Stargate: Atlantis s03e18 Episode Script

Previously on Stargate Atlantis: You have some Wraith DNA.
My father told people that it was a gift.
I could help my people by warning of the Wraiths’approach.
No matter how many Wraith ships they destroyed, more kept coming.
You think Teyla might tap into this Wraith psychic network? If she can we’Il be able gather all the intel we needed about them.
I would not consider asking you to do this if I didn’t think it could provide us with vital information.
And Dr.
Beckett will remain on hand at all times to monitor your physiology.
I am on a ship You are all so pathetic.
« Shotgun, » is it? Come on.
Don’t know why I have to do this.
What? Nobody said anything.
You don’t have to.
It’s not my fault things are hard to find on the bottom of the ocean.
Rodney, you said you knew where it was.
I said I knew its last known location.
It is a mobile drilling station, remember? - That’s gonna take a few hours.
- If we don’t find it - this will be your last known location.
- Oh, zing.
Okay, kids, do I have to pull this thing over? It’s hard enough being in this damn thing for hours without listening to you guys.
Dr.
McKay has managed to narrow the search field to a remarkably small area.
Finally, a voice of reason.
Thank you, Dr - Graydon.
- Yes, yes, of course.
Well, welcome to the team.
I’ve been here almost eight months.
Really? It’s been that long, has it? Time certainly flies.
Unless you’re in a Jumper, looking for a needle in a haystack.
You know what? Shut up.
- You know what? You shut up.
- I don’t hear Grayson complaining.
It’s Graydon, with a » D.
» What? You sure? It’s my name.
No, I could’ve sworn the guy I wanted was called Grayson.
Because I remember thinking « Dick Grayson, » Bruce Wayne’s ward.
Well, it’s Graydon.
Guess that means I hired the wrong guy.
Well, still glad you came? Oh, sorry.
I was preoccupied thinking about the geothermal drilling platform.
It shouldn’t take us much longer.
We just passed a thermal layer.
I’m getting some readings a couple of hundred feet ahead.
If we did manage to find an alternate and limitless power supply well, that would make even this insufferably long search seem worthwhile.
Okay, kids, we’re here.
Well, hopefully it won’t take too much longer to power up this station.
That wasn’t so hard.
All I gotta do is dock this thing and we can find out what this place is all about.
All systems are online and functioning at full capacity.
You mean we’re generating power already? Well, no, but we probably could if we wanted to.
No, slow down.
The Ancients abandoned this project for a reason.
Let’s try to find out what that reason might be before we start drilling.
Yes, well, fair enough.
Have we not been down this hallway before? Every corridor looks the same.
Don’t worry, I have an uncanny sense of direction.
I think she’s right.
We’ve been down this way.
That’s impossible.
We took a left and a left and then a right.
Hey, look, all I’m saying is- What? I’m sensing a Wraith presence nearby.
Are you sure? We’re pretty deep underwater.
I cannot be certain, but I believe it is onboard the drilling platform.
This is Sheppard.
Everyone drop what you’re doing, get back to the control room immediately.
We did a complete life signs scan.
The first thing we did when we stepped aboard.
Look, I promise you, there is nobody here but us.
No, Rodney.
- And I’m sensing it even closer now.
- Maybe it’s the pressure.
- It’s known to do things to the mind.
- Just humor me and check again.
There.
All of these life signs have been accounted for.
Humored? Wraith don’t show up on life signs detectors if they’re hibernating.
- I know what I’m sensing.
- There is no Wraith, I’m telling you.
- Has your sense ever been wrong? - Never.
And I cannot shake this feeling.
- I trust her.
- As opposed to irrefutable fact? - Machines don’t know.
- Never said they did.
There is a way for me to be sure.
If I can reach out with my mind and establish a link- - That’s a little reckless.
- If there is no Wraith then there will be no mind for me to link with and therefore no risk.
But if there is a Wraith nearby We need to know.
- I’m ready.
- You sure? The briefest contact will determine whether or not I’m right.
That’s all we need, so don’t stick around any longer.
And we will bring you out of it at the first sign of trouble.
- Just to be sure- - It’s already set to stun.
Sorry.
Teyla? I was mistaken.
There is nothing there.
Now, that’s good.
- I’m sorry.
- No reason to be sorry.
Perhaps it was the effect of the pressure at this depth.
Well, if you’ve ever seen The Abyss, pressure can make you nuts.
Not that I think you’re nuts.
It’s all right, John.
I’m relieved.
So am I.
Well, we have a lot of exploring to do.
We? Until Rodney delivers the preliminary status report, I’m all yours.
Put me to work, colonel.
All right, let’s make up some time.
Break into teams.
Ronon, you’re with Teyla.
Élizabeth, you’re with me or I’m with you, however you wanna put it.
Either way or either way.
That was weird.
Well, we are at the very bottom of the ocean.
Maybe you’re right, Teyla’s just experiencing the effects of the pressure.
Hopefully not as bad as that guy in The Abyss.
This place is big, huh? What’s wrong? - Nothing.
Why? - You just haven’t said a word.
Have I not? No.
Has my silence made you uncomfortable? No.
Your friendship is very important to me.
I would hate to do anything that made you uncomfortable.
Okay.
Well, I’m good.
Rodney? What’s going on? - What do you mean what’s going on? - We just lost the lights.
What? - You’re right.
- Yes, we can see that.
We lost power to 40 percent of the station.
Sensors are currently off-line.
Zelenka, what’re you doing? What do you mean, what am I doing? Have you lost power where you are? No, have you? - No.
- We have.
I wanna know what’s going on.
This station has been lying idle down here for a few millennia.
Bound to blow a few fuses.
Look, I’Il have power back online in a minute.
Just hang tight.
Ronon, Teyla, report your position.
Ronon? Teyla? Come in.
Ronon? Teyla? Rodney, we’ve lost contact with Ronon and Teyla.
Do you know their position? No.
Internal sensors are out.
I have the location where the power went down.
It’s an auxiliary control area, search grid six.
The deck that Ronon and Teyla were exploring.
We’Il meet you there.
Okay, Davidson.
- It’s Dickenson, sir.
- I was in the ballpark.
Give me a break.
Get back to the Jumper see if you can use its sensors to locate our people within the drilling platform.
Graydon, you go with him.
There you are.
- Weapons fire.
- Nine mil.
This way.
Oh, yes, let’s race towards the gunfire.
Ronon, Teyla, come in.
Are you all right? - No.
- Did you see who attacked you? Yeah, it was Teyla.
- What? Why? - Okay, until we know what’s going on I’d like everyone in one place.
This is Zelenka.
Someone has activated force fields throughout the station.
- Can you make it to the control room? - Yes, I think so.
- Do it.
- Doesn’t make sense.
What’s she doing? You and Élizabeth go to the control room.
Ronon and I will check on Teyla.
- Be careful.
- No kidding.
Drop it.
John.
What the hell’s going on? I do not know.
- Rodney, what’s the status? - As far from the quo as it gets.
Teyla didn’t just shut down several key systems.
She scrambled the existing operating codes.
This is going to take a while.
Can we contact Atlantis? The station’s communication is gone.
I can’t patch it.
She’s blown the control crystals, shut down half the power and set up a series of emergency force fields.
To what purpose? This is Sheppard.
We got Teyla.
- And? - And nothing.
She has no memory of anything that happened in the last hour.
We’re on our way to crew quarters.
I’Il meet you there.
Let’s forget restoring this station to its former glory.
Concentrate on internal sensors and disabling force fields that are cutting us off from the Jumper.
Élizabeth, I’m so sorry.
Don’t worry about that.
- How are you feeling now? - I’m fine.
But to hear of the damage I caused and yet to have no memory of my actions Just tell us what you do remember.
I was attempting to seek out the Wraith presence with my mind, and then There is a Wraith? The most powerful mind I have ever encountered.
- I tried to shut her out.
- Her? Yes.
I believe this Wraith is a queen.
- I hate queens.
- In that brief moment, I sensed great power, the experiences of many centuries.
Hunger.
And then nothing.
My next memory is of Colonel Sheppard and Ronon aiming their weapons at me.
There’s a Wraith on the drilling platform.
Well, if that were the case, why’d she use Teyla to do all that damage and why didn’t the detector pick up a signal? It doesn’t matter.
- If she’s here, I’Il find her.
- We’Il find her.
I would like to help.
I’m sorry, Teyla.
- But until we can determine what’s- - Yes, of course.
I understand.
Dickenson.
Any progress on disabling those force fields? I’m getting indications that some of them are going up and down.
- We could use the Jumper’s sensors.
- I’m doing my best, sir.
One of these days, I’m gonna call him Dr.
McCoy.
- I’d love to be there for that.
- The next time he calls me Grayson.
Actually, I know a Grayson.
- There really is a Grayson? - Yeah, he’s a damn good scientist too.
I’m surprised McKay didn’t hire him.
Did you do that? I don’t know.
But I’m happy to take credit for it.
- Check it out.
- Yeah.
I don’t understand.
What could the Wraith want with an Ancient drilling platform? How did they even get here? - I don’t know, maybe on a ship nearby.
- Underwater? Who knows? Teyla’s spidey sense works for miles.
- Are the external sensors up? - Yes, they’re operational.
- They’re to scan the ocean.
- Doesn’t matter.
Coleman, look at the drilling platform’s external sensors.
See what you turn up.
- What am I looking for? - Anything.
How are you feeling? I’ve never been more ashamed.
- Oh, you can’t blame yourself.
- I should have been more careful.
A Wraith Queen’s mind is extremely powerful, Teyla.
- You know that better than I do.
- Still.
If my actions while under her control result in people getting hurt If you hadn’t done what you did who knows what could’ve happened.
At least now we know what we’re dealing with.
If anything, I should thank you.
I certainly don’t blame you.
I would like to help them find her.
- Teyla.
- There is no risk.
I don’t know that.
Unless you suspect I am still under her control even now? Would I be alone with you if I did? Then you think I am somehow vulnerable to her? I think it is best to keep you away from her for the moment, yes.
Look, I don’t fully understand this capability you have of linking with a Wraith mind, but if it’s even remotely possible- She was only able to control me because I opened my mind to her.
If I choose to do so again I will be ready.
- Teyla, I know you wanna help.
- I do.
The best way for you to do that is allow Ronon and Colonel Sheppard to find her.
As you wish.
It’s about time.
I was beginning to think you had gotten lost.
Listen, did you manage to-? Colonel Sheppard.
If you can hear me please.
Help me- Who am I talking to? What’s your location? McKay? Do you have any men unaccounted for? Two guys I just sent back to the Jumper.
I think they’re in trouble.
Can you get those force fields down? We’re working on it.
The Wraith presence is even stronger than before.
She is aboard this station.
You must warn them.
Colonel Sheppard, Teyla is certain the Wraith is aboard the station.
Understood.
Ronon, I’m heading back to the Jumper.
Meet me there.
I’m on my way.
Sheppard, help me.
Please.
McKay.
McKay.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, almost there.
I can only do one at a time.
The Jumper’s sensors should be able to locate them.
Graydon? Graydon’s dead.
- Fed upon.
- What about Dickenson? There’s no sign of him yet.
See if we can find him using the Sheppard? Sheppard, come in.
You are Sheppard.
The one who can fly this ship.
You will return me to the surface.
Kneel.
Sheppard, this is mcKay.
What have you got? Sheppard, can you hear me? Is something wrong? You will fly me to the stargate and return me to my people.
Sheppard, this is mcKay.
Please respond.
Sheppard, come in.
I’m here.
We had to throw the emergency force fields up.
- The section you were in was flooding.
- I noticed.
You were thrown by the force of the water clear of the force field bulkhead.
Ronon? I missed.
I noticed that too.
Everyone else is accounted for.
Any sign of Dickenson? Stand by, McKay.
Look, I don’t know what just happened, but we are now cut off from the Jumper.
- I won’t miss now.
- Wait.
What for? Well, we lost the Jumper and we lost communications with Atlantis.
Maybe she can help us get out of this place.
Welcome back.
I trust you’re comfortable? That groggy sensation you’re feeling are the sedatives we’re pumping you full of.
Just a precaution.
As for the other precautions Now, you’re gonna tell us everything we want to know.
In exchange for? This is not a negotiation.
I disagree.
Let me get this over with.
How did you get aboard this station? Are there any more of you? You are all about to die.
Really? You care to elaborate on that at all? We should keep the force fields up till Atlantis sends a rescue Jumper.
Station communications are still down- If I’d listened to Teyla, this wouldn’t have happened.
- It’s not your fault.
- I sent those men back to the Jumper.
Well, the sensors indicated that there was nobody here.
I don’t think there was, sir.
The Wraith arrived after we did the scans.
- What? - I did a search with the remote sensors.
I found something.
We didn’t notice it on the way down because it’s radiating very little EM.
Guys, head back here.
I think I have a few answers.
- A Wraith cruiser? - Seems completely buried in silt.
Which means it’s been here a very, very, very long time.
- Yes, give or take a very.
- That doesn’t explain how she got here.
- Maybe she swam over.
- No, no.
The pressure at that depth is- Deadly to humans, but she’s not human, remember? Yes, it’s difficult to imagine, but with a Wraith’s ability to heal itself - And there are no other Wraith onboard? - No way to know for sure.
Our prisoner isn’t talking.
Other than,« ou »?You’re all about to die.
» Which may or may not be an empty threat.
- And you have no way of knowing? - She said it with a lot of confidence.
- There is a way to find out.
- We’ve already been down that road.
What is to stop her asserting control over you again? She is heavily sedated.
And this time, I know exactly what I’m dealing with.
You.
I was caught off-guard the first time.
That will not happen again.
It does not matter.
Well, we think it does.
Your fate is sealed.
If you have any reason to suspect that I’m not myself do not hesitate to use that.
I won’t.
I see her leading the first wave of ships that attacked Atlantis during the war.
Queen of a great alliance.
Her ship was damaged during the battle.
It crashed into the ocean.
She fed upon her own crew to survive.
Too deep to ever swim to the surface.
Waking between centuries waiting for rescue that never came until finally she was alone.
She sensed our presence during our descent.
She sensed me.
And saw us as her one chance at freedom from her prison.
The water was crushing but she was determined.
Finally, after all these millennia, a ship.
But she did not possess the gene to fly it.
She used Dickenson to call for me.
Teyla? - You are all about to die.
- That does not sound like Teyla.
You are all about to die.
You are all about to die.
- Teyla, snap out of it.
- Wait.
She has activated the self-destruct device of the Wraith cruiser.
It is set to detonate within two hours.
So not an empty threat.
- How’s Teyla? - She’s resting.
It took more out of her than she’Il admit.
- What’s the news? - It looks like the Ancients chose this section because the planet’s crust is remarkably thin below us allowing to drill into the magma and maximize the geothermal power output.
- Okay.
- Which means there’s a great deal of potential energy directly beneath this station.
That’s the news? That this place works as advertised? No, no, the news is that if they were to detonate, say the self-destruct of a Wraith cruiser on such a wafer-thin crust - Oh, my God.
- All that thermal energy directly beneath us will be released all at once.
So bad news.
The explosion will be magnified a thousand times.
- We’re talking catastrophic.
- So it won’t just be us.
No, Atlantis will be affected as well.
It’s within the blast radius.
- We have no way to warn them? - They’d never see it coming.
So we disarm the self-destruct.
- That’s brilliant, we need to get there.
- Without the Jumper? We’re behind schedule.
They’Il send a rescue Jumper.
Even if they’ve left, the moment we were overdue- - They won’t make it in time.
- How far is the cruiser? - Less than a kilometer.
- She swam that far? - What is she? - A formidable enemy.
I have an idea.
I found these in the database when we first got here.
They were used to make repairs to the exterior of the station.
- Very cool.
- You’Il be able to traverse the distance.
- You mean we.
- Yes, of course.
We.
This must be how she got in.
Probably.
All right, let’s get suited up.
Right.
You’re breathing too hard.
Forgive me for being aware of exactly how much pressure is being exerted on this suit right now.
Just think of it as a walk on the beach.
A beach that’s about to explode.
That’s supposed to make me feel better? No, it’s supposed to make you walk faster.
We’re on a clock here.
This is Weir.
How close are you? Almost there, but we’re running out of time.
We need Teyla to do her Kreskin act again.
I’d rather not have to.
I think it could be much too dangerous for her.
So is exploding magma.
I am walking as fast as I can.
How do we disarm the self-destruct? You won’t survive the blast any more than we will.
I can get the information we need.
If you were strong enough you would have done so already.
I can feel how weak you are.
We shall see who is stronger.
- That took too long.
- Yeah, well I probably won’t be able to disarm the self-destruct in time, we’re not in a rush.
Why don’t we find it, then you can be negative? This ship is remarkably preserved.
You’d think after 10,000 years she’d wanna redecorate.
I’m serious.
Hull damage is minimal.
They probably lost their main drive.
You’re saying this is salvageable? I have to assess damage to primary systems, but it’s not out of the question.
You’d just go and blow it up or slam it into a hive ship or something and all that work would be for nothing.
This way.
Teyla? You are weakening.
I think you should stop.
My concentration slipped for a moment.
And in that moment, I could have crushed you with a single thought.
Perhaps next time, I will.
- There isn’t gonna be a next time.
- I’m fine.
No, you’re not.
I can see what this is doing to you.
Let’s just give McKay a chance.
There it is.
What? I’m sure this is the device, I’m sure it says we have less than half an hour.
So turn it off.
- What does that mean? - It’s not accepting commands.
There must be some kind of a command code - that needs to be entered.
- Can you figure it out? Command codes are simple like the number one or the letter A - like, in Wraith, which would be- - Can you figure it out or not? Not if I stood and tried for a million years and we have just under a million years less than that.
Élizabeth, you there? Any luck? Negative.
We don’t get her command code in less than 30 minutes, we’re dead.
- This is the only way.
- I told you, Rodney has another idea.
That may or may not succeed.
There is only one way to be certain.
She said she would kill you next time.
I will not let that happen.
No.
We’re gonna give them more time.
Ronon.
There’s an emergency in the control room.
Dr.
Weir needs your help.
What about her? I will watch the prisoner.
Hurry.
Watch yourself.
Are you fool enough to try again? I have very little to lose.
You are trying to hide something from me.
There’s been a development.
You’ve been able to disarm the self-destruct? No, but Rodney thinks if he can tie in a Naquadah generator - he can get the cruiser to fly.
- After all these years? Damage was superficial.
Problem was the engines.
McKay’s restored power and I think - I can fly the ship to a distance.
- That’s a suicide mission.
If I can ditch the ship on the mainland, maybe I can get far enough away.
- I gotta go now.
- Wait.
Let me try again.
If I can get her to give up her code - you won’t have to risk it.
- You’re in no condition to do that.
Sorry.
Well.
You’re a hell of a swimmer, I’Il give you that.
You have restored power? It’Il fly.
You shall be rewarded with a quick death.
She’s not dying according to plan here.
I thought you’d forgotten about me.
I just had to wait for her to disable the device.
Be thankful she didn’t feed on you before she entered the command code.
- That’s why you didn’t wanna be bait.
- No you had to be bait because she was expecting you to fly the ship.
- She is dead, right? - Let’s get out of here.
How are you feeling? Much better, now that I no longer feel the constant presence of a Wraith.
That was no ordinary Wraith.
It took a lot of bullets to take her down.
I wish I was there.
He’s right, you know.
I mean, deceiving a Wraith Queen? That’s no small feat.
When there are so many lives at stake, it’s easy to summon the strength.
Well, Zelenka’s finally got communications back up.
Turns out Atlantis had sent another Jumper.
- It should be here within the hour.
- That’s good news.
Yeah, no kidding.
I can’t wait to see the sun.
We haven’t finished what we came for.
Wraith’s gone.
We got a ton of research.
- Yes, we do.
- In fact, I’m sure we should be able to come up with a way to get auxiliary power online in a couple of days.
Is he serious? - Yeah, he is.
- Well, I for one intend to spend the next little while resting.
Same here.
Yeah.
Same here.