All language subtitles for S01E01-02 - Rising-eng(1)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

TECHNICIAN:
This is Operations.

General O'Neill is inbound,
20 minutes out.

Dr. Weir.
Peter.

You see? Nothing.

Carson, get back here.

I can sit in that chair all
bloody day long, and
nothing will happen.

It's a waste of time.
Excuse me, Dr. Weir.

He's not even trying.

He's the one who discovered
the gene this technology
responds to.

Yeah, well, he said
he wished he never
had it.

Really?
I know. Can you believe that?

We could always test
you a third time, Rodney.

That's very funny.

We have only found
a handful of people

who are genetically compatible
with the ancient technology,

and despite your heroic
efforts to interface
ours with theirs,

we need every one of them
to sit in this chair,

including Dr. Beckett.

What am I
supposed to do?
He's afraid of the thing.

This chair controls
the most powerful weapons
known to humankind.

I'm afraid of the thing.

WEIR: But every time
someone sits in it,

we learn something new about
the Ancients who built this
outpost.

Dr. Beckett should be proud
he's genetically advanced.

It's not more advanced.
It is a random characteristic.

This really bothers you,
this whole gene thing, huh?

Clearly,
I am overcome with envy.

Just the people I need to see.

Come with me.

We've gotten
closer and closer to finding
the location of the lost city,

but it turns out
we've been looking in
the wrong place all along.

Now, we thought we
had a stargate address.

Six symbols representing
coordinates in space

that determined the location
of the planet the Ancients
went to

after they left Antarctica.

Now, recently,
we determined
a seventh symbol.

The point of origin, Earth.

That's not it.

Then your address
must be incorrect.

Not incorrect. Incomplete.

What are you saying,
Dr. Jackson?

It's an eight-symbol address.

What we're looking for may be
further away than we ever
imagined,

but it's not
out of reach.

Atlantis.

Atlantis.
I think we can go there.

Apache,
Black Hawk,
Cobra, Osprey...

It's a lot of training
for the Antarctic.

It was the one continent
I'd never set foot on.

It's one of my least
favorite continents.

I kind of like it here.

You like it here?

Yes, sir.

We'll be there in
about 10 minutes, sir.

Look, we've been
through this.

I'm not your man.

Keep moving.

I'm a doctor.
A medical doctor.

There's nothing
to be afraid of.

You don't understand.
I break things like that.

This device has survived for
millions of years intact.
It will survive you.

Now, sit down,
close your eyes
and concentrate.

(SIGHS)

Again, nothing.

This time just try to imagine
an image of where we are
in the solar system.

I think I feel something.

It could be lunch-related.

Shut up and concentrate.

WOMAN: Watch out!

What did I do?

(DRONE WHOOSHING)

Get us back down there.

TECHNICIAN:
All inbound craft,
we have a rogue drone

that could seek
a target on its own.

Land immediately and
shut down your engines.

This is not a drill.

It's too late. Hang on.

Break right.

I said "right"!

I'm getting to that, sir.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

I told you I was
the wrong person.

It doesn't matter now.
Just do something.

Like what?
Okay, Carson,

concentrate on shutting that
weapon down before it hurts
someone.

I can't see it.

Pull up. Pull up!

What about now?

Now's good.

Shut it down.

Sir, what the hell was that?

Wait for it.

Get out!

I think I did it.

That was different.

For me, not so much.

Major Sheppard is reporting
the drone appears to have
been incapacitated.

(SIGHING)

FORD: General O'Neill's
helicopter is unharmed and
on its way again.

Seven minutes out.

Thank God.

Holy crap.

Jack.
Daniel.

Warm welcome.

It wasn't me.
How did you manage to...

Keep my ass from getting
blown out of the sky?

The exceptional flying
of Major John Sheppard.

He likes it here.

Exceptional.
You like it here?

What say we cut to the part
where you start talking
real fast?

Weir's in here.

Hey, don't touch anything.

Yes, sir.

I figure
the Ancients packed up
their entire city and left

somewhere between
5 and 10 million years ago.

In their flying city?

Yes.

What?

Flying city?

Well, keeping in mind
this is the race
that built the stargates.

They did
everything big.

So why did they leave?

Why did they leave?
Who knows?

We know the Ancients on Earth
were suffering from a plague.

Maybe some of them
were trying to start over
seeding life in a new galaxy.

Maybe that's
what Ancients do.

The point is,
we know where they went.

Pegasus.

Yes, it's the name of
a dwarf galaxy in the
local group.

After all that time,
is there any hope of
actually meeting them?

Well, who knows, but isn't
that reason enough to go?

I've been choosing members
for this expedition for
months, Doctor.

I'm not the one
who needs convincing.

Well, I'm convinced.

Have fun.

It's a little more
complicated than that.

We need the ZPM
to power the gate.

What?

ZPM. He's Canadian.

I'm sorry.

Zero-Point Module, General.

The ancient power source
that you recovered
from Praclarush Taonas

and that's now powering
the outpost's defenses.

I've since determined that it
generates its enormous power

from vacuum energy

derived from a self-contained
region of subspace time.

That was a waste of
a perfectly good explanation.

The answer is no.

BECKETT: The second I shut
my eyes, I could see.

I just felt this power
that I've never had before.

I had it dancing
all across the sky.

It was magical,
it really was. I mean...

Well, they are lucky.
I don't know where
it came from.

I just tried to concentrate,
and the drone shut itself
down.

So you were the one.

Me?

You're the one who
fired that thing at me.

Look, we're doing research,

working with technology
that's light-years beyond us,

and we make mistakes.

I'm incredibly,
incredibly sorry.

Well, next time,
just be a little
more careful, okay?

That's what I said.

What the hell was
that thing, anyway?

You mean the drone?

The weapon
the Ancients built
to defend this outpost.

The who?

You do have security
clearance to be here?

Yeah, General O'Neill
just gave it to me.

Then you don't even know
about the stargate.

The what?

Jack, you know the gate
to another galaxy requires
an enormous amount of power.

Yes, I do.
Find another way.

There's no other way.

Do you think there are more
of these "Z" things in
Atlantis?

Yes, and who knows
what else we could find.

This isn't just
some other civilization
we're talking about.

These are the gate builders.

WEIR: The potential wealth of
knowledge and technology...

It outweighs anything
we've come across since we
stepped through the stargate.

Well, with the amount
of power you'll need
to make this trek,

odds are it'll be one-way.

Yes, we know.

But the benefit to humanity
is far greater than the
risk, General.

And it is a risk that every
one of my expedition members
is willing to take.

We think the gene was used
as a sort of genetic key,
if you will.

So that only their
kind could operate

certain dangerous or
powerful technologies.

So some people have
the same genes as these
Ancients?

The specific
gene is very rare,

but on the whole, they look
very much like we do.

In fact, they were first.

We're the second
evolution of this form.

The Ancients having
explored this galaxy

for millions of
years before...

Major, please don't.

Come on, what are the odds
of me having the same
genes as these guys?

Quite slim, actually.

Dr. Weir! Don't move.

Who is this?

I said
"Don't touch anything."

I just sat down.

Major, think
about where we are
in the solar system.

Did I do that?

We could be on our way
to discovering an entirely
new ancient civilization.

At the best-case scenario,
we meet actual Ancients
who are willing to help us.

But if we don't...

General, we need him.

Sorry, Doc,
I need Daniel here.

I'm talking
about Major Sheppard.

Oh!

Don't you have a dozen
or so people already

who can use
the ancient technology?

Yes, with concentration
and training, they can
make it work.

But John Sheppard,
he does it naturally.

You know, I've checked
into his record.

I know
about the whole supposed
black mark in Afghanistan.

He was trying
to save the lives
of three servicemen.

Disobeying a direct
order in the process.

I have read
your own file,
General. Please.

Right.

Okay, it's your expedition.

You want him, you ask him.

That's the thing. I have.

Really?

This isn't a long trip,
so I'll be as succinct
as possible.

Well, that's pretty succinct.

Thank you.

I told Dr. Weir
that I'd think about it.

And?

So? Well? What?

With all due respect, sir,
we were just attacked
by an alien missile,

and then I found out
I have some mutant gene.

Then there's
this stargate thing.

And these expeditions
to other galaxies.

You know, this
isn't about you, Sheppard.
It's a lot bigger than that.

Right now,
at this very second,

whether I decide to go
on this mission or not,
seems to be about me.

(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

Let me ask you something.

Why did you
become a pilot?

I think people who
don't want to fly
are crazy.

And I think
people who don't want
to go through the stargate

are equally as whacked.

Now, if you can't
give me a "yes" by the time
we reach McMurdo,

I don't even want you.

(SIGHS)

Simon,

if you're watching this,

it means the President has
been kind enough to grant
you security clearance.

I'm not going on a diplomatic
mission to another country.

I'm going to another planet

in another galaxy by means
of a device called a stargate.

Millions of years ago, there
was a race of beings we call
the Ancients.

They created a network
of these stargates
throughout our galaxy

in order to travel
freely among their worlds.

We don't know why, but
they left for another galaxy

somewhere between
5 and 10 million years ago,

taking their entire city
along with them.

That city was called Atlantis.

I have been assembling
an expedition team

in order to try
to find Atlantis

and, hopefully, the Ancients,
who left Earth all those
years ago.

I want to do this, Simon,
with all my heart.

You know me
well enough to know

I could never turn down
an opportunity like this,

but I wanted
the chance to tell you.

FEMALE OPERATOR:
The cellular customer
you are trying to reach

is currently outside
the coverage area.

No kidding.

I narrowed it down to about
three things, but after
a week,

it just kind of
fell into place.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

(ALARM BLARING)

Does anyone else here speak
whatever language these
guys are speaking?

BECKETT: I just need
a couple of minutes
to finish my work...

You're not helping by
standing there.

You've got five minutes
to get it going, or I'm
leaving it.

Everything in here has
been double-checked
and triple-checked

and cleared for takeoff.
Leave it alone.

Look, Colonel,
I don't answer to you.

He said the same to me, sir.

That's what
your side arm's for.

So the eight-chevron address
is what tells our gate

to look for a point in space
outside of our galaxy,

so we won't know
until it locks.

Are we there yet?

We're just waiting
on Dr. McKay.

It should work now.
I've got it.

Okay, Sergeant,
give it a try.

The ZPM should light up when
it senses a conductive
connection to the gate.

Oh, yeah.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

Colonel.

Can I have everyone's
attention, please?

WEIR:
All right, here we go.

We're about to try
to make a connection.

We have been unable to predict
exactly how much power this is
going to take,

and we may only get
the one chance at this.

So if we're
able to achieve
a stable wormhole,

we're not going to risk
shutting the gate down.

We'll send in
the MALP robot probe,
check for viability and go.

Everything in one shot.

Now, every one of you
volunteered for this mission,

and you represent
over a dozen countries.

You are the world's
best and brightest.

And in light of the adventure
we are about to embark on,

you're also the bravest.

I hope we all
return one day
having discovered

a whole new realm
for humanity to explore.

But as all of you know,

we may never be
able to return home.

I'd like to offer you all
one last chance to withdraw
your participation.

Begin the dialing sequence.

(ALARM BLARING)

Let me make myself clear,
Major.

You are not here
by my choice.

I'm sure you'll warm up to me
once you get to know me, sir.

As long as you remember
who's giving the orders.

TECHNICIAN:
Chevron two encoded.

That would be
Dr. Weir, right?

TECHNICIAN:
Chevron three encoded.

Chevron four encoded.

Nice.

Thank you.

TECHNICIAN:
Chevron five encoded.

Chevron six encoded.

This is it.

Seriously, Doctor, calm down.
You're embarrassing me.

I've never
been so excited
in my entire life.

Chevron eight is locked.

(ALL CHEERING)

Send the MALP.

We have MALP telemetry.

What is it
we're looking at?

TECHNICIAN:
Switching to zero locks.

McKAY: The radar
indicates a large room.

Structurally intact?

Environmental sensors say
there's oxygen.

No measurable toxins.

We have viable life support.

It looks like we're
not getting out of this.

Dr. Weir, you have a go.

Thank you, sir.

Let's go, people.
We don't know how
much power we've got.

Security teams one and two,
you're up first.

All other personnel
will follow on our signal.

Once on the other side,
keep moving.

Clear the
debarkation area.

On my lead.

WEIR: Hold on, Colonel.

We go through together.

Fair enough.

Jack, it's not too
late for me...

No.

I can just grab my...
No.

SUMNER ON RADIO:
All clear. It looks good.

Expedition team, move out.

What's it feel like?

Hurts like hell, sir.

(WHOOPING)

(WHOOSHING)

Teams one and two,
secure the immediate area.

Everyone else, find an open
space and park it until
instructed otherwise.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

(BEEPING)

Who's doing that?

Security teams,
any alien contact?

MAN 1: Negative, sir.

MAN 2: Team four,
negative, Colonel.

The lights
are coming on
by themselves.

That's everyone.

General O'Neill?

Atlantis base
offers greetings
from the Pegasus galaxy.

You may cut power
to the gate.

They look like ships.

Spaceships!

I love it.

Dr. Weir,
you have to see this.

I have a lot of things
to see. Just be careful.

I didn't touch anything.

Relax, Major. It's like
the entire complex is
sensing our presence

and coming to life.

This has got to
be the control room.

This is obviously
their version of a DHD.

Obviously.

This area could be
power control systems,

possibly
a computer interface...

Hey. Why don't you find out?
Right.

SUMNER ON RADIO:
Dr. Weir, Colonel Sumner.

Could you come down
and meet me, please?

We're three levels
down from you.

Right away.

We've only been able to secure
a fraction of the place.
It's huge.

So it might really be
the lost city of Atlantis?

I'd say that's a good bet.

Oh, my God.

We're underwater.

SUMNER: I'd say
we're under several
hundred feet of ocean.

If we can't dial out,
this could be a problem.

McKAY: Colonel, Dr. Weir...

We're underwater.

Yes, I was just
coming to tell you.

Fortunately, there's some sort
of a force field holding back
the water.

Boy, that is impressive,
isn't it?

Dr. Beckett has found
something you should see.

...in the
hope of spreading
new life in a galaxy

where there
appeared to be none.

Soon, the new life
grew and prospered.

It's a hologram.
The recording loops.

This is my
second time through.

What have we missed?
Not much.

...exchange
knowledge and friendship.

In time, a thousand worlds
bore the fruit of life
in this form.

Then one day, our people
set foot upon a dark world
where a terrible enemy slept.

Never before had
we encountered beings with
powers that rivaled our own.

In our overconfidence,
we were unprepared
and outnumbered.

The enemy fed upon
the defenseless human
worlds like a great scourge

until finally,
only Atlantis remained.

This city's great shield was
powerful enough to withstand
their terrible weapons.

But here, we were
besieged for many years.

In an effort to save
the last of our kind,

we submerged our great city
into the ocean.

The Atlantis Stargate
was the one and only
link back to Earth

from this galaxy.

And those who remained
used it to return to
that world

that was once home.

There, the last survivors
of Atlantis lived out the
remainder of their lives.

This city was
left to slumber,

in the hope
that our kind
would one day return.

So the story of
Atlantis is true.

The great city
that sank in the ocean.

BECKETT: It just didn't
happen on Earth.

Well, the ancient
Greeks must have heard it

from one of the
surviving Ancients.

I don't like the fact
they got their asses kicked.

BECKETT: Let's see it again
from the beginning.

Stop. Turn it off.

Power levels
throughout the city
are dropping like a stone.

What does that mean?

If we don't stop everything
we're doing right now,
we are dead.

Please tell me
this is not my fault.

No.
Thank you.

From what we've
been able to ascertain,

the city is powered by
three Zero-Point Modules.

Two are entirely depleted,
and the third is reaching
maximum entropy.

When it does,
it will die, too, and
nothing can reverse that.

Just tell me
the bottom line.

The force field
holding back the ocean

has collapsed
to its minimum
sustainable levels.

Look, you can see
here and here

where the shield's already
failed and the city's flooded.

McKAY: It could've
happened years ago.

This section is
likely more protected
because of the stargate.

What if it fails completely?

It's a matter of "when,"
not "if."

Colonel Sumner,
you need to order
your security teams

to stop searching
the city immediately.

All security teams
fall back to the gate room.

That's not going
to be good enough.

All right,
how much time do we have?

It's hard to say.
Hours, maybe days,

if we minimize
power expenditure.

What about our
own power generators?

We're working on that.

Even with our most advanced
naquadah-powered generators,

the equations are
coming up far short.

So we need to
find more ZPMs.

How do we do that if
we can't search the city?

If there were more here,
we'd be able to detect them.

Can we use the stargate?

There's nowhere near enough
power to open a wormhole
back to Earth.

Maybe somewhere
in this galaxy.

That's relatively easy.

Fortunately, some ancient
technology still uses good,
old-fashioned push buttons,

so we've been able to access
the stargate control system

and a library of
known gate addresses
in the database.

That's not all.
Look at this.

Just like the iris on
the Earth gate.

Using power.
Using power.
Using power.

At least
we don't have to deal
with any uninvited guests.

Colonel, assemble a team.

We need safe harbor,
or better still,
another power source.

Lieutenant Ford, gather
security teams one and
two. Everyone gear up.

Major, I'd like
you to go along.

Yes, ma'am.

All right, pick an address.
Start dialing.

Chevron one encoded.

Rodney.

Fine.

Ready MALP 4
for off-world recon.

The MALP reads full viability

and no immediate
signs of activity
around the stargate,

but it's pitch black.

For now, we're going to use

the tried-and-true system for
identification of inbound
gate travelers.

Let's move out!

(GRUNTING)

Please, don't hurt us.

Please!
They're just playing.

Everything okay here,
Sheppard?

Yes, sir.
Just a couple of kids.

Halling.

I don't know
what that means.

It's his name.

Oh!

Halling,
it's nice to meet you.

Are you here to trade?

Trade.

Yes. We're traders.

Now, how many times have
I told you not to play
in the forest after dark?

I'm just glad you're safe.

Teyla will wish
to meet with you.

Come.

SUMNER: Parker, Smitty,
you're on gate duty.

Dial Atlantis base
and let the good doctor
know we've made contact

with the indigenous people.

Sir, if you don't
mind my asking,

I noticed you've got
a problem with Major
Sheppard.

My problem, Lieutenant,
is with his record.

I don't like
anybody who doesn't follow
the proper chain of command.

Yes, sir.

What was that
mask you had on?

It helps you see in the dark.
Check it out.

Whoa!

Let me see.

Whoa!
Can I have it?

No. What's the mask
you got on?

This? Wraith.

Wraith? What's that?

You don't know?

What world do
you come from?

Can we go there?

Afraid not.

I come from
a galaxy far, far away.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

HALLING: It's Halling.
I bring men from away.

Enter.

These men wish to trade.

(EXCLAIMS)

It's nice to meet you.

I am Teyla Emmagan,
daughter of Tagan.

Colonel Marshall Sumner,
Major Sheppard,
Lieutenant Ford.

SUMNER: We have very
few specific needs.

We do not
trade with strangers.

Is that a fact?

Well, then
we'll just have to
get to know each other.

Me, I like Ferris wheels
and college football.

Anything that goes more
than 200 miles per hour.

Sir, that's not going
to mean anything to them.

Feel free to speak up.

I'm just trying to
break the ice here.

These people
can't help us.

I'd rather not
waste our time.

Each morning before dawn,
our people drink a stout tea

to brace us
for the coming day.

Will you join us?

I love a good cup of tea.

Now there's another
thing you know about me.

We're practically
friends already.

BATES: We didn't even know
it was there until the
sun came up.

Looks more promising than
anything else these folks
have to offer.

Plenty of shelter,
nice little valley.

Location, location,
location.

The city of
the ancestors is not safe.

We can handle ourselves.

The Wraith will come.

Who are these Wraith?

We have never met anyone
who did not know.

You have now.

If the Wraith have
never touched your world,
you should go back there.

We'd like to but we can't.

See, here's the thing, ma'am,
we've got ourselves into
a bit of a bind,

and we may need a safe place
to stay for a while.

Our people have long believed
that the Wraith will come

if we venture
into the old city.

But it is a belief we've not
tested in some time.

Gentlemen.

Look, I don't care
what they say.

That city is
worth a look.

Not to mention the possibility
there could be ZPMs there

that they don't
know or care about.

What if the Wraith are
the enemy the Ancient
hologram lady

is talking about?

All the more reason for us
to have a defensible position

should we have
to abandon Atlantis.

Stay here and
find out what you can.

Ford, you head back to the
gate and report in to Weir.

Tell her we'll have
answers for her
in a few hours.

Yes, sir.

Well, I guess it's
just you and me.

And him.

Your leader looks through
me as if I were not there.

Do I?

No.

You truly cannot
return to your world?

No.

Then there is
something you should see.

How much
further is this place?

Not far.

Tell me some good news,
Rodney.

I can't do that.

The shield has held back
the ocean for centuries.

And probably would've
kept going for years more,
but our arrival changed that.

Now it's nothing more
than a thin shell between
the buildings and the water.

We stopped exploring.
The damage was already done.

Another section of the city
on the far side was flooded
an hour or so ago.

Even occupying this room
is draining power.

We need to evacuate the moment
Colonel Sumner reports back
it's safe.

You're saying we have
to abandon the city?

(RUMBLING)

The sooner we leave,
the longer that shield holds.

I used to play
here as a child.

I believe this is
where the survivors
hid from the Wraith

during the last great attack.

Let me...

We mastered fire long ago.

I guess so.

What's this?

I lost this years ago.

How did you...
It was just lying
right over there.

It was reflecting
off the light.

Someone's been busy.

The drawings in
the caves are extensive.

Many must date back
thousands of years or more.

Does this represent the
destruction of your city?

This drawing
far predates that.

So, what? Someone knew
it was going to happen?

I believe it happens
again and again.

The Wraith allow our
kind to grow in numbers.

And when that number
reaches a certain point,

they return to
cull their human herd.

Sometimes, a few hundred years
will pass before they
awaken again.

We've visited
many, many worlds.

I know of none
untouched by the Wraith.

The last great holocaust
was five generations ago.

But still they
return in smaller numbers
to remind us of their power.

That's a hell
of a way to live.

We move our
hunting camps around.

We try to teach our children
not to live in fear,
but it is hard.

Some of us can
sense the Wraith coming.

That gives us warning.

We should go.
It will be dark soon.

FORD: Man,
days are short here.

SUMNER:
Major Sheppard, this is
Colonel Sumner. Come in.

Colonel,
this is Lieutenant Ford.

Major Sheppard is out of
radio range at the moment.

Where the hell is he?

FORD: I think Teyla wanted
him to see something.

(GATE BUZZING)

Defensive positions.

Colonel, we have
gate activity here.

(WHOOSHING)

Colonel, three bandits
headed your way.

(PEOPLE CLAMORING)

Take cover!

(WOMAN SCREAMING)

Get up.

What is it?

The Wraith.

WOMAN:
Just leave it.

Jinto, come.

Jinto.

(WHOOSHING)

Fire on that target!

Teyla!

BATES: Colonel,
they're on the ground.
They're all around us.

Teyla?

They're not really there.

Do not trust your eyes.

The Wraith can make you
see things that are not there.

We must hurry.

(WOMAN SCREAMING)

SHEPPARD:
Colonel, this is Sheppard.

What you see on the ground
is just an illusion.

Concentrate your
fire on the ships!

Fire at the ships!

Bates, snap out of it!
They're everywhere, sir.

Take that thing down!

Teyla!

STACKHOUSE: Sir,
the Colonel's been taken.

(BUZZING)

The gate is coming on again.
Two enemy ships approaching.

SHEPPARD: Let them go.
There are friendlies onboard.

Look at the dialing device.
Burn those symbols into
your mind.

SHEPPARD: Son of a...

JINTO: Help me.

I can't find my father.

Here it comes.

What am I looking for?

There. Another part
of the force field
just failed.

I don't think
we have much time.

How are we doing?

Look, if we can just buy
ourselves another day,
maybe we could...

The city is sacrificing
parts of itself in order
to maintain these main areas,

but catastrophic
failure is inevitable.

Not in my wildest
dreams did I hope to find

the lost city of the Ancients
so completely untouched,

so pristine,
and we have no choice
but to walk away from this?

In order to save it.

To save it for whom?

We don't have enough power
to send a message.

As far as Earth is concerned,

we're just going to be
missing, presumed lost.

We'll be back. We'll find
a power source somewhere
in Pegasus.

We have yet to hear
from Colonel Sumner.

We have no idea
what's out there.

We can't wait.
It is time to go, now.

Attention, all personnel.
This is Weir.

(RUMBLING)

Stand by for
immediate evacuation.

Dial the gate.

We've got
an incoming wormhole.

I'm reading
Lieutenant Ford's
identification code.

Let them in.

Step in, folks.
Move away from
the puddle.

Major Sheppard.

Major Sheppard,
who are all these people?

Survivors from the settlement.
We were attacked.

Sumner and some of
our men were taken.

What's going on?

We are in no position
to help anyone right now.

What the hell's going on here?

We were about to
abandon the city.

Going back there
is a really bad idea.

Major Sheppard,
the shield is about to fail

and the ocean
is about to come
crashing in on us.

Do you have a better
place for us to go?

Jinto, you have another
address we can gate to?

Yes, many.

He's just a boy.

I am Jinto.

She's pleased to meet you.

(BEEPING)

The shield is collapsing.

(EXPLOSION)

(RUMBLING)

I'm dialing an address.

WEIR: No, wait.
She's right.

We're moving!

We're on the surface.

I was hoping
for another day.

It looks like we just got
a whole lot more than that.

Let's not waste it.

People, listen up.
No one gets to sit
down until they clear

two pieces of
equipment off
this deck.

Now, let's go.

McKAY: The
last Zero-Point
Module is depleted,

but limited power
has returned

now that our generators
aren't gonna hold back
an ocean.

Life support systems
are working,

but the planet's
atmosphere is breathable,

notwithstanding
the inevitable allergens.

So now, could our
naquadah generator
supply enough power

to the shield for
defensive purposes?

Not even close.

On the surface
without a shield?
We're target practice.

I'm acutely aware of that,
Major.

But thank you
for reinforcing it.

When can you tell me where
the Wraith took Colonel Sumner
and the others?

Even with the six symbols
Lieutenant Ford provided,

there are still
hundreds of permutations...

720.
Yes.

I knew that, of course.
I'm just surprised you did.

Take away the coordinates
you can't get a lock on,
and that's your one.

When you find it,
send a MALP.

Major? A word.

(EXCLAIMS)

Let me guess.

You're not going
to let me rescue
my people.

Major, you don't even
know if they're alive.

You don't leave people
in the hands of the enemy.

And the fact
that we are having
this conversation in private

lets me know that you know
damn well that it's wrong.

And it will totally undermine
your leadership.

So as ranking
military officer...

All right, just shut up and
listen to me for a moment,
all right?

Come on, what do we know
about the Wraith?

One of the few
things we do know is

that they are the enemy
that defeated the Ancients.

When we first began
to use the stargate
we found on Earth,

we got ourselves into
serious trouble. Why?

I don't need
a history lesson.

'Cause the people in
charge didn't consider

the ramifications
before they reacted.

They took our people.
How am I supposed to react?

And we're defenseless.
You said so yourself.

How do you know
going off on some
half-assed rescue mission

isn't going to bring them
all right back here
to our doorstep?

Maybe it will.

But it's the right
thing to do. Why?

Because it is.

John.
If we're not going to do this,

and I mean right now,
let's just turn tail
and pack up.

Because they're coming.
You don't know that.

Our people are in the
hands of the enemy, Doctor.
Do you know what that means?

It is just a matter of time
before the Wraith figure out

that this is
the base of our operation.

I just need more information.

I mean, who knows? Maybe we
could negotiate a peaceful...

Peaceful? Are you kidding?

We weren't there for
more than a few hours
before they showed up.

Is it possible they
came because of you?

And that one of these people
you brought back here with
you tipped them off?

It's possible.

See, that is exactly
the kind of snap decision
I'm referring to.

They're not all bad people.

And you know, if we're going
to stick around here,
we need friends.

Okay, I see your point.

Now, you see mine.

I will not authorize a rescue
mission unless I am sure

there's at least
a remote chance of success.

I'm not sending more good
people, including you,
to their deaths.

Okay.

Are you all right?

Where are we?

Any idea what to expect?

No.

Your friend was the one
who said the Wraith would come

if we went down
into the ruins.

Perhaps you should
have heeded his warning.

How do I know he's not
the one who told them?

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Someone comes.

I'm Colonel
Marshall Sumner...

(EXHALES)

(EXHALES)

No, please...

Take me in his place.

No, take me.

We're the ones
you're after, right?

I'm their leader.

They have no need
to explain themselves.

Yeah, I got that.

TECHNICIAN:
We're receiving
visual telemetry.

I can't see anything.

No atmospheric
readings at all.

What was that?
Rotate the camera.

(SCOFFS)

There goes that MALP.

It's in space.

It's in high orbit around
a planet on the far side
of the galaxy.

You're sure this
is the right address?

It's the only one
we could get a lock on.

Very well.
Shut it down.

I'm sorry.

Come with me, Major.

You think you can fly it?

What do you say we find out?

(DOOR OPENING)

Dr. Beckett,
what was it you
wanted me to see?

These cells have none of
the normal human inhibiting
proteins whatsoever.

That gives them an
incredible ability
to regenerate.

What about the movement
Major Sheppard saw?

As far as
independent behavior,

I'd say that anything he saw
was caused by a residual
command language

in the severed nerve endings.

All right, anything else?

The being
this arm belonged to,
if I was a betting man,

I'd say it was old.
Very, very old.

How old?

As long as the cells
are properly nourished,

I don't see a life form
like this ever dying of
natural aging the way we do.

And they'd be
bloody hard to kill.

I don't like
the sound of that.

(EXHALES)
I don't blame you.

(MACHINES HUMMING)

What is that noise?

I don't...
He was right here.

Major!

SHEPPARD:
You said you wanted
a tactical advantage?

All right, so you can
fly that thing.

It doesn't mean you
can pull off a rescue.

Doctor, this is why
you brought me here.

Ready?
I have no idea.

This technology
is so far beyond us.

I mean, we haven't a clue
what we're dealing with.

For all I know, we could...

Yeah. Ready.

All right, boys,
get ready to go.

Gateship One, ready to go.

Gateship One?

A little puddle
jumper like this?

It's a ship.
It goes through the gate.

Gateship One.

No, that's all wrong.

Dr. McKay
thought it was cool.

Okay. Well, it's official.

You don't get to
name anything. Ever.

Flight, this is Puddle Jumper.

We're go to launch.

This is Flight.
I thought we were
going with Gateship.

Negative, Flight.

Stand by.

It's a ship that
goes through the gate.

Fine.

Puddle Jumper,
you are clear for launch.

Dial it up, Lieutenant.

(ELECTRONIC BUZZING)

Be safe.

Wow, this is cool.

It looks like
you've got the hang of it.

I tell you what, Lieutenant,

I know a lot of fighter pilots
who'd kill to fly this thing.

It's like it reads your mind.

Did you do that?

I was just wondering
where we go from here.

I'll take that as a yes.

So, how do we find
them once we land?

Now, I've been
thinking about that, too.

Now I'm thinking about
a nice turkey sandwich.

Worth a try.

(THUNDER CLAPPING)

(EXHALES)

Lock and load.

All right, teams of two.
Learn what you can, lay down
their defenses as you see fit.

I want to be able to
light this place up
if we have to.

Two clicks,
you're clear to talk.
Yes, sir.

Do not engage the enemy.

You're with me.

(WHOOSHING)

You must feel hunger by now.

I thought getting in
was going to be
the hard part.

That's the first one
we've seen.

SHEPPARD: The moving dot
should be him.

Go over there.

Yeah, that's you.

So, we've got ourselves
a life-signs detector.

We can name it later.

TEYLA: Major.

(SHUSHING)

Are you all right?
How did you find us?

Is my son alive?

He's well and
waiting for you.

Where's Colonel Sumner?

He was taken
by the Wraith.

We don't know where.

How about when?

Not long.

I knew something had
to go wrong.

STACKHOUSE: This is
Stackhouse. Go ahead, sir.

How about a diversion
in a little bit?

SHEPPARD: You're going to need
to make some noise out there.

Yes, sir.

Rig up enough
C-4 to blow a hole

and get these
people out of here
on my signal, all right?

I can find
the Colonel with this.

There aren't that
many Wraith around.

I should be
able to do this.

If I'm not back in 20 minutes,
blow the cells and get out.

You're the only one
who can fly these people
out of here.

I'm going to fly
us all out of here,
including the Colonel.

I'm saying I should
be the one to go, sir.

20 minutes,
I'll find him.

What do you call yourself?

Colonel Marshall Sumner,
United States Marine Corps.

So little fear.

Is it valor

or ignorance?

We travel
through the stargate
as peaceful explorers.

You must eat.

Yet you resist your hunger.
Why?

Why have you taken
my people prisoner?

You trespassed upon
our feeding ground.

Feeding ground?

All living things must eat.

In this,
I am sure we are similar.

You feel hunger even now.

I can sense it.

Yet you resist.

Why?

Why do you care?

Hunger

is distasteful.

It looks to me like the food
didn't agree with him.

There we are
quite dissimilar,
Colonel Sumner.

We don't require

our food to agree with us.

What do you
call your world?

What do you
call your world?

(VOICE DISTORTING)
What do you call your world?

Earth.

It is not among our stars.

No.

Tell me of Earth.

How many more are
there of your kind?

Thousands?

Millions?

More.

Our feeding ground
has not been so rich

in 10,000 years.

Your will is strong.

This one

begged for its life.

Is that the kind of treatment
I can expect for myself and
my people?

As I've said,

all living things must eat.

Then we're done talking.

I think not.

Kneel.

Kneel.

I have not tasted
such strength

in so long.

Go to hell.

Earth first.

(SCREAMING)

How many years must I take
from you before you tell
us what I wish to know?

(GROANS)

Or shall I take them all?

(SUMNER SCREAMING)

Where is this
new feeding ground?

I won't.

(SUMNER GROANING)

(MOANS)

Bring him.

How's the hand feeling?

Much better.

I'm sorry to hear that.

How did this
come to you?

I don't remember.

(SNARLING)

Light it up.

(SCREAMING)

Cover!

(SCREAMING CONTINUES)

That has to kill you.

How'd you find me?

Tread marks. Standard issue.
Sir, let's go.

WRAITH: You don't know
what you have done.

We are merely the caretakers
for those that sleep.

When I die,

the others will awaken.

(VOICE DISTORTING)
All of them.

What's she talking about?
How many are left?

(RAPID BEEPING)

Sir, we need to leave.

Base, we're on the go.

STACKHOUSE: So are we.
Colonel Sumner?

Negative.

McKAY: Dr. Weir,

we're getting
reports in from
all over the city.

There's some pretty
interesting stuff.

We've only been able to
provide power to certain
sections, but even then,

the things that are
coming up are just...

I should never
have let them go.

For what it's worth,
you made the right decision.

Give them time.

Major, the Jumper is
secure for the moment,
but we have a big problem.

Lieutenant, take our six.

I'm going to take
them back to the Jumper.

I'll be right behind you.

There's nothing there.

I'm sure I saw something.

Only what the Wraith
wish you to see.

Firing your weapon
will reveal our position.

Come on.

Get in!

Thank you, sir.

Let's try not to
make a habit of this.

We have incoming!

Now what am I thinking?

Everybody okay back there?

We are well enough.

I hope that
was the hard part.

Crap.

I don't think
we've gotten to
the hard part yet.

What can we do?

We're safe as long
as they can't see us.

They don't have to.

There's only one
way for us to go.

The minute we
activate the stargate,

they can start shooting blind
and blow us away
on our approach.

Then how can
we get through?

We'll have to draw them away
from the gate and double back.

Be prepared to dial
the gate on my mark.

Do you see anything like
a weapons console over there?

Try and go invisible again.

I tried. It must be damaged.
Dial the gate.

(BUZZING)

TECHNICIAN:
Off-world activation!

Raise the shield.

Be ready
to punch in your
code on the next pass.

What's the range
on these things?

Do we have
an identification code?

Nothing yet.

Enter your code. Hang on.

I'm reading
Lieutenant Ford's IDC.

Let them in.

WEIR: Give them
a few more seconds!

We're going too fast.

I know.

Reactivate the shield!

(SIGHS)

Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to Atlantis.

Please remain seated till
the Puddle Jumper's come
to a full

and complete stop.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

I guess this is home now.

I guess so.

I'm thinking
of a little place
with an ocean view,

out of the way.

Major, Lieutenant,

I thought the occasion
merited opening this.

Compliments of
General O'Neill.

Cheers.

You did good, John.

I don't know about that.

Hey, there was no way
you could have saved
Colonel Sumner.

I have to live with it.

I'm beginning to
think you were right.

I have made
things much worse.

I haven't made us
many more friends out there.

No?

Look around you.

I agree, Major Sheppard.

You have earned
both my friendship
and that of my people.

With our help,
you will make
many more friends.

How come I never
make friends like that?

You need to get out more.

We're in another galaxy.
How much more out can you get?

Is there lemon in this?

One more thing, Major,

something I'd
like you to sleep on.

I have a few
thoughts on it myself...

Thoughts about what?

Who the members of
your team might be.

My team?

Well, you are the ranking
military officer now,

or do you need to
be reminded of that?

We need to
get back out there,
do what we came to do.

You realize
that could get us
into all sorts of trouble,

right?