STARGATE SG1
Episode 410
"BENEATH THE SURFACE"
By
Heather E. Ash
We begin with what can only be called "Muscle-man's quarters"
. Buff men with bods like Teal'C are waking up. An Alarm sounds.
Teal'C sits up, and looks around. He stands up and walks away.
There's a lady there, too I just noticed. Lucky her! Shot goes
up to a skylight then pans down a few levels to a gathering of
people. A lady walks up to a platform.
LADY
Collegues! (A newly short haired Sam
looks up. She looks good! Her hair is
cut up to her ears in kind of a shag
cut. Her hair falls in layers over her
face. It's a very popular haircut for
the ladies here in the states! Jack
with what looks like a stocking on his
head looks up) You're attention, please!
I'm pleased to report that thanks to
your hard work, We now have enough reserve
energy to heat the greenhouses for the
next 2 months! Special merit to the
workers of section 23. (Sam and some
men put there hands up and cheer. Teal'C
cocks his head - Let us use this not
as an excuse to work less, but as motivation
to work harder. (Jack looks like he's
in a trance) Our world may be covered
in ice, but one day we will reclaim
our place on the surface!
ALL
(Shot goes to Jack) IT IS AN HONOR
TO SERVE! Shot goes to Danny.
Lady on platform leaves, Sam goes to get her food. Pretty black
lady dumps some sloppy looking stuff on Sam's plate. She gives
her a very dirty look.
SAM
Kegan, how about some bread?
KEGAN
(Sarcastically) Sorry, just gave away
the last piece.
JACK
Oh, here we go! Every time . . .
SAM
What is your problem?
KEGAN
I don't have a problem!
SAM
And we don't have any bread.
DANNY
(To Jack) Is there a problem here?
JACK
(To Danny) Stay out of this.
DANNY
Jona, there are other people waiting.
JACK
GIVE HER THE DAMN BREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Jack grabs at Kegan, then takes Danny
down in some wrestling move that I can't
remember. He flips him over his head.
Just remembered the move! Belly to belly
suplex!)
LADY
Somebody stop them!
Teal'C see this, and grabs Jack, pulling him off of Danny, holding
him back with his big arms.
TEAL'C
This is not right! The two of you are
friends, O'Neill!
JACK
Stay out of this!
TEAL'C
We are part of something called SG-1!
(Danny has an adorable confused look
on his face) I am Teal'C! Do you not
remember?!
JACK
(Struggling) Somebody get this guy off
me!
WOMAN FROM PLATFORM
Get him upstairs.
TEAL'C
(Being restrained by THREE men!) We
don't belong here! You must remember!
We must escape!!!!
JACK
(To lady from platform) Brenna . . .
It is my honor to serve. I don't know
that man.
BRENNA
I know, Jona, don't worry. He's nightsick.
(To Kegan) Give Therra her bread. (Kegan
reluctically grabs a full trey of bread
and throws it down on the table.) Everyone
finish, then back to work. (Shot to
confused looking Jack)
OPENING CREDITS!
KEGAN
These pumps regulate the overflow. Sometimes,
they get clogged, and you have to .
. . Carlin?!
DANNY
(In reference to Teal'C) Where has he
been for the last 5 days?
KEGAN
Recovering from Nightsickness. It's
a strange thing. There was this guy
once, a couple years ago, tried to smash
his way thru one of those skylights.
DANNY
Did he do it?
KEGAN
You would have known if he had! This
place would have been buried under snow
and ice along with everyone else.
DANNY
Right.
Shot goes to Jack hammering on something. Teal'C walks up to
him . . . and past him. Jack looks at Teal'C. A gasket blows
on the generator Sam's working on.
MAN
Stay back.
SAM
Cover those valves!
BRENNA
What happened?
SAM
One of the stabilizers ruptured. They
can't stand the pressure.
BRENNA
There's not much we could do.
SAM
Actually, I think there is. If we set
up an automatic release valve on each
of the stabilizers, we could vent the
excess pressure. I've done some calculations.
If you want I could show you.
BRENNA
You can come by my office later.
Brenna leaves, and Sam looks at Jack. She nods her head, and
smiles. He nods his head, and turns away, looking back at her.
She turns and walks away.
Later, she walks by him working. He gets in step with her.
JACK
You all right?
SAM
Fine.
JACK
That explosion . . .
SAM
OH! No, no. I'm fine, really.
JACK
Good.
SAM
Brenna wants to see me. She wants to
hear my ideas for improving the plant.
JACK
You know, you could take a few minutes
off. (Sam gives him her 1 million kilowatt
smile)
SAM
Please. You work just as hard as I do.
JACK
That's different. It's called "stamina".
SAM
(Laughs again) Have a good shift.
JACK
(Watching her leave) Right . . .
KEGAN
(Watching Sam as she walks on the platform,
then enters Brenna's office) There she
goes. Why does Brenna listen to her?
DANNY
I don't know. She seems pretty smart.
KEGAN
She thinks she's better than the rest
of us . . . (Looking @ Jack) They both
do.
DANNY
Teal'C said we were friends.
KEGAN
His name's not Teal'C. It's Tor. Nightsickness.
Next shot, the gate activating.
TECH. DAVIS
Sir, we're ready with the video link
to P3R-118.
GH
Very well.
Man comes on TV screen.
GH
Administrator Calder . . .
CALDER
General Hammond. I'm sorry to have to
tell you this, but our search has turned
up nothing. Given the hostile conditions
outside the dome, I don't see how SG-1
could have survived very long.
GH
With all due respect, Administrator,
I'm not ready to give up on my people
just yet. We have specialized equipment,
and people spacifically trained for
this type of operation.
CALDER
When Major Carter first expressed an
interest in exploring the glacier, I
tried to explain the danger, but Colonel
O'Neill was quite overly confident that
they could handle the conditions.
GH
I appreciate your concern. I assure
you, I will take full responsibility.
CALDER
Very well. (He nods, then transmission
is stopped) Tell Brenna I want to see
her tomorrow. I'd like to know how our
new workers are doing.
Next shot, Danny in the gate room with the wormhole established.
He's in his clothes from the planet, not SG-1 uniform. He looks
@ the shimmering puddle. Jack walks up. He turns toward Danny.
JACK
Go ahead.
DANNY
Go Where?
JACK
To the other side.
KEGAN
(Wal ks up) Don't listen to him. (Danny
looks toward Jack . . . Then wakes up)
Back to gateroom.
GH
Major, What's your Status?
MAJOR
(Screaming ) (In a blizzard) We've launched
the UAV, we're receiving telemetry now!
But I have to tell you, Sir. It doesn't
look good! This place is pretty nasty!
Shot goes to yummy shirtless shot of Teal'C putting coal from
a wheelbarrel to a fire. Danny walks up to him. Teal'C has a
bandage around where "Junior" Is.
DANNY
What happened?
TEAL'C
I was injured.
DANNY
When?
TEAL'C
Why are you speaking to me?
DANNY
I just thought . . . since, apparently,
we're friends from way back, I just
though that . . . what is that THING
on your forehead?
TEAL'C
A birthmark.
DANNY
A birthmark! (Sarcastically) You'd think
I'd remember something like that.
TEAL'C
I don't know you.
DANNY
You said you did . . . (Walks over to
the Jaffa) Last week during morning
lineup.
TEAL'C
I wasn't here last week.
DANNY
You said we were friends, and you said
we had to escape, and I'd like an explination.
TEAL'C
I said no such thing!
DANNY
All right. I'm obviously completely
wrong about that.
TEAL'C
Yes. Don't talk to me again.
DANNY
Yeah, right. (Walks over to Kegan)
KEGAN
I told you to leave him alone!
DANNY
He was there, Kegan. You heard him.
Why would he deny that?!
KEGAN
The nightsickness affects your mind.
DANNY
That doesn't explain the dreams I've
had. Something is wrong here, Kegan.
Somethings not ri . . .
KEGAN
Carlin -- It's bad enough he named you
as part of his delusion. Now, if people
hear you talking like this , there gonna
think you're night sick.
DANNY
People?
KEGAN
Not that I would ever -- Carlin -
DANNY
No, no, no! Of course not. (Laughs)
It's just a dream. (She puts her hand
on his shoulder, then thru his hair,
and back to his shoulder - lucky girl!
Grab them muscles, girlfriend! OK!
I'll stop now!)
Shot goes to a domed city surrounded by ice.
CALDER
(To Brenna) Why didn't the memory stamp
work on Teal'C?
BRENNA
I'm sure it was the creature his species
has within him. We've stamped him again.
This time it seems to be holding.
CALDER
What about the other?
BRENNA
They're all proven to be excellent workers.
In fact, Therra has some ideas for improving
the plant.
CALDER
Therra?
BRENNA
The personality we've stamped Major
Carter with.(She gives him the papers.)
We've been having problems with pressure,
she suggested an automated release valve.
If we didn't have to regulate the pressure
manually, we'd free up workers for other
tasks.
CALDER
(Sarcastically) Maybe one day she could
increase productivity to the point where
we don't even need workers.
BRENNA
What would be so wrong with that?
CALDER
(BOY is he a sarcastic one! ) Nothing.
I'm sure they'd fit right in. Of course,
they don't even know the city exists.
BRENNA
We could tell them.
CALDER
That they've been lied to all their
lives? And how would the people of the
city react? When there was lest to go
around, and they had to make room for
--- workers? Right now, in our city,
Brenna, we have no crime. No unemployment
---
BRENNA
But---
CALDER
They're happy--- where they are. That's
what the stamp assures. Do only what
is necessary to guarantee uninterrupted
power.
BRENNA
Yes, Administrator ---
Sam knocks on the door to Brenna's office.
SAM
Have you had a chance to look over my
plans yet? I'd like to get started ---
BRENNA
We can't do the improvements.
SAM
But, you said ---
BRENNA
No, they would require the generators
to be offline too long. If they begin
to freeze we might not be able to get
them started again.
SAM
I agree there's some risk ---
BRENNA
Too much risk.
SAM
Well, OK! What about my other ideas?
BRENNA
I'm sorry. This plant is all that stands
between us and the ice. Uninterrupted
production is more important than efficientcy.
You may return to work.
SAM
Brenna, I know you were excited about
this, what happened?
BRENNA
Well, I've thought it over.
SAM
At least let me come up with a safer
way ---
BRENNA
Therra --- please leave.
SAM
It's my honor to serve. (She leaves)
(Later to Jack) It's not like I'm making
this up off the top of my head! I've
got a detailed plan including the safeguards.
JACK
I'm sure she knows that.
SAM
I could make a difference here! She
won't even let me.
JACK
(He walks toward her) Just go back to
her in a couple days, offer something
small. Maybe you gotta work into the
big stuff.
SAM
How do you stay so calm?
JACK
I think in another life, I handled dangerous
explosives. I don't know.
SAM
(Smiles) What do you mean in another
life?
JACK
I don't mean anything by it. Just an
expression, isn't it? (She shrugs her
shoulders)
Back to gateroom. Men are coming thru the gate dressed in heavy
coats.
GH
Major?
GH
I understand. You and your team have
been out there a long time.
MAJOR
No, Sir. When I says there's no sign
, I mean literally, not a trace!
GH
What are you saying, Major?
MAJOR
I can't imagine what scientific reason
Major Carter or Doctor Jackson would
have to want to check out those ice
fields. Even if they wanted to go up
there, there's no way in Hell Colonel
O'Neill would have let them.
GH
According to Administrator Calder ---
Colonel O'Neill believed the risk was
acceptable.
MAJOR
I can't speak for that, Sir, I'm not
a diplomat.
GH
Off the record ---
MAJOR
They're not out there, Sir. No way!
GH
Administrator Calder says they are.
MAJOR
Then I'd say he's a damn lier!
GH nods his head and motions for the major to pass by him. (I
guess dismissing him) He looks pissed!
Kegan is putting water on her neck.
DANNY
Kegan, I need to ask you something.
How did I get here?
KEGAN
What do you mean how'd you get here?
You were transferred from the mines.
DANNY
No, before that.
KEGAN
(Scoffs) Before?
DANNY
Yes.
KEGAN
You don't remember?
DANNY
I keep --- thinking about it, and all
I come up with is a handful of memories.
KEGAN
What is this about, anyway?
DANNY
I'm just wondering if Jona and Therra
were ever my friends.
KEGAN
Friends ---
DANNY
Maybe I don't recognize them because
it was years ago ---
KEGAN
They are just trying to get close to
Brenna so that they could get special
treatment. Especially Therra.
DANNY
Look, all I'm saying ---
KEGAN
All I'm saying --- is that if you're
friends with those two --- you're not
mine.
Danny watches her walk away.
Next shot goes to Teal'C turning a valve. He looks sick.. He
faints. The pressure gauge is showing a rise.Two men come to
help.
MAN
Pressure's too high! Pipes are hot!
SECOND MAN
We're too late! This whole section's
gonna blow! Help me get him out of here!
First man pulls the whistle. The 2 men drag Teal'C out.
SAM
What's going on?
MAN
Pressure overload.
SAM
We've gotta fix it!
MAN
It's too late. We have to evacuate.
Danny walks up.
DANNY
What's happening?
SAM
If that boiler blows, it'll take this
whole section with it. Now, I can shut
it off from here, but somebody's gotta
get back there and open the primary
release valve.
KAGEN
Carlin!
DANNY
Get these people out of here!
KAGEN
Get out of here! CLOSE THIS SECTION!!!!!!!!!!
Jack is trying to move lever with his hands. It's too hot.
DANNY
Here! (Danny & Jack bang on lever with
poles) They release the pressure.
JACK
Hey! (They bond, Hold hands, touch hand
--- you know!)
TEAL'C
< To Brenna > I must return to my duties.
BRENNA
(Holding him down) I want you to rest!
Stay here until I say you're well enough
to work. (To the rest of SG-1) As for
you 3, we all owe you a debt of gratitude.
You risked your lives to save the plant.
DANNY&SAM
It is my honor to serve.
JACK
Right.
BRENNA
If it hadn't been for your quick action,
many lives would have been lost.
SAM
Next time will be different.
BRENNA
Hopefully, there won't be a next time.
SAM
If you had listened to me in the first
place ---
BRENNA
(Stern voice) Therra! (Jack looks @
Sam) You're dismissed.
Sam leaves. Jack gives Brenna a dirty look and leaves.
JACK
Next time, don't hold back. You know,
just - speak your mind.
SAM
She knows I'm right!
DANNY
There's something else going on. (The
3 look around) The big
nightsick guy with the uh --- (Points
to forhead)
SAM
Tor.
DANNY
(Still looking around) He said we were
part of something called SG-1.
JACK
Yeah, what is that?
SAM
A team?
JACK
What kind of a name is that for a team?
DANNY
I don't know. Look I just think I'm
supposed to be doing something more
important.
SAM
We're helping our people survive an
ice age.
JACK What could be more important than that?
DANNY
I don't know. Look, I just have this
feeling that all of us are part of some
bigger, grander thing.
JACK
(Looks @ Sam, who looks @ him) Well,
I certainly understand what you're talking
about.
DANNY
You do?
JACK
No.
DANNY
Look, I don't know how to explain this,
but I had this --- dream. You were in
it.
JACK
Me?
DANNY
There was this big --- glowing --- puddle.
JACK
OK! Just stop talking right now!
SAM
Wait a second , Jona. I had the same
dream.
JACK
Would you two stop talking like that,
for cryin' out loud? (Sam and Danny
both look @ Jack funny) (Noticing their
looks, he says) It's an expression,
right?
DANNY
Look, we can't talk right now, let's
meet after lights out. (He leaves leaving
Jack and Sam to look @ each other shrugging
their shoulders.)
Next shot - yummy, ladies, Danny in bed. He gets up. Jack is
sitting on the ground when he arrives at the same time as Sam.
DANNY
So ---
SAM
So?
DANNY
Did you have the same dream?
JACK
About you?
SAM
NO, About the shimmering circle of water.
JACK
No. My dreams are about --- (looks at
Sam) other things.
DANNY
Tor said we had to escape. He also said
we had to remember. Remember what?
JACK
Well, I remember when I was a foreman,
anyone caught doing what we're doing
right now, had their rations cut in
half for a month.
SAM
We'll have to risk it.
DANNY
What if our memories have been somehow
altered?
SAM
Well, if that's true, then we can't
be sure of anything.
JACK
My memory's fine.
DANNY
(Sarcastically) Really?
JACK
Yeah.
DANNY
What did you do in the mines?
JACK
(Sarcastically) I mined.
DANNY
No, What did you DO?
JACK
I remember shoveling ore into a cart.
DANNY
And?
JACK
I did that a lot.
Jack and Danny look at each other confused.
SAM
I remember a feeling of cold and darkness.
DANNY
And that's where the 2 of you met?
JACK
Yeah.
SAM
(Looks at Jack) Really?
JACK
(Looks back) Sure. (Sam Thinks --- hard)
(To Danny) So, what's this important
thing we're supposed to be doing?
DANNY
I told you. I don't know. I keep trying
to remember, but all I come up with
are images of this place.
SAM
But if you're right, then everything
we remember about this place is a lie.
DANNY
Yeah, like a façade. It only works if
we don't dig too deep beneath the surface,
if we don't question it. So, that's
what we have to do. We have to question
everything, every assumption.
SAM
We have to keep this to ourselves. If
the others heard us talking this way,
they'd think we were night sick.
JACK
What if We ARE night sick!
SAM
I don't think so, SIR.
DANNY
What?
SAM
What?
DANNY
You just called Jona 'Sir'.
SAM
( picks up her head, and looks at Jack.
Jack raises his eyebrows.) Well, it's
an expression --- isn't it?
Next shot, the control room. GH's looking down onto the empty
gate.
JANET
Sir --- I have those medical reports
we were waiting for. Major Griff did
suffer some minor frostbite, but the
rest of his team is fine.
GH
Thank you, Doctor.
JANET
(Walks over to GH) Any word from the
planet?
GH
I spoke to Administrator Calder about
that . He regretfully informed me that
his search of the city turned up nothing.
JANET
So, that's it?
GH
Short of going to war, all we can do
is break off diplomatic relation. I'm
not authorized to do that just yet.
JANET
I take it they have something we want?
GH
They're quite advanced in mettallergical
and chemical technologies.
JANET
We must have something they want, or
they wouldn't've proposed trade.
GH
Stargate technology. Gate addresses.
JANET
Oh, I understand that. They're surrounded
by ice.
GH
Far as I'm concerned, they need us a
hell of a lot more than we need them.
Apparently Adm. Calder doesn't seem
to think so. I think he likes things
just the way they are.
JANET
Doesn't leave you with many options,
does it, Sir?
GH
No, it doesn't. Which is why I've asked
Major Griff to draw up covert search
and rescue plans.
JANET
Well, if you're looking for volunteers
---
GH
Thank you, Doctor. I'll keep that in
mind.
Next shot goes to Kagen smiling as she puts the slop in Danny's
bowl. Jack and Sam are eating. Danny gives Sam his bread.
JACK
Anymore dreams?
DANNY
I saw that pool of light again, except
this time we were all there. Including
TOR.
JACK
I dreamed about mining --- naked. (Puts
the slop on bread in his mouth.) (Sam
looks at Jack)
DANNY
Therra?
SAM
Um --- a lot of numbers and letters
keep popping into my mind. SG-1, DHD,
GDO ---
DANNY
Sounds like gibberish to me.
SAM
Well, it must mean something.
JACK
Excuse me? (To a man eating from a white
bowl. Motions for the man to switch
bowls with him. Man's bowl is empty.
They switch, man starts eating Jack's
food.)
SAM
Jona? (Jack's looking at the upside
down bowl)
JACK
(Puts bowl on desk) That means something.
SAM
What is it?
JACK
I don't know yet. (Jack remembers being
in Calder's office looking out at the
DOMED city.) Very impressive. (Shot
goes back to bowl, and Jack's confused
look.)
Danny puts his plate in tray.
KEGAN
I see you've made some new friends.
DANNY
Yeah.
KEGAN
Carlin ---
DANNY
I'm sorry, Kegan. (She looks distressed
as he walks away)
Shot goes to our favorite Jaffa laying on his back. (yummy)
MAN
I don't understand, his condition's
getting worse. Let me check his wound.
(He reaches for the bandage covering
'Junior', and Brenna grabs his hand)
BRENNA
Under no circumstance are you to remove
those bandages. Just make sure he continues
to eat and drink. (Teal'C is sweating.
The man leaves to check another man,
and Teal'C opens his eyes! Uh-oh! He
looks around, kinda smirks, then starts
to remove his bandage!)
Jack and Sam are sitting next to each other on the floor. His
hands are crossed in front of him, hers are hugging her knees.
JACK
I remember something. (She looks @ him)
There's a man. He's bald and wears a
short-sleeved shirt, and somehow he's
very important to me. I think his name
is Homer.
SAM
Doesn't ring a bell.
JACK
You?
SAM
Just a lot of vague images.
Jack looks away from her, and smiles a nervous smile. She looks
up at him, and puts her head on his shoulder.
SAM
You know, there are things about this
place that I like.
JACK
(Looks at her) Really?
She looks back and smiles slightly. He kinda puts his head up
and looks into space with his mouth open. There's no words, but
it looks like he says "OH!" He looks back down on her face, she's
looking away.
JACK
(10 seconds later) Would it mean anything
if I told you I remember something else?
SAM
What?
JACK
Feelings.
SAM
Feelings?
JACK
I remember feeling --- feelings.
SAM
(Smiles) For me?
JACK
No, for TOR. (Sam Laughs, and shifts
her head to rest closer to him) I don't
remember much, but I DO remember that.
SAM
So---
JACK
So--- I'm just saying. (She looks up
at his face, he look away)
SAM
(Looking away) Well, then I feel better.
(They both look very confused)
Shot goes to beautiful shot of the doamed city at night.
BRENNA
(To Calder) For some reason, TOR seems
to be having an adverse reaction to
the memory stamp. I-I think he may be
dying.
CALDER
Workers die. What about his friends?
BRENNA
I've received a report. They are gathering
together in secret. Administrator, I
think they are starting to remember.
Their brain chemistry is slightly different
than ours --- that could be the reason.
But we can restamp them.
CALDER
No. No, I think it's time they found
out what it's like out side.
BRENNA
All they really did was disapprove of
our treatment of the workers.
CALDER
No, NO! No, they did much more than
disapprove. They passed judgment on
us, Brenna. I'm simply doing the same.
BRENNA
Yes, Sir.
CALDER
Brenna, if for some reson, you can comply
with my orders -
BRENNA
It's my honor to serve, Administrator.
CALDER(Smiles) Yes, it is. (He turns and looks out the window
to the city)
Shot goes to Jack waking up and looking at the white bowl. He
puts it down on the bed, and looks at it upside down. The city
appears in it. Flashback .
JACK( His clothes suddenly change from the thick shirt that he's
been wearing to the Black shirt) Very impressive. Too bad, it's
a lie!
CALDER
I don't understand.
JACK
While we were on the grand tour, Carter
spotted some ventilation shafts coming
out of apparently no where. We checked
it out.
CALDER
You were supposed to stay with your
escort.
JACK
Yeah. I see how you wouldn't want out
siders to know about your little slave
labor forse underground.
CALDER
They are merely workers.
JACK
And what made them so worthy of that?
CALDER
Colonel ---
JACK
Administrator --- I will NOT recommend
trade with a culture that enslaves it's
own people. I don't care what technology
you have to offer.
CALDER
This system of government has allowed
our culture to survive an ice age.
JACK
Tell me --- what's the secret? Starvation?
Fortune? What?
CALDER
Our methods are quite --- civilized.
JACK
(Sarcastically) Really?!
CALDER
Yes. In fact, I'll show you.
Buzzer sounds waking Jack up. He puts the bowl under his pillow.
He walks over to Sam.
JACK
(TOUCHING HER HAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Thera,
I think I know what's going on.
MAN
Jona, Thera. Report to Brenna's quarters.
ONE OF THE MOVERS
We've got orders to take him to Brenna's
room. (Medic man finds bandages that
were over 'Junior' and looks at it confused.)
BRENNA
Put him down over there. (Movers pick
him up and put him on the bed) You're
dismissed.
SAM
What's the matter with him?
BRENNA
He's dying.
DANNY
Kel'No'Reem!
JACK
What?
DANNY
I'm not sure what it means, but I think
-
JACK
It's a kind of meditation. He has to
do it every day, or he gets sick. Right?
SAM
So-So, why doesn't he do it?
JACK
Because he can't remember.
BRENNA
Colonel O'Neill is correct. As you've
begun to suspect, all of you have had
your memories altered. You are Major
Samantha Carter, Doctor Daniel Jackson,
and your friend here is named Teal'C.
JACK
Where does Homer fit in?
BRENNA
You were all they sent down. At first,
I thought it was necessary to protect
the city. Now things have gone too far.
You don't belong here. You need to return
to your own world. Your memories will
come back more quickly once you are
home.
JACK
Home?
BRENNA
Yes, through there.
She opens door to Adm. Calder and some goons with guns.
BRENNA
Adm. Culder!
CALDER
Brenna, I must say I'm disappointed.
But not surprised. See, I've been watching
you grow weaker for some time now.
BRENNA
I've been coming to my sences.
CALDER
Either way, you're no longer of any
use to me. (He shoots her in the shoulder)
As for the rest of you, (The goons have
their guns on SG-1 minus Teal'C) It's
time you found out (Teal'C rises!!!!)
what the surface of this planet is really
like.
Goon see Teal'C and turns. Teal'C hits him in the face. This
makes Calder turn his head, Danny grabs the gun from Culder and
hits him in the stomach. Jack backhands second goon. Calder falls
from Danny's punch. First goon gets thrown against wall courtacy
of Teal'C! Jack gets gun and points it at Culder's head!
Sam goes put her arms around Brenna. Teal'C walks up to Jack.
JACK
Teal'C? You all right?
TEAL'C
I am.
DANNY
What happened?
TEAL'C
When I removed my bandages, and realized
I was unlike the rest of you, I began
to remember. I placed myself in a deep
state of Kel'No'Reem for the night,
and my symbiote restored me back to
health.
SAM
Brenna should be all right if we can
get her to the uh ---
JACK
Infirmary.
SAM
Right.
CALDER
You'll never make it back to the stargate.
JACK
You know something? We've got you as
a hostage. I don't see a problem.
DANNY
Jona ---
JACK
Jack!
DANNY
Right! We can't. We have to tell these
people what's happening.
JACK
Yep, you're right.
Jack gets up, and forses Calder to rise as well. They go out
to the platform.
JACK
Everybody! Can I have your attention
please? I'd like to introduce you to
someone. This man has been keeping you
locked up down here, while he and his
friends live it up on the surface!
KEGAN
What are you talking about?
CALDER
Don't listen to them! They shot Brenna!
It's true!
JACK
Listen to me! There is a big Domed city
up there full of people YOU serve! They've
been hiding it from you your entire
lives!
KEGAN
It's a lie!
DANNY
He's telling the truth, Kegan!
CALDER
You can't let them get away!
KEGAN
Who are you?
JACK
That's a good question!
CALDER
My name is Calder. I was a supervisor
in the mines before my transfer.
JACK
(Quietly) Yeah, whatever. (Yelling)
YOU WANT PROOF?!?!?!?!?! ( He looks
up @ the skylite.)
KEGAN
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Jack shoots the
skylight . The glass falls down and
SUNLIGHT shines thru on all the workers!)
(Kegan smiles as the warm sunbeam lights
up her face) (Sam looks at Jack smiling)
JACK
No ice --- no snow!
CALDER
You've accomplished nothing! These people
will never be accepted in the city.
JACK
I think you're right about that.
DANNY
That's why we're gonna offer them a
better place.
JACK
There's this nice little tropical planet
out there. Where the beaches go on ---
forever. This I remember clearly. You
and your people can do your own shoveling
for a while.
CALDER
You're destroying a way of life.
JACK
That's a shame. Teal'C? Wanna show these
people how to get out of here?
BRENNA
Ah, it hurts!
SAM
I know. Try not to move it were gonna
take you home with us.
BRENNA
Thank you. (Danny walks her out)
SAM
So --- Colonel ---
JACK
(Looks @ her for a few seconds) Major.
SAM
(Smiles) That bald man you were trying
to remember?
JACK
General Hammond.
SAM
Right.
JACK
He's from Texas, you know. It's all
coming back.
SAM
Yes, Sir.
JACK
(Smile drops from face, and he looks
down.) Sir --- (He looks up at her)
She smiles and nods her head. He looks down and then back up
into her eyes.
JACK
Let's go home.
SAM
(Smiles and nods again) Yes, Sir.
They walk out.
THE END
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