Jolinar's Memories

"Jolinar's Memories" is the twelfth episode of the third season of Stargate SG-1.

Synopsis
Martouf tells Major Samantha Carter that her father is captured by Sokar and sent to "hell", which is actually a prison moon Netu terraformed to make it resemble hell. Carter and the rest of her team plan a rescue but are later captured themselves.

Plot
Stargate Command is contacted by the Tok'ra and although Major Samantha Carter hopes that her father would come, Martouf visits them. He tells them that Jacob Carter/Selmak was captured by Sokar and sent to "hell" -- actually Netu, the moon of Sokar's homeworld Delmak. The moon is a heavily guarded penal colony, and only one person has ever escaped: Jolinar of Malkshur. Sokar is gaining power in the galaxy, and as the rescue of Jacob might help undermine his power, SG-1 agrees to a rescue mission with Martouf.

After going to Vorash using the Stargate, the team boards a Tel'tak to fly to Netu, since the moon doesn't have its own Stargate. The plan is for Teal'c to stay on board and monitor them, as they'll have to take escape pods to reach the planet and the ship only has four. During their journey, Martouf uses a Memory recall device to help Sam recover Jolinar's memories, since Jolinar never told anyone how she escaped. While it's activated, Sam sees memories of her father telling her about her mother's death, a romantic moment between Jolinar and Martouf, and an image of Sokar torturing Jolinar. They don't find any memories of the escape.

Arriving at the moon, the team takes the escape pods to the surface, where they enter a cave system. There they are surrounded by prisoners led by a Goa'uld named Na'onak. Recalling more of Jolinar's memories, Sam claims they're here to see Bynarr, the lord of Netu, who appears and has them imprisoned. Once locked in a cell, Sam explains that Bynarr is somehow the key to the escape. In the cell they also find Jacob, injured and weak from torture. Bynarr uses Transportation rings to Delmak where he meets up with Sokar and tells him about the new arrivals, whom he assumed were sent there by his lord. Sokar says he did nothing of the sort. On Netu Jacob reveals that Sokar has created a giant fleet to destroy the other System Lords two weeks after he was captured. SG-1 relays this to Teal'c; if they don't make it out, he can still pass the intel to the Tok'ra High Council. When Sam is taken to Bynarr, she has flashbacks about Jolinar, who seduced Bynarr in order to flee by using the Transportation rings in Bynarr's room. After a short interview he attempts to use his Kara kesh to kill her, but is unexpectedly shot by his First Prime Na'onak.

Sam is dragged back to the cell where she tells the others about what happened. They develop a plan to flee by using the Ring Transporter in Bynarr's room to reach the ones in the Tel'tak. They contact Teal'c, who is attacked by Death Gliders. The team breaks out of their cell and makes it to Bynarr's room, though Na'onak sees them. Lacking the key for the Rings, Martouf tries to hotwire the controls. Just before he succeeds, Na'onak and his soldiers walk in and capture them. Na'onak declares that he will be known again by his true name—removing his helmet to show the horribly scarred face of Apophis.

Notable Quotes
Carter: It's my father.

Martouf: I'm afraid he's been captured by Sokar.

Carter: Oh my god.

Martouf: As far as we know, he is still alive.

Carter: As far as you know?

Martouf: You are familiar with the way Sokar has assumed the persona of the entity on Earth known as the Devil?

O'Neill: Yeah. Bit pretentious, don't you think?

Martouf: You must understand when I say that, if Selmak is still alive, he has been sent to Hell.

O'Neill: As in?

Martouf: A place of eternal suffering and damnation, from which there is no return.

Martouf: The Tok'ra believe that Sokar is about to launch a massive attack against the System Lords.

O'Neill: Isn't that good news?

Teal'c: The chaotic and feudal disorganization of the System Lords' fragmented rule is a far more vulnerable target than that of one powerful Goa'uld.

Martouf: Especially if that Goa'uld is Sokar.

Hammond: He's really that much worse than the others?

Jackson: Of all the gods he picked to impersonate, he chose the Devil.

(While deciding to go to Netu)

Jackson: You said hell, right?

O'Neill: Well I´m gonna end up there sooner or later; I might as well check out the neighborhood, huh?

(In the Tel'tak)

Martouf: Shall we embark?

O'Neill: By all means! To hell with us!

(After being roughly cast into the Pit)

O'Neill: Thank You!!

Apophis: You will call me Nao'nak no longer. From this day forth I will reclaim my real name. Apophis.

Goofs

 * Teal'c tells Martouf that he is able to fly a Tel'tak "with great proficency." However, in "Within the Serpent's Grasp", he said that he was only qualified to fly Death Gliders.
 * Before being thrown in the "Pit" on Netu, SG-1 and Martouf are stripped of their weapons and jackets. Once in the Pit they have their jackets on again and O'Neill pulls out the Tokr'a Short range communicator.

Characters

 * Sokar
 * Rosha
 * Kintac
 * Jumar

Planets

 * Vorash
 * Netu
 * Delmak

In other languages

 * French: Les Flammes de l’enfer (1ère partie) (Flames of Hell (Part 1))
 * Italian: I ricordi di Jolinar (Jolinar's Memories)
 * Spanish: Los recuerdos de Jolinar (Jolinar's Memories)
 * Czech: Vzpomínky Jolinar (Jolinar's Memories)
 * Hungarian: Jolinar emlékei (Jolinar's Memories)