All language subtitles for Stargate SG-1 - S3E15 - Pretense

Please... help me...

(alarm)

- Still no incoming signal, sir.
- All units are Earth side.

Is it my eyes
or does that iris look kinda...?

It's losing integrity.

Hold fire!

It's Schroedinger.
The cat I gave to the Tollan Narim.

- A cat.
- The Tollan possess the technology...

- ..to walk through solid matter.
- A technology which, by the way,...

..they refused to share with us.

General Hammond,
I am unfamiliar with Earth protocol.

I sent Schroedinger
so you'd know I was a friend.

It's all right, Narim. The Tollan
are welcome here. Units, stand down.

Samantha...

- It's good to see you again.
- It's good to see you too.

What can we do for you, Narim?

I am here to deliver a message
from our highest governing body.

Colonel O'Neill.

The Tollan curia request the presence
of you and your team for Triad.

I feel like I'm being served.

So, what exactly is this Triad?

An ancient ceremony of justice.
Quite honourable.

So, it's kinda like a tri-al.

I am not familiar with "trial".

Trial. It's like a tribunal. A place where
matters of justice and law are decided.

Then, yes. A Triad is similar to your trial.

So, who's on trial?

- Ad.
- Tr... Triad.

The decision the Triad must reach
is of concern to a friend of yours.

- An Abydonian by the name of Skaara.
- What?

- It is he who requested your presence.
- He's alive, he's OK?

He is well.
But he does need your help for Triad.

Where's this taking place?

Our destination is
the new home world: Tollana.

But we sent you to the Nox planet.
There wasn't a gate on Tollana.

The Nox and the Tollan were able
to devise a way to get us there.

- Of course you were.
- Way smarter than we are.

- Very nice.
- So you built that...

- ..Stargate?
- Yes.

Way smarter than we are.

Ours is bigger.

- What just happened?
- Your weapons have been disabled.

- What?
- They do not work.

You may continue to
carry them if you wish.

You don't think you should have
told us about this before we came?

- I didn't find it relevant.
- We don't go to other planets...

..without weapons to defend ourselves.

What do you intend
to defend yourself against?

- The Tollan have never threatened you.
- That is correct, O'Neill.

I do not feel the need
to carry a weapon in this place.

And, sir, judging by what I've seen
in the last five minutes,...

..our weapons wouldn't be much of
a match for their technology anyway.

No harm will come to you.

The Tollan will guarantee it.

Is that a "money back
if you're not completely alive" guarantee?

This way.

These must be our visitors from Earth.

Welcome.

High Chancellor Travell,
this is Colonel Jack O'Neill.

Hi.

Dr Daniel Jackson.
Major Samantha Carter.

- Hello.
- And Teal'c.

We are honoured that you have
agreed to participate in Triad.

Your seeker will decide
which one of you will be archon.

Seeker? Archon?

Daniel?

With respect, High Chancellor, Narim
didn't really explain the Triad very well.

Could you please define
those terms for us?

In Triad there are two
arguing parties called seekers.

Triadic law requires one archon
who's sympathetic to each cause...

..and one neutral archon.

The archons argue the dispute
until a decision is reached.

A seeker is like a defendant
and the archon is his attorney.

I got it.

So Skaara is our...

- Seeker.
- ..seeker?

Narim will take you to him now.

This way.

Skaara?

(distorted) You.

(distorted) You will pay
for what you did to my father.

It's good to see you too.

I'm very happy to see you. All of you.

What's the deal? What just happened?

The device about his chest suppresses
the Goa'uld's ability to silence his host.

The Goa'uld and host
are free to speak at will.

The device cannot be removed as long
as Klorel and Skaara are our guests.

The indicator prevents one
from pretending to be the other.

Red indicates it is Klorel who speaks.
Blue, Skaara.

Nice device. We'll take a dozen.

As you may recall from last time,...

..it is forbidden for the Tollan to give our
technology to a less-advanced culture.

Still got that arrogance bug, I see.

It is l, O'Neill.

Are you not happy to see me?

Yeah.

It's good to see you.

I knew you would come.

Soon, with your help,
I'll be free of this demon.

Every day I fight him.

I listen. I learn.

It is time for Skaara to choose his archon.

O'Neill is strong.

Daniel is wise.

- May I not choose both?
- You may. They may both argue.

However, they will have but one vote.

OK. What's this Triad about?
What's to be decided?

Two days ago, a small Goa'uld vessel
crashed in a remote area.

The occupant was badly injured.
It was Skaara.

We were fleeing a battle group
sent by Heru-ur.

My demon knew the Tollans
would stop them.

Which we did.

We warned them, but they came anyway.

Our defence grid
was forced to destroy them.

- So, Heru-ur is dead?
- No.

But two of his mother ships
are destroyed.

Wait a minute. You blew away
two Goa'uld mother ships?

We are not a warring people.

But our defensive technology
is far advanced of the Goa'uld's.

This weapons chatter gets my blood
pumping. Can we get back to the Triad?

Yes, of course. When our sentries
reached the crashed vessel,...

..Skaara asked us to free him
of his Goa'uld. But the Goa'uld refuses.

Under Tollan law we have no choice but
to hear both arguments before acting.

- And Klorel's...
- Archon.

..archon is who?

My Lord Zipacna, we are honoured that
you have agreed to participate in Triad.

Due to your dispatch of Heru-ur's mother
ships, it appears I do not have a choice.

- (Klorel) We would speak in private.
- As you wish.

So...

..when you were trying to get us to
come here and then... disarmed us,...

..you didn't feel it appropriate to mention
a freakin' Goa'uld would be here?

- Not to mention his associates?
- They are as unarmed as you.

- You sure of that?
- Our technology disables any weaponry.

Uh-huh.

You said there was a third neutral archon.
That's... a Tollan?

No. We have asked our friends to send
someone capable of remaining neutral.

I believe you have met.

- Lya.
- It is good to see you once again, friends.

Well, this just became a piece of cake,
a day at the beach!

An accident waiting for a place to happen.

Mr Negative.

- Yes.
- Sir, what makes you so confident?

Because Lya is a fair and insightful
person who will vote our way.

Besides, she likes us.

Lya likes everyone. That's the Nox way.

The Nox are not in conflict
with the Goa'uld.

They saved Apophis
when you attempted to eliminate him.

So, what do we have
on this fine Goa'uld fella?

Zipacna was one of Apophis's
most loyal underlords.

I don't believe for a second
he's come to talk Klorel outta here.

(tinkling)

- They are ready for you.
- Thank you.

Carter, you and Teal'c
keep an eye on Zippy's kids.

- Yes, sir.
- See what they're up to.

This dispute involves two sentient
beings who inhabit the same body.

Both have requested
sole use of the body,...

..therefore we must establish
right of priority over the body.

To whom does it belong?

Ostensibly, the one to whom it was born.

Your Eminence, I must request that
the human contingent follow decorum...

..appropriate to such
an auspicious body as this one.

I agree. The archons will refrain
from questions or comments...

..until their side is acknowledged.

At this time I recognise
Lord Zipacna and Klorel.

Until three years ago, the humans
on Abydos lived under Goa'uld law,...

..administered by Ra. Now, by that law,
they were Goa'uld property.

Lord Klorel merely took
what was already his.

- By force.
- Colonel O'Neill, please.

Sorry. Sorry.

I understand your desire
to defend your position,...

..and I will give you that opportunity.

I would first like to hear
Skaara's perspective.

I was born to this body,...

..free of the demon Klorel.

He stole my body.

On Abydos I would have married,...

..had children,...

..grown old and died.

The Goa'uld took more than my body.

He stole my life.

Human archons.

Skaara, when you were born,
did your people believe they were slaves?

No.

Just so we can all be clear, who was Ra?

We believed him to be an evil god.

So he enslaved your people
through superstition and fear?

Until you came, yes.

Tell me, do the people of Abydos hunt?

Yes.

Do they also use animals as beasts
of burden? For food? For clothing?

Yes.

- Do you also eat the flesh of humans?
- No! Never!

You make judgment that animals
are of lesser value than humans.

We care for our animals.
We worship them.

- We thank them for the gifts they give us.
- Yes, but you keep them to do your will.

- And you kill them to survive.
- When we have the need.

As we do with humans...
when we have the need.

If a human has the right to take an animal
and do with it as he pleases...

..because he is a superior being...
then so does a Goa'uld.

And by that argument alone,
the Goa'uld has priority.

And the host belongs to Klorel.

- Do the human archons wish to respond?
- Yes, ma'am. You betcha.

We do, Your Eminence.

Can I go first?

Your argument is flawed
in oh so many ways.

Humans are self-aware. Animals aren't.

Animals are not because
you deem them not to be.

Just as we deem humans not to be.

What we mean is that humans
have a more advanced intelligence...

- ..than lower caste animals.
- Exactly. Just like that.

Is that not a matter of perspective?

Just like a human considers itself
more intelligent than a pig,...

..might a pig consider itself
more intelligent than a rat?

Speaking of rats... What's your point?

My point is that the Goa'uld consider
ourselves more intelligent than humans.

Our technology is more advanced,
our mere knowledge of the universe...

- ..is more advanced than yours.
- You stole that knowledge!

You took human knowledge
when you took humans as hosts.

Just as you took knowledge
from other species.

The Stargate isn't your technology.
You just... you took that.

As far as we know...
nothing you have came from you,...

..so clearly the evidence is not that you're
more intelligent, just more parasitic.

The method of gaining
the knowledge is not in question.

We were able to obtain it. You were not.

Oh, please.

Gentlemen, we seem to have
wandered away from the central topic.

Which seeker has priority over this body?

I don't think we ventured away
from the central topic.

What we're trying to point out is that
the Goa'uld steal what they possess.

As they have, in fact,
stolen Skaara's body.

Can l... Sorry, Daniel.
Can I say something?

Skaara.

You once told me you'd rather die...
than live another day as a Goa'uld.

Why?

What I suffer each day
is worse than death.

For example?

I remember the demon...

..stretching out my hand to kill Daniel,...

..the husband of my sister.

There was nothing I could do to stop it.

And I have seen many more...
far worse atrocities than this.

- I demand that the human stay on topic!
- It is on topic!

You just wanna avoid talking about
all the nasty stuff he's witnessed.

The host witnesses nothing.

Since nothing of the host survives.

What are they doing?

I am uncertain.

Lord Zipacna,
I'd like to ask you a question, if I may.

- I hope I have the answer.
- I'm sure you will.

Is your host...

..in there somewhere?

Nothing of the host survives.

Really? Then how do you explain Skaara?

What you call Skaara
is nothing but a remnant.

He can speak now
only because the Tollan...

..used their technology to silence Klorel.

But how could he speak at all
if he hadn't survived?

And he spoke well. His words were
not those of a remnant personality.

Carter?

- Sir, we may have a problem.
- Do tell.

We tracked a serpent guard and two Jaffa
to just outside the city limits.

We observed them locate
six Tollan weapon sites.

We think they were disabling them, sir.

Which means Zipacna
is using the Triad to stall for time...

..so his men can disable
the Tollan defences.

- Then take the opportunity to...
- Wipe out the Tollan.

Samantha, I hope you've not waited long.

- No. Thank you for coming.
- It's my pleasure.

In fact, I'm pleased that
we can finally be alone together.

I asked you to meet me
because I need your help.

Samantha, l...

I have missed you.

A lot's happened to me
since I last saw you.

- There is another.
- No.

Not in the way that you mean.

You see, I was blended with a Tok'ra,
and she died to save my life,...

..but I still have
her memories and feelings.

- And she is part of you?
- Yes.

I can't have a relationship with anyone
until I'm absolutely sure whose feelings...

..l'm feeling. Do you understand?

You are very wise, Samantha.

May I ask, then, why you summoned me?

Teal'c and I followed the Jaffa
that came with the Goa'uld.

Why would you do that? I was sure
your people were more diplomatic.

We did it out of concern for your people.

We think the Goa'uld are
using the Triad to buy time...

..so that they can prepare
for an attack on Tollana.

- Why do you think that?
- They tampered with your weapons.

Impossible.
They are made of an impenetrable alloy...

- ..and protected by security codes.
- Narim,...

..they were doing something to them.

We asked Lord Zipacna
about your accusation.

He denied it and he was quite offended.

Well, that's a shocker.
I hope you didn't take his word for it.

Our experts have been unable to find any
form of tampering on any of the cannons.

Carter?

- Maybe they were painting them, sir.
- I see no paint.

Sorry. It's an Earth military expression.
It means marking them as targets.

Nor do I see any markings.

There are ways they can target
the weapons without leaving a mark.

If so, the instant
one of these cannons is attacked,...

..the rest will automatically locate the
position of the attacker and destroy it.

Unless they're all taken out
simultaneously.

If that were possible,
why did the Goa'uld Heru-ur...

..not do so when he pursued Klorel?

Maybe he didn't have a contingent on the
planet targeting the weapons in advance.

He didn't do it because it is impossible.

It would take but one of these devices to
protect us from a Goa'uld mother ship,...

..and we have many more than that.

Our technology is superior
in every way to theirs... and to yours.

My, aren't we cocky?

Colonel, if this is an attempt
to influence the outcome of Triad,...

..it is a feeble attempt indeed.

This is not intended as anything other
than an attempt to help your people.

I hope so. But understand, if you continue
to pursue this matter in any way,...

..l will disqualify you
from Triad and replace you.

Skaara will be represented
by someone else. Is that understood?

- With protest.
- Now,...

..you will return to Triad in the morning...

..and you will not mention
this matter any further.

Just stay away from Zippy
and his gaggle of Goa'ulds, OK?

I know the Goa'uld, O'Neill.
They will attack.

But I don't see a choice here.

If we pursue the issue, Skaara will be
represented by God knows who,...

..then we won't stand a chance in hell.
I'm not gonna let that happen.

I must disagree with you
in this situation, O'Neill.

We are faced with the loss of Skaara -
one individual -

versus the death of many Tollan.
And possibly ourselves.

That's assuming the Tollan can't defend
themselves, which is a false assumption.

They did bring down two mother ships.
I think they'll be OK.

The Tollan have not been at war
in many generations.

They do not think strategically.
I believe that to be a fatal flaw.

- Their naivete could be their downfall.
- That is correct.

Allow Major Carter and myself to continue
monitoring the Goa'ulds in case of...

Excuse my interruption.

The Triad resumes.

You've got your orders. Stand down.

Teal'c.

This is highly inappropriate of you
to come to me during Triad.

I assure you that I would never intend
to influence your decision in any way.

I wish to speak to you
concerning another matter.

You must not mention Klorel or Skaara.

If you do, I will be forced
to report the matter to the Tollan.

Understood.

What is it, then?

As you are aware, I was formerly
in the service of the Goa'uld.

If this is designed to bias me
against the Goa'uld...

I would never do such a thing,
nor do I feel the need.

I am here in direct violation
of an order given by Colonel O'Neill.

- Go on.
- I am convinced that the Goa'uld...

..are planning to destroy all the Tollan
weapon installations simultaneously...

..thereby preventing them
from ever returning fire.

The Goa'uld will then attack this world
which will be defenceless.

Why do you tell me this?

I believe that you and I are the only ones
capable of preventing this tragedy.

You and l? Teal'c, you are
a strong warrior, but I am of the Nox.

If you've learned anything of us,
you know that we defend ourselves...

..through illusion
and mastery of the mind.

Precisely.

I apologise for my tardiness.

We will resume.

Lord Zipacna has asked us
to reconvene early...

..because he wishes to make a challenge.

Tollan law does not provide
for a penalty of death. Is that correct?

It is.

Then I wish to point out
the futility of this Triad.

A Goa'uld needs a host to survive. This is
a biological fact beyond our control.

If you award priority to Skaara,
then it is as a death sentence for Klorel.

Of course, if you flip that around,
you got Skaara on death row.

Yes.

But as you proved earlier in Triad,
the host survives.

Yeah...

We concede this point.

Therefore, if you award priority to Klorel,
both host and symbiote live.

Yeah. One lives freely.
The other lives as a slave.

We would put forth that life
as a slave is not life at all.

And if you wanna save both lives,
give us Skaara and you take Klorel.

The Tok'ra can put him
in another host for all I care.

Who, Colonel?
Perhaps you would volunteer?

Uh...

No.

Perhaps you could find someone
who would choose to be a host.

Narim, what is the meaning of this? You
know Triad is held as a closed session.

Your Eminence, please adjust
your viewer to the orbital observatory.

A Goa'uld mother ship?

Yes. It approaches Tollana.

Explain.

My vessel comes in anticipation
of our victory in Triad.

It is merely coming to take us along.

Why not take a Stargate
like the rest of us?

Not that it is of your concern, but
there is no Chaapa-ai where we are going.

Then gate to where there is one
and get picked up.

Your Eminence, if our intentions were
hostile, we would have attacked already.

Even so, your ship's arrival is premature
and in violation of Tollan space.

I must warn you that
if your ship moves any closer...

..before the conclusion of Triad, our
automated defence system will destroy it.

The Goa'uld rest our case and we are
prepared to vote. Therefore, Triad is over.

Triad is over when all parties agree,
Lord Zipacna.

Do the human archons
have any further arguments?

Nope. I think the Goa'uld
made our case for us quite nicely.

No further arguments, Your Eminence.
We are prepared to vote.

Nox archon?

Yes.

Then bring in the seekers.

Klorel and Skaara,
you can both hear the Triad's ruling?

Yes, Your Eminence.

(Klorel) I can.

Human archons, may we hear your vote?

We find in favour of Skaara.

Goa'uld archon.

In favour of Klorel.

Big surprise there.

Nox archon?

After careful consideration,...

..l believe that both Klorel
and Skaara have the right to live.

But living as a host,
with no will of one's own, is not life.

Therefore,
only one may remain in the body.

To that end, I award priority
to the original owner of the body.

Skaara.

Yes! Now get that mother ship outta here.

We will summon the Tok'ra
to come to Tollana...

..to assist in the removal
of the Goa'uld Klorel.

He will be removed from the host,...

..and, if he survives, will be sent to
the Goa'uld world of his choice.

I have locked the detachment device.

Skaara, you have priority control
until the Goa'uld is removed.

Prepare yourself.

The Tok'ra will arrive as soon as possible.

And congratulations.

Thank you.

Lord Zipacna, you are dismissed...

..with our thanks.

Ha'tak.

Ree nok, Ha'tak.

Hey!

Nice. Let's go!

(alarm)

Skaara, wait here. Just trust me.

How's that superior technology looking?
Security system serving you pretty good?

- The ion cannons.
- Got a dead lock on all of 'em.

I hate when people
waste my time like this.

Where's Teal'c?

Colonel!

Cover!

- I must inform Travell.
- Zipacna's escaped through the Stargate.

Well, that's the least of our prob...
Where have you been?

I must inform you that I have disregarded
your orders concerning the Goa'uld.

Please explain.

- So what's going on here?
- I have requested Lya's assistance.

- You hid one of them.
- That is correct.

Travell explained it would take but one
of these to destroy a Goa'uld mother ship.

It should have already fired.

Well, it hasn't.

Let's take cover, huh?

Very nice.

You disregarded my warnings.

Mine, too. Well done.

If you were my subject,
I would be forced to discipline you.

However, you are not one of my subjects.

It could not have been done
without the assistance of Lya.

I thought the Nox were pacifists.

I only hid the weapon. I did not fire it.

Ah.

Pretty fine line you didn't cross.

Yes, it is.

So, we basically
saved your whole planet, right?

Yes.

Are you therefore indebted to us
in any modest way?

I suppose that is the case.

So how about giving us the plans
to build one of those ion cannons?

You have been told our policy.
That has not changed.

The Tok'ra have
completed the procedure.

Yeah?

- What will become of Klorel?
- He will be sent to a Goa'uld world.

- To hell with him...
- O'Neill!

Much better.

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