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McKay: She used to leave the
lights on all over the house, every room.

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It drove my father nuts.

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Zelenka: For me, it was my
brother, only we had no lights.

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He used to leave candles
burning everywhere.

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Well, you know what?

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No one wants to
hear any more stories

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about how poor you were
as a child, all right?

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We already feel as sorry for
you as is humanly possible.

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He burnt the house down,
you know.

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My sister was
afraid of the dark.

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They used to blame me
for leaving the lights on.

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Of course, my father believed
her. He never sided with me.

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Zelenka: We had to live in a tent,
in the dead of winter for three months.

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You know, at least my stories
relate to what we're doing.

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So do mine.

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We're tracking
all over the city,

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shutting down everything
the agents activated,

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while they were
oh so briefly in control,

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so that we can stop the power
draining from our one precious zpm.

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How does that relate to your idiot
brother burning the house down?

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If we don't succeed...

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We're not gonna have to live
in a tent in the dead of winter.

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It's a metaphor.

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Dr. McKay. Thank god.

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The control panel,
it's completely shot.

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Really? You think so?

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You know, I don't get these ancients.
They're supposed to be so smart.

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Why activate something that you
don't need and you're not using?

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Maybe they didn't have time
to get to it, you know,

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before the human-form replicators
that you reprogrammed attacked.

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Yes. Yes, we all
know what happened.

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You're just angry that you couldn't figure
out how to override the ancient protocols

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that kept us from shutting this place
down remotely from the control room.

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McKay: And neither could you.

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Yes, but I didn't bet everyone
a month's pay that I could do it.

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Okay, you know what?
Look around.

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See if you can figure out how to
turn this place off, whatever it is.

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Hey, are you sure
you should be going up there?

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How else am I going to
find out what this room does?

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God forbid there should be
anything in the ancient database.

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The trouble is, we just
don't have the time to...

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Here we go.

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Okay, there should be
a main power switch...

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Yes, I know that.
What do you think I'm doing?

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All right.

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All right, double or nothing.

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You're on. All right.

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All right. It's gonna be
around here somewhere.

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Rodney, what happened?

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I'm not sure.

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But I think I just
lost big time.

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Beckett: As far as I can tell,
he's fine.

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I was hit by a mysterious energy
pulse. How can that possibly be fine?

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I've run every test I can. Blood
work, mris, x-rays, the lot.

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I found no anomalies
in any of the results.

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Okay, one more time,

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mysterious energy pulse from a
device created by the ancients?

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I mean, who knows what kind of
long-term effects I could be in for.

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I mean, there's gross
mutation, giantism, invisibility.

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That would be cool.
I turned into a bug.

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All right. Like I said, as far as I
can tell, you're as healthy as a horse.

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I'm clearing you
for active duty.

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Are you insane?

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Look, I need to be put under guard.
Who knows what I could become.

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What are the chances it could
make him more pleasant?

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Oh, thank you.
I'll keep an eye on him.

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Thank you.

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Can you still see me?

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What are you saying?

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I thought that you
were showing off.

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Normally, if Dr. Esposito
weren't around,

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I doubt you would've been
as reckless as you were.

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McKay: Are you insane?

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Which one's esposito?

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Oh, the long, dark hair.

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All right, the one
with the perfect little...

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Would you mind?
We're trying to work here.

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For the record,
I was going to say smile.

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Yeah, sure you were.
What've you got?

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Nothing.

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Whatever you did fried all the
power conduits leading into the room.

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Whatever I did?

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McKay: Up until very recently,
this lab was entirely undennater,

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quite possibly
for over 10,000 years.

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How is that my fault?

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Well, that part of it isn't.

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Okay, that's it.
I'm going for lunch.

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Teyla: How is he doing?

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Sheppard: Same old Rodney.

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Ronon: You sure?

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He looks a couple of pounds
heavier to me.

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Ronon. What?

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He eats all the time.
It's not like he exercises.

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Sheppard:
Feeding his unhappiness.

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Hello, I'm right here. I can...

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I can hear you.

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For your information, I'm exactly the
same weight I've been since I got here.

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I need to eat regularly,
othennise I become hypoglycemic,

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and I am generally
a very happy person.

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Man over radio: Colonel
Sheppard, please have your team report

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to the control room immediately.

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Colonel Sheppard.

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Weir: We received this
transmission six minutes ago

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from major lorne's team.

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Man on tape: Atlantis base, repeat, we're
under attack and cut off from the gate.

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I counted at least 20,
maybe more.

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Request backup immediately.

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Where are they?

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M-72656.

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Have a team of marines meet us
in the jumper bay.

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Zelenka: Dr. Weir, any word?

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Not yet.
It has only been an hour.

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You wanted to see me?

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Yes, I could use your help.

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I managed to get power
to a part of the console

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to access
the lab's research logs.

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And that's good news?

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Well, I'm not so sure.

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I could use a second opinion.

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It seems much of this refers to
different elements of human physiology.

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It mentions the mutation
of base genetic coding?

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I realize Dr. Beckett said that
there are no evident effects

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from Rodney's exposure
to the device,

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but it seems...

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It's meant to
manipulate human DNA.

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Man on transmitter: Dr. Weir to the
jumper bay. The rescue team has returned.

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Let's go.

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McKay: What else could it be?

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Sheppard:
You're losing your mind.

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McKay: I'm telling you,
it's a bit of a coincidence.

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Well, then prove it.

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Colonel?

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Everyone's present
and accounted for.

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How bad is it?
And who's been hurt?

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No one, doc, we're all fine,
thanks to McKay.

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So he says.

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Rodney?

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Well, to be honest, I'm not entirely sure.
I wasn't even sure it was me at first,

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but the correlation's
impossible to ignore.

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I saw lorne's team pinned
down, the bad guys closing in,

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I just thought, you know,
wouldn't it be great

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if all of their weapons
jammed at the same time?

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Okay, next thing I know,
they're all running away, so...

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So you think because you
wanted it to happen, it just did.

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It was a little more than that.

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Okay, you know what?
Watch this. I'll...

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Rodney!

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Rodney!

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Believe me, I find this
as disturbing as you do.

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Like bloody hell you do!

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Put him down.

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Oh, god!

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Have there been any other instances
of this power manifesting itself?

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Powers. Plural.

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What else can you do
besides telekinesis?

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Well, super-hearing for one,
and I'm not sure,

157
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but I think I may actually
be getting smarter.

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It's hard to say for sure because
I was pretty smart to start with,

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but recently I've been
having some ideas

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that I don't think even
I would've thought of before.

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Does super-ego count as a power?

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Oh, finally, look.
Keep it coming.

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He can also be dealing
with a super-appetite,

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although it's hard to tell
because he ate so much before.

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Very funny.

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My god, he's eating again?

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I have a very active metabolism.

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Beckett:
Aye, among other things.

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The scans show a dramatic
increase in synaptic interaction

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throughout all the sections
of Rodney's brain.

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Much higher than
normal human levels.

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There was an incident at sgc
just over a year ago.

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I recall that file.
I studied the data.

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Fascinating.

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Sg-1 discovered a highly-evolved
human being in stasis.

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Turned out he was the result
of experimentation

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by a Goa'uld named Anubis.

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He was trying to create a
means of artificially accelerating

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the human physiology
to the point of ascension.

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Well, that device I found must've
been some kind of an accelerator.

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We know that the ancients developed
all kinds of powers as they evolved.

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Though it's just a matter of bad luck
that we didn't run into that lab earlier.

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Seriously, me a superhero.
Who would've thought it?

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Look, we all agree the
ancients were pretty screwed up.

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We do?

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All the ones I met were
arrogant and condescending

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and not for good reason.

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Now, they made giant mistakes
and never fixed them.

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They were still human.

190
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Then there were
all those crazy rules.

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Those only came
after they ascended.

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Whatever. All right, maybe this
thing doesn't work on everyone.

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Who knows? But we do
know it works on McKay.

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It has only been a day.

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Assuming it's safe. Well,
to be honest, even if it's not,

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if we can get a significant advantage
over the wraith and the replicators...

197
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John, I agree, this device
may have great potential.

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And with great potential comes
great responsibility. I know.

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Like a lot of other things
we have found in this city,

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it is a very advanced
piece of technology.

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For all we know, it could
also be very dangerous.

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Just saying...

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Yes, you can be next.

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Thank you.

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You know, if you're
compiling a list, I...

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Could we stay focused, please?

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Right.

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Come on, you can't keep me
cooped up in here forever.

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You might not be sick, Rodney,
but I think we can both agree

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what's happening here
is far from normal.

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Exactly. So let me go out and start
using my powers to do some good.

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Are you going to finish that?

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I'm serious!

214
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We have no idea of the extent
of your genetic mutation.

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00:11:03,247 --> 00:11:05,099
Please, mutation has
such negative connotations.

216
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Advancement is more like it.

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Until we know exactly
what's going on here.

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Carson! I'm still me.

219
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Anyway, it's not like you or these guys
could stop me from leaving anyways.

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Ronon: No, but I could.

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Oh, you care to
put that to a test?

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Do you?

223
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Well, no, not really.

224
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Anyways, as I was saying, I think
you're fine to go about your daily duties,

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as long as you have
someone with you, and you...

226
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Check in every couple
of hours. Yes, yes. Bye-bye.

227
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You know, we could be a team.

228
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You could be my sidekick.
Sidekick?

229
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Yeah, it'll be like Batman and
ronon. Has a nice ring to it.

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Yeah, you keep eating like this,
it's gonna be more like fatman.

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I'm warning you, you will
probably be bored out of your mind

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unless you find incredibly
advanced physics to be...

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McKay: Really? What?

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What? You think so?

235
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Hey, she thinks I'm hot.

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I didn't say anything.

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McKay: Oh, no, no, no.
I'm sure that you...

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Oh, of course, no, I should've
known. She meant you.

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I don't know what
you're talking about.

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McKay, she didn't say a word.

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Oh, my god. I can read minds.

242
00:12:14,359 --> 00:12:16,528
Oh, this is cool.

243
00:12:17,988 --> 00:12:18,989
No, it isn't.

244
00:12:24,077 --> 00:12:26,872
Oh, I'm fine. No, yes,
and it doesn't. What?

245
00:12:26,955 --> 00:12:28,595
I can read your mind,
everyone's actually.

246
00:12:28,665 --> 00:12:30,602
That was very cool for the
first, like, 10 seconds there,

247
00:12:30,626 --> 00:12:32,270
but now I'm finding it
a little disturbing,

248
00:12:32,294 --> 00:12:35,255
so I'm trying to tune it out as
much as I possibly can, well, sort of.

249
00:12:35,339 --> 00:12:37,174
Anyways, look, I wanted
to get your permission

250
00:12:37,257 --> 00:12:38,467
to access the control chair.

251
00:12:38,550 --> 00:12:41,678
I've got some pretty interesting
ideas for maximizing our zpm

252
00:12:41,762 --> 00:12:44,723
by reconfiguring the city's power
systems. It's too complicated to explain,

253
00:12:44,806 --> 00:12:48,435
but trust me when I say that you are going
to be incredibly happy with the results.

254
00:12:48,518 --> 00:12:51,188
Look, Elizabeth, I know, you
have every right not to trust me,

255
00:12:51,271 --> 00:12:54,775
but I promise you, I'm gonna make
things much, much better, okay? Good.

256
00:12:54,858 --> 00:12:56,753
She wants you to shoot me if
you think for even one second

257
00:12:56,777 --> 00:13:00,113
that I might be trying to take over
the city for my own evil purposes.

258
00:13:00,197 --> 00:13:02,324
I'm kidding. That was a joke.

259
00:13:02,532 --> 00:13:04,785
Is your weapon set to stun?

260
00:13:04,868 --> 00:13:06,468
Wait, never mind.
There, I did it myself.

261
00:13:06,495 --> 00:13:08,747
Okay, to the chair room, ronon.

262
00:13:10,832 --> 00:13:12,250
Can I shoot him now?

263
00:13:12,334 --> 00:13:13,627
I can hear you!

264
00:13:13,710 --> 00:13:15,521
Look, she just wants you
to keep a close eye on me.

265
00:13:15,545 --> 00:13:18,215
Come on, let's go.
Chop, chop. Much to do.

266
00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:21,218
I will send a science
team down to supervise.

267
00:13:40,362 --> 00:13:41,947
What the hell is he doing?

268
00:13:42,030 --> 00:13:43,532
Don't ask me.

269
00:13:43,824 --> 00:13:45,575
Actually, I wasn't.

270
00:13:45,993 --> 00:13:47,536
I have no idea.

271
00:13:48,578 --> 00:13:51,123
Rodney, you are affecting
power all over the city.

272
00:13:51,206 --> 00:13:53,250
I know. Awesome, isn't it?

273
00:13:53,959 --> 00:13:56,169
No. I can't work.

274
00:13:56,253 --> 00:13:57,504
It's just temporary.

275
00:13:57,587 --> 00:14:01,508
Rodney, I'm trying to determine if that
device did any permanent damage to you.

276
00:14:01,591 --> 00:14:04,344
Quite frankly, given your
usually rampant hypochondria,

277
00:14:04,428 --> 00:14:06,221
I'm surprised you
don't seem to care.

278
00:14:06,304 --> 00:14:07,514
You're jealous.

279
00:14:07,597 --> 00:14:08,932
That is ridiculous.

280
00:14:09,016 --> 00:14:12,144
You should be working with me, trying
to figure out what is happening to you.

281
00:14:12,227 --> 00:14:14,479
Instead, you're here,
burying your head in the sand.

282
00:14:14,563 --> 00:14:16,023
That is not true.

283
00:14:16,106 --> 00:14:19,276
My head, which happens to be
housing my ever-evolving brain,

284
00:14:19,359 --> 00:14:20,944
is actually being
better utilized here

285
00:14:21,028 --> 00:14:24,197
doing important things
that will affect everybody.

286
00:14:30,704 --> 00:14:34,791
He tries to hide it, but deep down,
I'm the wind beneath his wings.

287
00:14:37,753 --> 00:14:39,671
Well, how's it coming?

288
00:14:39,755 --> 00:14:42,215
Actually, I think I'm just
getting to the good bit.

289
00:14:42,299 --> 00:14:46,803
Don't you hate it when people interrupt
right when things are getting good?

290
00:14:49,973 --> 00:14:52,642
I know McKay is
some super-genius now,

291
00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:56,354
but I find the flickering
lights incredibly unnerving.

292
00:14:56,772 --> 00:15:01,318
Dr. Coleman has, however,
reluctantly admitted it does seem

293
00:15:01,401 --> 00:15:04,404
as if Rodney is significantly
improving the city's power system.

294
00:15:04,488 --> 00:15:07,741
Whatever.
Anyway, you were saying...

295
00:15:09,409 --> 00:15:13,413
Well, we know the ancients evolved
physiologically to a certain point

296
00:15:13,497 --> 00:15:16,917
where they could transform
into a state of pure energy.

297
00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,585
Ancient history 101.

298
00:15:18,668 --> 00:15:22,380
Yes. We also know that not all
of them managed to get there.

299
00:15:22,923 --> 00:15:25,258
You're saying some of them
needed a kick in the pants.

300
00:15:25,342 --> 00:15:26,718
So to speak.

301
00:15:27,844 --> 00:15:30,639
I think this machine was not
meant to help them fight the war

302
00:15:30,722 --> 00:15:34,101
against the wraith, but
rather to help them escape it.

303
00:15:35,644 --> 00:15:37,104
An ascension machine?

304
00:15:37,187 --> 00:15:40,774
Like the one the Goa'uld
tried to create in the milky way.

305
00:15:41,691 --> 00:15:44,361
Are you saying
McKay's going to ascend?

306
00:15:45,612 --> 00:15:47,173
Unfortunately, there's a
whole lot more to ascension

307
00:15:47,197 --> 00:15:48,615
than just being
physically evolved.

308
00:15:48,698 --> 00:15:53,328
Believe me, after spending six months
with a bunch of pansy wannabes, I know.

309
00:15:53,495 --> 00:15:55,747
But what does this mean
for McKay?

310
00:15:55,831 --> 00:15:58,625
Like I said,
just getting to the good bit.

311
00:15:59,668 --> 00:16:01,503
I'll leave you to it.

312
00:16:03,630 --> 00:16:07,884
John, wait. We need to
talk to Rodney right away.

313
00:16:14,182 --> 00:16:18,311
You can all relax. I'll have
us back online in two minutes.

314
00:16:18,395 --> 00:16:20,355
We need to talk to you.

315
00:16:20,981 --> 00:16:22,774
What do you mean I'm gonna die?

316
00:16:23,942 --> 00:16:25,861
I'm not even sick!
I feel great, never better!

317
00:16:25,944 --> 00:16:27,320
That ancient device...

318
00:16:27,404 --> 00:16:29,823
Has accelerated my evolution.

319
00:16:29,906 --> 00:16:32,746
Eventually I'll reach a point where
I'm physically capable of ascension,

320
00:16:32,826 --> 00:16:35,996
but ascension takes more than
that, there's a mental component.

321
00:16:36,079 --> 00:16:40,208
I need to know how to
make it happen, which I don't.

322
00:16:40,292 --> 00:16:42,627
Yet, I'm getting
smarter by the minute.

323
00:16:42,711 --> 00:16:45,511
It's a pretty good assumption I'll
be able to figure it out on the way.

324
00:16:45,547 --> 00:16:46,607
Okay, so it's not
as easy as that.

325
00:16:46,631 --> 00:16:49,676
Well, even if I don't, so I
stay a highly-evolved human.

326
00:16:49,759 --> 00:16:52,220
I mean, I don't have to
ascend. It's a choice, right?

327
00:16:52,304 --> 00:16:54,347
No? What do you mean, no?

328
00:16:54,431 --> 00:16:57,726
Oh, that stupid ancient device
doesn't work properly, does it?

329
00:16:57,809 --> 00:17:00,270
It's set in motion
a series of genetic mutations

330
00:17:00,353 --> 00:17:02,898
that will result in my death
if I don't ascend?

331
00:17:02,981 --> 00:17:04,733
There is something
easier about this.

332
00:17:04,816 --> 00:17:07,402
That's why the ancients
didn't put it into common use.

333
00:17:07,485 --> 00:17:11,740
It's just one more in along line of
abysmal, over-ambitious failures!

334
00:17:12,449 --> 00:17:14,868
Oh, god. I'm a dead man.

335
00:17:14,951 --> 00:17:16,745
Dr.mckay yes, yes_.

336
00:17:16,995 --> 00:17:20,790
It's because I stopped in the middle.
I will fix it, just give me a second here.

337
00:17:26,004 --> 00:17:27,255
That's it.

338
00:17:30,008 --> 00:17:31,277
Okay, there's still
time left, right?

339
00:17:31,301 --> 00:17:32,695
So maybe there's a way
to reverse the process.

340
00:17:32,719 --> 00:17:35,013
Zelenka! Where's Zelenka?
What the hell has he been doing?

341
00:17:35,096 --> 00:17:36,824
We have massive power surges
throughout the grid.

342
00:17:36,848 --> 00:17:38,391
Shutdown protocols
are not responding.

343
00:17:38,475 --> 00:17:39,768
Damn it.

344
00:17:55,867 --> 00:17:57,452
Beckett:
Come on, radek, come on.

345
00:17:57,535 --> 00:18:01,456
He's not breathing. We need to
intubate. Start an iv, wide open.

346
00:18:01,539 --> 00:18:03,500
Get that monitor setup.

347
00:18:04,668 --> 00:18:07,504
Right, on my count.
One, two, three.

348
00:18:10,090 --> 00:18:11,091
Radek!

349
00:18:11,174 --> 00:18:12,968
Beckett:
Get the leads set up, please.

350
00:18:13,426 --> 00:18:15,929
Beckett: He's in v-tach.
Prepare to defib.

351
00:18:17,180 --> 00:18:18,348
Clear. Move!

352
00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:19,808
Beckett:
Rodney, the man is dying.

353
00:18:19,891 --> 00:18:22,060
I know. Just give me a second.
I know.

354
00:18:46,376 --> 00:18:50,547
Beckett: Heart rate's good,
breathing's steady.

355
00:18:52,382 --> 00:18:54,342
Pulse is good.

356
00:18:59,222 --> 00:19:01,725
Radek, you okay?

357
00:19:03,643 --> 00:19:05,145
What happened?

358
00:19:21,578 --> 00:19:22,746
Rodney.

359
00:19:22,829 --> 00:19:24,080
Hold on.

360
00:19:26,041 --> 00:19:27,917
I see you've been busy.

361
00:19:28,877 --> 00:19:30,712
Yeah, I invented a new math.

362
00:19:30,795 --> 00:19:31,838
Really?

363
00:19:31,921 --> 00:19:33,816
It's gonna change the human
understanding of the universe

364
00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:35,383
as we know it.

365
00:19:35,467 --> 00:19:37,510
How is Zelenka?

366
00:19:38,762 --> 00:19:40,180
You need to ask?

367
00:19:40,263 --> 00:19:41,574
I'm blocking out
people's thoughts.

368
00:19:41,598 --> 00:19:42,867
It was becoming
too oven/vhelming.

369
00:19:42,891 --> 00:19:44,684
I wasn't able to think.

370
00:19:46,144 --> 00:19:47,145
Rodney...

371
00:19:47,228 --> 00:19:49,147
I know what you're gonna say.

372
00:19:49,230 --> 00:19:53,026
Oh, no, just intuition,
I swear. I just...

373
00:19:53,109 --> 00:19:56,613
I tried to fix the ancient device, but it
wasn't meant to reverse the process.

374
00:19:56,696 --> 00:20:00,116
Once the mutation has started,
it cannot be stopped.

375
00:20:00,575 --> 00:20:01,826
Actually,

376
00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:09,501
I was gonna say, if you want any
help in understanding ascension...

377
00:20:13,671 --> 00:20:16,549
Well, I've already re-read
everything I could in the database.

378
00:20:16,633 --> 00:20:19,594
Well, it's not exactly a
clear-cut set of instructions, is it?

379
00:20:19,677 --> 00:20:20,917
No, and to be honest, you know,

380
00:20:20,970 --> 00:20:22,073
I've never been all that big on

381
00:20:22,097 --> 00:20:23,324
the whole idea of ascending
in the first place.

382
00:20:23,348 --> 00:20:25,725
There's too many rules,
you know?

383
00:20:25,809 --> 00:20:29,521
I mean, to me, life is about working
towards achievement, you know?

384
00:20:29,604 --> 00:20:31,606
Discovering things...
Getting credit for it.

385
00:20:31,689 --> 00:20:33,876
Exactly. I mean, once you
know it all, what do you do then?

386
00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:38,321
I don't know. I don't think that
ascension necessarily means the end.

387
00:20:38,405 --> 00:20:40,949
Yeah, see? Never been big
on leaps of faith, either.

388
00:20:41,074 --> 00:20:42,968
I mean, sure, there was a part
of me that, from the beginning,

389
00:20:42,992 --> 00:20:44,387
knew that this was
too good to be true.

390
00:20:44,411 --> 00:20:46,830
Nothing this great
could ever happen to me

391
00:20:46,913 --> 00:20:49,666
without really,
really bad consequences.

392
00:20:50,083 --> 00:20:52,043
Anyways, now I have
come to terms with that,

393
00:20:52,127 --> 00:20:54,230
and I just wanna get as much
done in the time I have left

394
00:20:54,254 --> 00:20:56,023
and not waste my time
on a bunch of mumbo-jumbo

395
00:20:56,047 --> 00:20:58,633
I'm not gonna
understand anyways.

396
00:20:58,716 --> 00:21:03,596
Oh, I've come up with a way for
increasing the daedalus' shield power.

397
00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,475
Tell hermiod to give me a call if he needs
any help understanding the base code.

398
00:21:07,559 --> 00:21:10,437
I'm sure colonel Caldwell
will be thrilled.

399
00:21:12,856 --> 00:21:16,443
Look, Rodney, I'm not gonna
try to convince you

400
00:21:16,526 --> 00:21:19,279
that ascension is right for you,
or even possible, for that matter.

401
00:21:19,362 --> 00:21:20,864
I don't know.

402
00:21:21,072 --> 00:21:23,616
But I wonder if you have
considered the fact

403
00:21:23,700 --> 00:21:27,162
that if you did somehow
manage to ascend,

404
00:21:27,245 --> 00:21:31,332
you can always theoretically
re-take human form.

405
00:21:34,252 --> 00:21:35,795
Why didn't I think of that?

406
00:21:36,254 --> 00:21:37,356
Beckett:
I don't think it's gonna work.

407
00:21:37,380 --> 00:21:38,756
I had this shipped from the sgc.

408
00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,694
Aye, I know. The ancient device used
to measure a person's synaptic activity.

409
00:21:41,718 --> 00:21:44,053
Ah, more than that, the
brain's evolutionary level.

410
00:21:44,137 --> 00:21:46,431
Look, it's basically
an ascend-o-meter.

411
00:21:46,514 --> 00:21:48,409
I really don't think we're
going about this the right way.

412
00:21:48,433 --> 00:21:52,020
If you're a highly-evolved
super-genius, put up your hand.

413
00:21:53,980 --> 00:21:55,749
From everything I read
about the subject area...

414
00:21:55,773 --> 00:21:57,233
Look, when you get down to it,

415
00:21:57,317 --> 00:22:01,196
even mental states are actually
only physical states, are they not?

416
00:22:01,279 --> 00:22:03,490
I mean, the brain is just
a chemical supercomputer.

417
00:22:03,573 --> 00:22:05,116
Vveh, isuppose
an incredibly complex...

418
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:06,951
Yes is all you need to say,
my friend.

419
00:22:07,035 --> 00:22:11,331
Look, the universe may seem
mystical to those without understanding,

420
00:22:11,414 --> 00:22:15,168
when in truth anything and
everything can be quantified.

421
00:22:15,251 --> 00:22:18,338
Look, all that hocus-pocus stuff
is just a way of getting the brain

422
00:22:18,421 --> 00:22:21,090
into the proper
electro-chemical state to

423
00:22:21,174 --> 00:22:23,176
allow the final
physical evolution,

424
00:22:23,259 --> 00:22:27,263
at which point the matter that makes
up this body will turn into pure energy.

425
00:22:28,181 --> 00:22:33,353
What mere mortals would refer
to as the mystery of ascension

426
00:22:33,436 --> 00:22:35,313
is actually just
a scientific process.

427
00:22:35,396 --> 00:22:36,624
It's just protons and electrons.

428
00:22:36,648 --> 00:22:38,274
Protons and electrons.
If you say so.

429
00:22:38,358 --> 00:22:41,778
Now, if you don't mind,
can we... yeah, that's it.

430
00:22:45,865 --> 00:22:50,078
Now, based on what I've
extrapolated from the ancient research,

431
00:22:50,161 --> 00:22:52,038
I have been able to
set measurable parameters

432
00:22:52,121 --> 00:22:53,998
for achieving
the proper mental state.

433
00:22:54,082 --> 00:22:58,253
Once I reach 96% synaptic
connection, as measured by this device,

434
00:22:58,336 --> 00:23:01,214
all I need to do is maintain
an eeg frequency of 0.1

435
00:23:01,297 --> 00:23:04,217
to 0.9 hertz and presto.

436
00:23:04,300 --> 00:23:07,220
I rise to a higher plane
of existence.

437
00:23:07,303 --> 00:23:11,891
Okay, let's assume for one completely
insane moment that you are right.

438
00:23:11,975 --> 00:23:15,478
Those frequencies are associated
with near-comatose patients.

439
00:23:15,562 --> 00:23:18,773
No one who's actually awake can just
will themselves anywhere close to that,

440
00:23:18,856 --> 00:23:20,817
no matter how bloody
relaxed they are.

441
00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:23,319
No unevolved person.

442
00:23:23,403 --> 00:23:24,404
Give it a rest, Rodney.

443
00:23:24,487 --> 00:23:25,989
Just turn it on.

444
00:23:29,951 --> 00:23:32,579
Your synaptic activity's
abnormally high. Over 60%.

445
00:23:32,662 --> 00:23:33,847
Yes! I don't have
much time left.

446
00:23:33,871 --> 00:23:37,750
As I said, by my calculations, when
I reach 96%, I either ascend or die.

447
00:23:37,834 --> 00:23:39,586
Now, what's my eeg?

448
00:23:39,669 --> 00:23:41,564
Twenty-nine hertz, which is
about average for someone

449
00:23:41,588 --> 00:23:43,548
in an extremely heightened
wakeful state.

450
00:23:43,631 --> 00:23:46,676
Okay, so I just need
to clear my mind and relax.

451
00:23:50,221 --> 00:23:51,472
What's it at now? Thirty.

452
00:23:51,556 --> 00:23:54,201
What? Oh, come on, that's impossible!
You must have me hooked up wrong.

453
00:23:54,225 --> 00:23:55,494
No, I didn't,
thank you very much.

454
00:23:55,518 --> 00:23:57,729
We're getting a clear reading.

455
00:23:57,895 --> 00:24:01,274
Rodney, the ancients that
eventually learned to ascend

456
00:24:01,357 --> 00:24:04,110
dedicated their entire lives
preparing for this moment.

457
00:24:04,193 --> 00:24:06,171
Trust me, this will work.
I just need some more time.

458
00:24:06,195 --> 00:24:09,365
Now stop talking so much.
You're rippling my pond.

459
00:24:16,164 --> 00:24:20,084
I think he's having a hard time accepting
this can't be solved with science,

460
00:24:20,168 --> 00:24:22,629
no matter how brilliant he is.

461
00:24:22,712 --> 00:24:27,258
You know what he needs?
He needs to release his burden.

462
00:24:28,176 --> 00:24:30,261
Yeah, well, you know McKay.

463
00:24:31,220 --> 00:24:33,473
Maybe Dr. Heightmeyer can help.

464
00:24:33,931 --> 00:24:36,684
Actually, I was thinking
more along the lines of you.

465
00:24:36,768 --> 00:24:38,227
Mmm-hmm. Me?

466
00:24:38,728 --> 00:24:41,814
You lived with the ancients for six
months on the brink of ascension.

467
00:24:41,898 --> 00:24:44,984
You helped them face their
fears and finally ascend.

468
00:24:45,068 --> 00:24:48,071
I fought a scary monster.
That's what I do best.

469
00:24:48,154 --> 00:24:51,658
And for Rodney, I'm sure this
seems like a pretty scary monster.

470
00:24:56,913 --> 00:24:59,666
I don't think this is gonna work
with you hooked up to the machine.

471
00:24:59,749 --> 00:25:01,709
How else am I gonna know
if it's working at all?

472
00:25:01,793 --> 00:25:05,171
Look, you're teaching me how to meditate.
Not exactly good odds there to start with.

473
00:25:05,254 --> 00:25:06,798
I realize that.

474
00:25:07,757 --> 00:25:11,844
Truth is, I was never really
very good at this myself.

475
00:25:11,928 --> 00:25:13,721
So why am I here?

476
00:25:13,805 --> 00:25:14,847
Elizabeth made me.

477
00:25:14,931 --> 00:25:16,933
Oh. Yeah. Me, too.

478
00:25:17,517 --> 00:25:18,911
I was with those ancients
for six months.

479
00:25:18,935 --> 00:25:21,771
Maybe I picked up something
that might be able to help you.

480
00:25:22,647 --> 00:25:23,898
Yeah.

481
00:25:24,565 --> 00:25:27,527
The first thing I think you
need to come to terms with

482
00:25:27,610 --> 00:25:30,405
is this is not
a means to an end.

483
00:25:30,488 --> 00:25:32,532
What? Well, of course it is.

484
00:25:32,615 --> 00:25:33,825
No, no, no, you can't do that.

485
00:25:33,908 --> 00:25:36,720
You can't think that you're just gonna
ascend and then re-take human form

486
00:25:36,744 --> 00:25:37,954
and be done with it all.

487
00:25:38,037 --> 00:25:40,331
That is exactly
what I'm trying to do.

488
00:25:40,415 --> 00:25:44,627
Look, from what I understand,
dishonesty's not gonna help the process.

489
00:25:44,794 --> 00:25:45,795
Good point.

490
00:25:45,878 --> 00:25:47,815
You know, while we're at it,
my knees are killing me.

491
00:25:47,839 --> 00:25:49,215
How does anyone relax like this?

492
00:25:49,298 --> 00:25:51,718
Find a position that works.

493
00:25:51,801 --> 00:25:54,637
Right. Okay.

494
00:25:54,721 --> 00:25:55,805
Fine.

495
00:25:56,139 --> 00:26:01,060
Now, I want you to become
aware of your breaths

496
00:26:01,144 --> 00:26:04,147
going in and out of your body.

497
00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:07,316
In and out.

498
00:26:07,942 --> 00:26:09,861
Do it without talking.

499
00:26:10,695 --> 00:26:12,155
Oh, right.

500
00:26:13,197 --> 00:26:16,576
Now, I want you to
think about the things

501
00:26:16,659 --> 00:26:18,953
that you worry about the most.

502
00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:20,121
You mean like death?

503
00:26:20,204 --> 00:26:21,998
There's no talking.

504
00:26:22,832 --> 00:26:25,710
Think of anything
that makes you anxious.

505
00:26:25,793 --> 00:26:27,754
Oh, god, there's so many things.

506
00:26:27,837 --> 00:26:29,481
Not talking happens to be
one of them, by the way.

507
00:26:29,505 --> 00:26:30,840
Deal with it.

508
00:26:32,550 --> 00:26:33,551
Now.

509
00:26:34,844 --> 00:26:37,805
Imagine yourself
sitting on a Ferris wheel.

510
00:26:37,889 --> 00:26:38,931
What?

511
00:26:39,015 --> 00:26:40,892
Look, I told you,
I didn't pay much attention

512
00:26:40,975 --> 00:26:42,935
to what the ancients
were teaching me.

513
00:26:43,019 --> 00:26:45,730
I like Ferris wheels,
so that's what I thought about

514
00:26:45,813 --> 00:26:51,402
and the fact that the woman teaching
me how to meditate was very attractive.

515
00:26:51,486 --> 00:26:53,404
Why am I not surprised
you didn't ascend, huh?

516
00:26:53,488 --> 00:26:57,116
Okay, look, I'm a busy man, you're
a busy man. We're both busy men.

517
00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:01,454
Just relax, all right? I'm gonna try to
remember what the woman taught me.

518
00:27:02,371 --> 00:27:03,956
All right.

519
00:27:05,708 --> 00:27:10,546
Now, there's a dark storm
swirling around your head.

520
00:27:11,339 --> 00:27:14,133
How is that comforting?
I'm getting there.

521
00:27:15,176 --> 00:27:16,987
I just thought of a brilliant
adjunct to the chaos theory.

522
00:27:17,011 --> 00:27:19,263
Look, I should write
this down... McKay!

523
00:27:20,223 --> 00:27:22,266
Letting it go. Letting it go.

524
00:27:22,350 --> 00:27:24,894
Now, the sky is clearing.

525
00:27:24,977 --> 00:27:27,480
All your troubles
are fading away.

526
00:27:27,563 --> 00:27:29,690
Bright blue sky. I am there.

527
00:27:35,613 --> 00:27:37,490
How am I doing?
Don't think that way.

528
00:27:37,573 --> 00:27:38,783
Oh, forget it.

529
00:27:38,908 --> 00:27:40,719
Look, this is never gonna
work. What's wrong now?

530
00:27:40,743 --> 00:27:43,788
I just realized why light behaves
as both particles and waves.

531
00:27:43,871 --> 00:27:45,351
Rodney, if you don't
try to do this...

532
00:27:45,414 --> 00:27:47,917
I know. I don't have
much time left.

533
00:27:57,218 --> 00:27:59,512
Hey. Just a second.

534
00:28:10,481 --> 00:28:11,607
What are you doing?

535
00:28:11,691 --> 00:28:13,794
There are, like, 50 simulations
I'd like to be running right now,

536
00:28:13,818 --> 00:28:15,337
but the computers
can't keep up with me,

537
00:28:15,361 --> 00:28:18,674
the irony being that I've actually figured
out how to make them run 10 times faster,

538
00:28:18,698 --> 00:28:20,700
but I haven't had time
to actually stop and do it.

539
00:28:20,783 --> 00:28:24,704
Oh, I've uploaded the virtual
prototype for a hyperspace generator

540
00:28:24,787 --> 00:28:27,415
for the puddle jumpers
into the database.

541
00:28:27,498 --> 00:28:29,458
Well, that sounds great.

542
00:28:31,127 --> 00:28:34,422
Are you sure that
this is how you want to...

543
00:28:34,505 --> 00:28:38,301
Spend my last couple of days
alive? Don't have much choice, do I?

544
00:28:38,384 --> 00:28:41,053
Rodney, I think it's very
decent and noble of you

545
00:28:41,137 --> 00:28:44,432
to want to leave a
scientific contribution behind,

546
00:28:44,515 --> 00:28:48,269
but I still believe there's a chance you
can ascend if you put your mind to it.

547
00:28:48,352 --> 00:28:51,397
We both know that that is a waste
of time. Maybe you could do it, but...

548
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,734
I don't know if I could, but you
are certainly selling yourself short

549
00:28:54,817 --> 00:28:56,569
by not even trying.

550
00:28:57,028 --> 00:29:00,156
To be honest, I don't have
the first clue where to start.

551
00:29:00,239 --> 00:29:02,116
Stop thinking.
See, I don't understand that.

552
00:29:02,199 --> 00:29:04,410
One of the biggest things
that holds people back

553
00:29:04,493 --> 00:29:10,416
is that somewhere deep down
they believe they're not deserving.

554
00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:15,087
You have to release your burden.

555
00:29:15,171 --> 00:29:16,213
Oh, please!

556
00:29:16,297 --> 00:29:18,716
I know spirituality to you
is a load of mumbo-jumbo,

557
00:29:18,799 --> 00:29:21,052
but it does help people
find peace with themselves.

558
00:29:21,135 --> 00:29:22,178
But you have to believe.

559
00:29:22,261 --> 00:29:23,447
I'm not talking about religion.

560
00:29:23,471 --> 00:29:27,308
I'm talking about shedding yourself
of guilt, of anger, of ill-feeling,

561
00:29:27,391 --> 00:29:30,019
of anything that
makes you feel shame.

562
00:29:31,228 --> 00:29:34,857
And then you can focus all
of your energy on ascending.

563
00:29:35,858 --> 00:29:38,444
So what you're telling me is
that I don't think I'm worthy.

564
00:29:38,527 --> 00:29:42,365
Rodney, I don't know what
you truly believe about yourself.

565
00:29:43,324 --> 00:29:46,327
For all I know, you use your
intelligence to compensate,

566
00:29:46,410 --> 00:29:50,665
to make yourself feel better for
other things you think you may lack.

567
00:29:50,748 --> 00:29:53,292
Like what?
That, I can't tell you,

568
00:29:53,876 --> 00:29:56,754
but maybe you could start
reading your own mind?

569
00:30:13,521 --> 00:30:14,831
Rodney, I don't care
what you're gonna say.

570
00:30:14,855 --> 00:30:16,482
I'm gonna keep
working on this, okay?

571
00:30:16,565 --> 00:30:18,526
Well, I appreciate that.

572
00:30:19,485 --> 00:30:23,906
You saved my life, so the least I
can do is try to save yours, you know?

573
00:30:23,990 --> 00:30:25,282
Radek?

574
00:30:26,450 --> 00:30:28,536
I think it's safe to say that

575
00:30:28,619 --> 00:30:33,416
I am, at times, a petty,
vindictive, even jealous man.

576
00:30:34,417 --> 00:30:37,253
I sublimate my own anxieties
or feelings of inadequacy

577
00:30:37,336 --> 00:30:41,632
by creating a bubble
of hostility around myself.

578
00:30:42,091 --> 00:30:44,010
I know that you, probably
more than anyone else,

579
00:30:44,093 --> 00:30:46,345
have had to bear the brunt
of that hostility.

580
00:30:46,429 --> 00:30:47,805
Rodney, you don't have to...

581
00:30:47,888 --> 00:30:50,224
Actually, I do.
Here's the thing.

582
00:30:52,476 --> 00:30:56,605
You're a brilliant scientist
and a decent human being,

583
00:30:56,689 --> 00:30:59,775
and you should not have had
to endure the kind of abuse

584
00:30:59,859 --> 00:31:02,945
that you've taken from me
in the past few years.

585
00:31:03,154 --> 00:31:06,866
I hope you can find a way to forgive me for
all the things I've said and done to you.

586
00:31:06,949 --> 00:31:09,368
You deserve
much better than that.

587
00:31:10,953 --> 00:31:13,164
So I wanted you to know that.

588
00:31:15,750 --> 00:31:16,792
Yes.

589
00:31:31,807 --> 00:31:33,642
Rodney. Mind if I come in?

590
00:31:33,726 --> 00:31:36,312
Shouldn't you be...
Hope you don't mind.

591
00:31:41,442 --> 00:31:43,295
I was talking with halling
and he happened to mention

592
00:31:43,319 --> 00:31:46,197
that it was the anniversary of
the death of your father next week.

593
00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:47,364
He did?

594
00:31:47,448 --> 00:31:49,784
Okay, I might have asked
a few pointed questions,

595
00:31:49,867 --> 00:31:52,620
but I just thought
it would be nice if...

596
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,291
What I mean is,
I would be honored

597
00:31:57,374 --> 00:32:00,836
if you let me share the
memorial tea ceremony with you.

598
00:32:01,879 --> 00:32:03,815
I don't know if it's wrong
to do it early or anything,

599
00:32:03,839 --> 00:32:05,591
but I may not be
around next week.

600
00:32:05,674 --> 00:32:09,678
Anyway, I understand it's something
you're not supposed to do alone.

601
00:32:11,347 --> 00:32:12,932
Thank you, Rodney.

602
00:32:14,016 --> 00:32:16,602
No, no, no, no, no.
I know exactly what to do.

603
00:32:16,685 --> 00:32:20,022
You are the one who's lost
a loved one. I will serve you.

604
00:32:23,692 --> 00:32:25,861
Hey, buddy! Pal!

605
00:32:26,862 --> 00:32:29,782
Been looking all over for you!
Checked the gym, the mess.

606
00:32:29,865 --> 00:32:30,866
Wasn't there.

607
00:32:30,950 --> 00:32:33,786
No, you weren't. Usually
one of those is a good bet.

608
00:32:33,869 --> 00:32:37,790
So, where are you off to? Shooting
range? A little target practice?

609
00:32:37,915 --> 00:32:40,352
Ronon: I don't need practice.
Oh, no. No, no, of course you don't.

610
00:32:40,376 --> 00:32:43,379
Look, I don't know
how much time I have left,

611
00:32:43,462 --> 00:32:45,297
so I'm just gonna
cut to the chase here,

612
00:32:45,381 --> 00:32:48,134
ask you a rather
personal question.

613
00:32:48,217 --> 00:32:50,970
Hopefully, you won't
just hit me in the face.

614
00:32:51,846 --> 00:32:53,305
Asking away.

615
00:32:54,390 --> 00:32:58,477
Those scars on your back from
your encounters with the wraith,

616
00:32:58,561 --> 00:33:00,896
you know,
with the tracking device?

617
00:33:02,148 --> 00:33:05,109
Are those, like,
a badge of honor for you,

618
00:33:05,192 --> 00:33:09,238
or are they just a constant reminder
of something you'd rather forget?

619
00:33:09,989 --> 00:33:12,908
I mean, I know it's none
of my business. I just...

620
00:33:13,951 --> 00:33:16,662
I try not to let things
I can't change bother me.

621
00:33:19,582 --> 00:33:21,125
That's very healthy.

622
00:33:38,684 --> 00:33:40,561
I hope you don't mind.

623
00:33:41,145 --> 00:33:42,938
I just healed them.

624
00:33:57,953 --> 00:34:00,182
You're not still trying to find a
way out of this for me, are you?

625
00:34:00,206 --> 00:34:02,041
You think I'm gonna give up?

626
00:34:02,124 --> 00:34:04,352
Look, all the ancients that
experimented with that device,

627
00:34:04,376 --> 00:34:07,338
they either ascended or died,
most of them the latter,

628
00:34:07,421 --> 00:34:09,590
which is why it did not
get put into common use.

629
00:34:09,673 --> 00:34:12,343
Like you said,
there were exceptions.

630
00:34:12,426 --> 00:34:15,554
Yes, well, this will all be over soon,
and you can get back to some real work.

631
00:34:15,638 --> 00:34:17,181
Rodney, don't.

632
00:34:17,264 --> 00:34:20,976
No, no, no, I'm not fishing
for sympathy. I just...

633
00:34:21,060 --> 00:34:23,604
Hey, I just wanted
to give you that.

634
00:34:23,979 --> 00:34:25,397
What have you invented now?

635
00:34:25,481 --> 00:34:27,650
Oh, nothing. It's a book.

636
00:34:28,567 --> 00:34:29,568
About what?

637
00:34:29,652 --> 00:34:30,819
You.

638
00:34:31,403 --> 00:34:33,757
Well, you've taken a lot of crap
as the leader of this expedition,

639
00:34:33,781 --> 00:34:37,159
and I just thought someone should leave a
record of all the good things you've done,

640
00:34:37,243 --> 00:34:39,161
everything you've done right.

641
00:34:40,663 --> 00:34:43,374
Everything I do is
on record for review.

642
00:34:43,457 --> 00:34:46,460
Oh, yes, I know, I know. I just
thought that I would have somewhat

643
00:34:46,543 --> 00:34:49,255
of a unique perspective that
other people might benefit from.

644
00:34:49,338 --> 00:34:53,259
You know, I actually took the Liberty
of doing some research into your past,

645
00:34:53,342 --> 00:34:54,718
and I included that as well.

646
00:34:54,802 --> 00:34:56,762
I'm sorry if I'm not
a very good writer.

647
00:34:56,845 --> 00:35:00,224
It might be a bit
overly-maudlin in places...

648
00:35:02,935 --> 00:35:06,021
Rodney, this is 500
pages long. When did you...

649
00:35:06,105 --> 00:35:07,856
Anyway, that's all.

650
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:10,567
Right.

651
00:35:16,949 --> 00:35:18,325
What's it down to?

652
00:35:18,409 --> 00:35:19,743
It's not important.

653
00:35:19,827 --> 00:35:20,911
What?

654
00:35:21,787 --> 00:35:24,039
Of course it is. It's got to...

655
00:35:24,331 --> 00:35:26,500
What? Seventeen hertz?
It's not even close!

656
00:35:26,583 --> 00:35:28,002
It's closer than
you've ever been.

657
00:35:28,085 --> 00:35:29,503
Oh, forget it.

658
00:35:30,629 --> 00:35:34,133
Look, if you have to keep asking,
you're obviously not getting it.

659
00:35:34,216 --> 00:35:35,634
This is about letting go.

660
00:35:35,718 --> 00:35:37,928
I don't know
how to do that, okay?

661
00:35:38,012 --> 00:35:40,014
I'm me. I don't know
how not to be me.

662
00:35:41,849 --> 00:35:44,393
Look, thank you
for all of your help.

663
00:35:44,601 --> 00:35:48,355
I think in the grand scheme of
things, we're good, aren't we?

664
00:35:50,065 --> 00:35:51,108
Of course.

665
00:35:51,191 --> 00:35:52,234
Right.

666
00:35:52,818 --> 00:35:55,338
Look, if it's not too much trouble,
I'd like you to read my eulogy.

667
00:35:55,362 --> 00:35:57,406
I refuse to discuss that.

668
00:35:57,865 --> 00:36:01,493
Just keep it simple.
Make up a few nice things.

669
00:36:01,577 --> 00:36:03,054
I'd like my little sister
to be there.

670
00:36:03,078 --> 00:36:05,372
And, oh, you should know
that I told Beckett

671
00:36:05,456 --> 00:36:08,167
that he should most definitely
do a full autopsy.

672
00:36:08,250 --> 00:36:10,336
He can use my body for
any kind of experimentation

673
00:36:10,419 --> 00:36:12,880
that might prove helpful, and...

674
00:36:12,963 --> 00:36:14,590
Oh, and I'd like to be cremated,

675
00:36:14,673 --> 00:36:18,344
with my ashes to be thrown
out into space from the jumper...

676
00:36:18,427 --> 00:36:19,636
Rodney...

677
00:36:19,762 --> 00:36:21,305
Rodney!

678
00:36:27,728 --> 00:36:29,813
Medical team to my quarters.

679
00:36:31,732 --> 00:36:35,277
The synaptic activity in your
brain has reached over 90%.

680
00:36:35,861 --> 00:36:40,240
I don't know why, but it seems the
more pervasive evolved state of the cortex

681
00:36:40,324 --> 00:36:42,743
is causing lapses
in the lower brain function.

682
00:36:42,826 --> 00:36:46,914
It's almost as if your body's losing
its natural ability to keep itself alive.

683
00:36:46,997 --> 00:36:49,124
When ascension occurs naturally,

684
00:36:49,208 --> 00:36:52,252
the physical body's no longer
necessary in the final stages.

685
00:36:52,336 --> 00:36:55,464
Rodney, I don't know
how much more you can take.

686
00:36:55,672 --> 00:36:57,716
About 6%?

687
00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,927
There must be
something we can do.

688
00:37:00,010 --> 00:37:01,261
McKay: It's okay.

689
00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:06,058
You know, I'm actually
feeling a sense of peace,

690
00:37:06,767 --> 00:37:10,396
interspersed with moments
of sheer terror, of course.

691
00:37:10,479 --> 00:37:14,149
Rodney, as far as
this ascension thing,

692
00:37:14,817 --> 00:37:20,656
I know you didn't have much success,
but at this point, what do you got to lose?

693
00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:23,075
May as well go outfighfing, huh?

694
00:37:23,325 --> 00:37:24,660
Absolutely.

695
00:37:26,203 --> 00:37:27,538
Hook me up.

696
00:37:31,583 --> 00:37:37,798
Carson? Thank you.
Thank you for everything.

697
00:37:39,925 --> 00:37:42,928
I only wish I could have
done more, my friend.

698
00:37:54,690 --> 00:37:56,316
Clear blue skies.

699
00:37:57,192 --> 00:38:00,863
All my troubles,
just drifting away.

700
00:38:02,364 --> 00:38:05,409
Okay, stop talking now.

701
00:38:08,996 --> 00:38:11,206
Rodney, you're a good person.

702
00:38:12,458 --> 00:38:14,376
Know that we love you.

703
00:38:15,544 --> 00:38:16,920
You love me?

704
00:38:18,714 --> 00:38:20,841
Really? All of you?

705
00:38:20,924 --> 00:38:24,470
In the way a friend feels
about another friend.

706
00:38:24,553 --> 00:38:26,972
You're just saying that
because I'm gonna die.

707
00:38:28,140 --> 00:38:29,975
Oh, god. I can't believe
I'm gonna die.

708
00:38:30,058 --> 00:38:31,894
All right, just back
to the blue skies.

709
00:38:31,977 --> 00:38:37,024
Let your thoughts go.
Concentrate on your breathing.

710
00:38:44,740 --> 00:38:46,116
Oh, my god.

711
00:38:56,210 --> 00:38:58,730
He's not breathing. Quick, bag him.
We need to get him on a ventilator.

712
00:38:58,754 --> 00:38:59,981
Carson, he gave us
strict orders...

713
00:39:00,005 --> 00:39:01,173
You don't understand.

714
00:39:01,256 --> 00:39:02,925
He just told me how to save him.

715
00:39:04,927 --> 00:39:07,095
We're en route. His pulse
is very weak. Are you ready?

716
00:39:07,179 --> 00:39:08,472
We will be.

717
00:39:11,099 --> 00:39:12,434
Almost.

718
00:39:19,608 --> 00:39:21,026
Beckett: Right.

719
00:39:24,404 --> 00:39:26,615
Beckett: Hurry.
He can't breathe on his own.

720
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:31,787
Okay, stand back.

721
00:39:43,674 --> 00:39:45,008
Beckett: Rodney?

722
00:39:45,384 --> 00:39:46,385
It worked!

723
00:39:46,468 --> 00:39:47,553
Did it?

724
00:39:47,636 --> 00:39:49,054
Well, I'm alive, aren't I?

725
00:39:49,137 --> 00:39:50,305
Sheppard: Sounds like him.

726
00:39:50,389 --> 00:39:51,557
Yes, yes.

727
00:39:52,516 --> 00:39:54,434
I can't hear
one of your thoughts.

728
00:39:55,811 --> 00:39:57,729
The telekinesis is gone.

729
00:39:58,272 --> 00:40:01,233
I'm still smart, I think.

730
00:40:01,316 --> 00:40:04,903
Yes! Yes, I'm me!
I'm my old self!

731
00:40:04,987 --> 00:40:07,364
Are you certain?
Yeah, I'm alive! I feel great!

732
00:40:07,447 --> 00:40:10,409
I feel hungry.

733
00:40:10,492 --> 00:40:11,577
He's fine.

734
00:40:11,660 --> 00:40:13,328
And you said it was impossible.

735
00:40:13,412 --> 00:40:15,247
McKay: Yeah, it just came to me.

736
00:40:15,330 --> 00:40:18,041
I was floating in this
big black emptiness,

737
00:40:18,125 --> 00:40:19,811
and then the answer
just came out of nowhere.

738
00:40:19,835 --> 00:40:22,421
Look, the device was designed
to manipulate your DNA.

739
00:40:22,504 --> 00:40:24,566
It couldn't reverse the
evolutionary advancement process

740
00:40:24,590 --> 00:40:25,817
because everyone's
DNA was different.

741
00:40:25,841 --> 00:40:28,677
It makes certain changes
that causes the DNA to evolve

742
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:30,887
in ways specific to
your own unique physiology.

743
00:40:30,971 --> 00:40:33,324
Yeah. In order to manipulate
the DNA back to the previous state,

744
00:40:33,348 --> 00:40:35,350
the program required
a precise reference point.

745
00:40:35,434 --> 00:40:37,704
Fortunately, I keep blood samples
from all the Atlantis team members

746
00:40:37,728 --> 00:40:39,271
for baseline comparisons.

747
00:40:39,354 --> 00:40:41,773
I don't understand what
any of you are talking about.

748
00:40:43,191 --> 00:40:44,860
It's good to have you back,
buddy.

749
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,154
Yes, well, it's good to be back.

750
00:40:47,237 --> 00:40:48,363
Yeah!

751
00:40:57,039 --> 00:40:58,874
Hey, how are you feeling?

752
00:40:58,957 --> 00:41:00,292
Terrible!

753
00:41:00,375 --> 00:41:01,877
Should I get Carson? No, no, no.

754
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:05,380
Physically, I am fine, but
this doesn't make any sense.

755
00:41:05,881 --> 00:41:07,841
I can't figure out
any of these equations.

756
00:41:07,924 --> 00:41:09,569
I mean, the algorithms
are complete gibberish.

757
00:41:09,593 --> 00:41:10,969
I mean, this is torture.

758
00:41:11,053 --> 00:41:13,764
I can clearly remember exactly
how important this all is,

759
00:41:13,847 --> 00:41:16,975
but I cannot
figure out why or how.

760
00:41:17,059 --> 00:41:19,853
Well, I just dropped by
to show you this.

761
00:41:20,604 --> 00:41:23,732
Your eeg readings
from your last meditation.

762
00:41:27,903 --> 00:41:33,158
Oh, my god! It's .03 hertz. I
did it! I mean, I was in the zone!

763
00:41:33,241 --> 00:41:35,035
I could have actually ascended!

764
00:41:36,411 --> 00:41:39,456
You said you were floating
in a big empty space

765
00:41:39,539 --> 00:41:41,667
when the idea of how to
save yourself came to you.

766
00:41:41,750 --> 00:41:44,630
I may have momentarily thought
about how hard it is to rid oneself of ego

767
00:41:44,670 --> 00:41:47,714
and that existence without the
individuality of consciousness

768
00:41:47,798 --> 00:41:49,758
would be pointless but...

769
00:41:50,550 --> 00:41:53,529
Now I say that, that's probably what
gave me the idea to reprogram the device

770
00:41:53,553 --> 00:41:54,971
with my old DNA.

771
00:41:55,055 --> 00:41:56,306
Yeah, I thought so.

772
00:41:56,390 --> 00:41:57,474
Yeah, well, you know what?

773
00:41:57,557 --> 00:41:59,369
I don't care if you don't think
I was capable of ascension.

774
00:41:59,393 --> 00:42:01,079
I never wanted to do it
anyways. In fact, you know what?

775
00:42:01,103 --> 00:42:03,188
I am very happy with who I am.

776
00:42:03,814 --> 00:42:05,190
And you love me.

777
00:42:06,608 --> 00:42:09,111
What? I never... you so did!

778
00:42:09,194 --> 00:42:11,130
Yeah, I may not be able to
understand this new math I created,

779
00:42:11,154 --> 00:42:13,448
but I distinctly remember
that you said you love me.

780
00:42:13,532 --> 00:42:15,367
Actually, I said
we love you and...

781
00:42:15,450 --> 00:42:18,179
And what? What, you were just saying
that because you thought I was dying?

782
00:42:18,203 --> 00:42:19,454
No, I said it...

783
00:42:19,579 --> 00:42:22,624
See? You love me! It's true,
you've said it, now I know.

784
00:42:22,708 --> 00:42:24,508
I always suspected it.
In fact, you know what?

785
00:42:24,584 --> 00:42:28,630
I've always noticed that there's been
an indefinable and yet magical chemistry

786
00:42:28,714 --> 00:42:31,133
between us that I think
I covered in chapter 10.

787
00:42:31,675 --> 00:42:33,176
Rodney. You had lunch yet?

788
00:42:33,260 --> 00:42:34,260
Yes.

789
00:42:34,302 --> 00:42:36,430
Mid-afternoon snack, then?

790
00:42:36,513 --> 00:42:38,515
I will keep you company.

791
00:42:38,598 --> 00:42:41,518
Now, is Sheppard still bugging you
to let him use the ascension device

792
00:42:41,601 --> 00:42:43,246
to turn himself into
some kind of a superhero?

793
00:42:43,270 --> 00:42:44,396
Oh, yes.

794
00:42:44,479 --> 00:42:47,166
Despite the fact that the ancient
database states that its effects on people

795
00:42:47,190 --> 00:42:50,402
are wildly unpredictable and that I'm
just lucky I wasn't instantly melted down

796
00:42:50,485 --> 00:42:51,987
into a pool of protoplasm.

797
00:42:52,028 --> 00:42:53,989
Yes. Yes. Well, maybe
you should let him.

798
00:42:54,072 --> 00:42:55,490
I think not.

799
00:43:31,109 --> 00:43:32,110
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