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"The Tomb" is the eighth 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 First Appearance 7.1 Character 8 In other languages 9 Sources

SynopsisEdit

After a team from the Russian Stargate program goes missing on P2X-338, SG-1 and another Russian team are sent to retrieve them. In their search, they find a mysterious tomb, which housed a deadly enemy, picking off the Russian team members one by one.

PlotEdit

SG-1 must reluctantly join a fellow Russian team (headed by Colonel Alexi Zukhov) in a daring mission to uncover the fate of a lost Russian team and a powerful Goa'uld device, the Eye of Tiamat. After entering the tomb, SG-1 and the Russians split up to search. SG-1 discovers the remains of a previous Russian team member that has apparently been gnawed upon, and the Russians find an ancient Goa'uld Sarcophagus. Colonel Jack O'Neill orders Zukhov to hold his ground, but Zukhov moves to investigate the Sarcophagus. In so doing, he sets off a trap that shuts the door to the temple, and Lt. Marchenko is crushed by the door trying to keep it open.

Trapped inside, the teams force open the Sarcophagus and find a skeleton inside with similar gnawing marks. With a little research of the carvings in the room, Dr. Daniel Jackson determines Marduk was trapped inside the sarcophagus with another creature by his priests. The teams split up into pairs to find this creature, while Daniel stays behind to study the room. After a short amount of time in the search, Major Samantha Carter and Lt. Tolinev are attacked, and Tolinev is bitten, apparently poisoned. Whatever the creature is, it killed the Russians and, worst of all, Sam senses a Goa'uld symbiote inside it. When Sam and Teal'c encounter the creature later, it drops dead from wounds from its previous encounter with Sam, and Teal'c concludes that the symbiote is no longer present in the creature (by cutting open the creature's neck). Teal'c and Sam inform the rest of the team that there is a Goa'uld in their midst.

O'Neill and Zukhov are stuck in a standoff, each suspecting each other of being hosts, and refusing to lower their weapons. The real Goa'uld (in Major Sergei Vallarin) confronts them and attacks Jack with an earlier retrieved

Kara kesh. It demands the Eye of Tiamat, an allegedly powerful piece of Goa'uld technology of unknown function. Zukhov found it earlier with the journal, and pretends to give it to the Goa'uld. Instead, he arms a grenade and tosses it to him. The Goa'uld realizes too late and the explosion buries the host, Zukhov and the Eye. Jack manages to avoid the cave-in and escape unharmed.

Meanwhile, Daniel studies the writings on the walls of the tomb to realize that there is a ring transporter in the temple, and Teal'c locates a secret panel that exposes Goa'uld control crystals, which would allow SG-1 to activate the ring transporter. As they get ready to leave, the Goa'uld shows up to threaten his revenge. As the ring transporter dematerializes the four members of SG-1 and Tolinev, Major Carter activates a ten second timer on a large quantity of C-4, killing the host Goa'uld and collapsing the already very unstable tomb. If the Goa'uld survived the initial explosion, he would probably soon suffocate under the tons of stone and dust that would subsequently bury him. Back on Earth, in the SGC briefing room, the surviving Russian backs up O'Neill's account to her superior, but at the debriefing Colonel Chekov suspects that the SGC is hiding something, and they are clearly disappointed at the failure to recover the Eye of Tiamat. Jack tells the Russian not to expect another joint mission, since their priority should have been the rescue part of the rescue mission, not the Eye of Tiamat part.

Major EventsEdit

• Colonel Chekov is introduced for the first time.

ReferencesEdit

1906; Adrenaline; Babylon; Biliskner; Alexander Britski; C-4; Carnivorous creature; Cigarette; Coffee; Cuneiform; Cyanide; Eye of Tiamat; Fragmentation grenade; Germany; Iraq; Kalashnikov AK-47; Major Valentine Kirensky; Moscow; NID; P2X-338; P90; Pyramid; Rafha; Russia; Russian Army Intelligence; Saudi Arabia; Colonel Sakolov; Sarcophagus; Serbia; Siberia; Svetlana Markov; Tiamat; Transportation rings; Venom; World War II; Zastava M85; Foma Zhilin; Ziggurat

Notable QuotesEdit

O'Neill: How hard could it be?
Jackson: It's a dead language. I doubt anyone's even stood here for three thousands years.
Carter: I wouldn't be too sure about that.
O'Neill: Whatcha got there?
Carter: Empty pack of cigarettes. In Russian.

Jackson: If they went through the Gate before everyone at the Russian base was killed they could still be out there.
Carter: It's doubtful they would have survived this long. The planet's surface temperature averages 135 degrees fahrenheit in the shade.
O'Neill: Shade? I don't remember shade.

O'Neill: General, you know I'm a big fan of the Russians, and international relations are a bit of a hobby of mine, however I do believe that SG-1 should handle this one. Alone.
Hammond: The decision's been made, Colonel. They're on their way.

Jackson: If these men disappeared ten months ago, how could one of the bodies decompose that fast?
Carter: It didn't decompose. This skeleton's covered in tiny teeth marks.
O'Neill: Something ate this guy?

Jackson: Shouldn't we open this first, make sure no one's home?
Carter: Whatever killed the Russian soldier killed the Goa'uld as well.
O'Neill: How'd it get in there?
Carter: I don't know.
Jackson: Better question is, where is it now?

Carter: Sir, we've got a problem.
O'Neill: We've got a lot of problems, Carter. Can you be more specific?

O'Neill: This was supposed to be a rescue mission.
Teal'c: It would appear there is no one left to rescue.
Jackson: I wouldn't say that.

Vallarin: Wait here.
Jackson: Yes, you go down the dark hallway alone and I'll wait here in the dark room alone.

NotesEdit

• Colonel Chekov appears for the first time in this episode, returning in later seasons to deal with the SGC on behalf of the Russian government.
• The line right before the introduction of Russian team said by Major Sergei Vallarin translates as "The strongest country in the world... and they can't make a decent coffee".
• Lt. Marchenkos surname and facial traits suggests his Ukrainian heritage. This marks the second time in the show (first being "Small Victories") that an officer of Ukrainian ancestry is shown in the Russian military.
• Marduk was first mentioned in "Thor's Hammer" as the Goa'uld who took Kendra from her home world.
• In "Full Circle" Daniel says that the Eye of Tiamat is one of the Eyes that Anubis is using to power his new super weapon.
• Lt. Tolinev's surname is in the incorrect masculine form. As a woman, it should be Tolineva. This error was corrected in the Russian, Spanish and German dubs of the episode. Actually, she is referred to as Tolineva by both SGC and the Russian teams in the original version as well. However, the 'va' at the end of her name is being eaten up by the actors sometimes.
• The patches worn by the Russian team read "ЗВ1," an abbreviation for the Russian translation of "Stargate" (Звездные врата). Hence, the Russian team is also named "SG1."

First AppearanceEdit

CharacterEdit

• Chekov

In other languagesEdit

• French: La Tombe (The Tomb)
• Italian: La Tomba (The Tomb)
• Spanish: La Tumba (The Tomb)
• Czech: V hrobce (In the Tomb)

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 (2001-07-10). Retrieved on October 15, 2006. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site.
• Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 13, 2006.
• Review from GateWorld. Reviewed by Debra Kraft. Visited May 13, 2006.

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