SGCommand
Don't have an account?
Register
Register
SGCommand
SGCommand
14,568
pages
in: SG-1 episodes, Story arcs/Replicators

Changes: Enemies

Back to page
Sign in to edit
m (Robot: Automated text replacement (-Image: +File:))
(Believe it or not, this is my third attempt to expand this, but the computer likes to screw with me now and then when I put it to sleep)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{Infobox Episode
  
{{Infobox Episode
 
| name=Enemies
  
| name=Enemies
−
| image=[[File:Enemiesparttwostargate.jpg|250px]]
 +
| image=[[File:Enemiesparttwostargate.jpg|250px]]{{caption|Apophis screams in defiance moments before his death.}}
 
| series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]''
  
| series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]''
 
| episode=[[SG1 Season 5|5.01]]
  
| episode=[[SG1 Season 5|5.01]]
Line 9: Line 9:
 
| writer=[[Brad Wright]], [[Robert C. Cooper]], [[Joseph Mallozzi]] & [[Paul Mullie]]
  
| writer=[[Brad Wright]], [[Robert C. Cooper]], [[Joseph Mallozzi]] & [[Paul Mullie]]
 
| director=[[Martin Wood]]
  
| director=[[Martin Wood]]
−
| guests=[[Carmen Argenziano]] as [[Jacob Carter]]/[[Selmak]]<br />[[Peter Williams IV]] as [[Apophis]]<br />[[Jennifer Calvert]] as Councilwoman [[Ren'al]]<br />[[Gary Jones]] as [[Walter Harriman]]<br />[[Thomas Milburn Jr.]] as [[Jaffa]]<br />[[Dean Moen]] as Jaffa
 +
| guests=[[Carmen Argenziano]] as [[Jacob Carter]]/[[Selmak]]<br>[[Peter Williams IV]] as [[Apophis]]<br>[[Jennifer Calvert]] as [[Ren'al]]<br>[[Gary Jones]] as [[Walter Harriman]]<br>[[Thomas Milburn Jr.]] as [[Jaffa]]<br>[[Dean Moen]] as Jaffa
 
| preceded_by=[[Exodus]]
  
| preceded_by=[[Exodus]]
 
| followed_by=[[Threshold]]
  
| followed_by=[[Threshold]]
Line 15: Line 15:
 
{{SG1-5}}
  
{{SG1-5}}
 
{{2of3|Exodus|Threshold}}
  
{{2of3|Exodus|Threshold}}
  +
'''"Enemies"''' is the [[SG-1 Season 5|season five]] premiere of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', and is the 89th episode overall.
  +
  +
==Synopsis==
  +
The [[supernova]] causes [[SG-1]] and [[Apophis]]' ships to jump 4 million light years. SG-1 hides from Apophis, but after coming out again, they find Apophis' ship completely abandoned. It is discovered Apophis and his [[Jaffa]] fled the ship after it is taken over by [[Replicator]]s. They infest the Ha'tak, and furthermore, Apophis has brainwashed [[Teal'c]], and is now working against his team.
  +
  +
==Previously on Stargate SG-1==
  +
[[SG-1]] and the [[Tok'ra]] are pushed to destroy [[Apophis]] once and for all after [[Tanith]] alerts him to [[Vorash]]. In order to destroy him, they plan to set the star to go [[supernova]], by using the [[Stargate]] to dial [[P3W-451]] and cause the sun to go critical. However, in the meantime, Tanith escapes, and [[Teal'c]] gets shot by a Jaffa and supposedly dies before he is taken by Tanith to present to Apophis. The sun successfully goes supernova, wiping out Apophis' fleet. However, after they exit [[hyperspace]], SG-1 and [[Selmak]]/[[Jacob Carter]] realise that the supernova have caused the [[Ha'tak]] to travel 4 million light years to an [[Unnamed Galaxy]], which will take them over 120 years to get back at top speed. Furthermore, it is also revealed Apophis' mothership has also survived.
  +
 
==Plot==
  
==Plot==
  +
With very little option (weapons won't cause a dent to [[Apophis' mothership]], and [[hyperdrive]]s are offline), [[SG-1]] and [[Selmak]]/[[Jacob Carter]] decide to make contact with [[Apophis]] in order not to get killed. However, Apophis shows no interest in what they are going to say, and even ignores their surrender, saying "Klavel ha," [[Goa'uld language|Goa'uld]] for "too late."
−
After [[SG-1]] was thrown into another galaxy by the supernova, they now face [[Apophis]]. Because there are no other options they contact him but he isn't interested in what they say and threatens to destroy them. The SG-1 can do nothing but to wait for their destruction. Apophis finally fires - but not on them. Instead, he fires upon another alien ship, which attacks Apophis. [[Jacob Carter|Jacob]] uses the chance to escape and flies the ship into the corona of a blue giant, whose radiation will mask their presence while blocking their own sensors at the same time. They are able to repair their shields but have no crystals to repair the hyperspace engines. In the meantime, [[Jack O'Neill|O'Neill]] recounts to [[Daniel Jackson|Daniel]] what happened on Vorash.
  
   
  +
[[File:Patrolship firing.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A [[Replicator patrol ship|mysterious ship]] attacks [[Apophis' mothership]] before it could destroy [[Cronus' Ha'tak|SG-1's Ha'tak]].]]
−
At [[Stargate Command]], the [[Tok'ra]] visit [[George Hammond|General Hammond]], explaining that Apophis' fleet was destroyed as planned but contact was lost with SG-1. Hammond, however, refuses to believe they are dead.
  
  +
Apophis charges up weapons, but takes a while in actually firing them, which puts the team at an uneased state. However, as the ship finally fires, they all miss the [[Ha'tak]], and instead is trying to hit a [[Replicator patrol ship|second unidentified vessel]]. The ship's shield proves powerful, and even uses its weapons to block several shots, as well as firing back at Apophis. While [[Colonel]] [[Jonathan J. O'Neill|O'Neill]] admires the people of the ship for fighting Apophis first, Jacob decides to retreat, since they have no idea if the aliens onboard the ship are hostile or not. He sets a course for the corona of the [[star system|system's]] [[Blue giant]], since its radiation can make them invisible to ship's [[sensor]]s, but SG-1 would also be blind.
   
  +
Another problem is that they have one hour until the radiation could become dangerous, so Jacob and [[Major]] [[Samantha Carter|Carter]] decide to fix the shields to buy them nine more hours. While they are repairing them, Carter won't stop thinking about the loss of [[Teal'c]]. After they switch the [[control crystal]]s, the shields are back online. However, they discover another problem; the hyperdrive crystals are burnt, and with no spare crystals, they can't go into [[hyperspace]]. In the [[peltac]], [[Doctor]] [[Daniel Jackson|Jackson]] asks O'Neill what happened on [[Vorash]]. O'Neill is reluctant, but eventually explains they were ambushed by [[Jaffa]], and Teal'c was shot in the back.
−
On their ship, the Carters complete the repairs and leave the corona. They detect Apophis' ship, yet no life signs emanate from it, so they beam onto it to get new crystals. There, it appears the self-destruct command was activated, which Jacob wants to deactivate, while O'Neill and [[Samantha Carter|Major Carter]] retrieve the crystals. However, they soon detect [[Replicator]]s. Nevertheless, they procure the crystals, but not before the Replicators attack. The three ring back to the [[Ha'tak]] and escape in the wake of the explosion of Apophis' ship. Afterwards, they bring the hyperspace engines back online when they suddenly detect a [[Tel'tak]], piloted by [[Teal'c]] with several [[Jaffa]] which, according to Teal'c, helped him escape. Teal'c lands his ship on the Ha’tak and is greeted by his team mates. However, when O'Neill's goes to embrace him, Teal’c takes his gun and, with the other Jaffa, holds SG-1 at gunpoint. Apophis enters and declares Teal'c as his [[First Prime]] again.
  
   
  +
Meanwhile, in [[Stargate Command]], a [[Tok'ra]] contingent arrives in the Gate Room. One of them introduces herself as councilwoman [[Ren'al]]. She informs [[General]] [[George S. Hammond|Hammond]] that the plan to wipe out Apophis' fleet worked, though they did find a one-man pod that travelled to Goa'uld-occupied territory, but the identity of the occupant [[Tanith|is unknown]] for the time being. They also inform Hammond that they detected two distortions during the [[supernova]], implying two ships may have excaped, though they are confident nobody would have survived, thinking SG-1 and Selmak were those people. Ren'al tells Hammond that whether they survived or not, their actions caused a power vacuum for the Goa'uld, and would be fighting each other for years to come. When they consider the team heroes, Hammond says to her; "you'll forgive me for holding out hope a little longer. SG-1 has a surprisingly good habit of beating the odds."
−
SG-1 is arrested while Teal'c claims that he was in the service of Apophis all along, calling his time with SG-1 “subterfuge.” The Jaffa begin to unload the cargo from the Tel'tak, unknowingly bringing Replicators aboard. As SG-1 tries to escape, Jacob frees them, only to be stopped by Teal'c, imprisoning him as well. Suddenly, the ship unexpectedly exits hyperspace. Jaffa find the engine room infested with Replicators. By mere happenstance, the Replicators also allow SG-1 to escape their cell. Apophis tries to escape from the Replicators as they kill his Jaffa, forcing him to barricade himself in the command center.
  
   
  +
[[File:Blue giant.jpg|thumb|200px|SG-1's Ha'tak in orbit over a [[blue giant]].]]
−
While Jacob and Daniel secure the cargo ship, Jack and Sam try to subdue Teal'c with help from a shock grenade. They successfully capture him with a precise but not lethal shot and kill the remaining Jaffa. Teal'c is safely brought aboard the Tel'tak but, without any warning, the mothership enters hyperspace, barring any way to get off the Ha’tak.
  
  +
The shields have almost become inneffective to the radiation, and Carter and Selmak is still unable to repair the hyperdrive, even retro-fitting other crystals doesn't work. With no alternative, they must risk leaving the coronasphere of the blue giant and face whoever may have survived. As they leave the coronasphere, they see that Apophis' ship is still around, but the other ship isn't. Fortunately, they notice no lifesigns onboard. They decide to take the opportunity to commandeer the ship, since it has faster hyperdrives and more advanced weapons and shields, so at the very least, they could retrieve the necessary control crystals.
   
  +
However, as they enter the ship via the [[transportation rings]], they hear a [[self-destruct]] counting down on four minutes. Jacob Carter plans to go into the peltac to shut it off, while Carter and O'Neill retrieve the crystals. On the way, they notice a group of dead Jaffa. Carter is distracted by a familiar noise. They both then see a [[Replicator]] scaling up a wall. O'Neill contacts Jacob on the radio and recommends pulling back. Jacob seems to agree with him; Replicators have taken over the peltac. With three minutes remaining, Carter still goes to find the crystals.
−
SG-1 quickly learns that the Replicators have modified the engines so that the ship far exceeds its fastest velocity by combining into a giant bipedal being, using its energy to power the engines. This will also allow SG-1 to quickly travel back to their home galaxy. However, because of the threat which the Replicators pose, they must prevent the scourge from ever infesting the Milky Way. So, they plan to use the same tactic which they used on [[Thor]]'s ship by destroying the sub-light engines' controls (causing an uncontrolled re-entry of the ship into the atmosphere (see "[[Nemesis]]"). While Jacob returns to the cargo ship, SG-1 goes to the engine room to lay in wait for the right moment to execute their plan. When the ship leaves hyperspace right in front [[Sokar]]'s home planet, they destroy the control crystals and escape but are chased by Replicators. Nevertheless, they are able to get into a ring room and Jacob rings them to the Tel'tak. They leave the Ha'tak, which falls to the planet and is destroyed, thus finally eliminating the evil Apophis. Jack unsuccessfully attempts to convince Teal'c of Apophis' death.
  
   
  +
[[File:Enemies01.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Ha'tak attempts to outrun the implosion.]]
−
==Notes==
  
  +
With one minute left, Jacob awaits Carter and O'Neill in the ring room. They have retrieved the crystals, but they're being chased by Replicators. They are able to ring back onboard the Ha'tak before being overrun by Replicators. With no time to fix the hyperdrive, Jackson pilots the ship with [[sublight engine]]s to get as far away from Apophis' ship as possible. As it blows up, Jacob takes over control of the ship and transfers all power to the shields, despite believing they won't make it. Fortunately, the shields are powerful enough to protect the Ha'tak from the shockwave.
⚫
*This episode marks the final death of Apophis, though actor Peter Williams returns in several later episodes to reprise his role in flashbacks, hallucinations, and alternate realities.
  
  +
  +
After the narrow escape, the Carters then start to utilise the newly acquired control crystals to repair the hyperdrive, which is a success. Their joy is short lived when Jackson calls for them, as he has detected something; a ship. When they arrive at the peltac, they pick up a [[Tel'tak]] on sensors. Believing they may have escaped the Replicator incursion, Selmak hails them. The individual who answers come to a surprise for the team; Teal'c. He reveals that since Tanith presented him to Apophis, he managed to have revived Teal'c in a [[sarcophagus]], and after the Replicators attacked, him and a small number of Jaffa who supports the [[Jaffa Rebellion|rebellion]]. They allow him to enter the ship.
  +
  +
[[File:Enemies02.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Teal'c]] defects... to the wrong side.]]
  +
Sometime later, SG-1 and Teal'c reunite. O'Neill runs to him and embrace. However, Teal'c gets hold of his [[M9 pistol|sidearm]] and aims it at them, while other Jaffa train their [[zat'nik'tel]]s at them as well. O'Neill and the team wonder what is going on. Just then, Apophis enters, who congratulates Teal'c, and informs him that he has resumed his rightful position as Apophis' [[First Prime]].
  +
  +
While SG-1 are taken to an empty room, where O'Neill thinks Teal'c has a plan going, until he punches him in the face. He claims that he was in the service of Apophis all along for the past four years, and calls his four years with SG-1 "subterfuge;" out of all the times O'Neill's life was in danger, he wiched him to die. The team realise that he has been [[brainwashing|brainwashed]] to serve Apophis again, much like what he did to his son, [[Rya'c]]. Teal'c listens to them no further, and locks them in the room. Fortunately, Jacob is still at large. O'Neill asks Carter to see if she could look around the control panel and make the doors open.
  +
  +
Teal'c and some of the others unload the cargo, including a sarcophagus and some crates. However, unknown to them, as they leave the room, the top of one crate starts to dissolve, meaning the Replicators have boarded the ship. Apophis examines his new peltac and despises the late [[Cronus]]' decoration sense. After a course for [[Delmak]] is plotted, Teal'c enters in his Jaffa armour and kneels down to Apophis. When he says that Selmak has eluded capture, Teal'c promises to take of it personally.
  +
  +
In the room, Carter, despite not knowing what to do, fiddles around with the control panel. Just then, the doors opens, revealing Jacob, who is busting them out. Just as they are about to leave, they are stopped by Teal'c, who after telling O'Neill that he would become the [[host]] to his symbiote, "[[Junior]]", he shoots the control panel, before leaving them again. A few moments later, the ship unexpectadly drops out of hyperspace. As Teal'c investigates, he and his fellow Jaffa find the engine room swarming with Replicators.
  +
  +
The doors open partially on SG-1's cell. They then see a Replicator enter. Fortunately, it doesn't pay much attention to the team, as they don't pose them a threat, yet. They swiftly exit the room. Meanwhile, Teal'c informs Apophis the ship is infested with Replicators, and their weapons have proven to be useless. Apophis sends his Jaffa to protect him while he walks out of the peltac. However, they are cut off by Replicators. Apophis retreats back to the peltac, while the Jaffa stay back to fight the Replicators, but they all die in the process. Furthermore, Replicators make their way to the peltac.
  +
  +
[[File:Enemies03.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Teal'c is wounded.]]
  +
SG-1 arrive in a cargo room, and find a crate carrying several [[P90 submachine gun|P90s]]. The team and Jacob arm themselves, and plan to go to the Tel'tak and escape the Ha'tak. Carter and O'Neill however, vows to get Teal'c back brainwashed or not. However, Teal'c and the rest of the Jaffa plan to use the [[Tau'ri]] weapons to dispatch the Replicators. Carter and O'Neill await in an ambush. O'Neill throws the [[shock grenade]], and after exchanging weapons fire, all Jaffa but Teal'c are killed. After shooting a Replicator, he is at a vulnerable position; O'Neill has a clear shot. Teal'c refuses to surrender, and aims his [[Staff weapon]] at O'Neill, but O'Neill manages to wound him first. Fortunately, he is alive, and they send him back to the Tel'tak, where Jacob and Jackson are waiting. However, the Ha'tak enters hyperspace, preventing their escape.
  +
  +
The Carters discover that the Replicators are heading towards Delmak, the last set of co-ordinates Apophis entered. Also, the ship is gaing ten times faster than its normal top speed, and rising. Jacob think this is good news, since when the Replicators reach a critical number, they're going to need new resources, and Delmak sounds appetising; they'd wipe out the Goa'uld and arrive home in no time. O'Neill points out this is far from good news, since they'd "eat" anything, and SG-1 can't let them get a [[foothold situation]] in the [[galaxy]]. Since they figured out Goa'uld computers from Apophis' mothership, they'd override the self-destruct very quickly. One alternative remains; the second the Ha'tak drops out of hyperspace, they'll destroy the deceleration control crystals, so the Ha'tak will fly helplessly to the planet's surface, destroying it, and the Replicators, like what they did with the ''[[Biliskner]]'' [[Nemesis|two years ago]]. Since they would also deactivate the [[C-4]] timer, Carter proposes a close range fire burst from a P90, though the engine room is bound to be "bug central." With the ship going 800 times faster than normal top speed, they have little time.
  +
  +
[[File:ReplicatorGiantBeetle.jpg|thumb|200px|"That, is a ''big'' bug."]]
  +
Jacob is in the Tel'tak on the cargo bay, while Carter, Jackson and O'Neill head to the engine room, where they find a giant-beetle Replicator, which is powering the hyperdrive. They open a panel, and wait. Moments later, the Ha'tak drops out of hyperspace over Delmak. As the giant Replicator powers down. O'Neill fires his P90 at the crytals, instantly destroying it. The Replicators retaliate by sending a wave of Replicators. SG-1 retreats, while taking turns firing. On the way, their exit is blocked, so they shoot their way through to the rings. However, as they arrive, the Replicators override the hatch controls, and begins to close. Fortunately, they are able to leave before it completely closes.
  +
  +
The Ha'tak is drifting helplesssly towards the planet. In the peltac, the Replicators crawl over Apophis' personal shield. With defeat imminent, Apophis screams in defiance. The Ha'tak falls straight to the surface, causing a mass of destruction, as well as the death of the evil Apophis once and for all. SG-1 watches the destruction, while O'Neill checks up on Teal'c. Jacob warns him that he has his body back, but getting his body back will not be as easy. Teal'c informs O'Neill he will not succumb to torture, but O'Neill insists he won't and apologises for shooting him, before telling him that Apophis is dead. However, Teal'c doesn't believe him. "Gods cannot be killed," says Teal'c brusquely.
  +
  +
===References===
  +
[[Alpha Gate]]; [[Ancient Greek]]; [[Apophis]]; [[Apophis' mothership]]; [[Biliskner]]; [[Blue giant]]; [[Brainwashing]]; [[C-4]]; [[Cheyenne Mountain]]; [[Control crystal]]; [[Cronus' Ha'tak]]; [[Delmak]]; [[Embarkation room]]; [[First Prime]]; [[Foothold situation]]; [[General's office]]; [[Goa'uld]]; [[Ha'tak]]; [[Host]]; [[Hyperdrive]]; [[Hyperspace]]; [[Jaffa]]; [[Jaffa Rebellion]]; [[Junior]]; [[M9 pistol]]; "[[Nemesis]]"; [[P90 submachine gun]]; [[Peltac]]; [[Radiation]]; [[Replicator]]; [[Replicator patrol ship]]; [[Rya'c]]; [[Sarcophagus]]; [[Self-destruct]]; [[Sensor]]; [[Shield]]; [[Shock grenade]]; [[Sokar]]; [[Staff weapon]]; [[Stargate]]; [[Stargate Command]]; [[Sublight engine]]; [[Symbiote]]; [[Tel'tak]]; [[Thor]]; [[Tok'ra]]; [[Transportation rings]]; [[Unnamed Galaxy]]; [[Vorash]]; [[Vorash's sun]]; [[Zat'nik'tel]]
  +
  +
==Notable quotes==
  +
'''O'Neill:''' I'm enjoying their style. Shoot first, send flowers later. It works.
  +
  +
  +
'''Jacob:''' We're not going to make it!!<br>
  +
''Sometime later, the Ha'tak vessel narrowly avoids the destruction of Apophis' mothership''<br>
  +
'''Jacob:''' That was close.<br>
  +
'''O'Neill:''' I believe someone said... we're not going to make it.<br>
  +
'''Jacob:''' Sam, let's get the hyperdrive running.<br>
  +
'''O'Neill:''' Excuse me. I distinctly remember someone saying... "We're not gonna make it!" I think we made it.<br>
  +
'''Jacob:''' I'm sorry, I over reacted. At the time, it looked very much like we weren't going to make it.<br>
  +
'''O'Neill:''' Yes, well, maybe next time you'll just wait and see.<br>
  +
'''Jacob:''' And blow the last chance I might ever have to be right?<br>
  +
'''O'Neill:''' What?<br>
  +
'''Carter:''' Welcome to my life.
  +
  +
  +
'''Selmak/Jacob:''' I am Selmak of the Tok'ra, commander of this ship.<br>
  +
'''O'Neill:''' You know, we really should talk about this commander thing.
  +
  +
  +
'''Jackson:''' Come on Teal'c, you don't really think that you're still First Prime of Apophis?<br>
  +
'''Teal'c:''' I have never ceased to be in the service of my god.<br>
  +
'''O'Neill:''' All right, that's sounding a little brainwashy.
  +
  +
  +
'''O'Neill:''' Come on, you and I together have taken down half a dozen Goa'ulds.<br>
  +
'''Teal'c:''' Enemies of Apophis.<br>
  +
'''O'Neill:''' And we kicked his ass twice! Hell, you sat around and watched him die once.
  +
  +
  +
'''O'Neill:''' Come on Teal'c. A part of you has to know the truth.<br>
  +
'''Teal'c:''' The truth is you are a prisoner of Apophis. When the symbiote that I carry matures, you will become its host.<br>
  +
'''O'Neill:''' OK, I meant the other truth.
  +
  +
==Background notes==
  +
{{SG1 Images}}
 
*While the Replicators in earlier episodes were always spider-like, this episodes introduces them in several new insect-forms.
  
*While the Replicators in earlier episodes were always spider-like, this episodes introduces them in several new insect-forms.
   
−
==Sources==
 +
===Production===
  ⚫
*This episode marks the final death of Apophis, though actor Peter Williams returns in several later episodes to reprise his role in flashbacks, hallucinations, and alternate realities.
  +
  +
==External links==
 
* [http://stargatesg1.com/SeasonFive Official ''Stargate SG-1'' site]. [[MGM]]. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires [[Macromedia Flash|Flash]]. <!-- There is a synopsis of the episode in there, but it cannot be linked to directly to our knowledge. Though the URL above contains links to the rest of the site (which is Flash), it in itself is not Flash; hence this link is in accordance with WP:EL. Even if it were, it is acceptable because it is the official Stargate site and is being used as a reference. -->
  
* [http://stargatesg1.com/SeasonFive Official ''Stargate SG-1'' site]. [[MGM]]. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires [[Macromedia Flash|Flash]]. <!-- There is a synopsis of the episode in there, but it cannot be linked to directly to our knowledge. Though the URL above contains links to the rest of the site (which is Flash), it in itself is not Flash; hence this link is in accordance with WP:EL. Even if it were, it is acceptable because it is the official Stargate site and is being used as a reference. -->
 
* {{cite web
  
* {{cite web
Line 45: Line 122:
 
* [http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s5/501.shtml Summary] from GateWorld. Visited May 6, 2006.
  
* [http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s5/501.shtml Summary] from GateWorld. Visited May 6, 2006.
 
* [http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s5/reviews/501.shtml Review] from GateWorld. Reviewed by Debra Kraft. Visited May 6, 2006.
  
* [http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s5/reviews/501.shtml Review] from GateWorld. Reviewed by Debra Kraft. Visited May 6, 2006.
−
{{wikipedia|Enemies (Stargate SG-1)}}
 +
*{{WP|Enemies (Stargate SG-1)}}
 
[[Category:SG-1 episodes|5.01]]
  
[[Category:SG-1 episodes|5.01]]
 
[[Category:Story arcs/Replicators|5.01]]
  
[[Category:Story arcs/Replicators|5.01]]

Revision as of 13:36, 17 May 2009

Template:SG1-5

This episode is part 2 of 3; it is preceded by "Exodus" and followed by "Threshold".

"Enemies" is the season five premiere of Stargate SG-1, and is the 89th episode overall.

Synopsis

The supernova causes SG-1 and Apophis' ships to jump 4 million light years. SG-1 hides from Apophis, but after coming out again, they find Apophis' ship completely abandoned. It is discovered Apophis and his Jaffa fled the ship after it is taken over by Replicators. They infest the Ha'tak, and furthermore, Apophis has brainwashed Teal'c, and is now working against his team.

Previously on Stargate SG-1

SG-1 and the Tok'ra are pushed to destroy Apophis once and for all after Tanith alerts him to Vorash. In order to destroy him, they plan to set the star to go supernova, by using the Stargate to dial P3W-451 and cause the sun to go critical. However, in the meantime, Tanith escapes, and Teal'c gets shot by a Jaffa and supposedly dies before he is taken by Tanith to present to Apophis. The sun successfully goes supernova, wiping out Apophis' fleet. However, after they exit hyperspace, SG-1 and Selmak/Jacob Carter realise that the supernova have caused the Ha'tak to travel 4 million light years to an Unnamed Galaxy, which will take them over 120 years to get back at top speed. Furthermore, it is also revealed Apophis' mothership has also survived.

Plot

With very little option (weapons won't cause a dent to Apophis' mothership, and hyperdrives are offline), SG-1 and Selmak/Jacob Carter decide to make contact with Apophis in order not to get killed. However, Apophis shows no interest in what they are going to say, and even ignores their surrender, saying "Klavel ha," Goa'uld for "too late."

File:Patrolship firing.jpg

A mysterious ship attacks Apophis' mothership before it could destroy SG-1's Ha'tak.

Apophis charges up weapons, but takes a while in actually firing them, which puts the team at an uneased state. However, as the ship finally fires, they all miss the Ha'tak, and instead is trying to hit a second unidentified vessel. The ship's shield proves powerful, and even uses its weapons to block several shots, as well as firing back at Apophis. While Colonel O'Neill admires the people of the ship for fighting Apophis first, Jacob decides to retreat, since they have no idea if the aliens onboard the ship are hostile or not. He sets a course for the corona of the system's Blue giant, since its radiation can make them invisible to ship's sensors, but SG-1 would also be blind.

Another problem is that they have one hour until the radiation could become dangerous, so Jacob and Major Carter decide to fix the shields to buy them nine more hours. While they are repairing them, Carter won't stop thinking about the loss of Teal'c. After they switch the control crystals, the shields are back online. However, they discover another problem; the hyperdrive crystals are burnt, and with no spare crystals, they can't go into hyperspace. In the peltac, Doctor Jackson asks O'Neill what happened on Vorash. O'Neill is reluctant, but eventually explains they were ambushed by Jaffa, and Teal'c was shot in the back.

Meanwhile, in Stargate Command, a Tok'ra contingent arrives in the Gate Room. One of them introduces herself as councilwoman Ren'al. She informs General Hammond that the plan to wipe out Apophis' fleet worked, though they did find a one-man pod that travelled to Goa'uld-occupied territory, but the identity of the occupant is unknown for the time being. They also inform Hammond that they detected two distortions during the supernova, implying two ships may have excaped, though they are confident nobody would have survived, thinking SG-1 and Selmak were those people. Ren'al tells Hammond that whether they survived or not, their actions caused a power vacuum for the Goa'uld, and would be fighting each other for years to come. When they consider the team heroes, Hammond says to her; "you'll forgive me for holding out hope a little longer. SG-1 has a surprisingly good habit of beating the odds."

Blue giant

SG-1's Ha'tak in orbit over a blue giant.

The shields have almost become inneffective to the radiation, and Carter and Selmak is still unable to repair the hyperdrive, even retro-fitting other crystals doesn't work. With no alternative, they must risk leaving the coronasphere of the blue giant and face whoever may have survived. As they leave the coronasphere, they see that Apophis' ship is still around, but the other ship isn't. Fortunately, they notice no lifesigns onboard. They decide to take the opportunity to commandeer the ship, since it has faster hyperdrives and more advanced weapons and shields, so at the very least, they could retrieve the necessary control crystals.

However, as they enter the ship via the transportation rings, they hear a self-destruct counting down on four minutes. Jacob Carter plans to go into the peltac to shut it off, while Carter and O'Neill retrieve the crystals. On the way, they notice a group of dead Jaffa. Carter is distracted by a familiar noise. They both then see a Replicator scaling up a wall. O'Neill contacts Jacob on the radio and recommends pulling back. Jacob seems to agree with him; Replicators have taken over the peltac. With three minutes remaining, Carter still goes to find the crystals.

File:Enemies01.jpg

The Ha'tak attempts to outrun the implosion.

With one minute left, Jacob awaits Carter and O'Neill in the ring room. They have retrieved the crystals, but they're being chased by Replicators. They are able to ring back onboard the Ha'tak before being overrun by Replicators. With no time to fix the hyperdrive, Jackson pilots the ship with sublight engines to get as far away from Apophis' ship as possible. As it blows up, Jacob takes over control of the ship and transfers all power to the shields, despite believing they won't make it. Fortunately, the shields are powerful enough to protect the Ha'tak from the shockwave.

After the narrow escape, the Carters then start to utilise the newly acquired control crystals to repair the hyperdrive, which is a success. Their joy is short lived when Jackson calls for them, as he has detected something; a ship. When they arrive at the peltac, they pick up a Tel'tak on sensors. Believing they may have escaped the Replicator incursion, Selmak hails them. The individual who answers come to a surprise for the team; Teal'c. He reveals that since Tanith presented him to Apophis, he managed to have revived Teal'c in a sarcophagus, and after the Replicators attacked, him and a small number of Jaffa who supports the rebellion. They allow him to enter the ship.

File:Enemies02.jpg

Teal'c defects... to the wrong side.

Sometime later, SG-1 and Teal'c reunite. O'Neill runs to him and embrace. However, Teal'c gets hold of his sidearm and aims it at them, while other Jaffa train their zat'nik'tels at them as well. O'Neill and the team wonder what is going on. Just then, Apophis enters, who congratulates Teal'c, and informs him that he has resumed his rightful position as Apophis' First Prime.

While SG-1 are taken to an empty room, where O'Neill thinks Teal'c has a plan going, until he punches him in the face. He claims that he was in the service of Apophis all along for the past four years, and calls his four years with SG-1 "subterfuge;" out of all the times O'Neill's life was in danger, he wiched him to die. The team realise that he has been brainwashed to serve Apophis again, much like what he did to his son, Rya'c. Teal'c listens to them no further, and locks them in the room. Fortunately, Jacob is still at large. O'Neill asks Carter to see if she could look around the control panel and make the doors open.

Teal'c and some of the others unload the cargo, including a sarcophagus and some crates. However, unknown to them, as they leave the room, the top of one crate starts to dissolve, meaning the Replicators have boarded the ship. Apophis examines his new peltac and despises the late Cronus' decoration sense. After a course for Delmak is plotted, Teal'c enters in his Jaffa armour and kneels down to Apophis. When he says that Selmak has eluded capture, Teal'c promises to take of it personally.

In the room, Carter, despite not knowing what to do, fiddles around with the control panel. Just then, the doors opens, revealing Jacob, who is busting them out. Just as they are about to leave, they are stopped by Teal'c, who after telling O'Neill that he would become the host to his symbiote, "Junior", he shoots the control panel, before leaving them again. A few moments later, the ship unexpectadly drops out of hyperspace. As Teal'c investigates, he and his fellow Jaffa find the engine room swarming with Replicators.

The doors open partially on SG-1's cell. They then see a Replicator enter. Fortunately, it doesn't pay much attention to the team, as they don't pose them a threat, yet. They swiftly exit the room. Meanwhile, Teal'c informs Apophis the ship is infested with Replicators, and their weapons have proven to be useless. Apophis sends his Jaffa to protect him while he walks out of the peltac. However, they are cut off by Replicators. Apophis retreats back to the peltac, while the Jaffa stay back to fight the Replicators, but they all die in the process. Furthermore, Replicators make their way to the peltac.

File:Enemies03.jpg

Teal'c is wounded.

SG-1 arrive in a cargo room, and find a crate carrying several P90s. The team and Jacob arm themselves, and plan to go to the Tel'tak and escape the Ha'tak. Carter and O'Neill however, vows to get Teal'c back brainwashed or not. However, Teal'c and the rest of the Jaffa plan to use the Tau'ri weapons to dispatch the Replicators. Carter and O'Neill await in an ambush. O'Neill throws the shock grenade, and after exchanging weapons fire, all Jaffa but Teal'c are killed. After shooting a Replicator, he is at a vulnerable position; O'Neill has a clear shot. Teal'c refuses to surrender, and aims his Staff weapon at O'Neill, but O'Neill manages to wound him first. Fortunately, he is alive, and they send him back to the Tel'tak, where Jacob and Jackson are waiting. However, the Ha'tak enters hyperspace, preventing their escape.

The Carters discover that the Replicators are heading towards Delmak, the last set of co-ordinates Apophis entered. Also, the ship is gaing ten times faster than its normal top speed, and rising. Jacob think this is good news, since when the Replicators reach a critical number, they're going to need new resources, and Delmak sounds appetising; they'd wipe out the Goa'uld and arrive home in no time. O'Neill points out this is far from good news, since they'd "eat" anything, and SG-1 can't let them get a foothold situation in the galaxy. Since they figured out Goa'uld computers from Apophis' mothership, they'd override the self-destruct very quickly. One alternative remains; the second the Ha'tak drops out of hyperspace, they'll destroy the deceleration control crystals, so the Ha'tak will fly helplessly to the planet's surface, destroying it, and the Replicators, like what they did with the Biliskner two years ago. Since they would also deactivate the C-4 timer, Carter proposes a close range fire burst from a P90, though the engine room is bound to be "bug central." With the ship going 800 times faster than normal top speed, they have little time.

File:ReplicatorGiantBeetle.jpg

"That, is a big bug."

Jacob is in the Tel'tak on the cargo bay, while Carter, Jackson and O'Neill head to the engine room, where they find a giant-beetle Replicator, which is powering the hyperdrive. They open a panel, and wait. Moments later, the Ha'tak drops out of hyperspace over Delmak. As the giant Replicator powers down. O'Neill fires his P90 at the crytals, instantly destroying it. The Replicators retaliate by sending a wave of Replicators. SG-1 retreats, while taking turns firing. On the way, their exit is blocked, so they shoot their way through to the rings. However, as they arrive, the Replicators override the hatch controls, and begins to close. Fortunately, they are able to leave before it completely closes.

The Ha'tak is drifting helplesssly towards the planet. In the peltac, the Replicators crawl over Apophis' personal shield. With defeat imminent, Apophis screams in defiance. The Ha'tak falls straight to the surface, causing a mass of destruction, as well as the death of the evil Apophis once and for all. SG-1 watches the destruction, while O'Neill checks up on Teal'c. Jacob warns him that he has his body back, but getting his body back will not be as easy. Teal'c informs O'Neill he will not succumb to torture, but O'Neill insists he won't and apologises for shooting him, before telling him that Apophis is dead. However, Teal'c doesn't believe him. "Gods cannot be killed," says Teal'c brusquely.

References

Alpha Gate; Ancient Greek; Apophis; Apophis' mothership; Biliskner; Blue giant; Brainwashing; C-4; Cheyenne Mountain; Control crystal; Cronus' Ha'tak; Delmak; Embarkation room; First Prime; Foothold situation; General's office; Goa'uld; Ha'tak; Host; Hyperdrive; Hyperspace; Jaffa; Jaffa Rebellion; Junior; M9 pistol; "Nemesis"; P90 submachine gun; Peltac; Radiation; Replicator; Replicator patrol ship; Rya'c; Sarcophagus; Self-destruct; Sensor; Shield; Shock grenade; Sokar; Staff weapon; Stargate; Stargate Command; Sublight engine; Symbiote; Tel'tak; Thor; Tok'ra; Transportation rings; Unnamed Galaxy; Vorash; Vorash's sun; Zat'nik'tel

Notable quotes

O'Neill: I'm enjoying their style. Shoot first, send flowers later. It works.


Jacob: We're not going to make it!!
Sometime later, the Ha'tak vessel narrowly avoids the destruction of Apophis' mothership
Jacob: That was close.
O'Neill: I believe someone said... we're not going to make it.
Jacob: Sam, let's get the hyperdrive running.
O'Neill: Excuse me. I distinctly remember someone saying... "We're not gonna make it!" I think we made it.
Jacob: I'm sorry, I over reacted. At the time, it looked very much like we weren't going to make it.
O'Neill: Yes, well, maybe next time you'll just wait and see.
Jacob: And blow the last chance I might ever have to be right?
O'Neill: What?
Carter: Welcome to my life.


Selmak/Jacob: I am Selmak of the Tok'ra, commander of this ship.
O'Neill: You know, we really should talk about this commander thing.


Jackson: Come on Teal'c, you don't really think that you're still First Prime of Apophis?
Teal'c: I have never ceased to be in the service of my god.
O'Neill: All right, that's sounding a little brainwashy.


O'Neill: Come on, you and I together have taken down half a dozen Goa'ulds.
Teal'c: Enemies of Apophis.
O'Neill: And we kicked his ass twice! Hell, you sat around and watched him die once.


O'Neill: Come on Teal'c. A part of you has to know the truth.
Teal'c: The truth is you are a prisoner of Apophis. When the symbiote that I carry matures, you will become its host.
O'Neill: OK, I meant the other truth.

Background notes

Template:SG1 Images

  • While the Replicators in earlier episodes were always spider-like, this episodes introduces them in several new insect-forms.

Production

  • This episode marks the final death of Apophis, though actor Peter Williams returns in several later episodes to reprise his role in flashbacks, hallucinations, and alternate realities.

External links

Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.
More Fandoms