Beast of Burden (Stargate SG-1)

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“Beast of Burden”
Stargate SG-1 episode
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 7
Guest stars	Larry Drake as Burrock Dion Johnstone as Chaka Alex Zahara as Shy One Vince Hammond as Big One Noel Callaghan as Boy Wycliffe Hartwig as Large Unas
Written by	Peter DeLuise
Directed by	Martin Wood
Production no.	507
Original airdate	August 10, 2001
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"Beast of Burden" is an episode from Season 5 of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Notes 3 Quotes 4 External links

[edit] Plot

A camera left behind on P3X-888 records the capture of the Unas Chaka, whom Daniel Jackson befriended in "The First Ones". The camera also records the gate address of the planet where the kidnappers took Chaka. SG-1 goes to the address and discover a planet where the Unas are a slave race, declining in vigor due to centuries of inbreeding.

Posing as traders and meeting the villagers and Chaka's captors, SG-1 learn that the Unas had been the masters of the humans when they were controlled by "those with the glowing eyes", aka the Goa'uld and with the tables turned are allegedly better treated as slaves than the humans were. Negotiations break down over price.

SG-1 tries to free Chaka but Colonel O'Neil and Daniel are captured and imprisoned for "beast stealing," a capital offense. Attacking the town, Teal'c and Carter help O'Neil and Daniel to escape, and free Chaka and some of the other Unas in the process. The Unas' human masters attempt to recapture SG-1 and the escaped Unas. Having helped liberate his captured human friends, Chaka kills the man who kidnapped him and decides to stay and help free the Unas from slavery.

[edit] Notes

• In Season 7's "Enemy Mine", it is revealed that Chaka eventually brokered a peace between the humans and the formerly enslaved Unas.
• The plot of this episode resembles that of "North Star" of "Star Trek: Enterprise"

[edit] Quotes

• O'Neill: I don't think we're going to be able to talk our way out of this one.
  Jackson: Well, for once I'm not asking us to.
  O'Neill: ...dammit, Daniel.
• O'Neill: Where's Teal'c?
  Carter: Trying to be popular.

[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 (2001-07-06). Retrieved on 2006-10-15. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site.
• Review from GateWorld. Reviewed by Debra Kraft. Visited May 4, 2006.