Fire and Water

"Fire and Water" is the thirteenth episode of the first season of Stargate SG-1.

Synopsis
SG-1 return to Earth, convinced that Dr. Daniel Jackson is dead. While they mourn their loss, they begin to have the feeling that their memories are faked to make it look like he died, and that he is still alive. Their theories turn out to be correct, when Jackson is actually imprisoned by an Ohne named Nem to extract information regarding the whereabouts of his mate, Omoroca.

Plot
Three SG-1 Team members return prematurely from their mission, believing that Dr. Daniel Jackson is dead. They are all examined and questioned and are completely in shock. They believe that Daniel was burned to death and that they survived by submerging themselves in a nearby ocean. Daniel is given a full military funeral ceremony and a wreath is sent through the Stargate. When the thought of going back to the planet is mentioned, the team reacts with horrified protests. They are afterwards given a week free to relax.

Although Stargate Command believes Dr. Jackson to be dead, he is seen sitting down very much alive, shouting for the others. He then is confronted by an alien who wants Daniel to translate various Cuneiform writings and when he reads the name "Omoroca", the alien reacts angrily. Eventually the alien asks what has happened to Omoroca, who was his mate. Daniel doesn't understand what has happened to her, but the alien accuses him of lying. The alien believes Earth is still enslaved by the Goa'uld, and thinks Daniel is possessed by the Goa'uld. At this Daniel explodes, asking why he would serve the race which took his wife from him.

On Earth all members of SG-1 can't stop thinking about Daniel's apparent death and especially Colonel Jack O'Neill reacts very angrily as he dwells on it. He is considering retiring. Meanwhile Daniel becomes more frustrated about his work for the alien, who also isn't much of a help and only wants to know what happened to his mate.

Meanwhile, Dr. Janet Fraiser again examines the team and realizes that they were all manipulated. They are then studied and it turns out that their memories are false and that they are all programmed to be afraid of going back to the planet again. Captain Samantha Carter then agrees to be hypnotized by Dr. James MacKenzie, where she remembers the mission again. She also then remembers that they were all in an alien room and she finally realizes that the memories of Daniel's death are false. So the team mounts a rescue mission and returns to the planet. They reach the ocean where they last saw Daniel, but there is no sign of him. However, Jack says he won't leave without Daniel this time.

Daniel has agreed to undergo a memory-retrieval technique, and reveals that the alien is an Ohnes, and that the Goa'uld Belus killed Omoroca. Learning this, Nem agrees to let Daniel go and suggests that his race may someday ally itself with the Ohnes. Nem says "In time, perhaps." and that in time, Daniel will learn the fate of his wife. Nem then leaves, and Daniel returns home discussing with the others what happened while he was away.

Notable Quotes
O'Neill: Daniel Jackson made this place, happen. As a member of SG-1, he was our voice, our conscience. He was a very courageous man. He was a good man. For those of us lucky enough to know him, he was also a friend.

McKenzie: I've had a great deal of success with hypnosis.

O'Neill: Hypnosis. You know, I'm not a big fan of that bark like a chicken, cluck like a dog stuff.

Carter: I wonder what they're going to do with all this stuff.

O'Neill: Maybe give it to a museum. Or start one

Jackson: Memorial service?!

Carter: The Colonel said some really nice things.

Jackson: He, he did! He did?

Goofs

 * At the very beginning, when the team returns, MSgt. Walter Harriman is told to call a medical team, and he says over the intercom "Medical team to the Stargate room!" when in fact the room containing the Stargate is called the Embarkation room, and is known as such throughout the entire series. However, it is still actually referred to as the 'Gate room' many times, including Daniel specifically using the name in '2010' at which point a tour guide disagreed and suggested it was actually known as the 'Embarcation room', playing on the rare use of the latter term in the series.
 * During Dr. Daniel Jackson's wake, Colonel Jack O'Neill plays hockey and flips out. While talking with Major General George S. Hammond, O'Neill is handling a hockey stick with "Anderson" clearly handwritten on the handle.

In other languages

 * French: Le Feu et l'Eau (Fire and Water)
 * Italian: Morte Apparente (Apparent Death)
 * Spanish: Fuego y Agua (Fire and Water)
 * Czech: Oheň a voda