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1.06 "The First Commandment"

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The SG-1 team is sent after an SG team which has failed to return from a mission. They find that their captain, Jonas Hanson, Sam Carter's ex-fiancé, having been treated as a god by the fearful, primitive locals, is drunk with power and tyrannizing them. Can Carter and the team overcome Hanson before he kills them all?

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TEASER

EXT—DARK WOODS

[Mist is rising from the ground. Two soldiers in partial SGC uniforms run through the woods, chased by several native men leaping through the trees. The men are clad in breechclouts with painted faces and bodies. Some are wearing headdresses made from long grass; others have clay helmets that cover their entire head. The men with headdresses have blowguns.]

CONNOR
Come on, Frakes, let's go!

[As they run, a GDO falls to the forest floor.]

FRAKES
Connor! Connor, I've lost the remote!

[Frakes runs back and drops to his knees, trying to find the GDO. The men in the trees close in. Connor joins him.]

CONNOR

(picks up something)

Got it!

[One of the natives puts his blowpipe to his lips. A dart shoots out and hits Frakes in the shoulder. Frakes falls. Connor runs on, not noticing. Connor reaches the DHD and starts pressing the glyphs for Earth. Frakes stumbles down the path behind him, the arrow still stuck in his shoulder. The natives close in. Frakes pauses, his eyes rolling back. He falls face-first onto the ground. Connor punches in the last symbol and hits the red center of the DHD. The wormhole opens. Connor punches in the code on the GDO. He looks behind him, obviously just noticing that his companion is not with him.]

CONNOR

Frakes!
(Runs back down the path)

Frakes!

FRAKES

Go.
(Looking desperate)

Go!

[Connor looks around at the forest. Frakes falls back to the ground. Looking unhappy, Connor whirls around to run back to the Stargate. Behind him, Frakes pushes himself up, then crumples sideways. He looks up to see himself surrounded by the natives in clay helmets, the men in headdresses right behind them. Another man, this one wearing some kind of robes over an SGC uniform pushes through the crowd, a rifle in hand. Grabbing Frakes' hair, he pulls him into a seated position. Another man, covered from head to foot in a robe, comes out of the crowd to stand before them. Although we can't see his clothing beneath, dogtags catch the light.]

HANSON

(Reprovingly)

Frakes, Frakes, Frakes. I'm disappointed in you, my son.

[Hanson pulls out a pistol and cocks it. He aims the gun at Frakes. The natives mutter uneasily. Hanson fires.]

[At the Stargate, Connor turns to look back.]

[Hanson motions to the natives, who run toward the Stargate. As Baker and Hanson look down the path, the wormhole blinks out of existence.]

HANSON
So. Connor got through.

BAKER
What about this one?

HANSON

(looking back)

Burn him.

[One of the natives douses Frakes in a liquid. Baker lowers a torch and ignites the liquid. Flames rise as Frakes' body catches fire.]

END TEASER

ROLL CREDITS

EXT—PLANET

[Teal'c exits wormhole, followed by O'Neill. As the wormhole closes, Daniel and Carter are standing by the DHD. They all look at the surrounding foliage.]

DANIEL
For a planet with a UV radiation as high as this one's supposed to have, the plant life seems to be doing very well.

CARTER
Apparently, Abydos was the exception, not the rule, as far as trees are concerned.

DANIEL
Well, that makes sense. I mean, in order for a planet to support human life, there must be some form of carbon-based vegetation, right?

[Carter nods.]

TEAL'C
It is no accident. Many Stargate worlds were terra-formed by the Goa'uld centuries ago.

O'NEILL
Okay, lets take a quick look around the Gate before we move out and find SG-9.

CARTER
They can't be that far.

DANIEL
I don't know, this Stargate is literally out in the middle of nowhere. I doubt it plays an active role in anybody's culture.

[O'Neill walks away, Daniel following. Carter looks uneasily up at the trees.]

TEAL'C
Is there a problem, Dr. Carter?

CARTER
No birds.

[She looks around again, then moves away, following O'Neill and Daniel. Teal'c looks up, his gaze sober.]

EXT—PLANET

[The sun is shining brightly. Daniel walks alone through the woods.]

DANIEL
There should be a road up here or something, or…Jack? Guys?

[Under his feet, the leaf covering shifts. Connor jumps up from his hiding place and wraps an arm around Daniel's neck.]

DANIEL
Aaah!

[Connor grabs Daniel's gun and aims it at his neck as Daniel tries to pull his arm away.]

DANIEL
Okay, okay. Don't shoot.

[O'Neill races up out of nowhere, his own gun out. He aims it at Connor's temple.]

O'NEILL

(Grating)

Very sound advice.

[Connor pulls the pistol away from Daniel. O'Neill grabs it with his free hand, the pistol on Connor never wavering.]

CONNOR

(Not losing his grip on Daniel, but looking surprised.)

Colonel O'Neill!

[He looks relieved.]

O'NEILL
Lieutenant Connor?

[Connor sags. O'Neill and Daniel catch him as he falls.]

O'NEILL
All right, all right.

[O'Neill and Daniel each grab an arm and help Connor walk away.]

EXT—PLANET

[The team rests on the Stargate platform, clustered around Connor.]

O'NEILL
All right, Connor, what's going on? Command received your signal six hours ago, and no one came through. Why?

CONNOR
Hanson.

CARTER
Where is he? We need to…

CONNOR

(Interrupting)

No! Don't.

O'NEILL
Why?

CONNOR

(His eyes widening)

Frakes. He…

[Connor jumps up, runs down the path. SG-1 follows him. Connor stops, bending down beside a pile of ashes and bits of bone on the ground.]

O'NEILL
Connor.

[As SG-1 comes to a halt in front of him, Connor picks out dogtags, which are all that's apparently left of Frakes.]

O'NEILL
Connor. I need to know what happened.

CONNOR
Permission to speak freely about a superior officer, sir.

O'NEILL
Yeah. Go ahead.

CONNOR
He's lost it. He's out of control.

CARTER
Captain Hanson?

CONNOR
Maybe it was the sun. The, uh, radiation…

DANIEL
What are…Are you saying that the sun did this to Frakes?

CONNOR
No, sir. Captain Hanson did that to Frakes.

CARTER
What?

CONNOR
For trying to get back through the Gate.

O'NEILL
I don't buy that.

CONNOR
Sir. We were trying to warn Command about what's really going on. The people here…they believe he's their god.

TEAL'C
Because you came through the Stargate.

CONNOR
No, no. You don't get it. Hanson believes it too.

[SG-1 is silent for a moment.]

O'NEILL
Carter?

[Carter follows O'Neill away from Connor.]

O'NEILL

(Pulls off his sunglasses and rubs his eyes.)

I want you to take Connor back through the Stargate. Report to General Hammond what's happened here.

CARTER

(Looking obstinate)

No sir.

O'NEILL

(Incredulous)

No sir?

CARTER
If you're going after Captain Hanson, I should go with you. I can get to him.

O'NEILL

(testy)

Look, Captain. Either we're bringing him back to face a court martial, or not. I think we both know what the 'not' means.

CARTER
I know him, Colonel.

O'NEILL
Yeah, that would be the problem, wouldn't it?

CARTER
I gave back the ring because I know him. I know how he thinks, how he operates.

O'NEILL
How he likes to play God?

CARTER
I don't understand how that could happen any more than you do. But if SG-1 is going after him, then I am going with you.

CONNOR

(Interrupting)

Wait a minute. No. You…you…you can't do that. There're hundreds, probably thousands of them. He's…he's their god. They'll die for him; they'll kill for him in a heartbeat.

O'NEILL
That's not your problem. Now, I need someone to report back to the General, and that is you.

[He looks at Connor.]

CONNOR
No, sir.

O'NEILL

(looking incredulous again)
No, sir?
(turning to look at Carter)

Does it say Colonel anywhere on my uniform?

CONNOR
I know the planet and the situation. I think it's suicide. But if you're going, I'm going, sir.

TEAL'C
But you are not physically able.

CONNOR
Frakes was my friend.

CARTER
This isn't about revenge.

CONNOR
Maybe not for you.

[Carter stares at Connor, who looks away and brushes past her. ]

CONNOR
We've got to move now. Today.

O'NEILL

(sighs)

Well. We're off to see the wizard.

CONNOR
Hope you brought lots of sunblock.

DANIEL
Uh. We're mostly under cover.

CARTER
The probe's data indicated that shade, even heavy cloud cover won't protect us. It can be pouring rain and we'll still burn.

CONNOR
She's right.

O'NEILL
Then why on Earth are we travelling during the day?

CONNOR
We're not on Earth. People here live in caves. I think they used to be mines. They only come out at night. They're probably still after me, sir.

[O'Neill registers that, but pulls on his sunglasses anyway.]

O'NEILL
To Oz.

[The team follows Connor, looking around them at the woods first.]

EXT—PLANET—HANSON'S CAMP

[Baker looks up at the sun, then enters a cave lit by several fires burning.]

BAKER
You were right. They sent SG-1.

[Hanson, his face marked with angry red burns, lifts his dogtags away from his neck and stares at them, then pulls, snapping the chain. He throws them away.]

EXT—SG-1 CAMP

[Daniel and Carter are sitting side by side in front of a fire. Daniel is eating, Carter is examining something.]

DANIEL
This tastes like chicken.

CARTER
So what's wrong with that?

DANIEL
This is macaroni and cheese.

[Behind the tents, Teal'c and O'Neill are standing guard in the woods.]

O'NEILL
Teal'c?

TEAL'C
The perimeter is established.

[Teal'c picks up and throws a rock. A beeping noise ensues, and a light high in a tree comes on. Teal'c reaches down and turns off both.]

O'NEILL
Perfect. If any little rocks sneak up on us, we'll have plenty of warning.

[Connor approaches the fire. Carter looks up.]

CARTER
So, uh, any indigenous lions, tigers or bears I should lie awake worrying about?

CONNOR
The plant life's all that seems to live very long in the sun.

DANIEL
You know, how could something like this actually happen? I mean…the SG teams are supposedly made up of well-trained professionals.

CONNOR
Well, when we first met the cave dwellers, they immediately bowed down to us. Thought we were gods.

DANIEL
Well, that's a fairly common phenomenon. I mean…uh…it happens.

CONNOR
Except Hanson didn't deny it. Told us it might be safer if we allowed them to think he was a god for awhile. Said it was the…system of government they needed to retake their world.

DANIEL
And…you were okay with that?

CONNOR

Frakes was our anthropologist. He agreed with Hanson that it might be safer. But the longer we stayed here, the stronger they believed. In our fourth or fifth week here, a young child wandered out of the caves.
(shakes his head)

Must have gotten lost. Hanson went out after him. He was gone for two full days before he came back, carrying the child, barely alive, in his arms.

CARTER
The cave dwellers must have loved him for that.

CONNOR
Yeah, they did. He wasn't sane after that.

CARTER
You're saying that that's what sent him over the edge? The sun?

CONNOR

(sighs)

It wasn't any one thing. If it was, me and Frakes, we could have seen it coming. Done something about it, before…

TEAL'C
Before what?

CONNOR
There were a few cave dwellers who…got the idea that Hanson was just a man like they were. Thanks to…Frakes and I. He had them tied to stakes and left out in direct sunlight. They were there seven days before they were allowed back in the caves.

DANIEL
A number of significant biblical events took place over the course of seven days.

CONNOR

(Staring into the fire)

y then they were blind. Giant bleeding burns all over them. Just took them a little longer to die. Personally; I'd rather eat a bullet.

[Everyone stares at him, stricken. O'Neill looks around at his team.]

O'NEILL
I'll take first watch.

[They sit in silence.]

EXT—HANSON'S CAMP

[It's night. Hanson exits the cave. He walks to a cliff, looking down to see the cave dwellers working by torchlight, digging on ladders on the sides of the cliff. Some are moving wagons around on the flat portion of the ground.]

EXT—PLANET, SG-1 CAMP

[O'Neill is on guard. Connor is sleeping on a pallet on the ground. He awakens, quietly rising to his feet. He walks past a sleeping Carter and Daniel, past Teal'c, who is meditating, and over to O'Neill.]

CONNOR
Hey Colonel. I'll take watch now.

[O'Neill looks around into the woods, not looking at Connor . Both spot movement in the trees. Connor crouches, and follows O'Neill back into the camp. In the woods, the cave dwellers are moving closer. O'Neill touches Teal'c, shaking him from his kel-no-reem. He then leans down to shake Daniel's shoulder.]

O'NEILL
Let's go. We've got company.

DANIEL
You sure?

[An arrow hits the tree trunk beside Daniel's head. Both men look at it.]

O'NEILL
Pretty sure.

[The cave dwellers move through the trees, setting off the alarm and the lights. O'Neill fires his gun towards the invaders. Connor does as well. The Cave dwellers shoot their darts. Teal'c waits, finally shooting his staff weapon at a tree. It catches fire. The alarms stop.]

TEAL'C
It appears they are gone.

O'NEILL
Yeah.

DANIEL
Connor? Connor?

[They look. Connor is gone.]

EXT—HANSON'S OPERATION

[Daylight. The torches have been extinguished; there are no people in sight.]

HANSON
The temple is taking too long to build.

BAKER
They're working as hard as they can.

HANSON
But not as long as they can. Divide them into shifts; day and night.

BAKER
You can't.

HANSON
What?

BAKER
They'll die.

HANSON

Sacrifice.
(shrugs)

Their way to salvation.

EXT—WOODS

[Daniel and Carter are walking. O'Neill is behind them, intent on keeping guard on the woods around them.]

DANIEL
Well, they were probably just instructed just to…take Connor; send us a message that Hanson is in control.

CARTER
Sounds familiar.

DANIEL
Which part?

CARTER
He likes control.

DANIEL
Well, what did you see in him?

CARTER

(grimaces)

I dunno. I guess I've always had a soft spot for the lunatic fringe. He was…He was charming.

DANIEL
Well, that's good. Charming is good.

CARTER
I don't know, I should be more surprised by this than I am, but I'm not. You know, he had this in him Daniel. Too many years of black ops.

DANIEL
Well, that's typical of our government's evaluation of soldiers. The crazier they are, the more extreme the situation they seem to be put into.

CARTER
I can't really…He wasn't happy when I broke off the engagement, but he seemed like he'd really pulled himself together when we met up at Stargate Command.

DANIEL
Apparently not.

[Teal'c raises a hand, stopping the group. He puts his finger to his lips, motioning for silence. O'Neill pushes past Daniel and Carter.]

O'NEILL
What've we got, Teal'c?

TEAL'C
This way.

[The team follows the path. It comes out at the top of a cliff, overseeing the building of the temple. They pause, watching the workers. Hundreds of people toil, breaking rocks, moving boulders, clearing away rubble.]

TEAL'C
The road out of the valley, toward the mountain.

[O'Neill looks through binoculars in that direction, seeing several men tied to stakes in the center of the activity. They are sunburned, their heads hanging. Two appear to be natives; Connor is the third man in line. He looks exhausted, but he's still alive. O'Neill sighs and shakes his head.]

O'NEILL
I'll be back in thirty minutes.

TEAL'C
If you are thinking about rescuing Connor…

O'NEILL

(interrupting)

Not yet. Captain? When the time comes, I'll need your help to get in the front door.

CARTER

(nods)

I'm prepared for that, sir.

[O'Neill takes off through the woods.]

TEAL'C
There will be none left to worship him if this continues.

DANIEL
Kinda like Abraham.

[Carter and Teal'c look at him, puzzled.]

TEAL'C
Who was Abraham?

DANIEL
Uh…Biblical figure. Believed to be the father of man. God tested his faith by instructing him to make a great sacrifice. His son, Issac.

TEAL'C

(frowns)

Did he sacrifice his son?

DANIEL

(nods)

He gave it a good shot before an angel stopped him. At the last minute.

[Carter looks through the binoculars and sees one of the workers fall. Several other men try to catch him. Down at the site, Baker sees it too.]

BAKER
Get up!

CAVE DWELLER
He worked straight through the night. He needs rest.

BAKER

Shut up.
(leans in close, shouting at the fallen man.)

Do I have to make an example? Do I?

[The native cringes. Baker swings back his rifle, and hits the worker several times. The boy cries out, flinching away as he is hit. His friends desert him. Carter hands the binoculars to Teal'c.]

CARTER
Hey. Look over there.

[She points to the beating taking place. As Teal'c looks, Carter rises to her feet.]

DANIEL
Whoa.. Where you going?

CARTER
I can't just stay here and watch him beat that man to death.

TEAL'C
You will be captured.

CARTER
Uh-huh.

DANIEL
Uh, and you think that's a plan?

CARTER
Daniel, I can get to Hanson, that's what the Colonel was talking about.

DANIEL
Well, can you at least wait until he gets back?

CARTER
The man could be dead by then.

[Carter takes off.]

DANIEL
We should have stopped her.

TEAL'C
We would have failed.

[O'Neill is at the top of another bluff, looking at the proceedings from a different angle. Picking up his rifle, he looks through the telescopic sight at the prisoners and at Connor.]

[Teal'c looks through his binoculars at Baker, still beating the young native. Carter comes up behind him, pulls the gun away, then punches the guard in the face. Baker falls.]

CARTER
Ah. That was refreshing.

[O'Neill runs down the path, joining Teal'c and Daniel.]

O'NEILL
Connor looks bad. There's two guards be…

[His voice trails off as he sees what's happening below. Carter raises her hands, then takes off her rifle as she's taken prisoner.]

O'NEILL
Daniel.

[Daniel wordlessly motions to Carter. His mouth moves, but no words come out.]

O'NEILL

(sighs)

Never mind. It's probably our only way in without a firefight anyway.

[Carter walks to Hanson's cave, trailed by two native guards and Baker.]

INT—HANSON'S CAVE

[Baker pushes Carter in front of him with the rifle.]

CARTER
All right, all right.

[The cave is full of people. Fires burn in various spots. Hanson sits in a corner, on a large chair obviously meant to be a throne. Three young native girls sit at his feet.]

HANSON

(throws off his hood)

Well. It's about time.

CARTER
Hello, Jonas.

HANSON

(nods and grimaces)

And you never thought I'd amount to anything. Quite a leap, isn't it? From Captain to…

CARTER

(interrupting)

What's happened to you, Jonas?

HANSON
Please. Sit down.

[He motions to a chair. Carter sits.]

HANSON
These caves were once mines; they permeate the hillside for miles. But these people, they've been multiplying like rabbits. They don't have the technology to dig themselves more space; they don't have the courage to leave the caves. It's like a third world country in a bottle.

CARTER
And you think you're saving them.

HANSON

Oh. I know I am.
(They stare at each other in silence for a moment.)

These people, they're human beings. They're like us. How can we turn our backs on them? Kidnapped from Earth. Forced into slavery for centuries…

CARTER
We can't change that.

HANSON
Yes! We can. We must help.

CARTER
Well, how does posing as a god and slowly working these people to death help them?

HANSON
I hate that word. Stop using it. I am not posing.

[Carter shakes her head in disbelief.]

HANSON
It is a matter of definition. My people need me. They believe in me. And because they believe, they work.

CARTER
To death.

HANSON
We're building a civilization, Sam. There are going to be sacrifices. It's better than rotting in caves, living and dying in squalor like you've never seen! I'm creating a great people.

CARTER
In your image?

HANSON

Yes.
(He smiles.)

It's going to be wondrous. You'll see. You'll see.

EXT—BLUFF OVERLOOKING WORK SITE

O'NEILL
All right, we're going to have to get one of them alone. Talk to him.

TEAL'C
They could give us away.

DANIEL
Maybe not.

[He looks through the binoculars as the young man who was beaten by Baker stumbles away from the site.]

DANIEL
Maybe not. I think I've got just the candidate.

EXT—BESIDE A STREAM

[The young native is bent down, splashing water on his face. He examines a wound on his arm, pulling out a cloth to clean it. Daniel moves up and squats beside him, giving a friendly wave. The boy nervously turns away, but O'Neill moves to stand at his other side. He turns to run, but Teal'c is standing behind him. When the boy looks up at Teal'c, the Jaffa moves one finger to his lips.]

TEAL'C
Shhh.

INT—HANSON'S CAVE

[Hanson is examining the cave paintings on the wall. There are pictures of an antelope-like animal being hunted by stick figures. An orange shape rises above them.]

HANSON
I really wish I understood these drawings.

CARTER
Why don't you ask your people?

HANSON

(spreads his arms ruefully)

All-knowing.

CARTER
You knew I would come, didn't you?

HANSON
How could you not? Healer of the emotionally wounded. I was your one failure. The bird with the broken wing that wouldn't heal.

CARTER
You seem to be flying well enough on your own.

HANSON
I'd hoped that you would understand.

[While Hanson turns his attention away, Carter grabs a pistol, cocks and aims it at him.]

CARTER
I do understand. You're sick and you need help.

HANSON
That's your idea of help?

CARTER
Yes. You're coming back with me.

HANSON
No. You're going to have to use it, Sam.

[Carter stares at him, her hand steady.]

HANSON
Go on.

[Carter's hand starts to tremble.]

HANSON
It's still loaded. Pull the trigger.

[Hanson starts to move closer. Carter's hand shakes.]

HANSON
Do it!

[Carter jumps and readjusts her grip.]

HANSON
'Cause so help me, that is the only way you're going to stop me.

[Carter's eyes tear up. Her hand is visibly shaking.]

HANSON
What's a few deaths compared to the survival of my people. Killing their savior might irritate them a little, but at least I'd be gone.

[Carter is shaking her head, the gun bobbing up and down.]

CARTER
Don't make me do this.

HANSON

(whispering)

Come on, pull the trigger. One more fraction of an inch.

[Hanson moves closer. Carter blinks back tears. Hanson reaches out and takes the gun from Carter's grasp. She chokes back a sob.]

HANSON
You had the gun. You appeared to have all the power. Yet I was in control. That is the strength of a god.

EXT—BESIDE STREAM

[The man that Daniel, O'Neill and Teal'c snuck up on is huddled under a bush, clearly frightened.]

JAMALA
My name is Jamala. Jamala. Please don't kill me. Please don't..

DANIEL

(raising hand)

No! We won't.

JAMALA
Jonas said that you would come. Devils with power like him; here to destroy us.

DANIEL

No! No, we're not devils
(yanks off sunglasses)

we're men like yourself. We're uh…I'm Daniel, this is Jack, and he's Teal'c.

O'NEILL
Hi.

[He smiles.]

JAMALA

(whispers)

Is he Jaffa?

DANIEL
Yes.

JAMALA
Don't kill me. Please don't

DANIEL
No. No, It's okay. He's…friendly.

[Jamala looks at Teal'c in disbelief.]

DANIEL
He's a friend.

[Daniel stands and walks to stand beside Teal'c, putting his arm around Teal'c's shoulder.]

DANIEL

See?
(to Teal'c)

Smile, look friendly.

[Teal'c raises his lip in an attempt to smile. It looks more like a snarl.]

O'NEILL
You're going to have to work on that a little bit.

DANIEL
Now, how do you know he is Jaffa? Have you seen one before?

JAMALA

(shakes his head)
No. Just stories from when I was a young boy. Long ago.
(looks to O'Neill)

He is a servant of the old gods, yes?

O'NEILL
Well, yes and no. He's from another place. So are we.

JAMALA
Another place?

O'NEILL
Earth. It's way, way out there. Where we're from. Jonas too. See, he's not a god, he's just a man. A crazy man, granted but…

DANIEL

(interupting)

Okay. Okay. Jonas is bad.

[Jamala skuttles backward. Daniel rolls his eyes.]

O'NEILL
But it's all right. He can't hear you right now. He can't hurt you.

DANIEL
But he will if you and your people continue to believe in him and follow him.

JAMALA
No, he will save us.

TEAL'C
By laboring you in the sun until extinction?

JAMALA
If we finish the temple, Jonas will make the sky orange. It will be safe to come out in the light. There will be no more sickness.

O'NEILL
The sky? Orange?

JAMALA
The sky. Up there.

O'NEILL
Yeah, I know what the sky is. Why?

JAMALA
When the sky is orange, it's good. There's no more sickness.

TEAL'C
And Jonas can make the sky orange?

JAMALA
Yes. He can.

TEAL'C
How do you know?

JAMALA
He says he can.

O'NEILL
You know what he's talking about?

TEAL'C
I believe so.

EXT—OUTSIDE HANSON'S CAVE

[Carter follows Hanson out. He stops, and motions to the work going on.]

HANSON
It's going to be magnificent, isn't it?

CARTER
What's the point, Jonas? By the time it's built there'll be no one left to worship you.

HANSON

Please. Mere survival for these people will require unquestioning faith. Pure devotion. They must believe in me. If I am to lead them into the desert, through the Promised Land. I'm merely separating the wheat from the chaff.
(his voice changes)

Besides, I'm supposed to be crazy, right?

CARTER
I never said you were crazy.

HANSON

But you think it, don't you?
(Laughs)

Well, that's all right. I also have faith in you, even if you don't believe in me. Yet. You'll come around.

CARTER
I don't think so, Jonas.

[Hanson frowns, studying her face. He grabs her arm.]

HANSON
Come here.

EXT—WOODS

[On a small notepad, Teal'c sketches a shape similar to the object in the cave paintings.]

DANIEL
What is it?

TEAL'C
It is something I have seen the Goa'ulds use. It creates an energy force high in the air.

DANIEL
What, protection from radiation? Like…like this planet's sun?

TEAL'C
The device I saw appeared to turn the sky orange.

JAMALA
The cave paintings tell of this. They show this symbol.

O'NEILL
Have you ever actually seen one of these things he's talking about?

[Jamala nods.]

DANIEL
Where?

INT—HANSON'S CAVE

[Hanson strides in, Carter behind him. He whips off a curtain, and leads her to a material-covered object. He pulls off the material to reveal an actual device like the one Teal'c has just drawn.]

CARTER
What is it?

HANSON

(shrugs)

Looks like something the Goa'ulds left behind. What I've gathered, from the local folklore, is that the ancient…gods used it to make the sky orange, to protect the people from the sun sickness.

CARTER
Some sort of shield.

HANSON
Yes.

CARTER
You don't know how to work it.

HANSON
Not my area of expertise.

CARTER

(snorts)

You never cared about my coming here because you wanted me, Jonas. You just wanted me to figure out how to turn this thing on for you.

HANSON

Oh, no. That's not true.
(He puts his hands on her arms, staring at her)

I sincerely hope that one day, you will agree to be my goddess.

[Carter is unmoved.]

HANSON
Turn it on.

CARTER
What if I won't?

HANSON

(intently)

Then we will watch every last cave dweller die in the sun before I kill us both.

[He walks away to stand on the other side of the device.]

HANSON

(proclaiming)

He hath not failed one word of His good promises.

[Hanson reaches into his robe and pulls out a small bible.]

HANSON

I've been carrying this for years. All along, I've been looking for God…
(shrugs and looks heavenward)

…And here I am.

EXT — WOODS

[Jamala, dressed in O'Neill's uniform, is speaking with Teal'c. Behind them, O'Neill, dressed in Jamala's clothing, with pants, is smearing his face with camouflage makeup, to look like dirt.]

JAMALA
So…you betrayed your gods, as I am betraying mine?

TEAL'C
The beings I betrayed were not gods. They had power, but power alone does not make one a god. Do you understand?"

O'NEILL

(to Daniel)

I can't leave Connor out there another day. He'll die.

DANIEL
We also have to do something about Captain Carter. But if Teal'c can turn on this device, we could seriously undermine Hanson's power.

[O'Neill wraps a cloth around his head, similar to the natives' headcovering.]

TEAL'C
There is a problem with your plan, Daniel.

DANIEL
Wait, don't tell me you don't know how to turn it on?

TEAL'C
Yes, I can turn it on. But there must be two.

DANIEL
What are you talking about?

TEAL'C
The shield technology involves a force field being bounced back and forth between two devices.

JAMALA
I have only seen one, in his cave.

DANIEL
Hanson may not know he needs a second device.

[Pulling out the small notebook, Teal'c draws triangles to represent the surrounding mountains.]

TEAL'C
This is the valley. Here is the Stargate.

[He draws a circle on one end to represent the Stargate, and a building on the other.]

TEAL'C
Here is the temple.

[Teal'c points to the sketch of the building.]

JAMALA

(sounding impressed)

Good drawing.

TEAL'C
Thank you. Where was the first device found?

[Jamala points to a spot near the Stargate. Teal'c marks an x near where Jamala pointed.]

TEAL'C
Then the second device is…

[Teal'c places a second x and circles it; all the way across the valley and near the temple. He draws an arc, joining the two and making a shield over the valley.]

O'NEILL
You're assuming the Goa'ulds just shut them down and left them in place.

TEAL'C
That is correct.

O'NEILL
I'm sorry Teal'c, but your calculations could be way off. Connor doesn't have time for us to be wrong. I'll go after him. You try and find that second device. I'll try to meet you back here.

[O'Neill leaves.]

EXT — WOODA

[Teal'c and Daniel follow Jamala through the woods. Where Teal'c had placed the x, they discover a ruined temple; but there is no shield device in sight.]

JAMALA
This place is like where the other one was found on the far side of the temple.

[Daniel and Jamala walk up steps and kneel on what was the floor of the temple. Daniel begins wiping debris off the stones.]

DANIEL
Agh. This is like solid rock, well never be able to get through this.

[Teal'c joins Daniel and Jamala. He taps the platform with the end of his staff weapon. Nothing happens, but the tapping sounds hollow.]

TEAL'C
Stand aside.

[Daniel looks up at Teal'c, then jumps up, grabbing and pushing Jamala off the platform and into the woods. Teal'c moves off the platform. He aims and fires his staff weapon at the stone floor. A large, perfectly circular hole is the result. Daniel runs to it, Teal'c and Jamala follow.]

DANIEL

(looking down into the hole)

Ah. I just hope it still functions.

EXT — HANSON'S OPERATION

[O'Neill makes his way toward the poles. He stops behind one of the mined blocks of stone and pulls out a blowgun. He aims at one of the guards and blows. The dart hits the guard in the chest; the man passes out and falls down the cliff. O'Neill walks up to Connor, who is slumped against the pole, his eyes closed.]

CONNOR
Kill me.

O'NEILL
Are you sure? I've come all this way.

[Connor's head snaps up in surprise. O'Neill unties him.]

O'NEILL
Can you walk?

CONNOR
Yeah.

O'NEILL
Let's go.

[O'Neill takes Connor's arm, supporting him as they start slowly walking away. Both duck their heads as several workers and a guard pass them.]

O'NEILL
Think we can pick up the pace a little bit here?

[There is a shout from behind them, Baker walks out from behind another stone block, several guards following him. Baker cocks his gun. O'Neill and Connor stop. They turn around. The guards surround the O'Neill and Connor .]

O'NEILL
Hey, how you doing? You know we'd love to stick around but some brain-dead sycophant left my buddy out here to die. So we're out of here.

[Baker backhands O'Neill across the face.]

O'NEILL
Ow.

[Baker takes O'Neill's gun and knife.]

BAKER
Move.

[He pushes O'Neill and they all start to walk.]

INT — HANSON'S CAVE

[Carter is analyzing the shield device.]

CARTER
The main control board seems to follow the same basic circuitry patterns as the Gate technology.

HANSON

(uninterested)

Just turn it on.

CARTER
What if I can't?

[O'Neill and Connor are pushed into the cave.]

CARTER
Colonel O'Neill.

O'NEILL

Captain.
(sarcastically)

I see everything's working out just as we planned.

[O'Neill raises his eyebrows. Hanson walks up to O'Neill and uncuffs his hands.]

HANSON
Shoot him!

CARTER
No! All right I'll…

O'NEILL
Wait, you're going to turn this thing on in here?

HANSON
Do it now. If it works, I'll spare him.

[Carter looks to O'Neill, who nods and waves her to do it. Carter turns the device on; orange light beam of light shoots up into the sky. Nothing else happens.]

HANSON
It's beautiful.

EXT — WOODS

[Daniel wipes debris from the second shield device. Teal'c is watching.]

DANIEL
Will it work?

TEAL'C
I do not know.

[Jamala runs at top speed towards Daniel and Teal'c.]

JAMALA
Everyone is being forced to gather at the circle of the gods.

DANIEL
The Stargate.

EXT — STARGATE

[The Stargate has been tilted so that it's flat on the ground. The stairs now provide an improvised stage above the Stargate. Connor and O'Neill kneel on this platform, their hands tied. Baker stands behind them, holding a gun. Hanson stands beyond that, beside the first shield device. Natives surround the Gate, gazing at Hanson.]

HANSON
My children. Today is a great day! The sun hath stood still in the heavens, and hastened not to go down about a whole day. I have the power to help, and to cast down. But fear not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord.

[As Hanson crosses to the DHD, Carter is revealed, standing on the stairs, her hands bound.]

HANSON
Today, we will bury the doorway, that brings forth demons who threaten to undo us. But first…I will send those evil undoers who have already invaded our world, back to the hell from whence they came.

[Hanson points to O'Neill and Connor . He turns, and presses the symbols on the DHD for Earth.]

HANSON
Fear not, for I the lord your god, control the gateway to the underworld.

[Hanson presses the crystal in the center of the DHD. The natives jump as the wormhole is engaged. The even horizon shoots straight up, in a tower of what looks like water. The natives cower in fear. Carter stares.]

CARTER
You said you wouldn't kill them.

HANSON
I'm not, I'm sending them back to Earth.

CARTER
Without sending the signal to open the iris, they'll die.

HANSON

(sarcastically)
Please, Sam, I'm having a moment here.
(to the crowd)
I am the lord your god; there is nothing I cannot do. No one is greater then I. No one is more powerful than I.
(to Baker, quietly)

Throw them in.

[O'Neill and Connor are pushed to the edge of the rock platform overlooking the wormhole. As they look down, Daniel appears. He jumps up onto a rock, where he can oversee the crowd.]

DANIEL
Wait! Stop!

[Jamala shoots Baker with Teal'c's staff weapon before he can fire.]

JAMALA
Back away!

[Hanson pulls out a gun; Carter jumps, and kicks it out of his hands. Hanson whirls around and backhands her. As Hanson and Carter fight, Jamala shoots the staff again; the blast just misses Hanson. He stops and turns, losing interest in Carter, who's on the ground.]

DANIEL
Listen to me, no matter what Jonas has shown you or done for you, he is not a god.

HANSON
Don't listen to him! They are demons, agents of the devil! I am your savior!

O'NEILL
We're not demons, for crying out loud!

DANIEL
This…

[Daniel jumps to the ground, picks up a gun and jumps back up on the rock again.]

DANIEL
This…this is not magical power. It is called a gun, and it is a machine.

[Daniel makes the clip fall out. The natives gasp.]

HANSON
Do as I say! Or you will all die!

O'NEILL
Do as he says and you WILL die.

HANSON
Do not betray me; after all I have done for you! I promised you I would bring you out of the caves, into the light. Today I fulfill that promised.

[He moves to the shield device.]

HANSON

Behold…the magical power that belongs to your god!
(he points to himself)

I give you the sun.

[Hanson turns the device on.]

HANSON
I give you the world!

[Again, the orange light goes straight up. The natives cower and stare expectantly, but the light does nothing more. As O'Neill gets the ropes off his wrists, Hanson goes over to Carter. He jerks her by her vest.]

HANSON
What's wrong?

CARTER
I don't know!

HANSON
Fix it!

DANIEL
It's a machine. I can make it work, and so can you, just like Jamala there can fire that staff. Now, I'll show you how. There are two devices. And both must be turned on for the shield to work. Watch.

[Daniel nods to Jamala, who shoots the staff weapon into the air. On the other side of the valley, Teal'c sees the shot. He turns on the other shield, a beam of orange light shoots into the sky. His light arcs toward the other, and the two beams hook together like a rainbow. A large orange dome forms.]

MAN
Look! Look!

[After a quick look around at the natives, Hanson grabs Carter.]

HANSON
I'm taking you with me!

[O'Neill pushes Connor out of the way and tackles Hanson. Both men and Carter fall of the platform and to the ground. The natives rebel as one in an angry wave. They attack Hanson, picking him up. Working with one mind, they toss Hanson into the wormhole. Carter looks on, shocked and sad. There was no chance to dial the iris code.]

EXT — STARGATE

[The Stargate is upright again. SG-1, Jamala, Connor and a few natives are hovering. Carter walks over to O'Neill.]

CARTER
Uh, I think we're ready.

O'NEILL
Think we should tell them to bury the Gate after were gone?

CARTER
Teal'c seems to think the Goa'ulds won't be back.

[Daniel joins them.]

DANIEL
Maybe we should come back and check on these guys.

CARTER
I think we've done enough, don't you?

[Daniel looks at her, then nods and walks away.]

O'NEILL
Something else on your mind?

CARTER
I had the chance to end this, Colonel. He literally asked me to do it.

O'NEILL
Killing a man is no badge of honor, Captain.

CARTER
I know.

O'NEILL

Look, I'm no expert on this thing.
(He waves Hanson's bible)

I generally read one commandment, and I think it's the first.

CARTER
"I am the Lord your God, and you shall take no other Gods before me?"

O'NEILL

(stops and makes a face)

Okay, it's not the first one. I'm talking about the "No Killing" one. No matter what the reason, every time you break it, you take one step closer to Hanson.

[He looks at Carter, who nods.]

CARTER
Thanks.

[O'Neill hands her the bible, then goes to where the rest of SG-1 and the villagers are talking.]

O'NEILL

(to Jamala)

So, you going to be all right?

JAMALA

Yes.
(He shakes O'Neill's hand)

The world outside the caves…it's very big, yes?

DANIEL
Yeah…it's bigger then you can imagine.

[Daniel and Jamala shake hands. Daniel walks and to DHD and dials Earth. Carter transmits the iris code. SG-1 and Connor walk through the Gate. The natives watch them go, Jamala at their head. He looks up at the orange dome, which is now keeping his people safe.]

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