Holiday
A Matter Of Time ..... Serpent's Song
Written By: Tor Alexander Valenza
Directed By: David Warry-Smith
Guest Stars: Teryl Rothery
Sg-1 arrive into a room where there are lots of technological devices. Soon an old man appears out of a backroom, Teal'c recognises him as Machello, a fugitive from the System Lords as he has built weapons to fight the Goa'uld. Asking about the technology Machello shows Daniel a device which they both touch, something seems to happen when they touch it together and Machello then collapses, they decide to take him back to the SGC.
SG-1 meet Machello.
Back at the SGC, Dr Frasier gives Daniel the all clear but tells him to make sure he takes it easy, Machello meanwhile looks like he may die. In a briefing Sam is showing them a data pad she picked up from Machello's lab, it is in an unknown dialect but seems to chronicle all of Machello's inventions. Sam asks Daniel if he knows what the symbols are and he says he doesn't. Hammond decides to give Daniel some time off and sends him home.
Sam discusses the data pad.
In the infirmary Machello wakes up, he tells them all he is actually Daniel Jackson and the machine must have switched there personalities. The others are skeptical but after Daniel answers some questions only he would know the answers to they believe him.
Machello meanwhile is wandering the streets in Daniel's body. He meets a man named Fred and they strike up a friendship.
Machello meets Fred.
Back at the SGC Dr Frasier says she doesn't know how to proceed. Jack suggests they go back and retrieve the device, Hammond agrees as long as they take precautions. Arriving on Machello's planet, Jack and Teal'c place some blocks over the hand grips, but when they touch them they get transferred to each others bodies.
Back at the SGC Sam experiments with Jack and Teal'c, but nothing works. To make matter worse Teal'c's body has contracted an illness, Teal'c tells O'Neill that he will have to enter a state of Kel'norime, a deep form of meditation that will allow the symbiote to heal the body. Teal'c shows Jack what to do.
Teal'c is Jack and Jack is Teal'c!
Machello and Fred go to a dinner where Machello orders meals for everyone and uses one of Daniel's credit cards. At the base Daniel is working on Machellos data pads but is getting no where fast, he gets angry with himself and drops into a coma.
Daniel drops into a coma.
Jack meanwhile comes out of Kel'norime and finds the symbiote has healed him, he then goes to see Hammond and finds that they have been able to trace Machello as he used one of Daniel's credit cards, the police will now get him. On the streets Machello is captured by the cops.
Machello is brought back to the SGC, he tells them it is not possible to reverse the process even if he wanted to, this he says is the truth.
Machello is brought back to the base.
Having now been locked up, Machello tries to bargain for his freedom, he will help Sam translate all his inventions to fight the Goa'uld if he allowed to go free. They refuse and Sam takes Machello to see his 'Casualty Of War.'
Daniel and Machello talk.
Daniel tells Machello that he is nothing but a Goa'uld, using his body like the Goa'uld would, and not caring for the real owner. Daniel tells Machello about Sha're and says he can still find and save her, this seems to sway Machello and he tells Sam that he wishes there were a way to reverse the process but there isn't. Sam comes up with an idea, what if they play 'musical chairs' with there bodies until they are all back in the correct place, the plan works and everyone is put back in there correct place. Before he dies Machello tells Sam he thinks his inventions would be good in there hands, he also thanks Daniel for his holiday.