Descent

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Descent is the third episode of the sixth season of Stargate SG-1.

[edit] Plot

A Tel'tak with SG-1, Jacob Carter, Major Davis and Dr. Friesen on board flies to a Ha'tak which was detected near Earth. Jonas is very joyful since he was never in space before. When they arrive at the ship (which Major Carter identifies as the one which Anubis used to hold Thor captive) they detect that it is unmanned and thus all except Teal'c and Jonas beam on board. While they go to the Pel'tak they hear an unknown crackling sound. In the meantime Teal'c contacts General George Hammond.

On the Pel'tak they find out that the self-destruct was suspended, so Major Carter and Davis then go to the computer core to completely stop it, however the area is sealed. Col. O'Neill and Friesen in the meantime look around when O'Neill is called to blow up the door to the computer core. Friesen then looks for the shield generator but he is suddenly confronted by three Jaffa.

On the Tel'tak Jonas talks with Teal'c about the rumour that he was only chosen so that no Russian would become a member of SG-1. However Teal'c tells him not to listen to something like this. Back on the Ha'tak Carter suggests that Thor may be responsible for the situation of the ship. When they contact Friesen he doesn't answer and then O'Neill finds him dead and warns the others. Jacob is then shot down by the Jaffa who program the ship to fall on Earth. The others then arrive on the Pel'tak and O'Neill calls Teal'c but then the three Jaffa beam on board, which are however quickly killed by Teal'c. They however destroy the Ring Transporter thus the team can't transport back.

Back at Stargate Command Teal'c and Jonas arrive and are informed by Hammond about the situation. The two aliens then join the rescue mission. On the way to the airport Jonas is angry about himself because he couldn't do anything but Teal'c again says it wasn't his fault.

On the drowned Ha'tak Jacob talks with O'Neill about what has happened when Carter and Davis tell them that there are structural damage. Carter and O'Neill then plan on return to the computer core but there is water coming in and suddenly the two are locked when the door behind them closes. Jacob can't open it and the water rises until he believes that they have drowned. Suddenly the door opens and they escape. In the meantime Jonas and Teal'c have arrived in the rescue submarine. They all meet on the Pel'tak and it turns out that the crackling is Thor's voice and they suggest that Thor downloaded his mind into the computer. SG-1 (without Jonas) is able to load his mind into a data storage device but then the doors close and so they are forced to escape through the Death glider hangar.

While Jacob and Davis escape with the submarine, Jonas tries to activate the force field of the hangar. He is successful and then uses a Ring Transporter to beam to the rest of the team. They then get into the gliders and fly out, shortly before the ship explodes. They then use the gliders to fly home and O'Neill in the end tells Jacob that all members of SG-1 are safe.

[edit] Notes

• Director Peter DeLuise's cameo appearance as the pilot of the Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) is an in-joke to his role as Dagwood in SeaQuest DSV.
• This episode shares its title with a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, although said episode is a two-parter.
• This episode has a different title sequence than the first 2 episodes of this season.
• The partially built hallways of Anubis' mothership were used in the episode "Wormhole X-Treme!" for the scene in which Martin and O'Neill are hiding from the men in black on an unused sound stage.
• Teal'c's Jaffa tattoo is backwards in the scene where he and Jonas are driving the truck through the rain. The DVD commentary reveals that both actors were shot separately in the same seat (Jonas's seat) the footage for Teal'c was simply mirrored to give the impression that both actors were side by side.

[edit] Sources

• Official Stargate SG-1 site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires Flash.
• Screenplay (PDF). Distributed by MGM. Prepared by Line 21 Media Services Ltd (2002-05-21). Retrieved on October 18, 2006. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site.
• Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 5, 2006.
• Review from GateWorld. Reviewed by Tere Campbell. Visited May 5, 2006.

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