Politics
There But For The Grace Of God ..... Within The Serpent's Grasp
Written By: Brad Wright
Excerpts By: Jonathan Glassner & Brad Wright, Hart Hanson, Jeff King, Robert C. Cooper, Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner, Steven Barnes & Katharyn Powers
Directed By: Martin Wood
Guest Stars: Ronny Cox and Robert Wisden
Daniel is desperately trying to convince Jack, Sam and Teal'c that he really did visit an alternate reality and the Goa'uld are coming in ships to attack Earth. Hammond arrives with Lt. Colonel Sammuels, SG-1 are told that a Senator Kinsey is arriving to carry out a hearing on the SGC, a hearing that could see the program shut down.
Kinsey arrives at the SGC and the hearing begins. He tells them all he thinks the stargate is an offense and far to secretive, the fact that global catastrophe has been stopped by the skin of their teeth on numerous occasions is reason enough to shut it down, he is also disturbed by the fact that no technology has been gained from the project. Kinsey sees the stargate as a Pandora's box that should be closed now before too much harm is done.
The hearing begins.
Kinsey is told that the Goa'uld could come in ships even if they shut the gate down, he tells them that the Goa'uld would regret taking on the US, they laugh him off.
Kinsey starts going through the missions SG-1 has been on including reports from encounters in Children Of The Gods, The Nox, Stargate The Movie, Singularity, Cold Lazarus, The Enemy Within, The Broca Divide and Brief Candle. On each occasion Kinsey point out how easily he thinks SG-1 won or how near they were to disaster.
Kinsey looks at SG-1's missions.
Kinsey gets to the end of the reports and tells them all that the SGC's best are not good enough, the facility will be shut down. Both Teal'c and Daniel confront Kinsey with Daniel eventually telling him about his experience in the alternate reality and the warning 'Beware The Destroyers'. Kinsey laughs at him thinking he is mad and desperate. Kinsey says that if they are coming let them, the US will defend the world if necessary and so will God, he then leaves.
Teal'c and Daniel confront Kinsey.
Teal'c asks permission to return to Chulak before the gate is buried but Hammond can't allow it as he promised the President that only SG teams off world would return and that no one would leave if Kinsey shut them down. The facility will soon be permanently closed and the gate buried .... TO BE CONTINUED ....
SG-1 take what could be one last look at the stargate.
There But For The Grace Of God ..... Within The Serpent's Grasp