In the Line of Duty
Carter under the unwilling influence of a symbiote, later revealed to be a Tok'ra.
Production
Series	Stargate SG-1
Episode	2.02
Production #	202
Original air date	July 3, 1998
Written by	Robert C. Cooper
Directed by	Martin Wood
Cast
Guest stars	Teryl Rothery as Dr. Janet Fraiser Peter Lacroix as Edrekh Katie Stuart as Cassandra Fraiser Laara Sadiq as SSgt. Laura Davis Tracy Westerholm as SSgt. Westerholm Judy Norton as Talia Joe Pascual as Medical Technician Nicole Rudell as Rita Benz Antoine as Driver Woody Jeffreys as SF Guard Jim Thorburn as SF Guard 2 David Allan Pearson as Quinta Ian Robison as Security Officer Reg Tupper as Dr. Jacobs
Chronology
Preceded by	"The Serpent's Lair"
Followed by	"Prisoners"

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"In the Line of Duty" is the second episode of the second season of Stargate SG-1.

SynopsisEdit

While on an evacuation mission, a symbiote takes Captain Samantha Carter as its host and makes its way to Earth in order to leave for another planet. However, the rest of the team finds out and arrests her. She tells the team that she is a member of the legendary Tok'ra and that an Ashrak (Goa'uld assassin) is sent to kill her.

PlotEdit

As SG-1 helps a group of people on the planet Nasya flee through the Stargate from a Goa'uld attack on their world, Captain Samantha Carter stops to give CPR to Quinta, a fallen villager. He suddenly grabs her head, and something enters her. Blood on her lip, Carter's eyes glow. She has been possessed by a Goa'uld symbiote.

Carter returns through the gate and tries to act as normal as possible, though through the mission debriefing her comrades notice something is different about her. Dr. Janet Fraiser invites her to come check on the Nasyans, many of whom have been moved to the hospital at the nearby Air Force Academy. Finally, she goes to visit Cassandra Fraiser, and the young girl senses that Carter has been taken by a Goa'uld. She locks herself into Dr. Fraiser's office and demands to see Colonel Jack O'Neill.

Meanwhile, one of the badly burned refugees assaults Dr. Jacobs, and emerges from his bandages fully recovered. He is an Ashrak, a Goa'uld hired assassin.

Cassandra convinces O'Neill that Carter was infected, and he takes action. When he injects Carter with a serum that "would bring down an elephant", the Goa'uld inside her becomes active and demands the Stargate be activated. Carter is apprehended and put behind bars at Stargate Command. The Goa'uld reveals itself to be Jolinar of Malkshur, and demands release. The parasite even promises to return Carter to them, fully restored to who she was. O'Neill does not budge. Suddenly, Carter's personality emerges and begs O'Neill to believe Jolinar but he takes it as a Goa'uld trick.

Finally, Jolinar reveals that she is a member of the Tok'ra, a group of rebel Goa'uld who oppose the System Lords and seek power for good. They are the most hated enemies of the System Lords, who constantly chase down any leads in an attempt to infiltrate and destroy them. She also explains that the System Lords will not allow the Tau'ri to thrive and become a threat. Already a far more powerful attack is being planned. Teal'c, at least, is convinced. Jolinar talks with Dr. Daniel Jackson and tells him she knows where Sha're is.

When the Ashrak finally locates his victim, Jolinar, Carter suffers torture and almost death at his hands. The hunter is found, and Teal'c finally kills him with two shots from a Zat'nik'tel, also stunning Daniel in the process. Meanwhile, Carter is fighting for her life in the infirmary. When she recovers, she tells O'Neill that Jolinar has given its life to save hers.

ReferencesEdit

John Adams; Adrenaline; Air Force Academy Hospital; Ashrak; Blood; Brain; Bra'tac; EEG; EKG; Elephant; Flashlight; Fragmentation grenade; Gemmond; Goa'uld; Hara'kesh; ID Scanner; Injection syringe; Iris; Jaffa; Major Charles Kawalsky; Malkshur; Colonel Harold Maybourne; MRI; Naquadah; Nasya; Nasyan; NID; P5C-395; P5N-44; PX7-60; SG-10; SG-11; SG-12; Sha're; Stargate Command brig; Stargate Command infirmary; System Lord; Tok'ra; Tranquilizer gun

Notable QuotesEdit

Teal'c: Are you injured?
Jackson: Dumb question. But thank you. I think.
Teal'c: You are welcome.
Jackson: Just don't ever do that again.

NotesEdit

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• This episode marks the second menton of the Goa'uld leadership known as the "System Lords" (first menton is in Thors Hammer in season 1). The only members met thus far are: Ra and Apophis. Nirrti is mentioned, but not seen until the episode "Fair Game".
• This episode marks the first appearance of the Tok'ra on the series. They also played a major role in the two-part episode "The Tok'ra, Part 1" and "The Tok'ra, Part 2" of the same season, and become recurring allies throughout the remainder of the series.
• Major General George S. Hammond states that three new SG teams have been added, bringing the total to 12.
• Stargate Command first become aware that a Goa'uld symbiote can enter its host without leaving a scar; previously they did not know that this was possible.
• Judy Norton is known for playing Mary Ellen Walton on The Waltons.
• This episode marks the last appearance of Katie Stuart as Cassandra Fraiser, the character would again appear in later episodes albeit played by a different actress.
• Throughout the beginning of the episode, Teal'c is unaware of the presence of a Goa'uld symbiote within Captain Samantha Carter. Later episodes establish that Jaffa do have Naquadah in their blood, and that Teal'c, like Cassandra, is able to sense the presence of a symbiote.

GoofsEdit

• After Teal'c visits Carter, he exits the area by the use of the magnetic card. However he has his card inverted, yet the door opens.

First AppearanceEdit

CharacterEdit

• Jolinar of Malkshur

DeathEdit

• Jolinar of Malkshur

In other languagesEdit

• French: La Tête à l'envers (The Head Upside-Down)
• Italian: Il Sicario (The Hired Killer)
• Spanish: La Llamada del Deber (The Call of Duty)
• Czech: Při výkonu služby (In the Perfomance of Services)

SourcesEdit

• In the Line of Duty on the official Syfy website.
• In the Line of Duty Screenplay on the official MGM website.
• In the Line of Duty on GateWorld.

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