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 * 1.18 "Solitudes" Episode Guide

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TEASER

INT&mdash;GATE ROOM

[The Stargate is turning.]

DAVIS Incoming traveler, incoming traveler.

MAN Clear the ramp.

DAVIS Offworld activation. Closing the iris.

HAMMOND There's no one scheduled to come back for 24 hours. Who is it?

DAVIS It's SG-1's remote access code, Sir.

HAMMOND What? They just went through!

DAVIS Opening the iris; stand by.

[The iris opens, the wormhole flickers.]

DAVIS Sir, the Gate is showing twice the power as normal, and it's increasing!

[DANIEL comes flying through the Gate; HAMMOND jumps to avoid being hit, then rushes to his side and turns him over. DANIEL is unconscious. TEAL'C flies through the Gate and rolls, coming to a stop at the base of the ramp.]

DAVIS System overload!

[All over the Gate room, things start exploding or throwing off sparks.]

DAVIS The wormhole is disengaged!

HAMMOND Get a medical team in here now! Teal'c, are you all right?

TEAL'C I am.

HAMMOND Where are Colonel O'Neill and Captain Carter?

TEAL'C (Looks around) They could not have been more than two metres behind. I do not know.

[HAMMOND helps him up.]

INT&mdash;ICE CAVERN

[We see another Stargate. Behind it, the wormhole has punched a hole through dense ice. O'NEILL is lying on the ground, unconscious. As we see her, CARTER gets up and takes off her helmet. Where are they?]

END TEASER

OPENING CREDITS

INT&mdash;STARGATE COMMAND&mdash;INFIRMARY

[DANIEL is lying in a bed, unconscious. TEAL'C is seated on an examination table, his arm in a sling.]

HAMMOND Doctor Jackson's still unconscious but Doctor Warner thinks he'll be all right. I need to know what went on back there Teal'c.

TEALC We were under fire. Distant. Energy weapons of some kind. Possibly Goa'uld technology.

HAMMOND So it's possible Colonel O'Neill and Captain Carter were struck by enemy fire?

TEALC I do not believe so. They were but a few metres behind me as we passed through the Stargate.

HAMMOND How many hostiles were there?

TEALC They were some distance away. But we appeared to be surrounded. We were there only moments. Colonel O'Neill ordered us to lay down cover fire while Daniel Jackson dialed home. General Hammond, I believe they should have made it through the 'Gate. I do not understand why they did not.

[DAVIS walks into the room.]

DAVIS Preliminary report on the Stargate repairs, Sir. (He hands over a clipboard)

TEAL'C Repairs?

HAMMOND There was some kind of overload during transit, we don't know why.

TEAL'C I must return immediately.

HAMMOND (Pushes Teal'c down) Not with an army waiting on the other side. Sorry.

TEAL'C General Hammond, I suggest a second probe be sent through.

HAMMOND As soon as the Stargate's working again we'll do just that.

INT&mdash;ICE CAVERN

[O'NEILL is trying to get up.]

O'NEILL (Putting hands to his head) Oh my God. Aargh, eurgh.

CARTER Colonel&hellip;

O'NEILL Carter&hellip;

CARTER Yeah, uh&hellip;Try to stay put Sir, I think your leg's broken.

O'NEILL No, my leg's definitely broken. What's the bad news, 'cause unless they've redecorated the Gate room I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.

CARTER Daniel must have misdialed.

O'NEILL Misdialed? You mean this place is a wrong number? Ah, for crying out loud. Where is he?

CARTER He's not here, Sir. Neither is Teal'c.

O'NEILL No, he has to be. (He moves to use his radio)

CARTER I tried that. You've been unconscious for nearly two hours.

O'NEILL They came through the Gate before we did.

CARTER I know that, I also know that we're alone here, wherever here is.

O'NEILL Ice. Nice.

CARTER Yeah, I think we're inside a deep crevasse of a glacier. If their Stargate's been overrun by ice, possibly on a planet in the middle of an ice age. Now, there is some light filtering through up there and there are some fissures in the ice, but all of them are too narrow to follow very far. We're in trouble, Sir.

O'NEILL Oh, nonsense. We'll just dial home and straighten all this out. (He looks around) Where's the DHD?

CARTER Can't find that either.

O'NEILL Oh, so, uh, we're in trouble.

CARTER We're in trouble.

INT&mdash;SGC GATE ROOM

[A technician is welding something on the Gate. TEAL'C and DAVIS are surveying the workers. HAMMOND walks in.]

DAVIS We've almost replaced all the super conductive interface elements, Sir. The old ones all melted. It's going to take some time to load test them though.

HAMMOND Just tell me the minute we can send a probe through.

SILER That'll be 24 hours General, minimum.

TEAL'C Captain Carter and Colonel O'Neill do not have that long.

HAMMOND I'll give you half that.

SILER No Sir, it doesn't work that way. 24 hours is the best I can do.

HAMMOND Then you'd better get back to it.

SILER Yes Sir! Come on, let's go.

"HAMMOND looks up at the Gate."

INT&mdash;ICE CAVERN

[In the icy place, CARTER is setting O'NEILL'S leg.]

O'NEILL Aargh! Oh, God&hellip;. Ah. (He makes more noise. Obviously, he's in pain.)

CARTER Okay, I think it's set.

O'NEILL You THINK it's set?

CARTER I'm positive. All we have to do is put a splint on it and you'll be as good as new.

O'NEILL (grunts) Just take it easy, Doctor.

CARTER Wrong kind of doctor, I'm afraid.

O'NEILL You wouldn't think jagged bone digging into raw nerves would hurt, but it does.

CARTER Sorry Sir, but I've never done this before in my life. Is this your first broken bone?

O'NEILL Ah, ah, no. This&hellip;this would be, uh, nine, if you count skull fractures.

CARTER How did you manage that?

O'NEILL Little parachuting mishap, over the borders of Iran and Iraq, back in&hellip;eighty&hellip;uh&hellip;.

CARTER Okay, this is going to hurt, Sir.

O'NEILL Ah! I know, I know, I know, I know.

CARTER So, what happened?

O'NEILL I hit the ground. Go figure. Ah! God&hellip;ah&hellip;. My chute opened a little late, and it hurt, just like that.

CARTER I'm sorry Colonel, I'm doing the best I can.

O'NEILL I know you are, Captain, can you just be done?

CARTER So you hit the ground, and&hellip;?

O'NEILL And they all lived happily ever after.

CARTER Almost there, almost&hellip;

O'NEILL No, you're there Captain, you're there. That's a great splint. Stop! Stop&hellip;ah&hellip;

CARTER So, how long before you were rescued?

O'NEILL No rescue. (Carter looks at him, shocked) It wasn't exactly&hellip;an official&hellip;mission, if you know what I mean. So I had to make it out on my own. Nine days.

CARTER Wow, what got you through it?

O'NEILL Sara&hellip;

CARTER Your wife.

O'NEILL At the time. I needed to see her again. You tallied our supplies yet?

CARTER Yes, Sir. Supplies for three days, but we can stretch that. We've got a little drinking water, but&hellip; (she raises her hand, gesturing upward)

O'NEILL Ice melts.

CARTER Yeah, and we've got our field cooking gear to melt it. The flashlight batteries are going to be a problem. We've got thermal blankets.

O'NEILL That's cool. By the way, Captain, we ARE going to get out of here; that's an order.

CARTER How's the splint feel?

O'NEILL Captain? You have to believe me.

CARTER I want to, Sir. I just don't see how.

O'NEILL Then we'd better start looking for a way. Because I'll be damned if I'm going to die on some god-forsaken block of ice a million light years from home. Is that clear?

CARTER Yes Sir.

O'NEILL Good. Help me up.

CARTER Ah, ah, I don't think you should move.

O'NEILL Probably not, but my butt's freezing to the ground. Come on.

CARTER Yes, sir.

[CARTER helps him up. O'NEILL stands, his arm across CARTER'S shoulders. They look around the cavern.]

O'NEILL Ah, a little paint, a coupla windows, maybe a fireplace in the corner&hellip;it'll be just like home.

INT&mdash;SGC INFIRMARY

[DANIEL'S eyelids flicker and then open. TEAL'C comes into focus.]

DANIEL Teal'c?

TEAL'C The Stargate has malfunctioned. We came back through the Gate at too great a velocity.

DANIEL Jack and Sam?

TEAL'C They did not follow.

DANIEL Yes they did. I know they did. They were right behind us. That doesn't make any sense.

TEAL'C I concur. In a few hours a probe will be sent back in an attempt to determine their fate.

INT&mdash;ICE CAVERN

O'NEILL We might be able to climb out of here. You might, anyway.

CARTER What?

O'NEILL I said, you might be able to climb outta here.

CARTER Colonel, I've found it!

[CARTER is sitting on what looks to be a boulder, chipping at the ice.]

O'NEILL Found what?

CARTER The DHD. I figured the glacial flow must have separated the Stargate from its Dial Home Device, but it looks like it might be intact. (She sweeps snow away)

O'NEILL (Pulling himself up over the edge of the ice block) Ah, God. Oh. (He stops and rests for a moment, waiting for the pain to pass.) Can we dig it out?

CARTER Even if it doesn't work, we can use the chopped ice to melt drinking water.

O'NEILL All right.

[CARTER starts chipping away but stops&mdash;O'NEILL is clasping his chest.]

CARTER What's wrong with your chest?

O'NEILL I think I cracked a rib too.

CARTER Why didn't you say something?

O'NEILL I was afraid you'd try to put a splint on it. I'll be fine.

CARTER I've been thinking about where Daniel and Teal'c might be.

O'NEILL Yeah?

[O'NEILL gets his knife out and joins in chipping at the ice.]

CARTER So far, I count three possible explanations. One, Daniel misdialed and they're here. Somewhere we haven't found.

O'NEILL I don't see 'em.

CARTER Right. Two, Daniel didn't misdial but for some reason the Stargate malfunctioned during transit. Don't ask me how, I haven't figured that part out yet. Anyway, they got sent back to Earth, but for some reason we got sent here.

O'NEILL What's three?

CARTER Three. The Stargate malfunctioned. We got sent to this planet, Daniel and Teal'c got sent to another one.

O'NEILL What's four?

CARTER There is no four.

O'NEILL It's after three.

CARTER Not this time, Colonel.

O'NEILL All right, we'll assume they made it back to Earth. They'll start sending search parties.

CARTER To where?

O'NEILL Here, I hope.

CARTER Where would they begin? They have no idea where we are. With all the possible Stargates a random search could easily take&hellip;ten years!

O'NEILL Not if they look here first.

CARTER Even if all SG teams started searching right now, the mathematical probability of them even&hellip;

O'NEILL Captain!

CARTER I think too much.

[O'NEILL nods. They resume chipping.]

INT&mdash;SGC GATE ROOM

SILER Charging circuit MX-43 at 20%.

TECHNICIAN 20%, sir.

SILER One hundred. Circuit is holding, reset and standby. She's all yours, General.

HAMMOND Well done, Sergeant. You heard the man.

DAVIS Yes, Sir.

[SG-3 stand at the Gate, armed and waiting.]

DAVIS Chevron one encoded.

TEAL'C SG-3 and I are ready and awaiting your orders, General.

HAMMOND I won't authorize this rescue mission unless the probe sends back the right pictures, Teal'c.

DAVIS Chevron two encoded.

HAMMOND All defense teams stay alert. These hostiles might have both our addresses and our transmitter code.

DAVIS Chevron three encoded.

DANIEL You don't actually think they'd give up the transmitter codes to the enemy, do you?

HAMMOND Not willingly, no.

DAVIS Chevron four encoded.

TEAL'C I do not believe they would do so, even under the duress of torture.

DAVIS Chevron five encoded.

HAMMOND Teal'c, in the event we find no enemy activity on the other side, you will coordinate with Major Castleman on the rescue mission.

DAVIS Chevron six encoded.

TEAL'C I understand.

DAVIS Chevron seven is locked.

[The wormhole engages. A MALP is sent through the Stargate.]

DAVIS The probe should reach the Stargate at P4A-771 in five seconds. Four, three, two, now.

[The picture transmitted shows no sign of life, only another MALP.]

DANIEL No sign of Jack and Sam, but no evidence they got into a firefight either.

[There are flashes, and energy weapons shoot at the MALP.]

HAMMOND What are you waiting for? Close the iris! Disengage the Stargate. SG-3 stand down. The rescue mission is scrubbed.

DANIEL General!

[DANIEL and TEAL'C stare at the screen, which displays "transmission interrupt".]

INT&mdash;ICE CAVERN

[O'NEILL is heating something in a pot over a fire. CARTER is still chipping at the DHD.]

O'NEILL Soup's on. (He pours the liquid into two cups.)

CARTER Just a little more, I'm almost through.

O'NEILL Come on now. You don't want it to get cold.

CARTER (Approaching) Ah. I didn't know you could cook.

O'NEILL I can't, but my melted ice is to die for.

CARTER Thank you. Sir, maybe I should have another look at you.

O'NEILL No, I'm fine. Eat.

CARTER (Eats some soup) I've, uh, been thinking about how the Stargate might have malfunctioned.

O'NEILL Yeah?

CARTER Well, we don't totally understand how it works; but the theory we have so far is that the Gate creates an artificial wormhole, that somehow transfers an energized matter stream in one direction along an extra-dimensional conduit. I think the matter stream between Stargates got redirected, kind of like a&hellip;a lightning bolt jumping from one point to another in mid-strike. Now, I figure it had to have been the attack on P4A-771. The Gate itself was probably struck by enough energy during the firefight to influence the direction of the matter stream before we reached the other side. Colonel?

O'NEILL I'm sorry, I wasn't listening.

CARTER What I'm saying is, we must have emerged through a Stargate relatively close to Earth in the Gate network. Somewhere between P4A-771 and Earth. Now, if the SG rescue teams reach the same conclusion, it could significantly narrow their search.

O'NEILL That's good news.

CARTER Yeah.

[O'NEILL is panting; not looking good. CARTER observes him with concern.]

INT&mdash;SGC BRIEFING ROOM

[DANIEL is looking at the glass map showing the planets.]

DANIEL Okay. So if they're not there&hellip; (points) and they are not here&hellip; (points)

TEAL'C It is possible that they may have perished within the wormhole.

DANIEL Yeah. In which case they're gone. I know. I thought of that. But if they are alive, if there's the least remote possibility that this malfunction sent them to a different Stargate&hellip;

TEAL'C Was it not Captain Carter who deduced the possible combinations of Stargate symbols numbered in the millions?

DANIEL (nods) Yeah. (Stares at map.) Well, we have to narrow it down.

INT&mdash;ICE CAVERN

[CARTER and O'NEILL are still chipping at the ice block. The red center of the DHD is exposed.]

CARTER Whoa. (She scrapes the chipped ice away) Colonel.

[CARTER pushes chipped ice aside, revealing a hand with a Jaffa gauntlet on it, still under the ice.]

CARTER A serpent guard.

O'NEILL Yeah.

CARTER I guess he didn't make it.

O'NEILL Ya think?

INT&mdash;SGC BRIEFING ROOM

[DANIEL is pointing at the glass map.]

DANIEL Okay, this is P4A-771, this is Earth. Now, the Stargate shut itself down just after Teal'c and I came through.

HAMMOND There was an energy surge.

DANIEL Right. But what would that have done to the wormhole itself?

SILER I have no idea.

DANIEL Could it just disappear?

SILER No, I don't think so, Sir. It would have to discharge somewhere.

DANIEL Like&hellip;another Stargate?

SILER Yeah, maybe. (Turns to Hammond) Sir, it's all theoretical, but we think that Stargates are basically giant superconductors. Charged matter streams along lines of force between them.

DANIEL Positive to negative, like electricity. Right?

SILER Except for the fact the whole trip happens outside our dimension; yeah, more or less.

DANIEL Okay, what if it jumped. Redirected itself here, or here, (points to destinations on map) or anywhere along&hellip;here. (Daniel spreads his hand and slides it over the planets between Earth and P4A-771.)

HAMMOND You're suggesting we search all these worlds?

DANIEL Well, at least we've narrowed an entire galaxy of Stargates down to a handful of possibilities.

HAMMOND Assuming you're right, why haven't they used that Stargate to come back on their own?

DANIEL Teal'c and I were flung out of this Gate at this end so fast I don't even remember hitting the ramp. Now, they could be badly hurt, in which case we will not have to search far from the Stargates themselves. I think we owe it to them to try.

INT&mdash;ICE CAVERN

[CARTER and O'NEILL have uncovered the top of the DHD.]

O'NEILL You IDed the seventh symbol yet?

CARTER Yeah, this one has to be the point of origin. I've never seen it before. (She looks down) No&hellip;the batteries&hellip;Guess it's now or never.

O'NEILL I've always preferred now&hellip;to never.

[He coughs, spitting up blood. Carter winces.]

CARTER Here goes.

[CARTER dials. The chevrons flicker and come on slowly&hellip;1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6&hellip;the seventh chevron doesn't engage; they all fade out.]

CARTER Dammit! Damn!

O'NEILL Did you dial the right address?

CARTER Yes! It has to be something as simple as the control interface. If we just can dig down to the panel on the DHD, I can fix it.

O'NEILL Negative.

CARTER Sir, we got to keep trying!

O'NEILL Of course we do. But we've been awake&hellip;for a very long time. It'll be there in the morning. (He crumples up in agony) God&hellip;

CARTER What about you?

O'NEILL I told you we're going to get out of here. It's just going to take longer than we thought.

CARTER (Nods) Yes Sir. (She sounds unconvinced)

O'NEILL Captain&hellip;?

CARTER (Nods) Yes Sir.

INT&mdash;SGC BRIEFING ROOM

[DANIEL sticks another Post-It note onto the glass map. HAMMOND enters the room.]

HAMMOND Dr. Jackson?

DANIEL We just received probe telemetry from P5C-11 and 12, neither of them have a breathable atmosphere any more. If they ever did.

HAMMOND I have formally reported Colonel O'Neill and Captain Carter as missing in action.

DANIEL (Demanding) Why?

HAMMOND Missing in action doesn't mean we stop looking, son.

[HAMMOND leaves, and DANIEL turns to look at the map once more.]

DANIEL Missing. I'm missing something.

INT&mdash;ICE CAVERN

[CARTER and O'NEILL are lying together on the icy ground, CARTER resting her head on O'NEILL's chest. O'NEILL coughs.]

O'NEILL Oh God. Captain. (CARTER raises her head.) As much as I might&hellip;otherwise think this is nice&hellip;

CARTER Sshhh. Try to sleep.

O'NEILL Is that what we're doing?

CARTER You're exhausted; you passed out. I just thought we had to combine body heat or we wouldn't make it through the night.

O'NEILL That's fine. It's just&hellip;very hard to sleep&hellip;with broken ribs when someone's lying on you.

CARTER Sorry. (She moves slightly, so that her head is on his arm, not his chest.) Sorry, sorry.

O'NEILL That's better.

CARTER Sleep for a few hours and I'll fix the DHD.

O'NEILL Okay. Night.

CARTER Night. (They're silent for a moment.) Oh&hellip;Colonel?

O'NEILL It's my sidearm, I swear&hellip;

[CARTER giggles.]

O'NEILL No giggling, please&hellip;

CARTER If we don't make it, I won't have any regrets. You?

O'NEILL I'll regret&hellip;dying.

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL AND BRIEFING ROOMS

[DANIEL is walking around with a mug of coffee. He stops and stares at the Stargate. Upstairs, HAMMOND is equally pensive. In the Gate room, DAVIS watches another team return.]

INT&mdash;ICE CAVERN

[CARTER is getting really annoyed with the DHD.]

CARTER God, why won't you work!

O'NEILL (over radio) Carter. Carter&hellip;

CARTER Colonel! (She leaps off of the ice block. In her hurry, she loses her balance and slides to the ground.) Ow. Sir?

O'NEILL I'm usually the first one up.

CARTER You're bleeding internally; I don't know how badly. Your broken leg may already be frostbitten, I can't tell. I've been trying to warm it up with the last of our cooking sterno but that's about had it.

O'NEILL What's the bad news? (Carter looks away, hiding her emotions.) Help me up.

CARTER No, Sir. You need to heal. That's an order.

O'NEILL I give the orders around here.

CARTER Doctor's orders. (She takes a pot of water off of the stove) I want you to drink as much of this as you can. Once that sterno dies, we won't be able to thaw any more. (She holds the pot to O'Neill's lips) I should have gotten you out of here by now. I'm sorry.

O'NEILL You will, you will.

CARTER I have been working on the control panel for the last twelve hours. It just&hellip;I don't know why it won't work. (her voice breaks) It should work! I&mdash;I'm missing something.

O'NEILL Captain.

CARTER Sir?

O'NEILL It's time to go to plan B.

CARTER What would plan B be?

O'NEILL You&hellip;you take the rest of the supplies and climb out of here. Take your chances up on the planet. Head towards daylight.

CARTER If I can't get that Stargate to work; we will BOTH go.

O'NEILL Right, I'll race you. All right, Captain, make it work.

CARTER Yes Sir.

INT&mdash;SGC GATE ROOM

[There's an incoming traveler in the SGC&mdash;TEAL'C steps through the Stargate with an injured man slung over his shoulders.]

TEAL'C Major Castleman requires medical attention.

DAVIS Medical team to the embarkation room! (to a technician) Put the iris on safe.

SOLDIER Come on, let's go.

HAMMOND What happened?

TEAL'C We were exploring a cave not far from the Stargate. He fell several metres from a rock ledge. There was no sign of Captain Carter or Colonel O'Neill.

HAMMOND Are you all right?

TEALC I am ready to embark again.

HAMMOND I'm calling the search off.

DANIEL What?

HAMMOND This was the last of the planets to fit your theory, Doctor.

DANIEL W&hellip;w&hellip;well, it's been, what, a few days? I mean, what if we stop just short of finding them?

HAMMOND I'm sorry!

[HAMMOND stomps out of the room. DANIEL and TEAL'C stare after him, dismay clear on their faces.]

INT&mdash;ICE CAVERN

[CARTER is still trying to repair the DHD.]

CARTER Okay, energy converger intact. Oh God&mdash;reset! Reset! Why didn't I think! Colonel, I'm going to interrupt the power. I'm going to shut it all off and turn it on again! Okay, this better work. (She fiddles inside the panel, then sticks her knife in the ice) Okay, okay&hellip;

[CARTER dials, the chevrons glow. She gets partway through the address, and the ground begins to shake. Pieces of ice fall around her.]

INT&mdash;SGC BRIEFING ROOM

[DANIEL is still in the room with the glass map. A glass full of water starts to rattle, the water in it slopping around. DANIEL stares at the glass, then walks over to look down at the Stargate. Some of the chevrons are lit.]

INT&mdash;ICE CAVE

[CARTER looks despairingly at the Stargate. She puts her hand on the center crystal; the light in the chevrons dies.]

CARTER Work, ah&hellip;work&hellip;

INT&mdash;SGC BRIEFING ROOM

[DANIEL is staring at the glass of water and a pitcher; the water is still moving slightly. TEAL'C walks in.]

TEAL'C Daniel Jackson.

DANIEL Teal'c. Did you see that?

[TEAL'C stares at the water, looks at the Stargate, and then frowns at DANIEL.]

TEAL'C Why are you here?

DANIEL I couldn't sleep. I was thinking that I must be missing something, and now I just realized. We ruled out a world we shouldn't have.

INT&mdash;ICE CAVERN

[CARTER kneels next to O'NEILL, who is lying on the ground.]

O'NEILL I guess it didn't work.

CARTER I'm sorry.

O'NEILL Not your fault.

CARTER I don't understand why it won't work!

O'NEILL Captain, plan B. Go.

CARTER No, Sir&hellip;

O'NEILL Sam&hellip;I'm dying. Follow my order. Please.

CARTER Sir&hellip;

O'NEILL Please.

CARTER Yes Sir.

[CARTER picks up their supplies. She nods at O'NEILL and leaves the cavern. She tries to climb the icy crevasse.]

INT&mdash;SGC BRIEFING ROOM

[HAMMOND, DANIEL and TEAL'C are in the room.]

DANIEL How many Earth-based cultures have we encountered from other worlds from periods both before and after we think the Stargate was buried?

HAMMOND Several, I think.

DANIEL Right, and we've probably only scratched the surface. Now, so far we've tried to account for these discrepancies with various theories of parallel or accelerated&hellip;

HAMMOND What's your point, Doctor?

DANIEL What if&hellip;there's a second Stargate here. What if this energy surge caused the wormhole to jump from one Stargate to another&hellip;here. (Daniel taps the circle in the center of the map.)

HAMMOND On Earth?

DANIEL Yes.

HAMMOND Teal'c, would the Goa'uld have put more than one Stargate on a planet?

TEAL'C If the first became lost to them, it is possible.

DANIEL Remember, the one that Ra put here might not have been the first. The Goa'uld didn't build the Stargate system.

HAMMOND Then where is it?

INT&mdash;ICE CAVE

[CARTER is climbing up in an icy tunnel.]

CARTER (Uses radio) Colonel, I can't see the surface yet, it looks like it just keeps going up.

O'NEILL Sam.

CARTER Yes Sir?

O'NEILL It was an honor serving with you.

CARTER Yes Sir.

[CARTER blinks back tears and keeps climbing.]

INT&mdash;OBSERVATION ROOM

[DANIEL is pacing. TEAL'C and HAMMOND are standing over DAVIS, who has a computer console in front of him.]

DANIEL It would have to be in a remote location otherwise it would have been discovered by now. It could have even been buried until recently otherwise the Goa'uld would have continued to use it.

TEAL'C Let us hope it is not still buried.

HAMMOND (To Davis) We're looking for radio transmissions on SG-1's emergency frequency. Co-ordinate with our military listening posts around the entire globe.

DANIEL General, when we first opened our Stargate, it used to shake&hellip;a LOT. I mean, the ground, the whole facility, everything.

HAMMOND Since then, we've installed frequency dampers that limit that to only a slight vibration.

DANIEL Okay, but what if the second Gate doesn't have&hellip;those. Would it shake enough to indicate its location on a seismometer?

HAMMOND Damn right it would. Run a search for all recent seismic activity worldwide. See if any coincide with the time of our Stargate malfunction.

DANIEL And check about 4am local time. I was here, I thought someone was trying an offworld activation, but nothing happened. Except for the chevrons glowed and there was a slight vibration.

TEALC Captain Carter and Colonel O'Neill.

DANIEL (To Teal'c) What happens when you dial your own phone number? (He looks at Teal'c's blank face.) Wrong person to ask. (To Hammond) What happens when you dial your own phone number?

HAMMOND You get a busy signal.

DANIEL Exactly. What else could cause a vibration like that unless if they were trying to dial home? They couldn't get through. I mean, even if their seventh symbol looked different, the coordinates of the two gates would still be exactly the same.

INT&mdash;ICE CAVERN

[CARTER is still climbing.]

CARTER (Uses radio) Colonel, I'm almost there. I'm going to try and bring back help, Sir, I want you to hold that thought.

[O'NEILL is no longer conscious. CARTER climbs out into the light. She turns in a circle. There is ice for as far as the eye can see.]

INT&mdash;SGC OBSERVATION ROOM

DAVIS We got it! Antarctica! The timing of the event is to the second, including the event that Dr. Jackson experienced a few hours ago!

HAMMOND Latitude and longitude?

DAVIS Yes Sir! It's only about 50 miles out of McMurdo!

TEAL'C and DANIEL: General, permission&hellip;

HAMMOND Granted! Order McMurdo station to begin a search of those coordinates NOW.

INT&mdash;ICE CAVERN

[CARTER is still at the planet's surface.]

CARTER (Uses radio) Colonel? It's an ice planet. That's all there is as far as the eye can see. No chance.

[CARTER climbs back into the tunnel and shouts to O'NEILL.]

CARTER Colonel! I'm coming down! (She loses her footing and slides all the way down to fall beside O'Neill.) Colonel. (She crawls to his side.) Colonel&hellip;

O'NEILL (Not opening his eyes.) Sara&hellip;

CARTER I'm here, Jack.

O'NEILL Cold, so cold&hellip;

CARTER I know. It's all right. You can sleep now. It was an honor serving with you too, Colonel.

EXT&mdash;ANTARCTICA

[Helicopters and rescue teams converge over the pair's position. Men are lowered down into the cavern on ropes.]

RADIO McMurdo, this is rescue team Charlie, we found them. Over.

INT&mdash;ICE CAVERN

[CARTER is strapped to a stretcher.]

DANIEL Sam! Sam! Come on.

[CARTER slowly opens her eyes.]

DANIEL She's going to be okay, you're going to be okay.

TEAL'C As is Colonel O'Neill.

[O'NEILL is also strapped to a stretcher.]

HAMMOND Let's get them in the chopper.

CARTER &hellip;the Colonel&hellip;he's bleeding internally.

HAMMOND We know, Captain, don't worry, he's going to be all right.

CARTER General, you came through the Stargate for us&hellip;

HAMMOND Not exactly, Captain. (To one of the rescue team) A team from the SGC will be arriving within the hour to secure this area. In the meantime let's get these people home.

[HAMMOND turns, his gaze falls upon the icy Stargate&hellip;]

ROLL CREDITS

Transcript by Kira Rothery, revised by Kelly for Solutions, 14 Mar 03

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