(Speaking Russian)
What's going on?
It's a Russian team on the
international space station.
They're adjusting the orbit to avoid some debris left over
from our little incident in Antarctica.
(Speaking Russian)
It worked.
He said if the Americans
want to keep blasting alien ships out of orbit,
th ey've got to do a better job
of tracking their own mess.
(Speaking Russian)
What's going on?
I don't know. We lost contact.
(Knocking)
Come in.
General O'Neill,
it is an honor to meetyou
and, may I say, an even greater honor
to finally serve under your command.
Wow, that was a load.
Who are you?
I am colonel Alexi vaselov, sir.
I assumed you were expecting
my arrival.
Uh... yeah, sure.
Um...
Yeah, here's the memo... Rightthere.
I want you to know, sir,
that I personally requested this transfer.
After my many years of service with
Russian air force,
I feel confident that I can make
a positive contribution
to stargatecomman d.
Great.
If I may be so bold, sir,
I understandthat with your recent appointment
as base commander,
a position has become available on sg—I.
I would of course relish the opportunity
to serve on the sgc's elite team.
Yes, you and everyone else on this base.
Colonel... not going to happen.
I understand your reluctance, sir,
but if you look at my record,
ithink it will satisfy any of your concerns.
I have over 3,000 flight hours
on more than 35 types of aircraft and prototypes.
In addition, I have been awarded
the high order of Russia,
the gold star—...
Yes, yes, yes, that's very impressive,
very.
But it's not going to getyou on sg—I.
Understood.
I am, of course, willing to accept
a position
on a differentteam.
Colonel,
until you go th rough the proper training,
you're not going anywhere near that gate.
Perhaps I could assume a role as a non—combat observer
on one of the exploration units, sir.
It was nice meeting you...
Very nice.
You're dismissed.
If all goes according to plan,
barring any unforeseen circumstance,
I will acouire possession
of my apartment on Tuesday.
Hey, congratulations.
So when's the apartment—warming party?
When someone gets a new place,
it's customary for them to th row a party.
Would I be required to prepare a meal?
No, make it potluck. We'll all bring something.
Very well.
N ext Saturday.
I'm only going to say this once, Carter.
At ease.
So how's the new job?
Oh, one crisis after another.
This morning,
the mess got a shipment of Yukon gold potatoes
instead of the usual russets.
No.
Oh, yes.
The golds don't make for good mash.
The consistency's all wrong.
I hear the new Russian colonel came to see you,
made a pitch to join sg—I.
Yeah.
What did you say?
I told them to make French fries instead.
About the Russian.
Oh. Well, I made it clear
he shouldn't expect preferential treatment,
that he'd have to prove himself
before I'd consider him for off—world travel.
He is one of the most highly decorated officers
in Russian military history,
and he has over 20 years flight experience.
And exactly no years in off—world travel.
I'm not going to risk the lives of anyone under my command
on a slick resume.
How uncharacteristically cautious of you, sir.
Yes, there's that.
And the fact thatthe Russians must be pressuring you
to put him on the team.
Yes, there's that, too.
We can't exactly blame them.
We haven't been making good on our promises.
We gave th em their own team.
Th at was two years ago.
What have we done for them lately?
Forget it. I'm not putting him on sg—I.
Do you have someone else in mind for the position?
No.
So we're sticking with the th ree—man team?
Why not?
It's one less decision I have to deal with.
There's nothing in the regulations
that says an sg team has to be made up of four people.
There you go. Problem solved.
Thank you.
(Knocking)
Colonel vaselov.
Dr. Jackson, of course, come in.
Your reputation precedes you.
I'm well acquainted with your work.
I just wanted to come by
and welcome you to the neighborhood.
That's very kind of you.
I only wish others were as open to my presence here.
Yeah, don't take general O'Neill's decision personally.
It's difficult notto.
Frankly, his attitude is offensive.
It leads me to wonder if he knows the cold war is over.
His attitude has nothing to do with your being Russian.
He's an equal opportunity offender.
And I am supposed to find this comforting?
Uh...
He doesn't respond well to outside pressure.
Our nations are supposed to be partners
in the Stargate program.
I'm well aware of the deal.
Well, then, you, more than anyone,
can understand our frustration.
Okay, what you have to realize is...
Colonel o'neill—— General O'Neill—...
Just assumed command of this facility, and...
And he's got a lot on his plate,
and, ouite frankly, making demands of him right now
is just bad timing on the part of your government.
Colonel?
What happened?
I don't know.
We were just talking.
All of a sudden, he just collapsed.
I know you're scheduled to go off—world.
We'll take care of him.
How's he doing?
Confused.
Apparently, the last thing he remembers is being in Russia.
He doesn't know where he is or how he got here.
He's also exhibiting certain physical symptoms
which have me concerned.
He has lesions over 40% of his body
and a highly elevated white blood count,
which indicates some sort of infection.
Is he contagious?
It's a distinct possibility.
Sir, we need to examine everyone
who's been in contact with this man.
Daniel.
Report back to the infirmary.
Open the gate!
Do it now!
Daniel!
He's lost a lot of blood,
but his life is no longer in any immediate danger.
The members of sg—ii
insisted he seemed perfectly normal.
Did you notice anything peculiar
about him, sir?
I thought it odd
he was shooting up the gate room.
He reacted immediately after the gate was shut down.
Why was he so desperate to go through?
Does he have any of colonel vaselov's symptoms?
No lesions yet, butthat may just be a matter of time.
He does have an elevated white blood count.
Yet, colonel vaselov displayed no unusual behavior.
That doesn't necessarily mean
they're not suffering from the same condition.
If an infection reaches the brain,
it can manifest itself in a variety of ways,
from memory loss to full—blown psychosis.
You don'tthink it's a coincidence.
It seems unlikely, sir.
Ithinkthere's a high probability
that we have a contagion on the base.
Contact all teams that are off—world.
Tell them the sgc is off—limits.
Have them proceed to the Alpha site until further notice.
Effective immediately, the sgc is under lockdown.
(Alarm sounding)
Hi. How's Daniel?
He's still unconscious, but he's improving.
He's responding well to treatment,
and his white cell count is coming down.
What about colon El vaselov?
He's not so good.
We're treating him with antibiotics,
but his condition is deteriorating.
Until we know more aboutthe source of the infection,
there's not much else we can do.
Since it started with vaselov,
we can be pretty sure it didn't come through the gate.
I'm waiting to hear back from the Russians
about possible sources of the infection from their end.
Is anyone else showing symptoms? Not yet.
How is he?
Dr. Jackson?
Dr. Brightman told me what happened.
His condition is improving.
Good.
And your condition?
Not so good...
But not so bad as the time I went drinking with
general dashkewytch in novgorod.
That was worse headache.
Dr. Jackson is good friend of yours, yes?
Indeed, he is.
Despite what you are thinking,
you bear no responsibility for
what has transpired.
My presence here has resulted
in the quarantine of this entire complex.
Had you remained in your homeland,
you would have faced a similar situation,
only in a different setting,
again, through no fault of your own.
Perhaps...
But at the moment, I can't
be sure of anything.
Has your memory not yet returned?
In my dreams, I...
I have begun to see flashes...
Glimpses of these past few days...
Walking these halls, talking to people,
and yet,
it's as if I'm not even here.
I'm just a helpless observer inside
my own body.
One month ago, anatole konstantinov fell ill
after completing atour on the international space station.
I remember.
We monitored the mission.
We lost contact for almost 30 seconds,
and we never figured out why.
Well, I don't know if they're connected,
but he died less than aweek later
in a Moscow hospital.
Now, officially, the cause of death was renal failure,
but, unofficially,
the Russian authorities haven't a clue what killed him.
You think it might be our mystery disease?
Among the symptoms he exhibited
were memory loss,
skin lesions, and a highly
elevated white blood count.
Is there any connection to colonel vaselov?
Apparently, vaselov visited konstantinov
in the hospital
just before he died.
They were old friends.
They served together in the Russian air force.
Why didn't they tell us this?
The Russians determined
that konstantinov's condition wasn't contagious.
He came into contact with many people
between the time he returned to earth
and the time he checked into the hospital,
but no one else ever showed any signs
of being infected.
Makes it an oddly selective disease.
Perhaps we are not dealing with a disease at all.
Colonel vaselov possessed only vague,
random memories
of his time at Stargate command,
and yet, the instances he could recall,
he described himself as a mere observer
to the actions of his body.
Like being host to a symbiote.
Yeah, but tests ruled out the possibility of a Goa'uld.
Could we be looking at some other form
of alien possession?
Yeah, it's possible.
An entity capable of moving from
individual to individual.
It might explain some of the inconsistencies.
If that's true, it could be in anyone
right now.
(Telephone ringing)
Hello.
I'll be rightthere.
Daniel's awake.
Can somebody please tell me what is going on?
You're recovering from a gunshotwound. What?
You have no recollection of the incident?
No. Who shot me?
Don't... change the subject.
What do you remember?
I wentto see colon El vaselov,
and right in the middle of our conversation, he collapsed,
an d... I went to help him, an d... that's it.
You don't remember accompanying him to the infirmary?
No.
Who shot me?
You were shooting up the gate room.
You wounded two guards.
We think we may be dealing with a foothold situation,
specifically an alien entity
capable of taking over human hosts,
not unlike the Goa'uld,
and it seems to be able to travel
from person to person.
Although, at present,
we have no knowledge of howthis is possible.
Daniel?
Anubis.
Daniel Jackson?
I was Anubis.
Rather... Anubis was controlling me.
Anubis is dead.
No, he's not...
And he's here in the base.
You'd think getting blasted out of orbit
would've slowed the guy down.
According to Daniel Jackson,
Anubis surrendered his mortal form
when he was ascended,
only to be cast down by the ancients.
As a result, he exists purely as an immaterial being.
See, in the past, when we encountered Anubis,
the physical form we were seeing
was actually a force shield designed to contain his essence.
When it was destroyed, that essence was released.
Anubis was trapped in earth's orbit,
inhabiting debris from his ship,
millions of light years away from his power base.
So he hitched a ride on a cosmonaut?
Yes, sir,
andthen abandoned him for colonel vaselov.
No doubt intending to escape th rough our gate.
Why doesn't he just use his...
Freaky super—cosmic powers and just...
Go?
Doing so would alert the ancients
and only serve to bring down their wrath upon him.
You see, in order to interact with the physical world,
he has to get himself a new shield,
but he can't do that here on earth.
He'll need a body to dial the gate and getthrough.
Eventually, Anubis will attempt to escape again.
Well, he's on the base,
obviously not going anywhere.
Tell me there's something we can do.
Well, as a matter of fact, sir, ithinkthere is.
What's going on?
General O'Neill
has ordered compulsory physicals
for all sgc personnel.
We're operating under the assumption
that retaining Anubis's essence
exacts a physical toll on the carrier.
You were only exposed for a couple of hours,
but your body reacted as though
you were fighting off an infection.
So whoever's retaining his essence
should start showing symptoms.
Yeah, that's the th eory.
What about vaselov?
Well...
His is a more extreme case.
He was exposed for over a week.
That's why his symptoms are more advanced.
You mean, with the lesions and the...
Yeah, it's actually more than that.
His entire immune system was affected.
But Anubis is out of him.
He should start getting better, right?
Sam...
Dr. Brightman says he's not responding.
She thinks the exposure may have simply gone on
for too long.
The damage is done.
There must be something we can do for him.
We can help him manage the pain.
That's about it.
I said the situation was contained.
I did not say it was resolved.
No, I can't do that.
Command will stay under lockdown until I decide otherwise.
Yes, sir, it is my call.
Yes, sir.
The Pentagon is getting a little antsy.
They're not the only ones.
You've got a bunch of very anxious people out there.
Yeah, I'll bet.
What can I do for you, doctor?
It's concerning colon El vaselov.
His condition hasn't improved,
and he's not responding to treatment.
Unless circumstances change, I'd give him aweek,
two weeks tops.
I'll inform the Russians.
Thank you, sir.
Dr. Jackson?
Alexi, sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you.
No, no, I'm glad to see you are up and about.
Are you being discharged?
Yeah, Dr. Brightman
caught me stealing jell—o from the other pati ents' trays,
so she kicked me out of here.
Doctor...
I wonder if you could do me a favor.
I have a sister in Bryansk.
When the lockdown has ended,
could you see that she gets this?
Alexi—...
The nurses have been careful not
to say anything.
That is always a bad sign.
Please.
You know, in Russia, we have a saying...
(Speaking Russian)
"The cord may curl long, but an end will appear."
That holds true for everything in this world,
myself included.
I acceptthis.
(Speaking Russian)
In the kingdom of hope, there is no winter.
I prefer that one.
That's a nice saying.
I'll come see you.
His pulse is weak.
He's lost a lot of blood.
Dr. Jackson, can you hear me?
Dr. Jackson?
Lieutenant Evans...
He's in lieutenant Evans.
I was examined by Dr. Brightman
a couple of hours ago.
She said iwas fine.
It's possible you haven't started manifesting signs yet.
Colonel, iwould know.
If something like that happened to me, iwould know.
I'm not lying.
Lieutenant, tell me what you did Tuesday afternoon.
I don't understand.
Justtell me.
Lieutenant?
I don't know.
You don't know?
I can't remember.
O'Neill,
I've been informed that airman Malcolm McCaffrey
has missed his scheduled appointment
at the infirmary.
He remains unaccounted for.
Carter.
General O'Neill.
Yeah. O'Neill here. Go.
This is major kearney.
I've got awounded man here
who claims he was jumped by airman McCaffrey.
We think he's headed for the control room.
Advise caution, general.
The target is armed.
On our way.
(Alarm sounding)
Dial th e gate.
Mind if I come in?
You're not supposed to be walking around.
It's my arm.
You were shot.
I know. You shot me.
Not the point.
Look, I heard what happened. Anubis is still here.
Daniel, he can pass through walls.
He's welcome to leave the base at any time.
He has to go th rough the Stargate.
Otherwise, he's trapped on earth.
Yeah. Well, there's not much we can do.
We can't kill him. No.
We can't catch him. No.
So...
We let the ancients deal with him.
Yes, because th ey've always
been so helpful.
If he uses his powers as ascended being,
he's breaking the rules.
They will take action.
We just have to take away his other options.
Uh—huh.
I assume you have a plan.
Anubis has now made two attempts to get through the gate.
Now, in both instances,
we were able to stop him,
but there's no guarantee
we'll be so lucky the nexttime.
We have to take steps to make it as difficult as possible
for him to access the Stargate.
To that end,
we're proposing a division of the facility
into three separate sections
designated zones one, two, and three.
Power to the gate has been shut off
and will no longer be accessible from the control room.
Instead, it can now only be re—established
from a relay center located here in zone one.
The control room, gate room, and surrounding areas
have been designated zone two.
Intermediate corridors linking the two zones will be sealed.
Corridors linking directly to the gate room
will also be sealed.
The only means of unsealing these corridors
will be from a security control center
located here in the section designated zone three.
All personnel will be restricted
to one of these three zones.
Our standing food and medical supplies
will be divided amongst the three sections.
Dr. Brightman's team will be split into three units
and continue monitoring personnel
through daily physical examinations.
Now, no one, not even general O'Neill,
will be permitted access to a neighboring zone
until lockdown ends.
Any questions so far?
With all due respect, given everything we know about Anubis,
do you really think this is going to stop him?
The point is to make it impossible
for him to getthrough the gate in the body of any one person.
Now, when he realizes he can't get out that way,
he'll have no choice
butto risk revealing himself to the ancients.
Zone one secure.
Zone three secure.
Zone two secure.
Good luck.
(Xix)
(Telephone rings)
O'Neill.
Yes, Mr. President.
Yes, sir, six days without incident.
Yes, all sgc personnel present and accounted for.
No, no one has shown any physical symptom, sir,
butthat doesn't mean Anubis is gone.
It's the president.
Well, yes, sir, of course,
I understand the importance of the program,
but I would be—...
I understand, sir.
Hello?
I've got 24 hours to re—establish "normal gate operations."
It was unreasonable to assume
the lockdown could be maintained indefinitely.
Yeah, I suppose.
Attention, all personnel.
This is general O'Neill.
I know the current situation has been tough on all of you.
You've been cut off from your families, your homes...
You're wondering how much longer this can go on,
but the fact is there's athreat on this base
that cannot be allowed to escape.
Knowing that,
the president has authorized me
will be restricted indefinitely.
We've only got food enough for another month,
so we'll find a secure way
to bring supplies down from the surface.
In the meantime, I suggest you all get comfortable.
We're not going anywhere.
I need to run a diagnostic.
Hey, Sam.
Teal'c, this is Daniel.
Proceed, Daniel Jackson.
Anubis has got Sam. She's headed your way.
Understood.
(Alarm sounding)
Jack.
Go ahead.
Anubistampered with the security system.
He set up a sequence of timed commands.
We're trying to override, but we're not having much luck.
Keep me posted.
Keep an eye on them.
Kearney, you're with me.
General.
Major.
Sir?
Ready your key.
Major, base security is being compromised.
Ready your key. That's an order.
Yes, sir.
Counting down from three...
Two...
One...
Turn.
Five minutes until self—destruct.
You did good, son.
Four minutes until self—destruct.
Sir.
Go no further.
Teal'c, you have to give me access to the base computer.
Someone activated the self—destruct.
Let me shut it down.
You are infected.
I was infected.
Anubis left me for someone else.
Of this, I cannot be certain.
Teal'c, I'm not Anubis. It's me, Carter.
Three minutes until self—destruct.
Teal'c, please.
Very well.
Self—destruct aborted.
Well done.
Someone's activated the gate.
Teal'c, this is Daniel.
Ithinkanubis is headed for the gate room.
Understood.
I'll see if I can override the dialing sequence.
O'Neill.
Stand aside.
Nyet.
You need a body to go th rough the gate.
Take mine.
Take mine, or I'll kill us both.
General.
I'm okay... ish.
Oh, wait.
He gotthrough, didn't he?
Sort of.
I was able to override the established dialing sequence
and input an alternate address.
I sent him to ks7 535 instead.
Chilly.