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"Ascension" is the third 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 Goof 8 First Appearances 8.1 Characters 9 In other languages 10 Sources

SynopsisEdit

After a mission to Velona, where they find a weapon capable of defeating the Goa'uld, Major Samantha Carter is followed by an ascended being named Orlin, who warns her not to use the weapon.

PlotEdit

After Major Samantha Carter passes out while investigating a device on the planet Velona, Major General George S. Hammond gives most of the SG-1 team some time off. It is noted that the device is significantly more advanced than any other technology on this planet. Dr. Daniel Jackson, being the expert linguist, stays on the planet to help SG-16, who will be analyzing the alien device. After a short time home Carter begins to see a strange man that appears to be invisible to everyone else. She informs her superiors at Stargate Command, who then place cameras and microphones in her home. The strange man does not appear again until the cameras are removed. It turns out that the man is an ascended being who goes by the name of Orlin. He gives up ascension to be with Carter and begins to create many different things in her home.

While Orlin was ascended he helped the people of the alien planet to develop the alien device that SG-1 discovered. As it turns out, it is a powerful weapon that protected the planet from the Goa'uld and the civilization eventually attempted to use this weapon to conquer other planets. Because Orlin interfered with the lower planes of existence, the Others wiped out the alien civilization and ordered Orlin to destroy the weapon. Carter is working to create a link between a Naquadah generator and the weapon. Orlin knows what the device can do and convinces Carter to stop her research. They then attempt to stop anyone from activating the device.

Colonel Frank Simmons learns that Orlin is not a delusion brought on by Carter's stress but a human from the alien world. When the government attempts to capture Orlin, Carter is sent in to convince him to come peacefully. Orlin then leads her to a Mini Stargate that he has built in her basement. The two of them travel to the planet and Orlin sacrifices himself to stop Colonel Albert Reynolds and SG-16 from activating the weapon. The other ascended beings allow Orlin to ascend once more and destroy the weapon so that it can no longer be used.

Major EventsEdit

• Orlin, the Ancient and Colonel Frank Simmons are both introduced for the first time.
• It's revealed that Sam only has one brother, Mark and has no other siblings.

ReferencesEdit

Ancient; Area 51; Ascension; Credit card; Golf; Jello; Jolinar of Malkshur; Kheb; Mini Stargate; Naquadah generator; Oma Desala; Orbital weapon; Others; The Pentagon; Pizza; President of the United States; SG-16; Special Forces; Stargate Command infirmary; Star Wars; Titanium; UAV; Velona; Velonan

Notable QuotesEdit

O'Neill: Look Carter, here's the bottom line. No-one is seeing what you've seen, and until that happens we're all gonna to think you're nuts.

Carter: Hey guys. What are you doing here?
O'Neill: We brought pizza, and a movie.
Teal'c: Star Wars.
O'Neill: He's seen it... what... eight times?
Teal'c: Nine.
O'Neill: Nine times. If Teal'c likes it, its gotta be ok.
Carter: You've never seen Star Wars?
O'Neill: Ah, you know me and... 'sci-fi'.

[O'Neill and Teal'c have been thwarted in their plan to enjoy pizza and Star Wars with Carter]
O'Neill: So, now what?
Teal'c: I have read of a place where humans do battle in a ring of Jell-O.
O'Neill tosses his cellphone to Teal'c.
O'Neill: Call Daniel.

Carter is denied permission to join SG-16 on the mission
Carter: Take it easy?
O'Neill: Yeah, you've been a little tense.
Carter: Tense? Me? I'm not tense.............. Am I? When did you first notice?
O'Neill: As we met.

Discussing what the device is
Hammond: I'm sorry, but I have not heard anyone say exactly what the device is?
Jackson: Uh, well. We're still just speculating, I mean it could be a deep space observatory for all I know.
O'Neill: Or a big honkin' space gun, sir.
Jackson: Most likely the goa'uld would have taken that.

O'Neill: What have you guys got?
Jackson: Well, it looks like that thing on 636 is a weapon.
O'Neill: I was right?
Teal'c: It is a weapon of great power, O'Neill.
O'Neill: Big and honkin'.

Orlin: You wouldn't believe the things that you can make from the common, simple items lying around your planet. Which reminds me, you're going to need a new Microwave.

NotesEdit

• Orlin appears again in Season 9's "The Fourth Horseman, Part 1" and "The Fourth Horseman, Part 2", taking the form of a young boy to help the SGC combat the Ori.
• This is the first appearance of Colonel Frank Simmons, a recurring antagonist in season 5, played by John de Lancie, who played Q in Star Trek. He also appeared with Richard Dean Anderson in the science fiction western series Legend.
• Major General George S. Hammond says that the red phone in his office "only takes calls from one man", referring to the President of the United States. However, he is seen in various episodes having several conversations with different people over the red telephone, including his grandchildren. Hammond was presumably just trying to make a point, rather than speaking of the literal capabilities of his office phone.
• When Teal'c and Colonel Jack O'Neill visits Major Samantha Carter for a pizza and movie, Carter asks them what movie they brought. Tealc answers Star Wars and says he has seen it 9 times, smiling. He likes because of the fact that the main theme of Star Wars is the rebellion against the Sith Empire, which is what the SGC's cause is - to resist the Goa'uld.

GoofEdit

• It is commonly believed that when Orlin jumps into the Mini Stargate, he disappears in mid-air, before he reaches the actual wormhole. This is a misconception. In fact, the minigate is being viewed from behind and if you look closely, his body disappears as it goes through, even incrementally when viewed frame-by-frame.
• Orlin gives Major Samantha Carter an emerald as her birthstone suggesting she was born in May, however Carter was actually born in December.

First AppearancesEdit

CharactersEdit

• Frank Simmons
• Orlin

In other languagesEdit

• French: Ascension (Ascension)
• Italian: Ascensione (Ascension)
• Spanish: Ascensión (Ascension)
• Czech: Povznesení (Ascension)

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 (2001-06-01). Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site.
• Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 3, 2006.

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