Part 1 Lieutenant
Cameron Mitchell sits at
Stargate Command staring at the
Stargate. After his efforts and recovery from his injuries,
Jack O'Neill offered him any job he liked, and he wished to join SG-1. However, when he arrives at the base, he finds that SG-1 has been disbanded, a new general is in control, and he is set to pick and lead the new team. The new general is
Hank Landry, a friend of both
George Hammond and O'Neill. Mitchell begins the selection process for new members of SG-1, but is dissatisfied with the candidates.
Teal'c is on the planet Dakara, the capital of the
Free Jaffa Nation, the aftermath of the fall of the
Goa'uld Empire at the end of
season eight.
Samantha Carter has been moved to
Area 51, where she is aiding in research and development. O'Neill has been promoted out of the SGC, and
Daniel Jackson is set to take a ride on board the
Daedalus to
Atlantis. An unscheduled off-world activation admits
Vala Mal Doran into Stargate Command (SGC), and she claims to have something they want . They let her in and she immediately seeks out Daniel. She has a tablet written in Ancient that leads to a trove of hidden Ancient treasures, and she needs Daniel to translate it. However, as soon as they are close together, she throws a pair of cuffs onto their wrists, linking them together. This causes Daniel to miss his trip to Atlantis. Instead he translates the tablet and who wrote it: an Ancient fleeing Atlantis after the war with the
Wraith named Myrddin, who Daniel says is
Merlin. After further research, Daniel concludes that the treasure is located beneath
Glastonbury Tor in
England. Arriving there on the
Prometheus, they transport into a hidden cavern where a
hologram of Merlin tells them that only the true will gain access to the treasures of the Ancients. There is a sword in a stone, but Mitchell is unable to remove it. They continue to explore further; Daniel and Vala take a right passageway, and Mitchell and Teal'c take a left. Both parties find rooms which light up upon entry. In both rooms the doors lock shut automatically, and the parties encounter puzzles. Just when they think it can't get any worse, the ceiling begins lowering to crush them, and to escape they must solve the puzzles quickly or be crushed.
Part 2 Trapped along with
Teal'c and
Vala Mal Doran far beneath
England's Glastonbury Tor,
Daniel Jackson and
Cameron Mitchell have only seconds to outwit the
Ancient snares in which they're caught. Once they succeed, they have to handle only one or two more small details – such as a near-impossible sword fight with an inhuman knight – before they win access to the cave's vast treasure. Amid the standard-issue gold and jewels, Daniel uncovers a hoard of books apparently written by the Ancients. They tell a fantastic tale: The highly advanced Ancients may have called themselves the Altera, and possibly evolved in a far distant galaxy. The crew excavating the treasure also finds a piece of Ancient equipment, which Daniel believes is a communications device. Daniel persuades Mitchell and
General Landry to let him test the machine. Within seconds, he and Vala – whose lives are still bound to one another by the Jaffa bracelets – drop to the ground, unconscious. Already developing a keen sense of how things work at the SGC, Mitchell deduces that this is a bad sign and puts the two under medical supervision. Similarly worried, Teal'c skips a critical meeting of the new Jaffa High Council to stay by his friend Daniel's side. Meanwhile, Daniel and Vala find themselves inhabiting the bodies of two married villagers on a distant planet. Being married to Vala – in even the remotest possible sense – gives Daniel the creeps, and he learns that the villagers are devout worshippers of all-powerful and unforgiving beings called the
Ori. What's worse, the two people whose bodies Daniel and Vala are inhabiting are suspected of heresy against these mysterious gods. Before long, Vala ends up chained to a sacrificial altar, about to be burned to death by the village's Administrator and his fanatical followers. Restrained by the vehement villagers, there's nothing Daniel can do but watch in horror as the flames are lit. Back on Earth, Mitchell and the others are watching, too, while Vala slips toward death. As Daniel holds Vala's charred body, a man in robes holding an ornate staff approaches the altar. The staff begins to glow, and Daniel watches in amazement as he brings Vala back to life. Daniel thanks him, but he responds, "Thank the Ori". He then tells them to follow him out of the square, and they follow. ==Production==