd he have the code?
I don't know, but I need two officers to override, and you're it!
That did it. Open the blast doors.
Teal'c! Hold him there!
Shut it down!
Now!
He was your friend.
My friend died on the table.
The fact that he set the autodestruct code shows there's hope for Sha're and Skaara.
- How? - Because only Kawalsky knew that code.
So something of the host must survive.
Oh, absolutely. That's good to hear.
Oh, any time, sir. You just come on down. We'd be glad to have you.
Well, hell, sir. He's right here. Why don't you tell him yourself?
I'm sure he'd like to hear it from you.
Yes, Mr President.
Yes, sir.
- Colonel O'Neill, is SG-1 ready to go? - We are, sir.
Then you have a go for a standard recon mission on P3-575.
Yes, sir.
Reporting as ordered.
"Sir." "Sir."
- Sir. - Welcome aboard, son.
The MALP reports conditions on the planet are favourable.
Well?