The Tok'ra, Part 1

"The Tok'ra, Part 1" is the eleventh episode of the second season of Stargate SG-1.

Synopsis
Captain Samantha Carter's visions of the former Jolinar of Malkshur lead her and SG-1 to a planet where several Tok'ra are hiding. They attempt to form an alliance which isn't going well. Meanwhile Carter's father, Jacob Carter, is dying from his lymphoma.

Plot
Captain Samantha Carter has a vision from Jolinar of Malkshur, the Tok'ra with whom she was temporarily joined. She gets a glimpse at the coordinates of the planet to which the Tok'ra in her vision are fleeing. After waking up, she discusses with Major General George S. Hammond and SG-1 whether they should go to the planet or not. They agree to go there, hoping to form an alliance with the Tok'ra to destroy the System Lords. Just before they leave, Carter calls Jacob Carter to see how he is doing.

SG-1 arrives in a desert with no apparent footsteps or any sign that people have been around for some time. They make their way towards a dune when they are ambushed and surrounded by several people with Staff weapons. Carter recognizes one of the people as Martouf and says she recognizes them all as Tok'ra.

Meanwhile at Stargate Command, General Hammond receives a phone call from Jacob Carter. Things are not going so well and General Hammond goes to the hospital to visit him. It seems that despite the fact that they have cleaned out all of the lymph nodes, 'a squadron of those little buggers got themselves reassigned to his liver'. It doesn't look like he has long to live. He asks Hammond to tell him the truth about what his daughter is doing. Unfortunately, Hammond has to refuse because it is classified. However things start to go wrong (Jacob even flatlines) the doctors tell Hammond to get his family here ASAP.

SG-1 is then taken underground with Transportation rings into a compound which looks exactly the same as the one from Carter's vision. They are taken through the compound, which is made entirely out of grown crystals, to meet the leader of the Tok'ra. On their way, they see Selmak, a dying Tok'ra. All members of SG-1 are asked whether they want to be the new host for Selmak, but they all refuse. Especially Carter, who feels that once was enough.

Afterwards they meet Garshaw of Belote, the most wanted Tok'ra of all. SG-1 explains that they want an alliance with the Tok'ra and also the way in which they found the base, and what happened to Jolinar. After a rusty start SG-1 is asked to wait until the Tok'ra High Council will meet to discuss their proposal of an alliance. While waiting, Carter takes a walk with Martouf, hoping to understand Jolinar better and maybe order her thoughts from Jolinar.

Carter is beginning to understand Jolinar a lot better when Dr. Daniel Jackson shows up, informing her that the council is ready to meet. In a newly grown chamber, SG-1 meets the council and starts negotiating about the alliance, specifically on how the Tau'ri would be of use to the Tok'ra and whether they could be trusted or not. They are interrupted by the arrival of SG-3, who have orders to extract Carter. However, before they can leave, the council reaches a decision: the Tau'ri are no use to them, and that as they are a security risk to the Tok'ra because of their knowledge of their base location, they cannot leave until a new base can be established.

...to be continued...

Characters

 * Selmak
 * Martouf
 * Lantash
 * Garshaw of Belote
 * Yosuf
 * Anker
 * Saroosh

Planet

 * P34-353J

In other languages

 * French : La Tokra - 1ère partie (The Tokra - part 1)
 * Italian: Simbiosi (Parte 1) (Symbiosis (part 1))
 * Spanish: La Tok'ra (Parte 1) (The Tok'ra (part 1))
 * Czech: Tokrové (1. část)