Need

"Need" is the fifth episode of the second season of Stargate SG-1.

Synopsis
SG-1 is caught and sent away as slave labor, except for Dr. Daniel Jackson who is starting to overuse a Sarcophagus and suffers its adverse effects which are similar to that of drug addiction. When SG-1 is finally freed, they take Jackson back to prevent him from using again.

Plot
SG-1 find themselves on a planet, watching raw Naquadah being sent through the Stargate. They decide to try to obtain some of the metal for research. While they investigate the planet they see a large pyramid and some Jaffa. They then follow Shyla through the forest, and Dr. Daniel Jackson rescues her when she is about to commit suicide. However she then starts to scream and Jaffa surround SG-1. The team is then brought into the pyramid and before the woman's father Pyrus, the ruler of the planet. However she is unwilling to tell her father the truth about what Daniel Jackson has done and Pyrus also doesn't believe the team that they come from a Goa'uld-free world. In the end SG-1 is forced into labor in the Naquadah mines of the former Goa'uld planet, accused of attacking the princess.

SG-1 has to work in the mines as slaves and while working they conclude that Pyrus isn't a Goa'uld and that the people in the Jaffa armor aren't real Jaffa. In the evening SG-1 attempts to escape the mines, but Jackson is badly injured in a rock fall due to pursuing shots from Staff weapons wielded by the pseudo-Jaffa. He wakes up in a Sarcophagus, and the princess who Jackson rescued, Shyla, tells him that he is destined for her. Jackson attempts to get SG-1 released, but the princess tells him that he will first have to earn the trust of her father, who believes that SG-1 are spies sent from the Goa'uld to retake the planet.

While Jackson lives a life of luxury the rest of the team are tortured and are worked to the breaking point. Shyla asks Jackson to use the sarcophagus again on the grounds that it will make him feel better than ever, and he initially refuses, but ends up doing it to gain her trust. Jackson becomes increasingly deranged from perpetual use of the sarcophagus, and finds himself in an ever-deepening relationship with the princess. After agreeing to marry Shyla, who is about to become queen due to the senility of her father, Jackson secures SG-1's release. Jackson returns with the rest of SG-1 to Earth, promising that he will come back to marry the princess.

Upon their return to Earth, Jackson is found to be biologically unstable, apparently because of the somewhat narcotic properties of the sarcophagus. He goes through withdrawal, during which he is mentally unstable. He demands to go back to Shyla's world, saying that they are killing him by keeping him away from the sarcophagus. He attempts to escape, and eventually pulls a gun on Colonel Jack O'Neill, before breaking down and agreeing to remain on Earth and break the addiction.

After he has recovered, SG-1 returns to the planet, where Jackson persuades Shyla (whose father has finally died) to destroy the Sarcophagus and lead her people in a different way of life than her father did. She complies and fires a Staff weapon on the Sarcophagus. Afterwards she has to say goodbye to Daniel. It is also mentioned that Stargate Command intends to find an alternative method (other than slavery) for mining the Naquadah, which shows great promise for military applications.

Notable Quotes
(Speaking about Sam's ability to sense a symbiote)

Carter: Sir, I think it has something to do with the Goa'uld that invaded me. Lately, I... I get this weird feeling when I'm near Teal'c.

O'Neill: Hey, who doesn't?

O'Neill: We had a nice time, Sir. Carter picked up some naquadah, Teal'c made some new friends, as usual. Daniel got engaged and um... I'm gonna hit the showers.

Guard: Hey! You will meet the quota for today or you will not eat!

O'Neill: You know. . . I've seen an awful lot of union violations in here - I should probably speak to your supervisor.

Goofs

 * When Daniel escapes from his bonds and knocks out the guard, his third punch very visibly misses the guard entirely. Others aren't particularly well acted either.
 * Shyla tells Daniel how beautiful trees are and thinks they are unique to her world. This is an in-joke at the constant use of forests as scenery throughout the series.

In other languages

 * French: La Princesse Shyla (Princess Shyla)
 * Italian: Il Sarcofago (The Sarcophagus)
 * Spanish: Necesidades (Needs)
 * Czech: Závislost (Addiction)