48 Hours (Stargate SG-1)
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| Stargate SG-1 episode | |
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| “48 Hours” | |
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| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 14 |
| Guest star(s) | David Hewlett as Dr. Rodney McKay Tom McBeath as Colonel Harry Maybourne Colin Cunningham as Major Davis Bill Marchant as Goa'uld within Adrian Conrad Garry Chalk as Colone Chekov Gary Jones as Walter Harriman John de Lancie as Colonel Frank Simmons Jeff Seymour as Mr. Black Martin Blaiz as N.I.D. Guard Dan Shea as Sergeant Siler |
| Writer(s) | Robert C. Cooper |
| Director | Peter F. Woeste |
| Production no. | 514 |
| Original airdate | March 15, 2002 |
| Episode chronology | |
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| "Proving Ground" | "Summit (Part 1)" |
"48 Hours" is an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. It is notable for the introduction of Rodney McKay, a major character in the spin-off series Stargate Atlantis.
[edit] Plot
While visiting a planet the Goa'uld had been scouting in order to set up a base, SG-1 makes it into the Stargate just before it is destroyed. Teal'c, who hesitated in order to shoot down Tanith's Al'kesh (using the Death glider cannon first seen in "The Fifth Man") does not make it through before the wormhole is interrupted and disconnects without reintegrating him.
The SGC prepares to dial the planet in an attempt to contact Teal'c, but Carter has them abort the sequence when a residual energy signature within the gate produces an unknown error. She quickly hypothesizes that Teal'c is stored inside the gate - and will be erased if an incoming or outgoing wormhole is established. To prevent this, the Iris is moved back several micrometres, providing the same effect as burying the gate. They also conclude that, to rescue Teal'c, they must establish an event horizon, without establishing a wormhole.
Daniel Jackson, along with Major Davis, is sent to Russia in order to negotiate use of their Dial-Home Device which is needed to rescue Teal'c. However for their help the Russians demand access to all technology retrieved by SGC. Meanwhile, Col. Simmons arrives at the SGC with Dr. Rodney McKay and delivers a deadline of 48 hours before Stargate Command must resume normal operations. Carter is assigned to work with McKay, who is very arrogant and tells her that she made many mistakes. Also he believes that Teal'c can't be rescued.
As negotiations with the Russians continue to go poorly and McKay and Carter have difficulty working together, Simmons approaches General Hammond and offers to hand over the knowledge required to save Teal'c, for a price - a Goa'uld Hand device. Hammond however refuses.
Col. O'Neill, in the meantime, has on his own started to search for a way to rescue Teal'c. During his search he has run into Harry Maybourne, whom he soon enlists in an attempt to obtain the intelligence Simmons has access to. They eventually succeed by infiltrating an NID "safehouse" and they find the Goa'uld, which controls Adrian Conrads. However the Goa'uld refuses to help them, but then they find a surveillance video which shows Simmons interrogating a prisoner Goa'uld, and on this video the Goa'uld describes how to rescue Teal'c.
Daniel manages to convince the Russians to loan them their DHD - an integral part of the rescue - by offering them Naqahdah generator technology. McKay protests the plan, arguing that it's a Goa'uld plot to destroy the SGC, but is ignored and furthermore sent to Russia as part of the deal, which doesn't make him happy. Sgt. Siler and Maj. Carter manage to make the necessary modifications to the DHD in order to create an event horizon without a wormhole and "trick" the Stargate into reintegrating Teal'c, but the DHD unexpectedly explodes.
[edit] Quotes
- Maj. Carter: Is there any way you could get the Russians to give us their DHD?
Dr. Jackson: Not without giving back Alaska.
- Dr. McKay: (to Maj. Carter) I wish I didn't find you so attractive. I've always had a thing for dumb blondes.
Maj. Carter: Go suck a lemon. (In reference to McKay's citrus allergy)
Dr. McKay: Very sexy. Very, very sexy.
[edit] External links
- Official Stargate SG-1 site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires Flash.
- Screenplay (PDF). Distributed by MGM. Prepared by Casablanca Continuity (2001-10-03). Retrieved on 2006-10-15. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site.
- Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 3, 2006.
