Prototype (Stargate SG-1)
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| Episode no. | Season 9 Episode 9 |
| Guest stars | Robert Picardo as Agent Richard Woolsey Neil Jackson as Khalek Lexa Doig as Dr. Lam Ivan Cermak as Kressler |
| Written by | Alan McCullough |
| Directed by | Peter DeLuise |
| Production no. | 909 |
| Original airdate | September 16, 2005 |
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"Prototype" is an episode from Season 9 of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.
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[edit] Plot
While General Landry walks through the corridors of Stargate Command, Lt.Col. Carter catches up to him and tells him that the Tok'ra have found a gravitational disturbance, which may be an Ori incursion. Carter plans to investigate from a nearby planet, P3X-584, and Landry sends her there with SG-5. The team returns unexpectedly: they were on the wrong planet. Suspecting that something's wrong with the Gate, Landry suspends all Stargate activity.
After some searching, Carter and Sgt. Harriman find some sort of anomaly (a "bump") in the Gate's logs, which Carter suggests might be a safety protocol that prevents unwanted people from gating in. Since it would take two weeks for the Prometheus to reach the planet, Carter tries to override the safety protocol and succeeds.
SG-1 and SG-5 arrive on the correct planet, where Carter finds a device connected to the DHD. Meanwhile, Teal'c and Daniel find a Ring Transporter, which transports them, along with Mitchell, to an underground laboratory with a DNA Resequencer and a person in an Ancient stasis capsule. When Mitchell presses a button (against Daniel's protests), the capsule releases and the man revives. They bring the stranger back to the SGC with them, where Dr. Lam discovers that the man is genetically similar to the Ancients. They question the man, who tells them his name is Khalek, but claims he knows nothing and only wants to go home. However, when Daniel searches through the database at the lab, he finds out that Khalek is a genetic human-Goa'uld hybrid created by Anubis – Khalek is more or less the son of Anubis.
During a meeting, the team discusses what to do with Khalek, and Daniel suggests that since Khalek has the powers of an advanced human and the personality of a Goa'uld, they have to evaluate possibility of killing him. When Daniel later questions Khalek, he reveals that he intends to Ascend, and from there succeed where Anubis failed; he also taunts Daniel as he talks about the genetic memories he inherited from Anubis (Including Daniel's confrontation with Anubis) and the many lives Anubis has taken, knowing that nothing will match the sweetness Khalek will feel when he kills for the first time. Richard Woolsey arrives at the SGC and announces that the IOA plans to study Khalek to find a weapon against the Priors, since they share similarities. Landry and Daniel protest, to no avail. The team uses a device found by Maj. Altman in the alien laboratory on Khalek to scan his brain and determine how advanced he really is. Even as they watch, Khalek's brain advances further and he uses telekinesis to steal Mitchell's zat. Mitchell shoots him twice in the chest with his sidearm, but Khalek just heals the wounds, which advances his brain even more. The senior staff again discusses what to do with him. Since Woolsey still wants to study him, all they can do is take further security measures, including using a hormone to paralyze him.
Carter considers using the DNA Resequencer to find out how long it will take until Khalek ascends. Meanwhile, Landry and Woolsey have another discussion about the security of keeping Khalek awake. Finally, Landry informs Woolsey that he plans to put Khalek back into stasis, and they start to bring him away when SG-1 arrives. They inform Landry that Khalek wants to go back to the planet since he needs two more treatments in the DNA Resequencer to ascend. Khalek uses his advanced hearing to eavesdrop on the conversation. Realizing he's been thwarted, Khalek frees himself, kills two guards, and heads for the Gateroom. On his way he defeats all the guards and overwhelms all the security measures the SGC had put in place, even blocking bullets with his mind and short-circuiting the base. Khalek reaches the gateroom, uses his powers to activate the gate dialing computer and walks through the gate, but returns moments later because of the security measures in place in P3X-584. Mitchell shoots him but Khalek blocks it. But, suddenly, blood appears on his uniform. Daniel had fired from the other end of the Gateroom, and Khalek, having been distracted by Mitchell, had not been able to stop the bullet. Having wounded him, Daniel and Mitchell continue to fire until Khalek is dead. Carter reveals to Landry that she reprogrammed the device on the planet to send anyone who dials the planet back where he came.
At the end, Woolsey apologizes to Daniel, and although Daniel can't forgive him, he tells Woolsey that he wishes he'd been wrong and Woolsey had been right.
[edit] Quotes
- [Carter is checking the Stargate to determine why the team arrived on the false planet]
Carter: Huh. Maybe it wasn't our fault.
Daniel: I thought it was always our fault.
[edit] Notes
- NID Agent Richard Woolsey (Robert Picardo) previously appeared in "Inauguration" and "Heroes (Part Two)" in Season Seven.
- In this episode a second DNA Resequencer appears. The device first appeared in the Season Six episode "Metamorphosis" in which it was used by Nirrti to create an advanced human - something which she was not able to do. Anubis proves in this episode that the device is able to do so when used correctly. Mitchell mentions Nirrti's use of the machine, saying it was a "cool file".
- When Khalek mentions the confrontation that Daniel once had with Anubis, seeing as how he is unaware of Anubis' final fate, this can only refer to their meeting in "Full Circle", when Anubis destroyed Abydos.
- According to the DVD Commentary of the episode, the bullets that are shot at the observation window (where Woolsey is sitting) are actually Paintballs filled with vaseline, shot at a short distance.
- Before the episode aired, a draft of the original script was said on Gateworld to reveal that Anubis's purposes for Khalek was to make Khalek part of an army of warriors called the "Mashur", which was derived from the Goa'uld word "Mashur-nat" meaning "Mutation". Anubis's plans for this army was to train them to ascend and do battle with the Ascended Ancients on their plane of existence and ultimately destroy them. However, this was cut from the episode.
- This episode shares its title with a Star Trek: Voyager episode.
[edit] External links
- Official Stargate SG-1 site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires Flash.
- Screenplay (PDF). Distributed by MGM. Prepared by Line 21 Media Services Ltd (2005-09-07). Retrieved on October 29, 2006.
- Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 7, 2006.
