Stargate SG-1 - Season 7 (2003) (season)
Directed by:
Peter DeLuiseScreenplay:
Peter DeLuiseCinematography:
James Alfred MenardComposer:
Joel GoldsmithCast:
Amanda Tapping, Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Christopher Judge, Don S. Davis, Carmen Argenziano, Tony Amendola, Dan Shea, Bill Dow, David Palffy, Zak Santiago, Enrico Colantoni, Dan PayneVOD (2)
Plots(1)
Dr. Daniel Jackson and his colleague Dr. Lee are tortured by the Honduran revolutionary Rafael, who wants to know about the artifact they've found in one of the secret temples of the Goa'uld system lord Telchak. The artifact is actually the original device used by Telchak to create the first healing sarcophagus, and it could be the key to discovering how to reverse the life-giving effects of this technology — which system lord Anubis is using to create a race of indestructible supersoldiers. Back at Stargate Command, Gen. Hammond tells Col. O'Neill that Daniel and Lee are being held for ransom and will be killed in 72 hours if the United States doesn't pay. Unable to intervene directly because of strained relations with Honduras, the president has unofficially authorized the CIA to gather intel on the two scientists' whereabouts. Time is of the essence: Rafael is growing tired of Daniel's refusal to talk about the artifact and has resorted to electric-shock torture. The CIA eventually surmises a location, and an agent named Burke requests that Col. O'Neill aid in the extraction. O'Neill is raring to go, even though he and Burke have a shaky history: Burke still blames O'Neill for not coming to his defense on a friendly fire charge resulting in Burke being sent to permanent assignment in Honduras.
Hammond, Teal'c, Maj. Carter and her father Jacob (and his Tok'ra symbiote, Selmak) hatch a plan to infiltrate Anubis' base on Tartarus, where the new supersoldiers are being developed. The stargate on Tartarus is inside Anubis' base and has a powerful force field protecting it. In order to shut down the sensor array, Selmak volunteers to wear the captured supersoldier suit, which is capable of penetrating the force field. Once the array has been deactivated, a Tok'ra scout ship will deliver the truncated SG-1. Radioactive isotopes taken internally will permit the team to move around freely without being detected by the base's internal sensors. With the scout ship in position behind Tartarus' moon, Jacob/Selmak successfully penetrates Anubis' stargate and is perceived as just another drone by Thoth, a Goa'uld scientist. He is taken to the drone lab for repairs. When Anubis calls Thoth away to work on a malfunctioning remote probe, Jacob/Selmak deactivates the sensor array. Carter, Teal'c and his mentor, Bra'tac, land on the planet, and Carter and Teal'c sneak into Anubis' base via an exhaust port. At the Honduran rebel camp, Lee has broken down under torture and has told Rafael everything about the Ancient device and its possible link to the fountain-of-youth myth. Rafael activates the device, and he and his men begin to feel rejuvenated. He interrogates Daniel to learn more. Daniel warns Rafael that the device could be harmful and advises him to deactivate it — to no avail.
Knowing what long-term exposure in a sarcophagus can do to a person's sanity, Daniel isn't about to wait around to see what the original source of that technology will do to Rafael and his men. Rafael has already killed one of his soldiers, Chalo, for disobedience. Daniel and Lee break their bonds and escape into the trees. Chalo comes back to life and Rafael and his men repeatedly try to kill him again. When Chalo finally dies, a now insane Rafael takes his equally deranged men and goes after Daniel and Lee. Meanwhile, Burke and O'Neill are on Daniel and Lee's trail. Along the way, Burke tells O'Neill the real reason he killed a fellow soldier: The man was a traitor and was about to kill Burke. Burke concealed this information, which could have exonerated him, in order to protect the slain man's reputation and family. In Anubis' base, Teal'c, Carter and Jacob/Selmak discover symbiote-holding tanks — all empty except for one that holds a queen. From the brain patterns she is emitting, Jacob/Selmak surmises she's in league with Anubis to create an army of mindless symbiotes for his drone army. Carter attaches a C-4 charge under the queen's tank. The team is discovered while observing Anubis addressing an army of thousands of supersoldiers. Carter detonates the C-4, destroying the queen. With supersoldiers in pursuit, Carter, Teal'c and Jacob/Selmak board the scout ship and take off, but one of the supersoldiers has gotten aboard and knocks out Carter. Teal'c is also momentarily stunned while Bra'tac rings the supersoldier out of the ship in mid-flight. Back on Earth, Rafael and his men corner Daniel and Lee, but are gunned down by the just-arriving Burke and O'Neill. Chalo, however, has again returned to life. O'Neill empties his P-90 into him — to no effect. Burke blasts the self-resurrecting Chalo to hell with a grenade-launcher. With the Goa'uld device in hand, Daniel, Lee and O'Neill return home. O'Neill promises to find Burke — who turned out not to be such a bad guy after all — a cozier assignment. SG-1 reunites at Stargate Command. Aside from a few minor injuries, all is well. Now comes the hard part — finding a way to turn the power of the Ancient artifact against Anubis' new and even more powerful army. (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM))
(more)Cast
![Amanda Tapping](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/433/162433556_275554.jpg)
Amanda Tapping
UK
Best series:
Supernatural (2005) (series)
The X-Files (1993) (series)
Stargate: Atlantis (2004) (series) - actor, a.f.
![Richard Dean Anderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/430/162430842_34dbb1.png)
Richard Dean Anderson
USA
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
Stargate: Atlantis (2004) (series)
Raising Hope (2010) (series)
![Michael Shanks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/433/162433637_18c805.jpg)
Michael Shanks
Canada
Best series:
Supernatural (2005) (series)
Stargate: Atlantis (2004) (series)
Project Blue Book (2019) (series)
![Christopher Judge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/433/162433633_86668a.jpg)
Christopher Judge
USA
Best series:
Final Space (2018) (series)
Stargate: Atlantis (2004) (series)
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002) (series)
![Don S. Davis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272075_d07dbf.jpg)
Don S. Davis
USA
Best series:
Twin Peaks (1990) (series) - actor, a.f.
Supernatural (2005) (series)
The X-Files (1993) (series)
![Carmen Argenziano](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/220/163220554_d0c196.jpg)
Carmen Argenziano
USA
Best series:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
House M.D. (2004) (series)
FlashForward (2009) (series)
![Tony Amendola](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274964_095a3e.jpg)
Tony Amendola
USA
Best series:
The Chosen (2017) (series)
Dexter (2006) (series)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016) (series)
![Dan Shea](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440779_a84665.jpg)
Dan Shea
Canada
Best series:
Supernatural (2005) (series)
The X-Files (1993) (series)
Stargate: Atlantis (2004) (series)
![Bill Dow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/363/162363121_fc7f4e.jpg)
Bill Dow
Best series:
The Killing (2011) (series)
The Good Doctor (2017) (series)
Strange Luck (1995) (series)
![David Palffy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/465/465122_00ef8c.jpg)
David Palffy
Canada
Best series:
The X-Files (1993) (series)
The Outer Limits (1995) (series)
Stargate SG-1 (1997) (series) - actor, a.f.
![Zak Santiago](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278582_207346.jpg)
Zak Santiago
Best series:
Peacemaker (2022) (series)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016) (series)
Hell on Wheels (2011) (series)
![Enrico Colantoni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/044/166044298_ebaf3f.jpg)
Enrico Colantoni
Canada
Best series:
Westworld (2016) (series)
Carmilla (2014) (series)
The Good Fight (2017) (series)
![Dan Payne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/233/165233443_20ffb5.jpg)
Dan Payne
Canada
Best series:
Battlestar Galactica (2004) (series)
Supernatural (2005) (series)
Dead Like Me (2003) (series)