2.16 "The Fifth Race" Episode Guide

Précis

When Jack O'Neill gazes into a mysterious alien viewing device, his brain is infiltrated by a strange intelligent force. Daniel Jackson is sure that the dying, increasingly isolated Jack now understands the mysteries and origins of the Stargate. As Jack's only means to communicate, can Daniel recover the information and save his friend's life?

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MGM/SciFi.com Official Summary

Dr. Daniel Jackson and the rest of the SG-1 team travel to an ancient room that houses alien inscriptions in an attempt to decode alien languages discovered by a probe. When Colonel Jack O'Neill peers through a viewer in the ancient room, he is caught momentarily in its grasp, and shortly after alien words begin appearing in his speech. Before long, his entire brain is taken up with a superior knowledge virtually indecipherable to the rest of the SG-1 team. Daniel is certain that O'Neill now possesses the knowledge of the Ancients, the alien race who invented the Stargates, but he realizes the knowledge is too complex for human minds and will likely cause O'Neill to lose his mind. In an attempt to save himself, O'Neill must access his subconscious mind to discover ones with a greater knowledge than his own, ones who may also have important knowledge about the destiny of mankind.

Cast

• Richard Dean Anderson as Col. Jack O'Neill
• Michael Shanks as Dr. Daniel Jackson
• Amanda Tapping as Capt. Samantha Carter
• Christopher Judge as Teal'c
• Don S. Davis as Gen. George Hammond

Guest Stars

• Teryl Rothery as Dr. Janet Fraiser
• Tobias Mehler as Lt. Graham Simmons
• Dan Shea as Sgt. Siler

Production

• Written by Robert C. Cooper
• Directed by David Warry-Smith

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Keywords

• Ancients
• Asgard
• Othala
• Place of Our Legacy (P3R-272)
• Repository of Knowledge
• SG-1
• Stargate

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--Kylie Lee 15:40, 9 Jul 2004 (PDT)