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"Upgrades" is the third episode of the fourth season of Stargate SG-1.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Plot 3 References 4 Notable Quotes 5 Notes 6 Goofs 7 First Appearances 7.1 Characters 8 In other languages 9 Sources

SynopsisEdit

Anise of the Tok'ra arrives on Earth to test Atanik armbands on SG-1, and notices that they cause the team to be physically augmented. With their new powers evident, SG-1 urges Major General George S. Hammond to let them fight the Goa'uld with them. However, the armbands also make the team more irrational.

PlotEdit

The SG-1 team (except for Teal'c) becomes guinea pigs for an experiment by the Tok'ra Anise. The experiment uses special armbands, created by a race called the Ataniks, to enhances all their natural abilities. The armbands do not work where there is a symbiote present, so they won't work on the Tok'ra or Teal'c. While wearing the armbands, their strength, speed, agility, and metabolism (and therefore appetite) are all increased massively. At the same time, the device decreases their ability to make rational decisions.

This new sense of invulnerability leads the three to rash actions, such as going to a local steak house against a direct order and getting into a brawl. They decide that they are capable of taking on a large force of Jaffa that are guarding a new prototype ship under construction by Apophis. The altered SG-1 members are in the middle of sabotaging this ship when their armbands fail. Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr. Daniel Jackson make it out okay, but Major Samantha Carter becomes trapped behind an energy shield prompting Jack to stay behind with her.

Fortunately, Major General George S. Hammond sent Teal'c to assist them and they are able to successfully destroy the ship and escape back to Stargate Command.

ReferencesEdit

Adrenaline; Apophis; Ataniks; Atanik armbands; Battleship; Bio-sensor; Boxing; C-4; Court-martial; Display device; French fries; Goa'uld; Isolation Rooms; Jolinar of Malkshur; Marnon; Naquadah; O'Malley's Bar & Grill; PX9-757; Potato; Protein marker; Spiderman; Steak; Strength gauge; Stargate Command infirmary; Tok'ra; Tok'ra High Council; Trinium

Notable QuotesEdit

(The Tok'ra has just arrived at the SGC)
Anise: This is Mornah, you may call me Anise.
Jackson: Anise?
Anise: It means 'Noble strength'.
Jackson: I'm Daniel, it means... uhm... 'God is my Judge'.
O'Neill: I'm Jack, it means-... What's in the box?

Anise: Your strength is five times that of a normal human.
O'Neill: So no increase then.

Carter: So has it occurred to anyone that we are defying direct orders?
(O'Neill and Dr. Jackson look at each other)
Jackson: Well, it's not like we haven't defied orders before.
Carter: Yea, but that was to save earth.
O'Neill: Earth, steaks, where's the difference?

(O'Neill and Carter are surprised by two Serpent Guards)
Serpent Guard: Ha! Kree!.
(O'Neill raises his hands, surrendering)
O'Neill: Alright, you got us... don't... kree.

(SG-1 just returned from the planet with the new Goa'uld vessel)
O'Neill: General! Sir.. About the obviously impending court-martials, I'd like-...
Hammond: You were all under the influence of an alien technology, Colonel, that's a pretty solid defense.
O'Neill: Even so, I'm sorry.
Carter: Me too.
Jackson: Me three.
Teal'c: (pausing for a few seconds) I have no need to apologize...
Hammond: Teal'c was actually following orders.
O'Neill: Of course he was.

Hammond: I thought these devices were supposed to enhance them physically, not make them stupid.

NotesEdit

• A scene was filmed which showed Dr. Daniel Jackson stealing the Naquadah, but did not make it into the episode. However, it was shown in flashback in "Divide and Conquer".
• At one point, Daniel states that the inscription on his armband says, "With great power comes great responsibility", which is in fact the motto used in the Spider-Man comics.
• There are several grammar and spelling errors within Major Samantha Carter's book on wormhole physics.
• Teal'c has become much more proficient at boxing compared to his last attempt at it, indicating that he O'Neill kept teaching him despite Teal'c not seeing the point of the sport at first.

GoofsEdit

• At the start of the episode, Earth's Alpha Gate's point of origin symbol is seen on the ring. This could not be possible as it was on board Thor's ship when it crashed into the ocean, and so the gate in the SGC was Earth's Beta Gate, which has a different point of origin symbol.
• The plural of "court martial" is "courts martial", not "court martials".

First AppearancesEdit

CharactersEdit

• Anise
• Freya

In other languagesEdit

• French: Expérimentation hasardeuse (Hazardous Experimentation)
• Italian: Potenziamento (Strengthening)
• Spanish: Transformaciones (Transformations)
• Czech: Odkaz Ataniků (Atanik Legacy)

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 (2000-05-22). Retrieved on October 15, 2006. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site. Also see Google's cache.

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