George.
Jacob.
Colonel O'Neill. Teal'c.
Daniel. And Sam.
How you doin', kid?
I'm ok, dad.
So, you guys are the talk
of the tok'ra water cooler.
Yes, sir. For what?
Kickin' some major hathor behind.
Yes, we do take pride in good work.
But that's not why you're here.
No. We need your help.
You need ourhelp?
With what?
Let's just call it a Goa'uld hunt.
(Electronic beeping)
Daniel: It's fascinating.
No kidding.
A projected hologram with no silver halide—coated plates
no photopolymer film, no—...
Actually, I was talking about
what'sbeing projected. It's like a...
A family tree of the ancient Egyptian gods.
Actually, of the Goa'uld system lords.
Ra...
Apis, hathor...
Heru—ur...
The symbol of setesh is oscillating.
That isthe symbol for setesh.
Have you met him, Teal'c
I have met descendants of his Jaffa.
All right.
Who's this... setesh fella?
Otherwise known as s'tec...
Set. SETI. Seth.
Ancient Egyptian god of chaos, embodiment of hostility and...
Outright evil.
Why haven't we heard of him before?
Well, I'm guessing we haven't even scratched the surface
on meeting all the Goa'uld system lords.
There's probably thousands we haven't even heard of, right?
Only dozens of the ranks of systems lords.
Thousands of goa'ulds in general.
What makes you think we would've metthis one?
The tok'ra council has been taking
a Goa'uld census of sorts...
Where the, uh, system lords have positioned themselves,
what domain they rule, who serves under them.
That sort of thing.
Butthere's one Goa'uld we've lost track of.
Seth?
Our record of him ends when the earthscape
was buried in ancient Egypt.
Well, uh... are you saying he never left?
That's our theory.
We think he still might be here...
Hiding among earth's people.
All right, we'll be cutting to the chase on this one.
You want us to help you findthis snakehead,
who, if he's here at all,
would be hiding in one of 6 billion people on earth?
Yes.
How do you know he's still alive?
He's alive if he has a sarcophagus.
Or if he changes hosts every 400 years or so.
But if he were here,
why wouldn't he have tried to get at the Stargate
sometime between when it was buried and now?
Or why wouldn't he try to take over the earth
like ra did?
Seth had a hefty price on his head.
He tried to overth row ra.
Now, the system lords wanted him dead,
as did the tok'ra.
We believe if he's still here,
it's because he's using earth
as a place to hide out.
He wishes to remain hidden among you.
Kind of gives needle in a haystack
a whole new meaning.
(Laughs) Well, I know it's a long shot.
Daniel: Not necessarily.
Remember, setesh is a Goa'uld.
Yeah.
As a Goa'uld,
he will never lose his thirst for power.
Andthey do have a pretty common m.O.
For getting that power.
False religion.
Which shrinks the proverbial haystack considerably.
Let me do some homework, see if I can trackthem
through archeological and historical record.
Do it.
(Machinery beeping)
So, dad, you don't really think
we have a chance of finding this Goa'uld, do you?
Well, it's the mission garshaw assigned me.
You didn't request it?
Dad?
(Laughs) Why would I request it, huh?
Come on, would it be so awful to admit
that you justwanted a chance to see me?
Of course not. You're right.
That's why I requested it.
(Laughs) Ok, so that's obviously notthe reason.
What's going on?
(Doors close)
(Voice of selmak) It is I who requested the assignment.
Selmak.
Nice to see you once again, captain Carter.
Likewise.
So, let me ask you the same question.
Your father has an unresolved issue
here on your planet,
and frankly, it's beginning to irritate me.
Mark.
Yes.
Your father's a proud man.
He refuses to seek out your brother
and mendtheir relationship.
Yeah.
Well, Mark isn't exactly rushing
into my father's arms, either.
Even when we thought dad was going to die,
he wouldn't take my call.
It hurt your father deeply
when his son didn't come to him
on his death bed.
(Normal voice) Now, why would it hurt?
As far as I was concerned,
the kid wasn't my son anymore.
It didn't hurt a bit.
Dad...
I have a number for Mark in San Diego.
So?
I justthought you might want to know.
When was the lasttime you saw him?
I haven't seen him since either of his kids were born.
I guess he paints me with the same brush
as he does you.
Well, selmak's pushing me
to go mend some fences.
I guess selmak is as wise as they say.
Look, I'll go with you. When do you want to do it?
No. I didn't say I'd go.
I just said selmak's pushing it.
So, what's the bad news?
On the contrary.
We have good news.
Samantha: You do?
I did atimeline boolean search
for "religion," "cult," "set," "setesh,"
"setek," "Seth." Yad da.
And here's what I found.
It appears there's been a cult of setesh
throughout history in one form or another
since around 1000 bc.
What is that?
Oh, yeah, that.
Well, setesh was represented
by an animal that was either fictitious or now extinct.
Most likely the former rather than the latter,
since anthropologists haven't discovered any fossils
to point to a species like this ever existing.
Because the creatu re represents setesh,
the helmets of the setesh guard
have continued to be the source of many jokes
among the Jaffa.
Jaffa jokes?
Let's hear one of them.
I shall attempt to translate one, O'Neill.
A serpent guard, a horse guard,
and a setesh guard meet on a neutral planet.
It is atense moment.
The serpent guard's eyes glow.
The horse guard's beak glistens.
The setesh guard's nose drips.
(Laughs)
(Stops laughing)
Ok. Ahem. After Seth was supposed killed
in ancient Egypt along with all his minions,
a similar god showed up in Greece called typhon.
Similar back stories and domains,
another fictitious animal representation.
In one of typhon's last legends,
he killed 300 followers and then disappeared from Greece.
Now, at that point, he seemed to vanish
from recorded history altogether
until I foundthis.
A new cult arose in england in the early 18005,
strangely enough, near the location of stonehenge.
The cult had an enigmatic leader named Seth.
They were constantly under attack
by the ch ristians then.
And this is the important part—...
Seth's worshippers, all of them, were found dead,
having slit their own th roats,
but Seth's body was never found.
The guy liked to leave
a lot of dead bodies behind.
Did you lose the scent there?
Well, ithought so, until on a whim,
I did a search on the us. Government classified net,
in case the CIA had a record
of something somewhere.
And guess what came up on the atf page—...
A cult whose leader is named Seth,
just north of Seattle.
The atf are investigating him now
because th ey've become so heavily armed and fortified.
This guy has about 50 followers
who are all apparently ready to die for him.
You mean to say you actually found this guy?
How do we know he's our Goa'uld?
Deprogrammed ex—members of the cult
describe Seth as having magical powers
and the ability to heal.
They also claim he's murdered several members
in front of the others.
And here's the best part.
Several independent reports have stated
that the cult leader can make his own eyes glow.
This is the place.
The main building's about 3/4 of a mile
up that drive.
I sure hope you can shutthese guys down.
I've had a lot of parents come into my office.
They losttheir kids to this nut.
I haven't got the manpower or the, uh...
What you call probable cause that you federal types do.
Well, we'll do what we can, sheriff.
We appreciate you letting us look around.
Police radio: Sheriff, we got a fight breaking out
down at Earl's.
Duty calls.
Well, it looks like you don't need me getting in your way.
Now, you give me a call if you need me, huh?
Jack: Will do.
(Door closes)
(Engine starts)
You people the FBI?
Nope.
Who are you?
Name's Jason Levinson.
I've been camping out here the past month
hoping to catch a glimpse of my boy Tommy,
at least know he's still alive.
He's been in there
(thunder)
You folks deprogrammers?
You better be good.
The guyi hired got shot in the leg
trying to get in there.
So, th ey've got some armed guards
is what you're saying?
A lot of them.
What's that damn small—town sheriff do about it?
Nothing. Not a damn thing.
(Thunder)
You're the father, aren't you?
Your boy's in there.
No, no, no. You've gotthat wrong.
My son isn't in there.
Uh—huh.
How much would you tack on
to get my boy out the same time as his?
You help us, we might be able to help you.
I'm with you, sir.
That won't be necessary,
but we could use any information you might have—...
Whatyour guy did, where he went in,
where he got caught, that kind of stuff.
You got it.
The fence is in the wide open
on most of the property,
but I'll show you brush cover
if you want to go in.
O'Neill,
you're being surveilled.
Yeah, I saw him.
It's probably FBI, maybe atf.
You guys are prepared.
I'm going with you.
I think it'd be safer for everyone
if you'd wait for us here.
Jack: Ak—47s,
a couple of Uzis.
Anyone think they observed
the requisite 15—day waiting period
for those weapons?
Sir, their side arms.
I think it's safe to say there's a Goa'uld there.
And that looks like a pair of .50 cals.
Is the concept of overkill mean anything to anybody?
Let's fall back to the rv point.
Man: Lower your weapons.
I was wondering when you folks were going to show.
We got bets. I say FBI, they say atf.
Special agent James hamner, atf.
Dang.
General.
You want to tell me what interest
the air force has here?
That would be classified.
This way, gentlemen.
Are you guys special forces?
Jack: Also classified.
I was talking to your commanding officer, colonel.
He's right. That's classified.
I have top—level clearance.
Oh, nottop enough.
(Sighs)
You have a rather insubordinate subordinate, general.
He's not insubordinate to me,
only to people such as yourself.
It saves me the trouble.
Now maybe you could tell us
what you and your cohorts are planning here.
This compound is owned by a cult.
It's run by a charming guy,
goes by the name of Seth Fargo.
We've recently acquired intelligence
to confirm they have a horde of prohibited weaponry here.
That's some mighty fine intelligence you got there.
Jacob: So, what do you plan to do?
Surround the compound an d n egotiate,
try to get them to come out peacefully.
You have no idea what you're dealing with.
(Scoffs) And I suppose you do?
As a matter of fact—...
Great, then why don't you tell me?
Uh, that would be classified as well.
Fine. Well, I'll tell you what.
The United States air force
has not been invited to participate
in this operation,
therefore, you're out of your jurisdiction.
Therefore, I'm ordering you all to leave,
or I'll have you arrested.
This is a secure phone, is it not?
Can we use it to place one call?
Why not?
Thank you. Colonel.
Jack, based on Seth's history,
if these guys go in there guns a—blazing,
he's going to kill everyone in there.
Jacob, can we assume
some kind of brainwashing is going on in there?
It's probably nishta.
It's a biological compound that, once inhaled,
infects all tissue in your body,
including your brain.
It tends to make your mind extremely pliable.
That's like what hathor used.
It's stronger. It's more encompassing.
I believe that is the substance
apophis used on ry'ac.
Can it be reversed?
Nishta does have an achilles heel.
Once its effects are reversed,
it can't reinfect the host.
They become immune.
Ok, well, how do we reverse it?
There's only one way—— An electrical shock
strong enough to kill the organism,
but weak enough not to kill the host.
That is why it worked when I shot ry'ac
with the zat'nickatel.
Then we go in with zats.
Well, it's not going to be very covert
th at way.
And like I said,
any kind of frontal attack
is going to be a problem.
Daniel's right, sir.
Besides, with all the firepower he's got,
we wouldn't stand much of a chance anyway.
(Ringing)
Hamner.
Yes, Mr. President.
Yes, sir, I am the s.R.O.
Well, yes, sir, they are here, sir, but—...
With respect, sir,
the jurisdictional rules in this case are clear.
This is a civilian matter.
Are you sure you want to do that, sir?
Yes, Mr. President.
(Hangs up)
Get colonel O'Neill in here.
(Helicopter passes)
Something I can do for you?
You want to tell me what's going on?
Didn't you say you know more than I do?
Well, apparently not.
I just got off the phone with the president.
Of the United States of America?
Sweet.
How's he doing?
He seems to have athing for you.
Yeah, well, you know.
In fact, I'm to issue you
an emergency special agent credential.
He's putyou in charge of this operation.
Excellent.
My first order of business—...
Get me one of those cool jackets,
extra large.
Double xl, if you got it.
You want to tell me why the air force
cares so much about this cult?
You want to do me a favor?
On your way out, send myteam in.
Your team.
That's an odd bunch of people, colonel.
Civilian scientists.
This Seth guy got some kind of secret weapon
you don't want the world to know about?
All right, listen.
Since you have clearance, I'll throw you a bone.
Seth and his boys gottheir hands on
some top—secret technology that we would prefer
not fall into the public consciousness just yet.
Compreh end?
Yeah.
Good.
Now, you've heard of classified?
You got it.
Thank you.
Did general Hammond
getthe president involved, sir?
Oh, yeah.
He's put me in charge here for the time being.
What do you suggest, O'Neill?
Well...
I'm thinking we need to get in there.
Ok. How?
The floor's open.
Well, I was thinking about that.
If Seth's m.O. Hasn't changed from his history,
we know certain things from digs in giza
and in the valley of the kings.
We do?
For example, many Egyptian leaders
builttheir compounds with underground escape tunnels.
Teal'c: That is correct.
The prophets had them built into his facilities.
Ok, so we should do a perimeter search
outside the fence
and look for those tunnel entrances.
Ah, that's a lot of territory.
We'll have Mr. Hamner's men help us.
(Sensors clicking)
Man: Take it down
ok, let's get inside there. This way.
Man: Ain't nothing here.
O'Neill!
We've got a point of entry. Now what?
As soon as we get near anyone on the inside,
we could get compromised and shot.
Daniel: Or worse.
We get dosed with that organism,
and all of the sudden we're working for Seth.
It won't work on me or Teal'c.
Samantha: Yeah, but he'll sense you're goa'ulds
as soon as you're within 50 feet.
I mean, with the arsenal he's got,
we wouldn't even get close to him
without being gunned down.
Which is why you're not going in.
All right.
Dad, you said an electrical shock
like a zat gun would snap us out of it.
Yeah.
Sir, ithink I have an idea.
Give me a test count.
I Mississippi,
3 Mississippi,
(echoes)
Carter?
It'll work, sir, assuming dad's right.
Dad?
If the jolt is big enough, it'll work,
but you'll have to stay under the nishta control
long enough for itto spread through all your tissues.
Otherwise, it'll regain a stronghold in your body.
Give me a10 count.
(Echoes) Uh, I, 2, 3, 4, 5—...
That's good.
You ready for yours, captain?
One second.
Ok, Teal'c, push the button.
(Electricity crackling)
Ow! H ey!
(Teal'c flips switch)
Samantha: Ok.
Wire me.
So, Daniel, you feel pretty certain
that if we get caught,
he'llturn us into one of his zombies
rather than kill us?
Well, we're more valuable to him that way.
Why?
How do you think he'll use us?
Well, historically, he used women as a harem.
They catered to his every whim,
and as a result, they were well cared for.
Super.
And the men outside the main court
were used mostly as warriors and guards,
protecting his compound
and pretty much doing his bidding.
Dare I ask about the men
inside the compound?
They were turned into eunuchs.
Eunuchs as in snippety doo—dah?
Sweet.
(Clicking)
(Door unlocks)
Daniel.
What?
Now what?
Why are you asking me?
Well, you——you knew there'd be tunnels, so...
Well, in the digs, there were stairs
leading up to the main structure.
(Energy surges)
I hate when that happens.
Hey.
Seth: Welcome.
Who are you?
Well, I'm Larry, this is moe,
and, of course, everyone's favorite, curly.
Say good—bye to your impure military past.
We're always happy to welcome new disciples
to the bliss that only Seth can bestow.
(Hissing)
(Coughs)
So help me, if iwake up,
and I'm singing soprano...
(Energy surges)
(Birds chirping)
Woman: Welcome, disciple.
How are you feeling?
Ok. Pretty good.
Good. Do you feel strong enough
to be in service of your god Seth?
Yes, of course.
This way.
They are awake.
Shall I activate the devices?
(Voice of selmak) No.
We must wait to be sure the nishta
has permeated their tissues before negating it.
How long?
About an hour.
It's a smart virus.
If there's any unaffected tissue
remaining in the body,
it will give the organism a safe harbor
in which to mutate.
Then it will overtake the body once again.
Excuse me.
You mind if iwatch?
I mean, my son's in there, you know?
I just want to be involved.
(Normal voice) I'm afraid I can't letyou in here, sir.
I'm sorry.
Yeah.
I figured.
Grab a cup of coffee?
Sure. Go ahead.
Oh!
I'm sorry.
It won't happen again.
I've just been kind of short—fused
since I found out about Tommy.
I understand.
I had to find out from his college roommate,
because Tommy and me hadn't been talking
for something like 6 months before they sucked him in.
I do not understand.
How could a father not speak to his son
for so long atime?
You know, that's the funnything about it.
I don't even remember why.
Obviously something pretty stupid
in the scheme of things.
I'll get out of your hair.
Do human parents not love their children
unconditionally?
Well...
Sometimes things get complicated.
Many things are complicated, general Carter.
In Jaffa society,
loving one's children is not one of them.
In human society, sometimes it is.
With these weapons I have provided,
we will defend against any incursion
by the impure forces outside our gate.
Let no other gods draw you away from Seth.
All: Seth is life.
Seth is happiness.
Seth is almighty.
Again.
All: Seth is life. Seth is happiness.
Seth is almighty.
Again.
All: Seth is life.
Seth is happiness.
Seth is almighty.
You were once blended,
were you not?!
Blended?
No entry marks.
But still...
I sense atrace.
Bring me those who came with her.
General Carter, there's a problem.
What?
It's nothing we can't handle.
He made your people, didn't he?
We don't know yet.
Who sentyou?
The system lords?
The tok'ra?
I am your god.
You will tell me what I want to know.
Who does your military work for—...
The system lords or the tok'ra?!
I have avague recollection
of what you're talking about.
The tok'ra.
Is it nottime enough?
No choice. Do it now.
(Zap)
We work for a deprogrammer who hired us
to come remove one of your disciples.
But now we are enjoying the bliss that is Seth.
How is it possible that you enjoy the bliss...
When you are able to lie to Seth?
My lord, the impure forces that you have prophesied
are surrounding the compound.
You will pay eternally for bringing this down upon us.
Take them and kill them.
Go!
Uh, quick question about old Seth.
What happened?
It's ok. We're here to help you.
Soldier: Go! Go! Go!
Soldier: Let's go.
We must distribute them throughout the compound.
We cannot allow the impure access
to all we have built up here.
Um, Daniel.
Tom.
Levinson?
Yeah.
I'm really confused.
Who are you?
We're friends of your father.
Where are the zats?
Zats?
These?
Now, can you activate those transport rings?
Ithinkso.
Tom, I need you to starttransporting people out of here.
Can you handle that?
I——I guess.
Good.
I have to prepare for the worst.
If your people have been caught and I don't act,
it's on me if they get killed.
It won't be on you. It'll be on me.
It will reside on me, also.
Carter, go with them. Make sure they get out of here.
Ok, ithink I've been very patient.
Get all the medical teams up here stat,
and some blankets and shoes.
Come on, you guys. Get in here.
Ok, come on. Let's go. This way.
Come on.
How dare you challenge the power that is Seth?
(Snarls)
(Electronic beeping)
Bomb? Bomb.
Tommy?
Tommy.
Ok? Ok.
I'm ready. Rightthis way.
General Carter.
Our friends have been neutralized.
I must go in.
At least selmak will get help.
Who's selmak?
It's a long story.
(Explosion)
This way.
Teal'c, stay outside and cover the other end.
Make sure he doesn't get out another way.
Woman: Christian?
Christian: Yeah?
(People whispering)
Dad?
Where are you going?
Setesh used a hand device
on colonel O'Neill and Daniel. Are you ok?
I'm fine.
Carter, he's down here!
Woman: I haven't seen him.
Setesh!
(Speaking alien language)
Dad!
(Selmak's voice) Your father will survive. Stop Seth.
How?
I can't control this.
You have the will within you.
You must summon it.
Carter: Hey!
You killed him.
Hail, Dorothy.