Previously on Stargate sg—1
apophis: Finally, you've resumed
your rightful position as my first prime.
Apophis... is dead.
Gods cannot be killed.
You got his body back.
Getting his mind back may not be as easy.
It is good to see you, O'Neill.
You, too.
You appear to be well.
Well... forget appearances.
The back's gone, the knee's shot.
Forget curling.
You?
I am well again.
So I hear.
Welcome back.
I once again pledge to you my allegiance
and ask your forgiveness for succumbing
to the will of apophis.
Well, he did sort of have you over a barrel,
you being dead and all.
It was th rough the power of the sarcophagus
that I was forced to again believe that apophis was my god.
Sarcophagi will do that.
Dr. MacKenzie has convinced me otherwise.
You convinced yourself, Teal'c.
All I did was shine a light
on something you already knew.
You know, uh, just for fun...
I'd love to hear you say it out loud.
That apophis is a false god?
That the Goa'uld are nothing more than parasites?
Yeah, that stuff.
I hope to one day restore your trust in me, O'Neill...
And to return to your service, general Hammond.
What do you think?
After you.
Hello, old friend.
Master bra'tac. It has been too long.
So it has.
Your friends of earth took great pains in bringing me here.
He is deceiving you.
Uhh!
Teal'c.
Shol'va!
Uhh!
Oh!
What are you doing?
If Teal'c won't hear the truth in words,
he must learn of it another way.
The only way leftto us.
Hammond: Master bra'tac, before we proceed—...
We waste time.
Please explain to me what it is you hope to achieve
by depriving Teal'c of his symbiote.
I hope to save him.
By killing him?
If necessary. See,
ithink we disagree
on the meaning of the word "save."
You would have him remain this way?
Loving a false god? Spitting and cursing?
No.
There may be other methods we haven't considered.
I have seen your methods.
You underestimate the hold apophis has on Teal'c's heart.
In time you will have little choice butto lock him away,
for he is far too dangerous an enemy
to have in your midst.
The rite of m'al sharran
is the only way.
Lastrite.
Bra'tac: To save Teal'c's soul,
firstwe musttake him to to very threshold of death.
On chulak, it is said that when awarrior is dying,
the events that forged him wash over his mind like a great wave.
His whole life passes before his eyes.
We have a similar—...
What does that get us?
Through his fever and hallucination,
he will relive his true path,
buried beneath this lie.
You've done this before?
Twice... in my 137 years.
So you know it works.
Neither Jaffa had the strength
to turn back from the precipice.
But I am content they died free.
Teal'c would ask for nothing more.
I owe him that.
Do you?
He's in and out of consciousness.
His temperature is rising. His b.P. Is falling.
Teal'c's immune system is failing.
If we don't return his symbiote within the next few hours—...
Do nothing.
I can't do that.
Bra'tac made his case.
Hammond gave the go—ahead.
I see.
Then iwill take this up with him.
Do you count yourself among Teal'c's friends?
Of course.
Then stay.
When the time comes, he may need your help
to find his way back to us.
Can you hear me, old friend?
Kal kek ma'I shol'va.
And where is your god now, Teal'c?
He will come.
I don'tthink so, buddy.
I know we've been over this a fewtimes,
but in case you weren't listening,
I am 100% s—sure...
99% sure apophis is dead.
Teal'c: He has deceived you, O'Neill,
as I've deceived you all these years,
claiming to be in the service of the tauri.
Right.
I have never left the service of my lord apophis,
and I never will.
So all thattime you were helping us out,
saving the world, killing goa'ulds—...
Subterfuge.
Savvy.
You can take my life, but you can never
take away my loyalty to my god.
I die in his name.
I die for you, my lord!
Enough.
Do you know me, Teal'c?
You are the shol'va bra'tac.
There was atime I was once the first prime
and loyal servant of your lord apophis.
You were my apprentice.
Kektal shree shol'va.
Remember.
Remember, Teal'c!
It was glorious.
For years we fought side by side.
In battle.
In his name.
My lord apophis.
My lord apophis...
Your enemy is defeated.
You have won the day.
Shal, met, bra'tac.
Rise.
You have done well
and will know my gratitude.
You do me honor.
In displaying great skill and cunning,
these three most honored your name in battle.
Tell me of this one.
Bra'tac: His name is Teal'c, my lord,
my apprentice.
And, with your blessing, my successor.
Who was your father?
He is the son of—...
Let him speak.
If he is to take your place as my first prime one day,
I must know he has atongue.
My father was ro'nak, first prime of cronus,
who was murdered for failing to win an unwinnable battle.
My family was exiled to chulak.
He failed his god.
He did not.
Sh ek, kree, Teal'c!
My lord, I speak only the truth.
The battle could not have been won.
Your father should have died trying.
He was a coward.
My lord, my father was not.
Aaaah!
Uh, what was that?
A conjured memory.
The first of many.
He's obviously in a lot of pain. At least let me give him—...
Pain is what we seek.
Teal'c's path was laid down with suffering.
It is the path he must take to return to us.
At the moment, he's unconscious.
All the better.
All the better?
It is his unconscious mind we must reach.
I know my ways are foreign to you,
buti have known Teal'c longer than any of you have lived.
I have walked his path.
You cannot hope to understand
the darkness in his heart as I do.
Trust in me.
All of you.
We do.
Whatever you need.
For the moment,
I must meditate in kelnoreem.
This rite will take most of the night,
and I am tired from my long journey here.
In the meantime, stay with him.
Speakto him.
He won't be able to hear us unless—...
Perhaps not in his mind, but in his heart.
Even in silence he will know of your presence.
But you words will force him to remember.
Challenge him when he does.
Question his beliefs.
Without his symbiote,
he will not resist reason so readily.
Carter, maybe you could show bra'tac to the v.I.P. Room.
Yes, sir.
I hope you understand how difficult it is for us
to just stand by while Teal'c is in such obvious agony,
especially Dr. Fraiser.
Humans concern themselves too much with pain.
Yeah, we also don't approve of torture.
The greater torture would be to leave him as he is.
Teal'c is strong. Stronger than I.
Oh, I don't know. You're the fittest 137—year—old I know.
Heh. Perhaps.
But I am nearing the end of mytime.
Kelnoreemis more and more difficult.
The symbiote I carry within
will mature within 2 years.
It will be my last.
Why?
Even if I could procure another,
the new symbiote would reject me.
It is how old warriors die.
Well, maybe we can find some way to help you.
Life for the sake of life means nothing.
Neither for me nor for Teal'c.
Do you understand?
Ithinki do.
Either he will return to us as we know him,
or he will not return.
You want to go first?
Sure.
I'll go. Yeah.
So, explain this to me one more time.
You honestly believe that from the moment
you broke us out of that prison on chulak
that you've been serving apophis?
Because I gotta tell you, as your best friend,
at least in this whole wide world,
that makes absolutely no sense at all.
I mean, that would make you
the most ineffective double agent
in the history of double agenting.
Va'lar...
What?
Va'lar...
Teal'c, are you all right?
I met him.
I spoke to him.
With apophis himself?
You were granted an audience?
As a reward for my deeds in battle.
I don't understand. How did he reward you?
When they brought you here, you were so weak.
He punished me.
Then you must've failed him in some way.
This day I struck down
a hundred of apophis' enemies.
You fought well, Teal'c. None would deny that.
But he is a god, and if you fail him,
by sparing even one enemy's life
that was yours for the taking, he will know.
This was not for the battle.
What god would punish a son for loving his father?
Your god. Yes, but—...
Never question that again.
Warrior: Quiet!
Today you served apophis well in battle.
Serve him well again tomorrow
and you may live to see another day.
"Valar." is that what he said?
I thought he said "velour."
"Velour?" "velour."
The fabric? That's what I heard him say.
Why would he say that?
I don't know. Why would he say "valar"?
I don't know.
Va'lar was my friend.
What? Teal'c.
O'Neill...
What is happening?
Why am I restrained?
Well, you were sort of trying
to kill everyone these past few weeks.
I could never have harmed you.
The rite of m'al sharran has been successful.
Please release me.
Um, nice try, but no.
I am not your enemy.
We are brothers. Daniel Jackson—...
Tell us about va'lar.
I have not heard that name in many years.
I trained with him under bra'tac.
We served in the personal guard of apophis.
If you do not return my symbiote to me, iwill die.
What happened to him?
He failed his god.
His god?
You mean that...
Scum—sucking, overdressed,
boom box—voiced, snake in the head?
Latest on our long list of dead bad guys?
Colonel, his heart rate just doubled.
Ha'shak!
That I understood.
Do you think I don't know what you're doing to me?
We hope you do.
No Jaffa can survive the rite of m'al sharran.
You are allowing bra'tac to kill me!
Where is he? Shol'va!
Where are you?
B.p. Is crashing. Let's start an I.V.
Where are you, shol'va?!
Are you afraid to face me?!
Where are you?
Kal mek?
Aah!
Were itruly your enemy, you would be dead.
This is pointless.
I am not blind.
In battle, you must use all your senses.
Once again.
You have died enough for one day.
We begin again in the morning.
Without this.
Do you believe you can defeat
the first prime of apophis in a challenge?
I am the stronger.
Shall I fire and stop this waste of time...
Or will you learn?
I was not prepared.
There are no second chances in battle.
You have ears to hear and eyes to see,
but you will not learn!
Shall I put us both out of our misery?
The choice is mine.
Who can stop me?
Apophis?
Yes.
So you believe our lord apophis is all—seeing?
All—powerful?
He is agod. Is he?
In battle, Teal'c,
faith will not save you.
Blind faith least of all.
Rely on your own strength
and your own wits...
Or you are of no use to me.
Jackson: Ithinkthe point that Jack was trying to make
is that you're generally
Avery extremely logical person,
and therefore your assertion
that you never left the service of apophis
is so completely illogical,
almost to the point of making absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Do you not know the meaning of faith, Daniel Jackson?
Ithinki do.
Then you should know that my faith in apophis is beyond question.
Still, if you remember me,
and you remember Jack, then you must remember
at some point questioning your faith.
N ever.
Apophis is a god.
False god.
Dead false god.
Your words cannot change the truth.
They're not my words, Teal'c. They're yours.
Of course, you were wrong at the time
because he wasn't actually dead, but that's neither—...
Lies!
The point is, there was atime in your life
when you realized the Goa'uld can't all be gods.
Every symbiote a Jaffa carries
will take a human host if given the chance
and become a Goa'uld.
How can they all be gods?
Do not test my temper, woman.
I know you honor bra'tac.
I said do nottest my temper!
But you have no choice butto tell apophis of his betrayal.
Bra'tac is my master.
Apophis is your god.
If I am everto be first prime of apophis,
I must first honor bra'tac.
You have seen the power of apophis!
You have seen his chariots rise from the ground,
walk th rough the wall of water within the chappa—ai—...
As I have done.
Explain how a wall of light can leave his palm
and th row a warrior across the square if he is not a god.
I cannot!
Yet neither have I seen awarrior greater than bra'tac.
Then you are the servant of 2 masters.
What am ito do, drey'auc?
Come to bed.
A woman? Did——did he just call me a woman?
Yes, I believe he did.
He's still unconscious?
In and out.
Obviously delirious.
How's junior doing?
The symbiote is fine for now.
Although I don't know what we're gonna do with it if we let Teal'c die.
But it won't be my problem.
I'll have already resigned if we let this go that far.
Look, Janet, I know how you feel, but—...
No. I'm a doctor, Sam.
This goes against every part of me
to just stand by and do nothing.
I don'tthinkthat we're doing nothing.
Yeah.
Is it working? Has he said anything?
He talked about fabric briefly.
He just called me a woman.
So ithink it's working.
Well, something's happening.
Well, it looks like we're in for the whole night.
We should probably take turns sitting with him.
Yeah, all right. I'll come back in a couple of hours.
Daniel, you go after me.
Then ithinkwe'll all want to be here.
H ey, Teal'c.
Look, I don't know how good I'm gonna be at this,
but, um...
I guess the importantthing
is justto be there for you.
Major Carter.
How can you allow them to do this to me?
Teal'c...
I have no wish to die, major Carter.
You and doctor fraiser could yet save me.
You're not gonna die.
I am being murdered as we speak.
We're helping you.
Help me escape.
Please. Oh, god.
Teal'c, we want you to remember.
Do you believe in a god, major Carter?
This isn't about me.
How would it be if you were punished
for loving your god as I love mine?
It's not the same.
I cannot help whati believe.
You believe in freedom, Teal'c.
You believe in justice,
in protecting people from false gods.
You despise everything apophis was.
He failed his god.
He——he failed...
God.
Teal'c?
Teal'c.
Why have you returned from the planet?
I need to speak with you.
Speak now. Apophis has summoned me.
Alone. Please.
The battle did not go well.
Ra's warriors were in far greater numbers than we believed.
You were given a battalion.
Ra sent his gliders down upon us.
We were flanked, bombarded from the sky.
There was no choice but to retreat.
Sh ek, kree, va'lar.
It was th e only way to save my men.
And yourself. No!
I intend to return, and with greater numbers,
I will drive ra's warriors from their foothold.
Please.
Tell him I am no coward.
If given the chance, iwill yet prevail.
I swear it.
Go to our sleeping quarters.
Wait for me there.
Teal'c...
It would have profited no one
merely to fight and die.
You may yet wish you had.
My lord, we are at your service.
Who did you entrust with this campaign?
Va'lar of chulak, my lord.
A promising warrior.
Yet he has returned in disgrace.
Perhaps not in disgrace, my lord,
but as part of a cunning strategy...
To with draw only to return in greater numbers
to crush an overconfident enemy.
Va'lar himself would like to lead the second wave.
Does he? My lord, allow me to—...
You would've done the same in his place, would you, Teal'c?
No, my lord.
You would've held your ground in the name of your god?
Yes, my lord.
Then return with him to his place of shame
and kill him.
Yes, my lord.
Jaffa...
Kek shal kree shol'va!
You may take solace for what you are about to do, Teal'c.
I should have died on this battlefield.
Please tell apophis I died well,
honoring his name.
Rise.
There is a small village 2 or 3 days' walk south of the city.
You may find shelter.
Do not allow yourself to be captured by either side.
Teal'c, you cannot do this.
Even for me. He will know.
We shall see.
I am more willing to face my punishment
that to live knowing what apophis will do to you.
For your sake you must!
Go now and never show your face again.
He is a god, Teal'c.
He will know that you have spared me.
We shall see.
It is done.
You have promise, Teal'c.
You didn't stay away long.
You should talk.
You can go in there, you know.
I know.
General... if Teal'c were here,
he'd say you made the right decision.
If hewere here. Heh.
He'll be back.
If not, Teal'c will be sent
to a high security facility
and placed in solitary confinement.
When his symbiote matures in 4 or 5 years...
I won't do that to him, Jack.
No, sir.
Of course not.
What is wrong, Teal'c?
3 days ago, I led a battalion
to retake a planet that had been occupied by ra's army.
Apophis ordered me to burn avillage
of ra's followers to the ground.
You did this?
Yes.
Then sleep well
in the knowledge that you have served apophis.
I cannot close my eyes...
Without seeing the innocent faces
of women and children who lived there.
A Jaffa lived there also.
A warrior named va'lar.
No.
I banished him to that village to save his life,
only to take it away for fear that apophis would learn my secret.
I put my own life before that of an entire village
andthat of a dear friend.
No, you had no choice.
I did have a choice.
A son...
Will soon be born to us, Teal'c.
You must ensure that he has a father.
Our son will be born into a real home,
a gift from apophis himself.
It is the best life we can hope for.
Then why am I so ashamed?
Tekmate!
Master bra'tac! Tekmate!
Apophis has made you his first prime.
You are not pleased. No.
There is no greater honor among Jaffa
than to become first prime to one's god.
Ahh!
You know as well as I what the Goa'uld truly are.
We pretend, men like you and I,
so we may advance in rank and privilege,
but do not pretend to me now.
You know th e truth.
Can you look me in the face and say otherwise?
My entire life you've prepared me for this day.
Why?
I saw the spark of doubt in you
and the wisdom to keep that doubt unto yourself.
I saw you play the game with those who would play god.
If I do not believe in him, how can I serve?
Because there is no other choice butto serve.
The Goa'uld are powerful.
They have seen to it that we cannot live without them
and so it may be for all time.
But neither can they live without the Jaffa.
We are their true power.
I do not understand.
As first prime, that power will be yours.
When apophisthrows his armies intothe fire,
you will be there to temper his sword.
In so doing, you may save countless lives
as I have done in mytime.
And you have done all these things against his will?
His will can be made to bend,
but not always.
I have done deeds for which I cannot forgive even myself.
As will you.
Men such as you and I have only the comfort
of those times we make a difference.
Make a difference.
There.
Those are the humans who came through the chappa—ai?
They do not appear to be as formidable as I imagined.
Their weapons are not of Goa'uld design.
That may be so, Teal'c, but they are only 3.
There is something more.
A strength.
They know the taste of freedom.
Your dreams of freedom will be your undoing, Teal'c.
Perhaps so.
Pray they are not chosen as hosts.
That is the best fate you can wish for them.
What have I done?
He's in v—fib. Get the cart!
This is it!
Get bra'tac down here.
I'm returning the symbiote.
Stand aside!
If I don't return it immediately—...
Stand aside or his suffering will have been for nothing!
This is the moment when he must choose.
Stand aside, Dr. Fraiser.
Choose now, Teal'c.
Return to those who love freedom
or die in the name of a false god.
Choose!
Choose to be the warrior we know!
Renounce apophis and return to us!
It's now or never!
Choose!
Very well.
Let's move.
Kill th e rest.
Symbiote's in.
No change.
We waited too long. Charge to 200.
Charging.
Clear!
No pulse. Make it 360. Give me 5 of epi.
Charging.
Clear!
I can save these people!
Help me!
Help me.
Many have said that.
But you are the first I believe could do it.
I choose freedom.
The rite has succeeded.
He has returned to us.
O'Neill: Uh...
Just out of curiosity...
How do you feel about—...
Apophis is a false god.
A dead false god.
Huh?
That's good enough for me.
Get him out of those restraints.
Thank you, doctor. Well done.
Yes, sir. I'm glad it worked out, too.
H ey, Teal'c.
Major Carter.
Daniel Jackson.
Tekmate.
My friend.
General Hammond...
I once again pledge my allegiance
to you and the people of this world.
And I request permission to return to sg—I.
Permission granted.