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'''TEASER'''

'''FADE IN'''

<blockquote>VOICE-OVER<br/>
Previously, on Stargate SG-1.</blockquote>

[Scenes from "Menace", Season 5.]

[Replicators are overrunning the SGC.]

<blockquote>DANIEL<br/>
Reese, your father made you wrong!</blockquote>

<blockquote>REESE<br/>
No!</blockquote>

<blockquote>DANIEL<br/>
Yes!</blockquote>

[The door to the gateroom falls to the ground with a clang and O'Neill enters, shooting Reese.]

[Scene from "Revelations", Season 5.]

<blockquote>FREYR<br/>
If, as you say, this android was responsible for creating the first generation of Replicators, it may well prove invaluable.</blockquote>

[Scenes from "Prometheus", Season 6.]

[The X-303 rises up out of the ground.]

<blockquote>MAJOR DAVIS<br/>
(to O'Neill and Teal'c)<br/>
The radar system on the X-303 is still incomplete. Fly into the lower bay, they'll never see you coming!</blockquote>

[Shot of the X-303 in space as a smaller ship approaches.]

[Someone shoots the "traitors" on the X-303 with a zat as Carter looks on.]

[The X-303 disappears into hyperspace.]

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
I have no idea where we are. I can't plot a course for home.</blockquote>

[Thor's ship appears.]

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
It's the Asgard.</blockquote>

[Thor appears on the bridge of the X-303 in his chair.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Can you help us out here?</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
It is we who need your help. The Asgard homeworld has been overrun by the Replicators.</blockquote>

'''END FLASHBACKS'''

'''EXT&mdash;SHOT OF THE X-303 AND THOR'S SHIP IN SPACE'''

'''INT&mdash;X-303 BRIDGE'''

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Are you serious?</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
Very.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
This ship you need, this brand new ship&hellip;</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
Yes.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
So new it doesn't have a name yet. It's not even finished.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
I think that's the point, sir. The more low-tech, the better.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
Correct, Major Carter.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
It certainly defies conventional wisdom.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Mine, too.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
The Replicators will not wish to integrate such vastly inferior technology into their own.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Then&hellip; what?</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
A task for which you are uniquely suited.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
You need someone dumb enough.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
On the contrary, it is both your physical prowess and military expertise that are required.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Yeah, don't get me wrong, flattery goes a long way with me. But, if you're going where I think you're going with this&hellip;</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
When it became clear to the Asgard High Council that the war with the Replicators could not be won, a plan was devised, a trap was set. One made possible by you.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
By us?</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
The android Reese that you discovered and provided to us for study retained a single core command in her base programming which we believed all Replicators would still follow.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Then, you were able to reactivate her?</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
No. The android was damaged beyond repair. However, the key command was activated within her neural network, amplified, and broadcast through subspace throughout the known universe.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
What was the command?</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
To come forth.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
You instructed every Replicator out there to come to you?</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I have a theory why you lost the war.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
The command was only given once the trap was set.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
What was the trap?</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
A time dilation device generating a field radius of point one six light years.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Wow, that's some trap. </blockquote>

[O'Neill looks at her.]

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
They created a bubble in space around the Replicators within which time was slowed down by a factor of&hellip;?</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
Ten to the fourth power.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Relatively speaking, sir, one year to the Replicators would be about ten thousand years to the rest of us. An hour would be over a year, a day would&hellip;</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I get it.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
The point is, if the plan had worked, it would have effectively bottled the Replicators up in one place, and bought the Asgard thousands of years to solve the problem.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
No, the point is, it didn't work.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
O'Neill is correct. Our plan failed.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
What went wrong?</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
We do not know. The time dilation device was constructed within a very old structure on Hala, the first planet settled by the Asgard. The device was encased in a solid neutronium shell, and set with a time delay sufficient to evacuate our entire civilization.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Well, however strong neutronium is, wouldn't the Replicators be able to eat through it?</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
Eventually, yes. But not in sufficient time before the device activated. This calculation was made with considerable margin for error. When the time came, nothing happened.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
So, somehow the Replicators must have gotten to the time dilation device before it could activate.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
That appears to be the only explanation.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
So, what do you want us to do?</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
Fly your ship through Replicator-dominated space, repair whatever damage may have been done to the time dilation device, and activate it before the Replicators can stop you.</blockquote>

[O'Neill looks at Thor in disbelief.]

'''END OF TEASER'''

'''ROLL CREDITS'''

'''EXT&mdash;SHOT OF THE X-303 AND THOR'S SHIP IN SPACE'''

'''INT&mdash;X-303 COMMAND DECK'''

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Thor, buddy, there's no way.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
The Replicators will soon consume all that they can within our home galaxy. Yours will be next.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I thought we were too primitive to consume.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
Your technology would not immediately attract the Replicators, but they would eventually be drawn to the raw materials of which your civilization is built. Your extinction will be assured.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
For that matter, so would every other world we've visited. It's just a matter of time.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Did all of the Asgard manage to escape?</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
Most, but not all. A great battle was fought. The evacuation fleet is standing by in the void between our two galaxies, waiting to hear word of your response.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
My response?</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
We have done all that we can and failed, O'Neill. You and your team represent our last hope.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Yeah, great, so, no pressure, right?</blockquote>

[He stands up and approaches Thor.]

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
If you have in fact made your decision not to undertake this task, I will inform the Council.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Just&hellip; give me a minute here, okay?</blockquote>

<blockquote>TEAL'C<br/>
Are you reconsidering, O'Neill?</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I'm considering reconsidering.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Well, there has to be other options.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
We believe there is no alternative plan of action.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Thor, I don't think you realize what you're asking us to do.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
In the past, your projectile weapons have been most effective.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Yeah, well, we don't have any projectile weapons with us at the moment, and according to Carter, we're a long way from&hellip;</blockquote>

[Thor moves a control device on the board attached to his chair, and Earth suddenly appears on the viewscreen.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
&hellip;home.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
You towed us back into Earth's orbit.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
Correct, Major Carter. The contents of your armory at Stargate Command, along with appropriate attire, food, and other supplies you may require are now being transported aboard this vessel.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I hope you did the paperwork.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Wait a minute, we have a few passengers.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
They are being transported to Stargate Command.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I haven't said yes, yet.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
But you are reconsidering.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I'm&hellip; leaning in the general direction.</blockquote>

[Thor moves another control device, and Earth suddenly disappears from the screen.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Hey, what are you doing?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
We're leaving the solar system.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Thor, little fella, I&hellip; that's not the way it works. It's not my ship. It's not up to me.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
The journey to our home galaxy will take many hours with your vessel in tow. You may consult your superiors en route.</blockquote>

'''INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM'''

[Alarm klaxons are sounding as Hammond enters.]

<blockquote>HAMMOND<br/>
Sergeant?</blockquote>

<blockquote>SILER<br/>
I can't explain it, sir. It's like everything in the armory just disappeared - P90s, SPAS 12s, SAWs, Claymores, everything.</blockquote>

<blockquote>SGT. DAVIS<br/>
Sir, four of the people who commandeered the X-303 just appeared out of thin air in the holding room. Air Force personnel, a reporter, just beamed into the cafeteria kitchen up on level twenty-two. Half the food stores went missing at the same time.</blockquote>

<blockquote>HAMMOND<br/>
You're certain the stargate's been inactive?</blockquote>

<blockquote>SGT. DAVIS<br/>
Yes, sir.</blockquote>

<blockquote>HAMMOND<br/>
What in God's name is happening?</blockquote>

[A hologram of O'Neill suddenly appears.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Hello, sir, Siler.</blockquote>

<blockquote>HAMMOND<br/>
Colonel, it's good to see you alive and well. We were concerned the X-303 was lost with all hands.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
No, sir, we're all fine. Except for the Goa'uld, and Simmons, of course.</blockquote>

<blockquote>HAMMOND<br/>
So, you were rescued by the Asgard.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Actually, it kinda looks like we'll be coming to their rescue, sir.</blockquote>

<blockquote>HAMMOND<br/>
Does this have anything to do with the supplies and equipment that are disappearing from all over my base?</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Yes, sir. Suffice to say you might want to get upstairs and punch one on the old speed dial.</blockquote>

<blockquote>HAMMOND<br/>
My grandchildren?</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Two, then. I think the president might want to know what the Asgard have in mind for our new ship.</blockquote>

'''INT&mdash;X-303 BRIDGE'''

[Carter is working at a console as O'Neill enters.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
They didn't go for it.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
They didn't approve the mission?</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
No, they did that, once they knew the stakes and the whole "fate of the universe" stuff. Both the president and Hammond realized we have no choice. He sends good luck, godspeed, and all those things he says when he thinks we're going to die.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
So, what didn't they go for?</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
The name I suggested.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
For the ship.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Yeah.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Yeah. Sir, we can't call it the <i>Enterprise</i>.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Why not?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
The code name for the project is <i>Prometheus</i>. What’s wrong with that?</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
It’s a Greek tragedy. Who wants that?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Okay. The X-303 it is, then.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Yeah. </blockquote>

[He looks at the device she's been working on.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
What have you got there?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Well, the Asgard surmised that the Replicators probably disabled the time dilation device by destroying the control interface mechanism.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Uh-huh.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Well, it’s really not much more than an advanced timer. But, since any Asgard technology we took along would cause the Replicators to swarm all over us, Thor had a facsimile of their interface built from Earth-based materials. It’ll work just as well as the original, but it shouldn’t attract the Replicators.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I’m hungry.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Cargo bay three, sir.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Thanks.</blockquote>

[He leaves, and Carter goes back to work.]

'''INT&mdash;CARGO BAY THREE'''

[O'Neill opens the door to find Teal’c and Jonas eating ice cream.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
You guys trying to make yourselves sick?</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Well, Thor forgot to take the need for refrigeration into account, so we figured we’d start with the frozen stuff. </blockquote>

[He takes another spoonful.]

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
This is good. Mmmm.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I’ll buy that.</blockquote>

[He sits down on a crate.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
So, Jonas, first time going up against a Replicator, eh?</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Um-hmm.</blockquote>

[O'Neill tries to eat some of Teal’c’s ice cream. Teal'c pulls his carton out of reach, giving O'Neill a different one instead.]

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
I think I have a pretty good idea of what to expect, though. Teal’c told me all about them and I have everything Dr. Jackson wrote. They’re fascinating.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Fascinating?</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Yeah. Well, think about it. We have a human scientist who creates this android girl, who then goes on to create these Replicators as a toy. Well, at least the concept of something that starts out so innocent becomes so evil, that’s got to be fascinating to you.</blockquote>

<blockquote>TEAL'C<br/>
Replicators exist merely to increase their numbers and do so without prejudice. They are no more evil that a virus.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
A really evil virus.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Well, yes, we can all agree that any living thing that isn’t inherently evil in and of itself is capable of undertaking actions that are evil.</blockquote>

[Teal’c swaps his ice cream for O'Neill’s.]

<blockquote>TEAL'C<br/>
We are slowing.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
(over the radio)<br/>
Colonel, you should come forward, sir.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
We’re on our way.</blockquote>

'''INT&mdash;X-303 BRIDGE'''

[O'Neill, Teal’c, and Jonas enter.]

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
We just came out of hyperspace a minute ago.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
We dare proceed no further without risk of engaging the Replicators. You will have to continue from this point under your own ship's power.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
But you’re gonna wait here for us, right?</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
There is now another concern. Our long-range sensors have discovered that the time dilation device was indeed activated.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Well, that’s good.<br/>
(pause)<br/>
It’s not good?</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
Time is now progressing faster within the field.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
They reversed it?</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
By a factor of ten squared.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
What is with you people? Time machines are nothing but trouble, even we know that.</blockquote>

<blockquote>TEAL'C<br/>
Clearly, the Replicators have discovered a means of utilizing the time dilation machine to serve their own purpose.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Well, what would that purpose be?</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Well, I gotta tell you, this changes things.<br/>
(pause)<br/>
Carter, how does this change things?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
I don’t know, sir. I guess it doesn’t.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
You mean we’ve got the same problem we had an hour ago.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Well, the difference is, in that hour, four days have passed for the Replicators. Depending on when they did this, relatively speaking, they could have experienced hundreds of years.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I get it.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
If you wish to reconsider&hellip;</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
No, no. Full well expected the other shoe to drop eventually.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THOR<br/>
We can only hope that this will be the last footwear to fall. The coordinates to the planet have already been programmed into your navigational computer. We have modified your engines and structural integrity fields to their maximum potential to assure your safe arrival. We will monitor your progress as best we can. Good Luck.</blockquote>

[Thor disappears. Everyone sits down.]

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Setting course to programmed coordinates. Throttling up sub-light engines.</blockquote>

'''EXT&mdash;SHOT OF THOR'S SHIP MOVING OFF AND THE X-303 MOVING FORWARD'''

'''INT&mdash;X-303 ARMORY'''

[Jonas is loading a P-90.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Again.</blockquote>

[Jonas takes out the cartridge and re-loads it.]

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
My hands are covered in blisters. They’re not gonna work any faster.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
(over the radio)<br/>
Colonel, we’re about to pass through into the time dilation field.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
We’re on our way.</blockquote>

[Jonas puts the weapon down. He and O'Neill leave.]

'''EXT&mdash;SHOT OF X-303 APPROACHING A PLANET'''

'''INT&mdash;X-303 BRIDGE'''

<blockquote>TEAL'C<br/>
A replicator-controlled vessel approaches.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Hopefully, they’ll agree with Thor and think this ship is a piece of junk.</blockquote>

<blockquote>TEAL'C<br/>
They are scanning us.</blockquote>

[A bright white light shines over them.]

'''INT&mdash;CORRIDOR'''

[O'Neill and Jonas see the light as well.]

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
(over the radio)<br/>
Sir, we’re being scanned by the Replicator ship. Stand by.</blockquote>

[The light is gone.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
(to Carter, on the radio)<br/>
We still in business?</blockquote>

'''INT&mdash;X-303 BRIDGE'''

<blockquote>TEAL'C<br/>
Indeed.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
(to O'Neill, on the radio)<br/>
Yes, sir, it’s moving off. Looks like we’re clear to enter the planet’s atmosphere.</blockquote>

'''EXT&mdash;SHOT OF THE X-303 MOVING TOWARD THE PLANET'''

'''INT&mdash;X-303 BRIDGE'''

[O'Neill and Jonas enter and take seats.]

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
We’re detecting one structure at the designated coordinates.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Just the one?</blockquote>

<blockquote>TEAL'C<br/>
There appears to be little topography of any kind.</blockquote>

[The viewscreen shows them approaching the surface.]

'''EXT&mdash;SHOT OF THE X-303 APPROACHING THE SURFACE'''

[The sky is cloud-covered, and there are bright flashes of lightning. One structure is faintly visible in the distance.]

'''INT&mdash;X-303 BRIDGE'''

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Two hundred meters.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Throttling down to fifty percent.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
One five zero meters.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
The surface appears to be completely smooth.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
One hundred meters.</blockquote>

<blockquote>TEAL'C<br/>
No sign of Replicators.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Deceleration thrusters are firing.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Five zero meters.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
The inertial compensators and structural integrity are at maximum. Landing struts are at full extension.</blockquote>

[There is a bright flash.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
What was that?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Lightning, sir. All systems are still go.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Ten meters.</blockquote>

[Lightning hits the ship and something malfunctions, pouring steam onto the bridge. Teal’c goes to fix the problem.]

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Five meters.</blockquote>

'''EXT&mdash;SHOT OF X-303 LANDING'''

'''INT&mdash;X-303 BRIDGE'''

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Touchdown!</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Shutting down thrusters.</blockquote>

[Everyone relaxes a little, and O'Neill goes to look out the window.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Get a message to Thor. Let him know we touched down. Let’s move out.</blockquote>

'''EXT&mdash;SHOT OF THE PLANET SURFACE'''

[SG-1 leaves the ship and heads for the structure, which looks like a giant "X".]

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
This can’t be the only structure on the entire planet.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I’d be willing to bet the bugs ate everything else.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Then where are they?</blockquote>

[Carter stops to sweep away some dirt on the ground.]

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Sir? You’re not gonna like this.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
What is it?</blockquote>

<blockquote>TEAL'C<br/>
This planet's surface appears to be covered by Replicator blocks.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Probably more than one layer, and who knows how thick it is. Maybe miles.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Why would that be?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Well, it could be a by-product of the reverse time dilation. In relative time, they’ve been here hundreds of years, but there’s nothing left here to consume so they’re just conserving energy.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
What’s keeping them here?</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Who cares? Watch your step.</blockquote>

[They continue walking toward the structure.]

'''INT&mdash;THE STRUCTURE'''

[Inside is dimly-lit. SG-1 shine their flashlights as they go down some steps and into a large room. Carter goes to the time dilation device.]

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Sir, the original interface is still intact. I might be able to&hellip;</blockquote>

[They hear footsteps, and a young man appears.]

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
Who are you?</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Colonel Jack O’Neill, US Air Force, Earth. Who are you?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
The others are coming.</blockquote>

[Four others appear, two men and two women. One man steps forward, and O'Neill raises his weapon.]

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
What do you think you're doing?</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Clocks are running a little fast around here. Thought we’d stop by, wind ‘em. We’ll be on our way.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Your companion is attempting to alter the settings on the time device, and we cannot allow that. If she does not stop immediately, we will be forced to take action.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Well, now, if you do that, we might be forced to take our own action.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Tell your companion to stop.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Carter, how much time you need there?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
A lot, sir. Maybe a few hours.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Hours?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Sir, the interface was completely rebuilt. I’m not even sure where to start.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Couldn’t you crank it up a little bit? Move things along?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
It doesn’t work that way, sir.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
(laughs)<br/>
Ironic, isn’t it?</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Who are you people? Because, if you haven’t noticed, this entire planet is paved with Replicators.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
We are aware of this.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Then you should also know that these things have taken millions of lives, and they’ll keep on doing that unless we stop them.</blockquote>

<blockquote>SECOND<br/>
He doesn’t understand.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
You know, he’s standing right here.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
We cannot allow you to stop them, I’m afraid.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Why not?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
We are Replicators.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Ah.</blockquote>

[He opens fire, as do Teal'c and Jonas. The bullets take chunks out of the wall, but leave the people undamaged. They stop firing, and dozens of Replicator bugs appear.]

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Tell your companion to step away from the device.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Carter.</blockquote>

[She moves away.]

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Your projectile weapons?</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Yeah, you know, I think we’ll hang onto those for a while.</blockquote>

[The replicator bugs retreat.]

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Now there is no need.</blockquote>

[Slowly, the members of SG-1 remove their weapons and put them on the ground.]

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Where are my manners? This is something of an occasion, after all, isn’t it? Our first meeting. Welcome.</blockquote>

[He holds out his hand to O'Neill, who ignores it.]

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Colonel, if we really intended you harm, do you believe you would be standing there? As I said, welcome.</blockquote>

[O'Neill steps forward to shake hands, but sinks to his knees under the vise-like grip. First holds out his other hand, and the fingers disappear into O'Neill's forehead. O'Neill screams in pain.]

'''INT&mdash;O'NEILL'S MIND'''

[O'Neill and First are in the gate room, which is lit only by a deep blue light.]

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
We are inside your unconscious mind now.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
You’d think there’d be more lights on.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
This place must be important to you.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I work here.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Your iris code is 906124637.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Wow, that’s&hellip; close. Here’s one for you: I’m thinking of an animal&hellip;</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
(laughs)<br/>
I never expected that you would amuse me.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I never expected you to put your hand in my head.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Your mind is incredible.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Well&hellip;</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Such chaos and humor and pain.</blockquote>

[Flashback to the memory of when Charlie shot himself from "Cold Lazarus", Season 1.]

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
You’re correct to blame yourself. Your son would be alive but for your carelessness.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Don’t do that again.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
That will be your punishment each time you attempt to conceal something from me on our journey.</blockquote>

[An event horizon appears without the gate being dialed.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Where are we going?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Every place you have ever been.</blockquote>

[They step through the gate.]

'''INT&mdash;X-303 BRIDGE'''

[Teal’c wakes up. He looks around, realizes where he is, and switches the lights on. Carter and O'Neill are in their chairs. He shakes O'Neill, who wakes up and holds his hands to his face.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Crap! Holy sh&hellip;</blockquote>

[O'Neill reaches over and shakes Carter, waking her.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Carter! Jonas!</blockquote>

[Jonas finds himself sitting on the floor, and stands, moaning in remembered pain.]

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Her hand was inside my head. It was like a&hellip; it was like a nightmare.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
I think we all had a similar experience. I don’t remember much of it.</blockquote>

<blockquote>TEAL'C<br/>
Nor do I.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
How long were we out?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Thirty-seven hours, sir. Ship time.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Why would they bring us back here?</blockquote>

<blockquote>TEAL'C<br/>
Perhaps we can take advantage of the situation.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Detonate the hyperdrive, you mean. An overload would cause a pretty big explosion.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Big enough to be worth it?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
I honestly don’t know, sir.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Go.</blockquote>

[Carter leaves.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
(to Teal'c)<br/>
Get a message to Thor. Let him know how massively he screwed up.</blockquote>

[O'Neill gets up and leaves the bridge, Jonas following.]

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Hey, Colonel. Colonel, I don’t think this is going to work.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
If Carter says she can do it&hellip;</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Yeah, but if explosives and weapons worked, the Asgard would have won their war.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I suppose you want to talk to these bug people.</blockquote>

[They enter an elevator.]

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Don’t you?</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
No.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Maybe we can reason with them. If we blow this ship, then we lose that option altogether.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
If we blow the ship, I won’t care.</blockquote>

[They exit the elevator and head down a corridor.]

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Colonel, I don’t think that you fully appreciate what they’ve become.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Replicators who look like we do.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
More than that. Sir, this is a huge leap in their evolution.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Jonas! They are Replicators.</blockquote>

[They enter a room and find Carter and Fifth inside.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Carter? What’s going on?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Everything’s fine, sir. We were just chatting.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
About what?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
He carried us back here, sir. One at a time. So we’d be more comfortable.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Thanks.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
It was not difficult.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Apparently sir, we’re invited to dinner.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
At his request.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Whose?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
First.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
And you are?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
I was Fifth. The others are merging with our Replicator brethren, but they will return soon.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Yeah, you wanna let him know we’ve made other plans?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
Exploding your vessel would only serve to feed energy to the Replicator blocks on the surface of the planet. Your food stores have already been taken to the temple.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
When are we expected?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
(grins widely)<br/>
When you become hungry.</blockquote>

[He leaves.]

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
That one’s different.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
No kidding. I mean, he comes across as almost human.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Well, he’s not.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
So, what do we do?</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Can we leave?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
The ship will fly, but I don’t know how far we’ll get. Sir, if this really is the next evolution of the Replicators, we should find out as much as possible about them and try to report it back somehow.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Anyone hungry?</blockquote>

'''EXT&mdash;SHOT OF SG-1 APPROACHING THE STRUCTURE'''

'''INT&mdash;INSIDE THE STRUCTURE'''

[SG-1 comes down the steps to find a long table set with food. The human Replicators are seated along one side, with First at the opposite end. He rises.]

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Colonel O’Neill, Major Carter, Teal’c, Jonas. Welcome.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
You’ll forgive us if we don’t shake your hands this time.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Please sit and replenish yourselves. Organic forms store energy so inefficiently.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Yeah. </blockquote>

[He looks at a new woman sitting nearest them.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I assume you’re Sixth.</blockquote>

<blockquote>SIXTH<br/>
Yes.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Our newest addition.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
You’re kinda going girl, boy, girl, boy.</blockquote>

[Carter realizes the table is made of Replicator blocks.]

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Sir, the entire table&hellip;</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I see that.</blockquote>

[They all sit down, including First.]

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
We still have some questions that we never got a chance to ask last time we met.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
When our Replicator brethren discovered the android Reese, they realized she was their creator. They studied her design and form and found aspects of her technology superior to their own.</blockquote>

<blockquote>SECOND<br/>
Our brethren are composed of ungainly blocks.</blockquote>

<blockquote>THIRD<br/>
We are composed of millions of cell units, microscopic in comparison, that combine to create this form.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Like nanites, sir.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I hate those things.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
My creation took place in the last moment before the Asgard time device was to activate. There was a miniscule crack in the neutronium shell. I could penetrate this where my Replicator brethren could not. I managed to stop the machine before it activated and eventually used it to suit our purpose.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Which is?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
To increase our number. That has never changed. And now, thanks to the Asgard, we have all the time in the world. In a few short years, we will go forth as an army.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Yeah, see, we can’t you do that.</blockquote>

<blockquote>SECOND<br/>
You cannot stop us.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Was it not in the same way that you became the dominant species of your world? Is it not a process of natural selection? The strong survive.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Yeah, but there’s nothing truly natural about you. I mean, you’ve seen into our minds, I’m quite certain that you can all tell the difference.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Of course. We are far superior. And if you could see into the mind of an animal you would blindly feed upon, you would reach the same conclusion.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
It was our kind that built your creator. You created yourselves in our image.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FOURTH<br/>
No. In the image of Reese.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Yeah, now see, there was something wrong with her programming, you all know that.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
The flaw in the emulation programming was discovered during my creation. Eat.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
You know, I think that flaw’s kinda hanging on there.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
We attempted to correct the error in the creation of Fifth. But thus far, he has proven to be far too&hellip;</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Human?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Weak.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Maybe Fifth represents what you’re supposed to be.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
No. We won’t make the same mistake again. Now, you have your answers, eat.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
Why?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
To regain your strength.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Why do you care?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
So you’ll be strong enough.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
For what?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
To go into your minds over and over.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Could there be any other reason we would keep you alive?</blockquote>

[A Replicator bug drops down onto the table, and others start climbing down the walls.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Crap!</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
It will be far less painful if you don’t resist.</blockquote>

[Fifth stands up.]

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
Stop.</blockquote>

[The Replicators move away.]

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Why?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
You’ve learned everything you need to know.</blockquote>

[First stands, and approaches Fifth.]

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
There are four minds to explore at least once. And Sixth is very curious to experience their thoughts. And you, you haven’t yet had your chance.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
No.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
I insist. I want you to see the disorder, the chaos, recognize what they are in comparison. You need to understand what you are. Visit their memories of worlds we will conquer. Do you understand?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
Yes.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
I won’t blame you if you choose me.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Carter?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
It’s all right, sir. Last time I didn’t remember a thing.</blockquote>

[She gets up and walks over to Fifth. He places his hands on the sides of her face, and leans forward until his forehead touches hers.].

'''INT&mdash;FIFTH'S UNCONSCIOUS MIND'''

[Fifth and Carter are standing in a desolate landscape, with heavy cloud cover and lightning flashes like the planet.]

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
I don’t know what you’re showing me, but it’s not my unconscious mind.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
No, Major Carter. It is mine. We share much of our thought, in this way we are connected even with our Replicator brethren. But this corner of my mind is mine alone. It is the only place we could communicate without the others knowing what is said.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
You’re not like them.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
I’m a mistake.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
No, they are. A terrible mistake. Help us.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
I can’t.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
You can. Because you’re more like us than you’re like them. The others inherited the same flaw that Reese had. But you&hellip;</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
The others would destroy me.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Not if you came with us.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
You would do that?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
If you were to come with us, and the time dilation device was reset with the new interface we brought with us&hellip;</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
They are my brothers and sisters.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
The Asgard device was never designed to destroy the Replicators. For them, it would seem like a few days had passed. We’d have hundreds of years to solve their flaw.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
What do you want me to do?</blockquote>

'''INT&mdash;THE STRUCTURE'''

[Carter wakes up to find herself lying on the floor. She gets up and goes to O'Neill, who is also on the floor.]

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Sir? Sir.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Oh, that’s just not right. </blockquote>

[He notices Carter.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Jonas and Teal’c?</blockquote>

[Everyone stands up, including O'Neill.]

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Sir, there’s a way out of this but we’re gonna have to trust&hellip;</blockquote>

<blockquote>TEAL'C<br/>
Major Carter.</blockquote>

[Fifth is working on the time dilation device. He turns and faces them.]

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
I have made the necessary adjustments.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
To what?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
The time dilation device. I’m coming with you.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I assume this was what you were gonna tell me?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Yes, sir.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
The others are merging with our brethren, sharing what they have learned from you, but they will return soon. I have reconfigured the device, but you must enter your command code.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Go.</blockquote>

[Carter goes to the device.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
You guys head back to the ship. Don’t fire up the engines, but be ready.</blockquote>

[Teal’c and Jonas leave.]

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
My code is in, sir, I just need to set the timer. It’ll take at least two minutes at a dead run for us to get to the ship, and two more for the engines to fire up.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
That is far too long. If I leave, the others will know. They will return before the device activates.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Then we set it off now.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
No. We will be trapped with the others.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
You can probably make it to the ship at lot faster than we can, right?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
Oh yes, in a fraction of the time.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Give us a head start. If you arrive at the ship just before we launch, your absence won’t alert the others until it’s too late for them to do anything about it.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
So, set the timer for five minutes.</blockquote>

[He signals privately for Carter to make it three minutes.]

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
That's cutting it awfully close, sir.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
I know that, Major.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
(to Fifth)<br/>
Thank you.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
You won’t leave without me?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
No. Head for the ship in a little over three minutes.</blockquote>

[She enters the time on the device.]

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Three, two, one, mark. Timer’s running.</blockquote>

[Carter and O'Neill leave.]

'''INT&mdash;X-303 BRIDGE'''

[Jonas and Teal’c enter, and begin switching things on.]

'''INT&mdash;THE STRUCTURE'''

[Fifth is waiting.]

'''EXT&mdash;PLANET SURFACE'''

[O'Neill and Carter run towards the X-303.]

'''INT&mdash;X-303 BRIDGE'''

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
(over the radio)<br/>
Fire up those engines, now!</blockquote>

<blockquote>TEAL'C<br/>
Understood, O’Neill.</blockquote>

'''INT&mdash;THE STRUCTURE'''

[Fifth turns to leave, and runs into First.]

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
What have you done?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
Nothing.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Where are the humans?</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
They’ve returned to their ship to rest.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
They’re trying to escape.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
No.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
Even as we speak, they’re preparing to leave.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
But, she promised.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
It’s not too late. I can read your mind. There’s time enough to stop the machine.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
No.</blockquote>

'''INT&mdash;X-303 BRIDGE'''

[O'Neill and Carter enter and take their seats.]

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
How long?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Twenty seconds before the device activates.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Get this thing in the air or we’re gonna be here a long time.</blockquote>

[Teal’c hits a button and they lift off.]

'''INT&mdash;THE STRUCTURE'''

[Replicator bugs screech as they enter the room where First and Fifth are arguing.]

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
They’re escaping.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
There’s still two minutes left.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIRST<br/>
No, my son. They made a fool of you.</blockquote>

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
They won’t leave me. She promised.</blockquote>

[He reaches for the timer and flips it up. There are only three seconds left.]

<blockquote>FIFTH<br/>
(quietly)<br/>
She promised.</blockquote>

[The device activates, and everything appears to freeze as time slows down.]

'''EXT&mdash;SCENE OF THE X-303 LEAVING THE PLANET'''

'''INT&mdash;X-303 BRIDGE'''

<blockquote>TEAL'C<br/>
We are beyond the time dilation field.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Thor sends his congratulations, sir. They’ll rendezvous with us as soon as they’ve determined no Replicator vessels escaped.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
Fine.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
You do realize what you did?</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
The right thing, Jonas.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
You used his humanity against him.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
His what?</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
Jonas is right. It’s exactly what we did.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
He wasn’t human. Get that through your heads.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
You could have fooled me.</blockquote>

<blockquote>O'NEILL<br/>
We all know what would have happened if those things had gotten out. Who’s gonna stop them? We did the right thing.</blockquote>

<blockquote>JONAS<br/>
I hope you’re right, sir.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CARTER<br/>
So do I.</blockquote>

'''INT&mdash;THE STRUCTURE'''

[We close on Fifth’s frozen face and the rest of the frozen replicators.]

'''FADE OUT'''

'''CLOSING CREDITS'''

''Transcribed for Stargate Solutions by Blue Cove 12 January 2004''

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