Narrator: Previously, onstargate sg—1.
Man: Who's that? Harriman: Lieutenant colonel Cameron Mitchell.
Vala: The individual I got this from assured me
that the treasure it describes is here on earth.
These bracelets link us together.
The tablet is mine, and I want my fair share ofwhat it leads to.
Mitchell: Merlin?
King Arthur and the knights of the round table Merlin?
Yes. Was an ancient?
Welcome, ye knights of the round table.
Prove ye worthy, and all shall be revealed.
This has to be a test.
I think we're supposed to arrange the stones in some sort of order.
What? We're already trapped in here.
How much worse can it get?
Do you ever get a bad feeling about something?
Think! You are the expert on all things ancient.
You didn't care about that two minutes ago.
"Let's try this pot. How about this one?"
So think! I'm thinking!
Sorry, could you possibly think a little bit faster?
The universe is infinite.
No doubt it's deliberately ironic
that we're in an ever—decreasing space.
It's the second part of an ancient proverb,
there is only one truth, the universe is infinite.
How does that help us? There's only one truth,
this pot says the treasure is in this pot.
It's not in either of them.
I know. We did it wrong.
So we have to see if we can do it again.
There is only one truth. The universe is infinite.
Therefore the statement about the treasure
being in this pot has to be false.
So the treasure must be in...
Wow. Good thing you know your ancient proverbs, otherwise we'd be...
Mitchell. Teal'c.
You know, feel free to jump in here anytime.
Teal'c!
Daniel Jackson!
Hey, we——we got a little problem in here!
W—what's the puzzle?
There's eight stones with symbols on them
and some ancient writing.
Mitchell: I think it is...
Describe the writing!
Uh, "u" with a square over it.
Chair with a square, upside down backwards "I."
Call that seven. Squares unevenly stacked,
that chair thing again, big "n" and sad face.
Uh, re—reflect. It means... it means reflect.
Reflect?
Reflect on the eightfold path.
Buddhism teaches an eightfold path to enlightenment.
Yeah, that tells me exactly nothing!
I'm sorry I——I can't help
if I can't see the symbols on the stones
you're supposed to put in order.
Reflect on the eightfold.
Reflect on the eight...
Four
Six.
Teal'c!
Look, I didn't hear any screaming or squishing sounds, so...
Jackson: You did it.
Yeah. Thanks.
The, uh, symbols were actually the numbers one through eight
and their mirror image.
Mitchell: All right.
We passed the test, so this should work.
I should have known it wouldn't be that easy.
Weird.
You... you done this before?
Uh, fight a knight in armor?
No, can't say that I have. Jackson: Well, you're doing good.
Took a little fencing in college.
Okay, I could use a little help.
It appears to be a hologram.
A hologram?
Mitchell: Jeez.
I don't think it actually cut you.
Well, it hurt like hell.
Vala: I don't know.
I don't think he's actually that good.
Okay, so I flunked fencing.
Colonel Mitchell, your sword.
Okay, that thing is going to kill him.
Everybody, get to the rings!
Okay, that's enough for today.
No. I can do this.
Oh, come on.
That's gotta be it.
I don't understand. We solved the riddles.
Well, he solved one
and he solved one and he won the fight.
And what? Nothing?
But you're the only one who defeated the knight.
That sword was obviously designed to sense
whoever pulled it from the stone.
What if there's sensors detecting us?
Are you suggesting that we should leave?
It's worth a try.
All right.
If nothing happens, justjoin us.
What happened?
The whole place is collapsing.
We must have done something wrong.
What did you take?
What? Truth of spirit.
I resent... Truth of spirit. What'd you take?
Worth it.
We are not going to let her keep that, are we?
No. Good.
Well, that figures. A roomful of gold and jewels
and Dr. Daniel Jackson finds the one book.
So, what's it about?
Oh, actually, it's a story.
It's, uh, written like fiction.
Once upon a time...
"Once upon a time there was a race of people
"that went on a great journey through space.
"Across the universe. They were called the altera.
"After much time," and I think this means thousands of years,
"they found a great belt of stars."
And they lived happily ever after.
Have you found something, Daniel Jackson?
It says that the alterans named their new home avalon
and that they built many astria porta.
Stargates. Yes.
The ancients built the Stargates.
Well, it stands to reason that they weren't always called the ancients.
Mitchell: What do you care? You got your treasure.
Hmm. Let's see what's of more value.
A few gold trinkets that apparently I won't be allowed to keep
or previously undiscovered secrets
about the gate builders,
the most powerful race to ever inhabit the galaxy.
And you realize what this could mean?
Well, we've always presumed that the ancients
were the first evolution of humans in this galaxy.
But——but this...
This is the first evidence suggesting they came here
long ago from somewhere far, far away.
Yes.
Colonel Mitchell.
One of these things is not like the others.
It's much, much more thanthat
w—we know the ancients left their galaxy for Pegasus
and returned later when they lost the war to the wraith.
But what happened to them?
I thought they ascended.
Some did that we know, but what if the others went home?
Even if they didn't, the book I read suggested that the alterans
left a civilization behind.
And your point is?
My point is that we haven't met a single living ancient
who was willing to share their knowledge freely with us
and there could be an entire advanced civilization of them out there
somewhere in another galaxy.
Isn't that why we're doing this, all of this?
The Stargate program, the budget?
So we can go out and meet new races, gather advanced technology,
possibly learn about ourselves in the process?
Oh, come on. You do it to meet women.
She has a point, sir.
I've been thinking I need to get out
on an offworld mission or two.
Yeah. Just to get the feel for it.
"Always do everything you ask of those you command."
Patton.
Very good. Good movie.
Laugh if you want to, but I believe finding these alterans
and where they came from should be our top priority from this point forward.
They are the gate builders.
Nobody's laughing, Dr. Jackson.
The universe is a big place.
Tell me where they are and how to get there,
and I'll order you to go.
No, no, I'm—— I'm not saying this is going to be easy.
I mean, I—if they're from a distant galaxy,
our network of Stargates might not even connect.
And even if it does,
we know the massive power requirements necessary to dial Pegasus
and they're relatively close in intergalactic terms.
But on the bright side, uh,
according to the text we found in the glastonbury cavern,
the ancient device we discovered may be capable
of intergalactic communication.
Thank you, Dr. Jackson.
I'm sure you'll keep me posted.
Colonel. General.
He has no idea what you just said.
Someone wanna tell me why she's still on my base?
And, uh, yes, I did.
Well, I think it's incredible.
The Jaffa of the onac ka equal as many
as all the other regional coalitions.
And they strongly support gera k.
Ofthis I am aware.
If we allow them even one more vote
based on unconfirmed military strength,
the council will be in gerak's hands.
Until proper inspections...
Ra k'nor!
I'm sorry. We are all working very hard.
It just seems as though gerak is winning.
Bra'tac and ryac are negotiating with coalitions
who have yet to declare their allegiance.
I did not fight for the freedom of all Jaffa
only to have it corrupted by a few power—hungry individuals.
Nor did I.
I just do not understand
why you've chosen to spend so much time with the tau'ri
at such a critical stage.
My friends from the tau'ri are largely responsible for the Jaffa being free.
And as thanks, they have been treated with mistrust and disrespect.
Until all Jaffa see that the old ways are not the future,
I will do whatever I need to do to enlighten them.
And how does chasing ancient history do that?
Ancient knowledge is what defeated
the Goa'uld and the replicators.
And I believe that one day it will unite the Jaffa in a nation of peace.
I will prove it.
Ihopeso.
Vala: I have been around the galaxy long enough to know
that knowledge is power.
And understanding the technology
that was left behind by the ancients
is the most powerful knowledge around.
And if you think I'm gonna stay linked with you
for the rest of my natural...
Focus maybe we should focus
on the task at hand.
Yeah. Well,
the device obviously has a power source
and, uh, I don't think it's been depleted.
Okay, when I read this was a communication device
I realized the shape of these recess spaces looked familiar.
These stones are actually an ancient form of communication device
that links the users psychically,
allowing them to see through each other's eyes.
It appears that they're actually meant to be used
in conjunction with this terminal.
So what happens when you attach the stones?
We're going to find out.
Uh, these stones were originally set
for general O'Neill and one Joe Spencer.
Barber from Indiana.
Yeah, weird guy.
I read the file.
W—well, anyway, after a lot of tedious,
although I must say ultimately very brilliant, uh, work
if I do say so myself,
I was able to reset the stones.
Don't they have to be activated by someone with the ancient gene?
Same file.
Well, that's what we thought at first,
but no, like a lot of ancient technology
the stones actually just need to be initialized.
By someone with the gene? That's a guess.
No, you're right.
Uh, which these obviously have been.
So any one of us can take the pony ride.
Yeah, and I figured that was gonna be me.
I mean, I did miss the daedalusfor this, so...
You're gonna dine out on that for a while?
Yeah, yeah. Like you wouldn't believe.
Well, no one's gonna make an argument against that.
You are the world's "foremost" expert on the ancients.
But we got two stones.
Yes, and this one's mine.
Thank you.
Excuse me. How do you figure that?
Well, Daniel and I are linked.
I'll just point out for the record, we don't have to be.
He's only guessing that this device is for communication.
But what if it's a transporter of some kind
and he gets whisked away and can't get back?
Actually, we have done a fair bit of research on this device
and I can say with absolute...
Relative certainty...
Look, we have studied devices like this for years.
And at some point, ultimately, you just have to turn it on.
Jackson: I'm gonna give it a try. Where he goes, I go.
I'm not going anywhere. So he thinks.
Communication device.
I'm going to watch from the observation room.
All right. Good luck.
So, what do we do?
Well, I'm guessing, we just put these two stones
in any two of these spots.
Any two?
Well, there aren't any markings to indicate otherwise.
So, any two.
And...
Med team to science lab one.
Hello. Please don't be afraid.
My name is Daniel Jackson.
It's me. Vala.
Okay.
Not a transporter.
Where are we?
I don't know.
But I think we're in them.
Lam: Blood pressure and heart rate are normal.
Pupils are slightly dilated.
Now, we're sure this is because of the device?
They also passed out before when they were separated because of the bracelets.
The reaction was virtually instantaneous
after the device was activated.
Anyway, there's no discernible energy rays
and no measurable radiation being emitted, so...
And we've found no contagions. All right.
I wanna get an eeg going,
but my first impression here isthattheytein some kind of sleep state.
Maybe we should disconnect the stones.
Uh, for all we know, this could be perfectly normal.
I mean, this could be the way the device actually works.
And could you give me some time here
before we go messing around with that thing anymore.
I wouldn't call it messing around.
Look, for all we know, disconnecting the stones
could put them in furtherjeopardy.
So how are things on dakara?
About as well as here.
I don't understand.
This is an odd communication device.
I mean, I can't talk to this poor woman.
I have no access to her——her mind,
her thoughts, her memories.
I'm just inside of her, looking out through her eyes.
Yeah. Jack and Joe Spencer described the experience
as having visions of what was happening to the other.
Were they ever in total control of each other's bodies?
No. But they weren't using the stones
in conjunction with the ancient terminal either.
It's possible it was meant to work this way
so that we can communicate with others
without intruding on the minds of those we're connected to.
They're just temporary transmitters.
Do you think we're actually in another galaxy?
I don't know.
Why these people?
I don't know.
Well, maybe it's just me, but this house,
these clothes...
We don't look the way I'd expect the ancients to look.
No.
What do you suppose their names are?
Harrid and sallis.
How do you know that?
Well, because it...
It says so, uh, right here.
It says, "this is the home
"of harrid and sallis cicera."
Wait, I missed that. You——you mumbled it. No, I didn't.
Well, you said something that I couldn't understand.
Well, I di—didn't say it because I don't really know what it means.
So I don't want to say it out loud 'cause I know what it means.
Well, go on. Nuptial. It means nuptial.
As in we're... married. Yeah.
Let's go look outside.
Not quite what I imagined
when I pictured a civilization ofgate builders.
No.
Something tells me this is not the same people
who built a spaceship capable of traveling across the universe.
Above the sun. Harrid, sallis.
What?
Uh, I think that means good morning.
Above the sun to you!
Above the sun?
Uh, I think he's speaking ancient.
I thinkthe communicator is translating for us.
I couldn't read the sign.
Maybe it only works for spoken language.
See you at prostration.
Prostration it is!
Prostration it is.
So, what do you want to do, harrid?
Or is it sallis?
People are starting to stare.
Should we walk about and try to play along?
Hmm?
Nope. Not what I was expecting at all.
Me neither.
On the bright side, I think he was looking at me when he said harrid.
Please. He was staring at me the whole time.
Hey. Come in.
Now, I can't decide if I—— If I like the desk here.
Where else are you gonna put it?
Out in the hall?
Daniel and vala are stable.
Based on rapid eye movements and brainwave patterns,
I'm guessing it's actually some kind of induced dream—like condition.
Dr. Jackson believes the device was used for long—range communication.
Is it possible that's what they're doing?
Talking to someone somewhere out there?
I don't know.
I'm heading to the mess.
I'm good, thanks.
I should get back to Daniel and vala.
Of course. Just keep me posted.
Mmm—hmm.
Carolyn?
You seem to be settling in okay.
I don't know if I'll ever get used to this place. It's pretty, uh...
Yeah. Yeah.
And, uh, working for you makes this whole thing just that much more bizarre.
Well, you didn't have to take the job, you know.
Oh, are you kidding, who could refuse it?
Besides, at the time,
general O'Neill didn't tell me you'd be my boss.
He's funny that way.
Hmm. Ha ha!
By the way, the desk looks fine the way it is.
Hmm. Really?
You never were happy with anything the way it was.
All hallow the ori.
All: All hallow the ori.
On their great power
we shall meditate herein this day.
Prostration it is.
We must meet.
By the portico of light at the hour of bly.
Speak not.
Chief: All greatness that is the ori.
You guide us and give meaning to our daily lives.
We beseech you, give us strength.
All: All hallow the ori.
All hallow the ori.
Well, that was fun.
Six hours of prostration.
Why don't we just tell someone who we are
and what's going on?
I mean, isn't that the whole point to this, to communicate?
I don't think these people are gonna entirely understand.
Hey, did you hear what the guy said
when we first came to the service?
Something about meeting.
The portico of light on the hour of bly.
What's that supposed to mean?
I have no idea.
What are you looking for?
I don't know.
Some reason as to why we're in these particular people,
these specific bodies.
I mean, it can't be totally random.
Well, I have a more pressing question.
Do you have any idea how we're supposed to detach from them?
No. That's another thing that's got me worried.
Have you tried?
Nothing.
I mean, it doesn't seem to be something
I canjust will to make happen.
Maybe it's about removing the stones from the device on earth.
Yeah, unfortunately, we can't tell
the people on earth that we need them
to remove them.
I mean, we'll just have to wait for them
to figure that out for themselves.
Maybe they have already and it had no effect.
I'm just gonna rule out that possibility.
Do you think these people are in our bodies?
I don't know. I mean...
This can't be how the technology is supposed to work.
Hey.
Yeah. It's the book that some of the villagers were walking around with.
It says on the front, uh,
"the book of origins. Blessed are the ori."
I think you should take a look at it.
Oh, I think I've seen enough.
I mean, prostration for six hours.
Give us strength.
You know, it's all very clear.
I think you'd find it really interesting.
Yeah? When did you start being able to read ancient?
I can't.
But this looked familiar.
Thank those full of value.
I was worried when you did not meet me.
Yes. Sorry about that.
Why did you not meet me?
Why are you not sharing leaves
with the administrator's wife?
I forgot.
We are already suspected.
We must not alter our behavior.
Suspected of what?
Harrid, what ails you?
Did I not know better, I'd fear you're trying to entrap me.
No. I——I wouldn't dream of trying to...
Entrap you? How?
Stop this. Please.
Okay, you know what?
Uh, please. Would you... would you sit?
Go with me.
My name is Daniel Jackson and I am inside the mind of harrid.
I am able to speak through him
by use of a communication technology
that we believe was first constructed and used
by a race known as the alterans.
And I'm vala mal doran.
How you doing?
By the stars. Forgive me. I am fannis.
Uh, nice to meet you.
We're from a——a place called earth.
Can I speak with harrid?
No. Uh, his consciousness appears to be suppressed
so long as we're connected.
Harrid always suspected the stones were a means of communication.
You know about the stones?
We are curators. Investigators of the past.
The stones were discovered some time ago in what we believe
are the remains ofan ancestral burial ground not far from here.
Why are you hiding them?
Such investigation is sacrilege.
You're not allowed to investigate your own history?
Such a history contradicts the book of origin.
You're heretics.
We have uncovered evidence
that we believe proves
a race of humans predates our supposed creation by the ori.
Excuse me. Daniel.
What if these gods, the——the ori,
are the people left behind by the alterans?
You think they ascended?
Vala: It's possible.
The alterans left a long, long time ago.
And what we know of the ancients,
they learned to evolve and ascend.
What if the people who remained here did, too?
That would make these people subsequent evolution of humans,
which is apparently what happened in our galaxy
after the ancients we know ascended.
And it would explain why they're not as advanced
as we might expect.
No, but the religion doesn't fit the profile.
The ascended beings I know don't pose as gods.
I mean, that's the one explicit rule that they do follow
is that they don't meddle in the affairs
of the lower planes of existence.
The ori are not posing.
We do not doubt their power.
Just their word and intention.
The power is as real as the strength and belief in all followers.
You are late for leaves with the administrator's wife.
Samsandshe are acquaintances.
So, what should I do?
Can you not disconnect and allow sallis to return?
No. Apparently, we can't do that.
Then you must pose as sallis, or we will be discovered.
I can do that.
The council has already taken respite.
The vote was quick.
I delivered yours by proxy.
Gerak's motion was resolved by a slim majority.
The Jaffa will be ruled by high council.
Votes will be attributed to the various coalition representatives
based on military assets.
Making gerak...
The new leader of the Jaffa nation.
You said the ori may have ascended. What does that mean?
Where we come from,
some people who used to look a lot like us
evolved physically and mentally so much
that they found a way to shed their physical bodies
and live as energy on another higher plane of existence.
Some called it enlightenment
and came with it a much greater understanding of the universe
and all its knowledge.
Now, this happened a long time ago.
And I believe that those people
may have originally come from here.
And those ascended beings, as you call them,
do not guide you and ask that you worship them?
No. In fact, they believe so strongly in free will
that they would not intervene and use their knowledge
even if that meant the destruction ofan entire galaxy
full of us regular, old humans.
Such is not the case with the ori.
Yes. So they ask that you worship them
and yet conceal the truth of your existence from you.
That is not all.
What are you gonna do?
We're gathering as much evidence as we can.
Our hope is that one day we will have enough proof
to convince even the most devout believers.
In the meantime, we meet in secret
and share with those we trust what we have learned.
We keep hidden those artifacts which prove our claims
in case one or more of us are discovered.
How many of you are there?
A few. Our numbers are growing.
Some believe the fact that we have not yet been discovered
is further proof that the ori are not all—powerful and all—knowing.
Others wonder if they are just giving us the opportunity
to see the error of our ways and repent.
Crowd gathers at the ara.
It's an altar?
I cannot be seen with you.
Excuse me.
Chief: He spoke to the sky and said,
"and the people shall deliver unto you the wicked
"for your divine judgment
"where their sins shall be weighed in the balance
"of all that is just and true."
Let go of me. Get your hands off me!
Daniel. What happened?
Didn't go so well.
Jackson: Yeah, I can see that.
Excuse me.
Chief: Harrid, stand back.
Sallis has been overcome.
No, she hasn't.
Ifyou'll just let me explain it.
Listen to me!
Fear not, for the ori see all.
Outside and within.
If your heart is pure and your devotion unwavering
they will protect you.
They will cleanse your being
and you will be taken to be with them forever.
If not, may the fire burn you down to the ground
and lay you in the dust.
Fire?
Hallowed are the ori.
Her heart rate is 140. She's in distress.
Daniel's br and heart rate are increasing, too.
Pull the stones.
I can't.
Jackson: What the hell did you say?
I think at first it was what I didn't say.
You see, apparently there's a blessing
you're supposed to recite over the leaves
before you drink, which nobody warned me about.
Then I think it's what I did say.
I was trying to politely explain what was going on
and then his wife started screaming
and accusing me of being overcome,
at which point I believe I suggested
she might want to think about procreation with herself.
Oh! Oh!
Listen! Please, listen to me.
You have to believe me!
This is not what it looks like.
Sallis is not possessed, okay?
Now, this is gonna sound crazy,
but, uh, we're from another galaxy.
That's right, we're—— we're using a communication technology
that allows us to take over a body from very far away
And then make us talk to you.
We just wanna talk to you.
Okay. This is getting worse. I'm administering a sedative.
Hopefully, it'll calm things down.
Daniel! Okay, listen to me!
Listen to me! You have to believe me!
You're killing an innocent person!
Vala: Daniel!
Blessed are those that deliver us from evil.
No!
No! Vala: No!
She's in v—fib. Code blue.
Charging to 200.
No! Don't—— don't shoot.
You got a better idea?
You might—— you might cause a surge. You could kill them both.
You might detonate the power source.
Now——now, come on.
Clear!
Charge to 360. Clear!
Still in v—fib. Charging again. Clear!
I've got no pulse. She's gone into asystole.
Man: That's negative.
Woman: No change. It's still rising.
I'm calling it.
She's dead?
I'm sorry.
His vitals have stabilized for the moment.
You can't pry the stones off?
Lee: No.
And you don't want me to shoot it.
No.
Then how do we unplug this thing?
I don't know.
Brilliant.
At the very least, we need to find a way
to get that bracelet off of Dr. Jackson.
They're still linked.
And without vala, he'll...
She's got a heartbeat.
Daniel?
Are you okay?
I've got tingles all over.
And don't flatter yourself,
I'm pretty sure it's not you.
Thank you.
Thankthe ori.
Stand.
You will come with me.
I think he wants us to follow him.
Can you walk?
If it means getting away from here.
Hallowed are the children of the ori.
All: Hallowed are we.
Hallowed are the ori.