Stronghold (Stargate SG-1)

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“Stronghold”
Stargate SG-1 episode
Episode no.	Season 9 Episode 14
Guest stars	Cliff Simon as Ba'al Tony Amendola as Bra'tac Simone Bailly as Ka'lel Gardiner Millar as Yat'Yir Dakin Matthews as Maz'rai
Written by	Alan McCullough
Directed by	Peter DeLuise
Production no.	914
Original airdate	January 27, 2006
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"Stronghold" is an episode from Season 9 of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.

[edit] Plot

The Jaffa Council is debating over a proposal to dissolve the council and have free election for the new government, when one by one the supporters of this action turn against it. After Kal'lel and Maz'rai, the strongest campaigners for democracy turn against it, Bra'tac and Teal'c try to find out why this happened and to convince those yet undecided of their cause. Meanwhile Cameron Mitchell is in the hospital visiting an old friend who is about to die.
At the same time, Teal'c gets kidnapped on Dakara and it turns out that Ba'al is behind the brainwashing of the council members in order to get himself chosen as leader of the Free Jaffa Nation. Mitchell, Carter and Daniel, with some other SG teams and with the help of Bra'tac eventually manage to penetrate Ba'al's stronghold and to rescue Teal'c. Ba'al (or more likely, one of his clones) is killed during the rescue and The Jaffa Council votes in favor of democratic elections.

[edit] Notes

• Ba'al's wardrobe seems to suggest that he has adapted Tauri designs to the Goa'uld preference for rich, elaborate fabrics.
• It is revealed that Mitchell's friend who is about to die in this episode was planned to be in his place with the X-302 project and was not because he was injured saving Mitchell's life.
• The video game that Mitchell and his friend play in the hospital room is Killzone on the Playstation 2.

[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 Line 21 Media Services Ltd (2005-11-21). Retrieved on October 29, 2006.
• Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 7, 2006.
• Review from GateWorld. Reviewed by Livi Dolgin. Visited May 7, 2006.