Frozen

Frozen is the fourth episode of the sixth season of Stargate SG-1.

Plot
In Antarctica Dr. Michaels talks with Major Carter, who is at Stargate Command, about their work at Antarctica. They talk about the DHD of Antarctica and that the Stargate there is perhaps the oldest existing ("50 million years", when the Antarctic plate "was not even at the South Pole"). Suddenly two other scientists, Dr. Woods and Dr. Osbourne, come in and tell her that they have a surprise for her regarding something in the ice.

Some time later SG-1 and Dr. Fraiser visit the Antarctica base (White Rock Research Station) and are greeted by the scientists there. They are led through the base until they are confronted by a frozen female body which they named Ayiana, although they are not sure whether it is really a female. Dr. Michaels then reveals that she is millions of years old and this could be evidence that humanity is much older than 800,000-900,000 years. Michaels shows Fraiser some cells of the body which seem to be intact and so they start to melt the ice. It turns out that Ayiana is still alive (which should be impossible) and so they start to free her quicker. After the ice is gone they start to reanimate her and she recovers extremely quickly, even waking up.

They talk about Ayiana while Woods and Osbourne decide to do some more research on the ice where they found Ayiana. Jonas decides to talk to her. It turns out that she can talk, although she has to try very hard, and he discovers that a wound on her arm has healed quickly. It seems possible that her brain is damaged. Jonas brings Ayiana something to eat and tries to get some information from her. Meanwhile, Fraiser tells Sam that Ayiana's EEG shows similarities between her brain and that of Cassandra and O'Neill when his brain was rewritten by the knowledge of the Ancients. Thus, Ayiana might be an example of an advanced stage in human evolution and that perhaps, she is even an Ancient. Suddenly Jonas calls both of them into the quarantine lab because Dr. Michaels has collapsed; it turns out that she is sick. They believe that there was a virus frozen with Ayiana and Fraiser decides that they should all be placed under quarantine.

While a storm is raging outside, Osbourne appears, who is also sick, while Woods is still missing, so O'Neill and Teal'c decide to search for him. Meanwhile Jonas again talks with Ayiana, who can understand but not help him. Later Fraiser talks with Sam about the virus and that she can't do anything when Jonas informs them about what he found out. Meanwhile, O'Neill and Teal'c have found Woods who is nearly dying; Ayiana starts to heal him with her bare hands and he quickly recovers, but Ayiana collapses. Jonas asks Ayiana to heal Dr. Michaels and Dr. Osbourne, which she agrees to although she shows concern. The healing greatly weakens her, which is revealed by Fraiser through a blood sample. Dr. Fraiser talks with the rest of SG-1 and then orders them to rest.

Later Dr. Woods convinces Ayiana to continue healing the sick, although he knows that she is already too weak. She knocks him unconcious with a touch and starts to heal the others who have started to get sick too. She again collapses while O'Neill is still sick. Some time later a disease control team comes and brings them all back to SGC where it turns out that Ayiana will die and O'Neill too. While Jonas talks with Ayiana her heartbeat stops and she finally dies.

A Tok'ra named Thoran visits the base and suggests that O'Neill should be blended with a symbiote. Carter asks O'Neill what he thinks about it, and although he is reluctant at first, he finally agrees since this is his only chance. So the Tok'ra then bring him through the Stargate.

Notable Quotes
O'Neill: Listen, could someone bottomline this for me?

Dr. Fraiser: Well sir, we could be looking at evidence that human beings evolved long before we thought they did.

Francine Michael: And maybe not even originally on this planet.

O'Neill: Darwin would be crushed.