Past and Present (Stargate SG-1)

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“Past and Present”
Stargate SG-1 episode
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 11
Guest stars Megan Leitch as Ke'ra
Jason Gray-Stanford as Orner
Marya Delver as Mayris
Luisa Cianni as Woman
Written by Tor Alexander Valenza
Directed by William F. Gereghty
Production no. 311
Original airdate October 15, 1999
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"Past and Present" is an episode from Season 3 of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

SG-1 arrives through a Stargate in an alien storage facility. They are met by two locals, a man, Orner, and a woman, Leyal, who are amazed that SG-1 has memories which extend back to "before the Vorlix." It seems the entire population of the planet is suffering from some form of amnesia and have no recollection prior to a date "at least a year ago." Additionally, there are no children or "elders" although they have pictures of the "elders."

Orner takes SG-1 to meet an important member of the "Transitional Government" named Ke'ra, who shows them the main library and explains that their society is unstable and badly compromised because of the Vorlix. When Ke'ra discovers they have traveled via the Stargate she produces a notebook made by a scientist before the Vorlix which mentions a "visitor" who came to the planet by the same means. The visitor was "something of an apothecary" and was called "Linnea" (see Prisoners). SG-1 suspects that Linnea, nicknamed "the Destroyer of Worlds", caused the Vorlix, and that they bear some responsibility.

Ke'ra, Orner, and Leyal return to SGC so that Dr. Fraiser can study the problem. She determines that the catastrophic event was related to an insecticide called "Dargol," which had built up in the planet's food chain and prevented conception in the human population, which explains the lack of children. Linnea had discovered a derivative of Dargol that had the potential to prevent ageing, and/or restore youth--the elders are not missing because the young people left, they are the elders. Amnesia was an unintended side effect.

Their suspicions aroused, the SGC runs a DNA test on Ke'ra, comparing it with DNA taken from Linnea. The two samples match, confirming they are the same person. However, Dr. Frasier is unable to synthesize an antidote without Ke'ra's expertise. Reasoning that Ke'ra without her memories isn't really the same person as Linnea, General Hammond allows Ke'ra to continue assisting Frasier.

Having suspected her true identity, Ke'ra steals a small amount of the antidote and regains her memories. Horrified by the memories and heartless personality she has thus released, Ke'ra attempts to commit suicide. Daniel, who has been steadily falling in love with Ke'ra, finds her and stops her in time, suggesting a different way to destroy Linnea. Ke'ra takes another dose of the Dargol derivative, causing her to lose her memories again. The Vaiians agree to offer the new Ke'ra a home on their planet, and a new life.

[edit] Notes

  • This episode was not originally supposed to air directly after "Forever in a Day", and the writers worried about having Daniel fall in love with someone so soon after losing Sha're.[citation needed]
  • In this episode Teal'c says his name means strength, probably in Goa'uld.

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