Stargate SG-1 s03e21 Episode Script
Crystal Skull
- This is well over 1 ,000 metres high.
|- And, as pyramids go, that's big? I know of no Goa'uld structure|of that magnitude.
Definitely Mayan.
This is|a major find.
I have to see this.
- Any signs of life?|- There is a breathable atmosphere, .
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but no complex life signs.
- This is a major find.
I have to see this.
|- You, too? Look at these readings.
|Sir, these are leptons! Get out(!) Something inside this pyramid|is slowing down neutrinos.
Normally neutrinos pass right through|ordinary matter, no matter how dense.
Something like five hundred|million billion just passed through you.
No matter how dense? A material that slows neutrinos could|change what we know about physics, - .
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the formation of the universe|- Wait a minute, Sam.
Get, uh, get closer.
- The MALP's too big to cross the span.
|- Then zoom in .
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on that.
It appears to be a human skull.
- No, that's a crystal skull.
|- How do you know? Because it's exactly like the one|found in 1971 in Belize .
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by my grandfather.
I could name a dozen crystal skulls|from around the world, .
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but the skull that Nick discovered|in Belize was unique.
- Nick?|- Uh, yeah The, uh The great explorer, the not-so-great|grandfather, Nicholas Ballard.
He preferred being called Nick,|even when I was a kid.
It was a Anyway, the point is that no one|can explain how the skull .
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was carved from one piece of crystal,|against the grain, given the technology.
He claimed it possessed a certain - .
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power.
|- What kind of power? That if one were to look|into the eyes of the skull, .
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one would be teleported to see aliens.
Your grandfather saw these aliens.
So he insisted,|to the entire academic community.
- His claim didn't go over very well?|- As you might imagine, no.
He tried for years .
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to make the skull teleport him again to|where the aliens lived, but he never could.
Doesn't mean he wasn't right.
They didn't believe you that the pyramids|were landing sites for alien spaceships.
- We have to see this.
|- I'll authorise a standard recon mission.
Colonel, I can only guess at the effect this|type of radiation may have on humans.
I recommend limited exposure -|10, 1 5 minutes at most.
Wait.
That's not enough time.
There has|to be some sort of radiation suit or Hey! lf you'd been listening, you'd know|that Nintendos pass through everything.
I heard.
Everything.
(O'Neill) Whoa! (Carter) Muon radiation is increasing.
- Unhealthy?|- I don't think so, sir.
Not if it stays at these levels.
Whoever the builders are,|they appear to be a formidable race.
You could fit every pyramid on Earth|inside and still have room to spare.
Yeah.
Could you imagine|heatin' this place? Major, start the clock.
It's identical to the one|Nick found in Belize.
Can you determine if it is a means of|transport, as your grandfather believed? Uh, I can't be sure.
There's no writings|of any kind on the pedestal.
This cavern must act|like a containment bottle.
No wonder Nick was so fascinated.
A sample of what slows down neutrinos|could change the face of physics.
- It's like a living thing.
It's|- Wonder how far down that is.
Daniel Jackson.
Sir, radiation is spiking.
|It's at 300 per cent! - What?|- 400.
All right, that's it! We're outta here.
Daniel? Where'd he go? He seemed to disappear.
These readings are off the scale now.
|If we don't leave soon Teal'c! Get outta there! - (Stargate alarm)|- Incoming traveller, sir.
It's SG-1 .
Open the iris! Get a medical team in here! God! Where's Dr Jackson? - (whispers) Oh, God!|- He's coming to, sir.
- Carter? Daniel?|- She's still unconscious.
Teal'c is better off than both of you.
|His symbiote is helping him.
It was close, Colonel.
|If you hadn't left when you did - Hot.
|- Yes.
I know.
We're trying to keep|your temperature down.
The muon radiation|affected your hypothalamus.
Essentially your internal thermostat|went haywire.
Your respiration, heartbeat|and temperature have been fluctuating.
No kiddin'.
As for Dr Jackson, Colonel,|he never returned with you.
He is no longer there, General Hammond.
The skull enveloped him|in an energy field.
I fired my zat'n'ktel, but it was too late.
- He seemed to disappear.
|- What?! Pan the camera left again.
Do the infrared sensors|detect any sign of Dr Jackson? No, sir.
You should be in the infirmary.
- I am well again, General Hammond.
|- Not according to Dr Fraiser.
Nicholas Ballard believed the crystal skull|to be a teleportation device.
Recovering it may help us find|the location to which he was teleported.
The MALP telemetry suggests|radiation levels are still too high.
My symbiote provides|a greater tolerance against radiation.
And if that thing zaps you|to wherever it sent Dr Jackson? Then I will have succeeded|in locating him.
Teal'c! What happened? Where is everybody? He just ran right through me.
Teal'c! What the hell is goin' on? - Hey!|- Well done, Teal'c.
Regrettably, there was no sign|of Daniel Jackson.
So I take it nobody else|can see me either? Doctor Rothman's|awaiting the artefact in Lab 3C.
- Yes, sir.
|- Major Carter will also want to study it.
As soon as she's fully recovered.
Recovered from what? What happened? She's going to be fine, Teal'c.
Their exposure wasn't long enough|to cause any permanent damage.
Doc! Protest all you want, but it'll be a while|before you get your strength back.
Relax.
- Oh, come on|- Ah-ah! Doctor's orders.
Napoleonic powermonger.
- News?|- Daniel was nowhere near the pyramid.
- What the hell happened to him?|- I do not believe the skull is a weapon.
- You're right.
It's not.
|- If it is a teleportation device, - .
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l believe the artefact itself|- No.
Something else happened.
- Doctor Rothman is now studying it.
|- Rothman couldn't figure out an ashtray.
The guy we need workin'|on that skull is Daniel.
It is he whom we|endeavour to locate, O'Neill.
Look, I'm sick of laying around.
|Help me up.
Dr Fraiser believes you are not|strong enough for such a mission.
Yeah whatever.
Dr Fraiser is usually correct|in such matters.
(groans) - (muffled) Thank you.
|- You are welcome, O'Neill.
OK, you can do this, Robert.
|I know you can.
Focus on the Mayan legends: .
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the lost pyramids of Belize,|the Ballard skull.
That's the answer.
Well, it's a crystal skull.
We knew that, Doctor.
It's almost identical to the|Nicholas Ballard skull in the Smithsonian.
He doesn't know it was found on P7X-377.
Actually, the craftsmanship|is very impressive.
It's probably made in Germany.
Early 1800s I don't understand what|it has to do with Daniel being missing.
- We believe it's a teleportation device.
|- Are you serious? That's good, Robert.
Be sceptical.
We hoped your archaeological expertise|could provide insight into where he went.
- It's a skull.
|- Not that sceptical.
I witnessed the artefact create a|field of energy which engulfed Daniel.
It's made of crystal, not plutonium.
|I don't see how this could Humour me, Doctor.
- I want a full report within 1 2 hours.
|- Yes, sir.
I was Do not look directly into its eyes.
- OK.
|- Don't let me down, Robert.
Teleportation device? l - What do you think?|- I think you're gonna get fired.
Oh! Teal'c, .
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in case I don't ever get the chance to .
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say this, .
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if you hadn't come back for me, I might|have been stuck in there for ever, so .
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thank you.
- Is there someone present?|- Yes! Yes, it's it's me.
It's Daniel.
|I'm I'm right here.
I'm right here.
Just don't walk through me.
|It's very disconcerting.
You sensed I was in the room.
|You just can't see or hear me.
Which is a little frustrating,|as you may imagine.
Stop! That is exactly what Daniel was|doing when absorbed by the energy field.
- That's what I've been trying to tell him.
|- I know.
I was trying to prove something.
- Prove what?|- That the skull didn't do this.
You don't think the skull is responsible,|do you? I'm still here.
There was intense muon radiation|at the time - There's no residual radiation.
|- I saw what that thing is capable of.
Hey! I wish it was a teleportation device.
|I could use it to go find Daniel.
He's myfriend, too!|I don't think that's what we've got here.
I think what we've got here is|a paperweight.
I'm sorry.
That's my opinion.
It's all right.
I'll take over from here.
There may be properties within the|structure invisible to the naked eye.
- We should run diagnostic tests.
|- Wait.
I'm not hungry or thirsty.
Why not? Thank you.
Because I'm dead? - What?|- Did anybody else feel that? What? What if I'm a ghost? I just got a shiver.
You're still feeling|the aftereffects of the radiation.
No.
I think that was me.
(technician) Chevron four encoded.
Sir we've subjected the skull to every|piece of diagnostic equipment we have.
- Chevron five encoded.
|- What have you found out? Nothing.
- We could look again at that planet.
|- I'd strongly recommend against it.
Periodical readings from the MALP|say radiation levels have dropped, - .
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but are still elevated.
|- Chevron six encoded.
We're preparing a UAV for a long-range|search around the pyramid.
I don't see any point in risking another|SG team unless it finds something.
(technician) Chevron seven locked.
- Launch when ready, Sergeant.
|- Launching UAV in five .
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four three two one Mark! I can't believe I'm gonna suggest this,|but what about Daniel's grandfather? Nick? He claimed that the skull|teleported him somewhere.
He may be the only person|who knows where Daniel is.
I'm not so sure, Major.
|I took the liberty of looking him up.
Oh, you didn't! His current address is|a psychiatric institution in Oregon.
Psychiatric? His failure to prove the skull|was more than a curiosity .
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caused a mental breakdown|from which he's never fully recovered.
- Nick checked himself in.
|- Why didn't Daniel tell us that? Oh, yes.
By the way, he's insane.
Daniel visited until four years ago, right|before joining the Stargate programme.
Oh, please! He kicked me out.
|We had a huge fight.
- Nick still talks about him.
|- He doesn't want anything to do with me.
The doctor I spoke to says any friends|of Doctor Jackson's are welcome.
- What?|- We don't have much else to go on.
Find out what you can.
|I needn't remind you .
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the details of this matter|remain classified.
So you can't tell him what happened to|Dr Jackson or where the skull was found.
(tannoy) .
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call local 1-3.
Dr Harvey, please call local 1-3.
Dr Nelson, please report to ward two east.
Dr Nelson, please report to ward two east.
Sorry for the wait.
- Is there anything I can do for you?|- Take us to Nicholas Ballard immediately.
- He's just a little anxious to see old Nick.
|- Are you close? - Yes.
|- No.
Yes.
Extremely.
Well, I'll check and see|if he's ready for you.
What am I waiting for? (nurse) Colonel O'Neill|and his party are here.
The friends of Daniel I told you about|are here - just outside.
Would you like to see them now? I miss him.
Hi, Nick.
Long time, no see.
Would you show them in, please? Nick, I need your help.
Friends of mine want to ask you|about the skull you found in Belize.
Tell them everything.
Just trust them.
Nick, this is Colonel Jack O'Neill.
|He's a friend of Daniel's.
Doctor, would you mind if we? - Nick.
|- Jack.
O'Neill.
Colonel.
- Daniel followed my footsteps.
|- You must be very proud.
- He made a fool of himself.
|- Oh, yeah.
Here we go! He staked his entire academic career|on this belief that .
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the great pyramids of Egypt|were made by aliens.
- Yes, well, that's|- He was more insane than I was.
I told him so.
|I told him to forget all that nonsense.
Uh, it wasn't nonsense.
I was right.
He lost his apartment,|his research grant He hasn't published a paper in two years.
|Now where is he? Hm? - Where is he now?|- (Carter) That's what this is all about.
We want to hear exactly what happened|to you when you first found the skull.
Nothing happened.
There were no aliens.
- Trust them, Nick.
|- No one believed me.
- Daniel believed you.
|- Oh, no.
No, no.
No, don't Don't.
He didn't.
He wanted to.
He did listen.
In the end, he did not believe|in my theories of the skull, .
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just as I did not believe his theories|of the pyramids and the aliens.
I guess we both were right.
Nick can you tell us what happened|when you found that skull? Why? Because we found another skull.
|Identical to the one you found in Belize.
Show me.
It's in a high-security facility.
But if|you'd tell us about your experiences - Then take me there.
|- We can't do that.
It's classified.
You have to.
If you don't, then I won't tell you anything.
It is up to you.
Colonel, there is no greater secret|in this nation than the Stargate.
- So we keep him away from level 28.
|- A civilian? Who spent the last 20 years|of his life in a psychiatric institution? Exactly.
Who's gonna believe him|if he says anything? - Colonel, you walk a fine line.
|- Thank you, sir.
(phone rings) Hammond? - I know you can't hear me, but thank you.
|- Absolutely.
Put her through.
Kayla, sweetheart, this is Grandpa.
|Isn't this past your bedtime? You lost another tooth?|Well, you put it under your pillow tonight.
I'll bet your big sister Tessa|wishes she lost a tooth.
I'd love to come to see you in your|school play tomorrow night, but can't.
Well a very close friend of mine is lost, .
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and he needs my help.
Yes, he's a very close friend.
I hope so, too.
- You shouldn't touch that, sir.
|- It's all right, Sergeant.
Thank you.
- Nick, this is Dr Rothman.
|- It's a pleasure to meet you It's exactly the same as the one I found|in Belize.
Where did you find it? We can't tell you that.
- You'll have to tell him eventually, Jack.
|- The skull stood on a stone pedestal.
- You have been there, haven't you?|- You mean Belize? No, no, no, no, no.
That was the ruins of the temple|where I found the skull.
That's all gone, collapsed.
I am talking about a cavern.
- Do you know the location of this cavern?|- Nowhere on this Earth.
It was so enormous that .
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that the light of my torch|never reached the bottom.
- Yes, but how did you get there?|- I don't know how I got there.
A field of energy surrounded me,|and suddenly .
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l was simply there.
- And then they came.
|- "They"? The giants.
- Giants?|- The giant aliens.
They rose up as if|they were made of mist.
They flew around me like spectres.
- This is why no one believed him.
|- Then they spoke.
(speaks strange language) That's Mayan.
(both) "The enemy of my enemy|is my friend.
" - Yes.
But what does it mean?|- I was afraid to answer.
I just closed my eyes.
And suddenly I found myself back again|under the temple in Belize.
And the ground was shaking,|as in an earthquake.
And I just grabbed the skull and .
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and climbed out|and everything collapsed.
Wow! That's, uh Giants! So, you were sent to this cavern and back|again without ever knowing where it was.
And the ruins with the skull? I spent years trying to find it again,|but it was as if the temple never existed.
I guess you couldn't take us there either.
Can you imagine how it feels to go on|the most incredible journey of your life .
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and have no one believe you? Um Teal'c, .
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you wanna escort|Nick down to the VIP room? Nicholas Ballard,|would you come with me, please? So tell you anything? Oh.
Maybe.
I mean, l Uh no.
Work on it.
He described the cavern perfectly.
|He had to have been there.
- Uh giants?!|- Yes, that's weird, I admit.
- Somebody built that place.
|- Doesn't help us.
If he was transported to P7X-377, .
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maybe the skull tried to send me|somewhere but was interrupted.
- You get the feeling Daniel's still around?|- We have to go back there.
- Kinda.
|- I guess it's cos we miss him.
And we have to talk to those giant aliens.
Or radiation sickness.
Good night, sir.
What?! Wha That's that's it? Whatever happened|to working through the night? I'd do it for you.
There will be a guard posted outside|your door if you require assistance.
When you see Daniel,|would you tell him l Oh, nev never mind.
|It's something I should tell him myself.
Very well.
I am sorry.
For what? For not adopting you|when your parents died.
You were travelling all over the world.
- It wasn't your fault.
|- I was eight years old.
How could it be? I am sorry for allowing|my obsession to drive me .
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to madness.
Would you forgive me? You can see me? - Yes, Daniel.
I can see you.
|- Why didn't you say something?! - You're not real, so it means nothing.
|- No! No, no, no, Nick.
Nick, I'm real.
- I'm real.
You're not hallucinating.
|- Hallucinations always say that.
Not this time, Nick.
The skull the skull did this to me.
|I'm I'm trapped.
I'm in another dimension or out of phase -|something.
All I know is I need your help.
If you don't help me,|I don't know how I'm gonna get home.
So what do you want me to do? Sirs, Mr Ballard insisted|on seeing both of you immediately.
Forgive me.
He insisted.
Daniel is here.
- Here?|- Repeat what I'm saying.
- I'm standing right beside you.
|- Standing right beside me.
- He's lost a few pounds.
|- Jack, don't be an ass.
Jack, don't be an ass.
- Daniel?|- Yes! We have to go back to the planet|and let the skull finish what it started.
- We must go back to the planet.
|- Planet? - Uh not a word, sir.
I swear.
|- Daniel told me all about the Stargate.
We must replace the skull on the pedestal|so that the giant aliens will come.
Something must have|interrupted this process.
Uh Teal'c fired his zat.
That's all|I can imagine it would be, sir.
That's it.
|That's what interrupted the process.
We have to we have to let it happen.
|We have to trust it.
- Why didn't you say something sooner?|- I thought l I was hearing voices.
It wouldn't have been for the first time.
Forgive me, but why are you|the only person who can see him? Perhaps because I went through|the same experience.
Tell Hammond if we go back now, he|may see his granddaughter's school play.
General, if we go now, you may be able|to see your granddaughter's play.
I was alone in my office|when Kayla phoned.
Doctor Jackson, .
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are you absolutely certain you and SG-1|can safely return to the planet? - Say yes.
|- Yes.
That's good enough for me, sir.
So it wasn't the skull alone that did this.
|It was its connection to the cavern? Yes.
I think the skull|just represents the human form.
Yes.
Daniel said you should come|to make it work? Wait.
I never said that.
|You're taking advantage of me.
Yes.
So this is what you have been doing|these past few years? Exploring planets.
SG-1 , you have a go.
|Maintain radio contact.
Then, behind that, .
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there is another world? You must tell me everything.
As soon as we get back, I promise.
After you, Nicholas Ballard.
It's just as I remembered it! This is where they live! Now we must wait for the giant aliens.
That just has a nice ring to it.
- General Hammond, we're in position.
|- Understood, Colonel.
Proceed.
- Sir, radiation's climbing again.
|- This is incredible! Daniel said to let it happen.
Daniel! Sam.
- It worked!|- O'Neill? Major Carter? Carter? It appears we're out of phase|like Daniel, but Teal'c isn't.
- Why?|- You're asking me? General Hammond, - .
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l was not teleported with the others.
|- Return to base immediately.
(rumbling) Holy smoke! Bullwinkle! Hello! - What's your name?|- (distorted) Quetlzelcoatl.
(speaks Mayan) - Daniel?|- "The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
" I know what it's saying.
|Why is it saying that? It didn't affect Teal'c.
Why? Because he's Jaffa.
He's carrying a symbiote.
The Goa'uld.
We are enemies of the Goa'uld! Then you are welcome here.
- Keep talking.
|- We're we're travellers.
We come in search of friendship.
We'd like to exchange|our knowledge and culture.
We accept your proposition.
- You may remain.
|- Me? Him? - This is not your first time here.
|- You remember! There are others among our people|who would gladly return.
No, Daniel.
Let me.
- Nick|- This was my life's work.
I've been hoping for another chance|at this for 29 years! - Please?|- You just came back into my life.
I'll be back again.
Please.
Look again into the eyes of the skull.
Well, Nick, - .
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take notes.
|- I will.
You have to tell me everything.
I promise.
Daniel, .
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l am proud of you.
Goodbye, .
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Grandpa.
|- And, as pyramids go, that's big? I know of no Goa'uld structure|of that magnitude.
Definitely Mayan.
This is|a major find.
I have to see this.
- Any signs of life?|- There is a breathable atmosphere, .
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but no complex life signs.
- This is a major find.
I have to see this.
|- You, too? Look at these readings.
|Sir, these are leptons! Get out(!) Something inside this pyramid|is slowing down neutrinos.
Normally neutrinos pass right through|ordinary matter, no matter how dense.
Something like five hundred|million billion just passed through you.
No matter how dense? A material that slows neutrinos could|change what we know about physics, - .
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the formation of the universe|- Wait a minute, Sam.
Get, uh, get closer.
- The MALP's too big to cross the span.
|- Then zoom in .
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on that.
It appears to be a human skull.
- No, that's a crystal skull.
|- How do you know? Because it's exactly like the one|found in 1971 in Belize .
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by my grandfather.
I could name a dozen crystal skulls|from around the world, .
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but the skull that Nick discovered|in Belize was unique.
- Nick?|- Uh, yeah The, uh The great explorer, the not-so-great|grandfather, Nicholas Ballard.
He preferred being called Nick,|even when I was a kid.
It was a Anyway, the point is that no one|can explain how the skull .
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was carved from one piece of crystal,|against the grain, given the technology.
He claimed it possessed a certain - .
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power.
|- What kind of power? That if one were to look|into the eyes of the skull, .
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one would be teleported to see aliens.
Your grandfather saw these aliens.
So he insisted,|to the entire academic community.
- His claim didn't go over very well?|- As you might imagine, no.
He tried for years .
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to make the skull teleport him again to|where the aliens lived, but he never could.
Doesn't mean he wasn't right.
They didn't believe you that the pyramids|were landing sites for alien spaceships.
- We have to see this.
|- I'll authorise a standard recon mission.
Colonel, I can only guess at the effect this|type of radiation may have on humans.
I recommend limited exposure -|10, 1 5 minutes at most.
Wait.
That's not enough time.
There has|to be some sort of radiation suit or Hey! lf you'd been listening, you'd know|that Nintendos pass through everything.
I heard.
Everything.
(O'Neill) Whoa! (Carter) Muon radiation is increasing.
- Unhealthy?|- I don't think so, sir.
Not if it stays at these levels.
Whoever the builders are,|they appear to be a formidable race.
You could fit every pyramid on Earth|inside and still have room to spare.
Yeah.
Could you imagine|heatin' this place? Major, start the clock.
It's identical to the one|Nick found in Belize.
Can you determine if it is a means of|transport, as your grandfather believed? Uh, I can't be sure.
There's no writings|of any kind on the pedestal.
This cavern must act|like a containment bottle.
No wonder Nick was so fascinated.
A sample of what slows down neutrinos|could change the face of physics.
- It's like a living thing.
It's|- Wonder how far down that is.
Daniel Jackson.
Sir, radiation is spiking.
|It's at 300 per cent! - What?|- 400.
All right, that's it! We're outta here.
Daniel? Where'd he go? He seemed to disappear.
These readings are off the scale now.
|If we don't leave soon Teal'c! Get outta there! - (Stargate alarm)|- Incoming traveller, sir.
It's SG-1 .
Open the iris! Get a medical team in here! God! Where's Dr Jackson? - (whispers) Oh, God!|- He's coming to, sir.
- Carter? Daniel?|- She's still unconscious.
Teal'c is better off than both of you.
|His symbiote is helping him.
It was close, Colonel.
|If you hadn't left when you did - Hot.
|- Yes.
I know.
We're trying to keep|your temperature down.
The muon radiation|affected your hypothalamus.
Essentially your internal thermostat|went haywire.
Your respiration, heartbeat|and temperature have been fluctuating.
No kiddin'.
As for Dr Jackson, Colonel,|he never returned with you.
He is no longer there, General Hammond.
The skull enveloped him|in an energy field.
I fired my zat'n'ktel, but it was too late.
- He seemed to disappear.
|- What?! Pan the camera left again.
Do the infrared sensors|detect any sign of Dr Jackson? No, sir.
You should be in the infirmary.
- I am well again, General Hammond.
|- Not according to Dr Fraiser.
Nicholas Ballard believed the crystal skull|to be a teleportation device.
Recovering it may help us find|the location to which he was teleported.
The MALP telemetry suggests|radiation levels are still too high.
My symbiote provides|a greater tolerance against radiation.
And if that thing zaps you|to wherever it sent Dr Jackson? Then I will have succeeded|in locating him.
Teal'c! What happened? Where is everybody? He just ran right through me.
Teal'c! What the hell is goin' on? - Hey!|- Well done, Teal'c.
Regrettably, there was no sign|of Daniel Jackson.
So I take it nobody else|can see me either? Doctor Rothman's|awaiting the artefact in Lab 3C.
- Yes, sir.
|- Major Carter will also want to study it.
As soon as she's fully recovered.
Recovered from what? What happened? She's going to be fine, Teal'c.
Their exposure wasn't long enough|to cause any permanent damage.
Doc! Protest all you want, but it'll be a while|before you get your strength back.
Relax.
- Oh, come on|- Ah-ah! Doctor's orders.
Napoleonic powermonger.
- News?|- Daniel was nowhere near the pyramid.
- What the hell happened to him?|- I do not believe the skull is a weapon.
- You're right.
It's not.
|- If it is a teleportation device, - .
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l believe the artefact itself|- No.
Something else happened.
- Doctor Rothman is now studying it.
|- Rothman couldn't figure out an ashtray.
The guy we need workin'|on that skull is Daniel.
It is he whom we|endeavour to locate, O'Neill.
Look, I'm sick of laying around.
|Help me up.
Dr Fraiser believes you are not|strong enough for such a mission.
Yeah whatever.
Dr Fraiser is usually correct|in such matters.
(groans) - (muffled) Thank you.
|- You are welcome, O'Neill.
OK, you can do this, Robert.
|I know you can.
Focus on the Mayan legends: .
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the lost pyramids of Belize,|the Ballard skull.
That's the answer.
Well, it's a crystal skull.
We knew that, Doctor.
It's almost identical to the|Nicholas Ballard skull in the Smithsonian.
He doesn't know it was found on P7X-377.
Actually, the craftsmanship|is very impressive.
It's probably made in Germany.
Early 1800s I don't understand what|it has to do with Daniel being missing.
- We believe it's a teleportation device.
|- Are you serious? That's good, Robert.
Be sceptical.
We hoped your archaeological expertise|could provide insight into where he went.
- It's a skull.
|- Not that sceptical.
I witnessed the artefact create a|field of energy which engulfed Daniel.
It's made of crystal, not plutonium.
|I don't see how this could Humour me, Doctor.
- I want a full report within 1 2 hours.
|- Yes, sir.
I was Do not look directly into its eyes.
- OK.
|- Don't let me down, Robert.
Teleportation device? l - What do you think?|- I think you're gonna get fired.
Oh! Teal'c, .
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in case I don't ever get the chance to .
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say this, .
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if you hadn't come back for me, I might|have been stuck in there for ever, so .
.
thank you.
- Is there someone present?|- Yes! Yes, it's it's me.
It's Daniel.
|I'm I'm right here.
I'm right here.
Just don't walk through me.
|It's very disconcerting.
You sensed I was in the room.
|You just can't see or hear me.
Which is a little frustrating,|as you may imagine.
Stop! That is exactly what Daniel was|doing when absorbed by the energy field.
- That's what I've been trying to tell him.
|- I know.
I was trying to prove something.
- Prove what?|- That the skull didn't do this.
You don't think the skull is responsible,|do you? I'm still here.
There was intense muon radiation|at the time - There's no residual radiation.
|- I saw what that thing is capable of.
Hey! I wish it was a teleportation device.
|I could use it to go find Daniel.
He's myfriend, too!|I don't think that's what we've got here.
I think what we've got here is|a paperweight.
I'm sorry.
That's my opinion.
It's all right.
I'll take over from here.
There may be properties within the|structure invisible to the naked eye.
- We should run diagnostic tests.
|- Wait.
I'm not hungry or thirsty.
Why not? Thank you.
Because I'm dead? - What?|- Did anybody else feel that? What? What if I'm a ghost? I just got a shiver.
You're still feeling|the aftereffects of the radiation.
No.
I think that was me.
(technician) Chevron four encoded.
Sir we've subjected the skull to every|piece of diagnostic equipment we have.
- Chevron five encoded.
|- What have you found out? Nothing.
- We could look again at that planet.
|- I'd strongly recommend against it.
Periodical readings from the MALP|say radiation levels have dropped, - .
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but are still elevated.
|- Chevron six encoded.
We're preparing a UAV for a long-range|search around the pyramid.
I don't see any point in risking another|SG team unless it finds something.
(technician) Chevron seven locked.
- Launch when ready, Sergeant.
|- Launching UAV in five .
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four three two one Mark! I can't believe I'm gonna suggest this,|but what about Daniel's grandfather? Nick? He claimed that the skull|teleported him somewhere.
He may be the only person|who knows where Daniel is.
I'm not so sure, Major.
|I took the liberty of looking him up.
Oh, you didn't! His current address is|a psychiatric institution in Oregon.
Psychiatric? His failure to prove the skull|was more than a curiosity .
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caused a mental breakdown|from which he's never fully recovered.
- Nick checked himself in.
|- Why didn't Daniel tell us that? Oh, yes.
By the way, he's insane.
Daniel visited until four years ago, right|before joining the Stargate programme.
Oh, please! He kicked me out.
|We had a huge fight.
- Nick still talks about him.
|- He doesn't want anything to do with me.
The doctor I spoke to says any friends|of Doctor Jackson's are welcome.
- What?|- We don't have much else to go on.
Find out what you can.
|I needn't remind you .
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the details of this matter|remain classified.
So you can't tell him what happened to|Dr Jackson or where the skull was found.
(tannoy) .
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call local 1-3.
Dr Harvey, please call local 1-3.
Dr Nelson, please report to ward two east.
Dr Nelson, please report to ward two east.
Sorry for the wait.
- Is there anything I can do for you?|- Take us to Nicholas Ballard immediately.
- He's just a little anxious to see old Nick.
|- Are you close? - Yes.
|- No.
Yes.
Extremely.
Well, I'll check and see|if he's ready for you.
What am I waiting for? (nurse) Colonel O'Neill|and his party are here.
The friends of Daniel I told you about|are here - just outside.
Would you like to see them now? I miss him.
Hi, Nick.
Long time, no see.
Would you show them in, please? Nick, I need your help.
Friends of mine want to ask you|about the skull you found in Belize.
Tell them everything.
Just trust them.
Nick, this is Colonel Jack O'Neill.
|He's a friend of Daniel's.
Doctor, would you mind if we? - Nick.
|- Jack.
O'Neill.
Colonel.
- Daniel followed my footsteps.
|- You must be very proud.
- He made a fool of himself.
|- Oh, yeah.
Here we go! He staked his entire academic career|on this belief that .
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the great pyramids of Egypt|were made by aliens.
- Yes, well, that's|- He was more insane than I was.
I told him so.
|I told him to forget all that nonsense.
Uh, it wasn't nonsense.
I was right.
He lost his apartment,|his research grant He hasn't published a paper in two years.
|Now where is he? Hm? - Where is he now?|- (Carter) That's what this is all about.
We want to hear exactly what happened|to you when you first found the skull.
Nothing happened.
There were no aliens.
- Trust them, Nick.
|- No one believed me.
- Daniel believed you.
|- Oh, no.
No, no.
No, don't Don't.
He didn't.
He wanted to.
He did listen.
In the end, he did not believe|in my theories of the skull, .
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just as I did not believe his theories|of the pyramids and the aliens.
I guess we both were right.
Nick can you tell us what happened|when you found that skull? Why? Because we found another skull.
|Identical to the one you found in Belize.
Show me.
It's in a high-security facility.
But if|you'd tell us about your experiences - Then take me there.
|- We can't do that.
It's classified.
You have to.
If you don't, then I won't tell you anything.
It is up to you.
Colonel, there is no greater secret|in this nation than the Stargate.
- So we keep him away from level 28.
|- A civilian? Who spent the last 20 years|of his life in a psychiatric institution? Exactly.
Who's gonna believe him|if he says anything? - Colonel, you walk a fine line.
|- Thank you, sir.
(phone rings) Hammond? - I know you can't hear me, but thank you.
|- Absolutely.
Put her through.
Kayla, sweetheart, this is Grandpa.
|Isn't this past your bedtime? You lost another tooth?|Well, you put it under your pillow tonight.
I'll bet your big sister Tessa|wishes she lost a tooth.
I'd love to come to see you in your|school play tomorrow night, but can't.
Well a very close friend of mine is lost, .
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and he needs my help.
Yes, he's a very close friend.
I hope so, too.
- You shouldn't touch that, sir.
|- It's all right, Sergeant.
Thank you.
- Nick, this is Dr Rothman.
|- It's a pleasure to meet you It's exactly the same as the one I found|in Belize.
Where did you find it? We can't tell you that.
- You'll have to tell him eventually, Jack.
|- The skull stood on a stone pedestal.
- You have been there, haven't you?|- You mean Belize? No, no, no, no, no.
That was the ruins of the temple|where I found the skull.
That's all gone, collapsed.
I am talking about a cavern.
- Do you know the location of this cavern?|- Nowhere on this Earth.
It was so enormous that .
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that the light of my torch|never reached the bottom.
- Yes, but how did you get there?|- I don't know how I got there.
A field of energy surrounded me,|and suddenly .
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l was simply there.
- And then they came.
|- "They"? The giants.
- Giants?|- The giant aliens.
They rose up as if|they were made of mist.
They flew around me like spectres.
- This is why no one believed him.
|- Then they spoke.
(speaks strange language) That's Mayan.
(both) "The enemy of my enemy|is my friend.
" - Yes.
But what does it mean?|- I was afraid to answer.
I just closed my eyes.
And suddenly I found myself back again|under the temple in Belize.
And the ground was shaking,|as in an earthquake.
And I just grabbed the skull and .
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and climbed out|and everything collapsed.
Wow! That's, uh Giants! So, you were sent to this cavern and back|again without ever knowing where it was.
And the ruins with the skull? I spent years trying to find it again,|but it was as if the temple never existed.
I guess you couldn't take us there either.
Can you imagine how it feels to go on|the most incredible journey of your life .
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and have no one believe you? Um Teal'c, .
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you wanna escort|Nick down to the VIP room? Nicholas Ballard,|would you come with me, please? So tell you anything? Oh.
Maybe.
I mean, l Uh no.
Work on it.
He described the cavern perfectly.
|He had to have been there.
- Uh giants?!|- Yes, that's weird, I admit.
- Somebody built that place.
|- Doesn't help us.
If he was transported to P7X-377, .
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maybe the skull tried to send me|somewhere but was interrupted.
- You get the feeling Daniel's still around?|- We have to go back there.
- Kinda.
|- I guess it's cos we miss him.
And we have to talk to those giant aliens.
Or radiation sickness.
Good night, sir.
What?! Wha That's that's it? Whatever happened|to working through the night? I'd do it for you.
There will be a guard posted outside|your door if you require assistance.
When you see Daniel,|would you tell him l Oh, nev never mind.
|It's something I should tell him myself.
Very well.
I am sorry.
For what? For not adopting you|when your parents died.
You were travelling all over the world.
- It wasn't your fault.
|- I was eight years old.
How could it be? I am sorry for allowing|my obsession to drive me .
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to madness.
Would you forgive me? You can see me? - Yes, Daniel.
I can see you.
|- Why didn't you say something?! - You're not real, so it means nothing.
|- No! No, no, no, Nick.
Nick, I'm real.
- I'm real.
You're not hallucinating.
|- Hallucinations always say that.
Not this time, Nick.
The skull the skull did this to me.
|I'm I'm trapped.
I'm in another dimension or out of phase -|something.
All I know is I need your help.
If you don't help me,|I don't know how I'm gonna get home.
So what do you want me to do? Sirs, Mr Ballard insisted|on seeing both of you immediately.
Forgive me.
He insisted.
Daniel is here.
- Here?|- Repeat what I'm saying.
- I'm standing right beside you.
|- Standing right beside me.
- He's lost a few pounds.
|- Jack, don't be an ass.
Jack, don't be an ass.
- Daniel?|- Yes! We have to go back to the planet|and let the skull finish what it started.
- We must go back to the planet.
|- Planet? - Uh not a word, sir.
I swear.
|- Daniel told me all about the Stargate.
We must replace the skull on the pedestal|so that the giant aliens will come.
Something must have|interrupted this process.
Uh Teal'c fired his zat.
That's all|I can imagine it would be, sir.
That's it.
|That's what interrupted the process.
We have to we have to let it happen.
|We have to trust it.
- Why didn't you say something sooner?|- I thought l I was hearing voices.
It wouldn't have been for the first time.
Forgive me, but why are you|the only person who can see him? Perhaps because I went through|the same experience.
Tell Hammond if we go back now, he|may see his granddaughter's school play.
General, if we go now, you may be able|to see your granddaughter's play.
I was alone in my office|when Kayla phoned.
Doctor Jackson, .
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are you absolutely certain you and SG-1|can safely return to the planet? - Say yes.
|- Yes.
That's good enough for me, sir.
So it wasn't the skull alone that did this.
|It was its connection to the cavern? Yes.
I think the skull|just represents the human form.
Yes.
Daniel said you should come|to make it work? Wait.
I never said that.
|You're taking advantage of me.
Yes.
So this is what you have been doing|these past few years? Exploring planets.
SG-1 , you have a go.
|Maintain radio contact.
Then, behind that, .
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there is another world? You must tell me everything.
As soon as we get back, I promise.
After you, Nicholas Ballard.
It's just as I remembered it! This is where they live! Now we must wait for the giant aliens.
That just has a nice ring to it.
- General Hammond, we're in position.
|- Understood, Colonel.
Proceed.
- Sir, radiation's climbing again.
|- This is incredible! Daniel said to let it happen.
Daniel! Sam.
- It worked!|- O'Neill? Major Carter? Carter? It appears we're out of phase|like Daniel, but Teal'c isn't.
- Why?|- You're asking me? General Hammond, - .
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l was not teleported with the others.
|- Return to base immediately.
(rumbling) Holy smoke! Bullwinkle! Hello! - What's your name?|- (distorted) Quetlzelcoatl.
(speaks Mayan) - Daniel?|- "The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
" I know what it's saying.
|Why is it saying that? It didn't affect Teal'c.
Why? Because he's Jaffa.
He's carrying a symbiote.
The Goa'uld.
We are enemies of the Goa'uld! Then you are welcome here.
- Keep talking.
|- We're we're travellers.
We come in search of friendship.
We'd like to exchange|our knowledge and culture.
We accept your proposition.
- You may remain.
|- Me? Him? - This is not your first time here.
|- You remember! There are others among our people|who would gladly return.
No, Daniel.
Let me.
- Nick|- This was my life's work.
I've been hoping for another chance|at this for 29 years! - Please?|- You just came back into my life.
I'll be back again.
Please.
Look again into the eyes of the skull.
Well, Nick, - .
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take notes.
|- I will.
You have to tell me everything.
I promise.
Daniel, .
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l am proud of you.
Goodbye, .
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Grandpa.