Carter: This is well over 1,000 meters high.
O'Neill: And as pyramids go, that's... big.7
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?
There is a breathable atmosphere, sir,
but no complex life signs.
(Whirring)
(Whirring stops)
This isa major find. I have to see this.
You, too?
Look atthese readings. Sir, these are leptons.
Get out.
Butthat means something inside this pyramid
is slowing down neutrinos.
Normally, neutrinos pass rightthrough ordinary matter,
no matter how dense.
I mean, something like
just passed th rough you.
No matter how dense?
No. A material that slows neutrinos
could change everything we know about physics,
the formation of the universe.
Wait a minute, Sam.
Get, uh——get closer.
I can't. The map's too big to cross the span.
Then zoom in...
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...
By my gran dfather.
I could name at least a dozen different
crystal skulls from various parts of the world,
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.
He was, uh...
Anyway, the point is that no one can explain
how the skull that Nick discovered was carved
from a single piece of crystal againstthe grain
given the technology of the day.
He claimed that it possessed a certain... power.
What kind of power?
That if one were to look into the eyes of the skull,
one would be teleported to see... aliens.
Your grandfather sawthese aliens?
So he insisted to the entire academic community.
I take it his claim didn't go over very well.
As you might imagine, no.
Um, he tried for years under controlled conditions
to make the skull teleport him again
to where the aliens lived,
but he never could.
Doesn't mean he wasn't right.
The academic community didn't believe your theory
that the pyramids were landing sites
for alien spaceships either.
We have to see this.
I'll authorize a standard recon mission.
Woman: Colonel, I can only guess at the effect
this type of radiation may have on the human body.
I recommend limited exposure,
10, 15 minutes at most.
Wait a minute. That's not enough time.
I mean, there has to be some sort of radiation suit—...
Hey, if you'd been listening,
you'd know that nintendos pass through everything.
I heard.
Everything.
O'Neill: Whoa!
Carter: Muon radiation is increasing.
UN healthy?
I don'tthink so, sir, not if it stays at these levels.
Whoever the builders are,
they would appear to be a formidable race.
You could fit every pyramid on earth inside
this thing and still have room to spare.
Can you imagine heating this place?
O'Neill: Major, start the clock.
It's identical to the one Nick discovered in Belize.
Can you determine if it is a means of transport
as your gran dfather believed?
Uh, I can't be sure.
There's no writings of any kind on the pedestal.
Carter: This cavern must act
like some sort of containment block.
It's no wonder Nick was so fascinated with it.
If I can get a sample of the substance
that's slowing down these neutrinos,
we can 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%.
What?
All right, that's it. We're out of here.
Daniel?
Where did he go?
He seemed to disappear.
Sir, these readings are off the scale now.
If we don't leave here soon...
Teal'c, get out of there!
Incoming travelers, sir. It's sg—I.
Open the Iris.
Get a medical team in here!
Aah!
Where's Dr. Jackson?
He's coming to, sir.
Carter. Data?
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...
H ot.
Yes, I know.
We're trying to keep your temperature down.
Muon radiation affected your hypothalamus.
Essentially, your internal th ermostat went haywire.
Your respiration, heartbeat, and your temperature
have been fluctuating wildly.
No kidding.
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 ateleportation device.
Recovering the skull may help us
to determine the location to which he was teleported.
The malp telemetry suggests
the radiation levels are still too high.
My symbiote provides me with a greater tolerance
againstthe effects of radiation.
And if thatthing zaps you
to wherever it sent Dr. Jackson?
Then iwill have succeeded in locating him.
Teal'c.
What happened?
Where is everybody?
You just ran rightthrough me.
Teal'c!
What the hell is going on?
H ey!
Well done, Teal'c.
Regrettably, there was no sign of Daniel Jackson.
Jackson: So itake it nobody else can see me either.
Dr. Rothman's awaiting the artifact in lab 3c.
Man: Yes, sir.
Major Carter will also want to stu dy it.
As soon as she's fully recovered.
Recovered from what?
What happened?
She's going to be fine, Teal'c.
Her exposure wasn't long enough
to cause any permanent damage.
O'Neill: Doc!
You can protest all you want, colonel,
but it'll be awhile before you get
your strength back, so relax.
Oh, come on.
Aah! Doctor's orders.
Napoleonic powermonger.
News?
Daniel Jackson was nowhere in the vicinity of the pyramid.
What the hell happened to him?
I do not believe the skull's aweapon, O'Neill.
Well, you're right about that. It's not a weapon.
It is indeed ateleportation device.
No. Something else happened.
Dr. Rothman is now studying it.
Rothman couldn't figure out an ashtray.
Guy we need working on that skull is Daniel.
It is he whom we endeavor to locate, O'Neill.
Look, I'm sick of laying around.
Help me up.
Dr. Fraiser believes you are not strong enough
to undertake such a mission.
Yeah. Whatever.
(Th ud)
Dr. Fraiser is usually correct in such matters.
(Muffled) Thank you.
You are welcome, O'Neill.
Ok, you can do this, Robert. I know you can.
Focus on the Mayan legends—...
The lost pyramids of Belize,
the Ballard skull—— That's where the answer is.
Well, it's a crystal skull.
We knew that, doctor.
(Sighs)
It's almost identical to the Nicholas Ballard skull in the Smithsonian.
He doesn't know it was found in p7x—377.
Actually, the craftsmanship is very impressive.
It's probably made in Germany
early 18005.
What I don't understand is what it has to do
with Daniel being missing.
We believe itto be ateleportation device.
Are you serious?
That's good, Robert. Be skeptical.
We were hoping your archeological expertise
could help provide insight
into where he may have been sent.
It's a skull!
Not that skeptical.
I myself witnessed the artifact
create atremendous field of energy
which engulfed Daniel Jackson.
It's made of crystal, not plutonium.
I don't see how this—...
Humor me, doctor!
I want a full report within 12 hours.
Yes, sir. I was—...
Do not look directly into its eyes.
Don't let me down, Robert.
Teleportation device?
What do you think?
I think you're gonna get fired.
Oh!
Teal'c...
In case I don't ever get the chance to...
Say this...
If you hadn't come back for me,
I might have been stuck in that place forever, so...
Thank you.
Is there someone present?
Yes.
Yes. It's me. It's Daniel.
I'm——I'm—— I'm right here.
I'm right here.
Just don't walk through me.
It's... very disconcerting.
You sensed iwas in the room.
You just can't see or hear me...
Which is a little frustrating, as you may imagine.
(Door slams)
Carter: Stop!
That is exactly what Daniel was doing
when he was absorbed by the energy field.
That's what I've been trying to tell him.
I know that.
I was trying to prove something.
Prove what? That the skull didn't do this.
You don'tthinkthe skull is responsible
for what happened to Daniel, do you?
I'm still here.
There was intense muon radiation at the time—...
There's no residual radiation.
Look, I saw what that thing is capable of.
Hey, I wish it was ateleportation device.
I could use it to go find Daniel.
He's my friend, too, you know.
I don'tthinkthat's what we've got here.
Ithinkwhat we've got here is a paperweight.
I'm sorry. I—...
That's my opinion.
It's all right. I'll take over from here.
There may be properties within the crystalline structure
that are invisible to the naked eye.
We should run some diagnostic tests.
Wait a minute.
Jackson: 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.
Man, on P.A.: Chevron 4 encoded.
Sir, we've subjected the skull
to every piece of diagnostic equipment we have.
Chevron 5 encoded.
What have you found out?
Nothing.
We could take another look at that planet, sir.
I'd strongly recommend against it.
We're still getting readings periodically from the malp
the radiation levels have dropped slightly, but they're still elevated.
Chevron 6 encoded.
We're preparing a uav for a long—range search
around the pyramid.
I don't see any point in risking another sgt unit
unless that search turns up something.
Man: Chevron 7 locked.
Launch when ready, sergeant.
Launch a uav in 5,
2, 1. Mark.
I can't believe I'm gonna suggestthis,
but what about Daniel's grandfather?
Nick?
Well, he claimed thatthe skull
teleported him somewhere.
He may be the only person who actually knows where Daniel is.
I'm not so sure, major.
I've already taken the Liberty of looking him up
oh, you didn't.
His current address is a psychiatric institution in Oregon.
Psychiatric?
Apparently, his failure to prove the crystal skull
was more than just a curiosity
caused a severe mental breakdown from which
he's never been able to fully recover.
Nick checked himself in.
Why wouldn't Daniel have told us that?
Oh, yes, by the way, he's insane.
Daniel was a regular visitor there up until 4 years ago
right before he joined the Stargate program.
Oh, please. He kicked me out. We had a huge fight.
Apparently, Nick still talks about him all the time.
He doesn't want anything to do with me.
The doctor I spoke to says any friends
of Dr. Jackson's are welcome.
What?
We don't have much else to go on.
Find outwhatyou can, buti need to remind you
the details of this matter will have to remain classified.
That means you won't be able to tell him
what happened to Dr. Jackson
or where the skull was found.
Woman, on P.A.: Dr. Harvey, please call local 1—3.
Dr. Nelson, please report to ward 2 east.
Wh ew.
Sorry for the wait.
Is there anything I can do for you?
You may take us to Nicholas Ballard immediately.
He's just a little anxious to see old Nick.
Oh. Are you close?
With Jackson: Yes. No.
Yes. Extremely.
Well, I'll just check and see if he's ready for you.
What am iwaiting for?
Nurse: Colonel O'Neill and his party are here.
Friends of Daniel itold 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.
Justtrustthem.
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.
Jackson: Oh, yeah. Here we go.
He staked his entire academic career
on this belief that
the great pyramids of Egypt
were made by aliens.
Yes. Well, that's—...
He was more insane than iwas.
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 2 years.
Now where is he?
Where is he now?
Carter: In a way, that's whatthis is all about.
We wanted to h ear exactly
what happened to you back in '71
when you first foundthe skull.
Nothing happened.
There were no aliens.
Trustthem, 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 th eories of the skull,
just as I did not believe histheories
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 at the moment.
But if you tell us about your experiences, we—...
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.
Hammond: Colonel, there is no greater secret
in this nation than the Stargate.
So we... keep him away from level 28.
A civilian?
Who's spentthe last 20 years of his life
in a psychiatric institution?
Exactly.
Who's going to believe him if he says anything?
Colonel, you walk a fine line.
Thank you, sir.
(Telephone rings)
Hammond.
General, I know you can't hear me, but thank you.
Absolutely. Put her through.
Kayla, sweeth eart, this is grandpa.
Isn'tthis past your bedtime?
(Ch uckles)
You lost another tooth.
Well, you put it under your pillowtonight.
I'll betyour big sister Tessa
wishes she lost atooth.
I'd love to come to see you
in your school play tomorrow night, sweeth eart, but can't.
Well, uh...
Avery close friend of mine is lost,
and he needs my help
yes, he's Avery close friend.
I hope so, too.
I don'tthink you should touch that, sir.
Uh, it's all right, sergeant. Thank you.
Nick, this is Dr. Robert rothman.
It's——it's a pleasure to meet you—...
It's exactly the same
as the one I found in Belize.
Where did you find it?
O'Neill: We can't tell you that.
You're going to have to tell him eventually, Jack.
The skull stood on a stone pedestal.
You have been there, haven'tyou?
You mean, Belize?
No, no, no, no, no.
That was the ruins of the temple
where I found the skull,
but it'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...
That the light of my torch never reach ed the bottom.
Yes, but how did you getthere?
I don't know how I got there.
A field of energy surrounded me,
and suddenly...
I 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 specters.
Now you know why no one believed it.
And then they spoke—...
(Speaking foreign language)
That——that's Mayan.
"Th—the enemy of my en——"
"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 on the temple in Belize.
And the ground was shaking,
as in an earthquake,
and I just grabbed the skull and...
And climbed down, 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 where you foundthe skull?
I spentyears trying to find it again,
but it was as if the temple never existed.
So I guess you couldn't take us there either.
Can you imagine what it feels like
to go on the most incredible journey of your life...
And have no one believe you?
Um...
Teal'c...
You want to escort Nick down to the vip room?
Nicholas Ballard, would you come with me, please?
So... tell you anything?
Oh... maybe.
I mean, I... uh... no.
Work on it.
He described the cavern perfectly, sir.
He had to have been there.
Uh, giants?
Yes, that's weird, I admit.
Somebody built that place.
Didn't help us.
But if he really was transported to p7x—377,
maybe the skull was trying to send me somewhere
and something interrupted the process.
Do you getthe feeling that Daniel's still around?
We have to go back there.
Kin da.
I guess it's 'cause we miss him.
And we have to talk to those giant aliens.
Or... radiation sickness.
Good night, sir.
What?
W—w——that's—— that's it?
Whatever happened to working th rough the night?
I'd do it for you.
Teal'c: There will be a guard posted
outside your door should you require assistance.
When you see Daniel, would you tell him I—...
Well, ne—ne—never mind.
It's something I should tell him myself.
Very well.
I am sorry.
Jackson: For what?
For not adopting you when your parents died.
You were traveling all over the world.
It wasn't you r fau lt.
I was 8 years old. How could it be my fault?
I am sorry for allowing my...
Obsession to drive me to madness.
Would you forgive me?
You can see me?
Yes, Daniel, I can see you.
Why didn't you say something?
You are not real, so... It doesn't mean anything.
No! No, 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... I'm trapped.
I'm in another dimension, I'm out of phase, something.
Look, all I know is I need your help.
If you don't help me, I don't know
how I'm going to get home.
So what do you want me to do?
Woman: 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.
Daniel?
Yes!
We have to go back to the planet,
and we have to let the skull finish what it started.
We must go back to the planet.
Plan et?
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 a 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——we have to trust it.
Why didn't you say something sooner?
I thought I... I was hearing voices.
It wouldn't have been for the firsttime.
Forgive me, but...
Why are you the only person who can see him?
Perhaps because...
Iwentthrough the same experience.
Tell general Hammond if we go back right now,
he might be able to see his granddaughter's school play after all.
General Hammond.
If you let us go now,
you may be able to see your granddaughter's play.
I was alone in my office when Kayla phoned.
Uh... Dr. Jackson,
are you absolutely certain
you and sg—I can safely return to the planet?
Say yes.
Yes.
It's good enough for me, sir.
So it wasn'tthe skull alone that did this.
It was its connection to the cavern?
Yes. Ithinkthe skull is justthe icon
that represents the human form.
Yes.
Daniel said you should come along to make it work?
Wait. I never said that.
You're taking advantage of me.
Yes.
(Loud whirring)
Oh!
So this is what you have been doing
these past few years.
Exploring planets.
Hammond: Sg—1, you have a go.
Maintain radio contact.
Then... behindthat...
There is another world.
You must tell me everything.
As soon as we get back, I promise.
After you, Nicholas Ballard.
(High—pitch ed whirring)
It's just as I remembered it.
This is where they live.
Now we must wait for the giant aliens.
Thatjust has a nice ring to it.
General Hammond.
We're in position.
Understood, colonel. Proceed.
(Radiation zapping)
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 that...
We're out of phase like Daniel, butteal'c isn't.
Why?
You're asking me?
General Hammond.
I was notteleported with the others.
Return to base immediately.
(Rumbling)
O'Neill: Holy smoke! Bullwinkle!
Hello!
What's your name?
Qu etlzelcoatl.
(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—— we're travelers.
We come in search of friendship
we'd like to exchange our knowledge
an d... cu ltu re.
We accept your proposition.
You may remain.
Me?
Him?
This is notthe firsttime you have journeyed 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.
Take notes.
I will.
You have to tell me everything.
I promise.
Daniel...
I am proud of you.
Good—bye...
Gran dpa.