Stargate SG-1: Season Four Episodes - part 1

Full series listing continued from last issue

SMALL VICTORIES
Written by: Robert C. Cooper
Directed by: Martin Wood
Guest Stars: Colin Cunningham as Major Davis and Gary
Jones as Technician

Synopsis: SG-1 returns the SGC with news that earth has
been saved from the replicators only to learn that one of the
deadly creatures was not destroyed. After crashing into the
ocean aboard Thor's ship, the replicator bug has found its way
into a Russian submarine where it has killed the entire crew
and is continuing to rapidly replicate. O'Neill suggests that the
sub be towed out to sea and nuked, but the Pentagon feels
that such an act could cause a serious situation with the
Russian government. Instead, O'Neill and Teal'c lead a small
heavily armed team aboard the sub in the hopes that the
replicators can be eliminated by sheer firepower. Carter is
taken to Thor's home planet which is on the verge of total
destruction by the replicators. Thor believes that perhaps
Carter's human knowledge could hold the key to the Asgard
defeating the replicators once and for all.

THE OTHER SIDE
Written by: Brad Wright
Directed by: Peter DeLuise
Guest Stars: Rene Auberjonois as Alar and Anne Marie Loder
as Farrell

Synopsis: The SGC is contacted by Alar, a representative of
the planet Euronda. His people, who claim direct descent from
Earth, are under attack and in need of help. General
Hammond sends SG-1 on a humanitarian mission to deliver
food and medical supplies. SG-1 arrives to find a civilization
devastated by war - and a leader desperate to make a deal. In
exchange for the heavy water they need to sustain their
defensive fields, Alar is prepared to offer advanced Eurondan
technology. O'Neill quickly agrees to the trade. Daniel,
however, is suspicious that the Eurondans have not been
completely honest about their agenda and sets out to discover
the truth.

UPGRADES
Written by: David Rich
Directed by: Martin Wood
Guest Stars: Vanessa Angel as Anise

Synopsis: Anise, a new Tok'ra representative to Earth,
approaches the SGC for help in testing some mysterious
armband devices discovered amongst the ruins of a distant
planet. Anise believes the devices could prove a powerful
weapon in their war against the Goa'uld. However, since
symbiotes seem to render the devices ineffective, she requires
human test subjects to prove her theory. O'Neill, Carter, and
Daniel volunteer. They are outfitted with armbands and within
a short time, begin to demonstrate incredible strength and
speed. But Dr. Fraiser grows concerned when medical tests
suggest that the devices could be endangering their lives.
General Hammond orders the armbands removed - only SG-1
is shocked to discover the devices will not come off. Anise
sees an opportunity and suggests that SG-1, now outfitted with
the armbands, be sent to destroy a new ship being built by
Apophis. The General flatly refuses and orders SG-1 to remain
on base. Their judgment clouded by the alien devices, the
team defies the order and sets off on what could well be a
suicide mission.

CROSSROADS
Written by: Kathryn Powers
Directed by: Peter DeLuise
Guest Stars: Vanessa Angel as Anise, Musetta Vander as
Shan'auc, Peter Wingfield as Hebron, and Gary Jones as
Technician

Synopsis: SG-1 responds to an incoming wormhole with
Bra'tac's signal. Instead of Bra'tac, they find Shan'auc who tells
them that she has come on behalf of Bra'tac. Teal'c goes to
Shan'auc and it is immediately evident to all that the two share
chemistry and history. Shan'auc claims to have discovered a
way to communicate with her symbiote, and it, in turn, has
shared memories with her. These memories, she believes,
could be the means to defeat the Goa'uld. She claims that
through their communications, she has convinced her
symbiote that the Goa'uld are evil. The symbiote is prepared to
tell all it knows to the Tok'ra. Teal'c remains skeptical of
Shan'auc's claim, until he, himself, shares a memory with his
symbiote. The Tok'ra agree that Sha'auc's symbiote is of great
value and find a willing Tok'ra host for it. Will the symbiote
continue to tell its secrets and offer a method to defeat the
Goa'uld or has it cleverly deceived Sha'auc, SG-1 and the
Tok'ra?

DIVIDE AND CONQUER
Written by: Tor Alexander Valenza
Directed by: Martin Wood
Guest Stars: Vanessa Angel as Anise, J.R. Bourne as Martouf,
and Kirsten Robek as Lt. Astor

Synopsis: During a meeting with the Tok'ra high council, Major
Graham of the SGC goes berserk, firing uncontrollably upon
the Tok'ra before taking his own life. The SGC is stunned to
discover that Graham is a Zatarc, the victim of Goa'uld mind
control technology. According to Anise, its victims are
subconsciously programmed to kill, their recollection of the
procedure covered by false memories. Anyone who has come
into contact with the Goa'uld could well be a Zatarc - and
wholly unaware of the fact. Through the use of an experimental
testing device designed by the Tok'ra, Anise sets out to
determine who, at the SGC, has been programmed. The test
proves successful in uncovering a second Zatarc - Lieutenant
Astor, a former teammate of Graham's, who also goes berserk,
shooting up the SGC before turning the gun on herself. But
subsequent testing uncovers false memories in two more
members of the SGC: Colonel Jack O'Neill and Major
Samantha Carter.


WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY

Written by: P. Mullie and J. Mallozzi
Directed by: Peter DeLuise
Guest Stars: Robin Mossley as Malikai

Synopsis: While exploring planet P4X 639, the SG-1 team
meets Malikai, a human explorer from another world who
shares Daniel's interest in an alien computer covered in a
strange Latin-like script. As solar flares flash from the red sun
overhead, Malikai warns Daniel that the geomagnetic
disturbance may be dangerous to the SG-1 team and tells him
to leave. When Daniel ignores him, Malikai zaps him with a
weapon and begins to program the alien computer. O'Neill and
Teal'c rush to Daniel's aid and are caught, with Malikai, in a
mysterious blue light. Suddenly, they find themselves back at
Stargate command, ten hours earlier, preparing to head off on
the mission they've just returned from. And then it happens
again. And again. And again. As O'Neill returns to eat the
same plate of macaroni and cheese over and over again, it
becomes clear that they've been caught in a time loop and that
only he and Teal'c retain their memories through each ten-hour
cycle. It's up to them to decode the message on the mysterious
machine and figure out a way to break the loop.

WATERGATE

Written by: Martin Wood
Directed by: Robert Cooper
Guest Stars: Marina Sirtis as Svetlana and Gary Jones as
Technician

Synopsis: When the Stargate won't open, trapping teams offworld,
the SG-1 team investigates and learns that the Russians have their
own Stargate. Their Stargate, apparently recovered from the sea
after an Asguard ship crashed on earth, is locked open,
maintaining a perpetual wormhole that defies explanation. At the
request of Russian scientist Dr.  Svetlana Markov, the SG-1 team
is dispatched to the Russian stargate facility, where they make a
shocking discovery.  All the soldiers and scientists are dead and
the Stargate remains locked open, connected to a water-covered
planet.

Svetlana explains that the Russians had retrieved a sample
of the water, and found it has amazing properties, including the
ability to emit significant levels of energy. That same water,
however, seems to have disabled the drone, leaving it inoperable
and sending transmissions that are keeping the gate open. Daniel,
Carter and Svetlana head through the wormhole in a miniature
submarine in an attempt to recover the drone. The water brings the
sub to a halt and begins to crush it, leaving the team unable to
return through the Stargate. Meanwhile, back at the Russian
facility, O'Neill and Teal'c make their own shocking discovery.
Inside a freezer is the frozen body of Col.  Maybourne, a SG-1
turncoat who has apparently been advising the Russians. As he
begins to thaw, he comes back to life, spewing out gallons of
water and a terrified warning.  This may look like H20, but it's
alive and it's playing for keeps.


THE FIRST ONES

Written by: Peter DeLuise
Directed by: Peter DeLuise
Guest Stars: Gary Jones as Technician and Dion Johnstone as
Chaka Unas

Synopsis: While conducting an archeological dig on planet
P3X 888, Daniel Jackson makes a remarkable discovery: a
primordial Goa'uld symbiote, an ancient, predatory version of
SG1's parasitical enemies. Before he can bring back his
sample however, his team is attacked by an Unas. One team
member is killed and Daniel is dragged off into the wilderness
by the giant primitive creature. Learning of Daniel's
disappearance, O'Neill leads a rescue mission to the planet.
Upon his arrival, he discovers that SG-11 has been almost
wiped out - only Hawkins survived - and the planet's water
supply is teeming with Goa'uld symbiotes. While O'Neill and
Teal'c struggle with the possibility that one of their men may
have been inhabited by a Goa'uld, Daniel is dragged further
into the wilderness by his captor. Gradually, he begins to
understand a few words of the creature's language. The Unas,
a juvenile whose name seems to be Chaka, saves Daniel's life
when he's attacked by a symbiote. As the rescue team
struggles to catch up, however, the question remains: has
Daniel become the Unas' newest friend or is he simply being
brought home for dinner?

SCORCHED EARTH

Written by: P. Mullie and Joseph Mallozzi
Directed by: Martin Wood
Guest Stars: Brian Markinson as Lotan and Marilyn Norry as
Hedrazar

Synopsis: Thanks to SG-1, a civilization known as the
Enkarans have been transplanted from a Goa'uld slave planet
to a safer, more hospitable world. But soon after they settle in,
problems arise. One of their villages is attacked by a
mysterious ship. The Enkarans seem to be facing a threat
even more formidable than the Goa'uld. But when SG-1
investigates, they discover that the mystery ship has no hostile
intent. It is merely terraforming the planet in order to make it
habitable for the Gadmeer, a long-dormant alien species.
Lotan, a bio-mechanical liaison created by the ship, explains
that once the terraforming procedure has begun, it cannot be
halted. To do so would mean extinction for the Gadmeer. On
the other hand, a completion of the terraforming process would
mean certain death for the Enkarans. SG-1 must find a
solution to this ethical dilemma, or face the extinction of an
entire race.

BENEATH THE SURFACE

Written by: Heather E. Ash
Directed by: Peter DeLuise
Guest Stars: Alison Matthews as Brenna, Laurie Murdoch as
Calder, and Kim Hawthorne as Kegan


Synopsis: SG-1 awakens in a mysterious underground
complex with no memory of their previous lives. In fact, they
seem to possess a whole new set of memories. No longer
O'Neill, Carter, Daniel, and Teal'c, they are Jonah, Therra,
Carlin and Tor, laborers doomed to a dreary existence,
working the mines beneath an ice-covered planet. Back at the
SGC, meanwhile, General Hammond is faced with the
possibility that SG-1 perished on the planet's icy surface, a
possibility he refuses to accept. As the General tries to unravel
the team's mysterious disappearance, the members of SG-1
grasp at fleeting memories of their former lives, memories
which are not just the keys to their freedom, but to their very
survival.

POINT OF NO RETURN

Written by: Paul Mullie and Joseph Mallozzi
Directed by: William Gerghty
Guest Stars: Willie Garson as Martin Lloyd, Robert Lewis as
Dr. Tanner, and Matthew Bennett as Ted

Synopsis: The SGC is contacted by a rambling individual who
claims full knowledge of a host of government conspiracies,
from the Kennedy cover-up to CIA-sanctioned microwave
harassment of Libertarian candidates. He sounds like a
crackpot, someone hardly worthy of their attention, that is until
he mentions the Stargate. Hammond wants to play it safe.
They need to check this guy out.  O'Neill meets with the mystery
caller, a nebbish fellow named Martin Lloyd who insists he is an
alien and in possession of a space ship (whose location slips his
mind at the moment).  O'Neill is ready to dismiss Martin as a
harmless nutjob and head back to Cheyenne Mountain, however, a
series of strange occurrences begin to suggest that maybe, just
maybe, there could be some truth to his story.

TANGENT

Written by: Michael Cassut
Directed by: Peter DeLuise
Guest Stars: Peter Williams as Apophis, Colin Cunningham as
Major Davis, Carmen Argenziano as Jacob Carter, and
Stephen Williams as General Vidrine

Synopsis: A test of the X-301, an experimental aircraft adapted
from two Goa'uld death gliders, goes awry sending O'Neill and
Teal'c hurtling out of Earth's orbit. As the X-301 streaks
through space at a million miles an hour, the SGC struggles to
find a way to retrieve it. But after an attempt to alter the
aircraft's course fails, things look grim. Daniel Jackson seeks
the help of off-world allies. He learns that the Tok'ra have a
ship capable of reaching O'Neill and Teal'c, but it is on a covert
mission in Goa'uld-controlled territory. With time ticking down
and the lives of their comrades hanging in the balance, Carter
and Daniel must locate the Tok'ra ship, intercept the X-301,
and pull off a daring rescue.

To be continued in Issue 78


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