Metamorphosis/Transcript

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 * 6.16 "Metamorphosis" Episode Guide

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TEASER

INT&mdash;SGC CORRIDOR, LEVEL 22

[Carter walks up to the elevator and passes her card key through to call it. In a moment, the doors open, and inside are Jonas and an attractive nurse, Lieutenant Rush, just finishing a conversation. Both are smiling like they've been laughing at something. Rush steps out.]

RUSH (to Jonas) I'm sure I'll see you again.

[Carter enters the elevator.]

JONAS Hey, with any luck I'll get sick.

[Rush smiles at that and walks away. Carter rolls her eyes as the doors close.]

CARTER "With any luck, I'll get sick?"

JONAS Lieutenant Rush is a nurse. She works in the infirmary.

CARTER So you were&hellip;flirting?

INT&mdash;SGC CORRIDOR, LEVEL 28

[The elevator doors open, and they both exit.]

JONAS Well, I'm thinking of asking her out.

CARTER Then you should.

JONAS In Kelowna, it's common for that request to be passed on by a friend.

[He punches Carter in the arm playfully.]

CARTER Oh, it is not.

JONAS Well, you could at least find out for me if she'd be receptive.

CARTER (shaking her head) Jonas, you are such a chickensh&hellip;

[Klaxons blare.]

HARRIMAN (over intercom) Unscheduled off world activation.

[Jonas and Carter both turn and rush to the control room.]

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

[Carter and Jonas approach Harriman's station.]

CARTER Who is it?

HARRIMAN The Russian team, Major, and they're requesting a medical team.

CARTER Open the iris. Page General Hammond and Colonel O'Neill to the Gate room.

HARRIMAN Yes, sir.

INT&mdash;SGC GATE ROOM

[The Russian team, SG-4, comes through the active wormhole. With them is an ill human alien in tattered clothing, Alebran.]

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

JONAS I thought aliens weren't allowed back to the SGC without prior permission?

CARTER They're not.

[They both exit the control room.]

INT&mdash;SGC GATE ROOM

[The SFs remain standing at alert as O'Neill enters the Gate room ahead of a medical team with a gurney. Jonas and Carter stand there with SG-4 and Alebran. Carter looks annoyed.]

O'NEILL Carter? What's going on?

CARTER Colonel Evanov and his team brought this visitor back with them, sir.

O'NEILL Sergei, who the hell is that?

ALEBRAN I am Alebran.

EVANOV Alebran has vital information regarding the Goa'uld Nirrti.

O'NEILL What about her?

ALEBRAN (speaking with difficulty) She is experimenting on my people, transforming us.

EVANOV I knew you would want to know what Nirrti was doing to these people, since it was you who allowed her to go free.

[O'Neill looks at Evanov coldly.]

END TEASER

OPENING CREDITS

INT&mdash;SGC GATE ROOM

[Hammond and Fraiser enter the Gate room from the other doorway.]

HAMMOND Colonel, what's going on?

O'NEILL Old Sergei brought this guy back from 367 without authorization, sir.

HAMMOND You'd better have a damn good reason.

EVANOV General, sir, Alebran and his people are innocent victims of Nirrti. I felt certain you would wish to act.

ALEBRAN Colonel Evanov has promised you would help us.

O'NEILL (bitterly) Has he now?

[Alebran winces and shudders from pain. Fraiser notices.]

FRAISER (to Alebran) Are you in pain?

ALEBRAN (swallowing) It is nothing that I cannot endure. Please, I must know if you will help my people.

FRAISER Sir, with your permission, I'd like to take him to Isolation Room Three.

HAMMOND Very well.

FRAISER Come with me.

[Fraiser leads Alebran away.]

INT&mdash;SGC INFIRMARY ISOLATION ROOM THREE

[Alebran reclines on a gurney, sipping some water. Fraiser and other medical staff look at charts and work nearby. Hammond, SG-4, and SG-1 surround the gurney.]

EVANOV We found him near the Stargate after we performed a recon of Nirrti's fortress, or I should say, he found us. Alebran has asked for our help to save his people being held prisoner inside.

ALEBRAN I thought that she was helping us. Then I saw one of my people die in such a horrible way I realized. When I questioned her methods, she released me.

JONAS She let you go?

ALEBRAN (speaking with difficulty) I was well enough to return home, she said. When I arrived back in the village, everyone was dead. She lied to us. Those of us she took away, we were the last of our people. She was using us.

O'NEILL You look okay to me.

ALEBRAN Please, do not be fooled by my appearance. I spent just as much time within the machine as the others. I know that I have been changed. Inside I am not like I was before.

CARTER What kind of machine?

ALEBRAN It's one that sees inside of us. It allows her to manipulate that which we are made of.

FRAISER If he's talking about some sort of machine that can directly alter human DNA in real time&hellip;

TEAL'C You believe Nirrti is attempting to create a hok'taur.

EVANOV I am not familiar with that term.

JONAS It means advanced human.

TEAL'C Nirrti is most interested in creating the perfect human host in order to increase her power.

O'NEILL So, she's at it again.

CARTER No, sir. This is worse.

FRAISER Sam's right. Up to now, Nirrti's been using eugenics. Like with Cassandra's people, selectively breeding only those that demonstrated specific genetic attributes.

CARTER With a machine that can alter DNA and a population with which to experiment, Nirrti could create a new host or even alter the DNA of her current one.

FRAISER A Goa'uld with the powers of a hok'taur.

JONAS Obviously we can't let that happen.

EVANOV As you know, Nirrti does not have the power and resources of the other Goa'uld. She has only a small number of Jaffa in her service. I believe her capture, or if necessary, her assassination is quite possible.

O'NEILL (to Hammond) Sir?

HAMMOND Agreed.

O'NEILL Can you get us in that fortress?

ALEBRAN No. I cannot go back.

HAMMOND We're offering to help your people, Alebran.

ALEBRAN No, there is no time. I feel it. Something's happening.

EVANOV Alebran believes Nirrti has the power to kill him even here.

JONAS Well, what if she does?

CARTER (suddenly realizing) Cassandra.

FRAISER (exchanging a look with Carter) General, we need to find out if Alebran has a device similar to the one Nirrti placed in Cassandra.

O'NEILL You mean like a bomb?

HAMMOND Go.

FRAISER (to staff) Let's get him into x-ray. Let's move.

ALEBRAN No, it's too late.

FRAISER Breathe deeply. Let's go. Move. Come on, let's move! Take it easy.

INT&mdash;SGC CORRIDOR, LEVEL 22

[Fraiser and her team rush the gurney through the corridor, the others swiftly follow.]

EVANOV What is happening?

CARTER Several years ago, Nirrti placed a naquadah device inside a young girl in order to destroy the SGC.

EVANOV My team can take him back through the Stargate.

CARTER No. These devices are designed to detonate in close proximity to the Stargate.

ALEBRAN You have to kill me.

FRAISER Just take it easy.

ALEBRAN Kill me. Kill me now!

FRAISER Give him a sedative. Two ccs valium.

ALEBRAN Please, someone tell me what is happening?

FRAISER Alebran, we need to take a chest x-ray.

ALEBRAN Noooo!

FRAISER Get him down.

ALEBRAN No! Please kill me! Aaaah!

[Alebran screams in agony and starts to turn red, his blood vessels appearing large and prominent. He starts to spit clear liquid and has a seizure.]

FRAISER Everybody get back!

[O'Neill takes an SF's Beretta from the man's holster and aims it at Alebran. The seizure stops, and more water comes out of Alebran's mouth. His entire body is severely bloated. Suddenly he deflates, then explodes into clear fluid that cascades over the gurney and onto the floor. Everyone steps back a bit more, looking very disturbed.]

EVANOV [speaking Russian]

JONAS What happened?

[Hammond moves to the base intercom and presses the button.]

HAMMOND (into intercom) This is Hammond. I want a hazmat team to Level 22 elevators immediately.

FRAISER It's like every cell in his body just broke down.

CARTER Nirrti must have written some kind of time delay right into his DNA.

FRAISER (shaking her head) There's nothing we could have done, sir.

INT&mdash;SGC CORRIDOR

[Hammond, O'Neill and Evanov walk down the hall.]

HAMMOND Colonel, how soon can your team be ready?

O'NEILL Right away, sir. I'd like to take SG-3 with me as back up.

HAMMOND Very well.

EVANOV Allow my team to join SG-1, General.

O'NEILL (rolling his eyes) I don't think so, Sergei.

HAMMOND Not so fast, Colonel.

[O'Neill stops and turns.]

O'NEILL Sir?

HAMMOND Lieutenant Colonel Evanov's team has gathered valuable intelligence that could be useful to you.

EVANOV My team has scouted the entire area, sir. I can get you right inside Nirrti's fortress.

O'NEILL (sighing) Fine. Get geared up.

EVANOV Thank you.

O'NEILL General.

HAMMOND Like it or not a Russian team is operating out of the SGC. I've been asked to integrate them more fully into our own operations.

O'NEILL Does it have to be with my team?

HAMMOND Lieutenant Colonel Evanov is a fine officer. I'm sure you'll agree. You'll be in command.

O'NEILL Yes, sir&hellip;I'll remind him of that.

EXT&mdash;NIRRTI'S PLANET, DAY

[SG-1 and SG-4 exit the active Stargate, weapons at ready.]

EVANOV So, this is the path leading to the fortress. Guarded by Jaffa.

O'NEILL Not many.

EVANOV Only ten.

[They pause.]

O'NEILL All right. Evanov, you're with us.

EVANOV [Speaks Russian to his team]

EXT&mdash;NIRRTI'S FORTRESS, DAY

[Nirrti's fortress is nestled halfway up a mountain. Two crescent moons are visible in the sky.]

[SG-1 and Evanov move quietly through the forest. They crouch at the edge of an incline and spread out. O'Neill takes out his monocular and studies the Jaffa guard positions.]

CARTER They're well positioned.

O'NEILL We're gonna need a diversion. Carter, Jonas, that's you.

CARTER Yes, sir.

[Carter and Jonas move away.]

[Later, a Jaffa paces on his patrol. Nearby, but out of sight, Carter and Jonas set C-4 explosives. O'Neill and the others get ready. Carter times herself, then detonates some of the explosives. The Jaffa turn at the detonation, then are distracted again as she fires her P-90.]

JAFFA Kree, Jaffa!

[A firefight ensues. Teal'c takes over a Jaffa cannon, firing at another Jaffa position and downing some Jaffa. One Jaffa breaks away and starts to run to raise the alert. Evanov, next to Teal'c, spots him.]

EVANOV (into radio to O'Neill) Colonel.

O'NEILL (into radio) I got him.

[O'Neill aims his rifle and downs the fleeing Jaffa with one shot.]

O'NEILL (into radio) Evanov, stay out here for now. Watch our six.

EVANOV (into radio) Yes, sir.

[Evanov takes over manning the Jaffa cannon from Teal'c, who joins his teammates.]

INT&mdash;NIRRTI'S FORTRESS

[SG-1, in staggered formation, sweep through the compound. Carter spots some natives cowering in fear.]

CARTER (whispering and gesturing) Colonel.

WODAN Please, don't hurt us&hellip;

JONAS We're not here to hurt anyone. We've come here to rescue you. Take you from this place.

WODAN No, no, we cannot leave.

O'NEILL One step at a time here, Jonas. (to Wodan) Where's Nirrti?

WODAN She is not here.

CARTER Are you expecting her back?

WODAN Of course. For our treatments.

JONAS My name is Jonas.

WODAN I am Wodan.

[Wodan lowers his head. Though in essence human, he is extremely deformed, and the team is taken aback at his appearance.]

JONAS We've come from a place called Earth. To help, all of you.

[The others also come into the light. They are equally deformed.]

WODAN That is not necessary. Nirrti is helping us.

[O'Neill lowers his weapon.]

O'NEILL Excuse me?

WODAN She cares for us. Nirrti is our god.

TEAL'C Nirrti is of a race called the Goa'uld.

CARTER They're parasitical beings that use our kind as hosts.

WODAN We are very ill. Nirrti is curing us of our sickness.

TEAL'C That is most unlikely.

WODAN When the god Nirrti came, a great plague had befallen our people. We were dying. With the machine, Nirrti has kept us alive.

[Wodan gestures to a device in one of the rooms.]

O'NEILL (to Carter) Check it out. (to Wodan) Don't take this wrong, friend. If this is cured&hellip;

[O'Neill huffs and shakes his head, unsure how to continue.]

WODAN My brother Alebran once looked as I do now. In time she made him whole again.

O'NEILL (biting his lip) Alebran you say?

TEAL'C Your brother is dead.

WODAN Nirrti allowed him to return to our village.

JONAS There's no one left alive at your village. Alebran told us himself.

WODAN (upset) Wha&hellip;?

O'NEILL Might have been a different Alebran. It's a popular name. (gives warning looks to Teal'c and Jonas) The point is, we need to know exactly when and where Nirrti's coming back.

EGAR Very soon. And when she comes, she will punish you.

JONAS Your people were never sick. Nirrti's been lying to you.

WODAN (in disbelief) No. No, the plague ravaged our people long before she came. Our village was almost wiped out.

TEAL'C It is possible she discovered them in this condition and took advantage of their situation.

EGAR She brought me to this place. She gave me back my life.

CARTER You said Nirrti would be returning for your treatments? What would happen to you if you didn't get them?

WODAN We would die.

EGAR We must receive treatment by tomorrow.

CARTER Their mutations might be unstable.

JONAS So what happened to Alebran will most likely happen to them too if they don't go back in that machine.

CARTER Sir, this is an incredibly advanced piece of technology. My guess is that it was built by the Ancients.

O'NEILL Can you figure it out?

CARTER Not by tomorrow. Maybe with a few days and a lot of help. We're gonna need Nirrti, sir.

O'NEILL (unhappy) Yeah. Figure out what you can. I'm gonna go brief Evanov. Jonas, Teal'c, take these fine folks someplace where they can be comfortable for a while.

EGAR (low, to Wodan) He intends to kill her.

[O'Neill overhears and turns.]

O'NEILL What?

EGAR You are planning to kill Nirrti.

WODAN Are you certain, Egar?

EGAR Yes, even now.

O'NEILL (cautiously) No. First I intend to ask her in the nicest possible way to undo what she's done to you folks. You're just gonna have to trust me. We came here to help you.

WODAN Only because you believe you are responsible for what has happened to us.

O'NEILL (to Carter) Do what you can.

EXT&mdash;JAFFA CANNON STATION, NIRRTI'S PLANET, DAY

EVANOV Colonel.

O'NEILL Nirrti's not home.

EVANOV She must have left while we were on Earth.

O'NEILL Well apparently she's coming back. I want to set up an ambush.

EVANOV I will inform my men.

O'NEILL Your team will be our back up. And we have to take her alive. Right now she's the only one who knows how to run that machine in there.

EVANOV Very well.

O'NEILL By the way, did you talk to any of the people in there other than Alebran?

EVANOV No. Why?

O'NEILL Probably nothing. I'll relieve you in two hours.

INT&mdash;NIRRTI'S PRISON

[Egar and Wodan lead Teal'c and Jonas down a spiral staircase where many other deformed villagers loiter near cells with metal bars. Jonas and Teal'c look around with concern.]

JONAS This is where you sleep?

WODAN Yes.

[Wodan raises his arm, and the iron bars to the cells rise. The other villagers shrink behind Wodan and Egar in fear.]

JONAS How did you..?

EGAR We cannot allow you to harm Nirrti.

[Teal'c and Jonas raise their weapons defensively.]

TEAL'C We have no quarrel with your people. But I must insist you enter this cage.

[Wodan pulls his arm back. Teal'c's staff and Jonas's P-90 are yanked out of their hands. Both reach for their sidearms, but Wodan telekinetically yanks again and the Beretta and zat also are pulled away from the team members.]

[The pair attempt to bodily rush the group but are held back. Wodan lowers his arm and Jonas and Teal'c are forced to floor.]

WODAN And I must insist the same of you.

[He sweeps his arm to one side, and the pair slide on their backs into the two cells. With another gesture, Wodan lowers the cell doors again. Jonas and Teal'c are allowed to sit up, but Wodan yanks their radios from their vests telekinetically before they can alert anyone.]

JONAS Wodan, you're making a mistake!

WODAN No, it is you who has made the mistake, Jonas. She is coming.

INT&mdash;NIRRTI'S LAB

[Carter studies the controls of the Ancient device.]

CARTER (into radio) Jonas, I'm already stymied here; I could really use your help. (after a pause) Jonas? Colonel, Jonas isn't responding on his radio.

O'NEILL (into radio) Understood. Jonas? Teal'c? Evanov, this is SG-1 Niner. Come in. (after a pause with no response) Carter, stay put, I'm on my way.

CARTER Yes, sir.

[Carter readies her zat and looks around warily. Nearby, rings activate. She primes her weapon as two Jaffa appear. Carter shoots them both before they can ready their weapons. Carter approaches. As she starts to disarm them, she is downed by a zat blast from behind. Nirrti becomes visible after deactivating her personal cloaking device and glares at Carter.]

[O'Neill cautiously sweeps the fortress, his P-90 at ready. From behind cover, he spots Nirrti kneeling and holding an unconscious Carter at zat point, waiting for him.]

NIRRTI I'm sure you're aware that a second shot from this weapon will kill.

O'NEILL This weapon kills on the first shot.

NIRRTI Then why haven't you already fired?

O'NEILL Because I need you alive.

NIRRTI You?

O'NEILL Yeah. I know, it's kinda hard to believe. But I need you to help these people.

NIRRTI But I am helping them.

O'NEILL Yeah, I can see that.

NIRRTI Appearances can be deceiving, Colonel O'Neill.

[She looks down at one of her Jaffa. He sits up suddenly. When he spots O'Neill, the Jaffa raises his staff, but O'Neill shoots first. The bullet stops inches from the Jaffa's chest. O'Neill blinks in surprise, as does the Jaffa. Nirrti smirks. To one side, Wodan can be seen holding the bullet at bay before letting it fall harmlessly to the floor.]

NIRRTI Now, as I said&hellip;

[O'Neill considers his options and grimaces.]

O'NEILL Yeah.

[He lowers his weapon slowly. Nirrti aims her zat at him and fires.]

INT&mdash;NIRRTI'S PRISON

[O'Neill wakes up on a cot.]

O'NEILL Carter?

[Carter is sitting nearby.]

CARTER Sir.

O'NEILL (sitting up) I really, really don't like that woman.

CARTER (sighing) Yes, sir.

TEAL'C O'Neill.

[O'Neill turns and sees Jonas and Teal'c imprisoned with them.]

O'NEILL This is an unpleasant surprise.

TEAL'C Indeed.

[O'Neill approaches the bars, checking they're not energized before testing their sturdiness. Jodan stands and approaches.]

JONAS Wodan's telekinetic. Took our weapons right out of our hands just by thinking it.

TEAL'C Nirrti is clearly progressing in her attempt to create a hok'taur.

JONAS Maybe we're too late.

CARTER No, these genetic manipulations are unstable. She's not there yet.

JONAS Egar's telepathic. He did know Colonel O'Neill intended on killing Nirrti.

O'NEILL (defensively) That was not my intention.

CARTER Who knows what abilities these others possess? I mean, enhanced senses, superhuman strength.

[O'Neill looks over at the other villagers huddled outside their cells.]

O'NEILL Hey folks, how you doing? Jack O'Neill, Earth. Listen, originally we came here to rescue you. But as you can see we've run into a bit of a snag. So if any of you can bend steel with your bare hands or happen to be more powerful than a locomotive, just raise your hand. Identify yourselves. Let us know where you are.

[The villagers do nothing as SG-1 looks around awkwardly.]

JONAS (wryly) Must not know what a locomotive is.

[Wodan and Egar approach. Egar half-carries Evanov.]

O'NEILL Woodman, buddy. Listen, I think we're dealing with a bit of a misunderstanding here.

CARTER Do you really think Nirrti will keep you alive with these powers after she's finished her experiments? She's using you.

[Wodan raises the cell doors to O'Neill's surprise. Egan drops Evanov to the floor and shoves him inside. O'Neill and Carter drag him to the cot.]

O'NEILL What'd she do to him?

WODAN (pointing at Carter) You are next.

O'NEILL Ah, I think I'm next.

WODAN Nirrti has asked for this one.

O'NEILL And I'm asking for you to take me inst&hellip;

WODAN No!

[Wodan telekinetically shoves O'Neill back. O'Neill rubs his chest at the pressure.]

O'NEILL All right, look. If you really can see in my mind, you know we came here to help you.

EGAR I did sense that when you first arrived. But when I looked deeper into your mind I realized you would sacrifice us all if necessary to destroy Nirrti.

O'NEILL That's not true.

EGAR You cannot lie to me. (to Carter) Come!

[Carter exits the cell and turns back to O'Neill.]

CARTER At least I'll find out how the machine works.

[Her teammates worriedly watch her be led away.]

INT&mdash;NIRRTI'S LAB

[Nirrti studies a crystal as Carter and her escort arrive.]

NIRRTI Major Carter. I am pleased to have such an excellent subject. I might even consider you for my new host.

CARTER Over my dead body.

NIRRTI (chuckling) True, that is far more likely. Now, step inside.

[Carter hesitates, but with a look at Wotan, complies. The device activates; holographic projections of DNA chromosomes surround Carter.]

NIRRTI Now, let's see what you're made of.

[A different setting activates and Carter becomes rigid, appearing to be in pain.]

INT&mdash;NIRRTI'S PRISON

EVANOV Colonel. I'm sorry. I should never have allowed myself to be captured.

O'NEILL Did you get a message off to your team?

EVANOV No. I tried. But my radio&hellip;

O'NEILL Yanked right out of your hand?

EVANOV Da. And then, at the same moment I was struck by a zat'nik'atel that appeared from nowhere. My team would follow their standing orders to return to base if we were out of contact for this long.

TEAL'C Perhaps General Hammond will send reinforcements?

O'NEILL Hopefully it won't come to that. What'd they do to you up there?

EVANOV I don't know for how long I was in the machine or what she did, but something is different.

O'NEILL We'll get out of this.

EVANOV (looking around) Where is Major Carter?

[SG-1 looks grim.]

INT&mdash;NIRRTI'S LAB

[Nirrti shuts down the machine. Carter is drenched in sweat.]

NIRRTI Enough. She has served her purpose. Bring me the one called Jonas.

[Carter collapses as Wotan and Egar drag her away bodily.]

INT&mdash;NIRRTI'S PRISON

[Egar half carries Carter as Wodan raises the cell door. She barely moves of her own accord as O'Neill grabs her and pulls her into the cell.]

O'NEILL Come on.

[Their cell door closes and they move away.]

O'NEILL Hey fellas! Want to do me a favor? Go on back, let her know that I'm next, you should pick me.

WODAN Her will is my command.

O'NEILL Yeah, well&hellip;there's your mistake right there.

EGAR Jonas.

[Wodan opens Jonas and Teal'c's cell door. Jonas starts to move forward, then rushes Egar, catching him by surprise and throttling him against the wall. Teal'c tries to press their advantage, but Wodan moves quickly and slams the cell door shut. Teal'c tries to keep it open bodily, but Wodan's mind power is too great. The door slams closed and Teal'c is shoved to the floor. Wodan turns to Jonas and Egar as Jonas is about to punch the man. Jonas's punch is stopped telekinetically.]

JONAS (to Egar while fighting against Wodan's will) You didn't see that coming, did you?

[Finally Wodan is able to shove Jonas aside. Egar regains his breath.]

WODAN (to Teal'c, angrily) Do not attempt that again.

[Jonas shakes off the pain and lets himself be led away.]

[O'Neill turns to Carter. She is weak and trembling.]

O'NEILL Carter?

CARTER (with difficulty) Sir.

O'NEILL You made it through. You're gonna be all right.

CARTER (shaking her head) No, sir. I don't think I am.

INT&mdash;NIRRTI'S LAB

NIRRTI We have not met.

JONAS No, but I have heard a lot about you.

NIRRTI You are not human.

JONAS Oh, I'm human. I'm just not from Earth. A Goa'uld like yourself took my ancestors from Earth thousands of years ago and enslaved them.

NIRRTI Sadly, it was not I.

[Nirrti activates the machine and is intrigued by what she sees. She changes the setting. Jonas is not in pain as the device scans him.]

NIRRTI Those few thousand years on another world have changed you more than you know.

[Jonas studies Nirrti.]

INT&mdash;NIRRTI'S PRISON

[Evanov coughs.]

CARTER You in pain?

EVANOV (nodding) Something is happening. I can feel it. Is there water?

O'NEILL We'll ask.

CARTER Try to rest.

[Teal'c approaches from his cell.]

TEAL'C I have been attempting to communicate with the other prisoners, but they also believe Nirrti is a god. They will not listen.

O'NEILL He's in pretty bad shape.

TEAL'C He appears to be suffering the same symptoms as Alebran.

O'NEILL We got to get to that guy&hellip;what's his name?

TEAL'C Wodan.

O'NEILL No, the other one.

CARTER Egar.

O'NEILL Yeah. I mean if he can read my mind, why can't he read Nirrti's?

CARTER He can't read minds all the time. Otherwise he would have known Jonas was gonna jump him.

TEAL'C Perhaps he is afraid to look into the mind of one he perceives as a god.

[Carter tries to suppress her increasing pain. O'Neill notices immediately.]

O'NEILL What?

CARTER Nothing, I'm fine.

[O'Neill clearly doesn't believe her.]

O'NEILL Get some rest. That's an order.

[Teal'c nods in agreement. Carter sighs and leans against O'Neill, closing her eyes.]

[Behind them, Evanov starts coughing. Carter opens her eyes and turns. They witness Evanov "melting" the same way Alebran did.]

INT&mdash;NIRRTI'S BEDCHAMBER

[Jonas awakens on a mattress surrounded by pillows. Nirrti lounges on a chaise nearby.]

JONAS (looking around) Why did you&hellip;bring me here?

NIRRTI Because you are different.

[Jonas sits up and holds his head.]

JONAS How's that?

NIRRTI You are much closer than the others. With my help you could complete the transformation.

JONAS And end up looking like those others?

NIRRTI (chuckling) No, I assure you. You must know that you are capable of much more than the petty tasks that life among the Tau'ri can offer.

[Nirrti sits next to Jonas and wraps her arms around his shoulders.]

JONAS Uh, I like my life the way it is.

NIRRTI I could make you more powerful than you could imagine. The powers you have seen in Wodan and the others&mdash;only a fraction of what I could give you.

JONAS Well, that is definitely the most interesting offer I've had in a very long time. But you can't risk giving me those kind of powers unless you're certain that I won't use them against you.

NIRRTI (nuzzling his ear) Once I share those powers, we could rule the galaxy together.

JONAS What about everyone else?

NIRRTI Unnecessary.

JONAS Well, I can only imagine what it would be like to have powers like that. What would I do? I guess the first thing I would do&hellip;would be to free my friends and all those other people you have caged up down there. And then I would destroy you. Not necessarily in that order, but you get the idea.

[Nirrti punches Jonas in the head, and he falls to floor, groaning in pain. She signals for Wodan to enter.]

NIRRTI Take him away and bring O'Neill. (to Jonas) Once you have seen what has already happened to the others, perhaps you will change your mind.

[Jonas looks up; Nirrti's eyes flash.]

INT&mdash;NIRRTI'S PRISON

[Jonas enters his cell and looks around.]

JONAS Evanov?

O'NEILL Dead. (raising his voice) Just like Alebran. Yeah that's right, Nirrti killed your brother. Go ahead; take a look in my mind if you don't believe me. Better yet, look into Nirrti's head.

[Egar and Wodan exchange looks, but lower Jonas's cell door and move towards O'Neill's.]

EGAR That is forbidden.

O'NEILL No kidding.

JONAS Because she's hiding something!

EGAR She is a god. She would know.

TEAL'C She would not know, because she is not a god.

[Wodan raises O'Neill's cell door.]

WODAN O'Neill is next.

[O'Neill points to Evanov's empty cot.]

O'NEILL Look, she just killed a good man. She's gonna do the same thing to the rest of us.

JONAS Together you're stronger than she is, you just don't realize it.

[Wodan pulls O'Neill towards the cell entrance telekinetically. O'Neill signals he'll cooperate, and he exits the cell on his own. Wodan closes the cell door.]

INT&mdash;CORRIDOR, NIRRTI'S FORTRESS

O'NEILL (to Wodan and Egar) You know, you're right. I did want to kill her. But if you look into her mind for a split second, you'd want to do the same thing for what she's done to your people.

INT&mdash;NIRRTI'S LAB

NIRRTI You should not have come here, O'Neill.

O'NEILL Can you undo what you've done to Carter?

NIRRTI If I choose to.

O'NEILL (bitterly) I let you go once. We made a deal; I honored it.

NIRRTI I told you then I would not have done the same.

O'NEILL Fix what you've done to Carter, let the rest of my team go, that's all I ask, and you can do whatever you want to me.

NIRRTI Yes, Colonel. I can.

[Nirrti looks down at her controls. O'Neill and Egar exchange glances. O'Neill gives Egar an encouraging look. Egar looks down, then his eyes widen in shock.]

EGAR Stop! What he says is true!

[Nirrti looks up in surprise.]

WODAN My brother?

EGAR She murdered him. She has murdered hundreds of our people. And she intends to do the same to us.

NIRRTI Jaffa, kree!

[Nirrti's Jaffa aim their weapons, but Wodan uses his powers to disarm them and then break their necks.]

NIRRTI (desperately) I command you!

[Wodan raises his arm. Nirrti begins to choke. She is lifted a few feet off the floor.]

NIRRTI Wod&hellip;

O'NEILL Stop.

NIRRTI I am your god.

O'NEILL We need her alive. Wodan, she's the only one who can help your people.

NIRRTI (choking) I can make you more powerful than your wildest dreams.

[With a quick gesture, Wodan snaps Nirrti's neck. She falls to the floor with a thud, her eyes flashing once before dulling forever.]

O'NEILL (despairing) Why did you do that?

WODAN She deserves to die.

O'NEILL She was Carter's only chance!

EGAR Not so O'Neill. Before she died, I looked into Nirrti's mind and took what I needed. Hurry, while there is still time.

[Wodan and O'Neill rush back to the prison cells.]

INT&mdash;NIRRTI'S PRISON

[O'Neill and Wodan rush in. Wodan raises the cell doors to release everyone. O'Neill lifts the weakened Carter.]

CARTER (bloated and barely conscious) Sir.

INT&mdash;NIRRTI'S LAB

[Carter stands inside the machine, looking perfectly healthy. The machine shuts down.]

EGAR It is done. You are as you were before.

CARTER Thank you.

[O'Neill helps her off the platform.]

O'NEILL Yes, thank you.

WODAN We can all be as we were before now that you have shown us the truth.

O'NEILL Hail Dorothy. The Wicked Witch is dead. (everyone looks at him) It's a movie&hellip;Margaret Hamilton.

CARTER The point is, with Nirrti gone you can get back to your lives, rebuild your village.

JONAS We can help you out with food and supplies, get you back on track.

CARTER And once we get to know each other a little better, I'd really like a chance to study this machine.

[Egar and Wodan exchange looks.]

WODAN As soon as we have made our people whole again, we intend to destroy it.

CARTER But-but this is an incredibly advanced piece of technology.

O'NEILL (softly remonstrating) Carter, don't you think it would be for the best?

CARTER Yes, sir. I guess it would.

O'NEILL To Oz. (O'Neill notices Wodan and Egar's confusion) Its&hellip;part of that movie.

[SG-1 exits. Egar gestures for Wodan to step onto the device, which he does with a smile. The device activates.]

FADE OUT

END CREDITS

Transcribed for Stargate Solutions by Aurora Novarum, November 2006.

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