First Aired On: August 18, 2000
Written By: Peter DeLuise
Directed By: Peter DeLuise
Guest Stars: Dion Johnstone (Juvenile Unas), Jason Schombing (Robert Rothman), Vincent Hammond, Gary Jones (Technician), Barry Levy, Steve Bacic (Major Coburn), Russell Ferrier (Captain Griff), Rob Lee (Pierce)
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Daniel (talking into his tape recorder): SG-11, archaeological survey, P3X-888, dig site four--
Rothman: Five!
Daniel: --five, subject queen, primordial goa'uld, as evidenced by the enlarged pectoral musculature and dorsal structure. This goa'uld ancestor appears to have been a--
Rothman: Cleopatra. Well, I found her, I get to name her. No, Cleo!
Daniel: Cleo, as she has been so colorfully named by Robert Rothman appears to have been a predator, not parasitical, confirming my theory that the goa'uld evolved for millions of years in the prehistoric oceans of this planet before ever taking on hosts.Rothman (offering Daniel some water): Have some?
Daniel: No, thank you.
Rothman: Go ahead, Hawkins can make a water run. I love ordering those military types around.Rothman (very agitated): Loder's dead! Some sort of indigenous life form, it killed Loder. The rest of my team went after it.
O'Neill: Daniel?
Rothman: No, no, it took Daniel, that's why the others went after it.
Carter: How long ago?
Rothman: I don't... maybe three hours. Daniel is still alive. That thing was dragging him.
O'Neill: You saw it?
Rothman: Just for a second.
O'Neill (to Hammond): Request permission to lead search and rescue, sir?
Rothman: But if I had to guess, I'd say it was an Unas.O'Neill: All right, listen up. We're a little pressed for time here, so this is going to have to serve as your mission briefing. Daniel Jackson has been dragged off by a creature called an Unas. This is search and rescue. Any questions?
Rothman: Uh, yes, I have one. When, exactly, were you going to tell me when we were leaving?
O'Neill: I wasn't.Daniel: Okay, I know it seems completely unlikely that you understand a word I'm saying, but I've gone about as far as I can go at this particular pace, so with your permission, I'm going to fall down now. Rest. This is a thing you should become familiar with. Rest.
Unas: Grrrrrr!
Daniel: That's close. Try again. Grr-rest. (takes out his radio) This...this is, uh, nothing that you need to be worried about. This is a radio. It's so my friends can find me and shoot you.Daniel (talking into his tape recorder): This is Dr. Daniel Jackson. In case anyone finds this, I've met a wonderful new friend and he's taking me on a long journey to see his planet. (Unas wakes up) I'm just making notes. At the moment, my main concern is that my new friend is an aboriginal Unas in its un-goa'ulded state and that I'm the evening meal.
(Daniel tries escaping from the Unas at a body of water. He swims across, but the Unas is already at the other side. Apparently, goa'uld live in the water, because as Daniel comes ashore, one flies at him. The Unas catches it, rips it in two, and smears its icky blue blood all over Daniel's face.)
Unas: Keka. Keka. Keka.
Daniel: Keka? Kek... dead? Keka means dead? Danger? (he moves towards the water and the Unas drags him back.)
Unas: Ka!
Daniel: Okay, ka means no. (Unas knocks him down) Right, I won't do that again.O'Neill: What was Loder doing?
Rothman: Packing up a fossilized goa'uld for transport back to Earth.
O'Neill: You guys weren't doing anything that would have provoked an attack?
Rothman: I don't know.
O'Neill: You know, Rothman, I'm so glad you came.
Rothman (snide and sarcastic): Okay, then no. I doubt it very much. See, we'd been at the dig for three weeks, doing exactly what Loder's been doing, for three weeks.Unas (tossing roasted symbiote head to Daniel): Naan. (He takes a bite of the tail)
Daniel: Naan. Naan is goa'uld, is a symbiote? Naan?
Unas: Ka! (makes eating motion) Naan.
Daniel: Eat. Naan is eat. Of course. No, you know, if I am the main course, I'd rather you fill up on the appetizers, so no. (he tosses the head back to the Unas) Uh, ka.
Unas (tossing it back): Naan!
Daniel (tossing it back): Ka.
Unas (tossing it back): Naan!
Daniel (tossing it back): Ka.
Unas (tossing it back and laughing): Naan.
Daniel (laughing as well): Right. Yes, toss the symbiote head. That's very, very popular. Very, very interesting. Yes, all the kids are doing this. (tosses it in the fire) Uh-oh, look out, in the fire, but (takes a snack cake out of a pocket) naan.
Unas: Ka!
Daniel: Now, don't say ka until you've tried it. (he unwraps it) Naan. (takes a bite) Mmm. (offers some to the Unas, who takes it, then starts eating it) You know, it's funny, I met my father-in-law like this.O'Neill: Rothman!
Rothman (still asleep): Hmmm? (O'Neill hits him and he wakes up) What? Colonel?
O'Neill: You notice anything weird about Hawkins?
Rothman: Weird?
O'Neill: Different.
Rothman: Different?
O'Neill: Odd.
Rothman: Odd?
O'Neill: Rothman!
Rothman: Well, I'm still not awake yet, Colonel, I'm sorry.
O'Neill: Well, you work with him. Just tell me if you notice anything out of the ordinary.
Rothman: He seems like... Hawkins. That's the way he is.
O'Neill: You sure?
Rothman: No. It's not my thing.
O'Neill: What isn't?
Rothman: People. I mean, give me a million year old fossil and I'll tell you what it had for breakfast, but I'm not too good at people. They're too recent.Daniel: I think I understand what it is you're doing.
Unas: Wok tah! (He cuts Daniel's cheek with a claw)
Daniel: Ka ! Keka ? (Unas marks the blood on the cave wall) I think I've just been marked for death.Teal'c (kills a symbiote as it comes out of the lake, then points his staff weapon at everyone else): Come no closer.
O'Neill: What was that?
Teal'c: Lower your weapons.
O'Neill: What?
Teal'c: One or more of you may have become host to a goa'uld during your watch.
Carter: Teal'c, that doesn't make any sense. I don't sense--
Teal'c: You yourself may have been compromised.
O'Neill: Well, what makes you think there are goa'uld around here?
Teal'c: These waters abound with them. Anyone who has ventured near the edge has put themselves at risk.
Rothman: No, the goa'uld fossils we found were millions of years old. I've been on this planet for weeks.
Teal'c: Then perhaps you maintain the pretense of being human.
Rothman: I think I would know if there was a snake in my head.
O'Neill: Carter?
Carter: I can't explain it, sir. I don't even sense the ones that are in the water.
Rothman: Daniel and I found no traces of naquadah in the symbiote fossils, maybe that's--
Teal'c: Enough. Relinquish your weapons immediately.O'Neill (being restrained by Teal'c): I'm telling you, it's got to be Hawkins.
Teal'c: Trust in me, O'Neill.
O'Neill: What if I'm not O'Neill?
Teal'c: Then I was not talking to you.Daniel (digging debris out of the Unas' hand wound): Don't suppose you know the story of Androcles and the lion.
Unas: Cha a'ka.
Daniel: What is cha a'ka ? Look, obviously we don't need to be enemies here. I mean, I want to go home. I mean, don't get me wrong, it has been a hoot, but I did just pass up a chance to kill you. Please, let me go.Rothman: This is ridiculous! I'm not a goa'uld!
O'Neill: Well, why didn't you say so? We could have straightened this whole thing out.
Hawkins: So which one of you is it?
O'Neill: All right, anyone with a snake in their head, raise their hand. (Hawkins' eyes glow and he breaks free of his restraints) Damn! Um, Teal'c! (Hawkins stands up) Teal'c! (Hawkins goes for the weapons) Teal'c! Teal'c! (Hawkins points the gun at O'Neill, who cringes. A staff weapon blast hits Hawkins in the back, killing him) Well, that took you long enough.
Teal'c: You are welcome, O'Neill. (He cuts O'Neill's restraints) I knew if there was a goa'uld among you, he would be strong enough to free himself. (He begins freeing the others from their restraints)
Carter: You had to wait long enough to make sure Hawkins wasn't the only one.
Teal'c: Yes.
Captain: You satisfied now?
Teal'c: I am.
Rothman: I'm glad that's over with. (his eyes light up, and he grabs Teal'c's staff weapon, shooting the Captain in the arm. O'Neill grabs a gun, and shoots Rothman, killing him)
O'Neill: You going to live?
Captain: Yeah, I think so.
O'Neill: Meet up with Coburn, head back to the Stargate.Daniel: Look, I know we've got the beginnings of a beautiful friendship here, but I'm not sure your folks are going to understand.
Daniel: This started out as some sort of rite of passage. I think the alpha male was expecting the younger one to offer me up for some kind of feast.
Unas: Cho cha a'ka ! Ka naan !
Daniel: Instead I think the younger one is trying to bring me into his clan.
Carter (keeping weapon trained on the Unas): Why?
Daniel: We've communicated. We're friends.
O'Neill: Friends?Daniel: I think the younger one's trying to tell the clan he's found something good for them.
O'Neill: And they're buying that?
Daniel: No, I don't think so.Unas: Daniel? (gestures for him to follow)
Daniel: Ka. I have to go now. Thank you. Cha a'ka.
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