The First Commandment/Transcript

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 * 1.06 "The First Commandment" Episode Guide

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TEASER

EXT&mdash;DARK WOODS, NIGHT

[Mist is rising from the ground. Two soldiers in partial SGC uniforms run through the woods, chased by several native men leaping through the trees. The men are clad in breechclouts with painted faces and bodies. Some are wearing headdresses made from long grass; others have clay helmets that cover their entire head. The men with headdresses have blowguns.]

CONNOR Come on, Frakes, let's go!

[As they run, a GDO falls to the forest floor.]

FRAKES Connor! Connor, I've lost the remote!

[Frakes runs back and drops to his knees, trying to find the GDO. The men in the trees close in. Connor joins him.]

CONNOR (picks up something) Got it!

[One of the natives puts his blowpipe to his lips. A dart shoots out and hits Frakes in the shoulder. Frakes falls. Connor runs on, not noticing. Connor reaches the DHD and starts pressing the glyphs for Earth. Frakes stumbles down the path behind him, the arrow still stuck in his shoulder. The natives close in. Frakes pauses, his eyes rolling back. He falls face-first onto the ground. Connor punches in the last symbol and hits the red center of the DHD. The wormhole opens. Connor punches in the code on the GDO. He looks behind him, obviously just noticing that his companion is not with him.]

CONNOR Frakes! (runs back down the path) Frakes!

FRAKES Go. (looking desperate) Go!

[Connor looks around at the forest. Frakes falls back to the ground. Looking unhappy, Connor whirls around to run back to the Stargate. Behind him, Frakes pushes himself up, then crumples sideways. He looks up to see himself surrounded by the natives in clay helmets, the men in headdresses right behind them. Another man, this one wearing some kind of robes over an SGC uniform pushes through the crowd, a rifle in hand. Grabbing Frakes' hair, he pulls him into a seated position. Another man, covered from head to foot in a robe, comes out of the crowd to stand before them. Although we can't see his clothing beneath, dogtags catch the light.]

HANSON (reprovingly) Frakes, Frakes, Frakes. I'm disappointed in you, my son.

[Hanson pulls out a pistol and primes it. He aims the gun at Frakes. The natives mutter uneasily. Hanson fires.]

[At the Stargate, Connor turns to look back.]

[Hanson motions to the natives, who run toward the Stargate. As Baker and Hanson look down the path, the wormhole blinks out of existence.]

HANSON So. Connor got through.

BAKER What about this one?

HANSON (looking back) Burn him.

[One of the natives douses Frakes in a liquid. Baker lowers a torch and ignites the liquid. Flames rise as Frakes' body catches fire.]

END TEASER

OPENING CREDITS

EXT&mdash;PLANET, DAY

[Teal'c exits wormhole, followed by O'Neill. As the wormhole closes, Daniel and Carter are standing by the DHD. They all look at the surrounding foliage.]

DANIEL For a planet with a U.V. radiation as high as this one's supposed to have, the plant life seems to be doing very well.

CARTER Apparently, Abydos was the exception, not the rule, as far as trees are concerned.

DANIEL Well, that makes sense. I mean, in order for a planet to support human life, there must be some form of carbon-based vegetation, right?

[Carter nods.]

TEAL'C It is no accident. Many Stargate worlds were terra-formed by the Goa'uld centuries ago.

O'NEILL Okay, let's take a quick look around the Gate before we move out and find SG-9.

CARTER They can't be that far.

DANIEL I don't know, this Stargate is literally out in the middle of nowhere. I doubt it plays an active role in anybody's culture.

[O'Neill walks away, Daniel following. Carter looks uneasily up at the trees.]

TEAL'C Is there a problem, Doctor Carter?

CARTER No birds.

[She looks around again, then moves away, following O'Neill and Daniel. Teal'c looks up, his gaze sober.]

EXT&mdash;PLANET, DAY

[The sun is shining brightly. Daniel walks alone through the woods.]

DANIEL There should be a road up here or something, or&hellip;Jack? Guys?

[Under his feet, the leaf covering shifts. Connor jumps up from his hiding place and wraps an arm around Daniel's neck.]

DANIEL Aaah!

[Connor grabs Daniel's gun and aims it at his neck as Daniel tries to pull his arm away.]

DANIEL Okay, okay. Don't shoot.

[O'Neill suddenly appears behind Conner, his own gun out. He aims it at Connor's temple.]

O'NEILL (grating) That's very sound advice.

[Connor pulls the pistol away from Daniel. O'Neill grabs it with his free hand, the pistol on Connor never wavering.]

CONNOR (not losing his grip on Daniel, but looking surprised.) Colonel O'Neill!

[He looks relieved.]

O'NEILL Lieutenant Connor?

[Connor sags. O'Neill and Daniel catch him as he falls.]

O'NEILL All right, all right.

[O'Neill and Daniel each grab an arm and help Connor walk away.]

EXT&mdash;PLANET

[The team rests on the Stargate platform, clustered around Connor.]

O'NEILL All right, Connor, what's going on? Command received your signal six hours ago, and no one came through. Why?

CONNOR Hanson.

CARTER Where is he? We need to talk to&hellip;

CONNOR (interrupting) No! Don't.

O'NEILL Why?

CONNOR (eyes widening) Frakes. He&hellip;

[Connor jumps up, runs down the path. SG-1 follows him. Connor stops, bending down beside a pile of ashes and bits of bone on the ground.]

O'NEILL Connor?

[As SG-1 comes to a halt in front of him, Connor picks out dogtags, which are all that's apparently left of Frakes.]

O'NEILL Connor. I need to know what happened.

CONNOR Permission to speak freely about a superior officer, sir.

O'NEILL Yeah. Go ahead.

CONNOR He's lost it. He's out of control.

CARTER Captain Hanson?

CONNOR Maybe it was the sun. The, uh, radiation&hellip;

DANIEL What are&hellip;Are you saying that the sun did this to Frakes?

CONNOR No, sir. Captain Hanson did that to Frakes.

CARTER What?

CONNOR For trying to get back through the Gate.

O'NEILL I don't buy that.

CONNOR Sir. We were trying to warn Command about what's really going on. The people here&hellip;they believe he's their god.

TEAL'C Because you came through the Stargate.

CONNOR No, no. You don't get it. Hanson believes it too.

[SG-1 is silent for a moment.]

O'NEILL Carter?

[Carter follows O'Neill away from Connor.]

O'NEILL (pulls off his sunglasses and rubs his eyes.) I want you to take Connor back through the Stargate. Report to General Hammond what's happened here.

CARTER (looking obstinate) No, sir.

O'NEILL (incredulous) "No, sir?"

CARTER If you're going after Captain Hanson, I should go with you. I can get to him.

O'NEILL (testy) Look, Captain. Either we're bringing him back to face a court martial, or not. I think we both know what the 'not' means.

CARTER I know him, Colonel.

O'NEILL Yeah, that would be the problem, wouldn't it?

CARTER I gave back the ring because I know him. I know how he thinks, how he operates.

O'NEILL How he likes to play God?

CARTER I don't understand how that could happen any more than you do. But if SG-1 is going after him, then I am going with you.

CONNOR (interrupting) Wait a minute. No. You&hellip;you&hellip;you can't do that. There are hundreds, probably thousands of them. He's&hellip;he's their god. They'll die for him; they'll kill for him in a heartbeat.

O'NEILL That's not your problem. Now, I need someone to report back to the General, and that is you.

[He looks at Connor.]

CONNOR No, sir.

O'NEILL (looking incredulous again) "No, sir?" (turning to look at Carter) Does it say "colonel" anywhere on my uniform?

CONNOR I know the planet and the situation. I think it's suicide. But if you're going, I'm going, sir.

TEAL'C But you are not physically able.

CONNOR Frakes was my friend.

CARTER This isn't about revenge.

CONNOR Maybe not for you.

[Carter stares at Connor, who looks away and brushes past her. ]

CONNOR We've got to move now. In daylight.

O'NEILL (sighs) Well. We're off to see the wizard.

CONNOR Hope you packed lots of sunblock.

DANIEL Well, we're mostly under cover.

CARTER The probe's data indicated that shade, even heavy cloud cover won't protect us. It can be pouring rain and we'll still burn.

CONNOR She's right.

O'NEILL Then why on Earth are we travelling during the day?

CONNOR We're not on Earth. People here live in caves. I think they used to be mines. They only come out at night. They're probably still after me, sir.

[O'Neill registers that, but pulls on his sunglasses anyway.]

O'NEILL To Oz.

[The team follows Connor, looking around them at the woods first.]

EXT&mdash;PLANET&mdash;HANSON'S CAMP

[Baker looks up at the sun, then enters a cave lit by several fires burning.]

BAKER You were right. They sent SG-1.

[Hanson, his face marked with angry red burns, lifts his dogtags away from his neck and stares at them, then pulls, snapping the chain. He throws them away.]

EXT&mdash;SG-1 CAMP, NIGHT

[Daniel and Carter are sitting side by side in front of a fire. Daniel is eating, Carter is examining something.]

DANIEL This tastes like chicken.

CARTER So what's wrong with that?

DANIEL It's macaroni and cheese.

[Behind the tents, Teal'c and O'Neill are standing guard in the woods.]

O'NEILL Teal'c?

TEAL'C The perimeter is established.

[Teal'c picks up and throws a rock. A beeping noise ensues, and a light high in a tree comes on. Teal'c reaches down and turns off both.]

O'NEILL Perfect. If any little rocks sneak up on us, we'll have plenty of warning.

[Connor approaches the fire. Carter looks up.]

CARTER So, uh, any indigenous lions, tigers, or bears I should lie awake worrying about?

CONNOR The plant life's all that seems to live very long in the sun.

DANIEL You know, how could something like this actually happen? I mean&hellip;the SG teams are supposedly made up of well-trained professionals.

CONNOR Well, when we first met the cave dwellers, they immediately bowed down to us. Thought we were gods.

DANIEL Well, that's a fairly common phenomenon. I mean&hellip;uh&hellip;it happens.

CONNOR Except Hanson didn't deny it. Told us it might be safer if we allowed them to think he was a god for awhile. Said it was the&hellip;system of government they needed to retake their world.

DANIEL And&hellip;you were okay with that?

CONNOR Frakes was our anthropologist. He agreed with Hanson that it might be safer. But the longer we stayed here, the stronger they believed. In our fourth or fifth week here, a young child wandered out of the caves. (shakes his head) Must have gotten lost. Hanson went out after him. He was gone for two full days before he came back, carrying the child, barely alive, in his arms.

CARTER The cave dwellers must have loved him for that.

CONNOR Yeah, they did. He wasn't sane after that.

CARTER You're saying that that's what sent him over the edge? The sun?

CONNOR (sighs) It wasn't any one thing. If it was, me and Frakes, we could have seen it coming. Done something about it, before&hellip;

TEAL'C Before what?

CONNOR There were a few cave dwellers who&hellip;got the idea that Hanson was just a man like they were. Thanks to&hellip;Frakes and I. He had them tied to stakes and left out in direct sunlight. If they lived seven days, they were allowed back in the caves.

DANIEL A number of significant biblical events took place over the course of seven days.

CONNOR (staring into the fire) By then they were blind. Giant bleeding burns all over them. Just took them a little longer to die. Personally, I'd rather eat a bullet.

[Everyone stares at him, stricken. O'Neill looks around at his team.]

O'NEILL I'll take first watch.

[They sit in silence.]

EXT&mdash;HANSON'S CAMP, NIGHT

[Hanson exits the cave. He walks to a cliff, looking down to see the cave dwellers working by torchlight, digging on ladders on the sides of the cliff. Some are moving wagons around on the flat portion of the ground.]

EXT&mdash;PLANET, SG-1 CAMP, NIGHT

[O'Neill is on guard. Connor is sleeping on a pallet on the ground. He awakens, quietly rising to his feet. He walks past a sleeping Carter and Daniel, past Teal'c, who is meditating, and over to O'Neill.]

CONNOR Hey, Colonel. I'll take watch now.

[O'Neill looks around into the woods, not looking at Connor. Both spot movement in the trees. Connor crouches, and follows O'Neill back into the camp. In the woods, the cave dwellers are moving closer. O'Neill touches Teal'c, shaking him from his kel-no-reem. He then leans down to shake Daniel's shoulder.]

O'NEILL Let's go. We've got company.

DANIEL Are you sure?

[An arrow hits the tree trunk beside Daniel's head. Both men look at it.]

O'NEILL Pretty sure.

[The cave dwellers move through the trees, setting off the alarm and the lights. O'Neill fires his gun towards the invaders. Connor does as well. The Cave dwellers shoot their darts. Teal'c waits, finally shooting his staff weapon at a tree. It catches fire. The alarms stop.]

TEAL'C It appears they are gone.

O'NEILL Yeah.

DANIEL Connor? Connor?

[They look. Connor is gone.]

EXT&mdash;HANSON'S OPERATION, DAY

[The torches have been extinguished; there are no people in sight.]

HANSON The temple is taking too long to build.

BAKER They're working as hard as they can.

HANSON But not as long as they can. Divide them into shifts; day and night.

BAKER You can't.

HANSON What?

BAKER They'll die.

HANSON Sacrifice. (shrugs) Their way to salvation.

EXT&mdash;WOODS

[Daniel and Carter are walking. O'Neill is behind them, intent on keeping guard on the woods around them.]

DANIEL Well, they were probably just instructed just to&hellip;take Connor; send us a message that Hanson is in control.

CARTER Sounds familiar.

DANIEL Which part?

CARTER He likes control.

DANIEL Well, what did you see in him?

CARTER (grimaces) I dunno. I guess I've always had a soft spot for the lunatic fringe. He was&hellip;He was charming.

DANIEL Well, that's good. Charming is good.

CARTER I don't know, I should be more surprised by this than I am, but I'm not. You know, he had this in him Daniel. Too many years of black ops.

DANIEL Well, that's typical of our government's evaluation of soldiers. The crazier they are, the more extreme the situation they seem to be put into.

[Daniel glances back at O'Neill, who doesn't acknowledge he's been listening.]

CARTER I can't really&hellip;He wasn't happy when I broke off the engagement, but he seemed like he'd really pulled himself together when we met up at Stargate Command.

DANIEL Apparently not.

[Teal'c raises a hand, stopping the group. He puts his finger to his lips, motioning for silence. O'Neill pushes past Daniel and Carter.]

O'NEILL What've you got, Teal'c?

TEAL'C This way.

[The team follows the path. It comes out at the top of a cliff, overseeing the building of the temple. They pause, watching the workers. Hundreds of people toil, breaking rocks, moving boulders, clearing away rubble.]

TEAL'C The road out of the valley, toward the mountain.

[O'Neill looks through binoculars in that direction, seeing several men tied to stakes in the center of the activity. They are sunburned, their heads hanging. Two appear to be natives; Connor is the third man in line. He looks exhausted, but he's still alive. O'Neill sighs and shakes his head.]

O'NEILL I'll be back in thirty minutes.

TEAL'C If you are thinking about rescuing Connor&hellip;

O'NEILL (interrupting) Not yet. Captain? When the time comes, I'll need your help to get in the front door.

CARTER (nods) I'm prepared for that, sir.

[O'Neill takes off through the woods.]

TEAL'C There will be none left to worship him if this continues.

DANIEL They're like Abraham.

[Carter and Teal'c look at him, puzzled.]

TEAL'C Who was Abraham?

DANIEL A Biblical figure. Believed to be the father of man. God tested his faith by instructing him to make a great sacrifice. His son, Issac.

TEAL'C (frowns) Did he sacrifice his son?

DANIEL (nods) He gave it a good shot before an angel stopped him. At the last minute.

[Carter looks through the binoculars and sees one of the workers fall. Several other men try to catch him. Down at the site, Baker sees it too.]

BAKER Get up!

CAVE DWELLER He worked straight through the night. He needs rest.

BAKER Shut up. (leans in close, shouting at the fallen man.) Do I have to make an example? Do I?

[The native cringes. Baker swings back his rifle, and hits the worker several times. The boy cries out, flinching away as he is hit. His friends desert him. Carter hands the binoculars to Teal'c.]

CARTER Hey. Look over there.

[She points to the beating taking place. As Teal'c looks, Carter rises to her feet.]

DANIEL Whoa. Where you going?

CARTER I can't just stay here and watch him beat that man to death.

TEAL'C You will be captured.

CARTER Uh-huh.

DANIEL Uh, and you think that's a plan?

CARTER Daniel, I can get to Hanson. That's what the Colonel was talking about.

DANIEL Well, can you at least wait until he gets back?

CARTER The man could be dead by then.

[Carter takes off.]

DANIEL We should have stopped her.

TEAL'C We would have failed.

[O'Neill is at the top of another bluff, looking at the proceedings from a different angle. Picking up his rifle, he looks through the telescopic sight at the prisoners and at Connor.]

[Teal'c looks through his binoculars at Baker, still beating the young native. Carter comes up behind him, pulls the gun away, then punches the guard in the face. Baker falls.]

CARTER Well, that was refreshing.

[O'Neill runs down the path, joining Teal'c and Daniel.]

O'NEILL Connor looks bad. There's two guards be&hellip;

[His voice trails off as he sees what's happening below. Carter raises her hands, then takes off her rifle as she's taken prisoner.]

O'NEILL Daniel.

[Daniel wordlessly motions to Carter. His mouth moves, but no words come out.]

O'NEILL (sighs) Never mind. It's probably our only way in without a firefight anyway.

[Carter walks to Hanson's cave, trailed by two native guards and Baker.]

INT&mdash;HANSON'S CAVE

[Baker pushes Carter in front of him with the rifle.]

CARTER All right, all right.

[The cave is full of people. Fires burn in various spots. Hanson sits in a corner, on a large chair obviously meant to be a throne. Three young native girls sit at his feet.]

HANSON (throws off his hood) Well. It's about time.

CARTER Hello, Jonas.

HANSON (nods and grimaces) And you never thought I'd amount to anything. Quite a leap, isn't it? From Captain to&hellip;

CARTER (interrupting) What's happened to you, Jonas?

HANSON Please. Sit down.

[He motions to a chair. Carter sits.]

HANSON These caves were once mines; they permeate the hillside for miles. But these people have been multiplying like rabbits. They don't have the technology to dig themselves more space; they don't have the courage to leave the caves. It's like a third world country in a bottle.

CARTER And you think you're saving them.

HANSON Oh. I know I am. (They stare at each other in silence for a moment.) These people, they're human beings. They're like us. How can we turn our backs on them? Kidnapped from Earth. Forced into slavery for centuries&hellip;

CARTER We can't change that.

HANSON Yes! We can. We must help.

CARTER Well, how does posing as a god and slowly working these people to death help them?

HANSON I hate that word. Stop using it. I am not posing.

[Carter shakes her head in disbelief.]

HANSON It is a matter of definition. My people need me. They believe in me. And because they believe, they work.

CARTER To death.

HANSON We're building a civilization, Sam. There are going to be sacrifices. It's better than rotting in caves, living and dying in squalor like you've never seen! I'm creating a great people.

CARTER In your image?

HANSON Yes. (He smiles.) It's going to be wondrous. You'll see. You'll see.

EXT&mdash;BLUFF OVERLOOKING WORK SITE, DAY

O'NEILL All right, we're going to have to get one of them alone. Talk to him.

TEAL'C They could give us away.

DANIEL Maybe not.

[He looks through the binoculars as the young man who was beaten by Baker stumbles away from the site.]

DANIEL Maybe not. I think I've got just the candidate.

EXT&mdash;BESIDE A STREAM

[The young native is bent down, splashing water on his face. He examines a wound on his arm, pulling out a cloth to clean it. Daniel moves up and squats beside him, giving a friendly wave. The boy nervously turns away, but O'Neill moves to stand at his other side. He turns to run, but Teal'c is standing behind him. When the boy looks up at Teal'c, the Jaffa moves one finger to his lips.]

TEAL'C Shhh.

INT&mdash;HANSON'S CAVE

[Hanson is examining the cave paintings on the wall. There are pictures of an antelope-like animal being hunted by stick figures. An orange shape rises above them.]

HANSON I really wish I understood these drawings.

CARTER Why don't you ask your people?

HANSON (spreads his arms ruefully) All-knowing.

CARTER You knew I would come, didn't you?

HANSON How could you not? Healer of the emotionally wounded. I was your one failure. The bird with the broken wing that wouldn't heal.

CARTER You seem to be flying well enough on your own.

HANSON I'd hoped that you would understand.

[While Hanson turns his attention away, Carter grabs a pistol, primes and aims it at him.]

CARTER I do understand. You're sick and you need help.

HANSON That's your idea of help?

CARTER Yes. You're coming back with me.

HANSON Well, you're going to have to use it, Sam.

[Carter stares at him, her hand steady.]

HANSON Go on.

[Carter's hand starts to tremble.]

HANSON It's still loaded. Pull the trigger.

[Hanson starts to move closer. Carter's hand shakes.]

HANSON Do it!

[Carter jumps and readjusts her grip.]

HANSON 'Cause so help me, that is the only way you're going to stop me.

[Carter's eyes tear up. Her hand is visibly shaking.]

HANSON What's a few deaths compared to the survival of my people. Killing their savior might irritate them a little, but at least I'd be gone.

[Carter is shaking her head, the gun bobbing up and down.]

CARTER Don't make me do this.

HANSON (whispering) Go on, pull the trigger. One more fraction of an inch.

[Hanson moves closer. Carter blinks back tears. Hanson reaches out and takes the gun from Carter's grasp. She chokes back a sob.]

HANSON You had the gun. You appeared to have all the power. Yet I was in control. That is the strength of a god.

EXT&mdash;BESIDE STREAM

[The man that Daniel, O'Neill and Teal'c snuck up on is huddled under a bush, clearly frightened.]

JAMALA My name is Jamala. Jamala. Please don't kill me. Please don't..

DANIEL (raising hand) No! We won't.

JAMALA Jonas said that you would come. Devils with power like him; here to destroy us.

DANIEL No! No, we're not devils (yanks off sunglasses) we're men like yourself. We're uh&hellip;I'm Daniel, this is Jack, and he's Teal'c.

O'NEILL Hi.

[He smiles.]

JAMALA (whispers) Is he Jaffa?

DANIEL Yes.

JAMALA Don't kill me. Please don't

DANIEL No. No, It's okay. He's&hellip;friendly.

[Jamala looks at Teal'c in disbelief.]

DANIEL He's a friend.

[Daniel stands and walks to stand beside Teal'c, putting his arm around Teal'c's shoulder.]

DANIEL See? (to Teal'c) Smile, look friendly.

[Teal'c raises his lip in an attempt to smile. It looks more like a snarl.]

O'NEILL You're going to have to work on that a little bit.

DANIEL Now, how do you know he is Jaffa? Have you seen one before?

JAMALA (shakes his head) No. Just stories from when I was a young boy. Long ago. (looks to O'Neill) He is a servant of the old gods, yes?

O'NEILL Well, yes and no. He's from another place. So are we.

JAMALA Another place?

O'NEILL Earth. It's way, way out there. Where we're from. Jonas too. See, he's not a god, he's just a man. A crazy man, granted but&hellip;

DANIEL (interrupting) Okay. Okay. Jonas is bad.

[Jamala skuttles backward. Daniel rolls his eyes.]

O'NEILL But it's all right. He can't hear you right now. He can't hurt you.

DANIEL But he will if you and your people continue to believe in him and follow him.

JAMALA No, he will save us.

TEAL'C By laboring you in the sun until extinction?

JAMALA If we finish the temple, Jonas will make the sky orange. It will be safe to come out in the light. There will be no more sickness.

O'NEILL The sky? Orange?

JAMALA The sky. Up there.

O'NEILL Yeah, I know what the sky is. Why?

JAMALA When the sky is orange, it's good. There's no more sickness.

TEAL'C And Jonas can make the sky orange?

JAMALA Yes. He can.

TEAL'C How do you know?

JAMALA He says he can.

O'NEILL You know what he's talking about?

TEAL'C I believe so.

EXT&mdash;OUTSIDE HANSON'S CAVE, DAY

[Carter follows Hanson out. He stops and motions to the work going on.]

HANSON Going to be magnificent, isn't it?

CARTER What's the point, Jonas? By the time it's built there'll be no one left to worship you.

HANSON Please. Mere survival for these people will require unquestioning faith. Pure devotion. They must believe in me. If I am to lead them into the desert, to the Promised Land. I'm merely separating the wheat from the chaff. (his voice changes) Besides, I'm supposed to be crazy, right?

CARTER I never said you were crazy.

HANSON But you think it, don't you? (laughs) Well, that's all right. I still have faith in you, even if you don't believe in me. Yet. You'll come around.

CARTER I don't think so, Jonas.

[Hanson frowns, studying her face. He grabs her arm.]

HANSON Come here.

EXT&mdash;WOODS

[On a small notepad, Teal'c sketches a shape similar to the object in the cave paintings.]

DANIEL What is it?

TEAL'C It is something I have seen the Goa'ulds use. It creates an energy force high in the air.

DANIEL What, protection from radiation? Like&hellip;like this planet's sun?

TEAL'C The device I saw appeared to turn the sky orange.

JAMALA The cave paintings tell of this. They show this symbol.

O'NEILL Have you ever actually seen one of these things he's talking about?

[Jamala nods.]

DANIEL Where?

INT&mdash;HANSON'S CAVE

[Hanson strides in, Carter behind him. He whips off a curtain, and leads her to a material-covered object. He pulls off the material to reveal an actual device like the one Teal'c has just drawn.]

CARTER What is it?

HANSON (shrugs) Looks like something the Goa'ulds left behind. What I've gathered from the local folklore is that the ancient&hellip;gods used it to make the sky orange, to protect the people from the sun sickness.

CARTER Some sort of shield.

HANSON Yes.

CARTER You don't know how to work it.

HANSON Not my area of expertise.

CARTER (snorts) You never cared about my coming here because you wanted me, Jonas. You just wanted me to figure out how to turn this thing on for you.

HANSON Oh, no. That's not true. (He puts his hands on her arms, staring at her) I sincerely hope that one day, you will agree to be my goddess.

[Carter is unmoved.]

HANSON Turn it on.

CARTER What if I won't?

HANSON (intently) Then we will watch every last cave dweller die in the sun before I kill us both.

[He walks away to stand on the other side of the device.]

HANSON (proclaiming) "He hath not failed one word of His good promises."

[Hanson reaches into his robe and pulls out a small bible.]

HANSON I've been carrying this for years. All along, I've been looking for God&hellip; (shrugs and looks heavenward) &hellip;And here I am.

EXT &mdash; WOODS, DAY

[Jamala, dressed in O'Neill's uniform, is speaking with Teal'c. Behind them, O'Neill, dressed in Jamala's clothing, with pants, is smearing his face with camouflage makeup, to look like dirt.]

JAMALA So&hellip;you betrayed your gods, as I am betraying mine?

TEAL'C The beings I betrayed were not gods. They had power, but power alone does not make one a god. Do you understand?"

O'NEILL (to Daniel) I can't leave Connor out there another day. He'll die.

DANIEL We also have to do something about Captain Carter. But if Teal'c can turn on this device, we could seriously undermine Hanson's power.

[O'Neill wraps a cloth around his head, similar to the natives' headcovering.]

TEAL'C There is a problem with your plan, Daniel.

DANIEL Wait, don't tell me you don't know how to turn it on?

TEAL'C Yes, I can turn it on. But there must be two.

DANIEL What are you talking about?

TEAL'C The shield technology involves a force field being bounced back and forth between two devices.

JAMALA I have only seen one, in his cave.

DANIEL Hanson may not know he needs a second device.

[Pulling out the small notebook, Teal'c draws triangles to represent the surrounding mountains.]

TEAL'C This is the valley. Here is the Stargate.

[He draws a circle on one end to represent the Stargate, and a building on the other.]

TEAL'C Here is the temple.

[Teal'c points to the sketch of the building.]

JAMALA (sounding impressed) Good drawing.

TEAL'C Thank you. Where was the first device found?

[Jamala points to a spot near the Stargate. Teal'c marks an x near where Jamala pointed.]

TEAL'C Then the second device is&hellip;

[Teal'c places a second x and circles it; all the way across the valley and near the temple. He draws an arc, joining the two and making a shield over the valley.]

O'NEILL You're assuming the Goa'ulds just shut them down and left them in place.

TEAL'C That is correct.

O'NEILL I'm sorry Teal'c, but your calculations could be way off. Connor doesn't have time for us to be wrong. I'll go after him. You try and find that second device. I'll try to meet you back here.

[O'Neill leaves.]

EXT &mdash; WOODS, DAY

[Teal'c and Daniel follow Jamala through the woods. Where Teal'c had placed the x, they discover a ruined temple; but there is no shield device in sight.]

JAMALA This place is like where the other one was found on the far side of the temple.

[Daniel and Jamala walk up steps and kneel on what was the floor of the temple. Daniel begins wiping debris off the stones.]

DANIEL Agh. This is like solid rock, well never be able to get through this.

[Teal'c joins Daniel and Jamala. He taps the platform with the end of his staff weapon. Nothing happens, but the tapping sounds hollow.]

TEAL'C Stand aside.

[Daniel looks up at Teal'c, then jumps up, grabbing and pushing Jamala off the platform and into the woods. Teal'c moves off the platform. He aims and fires his staff weapon at the stone floor. A large, perfectly circular hole is the result. Daniel runs to it, Teal'c and Jamala follow.]

DANIEL (looking down into the hole) Ah. I just hope it still functions.

EXT &mdash; HANSON'S OPERATION, DAY

[O'Neill makes his way toward the poles. He stops behind one of the mined blocks of stone and pulls out a blowgun. He aims at one of the guards and blows. The dart hits the guard in the chest; the man passes out and falls down the cliff. O'Neill walks up to Connor, who is slumped against the pole, his eyes closed.]

CONNOR Kill me.

O'NEILL Are you sure? I've come all this way.

[Connor's head snaps up in surprise. O'Neill unties him.]

O'NEILL Can you walk?

CONNOR Yeah.

O'NEILL Let's go.

[O'Neill takes Connor's arm, supporting him as they start slowly walking away. Both duck their heads as several workers and a guard pass them.]

O'NEILL Think we can pick up the pace a little bit here?

[There is a shout from behind them, Baker walks out from behind another stone block, several guards following him. Baker cocks his gun. O'Neill and Connor stop. They turn around. The guards surround the O'Neill and Connor .]

O'NEILL Hey, how you doing? You know we'd love to stick around but some brain-dead sycophant left my buddy out here to die. So we're out of here.

[Baker backhands O'Neill across the face.]

O'NEILL Ow.

[Baker takes O'Neill's gun and knife.]

BAKER Move.

[He pushes O'Neill, and they all start to walk.]

INT &mdash; HANSON'S CAVE

[Carter is analyzing the shield device.]

CARTER The main control board seems to follow the same basic circuitry patterns as the Gate technology.

HANSON (uninterested) Just turn it on.

CARTER What if I can't?

[O'Neill and Connor are pushed into the cave.]

CARTER Colonel O'Neill.

O'NEILL Captain. (sarcastically) I see everything's working out just as we planned.

[O'Neill raises his eyebrows. Hanson walks up to O'Neill and uncuffs his hands.]

HANSON Shoot him!

CARTER No! All right I'll&hellip;

O'NEILL Wait, you're going to turn this thing on in here?

HANSON Do it now. If it works, I'll spare him.

[Carter looks to O'Neill, who nods and waves her to do it. Carter turns the device on; an orange beam of light shoots up into the sky. Nothing else happens.]

HANSON It's beautiful.

EXT &mdash; WOODS

[Daniel wipes debris from the second shield device. Teal'c is watching.]

DANIEL Will it work?

TEAL'C I do not know.

[Jamala runs at top speed towards Daniel and Teal'c.]

JAMALA Everyone is being forced to gather at the circle of the gods.

DANIEL The Stargate.

EXT &mdash; STARGATE

[The Stargate has been tilted so that it's flat on the ground. The stairs now provide an improvised stage above the Stargate. Connor and O'Neill kneel on this platform, their hands tied. Baker stands behind them, holding a gun. Hanson stands beyond that, beside the first shield device. Natives surround the Gate, gazing at Hanson.]

HANSON My children. Today is a great day! "The sun hath stood still in the heavens, and hastened not to go down about a whole day. I have the power to help, and to cast down. But fear not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord."

[As Hanson crosses to the DHD, Carter is revealed, standing on the stairs, her hands bound.]

HANSON Today, we will bury the doorway that brings forth demons who threaten to undo us. But first&hellip;I will send those evil undoers who have already invaded our world, back to the hell from whence they came.

[Hanson points to O'Neill and Connor. He turns, and presses the symbols on the DHD for Earth.]

HANSON Fear not, for I the lord your god, control the gateway to the underworld.

[Hanson presses the crystal in the center of the DHD. The natives jump as the wormhole is engaged. The even horizon shoots straight up, in a tower of what looks like water. The natives cower in fear. Carter stares.]

CARTER You said you wouldn't kill them.

HANSON I'm not, I'm sending them back to Earth.

CARTER Without sending the signal to open the iris, they'll die.

HANSON (sarcastically) Please, Sam, I'm having a moment here. (to the crowd) I am the lord your god; there is nothing I cannot do. No one is greater then I. No one is more powerful than I. (to Baker, quietly) Throw them in.

[O'Neill and Connor are pushed to the edge of the rock platform overlooking the wormhole. As they look down, Daniel appears. He jumps up onto a rock, where he can oversee the crowd.]

DANIEL Wait! Stop!

[Jamala shoots Baker with Teal'c's staff weapon before he can fire.]

JAMALA Back away!

[Hanson pulls out a gun; Carter jumps, and kicks it out of his hands. Hanson whirls around and backhands her. As Hanson and Carter fight, Jamala shoots the staff again; the blast just misses Hanson. He stops and turns, losing interest in Carter, who's on the ground.]

DANIEL Listen to me, no matter what Jonas has shown you or done for you, he is not a god.

HANSON Don't listen to him! They are demons, agents of the devil! I am your savior!

O'NEILL We're not demons, for cryin' out loud!

DANIEL This&hellip;

[Daniel jumps to the ground, picks up a gun and jumps back up on the rock again.]

DANIEL This&hellip;this is not magical power. It is called a gun, and it is a machine.

[Daniel makes the clip fall out. The natives gasp.]

HANSON Do as I say! Or you will all die!

O'NEILL Do as he says and you WILL die.

HANSON Do not betray me; after all I have done for you! I promised you I would bring you out of the caves, into the light. Today I fulfill that promise.

[He moves to the shield device.]

HANSON Behold&hellip;the magical power that belongs to your god! (he points to himself) I give you the sun.

[Hanson turns the device on.]

HANSON I give you the world!

[Again, the orange light goes straight up. The natives cower and stare expectantly, but the light does nothing more. As O'Neill gets the ropes off his wrists, Hanson goes over to Carter. He jerks her by her vest.]

HANSON What's wrong?

CARTER I don't know!

HANSON Fix it!

DANIEL It's the machine. I can make it work, and so can you, just like Jamala there can fire that staff. Now, I'll show you how. There are two devices. And both must be turned on for the shield to work. Watch.

[Daniel nods to Jamala, who shoots the staff weapon into the air. On the other side of the valley, Teal'c sees the shot. He turns on the other shield, a beam of orange light shoots into the sky. His light arcs toward the other, and the two beams hook together like a rainbow. A large orange dome forms.]

MAN Look! Look!

[After a quick look around at the natives, Hanson grabs Carter.]

HANSON I'm taking you with me!

[O'Neill pushes Connor out of the way and tackles Hanson. Both men and Carter fall of the platform and to the ground. The natives rebel as one in an angry wave. They attack Hanson, picking him up. Working with one mind, they toss Hanson into the wormhole. Carter looks on, shocked and sad. There was no chance to dial the iris code.]

EXT &mdash; STARGATE, DAY

[The Stargate is upright again. The sky is still orange. SG-1, Jamala, Connor and a few natives are hovering. Carter walks over to O'Neill.]

CARTER Uh, I think we're ready.

O'NEILL Think we should tell them to bury the Gate after were gone?

CARTER Teal'c seems to think the Goa'ulds won't be back.

[Daniel joins them.]

DANIEL Maybe we should come back and check on these guys.

CARTER I think we've done enough, don't you?

[Daniel looks at her, then nods and walks away.]

O'NEILL Something else on your mind?

CARTER I had the chance to end this, Colonel. He literally asked me to do it.

O'NEILL Killing a man is no badge of honor, Captain.

CARTER I know.

O'NEILL Look, I'm no expert on this thing. (waves Hanson's bible) I generally remember one commandment, and I think it's the first.

CARTER "I am the Lord your God, and you shall take no other Gods before me?"

O'NEILL (stops and makes a face) Okay, it's not the first one. I'm talking about the "No Killing" one. No matter what the reason, every time you break it, you take one step closer to Hanson.

[He looks at Carter, who nods.]

CARTER Thanks.

[O'Neill hands her the bible, then goes to where the rest of SG-1 and the villagers are talking.]

O'NEILL (to Jamala) So, you gonna be all right?

JAMALA Yes. (He shakes O'Neill's hand) The world outside the caves&hellip;it's very big, yes?

DANIEL Yeah&hellip;it's bigger then you can imagine.

[Daniel and Jamala shake hands. Daniel walks and to DHD and dials Earth. Carter transmits the iris code. SG-1 and Connor walk through the Gate. The natives watch them go, Jamala at their head. He looks up at the orange dome, which is now keeping his people safe.]

FADE OUT

END CREDITS

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