All language subtitles for Stargate Atlantis Season 05 Episode 10 - First Contact

TEYLA: Previously on Stargate Atlantis.

So l understand you have a proposal.

We've come up with a gene therapy
that alters Wraith DNA.

And we think we can make it

so that you will never need
to feed on humans again.

Here. Try this.

McKA Y: His name was Janus.

Causality is not to be treated so lightly.

No one's treating it lightly.

MAN: You are. And you are insistent
on continuing these experiments.

We order you to cease these activities.

McKAY: l don't know
what all the fuss is about.

lf we do this every time
someone comes for a visit,

we'll never get any work done.

-We're just meeting him at the gate.
-We're not just meeting him at the gate.

l've been pulled from my regular duties
to help him with his database research.

l've got stuff on the go, you know,

important, vital projects
for the betterment of the human race.

Apparently, there are other people
doing equally important work, Rodney,

as hard as that is to believe.

An exciting day!

SHEPPARD: Absolutely.
McKAY: (GRUMBLlNG) Yeah.

-He's ready to beam.
-Very well.

Dr. Jackson, welcome to Atlantis.

Thank you, Mr. Woolsey.
lt's great to be back.

Colonel Sheppard, Rodney.

(QUlET GRUMBLE)

l'll have Rodney here
show you to your quarters.

Actually, l'd like to get started right away,
if that's okay with you, Rodney?

Sure, sure. What have you got planned?

An exciting exploration
of insignificant Ancient historical events?

No, not quite. l'm sure you're both familiar
with the Ancient named Janus.

-The inventor?
-Yes, he was their lead scientist,

and apparently a bit of a renegade.

Yeah, and l've been over all of his logs.
Look, this is work we've done already.

Well, l'm pretty sure l have information
that could lead us to his secret lab.

Secret lab?

Yes, a place where he conducted
and subsequently hid

a significant portion
of his unauthorized research.

And if l'm correct,
it's right here on Atlantis.

l've been over Janus's database entries
with a fine-tooth comb.

l never saw any mention of a secret lab.

Janus was doing a lot of work
that wasn't exactly approved

by the Ancient council,
so it's not hard to imagine

he wouldn't include a full accounting
in this very public database.

l mean, do you include all of your research
in your official reports?

Just get to the point.

Okay. He never talked about it
in his entries,

but several of Janus's peers suspected

he had a bastion of unfettered thought
and experimentation.

-Or as one of his lovers put it...
-He had lovers?

JACKSON: ...''An isle of solitude
within the city walls.''

Well, that could just mean
he's hard to talk to.

People say things like that
about me all the time.

None of these writers had any idea
where the lab could be,

but one of his young assistants
recalls a day

where Janus turned
a corner down a hallway.

''Today l saw Janus in the hallway.''
There's a real page-turner.

He chased after him
with a question about his work,

but when he rounded the corner,
Janus was gone.

The hallway was a dead end.
He had seemingly disappeared,

and, l think, into his secret lab.

Well, did this assistant
happen to mention...

Which hallway? Yes. He does.

Yeah.

Hmm.

As soon as the Daedalus
unloads its supplies,

we'll be heading off to meet up
with Todd and one of his hives.

You really think
he's going to show up, huh?

And let you guys try out Dr. Keller's
gene therapy on a few of his guys?

Well, we held up our end of the deal.

We let him use Teyla to take control
of an alliance of Wraith hives.

That's what l'm saying.
He's got what he wants.

l should go with you,
because l have a relationship with Todd.

That is precisely
why l don't want you there.

This mission is basically
going to be a negotiation,

and Todd has...

Well, less baggage with me
than he does with you.

l'm not saying you shouldn't
take the lead on this. l'm just...

You're second in command here, Colonel.

l know my predecessors
played fast and loose

with many of the rules set forth
by the lOA,

but protocol plainly states
that in the rare instance

where l am required to leave Atlantis,
you stay put.

You're in command here
until l get back. Understood?

Okay.

-Try not to blow her up while l'm gone.
-No promises.

Yeah, l think this should be the last of it.

-Hey.
-Hi.

-l was just leaving.
-Yeah, l know.

-Here, let me get that.
-Thanks.

-So you're going on this Daedalus thing?
-Yeah.

Thank you.

l kind of have to. l'm the one that's
going to be administering the treatment.

-lf, you know, we ever get to that point.
-Right.

-l think l should come with you on this.
-Really? Why?

l don't really trust these guys.

You don't trust Todd and his Wraith,

or the entire crew of the Daedalus
to protect me if something goes wrong?

l don't know. Both, l guess.

-What?
-Nothing.

-What?
-Nothing! Nothing.

-lt'd be great to have the company.
-Okay.

-Bye, Rodney. Wish us luck.
-Good luck.

What do you mean, ''us''?

Rod? You...

JACKSON: ls that a water line up there?

McKAY: Yeah, this section of the city
flooded the first year we were here.

Anything salvageable
got moved to the main tower.

JACKSON: Well, that's remote.
That's promising.

He wouldn't want anyone around
when he came in and out of his lab.

-(EX CLAlMS ) Like the Batcave!
-Yes, just like the Batcave.

l'm not picking up anything unusual.

Something used to be attached here.

-And here.
-And another one.

Any idea what they are?

Looks like a run-of-the-mill
sconce interface.

Right. Well, where are the sconces?

l don't know.
Maybe the decorator changed his mind.

You said after the flood,
anything worth salvaging

was moved to the main tower.

Now, please tell me you kept detailed
records of what was found and where.

Did we keep detailed records?
Who are you talking to here?

There. That's the hallway.
Can you zoom in there?

There. There are your light fixtures.

Must have been knocked loose
during the flood.

-Possibly.
-But you salvaged them, right?

They're lights that fell
to the ground during a flood...

Just humor me, okay?
l think we're on to something.

(SlGHS ) All right.

McKAY: Here they are.

l've got them.

(HlGH-PlTCHED TONE HUMS )

That's odd.

Each of these three lights
made a different tone

when l plugged them in.
Does that usually happen around here?

Not usually, no.

(DlFFERENT TONES HUMMlNG)

Well, they've been banged around a lot,
underwater for a few days.

Maybe they're just broken.

No, it's a puzzle.

l think we need to activate these
in a specific order.

You mean like a three-digit code?

You know how easy
that would be to break?

-There's only six variations.
-Well, maybe we need to activate them

a number of times in a specific order.

l don't suppose you recognize
any of these three notes?

What, you mean, like, does it remind me
of Janus's favorite Brian Eno track?

No. No such luck.

Janus's assistant said he disappeared
pretty quickly down the hallway,

so it can't be a long code.

Maybe it's just as simple
as three tones in a row.

Go for it.

(TONES HUMMlNG)

(TONES CONTlNUE HUMMlNG)

-McKAY: Hold on for a second.
-What is it?

-Come here and push against this wall.
-Why?

Please. Just humor me.
l think l'm on to something.

Okay, on the count of three,

l want you to push against the wall
as hard as you can, okay?

Okay.

Okay. One, two, three.

(TONES HUMMlNG)

(GRUNTS )

Son of a bitch.

(TONES HUMMlNG)

(JACKSON GROANS )

McKAY: Controlled magnetic
harmonic resonance.

What?

Apparently, Tesla was close
to something like this

before Edison trashed his lab.

-What are you talking about?
-That wall was specially designed

to de-stabilize when bombarded
with a very specific harmonic resonance.

That's what the tones were.

And the strong magnetic property
of the particles

is what keeps the door
from just crumbling into dust.

lt's a great way to hide a door,

because, you know,
if you're looking for a door to open,

it's never going to be found.
lt's like a hologram, only better,

because it's solid mass
until the tones are playing.

Right, so you could have just told me
to walk through the door when you did.

-l could have, yes.
-Yes, yes.

Where the hell are we?

(RUMBLlNG)

(MACHlNES BEEPlNG)

(BUZZlNG)

Wow.

Janus's secret lab.

(ALARM BUZZlNG)

ALlEN: Alert the others.
The device has been activated.

-Hey, Mr. Woolsey.
-Dr. Keller.

Where is your burly protector?

lt's odd to see you
without him nowadays.

He's in the lab.

What are you working on?

-A speech.
-What for?

Well, this is a fairly momentous occasion.

The Wraith will take a step forward,
not only for their own benefit,

but for that of the entire galaxy.

lt's a historic day.

l just think it deserves some recognition.

What have you got so far?

''Today is an historic day.''

lt's a good place to start.

Well, it's a work in progress.

(EX CLAlMS )

-That's pretty cool.
-Harmonic resonance.

Yeah, l was told.
But what happens if the sound goes off

and you're in the middle of the wall?

Well, the wall would
break apart your body.

Maybe we should...

l've set up a subsonic
tone generator outside.

The wall is now permanently open.
Don't worry.

Good. So what have we got?

Well, the good news is
it's definitely Janus's secret lab.

The bad news is,
getting in was the easy part.

There are levels of encryption
on all the data here

that even the most
paranoid NSA agent wouldn't use.

l mean, it is deep.

Some of them
are straight-up math ciphers,

while others
are Ancient knowledge puzzles.

And until we start deciphering,

there's no way to tell
what any of this stuff does.

Sounds like you guys
make a good team, though.

Yeah.

Well, l guess l'll go back to being the boss.

-McKAY: How's that going?
-Pretty boring, actually.

Well, you're more than welcome
to help us crack this first stream cipher.

You know, he could have been in Mensa.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Why don't you contact me when
you two geniuses have a breakthrough?

Will do.

(BEEPlNG)

-Sir, we're being hailed.
-Open a channel.

This is Colonel Caldwell
of the Earth ship Daedalus.

We're ready to receive your delegation.

WRAlTH ON RADlO: The delegation
is on their way.

Marks, you have the bridge.

l'm going to go meet our guests.

-WOOLSEY: Thank you for coming.
-Thank you for having us.

(WOOLSEY CLEARS THROAT)

Today is an historic day.
Robert Grosseteste once said...

l would like to get started
as soon as possible.

Yes, of course. But l wanted to recognize...

l have my doubts
that your plan will be effective.

So shall we drop these unfounded
pleasantries and get to work?

Very well.

Dr. Keller, lead the way.

Please come with me.

-Robert who?
-Never mind.

(McKAY YAWNS )

You know, it's almost dawn.
lf you want to call it a night, it's...

What? No, no, no, l'm fine, fine.

But, you know, if you need to rest,
completely understand.

Seriously, is everything
a competition with you?

l'm not sure what you're talking about.

l just found you a secret lab
full of really cool Ancient stuff.

l kind of think that should score me
some points here.

Okay, l will admit that l may have been
a little brusque with you up until now.

-Just a little.
-But the truth is,

l really didn't think
you were going to find anything.

Well, that much l actually understand.

-You do?
-Yeah.

l've spent the majority
of my professional life

being ridiculed for my theories,

most of which turned out
to be correct, by the way.

l'm kind of used to it, Rodney.

(SlGHS )

Doesn't that bother you?

l mean, no vindication,
no recognition, no credit?

Well, l could say
the same thing about you.

The discoveries you've made,
you probably could've won the Nobel Prize

five times over by now.

lt's too true.

So, l guess none of us signed up
to get famous, huh?

No, we did it for the money.

(SNlCKERS ) Good one.

Wait a minute.
You don't get paid more than l do, do you?

(SlGHS )

Do you?

(RUMBLlNG)

(BEEPlNG)

-Hyperspace window just opened.
-Daedalus isn't due back yet.

Get Sheppard.

-CHUCK ON PA: Colonel Sheppard, sir?
-Yeah, just resting my eyes.

Who said that?

CHUCK: l patched into the PA
in your room, sir.

You're going to want to get up here.

What's going on?

We're tracking a small ship,
in atmosphere. lt's coming right for us.

Get the Jumpers in the air.

lt's closing fast, sir.
lt'll be here in less than 10 seconds.

Shields up. l still want the Jumpers ready.

Here it comes.

-That's impossible.
-What did it just do?

-CHUCK: lt passed through the shield.
-Yeah, but how did it do that?

l'm not sure, sir.

Ancient ships can do it.

All right, tell Teyla and a team of Marines
to meet me at that pier.

They should be right in front of you.

SHEPPARD: Don't move!

What's at the bottom of this tower?

Rodney.

Rodney, this is Sheppard. Come in.

-SHEPPARD ON RADlO: Rodney!
-What's up?

-You need to get out of there right now.
-Why?

(BOTH GROANlNG)

Control Room,
what's the status of that ship?

l'm sorry, Colonel. They're gone.

-ls it alive?
-You tell me.

(DEVlCE HUMMlNG)

No. l'm not getting any coherent readings.

Perhaps we should put it
under a medical scanner.

-Okay, do it.
-Go get a gurney.

So is it true
they took Rodney and Dr. Jackson?

Yeah.

(GROANS )

McKAY: What the hell happened?
JACKSON: We were attacked.

-That much l got, thanks. By who?
-l was kind of hoping you could tell me.

Okay, there is no way
this is a coincidence.

We discover Janus's super-secret lab,
and less than 24 hours later,

a bunch of aliens show up,
all guns blazing?

-Don't you think that's a little odd?
-Now that you mention it...

They knew exactly
what they were looking for.

Didn't waste any time,
went straight for the lab.

When they came out,
one of them was carrying a device.

ZELENKA: Unfortunately,
we haven't had nearly enough time

to go through everything we found in here,

so there's no way
of knowing exactly what they took.

All this stuff came on when
Rodney and Dr. Jackson came in here.

Pretty much.

lt activated probably in response
to Rodney's ATA gene. Why?

What if something in here
has been broadcasting?

A subspace signal.
lt's the only possible answer.

-What are you talking about?
-We've come across them before.

They're a real-time,
practically instantaneous link

between two Ancient devices.

They can be separated
by, like, half a galaxy.

There's a bunch of aliens out there.
They stumble upon an Ancient lab,

probably built by Janus himself.

lt's dormant. lt's not working.

Then one day, out of the blue, it activates.

So they're standing around,
scratching their heads.

They have no idea what's going on.

-Then they discover the subspace link.
-Decide to follow it,

they trace it back to us.

And then attack us
and take two of our people hostage?

Rodney and Dr. Jackson
were not the targets.

They were just at the wrong place
at the wrong time.

Whatever that device was,
that's what they were after.

All right, good theory. So what do we do?

Well, we... We've got to get out of here.

We're probably on a ship
traveling through hyperspace.

-Where are we going to go?
-l'll think of something.

-Really?
-Yep. Always do.

Ow!

Oh, yeah, l tried that.
They zap you when you touch them.

You could have told me that
before l touched it!

l could have, yes.

Look, they stripped us of everything
but the clothing on our backs

and surrounded us with laser walls.

l'm not sure how much play we have here.

-We've got one thing going for us, at least.
-What's that?

We're not dead yet.

Good point.

(SCANNER HUMS )

ZELENKA: (SlGHS ) lt's no good.

l'm still not getting any useful readings.

The suit is emitting some sort of EM field
that's disrupting the scanner.

l have no idea how to shut it off.

There's no way to penetrate the shield
and see what's under there?

l'm afraid not.

Do you think there's a human
underneath all that armor?

lmpossible to say. Could be a robot.

One thing's for sure, it's not like
anything we've ever seen before.

Well, Dr. Weir did say that there were
other technologically advanced societies

that we have yet to encounter.

We just made first contact.

What do you want me to do?

Cut it open.

(SAW BUZZlNG)

lt's no good. l just dulled out the blade.

-The neck.
-What?

Looks like the softest part. Try the neck.

-But...
-lt's already dead, Radek.

-We think.
-Just do it.

(SAW BUZZlNG)

lt's working!

(RUMBLES )

Uh-oh.

(BEEPlNG)

Get out. Everyone, get out!

SHEPPARD: Everyone okay?

Yes.

Somebody really wants to keep secret
whatever's inside that suit.

We've run close to a hundred simulations

based on full medical scans
of the Wraith we've had in captivity.

-They've all been successful.
-TODD: We both know very well

that computer simulations
and live trials are very different.

l don't think we're doing this cavalierly.
l stand by the data. lt will work.

Perhaps it will.

The question is, do you want it to?

l do see the benefits.

Even if we only use the therapy
on some of my troops,

say, those whose lives, thanks to this war,
are expected to be short.

Why waste perfectly good resources
on them, yes?

But it will be very difficult for me
to ask those around me

to give themselves over
for the good of the human race.

KELLER: But it's for your benefit, too.

lf you don't have to rely on human feeding,
the war would be over.

Perhaps.

But then what would we do?

Who would we be?

Can we talk to somebody in charge?

l think there's been a bit
of a misunderstanding.

There's no need to treat us this way.

(GROANlNG)

ALlEN: Get the device operational.

l don't even know what it is!

Oh, great. lt's sealed shut,

and they've removed
the door controls from this side.

Where the hell are we?

l'd say, judging by the Lantian
architecture, l'd guess, you know,

secret Janus facility,
which is, you know, probably bad for us,

because it probably means
it's hard to find.

So l guess that means
no rescue any time soon.

That look familiar to you?

Yeah, it's the device from the Atlantis lab.

At least we know
why they brought us with them.

Yeah, they need us to get
the device operational. l caught that.

Right, and l don't think
we're gonna get any more info

from Talky McSays-a-Lot out there,

so fire up these consoles,
see what we're dealing with.

Not like that.

Let's see. Yeah, like that.

And then l need to be right there.
Yep. Thanks. There.

BANKS: We've got five Jumpers in the air

flying a defensive formation
around the city,

and have the chair fired up
and ready for you at a moment's notice.

l want Marine details every five levels,

locked and loaded,
ready for my go-ahead, just in case.

Absolutely.

Colonel, l think l may have something.

l've been working under the assumption
that, as you suggested,

the device they took
must have been broadcasting

-some sort of subspace communication.
-You can trace it?

Well, yeah, if it was broadcasting
from Atlantis, yes.

But, obviously,
it's not doing that anymore.

-So?
-So...

Well, l'm using the work of Laszlo Babai
as a stepping stone.

You know? Combinatorics and...

No offense, but the math l'm using
is so complicated,

l don't know if l can dumb it down enough
for it to make sense.

Try.

Well, okay, l've been going over
our recorded subspace logs,

and l'm trying to extrapolate
the single thread

that will lead us to the area of space
associated with the device.

Well, l understand that.

Yes. lt doesn't accurately represent
what l'm doing, but...

l get it. What you're doing
is difficult. Just...

Tell me when you get a hit.

This facility is tapped into
some pretty serious power generation.

l've never seen anything like it before.

-You'd need a lot of power.
-What?

-l think l know what this thing does.
-What?

-lt's an endgame machine.
-How so?

lf it works the way l think it does,

it would mean the end of the Wraith
once and for all.

So how do you destroy the Wraith
once and for all?

Well, l never said ''destroy.''
l mean, it would lead to that, l suppose,

but this device would stop them
dead in their tracks.

-How?
-lt creates a very specific subspace static.

Turbulence is probably
a better way of looking at it.

-Which...
-Okay, look.

Although they're all based
on a fairly similar technological premise,

each race has a slightly
different type of hyperdrive.

Ours are based on the Asgard drives,
with our own little twist.

The Ancients had
their own particular system,

and the Wraith, again, have
their own separate hyperdrive technology.

-All right.
-Okay, so at its base level,

a hyperdrive allows you
to travel great distances

by entering and exiting subspace.

Okay, this much l already know. Yes.

Okay, so, if this machine is capable
of actually functioning safely,

it disrupts the very specific
subspace frequencies the Wraith use.

So they wouldn't be able
to engage their hyperdrive.

Well, no, that's the genius. They would
be able to engage their hyperdrive,

it's just that their particular channel
of subspace would be destabilized

and their ship would be ripped
into a million pieces.

When this device is turned on,

every time a Wraith ship
enters hyperspace, it self-destructs?

-Yeah.
-That's a pretty effective idea.

Yeah! l mean, because
even if word got back to the other Wraith

that the ships should stop using
their hyperdrives,

they'd be stuck where they were.

They'd only be able to travel
using sublight engines.

And because an Ancient ship's
hyperdrives operate

on a different frequency of subspace,

the Ancients could fly around the galaxy
and pick them off one by one.

Yeah, or just leave them to die
in the vastness of space.

-So, what's the catch?
-Well, the catch is

that Janus ran a three-day test
about 10,000 years ago,

and then shut the whole project down
because of unforeseen side effects.

-Right, which were?
-Well, it's not clear.

But that's the key to the whole shebang.

Janus brought that
back with him to Atlantis,

but kept it connected
to the main system here.

One won't work without the other.

They seem pretty convinced
we can make it operational.

That's 'cause we probably can.

l mean, we have everything we need here.
The question is whether we should.

The last time l went down this road,

-l kind of destroyed a solar system.
-Yeah, and l'm not too keen

about experiencing
those unforeseen side effects.

-So what do we do?
-lt's simple. We...

We reason with them.

Oh.

Now, obviously, you're excited
about the possibility

of ending the Wraith's reign
over this galaxy once and for all.

But the reality is, this device
and this facility

were abandoned by their creator
for a very good reason. See,

it doesn't work, at least not safely.
That's from what my friend can tell.

Look, we share the same goal.
Perhaps we have many things in common.

Look, given the right amount of time,

it's possible we could get the device
to function safely,

but we'd have to contact our people
and bring in a much larger science team.

See, l'm not that kind of scientist,
and when my friend here...

ALlEN: Get the device operational
within one hour or l will kill him.

Do you understand?

l understand. Yes.

-Great plan, Danny! Great plan.
-Why the suits?

Huh?

They're not in battle anymore.

Originally, l thought it was just
their version of SWAT gear,

but they still have it on.
Maybe they're more than just armor.

Maybe they're some sort
of protective suit.

Maybe they can't function
in our livable atmosphere.

Maybe we should just add it
to the list of things

that have nothing to do
with the task at hand.

Those suits might be the key
to figuring out who these guys really are.

You work on understanding them,
l'll work on trying not to get us killed.

Well, you got something for me?

Yes. There.
M6H-987, that's my best guess.

-Are you sure?
-Well, about 80% sure.

All right, well, it's our only lead,
it'll have to do.

Doesn't happen to have
a gate on it, does it?

-No.
-Of course not.

Daedalus still out
of communications range?

Yeah, l'm afraid so.

And their rendezvous point
with Todd isn't even near a stargate.

All right, l need you to get
to the Jumper Bay,

boost its subspace communications range
as much as you can.

What are you planning?

We've got to get to that planet
as soon as possible.

We're going to get as near as we can
to the Daedalus with a Jumper,

have them pick us up
en route to the planet.

Okay. Give me half an hour.

SHEPPARD: l'm going to
get the team ready.

McKAY: That main chamber
houses the subspace antenna.

-lt harnesses the static into subspace?
-Well, it will once l light it up.

What? You're already ready?

Well, it wasn't broken.
He just shut it down.

All we need is that, a basic understanding
of Janus's coding style,

and here's where l come in again,
the Ancient gene.

l mean, we're ready to roll.

-Rodney, you don't have to do this.
-What?

lf turning this thing on means
a solar system is going to explode,

then let's not.

They're going to kill you.
We don't have a choice.

Yes, we do.

Okay, so l do nothing,
they come in here, they kill you,

who gets killed next, huh? Me.

To tell you the truth here,
l'm quite fond of me,

so we might as well do it now,
while you're still alive,

as opposed to, you know, then.

-All right.
-All right.

-We still alive?
-l think so.

l'd hate to think heaven looks like this.

Who says we went to heaven?

Hmm.

lt's operational.

Anything out of the ordinary?

No. Everything is in the green.
l mean, it's working great.

What about those unforeseen side effects?

They're still unforeseen. But, for now,
it's working, and we're still alive.

Okay, so what now?

Maybe, a nice pat on the back

and an all-expense-paid trip
back to Atlantis?

Yeah.

You have an urgent message
from your hive.

l assumed you'd want to take it privately.

Go ahead.

Very well.

Permission granted.

l shall remain here.

ls everything okay?

One of our facilities is under attack
by a rival hive.

Our two support ships
must depart for battle.

My hive will remain here,

continue the work with Dr. Keller.

l'm glad to hear that.

Not the under attack part,
that's unfortunate, of course.

l just meant...

Never mind.

Marks, what the hell just happened?

-How did you do that?
-How did we...

Surely you don't think
we had anything to do with that?

-You've tricked me.
-WOOLSEY: What?

TODD: This was your plan all along.

Somehow, you've found the Attero device.

The what? We have no idea what you're...

(BEEPlNG)

Commander, we've been trying
to contact you.

WRAlTH ON RADlO: The other cruisers
were destroyed.

l know. We've been betrayed.

What should we do?

l have control
of the humans' transport system.

l'll begin beaming in
our troops immediately.

We're taking this ship.

-Come on.
-What's going on?

We're under attack. We gotta get
to the armory and get you a gun.

Come on.

(BEEPlNG)

(RONON EX CLAlMS )

Locked.

Ronon!

We're locked in.

That should limit their movements.
Continue beaming in our troops.

(MACHlNE BEEPlNG)

10 minutes and counting, still no problem.

-Oh, boy.
-What? What is it?

McKAY: l think l just found a log entry
that tells us what the side effect is.

-lt's not harmful radiation, is it?
-No. No, no, you and l are safe.

lt's just the rest of the galaxy
that's going to have problems,

including Atlantis.
l've got to shut this thing down.

ALlEN: Step away from the device.

Okay, wait. There's a very dangerous,
very serious problem with the device,

and we need to talk to your boss...

Okay, all set.
So l'll have Chuck dial M5R-179.

You should be able to contact the
Daedalus via subspace once you get there.

-Nice work.
-Thanks. And good luck.

Thanks, we're going to need it.

All right, dial it up.

(DlALlNG GATE)

What's that? What's that?

CHUCK: We've got a power spike
at the event horizon.

What? Power is building within the gate?
No, no, no. That can't happen.

Colonel, do not lower the Jumper
into the Gate Room.

-SHEPPARD ON RADlO: Why not?
-Well, for some reason,

there's an unprecedented
power build-up within the gate.

A power build-up from where?

lt's coming from within the event horizon.
Oh, no. This is very, very bad for us.

Just shut it down.
lt's probably a faulty gate at the other end.

l'm... l'm trying! lt won't let me!

All right, l'm coming down.

What do we do, wait 38 minutes
and ride the Puddle out?

l wish.
lf the power continues to build like this,

the gate will reach critical overload

-and most certainly explode.
-Explode?

Yes, l told you it was very,
very bad for us.

-How does something like this happen?
-l don't know. lt's never happened before.

-How long do we have?
-Not very long at all. About 90 seconds.

-Ninety seconds?
-l would say closer to 60.

We've got to evacuate
everyone in the tower.

The gate exploding is equivalent
of a dozen nuclear explosions.

There's nowhere we could evacuate
quickly enough to a safe distance.

-The... The shield.
-What?

Collapse the city's shield around the gate,
we can contain the explosion.

Yes, yes, that might just work.

CHUCK: The gate will reach a critical limit
in five, four,

three, two, one.

(EXPLOSlON)

-ZELENKA: Don't look at the blast!
-Could have mentioned that before!

ZELENKA: l'll see if l can divert
more power to the shield.

l'll see if l can block more of the radiation.

Okay, now what?

ZELENKA: The shield continues to diffuse
the energy of the blast.

Every second that it's contained
within the shield,

the explosion gets weaker.

How long does it take?

(BEEPlNG)

-Oh, no.
-What?

The shield needs at least another minute
to contain the full brunt of the blast,

but we're frying out the emitters.

l don't know how much longer
l can hold this.

Shut down the city, transfer all the power.

Yes, l'm trying.

Everyone that doesn't need to be here,
get to the edge of the city.

Move! Everybody!

You're going to want to get out of here.

-John, l...
-Teyla, please.

Come on, you can do it, Radek.

lt's going down. We're going to make it.

No. lt's not enough.