The Tok'ra, Part 1

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This episode is part 1 of 2; it is followed by "The Tok'ra, Part 2".

Contents 1 Plot 2 References 3 Notes 4 Sources

[edit] Plot

SG-1 goes to a planet, hoping to find the Tok'ra and form an alliance.

Carter has a vision from Jolinar, the Goa'uld with whom she was temporarily joined (SG1: "In the Line of Duty"). She gets a glimpse at the coordinates of the planet to which the Tok'ra in her vision are fleeing. After waking up, she discusses with General Hammond and SG-1 whether they should go to the planet or not. They agree to go there, hoping to form an alliance with the Tok'ra to destroy the System Lords.   Just before they leave, Carter calls her father to see how he is doing.

SG-1 arrives in a desert with no apparent footsteps or any sign that people have been around for some time. They make their way towards a dune when they are ambushed and surrounded by several people with Staff Weapons. Carter recognizes one of the people as Martouf and says she recognizes them all as Tok'ra.

Meanwhile at the SGC, General Hammond recieves a phone call from Jacob Carter. Things are not going so well and General Hammond goes to the hospital to visit him. It seems that despite the fact that they have cleaned out all of the lymph nodes, 'a squadron of  those little buggers got themselves reassigned to his liver'. It doesn't loook like he have long to live. He asks Hammond to tell him the truth about what his daughter is doing. Unfortunately, Hammond has to refuse because it is classified.   However things start to go wrong( Jacob even flatlines) the doctors tell Hammond to get his family here ASAP.

SG-1 is then taken underground with Ring Transporters into a compound which looks exactly the same as the one from Carters vision. They are taken through the compound, which is made entirely out of grown crystals, to meet the leader of the Tok'ra. On their way, they see Selmak, a dying Tok'ra. All members of SG-1 are asked whether they want to be the new host for Selmak, but they all refuse.   Especially Carter, who feels that once was enough.

Afterwards they meet Garshaw, the most wanted Tok'ra of all. SG-1 explains that they want an alliance with the Tok'ra and also the way in which they found the base, and what happend to Jolinar. After a rusty start SG-1 is asked to wait until the Tok'ra council will meet to discuss their proposal of an alliance. While waiting, Carter takes a walk with Martouf, hoping to understand Jolinar better and maybe order her thoughts from Jolinar.

Carter is begining to understand Jolinar a lot better when Daniel shows up, informing her that the council is ready to meet. In a newly grown chamber, SG-1 meets the council and starts negotiating about the alliance, specifically on how the Tau'ri would be of use to the Tok'ra and whether they could be trusted or not. They are interrupted by the arrival of SG-3, who have orders to extract Carter. However, before they can leave, the council reaches a decision: the Tau'ri are no use to them, and that as they are a security risk to the Tok'ra because of their knowledge of their base location, they cannot leave until a new base can be established.

...to be continued...

[edit] References

Tok'ra, System Lords, (SG1: "In the Line of Duty"), Goa'uld, SG-3

[edit] Notes

• This episode marks the first appearance of the Tok'ra Martouf.
• Ra is identified as the Supreme System Lord for the first time.
• In the episode In the Line of Duty, Daniel stated that Tok'ra means "resistance"; in this episode, the literal meaning of the name is revealed to be "against Ra".
• Captain Carter incorrectly states in this episode that schizophrenia is multiple personality disorder, a common misconception.

[edit] Sources

• Official Stargate SG-1 site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires Flash.
• Screenplay - Part 1 (PDF). Distributed by MGM. Prepared by Casablanca Continuity. Retrieved on October 15, 2006. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site. Also see Google's cache.
• Summary of Part I from SciFi. Visited June 5, 2006. Requires Flash.
• Summary of Part I from GateWorld. Visited May 13, 2006.