STARGATE SG1
Episode 110
"TORMENT OF TANTALUS"
By
Robert C. Cooper
On a tv screen, some men in white coats, are manually dialling
the gate
DR LANGFORD
"Now stop."
SCIENTIST
"Charge."
A chevron engages
"First lock engaged."
The camera pans back and we see Daniel watching the old film
on a monitor. Jack enters the room
JACK
"You know we're supposed to be at that
physical assessment thing."
DANIEL
"Oh yeah, I'll go, I'll go, it's just,
let me finish this reel."
JACK
"You know you seem a tad obsessed with
this stuff."
DANIEL
"This was transferred from film of experiments
done on the gate in 1945, you don't
find that the least bit intriguing?"
JACK
Oh yeah, nothing piques my interest
more then repeated failure."
DANIEL
"Look at them, they're turning the gate
manually, for Gods sake, it's incredible."
JACK
"How many hours of this stuff have you
looked at?"
DANIEL
"There's no conclusion of the file,
no summery, no notes, no reason to explain
why they gave up."
JACK
"Well whole boxes of material could
be missing."
DANIEL
"No, the Pentagon said this was everything."
JACK
"Oh please, the Pentagon's lost entire
countries. Come on! Doctors have two
days of tests planned for us. Wonderful
tests."
On the screen, a man put's on an old fashioned diving helmet
and walks up to the gate, which is open.
DANIEL
"Oh, Jack!"
JACK
"That's impossible."
DANIEL
"Obviously not. This doesn't make any
sense. Why wouldn't someone have told
us this. I mean, why would they stop
their research if they actually managed
to turn it on?"
The man in the helmet has a rope attached to him. He goes through
the gate, which shuts off and severs teh rope.
JACK
"Holy cow."
Titles
Catherine Langford gets out of a car and walks up to her house.
A main answers the door
CATHERINE
"Hello, Martha."
MARTHA
"Mrs. Langford, there is a young man
waiting for you in the kitchen."
CATHERINE
"You let a strange young man in the
house?"
MARTHA
"Yes. I'm sorry, he says he knows you."
CATHERINE
"My God."
DANIEL
"Hello. I'm sorry, I hope you don't
mind."
CATHERINE
"How long have you been back? Oh, my
God why are you back? Colonel O'Neill
said you stayed on Abydos."
DANIEL
"I see you got the amulet."
CATHERINE
"Yes of course, I never take it off.
Why avoid my question? What's this all
about?"
Briefing Room
HAMMOND
"Colonel O'Neill, Doctor Jackson was
supposed to briefing SG4 this morning,
he's not here and he's not answering
our pages. Any idea where he is?"
JACK
"I haven't seen him in a while, sir."
Back at Catherine's house
DANIEL
"Catherine I couldn't tell you."
CATHERINE
"Why not?"
DANIEL
"They wouldn't let me! Everything is,
classified, you know."
CATHERINE
"When did you become an upstanding member
of the military?"
DANIEL
"I'm not, exactly. And that's why I'm
here."
CATHERINE
" I'll make you some tea, then you can
go back to your Stargate Command." "Thousands
of Stargates, planetary shifts. Didn't
anybody think I might be interested?
DANIEL
"That's why I came."
CATHERINE
"Now, six months later. You could of
told me sooner."
DANIEL
"Yes, just like you could have told
me there were experiments done on the
gate in 1945."
CATHERINE
"My father worked on the research team
that worked on the gate during the war.
Actually, they didn't know what it was
then. But President Roosevelt was like
that, curious. The suspected the gate
was a weapon, could be used as one.
Nothing ever came of it, how do you
know?"
DANIEL
"The Pentagon has recently been declassifying
old mistrials, they ran across a number
of file boxes that dealt with the old
experiments. They sent them to us."
CATHERINE
"Really?"
DANIEL
"You weren't involved with the research?"
CATHERINE
"The military had little use for a 21
year old girl at that time, neither
did my father. I only know what little
I overheard him and Earnest Talking
about."
DANIEL
"I'm sorry, who's Earnest?"
Flashback to the past. A young Earnest and Catherine are sitting
at a fireside
EARNEST
"We get as far as entering the fifth
symbol and the whole room starts to
shake. Today one of the generators exploded
from the feed back."
CATHERINE
"Are you going to talk to my father?"
EARNEST
"Oh he know, he was there."
CATHERINE
"I might about us."
EARNEST
"Oh. Yes I will."
CATHERINE
"Maybe it's supposed to do that?"
EARNEST
"What?"
CATHERINE
"The ring. Maybe it's supposed to shake."
EARNEST
"I don't think so."
CATHERINE
"Are you using alternate or direct current
to charge it?"
EARNEST
"Alternate, I thing, why?"
CATHERINE
"Try using direct. It might prevent
the charge from bouncing back to the
generator. And you should talk to my
father."
EARNEST
"I will, I promise."
Back to the present
DANIEL
"So you didn't know the government kept
the files from the original experiment?"
CATHERINE
"I had my fathers notes. He told me
that was everything they had. Do you
know how many administrations I had
to petition to get this program started
up again? Forty years had passed; the
information was classified and buried.
I never asked for the files, because
I thought I had them. General West never
offered, because he probably didn't
even know they existed."
DANIEL
"So, you don't know that they turned
the gate on in 1945."
CATHERINE
"What?"
Flashback
Earnest and Catherine's father are sitting at a table
EARNEST
"There must be over a 100 million possible
combinations. If it's merely a combination
lock used to turn it on, why thirty
nine? Why not six?"
DR LANGFORD
"What are you saying?"
EARNEST
They are not combinations, there destinations,
and we just found one."
DR LANGFORD
Doorway to Heaven could mean any number
of different things. It could simply
mean that anyone who passes through
there will die.
Catherine brings in some tea
DOCTOR LANGFORD
For example. Catherine, we have a maid
for a reason."
CATHERINE
"I wanted to do it."
The present
CATHERINE
"No, I never knew they turned it on.
My father never told me. It wasn't in
his notes either."
DANIEL
"Then there is something more you should
see. Here, watch this."
He shows her the tape
CATHERINE
"Oh, God."
Back in the past
DR LANGFORD
"There was an accident today. An explosion
in the lab."
CATHERINE
"Earnest?"
DR LANGFORD
"I'm so sorry."
Present time
DANIEL
"So the man who went through the gate
was Earnest."
CATHERINE
"Yes. My father must have lied to me.
He said Ernest died in an accident,
and explosion."
DANIEL
"Why would he do that?"
CATHERINE
"He probably thought he was protecting
me."
DANIEL
"From what?"
CATHERINE
"From knowing that the man I was supposed
to marry chose to risk his life and
go through the Stargate without even
talking to me about it. He choose his
idea, his work, over me."
DANIEL
"I'm sure that he believe that he, that
he would come back."
CATHERINE
"He was so young, so full of passion,
like you. You reminded me of him when
I first saw you. That's why I new you
would solve the mysteries of the gate."
DANIEL
"Catherine, I wasn't supposed to show
you this. Actually I wasn't supposed
to show you any of this but now. Computer
enhancements, from the film footage.
I was able to isolate the chevrons that
were locked in before Earnest went through.
CATHERINE
"Not Abydos?"
DANIEL
"No, another planet, with similar co-ordinates.
And we can go there."
Briefing room
Daniel and Catherine are standing by the table. Hammond enters
the room
HAMMOND
Have you completely lost your mind?!?
Who authorized you to revile classified
information to a civilian?"
DANIEL
"If you will just let me explain."
HAMMOND
"This is a serious breach in protocol.
These rules exist for a reason, Doctor,
do you think that you are above them?"
DANIEL
"No, no, I..
Jack and Teal'c enter
JACK
"Catherine!"
CATHERINE
"Hello Jack."
JACK
"It's good to see you again. I trust
the General is making you feel right
at home."
CATHERINE
"So far he actually sounds worst then
General West."
JACK
He's a teddy bear."
HAMMOND
" Colonel O'Neill, did you authorize
Dr. Daniel Jackson to revel classified
information to this civilian?"
JACK
"Absolutely not, sir. In fact I advised
him not to say anything to her. Despite
the fact that she used to run the entire
program, and is responsible for most
of our current knowledge about the gate."
HAMMOND
"I'm aware of who she is, Colonel."
DANIEL
"Catherine, this is Teal'c. Teal'c,
this is Catherine."
CATHERINE
"Daniel, has told me all about you,
such a pleasure."
She shakes his hand
HAMMOND
"Colonel, are you aware of the request
Dr. Jackson has most currently tangled?"
JACK
"You've go to go that one step further
don't you."
DANIEL
"The man who entered the gate in 1945,
was Catherine's fiancée. Now I have
the address of the planet he went to
and we can go there."
CATHERINE
"And I'm coming with you."
DANIEL
"General, we know where Earnest Littlefield
went. He could still be alive. A man
who had the vision to see the Stargate
for what it really was, a half a century
before anyone else."
JACK
"He sounds like a bonafide American
hero, sir."
Sam enters the room
SAM
"Sir, there may be another reason to
got to this planet."
CATHERINE
"Samantha!"
SAM
"Catherine!"
HAMMOND
"Captain Carter."
SAM
"Yes sir. It seems the planet in question
is close to Abydos, so it uses many
of the same points in space locators.
Which explains why the team in 45 could
conceivably dial in with out compensating
for planetary shift. But sir the planet
in question is not on the cartouche
we found on Abydos."
CATHERINE
"What's the significance in that?"
SAM
"The Goa'uld haven't charted it. They
may not even have been there."
DANIEL
"If the Goa'ulds haven't been to this
plant, and there is obviously a gate
there. Then we would have unquestionable
proof that they didn't build the Stargates."
TEAL'C
"The Goa'uld are scavengers, since they
have not traveled to this planet, we
could find technologies to use against
them."
CATHERINE
"You speak."
TEAL'C
"When it is appropriate."
HAMMOND
"Thank you. Thank all off you for your
very thorough analysis of the situation.
But I was already convinced by Dr. Jackson's
initial argument. Earnest Littlefield
could still be alive, and we shouldn't
try to find him."
Gateroom. Daniel, Jack and Catherine are at the bottom of the
ramp. The two men are on either side of her and have their arms
linked with hers. Teal'c and Sam go through the gate. The other
three slowly make their way up to the gate.
JACK
"It's a piece of cake. Ready?"
DANIEL
"And
They go through the gate and come out the other side
DANIEL
"You okay?"
CATHERINE
"Huh, that was some piece of cake!"
DANIEL
"It's hot in here."
JACK
"Oh yeah. Anybody see away in or out
of this place?"
TEAL'C
"There appears to be only two doorways."
SAM
"Oh my."
A naked man appears. Presumably, Earnest Littlefield
JACK
"Aw, for crying' out loud.
DANIEL
"Dr. Littlefield?" "Earnest?" Hello,
I'm Daniel Jackson, we just came from
the Stargate.Yes, that thing...Star-gate."
Earnest pushes Daniel
DANIEL
We're real'"
Earnest sniffs back some tears and hugs Daniel
EARNEST
"It's about time."
He walks over and hugs Jack
JACK
"Whoa."
He walks towards Sam and she just manages to jump out of the
way
CARTER
"Oh boy!"
He hugs Teal'c instead
JACK
"Daniel, do something."
DANIEL
.Dr. Littlefield?"
Daniel points towards Catherine
CATHERINE
"You don't recognize me."
EARNEST
Catherine?"
He mumbles something and leaves the room
CATHERINE
"Fifty years, that's all he has to say."
DANIEL
I'll go see if I can find him."
Daniel follows him and comes to a room that has a covered dais
in the middle
EARNEST
"Still here."
DANIEL
Do you have anything to wear?"Clothes?"
EARNEST
"Oh, going home."
DANIEL
"Yes, we're taking you home.
Earnest puts on some old rags
EARNEST
"So much time. Did no one try again?"
DANIEL
"That's along story. Are there other
people here?""No one else lives here?
How about nearby?" E"Are you saying
you have been completely alone here
for 50 years?"
Earnest hands him some fruit
EARNEST
"Eat."
Back with Sam and Catherine
CATHERINE
"I don't know what I expected. I mean
I can't believe he's right here. Light
years away but still so close, all this
time. Alive.
SAM
"I think he's probably having a little
trouble dealing with it to."
CATHERINE
"I felt like a school girl. My heart
was beating faster then when I came
through the gate! Ha, you think you're
old and wise."
SAM
"I don't think the heart ever grows
old."
CATHERINE
"I can't even fathom what he's been
through. Such a long time. I don't even
know that man."
SAM
"Why don't you go and talk to him?"
Daniel finds Earnests journal
EARNEST
"Last day."
DANIEL
"It's a calendar, isn't it?"Have you
been able to figure out who built this
place, or who used to live here?"
EARNEST
"Heliopolis."
DANIEL
"Heliopolis?"
EARNEST
""Repository, philosophy, astronomy"
DANIEL
"I assume you mean the ancient Egyptian
city. People would could come from everywhere
to gather, scholars, community leaders.
It was also the central place of worship
for Ra. Are there ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs
here? Symbols that indicate Ra? This
could be very important."
Daniel reads the book
DANIEL
"'Four distinct languages, writing is
unlike anything I have seen on earth.
Catherine say's there probably alien.'
Catherine says?"
EARNEST
"She found me long ago."
DANIEL
"'We walked for miles today, but still
found no signs of civilization. Catherine
seems concerned, but I am not. As long
as she is here with me, I will never
feel alone. It seems impossible, but
everyday were here together, I love
her more.'"
CATHERINE
"My father lied to me."
EARNEST
"Oh!"
DANIEL
I'll leave you two."
Daniel leaves the room
EARNEST
"So, real!"
CATHERINE
"Yes, your going to have to believe.
This isn't easy for me either."
EARNEST
You look, different."
CATHERINE
"I'm old Earnest. So are you."
EARNEST
"We, we had a wonderful life together."
CATHERINE
"I couldn't imagine you Earnest. In
my mind, we didn't have a wonderful
life together. I thought you were dead."
EARNEST
"Forgave me. You forgave me long ago."
CATHERINE
"No. I didn't."
EARNEST
"Oh."
Gateroom
JACK
"Doesn't seem to be anybody else around.
I tell you this place used to be pretty
sweet, but it's seen better days if
you know what I mean."
DANIEL
"I thing Professor Littlefield has been
alone since he got here."
JACK
"Wow."
TEAL'C
"A storm approaches."
JACK
"A pretty big one at that."
EARNEST
"It comes every year."
SAM
"Every year?"
JACK
"Now look kids, we're right on the edge
of a cliff here, I don't think this
place can stand another big hit."
TEAL'C
"We should take our leave."
DANIEL
"No we can't, not yet. We have only
begun to explore this place. Figure
out what it is, what it used to be."
JACK
"We'll launch a survey balloon. Now
lets take the professor and Catherine
home, we'll leave the probe here, let
it monitor the situation, until the
storm blows over, then we'll come back.
Alright?"
EARNEST
"I tried for years to make it work."
DANIEL
"You never tried to entering different
glyphs in this thing?""We call this
the Dial-Home Device. Basically you
enter the correct address and..."
JACK
"Daniel, Why don't we just show him."of
SG-1 goes up to the DHD. A look of shock
crosses the faces as the look at it.
SAM
"My God."
JACK
"What the hell?"
The centre crystal is damaged
JACK
"I thought the probe was supposed to
detect stuff like this?"
SAM
"We got visual confirmation of its presence,
but the damage was obviously covered."
. "It's not working."
EARNEST
"It was like that when I got here."
CATHERINE
"That's why you never came back.
EARNEST
"Does this mean we're not going home?"
EARNEST
"Well since we're going to be hear awhile.""I
would like you to see something."
DANIEL
"What?"
EARNEST
"Come on, it's the safest room in there
is. You know? Especially in a storm."
CATHERINE
"Give me a hand.""Thanks"
JACK
"Keep at it, well be back."
They go back to Earnests room. He takes the cover off the machine
in the centre, which brings up gold writing on the walls. There
seems to be four different languages.
DANIEL
What is this place?"
Daniel reads from Earnest's journal
DANIEL
Reading; "'I believe this room is some
sort of meeting place, where four alien
races denoted by the symbols, and distinctive
writing on the walls would gather, possible
to share knowledge, or discuss relations,
like a United Nations of the Stars.
Catherine agrees.'"
CATHERINE
"You're right, I would have."
Offworld Gateroom
Sam and Teal'c are trying to repair the DHD
SAM
All roads seem to lead here, which means
this is likely the power source."
TEAL'C
"I believe you are correct."
SAM
"It could take years to figure out how
to put these crystals back properly.
I think we can figure out a way to rig
the power source directly to the gate,
and then dial out manually."
The others are still looking at the alien device
JACK
"This looks familiar."
EARNEST
"Touch it."
He touches it and a bright light shoots out, and turns into a
3D hologram of shapes, covering the room
JACK
"Whoa!"
CATHERINE
"It's Beautiful!"
JACK
"Daniel, does the mean anything?"
DANIEL
"Well, if this was a Mecca of sorts,
an alien united nations, this has to
mean something."
JACK
"I know this."
CATHERINE
"Of course, high school chemistry."
DANIEL
"One proton, one electron, hydrogen."
CATHERINE
"Berylium, sodium."
EARNEST
"Silver, Iron, barium, xenon."
CATHERINE
"Oh my God, so many electrons, how can
you tell?"
EARNEST
"I have been here a very long time,
remember?"
JACK
"Excuse me. Are you saying that all
of these are atomic,things?"
DANIEL
"These images are graphical representation
of the basic elements, electrons revolving
around a proton. The number of electrons
indicate the element."
EARNEST
"146."
CATHERINE
"There are only currently 111 elements
on the periodic table."
EARNEST
"Only 90 when I last looked."
CATHERINE
"This is incredible. I mean we have
only been able to speculate on the actual
appearance and structure of an atom.
The fact that four completely alien
races chose to represent it in an almost
identical way."
DANIEL
"The basic elements are what make up
the universe, they are the basic building
block...of course! How do you ensure
universal communication? You reduce
the method of communication to the most
basic element; common to everyone and
everything that exists in the universe!
Jack, this is a true universal language."
EARNEST
"Turn the page."
DANIEL
"What?"
EARNEST
"Turn the page!"
He touches the device and new objects appear
DANIEL
"Are you saying, that this, that this
is like a book?" Ernest nods.
EARNEST
"I tried to read it. I tried to understand
it."
DANIEL
"A hundred and forty six elements, letters,
or symbols, if they're letters, if they're
pictographic, I mean this could take
a life time."
EARNEST
"More."
DANIEL
"Oh, sorry."
JACK
"Daniel, before your head explodes,
may I remind you that we have more important
thing to deal with right now?"
DANIEL
"How can you say that, don't you know
what this could mean?"
JACK
"Actually no."
DANIEL
"This could be the key to understanding
our existence. Everyone, everything's
existence."
EARNEST
"The collaboration of these four alien
species
JACK
"None of which would mean squat, if
we don't get out of here."
Offworld gateroom. Teal'c and Sam are still working. Jack and
Catherine enter
JACK
"How's it going?"
SAM
"I'm trying to connect the power source
from the dial home device directly to
the gate. I'm about to run a test. Where's
Daniel?"
JACK
"Oh Earnest is showing his a new toy."
SAM
"Really? What?"
JACK
A fancy light show that maybe the key
to our existence, or something like
that."
The building is crumbling around them
JACK
"Ah, you want to pick up the pace on
this a little bit?"
The gate begins to activate
CATHERINE
"You did it!"
The power dies
JACK
"Get back!"
Jack grabs Sam and pulls her out of the way. When they all get
back up, they find that the DHD has fallen through the floor,
into the sea
Daniel and Earnest are looking at the writing on the walls
DANIEL
"This is how you knew what this place
was."
EARNEST
"Then you recognize it too."
DANIEL
"Othala, the Norse rune thought to represent
the collection of numerous power and
knowledge from past generations."
EARNEST
"And the gathering of clans to celebrate
a common interest. You know there's
more then just a coincidence here. That
means that human were here, centuries,
maybe eons ago."
DANIEL
"No, not humans, aliens. This is Thor's
race."
EARNEST
"Thor was a Alien?"
DANIEL
"Oh yeah, that's another long story.
But a good one."
Offworld gateroom
JACK
All right, basic survival training.
We know what we have. What do we need?"
TEAL'C
"We have the Stargate, we need the dial
home device."
JACK
"Thank you Teal'c."
SAM
"The element the gate is made of, absorbs
energy directly, internal functions
will convert and store that energy in
capacitor like reservoirs. But the inside
wheel will only unlock and spin freely
once there is enough reserve power."
JACK
"So what we need is Energy."
Daniel is filming the room
DANIEL
"This is useless, it's not allowing
for any relative perspective. I don't
understand, how did you incorporate
the three dimensional nature of the
information?"
EARNEST
"Look down."
DANIEL
"Of course, you measured the elements
from a central point, degrees from zero
around in a circle, and height above
the floor."
The others walk down the stairs into the room
DANIEL
"What's up guys?"
JACK
"Step away from the pedestal Daniel."
DANIEL
"What? Why?"
SAM
"The dial home device just fell through
the floor into the ocean."
DANIEL
"So what are we going to do?"
SAM
"That thing may have a power source
in it that we can use to get the gate
working."
DANIEL
"Ah...No! You don't understand, this
book could contain knowledge of the
universe. I mean this is meaning of
life stuff.I have to get more of it
down on paper before we leave, there
must be something more you can use.
What about using energy from Teal'cs
staff weapon?"
SAM
"It's not powerful enough."
CATHERINE
"Please there's not much time, we have
to get inside that thing."
JACK
"This whole place could join the DHD
at the bottom of the ocean any minute,
so please."
DANIEL
"Great, shoot it!"
Daniel moves to the side, and Teal'c shoots. It has no effect
JACK
"I'm obviously no scientist but couldn't
we use that Ben Franklin thing?"
SAM
"The element of the gate is made up
of a superconductor. It'll observe energy
in may different things: Heat, Nuclear,
solar, static, if we could channel a
lighting strike into the gate, it might
provide us with enough power to dial
in and make it through."
TEAL'C
"How do we attract lightning to the
gate?"
SAM
"Not directly, we will have to rig something
up on the roof. And hope that the sudden
and enormous charge doesn't destroy
the gate's mechanisms."
A while later, Jack climbs back in through a window
JACK
"We got it Teal'c!" He gives Carter
the wire that is hooked outside. Carter
hooks it to the wire on the Stargate.
CATHERINE
"Daniel won't come up, he's obsessed
with that thing. So much like you used
to be."
EARNEST
The Torment of Tantalus."
CATHERINE
"What?"
EARNEST
Tantalus was a king in Greek Mythology,
banish to Hades, forced to stand in
water that receded when he tried to
drink."
CATHERINE
"Everlasting, unending temptation."
EARNEST
"He was reaching for something that
was, out of reach."
CATHERINE
"That sound familar. Some might say
that, that's what makes a man great.
If we all accepted what was with in
our grasp."
EARNEST
"Sometimes what we have is of more value.
It takes a great man to recognize that.
I didn't. I was a fool."
CATHERINE
"Ernest, you have suffered enough. No
since wasting time in the past, right?"
Earnest picks up his helmet
EARNEST
"Ah, look, for the peak of the roof,
it will attract the lightning.
CATHERINE
"You get Daniel. (To Teal'c)"Take this
to the roof."
Earnest goes to Daniel
EARNEST
"You have to come, now."
DANIEL
"Not Yet. Come and get me when they've
got the gate running."
EARNEST
"There's not enough time."
DANIEL
"I have to finish this."
EARNEST
"It's not worth it."
DANIEL
"This is."
EARNEST
"Nothing is!"
DANIEL
"Well our history as a people would
be very different if everyone felt that
way.
Offworld gateroom
Lightening hits and the gate is activated
SAM
"Teal'c let's go! Start dialing in.
We only have seconds once the gate is
open.
Back with Daniel and Earnest
DANIEL
"What you did was courageous!"
EARNEST
"What I did was stupid."
Jack runs down the stairs
JACK
"Come on boys we got to go, now!"
DANIEL
"I'm staying."
JACK
"What?"
DANIEL
"Look I will be fine down here.
JACK
"Go on, go on."Daniel, we can come back."
DANIEL
"No, what if the castle crumbles around
the gate, I mean this, this, could all
be lost, if I stay I could unbury the
gate again."
JACK
"What if it falls into the ocean."
DANIEL
"I'm willing to take that risk."
JACK
"I'm not! Let's go!"
He grabs Daniel and drags him towards the stairs
DANIEL
"Jack!" "Please."
Jack let's him go and Daniel runs over and grabs Earnests journal,
taking the chance to have one last quick look around the room
Offworld Gateroom
SAM
"Let's go!"
CATHERINE
"It's a piece of cake.
EARNEST
"Not from what I remember."
CATHERINE
"Go"
SAM
"Go Teal'c."
Daniel and Jack are making their way to the gate. The building
is crumbling around them. They enter the gateroom.
JACK
"Go!"
Sam jumps through the gate. Daniel and Jack run up the steps,
but fall.
SGC Gateroom
AIRMAN
"Stargate receiving squad, stand ready!"
HARRIMAN
"Wormhole is destabilizing, still no
travelers."
SAM
"Come on guys."
SOLDIER
"Stand by people."
Jack and Daniel jump through the gate and arrive in the SGC gateroom
DANIEL
"Close one."
JACK
"You think?"
SAM
"You don't know how close.
Later, they try to dial up the planet
HARRIMAN
"Chevrons 6 encoded." "Chevron seven,will
not engage."
JACK
"Well, I think it is safe to say that,
that place is gone."
EARNEST
"You still have my book."
CATHERINE
"Captain Carter is working a computer
model right now."
AIRMAN
"Go to reactor seven."
JACK
"And here's the bright side, you're
alive."
DANIEL
"Yes. Thanks to you."
EARNEST
"Look at it this way, if you ever run
into those aliens, that made up the
language, you can ask them what it means."
CATHERINE
"You better let us know this time."
DANIEL
"I will, I promise."
Earnest hugs Daniel
JACK
"Catherine, hug me."
Jack and Catherine hug
CATHERINE
Jack." Cat and Ernest look at each other
and there smiles get bigger. they walk
to each other and give
Catherine and Earnest hug each other
THE END
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