SETH

Written by Robert C. Cooper

Transcribed By: Dee

TEASER

FADE IN

INT - SGC GATEROOM

The iris covering the STARGATE opens and the event horizon shoots out. JACOB CARTER emerges and walks down the ramp to the waiting people.

JACOB : GEORGE.

HAMMOND : JACOB

JACOB : Colonel O’NEILL, TEAL’C, DANIEL. SAM.

He hugs CARTER.

JACOB (cont’d) : How you doing, kid?

CARTER : Ok Dad.

JACOB : So, you guys are the talk of the Tok’ra water-cooler.

O’NEILL : For what?

JACOB : Kicking some major HATHOR behind.

O’NEILL : Yes, we do take pride in good work. But that’s not why you’re here.

JACOB : No. We need your help.

CARTER : You need our help? With what?

JACOB : Let’s just call it a Goa’uld hunt.

INT - SGC DEBRIEFING ROOM

JACOB places a device on the table, which emits a small, holographic pyramid.

DANIEL : It’s fascinating.

CARTER : No kidding. A projected hologram with no silver-halide coated plates, no photo-polymer film, no…

DANIEL : Actually, I was talking of what’s being projected. It’s like a family tree of the ancient Egyptian gods.

JACOB : Actually, of the Goa’uld System Lords.

DANIEL : RA, APOPHIS, HATHOR, HER’UR…

TEAL’C : The symbol of SETESH is oscillating.

DANIEL : It is the symbol of SETESH.

JACOB : Have you met him, TEAL’C?

TEAL’C : I have met descendants of his Jaffa.

O’NEILL : Alright, who’s this SETESH fella?

DANIEL : Otherwise known as SETEC, SET, SETI, SETH. Ancient Egyptian god of chaos, embodiment of hostility and…outright evil.

HAMMOND : Why haven’t we heard of him before?

DANIEL : Well, I’m guessing we haven’t even scratched the surface on meeting all the Goa’uld System Lords. There are probably thousands we haven’t even heard of, right?

JACOB : Only dozens at the rank of System Lord. Thousands of Goa’ulds in general.

CARTER : What makes you think we would have met this one?

JACOB : The Tok’ra Council has been taking a Goa’uld census, of sorts. Where the System Lords have positioned themselves, what domain they rule, who serves under them, that sort of thing. But there’s one Goa’uld we’ve lost track of.

O’NEILL : SETH?

JACOB : Our record of him ends when the Earth’s gate was buried in ancient Egypt.

CARTER : Are you saying he never left?

JACOB : That’s our theory. We think he still might be here, hiding among Earth’s people.

FADE OUT

END OF TEASER

INT - SGC DEBRIEFING ROOM

O’NEILL : Alright, we’ll be cutting to the chase on this one. You want us to help you find this snake-head, who, if he’s here at all, would be hiding in one of…six billion people on Earth?

JACOB : Yes.

CARTER : How do you know he’s still alive?

DANIEL : He’s alive if he has a sarcophagus.

JACOB : Or if he changes hosts every four hundred years or so.

HAMMOND : But if he were here, why wouldn’t he have tried to get at the STARGATE sometime between when it was buried and now? Or, why wouldn’t he try to take over the Earth, like RA did?

JACOB : SET had a hefty price on his head…he tried to overthrow RA. Now, the System Lords wanted him dead, as did the Tok’ra. We believe that if he’s still here, it’s because he’s using Earth as a place to hide out. He wishes to remain hidden among you.

O’NEILL : Kinda gives needle in a haystack a whole new meaning.

JACOB : Well, I know it’s a long shot.

DANIEL : Not necessarily. Remember, SETESH is a Goa’uld.

O’NEILL : Yeah?

TEAL’C : As a Goa’uld, he will never lose his thirst for power.

DANIEL : And they do have a pretty common MO for getting that power.

TEAL’C : False religion.

DANIEL : Which shrinks the proverbial haystack considerably. Let me do some homework, see if I can track him through archaeological and historical record.

HAMMOND : Do it.

INT - SGC CORRIDOR

CARTER is walking along with JACOB.

CARTER : So Dad, you don’t really think we have a chance of finding this Goa’uld, do you?

JACOB : It’s the mission GARSHAW assigned me.

CARTER : You didn’t request it? (He doesn’t reply) Dad?

JACOB : Why would I request it, huh?

CARTER : Come on, would it be so awful to admit that you just wanted a chance to see me?

JACOB : Of course not. You’re right, that’s why I requested it.

CARTER : Ok, so that’s obviously not the reason. What’s going on? As they enter an elevator, SELMAC takes control.

SELMAC : It is I who requested the assignment.

CARTER : SELMAC.

SELMAC : Nice to see you once again, Captain CARTER.

CARTER : Likewise. So, let me ask you the same question.

SELMAC : Your father has an unresolved issue here on your planet and frankly it’s beginning to irritate me.

CARTER : MARK.

SELMAC : Yes. Your father’s a proud man. He refuses to seek out your brother and mend their relationship.

CARTER : Yeah, well MARK isn’t exactly rushing into my father’s arms either. Even when we thought Dad was gonna die, he wouldn’t take my call.

SELMAC : It hurt your father deeply when his son didn’t come to him on his deathbed.

JACOB takes back control from SELMAC.

JACOB : Now why would it hurt? As far as I was concerned, the kid wasn’t my son anymore. It didn’t hurt a bit.

They exit the elevator.

CARTER : Dad, I have a number for MARK in San Diego.

JACOB : So?

CARTER : I just thought you might want to know.

JACOB : When was the last time you saw him?

CARTER : I haven’t seen him since either of his kids were born, I guess he paints me with the same brush as he does you.

JACOB : Well, SELMAC’S pushing me to go mend some fences.

CARTER : I guess SELMAC is as wise as they say. Look, I’ll go with you, when do you want to do it?

JACOB : No, I didn’t say I’d go, I just said SELMAC’S pushing it.

INT - SGC DANIEL’S OFFICE

JACOB and CARTER enter DANIEL’S office.

JACOB : So what’s the bad news?

TEAL’C : On the contrary, we have good news.

CARTER : You do?

DANIEL : I did a time-line Boolean search for religion, cult, SET, SETESH, SETEC, SET…

O’NEILL (interrupting) : Yadda.

DANIEL : …and here’s what I found. It appears there’s been a cult of SETESH throughout history, in one form or another, since around 1000BC.

CARTER, looking at the page displayed on his computer, sees the picture of a strange animal.

CARTER : What is that?

DANIEL : Oh yeah, that. Well, SETESH was represented by animal that was either fictitious or now extinct. Most likely the former, rather than the latter, since anthropologists haven’t discovered any fossils to point to a species like this ever existing.

TEAL’C : Because the creature represents SETESH, the helmets of the Setesh guard have continued to be a source of many jokes among the Jaffa.

O’NEILL : Jaffa jokes? Let’s here one of them.

TEAL’C : I shall attempt to translate O’Neill. A Serpent Guard, a Horus Guard and a Setesh Guard meet on a neutral planet. It is a tense moment. The Serpent Guard’s eyes glow! The Horus Guard’s beak glistens! The Setesh Guard’s…nose drips.

He starts laughing, but stops when none of the others join in. There is a long, awkward moment.

DANIEL : Ok, after SET was supposedly killed in ancient Egypt along with all his minions, a similar god showed up in Greece called TYPHON. In one of TYPHON’S last legends, he killed three hundred followers and then disappeared from Greece. Now at that point, he seemed to vanish from recorded history altogether. Until I found this. A new cult arose in England early eighteen hundreds, strangely enough near the location of Stonehenge. The cult had an enigmatic leader named SETH. They were constantly under attack by the Christians, then, and this is the important part, SETH’S worshippers, all of them, were found dead, having slit their own throats. But SETH’S body was never found.

O’NEILL : Guy liked to leave a lot of dead bodies behind.

CARTER : Did you lose the scent there?

DANIEL : I thought so, until, on whim, I did a search on the US Government classified net, in case the CIA had a record of…something, somewhere. And guess what came up on the ATF page? A cult whose leader is named SETH, just North of Seattle. The ATF are investigating him now because they’ve become so heavily armed and fortified. This guy has about fifty followers, who are all apparently ready to die for him.

JACOB : You mean to say you actually found this guy?

CARTER : How do we know he’s our Goa’uld?

DANIEL starts reading from the report displayed on his computer screen.

DANIEL : Deprogrammed ex members of the cult describe SETH as having magical powers and the ability to heal. They also claim he’s murdered several members in fronts of the others. And here’s the best part…several independent reports have stated that the cult leader can make his own eyes glow.

He clicks on the picture accompanying the report, enlarging the photo of SETH.

EXT - AIRFIELD (DAY)

SG1’s plane lands at an airstrip.

EXT - SETH’S COMPOUND, PERIMETER FENCE (DAY)

SG1, along with JACOB, drive up to the fenced off entrance to SETH’S compound. They get out to meet the local Sheriff.

SHERIFF : This is the place. Main building’s about ¾ mile up that drive. I sure hope you can shut these guys down. I’ve had a lot of parents come in my office…they’ve lost their kids to this nut. I haven’t got the manpower or the, what you call probable cause, that you Federal types do.

O’NEILL : Well, we’ll do what we can, Sheriff, appreciate you letting us look around.

VOICE (over Sheriff’s radio) : Sheriff, we got a fire breaking out down at Earl’s.

SHERIFF : Duty calls. Looks like you don’t need me getting in your way now. You give me a call if you need me, huh?

O’NEILL : Will do. As the Sheriff drives away, a man hurries across the road to meet them.

MAN : You people with the FBI?

O’NEILL : Nope. Who are you?

MAN : Name’s Jason LEVINSON. Been camping out here the past month hoping to catch a glimpse of my boy TOMMY, at least to know if he’s still alive. Been in there nine months now. You folks deprogrammers? Better be good…guy I hired got shot in the leg trying to get in there.

O’NEILL : So he’s got some armed guards, is what you’re saying.

LEVINSON : Lot of em’. And what’s that damned small-town Sheriff do about it? Nothing. Not a damned thing.

He looks at Jacob

LEVINSON (cont’d) : You’re the father, aren’t you? Your boy’s in there.

JACOB : No. You’ve got that wrong. My son isn’t in there.

LEVINSON is obviously unconvinced.

LEVINSON (to O’NEILL) : Uh-huh. How much would you tack on to get my boy out the same time as his?

O’NEILL : You help us, we might be able to help you.

LEVINSON : I’m with you Sir.

O’NEILL : That won’t be necessary, but we could use any information you might have. What your guy did, where he went in, where he got caught, that kind of stuff.

LEVINSON : You got it. The fence is in the wide open, as is most of the property. But I’ll show you brush cover… if you want to go in.

He starts walking towards the perimeter fence and DANIEL and CARTER follow.

TEAL’C : O’NEILL, we are being surveyed.

O’NEILL : Yeah, I saw them. It’s probably FBI, maybe ATF.

A man, dressed as a telecommunications engineer and standing on a raised platform, is watching them through a pair of binoculars.

EXT - OUTSIDE SETH’S COMPOUND, WOODS (DAY)

O’NEILL lights a small charge, which burns through the metal bars of the fence.

LEVINSON : You guys are prepared! I’m going with you.

DANIEL : I think it will be safer for everyone if you wait for us here.

O’NEILL breaks away the cut section of the fence and SG1, along with JACOB, enter the woods on the other side. O’NEILL signals for them to continue forward. They stop at the edge of the woods to survey SETH’S compound.

O’NEILL looks through his binoculars at the armed disciples patrolling the compound.

O’NEILL : AK47s, couple of Uzis. Anyone think they observed the requisite 15 day waiting period for those weapons?

CARTER : Sir, their side-arms.

O’NEILL looks through his binoculars and sees that the cult members are armed with Zats.

CARTER (cont’d) : Think it’s safe to say there’s a Goa’uld there.

Looking through her own binoculars, CARTER spots another weapon.

CARTER (cont’d) : And it looks like a pair of 50 cals.

O’NEILL : Is the concept of overkill mean anything to anybody? Let’s fall back to the RV point.

As they reach the fence, they are confronted by a group of armed men, who have their weapons aimed at SG1.

LEADER : Lower your weapons.

O’NEILL : Was wondering when you folks were gonna show. We got bets. I say FBI, they say ATF.

LEADER : Special Agent James HAMNER. ATF.

O’NEILL : Damn.

EXT - ATF BASE CAMP (DAY)

SG1, along with JACOB, are driven into the ATF’s camp.

HAMNER (to JACOB) : General, want to tell me what interest the Airforce has here?

O’NEILL : That would be classified.

HAMNER : This way gentlemen.

He leads them inside a large tent, full of equipment.

HAMNER : You guys Special Forces?

O’NEILL : Also classified.

HAMNER : I was talking to your commanding officer, Colonel.

JACOB (to HAMNER) : He’s right. It’s classified.

HAMNER : I have top level clearance.

O’NEILL : Oh, not top enough.

HAMNER (to JACOB) : You have a rather insubordinate subordinate, General.

JACOB : He’s not insubordinate to me. Only to people such as yourself. Saves me the trouble. Now maybe you can tell us what you and your cohorts are planning here.

HAMNER : This compound is owned by a cult. It’s run by a charming guy who goes by the name of SETH FARGO.

O’NEILL (silently to DANIEL) : Fargo?

HAMNER : We’ve recently required intelligence to confirm they have a hoard of prohibited weaponry here.

O’NEILL : That’s some mighty fine intelligence you got there.

JACOB (to HAMNER) : So what do you plan to do?

HAMNER : Surround the compound, negotiate, try to get them to come out peacefully.

DANIEL : You have no idea what you’re dealing with.

HAMNER : And I suppose you do?

DANIEL : As a matter of fact…

HAMNER (cutting him off) : Great, then why don’t you tell me?

O’NEILL : Ah, that would be classified as well.

HAMNER : Fine, I’ll tell you what. The United States Airforce has not been invited to participate in this operation, therefore you’re out of your jurisdiction, therefore I’m ordering you all to leave. Or I’ll have you arrested.

JACOB gestures to the telephone.

JACOB : This is a secure phone, isn’t it? Can we use it to place one call?

HAMNER : Why not?

JACOB : Thank you. Colonel?

O’NEILL picks up the telephone and starts dialing.

EXT - ATF BASE CAMP (DAY)

SG1 and JACOB are gathered by their car.

DANIEL : Jack, based on SETH’S history, if these guys go in there guns a-blazing, he’s gonna kill everyone in there.

O’NEILL : JACOB, can we assume some kind of brainwashing is going on?

JACOB : It’s probably nishta. It’s a biological compound that, once inhaled, infects all tissue in your body, including your brain. It tends to make your mind extremely pliable.

DANIEL : That’s like what HATHOR used.

JACOB : It’s stronger, it’s more encompassing.

TEAL’C : I believe that is the substance APOPHIS used on RY’AC.

O’NEILL : Can it be reversed?

JACOB : Nishta does have an Achilles Heel. Once its effects are reversed, it can’t re-infect a host. They become immune.

DANIEL : Ok, well how do we reverse it?

JACOB : There’s only one way…an electrical shock. Strong enough to kill the organism, but weak enough not to kill the host.

TEAL’C : That is why it worked when I shot RY’AC with the Zat’nikatel.

O’NEILL : Then…we go in with Zats.

DANIEL : Well, it’s not going to be very covert that way. And like I said, any kind of frontal attack is going to be a problem.

CARTER (to O’NEILL) : DANIEL’S right, Sir. Besides, with all the fire-power he’s got, we wouldn’t stand much of a chance anyway.

INT - ATF BASE CAMP, OPERATIONS TENT (DAY)

The phone rings and HAMNER answers it.

HAMNER : HAMNER…

He pauses as the caller speaks.

HAMNER (cont’d) : Yes, Mr President. Yes, Sir, I am the SRO.

The President speaks.

HAMNER (cont’d) : Well yes Sir, they are here Sir. But…

The President cuts him off.

HAMNER (cont’d) : With respect, Sir, the jurisdictional rules in this case are clear, this is a civilian matter…

He pauses again, obviously not liking what the President is saying.

HAMNER (cont’d) : Are you sure you want to do that, Sir? Yes Mr President.

He hangs up the phone and turns to a subordinate.

HAMNER : Get Colonel O’NEILL in here.

O’NEILL enters the tent.

O’NEILL : Something I can do for you?

HAMNER : You want to tell me what’s going on?

O’NEILL : Didn’t you say you know more than I do?

HAMNER : Well apparently not. I just got off the phone with the President.

O’NEILL : Of the United States of America? Sweet. How’s he doing?

HAMNER : He seems to have a thing for you.

O’NEILL : Yeah well, you know.

HAMNER : In fact I’m to issue you an emergency Special Agent credential. He’s put you in charge of this operation.

O’NEILL : Excellent. My first order of business, get me one of those cool jackets. Extra large. Double XL if you got it.

HAMNER : You want to tell me why the Airforce cares so much about this cult?

O’NEILL : Want to do me a favor? On your way out, send my team in?

HAMNER : Your team…an odd bunch of people, Colonel. Civilian scientists… This SETH guy got some kind of secret weapon you don’t want the world to know about?

O’NEILL (lowering his voice) : Alright, listen. Since you have clearance, I’ll throw you a bone. Seth and his boys got their hands on some top-secret technology that we would prefer not fall into the public consciousness just yet. Comprehend?

HAMNER : Yeah.

O’NEILL : Good. Now, you’ve heard of classified.

HAMNER : I got it.

O’NEILL : Thank you.

HAMNER leaves and the rest of SG1, along with JACOB, file into the tent.

CARTER : Did General HAMMOND get the President involved, Sir?

O’NEILL : Oh yeah. He’s put me in charge here for the time being.

TEAL’C : What do you suggest O’NEILL?

O’NEILL looks at a map of SETH’S compound.

O’NEILL : Well, I’m thinking we need to get in there.

CARTER : Ok, how?

O’NEILL : The floor is open.

DANIEL : Well I was thinking about that. If SETH’S MO hasn’t changed from his history, we know certain things from digs in Giza and in the Valley of the Kings.

CARTER : We do?

DANIEL : For example, many Egyptian leaders built their compounds with underground escape tunnels.

TEAL’C : That is correct. APOPHIS had them built into his facilities.

CARTER : Ok, so we should do a perimeter search outside the fence and look for those tunnel entrances.

O’NEILL : It’s a lot of territory. We’ll have Mr HAMNER’S men help us.

EXT - OUTSIDE SETH’S COMPOUND, WOODS (DAY)

HAMNER’S men are using metal detectors to search for a tunnel into SETH’S compound.

TEAL’C : O’NEILL!

He discovers a grate covering what appears to be a storm drain. CARTER crouches by the opening.

CARTER : Ok. We’ve got a point of entry, now what? As soon as we get near anyone on the inside, we could get compromised and shot.

DANIEL : Or worse. We get dosed with that organism and all of a sudden we’re working for SETH.

JACOB : It won’t work on me or TEAL’C.

CARTER : Yeah, but he’ll sense you’re Goa’ulds as soon as you’re within fifty feet. And with the arsenal he’s got we wouldn’t even get close to him without being gunned down.

O’NEILL (to Jacob) : Which is why you’re not going in.

CARTER : Dad you said an electrical shock like a Zat gun would snap us out of it.

JACOB : Yeah?

CARTER (to O’NEILL) : Sir, I think I have an idea.

INT - ATF BASE CAMP, OPERATIONS TENT (DAY)

CARTER is looking through a microscope as she works on an open ear-piece.

HAMNER (to DANIEL) : Give me a test count.

DANIEL(testing his ear-piece) : One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi, four Mississippi, five Mississippi…

His voice echoes through the tent as HAMNER receives his signal.

O’NEILL : CARTER?

CARTER : It’ll work, Sir, assuming Dad’s right.

O’NEILL (to JACOB) : Dad?

JACOB : If the jolt is big enough it’ll work, but you’ll have to stay under the nishta control long enough for it to spread through all your tissues. Otherwise it’ll regain a strong hold in your body.

HAMNER (to O’NEILL) : Give me a ten count.

O’NEILL (testing his ear-piece) : One, two, three, four, five, six, seven…

HAMNER : That’s good. You ready for yours, Captain?

CARTER : One second.

She makes a final adjustment to the ear-piece.

CARTER : Ok TEAL’C, push the button.

TEAL’C flicks a switch and a jolt of electricity pulses through the ear implants.

DANIEL : Ow!

O’NEILL : Hey! Ok.

CARTER closes the ear-piece on the table.

CARTER : Ok. Wire me.

EXT - OUTSIDE SETH’S COMPOUND, WOODS (DAY)

SG1, minus TEAL’C, climb into the storm drain.

INT - SETH’S COMPOUND, TUNNEL

O’NEILL, CARTER and DANIEL cautiously make their way down the tunnel.

CARTER : So DANIEL, you feel pretty certain that if we get caught, he’ll turn us into one of those zombies, rather than kill us?

DANIEL : Well, we’re more valuable to him that way.

CARTER : Why? How do you think he’ll use us?

DANIEL : Well historically, he used women as a harem. They catered to his every whim and as a result they were well cared for.

CARTER : Super.

DANIEL : And the men outside the main court were used mostly as warriors and guards, protecting his compound, pretty much doing his bidding.

They come to a secure door.

O’NEILL : Dare I ask about the men inside?

DANIEL : They were turned into eunuchs.

O’NEILL : Eunuchs as in snippidy-do-da? Sweet.

He opens the door and they enter a large, sealed chamber.

O’NEILL : DANIEL?

DANIEL : What?

O’NEILL : Now what?

DANIEL : Why are you asking me?

CARTER : Well you…you knew there’d be tunnels, so…

DANIEL : Well, in the digs there were stairs leading up to the main structure.

Transport rings suddenly come down and take them upwards. They re-materialize in SETH’S throne room, surrounded by armed disciples, who quickly disarm the three members of SG1.

O’NEILL : I hate when that happens.

They are shoved roughly to their knees.

O’NEILL : Hey!

SETH is sitting upon his throne.

SETH : Welcome. Who are you?

O’NEILL : Well I’m Larry, this is Mo, and of course, everyone’s favorite, Curly.

SETH’S eyes glow.

SETH : Say goodbye to your impure military past. We’re always happy to welcome new disciples to the bliss that only SETH can bestow.

He raises his hand, revealing a ribbon device. A green vapor begins to pour out of the statues either side of his throne.

O’NEILL : So help me, if I wake up and I’m singing soprano…

SG1 succumb to the mist and collapse unconscious to the floor.

INT - SETH’S COMPOUND, BEDROOM (DAY)

CARTER, lying on a bed, is woken by a female cult member.

DISCIPLE : Welcome disciple. How are you feeling?

CARTER : Ok, pretty good.

DISCIPLE : Good. Do you feel strong enough to be in service of your god SETH?

CARTER : Yes, of course.

DISCIPLE : This way.

They leave the room.

INT - ATF BASE CAMP, OPERATIONS TENT (DAY)

TEAL’C is listening to SG1 through their ear implants.

TEAL’C : They are awake. Shall I activate the devices?

SELMAC : No. We must wait to be sure the nishta has permeated their tissues before negating it.

TEAL’C : How long?

SELMAC : About an hour. It’s a smart virus. If there’s any unaffected tissue remaining in the body, it will give the organism safe harbor in which to mutate. Then it will overtake the body once again.

LEVINSON enters the tent.

LEVINSON : Excuse me. Mind if I watch? I mean, my son’s in there you know, I just want to be involved.

JACOB quickly takes back control from SELMAC.

JACOB : I’m afraid I can’t let you do so. I’m sorry.

LEVINSON : Yeah. Figured. Can I grab a cup of coffee?

JACOB : Sure, go ahead.

LEVINSON accidentally spills hot coffee on his hand.

LEVINSON : Ow!

TEAL’C jumps to his feet.

LEVINSON (cont’d) : Sorry. Sorry, it won’t happen again. Just been kind of short fused…since I found out about TOMMY.

TEAL’C : I understand.

He slowly returns to his seat.

LEVINSON : I find out from his college room-mate, cause…TOMMY and me hadn’t been talking for something like six months before they sucked him in.

TEAL’C : I do not understand. How could a father not speak to his son for so long a time?

JACOB appears uncomfortable at the question.

LEVINSON : That’s the funny thing about it, I don’t even remember why. Obviously something pretty stupid in the scheme of things. I’ll get out of your hair.

He leaves the tent.

TEAL’C : Do human parents not love their children unconditionally?

JACOB : Sometimes, things get complicated.

TEAL’C : Many things are complicated General CARTER. In Jaffa society, loving ones children is not one of them.

JACOB : In human society, sometimes it is.

INT - SETH’S COMPOUND, THRONE ROOM (DAY)

O’NEILL and DANIEL are brought before SETH. CARTER is already kneeling before his throne. SETH gestures to his disciples, who lead O’NEILL and DANIEL to a collection of weaponry on the floor of the chamber. Other disciples are cleaning guns.

SETH : With these weapons I have provided, we will defend against any incursion by the impure forces outside our gate. Let no other gods draw you away from SETH.

DISCIPLES : SETH is life, SETH is happiness, SETH is almighty.

SETH : Again.

This time, DANIEL and O’NEILL join in with the other disciples.

DISCIPLES : SETH is life, SETH is happiness, SETH is almighty.

SETH : Again!

DISCIPLES : SETH is life, SETH is happiness, SETH is almighty.

SETH suddenly looks down at CARTER who gazes up at him in adoration. He lifts her face to his.

SETH : You were once blended, were you not?

CARTER (blankly) : Blended.

SETH twists her face to one side.

SETH : No entry marks. But still…I sense a trace. Bring me those who came with her.

INT - ATF BASE CAMP, OPERATIONS TENT (DAY)

TEAL’C : General CARTER, there is a problem.

HAMNER suddenly enters the tent.

HAMNER : What?

JACOB : It’s nothing we can’t handle.

HAMNER : He made your people, didn’t he?

JACOB : We don’t know yet.

HAMNER, frustrated, leaves.

INT - SETH’S COMPOUND, THRONE ROOM (DAY)

DANIEL and O’NEILL are brought once more before SETH.

SETH : Who sent you? The System Lords? The Tok’ra?

His eyes flare as he becomes angrier.

SETH (cont’d) : I am your god, you will tell me what I want to know! Who does your military work for? The System Lords or the Tok’ra?

CARTER : I have a vague recollection of what you’re talking about…the Tok’ra.

SETH gestures and one of his disciples pulls Carter to her feet and brings her before the throne.

INT - ATF BASE CAMP, OPERATIONS TENT (DAY)

TEAL’C : Is it not time enough?

JACOB : No choice, do it now.

TEAL’C flicks the switches that activate the ear implants.

INT - SETH’S COMPOUND, THRONE ROOM (DAY)

SG1’s ear implants emit an electrical charge, breaking the nishta’s control over them.

O’NEILL : We work for a deprogrammer, who hired us to come remove one of your disciples.

DANIEL : But now we are enjoying the bliss that is SETH.

SETH : How is it possible that you enjoy the bliss…when you are able to lie to SETH?

An armed disciple kneels before SETH.

DISCIPLE : My lord, the impure forces that you have prophesied are surrounding the compound.

SETH (to SG1) : You will pay eternally for bringing this down upon us.

He glances at the kneeling disciple.

SETH (cont’d) : Take them and kill them.

The disciple gestures with his gun for SG1 to leave the throne room.

DISCIPLE : Go!

As SG1 file out of the throne room, SETH’S disciples begin to gather around the throne.

INT - SETH’S COMPOUND, CORRIDOR (DAY)

O’NEILL turns to the armed disciple.

O’NEILL : Uh, a quick question about old SETH…

The disciple is distracted and O’NEILL is able to knock the gun away. CARTER grabs the disciple’s Zat and shoots him with it.

The disciple, free of the nishta, looks at them in confusion.

DISCIPLE : What happened?

CARTER : It’s ok, we’re here to help you.

EXT - SETH’S COMPOUND, PERIMETER FENCE (DAY)

A convoy of vehicles, including a tank, pull up at SETH’S gate.

INT - SETH’S COMPOUND, WEAPONS ROOM (DAY)

SETH takes a round device from out of a crate and hands it to one of his disciples.

SETH : We must distribute them throughout the compound. We cannot allow the impure access to all that we have built up here.

He starts handing out more devices.

INT - SETH’S COMPOUND, STORAGE ROOM (DAY)

DANIEL introduces himself to SETH’S former disciple.

DANIEL : Um, DANIEL. They shake hands.

DISCIPLE : Uh, TOM.

O’NEILL : LEVINSON?

TOM : Yeah. I’m really confused. Who are you?

DANIEL : We’re friends of your father.

O’NEILL (to TOM) : Where are the Zats?

TOM : Zats?

CARTER lifts the Zat she took from him.

CARTER : These.

TOM quickly unlocks a weapons locker. Its shelves are filled with rows of Zats.

CARTER (to TOM) : Now, can you activate those transport rings?

TOM : I-I think so.

O’NEILL starts handing out the Zats.

O’NEILL : TOM, I need you to start transporting people out of here. Can you handle that?

TOM : I-I guess.

O’NEILL : Good.

EXT - SETH’S COMPOUND, PERIMETER FENCE (DAY)

A vehicle pulls up and HAMNER and JACOB get out. They start walking towards where TEAL’C is waiting.

HAMNER : I have to prepare for the worst. If your people have been caught and I don’t act, it’s on me if they get killed.

JACOB : It won’t be on you, it will be on me.

TEAL’C : It will reside on me also.

INT - SETH’S COMPOUND, THRONE ROOM (DAY)

SETH’S followers are arming themselves, with disciples loading bullets into clips.

SG1 enters the throne room and shoots them all with Zats.

O’NEILL : Go!

DANIEL, CARTER and TOM help the recovering people to their feet and position them in the transport area.

O’NEILL : CARTER go with them, make sure they get out of here.

The transport rings appear and take SETH’S former disciples downwards.

EXT - OUTSIDE SETH’S COMPOUND, WOODS (DAY)

HAMNER and his men are waiting outside the storm drain.

HAMNER (to JACOB) : Ok, I think I’ve been very patient…

A cloaked disciple suddenly climbs up out of the drain.

HAMNER : Call the medical teams up here stat…some blankets and shoes. Come on you guys, get in here.

More cult members start appearing out of the tunnel.

INT - SETH’S COMPOUND, TUNNEL

A set of transport rings appear in the sealed chamber, revealing more of SETH’S former disciples.

CARTER : Ok come on, let’s go, this way. Come on!

INT - SETH’S COMPOUND, THRONE ROOM (DAY)

O’NEILL sends another group of cult members down to the underground tunnel, using the transport rings.

As he and DANIEL start to walk away, SETH and more disciples suddenly come down the stairs.

SETH : How dare you challenge the power that is SETH?

O’NEILL and DANIEL suddenly turn and open fire, shooting all the disciples. But SETH has an energy shield, preventing any shots from hitting him.

SETH lifts his ribbon device and uses it on O’NEILL and DANIEL, throwing them back. He walks over, then sets one of the round devices on the floor between them. He then discards his jacket, before using the transport rings to escape.

Daniel, recovering, looks at the blinking device.

DANIEL : Bomb?

O’NEILL : Bomb.

They quickly get to their feet.

EXT - OUTSIDE SETH’S COMPOUND, WOODS (DAY)

LEVINSON watches as former cult members are helped out of the storm drain. One member emerges who he recognizes.

LEVINSON : Tommy?

He reaches down and helps his son out, before pulling him into an embrace.

TEAL’C runs over to JACOB.

TEAL’C : General CARTER, my friends have been neutralized. I must go in. I believe SELMAC will be of help.

HAMNER (overhearing) : Who’s SELMAC?

JACOB glances up at him as he fits a ribbon device onto his hand.

JACOB : It’s a long story.

He follows TEAL’C into the tunnel.

INT - SETH’S COMPOUND, TUNNEL

Transport rings appear in the underground chamber. O’NEILL and DANIEL re-materialize, then dive out of the room just in time. SETH’S bomb goes off overhead and the ceiling collapses behind them. The lights in the tunnel flicker from the blast.

O’NEILL and DANIEL run through the cult members, pulling off their hoods as they search for SETH.

At the far end of the tunnel…

JACOB : TEAL’C, stay outside and cover the other end! Just make sure he doesn’t get out another way.

CARTER hears her father’s voice and rushes over to him.

CARTER : Dad? Where are you going?

JACOB : SETI’S used a hand device on Colonel O’NEILL and DANIEL. Are you ok?

CARTER : I’m fine.

At the opposite end of the tunnel…

O’NEILL : CARTER! He’s down here!

JACOB and CARTER pass through the cult members, looking for SETH. They pass a hooded follower, but JACOB goes back and pulls the hood away to reveal SETH.

SELMAC : SETESH!

SETH : Tok’ra! Kree cho!

SETH uses his ribbon device on JACOB, throwing the Tok’ra against the wall. The Goa’uld’s eyes flare as he disappears into the shadows.

CARTER quickly crouches down by her father.

CARTER : Dad!

SELMAC : Your father will survive. Stop SETH.

The Tok’ra hands her the ribbon device.

CARTER : How? I can’t control this.

SELMAC : You have the will within you. You must summon it.

CARTER reluctantly slips on the ribbon device, goes after SETH.

CARTER : Hey!

SETH raises his ribbon device, but CARTER is quicker. She uses the ribbon device SELMAC gave her and SETH is thrown back. As CARTER crouches down by the injured Goa’uld, he tries to use his ribbon device once more. CARTER instinctively raises her own and blasts him into the ground.

DANIEL and O’NEILL arrive and see SETH’S dead body.

DANIEL : You killed him.

O’NEILL : Hail Dorothy.

CARTER looks sickened.

EXT - MARK CARTER’S HOUSE (DAY)

CARTER and JACOB walk up the driveway towards the house, sharing a quick hug, before JACOB goes up to the door and knocks. It is answered by MARK CARTER. JACOB embraces him and, after a moment, MARK returns the loving gesture. JACOB picks up one of his grandchildren, smiling, before entering the house. CARTER follows and shares a hug with her brother.

FADE OUT

THE END