The Torment Of Tantalus
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Written By: Robert C. Cooper
Directed By: Jonathan Glassner
Guest Stars: Elizabeth Hoffman & Keene Curtis
Daniel is watching some recently de-classified material, it is of experiments on the gate carried out in 1945. As Daniel watches the men work he sees them activate the gate and send a man through, the wormhole closes and severs his airline, the scientists working on the gate seem to think he is dead.
Working on the gate in '45.
Daniel goes to see Katherine Langford, she is delighted to see him. Daniel asks her about the experiments in '45 and she tells him that her father headed up the team, they thought it could be some kind of weapon so were interested in getting it working. She tells Daniel about Ernest her boyfriend who was working on the project. Daniel shows her the video and it is Ernest that went through the gate, her father told her he had died in a lab accident.
Daniel and Katherine talk.
Daniel takes Katherine back to the SGC, but Hammond isn't happy with it until Jack turns up and greets her as an old friend. Hammond agrees to let them go on a mission to the planet to see if Ernest is still alive.
SG-1 arrive in the ruins of an old castle, they find Ernest still alive.
Ernest is still alive.
Ernest looks around them all and sees Katherine, he just turns away from her and walks out of the room. Daniel goes to see Ernest and is told no one else lives in the castle or nearby, he has been on his own for 50 years. Daniel asks him if there are any Egyptian hyroglyphs about, he says there aren't but there are 4 distinct writings in the building, Ernest tells him the place is called Heliopolis.
They decide to go back to the SGC and return to the place later to study it. Going to the DHD to dial home they find it is smashed.
The smashed DHD.
As they are going to be a while as Sam and Teal'c try to repair the device, Ernest shows the others a room which contains a pedestal, when pressed it shows holographic representations of the basic elements that make up everything, Daniel surmises it is a common language used by the 4 races that seemed to meet at this place.
Sam and Teal'c have rigged up the DHD to the gate but when they try to power it it doesn't work, the DHD instead falls through the floor into the ocean when the roof collapses on it. Deciding they need another power supply they go to get the pedestal from the room Ernest showed them, Daniel reluctantly lets them try to take it but they can't budge it.
SG-1 try to remove the pedestal.
As a storm starts up that will threaten the already weak castle they decide to use the lightning in the storm to power the gate. Ernest goes to get Daniel as the power builds up and Teal'c starts to dial, but Daniel will not leave. Ernest tells him that is no good having all this knowledge and information if you can't share it, he knows. Daniel is still reluctant to leave and Jack has to virtually drag him away.
The gate is dialled up and the others leave, Jack and Daniel have to race for the gate and get there just before the roof collapses and the wormhole disengages.
Daniel and Jack race for the gate.
A while later at the SGC they try to redial the planet, but no lock can be established, the gate must have been buried. All the planets knowledge is lost to them.
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