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"48 Hours" is the fourteenth episode of the fifth season of Stargate SG-1.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Plot 3 Major Events 4 References 5 Notable Quotes 6 Notes 7 First appearance 7.1 Character 8 Death 9 In other languages 10 Sources

SynopsisEdit

After escaping the Goa'uld, and killing Tanith, the Stargate shuts down just as Teal'c is still in the wormhole. Their efforts to halt the Stargate program are threatened, when Colonel Frank Simmons of the NID gives them a 48 hour deadline to save him, or the Stargate program will continue, and Teal'c will die.

PlotEdit

While visiting a planet the Goa'uld had been scouting in order to set up a base, SG-1 makes it into the Stargate under heavy fire. Before entering the gate, Teal'c takes an opportunity to shoot down Tanith's Al'kesh using the Death Glider cannon. Unfortunately, moments after he crosses the event horizon, the Al'kesh crashes into the gate, interrupting the outgoing wormhole and disconnecting the Earth Stargate before Teal'c is reintegrated.

The SGC prepares to redial the planet in an attempt to contact Teal'c, but Major Samantha Carter has them abort the sequence when a residual energy signature within the gate produces an unknown error. She quickly hypothesizes that Teal'c is in fact stored inside the gate's energy pattern buffer - and will be erased if an incoming or outgoing wormhole is established. To prevent this, the Iris is moved back several micrometres, providing the same effect as burying the gate. They also conclude that, to rescue Teal'c, they must establish an event horizon, without establishing a wormhole.

Dr. Daniel Jackson, along with Major Paul Davis, are sent to Russia in order to negotiate for temporary use of their Stargate to allow eight SG teams to return to Earth, and later for the Dial Home Device, needed to rescue Teal'c. However, for their help the Russians demand access to all technology retrieved by SGC. Meanwhile, Colonel Frank Simmons arrives at the SGC with Dr. Rodney McKay and delivers a deadline of 48 hours before Stargate Command must resume normal operations. Carter is assigned to work with McKay, who is very arrogant and tells her that she made many mistakes in developing her computer-Stargate interface; he also believes that Teal'c can't be rescued, even if they manage to reintegrate him.

As negotiations with the Russians continue to go poorly and McKay and Carter have difficulty working together, Simmons approaches Major General George S. Hammond and offers to hand over the knowledge required to save Teal'c, for a price - a Goa'uld Kara kesh. Hammond however refuses, but knows that the only reason they could want a hand device is if they had a Goa'uld.

Colonel Jack O'Neill, in the meantime, searches for alternate options to rescue Teal'c. During his search he runs into Harold Maybourne, whom he soon enlists in an attempt to obtain the intelligence Simmons has access to. They eventually succeed by infiltrating an NID "safehouse" where they find the Goa'uld, controlling Adrian Conrad. He refuses to help them, but reveals that Simmons was a better negotiator. This prompts Jack to seek the surveillance videos, which indeed show Simmons interrogating the Goa'uld prisoner; also recorded was the Goa'uld describing how to rescue Teal'c.

Daniel manages to convince the Russians to loan them the DHD - a requirement for the rescue - by offering them Naquadah generator technology. McKay protests the plan, arguing that it's a Goa'uld plot to destroy the SGC, but is ignored and furthermore sent to Russia as part of the deal, which doesn't make him happy. MSgt. Sylvester Siler and Carter manage to make the necessary modifications to the DHD in order to create an event horizon without a wormhole, thereby "tricking" the Stargate into reintegrating Teal'c, who stumbles through the Stargate with no perception that something had gone wrong - however, the DHD unexpectedly explodes moments later. Teal'c steps off the ramp and states that he has had his revenge - Tanith is dead.

Major EventsEdit

• Dr. Rodney McKay is introduced for the first time.
• Colonel Frank Simmons is eventually arrested for treason.

ReferencesEdit

Alaska; Al'kesh; Area 51; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; David Cassidy; Shaun Cassidy; Coffee; Colorado Springs; Control crystal; Death Glider; Dial Home Device; Lemon; Lemon chicken; MALP; Memphis; Minot; Moscow; Naquadah; Naquadah generator; North Dakota; P4C-796; President of the United States; Russia; SG-2; SG-5; SG-8; Squirrel; Staff cannon; Tok'ra

Notable QuotesEdit

O'Neill finds Maybourne near his car
Maybourne: Hi, Jack.
O'Neill: (runs towards him) You rat bastard!
Maybourne: (takes cover) Hey, hey, easy, Jack!
O'Neill: I'm so gonna kick your ass!
Maybourne: There's people watching.
O'Neill: I don't care!!

After O'Neill's disbelief in his offer of assistance
Maybourne: If you need me, I'm checked into the Accent Inn under the name Cassidy.
O'Neill: David, or Shaun?
Maybourne: (gives him a look) Butch.

Carter: (on the phone to Daniel) Is there any chance you can get the Russians to give us their DHD?
Chekov: (in other room) This is impossible at the moment.
Jackson: Not without giving back Alaska.

NotesEdit

• This episode was originally titled "Teal'c Interrupted".
• Shortly after the dire situation is presented in this episode, Major Paul Davis a.k.a. 'Major Disaster' walks on the scene.
• In this episode two DHDs are destroyed on screen.
• While Maybourne is "hacking" the NID database to search for a classified flight, the computer screen shows part of the HTML code of a website called "So You Wanna Be A Hacker".
• This episode marks the first appearance of David Hewlett as Dr. Rodney McKay, a role that would recur in future Stargate SG-1 episodes. Hewlett would later join the main cast of Stargate: Atlantis, playing McKay as one of the main characters.
• This is Michael Shanks' 100th episode.
• the weapon used by Teal'c to take down Tanith is actually a Staff cannon from a death glider.

First appearanceEdit

CharacterEdit

• Rodney McKay

DeathEdit

• Tanith

In other languagesEdit

• French: 48 Heures (48 Hours)
• Italian: 48 Ore (48 Hours)
• Spanish: 48 Horas (48 Hours)
• Czech: 48 hodin (48 Hours)

SourcesEdit

• Official Stargate SG-1 site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires Flash.
• Screenplay (PDF). Distributed by MGM. Prepared by Casablanca Continuity (2001-10-03). Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site.
• Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 3, 2006.

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