The First Ones
Watergate ..... Scorched Earth
Written By: Peter DeLuise
Directed By: Peter DeLuise
Guest Stars: Dion Johnstone, Jason Schombing, Vincent Hammond, Gary Jones & Barry Levy
Daniel and Dr Rothman are on a dig on P3X-888. They unearth a large Goa'uld fossil which Daniel speculates must have been a Queen due to its large size over other fossils they have found, he also speculates that the Goa'uld at that stage in their evolution were predators not parasites. They check for Naquada in the remains and find none, just as in the other fossils they have discovered. Rothman names this fossil Cleo. Unbeknown to them they are being stalked from the nearby trees As Rothman moves away whatever it is rushes them and kills a soldier, knocks Daniel out and drags him off.
Daniel and Rothman excavate a Goa'uld fossil.
At the SGC the gate dials up, Rothman arrives back with the bad news. He tells Jack that he thinks the thing that dragged Daniel off was a Unas, it sounds like the thing Jack described after the meeting on Cimmeria (see Thor's Hammer). Jack tells Hammond it is basically a Goa'uld with claws, Teal'c corrects him saying that it could well be an original Unas without a Goa'uld parasite inside it, thus it wouldn't have the same powers as the one they met on Cimmeria. Hammond gives the mission a go for SG-1 and 2 to go and rescue Daniel and SG-11. They launch a UAV threw the gate and them follow it.
On 888 2 men stay by the gate while the others go off in search of Daniel and SG-11. In the woods the Unas has Daniel tied up and is forcing him to follow where he is going. Daniel collapses saying that he needs a rest. The Unas watches him as he gets out his radio and tries to contact anyone out there but the Unas gets annoyed and smashes the radio out of his hands. He drags Daniel off again.
The Unas forces Daniel to follow him.
Arriving near a lake the Unas looks to the skies. The two moons of the planet are nearing each other, he sits and starts to do some kind of chant. As he does this Daniel starts to record a commentary on his tape machine. Daniel tries to get a conversation going with the Unas but the UAV flies overhead frightening it, Daniel manages to calm it down.
Daniel and the Unas approach another lake. Daniel goes to put his face in the water to drink but the Unas pulls him back and indicates he should use his hands. Daniel indicates that his hands are being held and the Unas lets go of the rope, Daniel runs off into the water. While in the water he notices Goa'uld symbiotes swimming towards him and runs out as fast as he can, a symbiote jumps at him and the Unas grabs it out of the air, snaps it in half and rubs its blue blood over Daniel's face.
The Unas tears a symbiote in half.
SG-1 and the others arrive at the base camp where the excavations were taking place. They find one of SG-11, Major Hawkins, who seems rather dazed and out of it. Teal'c finds some footprints and confirms they are from a Unas, he tells Jack he can follow them, they head off taking Hawkins with them. Taking a break near a pool of water Jack takes first watch. Something watches him out of the water.
They find Major Hawkins.
The Unas takes Daniel into a cave. He lights a fire and roasts the Goa'uld over it, offering the head to Daniel while eating the tail himself. Daniel gives it him back saying he doesn't want it and they start throwing it back and forth to each other until Daniel throws it into the fire, both he and the Unas laugh. Daniel offers him some rations and he likes it. The Unas says Daniel's name, he also appears to say his name is Chaka.
Roast Goa'uld head for dinner!
During the night Jack asks Rothman if he has noticed anything odd about Hawkins, Rothman says he hasn't. Hawkins opens his eyes, they glow.
In the caves Daniel is examining some cave paintings done by the Unas, they seem to have a good understanding of Goa'uld symbiote culture and physiology. It seems some of the Unas were taken as hosts and left via the gate, other Unas realising they were being used retreated away from the lakes into the caves and made necklaces so the Goa'uld couldn't penetrate their necks and possess them. Chaka approaches Daniel and cuts his cheek, he uses Daniel's blood to draw another picture, it seems Daniel has been marked for death.
The next morning Teal'c is taking watch. As he goes to leave he realises something is in the water. Readying his staff weapon a Goa'uld symbiote suddenly flies out of the water, Teal'c blows it away. As it falls dead into the water other symbiotes devour it.
Teal'c kills the symbiote.
As the others approach Teal'c tells them to lower their weapons, anyone of them could be possessed by Goa'uld. Jack tells them all to do as Teal'c says. Teal'c contacts Coburn at the gate and informs him of the situation, he tells him to come and collect the others taking great care and take them back to the SGC. Teal'c ties them up, he will find Daniel on his own.
In the caves Daniel wakes and finds Chaka still asleep. He goes to lift up a rock to kill Chaka but can't do it. Chaka awakes as Daniel puts the rock down. Noticing he is in pain from the bullet wound he got when attacking the base, Daniel offers to remove it, Chaka allows him to do it. Chaka then yanks Daniel to his feet and drags him deeper into the caves, on his way Daniel scribbles something on the wall.
Back at the lake the others complain to Jack about Teal'c's actions, but both he and Sam agree with them. Jack asks if any of them are Goa'uld and Hawkins breaks his bonds and puts his hand up. As he approaches Jack with a gun Jack calls for Teal'c, just in the nick of time Teal'c kills Hawkins. Going to free the others Teal'c notices Rothman has also broken his bonds, in the moment of surprise, Rothman grabs Teal'c's staff weapon and hits him with it, shoots and injures another of SG-2 before Jack shoots him. The other stay behind to wait for Coburn as Jack, Sam and Teal'c go off for Daniel.
Rothman goes mad.
Arriving in the caves they find the still hot fire, they aren't far behind. Tela'c finds Daniel's 'This Way' signs on the walls and they follow. Chaka meanwhile has brought Daniel into a large cavern where there are other Unas. As the Alpha Male approaches Jack, Sam and Teal'c arrive, Daniel stops them shooting, it seems Chaka is trying to stand up to the AM, he doesn't want to offer him as a sacrifice for his rite of passage but instead wants Daniel to become a member of the clan. Pushing Chaka out of the way the AM advances on Daniel, Sam and Jack shoot him and Chaka finishes off the job, he is now the Alpha Male. Daniel takes his leave, he speculates that Chaka has one day invited him back.
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