Point of No Return

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Point of No Return is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of Stargate SG-1.

[edit] Plot

Martin Lloyd (portrayed by Willie Garson of Sex and the City fame), telephones Stargate Command and gets their attention by describing the Stargate and mentioning Colonel Jack O'Neill by name. He goes on to request a face-to-face meeting.

While O'Neill meets with the man, the rest of the team listens in. Martin explains that he is from outer space, and that he doesn't belong on Earth. O'Neill continues to stall him, even hunting through a local forest to find his spaceship, while Carter, Jackson and Teal'c (using his pseudonym Murray for the first time) head to Martin's house to investigate further. There the team finds very little of use. He is a conspiracy theorist who catalogues everything. The main find, however, is a cabinet full of prescription drugs, antidepressants and antipsychotics. As the team is searching Martin's house, a mysterious group of men observe them through cameras planted throughout.

Out in the woods, O'Neill and Martin have been unable to find anything and give up their search. O'Neill convinces Martin that he should stop taking his medications to help him remember more; he has a vision in which he see seven symbols — a Stargate address, with Earth as a point of origin. O'Neill now is convinced that there is more to Martin than meets the eye.

While this is going on, Jackson and Carter had gone to meet with Martin's psychiatrist, Dr. Peter Tanner. But he is nowhere to be found, his office is emptied out, and the "doctor" leads them into a trap. Jackson and Carter are captured and are interrogated by the four men watching them earlier.

As Martin continues skipping his medications, he remembers the location of his spaceship, and leads O'Neill to it. O'Neill calls in a team to analyze the ship; to get a better understanding of Martin's species. Martin further remembers that he had companions with him when he landed, fellow soldiers; his world was at war with powerful creatures that demanded Godlike worship — the Goa'uld.

They set a trap for the four men, by opening the ship's cockpit, and using Martin as bait. When they take Martin, O'Neill and Teal'c follow them to a warehouse where Jackson and Carter are being held. O'Neill and Teal'c free them, and find Martin tied up in the back of the van. As this happens, Martin's ship explodes, leaving a massive crater behind.

Martin now remembers everything; the five of them were soldiers, deserters that left their world behind and came to Earth to hide. Martin, learning of the existence of a Stargate on Earth, wanted to return home; but his compatriots overruled him and drugged him into amnesia. O'Neill takes Martin back to his home world only to find a smouldering ruin where a great city once stood.

[edit] Notes

• This episode introduces Martin Lloyd who would later appear as the creator of Wormhole X-Treme! in the 100th and 200th episodes of Stargate SG-1.
• The episode has some similarities with the X-files episode "Fallen Angel", in which a man who is obsessed with aliens and kept on heavy medication turns out to be an alien.
• Another proof that the psychiatrist is a fake, is when the list of medications is read out, two of the drugs mentioned would cancel each other out.
• While in the motel room, Teal'c and O'Neill are watching the 1951 movie: The Day the Earth Stood Still, about (among other things) an alien who visits Earth and appears to be human.

[edit] Sources

• Official Stargate SG-1 site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires Flash.
• Screenplay (PDF). Distributed by MGM. Prepared by Casablanca Continuity (2000-08-24). Retrieved on October 15, 2006. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site. Also see Google's cache.
• Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 7, 2006.
• Review from GateWorld. Reviewed by Debra Kraft. Visited May 7, 2006.

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