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“Fail Safe”
Stargate SG-1 episode
Episode no. Season 5
Episode 17
Guest stars Colin Cunningham as Major Davis
Gary Jones as Walter Harriman
Written by Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie
Directed by Andy Mikita
Production no. 517
Original airdate April 5, 2002
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"Fail Safe" is an episode from Season 5 of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.

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[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

A civilian is viewing through his telescope and sees what looks like a giant asteroid heading towards Earth. He is convinced by the U.S. military to keep it quiet.

At the SGC, SG-1 and Hammond discuss their options. The Tok'ra don't have the resources to lend assistance. They contact the Asgard through the Hall of Wisdom on K'Tau, but learn that the Protected Planet Treaty prevents the Asgard from taking any action to avert a natural disaster.

SG-1 and an engineeering team go back to Revanna and fixed the downed cargo ship Jacob/Selmak and Daniel crashed (Last Stand), and manage to get it up and running.

They arrive on the asteroid and plant a nuclear warhead, intending to break it up, but as Sam Carter completes detailed scans of the asteroid, she discovers that it's made almost entirely from naquadah. Since naquadah doesn't naturally occur in the solar system, SG-1 conclude that the Goa'uld must have launched it to make it look like a natural disaster. If the asteroid is detonated, the resulting explosion would be big enough to boil Earth's atmosphere. Due to a cave-in that occurred while they were back at the ship, the control keypad isn't functioning to stop the bomb from detonating. Jack has to open the bomb and disarm it manually by clipping 'the red wire' but upon opening the casing, he finds the wires are all yellow. He is forced to cut them at random, and after cutting four of the five finds the correct one with only a few seconds left. Out of options, Sam then manages to open a hyperspace window large enough for the asteroid to pass through, long enough for it to miss Earth entirely. Unfortunately, this burns out the Tel'tak's engines, and SG-1 are stuck on the asteroid. Fortunately, not long after, a Tok'ra ship stops by to give them a ride home.

[edit] Quotes

  • Jack: …and after that I kinda lost my temper.
    Hammond: What exactly does that mean?
    Daniel: Let's just say Jack made a reference to Freyr's mother.
    Hammond: We'll get to Colonel O'Neill's diplomatic shortcomings later.
  • Jack: You know, I'd like to take this opportunity to say that this is a very poorly designed bomb, and I think we should say something to somebody.
    Carter: I agree sir.
  • Jack: We came. We saw. We planted the bomb. We had a little fun with a meteor shower. We went home. It's a great story, isn't it?"
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[edit] Trivia

  • The escape pod Daniel Jackson used to escape from the System Lords summit in the previous episode "Last Stand" was not present in the cargo ship when SG-1 returns to repair it. In "Last Stand" the escape pod was beamed abord with the cargo ship's ring transporter.
  • Major Carter says that the magnetized boots O'Neill and Teal'c wear will keep them from flying into space due to the metal content of the asteroid. However, the nuclear bomb has rubber tires, and it would not have remained on the surface.

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