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                                      STARGATE SG1

                                      Episode 820

                                      "MOEBIUS II"

                                           By

                                    Robert C. Cooper


                                     Transcribed by 
 
                                    Callie Sullivan



               SGC. LEVEL 22. Alt-Daniel and Alt-Sam are following General Hammond 
               along a corridor.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Look, the only reason you have the Stargate 
                         is cos of us!
 
                                     HAMMOND
                         I’m aware of that.

                                     DANIEL
                         I’m a linguist! By all accounts, your 
                         team may need one.
 
                                     CARTER
                         And what if something goes wrong with 
                         the Gate on the other end?
 
                                     HAMMOND
                         Neither of you have had any military 
                         training whatsoever. Have either one 
                         of you ever even fired a weapon of any 
                         kind?
 
                                     CARTER
                         Well ... unless you count launching 
                         a rocket.
 
                                     HAMMOND
                         Look, I’m sorry. (He reaches an elevator 
                         and swipes his card through the reader.) 
                         Your expertise may be needed some time 
                         in the future, but for now ...
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Well, can I ask who is going?

               (The elevator doors open and reveal Jack O’Neill standing inside.)
 
               
               
               BRIEFING ROOM. Hammond leads Jack, Sam and Daniel into the room.
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         I don’t understand. What made you change 
                         your mind?
 
               (Four airmen are sitting at the table with their backs to the 
               new arrivals. One of them swings around in his chair and we see 
               that it is Major Charlie Kawalsky. He smiles, and he and his 
               colleagues stand.)
 
                                     KAWALSKY
                         Hi, Jack.

                                     O’NEILL
                         That’s “Colonel”, Major.

                                     KAWALSKY
                         You’re retired.

                                     O’NEILL
                         I was.

                                     DANIEL
                         I take it you two know each other.
 
                         
                                     O’NEILL
                         Yeah, we served together a long time 
                         ago.
 
                                     KAWALSKY
                         Ah, it wasn’t that long ago.

                                     HAMMOND
                         Major Kawalsky has been assigned to 
                         assemble the team that will go through 
                         the Stargate.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         And you knew I couldn’t say no if he 
                         was involved.
 
                                     KAWALSKY
                         Oh, come on, Colonel. You don’t owe 
                         me anything. Admit it - you’ve gotta 
                         be a little curious: travelling to a 
                         different planet - through a wormhole!
 
                         
                                     CARTER
                         I know I am!

                                     KAWALSKY
                         Sir, with all due respect - what are 
                         they still doing here?
 
                                     HAMMOND
                         I’m not sure. (He turns to a couple 
                         of airmen who had accompanied him and 
                         the others into the room.) Airmen, please 
                         escort ...
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Wait-wait-wait-wait-wait-wait-wait. 
                         We were all on that tape.
 
                                     KAWALSKY
                         That tape had nothing to do with it. 
                         Jack O’Neill’s one of the best I’ve 
                         ever served with.
 
                                     CARTER
                         You may not care that this timeline 
                         is a direct result of tampering with 
                         the past, but you have to acknowledge 
                         that the tape said the planet you’re 
                         going to is enemy territory - an enemy 
                         that is way more advanced than us technologically.
 
                         
                                     O’NEILL
                         What’s your point?

                                     CARTER
                         You’re literally walking into a totally 
                         alien situation outmanned and outgunned.
 
                         
                                     O’NEILL
                         Do we have a choice?

               (Sam looks round at Daniel, but neither of them has an answer 
               for him.)
 
               
               LAB. Jack is standing looking at the Ancient time ship. Sam and 
               Daniel join him.
 
                                     CARTER
                         We’ve only been able to activate the 
                         interior lights and the dialling computer, 
                         but according to the tape, you have 
                         the gene that can make this ship fly.
 
                         
                                     O’NEILL
                         And travel through time.

                                     DANIEL
                         Well, presumably you don’t have to do 
                         that if you don’t want to.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Hmm!

               (He walks around the ship to the rear and then walks inside, 
               Sam and Daniel following him. He walks to the front of the ship, 
               looking around as he goes, and reaches the pilot’s seat. He looks 
               round at Sam.)
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         What do I do?

                                     CARTER
                         Sit down.

               (Jack sits. Daniel takes the co-pilot’s seat and Sam stands in 
               between them.)
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Now what?

                                     DANIEL
                         You’re supposed to have the ability 
                         to fly this thing.
 
                                     CARTER
                         With your mind. (Jack takes the controls 
                         and wiggles them but nothing happens.) 
                         Try not to think about the past.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Or the future.

               (Jack rocks his head in a “Yeah, right!” kind of gesture, then 
               closes his eyes and concentrates. The lights on the console come 
               on. Outside, technicians and SFs turn and stare as the engine 
               can be heard powering up.)
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Oh, you so have to let us go with you!
 
                         
                                     CARTER
                         Please!

               
               GATEROOM. The time ship has been moved into position facing the 
               Stargate. Jack, Kawalsky and his team, together with Sam and 
               Daniel, all dressed in green camouflage, walk alongside the ship 
               to face the Gate. Kawalsky and his team are already wearing hard 
               helmets. Sam and Daniel are carrying theirs.
 
                                     KAWALSKY
                         Put those on.

               (Sam and Daniel do as they’re told. Jack makes a big deal of 
               shaking out a green cap and putting that on. Daniel looks round 
               at him.)
 
                                     DANIEL
                         How come we have to wear these and you 
                         don’t?
 
               (Hammond comes in.)

                                     HAMMOND
                         OK, people. Let me remind you: this 
                         mission’s recon only. Do not engage 
                         the enemy. I’m allowing the use of this 
                         ship because of the obvious tactical 
                         advantage it provides you. Under no 
                         circumstances is it to be used to travel 
                         through time, understood?
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Yes, sir.

                                     HAMMOND
                         Never in my life would I have imagined 
                         giving that order! (He walks over to 
                         Jack, nodding towards Sam and Daniel.) 
                         Are you absolutely certain about them, 
                         Colonel?
 
               (Jack looks at the two of them, then turns back to Hammond.)
 
               
                                     O’NEILL
                         No, sir!

               (Hammond looks at Sam and Daniel, then turns to Jack again.)
 
               
                                     HAMMOND
                         Good luck - and Godspeed. (He leaves 
                         the room.)
 
                                     KAWALSKY
                         All aboard.

               (The team board the ship, Kawalsky taking the co-pilot’s seat 
               and Daniel sitting behind him. Sam sits behind Jack. The other 
               three airmen sit on a bench in the rear of the ship with the 
               time device.)
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Hey - watch this! (He dramatically puts 
                         his hands onto the console and it lights 
                         up. He takes his hands off again in 
                         a triumphant gesture. Kawalsky raises 
                         a hand in a “not bad!” gesture. Jack 
                         turns to Daniel.) Oh, by the way - you 
                         do have the address to get us back home, 
                         correct?
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Yeah.

                                     O’NEILL
                         Good. Dial it up.

               (Daniel stands up and steps forward to the dialling device. He 
               pushes the first symbol, and the Stargate immediately starts 
               to spin. The chevron clunks, and the Gate spins on. In the area 
               which we know as the Control Room, Hammond and McKay are watching.)
 
               
                                     MCKAY
                         I give this no more than a fifty:fifty 
                         chance of working.
 
                                     HAMMOND
                         Well, according to the tape, it worked 
                         for eight years.
 
                                     MCKAY
                         Hmm.

               (In the ship, Daniel presses the Point of Origin symbol, then 
               pushes a button at the bottom of the dialling device which must 
               be the equivalent of the big orange button on a DHD. The Stargate 
               kawhooshes. Everybody stares out of the windscreen in amazement.)
 
               
                                     DANIEL
                         Wow!

               (In the Control Room, Hammond and McKay are also staring.)

                                     MCKAY
                         Well, I’m certainly glad it’s not me 
                         going through that, uh ... thing.
 
                         
               (Inside the ship)

                                     O’NEILL
                         Any idea what to expect?

                                     CARTER
                         Not really. According to the tape, we’re 
                         going to be demolecularised, transmitted 
                         over two thousand light years through 
                         subspace, and then, uh, rematerialised 
                         on the other side.
 
                                     KAWALSKY
                         I did not need to know that!

                                     O’NEILL
                         OK.

               (In the Control Room, McKay bends down to a radio.)

                                     MCKAY
                         Gateship One, you’re go for launch.
 
                         
               (Jack turns round to the others with a look of disgust on his 
               face.)
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         “Gateship”?!

                                     DANIEL
                         Well, it’s a ship, it goes through the 
                         Gate, so ...
 
               (Sam nods in agreement.)

                                     O’NEILL
                         Alright.

               (In the Control Room, Hammond has a similar expression to Jack’s. 
               McKay notices.)
 
                                     MCKAY
                         What? It’s a ship that goes through 
                         the Gate - it’s a Gateship! Well, I 
                         thought it was clever.
 
               (In the ship, Jack takes hold of the controls. Daniel screws 
               up his face nervously. Sam does likewise. The ship lifts off 
               the ground and flies into the wormhole.)
 
               
               WORMHOLE TRAVEL.

               
               CHULAK. The ship shoots out of the wormhole. As soon as it clears 
               the Stargate, engine pods deploy from either side of the ship. 
               The ship flies away from the Gate and over the forest.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Well, that was cool!

                                     DANIEL
                         I didn’t feel anything.

                                     KAWALSKY
                         Doesn’t even feel like we’re pulling 
                         any g’s.
 
                                     CARTER
                         This thing must have inertial dampeners.
 
                         
                                     KAWALSKY
                         See any enemy troops when we came through?
 
                         
                                     O’NEILL
                         No, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t 
                         detected.
 
                                     CARTER
                         Is that a city?

               (We see that the ship is approaching the city of Chulak.)

                                     O’NEILL
                         I’m gonna set her down in those trees.
 
                         
               
               SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. The ship has landed and the ramp lowers. 
               Kawalsky’s men run out with their rifles raised, checking out 
               the area. Daniel and Sam follow.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Wait a minute - I thought the reason 
                         why we brought the ship was so we didn’t 
                         have to walk.
 
                                     CARTER
                         We can’t just fly into an alien city. 
                         The mission is stealth recon, meaning 
                         undetected.
 
               (Jack pushes his way between them.)

                                     O’NEILL
                         Meaning shut up!

                                     CARTER
                         Sorry.

                                     KAWALSKY
                         Connor, Mansfield, guard the ship. Cosworth 
                         - you’re with us. C’mon, move out! (He 
                         and Jack head off.)
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Why’d we have to park so far away?!
 
                         
               (Sam chuckles as they follow. Cosworth walks behind them.)

               
               FOREST. Jack and Kawalsky are leading the others.

                                     KAWALSKY
                         Seriously, why did we bring them?

                                     O’NEILL
                         Oh, I dunno. I guess I had a gut feeling.
 
                         
                                     KAWALSKY
                         Like Peru?

                                     O’NEILL
                         Alright, that didn’t work out so well.
 
                         
                                     KAWALSKY
                         Sierra Leone? Uganda?

                                     O’NEILL
                         Alright, look - maybe the better question 
                         here is why’d you invite me on this 
                         dog and pony?
 
                                     KAWALSKY
                         Well, let’s just say I prefer my good 
                         instinct over yours.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Yeah.

               (As they continue to walk along, Daniel points out something 
               to Sam in the trees, perhaps a bird. Jack suddenly stops dead. 
               He raises his clenched fist, then gestures downwards. He, Kawalsky 
               and Cosworth squat down. Sam and Daniel stop and stare, then 
               slowly do the same.)
 
                                     DANIEL
                         What’s with the ...? (He mimics Jack’s 
                         gestures, adding a few of his own for 
                         good measure.)
 
               (The airmen look around cautiously. Suddenly a round device flies 
               out of the trees and lands in front of them. They have no idea 
               what it is but we recognise it as a Goa’uld stun grenade. It 
               is ticking. Jack stares at it for a moment, then realises what 
               it might be.)
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Ah, sh...

               (The grenade emits a bright light, and everyone is knocked unconscious. 
               Jaffa run out of the trees and bushes, aiming staff weapons at 
               them.)
 
               
               PRISON CELL (the same one that SG-1 were held in in “Children 
               of the Gods”). Jack, Sam and Kawalsky are sitting on the floor 
               leaning against the steps just inside the doors. Cosworth is 
               sitting and leaning against the wall near the doors. Daniel is 
               lying on the floor deeper inside the cell. His glasses are gone. 
               He wakes and sits up.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Hello? Anybody there? (We see his point 
                         of view as he looks around. His vision 
                         is very blurred and he can only see 
                         vague shapes.)
 
                                     CARTER
                         We’re all here.

                                     DANIEL
                         Where are we?

                                     KAWALSKY
                         It looks like a prison cell.

                                     DANIEL
                         Anyone seen my glasses?

                                     CARTER
                         I think they must have taken them. (We 
                         see that she doesn’t have her glasses 
                         either.)
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Why would they do that?

               (Sam shrugs. At that moment they hear approaching footsteps. 
               They all get to their feet and face the cell doors. We see the 
               legs of two Jaffa approach and take position either side of the 
               doors. The doors opens and a third pair of legs walks into the 
               cell. This Jaffa is wearing a cloak. He stops at the top of the 
               steps and we see who it is.)
 
                                     CARTER
                         Teal’c!

               (This version of Teal’c is wearing a Jaffa cap on his head, so 
               he may well be bald underneath.)
 
                                     DANIEL
                         From the tape?

                                     TEAL’C
                         If you know my name, then you know enough 
                         to fear me.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Look, I know that this might sound a 
                         little crazy, but ...
 
                                     TEAL’C
                         Who are you?

               (Jack starts to speak but Daniel interrupts.)

                                     DANIEL
                         Hi, uh ... (He walks forward, bumping 
                         into Jack and working his way around 
                         him to approach Teal’c.) Uh, uh, we’re 
                         from the Tau’ri. Uh, we call it Earth. 
                         You see, we found this tape, um, from 
                         the past. You see, apparently, we’re 
                         (he gestures at the others) a part of 
                         a team - um, the four of us (indicating 
                         Jack, Sam, himself and Teal’c), not 
                         the two of them (indicating Kawalsky 
                         and Cosworth). We’re called SG-1. Now, 
                         we used this time device to go back 
                         in the past, and we screwed up the past 
                         and changed the future. See, you’re 
                         not supposed to be still Apophis’ First 
                         Prime. Um, the Jaffa are supposed to 
                         be free and, um, (he lowers his voice 
                         so that the other Jaffa can’t hear) 
                         we know that you think the Goa’uld are 
                         false gods.
 
               (Teal’c backhands him to the floor. Sam, Kawalsky and Cosworth 
               run to help him.)
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         That wasn’t necessary!

                                     TEAL’C
                         Speak of such blasphemy again and I 
                         will kill you where you stand.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Look, I know this is a lot to throw 
                         at you all at one time and you’ve gotta 
                         put up a little show for the boys here, 
                         but the fact is, (he whispers) we know 
                         the truth.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         You see, it’s all on the tape. Uh, you 
                         have to see it - it’s, er, um, (Jack 
                         pushes Daniel’s hand off his shoulder) 
                         it’s, it’s in a - it’s in a camera that, 
                         um, um, you took from the bag that you 
                         took from me. (Teal’c walks towards 
                         him.) If you bring it to me, I can, 
                         I can show you how it works and we can 
                         ... (Teal’c grabs him by the neck of 
                         his jacket and starts to march him out 
                         of the cell.) Sure, we could, we could 
                         go and see it over at, uh, wherever 
                         you wanna go.
 
               (Teal’c marches him out of sight. The other two Jaffa, who have 
               been aiming their staff weapons at the team, back out of the 
               cell and the doors close.)
 
               
               SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. Teal’c, still holding Daniel by the neck 
               of his jacket, marches him into a throneroom and stops. Daniel 
               squints at the hazy sight of someone sitting on a throne in front 
               of him. Teal’c shoves Daniel to the floor at the bottom of the 
               steps which lead up to the throne.
 
                                     TEAL’C
                         Kneel before your god.

                                     DANIEL
                         Kneeling! (He straightens up and we 
                         see that it is Apophis sitting on the 
                         throne. This alt-version has a beard.)
 
                         
                                     APOPHIS
                         Who are you?

                                     DANIEL
                         Name’s Daniel Jackson. Uh, if you give 
                         me back my eyeglasses, I could actually 
                         see you.
 
                                     TEAL’C
                         He claims he is of the Tau’ri.

                                     DANIEL
                         You weren’t supposed to tell him that.
 
                         
                                     APOPHIS
                         The Tau’ri have no chappa’ai.

                                     DANIEL
                         Oh! Sorry, guess I was wrong. I’m sure 
                         your information is correct and ... 
                         In fact, I’m usually quite wrong, quite 
                         unreliable actually. To be honest with 
                         you, I’m insane. (He grins at Apophis.)
 
                         
                                     APOPHIS
                         Speak! (Daniel says nothing.) Bring 
                         him. (Teal’c hauls Daniel to his feet 
                         and marches him up the steps, pushing 
                         him to his knees again in front of the 
                         throne. Apophis stands and walks forward 
                         to face Daniel.) I think there is much 
                         you can tell me.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Well, if you wanna know about the early 
                         settlements of Mesopotamia, I am somewhat 
                         of an expert ...
 
               (Apophis raises his hand and actives his ribbon device. Daniel 
               grunts in pain.)
 
               
               PRISON CELL. Cosworth is trying to get a smaller door in the 
               rear of the cell open but fails. He turns to Kawalsky, who is 
               standing at the main doors, and shrugs.
 
                                     CARTER
                         It’s been over an hour.

               (Kawalsky looks across to Jack, who is leaning against the main 
               doors with his chin propped up on one of the links that makes 
               up the doors.)
 
                                     KAWALSKY
                         Maybe you shouldn’t have said anything.
 
                         
                                     O’NEILL
                         All I said was, “This is gonna sound 
                         a little crazy”.
 
                                     CARTER
                         While there are obvious similarities, 
                         our timeline is different from the one 
                         in which Teal’c came to believe that 
                         the Goa’uld were false gods.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Are you saying this guy might not turn?
 
                         
                                     CARTER
                         It’s possible.

                                     O’NEILL
                         And you’re telling me this now?!

               (Sam cringes.)

               
               THRONEROOM. Apophis is still holding Daniel in the grip of his 
               ribbon device. Teal’c watches impassively as Daniel grunts in 
               agony. Finally Apophis releases his grip and Daniel slumps to 
               the floor.
 
                                     TEAL’C
                         This one is strong.

                                     APOPHIS
                         Leave us.

               (Teal’c bows and starts to walk away. Daniel pushes himself up 
               onto his hands and looks up at Apophis.)
 
                                     APOPHIS
                         You will tell me all that you know. 
                         (He activates the ribbon device again. 
                         Daniel groans. Teal’c looks back, his 
                         face a little more concerned now. He 
                         looks thoughtful, then leaves the throneroom.)
 
                         
               
               PRISON CELL. Jack and Kawalsky are still leaning against the 
               main doors. Sam is sitting on the steps but she gets up and walks 
               to the doors as they hear approaching footsteps. Teal’c comes 
               to the doors and looks at them.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         What’s goin’ on?

               (Teal’c holds up the video camera.)

                                     TEAL’C
                         Show me.

               (Sam steps forward and takes the camera. She opens the screen 
               and activates the camera. Daniel’s voice can be heard as she 
               turns the screen so that Teal’c can see it.)
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Um, Teal’c, you should say something.
 
                         
               (Teal’c stares at the screen as his alternate self, with hair 
               and wearing a pale robe, steps into view.)
 
                                     TEAL’C
                         The Jaffa are free. False god that he 
                         is, Apophis is long dead. A new medicine, 
                         tretonin, has liberated us from our 
                         dependence upon symbionts. The Jaffa 
                         have risen up as brothers and sisters 
                         and defeated the Goa’uld.
 
                                     ALT-TEAL’C
                         What trickery is this?

                                     CARTER
                         It’s not a trick.

                                     TEAL’C
                         You have a son, Rya’c, who is now married 
                         and a strong leader among the newly-formed 
                         Jaffa nation. If all these things have 
                         not come to pass, you must believe that 
                         the present in which you now live exists 
                         only because the past has been mistakenly 
                         altered. It must be restored.
 
               (Sam shuts off the tape and closes the screen down.)

                                     CARTER
                         Please. You have to help us. The reason 
                         we came here was to get you so we could 
                         go back in time and fix things.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         That’s not true. (Sam turns and stares 
                         at him. Jack looks at Teal’c.) We just 
                         wanna get out of here. Now, if you can 
                         help us, we’ll do our best to help you.
 
                         
                                     TEAL’C
                         I cannot free you.

                                     O’NEILL
                         What about our weapons, our vests? Can 
                         you get us those?
 
               (Teal’c looks at him, considering his request.)

               
               LATER. The doors to the cell open and a couple of Jaffa drag 
               Daniel in by his arms and drop him down at the top of the steps.
 
               
                                     O’NEILL
                         Easy, easy! (The Jaffa turn and leave.) 
                         Get outta here! (The doors close.) Pissants! 
                         (He squats down to Daniel and puts his 
                         hand on his chest.) Hey.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         I didn’t tell them anything.

                                     O’NEILL
                         Good for you! How’re you feelin’?

                                     DANIEL
                         Not so good really.

                                     O’NEILL
                         Sorry. (He gestures to the others, who 
                         run to a corner of the cell. Jack hauls 
                         Daniel to his feet.) Maybe this’ll make 
                         you feel better.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Argh! (He shakes it off and he and Jack 
                         head down to the others, who have collected 
                         their vests from where they had hidden 
                         them and are putting them on. Cosworth 
                         hands Daniel’s vest to him.) How’d you 
                         ...?
 
                                     CARTER
                         Teal’c. He brought us the camera. I 
                         showed him the tape.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         I don’t think he can be trusted.

                                     O’NEILL
                         He gave us our weapons back, that’s 
                         a good start.
 
                                     CARTER
                         He’s gonna meet us on the way back to 
                         the ship.
 
               (Kawalsky is attaching a piece of C4 to the smaller door. Jack 
               hands a pistol to Daniel.)
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Safety off, point and shoot. (Daniel 
                         takes it and lifts it. It’s now pointing 
                         at Jack, who pushes it down again.) 
                         Not at me.
 
               (Cosworth hands a pistol to Sam.)

                                     CARTER
                         I don’t really like guns.

                                     O’NEILL
                         Neither do I. How do you feel about 
                         explosives?
 
                                     CARTER
                         Those I like a little better.

               (Kawalsky returns from the door.)

                                     KAWALSKY
                         Cover.

                                     O’NEILL
                         Let’s go. (They move away from the door 
                         and take cover. Jack takes out the detonator 
                         and nods to the others. Sam puts her 
                         fingers in her ears. Jack presses the 
                         button and the C4 explodes.)
 
               
               FOREST. The team are running through the forest, returning to 
               the time ship. Jack speaks into his radio.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Airman? This is O’Neill.

               (Either Connor or Mansfield replies.)

                                     AIRMAN
                         We were starting to get worried.

                                     O’NEILL
                         We’re on our way. ETA ten minutes.
 
                         
               (Ahead of them, Teal’c steps into view. He points his staff weapon 
               at the team and activates it. Everybody stops and the airmen 
               raise their weapons. Sam briefly raises her pistol but then lowers 
               it again.)
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         We’ve gotta get goin’ here. We’ve got 
                         a whole battalion on our asses.
 
               (Teal’c fires, shooting Daniel in the chest. The others stare 
               in disbelief. Kawalsky raises his rifle but Teal’c deactivates 
               his staff weapon and lowers it.)
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         What the hell was that?

                                     KAWALSKY
                         Shoot him, Jack. Let’s shoot him and 
                         get the hell out of here.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Why’d you do that?

                                     TEAL’C
                         He was a Goa’uld. Apophis implanted 
                         him with a symbiont in order to gain 
                         access to the knowledge in his mind.
 
                         
                                     O’NEILL
                         How do you know?

                                     TEAL’C
                         I can sense it. Your friend did not 
                         give in to torture.
 
                                     KAWALSKY
                         He’s lying.

                                     O’NEILL
                         Why would he lie, Kawalsky?

                                     CARTER
                         If he wanted us all dead, why aren’t 
                         we surrounded by Jaffa right now?
 
                         
                                     KAWALSKY
                         We will be in a few seconds if we don’t 
                         get the hell out of here now - and I’m 
                         not taking him with us.
 
                                     TEAL’C
                         Apophis has ordered a fleet of ha’tak 
                         vessels to the Tau’ri.
 
                                     CARTER
                         He’s sending ships to Earth?

                                     TEAL’C
                         The symbiont implanted within Daniel 
                         Jackson was a spy intended to accompany 
                         you. Apophis now knows what Daniel Jackson 
                         knew. He knows that you came in a ship. 
                         He knows that the Tau’ri is a threat.
 
                         
                                     KAWALSKY
                         How the hell do we know you’re not a 
                         spy?
 
               (Lying on the ground, Daniel suddenly raises the hand with the 
               pistol in it and shoots Cosworth twice in the chest. He then 
               sits up and fires twice more at the others. One of the bullets 
               hits Teal’c in the arm. Jack and Kawalsky turn and open fire 
               on him. Daniel sinks back to the ground, his eyes open and staring. 
               After a moment, they flash.)
 
                                     CARTER
                         His eyes glowed!

               (Kawalsky runs back and checks that Daniel is really dead this 
               time, then goes over to Cosworth to check his pulse. He looks 
               round at Jack and shakes his head.)
 
                                     KAWALSKY
                         He’s dead.

               (Staff blasts start to come out of the trees behind them. Jack 
               turns and fires in their direction.)
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Go! Go!

               (The others run off as Jack continues to cover them. The team 
               races through the forest towards the time ship, staff blasts 
               going off all around them. Just as they reach the ship, one of 
               the airmen who had been guarding it gets hit by a staff blast. 
               It’s clear that Jaffa are firing from all directions, not just 
               from the direction that the team came. Teal’c and Sam run inside 
               the ship. Kawalsky turns and covers the path they just came down. 
               Jack runs to the entrance of the ship and fires in the opposite 
               direction. From inside the ship, Teal’c fires his staff weapon 
               out to the rear and Sam fires her pistol. The other airman is 
               taken down by a staff blast.)
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Kawalsky!

                                     KAWALSKY
                         Go! Start it up!

               (Jack runs into the ship as Kawalsky and Teal’c - and Sam to 
               a lesser extent - continue to provide cover fire. Jack jumps 
               into the pilot’s seat. A staff blast impacts the wall near to 
               where he’s sitting. Kawalsky turns to run to the ship but is 
               shot in the back by a staff blast.)
 
                                     CARTER
                         Kawalsky’s been hit!

                                     TEAL’C
                         Go!

               (Jack activates the control that raises the ramp. Teal’c continues 
               firing at the approaching Jaffa until the ramp protects him. 
               The ship lifts into the air, then the engine pods extend and 
               the ship flies off. Inside, Sam sinks down onto a bench, shocked 
               by what she’s just been through. Teal’c turns to look at her.)
 
               
                                     TEAL’C
                         Are you injured?

                                     CARTER
                         No. I-I’ve just never seen anyone killed 
                         before. Daniel, and Kawalsky ... (She 
                         notices the wound in Teal’c’s arm.) 
                         Oh my God! You’ve been shot!
 
                                     TEAL’C
                         It will heal.

                                     O’NEILL
                         Alright, we’ve got some problems here.
 
                         
               (A blast impacts the ship. From outside, we see that the ship 
               is being pursued by two death gliders. Jack flies the ship erratically 
               in an attempt to avoid the blasts coming from the gliders. Sam 
               comes forward to the co-pilot’s seat and stares as the blasts 
               that don’t hit the ship explode in the forest in front of them. 
               Teal’c sits down behind Sam.)
 
                                     TEAL’C
                         Gliders.

                                     O’NEILL
                         I can’t shake ‘em, either.

               (More blasts impact the ship, causing explosions inside.)

                                     TEAL’C
                         The Gate will be well-guarded.

                                     O’NEILL
                         You know somethin’? I don’t think we’re 
                         gonna make it to the Gate.
 
               (Sam looks round at the time device in the rear of the ship, 
               then looks at Jack.)
 
                                     CARTER
                         There is a way out. (To Teal’c) Was 
                         there a Stargate on this planet five 
                         thousand years ago?
 
                                     TEAL’C
                         I believe so.

               (Sam looks at Jack. As he returns her gaze, she nods encouragingly 
               to him. He closes his eyes and concentrates. After some moments, 
               the time device lights up. From an outside perspective, the ship 
               is flying away from the gliders in daylight. A moment later, 
               it is suddenly sunset and the gliders have gone.)
 
                                     CARTER
                         I think you did it!

                                     TEAL’C
                         What has he done?

                                     CARTER
                         I think we just travelled back in time.
 
                         
                                     O’NEILL
                         Check it out - dial Earth.

               (Sam dials the co-ordinates on the dialling device.)

               
               WORMHOLE TRAVEL.

               
               EARTH. The time ship shoots out of the wormhole and into a desert 
               area. Two pyramids are nearby. Both have a mothership parked 
               over them.
 
                                     CARTER
                         Well, this is definitely ancient Egypt!
 
                         
                                     TEAL’C
                         Those ha’tak vessels bore the mark of 
                         Ra.
 
                                     CARTER
                         He ruled on Earth during this period.
 
                         
                                     TEAL’C
                         It is likely we were detected on exiting 
                         the chappa’ai.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Well, no ships on our tail, but I think 
                         we’ll skedaddle anyway.
 
                                     CARTER
                         You’re saying you’re onboard with trying 
                         to fix the past?
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Well, we did kinda screw up our timeline, 
                         didn’t we?
 
                                     CARTER
                         Well, the only way to stop the invasion 
                         on Earth is to make sure that it never 
                         happens.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Yeah - remind me how we do that, again?
 
                         
               (Sam has no answer.)

               
               LATER. The time ship has parked out in the desert. Jack, Sam 
               and Teal’c come outside.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Alright - here’s the plan. We make contact 
                         with the locals.
 
                                     TEAL’C
                         And then?

                                     O’NEILL
                         That’s all I got so far.

               (The team starts to walk.)

                                     CARTER
                         Uh, any idea what time it is exactly?
 
                         
               (Jack looks at his watch.)

                                     O’NEILL
                         Three o’clock.

                                     CARTER
                         Uh, sorry, I-I kinda meant what year.
 
                         
                                     O’NEILL
                         Well, you and Daniel said there was 
                         some kind of a failed rebellion.
 
                                     CARTER
                         In 2995 BC.

               (Jack turns to her with a mock look of shock on his face.)

                                     O’NEILL
                         BC?!

                                     CARTER
                         Colonel.

                                     O’NEILL
                         Kidding. And call me Jack, willya?
 
                         
               
               EGYPTIAN TENT VILLAGE (the same one we saw in Part 1). As the 
               team walks into the village, a young boy runs to his father in 
               alarm.
 
                                     BOY
                         Mari’be! Mari’be! Mari’be!

               (The man scoops the boy up into his arms.)

                                     O’NEILL
                         Hey! It’s alright, folks, we come in 
                         peace, nothin’ to be afraid of.
 
                                     CARTER
                         I doubt they speak English.

               (A young man approaches them and we realise that this is Katep, 
               the man whose brother was killed by Ra in the temple in Part 
               1.)
 
                                     KATEP
                         Hello.

                                     O’NEILL
                         He does.

                                     KATEP
                         Yes. I am Katep.

                                     O’NEILL
                         I am Jack.

                                     KATEP
                         O’Neill. (He looks at the other two.) 
                         Colonel Carter, and Teal’c.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         How’d you know ...?

                                     KATEP
                         Please come with me. Ra’s patrols come 
                         through here often. They must not see 
                         you, (he looks at Teal’c) especially 
                         you. Please, come. (He leads them away.)
 
                         
               
               TENT. Katep leads the team to a tent.

                                     KATEP
                         Please. (He stands in the doorway as 
                         the others walk in.)
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         How do you know who we are?

                                     KATEP
                         This is not the first time we have met.
 
                         
                                     CARTER
                         You knew the other SG-1 team.

                                     KATEP
                         Five years ago you came. You were witness 
                         to the death of my brother at the hands 
                         of Ra. After you were trapped here, 
                         we planned an uprising together.
 
                                     CARTER
                         So much for causality!

                                     TEAL’C
                         Ra is still here. We have seen his ship.
 
                         
                                     KATEP
                         Our first attempt at gathering forces 
                         for the rebellion did not go well. We 
                         had to expose ourselves to those who 
                         proved still loyal to Ra. You were captured 
                         and executed long before the plan could 
                         be finished.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Really? All of us?

                                     KATEP
                         All but one.

               (A man walks into the tent, his head covered with a hood. He 
               throws the hood back and we see that it’s Daniel. Sam smiles.)
 
               
                                     DANIEL
                         Well, this can’t be a good sign.

                                     O’NEILL
                         Why’s that?

                                     DANIEL
                         Where am I?

                                     O’NEILL
                         Ancient Egypt?

                                     DANIEL
                         No, I mean the me from your timeline.
 
                         
                                     TEAL’C
                         I killed you.

                                     DANIEL
                         Why?

                                     TEAL’C
                         You were a Goa’uld spy.

                                     DANIEL
                         Good reason.

                                     CARTER
                         It was horrible.

                                     DANIEL
                         Yeah, I’m sure. Why are you here?

                                     O’NEILL
                         Yes - excellent question.

                                     DANIEL
                         You don’t know?

                                     O’NEILL
                         Well, I thought I did, there, for a 
                         while, and then I realised I ... didn’t.
 
                         
                                     DANIEL
                         Well, I know why I’m here.

                                     O’NEILL
                         Good! Let’s start there.

                                     DANIEL
                         We came back in time to get a ZPM.
 
                         
                                     CARTER
                         Right! It was buried with the tape. 
                         Why is it so important? I think you 
                         were about to explain it but the, uh, 
                         the-the batteries on the camera ran 
                         out.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Long story. Why don’t you take a seat? 
                         (Jack and Sam sit down but Teal’c remains 
                         standing.) Basically we got trapped 
                         here because you (he points to Sam) 
                         didn’t want to affect the timeline, 
                         but ultimately you (he looks at Jack) 
                         and you (he looks at Teal’c) couldn’t 
                         stand the idea of living out the rest 
                         of your lives under Ra’s rule without 
                         doing anything. We remembered there 
                         was a rebellion here on Earth - that’s 
                         how the Gate got buried in the first 
                         place, so we figured what difference 
                         does it make if we’re involved or not? 
                         Unfortunately we never got a chance 
                         to execute the plan.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         We heard.

                                     DANIEL
                         Yes. We tried to do too much too fast. 
                         Since then, Katep and I have been slowly 
                         building up an underground movement. 
                         I can only assume things don’t go well 
                         because if you’re here, you saw the 
                         tape and the future still needs fixing.
 
                         
                                     O’NEILL
                         Somethin’ like that.

                                     CARTER
                         Oh, we didn’t just see the tape. We 
                         saw the tablet.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         What tablet?

                                     CARTER
                         Oh. The one you haven’t written yet, 
                         and put where the Stargate was supposed 
                         to be buried.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         “Supposed to be”?

                                     CARTER
                         In our timeline, the rebellion that 
                         you planned actually works. Ra ends 
                         up leaving, and Earth is freed, but, 
                         uh, Ra takes the Stargate with him.
 
                         
                                     DANIEL
                         OK, that’s a problem.

                                     CARTER
                         Yes! The Gate is never found at Giza, 
                         and none of us join the Stargate programme 
                         - but you left a tablet in an obscure 
                         Egyptian dialect telling us the date 
                         of the rebellion and where to find the 
                         second Stargate in Antarctica.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Good for me! So you’re here to make 
                         sure Ra doesn’t take the Stargate.
 
                         
                                     O’NEILL
                         It’s a plan.

               (A young boy runs in.)

                                     BOY
                         Daneel! Daneel! Jaffa!

                                     KATEP
                         We must hide.

                                     O’NEILL
                         Where?

                                     KATEP
                         In here. (He and the boy pull back a 
                         rug on the floor and start brushing 
                         the sand away with their hands. Daniel 
                         beckons to Jack, Sam and Teal’c as Katep 
                         and the boy lift up a stone slab. Underneath 
                         is a ladder leading down into a chamber.)
 
                         
               
               (Outside, a Jaffa patrol walks into the village. They shove the 
               villagers around and start to search the tents. A Horus guard 
               stands and watches.)
 
               
               (In the chamber, Daniel climbs down the ladder and joins the 
               other three. He takes a burning torch from Jack and shows them 
               what’s in the chamber. There are many staff weapons lining the 
               walls, and many zat guns lying on boxes.)
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Sweet!

               (Up above them, a Jaffa walks into the tent and turns to call 
               to his colleagues.)
 
                                     JAFFA
                         Kree! Lok’nel!

               (As other Jaffa walk in, Katep and the boy surreptitiously step 
               forward so that they are standing on top of the stone slab, now 
               covered with a rug again.)
 
               (In the chamber)

                                     DANIEL
                         We’ve got secret stores of weapons like 
                         this in several positions throughout 
                         the region.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         How many troops?

                                     DANIEL
                         Uh, a couple of thousand, but that’s 
                         not really the issue. According to you, 
                         my own account of history says we win 
                         the revolt.
 
                                     CARTER
                         We just need to make sure that the Gate 
                         stays here and gets buried.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Which means we have to steal it and 
                         hide it from Ra.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         But it’s out in the open, close to a 
                         ship.
 
                                     TEAL’C
                         Holding such a position against a ha’tak 
                         would be virtually impossible, even 
                         for a short period of time.
 
                                     CARTER
                         Also, the Gate is kinda heavy.

                                     DANIEL
                         We also have a ship.

                                     O’NEILL
                         Yes, but you see, the ship fits in the 
                         Gate, not the other way around.
 
                                     CARTER
                         There has to be a way that we can cable 
                         the Gate to the ship - fly it out.
 
                         
                                     O’NEILL
                         Yeah, but we’ve still gotta get close 
                         to it without being detected.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Well, that’s easy. The ship has a cloaking 
                         device ... (the others stare at him) 
                         makes it invisible.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         You’re telling me this now?!

                                     DANIEL
                         I was sure I mentioned it on the tape.
 
                         
               (Jack looks round at Sam, who shakes her head.)

                                     TEAL’C
                         If we were able to time our approach 
                         to co-ordinate with the uprising, we 
                         may yet have a chance.
 
                                     CARTER
                         We’ll need to test the cloak. We took 
                         an awful lot of damage coming out of 
                         Chulak.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Because we didn’t know about the damned 
                         cloak!
 
                                     DANIEL
                         I was sure I mentioned it on the tape!
 
                         
               (Above their heads, the stone cover to the chamber is lifted. 
               Katep looks down at the team.)
 
                                     KATEP
                         They are gone!

               
               DESERT. Jack and Sam are walking to the time ship.

                                     CARTER
                         Do you ever wonder what your life’s 
                         gonna be like in the future?
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Won’t really be my life, will it?

                                     CARTER
                         No, but still. I mean, I’ve led such 
                         a small and unimportant existence, I 
                         can’t ever imagine being a hero who 
                         saves the planet.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Well, we do have a time machine. We 
                         could go check it out.
 
                                     CARTER
                         No way. We’ve already screwed up enough. 
                         Once we’re done with the Gate, we need 
                         to destroy the ship.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Seriously?

                                     CARTER
                         Absolutely.

                                     O’NEILL
                         You mean we have to stay here?

               (Sam nods and they continue walking.)

                                     CARTER
                         I wonder if the future me has a boyfriend?
 
                         
               
               TIME SHIP. Jack and Sam walk in and Jack sits in the pilot’s 
               seat. He slaps the edge of the console a few times to activate 
               it.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         So what do I do?

                                     CARTER
                         Um, try thinking “invisible”.

               (Jack shrugs, then puts his hands on the console.)

                                     O’NEILL
                         OK. (He closes his eyes and concentrates. 
                         Sam looks around hopefully. After a 
                         few seconds Jack opens his eyes.) How 
                         do we know if it’s working?
 
               (Sam raises a finger, then trots outside and looks at the ship.)
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         Nope!

               
               KATEP’S TENT. Daniel and Katep stand with Teal’c as he unrolls 
               a map and looks at it.
 
                                     TEAL’C
                         Your strategy is good, but it does not 
                         work well as a distraction in our plan 
                         to steal the chappa’ai.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Wait - we know this plan works. If we 
                         alter it ...
 
                                     KATEP
                         ... we may fail.

                                     DANIEL
                         With this plan, the uprising succeeds 
                         and Ra leaves.
 
                                     TEAL’C
                         And Ra takes the chappa’ai. If we are 
                         to be successful in keeping Ra from 
                         taking the chappa’ai, we must focus 
                         the efforts of the rebellion on distracting 
                         him from it. (Katep looks at Daniel, 
                         who sighs uncertainly. Teal’c looks 
                         at him.) Trust me.
 
               
               TIME SHIP. Sam has opened a panel near the rear of the ship and 
               takes out a glass panel. A cable is hanging from the ceiling 
               and she takes the end and starts tinkering with the panel. Jack 
               comes from the front of the ship and looks at her.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         How’s it goin’?

                                     CARTER
                         I’ve never seen this kind of technology 
                         before.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Hey, you’re supposed to be a genius. 
                         That’s why I brought you along.
 
                                     CARTER
                         I’m working on it. I think the power 
                         relay was overloaded. I may be able 
                         to reroute the circuit to the control 
                         interface ... (She looks up and sees 
                         Jack staring at her.) What?
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         It’s just a little weird hearin’ that 
                         kind of stuff come out of someone so 
                         ...
 
               (Sam turns and stares at him defensively.)

                                     CARTER
                         So what?

                                     O’NEILL
                         ... hot.

               (Sam coughs.)

                                     CARTER
                         Really?

                                     O’NEILL
                         Yeah.

                                     CARTER
                         Wow. Um, it’s just you ... you’re not 
                         the kind of guy that I usually attract.
 
                         
                                     O’NEILL
                         No?

                                     CARTER
                         No. Huh. God. Wow! This is kinda awkward.
 
                         
                                     O’NEILL
                         Yeah, it’s gettin’ there.

                                     CARTER
                         I’m kind of attracted to ... Daniel.
 
                         
               (Jack stares at her for a moment in disbelief.)

                                     O’NEILL
                         What?! (Sam shrugs. Jack walks closer 
                         to her.) Really?!
 
                                     CARTER
                         Sorry.

                                     O’NEILL
                         No, that’s OK, n-no problem there, I, 
                         it’s just, you know ... first impressions, 
                         I kinda thought he was ... (He gestures 
                         vaguely as Sam raises her eyebrows at 
                         him.) Never mind.
 
               (Sam nods. Jack blows out a breath and turns away from her. Sam 
               turns back to her work, wincing.)
 
               
               LATER. From behind a sand dune near the ship, Jack watches through 
               binoculars as a Jaffa patrol approaches. He activates his radio.
 
               
                                     O’NEILL
                         Carter. How’s it goin’ in there?

               (Sam, still working inside the ship, scrabbles for her radio.)
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         Uh, I think I’m almost there.

                                     O’NEILL
                         That’s good. We’re about to have some 
                         company. (He runs back to the ship and 
                         closes the rear door.) We have a patrol 
                         on its way here. (He gets into the pilot’s 
                         seat.)
 
                                     CARTER
                         Try it.

               (Jack puts his hands on the controls and they light up. He concentrates, 
               then looks round.)
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Nothing’s happening.

               (Sam turns her attention back to the panel above her head.)
 
               
               
               KATEP’S TENT. As Daniel, Teal’c and Katep continue to study the 
               map, Jack’s voice comes over the radio.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Hey, guys, we’ve got a little problem 
                         here.
 
               
               TIME SHIP. Sam is still tinkering with the panel.

                                     O’NEILL
                         Carter, forget it. I’m just gonna take 
                         off.
 
               (Nearby, we see the Jaffa patrol walking between two sand dunes. 
               In moments they will be able to see the ship. Inside, Jack tries 
               to get the ship to take off but nothing happens. He slaps the 
               side of the control console.)
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         C’mon! Now that’s not workin’.

                                     CARTER
                         Oh boy! (She reaches for the panel again 
                         and makes an adjustment.) Try the cloak 
                         now.
 
               (Jack closes his eyes and concentrates. Just as the patrol rounds 
               the sand dune, the ship cloaks.)
 
                                     CARTER
                         Did it work? (She comes to the front 
                         of the ship and she and Jack look out 
                         of the windscreen as the patrol comes 
                         into view. They show no reaction.)
 
                         
                                     O’NEILL
                         Apparently.

               (Just then, something in the console groans as it shuts off. 
               Outside, the ship decloaks. The Jaffa run towards the ship and 
               surround it. Three Jaffa come to the front of the ship, look 
               in at Jack and Sam and aim their staff weapons.)
 
                                     JAFFA
                         Shak’na kree!

                                     O’NEILL
                         What?

               (The Jaffa open fire. Although the staff blasts do not penetrate 
               the windscreen, other Jaffa around the ship are also firing and 
               panels start to short out. Jack jumps out of the pilot’s seat 
               and shoves Sam towards the rear of the ship.)
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Go, go, go, go! (He closes the door 
                         between the front and rear of the ship 
                         and pushes Sam down onto her knees behind 
                         the time device before ducking down 
                         himself.) Get down! (Panels continue 
                         to short out as the Jaffa keep firing.) 
                         Woah!
 
                                     CARTER
                         This could be a problem.

                                     O’NEILL
                         You think?!

                                     CARTER
                         If they penetrate the hull and hit the 
                         engines, the energy blasts could feed 
                         back into the power ...
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Carter!

                                     CARTER
                         We could explode!

               (Jack activates his radio.)

                                     O’NEILL
                         Daniel, Teal’c.

                                     DANIEL
                         We’re almost there!

               
               NEARBY. Daniel and Teal’c can hear the shooting. They duck down 
               behind a sand dune and watch as the Jaffa continue to fire at 
               the ship.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Well, this doesn’t look good.

                                     TEAL’C
                         Indeed.

                                     DANIEL
                         Though it is quite ironic. This whole 
                         thing started because Sam didn’t want 
                         to take the Jumper back from a Jaffa 
                         patrol.
 
               
               TIME SHIP. Still hiding behind the time device, Sam stares at 
               Jack as the panels continue sparking and exploding.
 
                                     CARTER
                         Look, if we don’t make it ... (She takes 
                         his head in her hands and kisses him. 
                         Once she has ended the kiss, Jack stares 
                         at her.)
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Wait a minute! You said you liked Daniel!
 
                         
                                     CARTER
                         I lied. I just wanted to get to know 
                         you better. You see, usually I’m a very 
                         cautious person and I tend to think 
                         things ...
 
               (Jack grabs her head and kisses her. Explosions go off all around 
               them.)
 
               
               (Outside the ship, the Jaffa stop firing as Teal’c calls out 
               to them.)
 
                                     TEAL’C
                         Jaffa! (He and Daniel walk into the 
                         open. Teal’c holds his arms wide to 
                         show that he is not going to shoot.) 
                         Hear me! Ra is not a god! You can live 
                         free!
 
               (The Jaffa patrol leader raises his staff weapon and points it 
               at Teal’c.)
 
                                     JAFFA
                         Na’kek, shol’va!

                                     DANIEL
                         I don’t think he bought it.

               (Inside the ship, Jack and Sam are still kissing but Jack opens 
               his eyes and then breaks the kiss when he realises that the firing 
               has stopped. Outside, Teal’c tries again.)
 
                                     TEAL’C
                         Relinquish your weapons and surrender!
 
                         
                                     JAFFA
                         Kel’tek trey! Lo t’nak!

                                     DANIEL
                         Yeah, I thought you’d say that.

                                     TEAL’C
                         Shal’tek!

               (From behind a high sand dune nearby, Katep appears. He cries 
               out and other Egyptians appear behind him. The Jaffa turn and 
               stare as, all around them, hundreds of Egyptians appear, brandishing 
               staff weapons and zat guns. All of them cry out fiercely. Daniel 
               takes a P90 from his robe and aims it at the Jaffa. The Jaffa 
               drop their staff weapons. Daniel activates his radio.)
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Sam, Jack - it’s all clear. You can 
                         come out now.
 
               (Inside the ship, Jack and Sam are gazing at each other.)

                                     O’NEILL
                         In a minute.

               (Daniel and Teal’c look at each other, puzzled. Inside, Jack 
               takes hold of Sam’s head and starts to kiss her again. They tumble 
               to the floor, out of view of the camera. Above them, the time 
               device shorts out.)
 
                                     CARTER
                         I can fix that.

               
               SGC. In Sam’s lab, General Jack O’Neill, Lieutenant Colonel Samantha 
               Carter, Doctor Daniel Jackson and Teal’c (with hair) are watching 
               a screen showing the video recording from five thousand years 
               ago. Jack is sitting at the desk while the others stand behind 
               him. Next to Jack, nestled inside a wooden box on top of a lot 
               of padding, is a glowing ZPM. On the desk next to the box is 
               a half-eaten donut on a paper napkin.
 
                                     DANIEL
                         Uh, Jack, you should say something here.
 
                         
                                     O’NEILL
                         Um, college football is played on Saturdays; 
                         pro on Sundays; and there are no fish 
                         in my pond ... at all ... where I fish. 
                         (He turns to the other two.) Uh, I think 
                         that covers it for me.
 
               (In the lab, Daniel turns the video off. Sam looks at Jack.)
 
               
                                     CARTER
                         Is that correct?

                                     O’NEILL
                         If it is, we don’t do anything?

                                     CARTER
                         Apparently nothing we did affected the 
                         timeline.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         But we didn’t do anything.

                                     CARTER
                         Not yet. Apparently we were going to, 
                         two weeks from now, but now we don’t 
                         have to.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Excellent! (Daniel and Teal’c nod to 
                         each other and walk away.) That’s it! 
                         I like it!
 
               (Sam reaches for the ZPM box.)

                                     CARTER
                         OK, I’m gonna get this up to the lab 
                         for analysis.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         No! I’ll take it. (He picks up the box.) 
                         There’s a whole room full of geeks up 
                         there just dyin’ to get their hands 
                         on this. You’ve got packin’ to do! (He 
                         walks away as Sam smiles.)
 
               
               MINNESOTA. Jack’s cabin. A fishing line arcs out into the water. 
               The camera lifts up from the water and we see that Jack and Sam 
               are sitting side by side on the pier, fishing.
 
                                     CARTER
                         This is great.

                                     O’NEILL
                         I told ya!

                                     CARTER
                         I can’t believe we didn’t do it years 
                         ago.
 
                                     O’NEILL
                         Yes, well, let’s not dwell.

               (Sam giggles as she looks at him. Behind them, Daniel and Teal’c 
               arrive, carrying a cooler box between them and each holding a 
               folding chair in their free hand. Out in the pond, a fish jumps 
               out of the water. Sam looks round at Jack.)
 
                                     CARTER
                         Didn’t that tape say there were no fish 
                         in your pond?
 
               (Jack looks at her.)

                                     O’NEILL
                         Close enough.

               (Sam nods. The camera pulls back as Daniel and Teal’c unfold 
               their chairs. Teal’c sits down, and Daniel walks onto the pier 
               to join the other two.)
 
               
               THE END

               


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