Fire and Water (Stargate SG-1)

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“Fire and Water”
Stargate SG-1 episode

Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 12
Guest stars	Gerard Plunkett as Nem Eric Schneider as Dr. McKenzie Teryl Rothery as Dr. Janet Fraiser Gary Jones as Walter Harriman
Written by	Katharyn Michaelian Powers
Directed by	Allan Eastman
Production no.	112
Original airdate	October 17, 1997
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"Fire and Water" is an episode from Season 1 of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.

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Three SG-1 Team members return prematurely from their mission, believing that Dr. Daniel Jackson is dead. They are all examined and questioned and are completely in shock. They believe that Daniel was burned to death and that they survived by submerging themselves in a nearby ocean. Daniel is given a full military funeral ceremony and a wreath is sent through the Stargate. When the thought of going back to the planet is mentioned, the team reacts with horrified protests. They are afterwards given a week free to relax.

Although Stargate Command believes Dr. Jackson to be dead, he is seen sitting down very much alive, shouting for the others. He then is confronted by an alien who wants Daniel to translate various Cuneiform writings and when he reads the name Omoroca the alien gets angry. Eventually the alien asks what has happened to his mate, who is in fact Omoroca. Daniel doesn't understand what has happened to her, but the alien accuses him of lying. The alien believes Earth is still enslaved by the Goa'uld, and thinks Daniel is possessed by the Goa'uld. At this Daniel explodes, asking why he would serve the race which took his wife from him.

On Earth all members of SG-1 can't stop thinking about Daniel's apparent death and especially Col. O'Neill reacts very angrily as he dwells on it. He is considering retiring. Meanwhile Daniel becomes more frustrated about his work for the alien, who also isn't much of a help and only wants to know what happened to his mate.

Meanwhile, Dr. Fraiser again examines the team and realizes that they were all manipulated. They are then studied and it turns out that their memories are false and that they are all programmed to be afraid of going back to the planet again. Captain Carter then agrees to be hypnotised, where she remembers the mission again. She also then remembers that they were all in an alien room and she finally realises that the memories of Daniel's death are false. So the team mounts a rescue mission and returns to the planet. They reach the ocean where they last saw Daniel, but there is no sign of him. However, Jack says he won't leave without Daniel this time.

Daniel has agreed to undergo a memory-retrieval technique, and reveals that the alien is an Oannes, and that the Goa'uld Belus killed Omoroca. Learning this, Nem agrees to let Daniel go and suggests that his race may someday ally itself with the Oannes. Nem says "In time, perhaps." and that in time, Daniel will learn the fate of his wife. Nem then leaves, and Daniel returns home discussing with the other what happened while he was away.