Double Jeopardy (Stargate SG-1)
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| Stargate SG-1 episode | |
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| “Double Jeopardy” | |
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| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 21 |
| Guest star(s) | Belinda Waymouth as Goa'uld Officer Jay Brazeau as Harlan Ron Halder as Cronus Matthew Harrison as Darian Bill Croft as Sindar Daniel Bacon as Technician Tracey Hway as Hira Michael Jonsson as Juna Warrior John DeSantis as Jaffa Paul Stafford as Jaffa |
| Writer(s) | Robert C. Cooper |
| Director | Michael Shanks |
| Production no. | 421 |
| Original airdate | February 16, 2001 |
| Episode chronology | |
| ← Previous | Next → |
| "Entity" | "Exodus (Part 1)" |
"Double Jeopardy" is an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.
[edit] Plot
On the world Juna, the Stargate activates and SG-1 comes through. However they are soon attacked by Jaffa and the natives of Juna. One of the natives named Darian recognizes them and asks them how they dare to return. SG-1 is captured but Col. O'Neill escapes. Carter, Daniel, and Teal'c are brought to a pyramid and confronted by Sindar, the First Prime of Cronus. SG-1 is then imprisoned and discuss what to do next.
In the evening Darian goes home but finds O'Neill waiting for him. O'Neill asks him what has happened on this world. Darian explains that SG-1 helped them free their world from Heru-ur but then Cronus came and enslaved them again. He also tells the Colonel that this time he won’t believe them. O'Neill leaves.
The next day Cronus appears and the prisoners are brought before him. O'Neill sneaks in the base, disguised as a warrior of Juna, and has to watch as Cronus orders Darian to kill Daniel with a Staff weapon. Darian is at first reluctant, but obeys when the Jaffa hold their weapons on his people. The shot blasts Daniel's head from his shoulders only to reveal that he is in fact a robot, much to the shock of the Juna and Cronus. Cronus sends the natives of Juna away and commands Carter and Teal'c to tell him what they are. They don't answer, and so are sent to Cronus' Ha'tak to be questioned. Darian goes home and tells his wife what has happened.
At Stargate Command the Gate is activated and they are contacted by Harlan, who they then let in. He tells them that they should help their robot doubles (from "Tin Man") who have started to go on missions and now are missing. Both General Hammond and O'Neill are reluctant about rescuing the doubles. Harlan then shows them the coordinates of the world and they remember having visited it previously. They dial the Gate, send a MALP through and see the robot O'Neill, who has overcome the Gate's Jaffa guards. Shortly thereafter Darian arrives and they explain the situation. SG-1 then goes through the gate to help. The two O'Neills get in an argument, which devolves into a wrestling match, but eventually they agree to work together.
On the ship a female Goa'uld questions the robot Carter and Teal'c, but they refuse to answer. She then tells Cronus that Teal'c wants to speak with him and he agrees. Teal'c is brought to Cronus but he kills the Jaffa and attacks Cronus. However before he can kill the System Lord a Jaffa frees his master. The female Goa'uld again questions Carter and she tells her how to reactivate the energy source of the destroyed Daniel. This turns out to be a self-destruct command as well. The "dead" robot explodes, killing the Goa'uld and freeing Carter.
In Darian's home, SG-1 and their remaining doubles make a plan to free the others and kill Cronus. Later a Jaffa brings O'Neill in the pyramid but are ambushed by Darian, SG-1, and the doubles, who kill the Jaffa. The robot O'Neill is critically damaged in the firefight. The team is then beamed on board by the robot Carter. Teal'c helps his double but he is also overwhelmed. Before Cronus can kill him (in the same way as he killed his father, by crushing his symbiote) he is shot by the robot Teal'c, who then dies. In another section of the ship, the robot Carter accesses the ship's controls through a powerful forcefield, cutting off all sections, but fatally damaging herself as well.
In the end O'Neill beams down in the pyramid and tells Darian that Cronus is dead. He watches as his double finally dies. Afterwards SG-1 secures Cronus' ship for themselves.
[edit] Notes
- At the end of this episode SG-1 takes one of Cronus' ships which is used in the next episode.
- The robotic SG-1 team originally appeared in the season 1 episode "Tin Man."
- This is the only Stargate SG-1 episode yet that has been directed by actor Michael Shanks.
- Harlan uses his peculiar greeting to SG-1 from Tin Man, "Com-traya," as a pseudo-IDC to let the SGC know he was coming through the gate and to open the iris.
- When Harlan gives Sam the gate coordinates there is a brief view of the computer screen, on it the planet designation is P2X 729, but all other references in the show are to P3X 729.
[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 (2000-12-07). Retrieved on 2006-10-15. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site. Also see Google's cache.
- Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 5, 2006.
