The Broca Divide/Transcript

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 * 1.05 "The Broca Divide" Episode Guide

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TEASER

EXT&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN, DUSK

INT&mdash;SGC BRIEFING ROOM

[SG-1 is seated around the briefing table, along with Makepeace and the rest of SG-3. Hammond is pacing the room.]

HAMMOND When we completed interviews of all the refugees you brought back from Chu'lak, ten of them identified the final four symbols the Goa'ulds used to escape through the Chu'lak Stargate. When we disregard the last one as point of origin that leaves three to work with.

[He cues a computer screen to display the glyphs.]

HAMMOND Captain Carter's computer model has thus far extrapolated only one set of symbols from the Abydos cartouche that contains these three glyphs.

O'NEILL Let me guess. That's where we're going.

HAMMOND Very good, Colonel.

O'NEILL Thank you, sir. I pride myself on my deductive reasoning skills.

HAMMOND In one hour, you will go through the Gate to the planet represented by these symbols. It has been designated P3X-797.

DANIEL Couldn't we call this planet something that's a little easier to remember?

CARTER Ah, it's based on a binary code the computer uses for extrapolation.

O'NEILL (sarcastically) Which makes it much easier to remember.

HAMMOND We sent a MALP probe through thirty minutes ago. Atmosphere is breathable, no detectable radiation and temperature approximately forty degrees Fahrenheit.

O'NEILL Can we see the video playback sir?

[Hammond pauses.]

HAMMOND There is no playback.

O'NEILL Why no playback?

HAMMOND It appears to be very dark where the Gate resides on this planet.

CARTER Well, the MALP probe has lights on it, doesn't it?

HAMMOND We think they were broken during transport through the Gate.

DANIEL This is crazy. We don't know what could be there waiting for us when we come through.

MAKEPEACE Don't you worry boys. That's why the SG-3 Marines are coming with. You can count on us to watch your backsides.

DANIEL Actually, it's more my front side I was worried about.

[Makepeace raises his eyebrows at Daniel.]

INT&mdash;GATE ROOM

[Close up shot of stargate spinning. O'Neill, Carter and Teal'c make their way to the Gate.]

TECHNICIAN'S VOICE Chevron four, encoded. Chevron five, encoded.

[Daniel rushes in.]

O'NEILL You're late; put these on.

[He hands Daniel night vision goggles.]

DANIEL (looks at goggles) Doesn't look like my prescription.

TECHNICIAN'S VOICE Chevron six, encoded.

CARTER Thermal night vision goggles.

O'NEILL Hey, here's a question. Why doesn't the MALP have a set of these?

[Carter grins.]

TECHNICIAN'S VOICE Chevron seven, locked.

[Gate whooshes into life.]

HAMMOND'S VOICE SG-1 and SG-3 you have a go. Repeat, you have a go.

[Makepeace pushes his way through SG-1.]

MAKEPEACE Okay, we'll take point.

O'NEILL Ah. We'll go through first. You watch our lovely backsides, remember?

[O'Neill heads up the ramp.]

MAKEPEACE Have it your way, flyboy.

DANIEL Are you out of your mind?

O'NEILL If Skaara or Sha're are on the other side, those jarheads'll open fire as soon as they see the light of their eyes, if you know what I mean. You want that?

[Daniel gestures for O'Neill to go forward.]

O'NEILL Give us ten count then "come on down."

[SG-1 steps through the wormhole. SG-3 step up to the Gate.]

MAKEPEACE One-one thousand. Two-one thousand.

EXT&mdash;P3X-797, DARKNESS

[SG-1 step from the Gate.]

O'NEILL (whispers) Fan out.

[SG-1 puts on the night vision goggles and sees people running though the underbrush. They are attacked with sticks. Teal'c's staff weapon fires. SG-3 comes through the wormhole and opens fire over their heads as one of SG-1 is about to be crushed by a large rock.]

MAKEPEACE Fire!

[Attackers run off.]

MAKEPEACE I'm real glad it was you who took point.

O'NEILL I'm okay. Thanks for asking. Everybody else?

CARTER I think so.

DANIEL What were those things?

O'NEILL I haven't the slightest idea.

[They brush the hair away from one of the dead attacker's faces. He looks mostly human, but with some prehistoric human qualities.]

END TEASER

OPENING CREDITS

EXT&mdash;P3X-797

[O'Neill gestures Makepeace forward.]

MAKEPEACE Judson.

[SG-3 follow Makepeace through the forest. SG-1 spy on a group of their attackers.]

O'NEILL Daniel, what are they?

DANIEL Well, they don't look completely Homo sapien. Ah, the larger brow ridge would imply Homo erectus but then again they'd have canine teeth. Ah, could be Australopithecus but the brow ridge would be less prominent.

O'NEILL You don't know, do you?

DANIEL No.

CARTER Why does that one female look different? She looks more human.

[They see as the girl gets grabbed.]

CARTER We have to stop them.

DANIEL No, that's how prehistoric males probably always had sex. Forcibly. The strongest male gets to mate, that's survival of the fittest.

CARTER Well, I call it rape and I think we should stop it.

[She starts to get up.]

O'NEILL Carter.

[O'Neill gestures for her to get back down. Rocks start flying.]

DANIEL Where are those rocks coming from?

O'NEILL There.

[He gestures toward a group of figures dressed in white who are throwing rocks at the primitives.]

O'NEILL Makepeace, you and your men take a wide left flank. We'll take the right. Go. (to SG-1) Let's go.

SG-3 MEMBER (to people in white) Don't move!

O'NEILL All right, hold your fire!

DANIEL Get away. Lower your weapons!

SG-3 MEMBER They could be Goa'ulds.

O'NEILL Just keep 'em covered.

[He checks the neck of one of the people in white.]

O'NEILL There's no entry scar. They're not Goa'ulds. Lower your weapons kids. (to Daniel) Any idea what they are?

TUPLO My Lord, we are the untouched, I am High Councilor Tuplo.

LEEDORA We are pleased the gods have deemed us worthy of a return visit.

O'NEILL Gods.

DANIEL Ah, only the gods come through the Stargate I think they're talking about us. We should probably start getting used to this kind of treatment.

O'NEILL Oh for crying out loud, we're not gods. Get up.

DANIEL Please.

O'NEILL C'mon.

[SG-1 helps Tuplo and his people to their feet.]

LEEDORA (to Tuplo) Perhaps they wish us to treat them as mortals. A test?

TUPLO Please. Let us take you to the Land of Light.

INT&mdash;MINOAN STYLE TEMPLE&mdash;LAND OF LIGHT

O'NEILL Love what they've done with the place.

CARTER I was going to do my living room like this, but it didn't go with my other stuff.

DANIEL Looks Minoan.

TUPLO Welcome. Please, come. Sit.

[SG-1 sit with Tuplo and his people at a table while Makepeace and SG-3 stand guard.]

CARTER Is she all right?

[She nods at where the young woman is lying down)]

TUPLO I do hope. She is my daughter.

CARTER What's her name?

TUPLO She is called Melosha. I can only hope we rescued her in time from the hands of the Touched. We must now wait to see if she has been cursed by them.

O'NEILL The creatures that took her, what were they exactly?

TUPLO They are the Touched. They were unfortunate enough to be cursed by the Heelk'sha.

DANIEL Hilk'sha. There's a word like that on Abydos. Is that Gods of the Earth?

TEAL'C Gods of the Underworld. Evil Gods.

LEEDORA The Heelk'sha needed only to touch the unfortunate among us and they would become possessed. Pure evil, like wild animals.

O'NEILL So these&hellip;"Touched" people used to live here, with you?

TUPLO They were us, until they changed. They became too dangerous and we were forced to banish them to the Land of the Dark.

O'NEILL And where are these evil gods now?

LEEDORA Oh, they do not show themselves. We know only of their presence because of their actions.

O'NEILL When was the last time the good gods came around?

LEEDORA Well, if you are not them, then it has been at least a generation.

O'NEILL A generation. Okay. (looks at the rest of SG-1) Um, will you excuse us for a moment? (to the Untouched as they rise) Ah, no. Please no. Wait.

[He leads SG-1 over to the stairs for a conference.]

O'NEILL Sounds like the Goa'ulds aren't here and haven't been for some time.

TEAL'C That is my assessment as well.

O'NEILL Daniel, Carter?

DANIEL I agree.

CARTER Yeah.

O'NEILL In that case, gear up. We'll move out in fifteen minutes.

DANIEL Wait a minute. Move out?

[Daniel and Carter glance at each other.]

O'NEILL Yeah. Back to the Stargate. Back to Earth. Terra firma. Home. You've heard of it?

DANIEL W'uh, well we should stay awhile longer and study the society. Learn how they've evolved from Minoan culture. I mean, see those statues over there, those are bulls. The bull is all throughout Minoan culture on Earth but we never really knew why.

O'NEILL Hey I'm a big fan of all this stuff, but art appreciation is not what this mission is about. Get your gear together.

[Walks off with Teal'c leaving Daniel and Carter to look at each other.]

WORMHOLE EFFECT

INT&mdash;GATE ROOM&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

[SG-1 and SG-3 come through the Gate. Hammond walks in and greets them.]

HAMMOND Find anything?

O'NEILL Uh, no sir.

DANIEL Yes sir. Uh, actually sir, we found a whole hell of a lot, sir.

O'NEILL Some beautiful d&eacute;cor, nice folks, nothing of strategic importance, sir.

HAMMOND All right, get cleaned up. Mission debrief in half an hour.

O'NEILL Yes, sir.

[They walk out leaving Daniel with a frustrated look on his face.]

INT&mdash;BRIEFING ROOM&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

[SG-1 and SG-3 are seated around the briefing table along with Hammond.]

DANIEL I'm sorry sir, I know I'm a guest at this party, but I have to protest.

HAMMOND Let me guess, Doctor. This is the science versus military discussion again?

DANIEL Well&hellip;yes. This mission was a perfect example of my argument. We should have stayed on that planet longer. It was the perfect opportunity to study Minoan culture.

CARTER Not to mention primitive man.

HAMMOND This really isn't necessary, Doctors, I've already&mdash;

[Daniel breaks in.]

DANIEL Sir, would you let me finish, please? (Hammond nods.) Okay, um, the people on the dark side are pre-Stone Age, but the people on the light side are clearly from the Bronze Age, so what better opportunity to study the Broca Divide?

O'NEILL (yawns) The what? Excuse me.

CARTER Broca Divide. Pierre Paul Broca was a nineteenth century anthropologist, he founded&hellip;

[Johnson glares at Teal'c.]

CARTER &hellip;modern craniometry, to study craniums and brains and to compare the divide in intelligence between early species of mankind.

O'NEILL Fascinating. (turns to Hammond) Should I start the debriefing sir?

HAMMOND Well, that would be a good idea, Colonel.

DANIEL (breaking in) Now just, just wait a minute.

HAMMOND (breaking in) Dr. Jackson you're wasting your breath, you've already won the argument.

DANIEL But I have to insist that you, w&mdash;, wha&mdash;, wha&mdash;, what? I've already won?

HAMMOND The president agrees with you. He's asked that we evaluate the scientific and cultural value of each mission from now on.

O'NEILL (rolls eyes) Oh, for crying out loud.

[He rubs his eyes.]

DANIEL He has&hellip;

[Hammond nods.]

CARTER That's great.

[Johnson jumps up and attacks Teal'c.]

JOHNSON Wonder how that thing in your gut would like its neck ripped in half.

TEAL'C Please release me, Lieutenant Johnson.

MAKEPEACE (jumps up) Johnson! Let him go.

JOHNSON Not until the Goa'uld apologizes.

HAMMOND (stands up) Lieutenant Johnson take your seat now.

[Johnson screams and takes a swing at Teal'c. Teal'c blocks the punch easily and subdues Johnson.]

TEAL'C General, I would prefer to not hurt this man.

[Hammond nods and security runs in and takes charge of Johnson.]

HAMMOND What is your problem, marine?

[Johnson foams at the mouth.]

HAMMOND Take him to the infirmary, tell them to keep him in restraints and check him out.

[They take Johnson away.]

INT&mdash;GATE ROOM&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

DANIEL (holding a clipboard) What do you think that was all about with Johnson?

CARTER (holding a piece of equipment to the 'Gate) Beats me. Maybe he was drunk.

DANIEL I don't know. Didn't quite seem like inebriation.

[Two men fight in the background.]

CARTER What the&hellip;?

[The men fall through the glass of the Briefing room and fall at least twenty feet to the Gate room floor. Carter and Daniel rush over to help.]

VOICE IN BACKGROUND I don't know, I didn't see anything.

[Carter rushes over to a phone.]

CARTER We need medics, section C stat, two men down.

[She slams the phone down and looks back at the men, scratching her neck.]

INT&mdash;LOCKER ROOM&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

[O'Neill is getting dressed after a shower. The locker door slams and Carter is standing next to him.]

O'NEILL Carter. (hurries to put on shirt) Sorry, didn't know you were in here.

[Carter grabs O'Neill and kisses him. O'Neill pushes her away.]

O'NEILL Mmmph! Carter! Wait! What the hell is going on?

CARTER I want you.

[She grabs O'Neill and kisses him again.]

O'NEILL (muffled voice) Why? I mean no!

[He manages to push her away.]

O'NEILL Carter, this is a little out of line, don't you think?

[Carter slams O'Neill onto a bench.]

CARTER Want me?

[She kisses O'Neill.]

O'NEILL (muffled voice) No. No, not like this, for crying out loud.

[He pushes Carter away again.]

O'NEILL Carter! What's gotten into you?

[Carter tries to kiss him again. O'Neill rolls them over and slams them onto the ground.]

O'NEILL It's about time you saw a doctor, Doctor.

[He pulls her up.]

INT&mdash;INFIRMARY&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

[Carter is in restraints.]

FRAISER Keep her from hurting herself until the sedatives take effect.

O'NEILL This pretty much what Johnson has?

FRAISER Oh, I'd say so, and the other members of the team. This is the strangest thing I've ever seen. C'mon, take a look.

[She leads O'Neill away.]

INT&mdash;CORRIDOR&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

FRAISER We've converted DEFCON 1 living compartments from when this place was a missile silo into isolations chambers. You never know what you're going to bring back through the Stargate.

[Fraiser pushes open an observations panel in a cell door and they look in on Johnson.]

FRAISER Notice the swelling of the brow ridge? Some are even developing new follicle growth.

O'NEILL Any idea what's causing it?

FRAISER Wish I knew. I've got calls in to every specialist in the service, but I've got one hand tied behind my back because of the need to know classification of the Stargate Project.

[She closes the observation panel and walks to another door.]

FRAISER And it's spreading. We got two more in an hour later.

[O'Neill opens observation panel and they look in on Makepeace beating his hands bloody against a wall.]

FRAISER I've never seen a behavioral disorder like this. All the victims are acting like animals.

O'NEILL You think Carter has the same thing?

FRAISER Mm hmm, behavior fits. All the victims are behaving like primitives. Most female, low level primates tend to choose their sexual partners according to who would give them the strongest offspring. The leaders of a pack or tribe are usually the prime choice, you should be flattered.

O'NEILL Oh yeah&hellip;I'm honored.

[O'Neill scratches the back of his neck.]

INT&mdash;CONTROL ROOM&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

DANIEL Jack! There you are. Got on the internet to do a little research on Australopithecus and, wow&hellip;What happened to you?

O'NEILL Oh, I got into a little wrestling match with Carter.

DANIEL Why?

O'NEILL I guess she's got whatever Johnson got. I had to drag her off to the infirmary.

DANIEL What, she start a fight with you like Johnson did with Teal'c?

O'NEILL No, she uh, she tried to seduce me.

DANIEL Oh. You poor man.

O'NEILL No, it wasn't like that. She was like a wild animal, she was nuts.

DANIEL Well, is she all right? I should go see her.

O'NEILL Why?

DANIEL What do you mean "why"? Because I care about her.

[O'Neill grabs Daniel.]

O'NEILL Care about her, what does that mean?

DANIEL It means I care about her, she's my friend. Now let go!

[Daniel tries to pull away.]

O'NEILL She's not yours to care about.

DANIEL What the hell are you talking about?

O'NEILL I'm talking about Samantha, you just stay away from her, okay?

DANIEL Okay. Okay Jack. I think you should come with me to the infirmary, okay? Just let go of me and&hellip;let go of my arm!

[O'Neill punches Daniel who falls back into a shelf and goes crashing to the ground.]

TECHNICIAN Security, get in here!

[O'Neill jumps on Daniel and starts beating him up. Security and the technician drag O'Neill off Daniel and haul him away.]

FEMALE OFFICER (helps Daniel up) You okay?

[Daniel gazes after O'Neill, blood on his face.]

INT&mdash;INFIRMARY&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

[Blood is being taken from Daniel and Teal'c.]

FRAISER We've managed to isolate an organism in the victims' bloodsteams.

HAMMOND Organism? Like a parasite or something?

FRAISER More like a, a parasitical virus and from what I can tell it seems to feed on alines and colines; chemical transmitters in the body. That includes neurotransmitters. As they're depleted, all but the most primitive parts of the brain seem to just shut down.

HAMMOND That why they act like animals?

FRAISER Actually, the organism seems to release a hormone that stimulates the primitive regions of the brain that are normally dormant. I-I have never seen anything like this on Earth.

DANIEL Exactly. On Earth. That would explain the Touched.

HAMMOND Beg your pardon?

TEAL'C That's what the primitives were called on P3X-797. The Touched.

DANIEL But I think, given recent events (looks over at Carter, still restrained on the hospital bed) I think it's safe to say they aren't born primitive, they must have this very contagious disease, and we came in contact with them. Isn't that special?

FRAISER So, the question is: Why haven't you and Mr. Teal'c come down with the symptoms?

DANIEL Um, Mr. Teal'c's&mdash;Teal'c's symbiote probably protects him.

TEAL'C That would be likely.

FRAISER So what about you, Dr. Jackson?

DANIEL Well, that beats me. You're the doctor, Doctor. Uh, maybe I have a natural immunity.

TEAL'C Perhaps you will develop symptoms later.

DANIEL Thank you, for the moral support.

FRAISER I am checking both of your blood for the presence of the organism, and I would bet that you both have it. This appears to be highly contagious.

HAMMOND Are you saying we could have brought a new plague to this planet?

FRAISER Yes sir, that's exactly what I'm saying.

HAMMOND Well that's it. I'm ordering this mountain sealed off. No one comes in or goes out until we get a handle on this thing.

[Hammond walks out. Teal'c, Fraiser, and Daniel run off in the direction of a scream.]

INT&mdash;CORRIDOR&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

VOICE OVER SPEAKERS Containment team three to sublevel 28.

[Teal'c, Fraiser and Daniel arrive at a door marked "IS-19." Teal'c slides open the observation panel to see O'Neill screaming and slamming against the door.]

TEAL'C He is going to damage himself.

FRAISER I've been pumping him with sedatives to control him, but they wear off fast. Help me give him some more. Let's go, go!

[They rush into the room and Teal'c, Daniel and a soldier hold O'Neill while Fraiser injects him with a sedative. O'Neill slowly collapses against a bunk.]

EXT&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

[Soldiers rush up and begin sealing off the mountain.]

INT&mdash;HAMMOND'S OFFICE&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

[The red phone rings.]

HAMMOND (into the phone) Yes sir, this is General Hammond. Sir, I'm afraid I have a serious situation here. It appears we've brought a very contagious disease through the Stargate. Yes sir, that's right. Well sir, I've ordered the mountain sealed off, but I think you should order in an armored division to set up a second line of defense. Well sir, my recommendation is that anyone attempting to leave the mountain should be shot on sight, and the body burned.

INT&mdash;INFIRMARY&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

[Hammond walks in.]

FRAISER Good news, General.

HAMMOND Could use some of that around now. What is it?

[Fraiser indicates Daniel and Teal'c.]

FRAISER These gentlemen don't appear to have the organism in their system. Now, if we can just isolate why they've been able to resist it.

TEAL'C Perhaps we should ask the Untouched how they avoid contracting the disease.

DANIEL Maybe they know something we don't.

FRAISER I could use a blood sample from one of the uninfected, maybe they have something in their systems to protect them. Something we can synthesize.

HAMMOND All right. (waves at Teal'c and Daniel) Either of you know how to draw blood?

[Daniel and Teal'c look back blankly.]

HAMMOND Doctor, teach them. You go through in half an hour, gear up.

DANIEL W&mdash;w&mdash;w&mdash;wait, wait. Just the&hellip;two of us?

HAMMOND You're immune. I don't know anyone else who is!

INT&mdash;GATE ROOM&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

[Teal'c and Daniel walk in. Daniel sneezes.]

TEAL'C Do not worry, Daniel Jackson, the Touched are frightened by your loud, Earth weapons. We can easily subdue them.

DANIEL That's easy for you to say.

[They step through the Gate.]

WORMHOLE EFFECTS

EXT&mdash;DARK SIDE&mdash;P3X-797

[Daniel puts a hand out to stop Teal'c.]

DANIEL Teal'c.

[They come across a body lying on the side of the path.]

DANIEL It's Melosha. She's alive.

TEAL'C It appears she is afflicted.

DANIEL So they just dump her out here?

[He starts to check Melosha over.]

TEAL'C We dump them in a small room.

DANIEL To protect them.

TEAL'C To protect everyone else. There is little difference.

DANIEL You know, you're right. They're like lepers. The dark side is a leper colony.

TEAL'C What is a leper?

DANIEL God, never mind. (pulls blanket out of pack) We have to help her. Are you planning on helping me?

TEAL'C It is a long journey. We should leave her.

DANIEL No. (picks up Melosha) Now let's go.

[They are suddenly surrounded by the Touched.]

DANIEL Teal'c!

TEAL'C Fire your weapon. It will frighten them off.

[He fires his weapon. Daniel puts down Melosha, but before he can draw his weapon, he is attacked by the Touched and he and Melosha are dragged off.]

TEAL'C Daniel Jackson! (turns around to find him gone) Daniel! Daniel Jackson!

[Stoops and picks up Daniel's glasses from where they're lying on the ground.]

INT&mdash;IS-19&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

[Hammond is brought in.]

FRAISER Sorry Colonel O'Neill, but your private room just became semi-private. We're running out of places to put all the victims. We've used the brigs, we've used the temp quarters, some of the storage rooms.

[She sighs and begins to walk out.]

O'NEILL (grunts) Doc. Doc?

FRAISER D'you say something?

O'NEILL (works mouth, grunts) Give more&hellip;

FRAISER What? Give more what?

O'NEILL (grunts) More.

[He pushes his arm forward.]

FRAISER An injection? You mean you want more sedative? (shakes head) You've already had more than the maximum safe dosage, twice as much as anyone else because you've been more violent.

O'NEILL (grunts) Give.

FRAISER No. It's not safe.

O'NEILL (grunts louder) Give! Give.

FRAISER Why are you so insistent?

[O'Neill just gazes back at her. She gives in and injects O'Neill who seems to faint.]

FRAISER Must have been in a lot of pain.

[Fraiser attempts to leave. O'Neill grunts very loudly.]

O'NEILL Doc!

FRAISER Colonel O'Neill?

[O'Neill attempts to speak.]

O'NEILL Me.

FRAISER (smiles) So you are still in there somewhere.

O'NEILL (grunts) Dream? Dream?

FRAISER I'm afraid not Colonel. It's very real. This is interesting. Enough sedative must knock back the primitive mind. Colonel, listen to me. I am not going to be able to keep you at this level for very long; it is too dangerous. It could cause permanent brain damage.

O'NEILL (struggles to speak) What. What is it?

FRAISER It's a parasitic virus. All we can tell is that is seems to mess with body chemicals, all of them. Testosterone levels skyrocket thus the aggressive behavior. It's histamine lytic which means it breaks down histamine, we&mdash;wh&mdash;

O'NEILL (breaking in; tries to speak) Experiment on me.

FRAISER Experiment on you? I'm sorry I can't do that.

[O'Neill touches her face.]

O'NEILL (tries to speak) Use me.

[Fraiser squeezes his hand and reluctantly agrees.]

EXT&mdash;MINOAN STYLE TEMPLE&mdash;LIGHT SIDE P3X-797

[Teal'c walks up to the temple.]

INT&mdash;MINOAN STYLE TEMPLE&mdash;LIGHT SIDE P3X-797

[Teal'c enters.]

TUPLO Welcome back, my lord. Where are your friends?

TEAL'C My friends are ill because of this place.

LEEDORA They have joined the Touched.

TUPLO They were cursed by the Heelk'sha.

TEAL'C It is not a curse; it is a disease. I lost my friend on the dark side of this planet. You must help me retrieve him.

TUPLO Why? So he can give you the curse? So he can give all of us the curse? No, no. He is better off where he is.

TEAL'C He does not have the disease. He is immune. He is not cursed.

TUPLO Then by now, he is gone.

TEAL'C He had your daughter with him.

TUPLO Melosha is dead.

TEAL'C No, she is out there. On the dark side, I have seen her. Help me retrieve her and my friend.

TUPLO She is among the Touched, she can no longer function amongst us. Therefore, she is dead!

TEAL'C She is not dead.

TUPLO If I believed otherwise, do you not think I would help my own daughter?

LEEDORA Many of us have loved ones among the Touched. My own father is there, but we accept that we cannot help them. Therefore, they are dead to us.

TEAL'C How can you be so without heart?

TUPLO I must ask you to leave.

TEAL'C If you will not help me find my friend, then I must have a sample of your blood.

LEEDORA Our blood?

TUPLO Blood is our lifeforce.

TEAL'C I assure you it will cause you no harm.

LEEDORA I cannot abide this one in my presence any longer.

[She stalks off.]

TUPLO You are not welcome here. When we return, I expect to find you gone.

[He walks off. Teal'c pretends to leave, but just as he reaches the entrance he knocks out both guards.]

TEAL'C (kneels next to one of the guards) I am sorry.

[He starts to withdraw blood from the guard.]

EXT&mdash;DARK SIDE&mdash;P3X-797

[A pack of the Touched are feeding around a fire. Daniel, clothes already torn, attempts to get away but is jumped by a member of the Touched who proceeds to beat him.]

EXT&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN, DAY

[Guards pacing in front of the tunnel entrance.]

INT&mdash;INFIRMARY&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

VOICE OVER SPEAKERS All personnel, be advised that the mountain is now under a code five lockdown. The mountain is now under a code five lockdown.

[Teal'c walks in and sees Fraiser checking Carter.]

FRAISER Thank god you're back.

TEAL'C What happened to Captain Carter?

FRAISER She was stabbed by her roommate. Don't worry it's superficial, she's going to be okay.

[She leads Teal'c away.]

FRAISER We've run out of space; we've had to start doubling up on the iso rooms.

TEAL'C I have retrieved the blood sample you requested.

FRAISER Good work, Mr. Teal'c.

INT&mdash;IS-19&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

TEAL'C O'Neill.

O'NEILL (grunts) Teal'c.

TEAL'C I am afraid I lost Daniel Jackson on the dark side of the planet. I am sorry.

[Fraiser walks in.]

FRAISER Colonel O'Neill, I think I might have something.

[She grabs a chair and sits down.]

FRAISER I was examining the blood sample that Mr. Teal'c brought me, then it hit me. There was very little histamine in it.

[O'Neill looks at her, confused.]

FRAISER If the people on that planet are human as you say, they have to have a histamine in their blood.

TEAL'C How does this help us?

FRAISER Well as I said before, this microbe is a histaminolytic, it feeds on histamine. The Untouched have no histamine in their bodies so the organism couldn't survive in them.

TEAL'C I do no understand. It is the Untouched that become the Touched. If they have none of this substance of which you speak why then do some of them change?

FRAISER Because only some of them have this low histamine level which means there is probably a-a naturally occurring antihistamine in their diets. The ones who don't eat it eventually contract the organism. Which is what gave me an idea. I checked the files; both Dr. Jackson and I have acute rhinitis caused by severe allergies.

[O'Neill looks at Teal'c.]

TEAL'C Explain.

FRAISER I take strong antihistamines every day, so did Dr. Jackson. I have no histamine for the microbe to feed on. Just like the Untouched, the organism starves in my body.

TEAL'C Does this mean you have a cure?

FRAISER We have to try mega doses of chlorpheniramine maleate on someone and see if it works.

O'NEILL (grunts) Me.

FRAISER I thought you might say that. Now the dose required to completely clear the body of histamine for a long enough time could be harmful. You're sure?

[O'Neill nods. Fraiser injects the chemical into O'Neill's IV line.]

FRAISER Now all we can do is wait. (to Teal'c) You better lock him up again.

[Teal'c lays O'Neill down and covers him with a blanket.]

INT&mdash;CORRIDOR OUTSIDE IS-19&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

[Teal'c is meditating outside the door.]

O'NEILL (from inside) Teal'c! Doc! Open the door! Teal'c!

TEAL'C (Opens the observation panel to a normal-looking O'Neill) Colonel O'Neill?

O'NEILL (mimicking Ricky Ricardo) Lucy, I'm home.

TEAL'C I am not Lucy.

O'NEILL I know that. It was a reference to an old TV&mdash;never mind, open the door!

TEAL'C I will summon the doctor.

O'NEILL No, no, c'mon I'm fine, back to being myself. Just open up.

TEAL'C I cannot be certain you are back to being yourself. You referred to me as "Lucy."

O'NEILL Oh for crying out loud, will you just open the door?

[Teal'c opens the door.]

O'NEILL This stuff works. Let's find Doc.

INT&mdash;GATE ROOM&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

[The Stargate is dialing up P3X-797.]

INT&mdash;CONTROL ROOM

TECHNICIAN Chevron three encoded.

[The technician looks up to see Hammond buttoning up his dress uniform, cured of the virus.]

TECHNICIAN Chevron four encoded.

INT&mdash;GATE ROOM

[SG-3 and SG-1 are gearing up. All look back to normal.]

FRAISER The guns are loaded with tranquilizer darts filled with chlorpheniramine now a direct hit on a Touched man or woman should knock them out long enough in order to starve the disease. Good luck.

TECHNICIAN'S VOICE Chevron five encoded.

O'NEILL Thanks, Doc.

CARTER So we're going to try and tranq all the Touched?

TECHNICIAN'S VOICE Chevron six encoded.

O'NEILL Just the ones that get in the way of us finding Daniel. Leave the rest for the Untouched.

CARTER You think he's still alive?

TECHNICIAN'S VOICE Chevron seven, locked.

[O'Neill turns away from Carter and looks towards the Gate.]

O'NEILL Let's find out.

WORMHOLE EFFECT

EXT&mdash;DARK SIDE&mdash;P3X-797

[SG-1 and SG-3 surround a group of the Touched, including an obviously Touched Daniel.]

CARTER Guess the antihistamine wore off.

[She nods at where Daniel is sitting with Melosha. O'Neill gestures to everyone and they open fire with the tranquilizer guns taking down everyone but Daniel and Melosha. SG-1 walks over to them.]

O'NEILL Daniel, you dog. Keep this up, you'll have a girl on every planet.

CARTER Just let me give him an injection.

[She walks over to Daniel. Daniel attempts to jump Carter, and he and Melosha are then shot with darts by the rest of the team.]

EXT&mdash;MINOAN STYLE TEMPLE FROM FAR OFF&mdash;LIGHT SIDE P3X-797

EXT&mdash;CLOSE SHOT OF MINOAN STYLE TEMPLE&mdash;LIGHT SIDE P3X-797

[SG-1 and SG-3 climb the stairs, Teal'c carrying Daniel over his shoulders.]

INT&mdash;MINOAN STYLE TEMPLE&mdash;LIGHT SIDE P3X-797

[SG-1 and SG-3 walk up to Tuplo and his entourage.]

TUPLO What are you doing?

LEEDORA You must not bring the Touched among us. Leave now.

O'NEILL Just hear us out, please?

CARTER We found a cure, and we can bring back Melosha.

TEAL'C And your father.

TUPLO Put him in the isolation circle. We will hear you.

[Teal'c carries Daniel to the area Melosha had been lying in before. The guards stop him.]

TUPLO Let him pass.

[Teal'c continues and lays Daniel down.]

LATER

[Everyone is seated around the banquet table.]

TUPLO If you are not gods, then how did you destroy the curse?

O'NEILL As we've been saying, Tuplo, it's not a curse. It's a disease.

CARTER A sickness.

DANIEL Jack.

O'NEILL There's our boy.

[O'Neill and Carter get up to join Teal'c where Daniel is lying. Daniel sits up.]

DANIEL Where are we?

TEAL'C The light side of P3X-797.

[He hands Daniel his glasses.]

DANIEL I thought we were going to give it a better name.

O'NEILL (smiles) He's back. He's normal.

LEEDORA Explain.

CARTER We know how to "lift the curse."

TUPLO How? If you are not gods.

O'NEILL Come out there with us. We'll show you.

EXT&mdash;DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN DARK AND LIGHT&mdash;P3X-797

[SG-1, SG-3, Tuplo, Leedora, and others from the Light side stand by the edge of the woods. The Touched, now cured, begin to emerge from the dark side.]

LEEDORA (sees an older man) Father.

[She runs and hugs him, crying. Tuplo sees Melosha and runs to hug her. There is a reunion between the Touched and Untouched. Tuplo and Melosha walk over to O'Neill and kneel before him.]

TUPLO You have done it, my lord. Thank you.

O'NEILL We'll teach you how to take care of the rest

[He helps Tuplo and Melosha up. SG-1 and SG-3 begin to walk away]

CARTER Uh, sir?

O'NEILL Yeah?

CARTER About my earlier behavior. I wasn't myself, I&mdash;

O'NEILL (breaking in) Oh Carter, I don't even remember your earlier behavior.

CARTER You don't?

O'NEILL No, I was infected too, remember?

CARTER Right. Good, I'm glad.

O'NEILL By the way, how's the wound?

CARTER Wound?

O'NEILL I understand you got stabbed in the stomach or something?

CARTER Oh! Yeah, it's nothing. With any luck there won't even be a scar.

O'NEILL Oh, good. I was concerned.

CARTER You were?

O'NEILL Sure. If it doesn't heal properly, you'll never wear that sweet little tank top number again.

[O'Neill walks off, leaving Carter looking after him, bemused.]

FADE OUT

END CREDITS

Transcribed by Chance for Stargate SG-1 Solutions, 31 Dec 02

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