1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:02,985 We must go faster, Rodney. 2 00:00:03,027 --> 00:00:05,031 This is pretty much my top gear! 3 00:00:12,541 --> 00:00:14,419 If we make a stand here, we can take 'em! 4 00:00:14,461 --> 00:00:16,798 Negative. We don't know how many we're up against! 5 00:00:19,093 --> 00:00:22,055 Rodney, dial the damn Gate. Don't wait for us! 6 00:00:22,097 --> 00:00:25,143 As if the bullets whizzing past my head weren't encouragement enough! 7 00:00:28,315 --> 00:00:30,652 Okay, six, seven. 8 00:00:33,239 --> 00:00:35,493 This is McKay to Atlantis. We're coming in hot. 9 00:01:03,658 --> 00:01:05,493 It's good to see you again, Colonel. 10 00:01:08,039 --> 00:01:09,499 Kolya. 11 00:01:21,267 --> 00:01:24,354 Season 3, Episode 7 Common Ground 12 00:01:24,939 --> 00:01:27,651 Transcript by Callie Sullivan / sadgeezer. com 13 00:01:27,818 --> 00:01:30,531 Subtitles by SG-66 www. seriestele. net 14 00:02:20,353 --> 00:02:21,480 Anything? 15 00:02:21,522 --> 00:02:23,649 There was no sign of Colonel Sheppard or our attackers. 16 00:02:23,691 --> 00:02:25,152 And they covered their tracks well. 17 00:02:25,193 --> 00:02:26,779 There's a good chance he was transported off-world, 18 00:02:26,821 --> 00:02:29,741 so I've gathered the last fifty or so Gate addresses that were dialed. 19 00:02:29,783 --> 00:02:30,702 That should be helpful. 20 00:02:30,952 --> 00:02:36,002 But since the transmission which summoned us to the planet was sent using a code we gave to the Genii, 21 00:02:36,043 --> 00:02:37,629 that will be our starting point. 22 00:02:37,670 --> 00:02:40,632 What are you gonna do, like, ask the Genii if one of them took Sheppard? 23 00:02:41,176 --> 00:02:42,636 Yes, I am. 24 00:02:45,641 --> 00:02:46,559 So is this... 25 00:02:46,641 --> 00:02:47,726 Yes, it is. 26 00:02:47,851 --> 00:02:49,313 Incoming wormhole. 27 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:51,733 We're receiving the new identification code. 28 00:02:51,775 --> 00:02:53,401 Security teams, stand by. 29 00:02:53,443 --> 00:02:54,653 Lower the shield. 30 00:03:01,038 --> 00:03:02,290 Welcome, Ladon. 31 00:03:02,415 --> 00:03:04,251 - I came as soon as I... - What've you done with Sheppard? 32 00:03:04,293 --> 00:03:07,089 Ronon... he is here as our guest. 33 00:03:12,555 --> 00:03:13,847 How can I help? 34 00:03:15,726 --> 00:03:16,811 Kolya! 35 00:03:17,979 --> 00:03:20,650 I didn't kill you last time, remember? 36 00:03:24,489 --> 00:03:26,534 You promised me points for that. 37 00:03:26,742 --> 00:03:28,036 Kolya! 38 00:03:29,204 --> 00:03:30,164 Dammit. 39 00:03:30,373 --> 00:03:31,749 I should have killed him. 40 00:03:31,791 --> 00:03:34,838 You're wasting your breath. 41 00:03:37,174 --> 00:03:39,427 Didn't know I had company down here. 42 00:03:39,761 --> 00:03:41,722 There is no escape. 43 00:03:41,764 --> 00:03:45,562 Yeah, well, prisons are like that. 44 00:03:45,895 --> 00:03:47,898 Never stopped me before. 45 00:03:49,608 --> 00:03:51,696 How long have you been down here? 46 00:03:51,946 --> 00:03:54,074 Many years. 47 00:03:54,533 --> 00:03:56,828 How many is many? Five, ten? 48 00:03:56,911 --> 00:03:58,539 It no longer matters. 49 00:03:58,581 --> 00:03:59,833 That many...? 50 00:04:02,336 --> 00:04:04,004 What did you do to get here? 51 00:04:04,839 --> 00:04:09,971 I merely allowed myself to be captured alive. 52 00:04:10,973 --> 00:04:12,184 Same here. 53 00:04:15,314 --> 00:04:19,152 Look, I've got people looking for me. When they find me, maybe we can both... 54 00:04:32,755 --> 00:04:33,797 Move. 55 00:04:34,006 --> 00:04:35,133 Where are we moving to? 56 00:04:37,303 --> 00:04:38,805 I kind of like it here. 57 00:04:43,229 --> 00:04:45,441 Commander Kolya insists. 58 00:04:45,857 --> 00:04:49,154 Oh, he insists? Well, why didn't you just say so? 59 00:04:58,167 --> 00:04:59,378 Pick him up. 60 00:05:15,860 --> 00:05:19,575 I'm sorry this is necessary, but under the circumstances, I'm sure you understand. 61 00:05:19,616 --> 00:05:22,452 I came here as a friend, Dr. Weir. I hope to leave as one. 62 00:05:22,619 --> 00:05:25,039 And we appreciate your concern for Colonel Sheppard. 63 00:05:25,123 --> 00:05:28,003 Despite the fact that it was your incompetence that led to his capture. 64 00:05:28,086 --> 00:05:30,548 - Rodney. - I'm sorry, but there is no disputing the fact, 65 00:05:30,590 --> 00:05:32,384 that it was a code we provided the Genii 66 00:05:32,426 --> 00:05:35,222 that was used to lure us to that planet where we were ambushed. 67 00:05:35,723 --> 00:05:37,642 Dr. McKay is quite correct. 68 00:05:37,851 --> 00:05:41,064 You entrusted us with codes, and I allowed them to be stolen from us. 69 00:05:41,106 --> 00:05:45,195 How and by whom is an ongoing investigation, but I must assume it was someone close to me. 70 00:05:45,236 --> 00:05:47,698 Or this is part of your plans. 71 00:05:47,990 --> 00:05:49,200 Excuse me? 72 00:05:49,283 --> 00:05:51,078 It would not be the first time. 73 00:05:51,913 --> 00:05:55,585 I say this rhetorically, since I should think it is obvious, 74 00:05:55,668 --> 00:05:57,838 but if I were involved in this in any way, 75 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,717 or if my intentions were anything less than honorable, 76 00:06:01,510 --> 00:06:03,137 would I have come to Atlantis? 77 00:06:03,179 --> 00:06:04,933 With you, who knows? 78 00:06:05,225 --> 00:06:08,229 All I know is my friend has been kidnapped and you had something to do with it. 79 00:06:08,270 --> 00:06:11,900 Which is why I have walked away from significant responsibilities 80 00:06:11,941 --> 00:06:15,154 as leader of my people to come here and offer our help. 81 00:06:15,196 --> 00:06:17,325 Now, you can either let me do that, 82 00:06:17,450 --> 00:06:20,747 or you can continue to berate me for my mistake. The choice is yours. 83 00:06:20,789 --> 00:06:23,543 - Oh, we have more choices than that. - Ronon! 84 00:06:24,168 --> 00:06:26,506 I see no reason to stay here if this is how I am to be treated. 85 00:06:26,589 --> 00:06:28,341 Trust me, you're not goin' anywhere. 86 00:06:28,466 --> 00:06:30,594 Ronon, I understand how you feel. 87 00:06:31,095 --> 00:06:32,557 Believe me, I do. 88 00:06:32,723 --> 00:06:34,810 But we're going to deal with this my way. 89 00:06:36,436 --> 00:06:39,189 Let's continue this in my office... 90 00:06:41,235 --> 00:06:42,403 Privately. 91 00:06:58,343 --> 00:06:59,803 It's been some time. 92 00:07:00,430 --> 00:07:03,559 You must have really missed me to go through all this trouble. 93 00:07:04,476 --> 00:07:06,354 Nice harpoon, by the way. 94 00:07:06,479 --> 00:07:09,693 To capture an extraordinary soldier takes extraordinary measures. 95 00:07:09,735 --> 00:07:11,486 I'll take that as a compliment. 96 00:07:11,528 --> 00:07:12,864 As you should, Colonel, 97 00:07:13,574 --> 00:07:16,328 just as you should understand this is not personal. 98 00:07:16,704 --> 00:07:19,458 As soon as my goal is achieved, you'll be returned to Atlantis. 99 00:07:19,499 --> 00:07:20,792 That simple..? 100 00:07:22,003 --> 00:07:23,172 What do you want? 101 00:07:24,590 --> 00:07:26,843 It's not a question of what I want. 102 00:07:27,470 --> 00:07:29,055 It's a question of who. 103 00:07:30,056 --> 00:07:33,770 Now, I entrusted the IDC codes you provided to two men in my government. 104 00:07:33,853 --> 00:07:38,110 My second minister, in the event of my death, and my personal assistant, Cassel Massan. 105 00:07:38,152 --> 00:07:40,196 I trust both of these men implicitly. 106 00:07:41,073 --> 00:07:42,658 Or rather, I did. 107 00:07:43,326 --> 00:07:45,579 - Are both men now accounted for? - Yes. 108 00:07:45,788 --> 00:07:46,915 In fact, they're in custody. 109 00:07:46,957 --> 00:07:48,291 They're being questioned as we speak. 110 00:07:48,333 --> 00:07:49,293 Really? 111 00:07:51,045 --> 00:07:55,802 Don't underestimate the importance of this alliance between our two peoples to the Genii, Dr. Weir. 112 00:07:56,344 --> 00:07:58,264 In fact, when I heard the news, my first concern was... 113 00:07:58,306 --> 00:08:00,726 We have an unscheduled off-world activation! 114 00:08:03,522 --> 00:08:04,607 Identification code? 115 00:08:04,649 --> 00:08:07,236 None, but we're receiving an analog video signal. 116 00:08:07,778 --> 00:08:09,114 Bring it up. 117 00:08:09,739 --> 00:08:12,995 Dr. Weir, if you're receiving this, please respond. 118 00:08:14,830 --> 00:08:16,040 Who the hell is he? 119 00:08:16,208 --> 00:08:17,584 Acustus Kolya. 120 00:08:17,793 --> 00:08:20,879 A Genii military leader who once tried to seize Atlantis. 121 00:08:21,172 --> 00:08:24,010 Ladon was a member of his strike team. 122 00:08:24,595 --> 00:08:26,513 I do know you are there, Doctor. 123 00:08:26,847 --> 00:08:29,768 The existence of Atlantis is no secret among the Genii. 124 00:08:31,563 --> 00:08:32,314 It would be... 125 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:33,983 pointless not to answer. 126 00:08:34,025 --> 00:08:35,319 Open a channel. 127 00:08:37,405 --> 00:08:39,033 This is Dr. Weir. 128 00:08:39,283 --> 00:08:40,619 Oh, good. 129 00:08:40,951 --> 00:08:44,457 I wanted to be certain you were there to see this. 130 00:08:46,293 --> 00:08:47,294 What have you done to him? 131 00:08:47,336 --> 00:08:49,172 Nothing whatsoever, Dr. McKay. 132 00:08:49,255 --> 00:08:51,800 Okay, let me rephrase that. What are you planning to do? 133 00:08:51,884 --> 00:08:53,470 It's quite simple. 134 00:08:53,511 --> 00:08:54,680 I'd like to make a trade. 135 00:08:54,722 --> 00:08:58,727 Before we continue this conversation another second, I want to speak with Sheppard. 136 00:08:58,935 --> 00:09:00,104 Be my guest. 137 00:09:00,271 --> 00:09:01,482 We'll rephrase that, too. 138 00:09:01,523 --> 00:09:03,652 We would like him to be able to speak to us. 139 00:09:05,321 --> 00:09:06,365 Very well. 140 00:09:10,702 --> 00:09:14,124 On my command authority, whatever he asks, don't do it, even... 141 00:09:15,460 --> 00:09:18,382 Well, as you can see, he's his usual charming self. 142 00:09:18,423 --> 00:09:20,969 Explain your terms, Kolya. 143 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:26,434 I have heard the familiar voices of yourself and Dr. McKay, 144 00:09:26,769 --> 00:09:29,898 but there is one person I know is there who has yet to speak. 145 00:09:30,316 --> 00:09:32,861 Ladon Radim is with you, is he not? 146 00:09:34,030 --> 00:09:36,408 Why would Ladon be here? 147 00:09:36,533 --> 00:09:39,453 To preserve his precious alliance with you, Doctor. 148 00:09:39,495 --> 00:09:42,542 So that the Genii might remain in the favor of Atlantis. 149 00:09:42,834 --> 00:09:46,547 My sources have already confirmed this, so there is no point in denying the fact. 150 00:09:46,588 --> 00:09:48,091 Turn him over to me... 151 00:09:48,217 --> 00:09:50,804 and Colonel Sheppard will be released immediately. 152 00:09:57,940 --> 00:10:00,652 I'll need time to consider your offer. 153 00:10:00,694 --> 00:10:03,363 Allow me to help expedite your decision. 154 00:10:10,248 --> 00:10:11,375 Oh, my God. 155 00:10:12,336 --> 00:10:16,215 Sheppard could have left you to rot down in that hole when we last met, Kolya. He does not deserve this. 156 00:10:16,257 --> 00:10:18,094 Let's be clear, Dr. McKay. 157 00:10:18,345 --> 00:10:19,429 No one does. 158 00:10:19,471 --> 00:10:21,015 Don't do this. 159 00:10:22,516 --> 00:10:23,310 Don't do it. 160 00:10:23,352 --> 00:10:25,480 The choice is yours, Dr. Weir. 161 00:10:25,688 --> 00:10:27,524 Do we have an arrangement? 162 00:10:33,533 --> 00:10:34,659 Very well. 163 00:10:44,925 --> 00:10:45,677 Stop! 164 00:10:46,803 --> 00:10:47,804 Stop! 165 00:10:48,305 --> 00:10:49,348 Enough! 166 00:11:02,784 --> 00:11:04,787 You just crossed a line, Kolya. 167 00:11:05,079 --> 00:11:08,126 We'd found that a minimum of three hours between feeding sessions 168 00:11:08,418 --> 00:11:13,133 is crucial to ensure the body has sufficient time to recover from the trauma. 169 00:11:13,216 --> 00:11:15,636 That's the time you have to decide. 170 00:11:17,014 --> 00:11:18,390 Three hours. 171 00:11:27,820 --> 00:11:30,074 They called you Sheppard. 172 00:11:30,116 --> 00:11:31,534 Yeah... 173 00:11:32,286 --> 00:11:34,372 that's my name. 174 00:11:34,706 --> 00:11:36,374 Pleased to meet you. 175 00:11:37,961 --> 00:11:39,796 You're in pain. 176 00:11:41,215 --> 00:11:44,386 Well, I just got fed on by a Wraith, what do you think? 177 00:11:44,428 --> 00:11:45,971 I would not know. 178 00:11:46,013 --> 00:11:48,768 Hopefully, you'll never have to find out. 179 00:11:53,316 --> 00:11:55,486 I didn't think anything could hurt that much. 180 00:11:55,527 --> 00:11:57,405 You're still alive. 181 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:00,576 Yeah, well... 182 00:12:01,078 --> 00:12:04,541 I don't know how many years the darn thing took off my life, 183 00:12:05,418 --> 00:12:09,839 but I'll tell you this, if Kolya's men hadn't pulled that damn thing off, 184 00:12:10,383 --> 00:12:12,761 I'd be dust in a flak jacket. 185 00:12:13,095 --> 00:12:17,267 Do you blame the Wraith or the master? 186 00:12:18,352 --> 00:12:20,398 I'm gonna go with both. 187 00:12:20,856 --> 00:12:22,609 There is a difference. 188 00:12:23,361 --> 00:12:26,949 The Wraith must feed in order to live. 189 00:12:28,284 --> 00:12:29,662 For a Wraith, 190 00:12:29,787 --> 00:12:32,999 hunger burns like a fire. 191 00:12:34,835 --> 00:12:37,088 Tell me, Sheppard, 192 00:12:37,715 --> 00:12:41,429 if you found yourself burning alive, 193 00:12:41,928 --> 00:12:46,394 would you settle for just one drop of water? 194 00:12:47,145 --> 00:12:49,440 Or would you take more... 195 00:12:52,027 --> 00:12:54,740 When did you hear them call me Sheppard? 196 00:12:57,201 --> 00:13:01,457 Just before I started to feed. 197 00:13:06,130 --> 00:13:10,345 Of course, you would see him only as the monster who tried to take your City from you. 198 00:13:10,804 --> 00:13:13,601 Kolya also killed several of our people. 199 00:13:14,185 --> 00:13:16,730 He would have killed Dr. Weir as well. 200 00:13:17,022 --> 00:13:20,986 I won't make excuses for his actions or mine during the failed Atlantis mission. 201 00:13:21,195 --> 00:13:26,451 We were soldiers under Cowen's orders. But that failure shattered Kolya's stature among the Genii 202 00:13:26,619 --> 00:13:28,955 and forced him from Cowen's inner circle. 203 00:13:29,248 --> 00:13:31,334 You managed to stay. 204 00:13:31,502 --> 00:13:34,714 Cowen had no choice but to keep me. I was his chief scientist. 205 00:13:34,756 --> 00:13:36,675 And you just left Kolya out in the cold. 206 00:13:36,717 --> 00:13:39,221 That was his choice, not mine. 207 00:13:39,806 --> 00:13:44,145 I will admit, in what little contact we had before Kolya went underground, 208 00:13:44,353 --> 00:13:46,942 he spoke of overthrowing Cowen's corrupt regime. 209 00:13:46,983 --> 00:13:48,735 I was admittedly torn. 210 00:13:48,777 --> 00:13:50,905 Out of loyalty to Cowen? 211 00:13:51,279 --> 00:13:55,328 Out of the belief that neither man had what it took to lead the Genii into the future. 212 00:13:55,370 --> 00:13:59,000 So instead, you having what it took overthrew Cowen yourself. 213 00:13:59,042 --> 00:14:02,672 Kolya believes that I've taken his rightful place as leader of our people. 214 00:14:02,713 --> 00:14:04,508 No wonder he's pissed. 215 00:14:04,758 --> 00:14:08,681 Well, obviously, he has men loyal to him in your inner circle, 216 00:14:08,973 --> 00:14:10,267 hence the codes. 217 00:14:10,308 --> 00:14:12,103 Those traitors will be found. 218 00:14:12,145 --> 00:14:14,398 Sounds like you're the traitor to me. 219 00:14:14,731 --> 00:14:16,359 Must he be here? 220 00:14:16,401 --> 00:14:19,488 The more I hear, the more I'm glad he is. 221 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:25,037 I could have told you anything. I chose to tell you the truth. 222 00:14:26,247 --> 00:14:30,004 If you trade my life for Sheppard, you'll not only be yielding to blackmail, 223 00:14:30,045 --> 00:14:33,383 - but you'll be planting the seeds of civil war. - So what? 224 00:14:33,426 --> 00:14:35,219 I say we turn him over, let 'em fight it out. 225 00:14:35,261 --> 00:14:37,140 - We can't do that. - Why not? 226 00:14:37,182 --> 00:14:38,433 Because... 227 00:14:39,810 --> 00:14:40,604 Well... 228 00:14:41,270 --> 00:14:41,980 can we? 229 00:14:42,022 --> 00:14:44,900 Colonel Sheppard has already ordered us not to. 230 00:14:46,194 --> 00:14:48,572 At this point, it's not his decision. 231 00:14:49,782 --> 00:14:51,452 There's still time for us to find him 232 00:14:51,494 --> 00:14:54,414 and launch a rescue operation. Has there been any progress? 233 00:14:54,456 --> 00:14:58,420 We have a list of planets where recent Genii activity has been documented, 234 00:14:58,462 --> 00:15:01,342 but we'd have a much higher margin of success if Ladon 235 00:15:01,383 --> 00:15:04,763 would be willing to point out firm locations of Genii safe houses and shelters, 236 00:15:04,805 --> 00:15:08,267 maybe even hidden Wraith-infested torture chambers. 237 00:15:17,197 --> 00:15:19,409 Your anger will only weaken you. 238 00:15:19,451 --> 00:15:20,953 I don't think so. 239 00:15:23,373 --> 00:15:27,338 - You realize he is torturing both of us. - Oh, yeah? 240 00:15:27,380 --> 00:15:29,550 - What'd he do to you? - He stopped me. 241 00:15:29,591 --> 00:15:32,303 Really? And how is that torture? 242 00:15:32,428 --> 00:15:35,599 Have you ever known starvation, Sheppard? 243 00:15:36,810 --> 00:15:41,357 The few years I took from you are barely enough to keep me alive. 244 00:15:41,483 --> 00:15:45,906 - The strength I gained from you is already fading. - I don't really give a damn. 245 00:15:45,948 --> 00:15:51,206 You pace in your cell, cursing that I took years from you... 246 00:15:51,248 --> 00:15:55,253 I stand here cursing that I was not allowed them all. 247 00:15:56,213 --> 00:16:00,260 Each in our own way, we suffer. 248 00:16:01,178 --> 00:16:03,348 This might come as a surprise to you, 249 00:16:03,515 --> 00:16:06,019 but I'm not really in the mood for conversation. 250 00:16:06,060 --> 00:16:09,774 So why don't you just do me a favor and shut the hell up! 251 00:16:12,445 --> 00:16:15,575 These are your last hours, Sheppard. 252 00:16:16,242 --> 00:16:19,330 If you wish to spend them in silence... 253 00:16:20,123 --> 00:16:23,085 - then so be it. - No. 254 00:16:23,337 --> 00:16:25,171 I'm getting out of here. 255 00:16:26,215 --> 00:16:29,470 I've got a life to go back to and I'm damn well going back to it. 256 00:16:29,512 --> 00:16:32,599 - You're sure of that. - Yeah. 257 00:16:32,808 --> 00:16:34,894 I've got friends. 258 00:16:36,230 --> 00:16:37,941 And they're going to come for me. 259 00:16:37,982 --> 00:16:41,488 I hope you continue to believe that... 260 00:16:42,030 --> 00:16:45,244 the next time I feed. 261 00:16:48,164 --> 00:16:51,961 Elizabeth, I'm just saying, if you decide in favor of trading for Colonel Sheppard, 262 00:16:52,169 --> 00:16:54,507 it'd be best if you did so before the next feeding. 263 00:16:54,881 --> 00:16:57,511 I honestly don't know how many sessions a man can take, 264 00:16:57,553 --> 00:16:59,848 even someone as strong as Colonel Sheppard. 265 00:17:00,098 --> 00:17:02,601 Is it possible he can recover from this? 266 00:17:02,769 --> 00:17:05,606 We still know so little about the feeding process. 267 00:17:05,690 --> 00:17:07,943 All I can tell you is that each time he's fed upon, 268 00:17:07,985 --> 00:17:11,198 his chances of survival diminish severely. 269 00:17:11,991 --> 00:17:13,284 Dr. Weir! 270 00:17:13,535 --> 00:17:15,079 We've got a match! 271 00:17:15,288 --> 00:17:16,371 We went through the database. 272 00:17:16,413 --> 00:17:19,793 Between our list and Ladon's, there's only one potential location that makes any sense. 273 00:17:20,377 --> 00:17:21,712 - Go. - All right. 274 00:17:27,346 --> 00:17:29,683 All right, people, let's do this one by the numbers. 275 00:17:29,725 --> 00:17:32,061 We get in, we get our man, we get out. 276 00:17:32,103 --> 00:17:34,315 Stay sharp and stay alive. 277 00:17:34,398 --> 00:17:36,443 What are you on about? 278 00:17:36,985 --> 00:17:39,614 Oh, just things that Sheppard would say, so I thought I would... 279 00:17:39,656 --> 00:17:42,826 - well said, Rodney. - Just stay behind me. 280 00:17:43,661 --> 00:17:44,705 Right. 281 00:17:47,959 --> 00:17:49,420 Just bring him back. 282 00:17:56,431 --> 00:17:58,558 I thought you said this wasn't personal. 283 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,062 The truth is, I would've settled for Dr. McKay. 284 00:18:01,103 --> 00:18:04,150 But I don't imagine I would enjoy his constant wailing. 285 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:08,072 They're never going to make the trade, Kolya. Why don't you just finish this? 286 00:18:08,113 --> 00:18:10,283 I think you underestimate the... 287 00:18:10,492 --> 00:18:12,286 sympathetic nature of Dr. Weir. 288 00:18:12,328 --> 00:18:14,832 Then you underestimate Elizabeth. 289 00:18:14,874 --> 00:18:18,087 You'd prefer I stormed Atlantis and take Ladon by force? 290 00:18:21,383 --> 00:18:22,761 You've got... 291 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:27,851 half a dozen men and a starving Wraith? Yeah, you go right ahead. 292 00:18:27,893 --> 00:18:29,897 One way or the other, Ladon is mine. 293 00:18:29,939 --> 00:18:32,858 Protecting him is a waste of my time and your life. 294 00:18:33,191 --> 00:18:34,820 What'd he do to you? 295 00:18:36,613 --> 00:18:39,493 I was the one planning to overthrow Cowen. 296 00:18:40,494 --> 00:18:43,624 Ladon disclosed those plans, forcing me underground, 297 00:18:43,666 --> 00:18:45,752 then staged a coup of his own. 298 00:18:46,086 --> 00:18:48,381 He took what was rightfully mine. 299 00:18:50,427 --> 00:18:51,887 Bring in the Wraith. 300 00:19:38,454 --> 00:19:40,458 Just the caretaker. 301 00:19:55,020 --> 00:19:55,897 Rodney! 302 00:19:55,939 --> 00:19:58,401 I thought I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I just... 303 00:19:58,442 --> 00:19:59,735 you know, I reacted. 304 00:19:59,777 --> 00:20:00,946 What is it? 305 00:20:01,446 --> 00:20:03,366 A... mouse. 306 00:20:03,408 --> 00:20:04,576 Really big one, though. 307 00:20:04,618 --> 00:20:07,832 - More of a rat, really. Possibly rabid. - This isn't the place, is it? 308 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:09,458 I do not believe so. 309 00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:12,004 No. Sheppard wasn't here. 310 00:20:12,337 --> 00:20:14,257 And we've just wasted two and a half hours. 311 00:20:14,298 --> 00:20:15,300 Move out! 312 00:20:15,717 --> 00:20:16,802 And a mouse. 313 00:20:18,513 --> 00:20:20,473 Your intel was wrong. 314 00:20:21,559 --> 00:20:26,190 Well, then the only way for me to help is to return to my home world and mobilize the resources of my military. 315 00:20:26,232 --> 00:20:28,028 You can contact them from here. 316 00:20:28,361 --> 00:20:30,906 Do you think I don't know the real reason you're keeping me here? 317 00:20:31,032 --> 00:20:32,408 You're a head of state. 318 00:20:32,533 --> 00:20:35,955 It was John Sheppard's last order that we do not submit to Kolya's demands. 319 00:20:35,997 --> 00:20:39,377 And it is my own country's policy to never yield to terrorists. 320 00:20:39,419 --> 00:20:42,465 Those are the reasons you're still here, Mr. Radim. 321 00:20:42,506 --> 00:20:43,842 Because believe me, 322 00:20:43,924 --> 00:20:45,970 - if it was simply my choice... - I understand. 323 00:20:46,012 --> 00:20:46,512 Good. 324 00:20:46,554 --> 00:20:48,097 Now we don't have much time. 325 00:20:48,181 --> 00:20:50,935 I want you to look over our list of planets again, see if there's anything you could... 326 00:20:50,977 --> 00:20:53,105 Unscheduled off-world activation! 327 00:20:57,153 --> 00:20:58,947 Looks to be another video feed. 328 00:20:59,156 --> 00:21:01,326 Patch it through and open a channel. 329 00:21:03,663 --> 00:21:04,998 Dr. Weir... 330 00:21:05,414 --> 00:21:06,833 as promised. 331 00:21:07,709 --> 00:21:08,878 Where's Sheppard? 332 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,131 I'm pleased to see you're wasting no time. 333 00:21:11,256 --> 00:21:13,134 So neither will I. 334 00:21:28,950 --> 00:21:32,579 Will you turn Ladon Radim over to me in exchange for Colonel Sheppard? 335 00:21:34,665 --> 00:21:35,959 Dr. Weir? 336 00:21:36,419 --> 00:21:37,461 No. 337 00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:42,344 I can only conclude you doubt my sincerity. 338 00:22:00,912 --> 00:22:02,122 Enough. 339 00:22:14,725 --> 00:22:16,019 Three hours. 340 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:40,721 Where are your friends? 341 00:22:40,846 --> 00:22:42,140 They'll be here. 342 00:22:42,182 --> 00:22:44,394 You still believe that. 343 00:22:44,811 --> 00:22:46,438 Yeah, I do. 344 00:22:47,398 --> 00:22:49,274 They just need more time. 345 00:22:49,316 --> 00:22:54,282 - No one has ever left this place alive. - Well, I'm going to. 346 00:22:54,658 --> 00:22:59,206 Kolya will kill you before your friends have a chance to reach these cells. 347 00:23:02,044 --> 00:23:04,631 How well do you know the layout of this place? 348 00:23:04,673 --> 00:23:07,885 Well enough to know what they would be up against. 349 00:23:18,526 --> 00:23:20,362 What about us? 350 00:23:20,404 --> 00:23:22,907 Do you know enough about this place... 351 00:23:23,241 --> 00:23:24,660 to get us out? 352 00:23:25,536 --> 00:23:27,165 You and me... 353 00:23:27,540 --> 00:23:30,210 Why, they going to let you go after I'm dead? 354 00:23:30,335 --> 00:23:31,170 No. 355 00:23:31,211 --> 00:23:33,257 Then what do you got to lose? 356 00:23:34,090 --> 00:23:35,009 My life. 357 00:23:35,051 --> 00:23:37,679 Oh, yeah, you've got a great one down here. 358 00:23:39,432 --> 00:23:40,433 Listen... 359 00:23:41,643 --> 00:23:43,562 it makes sense. 360 00:23:44,397 --> 00:23:46,609 We have a common goal. 361 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:50,281 As I said before... 362 00:23:51,449 --> 00:23:53,495 there is no escape. 363 00:24:01,631 --> 00:24:02,633 Move. 364 00:24:25,499 --> 00:24:28,170 He still has years ahead of him, Dr. Weir. 365 00:24:28,212 --> 00:24:29,714 My offer stands. 366 00:24:29,797 --> 00:24:31,508 So does my answer. 367 00:24:32,509 --> 00:24:34,929 Then you're effectively ending his life. 368 00:24:35,723 --> 00:24:37,307 I'm not gonna go there. 369 00:24:38,728 --> 00:24:40,312 Is Ladon there? 370 00:24:41,690 --> 00:24:42,774 I am. 371 00:24:42,816 --> 00:24:46,864 I can't help but wonder what you've told them so they choose you over one of their own. 372 00:24:46,905 --> 00:24:48,575 That I betrayed you. 373 00:24:48,616 --> 00:24:51,328 That I took for myself what you believed to be yours. 374 00:24:51,454 --> 00:24:52,956 The truth? 375 00:24:53,583 --> 00:24:56,127 I must say I'm surprised. 376 00:24:56,461 --> 00:24:57,503 If you release him, 377 00:24:57,545 --> 00:25:00,675 you may return to our people with my promise of amnesty. 378 00:25:00,717 --> 00:25:03,304 Please, Ladon, I trained you better than that. 379 00:25:03,429 --> 00:25:06,392 - There are things that cannot be undone. - That's not true. 380 00:25:06,684 --> 00:25:07,770 You can end this. 381 00:25:07,811 --> 00:25:09,396 Strange, Doctor, 382 00:25:09,521 --> 00:25:12,234 I was just about to say the same thing. 383 00:25:15,197 --> 00:25:16,574 Take your fill. 384 00:25:33,389 --> 00:25:34,683 Who told you to stop? 385 00:25:34,935 --> 00:25:36,645 He's near death. 386 00:25:37,814 --> 00:25:39,817 Shall I finish him? 387 00:25:44,490 --> 00:25:45,951 Get it out of here. 388 00:25:53,002 --> 00:25:54,671 Now it's two hours. 389 00:25:58,176 --> 00:26:00,346 If he's fed upon again, he's as good as dead. 390 00:26:00,388 --> 00:26:01,140 We don't know that. 391 00:26:01,181 --> 00:26:02,850 Aye, Rodney, we do. 392 00:26:03,392 --> 00:26:06,021 He may already be past the point of no return. 393 00:26:06,188 --> 00:26:10,069 We know that a large percentage of those that survive a partial feeding 394 00:26:10,445 --> 00:26:11,821 die anyway... 395 00:26:12,447 --> 00:26:15,910 due to complications as a result of strain on the system. 396 00:26:16,579 --> 00:26:21,084 What appears as physical aging is actually a byproduct of a complex process 397 00:26:21,126 --> 00:26:23,379 we barely understand. 398 00:26:25,925 --> 00:26:28,764 I can't imagine him surviving another session, 399 00:26:28,805 --> 00:26:31,684 whether it's two hours or 10 hours from now. 400 00:26:31,726 --> 00:26:34,396 If you were half the man Sheppard is, 401 00:26:34,522 --> 00:26:37,026 you'd volunteer to make the trade yourself. 402 00:26:37,817 --> 00:26:38,943 The truth is, 403 00:26:38,985 --> 00:26:42,699 I'm not sure whether or not I would have made the trade if our roles were reversed. 404 00:26:44,786 --> 00:26:46,205 So I ask you, 405 00:26:46,246 --> 00:26:49,084 allow what you have done for me to be worth something. 406 00:26:49,710 --> 00:26:51,880 There is nothing more I can do here, 407 00:26:52,465 --> 00:26:54,634 but I can get you the information you need to find Sheppard 408 00:26:54,675 --> 00:26:57,054 if you allow me to return and interrogate the men 409 00:26:57,095 --> 00:26:59,015 who stole the codes from me. 410 00:27:24,553 --> 00:27:28,268 You know, I could've sworn I was gonna wake up dead today. 411 00:27:29,058 --> 00:27:30,728 You are strong. 412 00:27:31,938 --> 00:27:35,025 Stronger than any human I have ever fed upon. 413 00:27:36,571 --> 00:27:38,447 You stopped yourself. 414 00:27:38,907 --> 00:27:39,950 Yes. 415 00:27:41,703 --> 00:27:42,621 Why? 416 00:27:42,663 --> 00:27:47,252 Because the longer I feed, the weaker you become... 417 00:27:48,129 --> 00:27:51,217 and we will need what strength you have left 418 00:27:51,843 --> 00:27:53,804 to escape. 419 00:27:55,513 --> 00:27:58,102 Now he wants to escape. 420 00:28:03,026 --> 00:28:05,446 I lack the words to thank you, Dr. Weir. 421 00:28:06,364 --> 00:28:08,158 I didn't do this for you. 422 00:28:08,658 --> 00:28:09,452 Well, 423 00:28:09,911 --> 00:28:11,330 nevertheless, 424 00:28:11,371 --> 00:28:14,459 I'll be in touch the moment I have the information that you need. 425 00:28:14,584 --> 00:28:15,753 Thank you. 426 00:28:18,674 --> 00:28:21,887 Why do I have the sinking feeling we've just made a terrible mistake? 427 00:28:21,929 --> 00:28:23,514 Because we have. 428 00:28:23,889 --> 00:28:25,642 I am not so sure, Ronon. 429 00:30:19,267 --> 00:30:20,435 Which way? 430 00:30:21,645 --> 00:30:22,855 This way. 431 00:31:03,497 --> 00:31:05,125 It will heal. 432 00:31:06,585 --> 00:31:07,795 This way. 433 00:31:27,824 --> 00:31:29,536 They did this together. 434 00:31:29,827 --> 00:31:31,330 They've taken weapons. 435 00:31:32,999 --> 00:31:35,337 I want ten armed men at the Stargate. 436 00:31:35,587 --> 00:31:37,715 The rest of you, hunt them down. 437 00:32:01,750 --> 00:32:03,127 How far is the Stargate? 438 00:32:03,252 --> 00:32:04,671 It will be guarded. 439 00:32:04,713 --> 00:32:05,755 We've got guns. 440 00:32:05,797 --> 00:32:07,425 They will be waiting for us. 441 00:32:07,509 --> 00:32:09,385 Don't be so negative. 442 00:32:12,139 --> 00:32:14,059 You think you're going to make it? 443 00:32:14,685 --> 00:32:16,146 If I feed. 444 00:32:16,187 --> 00:32:17,897 Well, don't look at me. 445 00:32:24,700 --> 00:32:26,661 When we make it to the Stargate, 446 00:32:26,828 --> 00:32:28,539 we both go our separate ways. 447 00:32:28,789 --> 00:32:30,166 Until then... 448 00:32:30,876 --> 00:32:33,504 we're gonna need each other. Deal? 449 00:32:55,245 --> 00:32:56,497 Dr. Weir? 450 00:33:00,794 --> 00:33:02,212 How long has it been? 451 00:33:02,713 --> 00:33:04,633 It's coming up on two hours. 452 00:33:05,175 --> 00:33:07,513 We should receive the next transmission any minute now. 453 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:09,556 Yes, I'll be there in a moment. 454 00:33:13,104 --> 00:33:15,900 I was blindfolded all the way to the bunker. It wasn't this far. 455 00:33:15,942 --> 00:33:18,112 If I could just move faster... 456 00:33:22,785 --> 00:33:24,705 We'll rest here a few minutes. 457 00:33:24,955 --> 00:33:26,665 You should go on without me. 458 00:33:26,790 --> 00:33:27,792 No. 459 00:33:28,835 --> 00:33:30,504 The Gate's guarded. 460 00:33:31,548 --> 00:33:35,303 We'll have a better chance of taking out the guards in a crossfire. 461 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:37,931 I still need you. 462 00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:39,643 Very well. 463 00:33:41,270 --> 00:33:44,275 That is, even if we're going in the right direction. 464 00:33:50,617 --> 00:33:54,456 You have no idea where the Stargate is, do you? 465 00:33:56,834 --> 00:33:58,920 It was many years ago. 466 00:33:59,004 --> 00:34:00,631 Way to go, John... 467 00:34:01,091 --> 00:34:02,593 listening to a Wraith. 468 00:34:02,634 --> 00:34:06,349 It was not my intention to deceive you, Sheppard. 469 00:34:07,683 --> 00:34:10,521 Our reinforcements have arrived at the Stargate, Commander. 470 00:34:11,147 --> 00:34:14,611 Kill the Wraith on sight, but I want Sheppard alive. 471 00:34:14,861 --> 00:34:16,238 Well... 472 00:34:16,946 --> 00:34:18,658 we learned two things. 473 00:34:19,117 --> 00:34:20,077 One... 474 00:34:20,786 --> 00:34:22,747 he likes me better than you. 475 00:34:24,041 --> 00:34:25,043 Two... 476 00:34:25,501 --> 00:34:28,589 we probably would've never made it to the Stargate anyway. 477 00:34:30,008 --> 00:34:31,635 Then it is over. 478 00:34:31,885 --> 00:34:32,804 No. 479 00:34:33,263 --> 00:34:37,061 Our people don't leave each other behind. That's three things you've learned. 480 00:34:37,103 --> 00:34:39,189 You still believe that? 481 00:34:39,231 --> 00:34:41,734 Kolya doesn't know where we are. 482 00:34:42,694 --> 00:34:44,987 He's wasting manpower 483 00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:48,535 that could be used searching for us guarding the Gate. 484 00:34:48,786 --> 00:34:52,582 The odds of my people finding us are going up and up. 485 00:34:52,958 --> 00:34:56,964 You are more like Wraith than you know. 486 00:34:57,048 --> 00:34:59,719 I'm not sure I like the sound of that. 487 00:34:59,969 --> 00:35:02,055 There is much about a Wraith 488 00:35:02,389 --> 00:35:05,477 that you do not know, Sheppard. 489 00:35:09,566 --> 00:35:10,567 Kolya's late. 490 00:35:10,650 --> 00:35:11,610 That is not like him. 491 00:35:11,652 --> 00:35:13,362 We haven't heard anything from Ladon either. 492 00:35:13,404 --> 00:35:14,531 We will. 493 00:35:15,033 --> 00:35:17,369 Is it possible they were in on this from the beginning? 494 00:35:17,411 --> 00:35:19,038 No. I don't think so. 495 00:35:19,789 --> 00:35:21,709 Why would Ladon come here in the first place? 496 00:35:21,751 --> 00:35:22,960 Throw us off the scent. 497 00:35:23,002 --> 00:35:24,464 What kind of a plan would that be? 498 00:35:24,589 --> 00:35:25,630 Genii. 499 00:35:26,007 --> 00:35:26,799 True. 500 00:35:27,217 --> 00:35:30,889 Either way, there must be a reason why Kolya has not contacted us. 501 00:35:30,930 --> 00:35:33,892 Perhaps he knew it would take Colonel Sheppard more time to recover. 502 00:35:34,643 --> 00:35:37,522 None of us are saying what we're all thinking here. 503 00:35:37,982 --> 00:35:39,443 No, Rodney, we're not. 504 00:35:43,323 --> 00:35:45,826 Tell Kolya there's nobody around the Gate. 505 00:35:45,868 --> 00:35:49,332 Sounds like they're concentrating their search around the Gate. 506 00:35:50,209 --> 00:35:52,670 They must think we knew where we were going. 507 00:35:56,301 --> 00:35:57,970 It was worth it... 508 00:35:58,429 --> 00:36:01,099 if only to see the sky again. 509 00:36:01,140 --> 00:36:04,396 I got slightly higher expectations. 510 00:36:04,771 --> 00:36:07,024 My wound is deep. 511 00:36:07,442 --> 00:36:10,071 If I do not feed soon... 512 00:36:11,657 --> 00:36:13,325 I will die. 513 00:36:13,660 --> 00:36:15,037 Buck up. 514 00:36:15,079 --> 00:36:17,249 We got a deal, remember? 515 00:36:17,708 --> 00:36:21,797 We both go home alive. 516 00:36:21,839 --> 00:36:23,842 And if we were... 517 00:36:24,758 --> 00:36:27,595 to meet again in the future? 518 00:36:28,681 --> 00:36:30,434 What then? 519 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,651 All bets are off. 520 00:36:40,824 --> 00:36:45,330 Then let us hope we do not meet again. 521 00:36:45,456 --> 00:36:48,586 Try to get some sleep. I'll take the first watch. 522 00:36:53,426 --> 00:36:56,013 I'm receiving the new Genii IDC along with the video feed. 523 00:36:56,055 --> 00:36:56,890 Ladon. 524 00:36:56,931 --> 00:36:58,058 Put it on the screen. 525 00:37:02,064 --> 00:37:03,775 Are you receiving me? 526 00:37:04,067 --> 00:37:05,736 We were starting to get worried. 527 00:37:05,778 --> 00:37:08,365 Yes, I'm sure you had doubts, 528 00:37:08,407 --> 00:37:11,703 the truth is, the interrogation took longer than I hoped. 529 00:37:12,079 --> 00:37:13,915 We've secured the location of Kolya's base. 530 00:37:13,956 --> 00:37:16,292 I'm forwarding you the dialing coordinates right now. 531 00:37:16,334 --> 00:37:17,336 Are you certain? 532 00:37:17,377 --> 00:37:20,674 Certain enough to send a full brigade through the Gate. 533 00:37:20,882 --> 00:37:23,386 It will take us an hour to marshall our forces. 534 00:37:23,470 --> 00:37:25,306 I thought you might want that time. 535 00:37:25,348 --> 00:37:26,475 What will we be up against? 536 00:37:26,517 --> 00:37:30,105 Nothing one of your cloaked Jumpers and my good friend Ronon couldn't handle. 537 00:37:30,647 --> 00:37:34,987 I ask only that you leave Kolya for my own forces to find. 538 00:37:38,660 --> 00:37:40,370 No promises. 539 00:37:40,704 --> 00:37:42,872 I understand. 540 00:37:43,457 --> 00:37:46,378 All right, get a cloaked Jumper and a team of marines. 541 00:37:46,503 --> 00:37:49,383 I'd like to reserve one of those seats for a member of the medical team. 542 00:37:49,425 --> 00:37:50,343 Done. 543 00:37:50,634 --> 00:37:52,345 And if you do find Kolya... 544 00:37:52,387 --> 00:37:53,472 no promises. 545 00:37:53,556 --> 00:37:54,975 Exactly. 546 00:38:24,601 --> 00:38:26,687 They're coming. 547 00:39:17,470 --> 00:39:19,098 The facility is straight ahead. 548 00:39:19,265 --> 00:39:22,186 We're detecting life signs on the surface, miles from the bunker. 549 00:39:22,228 --> 00:39:23,395 How many? 550 00:39:23,436 --> 00:39:24,564 When it first came up, it was eight... 551 00:39:24,605 --> 00:39:25,565 then four... 552 00:39:25,774 --> 00:39:27,192 I don't get it, now it's just two. 553 00:39:27,234 --> 00:39:28,403 What's going on down there? 554 00:39:28,444 --> 00:39:31,365 One of them is definitely Sheppard. His subcutaneous transmitter is still broadcasting. 555 00:39:31,407 --> 00:39:33,034 Could the other one be Kolya? 556 00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:34,287 Let's hope so. 557 00:39:35,204 --> 00:39:38,333 Land a hundred meters to the south of their position. 558 00:39:52,104 --> 00:39:53,772 Finish it. 559 00:39:53,814 --> 00:39:57,653 As I told you, John Sheppard... 560 00:39:57,988 --> 00:40:03,162 there are many things about Wraith that you do not know. 561 00:40:20,521 --> 00:40:21,438 Wait! 562 00:40:24,527 --> 00:40:25,444 Leave him. 563 00:40:26,488 --> 00:40:27,782 That's an order. 564 00:40:28,866 --> 00:40:31,287 I don't understand. We saw what he did to you. 565 00:40:31,328 --> 00:40:32,789 He just undid it. 566 00:40:35,209 --> 00:40:36,795 Lower your weapons. 567 00:40:37,546 --> 00:40:39,090 How is this possible? 568 00:40:39,675 --> 00:40:41,425 Don't ask me. 569 00:40:42,761 --> 00:40:48,937 The gift of life is reserved only for our most devout worshipers... 570 00:40:49,312 --> 00:40:51,357 and our brothers. 571 00:40:54,279 --> 00:40:57,157 I guess there's a lot about the Wraith we don't know. 572 00:40:57,408 --> 00:41:00,079 Sheppard gave me back my life. 573 00:41:00,121 --> 00:41:02,416 I merely repaid the debt. 574 00:41:02,708 --> 00:41:03,375 What debt? 575 00:41:03,417 --> 00:41:06,004 Are you kidding? He looks younger than he did before. 576 00:41:06,212 --> 00:41:07,630 What about Kolya? 577 00:41:12,138 --> 00:41:14,641 Kolya, this is Sheppard. 578 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:16,728 Kolya? 579 00:41:16,978 --> 00:41:18,980 I figured you'd run. 580 00:41:19,106 --> 00:41:22,402 Next time, I kill you on sight, you hear me? 581 00:41:28,579 --> 00:41:30,290 Let's get off this rock. 582 00:41:31,123 --> 00:41:32,292 What about him? 583 00:41:35,379 --> 00:41:37,216 We had a deal, right? 584 00:41:37,257 --> 00:41:41,347 I did not truly expect you to honor it. 585 00:41:55,409 --> 00:41:56,827 You didn't kill him. 586 00:41:57,078 --> 00:41:58,413 No, I didn't. 587 00:41:59,373 --> 00:42:01,668 Get him in the Jumper. We'll drop him off somewhere. 588 00:42:05,591 --> 00:42:07,426 Thanks for showing up. 589 00:42:14,437 --> 00:42:15,730 Sheppard. 590 00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:17,358 I thought you... 591 00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:19,988 there's a lot you don't know about humans. 592 00:42:24,827 --> 00:42:26,371 I see. 593 00:42:30,627 --> 00:42:32,964 Next time we meet? 594 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:36,385 All bets are off.