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                                      STARGATE SG1

                                      Episode 317

                                    "A HUNDRED DAYS"

                                           By

                                      Brad Wright




               Alien Planet. Two moons can be seen in the sky.

               SG-1 is sitting with a native woman on a hillside over looking 
               a large body of water at night.
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "So, Laira, When's the big show gonna 
                         start?"
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Soon, be patient."

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Oh, I'm patient. I'm nothing if not 
                         patient. When's it start?"
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Is he always like this?"

               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "Quite frequently."

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Thank you, Teal'c."

               
                                     DANIEL
                         "Laira, we haven't seen anything you 
                         could call "fire rain" these past few 
                         nights...how come you're sure it's gonna 
                         to fall tonight?"
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "It begins this night each year."

               
                                     CARTER
                         "Whoa...the same night every year? That 
                         doesn't make sense...I mean unless the 
                         planet's orbit travels through a debris 
                         field like an asteroid belt, in which 
                         case..."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Please...don't suck the fun out of 
                         this..."
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         "Sorry, sir."

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "When I was a child, my father told 
                         me that the fire rain was the tears 
                         of our ancestors longing to be reunited."
 
                         
               
               A meteor is seen streaking across the sky.

               
                                     DANIEL
                         "A falling star...that's, uh that's 
                         what we call "fire rain" where we come 
                         from. In our culture, you're supposed 
                         to make a wish."
 
               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "On Chulak we call it Tal Pak Ryn."
 
                         
               
                                     DANIEL
                         "Which means, uh...falling star."

               
               Sam smiles at their exchange.

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "What do you think, Jack? Was it worth 
                         the effort?"
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Oh, yeah,...yeah, I'm a huge fan of 
                         fireworks."
 
               
               Suddenly, a large meteor shoots across the sky. Flames can be 
               seen momentarily.
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Whoa...Carter, how close was that?"
 
                         
               
                                     CARTER
                         "Close, sir."

               
                                     DANIEL
                         "How big?"

               
                                     CARTER
                         "Big."

               
                                     DANIEL
                         "Thought so."

               
                                     CARTER
                         "I was...rather concerned for a minute 
                         there, sir."
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "I don't understand."

               
                                     CARTER
                         "Laira, that's what we call a near miss. 
                         If that meteor had struck the ground 
                         instead of bouncing off of the atmosphere...."
 
                         
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "This...is an annual event?"

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Yes, though it grows more spectacular 
                         every year. By tomorrow evening the 
                         entire sky..." (She stops and looks 
                         around as she notices the looks on everyone's 
                         faces.) "What's wrong?"
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         "I'll make some more observations tonight, 
                         sir."
 
               
                                     DANIEL
                         "I'm gonna check the, uh, geological 
                         record in the morning..."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "I'll...make a wish."

               
               More meteors are seen streaking across the sky.

               
               Opening Credits

               
                                     STARRING
                         
               Richard Dean Anderson as Colonel Jack O'Neill

               Michael Shanks as Doctor Daniel Jackson

               Amanda Tapping as Major Samantha Carter

               Christopher Judge as Teal'c

               Don S. Davis as General George Hammond

               
                                     ALSO STARRING
                         
               Michele Greene as Laira

               Julie Patzwald

               Gary Jones as Sgt. Walter Davis

               Shane Meier as Garan

               Teryl Rothery as Doctor Janet Fraiser

               
               Alien Planet - Sam and Laira are looking at a lap top computer 
               inside Laira's home.
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         "See this bright dot? It represents 
                         your world, Edora. Now it orbits your 
                         sun in a big circle like this and crosses 
                         through an asteroid belt up here at 
                         it's widest point. Now, as you pass 
                         through the millions of tiny rocks and 
                         particles, some of them burn up in Edora's 
                         atmosphere..."
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "As fire rain..."

               
                                     CARTER
                         "Exactly. The problem is, the asteroid 
                         belt isn't uniform, so certain orbits 
                         in certain years must pass through a 
                         denser debris field. Can you ever remember 
                         the fire rain striking the ground?"
 
                         
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Not in my life time, nor in my father's...but 
                         there is a tale of the ancestors that 
                         on the second day of the fire rain, 
                         there was a distant thunder and the 
                         horizon burned as thought the sun never 
                         set."
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         "How long ago was that?"

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Many, many years ago."

               
               Jack peeks in through the exterior door.

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Mornin' campers. Who's goin' on Daniel's 
                         little geology field trip?"
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         (calls to) "Garan?"

               
               Garan comes in through a different interior doorway.

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Garan can show you the way to the caves. 
                         He and a young girl go there from time 
                         to time, though I don't know why."
 
                         
               
                                     GARAN
                         "Mother!"

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Fair day, and be well."

               
               Laira smiles at Jack and he returns it.

               
                                     CARTER
                         "Sir, I'd like to go back to Earth and 
                         input the data I collected from last 
                         night's observations into the base's 
                         mainframe."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Go ahead."

               
               Sam nods at him as she rises from her sitting position.

               
                                     CARTER
                         "Fair day, Laira."

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Fair day."

               
               Laira approaches Jack.

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "I'm sure you'll want to discuss the 
                         treaty ...between our two worlds."
 
                         
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Sure...we could do that..."

               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Inside the Edoran caves.

               
                                     DANIEL
                         "I figure the decay rate differential 
                         between the layers of Naquada is about 
                         150 years, give or take, so..."
 
               
                                     GARAN
                         "What's Naquada?"

               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "A mineral substance."

               
               
                                     GARAN
                         "Cool...uh, J..Jack, says that."

               
                                     DANIEL
                         "Yes, he does. I'm not really sure that, 
                         uh, cool applies to this. You see, something 
                         like this happened on my world millions 
                         of years ago and nearly wiped out all 
                         life."
 
               
                                     YOUNG GIRL
                         "That's what's gonna happen here?"
 
                         
               
                                     DANIEL
                         "Well, we only know that it has happened...uh, 
                         in varying degrees of destruction every 
                         150 years or so..."
 
               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "And it appears that is precisely the 
                         amount of time since the last impact." 
                         (Daniel gives Teal'c a worrisome glance.) 
                         "I see no reason to withhold the truth 
                         from these people, Daniel Jackson."
 
                         
               
                                     GARAN
                         "Is there anything we can do to stop 
                         it?"
 
               
                                     DANIEL
                         "No."

               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         SGC

               
                                     CARTER
                         According to the observations I made 
                         last night, the near miss we experienced 
                         was just the first of hundreds of car-sized 
                         asteroids directly in the path of Edora 
                         - P5C-768. The night sky is full of 
                         them.
 
               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "We can't evacuate an entire planet, 
                         Major."
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         "As far as we know, these are the only 
                         descendents of a race brought to Edora 
                         by the Goa'uld thousands of years ago. 
                         There may only be a small number of 
                         strikes locally. If that's the case, 
                         we can send them home in a few days. 
                         If not, we'd be saving the last of a 
                         people, sir."
 
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Edora - Jack and Laira are walking over 
                         a bridge approaching a man who is pulling 
                         traps out of the water.
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Paynan...this is Jack."

               
                                     PAYNAN
                         "They say you've come through the stone 
                         ring. Hard thing to ask a man to believe."
 
                         
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "I know what you mean." (Referring to 
                         the trap.) "Any luck?"
 
               
                                     PAYNAN
                         "There's nothing more than meets the 
                         eye here...our fields...those few buildings...our 
                         children...what we have, we need."
 
                         
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "We're only interested in fair trade, 
                         sir."
 
               
               Paynan dismisses them without another word, throwing his trap 
               back over the bridge and into the water. Jack and Laira continue 
               on their way.
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Many of my people are most curious 
                         to know what it is we have that you 
                         could possibly want."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Well, you remember how excited Carter 
                         got the day we got here?"
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Something in our soil..."

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "That's a mineral called Naquada. We 
                         don't have it on Earth...it's...well, 
                         it's very important to us."
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Why?"

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "It's powerful."

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "And in return for taking this Naquada 
                         from our soil?"
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Well, there are a lot of things we 
                         could help you out with...medicine, 
                         technology, education...we'd become 
                         friends."
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "We're already friends."

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Closer friends?"

               
                                     LAIRA
                         (Chuckles) "My mother taught me to be 
                         wary of men wishing to be closer friends."
 
                         
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Well, if you'd like, I'll negotiate 
                         this treaty with your mother, that way 
                         there'd be no conflict of interest..."
 
                         
               
               Jack is interrupted by meteors streaking across the sky in broad 
               daylight.
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "I've never seen the fire rain in the 
                         light of day."
 
               
               A very large meteor blazes overhead.

               
               
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Edoran Caves

               Daniel is picking up an artifact.

               
                                     DANIEL
                         "It's a cooking utensil. Which probably 
                         means at some point a number of people 
                         spent time here."
 
               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "Perhaps this cave provided a means 
                         for a small number of Edorans to survive 
                         the last meteor bombardment."
 
               
                                     GARAN
                         "The ancestors."

               
               
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Edoran Village

               
               
                                     PAYNAN
                         "There is no threat."

               
                                     CARTER
                         "If just one big meteor lands within 
                         a few miles of here, the resulting explosion 
                         could wipe out the entire village."
 
                         
               
                                     PAYNAN
                         "Year after year, the fire rain comes, 
                         goes and harms no one. Do you not see 
                         what they are doing? They want us gone 
                         so they can claim our lands for themselves."
 
                         
               
                                     DANIEL
                         "That's not true."

               
                                     PAYNAN
                         "If you go with them, you will never 
                         see your land again."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Oh, for cryin' out loud, there's always 
                         one like you in a crowd. You wanna stay...stay."
 
                         
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "I have come to know these travelers...and 
                         though their world seems far, it is 
                         only a step away. I will take that step 
                         in good faith. If you wish to follow, 
                         join us at the stone ring. And if you 
                         do not, may the ancestors protect you."
 
                         
               
                                     DANIEL
                         "You need only take what you can carry. 
                         There'll be plenty of food and water 
                         where we're going."
 
               
               Another large meteor streaks overhead and crashes somewhere off 
               in the distance.
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "All right folks, train's leavin'...let's 
                         move."
 
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Laira's house - as she is packing.
 
                         
               
                                     LAIRA (CALLING OUT)
                         "Garan...don't forget the prayer chain 
                         that you're father gave you. Garan?" 
                         (She walks to his room and sees that 
                         he is not there.) "Oh, no."
 
               
               She runs out her front door to Jack.

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Have you seen Garan?"

               
               Jack turns around to address Daniel and Teal'c as they are helping 
               to direct people toward the Stargate.
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Daniel, Teal'c...Garan come back with 
                         you?"
 
               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "He should be here, O'Neill."

               
                                     DANIEL
                         "The cave...we were talking about how 
                         previous generations survived, they 
                         must have...gone back there."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "All right, you three (Carter has joined 
                         them) go...get these people outta here...we'll 
                         find the kids and catch up."
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         "Sir?"

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Go!"

               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         SGC Embarkation Room

               The Stargate activates and the wormhole is established.

               
                                     SGT. DAVIS
                         "SG-1's code, sir."

               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "Here they come, people. Doctor, stand 
                         by to receive refugees."
 
               
                                     DR. FRAISER
                         "Yes, sir."

               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Edora

               We see Jack and Laira running toward the caves. Next we see Daniel 
               in front of the active Edoran gate helping people walk through.
 
               
               
                                     DANIEL
                         "Don't be afraid, the others are waiting 
                         for you on the other side."
 
               
               
               
                                     CARTER
                         "How many?"

               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "Approximately one-third of the village."
 
                         
               
                                     DANIEL
                         "What?"

               
                                     CARTER (TO DANIEL)
                         "You go through...let the Edorans know 
                         everything is all right. We'll be on 
                         your six." (Then into her radio again) 
                         "Colonel...please respond."
 
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Edoran Caves

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Garan! Naytha!"

               
                                     GARAN
                         "Mother! This is where the ancestors 
                         survived. We brought food...and some 
                         water..."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Garan, try this my way..."

               
               There is a large explosion. Small rocks fall from the ceiling 
               and a torch is jarred from its holder on the wall of the cave.
 
               
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Edoran Stargate

               
                                     CARTER
                         "It's getting too dangerous, Teal'c."
 
                         
               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "I will remain until O'Neill returns."
 
                         
               
                                     CARTER
                         "He can dial home when he gets here."
 
                         
               
               Sam and Teal'c suddenly see a large meteor headed straight for 
               them. They both turn and run toward the Edoran 'gate and dive 
               through just before the meteor strikes.
 
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         SGC Embarkation Room

               
                                     SGT. DAVIS
                         "We're losing wormhole stability."
 
                         
               
               Several seconds later, Teal'c and Sam come tumbling through the 
               'gate. Hammond comes up behind Daniel who is at the bottom of 
               the ramp looking back at Sam and Teal'c with a worried expression 
               on his face.
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         "Colonel O'Neill went to help some villagers. 
                         We waited until the last possible moment, 
                         sir."
 
               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "I know you did. We almost lost you."
 
                         
               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "General Hammond, I wish to return immediately 
                         with a search party."
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         "You can't Teal'c. That last hit was 
                         right on top of the 'gate, you'd be 
                         walking into a firestorm."
 
               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "I am willing to take that risk."

               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "I'm not willing to let you."

               
                                     CARTER
                         "We can wait 24 hours and send a M.A.L.P 
                         through, sir."
 
               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "Major Carter's right. If it's safe 
                         by tomorrow, you'll all go."
 
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Edora

               Jack is looking out the mouth of the cave. Rain and ash are falling 
               and he can see several fires in the distance as explosions continue.
 
               
               
               
               When he hears no answer, he goes back into the cave to join Laira, 
               Garan and Naytha.
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "It's still pretty hot out there, we 
                         should stay put. There's good news...it's 
                         raining. It should put out some of the 
                         fires."
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Could you see the village?"

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "No. Garan...we had a plan."

               
                                     GARAN
                         "Daniel said there's nothing you could 
                         do."
 
               
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Me too."

               
               As more explosions are heard, Laira moves to take a seat beside 
               Jack and wraps her arms around his arm. He pats her hand with 
               his free hand.
 
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         SGC Control Room

               
                                     SGT. DAVIS
                         "Chevron six encoded."

               
               Teal'c, Sam, Janet, Daniel and Hammond are all there watching 
               as they try to reestablish a wormhole with Edora.
 
               
                                     SGT. DAVIS
                         "Chevron seven...locked. Wormhole established..."
 
                         
               
                                     CARTER
                         "Thank God."

               
                                     SGT. DAVIS
                         "Standing by for M.A.L.P. deployment, 
                         sir."
 
               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "Send it through."

               
               The M.A.L.P. goes through the 'gate.

               
                                     SGT. DAVIS
                         "The M.A.L.P. should reach Edora in 
                         four, three, two, one...we should be 
                         receiving telemetry now, sir."
 
               
               Static can be heard over the speakers and a fuzzy picture is 
               seen on the monitors.
 
               
                                     SGT. DAVIS
                         "No signal."

               
                                     ANOTHER VOICE
                         "Environmental reports no telemetry."
 
                         
               
                                     A FEMALE VOICE
                         Communications...no telemetry.

               
                                     CARTER
                         "Then the M.A.L.P. must have been destroyed 
                         as soon as it reached the other side. 
                         There's no other explanation."
 
               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "Shut it down." (To Sam who has closed 
                         her eyes momentarily) "Until you can 
                         provide me with answers to this problem, 
                         the rescue mission is scrubbed." (Then 
                         to Dr. Fraiser) "Inform our visitors 
                         they'll be staying with us until we 
                         can make a proper assessment of your 
                         situation."
 
               
                                     DR. FRAISER
                         "Yes, sir." (She leaves the control 
                         room.)
 
               
               Sam stares at the 'gate for several seconds.

               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Edoran Village - Smoke is rising all 
                         around and several of the buildings 
                         look burnt. Garan opens the door to 
                         Laira's house and finds several villagers 
                         in there. Many are injured and coughing. 
                         Soon Naytha, Laira and Jack follow.
 
                         
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Paynan?"

               
                                     PAYNAN
                         "Laira."

               
               
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Why did you stay?"

               
                                     PAYNAN
                         "On the third day we could take no more...we 
                         fled to the stone ring...where it used 
                         to be..."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Used to be?"

               
               Jack gets up and runs to where the Stargate was located to find 
               a large trench of gravel and dirt where the Stargate once stood. 
               He looks around and begins to realize he is not going home. Laira 
               comes up behind him.
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "It's gone. I'll never see my people 
                         again. They can never come home."
 
                         
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Nope."

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "And you..."

               
               Jack walks further away from her, kicking at boulders and rocks.
 
               
               
               Night has fallen on Edora. The survivors are sitting down to 
               a meal that Laira has prepared.
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Thanks be to the ancestors that we 
                         live and have a roof to shield our heads. 
                         Thanks be to the ancestors that we have 
                         food to sustain and nourish us."
 
               
               Laira is interrupted as Jack opens the exterior door, finally 
               returning from the former Stargate site.
 
               
                                     PAYNAN
                         "This is all that remains of our people 
                         because of you."
 
               
                                     NAYTHA
                         "My mother and father..."

               
                                     PAYNAN
                         "You took them away through that thing...and 
                         now it is gone."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL (ANGRILY)
                         "That thing probably saved their lives 
                         and if you'd have shut up and listened 
                         to me in the first place, this wouldn't 
                         be the situation."
 
               
               Jack looks at Laira and then turns to leave.

               
               
               Jack looks down at his hands which are holding his hat. He slowly 
               walks over to the table and takes a seat.
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Thank you."

               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         SCG Control Room - Daniel, Hammond, 
                         Sam and Teal'c are looking through the 
                         window at an active 'gate.
 
               
                                     SGT. DAVIS
                         "No signal from the radio transmitter, 
                         sir."
 
               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "If the Edoran Stargate were truly buried, 
                         how then was a wormhole established?"
 
                         
               
                                     CARTER
                         "The meteor hit while the wormhole was 
                         active."
 
               
                                     DANIEL
                         "So, so?"

               
                                     CARTER
                         "So it's possible that the molten Naquada 
                         hardened just above the event horizon."
 
                         
               
                                     DANIEL
                         "Like an iris?"

               
                                     CARTER
                         "Yeah."

               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "Sergeant, shut it down."

               
                                     SGT. DAVIS
                         "Yes, sir."

               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "That was our last shot, people. I'm 
                         calling this one. As of right now, I'm 
                         officially calling him missing in action."
 
                         
               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "General Hammond, perhaps Edora can 
                         be reached by another means."
 
               
                                     DANIEL
                         "That's right...the Tok'ra could send 
                         a ship..."
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         "Or, or the Tollan..."

               
                                     DANIEL
                         "Let me at least contact those of our 
                         allies that are capable of interstellar 
                         travel...see if they're willing to help."
 
                         
               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "Very well, Doctor."

               
               General Hammond leaves as the three remaining members of SG-1 
               look at each other.
 
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Edora - Laira's house.

               Jack is lying on the floor. Laira comes around in front of him, 
               wearing her nightgown and walks to the washbasin to wash her 
               face. She notices Jack, who is awake and watching her. She picks 
               up a shirt and hands it to Jack.
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "I thought you might like a clean work 
                         shirt. My husband never wore it. I made 
                         it for him just before he died."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "There's a chance the Stargate is just 
                         buried..."
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "We have to rebuild before the harvest 
                         and...there are very few of us now..."
 
                         
               
               Laira walks back the way she had come. Jack looks at the shirt 
               and puts it on the ground beside him and closes his eyes again.
 
               
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         SGC Briefing Room

               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "Wormhole physics...a field, Major, 
                         that you pioneered, states that under 
                         these conditions ordinary matter won't 
                         even reintegrate on the other side. 
                         There's no way to overcome that."
 
                         
               
                                     CARTER
                         "I think there is, sir...and I'm not 
                         the one who thought of it...Sokar did."
 
                         
               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "Sokar?"

               
                                     CARTER
                         "Yes, sir. When he tried to breach the 
                         iris by bombarding it with a particle 
                         beam. Subatomic particles, barely small 
                         enough to reintegrate, produced energy 
                         as they decayed."
 
               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "Which caused the iris to heat up..."
 
                         
               
                                     CARTER
                         "Exactly. Now, if we could do the same 
                         thing, we could melt the hardened Naquada 
                         barrier just above the event horizon 
                         and create a pocket of super-heated 
                         gas."
 
               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "Then what?"

               
                                     CARTER
                         "Well then all we have to do is open 
                         the 'gate again, sir. The unstable vortex 
                         it normally generates would then be 
                         allowed to expand into that pocket and 
                         create and even larger cavern. One person 
                         might be able to go through, sir, and 
                         dig it out."
 
               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "I think we can safely assume Teal'c 
                         would volunteer... but..."
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         "We don't have a particle beam generator, 
                         sir. We'd have to build one."
 
               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "Then you'd better get started."

               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Edora - where the Stargate used to be
 
                         
               Jack is digging a hole near where the Stargate once stood. Garan 
               approaches carrying a bundle.
 
               
                                     GARAN
                         "You, uh, missed evening meal. I brought 
                         you something."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Wasn't hungry."

               
                                     GARAN
                         "Well, you gotta be...you worked all 
                         day in the fields."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "I've got a couple of hours of good 
                         light left."
 
               
                                     GARAN
                         "I'm sorry."

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "For what?"

               
                                     GARAN
                         "You can't go home...it's my fault."
 
                         
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "No it's not."

               
               Garan puts his hat back on and walks back as Jack continues to 
               dig.
 
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         SGC Lab

               Sam is working at a computer. Janet walks up to her, carrying 
               a cup.
 
               
                                     DR. FRAISER
                         "You working through the night again?"
 
                         
               
                                     CARTER
                         "Yeah, Lot of work to do...thank you."
 
                         
               
                                     DR. FRAISER
                         "Look Sam, there's no doubt you are 
                         going to solve this, but you have to 
                         accept the fact it's going to take time."
 
                         
               
                                     CARTER
                         "Yeah, well, if I think that way, it 
                         could take months."
 
               
                                     DR. FRAISER
                         "Daniel says the Tollan could have a 
                         ship in the vicinity of Edora some time 
                         early next year."
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         "He shouldn't have to wait that long."
 
                         
               
                                     DR. FRAISER
                         "You miss him."

               
                                     CARTER
                         'Yeah."

               
                                     DR. FRAISER
                         "Is this a problem?"

               
                                     CARTER
                         "No, No...Of course not."

               
                                     DR. FRAISER
                         "Okay...good night."

               
                                     CARTER
                         "Good night."

               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Edora

               Jack is throwing stones in a body of water. Laira approaches.
 
               
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Many of us fear the fire rain will 
                         come again. Do you?"
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "No. If Daniel was right, and he always 
                         is, it'll be another 150 years before 
                         that happens again. It's a long time. 
                         I was kinda wondering which direction 
                         home was."
 
               
                                     LAIRA (POINTING)
                         "It's this way."

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "No, I meant..."

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "I know what you meant...come, I'd like 
                         you're company."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "I don't even like my company right 
                         now."
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "You will again. Loss is that way. I 
                         mourned my husband for a hundred days. 
                         I never left my house...I never spoke 
                         to anyone."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "After that?"

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "I left my house and I spoke to people. 
                         Walk with me."
 
               
               Jack drops his rocks, reaches up to take her hand and the two 
               of them walk off screen to the right as the camera moves to the 
               left toward the water. Then on the water we see a canoe approaching 
               and the words "Three Months Later" appear on the screen. Jack 
               is paddling the canoe and he is wearing Edoran garments. He paddles 
               to the shore where Laira is standing to greet him, holding a 
               canteen in her hand.
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "You left this at home."

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Oh, Yeah. Yeah."

               
               He gets out of the canoe and takes the canteen from her hand. 
               They walk together down the road.
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Paynan has invited you to evening supper."
 
                         
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Why? He doesn't even like me."

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "He's very grateful for all the help 
                         you've given him in rebuilding his home."
 
                         
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "I just hammered a few nails. Well, 
                         actually I made the nails first, and 
                         then I hammered them, but..."
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Still, you've worked very hard...thank 
                         you."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Anything I can do."

               
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Yeah? What?"

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "No...it's too soon."

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Now, come on...don't...do that...what?"
 
                         
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "You'll know when the time comes."
 
                         
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "I need a little help here."

               
               Laira kisses Jack.

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Does that help?"

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "A little."

               
               They kiss again...much longer this time.

               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         SGC Control Room

               
                                     CARTER
                         "Initiating beam firing sequence...now."
 
                         
               
               The particle beam generator is firing through the active Stargate.
 
               
               
                                     CARTER (SMILING)
                         "Particle beam is operating at 112% 
                         of predicted efficiency."
 
               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "How long will the beam have to be maintained?"
 
                         
               
                                     CARTER
                         "The longer, the better, sir. The important 
                         thing will be to dial again as quickly 
                         as possible as soon as it shuts down."
 
                         
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Edora.

               There is a party at Paynan's house. Jack is drinking with Paynan.
 
               
               
                                     PAYNAN
                         "So, what do ya think?"

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Absolute rotgut...more, please."

               
               There is laughing, music, dancing. Laira and Jack are sitting 
               at a table with Paynan, watching the others. Garan is blindfolded 
               and being spun around by others and then is directed to Naytha 
               and the blindfold is removed.
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "What just happened?"

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "The ancestors guided him to the one 
                         they wish him betrothed."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "He was peeking." (Laira laughs and 
                         jabs his arm.) "What?"
 
               
               Jack is pulled from his seat and dragged out into the dancing 
               crowd. The blindfold is put on him, he is spun and guided toward 
               Laira. He reaches out to take her in his arms and kisses her 
               cheek as they move to the music.
 
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         SGC Embarkation Room

               A M.A.L.P. is being sent through the active Stargate.

               
                                     SGT. DAVIS
                         "M.A.L.P. should be arriving at the 
                         Edora 'gate in three, two, one. Receiving 
                         telemetry...no wait, wait, we lost it, 
                         there's no signal."
 
               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "What's happened?"

               
                                     SGT. DAVIS
                         "Transmission interrupt at the source."
 
                         
               
                                     CARTER
                         "Play back the visual...Whoa, there...see?"
 
                         
               
               All are looking at the monitor so see what looks like a spiral 
               of some sort.
 
               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "The gate is horizontal as you thought, 
                         Major Carter."
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         "...and the M.A.L.P. just slipped back 
                         through the event horizon. It means 
                         the vortex will have dug part way to 
                         the surface. Teal'c, you'll need to 
                         secure yourself above the event horizon 
                         as soon as you're on the other side 
                         and you'll have to carry everything 
                         you need."
 
               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "I understand."

               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "I hope you do, son, because if you 
                         fail to dig your way to the surface, 
                         this will be a one-way trip."
 
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Edora - Jack and Laira are entering 
                         Laira's house.
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Garan?"

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "It's just us."

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Ah...well, apparently I should expect 
                         a massive headache tomorrow...so I should 
                         get a head start." (He motions toward 
                         where he has been sleeping - she stops 
                         him.)
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Do you remember when I told you...there 
                         was something you could do for me?" 
                         (Jack looks at her but says nothing.) 
                         "I want you to give me a child." (Jack 
                         raises his eyebrows, but doesn't break 
                         eye contact.)
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "A child?"

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "I wanted to be patient. I wanted to 
                         wait until you had let go of the life 
                         you left behind...until you knew that 
                         you belonged with us. Tonight...I see 
                         it in your eyes."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Laira...you should know...a part of 
                         me is never going to let go of what 
                         I left behind."
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Well...that's not the part I want."
 
                         
               
               They kiss.

               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         SGC Embarkation Room - Teal's is preparing 
                         to go through the 'gate. He shoots a 
                         harpoon through first.
 
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Edora - Paynan and Jack are chopping 
                         wood. Both have hangovers.
 
               
                                     PAYNAN
                         "She is a fine woman."

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Yes, she is."

               
                                     PAYNAN
                         "Took you long enough to see that...I 
                         was afraid you were going blind."
 
                         
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Well, if I've gone blind...it's from 
                         whatever we were drinking last night."
 
                         
               
                                     PAYNAN
                         "Tolka...has a bite to it."

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Eh...Yeah."

               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Buried Edoran Stargate - Teal'c is hooking 
                         himself to the ceiling of the cavern. 
                         The wormhole is still active.
 
               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "General Hammond...I have secured myself 
                         on the other side."
 
               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "Understood, Teal'c."

               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "I will begin immediately."

               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Outside Laira's House - Jack is sharpening 
                         a hatchet on a spinning stone. Laira 
                         comes out of the house carrying Jack's 
                         SGC stuff in a basket.
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Goin' somewhere with that stuff?"
 
                         
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "I just though you might not need these 
                         things anymore."
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Well, hang on...some of that's pretty 
                         good...the jacket is, uh..."
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Does it remind you of home?"

               
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Are you sure?"

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Yeah."

               
               She walks away with it.

               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Buried Edoran Stargate - Teal'c continues 
                         trying to drill to the surface.
 
               
               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "It is most difficult, Daniel Jackson."
 
                         
               
                                     CARTER
                         "The 'gate will shut down automatically 
                         in ...60 seconds. At that point we won't 
                         be able to open it again from this side. 
                         The vortex would vaporize everything 
                         within the cavern."
 
               
                                     HAMMOND
                         "You'll have a maximum of four hours 
                         of oxygen once we're cut off. If you 
                         haven't reached the surface by that 
                         time..."
 
               
                                     TEAL'C
                         "You may want to wish me Ral Tora Ke..."
 
                         
               
                                     DANIEL
                         "Good luck, Teal'c."

               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Laira is at the water's edge starting 
                         to sort through Jack's things. She picks 
                         up his radio and messes with the dials...she 
                         hears Sam...
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         "15 seconds till shut down....10 seconds 
                         till shut down...5 seconds..."
 
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Buried Edoran Gate - Teal'c is still 
                         dangling from the cavern ceiling...
 
                         
               The wormhole disconnects and Teal'c continues to drill...

               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Laira's House - evening meal.

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Curling...Big where my grandfather's 
                         from in, uh, Northern Minnesota. You 
                         throw a big round, kind of slab of rock 
                         down this...slab of ice and just sweep..." 
                         (He stops as he notices Laira just staring 
                         at the table.) "What?"
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "When I was taking your things away 
                         today...I thought I heard a sound come 
                         from this." (She hands him the radio.) 
                         "Perhaps a voice..."
 
               
               Jack takes the radio from her and then he gets up and heads out 
               of the house. Garan follows.
 
               
               
               
               
               
               
               Jack and Garan begin digging in earnest. Teal'c continues to 
               pick away from underneath. Laira approaches as Jack continues 
               to dig. He pauses momentarily to look at her and an unspoken 
               message is sent between them. Then he continues to dig with Garan. 
               Moments later, he and Teal'c create a hole and Jack is able to 
               see Teal'c.
 
               
               
                                     SCENE CHANGE
                         Edorans arriving home and being greeted 
                         by those who stayed behind. Jack is 
                         standing in front of the other three 
                         members of SG-1. He is still in Edoran 
                         garments.
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         "So when the third M.A.L.P. sent back 
                         just a few seconds of telemetry, we 
                         knew the gate was horizton...tal...and..." 
                         (She stops as Jack is no longer listening, 
                         but has moved past her toward Laira.) 
                         "Is he all right?"
 
               
                                     DANIEL
                         "He's fine...I just don't think he was 
                         expecting to go home again."
 
               They turn to watch Jack as he approaches Laira.

               
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "No, I'm not."

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "You don't have to..."

               
               Sam over hears the exchange and looks away, unable to watch any 
               longer...
 
               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "Come with me..."

               
                                     LAIRA
                         "I belong here."

               
                                     O'NEILL
                         "I'll come back...soon...we still have 
                         that treaty to talk about..."
 
               
                                     LAIRA
                         "Our two worlds are going to be...friends."
 
                         
                                     LAIRA
                         "Closer friends. Fair day and be well."
 
                         
               
               Jack walks reluctantly away to join the other SG-1 members and 
               Laira crosses her hands and places them on her abdomen and looks 
               down at them. Then she looks in Jack's direction again.
 
               
               THE END

               


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