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| airdate=[[September 10]], [[2004]]
  
| airdate=[[September 10]], [[2004]]
 
| story=
  
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| writer=[[Joseph Mallozzi]]<br>[[Paul Mullie]]
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| writer=[[Joseph Mallozzi]] & [[Paul Mullie]]
 
| director=[[Holly Dale]]
  
| director=[[Holly Dale]]
 
| main = [[Joe Flanigan]] as [[Major]] [[John Sheppard]]<br>[[Torri Higginson]] as [[Dr.]] [[Elizabeth Weir]]<br>[[Rachel Luttrell]] as [[Teyla Emmagan]]<br>[[Rainbow Sun Francks]] as [[Lt.]] [[Aiden Ford]]<br>[[David Hewlett]] as [[Dr.]] [[Rodney McKay]]
  
| main = [[Joe Flanigan]] as [[Major]] [[John Sheppard]]<br>[[Torri Higginson]] as [[Dr.]] [[Elizabeth Weir]]<br>[[Rachel Luttrell]] as [[Teyla Emmagan]]<br>[[Rainbow Sun Francks]] as [[Lt.]] [[Aiden Ford]]<br>[[David Hewlett]] as [[Dr.]] [[Rodney McKay]]
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| guests=[[Don S. Davis]] as [[Major General]] [[George S. Hammond]]<br>[[Garwin Sanford]] as [[Simon Wallis]]<br>[[Noah Beggs]] as [[Dex]]<br>[[Stephen Spender]] as [[Mitch (military officer)|Mitch]]<br>[[Edmond Kato Wong]] as [[Unnamed Atlantis Technician|Atlantis Technician]]<br>[[Gary Jones]] as [[SMSgt.]] [[Walter Harriman]]<br>[[Robert Weiss]] as [[Scientist]] <br>[[Nicole Rudell]] as [[Doctor (Home)|Doctor]]<br>[[Lynda Riley]] as [[Brunette]]
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| guests=[[Don S. Davis]] as [[Major General]] [[George S. Hammond]]<br>[[Garwin Sanford]] as [[Simon Wallace]]<br>[[Noah Beggs]] as [[Dex]]<br>[[Stephen Spender]] as [[Mitch (military officer)|Mitch]]<br>[[Edmond Kato Wong]] as [[Unnamed Atlantis Technician|Atlantis Technician]]<br>[[Gary Jones]] as [[SMSgt.]] [[Walter Harriman]]<br>[[Robert Weiss]] as [[Scientist]]<br>[[Nicole Rudell]] as [[Doctor (Home)|Doctor]]<br>[[Lynda Riley]] as [[Brunette]]<br>? as Mrs. [[Watson]]
 
| preceded_by="[[Underground]]"
  
| preceded_by="[[Underground]]"
 
| followed_by="[[The Storm]]"
  
| followed_by="[[The Storm]]"
 
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'''"Home"''' is the ninth episode of [[Atlantis Season 1|the first season]] of ''[[Stargate: Atlantis]]''.
  
'''"Home"''' is the ninth episode of [[Atlantis Season 1|the first season]] of ''[[Stargate: Atlantis]]''.
   
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Mist-Hammond tells them that he had to create hallucinations for each team member to stop them from dialing the Stargate and currently they are unconscious. Since [[Teyla Emmagan]] had no memories of Earth, she had to share Sheppard's memory. For many years, travelers had come through the Stargate and the use of the gate killed mist beings, Mist-Hammond explains that a connection to earth would kill millions, implying that the power the gate could draw from the mist was the hazard to these beings, rather than the vortex, which would be to physical beings. McKay realizes if they are unconscious, without food or water, they would eventually die. Mist-Hammond suggested that they return to their fantasies. Weir convinces him that they will not dial Earth, but head back to Atlantis instead and they are released from the hallucinations.
  
Mist-Hammond tells them that he had to create hallucinations for each team member to stop them from dialing the Stargate and currently they are unconscious. Since [[Teyla Emmagan]] had no memories of Earth, she had to share Sheppard's memory. For many years, travelers had come through the Stargate and the use of the gate killed mist beings, Mist-Hammond explains that a connection to earth would kill millions, implying that the power the gate could draw from the mist was the hazard to these beings, rather than the vortex, which would be to physical beings. McKay realizes if they are unconscious, without food or water, they would eventually die. Mist-Hammond suggested that they return to their fantasies. Weir convinces him that they will not dial Earth, but head back to Atlantis instead and they are released from the hallucinations.
   
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==References==
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==Appearances==
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" width="100%"
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[[Afghanistan]]; [[Ancient]]; [[Antarctica]]; [[Archimedes]]; [[Asgard]]; [[Atlantis living quarter]]; [[Beer]]; [[Blackhawk]]; [[Cell phone]]; [[Control crystal]]; [[Dial Home Device]]; [[Energy being of M5S-224]]; [[Ferris Wheel]]; [[Fog]]; [[Football]]; [[Garage Door Opener]]; [[Goa'uld]]; [[Hamburger]]; [[Hazmat suit]]; [[Iris]]; [[Israel]]; [[Johnny Cash]]; [[Kabul]]; [[Life signs detector]]; [[M5S-224]]; [[Meredith Rodney McKay's cat]]; [[Operation Enduring Freedom]]; ''[[The Outer Limits]]''; [[The Pentagon]]; [[Pizza]]; [[Popcorn]]; ''[[Prometheus]]''; [[Puddle Jumper]]; [[Sedgewick]]; [[SG-1]]; [[Skirmish on M5S-224]]; [[South Korea]]; [[Special Operations]]; [[Stargate Command]]; [[Stargate Command infirmary]]; [[Taliban]]; ''[[War and Peace]]''; [[Watson]]; [[Wraith]]; [[Zero Point Module]]
  
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! Appearances for Home
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'''Locations'''
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*[[Antarctica]] {{m}}
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**[[Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado]]
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**[[Stargate Command]]
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***[[Briefing Room]]
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***[[Embarkation room]]
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***[[Stargate Operations room]]
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***[[Stargate Command infirmary]]
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*[[Israel]] {{m}}
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*[[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]] {{m}}
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*[[Lantea]]
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**[[Atlantis]]
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***[[Atlantis control tower]]
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****[[Atlantis conference room]]
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****[[Stargate Operations]]
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***[[Atlantis living quarter]]
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****[[John Sheppard's quarters]]
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*[[M5S-224]]
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*[[The Pentagon]] {{m}}
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*[[Simon Wallace's house]]
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*[[South Korea]] {{m}}
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'''Events'''
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*[[Operation Enduring Freedom]] {{m}}
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*[[Skirmish on M5S-224]]
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'''Items'''
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*[[Beer]]
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*[[Cell phone]]
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*[[Control crystal]]
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*[[Dating]]
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*[[Dial Home Device]]
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*[[Ferris Wheel]] {{m}}
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*[[Flashlight]]
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*[[FN P90 Personal Defense Weapon]]
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*[[Fog]] {{m}}
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*[[Football]] {{m}}
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*[[Garage Door Opener]]
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*[[Golf]]
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*[[Hamburger]] {{m}}
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*[[Hazmat suit]]
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*[[Hyperdrive]] {{m}}
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**[[Asgard hyperdrive]] {{m}}
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*[[Iris]]
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*[[Iris Deactivation Code]]
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*[[Life signs detector]]
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*[[Pineapple]]
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*[[Pizza]]
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*[[Popcorn]]
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*[[Radio]]
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*[[Stargate]]
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**[[Atlantis' Stargate]]
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*[[Tactical vest]]
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*[[Tablet]]
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*[[Telescope]]
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*[[Wormhole]]
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*[[Wristwatch]]
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*[[Zero Point Module]]
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'''Vehicles'''
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*[[Blackhawk]] {{m}}
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*''[[Prometheus]]'' {{m}}
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*[[Puddle Jumper]] {{m}}
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'''Sentient Species'''
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*[[Ancient]]s {{m}}
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*[[Asgard]] {{m}}
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*[[Athosian]]
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*[[Energy being of M5S-224]]
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*[[Goa'uld]] {{m}}
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*[[Tau'ri]]
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*[[Wraith]] {{m}}
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'''Creatures'''
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*[[Cat]]
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**[[Meredith Rodney McKay's cat]]
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*[[Dog]]
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**[[Sedgewick]]
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'''Organizations'''
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*[[Atlantis expedition]]
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**[[Atlantis Reconnaissance 1]]
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*[[Special Operations]] {{m}}
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*[[Stargate Program]]
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**[[SG-1]] {{m}}
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*[[Taliban]] {{m}}
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*[[United States Air Force]]
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*[[United States Marine Corps]]
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'''Mentioned'''
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*[[Archimedes]]
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*[[Johnny Cash]]
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*''[[The Outer Limits]]''
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*''[[War and Peace]]''
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==Notable Quotes==
  
==Notable Quotes==
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'''McKay''': Well, lots and lots. Enough to dial back to Earth.
  
'''McKay''': Well, lots and lots. Enough to dial back to Earth.
   
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'''McKay''': Let me see if I can make you understand, okay? these results don't just say the ZPM won't work, they say this reality isn't governed by any natural laws. It's like looking through a microscope at a cell culture and seeing a thousand dancing hamsters. It's impossible!<br />
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'''McKay''': Let me see if I can make you understand, okay? These results don't just say the ZPM won't work, they say this reality isn't governed by any natural laws. It's like looking through a microscope at a cell culture and seeing a thousand dancing hamsters. It's impossible!<br />
 
'''Weir''': Rodney, you need to calm down.<br />
  
'''Weir''': Rodney, you need to calm down.<br />
 
'''McKay''': No, no, what I need to do now is get ''very'' agitated because what I'm realizing is all this is a lie!
  
'''McKay''': No, no, what I need to do now is get ''very'' agitated because what I'm realizing is all this is a lie!
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''(Sheppard has figured out that his welcome-home party is just a figment of his imagination)''<br />
  
''(Sheppard has figured out that his welcome-home party is just a figment of his imagination)''<br />
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'''Sheppard''' :You guys have been dead for years. Now, don't get me wrong, it's really nice seeing you. ''(points to a middle-aged woman)'' You too, Miss Watson.<br />
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'''Sheppard''': You guys have been dead for years. Now, don't get me wrong, it's really nice seeing you. ''(points to a middle-aged woman)'' You too, Miss Watson.<br />
 
'''Ford''': Sir—<br />
  
'''Ford''': Sir—<br />
 
'''Sheppard''': ''(to Ford)'' She was my sixth grade teacher. ''(points to a young blonde)'' And I don't even remember your name, but I remember you wouldn't even date me!
  
'''Sheppard''': ''(to Ford)'' She was my sixth grade teacher. ''(points to a young blonde)'' And I don't even remember your name, but I remember you wouldn't even date me!
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==Notes==
  
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*In this episode, the traditional wormhole effect is replaced by an odd "squeeze" effect lacking the green "outside" and a continuous wall of the wormhole. This is possibly to denote that the members are already inside the hallucination, although the wormhole may have been changed by the fact that the mist was powering the gate.
  
*In this episode, the traditional wormhole effect is replaced by an odd "squeeze" effect lacking the green "outside" and a continuous wall of the wormhole. This is possibly to denote that the members are already inside the hallucination, although the wormhole may have been changed by the fact that the mist was powering the gate.
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*The [[dog]] ([[Sedgewick]]) that appears in [[Dr.]] [[Elizabeth Weir]]'s illusion is actually owned by actress [[Torri Higginson]].
  
*The [[dog]] ([[Sedgewick]]) that appears in [[Dr.]] [[Elizabeth Weir]]'s illusion is actually owned by actress [[Torri Higginson]].
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*[[George S. Hammond]] is only wearing two stars on his uniform ([[Major General]]). However, Weir previously mentioned that he had been promoted to [[Lt. General]] and thus should be wearing three stars. It is unclear whether this is an error due to reusing his [[Stargate: SG-1|''Stargate: SG-1'']] wardrobe or a deliberate clue that something is not as it seems.
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*[[George S. Hammond]] is only wearing two stars on his uniform ([[Major General]]). However, Weir previously mentioned that he had been promoted to [[Lt. General]] and thus should be wearing three stars. It is unclear whether this is an error due to reusing his ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' wardrobe or a deliberate clue that something is not as it seems.
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**Likely, this is just a costuming error, as none of the Atlantis team notices his rank. Sheppard, Ford, and McKay not noticing can be excused since they may not have known about Hammond's promotion, but Weir should have taken notice since she replaced Hammond as head of the SGC. As Teyla is from the Pegasus Galaxy, she obviously wouldn't know (unless she was told by the others).
 
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*Hammond's appearance at [[Stargate Command]] might imply he is still be the commander of the facility (which would be another clue to the illusion), but Hammond's role is never stated and he does not use his former office. It is possible that he is visiting in his capacity of director of [[Homeworld Security]] as established at the end of SG-1's seventh season, and the incorrect rank really is just a costume error.
  
*Hammond's appearance at [[Stargate Command]] might imply he is still be the commander of the facility (which would be another clue to the illusion), but Hammond's role is never stated and he does not use his former office. It is possible that he is visiting in his capacity of director of [[Homeworld Security]] as established at the end of SG-1's seventh season, and the incorrect rank really is just a costume error.
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*The [[Energy being of M5S-224|mist aliens]] have the timeline of the illusion very accurate. [[CMSgt.]] [[Walter Harriman]] says that the [[Asgard]] have installed a [[hyperdrive]] on ''[[Prometheus]]'' and they were about to send a rescue mission. In the previous weeks episode of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' "[[Covenant]]" O'Neill asks [[Thor]] for a hyperdrive for ''Prometheus'' but is told it has to be approved by the [[Asgard High Council]]. Several weeks later after the hyperdrive installation, they do send a rescue mission in the episode "[[Prometheus Unbound]]" but is cut short by [[Vala Mal Doran]].
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*The [[Energy being of M5S-224|mist aliens]] have the timeline of the illusion very accurate. [[CMSgt.]] [[Walter Harriman]] says that the [[Asgard]] have installed a [[hyperdrive]] on ''[[Prometheus]]'' and they were about to send a rescue mission. In the previous week's episode of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' "[[Covenant]]", O'Neill asks [[Thor]] for a hyperdrive for ''Prometheus'' but is told it has to be approved by the [[Asgard High Council]]. Several weeks later after the hyperdrive installation, they do send a rescue mission in the episode "[[Prometheus Unbound]]" but is cut short by [[Vala Mal Doran]].
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*The plot in this episode is very similar to that of the ''[[w:c:farscape:Farscape|Farscape]]'' episode "[[w:c:farscape:A Human Reaction|A Human Reaction]]" in which future ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' regulars [[Ben Browder]] and [[Claudia Black]] appeared.
  
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*This is the first time that the [[Goa'uld]] are mentioned on the series. They were later be referenced in the episode "[[Critical Mass]]".
  
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*The plot of this episode is very similar to that of the ''[[w:c:farscape:Farscape|Farscape]]'' episode "[[w:c:farscape:A Human Reaction|A Human Reaction]]" in which future ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' regulars [[Ben Browder]] and [[Claudia Black]] appeared.
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*This is the first time that the [[Goa'uld]] are mentioned on the series. They later appear in the episode "[[Critical Mass]]".
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*In the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "[[Ripple Effect]]", a version of [[Lt. Colonel]] [[Cameron Mitchell#Alternate realities|Cameron Mitchell]] from an [[alternate reality]] referred to this episode, indicating that these events likewise occurred in his reality.
  
*In the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "[[Ripple Effect]]", a version of [[Lt. Colonel]] [[Cameron Mitchell#Alternate realities|Cameron Mitchell]] from an [[alternate reality]] referred to this episode, indicating that these events likewise occurred in his reality.
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*Upon "arrival" at [[Stargate Command]], the musical theme of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' is heard. It is one of the few instances where [[David Arnold]]'s themes from the original ''[[Stargate]]'' movie are heard on ''[[Stargate: Atlantis]]''.
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*The manner through which the illusion is revealed to Sheppard (dead friends starting to turn up alive) is similar to the first plot twist in {{WPS|Philip K. Dick}}'s classic science fiction novel ''{{WPS|Ubik}}'', where the characters find out they are in the half-life (a kind of suspended animation), critically injured (or perhaps closer to dead), and their friend, whom they believed dead as the sole casualty in the same incident that actually injured/killed them, is alive and attempting to revive them. In Ubik though, the 'live' character started appearing as an engraving on the reverse of coins, rather than as an actual living person.
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*In Sheppard's house, we see the "[[Multi-circle prop|Multi-circle]]" center-piece on prominent display. This is the first time this prop appears on ''Stargate Atlantis''. This particular prop has been reused many times previously on ''Stargate SG-1'' and would appear many more times on Atlantis, and other shows.
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*The opening monologue of ''[[The Outer Limits]]'', which is heard in part as [[Dr.]] [[Rodney McKay]] watches television, is particularly apt for this episode: "There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. [...]"
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*Mist-Hammond refers to the events of the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' pilot "[[Children of the Gods]]".
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*This is the only episode of ''[[Stargate: Atlantis]]'' directed by [[Holly Dale]].
  
*This is the only episode of ''[[Stargate: Atlantis]]'' directed by [[Holly Dale]].
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*This is the only ''[[Stargate: Atlantis]]'' appearance of [[Don S. Davis]], who starred in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' for seven seasons.
  
*This is the only ''[[Stargate: Atlantis]]'' appearance of [[Don S. Davis]], who starred in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' for seven seasons.
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*This is the first appearance of [[Stargate Command]] since the series pilot, although it is an illusion.
  
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*[[Gary Jones]] ([[SMSgt.]] [[Walter Harriman]]) also guest starred in the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "[[Sacrifices]]", which was originally broadcast on the same day ([[September 10]], [[2004]]).
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*Upon "arrival" at [[Stargate Command]], the musical theme of ''[[Stargate: SG-1]]'' is heard. it is one of the few instances where [[David Arnold]]'s themes from the original ''[[Stargate]]'' movie are heard on ''[[Stargate: Atlantis|Stargate]]''[[Stargate: Atlantis|: ''Atlantis'']].
  
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*[[Nicole Rudell]] ([[Doctor]]) previously played [[Rita]] in the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "[[In the Line of Duty]]".
  
*[[Nicole Rudell]] ([[Doctor]]) previously played [[Rita]] in the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "[[In the Line of Duty]]".
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*[[Noah Beggs]] ([[Dex]]) previously played [[SF Guard (Fragile Balance)|S.F. Officer]] in the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "[[Fragile Balance]]".
  
*[[Noah Beggs]] ([[Dex]]) previously played [[SF Guard (Fragile Balance)|S.F. Officer]] in the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "[[Fragile Balance]]".
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*Mist-Hammond refers to the events of the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' pilot "[[Children of the Gods]]".
  
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*[[Gary Jones]] ([[Sgt.]] [[Walter Harriman]]) also guest starred in the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "[[Sacrifices]]", which was originally broadcast on the same day ([[September 10]], [[2004]]).
  
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* The manner through which the illusion is revealed to Sheppard (dead friends starting to turn up alive) is similar to the first plot twist in [[wikipedia:Philip_K._Dick|Philip K. Dick]]'s classic science fiction novel [[wikipedia:Ubik|Ubik]], where the characters find out they are in the half-life (a kind of suspended animation), critically injured (or perhaps closer to dead), and their friend, whom they believed dead as the sole casualty in the same incident that actually injured/killed them, is alive and attempting to revive them. In Ubik though, the 'live' character started appearing as an engraving on the reverse of coins, rather than as an actual living person.
  
   
 
==Goofs==
  
==Goofs==
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*[[Dr.]] [[Rodney McKay]] lives in a house in this episode, contrary to the fact that he left his [[Meredith Rodney McKay's cat|cat]] with a [[Brunette|neighbor]] in his apartment building (which we see in "[[Rising]]" and is later confirmed in "[[Letters from Pegasus]]").
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*It is decided by the team to send a message, or one person. Yet, in the illusory world none of them is surprised to see one of the other team members. When all of them appear with `General Hammond' and before he tells them they were never sent, none is surprised that all are there.
  
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*Illusion or not, it's highly unlikely that McKay would be allowed out of [[Cheyenne Mountain]], let alone [[Stargate Command]], wearing his [[Atlantis]] uniform complete with mission patches.
  
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*When [[Lt.]] [[Aiden Ford]] dials the [[Dial Home Device]] at the beginning of the episode, the same glyph [[File:A07.svg|20px]] is seen being used twice.
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** Though this is possibly another clue that it is not real.
  
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*The mist entity stated toward the end of the episode that a wormhole hadn't been connected. If that was the case, then how did the entity know that the Prometheus was being fitted with Asgard technology that none of the team themselves knew about?
  
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*When McKay dials [[Earth]], if you listen carefully to the DHD, the symbol keys can only be heard being pressed seven times, when Earth would require eight symbols since it is in the [[Milky Way]] Galaxy, and [[M5S-224]] is in the [[Pegasus]] Galaxy.
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** This is wrong because the mist created an illusion. So the entity did not need to know; it was most likely only correct through coincidence.
  
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** The illusions are fed by the victim's minds and could very well be wishes come true.
  
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*Illusion or not, it's highly unlikely that McKay would be allowed out of [[Cheyenne Mountain]], let alone [[Stargate Command]], wearing his [[Atlantis]] uniform complete with mission patches. However, this may be a clue that it is an illusion.
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*When Mist-Hammond and [[Major]] [[John Sheppard]] are in the elevator, the indicator jumps from 28, to 25; shortly counts down, then gets stuck at 21 until the two get off.
   
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==In other languages==
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==In Other Languages==
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*'''German:''' Zurück auf die Erde (''Back to Earth'')
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*'''German''': Zurück auf die Erde ''(Back to Earth)''
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*'''Polish:''' Dom
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*'''Polish''': Dom
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*'''Portuguese:''' Casa
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*'''Portuguese''': Casa
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*'''French:''' Retour sur Terre ''(Back on Earth)''
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*'''French''': Retour sur Terre ''(Back on Earth)''
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*'''Italian:''' Casa ''(Home)''
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*'''Italian''': Casa ''(Home)''
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*'''Spanish:''' Casa ''(Home)''
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*'''Spanish''': Casa ''(Home)''
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*'''Czech:''' Domov ''(Home)''
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*'''Czech''': Domov ''(Home)''
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*'''Hungarian:''' Hazatérés ''(Homecoming)''
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*'''Hungarian''': Hazatérés ''(Homecoming)''
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*'''Russian:''' Дом ''(Home)''
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*'''Russian''': Дом ''(Home)''
   
 
==External links==
  
==External links==
 
*{{GateWorld|atlantis/s1/109.shtml|Home}}
  
*{{GateWorld|atlantis/s1/109.shtml|Home}}
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[[Category:Crossover episodes]]
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*{{MGMsite|view/episode/2695/index.html|Home}}
  

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"Home" is the ninth episode of the first season of Stargate: Atlantis.

Synopsis

After exploring M5S-224, Dr. Rodney McKay discovers the mist is giving off power every time the Stargate is dialed out. This presents the team an opportunity to get back to Earth.

Plot

Upon exploring the planet M5S-224, Dr. Rodney McKay discovers that the Stargate draws its energy from the atmosphere, and believes that this would be enough energy to power up a wormhole to Earth. After consulting Dr. Elizabeth Weir, the team decides to dismantle the Control crystal in Atlantis and transport it to the planet in order to dial an eight chevron to the Milky Way galaxy. The wormhole connects, and Stargate Command tells them that it is alright to travel back to Earth since the Prometheus is capable of reaching the Pegasus Galaxy in a couple of months thanks to the installation of Asgard hyperdrives. Upon returning to Earth, they find out that the Prometheus has had an accident and is not capable of transporting them back to Atlantis.

File:AidenFordPizzza.jpg

Each team member slowly begins to realize that things are not as they seem. Major John Sheppard sees friends that had previously died in Afghanistan when he was serving with them, Weir is told by Major General George S. Hammond that Atlantis will now become a full military and Sheppard is strangely in support of this. In his own reality, McKay notices that his scientific results are coming out as gibberish. As each team member comes to the realization that this Earth is not real, they find themselves in the Embarkation room at Stargate Command with Hammond. But it is not the real Hammond, but rather a being of the original planet, which McKay mistook for highly charged mist.

File:EnergybeingM5S224.jpg

Mist-Hammond tells them that he had to create hallucinations for each team member to stop them from dialing the Stargate and currently they are unconscious. Since Teyla Emmagan had no memories of Earth, she had to share Sheppard's memory. For many years, travelers had come through the Stargate and the use of the gate killed mist beings, Mist-Hammond explains that a connection to earth would kill millions, implying that the power the gate could draw from the mist was the hazard to these beings, rather than the vortex, which would be to physical beings. McKay realizes if they are unconscious, without food or water, they would eventually die. Mist-Hammond suggested that they return to their fantasies. Weir convinces him that they will not dial Earth, but head back to Atlantis instead and they are released from the hallucinations.

Appearances

Appearances for Home

Locations

Events

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Vehicles

Sentient Species

Creatures

Organizations

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Notable Quotes

Ford: I've never seen so much nothing.
Sheppard: And I've never walked so far to see it.

Sheppard: How much power are we talking about here?
McKay: In terms of joules or ergs?
Sheppard: In terms of lots.
McKay: Well, lots and lots. Enough to dial back to Earth.

McKay: Let me see if I can make you understand, okay? These results don't just say the ZPM won't work, they say this reality isn't governed by any natural laws. It's like looking through a microscope at a cell culture and seeing a thousand dancing hamsters. It's impossible!
Weir: Rodney, you need to calm down.
McKay: No, no, what I need to do now is get very agitated because what I'm realizing is all this is a lie!

McKay: Atlantis can't afford to lose me. I'm their foremost expert in gate theory and wormhole physics, and a myriad of other sciences too numerous to mention yet too important to ignore.
Ford: So what you're saying is you're invaluable everywhere.

McKay: So none of this is real? (truth dawns) The cute brunette, of course! I should have known! How do you go from, "You're a pig, but I like your cat," to "I missed you"?

McKay: An hour ago it hit me. Like Archimedes in the bathtub, Eureka! Except, I wasn't in the bathtub. I was on the couch watching a very strange 'Outer Limits' episode...

(Sheppard has figured out that his welcome-home party is just a figment of his imagination)
Sheppard: You guys have been dead for years. Now, don't get me wrong, it's really nice seeing you. (points to a middle-aged woman) You too, Miss Watson.
Ford: Sir—
Sheppard: (to Ford) She was my sixth grade teacher. (points to a young blonde) And I don't even remember your name, but I remember you wouldn't even date me!

Weir: War and Peace. Mmm some heavy reading.
Sheppard: Yeah. Well back on Earth when I was getting ready for this mission I realized there was a good chance I might be here for a while so I figured 'why not bring along a book that takes a while to read.'
Weir: Page 17.
Sheppard: I'm right on schedule.

Alien Lifeform: Major Sheppard seemed uniquely capable of manipulating his own fabricated reality.
Sheppard: If I think about the scenarios I could've thought up, I'd kick myself... The dead people were a dead giveaway.
McKay: Dead people? What were you doing?!

Notes

  • In this episode, the traditional wormhole effect is replaced by an odd "squeeze" effect lacking the green "outside" and a continuous wall of the wormhole. This is possibly to denote that the members are already inside the hallucination, although the wormhole may have been changed by the fact that the mist was powering the gate.
  • George S. Hammond is only wearing two stars on his uniform (Major General). However, Weir previously mentioned that he had been promoted to Lt. General and thus should be wearing three stars. It is unclear whether this is an error due to reusing his Stargate SG-1 wardrobe or a deliberate clue that something is not as it seems.
  • Hammond's appearance at Stargate Command might imply he is still be the commander of the facility (which would be another clue to the illusion), but Hammond's role is never stated and he does not use his former office. It is possible that he is visiting in his capacity of director of Homeworld Security as established at the end of SG-1's seventh season, and the incorrect rank really is just a costume error.
  • This is the first time that the Goa'uld are mentioned on the series. They later appear in the episode "Critical Mass".
  • The manner through which the illusion is revealed to Sheppard (dead friends starting to turn up alive) is similar to the first plot twist in Philip K. Dick's classic science fiction novel Ubik, where the characters find out they are in the half-life (a kind of suspended animation), critically injured (or perhaps closer to dead), and their friend, whom they believed dead as the sole casualty in the same incident that actually injured/killed them, is alive and attempting to revive them. In Ubik though, the 'live' character started appearing as an engraving on the reverse of coins, rather than as an actual living person.
  • In Sheppard's house, we see the "Multi-circle" center-piece on prominent display. This is the first time this prop appears on Stargate Atlantis. This particular prop has been reused many times previously on Stargate SG-1 and would appear many more times on Atlantis, and other shows.
  • The opening monologue of The Outer Limits, which is heard in part as Dr. Rodney McKay watches television, is particularly apt for this episode: "There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. [...]"

Goofs

  • When McKay dials Earth, if you listen carefully to the DHD, the symbol keys can only be heard being pressed seven times, when Earth would require eight symbols since it is in the Milky Way Galaxy, and M5S-224 is in the Pegasus Galaxy.
  • Illusion or not, it's highly unlikely that McKay would be allowed out of Cheyenne Mountain, let alone Stargate Command, wearing his Atlantis uniform complete with mission patches. However, this may be a clue that it is an illusion.
  • When Mist-Hammond and Major John Sheppard are in the elevator, the indicator jumps from 28, to 25; shortly counts down, then gets stuck at 21 until the two get off.

In Other Languages

  • German: Zurück auf die Erde (Back to Earth)
  • Polish: Dom
  • Portuguese: Casa
  • French: Retour sur Terre (Back on Earth)
  • Italian: Casa (Home)
  • Spanish: Casa (Home)
  • Czech: Domov (Home)
  • Hungarian: Hazatérés (Homecoming)
  • Russian: Дом (Home)

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