1 00:00:00,042 --> 00:00:02,503 Previously, on Stargate Atlantis... 2 00:00:02,544 --> 00:00:03,587 What do we know about the Wraith? 3 00:00:03,629 --> 00:00:07,925 One of the few things we do know is that they are the enemy that defeated the ancients. 4 00:00:08,759 --> 00:00:12,095 Sometimes, a few hundred years will pass before they awaken again. 5 00:00:12,137 --> 00:00:14,598 We have visited many, many worlds. 6 00:00:15,015 --> 00:00:17,392 I know of none untouched by the Wraith. 7 00:00:17,434 --> 00:00:21,980 You are doomed, as are any humans that stand in our way. 8 00:00:22,022 --> 00:00:24,775 The ancients were researching ascension. 9 00:00:24,816 --> 00:00:26,068 What exactly is ascension? 10 00:00:26,109 --> 00:00:27,736 An advanced stage of being where they were able 11 00:00:27,778 --> 00:00:29,238 to rid themselves of their physical bodies 12 00:00:29,279 --> 00:00:30,697 and rise to a higher plane of existence, 13 00:00:30,739 --> 00:00:33,325 one in which they live as pure energy. 14 00:00:42,125 --> 00:00:44,044 - I count two. How about you? - Yes, sir. 15 00:00:44,211 --> 00:00:46,713 - I recommend shooting back any time now. - I'm trying. 16 00:00:47,214 --> 00:00:50,050 - That hit must've caused some damage. McKay? - I'm on it. 17 00:00:50,425 --> 00:00:51,802 Where did they come from? 18 00:00:52,803 --> 00:00:55,556 She's right. The darts are short-range fighters. 19 00:00:55,597 --> 00:00:57,975 There's probably a hive ship around here somewhere. 20 00:00:58,141 --> 00:01:00,018 - Then we need to get out of here. - Yes, we do. 21 00:01:00,227 --> 00:01:02,896 The Stargate's the other way, on the other side of the planet. 22 00:01:02,938 --> 00:01:04,731 Yeah, we're taking the scenic route. McKay! 23 00:01:04,898 --> 00:01:05,941 I've almost there! 24 00:01:07,067 --> 00:01:08,318 There's one on our tail! 25 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:11,446 Thank you, I know all about that one. Keep your eye on the other one. 26 00:01:11,572 --> 00:01:12,573 Okay, you should have weapons now. 27 00:01:12,614 --> 00:01:13,740 - Negative. - Are you sure? 28 00:01:13,824 --> 00:01:15,826 - Positive! - I'm pretty sure I fixed it. 29 00:01:16,410 --> 00:01:18,370 Well, obviously you didn't! 30 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,249 Perhaps you can lose them in the atmosphere of the planet. 31 00:01:22,332 --> 00:01:23,792 Two more darts on our two o'clock. 32 00:01:23,834 --> 00:01:25,085 I see them. McKay! 33 00:01:25,127 --> 00:01:26,879 It's not like I'm holding back on you. 34 00:01:42,853 --> 00:01:43,854 Hang on! 35 00:01:57,034 --> 00:01:58,535 The Wraith darts have been destroyed. 36 00:01:58,577 --> 00:01:59,786 Well, that's a good thing. 37 00:02:01,788 --> 00:02:06,418 I thought for sure we were dead. Didn't you think we were dead? 38 00:02:06,460 --> 00:02:07,461 What the hell was that? 39 00:02:07,503 --> 00:02:09,296 Some sort of, uh, energy weapon? 40 00:02:09,963 --> 00:02:12,090 What do you say we find out? 41 00:02:19,806 --> 00:02:25,020 Season 1: Episode 14 Sanctuary 42 00:03:02,432 --> 00:03:08,063 Team24 and SG-66 for seriestele. net and Forom. com Transcript: Raceman 43 00:03:22,536 --> 00:03:26,290 So just to confirm, we're all still... 44 00:03:27,457 --> 00:03:28,542 definitely not dead. 45 00:03:29,042 --> 00:03:31,044 I feel very much alive. 46 00:03:31,086 --> 00:03:32,212 Good. Same here. 47 00:03:32,254 --> 00:03:33,755 I wish I knew what that was. 48 00:03:33,797 --> 00:03:34,715 Looked like lightning. 49 00:03:34,756 --> 00:03:35,757 Space lightning? 50 00:03:35,799 --> 00:03:39,261 I already said, it's some sort of an energy weapon, one that apparently destroys Wraith darts. 51 00:03:39,303 --> 00:03:41,388 Nice, but why them and not us? 52 00:03:41,430 --> 00:03:45,309 Well, assuming that we're still alive, and there doesn't appear to be any damage 53 00:03:45,350 --> 00:03:47,769 as a result of the pulse, I think we can safely conclude that, uh... 54 00:03:52,774 --> 00:03:53,358 I got nothing. 55 00:03:53,734 --> 00:03:55,819 I mean, I got nothing to conclude. 56 00:03:55,861 --> 00:03:57,738 I'm just talking for the sake of talking. 57 00:03:57,779 --> 00:03:58,530 Are you sure you're okay? 58 00:03:58,572 --> 00:04:00,824 You know how much I hate certain death? 59 00:04:00,866 --> 00:04:02,034 You're alive. 60 00:04:02,075 --> 00:04:05,120 Could something like that be naturally occurring? 61 00:04:05,162 --> 00:04:07,331 My money's on non-naturally occurring. 62 00:04:07,372 --> 00:04:08,749 Like a weapon the ancients left behind? 63 00:04:09,333 --> 00:04:11,960 And any weapon that impressive would have to be powered by... 64 00:04:12,002 --> 00:04:13,378 - ... a zero-point module. - That's right. 65 00:04:13,420 --> 00:04:14,880 All right, we need to get down there. 66 00:04:14,922 --> 00:04:17,633 I've got to check for damage anyway before we head back to Atlantis. 67 00:04:31,813 --> 00:04:35,609 If there is a weapon somewhere down here, sir, these folks didn't build it. 68 00:04:36,026 --> 00:04:36,985 Not these kids. 69 00:04:38,487 --> 00:04:39,780 You picking up anything? 70 00:04:39,821 --> 00:04:42,032 I'm picking up everything, just nothing worth mentioning. 71 00:04:42,449 --> 00:04:45,035 These folks look familiar to you, Teyla? 72 00:04:45,077 --> 00:04:48,330 The Stargate is in orbit, Major. My people could never have ventured here. 73 00:04:48,956 --> 00:04:52,292 Right. What say we venture? 74 00:05:16,525 --> 00:05:17,526 Hi. 75 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:22,906 It's okay. We're friendly. 76 00:05:24,575 --> 00:05:25,158 Hi. 77 00:05:27,828 --> 00:05:30,497 It is likely they have never seen anyone from outside their village. 78 00:05:44,803 --> 00:05:45,637 Welcome. 79 00:05:47,014 --> 00:05:51,185 I am Zarah, one of the abbots of Proculis. 80 00:05:51,727 --> 00:05:53,770 I'm John. John Sheppard. 81 00:05:53,812 --> 00:05:57,274 This is Teyla, lieutenant Ford, and dr. McKay. 82 00:05:59,610 --> 00:06:01,278 Please, come. 83 00:06:23,342 --> 00:06:31,266 This is the first time at least in my own lifetime that people from another land have come to us. 84 00:06:32,309 --> 00:06:33,393 Well, we came by ship. 85 00:06:36,271 --> 00:06:42,069 A flying thing that allows us to move from one world to another. 86 00:06:42,110 --> 00:06:43,487 Another world? 87 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:46,448 From among the stars you see in the night sky. 88 00:06:47,741 --> 00:06:49,743 We are peaceful explorers. 89 00:06:51,078 --> 00:06:54,873 Then glory to Athar for bringing you here safely. 90 00:06:55,582 --> 00:06:56,875 Athar? 91 00:06:57,417 --> 00:07:01,046 The provider... and protector of all. 92 00:07:01,255 --> 00:07:02,673 Surely you know. 93 00:07:02,923 --> 00:07:06,260 Athar is known by many names among the stars. 94 00:07:06,301 --> 00:07:09,012 Is, um... Athar around? 95 00:07:09,221 --> 00:07:12,099 We'd love to talk to him. We're, uh, friends. 96 00:07:12,307 --> 00:07:16,520 Athar is friend to all, and with us always. 97 00:07:17,187 --> 00:07:19,398 Even now. 98 00:07:19,439 --> 00:07:20,774 Of course. 99 00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:23,402 Hi, Athar. 100 00:07:23,443 --> 00:07:27,614 What dr. McKay means is that we wish to offer our thanks. 101 00:07:27,656 --> 00:07:30,492 We were attacked by the Wraith and would have been killed, 102 00:07:30,534 --> 00:07:32,661 were it not for Athar's intervention. 103 00:07:33,537 --> 00:07:34,413 "Wraith"? 104 00:07:35,122 --> 00:07:39,293 Pale skin, sunken eyes, suck the life out of you with their hands? 105 00:07:39,543 --> 00:07:42,379 We have never encountered such beings. 106 00:07:42,713 --> 00:07:43,755 Never? 107 00:07:45,382 --> 00:07:48,343 And there is no mention of them in your history? 108 00:07:48,385 --> 00:07:49,219 None. 109 00:07:49,261 --> 00:07:54,016 I can assure you that for many thousands of years, we have lived here in peace. 110 00:07:57,102 --> 00:07:59,146 Could you excuse us for a moment? 111 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:05,694 Of course. Please, I must tell the other abbots of your arrival before we go to meet with Chaya. 112 00:08:05,736 --> 00:08:07,487 And Chaya is... 113 00:08:07,529 --> 00:08:09,865 The high priestess of Athar. 114 00:08:10,991 --> 00:08:12,993 This is a great day for our people. 115 00:08:16,705 --> 00:08:17,748 Ours too. 116 00:08:21,502 --> 00:08:23,420 I'm not kidding. This could really work. 117 00:08:23,462 --> 00:08:24,505 I agree, Major. 118 00:08:24,546 --> 00:08:29,176 Every inhabited world I have encountered in this galaxy has been ravaged by the Wraith. 119 00:08:29,218 --> 00:08:31,512 Well, this planet is protected by an Ancient weapon. 120 00:08:31,553 --> 00:08:32,763 This just confirms it. 121 00:08:32,804 --> 00:08:33,138 Does it? 122 00:08:33,180 --> 00:08:34,306 Well, there's no other explanation. 123 00:08:34,348 --> 00:08:36,892 I mean, the power requirements of something like that must be astronomical. 124 00:08:36,934 --> 00:08:38,477 Only a Z.P.M. could generate that. 125 00:08:38,519 --> 00:08:41,813 And yet... they do not appear to be technologically advanced. 126 00:08:41,855 --> 00:08:46,485 Unless that guy was lying, but he doesn't seem like the lying type. 127 00:08:46,527 --> 00:08:49,154 So, automated defenses. 128 00:08:49,196 --> 00:08:54,117 Imagine a world where displaced refugees from dozens of planets could come and live in peace, 129 00:08:54,159 --> 00:08:56,495 without fear of being culled by the Wraith. 130 00:08:56,578 --> 00:08:58,872 Maybe we can negotiate some kind of treaty. 131 00:08:58,914 --> 00:09:00,999 We just need access to that weapon better still, the Z.P.M., 132 00:09:01,291 --> 00:09:03,168 not that we'd steal it or anything. 133 00:09:03,210 --> 00:09:05,587 Let's just try to stay on our best behavior. 134 00:09:05,629 --> 00:09:07,297 I'm always on my best behavior. 135 00:09:11,218 --> 00:09:13,846 How much farther? 136 00:09:13,887 --> 00:09:14,972 Not very. 137 00:09:15,013 --> 00:09:16,014 Oh, good. 138 00:09:17,975 --> 00:09:19,518 See? We could have taken the jumper. 139 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:20,727 The exercise is good for you. 140 00:09:21,436 --> 00:09:23,313 Chaya does live pretty far from your people. 141 00:09:24,064 --> 00:09:27,276 It is not uncommon, Major, for clerics to live apart from the community. 142 00:09:57,347 --> 00:09:58,473 Glory to Athar. 143 00:09:58,515 --> 00:10:00,225 Welcome, and rest. 144 00:10:00,267 --> 00:10:01,935 Thank you, sister. 145 00:10:04,021 --> 00:10:05,397 You are new to Proculis. 146 00:10:05,439 --> 00:10:07,399 Yes. We're, uh... 147 00:10:07,441 --> 00:10:08,901 we're brand new, in fact. 148 00:10:08,942 --> 00:10:11,862 Major John Sheppard. 149 00:10:11,904 --> 00:10:14,740 I am called Chaya Sar. 150 00:10:15,115 --> 00:10:16,491 And you are... 151 00:10:16,533 --> 00:10:17,784 Teyla... 152 00:10:18,285 --> 00:10:20,412 Lieutenant Ford, and Dr. McKay. 153 00:10:20,454 --> 00:10:21,955 How did she know that? 154 00:10:21,997 --> 00:10:22,873 Oh, please. 155 00:10:22,956 --> 00:10:24,291 One of the abbots ran ahead. 156 00:10:24,333 --> 00:10:26,293 It's a pleasure to meet you, Chaya. 157 00:10:27,711 --> 00:10:29,630 You must be tired after your long journey. 158 00:10:29,671 --> 00:10:31,548 Shall I prepare some tea for us? 159 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:35,969 I was hoping you were going to say just that. 160 00:10:39,723 --> 00:10:41,558 And where do they come from, these Wraith? 161 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,479 They seem to be everywhere in this galaxy, and they appear to have been on top 162 00:10:45,521 --> 00:10:46,813 of the food chain for a long time. 163 00:10:46,855 --> 00:10:48,023 It's terrifying. 164 00:10:49,149 --> 00:10:50,567 Truly terrifying. 165 00:10:51,318 --> 00:10:53,612 My heart goes out to your people, Teyla. 166 00:10:53,654 --> 00:10:55,906 It is not only my people who suffer, Chaya. 167 00:10:55,948 --> 00:10:58,575 The Wraith have awakened from a long sleep, 168 00:10:58,617 --> 00:11:02,538 and this entire world is safe from the culling that has already begun. 169 00:11:02,913 --> 00:11:08,085 Even Atlantis, with all its wonder, may not survive the onslaught. 170 00:11:08,126 --> 00:11:13,215 It is our hope that Athar could grant sanctuary here on Proculis. 171 00:11:13,257 --> 00:11:14,383 Sanctuary? 172 00:11:17,135 --> 00:11:18,178 For so many? 173 00:11:18,220 --> 00:11:22,391 Well, we're not talking about everybody in the galaxy showing up on your doorstep. 174 00:11:22,432 --> 00:11:24,184 This planet is pretty big, ma'am. 175 00:11:24,226 --> 00:11:26,103 And it is largely uninhabited. 176 00:11:26,144 --> 00:11:29,356 More importantly, it is protected by that weapon of yours. 177 00:11:29,398 --> 00:11:30,566 Weapon? 178 00:11:30,607 --> 00:11:32,693 I am aware of no such thing on Proculis. 179 00:11:35,153 --> 00:11:36,738 Are you sure about that? 180 00:11:36,780 --> 00:11:37,865 Yes. 181 00:11:37,906 --> 00:11:39,157 Oh, please. 182 00:11:39,491 --> 00:11:41,243 Rodney, best behavior. 183 00:11:41,285 --> 00:11:43,161 This is as good as it gets, Major. 184 00:11:43,203 --> 00:11:47,207 Chaya, the only reason we're alive is because of a powerful energy weapon 185 00:11:47,249 --> 00:11:49,293 that emanated from somewhere on the surface of this planet. 186 00:11:49,334 --> 00:11:51,753 It destroyed the ships that were shooting at us. 187 00:11:51,795 --> 00:11:53,797 That weapon is what's keeping the Wraith away. 188 00:11:53,839 --> 00:11:54,715 No, Dr. McKay. 189 00:11:54,756 --> 00:11:56,592 It was Athar who protected you. 190 00:11:56,633 --> 00:11:57,718 Athar? 191 00:11:57,759 --> 00:11:58,719 Yes. 192 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:00,596 Athar saw you were in need. 193 00:12:01,930 --> 00:12:04,641 Chaya, there are a lot of people just like... 194 00:12:07,269 --> 00:12:10,689 you and me, who are in need because of the Wraith. 195 00:12:10,731 --> 00:12:17,279 What you have here, what Athar has provided you, is a very rare thing... 196 00:12:19,114 --> 00:12:21,116 but we have a lot to offer too. 197 00:12:21,158 --> 00:12:24,745 That's what friends do. They share. 198 00:12:26,079 --> 00:12:27,998 I think we could help each other. 199 00:12:29,541 --> 00:12:30,751 I understand. 200 00:12:32,544 --> 00:12:34,379 I shall consult with her now. 201 00:12:37,925 --> 00:12:41,428 Please stay here. I don't know how long this will take. 202 00:12:43,805 --> 00:12:44,556 Thank you. 203 00:12:45,390 --> 00:12:48,060 "What Athar provides for you?" 204 00:12:48,101 --> 00:12:49,144 You're buying into this? 205 00:12:49,186 --> 00:12:50,521 Rodney... 206 00:12:50,562 --> 00:12:53,023 what religious people don't take their religion seriously? 207 00:12:53,065 --> 00:12:54,775 We didn't imagine that weapon, Major. 208 00:12:54,816 --> 00:12:57,569 We saw it with our own eyes, and we saw what it was capable of. 209 00:12:57,611 --> 00:12:58,654 Yes, we did. 210 00:12:58,695 --> 00:13:02,199 Perhaps Chaya is simply unaware of the weapon's existence. 211 00:13:02,241 --> 00:13:05,702 Or she knows, and she wants to keep it a secret from us. 212 00:13:05,953 --> 00:13:07,830 She doesn't strike me as the lying type either. 213 00:13:10,499 --> 00:13:13,961 All right, let's just see what Athar has to say. 214 00:13:15,629 --> 00:13:18,799 So, "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain," hmm? 215 00:13:18,841 --> 00:13:19,842 Exactly. 216 00:13:45,576 --> 00:13:46,201 Major. 217 00:13:48,078 --> 00:13:51,081 We have conveyed your request to our divine mother, 218 00:13:51,123 --> 00:13:53,876 and although she does not doubt the righteousness of your mission, 219 00:13:53,917 --> 00:13:58,255 I'm afraid she cannot countenance any other people but hers settling here. 220 00:13:58,297 --> 00:14:00,883 And you really had to chant all that time to come up with that? 221 00:14:00,924 --> 00:14:02,092 McKay. 222 00:14:02,134 --> 00:14:04,469 Is there any way we can ask Athar to reconsider? 223 00:14:04,511 --> 00:14:09,975 Athar understands and sympathizes these Wraith are a scourge among our stars 224 00:14:10,017 --> 00:14:13,896 but she has to place the lives of her people first. 225 00:14:15,105 --> 00:14:17,357 Well, I think we both knew what you were going to say 226 00:14:17,399 --> 00:14:18,775 long before you even went in there. 227 00:14:18,859 --> 00:14:20,569 We prayed for Athar's guidance. 228 00:14:20,611 --> 00:14:22,196 And what did Athar say? 229 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:27,117 You're hiding behind your religion to justify your complete and utter selfishness. 230 00:14:27,159 --> 00:14:28,035 Rodney... 231 00:14:28,076 --> 00:14:30,996 if Athar existed, she would be ashamed of herself. 232 00:14:31,038 --> 00:14:34,374 We ask only to be left alone and in peace. 233 00:14:34,416 --> 00:14:38,212 So untold thousands, possibly millions of people will die out there 234 00:14:38,253 --> 00:14:40,130 when they could have been saved, all in the name of Athar. 235 00:14:40,172 --> 00:14:41,882 How very, very peaceful of you. 236 00:14:41,924 --> 00:14:43,592 You should be grateful to Athar. 237 00:14:43,634 --> 00:14:45,093 This is a waste of time. 238 00:14:45,135 --> 00:14:47,137 Athar regrets that she cannot help you. 239 00:14:47,179 --> 00:14:49,181 And I'm sure those were her exact words. 240 00:14:49,223 --> 00:14:50,057 That's enough. 241 00:14:52,476 --> 00:14:53,769 Head back to the jumper. 242 00:14:53,810 --> 00:14:55,229 I'll be there in a minute. 243 00:14:55,270 --> 00:14:56,146 Why? 244 00:14:56,188 --> 00:14:57,189 Because you're not helping. 245 00:14:57,231 --> 00:14:58,232 Yes, sir. 246 00:15:08,033 --> 00:15:09,701 I apologize. 247 00:15:09,868 --> 00:15:12,955 He acts only in accordance to his beliefs, as do we. 248 00:15:12,996 --> 00:15:16,291 But Rodney is right about one thing. 249 00:15:16,333 --> 00:15:19,711 This really is about lives, human lives. 250 00:15:19,753 --> 00:15:23,423 Sooner or later, the Wraith are going to show up at Atlantis, and when they do... 251 00:15:23,465 --> 00:15:24,299 you're a warrior. 252 00:15:24,341 --> 00:15:27,094 Well, I don't know about "warrior. " 253 00:15:27,135 --> 00:15:28,345 It is your vocation, Major. 254 00:15:29,012 --> 00:15:30,138 You will fight. 255 00:15:30,931 --> 00:15:35,394 I'll try, but knowing what we're up against, and the odds... 256 00:15:37,104 --> 00:15:45,696 Look I'd appreciate it if you would ask Athar to consider that we are her people. 257 00:15:45,737 --> 00:15:50,325 Even though we come from very far away, we're the same. 258 00:15:50,367 --> 00:15:53,328 We're human, which means we're not strangers. 259 00:15:53,370 --> 00:15:54,288 We're family. 260 00:16:03,672 --> 00:16:04,882 Evening breeze. 261 00:16:06,216 --> 00:16:08,844 I was kind of hoping it was a sign from Athar. 262 00:16:08,886 --> 00:16:11,471 Your words are most compelling, Major Sheppard. 263 00:16:11,513 --> 00:16:12,556 Thank you. 264 00:16:13,140 --> 00:16:14,766 I was going for compelling. 265 00:16:15,142 --> 00:16:17,269 Do you truly believe we are family? 266 00:16:17,311 --> 00:16:18,437 We are. 267 00:16:18,478 --> 00:16:19,771 I can prove it to you. 268 00:16:19,813 --> 00:16:20,647 How? 269 00:16:20,689 --> 00:16:22,065 Come back to Atlantis. 270 00:16:22,107 --> 00:16:23,650 See who we really are. 271 00:16:23,692 --> 00:16:25,736 Once Athar learns more about us... 272 00:16:25,777 --> 00:16:26,820 this is acceptable. 273 00:16:27,321 --> 00:16:28,322 It is? 274 00:16:28,655 --> 00:16:32,743 Chaya, please, you cannot leave. 275 00:16:32,784 --> 00:16:37,331 Athar is with us always, no matter where we are, Zarah. 276 00:16:43,212 --> 00:16:44,379 I understand. 277 00:16:44,421 --> 00:16:51,011 I am ready. 278 00:16:55,098 --> 00:16:56,683 Welcome to Atlantis. 279 00:16:56,934 --> 00:16:57,976 Thank you. 280 00:16:58,227 --> 00:17:01,313 I hope you don't mind, but our doctors do require a medical exam 281 00:17:01,355 --> 00:17:03,065 of all off-planet team members 282 00:17:03,106 --> 00:17:06,276 and our visitors, but after that, perhaps you'd like a full tour. 283 00:17:06,318 --> 00:17:07,277 I would love that. 284 00:17:07,319 --> 00:17:09,613 Major Sheppard has already promised to do so. 285 00:17:09,655 --> 00:17:11,073 Of course he has. 286 00:17:11,114 --> 00:17:11,949 Of course I have. 287 00:17:11,990 --> 00:17:14,618 Please, if you'll follow me to the infirmary... 288 00:17:14,660 --> 00:17:17,246 maybe I should tag along, in case you have any questions.. 289 00:17:17,287 --> 00:17:18,455 I think I've got a handle, Rodney. 290 00:17:18,497 --> 00:17:19,832 There are a lot of systems you know absolutely... 291 00:17:19,873 --> 00:17:20,624 Got it covered. 292 00:17:23,627 --> 00:17:24,169 Fine. 293 00:17:33,887 --> 00:17:34,721 Hold still. 294 00:17:34,763 --> 00:17:36,515 Just a minute more. 295 00:17:39,184 --> 00:17:43,480 Well, my dear, it seems you're just as lovely on the inside as you are on the out. 296 00:17:43,522 --> 00:17:46,525 If health is synonymous with beauty. 297 00:17:46,567 --> 00:17:47,901 You can get up now. 298 00:17:47,943 --> 00:17:49,736 How does this device 299 00:17:49,778 --> 00:17:51,280 do what you say it does? 300 00:17:51,572 --> 00:17:57,202 It creates images of the tissues inside your body, and they are picture-perfect. 301 00:17:57,244 --> 00:17:59,788 Did you bring these machines back from your world? 302 00:17:59,830 --> 00:18:00,706 Some. 303 00:18:00,747 --> 00:18:04,376 Others are atlantean technology that we've figured out how to use, and a few... 304 00:18:04,418 --> 00:18:08,338 well, I haven't the vaguest idea what they do. 305 00:18:08,380 --> 00:18:10,340 Hopefully one day I'll have a chance to meet one. 306 00:18:10,382 --> 00:18:11,216 I'll ask them myself. 307 00:18:11,258 --> 00:18:12,551 Do you know what happened to them? 308 00:18:12,593 --> 00:18:16,013 Well, some returned to Earth after the war with the Wraith. 309 00:18:16,054 --> 00:18:19,224 That much we know, but we also know that some of them ascended. 310 00:18:19,641 --> 00:18:20,726 Ascended? 311 00:18:20,767 --> 00:18:23,729 To a higher plane, where they exist only as energy. 312 00:18:25,022 --> 00:18:27,149 Are all the people of your world as healthy as you? 313 00:18:28,192 --> 00:18:28,942 Yes. 314 00:18:30,277 --> 00:18:31,403 No disease, ailments? 315 00:18:32,779 --> 00:18:34,573 No one ever breaks a leg? 316 00:18:34,615 --> 00:18:37,284 Such things are rare, but my people heal quite rapidly. 317 00:18:37,493 --> 00:18:38,994 Really? 318 00:18:42,122 --> 00:18:43,081 Are we done? 319 00:18:43,874 --> 00:18:44,500 Are we? 320 00:18:44,625 --> 00:18:46,418 Healthiest patient I've ever had. 321 00:18:46,460 --> 00:18:47,461 Off you go, love. 322 00:18:53,217 --> 00:18:54,009 Where are we at? 323 00:18:54,051 --> 00:18:56,053 Well, either she knows where the weapon is and she's playing us, 324 00:18:56,136 --> 00:18:59,181 or else she has no idea, in which case, we are wasting our time. 325 00:18:59,223 --> 00:19:00,307 So what do you suggest? 326 00:19:00,349 --> 00:19:03,727 Take another team back in the jumper, scan the planet for energy signatures. 327 00:19:03,769 --> 00:19:05,521 Chaya's people won't have a clue what we're doing from orbit, 328 00:19:05,562 --> 00:19:07,940 unless they're a technically advanced race that are pretending not to be, 329 00:19:07,981 --> 00:19:10,150 which has happened before. 330 00:19:10,817 --> 00:19:12,486 Did you find anything abnormal? 331 00:19:12,528 --> 00:19:15,155 I mean, something that would suggest they are more advanced than they claim to be? 332 00:19:15,197 --> 00:19:19,117 No, They're either pathetically pretechnological or brilliantly post-technological. 333 00:19:19,159 --> 00:19:21,662 And there's no way this could be a natural phenomenon? 334 00:19:21,703 --> 00:19:24,915 A perfectly timed, directional energy burst that only affected the Wraith ships? 335 00:19:25,165 --> 00:19:26,875 - That's a no? - That's a no. 336 00:19:26,917 --> 00:19:29,294 Dr. Weir, I have those results. 337 00:19:29,336 --> 00:19:30,879 Thank you, Carson. We're on our way. 338 00:19:34,508 --> 00:19:35,968 How many of you are there? 339 00:19:36,009 --> 00:19:38,512 Counting all the athosians on the mainland, 340 00:19:38,762 --> 00:19:40,597 you might get a couple of hundred, 341 00:19:40,639 --> 00:19:43,225 which leaves a very large, empty city. 342 00:19:43,267 --> 00:19:45,978 Right now, we're living in one section, because we don't have the power to spread out more than that. 343 00:19:50,148 --> 00:19:51,108 What do you think so far? 344 00:19:52,776 --> 00:19:54,403 I think it's wondrous... 345 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,322 but ultimately, the decision is up to Athar. 346 00:20:00,117 --> 00:20:01,618 You're not a believer, are you? 347 00:20:02,619 --> 00:20:03,745 Look, Chaya... 348 00:20:04,580 --> 00:20:06,206 I respect that you believe. 349 00:20:07,374 --> 00:20:09,793 Look, I can't talk to Athar, 350 00:20:09,835 --> 00:20:14,214 I can only talk to you, so let me ask you this what if the shoe was on the other foot? 351 00:20:14,548 --> 00:20:16,842 What if your people were in trouble and we could help you? 352 00:20:17,801 --> 00:20:19,636 Would you just take no for an answer? 353 00:20:21,388 --> 00:20:25,309 It must have been very hard to live your entire life under the shadow of the Wraith. 354 00:20:27,728 --> 00:20:29,146 Don't misunderstand me. 355 00:20:29,188 --> 00:20:31,315 Teyla and her people have known the Wraith forever, 356 00:20:31,356 --> 00:20:33,692 but when I say we're new, I mean we just got here. 357 00:20:33,734 --> 00:20:35,986 We're from another galaxy. A planet called Earth. 358 00:20:36,403 --> 00:20:37,237 Earth? 359 00:20:37,905 --> 00:20:39,031 It's very far away. 360 00:20:39,823 --> 00:20:41,867 You know those clusters of stars you see in the night sky? 361 00:20:41,909 --> 00:20:44,119 Some of them are called galaxies, 362 00:20:44,161 --> 00:20:46,371 and they're even further away from you than the stars. 363 00:20:46,413 --> 00:20:48,665 Earth is in one of those galaxies. 364 00:20:48,707 --> 00:20:50,542 You came through the Stargate. 365 00:20:50,584 --> 00:20:51,710 That's right. 366 00:20:52,085 --> 00:20:53,795 And can you not simply return? 367 00:20:53,837 --> 00:20:55,380 Well, not simply. 368 00:20:56,298 --> 00:20:59,134 We knew going into it that it was probably going to be a one-way trip, 369 00:20:59,176 --> 00:21:03,597 but we thought what we would find here would be worth the risk. 370 00:21:03,639 --> 00:21:04,932 And is it? 371 00:21:05,015 --> 00:21:06,266 So far. 372 00:21:06,308 --> 00:21:08,352 Ask me again when the Wraith show up. 373 00:21:08,852 --> 00:21:12,731 Blood work shows no viral, bacterial, or parasitic infections. 374 00:21:13,774 --> 00:21:18,779 Mri reveals no tumors or cancers, no heart defects of any kind. 375 00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:24,660 Blood pressure 130 over 70, total cholesterol 107. 376 00:21:24,701 --> 00:21:26,787 She's in perfect health. 377 00:21:27,246 --> 00:21:28,622 I'm happy for her. 378 00:21:28,664 --> 00:21:30,791 Why did we need to see this? 379 00:21:30,833 --> 00:21:32,543 Because, doctor, she's too healthy. 380 00:21:32,584 --> 00:21:33,627 What does that mean? 381 00:21:33,669 --> 00:21:36,505 There's no trace of any diseases or congenital conditions 382 00:21:36,547 --> 00:21:39,049 that you typically find in pretechnological societies. 383 00:21:40,133 --> 00:21:41,927 No rickets, no fungi, stds... 384 00:21:42,636 --> 00:21:43,762 perfect health? 385 00:21:43,804 --> 00:21:48,433 Aye, and from what she told me, this may be the norm among her people. 386 00:21:48,475 --> 00:21:49,518 But she is human? 387 00:21:49,601 --> 00:21:50,602 Oh, without a doubt. 388 00:21:50,644 --> 00:21:51,645 So how is that possible? 389 00:21:52,229 --> 00:21:55,399 I can't say that for certain without visiting the planet myself, 390 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:58,360 but if this data is accurate, then people on Proculis 391 00:21:59,403 --> 00:22:02,364 live in optimal health for a very, very long time. 392 00:22:02,406 --> 00:22:04,783 - You make it sound like some sort of a... - paradise? 393 00:22:04,825 --> 00:22:06,410 Aye, because it is. 394 00:22:06,660 --> 00:22:09,121 And that's a problem because... 395 00:22:09,163 --> 00:22:15,377 because human life, quite simply, dr. Weir, is more fragile than that. 396 00:22:16,253 --> 00:22:17,838 I don't care what galaxy we're in. 397 00:22:18,422 --> 00:22:19,673 It's unnatural. 398 00:22:27,181 --> 00:22:29,391 The ocean air is so invigorating. 399 00:22:29,850 --> 00:22:30,976 Plenty of that here. 400 00:22:32,186 --> 00:22:33,937 Most of the planet's ocean. 401 00:22:35,522 --> 00:22:38,150 Well surely there's enough land to resettle the refugees. 402 00:22:38,192 --> 00:22:39,193 Well, there is. 403 00:22:39,234 --> 00:22:41,445 We just can't guarantee their safety. 404 00:22:41,486 --> 00:22:43,614 Even though you control all of this? 405 00:22:43,655 --> 00:22:47,201 I'd be lying if I said we controlled it all. 406 00:22:48,118 --> 00:22:51,413 This place is so far beyond us in so many ways. 407 00:22:51,622 --> 00:22:54,666 For example, Atlantis does have a shield that can withstand anything 408 00:22:54,750 --> 00:22:57,753 the Wraith could throw at us, but we have no way of powering it up. 409 00:22:58,962 --> 00:23:01,882 We can't risk taking in any more refugees than we already have. 410 00:23:05,010 --> 00:23:05,802 Come with me. 411 00:23:08,889 --> 00:23:10,015 Major Sheppard... 412 00:23:10,057 --> 00:23:11,475 I'd prefer you call me John. 413 00:23:12,309 --> 00:23:13,101 John... 414 00:23:13,727 --> 00:23:15,479 how did you make enemies of the Wraith? 415 00:23:15,521 --> 00:23:17,314 That was my fault. 416 00:23:17,356 --> 00:23:18,357 Yours? 417 00:23:18,398 --> 00:23:21,860 I basically woke them up trying to rescue some people they'd captured. 418 00:23:21,902 --> 00:23:23,445 They didn't take too kindly to that. 419 00:23:23,487 --> 00:23:25,322 But you saved your people? 420 00:23:26,824 --> 00:23:27,574 Most of them. 421 00:23:28,075 --> 00:23:30,202 And that is how you know for sure they're coming back? 422 00:23:30,577 --> 00:23:32,496 Yeah, we just don't know when. 423 00:23:33,831 --> 00:23:41,004 Main control console, environmental support systems, communications, 424 00:23:41,338 --> 00:23:45,217 and this, this is, uh... 425 00:23:47,469 --> 00:23:50,055 Sorry, Major. We haven't the faintest idea what it... 426 00:23:52,808 --> 00:23:56,812 this is a new piece of equipment we found in another section of the city. 427 00:23:56,854 --> 00:23:58,480 It hadn't yet been initialized. 428 00:23:58,522 --> 00:23:59,815 So you're saying she has... 429 00:23:59,857 --> 00:24:01,024 she has the gene. 430 00:24:01,608 --> 00:24:02,818 Then I did this? 431 00:24:03,527 --> 00:24:04,945 What does the machine do? 432 00:24:04,987 --> 00:24:06,864 We don't know. Not yet, anyway. 433 00:24:06,905 --> 00:24:08,657 The Atlanteans were good at lots of things, 434 00:24:09,032 --> 00:24:11,618 but writing instruction manuals wasn't one of them. 435 00:24:12,619 --> 00:24:14,580 We should probably wrap this tour up. 436 00:24:16,039 --> 00:24:19,168 I know dr. Weir is anxious to talk to you. 437 00:24:19,710 --> 00:24:21,128 Will I see you afterwards? 438 00:24:21,170 --> 00:24:22,337 And during. 439 00:24:27,176 --> 00:24:29,803 What we are proposing is a kind of land lease, 440 00:24:29,845 --> 00:24:31,805 in which refugees rendered homeless 441 00:24:31,847 --> 00:24:33,724 by the Wraith could resettle on Proculis. 442 00:24:34,474 --> 00:24:36,476 In return, we can offer you services and knowledge 443 00:24:36,518 --> 00:24:37,853 which would be of benefit to your people. 444 00:24:37,895 --> 00:24:38,687 Such as? 445 00:24:38,729 --> 00:24:41,398 Well, you've seen the sort of technology we possess here. 446 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:44,735 We could help you down a path to a more industrialized society, 447 00:24:44,776 --> 00:24:48,030 but at a pace that will maintain your planet's ecological balance. 448 00:24:48,071 --> 00:24:53,118 Your scientific knowledge is impressive, dr. Weir, but we have no need of it. 449 00:24:53,327 --> 00:24:55,621 Athar provides us with everything we require. 450 00:24:55,662 --> 00:24:58,790 Well, food just doesn't show up on the dinner table. 451 00:24:58,832 --> 00:25:00,959 You do plant all your own crops? 452 00:25:01,502 --> 00:25:02,252 Of course we do. 453 00:25:02,294 --> 00:25:04,379 We can show you ways to increase your crop yields. 454 00:25:04,421 --> 00:25:06,548 We grow all the food we need to live. 455 00:25:06,590 --> 00:25:08,175 Anything else would be gluttony. 456 00:25:09,551 --> 00:25:10,761 Building materials, then. 457 00:25:10,802 --> 00:25:13,931 We have abundant timber and iron ore to forge what little metal we need. 458 00:25:14,848 --> 00:25:15,974 Athar is kind. 459 00:25:20,562 --> 00:25:21,813 There must be something. 460 00:25:23,023 --> 00:25:26,443 What my people value most is spiritual knowledge. 461 00:25:26,485 --> 00:25:28,904 What can your culture provide in that regard? 462 00:25:31,949 --> 00:25:35,744 Earth's people don't share a single spiritual belief. 463 00:25:36,328 --> 00:25:40,207 We embrace a number of different religions and philosophies... 464 00:25:40,374 --> 00:25:42,167 Christianity, Buddhism, 465 00:25:42,209 --> 00:25:44,002 Judaism, Islam... 466 00:25:45,295 --> 00:25:46,129 Hinduism. 467 00:25:47,381 --> 00:25:48,632 Kwanzaa... 468 00:25:49,049 --> 00:25:50,175 Interesting. 469 00:25:50,217 --> 00:25:51,510 Tell me about them. 470 00:25:51,552 --> 00:25:52,636 All of them? 471 00:25:52,678 --> 00:25:53,762 Yes. They sound fascinating. 472 00:25:54,930 --> 00:25:58,183 Well, I am hardly competent to discuss all of Earth's religions, 473 00:25:58,225 --> 00:26:00,102 but I can offer you some resources. 474 00:26:00,143 --> 00:26:03,480 With very little training, you could have complete access to our historical database. 475 00:26:04,481 --> 00:26:06,233 That would be wonderful. 476 00:26:09,862 --> 00:26:10,529 You got it working? 477 00:26:10,571 --> 00:26:11,405 Yeah. 478 00:26:12,573 --> 00:26:13,740 Well, do we know what it does? 479 00:26:14,116 --> 00:26:17,327 It would appear to be an internal-external biometric sensor array. 480 00:26:17,369 --> 00:26:19,746 See, now, sadly, I understood that. 481 00:26:20,747 --> 00:26:22,207 Where did all those saturday nights go? 482 00:26:22,249 --> 00:26:24,918 These seem to be the biosignatures of everyone in Atlantis. 483 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,421 How can you tell? I can't make heads or tails out of that mess. 484 00:26:27,462 --> 00:26:29,965 I've been working on deciphering the ancient logarithms. 485 00:26:30,007 --> 00:26:33,135 I suspect this was designed primarily as an early warning system, 486 00:26:33,177 --> 00:26:34,887 to signal any alien presence in the city, like the Wraith. 487 00:26:34,928 --> 00:26:39,349 And you're saying that it activated when our visitor touched it? 488 00:26:39,391 --> 00:26:40,851 Which must mean she has the ancient gene. 489 00:26:40,893 --> 00:26:44,229 Or it was initialized already and only activated because it was detecting her. 490 00:26:44,271 --> 00:26:46,440 I mean, she could be some kind of an alien, 491 00:26:46,481 --> 00:26:48,650 and this thing knows more about her than we've been able to decipher. 492 00:26:49,943 --> 00:26:51,570 Someone should be keeping an eye on her. 493 00:26:51,612 --> 00:26:52,696 Major Sheppard is. 494 00:26:52,738 --> 00:26:54,031 Oh, I'm sure he is. 495 00:26:54,072 --> 00:26:55,866 Not entirely for the reasons you think. 496 00:26:55,908 --> 00:26:57,117 Dr. Weir asked him to. 497 00:26:57,534 --> 00:26:58,660 Oh, I'm sure she did. 498 00:27:05,584 --> 00:27:07,336 Dr. Weir wanted me to make sure Chaya saw everything. 499 00:27:07,377 --> 00:27:08,128 Everything? 500 00:27:08,170 --> 00:27:09,796 Well, not everything, everything. 501 00:27:09,838 --> 00:27:12,966 Chaya mentioned she wanted to see the best view of the city at night, 502 00:27:13,008 --> 00:27:17,304 which I think is atop the southwest pier, and since it's such a long walk, 503 00:27:17,346 --> 00:27:20,057 I thought I'd bring along a few provisions. 504 00:27:21,141 --> 00:27:23,435 Continuing our efforts to secure a treaty. 505 00:27:23,477 --> 00:27:24,520 Exactly. 506 00:27:24,895 --> 00:27:26,396 As our ambassador. 507 00:27:29,483 --> 00:27:32,819 I am an ambassador, and she is a... 508 00:27:33,570 --> 00:27:34,112 diplomat. 509 00:27:35,197 --> 00:27:38,534 On a late-night... picnic? 510 00:27:39,284 --> 00:27:40,118 Yes. 511 00:27:41,912 --> 00:27:45,249 I know that as ranking military officer here in Atlantis 512 00:27:45,290 --> 00:27:47,793 that you feel a heavy burden of responsibility, 513 00:27:48,335 --> 00:27:49,294 but you... 514 00:27:49,336 --> 00:27:51,964 are allowed to have feelings for others. 515 00:27:52,005 --> 00:27:53,715 Oh. No, this is a... 516 00:27:53,757 --> 00:27:58,303 this is an ambassadorial, diplomatic picnic outing. 517 00:27:58,345 --> 00:27:59,137 Without... 518 00:27:59,179 --> 00:28:01,807 having to justify them to anyone. 519 00:28:03,308 --> 00:28:04,476 Good night, Major. 520 00:28:07,604 --> 00:28:09,648 Good night, Teyla. 521 00:28:14,111 --> 00:28:15,445 You want to send her back? 522 00:28:15,487 --> 00:28:18,031 All I know is she's not who she's pretending to be. 523 00:28:18,073 --> 00:28:19,116 And you know this because... 524 00:28:19,158 --> 00:28:20,325 what, I'm not allowed to have intuition? 525 00:28:20,367 --> 00:28:21,410 You? No. 526 00:28:22,744 --> 00:28:24,246 I asked Major Sheppard to keep an eye on her. 527 00:28:24,288 --> 00:28:27,624 Which is like asking the fox to guard the henhouse. 528 00:28:27,666 --> 00:28:28,417 What? 529 00:28:28,458 --> 00:28:31,962 Well, look, the biometric differential is not insignificant, Elizabeth. 530 00:28:32,963 --> 00:28:34,298 What I'm saying is... 531 00:28:34,339 --> 00:28:36,091 the woman set off an alien alarm. 532 00:28:36,133 --> 00:28:38,302 Come on, you don't know that for certain. 533 00:28:38,343 --> 00:28:42,472 Now, grodin says you are nowhere close to understanding what the nature of that device is. 534 00:28:42,514 --> 00:28:45,809 There are too many unknown variables. There's the energy weapon, 535 00:28:45,851 --> 00:28:47,019 the fact that they claim never to have seen the Wraith... 536 00:28:47,060 --> 00:28:49,479 what about the fact that she's essentially a textbook case of healthy? 537 00:28:49,521 --> 00:28:51,982 All very mysterious, yes, but what does it prove? 538 00:28:52,024 --> 00:28:54,651 That we should give her a one-way ticket back home. 539 00:28:54,693 --> 00:28:56,778 There is obviously something very... 540 00:28:56,820 --> 00:29:00,741 different about her, yes, but that doesn't necessarily make her a threat. 541 00:29:00,782 --> 00:29:02,618 It doesn't rule it out, either. 542 00:29:02,993 --> 00:29:05,078 Then, for the moment, I think what we could gain 543 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,915 by securing a treaty is worth the risk of her being here. 544 00:29:09,208 --> 00:29:10,083 Fine. 545 00:29:16,340 --> 00:29:17,591 This is delicious. 546 00:29:18,926 --> 00:29:21,970 Well, enjoy it while you can, because that's the last of what we have. 547 00:29:22,012 --> 00:29:23,722 Then I am honored. 548 00:29:25,390 --> 00:29:27,809 When McKay finds out, he's going to kill me. 549 00:29:27,851 --> 00:29:29,353 Athar will save you. 550 00:29:29,394 --> 00:29:30,729 Oh, good. 551 00:29:33,357 --> 00:29:34,775 Such wondrous things. 552 00:29:35,526 --> 00:29:39,112 I can't imagine wanting to do anything but eat all the time with such a variety of foods. 553 00:29:39,696 --> 00:29:42,449 Well, we manage to pull ourselves away somehow. 554 00:29:43,325 --> 00:29:44,952 I've been learning much about Earth. 555 00:29:45,118 --> 00:29:47,830 Dr. Weir has gotten me on your information machines. 556 00:29:48,121 --> 00:29:51,291 Elizabeth's got you on a computer already, huh? 557 00:29:51,792 --> 00:29:53,502 I'm fascinated by your many religions. 558 00:29:53,961 --> 00:29:55,212 So many beliefs. 559 00:29:55,546 --> 00:29:56,880 So many philosophies. 560 00:29:57,297 --> 00:29:58,674 Yeah, we've got a few of those. 561 00:29:58,966 --> 00:30:00,592 So many contradictory faiths. 562 00:30:01,301 --> 00:30:02,594 Yeah, it's a bit of a mess. 563 00:30:05,681 --> 00:30:06,515 More? 564 00:30:07,349 --> 00:30:08,225 Yes, please. 565 00:30:09,434 --> 00:30:11,562 We traded for grapes. 566 00:30:12,521 --> 00:30:15,274 The athosians, Teyla's people, 567 00:30:15,315 --> 00:30:16,900 they make this on the mainland. 568 00:30:18,110 --> 00:30:22,156 I wasn't completely truthful with you about something. 569 00:30:25,325 --> 00:30:28,162 On Proculis, when I told you I did not feel lonely... 570 00:30:29,830 --> 00:30:32,541 coming here and being with you... 571 00:30:33,917 --> 00:30:36,628 it reminded me what it was like not to be alone. 572 00:30:44,386 --> 00:30:45,095 What? 573 00:30:45,137 --> 00:30:46,889 Well, I mean, nothing. 574 00:30:47,431 --> 00:30:48,640 It's just that... 575 00:30:48,682 --> 00:30:54,646 this is the first time I've been in a romantic situation with a woman from another planet, 576 00:30:54,688 --> 00:30:56,148 and it just strikes me as really,... 577 00:30:57,191 --> 00:30:57,941 wrong? 578 00:30:57,983 --> 00:30:59,151 No. God, no. 579 00:30:59,193 --> 00:31:00,402 Just... just... 580 00:31:00,444 --> 00:31:01,612 funny. 581 00:31:03,197 --> 00:31:04,072 I'm sorry. 582 00:31:04,114 --> 00:31:04,865 I just thought 583 00:31:04,907 --> 00:31:05,741 that I would, uh... 584 00:31:07,034 --> 00:31:08,035 you said it yourself... 585 00:31:08,076 --> 00:31:09,203 we're both human. 586 00:31:10,287 --> 00:31:17,169 Yes, we are, and I'm really glad you didn't say "family" otherwise I'd have to leave. 587 00:31:19,463 --> 00:31:20,214 Don't. 588 00:31:26,637 --> 00:31:28,096 I'm not going anywhere. 589 00:31:47,282 --> 00:31:48,075 Major. 590 00:31:49,076 --> 00:31:49,868 Rodney. 591 00:31:49,910 --> 00:31:51,078 What are you doing up so late? 592 00:31:51,119 --> 00:31:52,830 I was just, uh... 593 00:31:52,871 --> 00:31:55,249 I couldn't sleep, so I was going back up to the control room to do a little research. 594 00:31:55,290 --> 00:31:56,124 What about you? 595 00:31:56,208 --> 00:31:57,000 Oh, no thanks. 596 00:31:57,042 --> 00:31:59,545 No, I mean, what were you doing up so late? 597 00:31:59,586 --> 00:32:00,379 I'm always up late, rodney. 598 00:32:01,505 --> 00:32:02,714 A word of caution... 599 00:32:02,756 --> 00:32:08,720 the whole captain kirk routine is problematic, to say the least, let alone morally dubious. 600 00:32:08,762 --> 00:32:09,680 What routine? 601 00:32:09,721 --> 00:32:11,056 The romancing, the alien priestess. 602 00:32:11,098 --> 00:32:12,641 It's very 1967 of you. 603 00:32:12,683 --> 00:32:13,433 Actually, I'm surprised... 604 00:32:13,475 --> 00:32:16,520 if and when anything I do becomes your business... 605 00:32:16,562 --> 00:32:20,774 it becomes my business, major, when an alien woman who is clearly not who she claims to be 606 00:32:20,816 --> 00:32:23,652 has the ranking military officer wrapped around her little finger. 607 00:32:23,694 --> 00:32:24,695 Don't go there, McKay. 608 00:32:25,237 --> 00:32:25,946 I'm sorry. 609 00:32:25,988 --> 00:32:29,074 I know I'm not normally mr. Sensitive, but you've got to 610 00:32:29,116 --> 00:32:30,993 believe me when I say there is something about her. 611 00:32:31,034 --> 00:32:32,661 I know it's intangible, but I can feel it... 612 00:32:32,703 --> 00:32:34,454 I said, don't go there. 613 00:32:34,496 --> 00:32:38,167 It's just a matter of time before I prove it, Major. 614 00:32:38,208 --> 00:32:40,794 I'm just recommending that in the meantime, you keep your... 615 00:33:00,063 --> 00:33:01,106 did you sleep last night? 616 00:33:01,148 --> 00:33:03,901 No. This is the data from the biometric sensors. 617 00:33:04,026 --> 00:33:08,572 I can't tell you exactly what all of these signatures mean, but, uh, look at this, 618 00:33:09,740 --> 00:33:11,241 these are ours, and this, this is hers. 619 00:33:11,283 --> 00:33:12,701 There's a distinct difference. 620 00:33:12,743 --> 00:33:15,871 She was born on another planet in another galaxy. 621 00:33:15,913 --> 00:33:17,498 They're different from Teyla's too. 622 00:33:17,539 --> 00:33:18,248 That doesn't mean... 623 00:33:18,290 --> 00:33:20,375 Elizabeth, she's not what she seems to be. 624 00:33:20,417 --> 00:33:23,754 I sense nothing but a very honest and spiritual person. 625 00:33:23,795 --> 00:33:24,755 All right. 626 00:33:24,796 --> 00:33:27,090 there may be a way to find out. 627 00:33:27,132 --> 00:33:29,134 You're opening negotiations with her this morning, right? 628 00:33:29,176 --> 00:33:30,093 Yeah. 629 00:33:30,135 --> 00:33:30,969 Okay, well, let me sit in. 630 00:33:31,011 --> 00:33:33,222 I'll pretend to be taking notes on the laptop when really I'll be scanning her for anomalies. 631 00:33:33,263 --> 00:33:36,558 Radiation, E.M. Scans, energy signatures... 632 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:40,312 that way, if I am crazy, you and I are the only ones who need to know. 633 00:33:40,354 --> 00:33:41,396 Now, what's the harm? 634 00:33:41,980 --> 00:33:43,148 All right... 635 00:33:43,815 --> 00:33:45,442 but be discreet. 636 00:33:45,484 --> 00:33:47,069 I'm mr. Discreet. 637 00:33:50,531 --> 00:33:53,867 I admit to being impressed by most of what I've read of Earth's religions. 638 00:33:53,909 --> 00:33:56,620 The torah, the koran, the talmud, the bible... 639 00:33:57,871 --> 00:34:01,291 most of them reveal a diverse and deep desire to grasp the divine. 640 00:34:01,333 --> 00:34:03,502 So we do have something we can offer you. 641 00:34:03,877 --> 00:34:05,629 But I've also been reading about your history. 642 00:34:05,671 --> 00:34:09,883 Even now, somewhere on your planet, you are at war. 643 00:34:09,925 --> 00:34:11,885 Well, yeah, that's true. 644 00:34:11,927 --> 00:34:14,388 I made no attempt to hide that fact from you. 645 00:34:14,888 --> 00:34:16,890 Chaya, we are definitely not perfect. 646 00:34:17,224 --> 00:34:19,810 There's a lot about you as a people that I find disturbing. 647 00:34:19,852 --> 00:34:21,895 Can that not be said of any people? 648 00:34:21,937 --> 00:34:22,604 No. 649 00:34:22,980 --> 00:34:26,358 Every soul in Proculis is free from the hatred and the anger 650 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,318 the people from Earth seem to feel for each other. 651 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:29,069 Come on. 652 00:34:29,111 --> 00:34:30,112 We're not all that bad. 653 00:34:30,154 --> 00:34:30,737 You know that. 654 00:34:30,779 --> 00:34:31,989 I do. 655 00:34:32,656 --> 00:34:34,575 We're not talking about the people on Earth. 656 00:34:34,616 --> 00:34:39,037 I'm talking about every member of my expedition team here, in Atlantis, 657 00:34:39,079 --> 00:34:42,833 and I'm talking about the friends we've met since coming here, like Teyla's people. 658 00:34:44,293 --> 00:34:46,879 There are some among you, yourself included, Dr. Weir 659 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,047 that I know Athar would welcome with open arms... 660 00:34:50,340 --> 00:34:51,466 but there are others. 661 00:34:52,593 --> 00:34:55,095 I hand-picked every member of this expedition, 662 00:34:55,137 --> 00:34:58,515 and I know Teyla feels as confident about her own people. 663 00:34:59,725 --> 00:35:00,684 I'm sure. 664 00:35:00,726 --> 00:35:03,395 At the end of the day, this is a matter of trust. 665 00:35:03,645 --> 00:35:04,521 Yes. 666 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,065 It is, dr. Weir. 667 00:35:08,066 --> 00:35:11,403 Have your scans found anything yet, Dr. McKay? 668 00:35:17,075 --> 00:35:18,410 Actually... 669 00:35:20,537 --> 00:35:21,371 no. 670 00:35:22,623 --> 00:35:23,957 What the hell is this? 671 00:35:23,999 --> 00:35:25,209 I'm sorry, Major. 672 00:35:25,250 --> 00:35:27,836 There was cause for legitimate concern as to... 673 00:35:27,878 --> 00:35:29,796 whether I was or not who I claimed to be. 674 00:35:30,547 --> 00:35:31,507 I'm sorry, Chaya. 675 00:35:31,548 --> 00:35:33,467 I honestly felt it would do no harm. 676 00:35:33,509 --> 00:35:35,511 Stop apologizing, Elizabeth. 677 00:35:35,969 --> 00:35:36,929 How did she know? 678 00:35:36,970 --> 00:35:37,763 McKay... 679 00:35:37,804 --> 00:35:39,723 she's an ancient, Major. 680 00:35:39,765 --> 00:35:40,557 She's what? 681 00:35:41,141 --> 00:35:42,017 I'm right, aren't I? 682 00:35:42,559 --> 00:35:44,144 The perfect health, the energy weapon, 683 00:35:44,186 --> 00:35:45,145 the fact that she has the gene... 684 00:35:45,187 --> 00:35:47,648 it's the only logical explanation. 685 00:35:47,689 --> 00:35:50,108 What the hell are you talking about? 686 00:35:50,150 --> 00:35:51,902 I just don't understand the act. 687 00:35:51,944 --> 00:35:56,365 I mean, you must know we'd give just about anything to talk to you, to learn from you. 688 00:35:57,282 --> 00:35:58,116 I mean, what is it? 689 00:35:58,158 --> 00:36:00,828 What, are you... checking us out? 690 00:36:01,495 --> 00:36:03,831 I see that in my desire to come to Atlantis, 691 00:36:03,872 --> 00:36:05,541 I have revealed too much of myself. 692 00:36:05,582 --> 00:36:06,583 He's right? 693 00:36:06,667 --> 00:36:07,626 I'm right? 694 00:36:08,585 --> 00:36:10,504 I am what you call an "Ancient"... 695 00:36:11,755 --> 00:36:15,133 and it is also true that I can never offer your people sanctuary... 696 00:36:15,175 --> 00:36:18,595 but you are wrong as to why I came here. 697 00:36:18,637 --> 00:36:20,180 Why did you come here? 698 00:36:21,682 --> 00:36:22,474 You, John. 699 00:36:24,810 --> 00:36:25,477 Me? 700 00:36:25,519 --> 00:36:29,815 I have lived in solitude for so long that when you asked me to come to Atlantis, I... 701 00:36:29,857 --> 00:36:31,775 oh, my god, he is Kirk. 702 00:36:32,818 --> 00:36:34,653 So this was never about,... 703 00:36:38,198 --> 00:36:40,868 could we just have a moment to ourselves here? 704 00:36:40,909 --> 00:36:41,869 No. 705 00:36:42,202 --> 00:36:43,620 That's all right. 706 00:36:43,662 --> 00:36:46,373 I've stayed here long enough. 707 00:36:55,215 --> 00:36:56,258 Come on, Chaya. 708 00:36:56,842 --> 00:36:59,761 You and your people were the reason we came here in the first place. 709 00:36:59,803 --> 00:37:02,181 I can't... I can't... 710 00:37:09,188 --> 00:37:09,855 no. 711 00:37:10,981 --> 00:37:12,107 What the hell was that? 712 00:37:13,650 --> 00:37:14,860 They're coming for them. 713 00:37:16,028 --> 00:37:17,654 I should have never left them. 714 00:37:17,696 --> 00:37:19,198 What's going on? 715 00:37:20,574 --> 00:37:21,408 I'm sorry, John. 716 00:37:44,139 --> 00:37:45,849 I'm taking a jumper back to Proculis. 717 00:37:46,350 --> 00:37:47,643 What just happened? 718 00:37:48,185 --> 00:37:49,645 There's only one way to find out. 719 00:37:50,312 --> 00:37:51,188 Go. 720 00:38:14,127 --> 00:38:15,796 Major, are you sure you know what you're flying into? 721 00:38:16,046 --> 00:38:18,382 I have a pretty good idea the Wraith are attacking Chaya's people. 722 00:38:21,009 --> 00:38:23,387 You can't hope to defend them with one ship! 723 00:38:23,971 --> 00:38:25,055 I don't think I'll have to. 724 00:39:04,052 --> 00:39:05,137 What are you doing here? 725 00:39:05,220 --> 00:39:06,263 I'm here to help you. 726 00:39:07,139 --> 00:39:07,806 Help me? 727 00:39:07,848 --> 00:39:09,892 To defend your people. 728 00:39:12,311 --> 00:39:12,853 Leave. 729 00:39:14,521 --> 00:39:15,981 I will take care of this. 730 00:39:57,648 --> 00:39:58,857 Is it "Chaya"... 731 00:39:59,399 --> 00:40:01,276 or "Athar"? I'm just curious. 732 00:40:01,318 --> 00:40:03,153 When I was mortal, I lived here. 733 00:40:03,737 --> 00:40:04,947 This was my home. 734 00:40:05,781 --> 00:40:08,784 When those of us who you call the ancients ascended, 735 00:40:08,826 --> 00:40:11,745 we were supposed to leave behind us all human ties. 736 00:40:11,787 --> 00:40:14,206 Some of us found that difficult. 737 00:40:15,332 --> 00:40:17,501 So you couldn't stand by and watch your people 738 00:40:17,543 --> 00:40:18,460 getting wiped out by the Wraith. 739 00:40:18,502 --> 00:40:21,630 When their terrible fleet approached, I lashed out with my mind 740 00:40:21,672 --> 00:40:23,298 and with a single thought, destroyed them all. 741 00:40:24,174 --> 00:40:26,927 The others of my kind did not approve of such interference 742 00:40:26,969 --> 00:40:31,348 with corporeal matters, and so I was exiled. 743 00:40:32,307 --> 00:40:35,894 My punishment was the unending protection of this world. 744 00:40:41,650 --> 00:40:43,569 Why pretend to be human at all? 745 00:40:43,610 --> 00:40:47,281 So that, time to time, I may walk among the people, 746 00:40:47,322 --> 00:40:50,659 know them as the good and kind souls they are. 747 00:40:50,701 --> 00:40:55,956 For thousands of years, I have come and gone to the villages, 748 00:40:55,998 --> 00:40:58,542 never staying too long to get attached to anyone... 749 00:41:00,085 --> 00:41:01,378 until I met you. 750 00:41:03,046 --> 00:41:06,133 I have never regretted the choice I made all of these years... 751 00:41:07,050 --> 00:41:07,968 until now. 752 00:41:10,095 --> 00:41:13,140 I am permitted to safeguard my people, but my people only. 753 00:41:13,807 --> 00:41:15,350 This is my punishment. 754 00:41:16,810 --> 00:41:18,645 This is what makes it punishment. 755 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:23,066 If your people came here for my protection, 756 00:41:23,108 --> 00:41:24,735 the others would stop me. 757 00:41:24,776 --> 00:41:26,487 Do you understand? 758 00:41:26,528 --> 00:41:28,363 I can never help your people. 759 00:41:31,658 --> 00:41:34,786 I'm not sure I'm willing to walk away that easily, 760 00:41:34,828 --> 00:41:36,663 and I'm not just talking personally here, 761 00:41:36,705 --> 00:41:39,166 although that's definitely part of it... 762 00:41:40,751 --> 00:41:43,253 there is so much more we can learn from you. 763 00:41:43,295 --> 00:41:45,047 I can't, John. 764 00:41:45,088 --> 00:41:46,840 The others won't allow it. 765 00:41:46,882 --> 00:41:47,716 That's just... 766 00:41:47,758 --> 00:41:49,843 it is their highest law to never interfere. 767 00:41:51,011 --> 00:41:55,849 I am bound by those laws, however much I wish to help you. 768 00:41:56,642 --> 00:41:58,685 So, uh, we can never... 769 00:41:58,727 --> 00:41:59,853 I can never leave. 770 00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:03,482 Well, I could come and visit. 771 00:42:06,985 --> 00:42:10,322 Now I'm flirting with somebody from another species. 772 00:42:10,364 --> 00:42:13,075 We're not as different as you think. 773 00:42:13,116 --> 00:42:15,285 Oh, I think we're more different than you think. 774 00:42:17,412 --> 00:42:18,539 I can show you. 775 00:42:20,207 --> 00:42:20,916 Show me? 776 00:42:21,708 --> 00:42:23,502 By sharing each other. 777 00:42:24,169 --> 00:42:26,630 We will know each other as well as anyone ever can. 778 00:42:26,672 --> 00:42:29,299 Okay. 779 00:42:29,341 --> 00:42:32,511 I've got to get the car back by midnight, though. 780 00:42:33,470 --> 00:42:36,139 This will only take a few moments. 781 00:42:37,724 --> 00:42:39,685 Just close your eyes. 782 00:42:49,653 --> 00:42:52,364 This is cool... 0 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00 www.tvsubtitles.net