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| director=[[Andy Mikita]]
 
| director=[[Andy Mikita]]
 
| main = [[Joe Flanigan]] as [[Lt. Colonel]] [[John Sheppard]]<br>[[Rachel Luttrell]] as [[Teyla Emmagan]]<br>[[Jason Momoa]] as [[Ronon Dex]]<br>[[Jewel Staite]] as [[Dr.]] [[Jennifer Keller]]<br>[[Robert Picardo]] as [[Richard Woolsey]]<br>[[David Hewlett]] as [[Dr.]] [[Rodney McKay]]
 
| main = [[Joe Flanigan]] as [[Lt. Colonel]] [[John Sheppard]]<br>[[Rachel Luttrell]] as [[Teyla Emmagan]]<br>[[Jason Momoa]] as [[Ronon Dex]]<br>[[Jewel Staite]] as [[Dr.]] [[Jennifer Keller]]<br>[[Robert Picardo]] as [[Richard Woolsey]]<br>[[David Hewlett]] as [[Dr.]] [[Rodney McKay]]
| guests=[[Christopher Heyerdahl]] as [[Todd]]<br>[[Kavan Smith]] as [[Major]] [[Evan Lorne]]<br>[[Sharon Taylor]] as [[Amelia Banks]]<br>[[Christopher Pearce]] as [[Lt.]] [[Williams (Atlantis)]]
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| guests=[[Christopher Heyerdahl]] as [[Todd]]<br>[[Kavan Smith]] as [[Major]] [[Evan Lorne]]<br>[[Sharon Taylor]] as [[Amelia Banks]]<br>[[Christopher Pearce]] as [[Lt.]] [[Williams (Atlantis)|Williams]]<br>[[Jon Johnson]] as [[Parker (Atlantis)|Parker]] {{u}}<br>? as [[Ramirez (Atlantis)|Ramirez]]
 
| preceded_by="[[Brain Storm]]"
 
| preceded_by="[[Brain Storm]]"
 
| followed_by="[[Identity]]"
 
| followed_by="[[Identity]]"
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==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
After a [[Wraith]] [[Hive Ship]] shows up over [[Atlantis]] transmitting a distress call, [[Lt. Colonel]] [[John Sheppard]]'s [[First Atlantis Reconnaissance Team|team]] discovers that its crew has been stricken with a disease they helped create.
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After a [[Wraith]] [[Hive Ship]] shows up over [[Atlantis]] transmitting a distress call, [[Lt. Colonel]] [[John Sheppard]]'s [[Atlantis Reconnaissance 1|team]] discovers that its crew has been stricken with a disease they helped create.
   
 
==Previously on ''Stargate: Atlantis''==
 
==Previously on ''Stargate: Atlantis''==
[[Lt. Colonel]] [[John Sheppard]]'s [[First Atlantis Reconnaissance Team|team]] makes contact with [[Todd]] aboard his [[Hive ship]] in the hopes of stopping the [[Asuran]]s. [[Dr.]] [[Jennifer Keller]] and Sheppard's team make a proposal to [[Todd]]; Keller has found a gene therapy in [[Michael Kenmore]]'s [[Michael's database|database]] that should free the [[Wraith]] from their need to feed on [[Human]]s. Later, [[Todd]] and a delegation arrived on board the ''[[Daedalus]]'' to go forward with Keller's gene therapy. However, Todd witnessed two [[Wraith cruiser]]s getting destroyed the second they go into [[hyperspace]]. He accused the [[Atlantis expedition]] of getting hold of the [[Attero device]]. In anger, he stunned the crew and locked down the ship, as well as sending more Wraith to the ship. In the hopes of destroying the [[Attero device]], Todd attempts to crash the ''Daedalus'' into [[Janus' research outpost]] on [[M6H-987]] before fleeing the ''Daedalus'' in a [[Wraith scout ship]]. However, Sheppard, with the help of a [[Traveler generational ship]], creates a [[hyperspace]] window around the ''Daedalus'', saving it moments before destruction.
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[[Lt. Colonel]] [[John Sheppard]]'s [[Atlantis Reconnaissance 1|team]] makes contact with [[Todd]] aboard his [[Hive ship]] in the hopes of stopping the [[Asuran]]s. [[Dr.]] [[Jennifer Keller]] and Sheppard's team make a proposal to [[Todd]]; Keller has found a gene therapy in [[Michael Kenmore]]'s [[Michael's database|database]] that should free the [[Wraith]] from their need to feed on [[Human]]s. Later, [[Todd]] and a delegation arrived on board the ''[[Daedalus]]'' to go forward with Keller's gene therapy. However, Todd witnessed two [[Wraith cruiser]]s getting destroyed the second they go into [[hyperspace]]. He accused the [[Atlantis expedition]] of getting hold of the [[Attero device]]. In anger, he stunned the crew and locked down the ship, as well as sending more Wraith to the ship. In the hopes of destroying the [[Attero device]], Todd attempts to crash the ''Daedalus'' into [[Janus' research outpost]] on [[M6H-987]] before fleeing the ''Daedalus'' in a [[Wraith scout ship]]. However, Sheppard, with the help of a [[Traveler generational ship]], creates a [[hyperspace]] window around the ''Daedalus'', saving it moments before destruction.
   
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
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[[File:UnMaskedWraithWarriorMeltWall.jpg|thumb|right|200px|An un-masked [[Wraith warrior]]]]
 
[[File:UnMaskedWraithWarriorMeltWall.jpg|thumb|right|200px|An un-masked [[Wraith warrior]]]]
The team is then joined by Keller and [[Major]] [[Evan Lorne]] and his [[Lorne's Atlantis Reconnaissance Team|team]]. One of them, [[Lt.]] [[Williams (Atlantis)|Williams]], stands guard in a remote part of the ship when he hears a noise. Williams investigates, and finds that part of the wall is melting away, revealing a hidden corridor behind it. He radios Lorne (who is with Sheppard) and investigates, and is killed when an UN-masked [[Wraith warrior]] suddenly reaches out of the opening and grabs him. However, he is not killed by being fed upon, but by being eaten by the wraith drone's newly activated digestive system. When Sheppard and Lorne arrive on the scene with another Marine, they find the Lieutenant gone... only his weapon is left behind.
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The team is then joined by Keller and [[Major]] [[Evan Lorne]] and his [[Lorne's Atlantis Reconnaissance Team|team]]. One of them, [[Lt.]] [[Williams (Atlantis)|Williams]], stands guard in a remote part of the ship when he hears a noise. Williams investigates, and finds that part of the wall is melting away, revealing a hidden corridor behind it. He radios Lorne (who is with Sheppard) and investigates, and is killed when an unmasked [[Wraith warrior]] suddenly reaches out of the opening and grabs him. However, he is not killed by being fed upon, but by being eaten by the wraith drone's newly activated digestive system. When Sheppard and Lorne arrive on the scene with another Marine, they find the Lieutenant gone... only his weapon is left behind.
   
 
Elsewhere, Keller is being challenged to expand her knowledge of Wraith physiology. She discovered that the treatment worked on the Wraith as planned, but when their immune system was at its weakest, a deadly virus became active. However, she has no idea how to eradicate the virus. The pressure is on, and Keller candidly confesses a lack of self-confidence to McKay. The two have begun to grow closer, and he tries to encourage her. Meanwhile, the team notices that the ship's schematics - which they are using to navigate through the ship - are no longer accurate, as new walls are forming and other ones are being destroyed... literally melting away.
 
Elsewhere, Keller is being challenged to expand her knowledge of Wraith physiology. She discovered that the treatment worked on the Wraith as planned, but when their immune system was at its weakest, a deadly virus became active. However, she has no idea how to eradicate the virus. The pressure is on, and Keller candidly confesses a lack of self-confidence to McKay. The two have begun to grow closer, and he tries to encourage her. Meanwhile, the team notices that the ship's schematics - which they are using to navigate through the ship - are no longer accurate, as new walls are forming and other ones are being destroyed... literally melting away.
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Back in Atlantis, Sheppard talks with [[Richard Woolsey]] in his office about what to do with Todd, now under guard. After being persuaded by John that Todd is a powerful ally and is more useful to them being out in the [[galaxy]], he decides to honor Sheppard's deal and send Todd through the [[Stargate]] to seek out an [[Iratus bug]] queen and his cure. As Todd approaches the active Stargate, he has a brief conversation with Sheppard, thanking him for letting him go, saying he will remember what Sheppard has done for him.
 
Back in Atlantis, Sheppard talks with [[Richard Woolsey]] in his office about what to do with Todd, now under guard. After being persuaded by John that Todd is a powerful ally and is more useful to them being out in the [[galaxy]], he decides to honor Sheppard's deal and send Todd through the [[Stargate]] to seek out an [[Iratus bug]] queen and his cure. As Todd approaches the active Stargate, he has a brief conversation with Sheppard, thanking him for letting him go, saying he will remember what Sheppard has done for him.
   
==References==
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==Appearances==
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" width="100%"
[[Alternate reality]]; [[Atlantis infirmary]]; [[Atlantis' shield]]; [[Carson Beckett]]; [[C-4]]; [[Chair room]]; [[Cloak]]; [[Combat engineer]]; [[Control chair]]; ''[[Daedalus]]''; [[DNA]]; [[Drone weapon]]; [[FN P90 Personal Defense Weapon]]; [[Hibernation pod]]; [[Hive ship]]; [[Hyperspace]]; [[Inertial dampener]]s; [[International Oversight Advisory]]; [[Iratus bug]]; [[Iratus bug retrovirus]]; [[Michael Kenmore]]; [[Major]] [[Kersey]]; [[Life signs detector]]; [[Life support]]; [[Maneuvering thruster]]; [[Michael's database]]; [[New Lantea's ocean]]; [[Particle magnum]]; [[Planet (Infection)]]; [[Puddle Jumper]]; [[Ramirez (Atlantis)|Ramirez]]; [[Skirmish on the diseased Hive ship]]; ''[[Star Wars]]''; [[Wraith]]; [[Wraith cancer]]; [[Wraith gene therapy]]; [[Wraith warrior]]
 
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! Appearances for Infection
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|
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'''Locations'''
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*[[New Lantea]]
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**[[Atlantis]]
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***[[Atlantis control tower]]
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****[[Chair room]]
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****[[Commander's office]]
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****[[Stargate Operations]]
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**[[New Lantea's ocean]]
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*[[Planet (Infection)]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
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'''Events'''
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*[[Tau'ri-Wraith War]]
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**[[Skirmish on the diseased Hive ship]]
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'''Items'''
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*[[Alternate reality]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*[[Atlantis' shield]]
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*[[C-4]]
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*[[Cloak]]
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*[[Combat engineer]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*[[Control chair]]
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*[[DNA]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*[[Drone weapon]]
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*[[FN P90 Personal Defense Weapon]]
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*[[Hibernation pod]]
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*[[Hyperspace]]
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*[[Inertial dampener]]
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*[[Iratus bug retrovirus]]
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*[[Life signs detector]]
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*[[Life support]]
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*[[Maneuvering thruster]]
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*[[Michael's database]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*[[Particle magnum]]
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*[[Wraith cancer]]
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*[[Wraith gene therapy]]
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'''Vehicles'''
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*[[BC-304]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
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**''[[Daedalus]]'' <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*[[Hive ship]]
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*[[Puddle Jumper]]
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**[[Rescue Jumper]]
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'''Sentient Species'''
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*[[Athosian]]
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*[[Satedan]]
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*[[Tau'ri]]
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*[[Wraith]]
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*[[Wraith warrior]]
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'''Creatures'''
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*[[Iratus bug]]
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'''Organizations'''
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*[[Atlantis expedition]]
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**[[Atlantis Reconnaissance 1]]
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*[[International Oversight Advisory]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
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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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*[[Dr.]] [[Carson Beckett]]
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*[[Michael Kenmore]]
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*[[Major]] [[Kersey]]
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*''[[Star Wars]]''
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|}
   
 
==Notable Quotes==
 
==Notable Quotes==
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
{{Source images}}
 
 
*[[Rachel Luttrell]] ([[Teyla Emmagan]]) announces the "Previously on ''[[Stargate: Atlantis]]"'' at the beginning of the episode.
 
*[[Rachel Luttrell]] ([[Teyla Emmagan]]) announces the "Previously on ''[[Stargate: Atlantis]]"'' at the beginning of the episode.
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*The episode was originally titled '''"The Antidote"'''.
 
*The episode was originally titled '''"The Antidote"'''.
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*This episode has similarities to the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episodes "[[Nemesis]]" and "[[Descent]]" in that the team is stranded on a ship in orbit that begins to enter the atmosphere.
 
*This episode has similarities to the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episodes "[[Nemesis]]" and "[[Descent]]" in that the team is stranded on a ship in orbit that begins to enter the atmosphere.
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*The scene where [[Todd]] landed the front half of the [[Hive ship]] on the ocean is similar to a scene in ''[[Star Wars]]'' Episode 3 when Anakin Skywalker lands the front half of a falling Trade Federation Battlecrusier on Coruscant. It has many similarities such as the ship shearing in two before landing and the crash-landing.
 
*The scene where [[Todd]] landed the front half of the [[Hive ship]] on the ocean is similar to a scene in ''[[Star Wars]]'' Episode 3 when Anakin Skywalker lands the front half of a falling Trade Federation Battlecrusier on Coruscant. It has many similarities such as the ship shearing in two before landing and the crash-landing.
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*[[Todd]] reveals that a terminally ill [[Wraith]] could occasionally restore himself to perfect health if he allowed an [[Iratus bug]] queen to feed on him. The process was abandoned as the Wraith would usually die in the process. Its later shown that it did work on Todd.
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*[[Todd]] reveals that a terminally ill [[Wraith]] could occasionally restore himself to perfect health if he allowed an [[Iratus bug]] queen to feed on him. The process was abandoned as the Wraith would usually die in the process. It's later shown that it did work on Todd.
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*In this episode another [[Hive ship]] is destroyed. This brings the total to 28 since the expedition arrived in the galaxy.
 
*In this episode another [[Hive ship]] is destroyed. This brings the total to 28 since the expedition arrived in the galaxy.
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*The [[Wraith gene therapy|gene therapy]] that [[Dr.]] [[Jennifer Keller]] created based on [[Lastlight|Michael's]] research worked, but left the [[Wraith]] infected with a deadly [[Wraith cancer|cancer-like disease]].
 
 
*[[Ronon Dex]] references the events of "[[The Daedalus Variations]]" when he comments that the Hive ship had better not be a Wraith ship from another reality. [[Teyla Emmagan]] references the episode "[[The Lost Tribe]]".
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*The [[Wraith gene therapy|gene therapy]] that [[Dr.]] [[Jennifer Keller]] created based on [[Michael Kenmore]]'s research worked, but left the [[Wraith]] infected with a deadly [[Wraith cancer|cancer-like disease]].
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*[[Christopher Pearce]] ([[Lt.]] [[Williams (Atlantis)|Williams]]) previously played [[Senior Airman]] [[Jake Bosworth]] in the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episodes "[[Heroes, Part 1]]", "[[Heroes, Part 2]]", "[[Prometheus Unbound]]" and "[[Moebius, Part 2]]".
 
*[[Christopher Pearce]] ([[Lt.]] [[Williams (Atlantis)|Williams]]) previously played [[Senior Airman]] [[Jake Bosworth]] in the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episodes "[[Heroes, Part 1]]", "[[Heroes, Part 2]]", "[[Prometheus Unbound]]" and "[[Moebius, Part 2]]".
*[[Ronon Dex]] references the events of "[[The Daedalus Variations]]" when he comments that the [[hive ship]] had better not be a Wraith ship from another reality.
 
   
 
==Goofs==
 
==Goofs==
*Teyla is able to use the [[life signs detector]] despite lacking the [[ATA gene]].
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*The team could've simply used [[C-4]] to blow through the new wall to get to the [[Hive ship]]'s Dart Bay.
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** It could have already been activated by someone with the [[ATA gene]]
 
 
*Despite [[Ronon Dex]] shooting the door's control panel and the lights going out on it as a result, there is no visible damage to it moments later and the lights are on again.
*The team could've simply used [[C4]] to blow through the new wall to get to the [[hive ship]]'s Dart Bay.
 
*Despite Ronon shooting the door's control panel and the lights going out on it as a result, there is no visible damage to it moments later and the lights are on again.
 
*After breaking up, there is no reason for the bow part of the hive ship to take a dive as the orbit is high enough to sustain altitude and the ship is not moving.
 
   
 
*After breaking up, there is no reason for the bow part of the Hive ship to take a dive as the orbit is high enough to sustain altitude and the ship is not moving.
   
== In other languages ==
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==In other languages==
*'''Hungarian:''' A fertőzés ''(The Infection)''
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*'''French''': Entre la vie et la mort ''(Between Life and Death)''
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*'''Hungarian''': A fertőzés ''(The Infection)''
   
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
 
*{{GateWorld|atlantis/s5/517.shtml|Infection}}
 
*{{GateWorld|atlantis/s5/517.shtml|Infection}}
*{{MGMsite|view/episode/2829/index.html|Infection}}
 
 
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"Infection" is the seventeenth episode of the fifth season of Stargate: Atlantis.

Synopsis

After a Wraith Hive Ship shows up over Atlantis transmitting a distress call, Lt. Colonel John Sheppard's team discovers that its crew has been stricken with a disease they helped create.

Previously on Stargate: Atlantis

Lt. Colonel John Sheppard's team makes contact with Todd aboard his Hive ship in the hopes of stopping the Asurans. Dr. Jennifer Keller and Sheppard's team make a proposal to Todd; Keller has found a gene therapy in Michael Kenmore's database that should free the Wraith from their need to feed on Humans. Later, Todd and a delegation arrived on board the Daedalus to go forward with Keller's gene therapy. However, Todd witnessed two Wraith cruisers getting destroyed the second they go into hyperspace. He accused the Atlantis expedition of getting hold of the Attero device. In anger, he stunned the crew and locked down the ship, as well as sending more Wraith to the ship. In the hopes of destroying the Attero device, Todd attempts to crash the Daedalus into Janus' research outpost on M6H-987 before fleeing the Daedalus in a Wraith scout ship. However, Sheppard, with the help of a Traveler generational ship, creates a hyperspace window around the Daedalus, saving it moments before destruction.

Plot

File:M35117.jpg

The Hive Ship exits hyperspace

After being tracked for several days, a Wraith Hive ship exits hyperspace over New Lantea and transmits a file to Atlantis, which has taken precautionary defensive measures including raising the cloak. After seeing the highly corrupted video file, Lt. Colonel John Sheppard and his team are sent to try and make contact with the Hive via cloaked Puddle Jumper.

However, as they try to establish radio contact, Dr. Rodney McKay discovers that there are no life-signs aboard. Curious as to how the ship flew itself to Atlantis, the team lands in the ship's Dart bay. Upon securing the - apparently abandoned - ship and making their way to the bridge, they discover that the Wraith crew is in stasis, with all hands stricken with a disease caused in part by Dr. Jennifer Keller's gene therapy. The team also notices a series of power fluctuations occurring on the ship, wreaking havoc on the ship's systems.

File:UnMaskedWraithWarriorMeltWall.jpg

An un-masked Wraith warrior

The team is then joined by Keller and Major Evan Lorne and his team. One of them, Lt. Williams, stands guard in a remote part of the ship when he hears a noise. Williams investigates, and finds that part of the wall is melting away, revealing a hidden corridor behind it. He radios Lorne (who is with Sheppard) and investigates, and is killed when an unmasked Wraith warrior suddenly reaches out of the opening and grabs him. However, he is not killed by being fed upon, but by being eaten by the wraith drone's newly activated digestive system. When Sheppard and Lorne arrive on the scene with another Marine, they find the Lieutenant gone... only his weapon is left behind.

Elsewhere, Keller is being challenged to expand her knowledge of Wraith physiology. She discovered that the treatment worked on the Wraith as planned, but when their immune system was at its weakest, a deadly virus became active. However, she has no idea how to eradicate the virus. The pressure is on, and Keller candidly confesses a lack of self-confidence to McKay. The two have begun to grow closer, and he tries to encourage her. Meanwhile, the team notices that the ship's schematics - which they are using to navigate through the ship - are no longer accurate, as new walls are forming and other ones are being destroyed... literally melting away.

Still experiencing an increasing amount of power fluctuations and systems failure, the team doesn't want to take the chance that any more Wraith will inadvertently come out of hibernation due to a subroutine in the ship that automatically revives them during power failures. And so, the team frantically tries to leave the ship. However, one possible escape route to the dart bay has been blocked by a newly formed wall, leaving only one other passage... a passage that has been completely destroyed, leaving a huge gap in the ship, and the team stranded.

File:Whc.JPG

Todd in a hibernation pod

McKay then comes up with a theory as to the ship's problems: Because Wraith ships are organic and repair themselves, it is possible that the ship is repairing itself incorrectly. However, because the problems with the ship are too serious and lacking the knowledge to properly fix it, McKay persuades Sheppard to revive Todd. It is Todd who discovers the reason for the ship's problems: during hibernation, fluids are exchanged between the Hive Ship and the occupant of the hibernation pod. Because the Wraith in the pods were infected with the virus, the ship became infected with it as well, leading to the power failures and malfunctions.

To avoid the constant threat of Wraith sporadically reviving, Sheppard tells McKay to disable the safety protocols in the hibernation chambers. If a Wraith revives, instead of releasing it, the pod will stay sealed, suffocating its occupant. However, McKay only manages to alter four out of the five active chambers. This is because Wraith from the last chamber have already awoken and are now freely roaming the ship, roughly two dozen of them, hungry with their newfound ability to eat. Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, Lorne and the remaining marines quickly assemble into teams to exterminate them, and soon engage in close-quarters combat as they eliminate as many of them as possible.

Meanwhile, Todd works with Keller on a way to cure themselves of the virus. He ultimately realizes a way to do just that. Long ago, a method was devised to restore a Wraith to near perfect health. Hardly any Wraith survive the process, but as he is beyond hope, he is willing to try. The solution is to be fed upon by an Iratus bug. He then asks Sheppard to take the Hive Ship into hyperspace to a planet with Iratus bugs on it. However, not entirely trusting Todd, and questioning the ship's structural integrity, he says no. Todd, who is now incredibly angry, is taken away to a holding cell.

File:HiveShipAtmosphere.jpg

The Hive Ship descends

During this time, the rest of Sheppard's and Lorne's team are battling the remaining wraith warriors. However, as the ship is quickly losing integrity, Sheppard orders them back to the bridge.

As the ship continues to lose hull integrity, a massive stress point spanning the entire width of the ship finally fails, splitting the ship in half moments after the teams fighting the Wraith make it to the front portion of the ship. As the back half remains in orbit, the forward half containing the Atlantis team begins to lose its orbit, and descends into the atmosphere of New Lantea. With the ship heading for a fatal impact on the ground, McKay determines that they can use the maneuvering thrusters to slow the ship down, but doesn't know how to reroute power to achieve this. Sheppard then attempts to enlist the aid of Todd who is enraged at the loss of his crew and believes it to be pointless since he is suffering. Sheppard offers a deal to Todd: if he helps them stop the ship, Sheppard will take him to his bug planet. Todd ultimately agrees to the deal.

In the control room, Todd takes over from Teyla who is unable bring the maneuvering thrusters online using her abilities. Todd is able to reroute power and fires the thrusters, yelling at McKay to help him get more power when he criticizes him. However, even with McKay's help, Todd is not able to get enough power to the thrusters to slow their descent enough to avoid a fatal impact so Sheppard instructs him to get the ship level and glide it across the water. Todd is able to level the ship out just before impact and with inertial dampeners failing, the ship crashes to a relatively gentle halt on the surface of New Lantea's ocean, sending out a wave in all directions.

Detecting the impact, Woolsey orders a rescue team sent to the ship. The rescue team is able to cut their way to the Atlantis team and Todd and pull them out of the hive ship before it sinks in New Lantea's ocean.

File:ToddLevesAtlantis.jpg

Todd peacefully leaves Atlantis

Back in Atlantis, Sheppard talks with Richard Woolsey in his office about what to do with Todd, now under guard. After being persuaded by John that Todd is a powerful ally and is more useful to them being out in the galaxy, he decides to honor Sheppard's deal and send Todd through the Stargate to seek out an Iratus bug queen and his cure. As Todd approaches the active Stargate, he has a brief conversation with Sheppard, thanking him for letting him go, saying he will remember what Sheppard has done for him.

Appearances

Appearances for Infection

Locations

Events

Items

Vehicles

Sentient Species

Creatures

Organizations

Mentioned

Notable Quotes

Sheppard: Well, the Wraith have thrown us a little curve ball here. We've got no life signs on board. We think they're hibernating.
Woolsey: Why would they do that.
Sheppard: Well, that's what we'd like to find out, but it means boarding the ship.
Woolsey: Are you sure that's wise? What if it's a trap?
Sheppard: Well, if it is, it's a pretty lousy one. If they ambush us, you can still take 'em out from down there.
Woolsey: Sacrificing your lives.
Sheppard: I'm flattered you think Todd would go to so much trouble to kill me. Look, taking out a hive ship is always a good idea as far as I'm concerned, but we did come all this way, and … got all dressed up.

Todd: I did not think you would come.
Ronon: What are friends for?

Keller: I just feel like I'm in over my head.
McKay: What are you talking about?
Keller: I look at you, and Colonel Sheppard, the rest of the team … and you guys are so used to making decisions that affect the lives of thousands, and even millions, of people. I'm not so used to having the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance.
McKay: Oh, that. You get used to it. Helps to have a massive ego.

Keller: The disease is in the ship?
Todd: It is the only explanation that makes sense.
Sheppard: All right, if you say so.
Keller: How is that even possible?
Todd: During the process of hibernation, there is a continuous exchange of fluid between Wraith and Hive.
(John looks disgusted.)
Todd: The disease must have been transmitted in this manner.
Sheppard: Great, so we're flying around in a giant tumor.

Sheppard: Get up.
Todd: You can't quite leave me be.
Sheppard: I don't have time to play games, you know what that shaking is?
Todd: Oh I can guess.
Sheppard: We've lost orbit. We're entering the atmosphere which means in a few minutes we're going to slam into that Planet
Todd: A quick death will be a welcome reprieve!
Sheppard: Oh I didn't think you were such a quitter.

Notes

  • The episode was originally titled "The Antidote".
  • This episode has similarities to the Stargate SG-1 episodes "Nemesis" and "Descent" in that the team is stranded on a ship in orbit that begins to enter the atmosphere.
  • The scene where Todd landed the front half of the Hive ship on the ocean is similar to a scene in Star Wars Episode 3 when Anakin Skywalker lands the front half of a falling Trade Federation Battlecrusier on Coruscant. It has many similarities such as the ship shearing in two before landing and the crash-landing.
  • Todd reveals that a terminally ill Wraith could occasionally restore himself to perfect health if he allowed an Iratus bug queen to feed on him. The process was abandoned as the Wraith would usually die in the process. It's later shown that it did work on Todd.
  • In this episode another Hive ship is destroyed. This brings the total to 28 since the expedition arrived in the galaxy.

Goofs

  • The team could've simply used C-4 to blow through the new wall to get to the Hive ship's Dart Bay.
  • Despite Ronon Dex shooting the door's control panel and the lights going out on it as a result, there is no visible damage to it moments later and the lights are on again.
  • After breaking up, there is no reason for the bow part of the Hive ship to take a dive as the orbit is high enough to sustain altitude and the ship is not moving.

In other languages

  • French: Entre la vie et la mort (Between Life and Death)
  • Hungarian: A fertőzés (The Infection)

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