Death Knell (Stargate SG-1)

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“Death Knell”
Stargate SG-1 episode
Episode no. Season 7
Episode 16
Guest stars Carmen Argenziano as Jacob Carter/Selmak
Sebastian Spence as Delek
Mark Gibbon as M'Zel
Eric Breker as Reynolds
Dan Shea as Sergeant Siler
Written by Peter DeLuise
Directed by Peter DeLuise
Production no. 716
Original airdate February 6, 2004
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"Death Knell" is an episode from Season 7 of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

As the episode begins, Sam and Jacob Carter are at the Alpha Site working on the prototype of a weapon that would kill the Kull Warriors that Anubis has built. Soon, an alarm sounds: the site has been compromised and is under Goa'uld attack. Evacuation is ordered.

When SG-1, without Carter, goes to the Alpha Site after the attack to see what has happened, they see that the stargate is on its side and has dug "the perfect foxhole." O'Neill determines that the crater they find themselves in was caused by the self-destruct of the Alpha Site complex. O'Neill orders everyone to begin searching the trees for survivors, as Daniel goes back to the SGC.

Soon, several survivors are found: M'Zel, some rebel Jaffa, and SGC personnel are recovered in the woods; O'Neill and Teal'c find Jacob with a broken leg. Nobody, however, can find Major Carter. Jacob says that he and Sam were being pursued by a Kull warrior, and that if he survived the blast, then she and the Kull are probably still alive. After giving the prototype Kull disruptor to Jack, Jacob is taken back to the SGC to heal, while O'Neill and Teal'c, and the rest of the SG teams dispatched to the area, continue to search for Sam and other missing personnel.

Major Carter is being suspensefully chased through the woods by the Kull warrior. Several dead bodies found by both indicate that the Kull has already caused significant destruction.

At the SGC, General Hammond is attempting to find out what happened at the Alpha Site. M'Zel accuses the Tok'ra of having an operative in the ranks of the System Lord Olokun, but Delek denies this. After a confrontation between Selmak and Delek, it appears that there was an operative there. This angers M'Zel, and he demands to know why this operative was not used to assassinate Olokun and thus allow his Jaffa to choose freedom; Delek responds that this could have handed a large army to Anubis.

An armed UAV is sent to the Alpha Site, where the Kull warrior chasing Carter shoots it down. This, however, draws Jack and Teal'c into the area. Carter makes her way to the downed UAV and sets it up to shoot the missile at the Kull as it comes into the clearing. When she shoots it, however, it is only covered in rubble, and emerges again, still fully armed and alive. However, at that moment, Teal'c draws its attention away, and Jack rushes to Carter. She has the power augmentation device for the disruptor, and Jack uses this to kill the drone.

Delek announces that the Tok'ra will not come to the new Alpha Site since they cannot operate with full disclosure to the Tau'ri. M'Zel announces that the rebel Jaffa, too, cannot go to the new site, since they need to set up their own government and communities without outside assistance.

[edit] Notes

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  • M'Zel's (Mark Gibbon) name is never mentioned in dialogue.
  • Mark Gibbon had previously played Thor (human image) in the season two episode "Thor's Chariot".
  • In this episode, they reveal that there is also a Beta Site.

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