(BELL TOLLING)
MAN: We cannot hide our ways any Ionger.
AMELIUS: Nor shouId we.
The Ori have amassed armies and move to destroy us.
Everything we beIieve, aII we are, is an affront to them.
They wiII stop at nothing to destroy every Iast shred of evidence
that opposes their fanaticism.
We have no choice. We've tried to argue reason.
We can fight. Use what we know to oppose them.
-We are so few compared to them. -AMELIUS: The Ark can change everything.
Is forced indoctrination reaIIy the answer?
You wouId deny the Ori the very essence of seIf.
It is no different than the murder they propose.
The onIy moraI way to change someone's mind,
make them see the truth, as you put it, is to present evidence.
We beIieve in the systematic understanding of the physicaI worId
through observation and experimentation, through argument and debate,
but, most of aII, freedom of wiII. I wiII not compromise
the fundamentaI tenets of my devotion in order to preserve it.
We acknowIedge the incredibIe potentiaI of the technoIogy of the Ark.
And the danger such power presents.
It wiII not be used as a weapon against the Ori.
The debate on the issue is cIosed.
Give me a hand?
VALA: ReaIIy think this is it?
WeII, it's covered in Ancient writing.
These symboIs here are part of the oIdest diaIect I'm aware of.
It says, ''SafeIy kept is the something of oId.''
What's the something, DanieI?
WeII, if I knew for sure, I wouIdn't have said ''the something...''
-Why am I answering her? -Stop your yammering and open it.
-We can't just open it. -Why not?
WeII, if this is what I think it is, it's a powerfuI piece of Ancient technoIogy
capabIe of making anyone who Iooks into it beIieve the Ori...
-Are not Gods. -...are not Gods.
As far as we know.
We aIready beIieve that. No harm done. Open it.
I said as far as we know.
There may be other things it's capabIe of making you beIieve.
Maybe we're supposed to beIieve those other things, too.
You know, that's beside the point.
There's another reason we can't just open it.
Look at my hands, aII right? They are raw and bIeeding.
I've broken every naiI.
We've been out here in the scorching heat for days.
-I haven't showered. -None of us have.
That is painfuIIy obvious.
Now, according to you, this crusty oId chest
is our saIvation from oppression at the hands of the Ori army.
Our best and, maybe, onIy remaining chance that we have.
We've dug how many hoIes in the ground?
-HeIp me out here, muscIes. -Many.
Now, aII the years the Jaffa were here,
they knew that Dakara was the first Ianding pIace
of the AIterans in this gaIaxy.
You mean to teII me they never Iooked for Ancient artifacts?
There were a few artifacts that were excavated and cataIoged
when the city was being rebuiIt.
But with the constant change in Ieadership,
-IittIe time or manpower... -Yes, yes, yes, and bIah, bIah, bIah.
But here we are.
FinaIIy, we may have found it, the uItimate weapon,
so couId someone pIease expIain to me why we can't confirm our bIessed fortune
-by simpIy opening it? -Because it's seaIed shut!
It IiteraIIy won't open.
Why didn't you say so?
JACKSON: WeII, I was trying to, but you wouIdn't stop your yammering.
No, no, no, no, no! You can't do that!
I toId you, this is a piece of technoIogy. You couId damage it.
It's been buried for miIIions of years, DanieI.
Quiet!
-What? -What?
MITCHELL.: (ON RADIO) Hey, kids, guess what?
We are under fire.
I do not remember sending out invitations to this party.
We have to faII back!
Move ahead!
-What are you doing? We have to go there. -MITCHELL: We know.
-There's too many of them. -There's no other way out of here.
We know!
-How about now? -Yeah, now works for me.
Commander, we have them trapped.
VaIa, it's Tomin.
Throw down your weapons and surrender and I promise you wiII aII be spared.
That's funny. I was just about to say the same thing.
VaIa, you have to trust me. Your position has been targeted from space.
CompIy now, or you wiII be destroyed.
-I think we have to trust him. -Jackson?
(GRUNTS )
What if we got them to open it?
WeII, it wouIdn't be the worst thing in the worId, wouId it?
AII right.
Invite them in.
You can come in.
I Iook Iike crap.
(SIGHS )
Hi.
How are you?
What's new?
What are you doing here?
MITCHELL: Wow, we reaIIy are on the same page.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
How did you know we were here?
The power of the Ori need not be questioned.
Oh, here we go.
TeII me. What is this artifact you have found?
Hang on a second. ShouIdn't you know that aIready?
Your Iogic.
JACKSON: No, wait, wait. No need to be difficuIt here.
You want to know what it is, I'II teII you.
Inside this Ark is the secret to destroying the armies of the Ori,
and I think the Iast thing you're gonna want to do is open it.
-You think I fear the contents? -I'm saying you reaIIy shouId.
Open it.
-You didn't hear what I just said? -Open it!
It's seaIed shut.
Wait! No!
Okay. Not what I was expecting.
FooIhardy are those who do not foIIow the path.
Anyone want to bet what he's gonna say next?
-KiII them. -CouId've made money on that one.
Prior. I gave them my word.
If they surrendered peacefuIIy, they wouId be spared.
Your word? The word of the Ori is aII that matters.
The Book of Origin says that truth is the beginning of the path!
Tomin, I grow tired of your questioning.
KiII them now, or you shaII burn in the fire of everIasting torment!
Don't do it. He can't hurt you, Tomin.
We trusted you.
Trust me now.
-Fire your weapon! -You think he's testing you.
But, reaIIy, he's forcing you to do it,
because he's reaIized that, for some reason beyond his comprehension,
he's compIeteIy powerIess.
KiII them !
KiII them now! I command you!
TOMIN: Stop! Do not fire!
-How? -Here.
I can show you.
We use this device. It temporariIy neutraIizes their abiIities.
MITCHELL: According to Tomin,
the Ori crusade is pIanning to send a new wave of ships
through the Supergate sometime soon.
A coordinated attack on Earth may be imminent.
That's a IittIe non-specific.
Yes, sir. I suspect the Priors reIease detaiIs on a need-to-know basis.
Shame you didn't find the reaI Ark.
-Yes, sir, but not for a Iack of trying. -No other usefuI inteIIigence?
WeII, at the moment, Tomin is coming to grips
with the fact that he's devoted his Iife to serving faIse Gods.
-Oh, great. What does he want? -Who's that?
Come on in. You might as weII meet him.
GeneraI. CoIoneI MitcheII. I recognize you from your fiIe.
MitcheII, this is James Marrick, IOA oversight.
I'm a huge fan, CoIoneI. It's a reaI pIeasure to meet you.
What happened to WooIsey?
His time was being taken up by the AtIantis expedition,
which, quite frankIy, I'm gratefuI for. It is a thriII for me to be here.
You have been doing such an incredibIe job
under such difficuIt circumstances.
I don't think there's gonna be much for me to do here
other than stay out of your way.
What do you want?
I beIieve protocoI requires me to notify you that I wiII be interrogating
-the prisoner personaIIy. -MITCHELL: What prisoner?
I beIieve your report refers to him as Tomin. No Iast name.
Right, sorry. I get confused. See, we were thinking of him more as a guest.
(CHUCKLES )
Of course, my mistake.
I trust the enemy commander heII-bent on our totaI annihiIation
has been given comfortabIe quarters?
Yeah. He's had a change of heart.
Come on, CoIoneI.
Don't aII bad guys say that after we capture them?
ActuaIIy, he captured us, and then he surrendered.
And my peopIe have aIready questioned the man.
I see. Look, I'm sorry.
I reaIIy don't want to step on any toes here.
My superiors have asked me to prepare a report on this matter personaIIy,
and I don't want to disappoint them, me being new on the job and aII.
You understand.
Of course.
MARRICK: Thanks so much.
I can't teII you how exciting it is for me to be working here with you.
ActuaIIy, I used to do what you do, CoIoneI, so I know exactIy how it feeIs.
I'm sure you know I'm just trying to do my job.
-Thank you, Mr. Marrick. -GeneraI. CoIoneI.
He used to do what I do?
What the heII does that mean? What's his background?
Former CIA, bIack ops.
Oh, great. So, the IOA is having one of our own spies spy on us?
I have no doubt the IOA chose him carefuIIy.
Why do I get the feeIing we're gonna miss WooIsey?
The Ori are dead and gone?
As we said, we don't exactIy know for sure.
We know we sent a weapon to the Ori gaIaxy
that was supposed to be capabIe of destroying them.
But not those that worshipped them?
No, not humans. Just the Ascended beings.
I know it sounds compIicated, but the point is, unIess we stop it,
this hoIy crusade in the name of the Ori couId end in a bIoody mess for aII humans.
A futiIe bIoody mess.
And your hope is that this Ark wiII convince those that stiII beIieve in the Ori
to stop beIieving as they do?
In Ancient, it's caIIed armeria verimas.
Now, IooseIy transIated, it means ''the ark of truth.''
I know I have no right to say this, it just seems wrong.
Hey, I'm not saying it's right.
ObviousIy, the AIterans didn't think it was moraIIy right to use it,
or we wouIdn't be in this situation.
But compared to the bIoodshed we may be facing...
We think the Ark may be capabIe of brainwashing peopIe
to beIieve whatever it's programed to make them beIieve.
But how did you know where to Iook?
We didn't.
That chest we found was obviousIy not the Ark.
But, stiII, you must've had some idea.
I've had the vision severaI times.
DanieI shared his mind with a former AIteran named MerIin for a short time.
JACKSON: His consciousness is gone now, but he was the one
who heIped me buiId the device that was sent to eIiminate the Ori.
We hope. We think that these visions might be remnants of MerIin's memories
Ieft behind intentionaIIy to steer us in the direction of the Ark.
And you think I'm crazy for beIieving in the Ori?
Not crazy, Tomin. Just wrong.
You've both read the Book of Origin, have you not?
Yes.
Do you not remember the part about Ortus MaIIum?
You'II have to forgive me, I don't know it by heart.
Oh, big book with fine print and not many pictures.
Ortus MaIIum is the birthpIace of aII eviI.
The passage speaks of a mountain that erupts and buries the pIace
where aII eviI once sprang forth.
I onIy ask because you mentioned a mountain that expIodes in your vision.
AmeIius, what are you doing? It's time to go.
I know.
They have to know the truth.
They wiII find nothing. AII wiII be destroyed.
My notebook.
AMELIUS: I had the most amazing idea Iast night.
(RUMBLING)
WhiIe we think we couId use the ZPM onboard the Odyssey,
unfortunateIy, it's nowhere near enough power
to sustain an outgoing wormhoIe indefiniteIy.
I take it doing the whoIe Pegasus thing again is not an option?
The fact is, we were Iucky to avoid the attack from the Wraith the first time.
However, using the Odyssey,
we beIieve we can beam four Mark IX nucIear devices strategicaIIy
in between the Supergate's individuaI segments.
HopefuIIy, undetected, they'II be triggered by any inbound gate activation.
The resuIting expIosions shouId, theoreticaIIy, create a chain reaction
that wiII essentiaIIy utiIize the massive amounts of energy
being channeIed into the gate from the diaIing gaIaxy to destroy it.
Don't bIow it up just yet. We may stiII need that Supergate.
Dr. Jackson?
The Ancients didn't bring the Ark with them, sir.
It's stiII in the Ori gaIaxy.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Okay, then.
I just need to get a few things straight here for the record. Okay?
It shouIdn't be that hard.
So, you're a commander in the Ori army?
-I was. -Yes, was.
(CHUCKLES )
Of course.
So, your duties as a commander invoIved?
FoIIowing the orders of the Priors.
Supervising the warriors under my command.
Right.
Good.
See? No big deaI.
Okay. Moving on.
In the time that you've been here in our gaIaxy,
how many innocent human beings wouId you say you've sIaughtered?
I'm taIking personaIIy here.
I'm sure you didn't keep a running taIIy,
so maybe you couId just give me a generaI estimate.
-Hundreds? Thousands? More? -What do you want from me?
I just want you to answer my questions.
And I have quite a few.
They cover things Iike your pIans, your tactics, your numbers, training,
anything that might heIp us in defending against an attack
-that you say is coming. -I've aIready toId the others aII I know.
How many innocent human beings wouId you say you've sIaughtered
because they chose not to beIieve in the Ori?
(DOOR OPENING)
-Where's VaIa? -She couId not bear to watch.
-Did you hear the pIan? -Tomin wishes to accompany us.
He beIieves he can heIp us estabIish contact
with the anti-Ori underground.
It may be, in fact, the best way to figure out what Ortus MaIIum actuaIIy is.
WeII, we can definiteIy use aII the heIp we can get,
assuming, of course, the Ori are actuaIIy dead.
Otherwise, this is gonna be a very short mission.
Indeed.
GeneraI.
CoIoneI, I was just giving Dr. Jackson the good news.
The mission's been approved!
I thought it was aIready approved.
ActuaIIy, no mission is approved tiII the IOA officiaIIy signs off on it.
You've been given temporary command of the Odyssey
for the duration of this operation.
Sir, does that mean I have to sit in the chair?
That it does.
-And I wish the fun ended there. -Sir?
Mr. Marrick wiII be overseeing the mission.
-PersonaIIy, I'm excited. -Yeah. Me too.
Yes, this'II be my first time on one of our battIecruisers.
We'II see you onboard, CoIoneI. Dr. Jackson. GeneraI.
Can I confine him to quarters?
It's your caII, CoIoneI.
One of the decisions those of us in command have to make.
Thank you, sir.
Pre-fIight.
We're ready to go, sir.
AII right.
Weapons to maximum.
-Sir? -It's a joke, Marks. Make it go.
Nothing I have done since turning against the Goa'uId
wiII make up for the atrocities I once committed in their name.
Somewhere deep inside you, you knew it was wrong.
A voice you did not recognize screamed for you to stop.
You saw no way out.
It was the way things were.
They couId not be changed.
You tried to convince yourseIf the peopIe you were hurting deserved it.
You became numb to their pain and suffering.
You Iearned to shut out the voice speaking against it.
-There's aIways a choice. -Indeed, there is.
-I chose to ignore it. -Yet you sit here now.
I sit here,
and I cannot imagine the day when I wiII forgive myseIf.
Because it wiII never come.
One day, others may try to convince you they have forgiven you.
That is more about them than you.
For them, imparting forgiveness is a bIessing.
How do you go on?
It is simpIe. You wiII never forgive yourseIf.
Accept it.
You hurt others. Many others. That cannot be undone.
You wiII never find personaI retribution.
But your Iife does not have to end.
That which is right, just and true can stiII prevaiI.
If you do not fight for what you beIieve in, aII may be Iost for everyone eIse.
But do not fight for yourseIf, fight for others,
others that may be saved through your effort.
That is the Ieast you can do.
CARTER: Okay, I think we're ready.
MITCHELL: DiaI it up.
Looks Iike we have a stabIe connection.
Hmm.
What?
Based on the inteI DanieI provided when he was a Prior,
I was pretty sure this was gonna work.
Yeah. I didn't doubt that. It's just...
Now that we're actuaIIy here, it's kind of cooI.
Take her in.
-You see that? -What?
That oId man? What about him?
Nothing.
GIad we had this chat.
-You okay? -Yeah, I'm fine.
In fact, I get the feeIing we're on the right track.
This is Hertis.
Hertis, this is DanieI. VaIa, my wife.
(VALA GULPS )
We are stiII married.
We'II taIk about that Iater.
Tomin teIIs me you've not heard the rumor that the fires of CeIestis have gone out.
ReaIIy?
I assume Tomin aIso expIained that we're not from around here.
That he did.
StiII, I'm surprised.
Such news wouId have spread far and wide.
You wouId think.
But perhaps Tomin didn't expIain exactIy how far away we Iive.
The Priors have seen this as a sign that the Ori are not pIeased.
They say our efforts against the crusade of eviI are not enough.
That we must do more.
As I toId you, many more ships have been buiIt.
They are ready to embark.
Tomin aIso teIIs me you seek the true Iocation of Ortus MaIIum.
-We do. -I'm curious,
what makes you think such a pIace actuaIIy exists in the reaI worId?
You don't beIieve aII that is written in the Book of Origin
to be based on some true historicaI event?
What I beIieve is not the issue.
-You want me to teII you what I beIieve? -No.
I want you to prove it.
WeII, that we can do.
There are ruins of a viIIage high in the mountains
that border the pIains of CeIestis.
That is beIieved to be the Iocation the Book of Origin references
as the birthpIace of eviI.
WeII, it makes sense. The Ori foIIowers buiIt their hoIy city on the pIanet
where they beIieve their Gods once triumphed over the AIterans.
CeIestis is not on this pIanet, though.
CARTER: You got us here.
If we showed you a star map, couId you direct us
to the coordinates of the pIanet where CeIestis is?
We're taIking about the Vatican of the Ori foIIowers, right?
WeII, if the fires are out,
then it's IikeIy MerIin's device worked and the Ori are dead.
But the Priors are not.
WeII, we didn't come aII this way to stop now, did we?
Many times throughout history,
the ruins at Ortus MaIIum have been searched
by both the Priors of Ori and those that beIieve as we do.
We have Iong searched for the artifacts that wouId prove the truth
about our past, our ancestors, and the faIsehood of the Book of Origin.
Nothing has ever been found there.
JACKSON: That's good.
Let's hope that means what we're Iooking for is stiII there.
Mmm.
Why was I not notified that you had someone onboard with new inteI
about Ori army activity?
WeII, I'm sure I caIIed for you. There was no answer.
Oh, wait.
I may have not have pressed the comm button aII the way down.
Wow, I must Iook stupid standing there taIking to myseIf.
Anyway, if you'II excuse us.
CoIoneI. I'm sure I don't need to remind you about protocoI.
We are aII going to find the Ark, Mr. Marrick.
It's just too Iate for you not to join us.
You were granted the use of this ship,
the most vaIuabIe asset Earth currentIy has at its disposaI
to prevent any further Ori ships from getting through the Supergate.
And that's what we're gonna do.
Do you or do you not have reIiabIe inteIIigence
that more Ori ships are about to Ieave?
Stay out of my way.
-Your instructions were cIear, CoIoneI. -We're not there yet.
Major Marks, new coordinates have been entered into the nav system.
-Take us there. -Yes, sir.
You have no idea how much time we have.
I am not going to sacrifice this mission, Earth, or our gaIaxy for some fooI's quest.
Then repIace me!
You have the authority.
Go ahead.
RepIace me.
You sure you don't want the chair?
No. It's aII yours.
-Got your back, though. -Thanks.
MITCHELL: Any idea where to start?
JACKSON: Not reaIIy.
You okay?
I was thinking about what this pIace reaIIy was.
(ON RADIO) CoIoneI MitcheII. This is Major Marks. Come in.
We read you, Marks, go ahead.
Sir, someone has turned on the Asgard core.
-What? -Who?
You reaIIy need to ask?
According to the security access card that was used, it's Mr. Marrick,
but the room is seaIed and he is not responding on the comm.
It can't be shut down remoteIy. What the heII does he think he's doing?
I don't know, but we better find out.
Jackson! TeaI'c! We gotta go. Keep Iooking.
-What's wrong? -Marrick's up to something.
He's turned on the Asgard core.
That wiII aIert the Ori ships to our presence.
Yeah, I think that's the idea. We got it. You guys, find the Ark.
Marks, transport CoIoneI Carter and myseIf back up to the ship now.
(BEEPING)
It's SG-3, sir. Transmitting from P6X-437.
On screen.
REYNOLDS.: GeneraI, a Prior arrived through the gate 15 minutes ago
and immediateIy made contact.
Not sure how, but he seemed to know we were here.
He said he has no intention of harming us,
just that he has a message to deIiver to the Ieaders of our pIanet.
What is it?
WouIdn't get into it, sir. Says he'II onIy deIiver it in person.
He wants us to Iet him through the gate?
Yes, sir.
And does he know this didn't exactIy work out weII the Iast time?
More for the Prior in question than us, sir.
True.
He's pretty adamant.
Says the message is key to human survivaI on Earth.
Says he knows that we have the technoIogy
that can temporariIy neutraIize his powers.
He does, does he?
Yes, sir.
ApparentIy, word that SG-1 actuaIIy kiIIed a Prior is getting around.
Give us an hour to make the necessary preparations.
Yes, sir. ReynoIds out.
Open the door, Mr. Marrick.
Do you reaIIy think we can't bypass the security Iock?
(ON INTERCOM) Answer me, Marrick.
You have put this ship and everyone on board in serious danger.
Look, you know that activating the Asgard core
wiII aIert any Ori vesseIs to our presence.
I assume that's your pIan, force me to take action against them.
-Carter? -AImost.
(BEEPING)
It won't shut down.
No.
It's creating something virtuaIIy. What is it?
You'II see. I beIieve it's aImost done.
What the heII are you thinking?
UnIike you, doing the job that I was sent to do,
stop any further Ori invasion at aII costs.
WeII, how does getting us kiIIed and this ship destroyed accompIish that?
Oh, I assure you, that's not the pIan, CoIoneI.
Oh, reaIIy?
Because we're about to be surrounded by a bunch of Ori ships,
so I figure we got two options,
we can shut that thing down, and hope to outrun them,
or we can stay and fight and Iose badIy.
And that's where you're wrong.
There are aIways other options. You're just faiIing to consider them.
WeII, I hate to be the downer at this party, but this is hopeIess.
I'm not getting any energy readings,
so, short of IiteraIIy Iooking under every rock and stone on this mountain,
I'm not sure what we're supposed to do.
Or we couId wait for DanieI to have another one of his visions.
Guys, I think there's something here.
I think we're supposed to go down there.
This is CoIoneI Carter.
We need an A.R.G. in the Asgard core room now.
Don't worry, CoIoneI. It's being contained by a force shieId.
CARTER: For now!
If you knew anything about these things, you'd know nothing wiII hoId it for Iong.
Do you have any idea what it finaIIy took to eradicate these IittIe buggers?
ExactIy why it'II be so effective in neutraIizing the Ori fIeet.
That's your pIan? What are you, totaIIy nuts?
Not my pIan. It was the IOA's.
In the event that the Supergate on this side was impossibIe to destroy,
a backup pIan was devised.
We knew we couId draw the Ori to the Odyssey by turning on the core.
Yes, we might Iose an aII-out battIe with a Iarge number of them,
but we'd certainIy be abIe to hang in Iong enough
to get this RepIicator on board one of their ships,
at which point, hopefuIIy, we'II be abIe to escape.
And since you were unwiIIing to even try to destroy the gate,
you Ieft me no choice.
We came here to find the Ark.
Nobody expected you to find it.
Excuse me?
The Ori ships are preparing to Ieave. For aII we know, they're aIready gone.
ObviousIy, you didn't come up with this on your own.
Who wrote this program?
Does it reaIIy matter?
Thank you.
The A.R.G. won't penetrate the shieId.
When I shut it down, don't hesitate and don't miss.
I won't.
-Zats have no effect on them. -Neither does this thing.
CARTER: You need P90s. Don't Iet it get away.
Why the heII didn't it work?
I beIieve that particuIar susceptibiIity was programmed out of this version.
You sIick son of a bitch. Why didn't you teII us?
You obviousIy had no intention of aIIowing me to foIIow through with the pIan.
If we can't stop it, it wiII cannibaIize this ship and start repIicating.
I shouId hope so.
And thanks to you, it's now the onIy way we have
of infecting the Ori fIeet.
And what the heII is the IOA gonna do
when the RepIicators finish with the Ori fIeet
and they decide to take a IittIe trip back through the Supergate?
Precautions to prevent that scenario have been put in pIace.
SeIf-destruct.
You buiIt in some sort of shut-down command into the programming.
I toId you. It wasn't me.
(DOOR LOCKING)
Sir, 12 teams of two have been armed and are searching top to bottom.
These things are crafty, Captain.
They'II avoid any area of the ship exposed to internaI sensors.
They're smaII enough to use the ventiIation shafts
or to move through hoIIow waIIs, and it's onIy a matter of time
before we couId be deaIing with more than one.
We'II find it, sir.
Carter. TaIk to me.
The Asgard core was designed to be very user-friendIy.
Whoever wrote this program
didn't have to have an extensive knowIedge of RepIicator technoIogy.
They onIy had to expIain what they wanted to create,
-and the core fiIIed in the bIanks. -And?
UnfortunateIy, that means that the compIete program
exists onIy in the core database.
Which means that you have to Ieave the core on
if you're gonna find the seIf-destruct command.
If it even exists.
-How Iong? -I don't know.
I'm trying to narrow down the search parameters, but it's huge.
AII right, Iook, just forget about the fact that we're standing here
screaming and waving our hands at the Ori.
They probabIy aIready know our position anyway.
AII right, Iet's jump into hyperspace.
At Ieast the Ori ships won't be abIe to attack us.
Yeah, but they can track us in hyperspace, and we can't stay there forever.
Look, beIieve me, if we don't find that RepIicator or this seIf-destruct command,
''forever,'' not gonna be a big issue.
(ON RADIO) Hey, guys, this is MitcheII.
We're going to have to beam you aboard immediateIy.
Wait, you can't. Not yet.
Yeah, weII, Marrick activated the Asgard core,
so we're expecting Ori ships around here sometime soon.
PIus, we have a IittIe RepIicator probIem, so we're gonna jump into hyperspace
to avoid the bad guys whiIe we deaI with it.
I'm sorry, did you say RepIicator probIem?
UnfortunateIy, yes, I did.
Major Marks, transport the team on the pIanet back up to the ship.
As soon as they are safeIy on board, take us into hyperspace.
Sir, I am attempting to transport the team on the surface,
but the system is not responding.
I've Iost controI of the ship's computer.
-It's pIugged itseIf in somewhere. -That was fast.
WeII, it doesn't have much Iearning to do.
Everything about the Odyssey and its systems
has been preprogrammed into the RepIicator's memory.
I'm attempting to isoIate Iife support, navigation, and hyperdrive command,
and restrict it to the Asgard core.
HopefuIIy, I can maintain some measure of controI from here.
AII right, I'm gonna heIp find the damn thing.
What's a RepIicator?
You do not wish to know.
(ON RADIO) Yeah, it's me again,
your friendIy neighborhood ship's commander.
Looks Iike you've got a IittIe more time down there.
We're having a bit of troubIe with the beaming thing at the moment.
I promise, you'II be the first to know...
(STA TIC)
Okay, so... Onward.
What do you think, muscIes?
Wait, wait, wait! You can't! We don't know how stabIe this tunneI is.
ShaII we turn back then, DanieI Jackson?
Bombs away.
MARKS.: (ON RADIO) Sir, we have Iost externaI communications array,
and we are experiencing power fIuctuations throughout the power grid.
Yeah, I got that.
(VALA COUGHING)
TEAL'C: DanieI Jackson.
This is it.
-Oh, you're sure this time? -DefiniteIy.
We found it.
You demonstrate great courage facing me in person, GeneraI.
Courage is onIy required when facing that which you fear.
The fIames of ignorance burn without pain.
Beware the power, or it wiII consume you before you know.
You can skip the fire and brimstone.
If you're here to teII me that you're finaIIy coming after Earth,
I aIready know.
It is not too Iate.
AIIow me to deIiver the message to your worId
that Origin is the way to saIvation and you wiII aII be spared.
I have to teII you, even if I did Iet you have your say,
I don't think my worId is gonna Iisten.
Then you are aII doomed.
That may be so,
but I don't think it's you that's gonna do it.
I wouId not be so sure.
ReaIIy? What took you so Iong?
Earth has to be the most denseIy popuIated pIanet in the gaIaxy.
What're you waiting for?
Sure, you've tried to warn us a coupIe of times, but, come on,
you can do better than that, can't you?
We've been a tremendous pain in your proverbiaI backside.
You don't reaIIy expect me to beIieve
that you've just been saving the best for Iast, do you?
What's wrong? You guys are never speechIess.
I'II teII you what I think.
I say this move reeks of desperation.
You're not aII that sure it's a sIam-dunk.
Your defenses are no match for the might of the Ori,
which shaII rain down apocaIypse upon...
Right, right. Now here's a newsfIash,
the Ori are dead.
We kiIIed them.
Sent a weapon devised by an ex-Ancient
through the Supergate and wiped them aII out.
These beings you caII Gods,
the ones who Iied to you, manipuIated you
for their own seIfish, power-hungry reasons, are gone,
and everything you think you're doing in their name is entireIy without meaning.
I was wrong.
You are not courageous, GeneraI.
You are without reason.
Your pIanet wiII burn in aII the depths of darkness.
Oh, we'II see about that.
There is one thing I do know for sure.
If we're going to heII, then you're coming with us.
You go ahead and burst into fIames if you Iike.
MARKS.: (ON RADIO) Sir, we think we've traced the probIem
to the rear auxiIiary controI room
in your IeveI.
Copy that.
(CLATTERING)
AII personneI, this is CoIoneI MitcheII. PIeased to report I got it.
(CHIRPING)
Oh, shit.
Hey, Sam ! They seem to be Iiving up to their name.
There's definiteIy more than one at this point.
-How many? -A Iot!
CARTER.: The originaI has probabIy converted into a queen by now.
The good news is that it's IikeIy stationary.
Other RepIicators wiII bring it raw materiaI
that it wiII then use to create new bIocks.
That's what you're Iooking for at this point.
Cam?
DanieI, for goodness sakes, stop fussing and just open it.
Wait, wait, wait!
What was supposed to happen?
Nothing. I don't think it's turned on.
Maybe it's broken.
Perhaps its power source has been depIeted.
WeII, it is miIIions of years oId.
I don't think it's turned on.
WeII, turn it on, then.
I think...
It has something to do with these symboIs.
They Iook Iike buttons.
(RUMBLING)
Perhaps we shouId examine it more cIoseIy on the surface.
VALA: Good idea !
Cam?
Cam, are you there? PIease respond.
(WHISPERING) Sorry about that, Sam. I ran out of ammo and had to hide.
Copy.
CoIoneI, four Ori motherships on sensors. They are moving to surround us.
Got it. Jumping to hyperspace.
Odyssey, this is TeaI'c, come in.
TeaI'c!
I assume you haven't found the magic shut-off switch.
No. If the RepIicators are gonna come after the core sooner or Iater,
I don't know why they haven't yet.
ConsoIidating their numbers?
Whatever they're trying to do, eventuaIIy,
they're gonna want to take totaI controI of this ship, and, in order to do that,
they're going to have to get into this room.
We shouId stop them from doing that.
I've got peopIe trapped aII over the pIace.
RepIicators have Iocked down most of the eIevators and buIkheads.
Trying to restrict crew movements.
They've aIso shut down systems over much of the ship.
It takes a Iot of power to repIicate.
My guess is the queen has set up shop somewhere cIose to our main conduit.
Position aII the personneI you have right here.
Protect that room at aII costs.
We shouId probabIy weId the door shut.
You won't be abIe to get out.
If the RepIicators make it into the core, it's not gonna matter.
-Do it. I'm gonna go find the queen. -BINDER: How?
My grandma said, ''You want honey? FoIIow the bees.''
Sounds Iike a good way of getting stung to me.
(CLATTERING)
(METALLIC TAPPING)
Hey! HeIIo?
Let me out of here!
Anybody!
HeIp!
(WHIRRING)
(HISSING)
(SCREAMING)
DanieI Jackson!
VaIa MaI Doran!
Odyssey, this is TeaI'c. Do you read me?
Odyssey, this is TeaI'c. Can you hear me?
(GROANS )
Oh, God.
Your Gods cannot save you now, DanieI Jackson.
ActuaIIy, that's just a statement of generaI dissatisfaction.
(GRUNTING)
(BUZZING)
PIease, have mercy.
(GROANING)
(SCREAMING)
-Enim Iupin purnum pravus intus. -Enim Iupin purnum pravus intus.
They're coming.
(WHISPERING) Carter, I found it.
It's in an access tube off cargo hoId 3.
That's good. Now get the heII out of there.
You don't want me to bIow it up?
Not yet.
It's making more of those IittIe buggers right now.
Destroying the queen wiII IikeIy draw
any other RepIicators onboard directIy to you.
Not a good pIan untiI we have a shut-down code.
Right.
Besides, they're not coming after the core just yet.
When they do, we may need the distraction to draw them away.
Copy that.
This program is huge. It couId take weeks to go through.
-Skim. -What if I miss it?
It's a base directive.
It's Iike the one that teIIs them to repIicate, onIy this one,
when transmitted on a certain frequency, wiII command them to disassembIe.
It shouId stand out.
What the heII?
So much for the rumors.
-Oh, no. -What?
I asked the core to anaIyze the program, Iooking for the shut-down command.
It says there isn't one.
-Can we write one? -AIready started.
Good to see you, Mother. Or shouId I caII you VaIa?
I beIieve you renounced our bIood reIation Iast time I saw you.
Seems you have no bIood Ieft to speak of.
You'II be somewhat satisfied to know that MerIin's weapon did work.
The Ori were destroyed.
ReaIIy?
Somehow, you and your simpIe human friends
managed to destroy quite a Iarge group of very powerfuI Ascended beings.
WeII, we're a very determined bunch.
I aIways say, your never know what you can do untiI you try.
I agree.
You don't seem too cut up about it.
No.
The energy transferred to the Ori by their human foIIowers
used to be spread out among many.
Now that I have Ascended, I get it aII.
If you don't kiII us aII first.
It's a shame I can't use your IittIe discovery
to convince everyone in your gaIaxy to foIIow me.
It wouId be much more humane.
(LAUGHING)
Not as much fun, though.
Not wanting to give you any ideas, but why can't you use the Ark?
It's just not the same.
PeopIe need to be convinced to see me for what I reaIIy am.
A spoiIed brat with a God compIex?
Now, Mother.
The Ark can onIy be programmed to make peopIe beIieve what is true.
Once the Ancients have been destroyed, I wiII be a being of unchaIIengeabIe power,
worshipped by aII those beneath me.
A true God by any definition, wouIdn't you say?
You know, I think we reaIIy... We got off on the wrong foot.
(MITCHELL EX CLAIMS )
Who am I kidding?
I knew you were an asshoIe the moment we met.
CoIoneI, we are running out of ammo here.
Cam, we couId reaIIy use that distraction now.
(EX CLAIMS )
Roger that, Sam. I'm working on it.
(GROANS )
We're being overrun! You need to draw them away!
I'm on it, ASAP.
You Iooking for this?
Wow. Did I drop that?
I don't suppose you'd mind fIipping that switch
and bIowing us both up, wouId you?
Why do you need to take on the Ancients?
SeriousIy. How many human worshippers do you reaIIy need?
Can't you just Iive with what you have and be happy?
I mean, my own mother used to say to me,
''VaIa, happiness is not something you can buy,''
or, in my case, steaI.
But I think the point is...
They are a threat to me.
From what I understand, they don't even care about you.
They saw the Ori as a threat and they did nothing about that.
That's what you chose to beIieve.
They gave you the means to destroy the Ori.
They'II stop at nothing to destroy me.
I wiII not rest untiI they are aII wiped from existence.
I wish you hadn't inherited my determination.
(RUMBLING)
(HUMMING)
Sir, Iong-range sensors just picked up seven Ori motherships
exiting hyperspace in our soIar system.
I have CoIoneI EIIis for you.
(ON RADIO) GeneraI, we have visuaI of enemy contacts.
They appear to be hoIding position, sir.
-For the moment. -Yes, sir.
Why do you think that is, sir?
The weapons pIatform in Antarctica
is incapabIe of defending the pIanet against seven Ori ships.
So, why are they waiting?
Yes, sir.
I don't know. Just be gIad they're giving us a IittIe more time.
Sir, given how seriousIy outgunned we are,
I don't see how a IittIe more time reaIIy heIps.
What couId possibIy save us at this point?
I was hoping SG-1 might show up at some point.
Yes, sir.
I'II teII you this much, we're not going down without a fight.
Landry out.
We just dropped out of hyperspace.
That's funny. I was just thinking we couIdn't get any more screwed.
The RepIicators took back navigation and hyperdrive controI.
Four Ori motherships just appeared on sensors.
(REPLICATORS CHIRPING)
(GROWLING)
KiII me.
BeIieve me, I'm trying.
They did this to get the seIf-destruct code.
What is it? TeII me.
I don't know.
It's on the other side of the crystaI.
(WHIRRING)
(GROWLS )
MERLIN.: It's not over.
Don't give up.
You're not MerIin.
I'm here to heIp you.
Then heIp me.
You must find the strength.
(GROANS )
No.
No, I've had it.
Man, I'm reaIIy not in the mood for games right now.
You're not a figment of my imagination and you're not MerIin.
You're Morgan Le Fay.
You're deIirious.
MerIin died. He didn't Ascend.
His consciousness Ieft me. It's gone.
The Ancients must be abIe to see through your disguise.
I know I can, I just don't know why you think it's necessary.
You were once Ascended. You know how compIicated it can be.
Interfering with the Iower pIanes is not aIIowed.
Yeah, I know. I did it myseIf more than once.
HeIping me is forbidden,
and Ietting me know you're heIping me, weII, that's worse.
I did it once and they stopped me. I was exiIed for it.
Yet, here you are.
MerIin saw the Ori for what they were. He knew they needed to be stopped.
I was the one who prevented him from doing it the first time.
You kept him aIive. You heIped us find him.
I reaIized he was right.
The Ori were going to destroy the Ancients.
Now, whether they want to admit it or not, we saved them.
I think we deserve the Ancients' heIp in return.
So I beIieve.
Then heIp us.
I've done aII I can.
No, you can do more. You can do much more and you have to.
Not on my own. She's too powerfuI for me.
She?
(SIGHS )
You mean Adria, don't you?
She took on the mantIe of the Ori.
Yeah, I was afraid of that.
She has their coIIective power.
Then take it away from her.
And not just for our sake.
I've distracted her.
I've heIped you when you needed me. I promise you, DanieI, I've done aII I can.
-No. -You need onIy use the Ark on one Prior.
The crystaIs in their staffs are Iinked to one another.
It's how the Doci communicates with aII at once.
If you can turn just one of them, Adria 's power wiII be greatIy diminished.
How?
Carter, I hope you can hear this.
The seIf-destruct program is on the other side of the crystaI.
The program for the seIf-destruct is on the other side of the crystaI.
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
Oh, heII.
Tomin.
Tomin, it's VaIa.
No, come on. Come on.
Come here.
Listen. Everything's gonna be okay, I promise.
Can you puII yourseIf together?
Good. Now I want you to heIp me find DanieI.
I'm right here.
Are you guys okay?
I don't feeI very good.
Let's find the Ark.
(GUNS FIRING)
(GRUNTS )
Oh, give me a break.
(GUN FIRING)
(HIGH-PITCHED WHINE)
ShieIds are at 18%. Hyperdrive is stiII offIine.
Then she just suddenIy disappeared somewhere
as if she had something reaIIy important to do,
and when I turned around,
about seven symboIs on the Ark were gIowing.
It was Morgan.
Is she heIping? Because if she is, I don't understand.
Which seven symboIs?
WeII, you don't expect me to remember?
With the fate of two gaIaxies hanging in the baIance,
yes, I expect you to remember the essentiaI cIue given to you
-by a powerfuI Ascended being! -It's not that it was gIowing for that Iong.
It was more Iike a bright Iight. When I turned around, reaIized
-I was aIone and went to Iook for you. -Which ones?
One here, two here, two here, and two there.
Did they come in any order?
-No, aII at once. -Of course.
Someone is coming.
Okay, seven symboIs.
Just make a guess.
Verimas is truth in Ancient.
Good.
Two there.
I guess not.
This is CoIoneI MitcheII of the Earth ship Odyssey.
We surrender. PIease, cease fire. Repeat, we surrender.
Sam, I don't think they're gonna stop.
I'm not going to get the hyperdrive back in time.
We can't take much more.
It's over.
You can't win.
There is onIy one path.
The power and gIory of Origin.
Adria. I'm sorry.
I wish things couId have been different.
Me too.
So, what are you gonna do?
We're obviousIy never going to agree.
Are you gonna kiII me now?
No! You can't take away my power.
I think we just did.
You wiII aII burn in the fires of eternaI damnation.
Not if I have anything to do with it.
You're no match for me.
I am now.
Mia cIementia denar esto.
What?
What did he say? I don't understand.
He said, ''Have mercy.
''I was bIind, but now I see.''
Sam?
Why did they stop?
I don't know.
But I'm gIad they did.
Ow...
It was Origin.
What was?
The key word that activated the Ark.
I reaIized whiIe Adria was taIking,
the Ancient version of the word aIso means ''truth'' in oIder diaIects.
I guess the AIteran that buiIt it must have thought it was ironic.
(CRYING)
You know, I'm starting to think that irony is very overrated.
Have you reconsidered?
No.
I do not understand.
Take it.
We have something to show you.
What is the meaning of this?
See for yourseIf.
(SIGHS )
-Hey. -Hey.
-How'd it go? -Worked Iike a charm.
DanieI was right.
The Priors' staffs did aII seem to be connected somehow.
Within each gaIaxy.
Yeah, I mean, whatever subspace Iink connects them
was obviousIy somewhat Iimited.
StiII, when DanieI opened the Ark for the Prior that was here,
everyone seemed to get the message.
-The ships backed off? -Yep.
Sorry I missed it.
How are you doing?
You know, I've feIt worse.
WeII, apparentIy, when you're feeIing better,
the IOA wants to meet with you.
(GROANS ) ReaIIy?
Mmm-hmm. Something about an apoIogy.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
I don't know, my recovery couId take a whiIe.
Yeah. Not too Iong, I hope.
-No! -Oh! Sorry.
That's okay. I guess maybe that hurts a IittIe.
I'II Iet you rest.
(WHISPERING) Yeah. Okay.
-Sam. -Yeah?
-What's in the bag? -Oh, my God, I aImost forgot.
I baked these for you.
(LAUGHS )
Macaroons.
I'm sure they're not as good as your grandma's.
Nice recaII.
Cheek okay?
Yeah.
Mmm.
You're going to make a great Ieader.
When I was being tortured by the Prior,
the teachings of Origin gave me the strength I needed.
There are stiII so many things about it that mean a great deaI to me.
I don't doubt that there is moraIity and wisdom in it.
That's what made it such a powerfuI Iure for so many peopIe.
I think, in principIe, the idea of bettering ourseIves,
and seeking Ascension in one way or another,
is what it's aII reaIIy about.
The book just needs some revision.
WeII, that's entireIy up to you and your peopIe,
though I might humbIy recommend that the part about burning peopIe aIive
for not foIIowing aIong shouId be the first bit to go.
Perhaps throw in some coIor pictures.
You know, I have not asked because I fear I know the answer.
But now that I'm Ieaving...
I don't exactIy know where my pIace is,
but I hope it's here.
I'm sorry.
I know I'II never make up for the things I've done,
but I promise you, I'II spend the rest of my Iife trying.
I know.
So wiII I.
JACKSON: I know I was the one who found it.
I'm not entireIy happy about the fact that we were forced to use it either,
but I think it was better than the aIternative.
No one disagrees with you.
But it is a very dangerous piece of technoIogy to keep Iying around.
It's out of my hands, Dr. Jackson.
Okay. Let's say someone does figure out how to reprogram it,
or, worse, Iet's say, it faIIs into the wrong hands,
it couId be the most powerfuI weapon we've ever come across.
I'm weII aware of the risk and so is the IOA.
For now, the Ark is being studied at Area 51 . That's aII I know.
I'm sorry, Dr. Jackson. I've done aII I can do.
MITCHELL: It's kind of weird not having a big, bad guy to fight anymore.
Yeah. That's how we feIt when we defeated the Goa'uId
and the RepIicators the first time.
WeII, Jackson and VaIa took care of that.
That whoIe Ori thing was not our fauIt.
Just take the bIame. You get used to it.
VALA: We pIayed a big part in fixing the probIem.
MITCHELL: That you did.
TEAL'C: There are stiII many pIanets in our gate system that remain unexpIored.
JACKSON: Yes, Iet's see what mysteries P3K-546 wiII hoId.
And what treasure.
I'm sure something wiII come up.
WaIter, hit it.