Stargate SG-1 s04e06 Episode Script

Is it supposed to be doing that? It's a coronal mass emission,|like a giant solar flare.
- But it's safe, right?|- That's what this equipment will find out.
Apart from disrupting the magnetic field,|it might cause an increase in radiation.
But it's safe, right? As long as we don't|stay here too long, yes, sir.
Anyone explain that to Daniel? I've encountered this script before.
It's, uh, similar in pronunciation to|a language on our planet called Latin.
As near as I can tell, the main body of|the text represents a planetary history.
I agree But isn't it time for you|to return through the Stargate? I don't understand the significance of|what this is.
A sort of control mechanism.
It's obviously still in working order.
|I wonder if that's significant.
The storm is approaching, Dr Jackson.
|The radiation may be dangerous for you.
Oh, yes.
Major Carter will let us|know when we have to leave.
Now, this line recurs several times:|"Domavatus vestul motabilum.
" "Conqueror of time.
" In this context, I'd say more like|"Master of the uncertain past.
" - You're a skilled linguist, Dr Jackson.
|- Thank you.
I had the opportunity to hear the language|spoken a year or so ago, so (high-pitched sound) What's that? The geomagnetic disturbance|is reaching its peak.
I have to act now.
I don't understand.
- All set up, sir.
|- Good.
Let's hit it.
Daniel, let's go home.
Daniel? (electricity crackling) - O'Neill.
|- Yeah, I hear it.
Incoming wormhole.
What is that? I have no idea, sir.
Are you doin' this? - Stay away!|- What the hell are you doing? Stay back! Colonel! Anyway, I'm sorry, but that just|happens to be how I feel about it.
What do you think? What? What do you think? Colonel? ls something wrong? Maybe.
Weren't we just somewhere else? - Where?|- Some planet.
- When?|- Just now.
- No.
|- Sure? Yeah.
Everything just changed.
Sir, we've been sitting in the commissary|for the past half-hour.
- Really?|- You've gotten the two places confused.
- We're gonna be late for the briefing.
|- Briefing? Are you OK, or are you just trying|to avoid answering my question? No, I'm fine.
What question? Two weeks ago, SG-15 took these images|of solar activity on P4X-639.
Analysis of the data indicates|a steady increase in the intensity.
Now, if I'm right, the explosions|that we're witnessing here .
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are just the precursor|to a greater violent ejection.
Major Carter? Have we not previously|been briefed concerning this matter? - I was just gonna say that.
|- Sir? You wanna go to the planet and set up|some kind of remote observatory.
- Yes.
|- We just did that.
- No, we didn't.
|- I believe we did.
No, that's what the briefing is about.
I remember listening to Carter prattle on .
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about solar activity|and a corona something.
Coronal mass emissions.
|I was about to bring it up.
- There you go.
How would I know that?|- Maybe you read my report.
Maybe he read your report? I'm tellin' you guys,|we've done this before.
I am in agreement with O'Neill.
I am experiencing a great deal|of familiarity with these events.
(PA) Unscheduled offworld activation.
We have an unscheduled|incoming traveller, sir.
- It's SG-12.
|- (Hammond) They're not due for days.
(technician) Receiving GDO transmission.
It's SG-12.
- Open the iris.
|- One of them will be injured.
- What do you make of all of this, Major?|- Well, sir, I'm not sure.
SG-12's early return|was the result of an accident.
One of the team fell and broke his ankle.
How could Teal'c and Colonel O'Neill|know that was going to happen? Both of them claim to have memories|of SG-1's mission to P4X-639.
A mission that isn't scheduled|to start for six hours.
OK.
So Sam was setting up instruments,|and where was l? You were by the altar deal with the guy.
Right.
You're gonna need|to be a little more specific.
Malikai.
That's the alien archaeologist|SG-15 met on the first survey.
- I was looking forward to meeting him.
|- You did.
You got along swell.
Anyway, a beam shot out from the ruins|around the altar and hit the Stargate.
There was a blinding flash of light.
Then I was back in the commissary|eating my Froot Loops.
I can't find anything wrong|with either of them.
We'll wait for the lab results to be sure,|but they appear to be in perfect health.
Except for remembering events|that haven't happened yet.
- But why Jack and Teal'c and not us?|- I'm not takin' any chances.
Until we figure out what's going on,|I'm postponing your mission to P4X-639.
Jack.
Wait up.
Um I was thinking about what you said|about, uh, a beam coming out of the altar.
SG-15 took digital images|of the carvings on the ruins.
I was thinking there might be|some sort of clue.
Unfortunately it's the equivalent|of 400 pages of alien text.
If you give me details about|the layout of the ruins Gee, sorry, Dr Jackson.
Shoulda seen that comin'.
So So? Don't you know what I'm gonna say? Actually, by this time|we were on the planet.
It's all different now.
Oh.
Well, I was thinking about what you said|about a beam hitting the Stargate.
- What about it?|- After the flash, .
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you found yourself back here, reliving|the moments leading up to the mission.
Maybe you're not|remembering future events.
- Maybe you were sent back in time.
|- For what? Six hours? Well, it wouldn't be the first time.
|The Stargate did send us back to 1969.
Good year.
So could this beam be a means|to access the gate's subspace field .
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in order to create some kind of|time inversion outside of subspace? I knew you were gonna say that.
I guess I'm just thinkin' out loud.
I'm gonna go run a few simulations.
You run Simulate.
Let me know how it turns out.
|Keep me posted.
Keep me apprised.
The lab results confirm Dr Fraiser's|assessment.
You're both in perfect health.
- Any more of these premonitions?|- Not for some time.
Can we go back to work, General, please? I have no objection, as long as (PA) Unscheduled offworld activation.
D'oh! What is that? I'm not sure, sir.
|I've never seen anything like it.
We have.
Anyway, I'm sorry, but that just|happens to be how I feel about it.
What do you think? Colonel? ls something wrong? Oh, yeah.
Somethin'.
- Two weeks ago, SG-15|- We've done this.
We do this every day.
Not briefings in general, Daniel.
|I'm talking about this briefing.
I'm talking about this day.
Colonel O'Neill is correct.
Events do|appear to be repeating themselves.
- Since when?|- Since we went to P4X-639.
We haven't been to P4X-639.
Yes, we have.
"No, we haven't.
"|That's what you were gonna say.
- Of course that's what I was gonna say.
|- OK, bad example.
- I'm not quite sure what to make of this.
|- If we've had this meeting before, sir Why are Teal'c and I the only ones who|remember it? You said that last time.
Well, I'll venture a guess it has|something to do with that planet.
And you'll all believe me when|SG-12 comes through that gate in .
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four, three, two, one SG-12 isn't due back for three days.
- (PA) Unscheduled offworld activation.
|- So close.
- You're not gonna find anything.
|- Why don't we wait for the lab results? - The results will be negative.
|- Humour me.
General I know you're thinking of|postponing the mission.
There's no point.
You tried it last time.
It didn't work.
Jack.
Wait up.
Um I was thinking about what you said|about a beam coming from the altar.
Right SG-15 took digital images|of the carvings on the ruins.
- Looks familiar.
|- It should.
It's something that|you spoke for a few days.
It's a variation of the writings|used by the Ancients.
If you're lookin' for help translating it,|you're barkin' up the wrong genius.
No, I realise the Asgards returned you to|normal, which is fortunate, l suppose.
But if you give me details about|the layout of the ruins it might be Gee, sorry, Dr Jackson.
Oops.
Come in.
- Any word from Fraiser?|- Still waiting for the lab results.
If we delay any longer it will be too late.
- Too late for what?|- To stop this day from happening again.
You realise this is|a little difficult for me to accept.
Hey, if it was just me, I'd agree.
But what about Teal'c?|Come on! ls this the face of a crazy man? - Bad example.
|- What do you want? We wanna go back to 639.
A geomagnetic storm is building up.
|We shouldn't stay long.
That's the machine right there.
- I wonder how it works.
|- Subspace fields and time inversions.
That's what you said.
- Hello.
|- Whoa.
Easy, guys.
That's the guy.
|He's the one who started all this.
- I don't understand.
|- Whatever you did, undo it.
- I did nothing.
|- I don't think he knows what you mean.
- Perhaps he has no memory, O'Neill.
|- He remembers.
He's the one who pushed those buttons.
Please.
I'm, uh, an archaeologist I've been trying to translate|these alien symbols.
- I told the others who came before you.
|- SG-15? Yes But they didn't|point weapons at me.
I can show you my notes I've been making periodic visits|to this planet for quite some time now.
My research is almost complete.
What kind of archaeologist|carries a weapon? Uh I do.
Bad example.
- What's this?|- If you must know it's my wife.
(high-pitched sound) - What'd you do?|- Nothing.
It engaged on its own.
- Turn it off.
|- How? It's drawing energy from|the ionisation in the atmosphere.
There's nothing Major Carter can do.
Excuse me? How'd you know her name? - You told me.
|- No, I didn't.
Not this time around.
It doesn't matter.
You're too late.
- How do you shut this thing off?|- Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you.
Sir, it's building up some kind of charge.
Daniel, you can read this stuff.
|Get up here and shut it off.
What? Are you kidding me?|I wouldn't even know where to begin.
I It would take years of training.
I don't|know the material, I don't have enough Anyway, I'm sorry, but that just|happens to be how I feel about it.
What do you think? It's just a question.
All right.
Here's the deal.
We're all|stuck in a time loop of some kind.
However, Teal'c and I seem to be|the only ones who realise it.
Now, there's this alien device on 639.
It shoots a beam at the Stargate,|which at subspace something what? Accesses the subspace field|the Stargate is capable of generating.
- It is powered by ionisation|- In the atmosphere, which is caused by I know this one.
- Magnets.
|- The geomagnetic storm.
Close.
Anyway, I don't know why|none of you remember any of this.
But I do know for a fact there's no point|havin' ol' Doc Fraiser examine us again.
I ask you, what could possibly be|in my eye that would explain this? - What do you make of all this, Major?|- When was the last time Colonel O'Neill .
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used terms like "subspace field"|and "geomagnetic storm"? - Good point.
|- And he actually used them correctly, .
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for the most part.
- You believe him.
|- I'm considering the possibility, sir.
The more I think about it, if he's right,|the ramifications are huge.
The next time time loops, we'll forget|this conversation even happened.
- You're better off in here.
|- I was just comin' to look for you.
Um, I've translated|a section of the west wall.
- It's some sort of planetary history.
|- Daniel, that's very nice.
- But focus on the altar.
|- Why? Malikai initiated the time loop|by manipulating symbols.
Figure out those,|you figure out how to stop this.
Just recognising symbols on a keyboard|doesn't run a computer.
If I can put the device in a proper context,|I can figure out what it's supposed to do.
We know what it does!|It's a time-loop machine.
Uh Who would build a device|that loops time every ten hours? - Who knows? But that's what it does.
|- Yes, but maybe it's not supposed to.
For all we know, this is|an accidental by-product.
(phone rings) Hello? OK, we're on our way.
Sam has something.
According to Colonel O'Neill, .
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he and Teal'c witnessed a beam|striking the Stargate on P4X-639.
Then the gate became|energised somehow.
Now, in the second loop, they witnessed|a similar effect in our own gate room.
Sounds about right.
If this is the influence|of alien technology, .
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the effect is being translated|to Earth through the Stargate, .
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in which case the solution is simple.
- We dial out.
|- Exactly.
Before this loop|is supposed to begin again, .
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we establish an outgoing wormhole|to, say, the Tollan home world.
Then anyone or anything trying to dial in|from P4X-639 will get a busy signal.
Let's do it.
Chevron five, locked.
Chevron six, locked.
- Chevron seven will not engage.
|- What? It won't lock.
|I can't establish a connection.
I'm running a diagnostic.
- Incoming wormhole.
|- Close the iris.
Oh, crap.
There is nothing wrong on our end.
|We should have been able to dial out.
I'm sorry, but that just|happens to be how I feel about it.
What do you think? Ask me tomorrow.
Recognising symbols on a keyboard|won't run a computer.
We've been over this! I'm tellin' you,|the only way to stop this loop .
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is to figure out how to run that stuff! If we really have had this conversation,|I probably pointed out .
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there's no way I can translate this|in less than a day.
Oh, I'm so ahead of you.
|I put the whole thing on tape last time.
So you don't have to start from scratch.
If what you say is true, .
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when the loop started again your|recording wouldn't have happened yet.
- Right.
|- Did I not say that? Careful! Be careful.
What about notes? lndelible ink? If you are the only ones|with memories of previous loops, .
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you're gonna have to help me|by learning and remembering.
Fine.
How hard can it be? According to Colonel O'Neill, we tried|to block the connection to P4X-639 .
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but were unable to dial out.
I think that the Earth has become out of|sync with the rest of the gate system, .
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making it impossible for us|to establish contact.
What about SG-12?|They managed to gate in.
I realise that.
So we ran|a sequence of random diallings, .
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and this is what we found.
These worlds we were able|to contact, including Alaris, .
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where SG-12 was doing its survey.
But the centre of this group is P4X-639.
I believe the alien device is establishing|simultaneous connection to these gates, .
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creating a kind of subspace bubble.
And everything within the bubble|is cut off from the normal flow of time.
What are the implications of this? We could relive the same day thousands|of times, and we'd never know it.
- What can we do?|- Unfortunately, not much.
The next time the loop starts we won't|even remember we had this conversation.
It's up to Teal'c and Colonel O'Neill.
"Poteramus.
" "Poteras potarat.
" "Crem eras cret cremus.
" This is a bad idea.
It would appear we have no choice.
(alarm) (PA) Unscheduled offworld activation.
You know the worst part about this? Every time we loop,|Daniel asks me a question, and .
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l wasn't listening the first time.
You are not the only one who|must endure some discomfort.
Sorry, sir.
I didn't realise you were there.
- You have said that on many occasions.
|- I Perhaps next time|I will not be so forgiving.
Section 23 ends with|a reference to "perennial adventus".
- We've been over this.
|- It means "the approaching disaster".
"Of the machine itself,|with recurring use .
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the machine surrenders|to the rigours of time.
" That is incorrect, Daniel Jackson.
The word "abicierum" means|"to give up", not "surrender".
OK, this section of the text seems to deal|primarily with their arrival on P4X-639.
OK, this section of the text seems to deal|primarily with their arrival on P4X-639.
Now this word here, "deductavum",|is a variation of "deductum".
OK, this section of the text seems to deal|primarily with their arrival on P4X-639.
This appears to be a reference to|the gradual degeneration of the machine.
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foundation of a colony.
- Guys? This is important.
|- (PA) Unscheduled offworld activation.
O'Neill Should we not be assisting|Daniel Jackson with the translation? I'm taking this loop off.
I'm tellin' you, Teal'c.
If we don't find a way out of this soon,|I'm gonna lose it.
Lose it.
It means "go crazy".
Nuts.
Insane.
Bonzo.
No longer in possession|of one's faculties.
Three fries short of a Happy Meal.
Wacko! Teal'c.
- Thank you, O'Neill.
|- No, no.
Thank you, Teal'c.
Oh, God! Exactly how many of these loops|have you have we been through? I've lost track.
- That must be frustrating.
|- Uh Yeah.
On the other hand,|it is kind of an opportunity.
- How's that?|- Well, think about it.
If you know in advance that everything|is going to go back to the way it was, .
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you could do anything|for as long as you want .
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without having to|worry about consequences.
Excuse me.
- (alarm blaring)|- (bicycle bell ringing) - Vern, how's the wife?|- Fine sir.
Oh, yeah! That'll play.
How far is Alaris, anyway? Several billion miles, O'Neill.
That's gotta be a record.
(Hammond) Colonel O'Neill,|what the hell are you doing? In the middle of my backswing?! Sorry, sir.
I didn't realise Excuse me, George.
Colonel, what are you|doing out of uniform? - Handing you my resignation.
|- Resigning? What for? So I can do this.
What are you smiling at? Nothin'.
- What have you got for us, Dr Jackson?|- Uh, with the help of Teal'c and Jack, .
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l've managed|to complete the translation.
As I originally suspected, P4X-639|was once a colony of the Ancients.
They thrived there until they were|struck with some sort of cataclysm, .
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perhaps a disease.
In any case, facing certain destruction,|they built the time machine.
To go back and change their history|to avoid their fate.
Right.
But it didn't work.
Instead of sending a team of scientists|back to the key moment, .
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the device caused a continuous loop,|like the one we've been experiencing.
They experienced it hundreds of times|trying to get the machine to work, but They gave up.
They shut it down|and let the end come.
So the loop can be broken.
Uh, there's a section of text on the altar .
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that deals with the geomagnetic storms|that power the device.
They recur every 50 or so years,|which is why, incidentally, the Yes, sir.
The loop can be broken.
I was getting to that.
When we activate the symbols in the right|sequence, I think we can shut it down.
Colonel, have your team geared up|and ready to embark in 30 minutes.
Yes, sir.
A geomagnetic storm is building up.
|We shouldn't stay long.
Lucky guess.
- Malikai?|- I don't see anyone, sir.
He's around here somewhere.
|He knows we're onto him.
Teal'c? I'm sorry, but you've come|to break the time loop.
And I'm afraid I can't let you do that.
Get away from that thing.
Sir, it looks like a variation|of a Goa'uld force shield.
It is, Major.
I had to trade several|rare artefacts for the field generator, .
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but it was well worth it.
Malikai? We have to reset those controls|or the loop's gonna start all over again.
I'm counting on it.
I need more time.
Once I've deciphered the symbols,|I will be able to master the time device.
Why? So you can be|king of Groundhog Day? Do you think I would do this|for personal power? She - You wouldn't understand.
|- What happened? She died.
12 years ago.
When I found|this place and discovered its purpose, .
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l dedicated myself|to unlocking its mysteries.
(Carter) So you could|go back and save her.
No, that would be quite impossible.
She|died from a congenital heart weakness.
Not even the ability to travel time|could change that.
Then why are you doing this? To be with her once more.
Malikai, the device doesn't work.
- It never did.
|- It never did? - You're living proof.
|- We translated the text on the ruins.
The Ancients who built this place|never got it to work.
They tried over and over again,|just like you, but in the end they gave up.
Why do you think this place is deserted?|They couldn't save themselves.
You're wrong.
There must be some other|explanation.
I know I can make this work.
You can't! They proved it can't be done.
|You're just gonna go on like this for ever.
- You'll be trapped.
|- Along with billions of innocent others.
This device activates|14 Stargates simultaneously.
That's 14 worlds reliving|the same day over and over.
I, uh I didn't realise.
(high-pitched sound) But once I am able to input the correct|time coordinates, the loop will be broken.
The people who made that machine|made the Stargates, .
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and they couldn't get|the damn thing to work.
And even if you could,|just for the sake of argument, .
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you can't change what happened to her.
I can touch her face again.
Talk with her.
Hear her laugh.
- Like you remember?|- Yes.
Then what'll happen? - She'll die.
|- And then what? You start over? Listen to me.
- I know what it's like.
|- You can't! I lost my son! I know! And as much as l I could never live that over again.
Could you? No.
Let her go.
Well, we're still here, Colonel.
|I assume you were successful.
Well, General, you know what they say.
If at first you don't succeed, .
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try, try, try .
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try, try try again.
I don't think I've ever seen|anyone enjoy oatmeal so much.
When you've eaten Froot Loops for who|knows how long a little variety helps.
We heard from the Tok'ra.
They've been|trying to contact us for over three months.
Really? Who knows when they realised|we were cut off.
I mean, there's no telling|how much time passed.
Let me ask you something.
|In all the time you were, um, looping, .
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were you ever tempted|to, um, do something crazy? I mean, uh You could do anything|without worrying about consequences.
You know, it's funny.
|You've asked me that before.
And?