STARGATE SG1
Episode 216
"A MATTER OF TIME"
By
Misha Rashovich
The scene opens offworld on P3W-451. A black hole is pulling
matter in. An SGC team are desperately trying to get to the gate,
but everything appears to be going in slow motion.
BOYD
Come on!
One of the men falls. He is grabbed by another member of the
team. They reach the top of the hill and start on their way down.
CAPTAIN
It's right on top of us!
BOYD
Dial home, Captain! That's an order!
The woman falls and is helped up again. They reach the DHD
CAPTAIN
We're not going to make it!
BOYD
We'll make it! Dial now!
Control room
JACK
Look, I know I should know this by now.
I swear it'll be the last time I ask.
These wormholes we go through, they're
not always there, right?
SAM
No, sir. It can only form between two
open gates.
JACK
What's with the worm part? The worm
thing. I don't get that.
SAM
That's just a metaphor.
JACK
Right. I knew that.
SAM
Imagine the galaxy is an apple. We burrow
our way through the apple like a worm,
crossing from one side to the other
instead of going around the outside.
JACK
Okay.
SAM
Now, of course, the diameter of the
apple is just a two- dimensional representation
of space-time and well, the hole isn't
a hole per se, but an interdimensional
conduit .Colonel?
JACK
Okay. I'll be all right.
The gate is activated from offworld
Control room
SIMMONS
We've got an incoming unscheduled traveler.
" Closing iris"
SIMMONS
Getting a signal.
JACK
Who've we got out there?
SIMMONS
SG teams 4, 6 and 10 are the only units
presently off world, sir.
JACK
Daniel's with 6, isn't he?
SAM
Yeah, he's on a dig on P3X-808.
SAM
Let me hear it. Intermittent RF pulses,
low frequency.
Hammond enters the room
HAMMOND
What have we got?
JACK
Don't know, sir. Some kind of signal.
SAM
There's a repeating signal. Lieutenant,
play it through the computer. We can
run it a lot faster.
SIMMONS
Trying 200 percent.
SAM
Go 6.
SG10's code is put through
SIMMONS
Computer now recognizes the signal as
SG10's iris code.
JACK
That's Henry Boyd's team.
HAMMOND
Why would their code be coming through
so slowly?
SAM
I have no idea, sir, but if we don't
open the iris.
JACK
The next thud we hear will be Henry
Boyd's team.
HAMMOND
Do it.
JACK
Come on, Hank. The door's open.
The wormhole dies
HAMMOND
What happened?
SAM
I don't know, sir.
JACK
General, SG-1 would like the rescue
mission.
HAMMOND
Not yet, Colonel.
JACK
Hank would do the same for us.
HAMMOND
I know he would, if and when I gave
the order. In the meantime, I want a
probe on the ramp and ready to go ASAP.
Colonel, have units SG-1 and 3 geared
up and standing by.
Titles
HAMMOND
SG-10 was on a routine exploratory mission
of P3W-451.
SAM
It's a binary system. We just recently
discovered it.
TEAL'C
Were there any indications of an enemy
attack?
HAMMOND
None. One thing Major Boyd's team reported
was that whatever indigenous life there
may have been on 451 recently became
extinct. They were trying to determine
the cause. In the event I authorize
this mission, SG-3 will back you up.
JACK
In the event, sir?
SIMMONS
Chevron 3 encoded.
HAMMOND
Let's see what the pictures the probe
sends back. Make the proper threat determination.
JACK
General...
HAMMOND
You could gate into an ambush for all
we know.
JACK
I recommended Major Boyd for this command.
Now, if he's in trouble, I want to go
in.
HAMMOND
I'm aware of that, Colonel.
SIMMONS
Chevron 4 encoded.
JACK
Yes, sir.
SIMMONS
Chevron 5 encoded.
TEAL'C
Major Boyd is a capable warrior, O'Neill.
You trained him well.
JACK
Yeah.
SIMMONS
Chevron 6 encoded. Chevron 7 locked.
The gate is open and the malp goes through. Images are played
back
HAMMOND
I don't understand. It's just....
JACK
Red, sir.
HAMMOND
Are we receiving telemetry?
SIMMONS
Yes, sir, but at an even slower rate
than before.
SAM
There's an image here. Input the video
feed into the computer, but compensate
for a longer light wavelength. Step
it up in 20 millimicron increments.
HAMMOND
Captain?
SAM
Sir, it's possible that the image we're
receiving from the probe has red-shifted,
distorted toward the infrared end of
the spectrum
HAMMOND
Why?
TEAL'C
The same reason their codes came through
so slowly.
SAM
Yeah, whatever that is.
SIMMONS
It's working.
JACK
What the hell's going on, Hank?
TEAL'C
Is something pursuing them?
HAMMOND
See if you can play back the video transmission
in real time. We need to find out--
SIMMONS
This is all we've received so far, sir.
11 frames of digital picture in the
last 6 minutes.
SAM
That represents a fraction of a second.
TEAL'C
Perhaps a malfunction?
JACK
No. The picture tells us everything
we need to know. That team is in trouble,
probably under attack. Permission to
go in, sir?
SAM
Negative, sir.
JACK
What do you mean, negative?
SAM
I'm sorry, Colonel, with all due respect,
but if I'm right, we can't help them.
Now the camera may still respond to
commands. See if you can tilt it up
and give us a wider angle. I think I
know what Major Boyd seems so afraid
of. There. Isolate that area and digitally
enhance.
They look at the black hole
HAMMOND
What am I looking at?
JACK
That's a black hole, sir.
SAM
A newly formed one by the looks of it.
P3W-451 was orbiting its companion star.
The orbit's probably pulling them closer
and closer.
HAMMOND
Why don't they just gate out of there?
SAM
They're trying to, sir, but the closer
you get to a black hole...
JACK
Time slows down.
TEAL'C
It almost appears to stand still.
SAM
From our perspective, yes, but you have
to remember that time is relative. As
far as SG-10's concerned, only a few
seconds have passed. They're still trying
to save themselves.
HAMMOND
What will happen to them?
SAM
Well, sir, the time dilation is a result
to the intense gravity, which is directly
proportional to their proximity.
HAMMOND
Captain!
SAM
Sorry, sir. Their bodies will be pulled
apart by increasing tidal forces.
TEAL'C
They did manage to activate the Stargate
once.
SAM
Yeah, but from their perspective, it
couldn't have been open for more than
a second.
HAMMOND
Is there nothing we can do to save them?
JACK
They've had it, sir.
HAMMOND
You know that for a fact, Colonel?
JACK
No, sir. I don't, but have a look at
Major Boyd's face. What does that say
to you?
HAMMOND
Very well. Disengage the Stargate.
SAM
Sir. By some fluke of Stargate technology,
we are witnessing something that the
laws of physics say we can't possibly
witness.
JACK
We are witnessing good men dying in
slow motion, Captain.
SAM
You're right.
HAMMOND
Shut it down.
SIMMONS
Sir, it won't disengage.
HAMMOND
Try again.
SIMMONS
I already have, sir. Twice. It won't
shut down.
A team of men are outside the mountain
MAN
Go! Go! Move! Move!
CROMWELL
Sergeant, how long have you been out
of contact with this facility?
SGT
Coming on four hours ago, sir. But it
was funky for a while before that.
CROMWELL
Is that proper military terminology?
What exactly does funky mean, Sergeant?
SGT
Everyone was talking real slow, like
when the batteries die on your Walkman.
CROMWELL
Uh huh.Will that shaft take me directly
to Sub-level 28?
SGT
Yes, sir, but I don't know how you're
going to get down there.
CROMWELL
Not to worry, we brought our own transportation.
Gentlemen, hook 'em up. Begin. Clear.
Hammond picks up the phone
HAMMOND
This is Major General George Hammond.
I have an urgent matter to discuss with
the President.
Sam is trying to solve the problem
SAM
Sergeant, try disconnecting the super-conductive
interface.
SILER
Already tried that, Captain. It's stuck.
SAM
Teal'c, Siler could use a hand.
TEAL'C
I will assist.
HAMMOND
Captain Carter.
SAM
General. I was just on my way to report,
sir. The capacitors should've fully
discharged by now, but somehow, the
gate is drawing power directly.
HAMMOND
Isn't there supposed to be a theoretical
time limit to how long a wormhole can
be maintained?
SAM
Yes, sir. We just passed it.
HAMMOND
Then how is this possible?
SAM
Well, since time is passing more slowly
on P3W-451, relative to Earth, we're
experiencing a paradox the Stargate
was never designed for.
HAMMOND
Why in God's name is it doing that?
SAM
I have no idea, sir.
JACK
It started just after you got online
with the President.
HAMMOND
I never got through to the President.
SIMMONS
Beg your pardon, sir. It seems we've
lost communication below Sub-level 24.
HAMMOND
Where is the nearest secure phone above
that?
SIMMONS
NORAD, main level.
HAMMOND
I won't be gone long. In the meantime,
Colonel...
JACK
Understood, sir. Carter, what would
happen if we simply pull the plug?
Jack and Siler go to the circuit breakers
JACK
Carter, we reached the main power vault.
SAM
We'll isolate the capacitors first.
SIMMONS
Panel 6.
SAM
Colonel, pull breakers 90 through 94
on panel 6.
JACK
Roger that. Stand by.
SAM
Stand clear, people. I have no idea
what this is going to do.
TEAL'C
We must vacate this area.
JACK
Alright. We're kind of shorting out
up here.
SAM
Main breaker?
SIMMONS
It'll overload.
SAM
We've gotta do it. Colonel, pull the
main breakers.
JACK
On one. 3. 2. 1.
They do it and are injured
SAM
Colonel, are you all right?
SIMMONS
Medical emergency to the gate room.
SAM
Colonel, are you all right?
JACK
Siler's hurt. Did it work?
SAM
Negative, sir. Even with the power cut,
it still won't shut down.
JACK
How's that possible?
SAM
It must be deriving its energy from
the black hole itself. Get a med team
to the main power vault. We gotta get
these fires out!
SIMMONS
Med team to the main power vault.
FEMALE VOICE
The Mountain is now on emergency internal
power.
SAM
Help is on the way.
TEAL'C
Do not concern yourself with my injury.
SAM
You're badly burned, Teal'c, even for
you.
TEAL'C
Look at the Stargate.
Sam goes to the open gate and holds her dog tags up against the
event horizon. They are pulled towards it
SAM
Lieutenant, close the iris!
SIMMONS
It's an outgoing wormhole. Nothing can
come through this way.
SAM
Except for the black hole's gravity.
Now close it! That's an order!
SIMMONS
Closing the iris.
Hammond nears the surface and is stopped
MAJOR DAVIS
Hold your fire! It's the general!
HAMMOND
What the hell's going on? Who are you?
MAJOR DAVIS
Major Davis, sir. I'm with the Office
of the Joint Chiefs. If you'll come
with me, please.
HAMMOND
What are these men doing in my facility?
MAJOR DAVIS
We were under the impression that there
had been an alien incursion, sir. A
Special Forces team had already been
sent down before we understood what
was going on. If it's all right with
you, sir, I'd like to brief you on the
way to your aircraft. Time is of the
essence.
HAMMOND
We've got an emergency situation Major!
I'm not going anywhere until I talk
to the President!
MAJOR DAVIS
He wants to talk to you personally,
sir. Your aircraft is standing by on
the tarmac. It is urgent that we leave
immediately.
HAMMOND
Lead the way.
Janet is running through the hallway. She is stopped by Cromwell
CROMWELL
Freeze! Up against the wall! Move! Move!
Tags! Doctor Fraiser.
JANET
Yeah. Who the hell are you? Put that
down!
CROMWELL
Colonel Frank Cromwell, Air Force Special
Operations. Five hours ago, all contact
was lost with this facility. I am here
to find out why.
JANET
Colonel, I have been called to a medical
emergency.
CROMWELL
My superiors have reason to believe
the SGC had been overrun by alien hostiles.
JANET
All I can say is that they've been misinformed.
CROMWELL
Hell, from what I've read about what
goes on in this place, Doctor Fraiser--hell,
you could be one of them for all I know.
Move out! Take the six!
The surface
MAJOR DAVIS
We were hoping that someone such as
yourself would come back up and confirm
our hypothesis.
HAMMOND
Which is?
MAJOR DAVIS
We now know that the SGC is experiencing
what is called time dilation. Time is
quite literally passing slower within
the facility than it is topside.
HAMMOND
That would explain the communications
problem.
MAJOR DAVIS
Yes, sir. We also know that there are
only two things according to relativity
that would cause this effect: velocities
near the speed of light or extreme gravity.
HAMMOND
Approximately ten minutes ago, we established
a wormhole to a planet at or very near
the event horizon of a black hole.
MAJOR DAVIS
Since time is more or less at a standstill
on the other side, you've been unable
to disengage the Stargate. That was
our hypothesis, sir. Keep in mind we've
had a few more hours than you have to
thin about this. They'll be conferencing
you with the President aboard the aircraft,
sir.
HAMMOND
Thank you, Major.
MAJOR DAVIS
Good luck, sir.
Hammond heads to Washington
Jack and others bring Siler to the infirmary. Teal'c has also
been injured
JACK
Siler took a pretty good hit. How're
you doing, Teal'c?
TEAL'C
I suffered simple electrical burns,
O'Neill. Nothing more.
SAM
He'll be out of commission for a few
days.
JACK
Carter?
SAM
Gravity waves. Colonel, I assumed that
the wormhole itself would insulate us
from the black hole's gravitational
field, but it seems that our space-time
has begun to warp just like on P3W-451.
JACK
Will you stop that?
SAM
We're in trouble, sir.
JACK
Thank you. Think of something.
He leaves
SAM
Yes, sir.
Jack bumps into Janet and Cromwell
JANET
Colonel!
CROMWELL
Clear!
JACK
Cromwell?
JANET
You know this guy?
JACK
Oh, yeah. Go. Go on. It's been a while.
CROMWELL
Yeah. Five hours. Got everybody pretty
worried upstairs. Where's the general?
JACK
What's the five hours?
CROMWELL
That's how long this facility's been
out of contact with the outside world.
Pentagon suspected alien hostiles.
JACK
And they sent you?
Control room
CROMWELL (WHISTLES)
So, this is the Stargate. What's the
problem?
JACK
We gated to a planet that's being sucked
up by a black hole. Very bad. Very dangerous.
CROMWELL
And why is that?
JACK
Things tend to get sucked in.
SAM
Took the liberty of closing the iris,
sir.
JACK
Captain Carter, Colonel Cromwell. He's
come to rescue us. I wouldn't count
on it.
CROMWELL
Pentagon was concerned you were under
alien attack when we lost contact.
SAM
How long ago was that?
CROMWELL
A little over five hours ago. Why?
SAM
My watch reads 1330 hours. What does
yours say?
CROMWELL
Running slow, Captain. It's almost 1900.
SAM
Damn it. Colonel, I have to get off
this level.
SIMMONS
Captain Carter
SAM
What is it, Lieutenant?
SAM
Keep your distance, Lieutenant. Sir,
for some reason, the warping of our
space-time seems to be in advance of
the gravitational field rather than
as a result of it. It's probably a lensing
effect generated by the Stargate itself,
but I can't be sure.
CROMWELL
Don't even pretend you understood that.
SAM
The point is, sirs that time is passing
more slowly down here than it is outside
the mountain.
CROMWELL
Time is time.
SAM
No, sir. Not according to relativity.
Now with the intense gravity field of
something like a black hole, time actually
slows down.
CROMWELL
We're not in a black hole.
JACK
Not yet.
SAM
But we are connected to its gravitational
field through the Stargate and it's
expanding in this direction like a bubble
slowly expanding outward. That's why
I have to leave, sir. I have to contact
the Pentagon and try to find a solution
before the gravity field extends beyond
the gate room.
Hammond enters
HAMMOND
I just came from there myself, Captain.
Colonel Cromwell, I presume.
CROMWELL
General Hammond.
JACK
You just came back from Washington,
sir?
HAMMOND
There and back again. After someone
upstairs managed to explain what was
going on to me, we called an all-night
session with the President and the Joint
Chiefs. I've been gone nearly eighteen
hours.
JACK
I thought you were on the phone.
SAM
It means the time dilation is getting
worse as the field expands.
HAMMOND
That's the consensus. We set up a command
post directly above, right on top of
the mountain to monitor the expansion.
SAM
I have to get up there.
HAMMOND
The experts we consulted believe we're
going to have to commence an auto destruct
sequence to destroy the Stargate itself.
JACK
Sweet.
HAMMOND
They assure me that the gravity field
now present around the gate will help
contain the blast within the mountain
and pose no threat to the civilian population.
SAM
With all due respect, sir. I don't think
so.
HAMMOND
If we don't try, we lose the planet
right through that.
SAM
We may well succeed in destroying the
base, sir, but leave the gate and the
wormhole intact. What happens to the
planet then?
HAMMOND
Orders have been given at the highest
levels, Captain. It is our duty to carry
out those orders.
SAM
But, sir....
HAMMOND
The decision's been made, Captain. Don't
forget those people up there've been
working on this a lot longer than you
have. It's what they came up with.
SAM
Yes, sir.
HAMMOND
I'm ordering the complete evacuation
of the SGC, effective as of right now.
I'll need two volunteers to stay behind
in order to give our personnel a head
start.
JACK
I'll stay, sir.
CROMWELL
Me too, sir.
JACK
Anyone else?
CROMWELL
Looks like you're stuck with me, Jack.
HAMMOND
Done! It takes two officers to initiate
the countdown. (He walks over to the
mike and looks out over the gate room.)
Attention! This is General Hammond.
All personnel are ordered to evacuate
this facility immediately! Repeat, all
personnel report to the main level immediately!
That is all!
The infirmary is evacuated
JANET
Okay. Move it. On my count. 3. 2. 1.
Easy. Watch his chest. Move him out!
Let's go!
Control room
HAMMOND
Wait five minutes, then start the countdown.
Good luck.
CROMWELL
Thank you, sir.
SAM
Make sure you give yourself enough time
to get out, sir.
JACK
Time, right.
Hammond goes back to the surface
SGT
General. We were getting worried.
HAMMOND
How long was I gone?
SGT
22 hours, sir. General Colin's waiting
for you in the command post.
HAMMOND
Thank you, Sergeant. By my reckoning,
I was gone 20 minutes.
SAM
Well, sir, accounting for time spent
coming and going, I would guess that
time in the SGC facility has slowed
to an average of about 600 percent below
normal. When you ordered Colonel O'Neill
to wait 5 minutes, you were really telling
him to wait 6 hours, maybe more.
HAMMOND
Captain, relativity gives me a headache.
Cromwell looks at the video images
CROMWELL
Who's this?
JACK
Henry Boyd. Good officer. Smart. Kinda
reminds me of Carter a little. This
was their first mission as a team.
CROMWELL
He looks scared to death.
JACK
He's on a planet that's about to be
swallowed by a black hole and he knows
it.
Sam is in a command tent, trying to work on the problem. She
eats a dougnut
SAM
No, thankyou.
TEAL'C
Perhaps with rest, the answers will
come.
SAM
Hey, Teal'c. You know anything about
quantum gravity?
TEAL'C
Nothing.
SAM
Apparently, neither do I.
TEAL'C
What do these equations represent?
SAM
Probably a life's work. I don't have
that much time, unfortunately.
TEAL'C
How may I be of assistance?
SAM
We're experiencing a time dilation in
a radius wider than the gate room itself.
Most of the SGC in fact and it's expanding.
But it's all happening in advance of
the gravity field that's causing it.
Now according to everything I thought
I knew about relativity that is just
not possible.
TEAL'C
Yet it is so.
SAM
Right. If it wasn't, we'd be pulled
apart by now. You know, they're proceeding
with a plan that makes assumptions about
gravity and space-time with absolutely
no regard for the fact that it completely
contradicts our observations.
TEAL'C
I see.
SAM
In other words, Teal'c, they don't really
know what the hell's going on, so they're
just going to blow it up. There doesn't
seem to be a damn thing I can do about
it.
Control room
JACK
Let's get set up. Computer needs your
authorization code before it'll accept
the command. go ahead and enter it.
CROMWELL
Maybe now you know how it feels.
JACK
You done?
CROMWELL
Roger that.
JACK
When the time comes, hit the enter key
on my mark and then run like hell.
CROMWELL
Got it.
JACK
Two minutes.
Sam reports to Hammond
SAM
Gravity field extends to the blast doors
of the control room now, sir. It's not
good.
HAMMOND
I take it you still believe our plan
isn't going to work?
SAM
To be honest, sir, I'm afraid the gravity
field will dampen the effects of the
explosive. We'll lose the SGC, but the
wormhole will be intact. What's left
of the mountain will collapse into the
wormhole. Six months after that, the
state of Colorado. Six months after
that.... At least Daniel'll live out
there.
HAMMOND
If you're wrong, and for once I hope
you are, we can restart the SGC with
the second Stargate at Nellis and in
time we....
SAM
Wait a minute. Sir, that's it. We do
use a bomb, but we focus the energy
of the blast. When Colonel O'Neill and
I were sent to the Antarctic gate, it
was because we were under enemy fire.
HAMMOND
It caused an energy surge.
SAM
Yes, and that surge caused the wormhole
to jump from one destination to another.
If we can channel enough energy in the
direction of our Stargate, it should
cut the connection with the black hole
and cause the matter stream to jump
to any gate along the way.
HAMMOND
Leaving our Stargate connected to some
other world.
SAM
Yes, sir, but then all we have to do
is shut it down. Sir, we have to stop
Colonel O'Neill.
Control room
JACK
One minute.
CROMWELL
Maybe the last one. We used to be friends,
Jack.
JACK
Yep.
CROMWELL
I was sick to my stomach when I found
out you were still alive. I wanted to
go back for you.
JACK
Why don't we just do this and get the
hell out of here, alright?
CROMWELL
Someone dropped a dime on the incursion.
You got hit, you went down. I made a
judgment call to save the rest of the
team.
JACK
And I saw you take off. And then I saw
four months of my life disappear in
some stinking Iraqi prison.
CROMWELL
I thought you were dead!
JACK
You thought wrong! What do you want?
You want me to forgive you, is that
it?
CROMWELL
Yeah, I guess I do.
JACK
Well, that's tough. What happened to
nobody gets left behind?
CROMWELL
Well, what about him?
JACK
That's a totally different scenario.
CROMWELL
That is the exact same damn thing, Jack.
Sam and Siler arrive
SAM
Don't activate the auto destruct, sir.
It won't work. I have another idea.
Jack and Cromwell are going to use a rope to get to the gate
and send a bomb through
SAM
The G-suits should help you withstand
the higher gravity on the way down.
CROMWELL
What's this bomb we're delivering?
SAM
It's a shaped charge. We want to focus
the explosive force toward the wormhole,
hopefully with enough energy to cause
it to jump, like what happened to us
in Antarctica.
JACK
Right. Where is it?
SAM
They're modifying the warhead's yield
to my calculations and it's being flown
in from Travis.
CROMWELL
How long's all that going to take?
SAM
Well, sir, with any luck, about 5 minutes,
relatively.
JACK
Relatively speaking?
SILER
Anytime you're ready, sirs. I don't
know how much longer that iris's going
to hold.
SAM
They have to wait for the bomb.
Teal'c brings the bomb
JACK
You got better quick.
TEAL'C
It has in fact been several days.
JACK
Yeah. I knew that.
SAM
Everyone who doesn't have to be here
should go topside.
JACK
Cromwell.
TEAL'C
Cannot the bomb be detonated by remote?
SAM
It has to be set a certain distance
from the gate and at an exact angle.
The timer can't be set until they're
into position because of the variance
in time dilation.
CROMWELL
Man, she is....
JACK
Way smarter than we are. I know.
They begin to climb along the rope
CROMWELL
Just like old times, huh, Jack?
JACK
Oh yeah. Black holes, wormholes. Just
like old times.
Simmons brings Hammond some coffee, on the surface
SIMMONS
Sir?
HAMMOND
Thank you, Lieutenant.
SIMMONS
Do you think they'll be able to shut
it down, sir?
HAMMOND
We'll know sometime tomorrow.
Gateroom
JACK
Oh, yeah. Yeah. We're pulling some major
gees now.
CROMWELL
I feel like I put on a couple hundred
pounds.
JACK
I wasn't going to say anything.
Control room
TEAL'C
They appear to be moving very slowly.
SAM
Only from our perspective.
SILER
Ah, Captain.
The window shatters and the glass is drawn towards the gate
SAM
Colonel! Colonel, look out! Colonel!
CROMWELL
Did you hear that?
JACK
Look out!
Some glass hit's Cromwell's rope
CROMWELL
Are you all right?
JACK
This is close enough! Set the timer!
20 seconds!
CROMWELL
We won't make it out.
JACK
20 seconds.
CROMWELL
Set!
JACK
Do it!
Jack is almost sucked in
CROMWELL
I got you!
JACK
Get up there and arm that damn bomb!
CROMWELL
I've got you! Just climb!
JACK
Just arm the damn bomb!
CROMWELL
Why?
Jack is having difficulties holding onto him. When he loses his
grip, Cromwell just lets himself fall. Jack set's the bomb
SAM
Teal'c, pull him up!
The bomb detonates
Later in the Infirmary
DANIEL
Hey, Jack. Did I miss anything?
JACK
I made it?
HAMMOND
We all made it, thanks to you and Captain
Carter.
JACK
How?
SAM
Teal'c managed to pull you far enough
away from the bomb before it went off.
JACK
Thanks.
TEAL'C
You are welcome.
SAM
The majority of the blast energy went
right where it was supposed to. The
wormhole jumped to P2A-270 and once
it did that, we shut it off.
JACK
Good thinking, Captain.
SAM
Thank you, sir.
HAMMOND
A new trinium-strengthened iris is being
installed right now. We should be back
in business in no time.
JACK
What day is it?
DANIEL
Well, this might be a little difficult
to accept, but since you reported for
duty yesterday, two weeks have actually
gone by.
JACK
Two weeks? Think I'll sleep in.
HAMMOND
You do that.
THE END
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