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What's going on?

It's a Russian team on the

international space station.

They're adjusting the orbit to avoid some debris left over

from our little incident in Antarctica.

It worked.

He said if the Americans

want to keep blasting alien ships out of orbit,

they've got to do a better job

of tracking their own mess.

What's going on?

I don't know. We lost contact.

Come in.

General O'Neill,

it is an honor to meet you

and, may I say, an even greater honor

to finally serve under your command.

Wow, that was a load.

Who are you?

I am colonel Alexi vaselqv, sir.

I assumed you were expecting

my arrival.

Uh... yeah, sure.

Yeah, here's the memo... Right there.

I want you to know, sir,

that I personally requested this transfer.

After my many years of service with

Russian air force,

I feel confident that I can make

a positive contribution

to stargatecommand.

Great.

If I may be so bold, sir,

I understand that with your recent appointment

as base commander,

a position has become available on SG-1.

I would of course relish the opportunity

to serve on the SGC's elite team.

Yes, you and everyone else on this base.

Colonel... Not going to happen.

I understand your reluctance, sir,

but if you look at my record,

I think it will satisfy any of your concerns.

I have over 3,000 flight hours

on more than 35 types of aircraft and prototypes.

In addition, I have been awarded

the high order of Russia,

the gold star...

Yes, yes, yes, that's very impressive,

very.

But it's not going to get you on SG-1.

Understood.

I am, of course, willing to accept

a position

on a different team.

Colonel,

until you go through the proper training,

you're not going anywhere near that gate.

Perhaps I could assume a role as a non-combat observer

on one of the exploration units, sir.

It was nice meeting you...

Very nice.

You're dismissed.

If all goes according to plan,

barring any unforeseen circumstance,

I will acquire possession

of my apartment on Tuesday.

Hey, congratulations.

So when's the apartment-warming party?

When someone gets a new place,

it's customary forthem to throw a party.

Would I be required to prepare a meal?

No, make it potluck. We'll all bring something.

Very well.

Next Saturday.

I'm only going to say this once, Carter.

At ease.

So how's the new job?

Oh, one crisis after another.

This morning,

the mess got a shipment of Yukon gold potatoes

instead of the usual russets.

No.

Oh, yes.

The golds don't make for good mash.

The consistency's all wrong.

I hear the new Russian colonel came to see you,

made a pitch to join SG-1.

Yeah.

What did you say?

I told them to make French fries instead.

About the Russian.

Oh. Well, I made it clear

he shouldn't expect preferential treatment,

that he'd have to prove himself

before I'd consider him for off-world travel.

He is one of the most highly decorated officers

in Russian military history,

and he has over 20 years flight experience.

And exactly no years in off-world travel.

I'm not going to risk the lives of anyone under my command

on a slick resume.

How uncharacteristically cautious of you, sir.

Yes, there's that.

And the fact that the Russians must be pressuring you

to put him on the team.

Yes, there's that, too.

We can't exactly blame them.

We haven't been making good on our promises.

We gave them their own team.

That was two years ago.

What have we done for them lately?

Forget it. I'm not putting him on SG-1.

Do you have someone else in mind for the position?

No.

So we're sticking with the three-man team?

Why not?

It's one less decision I have to deal with.

There's nothing in the regulations

that says an SG team has to be made up of four people.

There you go. Problem solved.

Thank you.

Colonel vaselov.

Dr. Jackson, of course, come in.

Your reputation precedes you.

I'm well acquainted with your work.

I just wanted to come by

and welcome you to the neighborhood.

That's very kind of you.

I only wish others were as open to my presence here.

Yeah, don't take general O'Neill's decision personally.

It's difficult not to.

Frankly, his attitude is offensive.

It leads me to wonder if he knows the cold war is over.

His attitude has nothing to do with your being Russian.

He's an equal opportunity offender.

And I am supposed to find this comforting?

He doesn't respond well to outside pressure.

Our nations are supposed to be partners

in the Stargate program.

I'm well aware of the deal.

Well, then, you, more than anyone,

can understand our frustration.

Okay, what you have to realize is...

Colonel O'Neill... General O'Neill...

Just assumed command of this facility, and...

And he's got a lot on his plate,

and, quite frankly, making demands of him right now

is just bad timing on the part of your government.

Colonel?

Colonel?

What happened?

I don't know.

We were just talking.

All of a sudden, he just collapsed.

I know you're scheduled to go off-world.

We'll take care of him.

How's he doing?

Confused.

Apparently, the last thing he remembers is being in Russia.

He doesn't know where he is or how he got here.

He's also exhibiting certain physical symptoms

which have me concerned.

He has lesions over 40% of his body

and a highly elevated white blood count,

which indicates some sort of infection.

Is he contagious?

It's a distinct possibility.

Sir, we need to examine everyone

who's been in contact with this man.

Daniel.

Report back to the infirmary.

Open the gate!

Do it now!

Daniel!

He's lost a lot of blood,

but his life is no longer in any immediate danger.

The members of SG-11

insisted he seemed perfectly normal.

Did you notice anything peculiar

about him, sir?

I thought it odd

he was shooting up the gate room.

He reacted immediately after the gate was shut down.

Why was he so desperate to go through?

Does he have any of colonel vaselov's symptoms?

No lesions yet, but that may just be a matter of time.

He does have an elevated white blood count.

Yet, colonel vaselov displayed no unusual behavior.

That doesn't necessarily mean

they're not suffering from the same condition.

If an infection reaches the brain,

it can manifest itself in a variety of ways,

from memory loss to full-blown psychosis.

You don't think it's a coincidence.

It seems unlikely, sir.

I think there's a high probability

that we have a contagion on the base.

Contact all teams that are off-world.

Tell them the SGC is off-limits.

Have them proceed to the Alpha site until further notice.

Effective immediately, the SGC is under lockdown.

Hi. How's Daniel?

He's still unconscious, but he's improving.

He's responding well to treatment,

and his white cell count is coming down.

What about colonel vaselov?

He's not so good.

We're treating him with antibiotics,

but his condition is deteriorating.

Until we know more about the source of the infection,

there's not much else we can do.

Since it started with vaselov,

we can be pretty sure it didn't come through the gate.

I'm waiting to hear back from the Russians

about possible sources of the infection from their end.

Is anyone else showing symptoms? Not yet.

How is he?

Dr. Jackson?

Dr. Brightman told me what happened.

His condition is improving.

Good.

And your condition?

Not so good...

But not so bad as the time I went drinking with

general dashkewytch in novgorod.

That was worse headache.

Dr. Jackson is good friend of yours, yes?

Indeed, he is.

Despite what you are thinking,

you bear no responsibility for

what has transpired.

My presence here has resulted

in the quarantine of this entire complex.

Had you remained in your homeland,

you would have faced a similar situation,

only in a different setting,

again, through no fault of your own.

Perhaps...

But at the moment, I can't

be sure of anything.

Has your memory not yet returned?

In my dreams, I...

I have begun to see flashes...

Glimpses of these past few days...

Walking these halls, talking to people,

and yet,

it's as if I'm not even here.

I'm just a helpless observer inside

my own body.

One month ago, anatole konstantinov fell ill

after completing atour on the international space station.

I remember.

We monitored the mission.

We lost contact for almost 30 seconds,

and we never figured out why.

Well, I don't know if they're connected,

but he died less than a week later

in a Moscow hospital.

Now, officially, the cause of death was renal failure,

but, unofficially,

the Russian authorities haven't a clue what killed him.

You think it might be our mystery disease?

Among the symptoms he exhibited

were memory loss,

skin lesions, and a highly

elevated white blood count.

Is there any connection to colonel vaselov?

Apparently, vaselov visited konstantinov

in the hospital

just before he died.

They were old friends.

They served together in the Russian air force.

Why didn't they tell us this?

The Russians determined

that konstantinov's condition wasn't contagious.

He came into contact with many people

between the time he returned to earth

and the time he checked into the hospital,

but no one else ever showed any signs

of being infected.

Makes it an oddly selective disease.

Perhaps we are not dealing with a disease at all.

Colonel vaselov possessed only vague,

random memories

of histime at Stargate command,

and yet, the instances he could recall,

he described himself as a mere observer

to the actions of his body.

Like being host to a symbiote.

Yeah, but tests ruled out the possibility of a Goa'uld.

Could we be looking at some other form

of alien possession?

Yeah, it's possible.

An entity capable of moving from

individual to individual.

It might explain some of the inconsistencies.

If that's true, it could be in anyone

right now.

Hello.

I'll be right there.

Daniels awake.

Can somebody please tell me what is going on?

You're recovering from a gunshot wound. What?

You have no recollection of the incident?

No. Who shot me?

Don't... change the subject.

What do you remember?

I went to see colonel vaselov,

and right in the middle of our conversation, he collapsed,

and... went to help him, and... that's it.

You don't remember accompanying him to the infirmary?

No.

Who shot me?

You were shooting up the gate room.

You wounded two guards.

We think we may be dealing with a foothold situation,

specifically an alien entity

capable of taking over human hosts,

not unlike the Goa'uld,

and it seems to be able to travel

from person to person.

Although, at present,

we have no knowledge of how this is possible.

Daniel?

Anubis.

Daniel Jackson?

I was Anubis.

Rather... Anubis was controlling me.

Anubis is dead.

No, he's not...

And he's here in the base.

You'd think getting blasted out of orbit

would've slowed the guy down.

According to Daniel Jackson,

Anubis surrendered his mortal form

when he was ascended,

only to be cast down by the ancients.

As a result, he exists purely as an immaterial being.

See, in the past, when we encountered Anubis,

the physical form we were seeing

was actually a force shield designed to contain his essence.

When it was destroyed, that essence was released.

Anubis was trapped in earth's orbit,

inhabiting debris from his ship,

millions of light years away from his power base.

So he hitched a ride on a cosmonaut?

Yes, sir,

and then abandoned him for colonel vaselov.

No doubt intending to escape through our gate.

Why doesn't he just use his...

...freaky super-cosmic powers and just...

...G0o? 7

doing so would alert the ancients

and only serve to bring down their wrath upon him.

You see, in order to interact with the physical world,

he has to get himself a new shield,

but he can't do that here on earth.

He'll need a body to dial the gate and get through.

Eventually, Anubis will attempt to escape again.

Well, he's on the base,

obviously not going anywhere.

Tell me there's something we can do.

Well, as a matter of fact, sir, I think there is.

What's going on?

General O'Neill

has ordered compulsory physicals

for all SGC personnel.

We're operating under the assumption

that retaining Anubis's essence

exacts a physical toll on the carrier.

You were only exposed for a couple of hours,

but your body reacted as though

you were fighting off an infection.

So whoever's retaining his essence

should start showing symptoms.

Yeah, that's the theory.

What about vaselov?

Well...

His is a more extreme case.

He was exposed for over a week.

That's why his symptoms are more advanced.

You mean, with the lesions and the...

Yeah, it's actually more than that.

His entire immune system was affected.

But Anubis is out of him.

He should start getting better, right?

Sam...

Dr. Brightman says he's not responding.

She thinks the exposure may have simply gone on

fortoo long.

The damage is done.

There must be something we can do for him.

We can help him manage the pain.

That's about it.

I said the situation was contained.

I did not say it was resolved.

No, I can't do that.

Command will stay under lockdown until I decide otherwise.

Yes, sir, it is my call.

Yes, sir.

The Pentagon is getting a little antsy.

They're not the only ones.

You've got a bunch of very anxious people out there.

Yeah, I'll bet.

What can ido for you, doctor?

It's concerning colonel vaselov.

His condition hasn't improved,

and he's not responding to treatment.

Unless circumstances change, I'd give him a week,

two weeks tops.

I'll inform the Russians.

Thank you, sir.

Dr. Jackson?

Alexi, sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you.

No, no, I'm glad to see you are up and about.

Are you being discharged?

Yeah, Dr. Brightman

caught me stealing jell-o from the other patients' trays,

so she kicked me out of here.

Doctor...

I wonder if you could do me a favor.

I have a sister in Bryansk.

When the lockdown has ended,

could you see that she gets this?

Alexi...

The nurses have been careful not

to say anything.

That is always a bad sign.

Please.

You know, in Russia, we have a saying...

"The cord may curl long, but an end will appear."

That holds true for everything in this world,

myself included.

I accept this.

In the kingdom of hope, there is no winter.

I prefer that one.

That's a nice saying.

I'll come see you.

His pulse is weak.

He's lost a lot of blood.

Dr. Jackson, can you hear me?

Dr. Jackson?

Lieutenant Evans...

He's in lieutenant Evans.

I was examined by Dr. Brightman

a couple of hours ago.

She said I was fine.

It's possible you haven't started manifesting signs yet.

Colonel, would know.

If something like that happened to me, I would know.

I'm not lying.

Lieutenant, tell me what you did Tuesday afternoon.

I don't understand.

Just tell me.

Lieutenant?

I don't know.

You don't know?

I can't remember.

O'Neill,

I've been informed that airman Malcolm McCaffrey

has missed his scheduled appointment

at the infirmary.

He remains unaccounted for.

Carter.

General O'Neill.

Yeah. O'Neill here. Go.

This is major kearney.

I've got a wounded man here

who claims he was jumped by airman McCaffrey.

We think he's headed for the control room.

Advise caution, general.

The target is armed.

On our way.

Dial the gate.

Mind if I come in?

You're not supposed to be walking around.

It's my arm.

You were shot.

I know. You shot me.

Not the point.

Look, I heard what happened. Anubis is still here.

Daniel, he can pass through walls.

He's welcome to leave the base at any time.

He has to go through the Stargate.

Otherwise, he's trapped on earth.

Yeah. Well, there's not much we can do.

We can't kill him. No.

We can't catch him. No.

So...

We let the ancients deal with him.

Yes, because they've always

been so helpful.

If he uses his powers as ascended being,

he's breaking the rules.

They will take action.

We just have to take away his other options.

I assume you have a plan.

Anubis has now made two attempts to get through the gate.

Now, in both instances,

we were able to stop him,

but there's no guarantee

we'll be so lucky the next time.

We have to take steps to make it as difficult as possible

for him to access the Stargate.

To that end,

we're proposing a division of the facility

into three separate sections

designated zones one, two, and three.

Power to the gate has been shut off

and will no longer be accessible from the control room.

Instead, it can now only be re-established

from a relay center located here in zone one.

The control room, gate room, and surrounding areas

have been designated zone two.

Intermediate corridors linking the two zones will be sealed.

Corridors linking directly to the gate room

will also be sealed.

The only means of unsealing these corridors

will be from a security control center

located here in the section designated zone three.

All personnel will be restricted

to one of these three zones.

Our standing food and medical supplies

will be divided amongst the three sections.

Dr. Brightman's team will be split into three units

and continue monitoring personnel

through daily physical examinations.

Now, no one, not even general O'Neill,

will be permitted access to a neighboring zone

until lockdown ends.

Any questions so far?

With all due respect, given everything we know about Anubis,

do you really think this is going to stop him?

The point is to make it impossible

for him to get through the gate in the body of any one person.

Now, when he realizes he can't get out that way,

he'll have no choice

but to risk revealing himself to the ancients.

Zone one secure.

Zone three secure.

Zone two secure.

Good luck.

O'Neill.

Yes, Mr. President.

Yes, sir, six days without incident.

Yes, all SGC personnel present and accounted for.

No, no one has shown any physical symptom, sir,

but that doesn't mean Anubis is gone.

It's the president.

Well, yes, sir, of course,

I understand the importance of the program,

but I would be...

I understand, sir.

Hello?

I've got 24 hours to re-establish "normal gate operations."

It was unreasonable to assume

the lockdown could be maintained indefinitely.

Yeah, I suppose.

Attention, all personnel.

This is general O'Neill.

I know the current situation has been tough on all of you.

You've been cut off from your families, your homes...

You're wondering how much longer this can go on,

but the fact is there's a threat on this base

that cannot be allowed to escape.

Knowing that,

the president has authorized me

will be restricted indefinitely.

We've only got food enough for another month,

sowe'll find a secure way

to bring supplies down from the surface.

In the meantime, I suggest you all get comfortable.

We're not going anywhere.

I need to run a diagnostic.

Hey, Sam.

Teal'c, this is Daniel.

Proceed, Daniel Jackson.

Anubis has got Sam. She's headed your way.

Understood.

Jack.

Go ahead.

Anubis tampered with the security system.

He set up a sequence of timed commands.

We're trying to override, but we're not having much luck.

Keep me posted.

Keep an eye on them.

Kearney, you're with me.

General.

Major.

Sir?

Ready your key.

Major, base security is being compromised.

Ready your key. That's an order.

Yes, sir.

Counting down from three...

Two...

One...

Turn.

Five minutes until self-destruct.

Five minutes until self-destruct.

You did good, son.

Four minutes until self-destruct.

Four minutes until self-destruct.

Sir.

Go no further.

Teal'c, you have to give me access to the base computer.

Someone activated the self-destruct.

Let me shut it down.

You are infected.

I was infected.

Anubis left me for someone else.

Of this, I cannot be certain.

Teal'c, I'm not Anubis. It's me, Carter.

Three minutes until self-destruct.

Teal'c, please.

Very well.

Self-destruct aborted.

Self-destruct aborted.

Well done.

Someone's activated the gate.

Teal'c, this is Daniel.

I think Anubis is headed for the gate room.

Understood.

I'll see if I can override the dialing sequence.

O'Neill.

Stand aside.

Nyet.

You need a body to go through the gate.

Take mine.

Take mine, or I'll kill us both.

General.

I'm okay... Ish.

Oh, wait.

He got through, didn't he?

Sort of.

I was able to override the established dialing sequence

and input an alternate address.

I sent him to ks7 535 instead.

Chilly.