Stargate SG-1: Season Three Episodes - part 1 INTO THE FIRE Written by: Brad Wright Directed by: Martin Wood Guest Stars: Tony Amendola as Bra'tac, Tom Butler as Dr. Trofsky, and Samantha Ferris as Dr. Raully. Synopsis: Trapped on Hathor's planet, Carter and Daniel can only watch helplessly as Hathor implants O'Neill with a Goa'uld symbiote. General Hammond sends Colonel Makepeace and six Stargate units to reclaim SG-1, but when the units are defeated, Hammond decides to do the job himself. Meanwhile, Makepeace succeeds in rescuing Carter and Daniel, but Hathor's army has created an Energy Barrier blocking them from the Stargate. Back in Hathor's facility, a Tok'ra spy closes O'Neill in a cryogenic chamber to kill his goa'uld host. As Carter rescues her freezing teammate, they come face to face with the enraged queen. In the Jaffa city of Chulak, Teal'c attempts to raise an army to help his friends and stumbles across the injured Bra'tac, who has been left for dead by Apohpis' guards. Bra'tac leads them to an ancient Death Glider and the three forge a daring rescue plan. ------------------------------------------------------------------ SETH Written by: Jonathan Glassner Directed by: William Corcoran Guest Stars: Robert Duncan as Seth, Mitchell Kosterman as Hamner Synopsis: Carter's father, Jacob, enlists the SG-1 team in his hunt for the ancient Goa'uld Lord Seth, whom he believes is hiding on earth. A computer search reveals Seth has maintained power on earth for thousands of years using false religion and the SG-1 team trace him to a heavily armed compound in Washington State. Outside the compound they clash with a team of action-happy ATF men led by the adversarial Hamner, and they meet Levinson, a frantic father who's desperate to rescue his son Tom from Seth's cult. O'Neill, Carter and Daniel break into the compound but within minutes they fall victim to the biological agent Seth uses to brainwash his followers into doing his bidding. ------------------------------------------------------------------ FAIR GAME Written by: Robert C. Cooper Directed by: Martin Wood Guest Stars: Michael David Simms as Secretary, Jacqueline Samuda as Nirrti, Ron Halder as Osiris, Vince Crestejo as Yu Synopsis: As guard leader, Thor tells O'Neill that the Goa'uld System Lords plan to attack Earth, and offers his help in negotiating a peace deal. Three System Lords attend the session, Yu, Nirrti and Osiris - the Lord responsible for killing Teal'c's father. The three initially agree to the Asguard's peace proposal on the condition that Earth gives up the Stargate. But when Teal'c and Osiris are discovered badly beaten, Teal'c is blamed and the two remaining Lords vow to attack Earth as retribution. Despite Nirrti's claim that she tried the healing hand technique on Osiris and it didn't work, Carter uses it and manages to save the Lord. Realizing that Nirrti orchestrated the beating to seize power, Yu and Osiris turn their rage toward their former comrade giving Earth a temporary reprieve. ------------------------------------------------------------------ LEGACY Written by: Tor Alexander Valenza Directed by: Peter DeLuise Guest Stars: Kevin McNulty as Everett Rothwell, Eric Schneider as Dr. McKenzie Synopsis: During a routine mission, the SG-1 team discovers a room containing the corpses -- a league of Goa'uld who challenged the System Lords. One is holding a tablet, and after Daniel touches it, he begins to hear voices and see nightmarish visions. Medical tests indicate schizophrenia. Whatever is interfering with Daniel's mind, however, soon transfers to Teal'c with far more deadly consequences. As the parasite leaves his body, Daniel hears the voice of the dead Machello declaring death to the Goa'uld. Daniel realizes he was infected by Machello's Goa'uld killing parasite, a theory borne out by Teal'c's rapid deterioration. Believing the tablet holds the key to Teal'c's survival, the team brings it to the lab, but as they open it, the parasites ooze into Dr. Frasier, Carter and O'Neill. Carter proves immune, but with parasites inside them, Frasier and O'Neill deteriorate rapidly and Hammond has no choice but to seal the lab off with the three inside. ------------------------------------------------------------------ LEARNING CURVE Written by: Heather E. Ash Directed by: Martin Wood Guest Stars: Brittney Irvin as Merrin, Andrew Airlie as Kalan Synopsis: In the pursuit of knowledge, Jack O'Neill, Teal'c and Daniel Jackson travel to the planet Orban as part of an exchange program. Daniel and Teal'c remain on the planet -- Daniel to study an ancient mosaic pattern on the floor of their Stargate room that he hopes will explain the origin of the Orbanian people, and Teal'c to prepare the Orbanians, should they ever encounter the Goa'uld, by sharing his knowledge with them. O'Neill travels back to earth with a young Orbanian girl, Merrin, and her chaperone, Kalan, to present the SGC with a valuable Naquadah reactor. All are surprised when it is the young Merrin who volunteers to stay at the SGC and teach Samantha Carter how to build such a complicated technical device. As Carter and O'Neill spend more time with Merrin, they become aware that she is not a typical eleven-year-old. She is incredibly knowledgeable, but has no understanding of fun or play. O'Neill and the rest of SG-1 uncover the truth behind Merrin's intelligence, and how it will effect her and the other children of Orban. He defies orders and sets out to change Merrin's fate by taking her off base, to show her the value of what her childhood could be like and what she has been missing. ------------------------------------------------------------------ POINT OF VIEW Story by: Jonathan Glassner, Brad Wright, Robert C. Cooper, Tor Alexander Valenza Teleplay by: Jonathan Glassner and Brad Wright Directed by: Peter DeLuise Guest Stars: Jay Acovone as Major Kawalsky Synopsis: SGC is taken aback when an alternate reality version of Samantha Carter and the deceased Major Kawalsky are found in a secured building in top secret Area 51. To transport themselves to our present day Earth, they used the Quantum Mirror (previously seen in "There But For The Grace of God"). When the alternate Carter and Kawalsky are taken to SGC for debriefing, they can't believe how different everything is in this reality. Here Colonel Jack O'Neill is alive, whereas in their alternate reality he was married to Dr. Carter before his recent death at the hands of the Goa'uld. Teal'c is an ally rather than the enemy, Major Kawalsky has been dead for several months, and their Samantha Carter is a Major who is identical in appearance with the exception of her short hair. Dr. Carter begins to suffer from temporal distortion, a side effect caused by travel through the quantum mirror. Major Carter determines that Dr. Carter and Major Kawalsky will die unless they are returned to their alternate reality. Unfortunately in their reality, the Goa'uld are swarming the SGC and returning means certain death. SG-1 must use their present day resources and knowledge to return with their new acquaintances and overthrow the Goa'uld. ------------------------------------------------------------------ DEAD MAN'S SWITCH Written by: Robert C. Cooper Directed by: Martin Wood Guest Stars: Sam J. Jones as Aris Boch Synopsis: SG-1 travels to planet PJ6-877 for a routine exploration. Almost immediately after arriving, they are captured in an invisible force-field by alien bounty hunter Aris Boch. Aris takes them to his cargo ship, which is completely invisible from the outside. He has come to this planet to hunt a Goa'uld named Kel'tar who is wanted by the evil system Lord Sokar. He attempts to solicit help from SG-1, in exchange for their freedom. He informs them that should they refuse to participate, he will take them to Sokar. There are sizable bounties on the heads of Teal'c and Samantha Carter, a reasonable bounty on the head of Jack O'Neill, but Daniel Jackson could probably only be traded for a day's rations. After an unsuccessful escape attempt, SG-1 agrees to help Aris Boch catch his Goa'uld. Carter remains with Aris at a safe distance from the cave that Kel'tar is hiding in, while Jack, Daniel and Teal'c go in for the retrieval. When Kel'tar is captured, he informs SG-1 that he is not Goa'uld, he is a Tok'ra named Korra. If handed over by Aris to Sokar, he would torture Korra to gain information that would endanger many other Tok'ra. SG-1 and their Tok'ra ally must find a means of escape or try to convince the cold-hearted bounty hunter for once, to do the right thing. Unfortunately, Aris Boch's life is dependent on something only the Goa'ulds can supply to him. In order to get it, they must trade in lives. ------------------------------------------------------------------ DEMONS Written by: Carl Binder Directed by: Peter DeLuise Guest Stars: David McNally as Simon, Alan C. Peterson as Canon Synopsis: SG-1 arrives at a medieval village and frees Mary, a young woman who has been left outside tied to a stake. Simon, friar of the village and Mary's friend, explains that Mary is a sacrifice for the demon that plagues their village. The Canon chose her when he mistook her illness for an evil possession. When the demon arrives and finds no sacrifice, he promises to destroy the village the next day unless five humans are left for sacrifice. SG-1 recognizes this "demon" and plot to destroy it, but the Canon pronounces SG-1 evil and condemns them to be sacrificed. SG-1 must convince Simon to go against everything he believes in order to save themselves and rid the village of their demon forever. ------------------------------------------------------------------ RULES OF ENGAGEMENT Written by: Terry Curtis Fox Directed by: William F. Gereghty Guest Stars: Aaron Craven as Captain Rogers, Dion Johnstone as Captain Nelson, Jesse Moss as Lt. J. Hibbard Synopsis: Upon exiting the Stargate, SG-1 finds itself in the midst of battle. A group of SG soldiers battles a Jaffa army. Believing the soldiers to be the missing-in-action SG-11 team, O'Neill and the others provide assistance. Much to their surprise, the mystery SG team turns their weapons on SG-1! SG-1 wakes up in the soldier's training camp with headaches and no weapons. The camp's leader, Captain Rogers, assumes them to be from a rival camp until he recognizes Teal'c as Jaffa. Rogers presumes that SG-1 has been sent by the camp's long-gone Jaffa leaders to test their battle readiness. The Captain explains that the soldiers' standing orders are to practice battle using non-lethal Earth weapons until the return of Apophis. O'Neill tells them Apophis is dead. The soldiers don't believe him and resume their war games. As O'Neill and the others try to figure out what to do, the games take a disastrous turn when SG-1's confiscated weapons accidentally make it out onto the battlefield. ------------------------------------------------------------------ FOREVER IN A DAY Written by: Jonathan Glassner Directed by: Peter DeLuise Guest Stars: Vaitaire Bandera as Sha're, Erick Avari as Kasuf Synopsis: During a rescue of captured Abydonians, including his father-in-law, Kasuf, Daniel Jackson sees his long-lost wife Sha're watching the activity from a nearby tent. He follows her inside, where Sha're -- who is actually the Goa'uld Amaunet -- takes Daniel in the grip of a Goa'uld ribbon device. Teal'c enters the tent with his staff weapon as Daniel falls unconscious. Daniel awakens in the SGC's infirmary, where Teal'c sadly admits he was forced to kill Sha're to save Daniel's life. Daniel refuses to believe this, until he is shown Sha're's body. Distraught over his wife's death and angry at Teal'c for causing it, Daniel pulls away from his friends and resigns from the SGC. When Sha're starts appearing to him in vivid dreams, Daniel finds he must overcome his grief if he is to understand her message. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PAST & PRESENT Written by: Tor Alexander Valenza Directed by: William F. Gereghty Guest Stars: Megan Leitch as Ke'ra, Jason Gray-Stanford as Orner, Marya Delver as Mayris Synopsis: SG-1 travels to a planet whose inhabitants seem to be suffering from mass retrograde amnesia. They have no memory of their lives before the unknown event they call the "Vorlix," and report that their elders and children are missing. The planet faces complete devastation unless the people's memories can be restored. The inhabitants introduce SG-1 to Ke'ra, a brilliant and personable young woman who has come to be the leader of her people. She and Daniel Jackson develop a mutual attraction. Ke'ra returns to Earth with SG-1 in hopes that her existing research on the Vorlix may help them find a cure. But as the investigation progresses, SG-1 begins to suspect that Ke'ra may not be who or what she appears. ------------------------------------------------------------------ JOLINAR'S MEMORIES Written by: Sonny Wareham and Daniel Stashower Directed by: Peter DeLuise Guest Stars: Peter Williams as Apophis, J.R. Bourne as Martouf, Carmen Argenziano as Jacob Carter, William de Vry as Aldwin, Bob Dawson as Bynarr Synopsis: The Tok'ra Martouf arrives at the SGC with troubling news: Major Carter's father, Jacob, and his Tok'ra symbiote Selmak have been captured by the evil Goa'uld System Lord Sokar. Jacob/Selmak is imprisoned on a moon called "Netu" - which Sokar has transformed into a literal Hell. The Tok'ra believe that Sokar plans to launch an attack against the other System Lords, gaining full control for himself. Martouf will try to rescue Jacob/Selmak, but his first priority is finding out how much Selmak knows about Sokar's plan. Unfortunately, no one has escaped from Hell. No one except Jolinar, and she never told anyone else. SG-1 and Martouf travel to Netu on a space ship. En route, Martouf uses Tok'ra technology to access any of Jolinar's memories that might still be in Carter's mind. However, what Carter recalls are painful remembrances from her own past, and dark secrets that Jolinar never wished for Martouf to know. Once they reach Netu, Teal'c stays on board the ship while the rest of SG-1 and Martouf search for Jacob/Selmak through the underground caverns of Hell, but the unexpected appearance of an old foe foils SG-1's plan. TO BE CONTINUED ... To be continued next issue - o -