STARGATE SG-1 “Children of the Gods” (pilot) Written by: . Jonathan Glassner and Brad Wright

STARGATE "Children of the Gods" TEASER FADE IN: EXT. COLORADO MOUNTAIN AIRFORCE FACILITY -- TO ESTABLISH - NIGHT A large opening in the side of a mountain is under light military guard. But there is very little activity. One gets the feeling this facility is mostly out of use. INT. GATE ROOM - NIGHT A large three story windowless bunker made entirely of reinforced concrete and steel. Towering two stories above the floor, in the center of the room, is a massive disk shaped object covered in large drab tarps. A wide ramp leads up to the object. Those who have seen the movie will recognize this as the room which housed the Stargate and realize that the under the tarp is probably the Stargate itseif. Those who didn't see the movie will soon leam... . The camera moves from the 6bject., across the room to a folding table surrounded by six Air Force guards, four men and two women, playing a game of poker. Along the wall lean six Air Force issue M-16s. If an officer walked in, these soldiers would be in deep shit. ‘ GUARD 1 (dealing the cards) ...King gets a queen - possible straight. Eight gets another eight. And Jack gets a boss. Eights open. Guard 3, a new female recruit, a good ten years younger than any of the others, keeps glancing over at the heavily fortified door. GUARD 3 Aren't you guys worried some officer is gonna come in here and nail our butts to the wall? GUARD 2 Trust me, nobody ever comes down here. Hell, I thought they forgot we were even here until they replaced Andy with you. ANGLE - THE OBJECT ...which starts to VIBRATE slightly under its tarp... like an engine that's blown a gasket. (CONTINUED) (‘/\

STARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 ~ CONTINUED: BACK TO SOLDIERS Guard 3 glances over at the gate, sensing the vibration but unsure. She looks to the others... GUARD 3 What is this thing we're guarding anyway? GUARD 1 the hell outta me. GUARD 3 None of you ever looked under the tarps? GUARD 2 Did once. Still beats the hell outta me. It's some big metal ring. What ever it is, the guys in Washington obviously dont"t about it no more. Just another outdated project probably. . GUARD 1 Or another failed one. - GUARD 3 ; . Does it look like it's moving to you guys? The others laugh. GUARD 2 If you don't have the straight just fold, lady. Guard 3 stands and walks toward the gate, attracted by the slight vibration. She walks up the ramp slowly. GUARD 1 Can we take that as a fold? Guard 3 stops right beside the gate and lifts the tarp to look under it. She quickly drops the tarp and BACKS DOWN THE RAMP... GUARD 3 Jesus Christ!!! The whole room begins to rumble more as the others turn and look at... THE OBJECT as suddenly the tarps all FLY OFF IT, into the walls. Their absence reveals that the object is, indeed, THE STARGATE ~ ) 1! The inside wheel is turning, faster and and faster. As the room starts shaking more and more... (CONTINUED)

FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 O CONTINUED: THE GUARDS... Scramble to their feet and grab their M-16s. Guard 3 runs over and joins them... GUARD 3 (CONTD) [ take it this never happened before... GUARD 2 Uh-uh. Guard 2 grabs a red phone on the wall. The room is now shaking violently like a 7.3 earthquake and the noise is deafening. GUARD 2 (CONTD) (into phone) This is Lower 3G. We need some back up down here. This thing just... Then KAWOOSH!!!!! A HUGE FUNNEL of water-like quantum particles BLASTS into the room. The soldiers all scatter, taking cover, hitting the deck. The tip of the furinel STOPS TWO INCHES from Guard 2's frozen face! He drops the phone and hits the deck. - funnel then retracts, funneling through the back of the gate, then it levels off, forming a shimmering surface inside the circumference of the gate. It looks like the surface of a pool of water turned on its side. It's really quite beautiful, yet for some reason it causes an uneasy feeling in the pit of your stomach. After a beat: GUARD 1 Anybody got any ideas? GUARD 2 How 'bout, we get the hell out of here? But Guard 3 seems to be entranced with the gate. She stands and slowly walks toward it, up the long ramp that leads to the opening. GUARD 2 (CONTD) ‘What the heli're you doing? But Guard 3 doesn't answer. She just keeps approaching the shimmering opening, slowly, curious. Finally she reaches the gate and stands about a foot from it... when suddenly... SOMETHING GRABS HER!! A humanoid figure, at least seven feet tall, heavily armored, with a black metal helmet that looks like @ SERPENTS head, has stepped through the gate and grabbed Guard 3 from behind, disarming her and using her as a shield. Five more aliens stumble out of the shimmering gate, each dressed in the same armor. All five Serpent Guards carry six foot staffs with bulbous ends. (CONTINUED)

STARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 4, CONTINUED: The look like something dating back to antiquity (like the ones Ra's men had in the movie. Our guys raise their M-16s and take aim... The Serpent Guards take up rock solid stances in a semi-circle to form a barrier to protect AN OTHER ALIEN who steps through the stargate behind them. His extremely muscular body shows beneath a glistening gold breast very ornate, heavily bej ewelled His head is by a glistening gold helmet in the form of a snake's head with jewels as eyes. The way the others shield him, he's obviously their leader. We will come to know this creature as APEP, "THE SERPENT GOD." As soon as Apep is through the Gate it shuts down and discharges its energy. There is a long silent, tense moment as we stare at them, and they stare at us... As if to break the silence, Apep's heimet FOLDS [INTO ITSELF (f/x), eventually retreating into his collar. Now we get a good look at the man dark skinned, strikingly perfect, eternaily young, without biemish, almost pretty. Every rippling muscle glistens like a painting of the ideal maie. He glares at the human soldiers pointing their guns at him nervously. His eyes begin to glow ever so slightly, white hot, as if he could burn them with just a . APEP {barking order) Jaafa! Kree! Apep's soldiers shove Guard 3 (who they still hold) back into Apep's arms. Guard 3 to get free, but Apep's grip is too GUARD 3 Let go of me! APEP Bow to Apep. GUARD 3 Get...your...hands....off... Guard 3 struggles to get to her feet. But Apep puts his open hand on the woman's head. We ribbon with a large quartzite stone on the back of his hand. Energy begins to arc between the folds of the a sudden jolt of energy begins to SURGE THROUGH GUARD 3's HEAD which seems to slightly sedate her, making her pliable to his wishes. GUARD 1 Let her go! APEP (an order) Jaafa! Mol kek! (CONTINUED)

O.—\RGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 CONTINUED: Suddenly the three Serpent Guards point their staffs at our men and the bulbous heads of the staffs OPEN and ELECTRIFY sending out a BLAST OF ENERGY, crumbling a segment of concrete wall three feet from Guard 2 and the four other guards. The soldiers dive for cover and return fire. But our bullets seem to bounce right off the alien's armor... Apep examines Guard 3. He squeezes her jaw to open her mouth so he can examine inside like one would examine a race horse. An evil smile slowly grows on his face. APEP (CONTD) You will do nicely. Guard 2 grabs the phone... GUARD 2 (into phone) Hostile, hostile! Need back up... BLAST -- Guard 2 is hit square in the chest with an energy boit, BLASTING A ONE FOOT HOLE THROUGH HIS CHEST The phone dangles next to him as he slides to the floor. Holy... , _ An energy bolt hits Guard 1 in side of his chest, almost cutting him in Apep hands off Guard 3 barely awake) to one of the Serpent Guards who picks her up and carries her. As the fire fight continues, the five Serpent Guards serve as shields for Apep, bullets bouncing off their armor like BBs. The human soldiers are merciless, never lifting their from their triggers, showering the aliens, blasting away chunks of their armor until finally... some bullets penetrate flesh and two of the aliens go THIS INFURIATES APEP. APEP Kreeka! Jaafa! The remaining three alien soldiers open fire on the remaining three humans. Two score direct hits, killing the humans instantly. remaining human runs for the door and starts un- latching BLAST, his back is blown to bits by an energy bolt. Silence. All the humans are dead. Two aliens are dead. And Apep is pissed. ANGLE - ON ONE OF THE DEAD ALIENS A thick, foot SNAKE-LIKE CREATURE slithers out of a special opening cut in the stomach plate of the armor! It stops and looks at the death around it with hideous red eyes that a strange look of evil ence. It opens its mouth and bares its jagged sharp C/ teeth. creature like this one comes out of the gut of the other dead alien. (CONTINUED)

STARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 6. CONTINUED: Suddenly the two creatures LAUNCH into the open hands of APEP, who holds them tenderly like a father would hold his children. Apep turns to the gate and points with his jewelled hand wrap. A thin line of energy shoots from it into a small hole on the top of the gate, then WOOSH, the stargate reopens. INT. COLORADO MOUNTAIN AIRFORCE FACILITY -- CORRIDOR -- CONTINUOUS Another unit of 20 Air Force Soldiers, reinforcements, armed to the teeth, are HUSTLING down the corridor toward... INT. GATE ROOM - CONTINUOUS " The soldiers BURST into the room, fanning out, taking up positions, weapons at the ready. Their jaws drop at what they see. Finally we push in on the doorway as GENERAL HAMMOND, a large middle aged, African American, tough as nails career military man (think Colin Powell) enters. He stops dead in his tracks and his eyes widen when he sees... -- GENERAL HAMMOND A Serpent Guard steps into the quantum particles of the stargate, carrying Guard 3, and vanishes leaving only APEP, still cradling the two snake-like creatures. He stops just before the quantum surface of the gate and turns to look back at General Hammond silently, as if-to say "You will pay for this." Apep's eyes begin to glow white hot as he stares at the General. GENERAL HAMMOND Open fire! The 20 who have taken up positions in the room, open fire on Apep. But he simply steps through the Stargate, vanishing just as the Gate shuts down behind him with a woosh. ANGLE ON THE HUMAN SOLDIERS The camera pans down the line of hardened Air Force soldiers as they stop shooting, staring, slack jawed, wide eyed, horrified. The room is a blood bath. Six human soldier and two aliens lie dead and bloedy. Small pods of flames still burn where energy bolts had hit. The camera finally come to rest on General Hammond whose face says that he knows mankind could be in deep shit... And off his horrified face we... CUTTO: MAIN TITLE

TARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 ACT ONE EXT. JACK ONEILL'S HOUSE ~ NIGHT Two official Air force vehicles screech to a stop in front of the house. Four soldiers rush to the front door as two stay behind with the cars. They ring the doorbell. Wait. No response. CAPTAIN SAMUELS, the ranking officer of the group paces, nervously, impatiently. CAPTAIN SAMUELS He has to be here. PRIVATE CLACKSON [ don't think he is, Sir. Samuels knocks hard on the door, more a temper tantrum than an attempt to raise O'Neill. CAPTAIN SAMUELS Clackson, take the left side of the house. Petrovich, take the right. Check for any signs of life, any indication he's been here or he's coming back. The two soldiers split off and head around the sides of the house. Samuels uses the opportunity to ring the doorbell one last time. Then Clackson returns, running... PRIVATE CLACKSON Sir, there's a ladder leaning against the house around the side. CUTTO: EXT. ONEILL'S HOUSE - ROOF -~ CONTINUOUS Captain Samuels is just finishing climbing the ladder onto the roof, followed by Clackson. They stop and stare at... CAPTAIN SAMUELS Colonel Jack O'Neill? ONEILL (0.S.) Retired. COLONEL JACK ONEILL is now sporting a beard and moustache, longer hair, a cardigan sweater and a pipe. He has not turned into the drunken recluse he was in the beginning of the movie - actually quite the (CONTINUED)

O O STARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 . CONTINUED: Opposite - he's now almost professorial. He is sitting on a deck chair on a small, leve| platform he's built on his roof. He has two large high-end telescopes mounted on permanent mounts. :;nd he's looking through one of them now. During the scene he never takes his eye from the eyepiece. CAPTAIN SAMUELS I'm Captain Franklin Samuels. O'NEILL (eye glued to the telescope) Airforce? CAPTAIN SAMUELS Yes, Sir. ONEILL Want a piece of advice? Try to get re-assed to NASA. CAPTAIN SAMUELS Excuse me, Sir? ONEILL - moved to NASA. That's where the action's going to He points to the stars... ONEILL (CONTD) Out there. CAPTAIN SAMUELS I, um, I have orders to bring you to see General Hammond. ONEILL Good for you. . CAPTAIN SAMUELS (hinting) . He replaced General West, Sir. ONEILL Well... I'm a busy man, Captain. CAPTAIN SAMUELS I can see that, Sir. He says it's important. It has to do with "The Stargate." For the first time, O'Neill takes his eye from the eyepiece and turns to look at the two soldiers. This got his attention...

‘ARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 9, EXT. COLORADO MOUNTAIN AIRFORCE FACILITY -- NIGHT The two official cars drive into the facility. INT. GENERAL HAMMOND'S OFFICE -- NIGHT Sitting at a large desk in a windowless underground room, we find General Hammond, still nervous after his encounter, but intense, focused. He is reading a yellowing report file from three years ago when there is a knock on the door. GENERAL HAMMOND Come. The door opens and Captain Samuels and another soldier escort O'Neiil into the room. CAPTAIN SAMUELS General Hammond, this is Colonel Jack ONEILL . , Retired. ' Hammond gives O'Neill's appearance a disapproving look. GENERAL HAMMOND [cansee that: . - (then) [ envy you, Colonel. : ONEILL Sir? GENERAL HAMMOND For retiring. Me, I'm on my last tour. Three months left. Got here figuring it would be a low impact assignment. Time to start my thoughts together to maybe write a book. You ever think about writing a book about your exploits in this man's army, O'Neill? ONEILL Thought about it. 'Course, I'd have to shoot anyone who actually read it. Hammond stares at O'Neill a moment, not knowing how to take the remark. O'NEILL (CONTD) (by way of explanation) K, ) Most of my work the past ten years was classified. (CONTINUED)

O STARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 10, CONTINUED: GENERAL HAMMOND (getting it) Oh. Yes, of course. Anyway, [ figured how much action could there be commanding an inactive base of a moth balled project - (beat) Like your Stargate. ONEILL So they've kept it mothballed here all this time? GENERAL HAMMOND Until about Oh-eight hundred this mormning -- when it un- mothballed itseif. O'Neill's eyes widen with nervous excitement... O'NEILL What?! Did someone come through? . GENERAL HAMMOND ['ll show you. The General O'Neill Samuels out the door. INT. MEDICAL FACILITY -- MOMENTS LATER " This is actually an infirmary but now it's being used as a make shift morgue/laboratory. As the General, Samuels and O'Neill look on, a DOCTOR pulls back a sheet covering the now naked body of a male Serpent Guard. He looks mostly human except for two differences - he has serpent markings on his forehead; and he has a criss-crossing slit situated such that the point where the lines meet is where the belly button would normally be. They're not human? . DOCTOR ) No. Best we can tell, these slits are actually a pouch similar to that found on a marsupial. O'NEILL Like a kangaroo? DOCTOR Except only one sex of kangaroos have pouches. Both of these do. (CONTINUED)

\RGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 1L O CONTINUED: ) And he pulls the sheet off the other Serpent Guard, revealing it to be a woman. She also has a cross shaped slit on her belly. [ DOCTOR (CONTD) The pouches don't seem to be configured for carrying their young. GENERAL HAMMOND (re. the dead aliens on the table) These people, or aliens, or whatever you want to call them, came through and opened fire, killing six of my people. Took one with them. ONEILL Alive? CAPTAIN SAMUELS We think she was dead. . O'NEILL What did their weapons look like? . - GENERAL HAMMOND These. He shows O'Neill one of the staffs. His face registers instant recognition. CAPTAIN SAMUELS We've studied them and can't figure out how they work. picks one up, slides his hand down one area of the staff and the END POPS OPEN, charging itself. Everyone jumps back. GENERAL HAMMOND Seen one before, | take it? ONEILL Yes, Sir. But ['ve never seen people like these. GENERAL HAMMOND Ra and his men? : O'NEILL . . . No, Sir. They didn't look like this. There was no one like this on Abydos. The people there were human, from earth. They were brought there by Ra thousands of years ago. GENERAL HAMMOND ) Tell me about this Ra. (CONTINUED)

O STARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 CONTINUED: ONEILL Mean son of a bitch. According to the legends on Abydos Eedwas actually some kind of alien that lived inside a human ody. GENERAL HAMMOND " What'd he look like? O'NEILL Human. Young, healthy, dark skinned. The oniy thing not human about him was that his eyes sort of glowed. GENERAL HAMMOND Are you sure he's dead, Colonel? ONEILL Unless he could survive a Mark 3 nuclear weapon within ten feet of him, yeah, I'm positive. y? : GENERAL HAMMOND (re. the serpent guards) Colonel, these... people... or whatever they are... were guarding another man who retreated back through the stargate. fits the exact description you just gave me for Ra. ONEILL Including the glowing eye thing? GENERAL HAMMOND Especially the glowing eye thing. I'd like to get a little more information from you. You mind going back to my office for a little while? And off ONeill's curious face we... GENERAL HAMMOND I'm curious, Colonel. After three years to distance yourseif from the Stargate mission, has your perspective on it changed? (CONTINUED) CUT TO: INT. COLORADO MOUNTAIN FACILITY - CORRIDOR MOMENTS LATER General Hammond and O'Neill are just getting off the elevator in an upper comridor. As they walk down the long concrete corridor.

"ARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 3 O 13. CONTINUED: O'NEILL I'm not sure | know what you mean? GENERAL HAMMOND Well, do you still fee] the same way about it? Wasita positive experience? O'NEILL Oh, yes sir, I get the warm fuzzies just thinking about it. As they round a corner they pass two other men being escorted by Captain Samuels into another room. cranes his neck as he passes, to get a better look at the men who he recognizes as KAWALSKY and FERRETTI, each exactly three years older than they were last time he saw them. O'NEILL (CONTD) (to the General) Was that Kawalsky and Ferretti? GENERAL HAMMOND . Who? - ONEILL Lieutenants Kawaisky and.Ferretti. Came back from Abydos with me. GENERAL HAMMOND Oh, them? Yes, we brought them in for questioning also. ONEILL (doesn't like the wording of that statement) "For questioning"? GENERAL HAMMOND This way. General Hammond leads O'Neill back into... INT. GENERAL HAMMOND'S OFFICE - MOMENTS LATER The General motions to a chair for O'Neill to sit in. But O'Neill doesn't sit. [nstead he crosses t0 a large picture window in the wall. When we were in here before it looked like a mirror. Now we can clearly see through it to a large briefing room next door with a long board-room table, several video screens and computer consoles line the other room. Kawalsky and Ferretti sit at one end of the table. Captain Samuels and another OFFICER sit opposite them, questioning them. Both men look quite uncomfortable. (CONTINUED)

STARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 O CONTINUED: GENERAL HAMMOND Tell me about Daniel Jackson, Colonet. O'NEILL What are they questioning my men about? GENERAL HAMMOND They're not your men any more, Colonel. You retired. (then...) Now, I'll say again - teil me about Daniel Jackson. ONEILL You read the report. What do you want to know that's not in it? GENERAL HAMMOND Ls there anything that's not in it? O'Neill glances through to Kawalsky and Ferretti, wondering what they're saying. ' ONEILL Don't think so. ) GENERAL HAMMOND The report seems to only contain facts. No personal opinions. What was your opinion of Daniel Jackson? ONELLL When General West first forced me to take Daniel with me through the gate [ thought he was a pain in the ass. Kept sneezing all the time. No regard for military protocol. Bottom line, he was a geek. GENERAL HAMMOND And you don't like geeks? ONEILL Actually Daniel kind of grew on me. He was alright. GENERAL HAMMOND Tell me, Colone] — what were your orders on the Stargate Mission? ONEILL If I detected any possible threat to earth, I was to detonate a nuclear device and destroy the gate on the other side. (CONTINUED)

O CONTINUED: GENERAL HAMMOND And why didn't you do that as soon as you were aware of this "Ra"' ONEILL - Ra overpowered us and took the weapon before [ could am it. GENERAL HAMMOND But you eventually regained control and did, in fact detonate the weapon? throws a look to Kawalsky and Ferretti who look uncomfortable with their line of questioning. ONEILL Yes, Sir. GENERAL HAMMOND So Daniel Jackson and everyone else on Abydos are dead? O'NEILL (hesitates... then...) . Yes, Sir. . 5 GENERAL HAMMOND . Good. Then you won't mind if I authorize a go ahead on our plan. O'NEILL What plan is that, Sir? GENERAL HAMMOND Come see for yourself. INT. COLORADO FACILITY - ELEVATOR -~ MOMENTS LATER General Hammond and O'Neill are riding an elevator down. The floor indicator indicates that they are going WAY DOWN.... GENERAL HAMMOND Tell me, ONeill, you feel certain that the gate on Abydos was destroyed? O'NEILL We sent a probe through after we got back, sir. It was ) That says to me that, at the O very least, the gate is buried in the (CONTINUED) ARGATE HRST DRAFT 10/18/96

- STARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 16. CONTINUED: GENERAL HAMMOND Well somehow it got un-buried, because those creatures had to come through from somewhere. And according to the research that was done here before they mothballed it, this gate doesn't go anywhere else but Abydos. The elevator reaches sub-level 17 and the doors open. gets off, leaving O'Neill to digest what the General just said. Finally he gets off and is amazed to see... INT. GATE ROOM -- CONTINUOUS ...a hub bub of activity like it hasn't seen since the mission three years ago. A large glistening ‘metal cylinder sits on a radio controlled cart at the bottom of the ramp. Several technicians make adjustments to it. O'Neill immediately recognizes the device and look of hotror washes across his face. He turns to the General... ONEILL You're sending another bomb to Abydos? GENERAL HAMMOND A Mark five this time. If they did re-open it. We intend to re-seal it for good. O'NEILL Sir, you can't do this. GENERAL HAMMOND The countdown has already started. We activate the gate in less than an hour. rushes to the weapon and starts pushing technicians away from it... ONEILL I can't let you do this. It's not right. He starts tinkering with the bomb, trying to disarm it when four MPs grab him. They wrestle to pull him away and he turns, ROUND HOUSING one of the guards with a rock fist across the jaw, sending the man reeling. One of ONeiil's knees meets one of the soldiers stomachs and rearranges some vital organs, while one of his efbows caves in the nose of another soldier. Within seconds six more MPs are on him, finally taking him down. The General walks over to him and signals them to stand him up. The General gets right in his face... GENERAL HAMMOND (angry) . Care to explain your behavior, O'Neill? ONEILL You canpgt send a bomb through to Abydos! (CONTINUED)

ClARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 17. CONTINUED: ' GENERAL HAMMOND Oh, I can't? And why not? If there's no one left alive there, who's it going to hurt? Except maybe those creatures. O'Neill looks away. The true soldier that remains in him is reeking havoc on his guz'it. He can no longer look the General in the eye. GENERAL HAMMOND (CONTD) (to the other soldiers) Re-arm the weapon. Coatinue the countdown. ONEILL NO! WAIT! O'Neill straightens himself, taking the posture of a good soldier standing at attention. He looks the General in the eye. O'NEILL (CONTD) General Hammond, Sir. [ regret that [ am forced to submit myself for court marshall proceedings. ' GENERAL HAMMO . . (a bit surprised) . For? : ) . ONEILL For falsifying my report, Sir. GENERAL HAMMOND You didn't detonate the bomb? O'NEILL I did detonate the bomb, Sir. But it wasn't in the gate room or even on the surface of the planet. It was in some sort of space craft. It did kill Ra and did eliminate the risk to earth. .. . GENERAL HAMMOND O'NEILL However it did not destroy the gate or the pyramid in which it-was housed, Sir. Daniel Jackson is still alive and living with the people on Abydos. General Hammond is furious. O (CONTINUED)

STARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 O CONTINUED: GENERAL HAMMOND You're telling me that you violated orders and then intentionally falsified your report, Colonel. ONEILL That's what I'm saying, Sir. GENERAL HAMMOND Why? ONEILL Because the Abydons saved my life and the lives of five of my men. They're a simple, gentle people who deserve to be left alone. GENERAL HAMMOND Fine, I can accept that. Why didn't you come back and put that in your report? 'ONEILL : Because Daniel and [ knew that the military would come _ back and exploit them just like Ra was doing. GENERAL HAMMOND From what | read, you're a loyal soldier. Not one who would doubt the honor or the integrity of his armed forces. O'NEILL Oh, come on, Sir! You know as well as [ do what the Government would have turned Abydos into. GENERAL HAMMOND No, I don't. Why don't you tell me, O'Neill. ONEILL Hell, they would have tumed it into a giant strip mine, using the locals as cheap labor. Or worse yet, they might have blown it up, just like you were about to. CAPTAIN SAMUELS Explain something to me — Why did the probe get crushed when we sent it through to confirm your story? ONEILL Jackson and the Abydons buried the gate in rock, making my return or anyone elses impossible. (CONTINUED)

FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 19. CONTINUED: GENERAL HAMMOND (furious) And risking the lives of all of us on this planet! ONEILL [ don't believe it did; Sir. GENERAL HAMMOND Those five bodies lying in the infirmary say otherwise, Soldier. The General leaves O'Neill with that thought. Then turns to the other soldiers... GENERAL HAMMOND (CONTD) Prepare that bomb. We'll send it through in one hour. ONEILL You can't do that! Did you hear anything I said?! There are innocent people there. ) GENERAL HAMMOND . (to the MPs) \"\“‘9 Take Colonei O'Neill to the brig. Let him cool off a little o while [ decide what to do with him. The MPs drag away as the technicians continue working on preparations to send the bomb through the gate. FADE OUT: O

STARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 20. ACTTWO INT. BRIG -~ NIGHT A small make shift jail cell, actually a small office with a reinforced door, no windows, and sparse furniture, including a coupie cots and a small table. ONeill is just being brought in. He closes the door behind him. Kawalsky stands and saiutes... KAWALSKY Colonel O'Neill, Sir. ONEILL retired, Kawalsky. Lose the salute. Kawalsky does. Then O'Neill takes the man's hand with both hands and shakes it... KAWALSKY It's good to see you again, Jack. O'NEILL You, too. Kawalsky sits.” A moment of silence. KAWALSKY Me and Ferretti didn't tell them anything. ONEILL [ appreciate that. KAWALSKY ) Hey, those Abydos people saved my life too. Especially those kids. ONEILL (remembering) The kids. Yeah... The kids. KAWALSKY (a slight smile) . That one kid idolized you? Remember him. Followed you all around like a sick puppy dog. O'NEILL (remembering) Skaara. (CONTINUED)

‘ RGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 21 @) CONTINUED: KAWALSKY (saluting awkwardly) Remember how he was always saluting you? ONEILL (O'Neill smiles) Yeah. My son used to do that when he was little, (imitating) Like he was chopping firewood... KAWALSKY Yeah? How old is he now? O'Neill's smile vanishes. He... died. Kawalsky's face sinks lower than hell... @ KAWALSKY man... I'm sorry. . O'NEILL worry about it. You know. (then...) Skaara reminded me a lot of my kid. He didn't look like m or act like him or anything, he just... reminded me of An awkward moment of silence. Then... KAWALSKY You don't think Hammond's really gonna send that bomb through, do you? O'NEILL If I were in his shoes - Suddenly they hear the sound of keys in the lock and the heavy door revealing two MPs and Hammond who stops in the doorway. He has a very disturbed on his face. . GENERAL HAMMOND ) How many people did you say are on Abydos? - O'NEILLL Q That we saw? Probably five thousand. (CONTINUED)

O STARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 CONTINUED: The General comes into the room and sits down on the empty cot. | GENERAL HAMMOND These are the decisions that I'm only supposed to make | during war. O'NEILL Does that mean you're reconsidering sending the bomb? GENERAL HAMMOND [t means I'm open to suggestions. stands to make his point... ONEILL Let me take a team through the gate. We'll find out if these aliens came from there. - GENERAL HAMMOND After you did? @ ) , ONEILL (re. himself and Kawalsky) - We've been there. We know the lay of the land and we know the people. - GENERAL HAMMOND But you're forgetting one thing - If the aliens didn't come from Abydos, then your friend Jackson's barricade would still be there. That barricade crushed a titanium robot probe. Imagine what it would do to you. ONEILL Maybe Jackson removed the barricade. GENERAL HAMMOND Why? ONEILL Trust me, Sir. Daniel Jackson can't live that close to an archeological artifact and not want to study it. GENERAL HAMMOND All right, we'll have the prototype shipped from M.L.T. It'll be here by moming. - ONELLL We don't need a probe. (CONTINUED)

"ARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 2. O CONTINUED: KAWALSKY We don't? O'Neill looks around the room. He sees a small Kleenex box on the table and picks it up. O'NEILL No. This will do. CUT TO: INT. CONTROL ROOM ABOVE GATE ROOM -~ LATER O'Neill, Kawalsky, Samuels and General Hammond stand in a control room one story above the gate, looking down through a blast window at the now polished and ready to go. holds the tissue box in his hand. Twenty armed soldiers in heavy flack jackets point M-16s at the gate below. A battery of technicians operate the equipment in the control room. A computér displays images of the symbols on the Gate as its inner wheel rotates to the given symbols on its outer ring and a chevron shaped frame locks onto each one... TECHNICIAN Chevron four, locked. - GENERAL HAMMOND (re. the Kleenex Box) You want to expiain this concept? The gate tumns the other way, to another symbol... TECHNICIAN Chevron five, locked. The gate rotates back the other way aimost a full 360 degrees... ONEILL Jackson has allergies. KAWALSKY Bad allergies. GENERAL HAMMOND The point being? TECHNICIAN Chevron six, locked. (CONTINUED)

STARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 ~ CONTINUED: ONEILL He'll know it came from me and not, with all due respect, sir, from someone like you. CAPTAIN SAMUELS .Why not just send a note? ONEILL Because anyone could have written the note and signed my name. O'Neill takes his box of Kleenex and heads down from the control room to the Gate room. Now the room begins to shake much like it did in the teaser, stronger and stronger as the gate rotates to it's final symbol and the chevron snaps into place... TECHNICIAN Chevron seven, locked. q the room. The funnel then retracts, funneling through the back of the gate, then it levels off, forming a shimmering surface inside the circumference of the gate. O'Neill, Kleenex Box in hand, walks up. the ramp and tosses the Kleenex box into the quantum particle pool, where it vanishes. [n a matter of seconds the Gate shuts down. Silence. Nothing happens. O'Neill walks up the stairs to... INT. CONTROL ROOM ABOVE GATE ROOM -~ CONTINUOUS Where he joins General Hammond and Kawaisky. On a large transparent map of the known universe a small x-y coordinate mapping arm is tracking the tissue box along its path through the worm-hole formed between gates on earth and Abydos. ' TECHNICIAN The um, the object should reach final destination in five seconds. Four. Three. Two. One. The object shouid now be through the Abydos Stargate. GENERAL HAMMOND Now what? O'NEILL Now we wait. (MORE) (CONTINUED)

OARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 2s. O CONTINUED: O'NEILL (CONTD) [f nathing happens, the box hit the barricade. which means it's still up and we have nothing to worry about. CAPTAIN SAMUELS Or it means the aliens got it and we have a |ot to worry about. O'NEILL (shakes his head. tsk tsk tsk) Always the pessimist aren't you, Samuels. CAPTAIN SAMUELS (to General) Sir, this is ridiculous. Then suddenly WOOSH! The funnel of water-like quantum particles SHOOTS into the room, - then retreats as before. The twenty soldiers snap their weapons into position and cock them, As the gate settles into a pond like surface again, everyone in the room waits with baited breath. Nervous. The only sound is the hum of the gate itself, Silence. Silence. Then SOMETHING SHOOTS out of the gate and tumbles down the ramp. Just as suddenly the stargate closes. Everyone stairs at the object - a now empty Kleenex box. O'Neill walks over and picks it up. As he examines it, he smiles. The others walk over to look at the box in his hand... INSERT - KLEENEX BOX Written in some sort of paint on the bottom are the words “Thanks. Send more." The General raises an eyebrow. ONEILL ) Permission to take a team through the Stargate, Sir? A long beat. GENERAL HAMMOND Granted. Briefing, 1600 hours. And the General leaves. O'Neill smiles slightly as he looks at Kawalsky who also holds back asmile. They're going back to Abydos!

O O STARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 26. INT. SG BRIEFING ROOM -- LATER General Hammond is just settling in at the head of the large board room table. At his side is Captain Samuels. Further down the table are Kawalsky, Ferretti, and two other soldiers. The door snaps opens and all eyes go to... COLONEL JACK ONEILL now all cleaned up -- standard military cropped cut, starched uniform, beret, side-arm. The other soldiers stand and salute him. As O'Neill returns the salute, the corners of his mouth start to bend into an almost imperceptible smile. Jack O'Neill is glad to be back. He takes his seat at the table. GENERAL HAMMOND (to Samuels) Where's Clayman? CAPTAIN SAMUELS Lt. Clayman was just arriving at the base, last | heard, Sir. O'NEILL Who's Clayman? GENERAL HAMMOND Lt. Sam Clayman will be your second in command. We see Kéwalsky’s face sink. O'NEILL Lt. Kawalsky is my second in command, Sir. GENERAL HAMMOND Not on this mission. 'm sorry. Clayman is one of the best and brightest the Air Force has. That's why [ put in the request for the transfer. ONEILL What unit is he transferring from? CLAYMAN She is transferring from the Pentagon. O'Neill turns to see, standing in the doorway wearing a starched Airforce Lieutenant's uniform, DR. SAMANTHA CLAYMAN - LIEUTENANT, USAF CLAYMAN (CONTD) [ take it you're Colonel O'Neill. (CONTINUED)

FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 27. O CONTINUED: The fact that she wears a starched Air force officer's uniform, or that her thick hair is pulled up into her hat, doesn't make her any less attractive. O'™Neill stands and offers his hand to shake. She doesn't take it. Instead she salutes. He awkwardly returns the salute... CLAYMAN (CONTD) Lt. Sam Clayman, reporting, Sir. O'NEILL (looks to Kawalsky and smiles) Sam? CLAYMAN Samantha, actually. [ found that "Sam" seems to help with performance reviews, and such in "this man's army"... sir. . O'NEILL I see. Take a seat, Lieutenant. KAWALSKY P (under his breath) 1 don't believe this. ' . ONELLL You have a problem, Kawalsky? ! KAWALSKY No, Sir. CLAYMAN You don't have to worry, Lieutenant. (sarcastic) I played with dolls when [ was a kid. KAWALSKY G.L Joe? CLAYMAN Major Mat Mason. KAWALSKY Who? . FERRETTI Major Mat Mason ~ Astronaut doll. (to Clayman) . Did you have that cool back pack that made him fly? (CONTINUED)

STARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 CONTINUED: CLAYMAN With the optional super accelerator module, yeah. General Hammond grumbles uncomfortably... GENERAL HAMMOND Shall we get started. people. ONEILL Yes, Sir. I'd like to suggest that we review some of the details of the last mission through the gate, for the benefit of our new members. Let them know what they're in for. GENERAL HAMMOND Keep it brief. O'NEILL Kawalsky, tell em what it's like going through the Stargate. Kawalsky immediately sees where O'Neill is him... KAWALSKY Yes, Sir. ¢ (turns to Clayman) - Ever gone on one of those corkscrew roller coasters? Imagine being stuck going through that corkscrew for hours without stopping. FERRETTI [ never felt so sick in my life. KAWALSKY Then when you get there you're frozen stiff, like you've . just been through a blizzard naked. CLAYMAN That's the result of the compression your molecules undergo during the 1/100th of a second required for reconstitution. FERRETTI Yeah, but.. what she said ?(mmg she said) "But O'Neill has already figured it out... ONEILL Another science geek. That's just great. (MORE) (CONTINUED)

"TARGATE O N / CONTINUED: FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 O'NEILL (CONTD) (to the General) You're sticking me with another one? First Daniel Jackson. Now this...this... CLAYMAN Physicist. ONEILL What? CLAYMAN ['m an expert in theoretical astro-physics. ONEILL Which means? CAPTAIN SAMUELS Which means she is the closest thing we have to an expert on the technology that makes the Stargate work. CLAYMAN [ was studying the gate for five years before Daniel Jackson made it work and before you both went through. I should have gone through then. (then, leaning forward) And, Colonel, with all due respect, you might as well accept the fact that I am going through this time. : ONEILL Don't be so sure, Doctor. CLAYMAN In the military it's proper to refer to a person by their military rank, not their salutation. You should call me Lieutenant, not Doctor. _ O'Neill just glares at her in disbelief. ( GENERAL HAMMOND Gentlemen you may need Lt. Clayman's expertise to understand what's happened with the Stargate. Her assignment to this unit is not an option ~ it's an order. ) We might see atrocities that make Vietnam look like a picnic. You prepared for that? She just smiles slightly. (CONTINUED)

m STARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 N CONTINUED: CLAYMAN Permission to speak candidly. ONEILL Yeah, CLAYMAN I'm a soldier, just like you are, Colonel. And just because my reproductive organs are inside instead of mean [ can't handle whatever you can handle. ONEILL This has nothing to do with you being a woman. I kind like women. scientists [ have a problem with. KAWALSKY Jackson almost got us killed about five times on the last mission. : . CLAYMAN . He also saved your lives and brought you home. GENERAL HAMMOND Gentlemen, Lt. Clayman's assignment to this mission wasn't taken lightly. She s a soldier first, a scientist second. KAWALSKY Yeah, I bet she put in a lot of grueling hours under heavy fire behind that desk. CLAYMAN I lit up scuds behind enemy lines in the guif war, That enough for you, Or we gonna have to arm wrestie? Kawalsky fails silent - for once he has no come back. The General smirks... GENERAL HAMMOND Very good. Now, shall we continue the briefing? Everyone around the table opens their notebooks and prepare to review them as we... CUT TO: GATE ROOM — LATER N The Stargate is ready. All sorts of monitoring equipment is hooked up to it. A mist surrounds N the base where giant cooling systems cool the earth-made equipment. Technical personnel swarm around it. (CONTINUED)

@RGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 31. CONTINUED: Sitting on the ramp leading up to the gate is a golf-cart sized, unmanned, high-tech six- wheeled vehicle loaded with equipment cases. OFFICER IN COMMAND hut!!!! Everyone in the room stops what they're doing and fall into attention as General Hammond enters, flanked by O'Nelll and by Clayman, Ferretti, Kawalsky and two other soldiers. now wear full battie fatigues, heimets, AK-47s, hand grenades on belts, etc. In short, they are as ready as possible for whatever they may encounter. Hammond talks to O'Neill and as they for the base of the ramp... CAPTAIN SAMUELS General I feel it's my duty to be the dissenting opinion. GENERAL HAMMOND And your opinion is, Captain? ' CAPTAIN SAMUELS - . . What if these aliens capture Colonel ONeill and his team as soon as they come through the gate on the other side? " ' Then they have information about our weaponry, our It would give them a strategic they .don't now:have. - ONEILL There you go with the pessimism again... CAPTAIN SAMUELS Sir, I suggest we bury the gate like the Ancient Egyptians did. Hell, like on Abydos. Make it for those aliens to come through again. CLAYMAN And making it impossible for any good to come through. Clayma.n steps up and joins them... GENERAL HAMMOND Such as what, Lieutenant? CLAYMAN Such as advanced technology that would help us solve . some of our problems Maybe a cure for cancer. A Orhowabout. O (CONTINUED)

STARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 (o) CONTINUED: O'NEILL (interrupts, points to the Stargate) . General, how do you think this thing got to earth in the first place? GENERAL HAMMOND Good question. ONEILL You saw my report. Ra had 2 space craft. With all due respect to Mr. Glass-[s-Half-Empty over here, don't you think maybe we should use the gate to do some CAPTAIN SAMUELS How do we know what's happened to them once they go through? How long do we wait for them to return before we send through the bomb anyway? There's a long moment of silence as the General analyzes both arguments. GENERAL HAMMOND n you what. I'll give you exactly 12 hours to either return or send a message. Otherwise we'll assume the worst and send the bomb through. ONEILL Agreed. The General nods at a Technician visible up in the control room. The Technician types some commands into the computer and the inner ring of the gate starts turning. [t stops at a point and a Chevron locks on. . TECHNICIAN (THRU LOUD SPEAKER) Chevron one - Locked. As the inner ring of the gate continues to rotate and chevron's continue to lock. GENERAL HAMMOND And don't let us down this time, Colonel. O'NEILL 1 don't believe I let us down last time, Sir. TECHNICIAN (THRU LOUD SPEAKER) Chevron two —~ Locked. GENERAL HAMMOND You didn't follow General West's orders. But I'll be damned if you show me the same disrespect. (CONTINUED)

Q\RGATE CONTINUED: FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 O'NEILL Yes, Sir. GENERAL HAMMOND This time you bring Jackson back. Is that clear? ONEILL Yes, Sir. CLAYMAN Don't worry, Sir. Your orders will be carried out. ONeill glares at her with a look that could kill. TECHNICIAN (THRU LOUD SPEAKER) Chevron three - Locked. Captain Samuels tugs at the General's arm ~ - CAPTAIN SAMUELS We should stand clear, sir. TECHNICIAN (THRU LOUD SPEAKER) Chevron four — Locked. O'NEILL (to Clayman) 1 want one thing clear, Lieutenant. CLAYMAN ) Don't worry, Colonel. You're in command. [ was trying to take some of the weight off your shoulders. Now he can blame two of us. ONEILL He can blame one of us, Lieutenant. Because all decisions will be made by me. Clear? TECHNICIAN (THRU LOUD SPEAKER) Chevron five — Locked. CLAYMAN You really will like me when you get to know me. O'NEILL Uh-huh. (CONTINUED) ‘The General salutes the team that is now lined up behind the driverless vehicle on the ramp. They salute back. Then General Hammond and Captain Samuels move to safety. —

/\\ ), STARGATE FIRST DRAFT 10/18/96 CONTINUED: TECHNICIAN (THRU LOUD SPEAKER) Chevron six -- Locked. The entire room begins to shake violently. As the General and Samuels watch from the control room above. TECHNICIAN (CONTD) Chevron seven - engaged!! KAWOQOSH!! The Huge funne! of particies SHOOT out of the gate just over the heads of the team lined up at the base of the ramp. Then the funnel retreats back through the gate, eventually leveling to that eerie shimmering surface. ONEILL Move out! One of the soldiers controls a remote control that sends the large cart rolling up the ramp. Two soldiers and the cart penetrate the surface of the gate. The quantum particles seemto expand out, enveioping the two soldiers and the cart and they vanish! Now it's Kawalsky and Ferretti's turn. They've been here before. Ferretti cioses his eyes, then dives into the gate followed closely by Kawalsky. They - Lt. Samantha Clayma.n walks up to the shimmering surface and touches it with one forefinger, a look of awe painted across her face. She smiles, then slowly reaches her arm in, like sticking her arm into a pond. O'Neill walks up right behind her... O'NEILL (CONTD) You going, or not? CLAYMAN [t's amazing! ONEILL Yeah, it's just super. Go. She holds her breath, as if jumping in water, and plunges in... vanishing. O'Neill takes one last glance up at General Hammond, then dives through the Stargate. INT. GATE TO GATE WORMHOLE A POV shot as we BARREL through a quantum worm hole, thousands of waves of light and stars BLASTING by us at many times light speed, spinning upside down, flipping end to end. ‘Just watching this on screen should make you a bit nauseous.