STARGATE SG1
Episode 104
"THE BROCA DIVIDE"
By
Jonathan Glassner
Briefing Room
HAMMOND
When we completed interviews of all
the refugees you brought back from Chulak,
ten of them identified the final four
symbols the Goa'ulds used to escape
through the Chulak Stargate. When we
disregard the last one as point-of-origin...
He walks over to a computer monitor.
HAMMOND
That leaves three to work with. Captain
Carter's computer model has thus far
extrapolated only one set of symbols
from the Abydos cartouche that contains
these three glyphs.
JACK
Let me guess. That's where we're going.
HAMMOND
Very good, Colonel.
JACK
Thank you, sir. I pride myself on my
deductive reasoning skills.
HAMMOND
In one hour, you will go through the
Gate to the planet represented by these
symbols. It has been designated P3X-797.
Johnson is sitting next to Makepeace, reading the report. He
looks up at Teal'c
DANIEL
Couldn't we call this planet something
that's a little easier to remember?
SAM
Uh, it's based on a binary code the
computer uses for extrapolation.
JACK
Which makes it much easier to remember.
Sam smiles
HAMMOND
We sent an M.A.L.P. probe through thirty
minutes ago. Atmosphere is breathable,
no detectable radiation, temperature
approximately 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
JACK
Can we see the video playback, sir?
HAMMOND
There is no playback.
JACK
Why no playback?
HAMMOND
It appears to be very dark where the
Gate resides on this planet.
SAM
Well, the MALP probe has lights on it,
doesn't it?
HAMMOND
We think they were broken during transport
through the Gate.
DANIEL
This is crazy! We don't know what could
be there waiting for us when we come
through.
MAKEPEACE
Don't you worry, boys. That's why the
SG-3 Marines are coming with. You can
count on us to watch your backsides.
DANIEL
Actually, it's more my front side, I
was worried about.
Gateroom. The teams prepare to go through the gate.
HARRIMAN
Chevron four, encoded!
Daniel rushes in
HARRIMAN
Chevron five, encoded!
JACK
You're late. Put these on.
He hands him some night vision goggles
DANIEL
Doesn't look like my prescription.
HARRIMAN
Chevron six, encoded!
SAM
Thermal night-vision goggles.
JACK
Hey, here's a question. Why doesn't
the MALP have a set of these?
HARRIMAN
Chevron seven, locked!
HAMMOND
SG-1 and SG-3, you have a go! Repeat,
you have a go!
MAKEPEACE
Okay! We'll take point!
Jack stops him
JACK
Ah. We'll go through first. You watch
our lovely backsides, remember?
MAKEPEACE
Have it your way, flyboy.
Daniel rushes up to Jack
DANIEL
Are you out of your mind?
JACK
If Skaara or Sha're are on the other
side, those jarheads'll open fire on
them as soon as they see the light of
their eyes, if you know what I mean.
You want that?
Daniel holds his hand out towards the gate
JACK
Give us ten count, then come on down!
SG1 goes through the gate. SG3 stand at the bottom of the ramp.
Makepeace makes his way up and holds his gun in the event horizon
MAKEPEACE
One-one-thousand.Two-one-thousand...
SG1 come out the other side. It's dark.
JACK
Fan out.
Jack hears something and a shadow can be seen. Someone attacks
him at the same time as Sam and Daniel are jumped on. Teal'c
is being hit by more than one person. Suddenly gunfire is heard.
SG3 have come through the gate.
MAKEPEACE
Fire!
More shots are fired and whatever is attacking SG1, runs off
into the tree's.
MAKEPEACE
I'm real glad it was you who took point!
Jack stands up
JACK
No, I'm okay. Thanks for asking. Everybody
else?
SAM
I think so.
One of the attackers is lying dead on the ground
DANIEL
What were those things?
JACK
I haven't the slightest idea.
He goes to the body of the attacker and rolls it over. It looks
like a neanderthal man.
Titles
The two teams are walking through the tree's. Jack and makepeace
are heading the group. Noises can be heard in the background.
There seems to be a small fire nearby.
MAKEPEACE
Johnson!
SG3 go one way, while SG1 head towards the fire. They hide down
behind some bushes and look at the men around the fire.
JACK
Daniel! What are they?
DANIEL
Well, they don't look completely Homo
sapien. Uh, the larger brow ridge would
imply Homo erectus, but then again,
they'd have canine teeth.
A young woman, who appears more human is by a tree.
DANIEL
They could be Ostralopithecus, but the
brow ridge would be less prominent.
JACK
You don't know, do you?
DANIEL
No.
SAM
Why does that one female look different?
She looks more human.
One of the men grabs hold of the girl, who is terrified.
SAM
We have to stop him!
He pushes her to her hands and knees and is obviously going to
rape her.
DANIEL
No, that's how prehistoric males probably
had sex. Forcibly. The strongest male
gets to mate; that's survival of the
fittest.
SAM
Well, I call it rape, and I think we
should stop it!
JACK
Carter!
From somewhere, stones are being thrown at the men around the
fire. They run away.
DANIEL
Where are those rocks coming from?
JACK
There!
People in white robes come out of the tree's. Makepeace and his
team turn up.
JACK
Makepeace! You and your men take the
wide left flank. We'll take the right.
Copy? Let's go.
The two teams move up and gather around the people in robes
MARINE
Don't move!
JACK
All right, hold your fire!
DANIEL
Lower your weapons!
MARINE
They could be Goa'ulds.
JACK
Just keep them covered.
Jack checks out the neck of one of the people
JACK
There's no entry scar. They're not Goa'ulds.
Lower your weapons, kids.
The people kneel
JACK
Any idea what they are?
TUPLO
My lord, we are the Untouched. I am
High Councillor Tuplo.
WOMAN
We are pleased the gods have deemed
us worthy of a return visit.
JACK
Gods.
DANIEL
Only the gods come through the Stargate.
I think they're talking about us. We
should probably start getting used to
this kind of treatment.
JACK
Oh, for crying out loud, we're not gods.
Get up.
DANIEL
Please.
WOMAN
Perhaps they wish us to treat them as
mortals. A test?
TUPLO
Please. Let us take you to the Land
of Light.
They head off into the forest, with the two teams following them.
One of the women helps the young woman up and takes her with
them. They suddenly come into bright sunshine. They finally come
to what appears to be a temple. The young woman is lying on some
cushions. The interior of the temple is ornately decorated.
JACK
Love what they've done with the place.
SAM
I was going to do my living room like
this, but... it didn't go with my other
stuff.
DANIEL
Looks Minoan.
TUPLO
Welcome. Please, come. Sit.
They all sit around a long table.
SAM
Is she all right?
TUPLO
I do hope. She is my daughter.
SAM
What's her name?
TUPLO
She is called Melosha. I can only hope
we rescued her in time from the hands
of the Touched. We must now wait to
see if she has been cursed by them.
JACK
The creatures that took her, what were
they exactly?
TUPLO
They are the Touched. They were unfortunate
enough to be cursed by the hilk'sha.
DANIEL
Hilk'sha. There's a word like that on
Abydos. Is that 'gods of the earth?'
TEAL'C
Gods of the underworld. Evil gods.
LEEDORA
The hilk'sha needed only to touch the
unfortunate among us, and they would
become possessed. Pure evil, like wild
animals.
JACK
So these, Touched people used to live
here with you?
TUPLO
They were us, until they changed. They
became too dangerous and we were forced
to banish them to the Land of the Dark.
JACK
And where are these evil gods now?
LEEDORA
Oh, they do not show themselves. We
know only of their presence because
of their actions.
JACK
When was the last time the good gods
came around?
LEEDORA
Well, if you are not them, then it has
been at least a generation.
JACK
A generation. Okay,will you excuse us
for a moment?
He get's up and the untouched also stand
JACK
Ah, no, please, no. Wait.
SG1 move away and stand in a circle
JACK
Sounds like the Goa'ulds aren't here
and haven't been for some time.
TEAL'C
That is my assessment as well.
JACK
Daniel? Carter?
SAM
I agree.
JACK
In that case, gear up. We'll move out
in fifteen minutes.
DANIEL
Wait a minute, move out?
JACK
Yeah. Back to the Stargate, back to
Earth, terrafirma, home, you've heard
of it?
DANIEL
We should stay a while longer and study
this society - learn how they've evolved
from a Minoan culture. I mean, you see
those statues over there, those are
bulls. The bull is all throughout Minoan
culture and art, but we never really
knew why.
JACK
Hey, I'm a big fan of all this stuff.
But art appreciation is not what this
mission is about. Get your gear together.
Daniel and Sam are not happy
The team goes back through the gate
HAMMOND
Find anything?
JACK
Uh, no, sir.
DANIEL
Yes, sir. Uh, actually, sir, we found
a whole hell of a lot. Sir.
JACK
Some beautiful decor, nice folks. Nothing
of strategic importance, sir.
HAMMOND
All right, get cleaned up. Mission debriefing
in half an hour.
JACK
Yes, sir.
Daniel is left standing in the gateroom.
Briefing room. Daniel is standing, while the others are sitting.
DANIEL
I'm sorry, sir, I know I'm a guest at
this party, but I have to protest.
HAMMOND
Let me guess, Doctor, this is the science
versus military discussion again?
DANIEL
Well, yes. This mission was a perfect
example of my argument. We should have
stayed on that planet longer; it was
the perfect opportunity to study Minoan
culture.
SAM
Not to mention primitive man.
HAMMOND
This really isn't necessary, Doctor,
as I've already....
DANIEL
Sir, would you let me finish, please?
Ok. Um, the people on the dark side
are pre-Stone Age, but the people on
the light side are clearly from the
Bronze Age. So what better opportunity
to study the Broca Divide?
JACK
The what? Excuse me.
SAM
The Broca Divide. Pierre Paul Broca
was a 19th century anthropologist. He
founded modern craniometry to study
craniums and brains and to compare the
divide in intelligence between early
species of mankind.
Johnson is staring at Teal'c, and is looking very agitated
JACK
Fascinating. Should I start the debriefing,
Sir?
HAMMOND
That would be a good idea, Colonel.
DANIEL
Now, just, just wait a minute!
HAMMOND
Dr. Jackson, you're wasting your breath.
You've already won the argument.
DANIEL
But I have to insist you, what, what,
what? I've already won?
HAMMOND
The President agrees with you. He's
asked that we evaluate the scientific
and cultural value of each mission from
now on.
JACK
Oh, for crying out loud.
DANIEL
He has.
SAM
That's great!
Johnson suddenly jumps at Teal'c
JOHNSON
Wonder how that thing in your gut would
like his neck ripped in half?
TEAL'C
Please release me, Lieutenant Johnson.
MAKEPEACE
Johnson! Let him go!
JOHNSON
Not until his Goa'uld apologizes.
HAMMOND
Lieutenant Johnson, take your seat now.
JOHNSON
No!
He tries to hit Teal'c, who grabs his arm and bends it up and
quickly pins Johnson to the table.
TEAL'C
General, I would prefer to not hurt
this man..
HAMMOND
What is your problem, Marine?
Johnson is foaming at the mouth
HAMMOND
Take him to the infirmary. Tell them
to keep him in restraints and check
him out.
Sam and Daniel are in the gateroom
DANIEL
So what do you think that was all about
with Johnson?
SAM
Beats me. Maybe he was drunk.
DANIEL
I don't know. It didn't quite seem like
inebriation.
Two men are fighting in the control room.
SAM
What the..
The men crash through the window and fall onto the gateroom floor.
Sam and Daniel quickly check on them.
AIRMAN
What the hell's going on?
AIRMAN #2
I don't know! I didn't see anything!
Sam rushes to the phone
SAM
We need medics, section C, stat! Two
men down!
Locker Room-Jack is drying himself off and puts his towel in
his locker. As he shuts the locker door, he see's Sam standing
beside him.
JACK
Carter! Uh, sorry, didn't know you were
in here.
She kisses him.
JACK
Mmph! Hey! What the hell's going on?
SAM
I want you.
JACK
Why? I mean, no! Carter, this is a little
out of line, don't you think?
She pushes him onto a bench and sits on him.
SAM
You want me?
She kisses him again.
JACK
No, no. not like this, not like...Carter!
What's gotten into you?
He grabs her and get's her on the floor
JACK
It's about time you saw a doctor, Doctor.
Infirmary.
Sam is strapped to a bed
JANET
Keep her from hurting herself until
the sedatives take effect.
JACK
Is this pretty much what Johnson has?
JANET
Oh, I'd say so. And the other members
of the team. This is the strangest thing
I've ever seen. Come on. Let's take
a look.
Janet leads Jack down to some cells.
JANET
We converted DEFCON 1 living compartments
from when this place was a missile silo,
into isolation chambers. You never know
what you're going to bring back through
the Stargate.
Johnson is in one of the cells. He seems to be turning into one
of the touched.
JANET
Notice the swelling of the brow ridge?
Some are even developing new follicle
growth.
JACK
Any idea what's causing it?
JANET
Wish I knew. I've got calls in to every
specialist in the service, but - I've
got one hand tied behind my back because
of the need-to-know classification of
the Stargate project.
She show's him another case
JANET
And it's spreading. We got two more
in an hour later. I've never seen a
behavioral disorder like this. All the
victims are acting like animals.
JACK
You think Carter has the same thing?
JANET
The behavior fits. All the victims are
behaving like primitives. Most female
low-level primates tend to choose their
sexual partners according to who would
give them the strongest offspring. The
leaders of the pack, or a tribe, were
usually the prime choice. You should
be flattered.
JACK
Oh, yeah. I'm honored.
Daniel enters the control room. He walks over to Jack
DANIEL
Jack! There you are. Going on the Internet
to do a little research on Australopithecus,
and wow, what happened to you?
JACK
Oh, I got in a little wrestling match
with Carter.
DANIEL
Why?
JACK
I guess she's got whatever Johnson's
got. Had to drag her off to the infirmary.
DANIEL
What, did she start a fight with you,
like Johnson did with Teal'c?
JACK
No, she, tried to seduce me.
DANIEL
Oh. You poor man.
JACK
No, it wasn't like that. She was like
a wild animal. She was nuts.
DANIEL
Well, is she all right? I should go
see her.
JACK
Why?
DANIEL
What do you mean, 'why?' Because I care
about her.
Jack grabs him
JACK
You care about her? What's that mean?
DANIEL
It means I care about her, she's my
friend. Now let.... go!
JACK
She's not yours to care about.
DANIEL
What the hell are you talking about?
JACK
I'm talking about Samantha. You just
stay away from her, okay?
DANIEL
Okay. Okay, Jack. I think you should
come with me to the infirmary, okay?
Just let go of me and let go of my....
Jack punches him
AIRMAN
Security! Get in here!
Jack is punching Daniel. Some men pull him off.
TECH
Are you okay?
Daniel stands up and put's his glasses back on
In the infirmary, Teal'c and Daniel are having some blood samples
taken.
JANET
We've managed to isolate an organism
in the victims' bloodstreams.
HAMMOND
Organism? Like a parasite?
JANET
More like a-a parasitical virus. And
from what I can tell, it seems to feed
on aleens and colenes, chemical transmitters
in the body. That includes neurotransmitters.
As they're depleted, all but the most
primitive parts of the brain seem to
just... shut down.
HAMMOND
That why they act like animals?
JANET
Actually, the organism seems to release
a hormone that stimulates the primitive
regions of the brain that are normally
dormant.I have never seen anything like
this on Earth.
DANIEL
Exactly. On Earth.That would explain
the Touched.
HAMMOND
Beg your pardon?
TEAL'C
That is what the primitives were called
on P3X-797. The Touched.
DANIEL
But I think, given recent events, I
think it's safe to say that they aren't
born primitive, they must have this
very contagious disease. And we came
in contact with it, isn't that special?
JANET
Sothe question is, why haven't you and
Mr. Teal'c come down with the symptoms?
DANIEL
Mr. Teal'c, Teal'c's symbiote probably
protects him.
TEAL'C
That would be likely.
JANET
Well what about you, Dr. Jackson?
DANIEL
Well, that beats me. You're the doctor,
Doctor. Maybe I have a natural immunity.
TEAL'C
Perhaps you will develop symptoms later.
DANIEL
Thank you for the moral support.
JANET
I am checking both of your blood for
the presence of the organism, and I
would bet that you both have it. This
appears to be highly contagious.
HAMMOND
Are you saying we could have brought
a new plague to this planet?
JANET
Yes, sir, that's exactly what I'm saying.
HAMMOND
Well, that's it. I'm ordering this mountain
sealed off. No one comes in or goes
out until we get a handle on this thing.
Yelling can be heard. Daniel, Teal'c and Janet rush out of the
infirmary. They go to one of the cells. Jack is inside and is
trying to get out.
TEAL'C
He is going to damage himself.
JANET
I've been pumping him with sedatives
to control him, but they wear off fast.
She turns to the medic, who hands her a syringe.
JANET
Help me give him some more. Go, go!
They all go into the cell and grab hold of Jack, while Janet
injects him. He soon calms down and Teal'c and Daniel lay him
on the bed.
Hammond is on the phone to the President
HAMMOND
Yes, sir, this is General Hammond. Sir,
I'm afraid I have a serious situation
here. It appears we've brought a very
contagious disease through the Stargate.
Yes, sir, that's right. No, sir, I've
ordered the mountain sealed off, but
I think you should order in an armed
division to set up a second line of
defense. Well, sir, my recommendation
is that anyone attempting to leave the
mountain should be shot on sight and
the body burned.
Hammond talks to Janet
JANET
Good news, General.
HAMMOND
I could use some of that about now.
What is it?
JANET
These gentlemen don't appear to have
the organism in their system. Now if
we can just isolate why they've been
able to resist it.
TEAL'C
Perhaps we should ask the Untouched
how they avoid contracting the disease.
DANIEL
Maybe they know something we don't.
JANET
I could use a blood sample from one
of the uninfected. Maybe they have something
in their systems to protect them,something
we can synthesize.
HAMMOND
All right. Either of you know how to
draw blood? Doctor, teach them. You
go through in half an hour. Gear up.
DANIEL
Wait! Wait! Just the two of us?
HAMMOND
You're immune! I don't know anyone else
who is!
Teal'c and Daniel get ready to go through the gate
TEAL'C
Do not worry, Daniel Jackson. The Touched
were easily frightened by your loud
Earth weapons. We can easily subdue
them.
DANIEL
That's easy for you to say.
Daniel and Teal'c are walking through the trees, when they come
across the young woman
DANIEL
Teal'c!
DANIEL
It's Melosha. She's alive.
Melosha is now one of the touched
TEAL'C
It appears she is afflicted.
DANIEL
So they just dump her out here?.
TEAL'C
We dump them in a small room.
DANIEL
To protect them.
TEAL'C
To protect everyone else. There is little
difference.
DANIEL
You know, you're right? They're like
lepers. And the dark side's a leper
colony.
TEAL'C
What is a leper?
DANIEL
Oh my God, never mind. We have to help
her.
He covers Melosha with the blanket.
DANIEL
Are you planning on helping me?
TEAL'C
It is a long journey. We should leave
her.
DANIEL
No. No, let's go!
He picks her up. As he turns, the touched come out from the tree's.
Teal'c begins firing his weapon, but Daniel can't get to his.
DANIEL
Teal'c!
TEAL'C
Fire your weapon! It will frighten them
off!
Teal'c continues to fire. When he turns around, Daniel and Melosha
are gone.
TEAL'C
Daniel Jackson! Daniel! Daniel Jackson!
Daniel's glasses are on the ground
Back at the SGC, Hammond has contracted the virus and is put
in Jack's cell.
JANET
Sorry, Colonel O'Neill, but your private
room just became semi-private.We're
running out of places to put all the
victims. We've used the brigs, we've
used the temp quarters, some of the
storage rooms.
JACK
Doc... doc...
JANET
Did you say something?
JACK
Give, more...
JANET
What? Give more what?
JACK
More...
JANET
An injection? You mean you want more
sedative? You've already had more than
the maximum safe dosage, twice as much
as anyone else because you've been more
violent.
JACK
Give.
JANET
No. It's not safe.
JACK
Give! Give.
JANET
Why are you so insistent?
She gives him the shot
JANET
Must have been in a lot of pain.
She heads for the door
JACK
Doc!
JANET
Colonel O'Neill?
JANET
So you are still in there somewhere.
JACK
Dream?
JANET
I'm afraid not, Colonel, it's very real.
This is interesting. Sedative must knock
back the primitive mind. Colonel, listen
to me. I amnot going to be able to keep
you at this level for very long. It
is too dangerous. It could cause permanent
brain damage.
JACK
What? What is it?
JANET
It's a parasitic virus. All we can tell
is that it seems to mess with body chemicals
- all of them. Testosterone levels skyrocket,
thus the aggressive behavior. It's a
histamine-analytic, which means it breaks
down histamine.
JACK
Experiment.
JANET
What?
JACK
Experiment. On me.
JANET
Experiment on you?No, sir, I can't do
that.
JACK
Use me.
Back on the planet, and Teal'c walks into the temple
TUPLO
Welcome back, my Lord. Where are your
friends?
TEAL'C
My friends are ill because of this place.
LEEDORA
They have joined the Touched.
TUPLO
They were cursed by the hilk'sha.
TEAL'C
It is not a curse. It is a disease.
I lost my friend on the dark side of
this planet. You must help me retrieve
him.
TUPLO
Why? So he can give you the curse? So
he can give all of us the curse? No,
no! He is better off where he is.
TEAL'C
He does not have the disease. He is
immune. He is not cursed.
TUPLO
Then by now, he is gone.
TEAL'C
He had your daughter with him.
TUPLO
Melosha is dead.
TEAL'C
No. She is out there. On the dark side.
I have seen her. Help me retrieve her
and my friend.
TUPLO
She is among the Touched. She can no
longer function amongst us. Therefore,
she is dead.
TEAL'C
She is not dead.
TUPLO
If I believed otherwise, do you not
think I would help my own daughter?
LEEDORA
Many of us have loved ones among the
Touched. My own father is there. But
we accept that we cannot help them.
Therefore, they are dead to us.
TEAL'C
How can you be so without heart?
TUPLO
I must ask you to leave.
TEAL'C
If you will not help me find my friend,
then I must have a sample of your blood.
LEEDORA
Our blood?
TUPLO
Blood is our lifeforce.
TEAL'C
I assure you it will cause you no harm.
LEEDORA
I cannot abide this one in my presence
any longer!
TUPLO
You are not welcome here. When we return,
I expect to find you gone.
They leave the room. Teal'c turns and pretends to leave. As he
reaches the door, he grabs one of the guards and knocks him out.
TEAL'C
I am sorry.
He takes some blood from the guard.
The touched are around the fire. Daniel is there and is trying
to crawl away. They see him and begin kicking him.
SGC Infirmary. Sam has been injured.
"All personnel, be advised that the mountain is now under a Code
5 lockdown. The mountain is now under a Code 5 lockdown"
Teal'c has returned
JANET
Thank God you're back.
TEAL'C
What happened to Captain Carter?
JANET
She was stabbed by her roommate. Don't
worry, it's superficial, she's going
to be okay.We've run out of space. We've
had to start doubling up on the iso
rooms.
TEAL'C
I have retrieved the blood sample you
requested.
JANET
Good work, Mr. Teal'c.
Teal'c goes to Jack's cell
TEAL'C
Colonel O'Neill.
JACK
Teal'c?
TEAL'C
I am afraid I lost Daniel Jackson on
the dark side of the planet. I am sorry.
Fraiser enters
JANET
Colonel O'Neill? I think I might have
something. I was examining the blood
sample that Mr. Teal'c brought me, and
then it hit me. There was very little
histamine in it. If the people on that
planet are human as you say, they have
to have histamine in their blood.
TEAL'C
How does this help us?
JANET
Well, as I said before, this microbe
is a histamine-alytic. It feeds on histamine.
The Untouched have no histamine in their
bodies, so the organism couldn't survive
in them.
TEAL'C
I do not understand. It is the Untouched
that become the Touched. If they have
none of the substance of which you speak,
why then do some of them change?
JANET
Because only some of them have this
low histamine level,which means that
there's probably a naturally occurring
antihistamine in their diets. The ones
who don't eat it eventually contract
the organism. Which is what gave me
an idea. I checked the files. Both Dr.
Jackson and I have acute rhenitis caused
by severe allergies.
TEAL'C
Explain.
JANET
I take strong antihistamines every day.
So did Dr. Jackson. I have no histamine
for the microbe to feed on. Just like
the Untouched, the organism starves
in my body.
TEAL'C
Does this mean you have a cure?
JANET
We have to try mega-doses of chloropheniramine
malleate on someone and see if it works.
JACK
Me.
JANET
I thought you might say that. Now the
dose required to completely clear the
body of histamine for a long enough
period of time could be harmful.You're
sure.
Janet injects him with the antidote
JANET
Now all we can do is wait. You'd better
lock him up again.
Some time later. Jack is banging on the cell door.
JACK
Teal'c! Doc! Open the door! Teal'c!
Teal'c opens the small panel
TEAL'C
Colonel O'Neill?
JACK
Lucy, I'm home!
TEAL'C
I am not Lucy.
JACK
I know that. It's a reference to an
old TV.... Never mind. Open the door.
TEAL'C
I will summon the doctor.
JACK
No, come on. I'm fine. I'm back to being
myself. Just open up.
TEAL'C
I cannot be certain that you are back
to being yourself. You referred to me
as Lucy.
JACK
Oh, for crying out loud, will you just
open the door?
He opens the door
JACK
This stuff works. Let's go find Doc.
The teams are in the gateroom. Darts containing the antidote
are given out
HARRIMAN
Chevron three, encoded!
Hammond is in the control room
HARRIMAN
Chevron four, encoded.
JANET
The guns are loaded with tranquilizer
darts filled with chloropheniramine.
Now a direct hit on a Touched man or
woman should knock them out long enough
in order to starve the disease.
HARRIMAN
Chevron five, encoded!
JANET
Good luck.
JACK
Thanks, Doc.
SAM
Are we going to try to tranq all of
the Touched?
HARRIMAN
Chevron six, encoded!
JACK
Just the ones that get in the way of
us finding Daniel. We'll leave the rest
for the Untouched.
SAM
You think he's still alive?
HARRIMAN
Chevron seven, locked!
JACK
Let's find out.
They go through the gate. On the other side, they come across
the touched around the fire. Daniel is there with Melosha.
SAM
Guess the antihistamine wore off.
They begin firing the darts, leaving Daniel until last.
JACK
Daniel, you dog. Keep this up, you'll
have a girl on every planet.
SAM
Just let me give him an injection.
She moves towards him with an injection and he makes a grab for
her. Before he get's to her the others fire a dart at him.
They take him to the temple
TUPLO
What are you doing?
LEEDORA
You must not bring the Touched among
us!
JACK
Just hear us out, please?
SAM
We found a cure. And we can bring back
Melocia.
TEAL'C
And your father.
TUPLO
Put him in the isolation circle. We
will hear you.
Daniel is placed on the cushions
TUPLO
Let him pass.
The others, talk around the table.
TUPLO
If you are not gods, how did you destroy
the curse?
JACK
As we've been saying, Tuplo, it's not
a curse. It's a disease.
SAM
A sickness.
DANIEL
Jack!
JACK
There's our boy.
Daniel sits up
DANIEL
Where are we?
TEAL'C
The light side of P3X-797.
DANIEL
I thought we were going to give it a
better name.
JACK
He's back. He's normal.
LEEDORA
Explain.
SAM
We know how to lift the curse.
TUPLO
How? If you are not gods...
JACK
Come out there with us. We'll show you.
They go outside to see the touched coming through the tree's
into the sunlight. They seem to be cured
LEEDORA
Father!
MAN
Oh
Tuplo goes over to Melosha and then kneels before Jack
TUPLO
You have done it, my lord. Thank you.
JACK
We'll teach you how to take care of
the rest.
Sam walks with Jack
SAM
Sir?
JACK
Yeah?
SAM
About my earlier behavior.I wasn't myself,
and....
JACK
Oh, Carter, I don't even remember your
earlier behavior.
SAM
You don't?
JACK
No, I was infected too, remember?
SAM
Right! Good, I'm, I'm glad.
JACK
By the way, how's the wound?
SAM
Wound?
JACK
I understand you got stabbed in the
stomach?
SAM
Oh, yeah, that was nothing. With any
luck, there won't even be a scar.
JACK
Well, good. I was concerned.f
SAM
You were?
JACK
Sure. If it doesn't heal properly, you'll
never wear that sweet little tank top
number again.
THE END
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