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First Aired On: October 9, 1998
Written By: Jonathan Glassner
Directed By: Brad Turner
Guest Stars: Carmen Argenziano (Jacob Carter), Sarah Douglas (Garshaw), J.R. Bourne (Martouf), Winston Rekert (Cordesh)
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O'Neill: "So we are prisoners. You're looking like Goa'uld to me."Daniel, to Garshaw about the Tok'ra: "We have no hatred for you at all."
Garshaw: "Then be a host for Selmak."
Daniel: "Well, I wish I could say I was okay with that but..."
Garshaw: "The very thought sickens you. There is nothing more to be said. There will be no alliance. You will remain here until we say otherwise."O'Neill: "The good news is there's eight of us now."
Daniel: "That's good news?"
O'Neill: "Yes. More manpower."
Teal'c: "Is this another of your strange jokes, Teal'c?"
O'Neill: "Ah, no."
Teal'c: "It would be impossible. There is only one way out, via the rings. We would then have to elude hundreds of Tok'ra."
Carter: "I for one don't want to hurt any of them."
O'Neill: "Look, I'm not too thrilled about hurting anyone either. But keep in mind these people want to make you a host. And as I recall, you said that whole Jolinar Goa'uld in the head deal was one of the worst things that ever happened to you."
Carter: "That's before I understood it better. If I wasn't fighting her and I knew what it meant for Jolinar to be a Tok'ra, it might have been, I don't know, enlightening."Hammond: "Captain Carter, I am truly sorry about your father. But I have to question the wisdom of what you are suggesting here. From what I've seen, this won't exactly be saving his life. It'll be more like giving his body to a Goa'uld."
Carter: "No, Sir. More like letting one share it."
Hammond: "Jacob knows a lot about Earth, about the U.S. Military. This would be like handing over that information to the Goa'uld."
Carter: "To the Tok'ra."
Hammond: "Are you sure there's a difference?"
O'Neill: "Oh yes, Sir. There's a difference, believe me. I won't even pretend to understand what the difference is but there is one. One minute you're talking to a Goa'uld, the next minute you're talking to a regular...guy...person..."
Carter: "Host."
O'Neill: "A host."
Hammond: "How do you know it isn't just a trick? We've seen the Goa'ulds speak as humans before."
O'Neill: "Well, General, if these were your everyday run-of-the-mill greasy-assed Goa'uld, they would've made us their hosts already."
Hammond: "They were holding you prisoner, Colonel. Still are holding SG-3 and the rest of your team."
Carter: "Only temporarily, Sir. And they thought it was to protect us as much as them."
O'Neill: "Yeah...I didn't buy into that one myself, Sir."Teal'c: "I would like to take this opportunity to express admiration for your cause. It is both honorable and brave."
Garshaw: "Thank you, Jaffa. I must say I feel the same about you. To break from Apophis and then turn to fight him shows great conviction of character." Teal'c bows charmingly at the compliment.Jacob: "I told you not to recall her."
Carter: "Happy to see you too, Dad."
Hammond: "You wanted me to tell you what Captain Carter does."
Jacob: "Yeah? What happened to the classification?"
Hammond: "It's still classified. But you just got clearance."
Jacob: "Why?"
Carter: "Well, believe it or not we need your help, Dad."
Jacob, laughing, then coughing: "What? Pentagon needs me to deliver a message to God when I get up there?"
Hammond: "Not exactly."
Jacob: "Well, I don't plan to see the other guy."
Carter: "Dad, have you ever heard of the Stargate program?"
Jacob: "No. Is that one of your satellites?"
Carter: "I don't work with satellites, Dad. That was just a cover."
Jacob: "No kidding. I never would've guessed. So tell me. What do you do that's so great that you don't want me to get you into the astronaut program?"
Carter: "Well, this is going to be a lot for you to take in all at once."
Jacob: "Stop beating around the bush. What do you do?"
Carter: "I travel to other planets. Much farther away than any astronaut goes."
Jacob: "So you're not going to tell me the truth."
Hammond: "She is telling you the truth, Jacob."
Jacob: "She goes to other planets. What, like in simulations?"
Hammond: "No. In reality."
Carter: "We discovered a piece of alien technology. It can send us to thousands of planets all over the galaxy."
Jacob: "You're not kidding, are you."
Carter, shaking her head: "No."
Jacob: "Holy Hannah!" (Interesting...Sam uses the same lines her father does! See "Cold Lazarus")O'Neill, to Jacob as he sees the Stargate in operation for the first time: "How 'bout them apples, huh?"
Jacob: "You sure this is another planet? It looks like Earth." (Inside joke for everyone else who's getting the impression that the universe looks exactly like Vancouver!)
Teal'c, seeing the disappearing tunnels: "Chelnak!"
Daniel: "Loose translation, very cool."O'Neill, to Carter in a rather interesting and meaningful statement: "Call if you need me."
Selmak: "If you agree to the blending, we could be together for a very long time." She starts coughing.
Jacob: "You don't look so good."
Selmak: "You aren't all vision of beauty yourself, Sir." Jacob laughs, then coughs as Selmak is also coughing...a sad yet rather humorous scene.Sharush: "Selmak is a wonderful Tok'ra. She is selfless and caring, she is good company, she has a wonderful sense of humor."
Carter: "Well, that's good, Dad. You can sit around for hours cracking yourself up."
Jacob: "That's funny."
Sharush: "She's not far wrong. I've had almost 200 years of laughter, thanks to Selmak. I'm biased, of course, but I believe Selmak is among the best educated of the Tok'ra. You will probably be overwhelmed by the knowledge and wisdom you will gain upon blending."Carter: "Dad, you don't have to do this."
Jacob: "Oh yes I do. My only other choice is death. And that is unacceptable."O'Neill, to Daniel and Teal'c: "You guys stay here." He leaves.
Daniel: "We'll...stay here."Jacob: "Ok. What do I have to do?"
Martouf: "First, Selmak would like to interview you."
Jacob: "Huh?"
Selmak: "If I am to spend the next 100 or more years with you as my host, do you not think I have the right to decide if I even like you?"
Jacob, laughing: "What's not to like? Ask my daughter. I'm a teddy bear."
Carter: "Oh yeah, real...teddy bear."Selmak: "Tell me, Sir, are you a good man?"
Jacob: "You're kidding, right?"
Selmak: "No. We'll be spending the rest of our lives together."
Jacob: "Look, forgive me for being blunt, but you're dying, right?"
Selmak: "My host is, yes."
Jacob: "And you'll die with her unless you and I, what did you call it? Blend, right?"
Selmak: "Yes."
Jacob: "And I'll die too unless we do this. So my point is good man, bad man, what difference does it make? We don't have a choice. And I don't mind telling you the whole idea scares the hell out of me. So can we just get it over with?"
Selmak: "I have decided I like you!"
Jacob: "Super."Jacob: "Listen, Sam. I was never good at this stuff."
Carter: "Dad, you don't have to say anything."
Jacob: "You gotta know one thing. How proud I am of you. I'm no good at saying these things enough..."
Carter: "I think you just said it pretty well."
Jacob: "Even when I thought you were this whiz satellite geek, I was proud. That's all I want to say."
Carter, hugging him: "Thanks, Dad."
Jacob: "Hey, I know I'm a pain in the ass." They both laugh. "Maybe this Tok'ra lady will, uh, sand off some of the rough edges. It might be a good thing."
Carter: "Could be."Selmak, to Sharush: "Goodbye, dear friend."
Garshaw, hugging O'Neill: "I believe I shall be proud to call you friend." O'Neill looks utterly surprised by it and only clears his throat.
Jacob: "I'm here, Sam. Oh man. Talk about your hangover."
Carter: "How are you, Dad?"
Jacob: "I'm awful. Headache the size of Kuwait. There's too much stuff in here."Jacob: "So when the little fellow inside me's talkin', do I sound like she does?"
Teal'c: "That is correct."
Jacob: "Strange. I can feel myself talking, but it's not me saying the words. You know?"
O'Neill: "Don't know. Take your word for it."Garshaw: "Do you not have a dialing device here?"
O'Neill: "Yeah, we slapped a little one together."
Garshaw: "Hmmm. You made it yourself. Impressive."Jacob: "It's ironic, ain't it?"
Carter: "What?"
Jacob: "I was trying to find you a better assignment and you didn't need it. Now you found me the best assignment an old soldier could dream of. Thanks, Captain."
Carter: "You're welcome. Do you have to go so soon?"
Jacob: "Yeah. Apparently, I am the oldest and wisest among us."
Carter, laughing: "Oh geez."Jacob: "Oh, Selmak says, let me see if I can translate this. Don't call us. We'll call you."
Tok'ra Part 1 Spirits
