Previously on Stargate sg—1
you can't take down the entire nid,
and th ey'll kill you for trying,
but you might be able to hold
the incriminating evidence over them
and get Hammond reinstated.
I'm not leaving till I get what I came for.
And what are you going to do?
Well, I was thinking about shooting you.
Kinsey's on line activites connect him to nid actions
over the last year and a half.
Hell, you've been back in time, forward in time—...
You've seen it all.
I just wonder how things turn out,
and iwonder how far you'd go
to stop me from becoming president of the United States.
(Applause)
Senator's been hit.
The assassination of senator Kinsey
has sent shock waves through Washington.
With his party's national convention
just weeks away,
the senator was considered by many
to be their most likely choice
for second spot on the presidential ticket.
Hey, I'm back.
What'd I miss?
Sir, senator Kinsey is dead.
He was shot.
What?
Yeah, it's been all over the news for three days.
I've been on vacation.
It looks like it was a professional hit.
The shooter took him out from a hotel room across the street
and then just disappeared.
Any suspects?
Police aren't saying anything.
It is reasonable to assume that a man in senator Kinsey's position
would have a great many enemies.
Colonel?
General...
I'm sorry to have to do this,
butthese men are here to escort you to Peterson.
From there you'll be flown to Andrews,
and then turned over to the civilian authorities in Washington.
Sir, what is this?
Colonel O'Neill is under arrest
for the murder of senator Kinsey.
What?
You'll have to come with us, sir.
I don't think so.
Colonel...
General, I've been on vacation.
I believe you, Jack,
but for the moment, we're going to have to cooperate.
There's no way colonel O'Neill could've done this.
I'm aware of that, major, but my hands are tied.
How could they possibly think that he's responsible?
He wasn't even in Washington.
Actually, it looks like he was.
Major Davis is acting as liaison
between the Pentagon and the district attorney.
He has a report for us.
Major? Thank you, sir.
This was taken from a security camera
in a hotel across the street from where the shooting occurred
just a couple of minutes after it happened.
Now, the trajectory of the bullet
indicates that the shot did in fact come from this hotel.
That doesn't prove anything.
No, but based on this evidence,
the f.B.I. Attained search warrants
to search both the colonel's house and his cabin.
They didn't find anything,
but a neighbor said they saw colonel O'Neill
dumping something down by the lake.
They sent down a diver, who came up with this.
Ballistics match it with the bullet that killed senator Kinsey.
Well, I don't know what else to say, sir.
It's certainly no secret that there was bad blood between them.
Oh, come on. They had a few run—ins.
That's hardly a motive for murder.
Okay, I've read the file on Kinsey, but it is a little vague.
The senator was involved with a group of individuals
who were unhappy with the way Stargate command was being run.
They tried to blackmail the general into resigning.
Colonel O'Neill found evidence
connecting Kinsey to their illegal activities,
andthreatened to go public unless he got them to back off.
So technically, Kinsey was protecting the sgc.
True, buti don'tthink he was very happy about it.
Still, that's not a motive to kill the guy.
That's a motive to keep him alive.
Unfortunately, we can divulge none of this information to the civilian authorities.
Senator Kinsey was shot in broad daylight,
on a public street, in front of a dozen civilian witnesses.
If we tried to shiftthis to a military court,
it would be a political disaster
for the current administration.
With all due respect, sir,
the current administration
owes a lot to the colonel.
I'm aware of that, major, as is the president.
Unfortunately, there's nothing he can do for colonel O'Neill atthis time.
On the other hand, I'm not a politician,
which is why I'm suspending sg—1's off—world duties
and assigning the three of you to get to the bottom of this.
You have the full resources of this command at your disposal.
Thank you, sir.
Dismissed.
(Buzzer)
Colonel...
How are you doing?
I'm accused of a murder I didn't commit.
How do you think I'm doing?
When are you supposed to gettransferred to Washington?
Couple of days.
General Hammond has suspended our off—world duties
in order that we may
investigate this situation further.
Unfortunately, it's not going very well.
There is evidence placing you at the scene of the shooting.
I was fishing.
Look, Kinsey wasn't exactly my best buddy,
and on occasion, I felt like beating the crap out of him,
but I didn't kill him.
They somehow
have avideo that clearly places you in Washington, DC,
three days ago.
I don't believe this.
We know you've been on secret missions before.
We're not always privy to the details.
I wasn't on a mission, Jonas.
I was in Minnesota on vacation.
Did you encounter anyone that can verify your story?
I was 20 miles away from the closest town, alone.
That was the point.
Perhaps this is all part of an elaborate plan
andthose responsible chose to act at a time
when they knew you would have no alibi.
I checked the videotape to see if it had been doctored,
but it appears to be genuine.
So either that really is colonel O'Neill,
or someone who happens to look exactly like him.
We have encountered duplicating technology before.
I was thinking the exact same thing,
butthose mimic devices are under heaw guard.
Mimic devices?
Someone want to fill me in?
Three years ago, we had a foothold situation here at the sgc.
Aliens gained control by using mimic devices
to impersonate andthen replace
base personnel, including myself.
Why haven't I heard about this before?
Because of the seriousness of the security breach,
a decision was made to erase all mention of the incident from official records.
Well, where are these devices now?
Area 51.
(Buzzer)
How many do you have?
We recovered 12 from the sgc.
They're all stored here.
Has anyone been studying them recently?
We've all been focusing on the x—303.
There we go. All present and accounted for.
It's a fake.
All the mimic devices were switched.
Someone duplicated the duplicators?
The last recorded test of those devices
was six months ago.
It could have been taken anytime after that.
There has gotto be some way
that we can use this to clear you.
I don'tthinkthe alien technology defense is going to fly.
If I'm understanding this correctly,
there is someone walking around outthere
that can make himself look exactly like you
at the push of a button. That's got to be relevant.
It's classified information, Jonas.
But we can use it to find the real assassin...
Maybe.
So how do these things work?
Well, it's a two—part process.
First, you take somebody and pass them through a large scanning device,
which then uploads their exact image
into a holographic sequencer.
Which looks like this.
Then you place that sequencer
somewhere on your body and activate it,
and you instantly take on
the appearance of the person you scanned.
Was the scanning device taken?
No, it's still at area 51.
We checked it out.
So whoever did this can only impersonate a limited number of people.
12, to be precise,
including colonel O'Neill, Dr. Fraiser, and Daniel.
What about general Hammond?
The alien impersonating him
was trapped in the gateroom along with several others.
They activated some kind of self—destruct and blewthemselves up
in case you're wondering, Teal'c and iwere never scanned.
That's good to know.
I've requested all the personnel files on everyone
who had access to these devices.
I'd like the two of you to check them out.
What about you?
I'm going to Washington.
I need to look up an old acouaintance.
Major Carter. I'm here to see agent Barrett.
Major Carter...
I was wondering how long it would be before you came by.
Welcome to nid headquarters.
In three years, only eight people at area 51
have had authorized access to the mimic devices.
We must speak to them all.
Most of them have been transferred to the x—303 project,
so they're still living in Nevada.
Wait a minute.
There's something.
Dr. Brent langham.
Deceased.
Killed in an automobile accident three weeks ago.
Given the circumstance,
that would appear to be a highly unlikely coincidence.
What exactly are you implying here, major?
Thatthe nid had a hand in the assassination of a us. Senator?
Very few organizations
have the resources to pull off something like this.
And the man accused of the crime happens to belong to one of them.
The sgc is not behindthis.
Senator Kinsey was no friend of the Stargate command.
In fact, he tried to take you down more than once.
We don't engage in criminal activity, agent Barrett,
which is more than I can say for the nid.
If you're referring to the prometheus incident,
that was orchestrated by a handful of a rogue agents.
What about steveston, Oregon?
You sat by and watched while the Goa'uld took over an entire town of civilians.
That was an officially sanctioned operation
that would've succeeded if it wasn't for your interference.
Are you kidding me?
Your agents were compromised, and your organization
was about to be infiltrated.
Look, major,
the videotape of colonel O'Neill
clearly places him at the scene of the crime,
and the murder weapon was found near his cabin,
so...
If you'll excuse me...
I've got work to do.
You know, it says here that by 2075,
the earth's oceans will be too warm
to sustain most coral reefs,
and once they're gone, the entire ecosystem of the planet
will collapse.
That's a cheerful thought.
We spend all of our time
trying to protect the world from the Goa'uld.
Maybe we should worry a little more
about protecting it from ourselves.
What are we doing out here, agent Barrett?
My office is bugged.
It's standard procedure
to record all conversations that take place at nid headquarters.
What I'm about to tell you, major, nobody else can know,
especially my superiors.
What are you talking about?
There's a cancer at the nid,
a shadow organization that operates outside the law.
It's time they were exposed for who they really are.
I agree.
The prometheus incident, that was the last straw.
After that, I was called to the white house for an assignment.
What does this have to do with colonel O'Neill?
Senator Kinsey was working for me.
He was about to give me enough evidence to bring down
the entire leadership of the shadow group
how'd you convince him to do that?
Let's just say I know about a few of the skeletons in the senator's closet,
and it is an election year.
You blackmailed him.
I'll do whatever it takes to bring these people down, major.
So who else knows about this?
As of this moment, the president, a few staff, and you.
You're working alone?
The smaller the operation, the less chance of it being compromised.
You have no idea how far the corruption goes.
Not even the sgc is immune.
Then you're taking a big risk talking to me.
I need your help
besides, ithinkthere's more thatyou're nottelling me.
You've seen the evidence against colonel O'Neill.
What makes you so sure that he's innocent?
When you work with someone that long,
you just know.
No, there's something more than that.
There's something you're nottelling me.
Your job requires you to be suspicious of everybody,
even your co—workers.
Where I come from, we trust each other with our lives every day.
Maybe that's something you can't understand.
Well, I guess it's never too late to learn.
When the mimic devices were first brought to area 51,
ateam of eight scientists was assigned to study them.
The Pentagon was hoping to be able to adapt the devices
for use in the field.
However, while the original holographic images
that were created by the aliens
seemed to last indefinitely,
those that were created by the scientists in the lab
were only sustainable for three to four minutes atatime
due to problems with electromagnetic interference,
so the project was scaled back
and five of the original team members were reassigned.
The remaining three
were Dr. Singh, Dr. Healey, and this fellow...
Dr. Brent langham.
They continued working on the devices
for another six months with no new breakthroughs.
Finally, the entire project was shut down,
and Dr. Healey and Dr. Singh were transferred to the x—303 project.
And Dr. Langham?
He was supposedly killed in a car crash
two days before the transfer was due to take effect.
The body was burned beyond recognition.
He was identified through dental records,
but the coron er missed something.
The toxicology report came back clean.
No signs of any drugs or alcohol in the victim's blood.
Why is that unusual?
Well, Dr. Langham was epileptic.
His condition required him to take regular doses of anti—convulsant drugs.
There should have been traces of those drugs in his blood.
The dental records were falsified.
The body recovered at the crash site was someone else.
So you're saying this Dr. Langham tookthe mimic device
and engineered his own disappearance.
Or someone engineered it for him.
Okay, are we suggesting, then, that this scientist shot Kinsey?
I doubt it. He didn't have any paramilitary training.
Perhaps Dr. Langham merely provided the mimic devices for a fee.
But he can lead us to whoever was responsible.
I don't care what it takes.
I want you to find this Dr. Langham.
Yes, sir.
Okay, what is this?
The rifle used to kill senator Kinsey
was notthe kind of thing you can pick up
at your local sporting goods store.
This is a one—stop shop for unregistered weapons.
High—end merchandise, professional clientele.
There's a good chance our shooter was here.
If you know they're selling illegal guns, why don't you shut them down?
I allow them to operate in exchange for information.
Sometimes you've got to cross the line.
You've just got to know when to step back.
Hey, Leo.
Leo...
Agent Barrett...
When are you going to getyourself a new suit?
Black is good for any occasion.
Yeah, it's also thinning.
Who's your friend?
Major Samantha Carter, United States air force.
We can talk in front of her.
What can I do for you?
We want to know about a 700
with a customized breakdown stock.
Yeah, I moved one last week.
In all likelihood, the weapon you sold
was used to assassinate a United States senator.
What's your point?
Was the buyer a regular customer?
No, I'd never seen him before.
Is that the guy?
That's the guy.
Did he look at any other weapons besides the 700?
Yeah, as a matter of fact, he did.
A sound—suppressed revolver rifle.
Did he handle it?
Sure.
Was he wearing gloves?
No.
Has anybody handled it since?
No, just Leo here.
How much?
There's one full set of prints
and one partial on the second rifle,
but neither of them match colonel O'Neill.
It's a little strange.
Well, assuming that full set matches our friend Leo,
that would mean the partial belongs to the shooter.
Maybe.
It's the best lead we have.
The shooter probably won't have a criminal record.
In fact, there's a good chance he may not exist on any database at all.
Except maybe nid personnel files.
You said it yourself, agent Barrett—...
There's a cancer in your organization.
Kinsey was going to bring them down, so they had him killed.
So did they hire an outside contractor or use one of their own?
Give me the disk.
I'll checkthe files and call you in a couple of hours.
Good call, checking for a second weapon.
Thanks.
You're welcome.
So where do we start?
It is probable that Dr. Langham has assumed a new identity.
New name, new address, new social security number.
He can't change his medical condition.
Do not many thousands of people in this country suffer from this affliction?
Yes, but there's a wide range of treatments that vary from case to case.
See, Dr. Langham was on Avery specific combination of drugs,
including primidone and carbamazepine,
so we can access
the national pharmaceutical database
and focus on new prescriptions
written in the past three weeks.
We then cross—reference that with age and gender,
and we should be able to narrow down the field.
Have Teal'c and Jonas found anything yet?
They have a lead on a missing scientist from area 51.
He may have been the one who took the mimic devices.
Well, if itturns out the shooter was nid, we should be able to track him
using the fingerprints we found on the second rifle.
What about this agent Barrett? Are you sure you can trust him?
I don't know. I think so.
You know you're not authorized to tell him about the foothold incident.
Technically, I shouldn't have even told Jonas.
I know, sir. I'm hoping it won't come to that.
I'll keep you posted, sir.
So? You were right.
The prints match an nid agent named Mark devlin.
How'd you learn to drive?
Daniel Jackson instructed me.
Wh en was that?
I believe the year was 1969.
Can I help you?
Yes, we're looking for a Mr...
David zwydel.
Yeah, that's me. What's this about?
Our apologies.
You are not the man we are looking for.
Sorry, I must have made a mistake.
Have a good day.
That guy look familiar to you?
He did not.
Really?
He looked familiar to me.
No, wait, wait, wait. I know that guy.
When I first came to Stargate command,
he was one of the airmen in the gate room.
I'm positive.
Mr. Zwydel! Mr. Zwydel!
Around back.
Nice shot.
Dr. Langham, I presume.
Indeed.
You found Dr. Langham.
He's in a holding cell on level 16.
Well done. Has he said anything?
No, sir. We're letting him sweat,
but he did ask for a lawyer.
That could be a problem.
We're not exactly following proper procedure here.
Sir, this guy stole top—secret material
and he's an accessory to murder.
Dr. Langham is also the only one that can verify colonel O'Neill's innocence.
Not necessarily.
Major Carter and agent Barrett are pursuing a lead
that may take them to the real assassin.
And if it doesn't?
I know how you feel.
No one wants O'Neill back more than I do,
but this is a delicate situation.
I understand this man had some injuries when you brought him in.
Dr. Langham was reluctant to accompany us back to the sgc.
He required some convincing.
All I'm saying is we have to be careful.
We're operating way outside our jurisdiction,
and like it or not, this man has rights.
He will volunteer the information.
Of that I am certain.
(Beeping)
Look, this is a waste of time. I've got nothing to say.
Okay, yes, itook the mimic devices, I switched them with the fakes,
buti didn't know whatthey planned to do with them.
What?
You think I'm part of some kind of murder conspiracy?
Well, you're wrong.
All right, I'll tell you what I know,
butyou have to promise me protection.
( Knocks)
I'll get us in.
What are you doing?
Covering you.
Thank you.
Get up
right.
When you switched the devices with the fakes, where'd you take them?
Washington.
They wanted me to take them myself,
because they thought using a middleman would be too risky.
To whom are you referring?
They call themselves the committee.
They run the whole show.
We're going to need names.
You're looking at conspiracy to commit murder.
I didn't know they'd use the devices to kill anybody.
They told me that they were going to analyze the technology
for possible commercial applications.
Why would you believe that?
You don'tthink money has anything to do with this?
In the last six months, there have been at least 10 new patents
that can be traced back directly to area 51.
I'm talking industrial chemicals,
metallu rgy, computers, you name it.
So they're selling alien technology?
No, they're buying it.
The members of the committee aren't spies or secret agents,
they're businessmen.
The rogue nid agents work for them.
They've got millions invested,
andthey expect to make billions in return
by incorporating alien advancements into their product lines.
I thought this was about protecting the planet.
Well, nobody said it had to be a non—profit business.
Give us the names, and we'll ensure your safety.
Well, I'm going to need a few more details.
You work for the air force. You don't have a witness protection program.
But we do have the Stargate.
What do you mean?
Well, if these people are as powerful as you say they are,
there's probably nowhere on earth you'd be safe.
Fortunately, we have other options.
All right, we need to talk.
Who else knows about this operation at Stargate command?
Why?
Because we've got a leak, major.
Oh, wait a minute—— agent devlin was waiting for us.
That means somebody obviously tipped him off.
Not necessarily.
Think about it.
You used a computer to access those personnel files, right?
Maybe somebody tracked you.
(Cellphone ringing)
Don't answer that.
It's general Hammond. If theythinkwe're dead, it may be our only advantage.
You trust me, you trust my team.
Sir, what's happening?
Did he talk?
No, that's great news.
Yes, sir. Understood.
What is it?
We've got the names of those responsible for the assassination.
What's that supposed to mean?
We have an inside source.
Who?
I can't.
This assignment came from the white house, major.
If you don'ttell me whati need to know,
I'm going to have to make a phone call.
You're the one who's always talking about trust.
The man who shot Kinsey
was using a piece of alien technology,
a device capable of creating
a flawless holographic disguise—...
In this case, a duplicate image of colonel O'Neill.
It was a perfect plan to get rid of Kinsey and the colonel
at the same time. Waita minute.
Why have I never heard about this technology before?
We encountered the devices three years ago during a foothold situation.
It was a close one.
Kinsey was trying to shut down the Stargate program for being too risky,
so it was all covered up by presidential order.
Who's your source?
A scientist at area 51.
He's the one who smuggled the devices out.
That's not enough.
They're on to us, agent Barrett.
If we don't move fast, they're going to disappear.
We need more than the testimony of one scientist who made a deal for immunity.
That's all we have.
What?
Senator Kinsey's not dead. He's in a coma.
We've got him under 24—hour guard.
Why the hell didn't you tell me?
Because we needed to keep his condition a secret for his protection.
If and when he regains consciousness, he'll be able to provide us
with the information we need to bring these people down.
So we were both keeping secrets.
That's the way the game's played.
You've got a...
Anyway, the Pentagon's been informed.
They're sending a man over to the hospital.
Did I get it?
Close enough.
Who are they sending?
A liaison officer. Major Davis?
Major Davis.
What?
There are 12 alien devices
capable of mimicking specific individuals.
Major Davis was one of them.
Sergeant...
Major Davis.
I've come to check on the senator.
Yes, sir.
Agent devlin.
How did it go?
Kinsey's dead.
Are you sure?
He was supposed to be dead the firsttime.
Well, he wasn't wearing a bullet—proof vest this time,
so, yeah, I'm sure.
There were a few complications, though.
(Alarm ringing)
What's going on?
Fire alarm. We need to move him.
We're going to have to ask you to wait here, sir.
And why is that, sergeant?
Secondary casualties are not our concern.
Major Davis can answer for those as well.
We still have a loose end.
They have Dr. Langham in custody.
That's not important. His accusations are little more than a minor inconvenience.
Instead of worrying about him,
I suggest we use the mimic devices
to eliminate another Thorn in our side.
Someone at the sgc?
General Hammond.
Once he's out of the way, we can replace him
with someone more sympathetic to our concerns.
(Fire alarm ringing)
If they know about the devices,
they'll be prepared for something like this.
Devlin's right.
Besides, now that Kinsey's dead, we have other options.
I think it's time we sent someone to talk to Hammond,
get him to reconsider those retirement plans.
He doesn't seem like the type to bow to outside pressure.
Well, then, we are going to have to be very convincing.
Agent devlin,
I would like you to pay general Hammond avisit.
Impress upon him our concerns
for the safety and well—being of his family.
And if he still refuses to play ball?
Then kill him.
What is this?
General Hammond sends his regards.
(Door opening)
All right, get your hands up.
Come on, getthem up
the hologram lasted six and a half minutes.
That's a new record for us.
You took a big risk.
I knew you were listening.
What makes you think I was going to come in here
before you gotthem to incriminate themselves?
When you work with someone, you just know.
(Door unlatching)
Colonel O'Neill. Glad you could make it.
What do you want, Kinsey?
I just thought we should have a little chat
before we meetthe press.
Did you need to gloat a little?
Oh, don't be that way, Jack.
You need this as much as I do.
The only way you're going to get public vindication
is if the two of us appear on the 6:00 news shaking hands.
Yeah... I'm not sure it's worth it.
The American people don't want their air force officers
to be assassins, Jack.
They want th em to be heroes.
I'm going to make you a hero.
Shall we?
First of all, I want to apologize to you and to the American people
for the deception surrounding my untimely demise.
It was an unfortunate but necessary final step
in my investigation of certain anti—democratic forces
that had taken root in several key government agencies.
The ringleaders of this conspiracy
have now been taken into custody.
Of course, taking a bullet was not part of my original plan
to bring these men down,
but the success of the operation
was well worth
any personal sacrifice on my part,
and I wantthe American people to know that, if elected,
I intend to bring that same determination and zeal for justice
with me to the white house.
I would also like to thank colonel Jack O'Neill
of the United States air force for the vital role he played in my investigation.
I can't go into details for reasons of national security,
but I can assure you all that any evidence
pointing to the colonel as my would—be assassin
was simply part of the operation.
Colonel...
Smile, colonel.
You just won me the election.