Stargate Haven :: “Seth” transcript

Transcript for Episode #302: “Seth”

TEASER

SGC GATE ROOM
The iris opens and the wormhole engages. JACOB Carter exits and walks down the ramp.

JACOB:
George.

HAMMOND:
JACOB.

JACOB:
Colonel O’NEILL, TEAL’C, DANIEL. SAM.

JACOB hugs SAM.

JACOB:
How you doing, kid?

SAM:
Okay, Dad.

JACOB:
So, you guys are the talk of the Tok’ra water-cooler.

O’NEILL:
For what?

JACOB:
Kicking some major HATHOR behind.

O’NEILL:
Yes, we do take pride in good work. But that’s not why you’re here.

JACOB:
No. We need your help.

SAM:
You need our help? With what?

JACOB:
Let’s just call it a Goa’uld hunt.

SGC BRIEFING ROOM
JACOB sets a device on the table, which emits a small, rotating holographic pyramid.

DANIEL:
It’s fascinating.

SAM:
No kidding. A projected hologram with no silver-halide coated plates, no photo-polymer film, no…

DANIEL:
Actually, I was talking about what’s being projected. It’s like a family tree of the ancient Egyptian gods.

JACOB:
Actually, of the Goa’uld System Lords.

DANIEL:
RA, APOPHIS, HATHOR, HERU’UR…

TEAL’C:
The symbol of Setesh is oscillating.

DANIEL:
It is the symbol of Setesh.

JACOB:
Have you met him, TEAL’C?

TEAL’C:
I have met descendants of his Jaffa.

O’NEILL:
All right, who’s this Setesh fella?

DANIEL:
Otherwise known as Setec, Set, Seti, SETH. Ancient Egyptian god of chaos, embodiment of hostility and…outright evil.

HAMMOND:
Why haven’t we heard of him before?

DANIEL:
Well, I’m guessing we haven’t even scratched the surface on meeting all the Goa’uld System Lords. There are probably thousands we haven’t even heard of, right?

JACOB:
Only dozens at the rank of System Lord. Thousands of Goa’ulds in general.

SAM:
What makes you think we would have met this one?

JACOB:
The Tok’ra Council has been taking a Goa’uld census of sorts – where the, uh, System Lords have positioned themselves, what domain they rule, who serves under them, that sort of thing. But there’s one Goa’uld we’ve lost track of.

O’NEILL:
SETH?

JACOB:
Our record of him ends when the Earth’s ’gate was buried in ancient Egypt.

SAM:
Are you saying he never left?

JACOB:
That’s our theory. We think he still might be here, hiding among Earth’s people.

END TEASER – OPENING CREDITS

SGC BRIEFING ROOM

O’NEILL:
All right, we’ll be cutting to the chase on this one. You want us to help you find this snakehead, who, if he’s here at all, would be hiding in one of…six billion people on Earth?

JACOB:
Yes.

SAM:
How do you know he’s still alive?

DANIEL:
He’s alive if he has a sarcophagus.

JACOB:
Or if he changes hosts every four hundred years or so.

HAMMOND:
But if he were here, why wouldn’t he have tried to get at the Stargate some time between when it was buried and now? Or why wouldn’t he try to take over the Earth, like RA did?

JACOB:
Set had a hefty price on his head – he tried to overthrow RA. Now, the System Lords wanted him dead, as did the Tok’ra. We believe if he’s still here, it’s because he’s using Earth as a place to hide out. He wishes to remain hidden among you.

O’NEILL:
Kinda gives needle in a haystack a whole new meaning.

JACOB:
Well, I know it’s a long shot.

DANIEL:
Not necessarily. Remember, Setesh is a Goa’uld.

O’NEILL:
Yeah?

TEAL’C:
As a Goa’uld, he will never lose his thirst for power.

DANIEL:
And they do have a pretty common M.O. for getting that power.

TEAL’C:
False religion.

DANIEL:
Which shrinks the proverbial haystack considerably. Let me do some homework, see if I can track him through archaeological and historical record.

HAMMOND:
Do it.

SGC CORRIDOR
SAM and JACOB are walking together.

SAM:
So, Dad, you don’t really think we have a chance of finding this Goa’uld, do you?

JACOB:
It’s the mission Garshaw assigned me.

SAM:
You didn’t request it? (When he doesn’t answer…) Dad?

JACOB:
Why would I request it, huh?

SAM:
Come on, would it be so awful to admit that you just wanted a chance to see me?

JACOB:
Of course not. You’re right, that’s why I requested it.

SAM:
Okay, so that’s obviously not the reason. What’s going on?

SELMAK takes control as they enter an elevator.

SELMAK:
It is I who requested the assignment.

SAM:
SELMAK.

SELMAK:
Nice to see you once again, Captain Carter.

SAM:
Likewise. So, let me ask you the same question.

SELMAK:
Your father has an unresolved issue here on your planet, and frankly it’s beginning to irritate me.

SAM:
MARK.

SELMAK:
Yes. Your father’s a proud man. He refuses to seek out your brother and mend their relationship.

SAM:
Yeah, well, MARK isn’t exactly rushing into my father’s arms, either. Even when we thought Dad was gonna die, he wouldn’t take my call.

SELMAK:
It hurt your father deeply when his son didn’t come to him on his deathbed.

JACOB takes control again.

JACOB:
Now, why would it hurt? As far as I was concerned, the kid wasn’t my son anymore. It didn’t hurt a bit.

SAM and JACOB/SELMAK exit the elevator.

SAM:
Dad, I have a number for MARK in San Diego.

JACOB:
So?

SAM:
I just thought you might want to know.

JACOB:
When was the last time you saw him?

SAM:
I haven’t seen him since either of his kids were born. I guess he paints me with the same brush as he does you.

JACOB:
Well, SELMAK’s pushing me to go mend some fences.

SAM:
I guess SELMAK is as wise as they say. Look, I’ll go with you. When do you want to do it?

JACOB:
No, I didn’t say I’d go, I just said SELMAK’s pushing it.

DANIEL’S OFFICE
JACOB and SAM enter.

JACOB:
So, what’s the bad news?

TEAL’C:
On the contrary, we have good news.

SAM:
You do?

DANIEL:
I did a timeline Boolean search for religion, cult, Set, Setesh, Setec, Set…

O’NEILL:
Yadda.

DANIEL:
…and here’s what I found. It appears there’s been a cult of Setesh throughout history, in one form or another, since around 1000 B.C.

SAM looks at the computer screen and sees a picture of a strange animal.

SAM:
What is that?

DANIEL:
Oh, yeah, that. Well, Setesh was represented by an animal that was either fictitious or now extinct, most likely the former rather than the latter, since anthropologists haven’t discovered any fossils to point to a species like this ever existing.

TEAL’C:
Because the creature represents Setesh, the helmets of the Setesh guard have continued to be a source of many jokes among the Jaffa.

O’NEILL:
Jaffa jokes? Let’s hear one of them.

TEAL’C:
I shall attempt to translate one, O’NEILL. A Serpent guard, a Horus guard, and a Setesh guard meet on a neutral planet. It is a tense moment. The Serpent guard’s eyes glow. The Horus guard’s beak glistens. The Setesh guard’s…nose drips.

TEAL’C starts laughing, but stops when no one join in. There is an awkward silence before DANIEL continues.

DANIEL:
Okay, after Set was supposedly killed in ancient Egypt along with all his minions, a similar god showed up in Greece called Typhon. In one of Typhon’s last legends, he killed three hundred followers and then disappeared from Greece. Now, at that point, he seemed to vanish from recorded history altogether – until I found this. A new cult arose in England early eighteen hundreds, strangely enough near the location of Stonehenge. The cult had an enigmatic leader named SETH. They were constantly under attack by the Christians, then, and this is the important part, SETH’s worshippers, all of them, were found dead, having slit their own throats. But SETH’s body was never found.

O’NEILL:
Guy liked to leave a lot of dead bodies behind.

SAM:
Did you lose the scent there?

DANIEL:
I thought so, until, on a whim, I did a search on the U.S. government classified net, in case the CIA had a record of…something, somewhere. And guess what came up on the ATF page? A cult whose leader is named SETH, just North of Seattle. The ATF are investigating him now because they’ve become so heavily armed and fortified. This guy has about fifty followers, who are all apparently ready to die for him.

JACOB:
You mean to say you actually found this guy?

SAM:
How do we know he’s our Goa’uld?

DANIEL reads from the computer screen.

DANIEL:
Deprogrammed ex-members of the cult describe SETH as having magical powers and the ability to heal. They also claim he’s murdered several members in fronts of the others. And here’s the best part…several independent reports have stated that the cult leader can make his own eyes glow.

DANIEL clicks on the picture of SETH, enlarging it.

UNKNOWN AIRFIELD
SG-1’s plane lands.

SETH’S COMPOUND – PERIMETER FENCE
SG-1 and JACOB drive up to the entrance to the compound. They get out to meet the local SHERIFF.

SHERIFF:
This is the place. Main building’s about three-quarters of a mile up that drive. I sure hope you can shut these guys down. I’ve had a lot of parents come in my office…they’ve lost their kids to this nut. I haven’t got the manpower or the, what-do-you-call, probable cause that you Federal types do.

O’NEILL:
Well, we’ll do what we can, SHERIFF. Appreciate you letting us look around.

RADIO VOICE:
SHERIFF, we got a fire breaking out down at Earl’s.

SHERIFF:
Duty calls. Looks like you don’t need me getting in your way now. You give me a call if you need me, huh?

O’NEILL:
Will do.

The SHERIFF drives away and a MAN crosses the road and approaches them.

MAN:
You people with the FBI?

O’NEILL:
Nope. Who are you?

MAN:
Name’s Jason LEVINSON. Been camping out here the past month hoping to catch a glimpse of my boy Tommy, at least to know if he’s still alive. Been in there nine months now. You folks deprogrammers? Better be good…guy I hired got shot in the leg trying to get in there.

O’NEILL:
So, he’s got some armed guards is what you’re saying.

LEVINSON:
Lot of ’em. And what’s that damned small-town SHERIFF do about it? Nothing. Not a damned thing.

LEVINSON looks at JACOB.

LEVINSON:
You’re the father, aren’t you? Your boy’s in there.

JACOB:
No. You’ve got that wrong. My son isn’t in there.

LEVINSON:
Uh, huh. (to Jack) How much would you tack on to get my boy out the same time as his?

O’NEILL:
You help us, we might be able to help you.

LEVINSON:
I’m with you, sir.

O’NEILL:
That won’t be necessary, but we could use any information you might have. What your guy did, where he went in, where he got caught, that kind of stuff.

LEVINSON:
You got it. The fence is in the wide open, as is most of the property. But I’ll show you brush cover…if you want to go in.

LEVINSON walks towards the fence. DANIEL and SAM follow.

TEAL’C:
O’NEILL, we are being surveyed.

O’NEILL:
Yeah, I saw them. It’s probably FBI, maybe ATF.

A man dressed as an engineer is standing on a raised platform, watching them through binoculars.

WOODS OUTSIDE COMPOUND
O’NEILL lights a small charge, which burns through the fence.

LEVINSON:
You guys are prepared! I’m going with you.

DANIEL:
I think it will be safer for everyone if you wait for us here.

SG-1 and JACOB go through the fence. O’NEILL signals them forward. They stop at the edge of the woods to look at the compound. O’NEILL sees the armed men and women patrolling through his binoculars.

O’NEILL:
AK47s, couple Uzis. Anyone think they observed the requisite 15-day waiting period for those weapons?

SAM:
Sir, their sidearms.

O’NEILL sees they have zats.

SAM:
Think it’s safe to say there’s a Goa’uld there.

SAM sees another weapon through her binoculars.

SAM:
And that looks like a pair of 50 cals.

O’NEILL:
Does the concept of overkill mean anything to anybody? Let’s fall back to the RV point.

A group of armed men meets them at the fence. Their weapons are aimed at SG-1.

LEADER:
Lower your weapons.

O’NEILL:
Was wondering when you folks were gonna show. We got bets. I say FBI, they say ATF.

LEADER:
Special Agent James HAMNER, ATF.

O’NEILL:
Damn.

ATF CAMP
SG-1 and JACOB are driven into the camp.

HAMNER (to JACOB) :
General, want to tell me what interest the Air Force has here?

O’NEILL:
That would be classified.

HAMNER:
This way, gentlemen.

HAMNER leads them inside a large tent full of equipment.

HAMNER:
You guys Special Forces?

O’NEILL:
Also classified.

HAMNER:
I was talking to your commanding officer, Colonel.

JACOB:
He’s right. It’s classified.

HAMNER:
I have top-level clearance.

O’NEILL:
Oh, not top enough.

HAMNER (to JACOB) :
You have a rather insubordinate subordinate, General.

JACOB:
He’s not insubordinate to me. Only to people such as yourself. Saves me the trouble. Now maybe you can tell us what you and your cohorts are planning here.

HAMNER:
This compound is owned by a cult. It’s run by a charming guy who goes by the name of SETH Fargo.

O’NEILL (mouthing to DANIEL) :
Fargo?

HAMNER:
We’ve recently required intelligence to confirm they have a hoard of prohibited weaponry here.

O’NEILL:
That’s some mighty fine intelligence you got there.

JACOB (to HAMNER) :
So, what do you plan to do?

HAMNER:
Surround the compound, negotiate, try to get them to come out peacefully.

DANIEL:
You have no idea what you’re dealing with.

HAMNER:
And I suppose you do?

DANIEL:
As a matter of fact…

HAMNER:
Great, then why don’t you tell me?

O’NEILL:
Ah, that would be classified as well.

HAMNER:
Well, I’ll tell you what: the United States Air Force has not been invited to participate in this operation; therefore, you’re out of your jurisdiction; therefore, I’m ordering you all to leave, or I’ll have you arrested.

JACOB points to a telephone.

JACOB:
This is a secure phone, isn’t it? Can we use it to place one call?

HAMNER:
Why not?

JACOB:
Thank you. Colonel?

O’NEILL picks up the telephone and begins dialing.

ATF CAMP
SG-1 and JACOB are gathered by the car.

DANIEL:
Jack, based on SETH’s history, if these guys go in there guns a-blazing, he’s gonna kill everyone in there.

O’NEILL:
JACOB, can we assume some kind of brainwashing is going on?

JACOB:
It’s probably nish’ta. It’s a biological compound that, once inhaled, infects all tissue in your body, including your brain. It tends to make your mind extremely pliable.

DANIEL:
That’s like what HATHOR used.

JACOB:
It’s stronger; it’s more encompassing.

TEAL’C:
I believe that is the substance APOPHIS used on RY’AC.

O’NEILL:
Can it be reversed?

JACOB:
Nish’ta does have an Achilles’ Heel. Once its effects are reversed, it can’t reinfect a host. They become immune.

DANIEL:
Okay, well, how do we reverse it?

JACOB:
There’s only one way…an electrical shock. Strong enough to kill the organism, but weak enough not to kill the host.

TEAL’C:
That is why it worked when I shot RY’AC with the zat’nik’tel.

O’NEILL:
Then…we go in with zats.

DANIEL:
Well, it’s not going to be very covert that way. And like I said, any kind of frontal attack is gonna be a problem.

SAM:
DANIEL’s right, sir. Besides, with all the firepower he’s got, we wouldn’t stand much of a chance anyway.

ATF CAMP, OPERATIONS TENT
The phone rings and HAMNER answers it.

HAMNER:
HAMNER…

HAMNER pauses as the caller speaks.

HAMNER:
Yes, Mr. PRESIDENT. Yes, sir, I am the SRO.

The PRESIDENT speaks.

HAMNER:
Well, yes, sir, they are here, sir. But…

The PRESIDENT cuts off HAMNER.

HAMNER:
With respect, sir, the jurisdictional rules in this case are clear: this is a civilian matter…

HAMNER pauses again, clearly not liking what the PRESIDENT is saying.

HAMNER:
Are you sure you want to do that, sir? Yes, Mr. PRESIDENT.

HAMNER hangs up the phone and turns to one of the workers.

HAMNER:
Get Colonel O’NEILL in here.

O’NEILL enters the tent.

O’NEILL:
Something I can do for you?

HAMNER:
You want to tell me what’s going on?

O’NEILL:
Didn’t you say you know more than I do?

HAMNER:
Well, apparently not. I just got off the phone with the PRESIDENT.

O’NEILL:
Of the United States of America? Sweet. How’s he doing?

HAMNER:
He seems to have a thing for you.

O’NEILL:
Yeah, well, you know.

HAMNER:
In fact, I’m to issue you an emergency Special Agent credential. He’s put you in charge of this operation.

O’NEILL:
Excellent. My first order of business: get me one of those cool jackets. Extra large. Double XL, if you got it.

HAMNER:
You want to tell me why the Air Force cares so much about this cult?

O’NEILL:
Want to do me a favor? On your way out, send my team in?

HAMNER:
Your team…an odd bunch of people, Colonel. Civilian scientists…this SETH guy got some kind of secret weapon you don’t want the world to know about?

O’NEILL lowers his voice.

O’NEILL:
All right, listen. Since you have clearance, I’ll throw you a bone. SETH and his boys got their hands on some top-secret technology that we would prefer not fall into the public consciousness just yet. Comprehend?

HAMNER:
Yeah.

O’NEILL:
Good. Now, you’ve heard of classified.

HAMNER:
I got it.

O’NEILL:
Thank you.

HAMNER leaves as the rest of SG-1 and JACOB enter the tent.

SAM:
Did General HAMMOND get the PRESIDENT involved, sir?

O’NEILL:
Oh, yeah. He’s put me in charge here for the time being.

TEAL’C:
What do you suggest, O’NEILL?

O’NEILL looks at a map of the compound.

O’NEILL:
Well, I’m thinking we need to get in there.

SAM:
Okay; how?

O’NEILL:
The floor is open.

DANIEL:
Well, I was thinking about that. If SETH’s M.O. hasn’t changed from his history, we know certain things from digs in Giza and in the Valley of the Kings.

SAM:
We do?

DANIEL:
For example, many Egyptian leaders built their compounds with underground escape tunnels.

TEAL’C:
That is correct. APOPHIS had them built into his facilities.

SAM:
Okay, so we should do a perimeter search outside the fence and look for those tunnel entrances.

O’NEILL:
It’s a lot of territory. We’ll have Mr. HAMNER’s men help us.

WOODS OUTSIDE COMPOUND
HAMNER’s men searching for a tunnel into the compound using metal detectors.

TEAL’C:
O’NEILL!

TEAL’C has discovered a grate covering what appears to be a storm drain. SAM crouches beside the opening.

SAM:
Okay. We’ve got a point of entry; now what? As soon as we get near anyone on the inside, we could get compromised and shot.

DANIEL:
Or worse. We get dosed with that organism and all of a sudden we’re working for SETH.

JACOB:
It won’t work on me or TEAL’C.

SAM:
Yeah, but he’ll sense your Goa’ulds as soon as you’re within fifty feet. And with the arsenal he’s got, we wouldn’t even get close to him without being gunned down.

O’NEILL (to JACOB) :
Which is why you’re not going in.

SAM:
Dad, you said an electrical shock like a – a zat gun would snap us out of it.

JACOB:
Yeah?

SAM (to O’NEILL) :
Sir, I think I have an idea.

ATF CAMP, OPERATIONS TENT
SAM is working on an open earpiece, looking through a microscope.

HAMNER (to DANIEL) :
Give me a test count.

DANIEL (into earpiece) :
One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi, four Mississippi, five Mississippi…

O’NEILL:
Carter?

SAM:
It’ll work, sir, assuming Dad’s right.

O’NEILL (to JACOB) :
Dad?

JACOB:
If the jolt is big enough it’ll work, but you’ll have to stay under the nish’ta control long enough for it to spread through all your tissues. Otherwise, it’ll regain a stronghold in your body.

HAMNER (to O’NEILL) :
Give me a ten count.

O’NEILL (into earpiece) :
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven…

HAMNER:
That’s good. You ready for yours, Captain?

SAM:
One second.

SAM makes one final adjustment to the earpiece.

SAM:
Okay, TEAL’C, push the button.

TEAL’C flicks a switch and electricity goes through the earpieces.

DANIEL:
Ow!

O’NEILL:
Hey! Okay.

SAM closes the earpiece on the table.

SAM:
Okay. Wire me.

WOODS OUTSIDE COMPOUND
O’NEILL, SAM, and DANIEL climb into the storm drain.

TUNNEL IN COMPOUND
O’NEILL, SAM, and DANIEL make their way down the tunnel carefully.

SAM:
So, DANIEL, you feel pretty certain that if we get caught, he’ll turn us into one of those zombies rather than kill us?

DANIEL:
Well, we’re more valuable to him that way.

SAM:
Why? How do you think he’ll use us?

DANIEL:
Well, historically, he used women as a harem. They catered to his every whim and as a result they were well cared for.

SAM:
Super.

DANIEL:
And the men outside the main court were used mostly as warriors and guards, protecting his compound, pretty much doing his bidding.

They come to a locked door.

O’NEILL:
Dare I ask about the men inside the compound?

DANIEL:
They were turned into eunuchs.

O’NEILL:
Eunuchs, as in snippidy-do-da? Sweet.

O’NEILL opens the door and they enter a large, circular chamber.

O’NEILL:
DANIEL?

DANIEL:
What?

O’NEILL:
Now what?

DANIEL:
Why are you asking me?

SAM:
Well, you – you knew there’d be tunnels, so…

DANIEL:
Well, in the digs there were stairs leading up to the main structure.

Transport rings suddenly descend and carry them upwards. They materialize in SETH’s throne room, surrounded by armed DISCIPLES.

O’NEILL:
I hate when that happens.

The DISCIPLES quickly disarm them and push them to their knees.

O’NEILL:
Hey!

SETH is sitting on a throne.

SETH:
Welcome. Who are you?

O’NEILL:
Well, I’m Larry, this is Mo, and, of course, everyone’s favorite, Curly.

SETH’s eyes glow.

SETH:
Say goodbye to your impure military past. We’re always happy to welcome new disciples to the bliss that only SETH can bestow.

SETH raises his hand, revealing a ribbon device. Green vapor pours out of the statues on either side of the throne.

O’NEILL:
So help me, if I wake up and I’m singing soprano…

The three of them collapse unconscious on the floor.

BEDROOM IN COMPOUND
SAM is lying on a bed and is awoken by a female DISCIPLE.

DISCIPLE:
Welcome, disciple. How are you feeling?

SAM:
Okay; pretty good.

DISCIPLE:
Good. Do you feel strong enough to be in service of your god SETH?

SAM:
Yes, of course.

DISCIPLE:
This way.

They exit.

ATF CAMP, OPERATIONS TENT
TEAL’C is listening to the rest of SG-1 through their earpieces.

TEAL’C:
They are awake. Shall I activate the devices?

SELMAK:
No. We must wait to be sure the nish’ta has permeated their tissues before negating it.

TEAL’C:
How long?

SELMAK:
About an hour. It’s a smart virus. If there’s any unaffected tissue remaining in the body, it will give the organism safe harbor in which to mutate. Then it will overtake the body once again.

LEVINSON enters the tent and JACOB quickly takes back control from SELMAK.

LEVINSON:
Excuse me. Mind if I watch? I mean, my son’s in there, you know; I just want to be involved.

JACOB:
I’m afraid I can’t let you do so. I’m sorry.

LEVINSON:
Yeah. Figured. Can I grab a cup of coffee?

JACOB:
Sure, go ahead.

LEVINSON accidentally spills hot coffee on his hand.

LEVINSON:
Ow!

TEAL’C jumps up.

LEVINSON:
Sorry. Sorry, it won’t happen again. Just been kind of short-fused…since I found out about Tommy.

TEAL’C:
I understand.

TEAL’C slowly sits back down.

LEVINSON:
I find out from his college roommate cause, uh…Tommy and me hadn’t been talking for something like six months before they sucked him in.

TEAL’C:
I do not understand. How could a father not speak to his son for so long a time?

JACOB appears disturbed.

LEVINSON:
That’s the funny thing about it: I don’t even remember why. Obviously, something pretty stupid in the scheme of things. I’ll get out of your hair.

LEVINSON exits.

TEAL’C (to JACOB) :
Do human parents not love their children unconditionally?

JACOB:
Sometimes, things get complicated.

TEAL’C:
Many things are complicated, General Carter. In Jaffa society, loving ones children is not one of them.

JACOB:
In human society, sometimes it is.

THRONE ROOM IN COMPOUND
O’NEILL and DANIEL are brought to SETH. SAM is already kneeling beside the throne. SETH gestures to his DISCIPLES, who lead O’NEILL and DANIEL to a collection of weaponry on the floor of the chamber. Some DISCIPLES are cleaning guns.

SETH:
With these weapons I have provided, we will defend against any incursion by the impure forces outside our gate. Let no other gods draw you away from SETH.

DISCIPLES (including SAM) :
SETH is life, SETH is happiness, SETH is almighty.

SETH:
Again.

DANIEL and O’NEILL start to join in.

DISCIPLES:
SETH is life, SETH is happiness, SETH is almighty.

SETH:
Again!

DICSIPLES:
SETH is life, SETH is happiness, SETH is almighty.

SETH suddenly looks down at SAM, who gazes up at him in adoration. He lifts her face to his.

SETH:
You were once blended, were you not?

SAM (blankly) :
Blended.

SETH twists her face to both sides.

SETH:
No entry marks. But still…I sense a trace. Bring me those who came with her.

ATF CAMP, OPERATIONS TENT

TEAL’C:
General Carter, there is a problem.

HAMNER suddenly enters the tent.

HAMNER:
What?

JACOB:
It’s nothing we can’t handle.

HAMNER:
He made your people, didn’t he?

JACOB:
We don’t know yet.

HAMNER leaves, frustrated.

THRONE ROOM IN COMPOUND
DANIEL and O’NEILL are brought before SETH.

SETH:
Who sent you? The System Lords? The Tok’ra?

SETH’s eyes glow in anger when they don’t answer.

SETH:
I am your god; you will tell me what I want to know! Who does your military work for? The System Lords or the Tok’ra?

SAM:
I have a vague recollection of what you’re talking about…the Tok’ra.

SETH gestures and one of the DISCIPLES pulls SAM to her feet and leads her before the throne.

ATF CAMP, OPERATIONS TENT

TEAL’C:
Is it not time enough?

JACOB:
No choice; do it now.

TEAL’C flicks the switches to activate the electrical shock in the earpieces.

THRONE ROOM IN COMPOUND
SG-1’s earpieces shock them, breaking the nish’ta’s control.

O’NEILL:
We work for a deprogrammer, who hired us to come remove one of your DISCIPLES.

DANIEL:
But now we are enjoying the bliss that is SETH.

SETH:
How is it possible that you enjoy the bliss…when you are able to lie to SETH?

An armed disciple kneels in front of SETH.

DISCIPLE #2:
My lord, the impure forces that you have prophesied are surrounding the compound.

SETH (to SG-1) :
You will pay eternally for bringing this down upon us. (to DISCIPLE #2) Take them and kill them.

DISCIPLE #2 gestures with his gun for SG-1 to exit the throne room.

DISCIPLE #2:
Go!

As SG-1 exits the throne room, SETH’s DISCIPLES gather around the throne.

CORRIDOR IN COMPOUND
O’NEILL turns to DISCIPLE #2.

O’NEILL:
Uh, a quick question about old SETH…

DISCIPLE #2 is distracted and O’NEILL knocks the gun away. SAM grabs DISCIPLE #2’s zat and shoots him. DISCIPLE #2, free of the nish’ta, looks at them in confusion.

DISCIPLE #2:
What happened?

SAM:
It’s okay; we’re here to help you.

FENCE AROUND COMPOUND
A convoy of vehicles, including a tank, pull up to the gate of the compound.

WEAPONS ROOM IN COMPOUND
SETH takes out a round device from a crate and gives it to one of the DISCIPLES.

SETH:
We must distribute them throughout the compound. We cannot allow the impure access to all that we have built up here.

SETH distributes the devices.

STORAGE ROOM IN COMPOUND
DANIEL introduces himself to the former DISCIPLE #2.

DANIEL:
Um, DANIEL.

They shake hands.

DISCIPLE #2:
Uh, TOM.

O’NEILL:
Levinson?

TOM:
Yeah. I’m really confused. Who are you?

DANIEL:
We’re friends of your father.

O’NEILL (to TOM) :
Where are the zats?

TOM:
Zats?

SAM lifts the zat she took from him as an example.

SAM:
These.

TOM quickly unlocks a weapons locker. Its shelves are filled with rows of zats.

SAM (to TOM) :
Now, can you activate those transport rings?

TOM:
I – I think so.

O’NEILL distributes the zats.

O’NEILL:
TOM, I need you to start transporting people out of here. Can you handle that?

TOM:
I – I guess.

O’NEILL:
Good.

FENCE AROUND COMPOUND
A vehicle pulls up; HAMNER and JACOB get out. They start walking towards where TEAL’C is waiting.

HAMNER:
I have to prepare for the worst. If your people have been caught and I don’t act, it’s on me if they get killed.

JACOB:
It won’t be on you; it’ll be on me.

TEAL’C:
It will reside on me also.

THRONE ROOM IN COMPOUND
SETH’s DISCIPLES are arming themselves, loading bullets into clips, etc. SG-1 and TOM enter the throne room and zat them all.

O’NEILL:
Go!

DANIEL, SAM, and TOM help the recovering people to their feet and position them in the ring circle.

O’NEILL:
Carter, go with them, make sure they get out of here.

The rings appear and take SETH’s former DISCIPLES downwards.

WOODS OUTSIDE COMPOUND
HAMNER and his men are waiting outside the storm drain.

HAMNER (to JACOB) :
Okay, I think I’ve been very patient…

A cloaked disciple suddenly climbs out of the drain.

HAMNER:
Call the medical teams up here stat…some blankets and shoes. Come on, you guys, get in here.

More former DISCIPLES start appearing out of the tunnel.

TUNNEL IN COMPOUND
A set of rings appearing in the circular chamber drops off more of SETH’s former DISCIPLES.

SAM:
Okay, come on, let’s go, this way. Come on!

THRONE ROOM IN COMPOUND
O’NEILL sends another group of former DISCIPLES to the underground tunnel via the rings. As he and DANIEL start walking away, SETH and more DISCIPLES suddenly come down the stairs.

SETH:
How dare you challenge the power that is SETH?

O’NEILL and DANIEL suddenly turn and open fire, zatting all the DISCIPLES. SETH has a personal defense shield, preventing him from being hit. SETH uses his ribbon device on O’NEILL and DANIEL, throwing them backwards. He walks over, then sets one of the round devices on the floor between them. Discarding his jacket, he uses the rings to escape. DANIEL, recovering, looks at the blinking device.

DANIEL:
Bomb?

O’NEILL:
Bomb.

They get up quickly.

WOODS OUTSIDE COMPOUND
LEVINSON watches as former DISCIPLES are helped out of the storm drain. Finally, TOM emerges.

LEVINSON:
Tommy? Tommy?

LEVINSON reaches down and helps TOM out, and then embraces him. TEAL’C runs over to JACOB.

TEAL’C:
General Carter, my friends have been neutralized. I must go in. I believe SELMAK will be of help.

HAMNER:
Who’s SELMAK?

JACOB glances up at HAMNER as he dons a ribbon device.

JACOB:
It’s a long story.

JACOB follows TEAL’C into the tunnel.

TUNNEL IN COMPOUND
O’NEILL and DANIEL appear from rings in the underground chamber, diving out of the room just in time as SETH’s bomb goes off overhead and the ceiling collapses behind them. The lights in the tunnel flicker. O’NEILL and DANIEL run through the DISCIPLES, pulling off their hoods, looking for SETH.

JACOB and TEAL’C are searching at the other end of the tunnel.

JACOB:
TEAL’C, stay outside and cover the other end! Just make sure he doesn’t get out another way.

SAM hears her father’s voice and rushes over to him.

SAM:
Dad? Where are you going?

JACOB:
Seti’s used a hand device on Colonel O’NEILL and DANIEL. Are you okay?

SAM:
I’m fine.

O’NEILL (from the other end of the tunnel) :
Carter! He’s down here!

Both Carters go through the DISCIPLES, looking for SETH. They pass a hooded figure, but JACOB goes back and pulls the hood away to reveal SETH.

SELMAK:
Setesh!

SETH:
Tok’ra! Kree cho!

SETH uses his ribbon device on SELMAK, throwing him against the wall. SETH’s eyes glow as he disappears into the shadows. SAM quickly crouches beside JACOB.

SAM:
Dad!

SELMAK:
Your father will survive. Stop SETH.

SELMAK hands her the ribbon device.

SAM:
How? I can’t control this.

SELMAK:
You have the will within you. You must summon it.

SAM puts on the ribbon device and goes after SETH.

SAM (to SETH) :
Hey!

SETH raises his ribbon device, but SAM is quicker and uses the ribbon device to throw SETH back. As SAM crouches down by SETH, he tries to use his ribbon device once more. SAM raises her own and blasts him into the ground. DANIEL and O’NEILL arrive and see SETH’s body.

DANIEL:
You killed him.

O’NEILL:
Hail Dorothy.

SAM looks sickened.

MARK CARTER’S HOUSE
SAM and JACOB walk up the driveway to the house, sharing a quick hug, before JACOB knocks on the door. MARK answers it, and JACOB hugs him. After a moment, MARK returns the embrace. JACOB picks up one of his grandchildren, smiles, and enters the house. SAM follows, sharing a hug with MARK.

END CREDITS


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