All language subtitles for Stargate Atlantis Season 05 Episode 16 - Brain Storm

You sure you don't want
to spend your leave

going back to Earth with McKay
and the others?

No, SGC doesn't have a ZPM,

so two weeks on Earth means
three weeks cooped up in the Daedalus.

That's five weeks of missing work.

We only get one of those
every year and a half,

so l'd like to save mine
for something more special.

So we're going camping instead?

On a beach that's never been surfed
or even touched.

You know, you got to get
a little more excited about this thing.

-Hey, check that out.
-What?

Think he's ever going to make a move?

Who cares?

Say,

l know we only get 14 days on Earth a year

and you miss your dad and all...

But?

See, one of my old...

A guy who was doing his doctorate
at the same time as me,

he's giving a big secret presentation

about some new thing
that he's working on,

and everyone and anyone in the physics
community is going to be there.

And... Well...

See, the thing is,
there's this perception out there that l'm

-like a washout recluse.
-Why?

Well, 'cause l do this for a living.

l mean, super double tip-top secret stuff.

l mean, l haven't published a paper
in nearly a decade,

not one that can be read
by the general public,

and l'm kind of hard to get a hold of,
what with living in another galaxy and all.

Yeah, l know what that's like.

Exactly. They think l'm a shut-in. So,

l was thinking that if l was to, say,
show up with a woman...

A beautiful woman,

that they would maybe
not think that l was,

like, a complete loser.

lt would be, like, one day.
The first night we're there,

and then you could be off
to Chippewa Falls.

l mean, it could be fun.

Well, let's see, a room full of physicists,

a long-winded presentation
l probably won't understand...

Yeah, it doesn't really sound like fun.

Well, there'll be drinks, probably,
and maybe those little sandwiches

and me.

l'll be there.

You don't have to fabricate
all these reasons

on why you need me to be with you.

You could just ask me out on a date.

Hey, l didn't want to...
l mean, l know you...

l'll probably say yes.

Well, you want to go
to this thing with me?

Sure.

l'd love to.

Well, l'd love... l mean, that's good.
Good. Great. That's...

-lt's a date.
-lt's a date.

-So what's the presentation?
-l don't know.

He doesn't want to tell anyone
till we all get there,

but if l know this guy,

it'll be, you know,
a first-class presentation

with, like, second-rate science.

Probably some minor adjustment
to someone else's work,

but the food will be good.

And the company.

-Malcolm, have you read this?
-Yes.

Your staff thinks it's reckless
to turn this thing on tomorrow.

-Some of my staff.
-Malcolm...

They're just getting cold feet, that's all.

Do you remember
all that stuff that came out

before CERN turned on the LHC?

You know, miniature black holes,
exotic particles, strangelets,

the instantaneous destruction
of the planet,

all unfounded histrionics.
We are going to be just fine.

So, you're saying none of these
potential catastrophes is gonna happen?

Well, there is always the slight possibility
that something might go wrong.

The cause has a lot riding on this.

Don't worry about it.
Your precious cause will come out

of this squeaky clean tomorrow.

Some of these worst-case scenarios
are terrifying...

Of course they're terrifying,
they're worst-case scenarios!

They are the worst possible thing
that could ever happen, ever.

Tomorrow's going to
come off without a hitch.

We've done hundreds of tests.
There is zero possibility for failure.

Trust me.

This is exciting.

-Well, it's just a plane.
-Yeah, but l've never even flown first class.

l mean, this is amazing.
Have you tried these strawberries?

When l was 10, l ate a bowl full
of strawberries and threw up.

l haven't been able to stomach them since.

How does this guy afford all this?
l thought he was just a physicist.

Well, he was always able to dupe guys

with deep pockets
into backing his research.

lt's amazing what a nice smile and
a PowerPoint presentation will get you.

Well, l am impressed.

Yes, l can see that.

Come on. You should be happy
for your friend's success.

Well, he's more of an acquaintance
than a friend.

Acquaintances don't pick you up
in private planes.

He didn't send the jet to be nice.
He sent the jet to rub it in my face.

Look, l was always one step ahead of
this guy during school,

and now that we're in the real world,

he wants to show me that,
as far as most of the planet is concerned,

he's a lot more successful than l am.

And what is with the evening attire?

l mean, we're going to a science talk,
for God's sake.

Who the hell does he think he is?

ls this what the whole day
is going to be like?

Are you going to be in a bad mood?

-No.
-'Cause we're back on Earth

on a private jet,
drinking expensive champagne,

and your date's wearing a fancy dress.

Most people would be having
a good time, Rodney.

You're right. You're right.

McKay. Dr. Rodney McKay.

-Dr. Jennifer Keller.
-Yes. Welcome.

l'll just need you both
to sign this non-disclosure

and confidentiality agreement.

-You're not serious.
-ls there a problem, sir?

This whole thing is
a confidentiality agreement?

Yes, sir.

What could they possibly
be doing back there

that needs to be kept 200-pages secret?

lf you want to go inside, sir,
you need to sign the agreement.

Dinosaurs?

Excuse me?

Do they have living dinosaurs back there?

Because l'll sign this
if he's brought dinosaurs back to life.

But short of that, he is out of his mind
if he thinks l am going to pretend

that whatever discovery he's made
is so important and so secret

that l have to sign the unabridged works
of William Shakespeare here.

Just sign it.

Here you go.

You're just lucky the lady's here,
aren't you?

-Where do you think we are?
-l don't know. Arizona? Nevada?

l didn't think people even
built secret facilities anymore.

lt seems so 1950s.

Rodney McKay?

l had it on good authority
that you were dead.

And this would be your sister?

No, no, Neil.
You know, she's not my sister.

This is Jennifer Keller.
That's Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

You know, from television.

Yeah, of course. Very nice to meet you.

-No, the pleasure's mine.
-And she's taken, Neil.

No, no, l didn't mean it that way...

Neil likes to steal things from me,

things like women
and theoretical physics ideas.

Yeah, but who hasn't stolen an idea
from the great Rodney McKay?

So we admit it now.

See, back in the day, whenever
any one of these people came up

with a new idea or published a new paper,

Dr. McKay here would swear

that he was already working
on something very similar,

just hadn't gotten around
to publishing it yet.

He'd say things like,
''l was about to say that very same thing,''

or, ''l was just about to
have that same idea.''

Hey, at least l didn't declassify Pluto
from planet status.

Way to make all the little kids cry, Neil.
That make you feel like a big man?

See, thanks to Dr. Tyson,
Pluto is now the first of the plutoids,

a new class of celestial object. lt's cool.

Come on, Rodney. lt's the 21st century.

Actually, come to think of it,
when was the last time

you even published a paper?
lt was like the '80s?

lt hasn't been that long.

l think l was listening to that band
A Flock of Seagulls while l was reading it.

Actually, it might have been pre-Reagan.

Well, it has been great
running into you guys.

We should maybe get our seats.

Bye.

-They can't possibly be dating.
-l know.

Well, you know, you're married, so dibs.

She's all yours.

-l think maybe this was a bad idea.
-Why?

Well, l just remembered
l don't really like these people.

ls it that you don't like them,
or maybe they don't like you?

Possibly. l mean,
l used to be a little abrasive.

Used to be. Yeah.

lt's hard to explain.
My field is very competitive.

Yeah, l went to med school for six years.
l wouldn't know anything about that.

Oh, right.

Not everything has to be
a competition, Rodney.

-They know how smart you are.
-l'm not sure they do.

Of course they do.
You don't have to keep reminding them.

lt's called being humble.

You've heard that word before?

Look, we're on our first date,
and l've come to a physics talk, okay?

You have to bend a little bit, too.

Humble, eh?

l guess l can try anything once.

Earth,

our home, our planet,

the very vessel of life.

Our world, unique, irreplaceable.

And yet, at times,

it seems like
we are unrelenting in our quest

to drive our ecosystem
into catastrophic failure.

Gone unchecked,

global warming will transform
this lush world we know today

into a lifeless and arid rock.

Friends, the stakes couldn't be higher,
the situation no more dire.

lt's time to act.

Hello. l'm Malcolm Tunney.

lf he's so worried about global warming,

why did he fly us here on a private jet
that spews out more CO2 than Sweden?

Thank you very much. Very kind.

As many of you know,
l am not an environmental scientist,

nor do l pretend to be one.

For instance, l shower regularly.

No offense, Larry.

l'm just a concerned citizen,

one who realizes that
the Earth has carried us for so long,

maybe it's time that we carried her.

That ratio would be accurate
if his body was the size of his ego.

Yeah, it's a little much.

Solving a problem like global warming
may seem impossibly complex.

So many nations, so many corporations,

and John Q. Public will have to agree
on a dizzying number of issues.

So, then, what can one person really do
to make a difference?

What can l, with my particular
and unique skill set do to help?

They think you're the arrogant one?

l've been working on a number
of projects over the last decade,

and l realized that
if l were to combine them,

l just may be able
to achieve something unexpected.

So, ladies and gentlemen,

with major funding from my friends
at Kramer lnnovations,

l have been able to devise a means

to cool our planet in a safe
and controlled way.

This guy wouldn't know cool...

Now, the science behind this
is immensely complex,

but there will be detailed briefs
handed out to you

as you leave the lecture hall.
But for right now,

let me just give you the CliffNotes.

lt begins with a massive heat sink,
one of my own design,

which steadily draws heat
from the surrounding environment.

-Where does the heat go?
-Where does the heat go?

''Where does that heat go?'' you may ask.

Well, my friends, that is the hard part.

l give you
the Tunney Space-Time Matter Bridge.

Wait. What?

Now, this isn't just
some theoretical math proof.

This is a functioning piece of technology,

one that literally moves heat
from our space-time

and vents it out into another space-time.

That's my bridge...
My sister and l came up with that.

-Sorry.
-And it works.

We've been testing the system
for a few months now,

and it has proved to be remarkably stable.

That's my idea !

Rodney, now is not the time.

For the purposes
of the demonstration today,

l've surrounded this facility
with an electrified plasma grid

that will contain
the reach of the heat sink.

lt will draw heat only from this facility.

Wait, he's going to turn it on with us here.
That's... This is a bad idea.

-Rodney, please.
-And to prove the effectiveness

of this system,

l will lower the temperature
within this facility by 10 degrees.

And don't worry,
l've turned off the air conditioning,

so there'll be no cheating, l promise.

l'm sorry, l can't let him do this.

-No, Rodney...
-Excuse me! Malcolm.

Dr. McKay. Thank you for coming.

This is a bad idea.

Well, we're not quite ready
for the Q&A session yet,

so if you could just wait till then.. .

Let's just take a look at the data
you've come up with and talk about this,

because turning the device on
with all these people here

could be very dangerous.

Respectfully, l disagree.

You can't do something like this
without our consent.

Sit down!

You did sign the document
when you entered, didn't you?

-Well, yeah, l thought that was just...
-Then l have your consent.

Yeah, but... Look, l've been doing work

-that is very, very similar to this...
-Really?

l don't think that's possible.

Look, these bridges to other space-times
can be very unpredictable.

Do you have any research
you'd like to put forward right now?

A paper, perhaps?
Anything to back up your claim?

Rodney, please.
Tell me this isn't just petty jealousy.

-Okay.
-Well, no, no, l just...

No, l didn't think so.

Don't worry, everyone.
This is completely safe. And.. .

We're up and running.

Now, l'll be happy
to answer all of your questions

once you've had a chance
to read the brief, but for now,

why don't we all go back out to the lobby
where hot cocoa is waiting?

'Cause it's about to get very cold in here.

Thank you.

-l...
-Come on.

Let's go get some hot chocolate, okay?
Come on.

This is... How did he even
get a hold of my work?

-You're sure this is your work?
-Absolutely.

You believe me, don't you?

Of course l do.

There is no way that
he came up with this on his own.

We've got to... We've got to... We...

Come on.

We shouldn't be in here.

-Okay, just stand guard there.
-Why?

lt'll take me a couple of seconds
to hack into his computer.

What are you doing?

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you, but l don't think

an achievement of this magnitude
can truly be credited to one man.

-Dr. Tunney, sir.
-Excuse me.

Yes? What is it?

Well, you told us to shut the device down
once we reached 64.

Yes, that's right.
We can shut it down now.

Well, that's the problem, sir. We've tried.
We've tried everything, in fact.

The device won't shut off.

-Malcolm !
-l'm sorry,

could you just give me a moment here?

Let me in here. Let me in here.

-All right, now, who's been in here?
-Just us, sir.

-What is it?
-Well, the bridge won't deactivate.

l don't understand why it shouldn't.

Shut down the power to the facility.

That won't do anything.

The system self-generates its own power
once it's up and running.

Well, then shut down
the containment field.

We need to get these guests out of here.

-That won't work, either.
-Why not?

Why not?
Well, it's impossibly complicated,

but the containment field is tied

into the basic operations
of the device, all right?

lt literally can't shut down
until we collapse the matter bridge.

lt's a safety protocol,
one that l can't reprogram

until we can power down the device.

So, we're trapped in here
until you can get this thing fixed?

-Yes.
-What happens until then?

The bridge will continue to draw heat
from the heat sink.

We've just dropped 10 degrees
in 10 minutes.

ln an hour, we're going to be below zero.
We're going to freeze to death.

Well, l've activated
the facility's heating system.

That should buy us a little bit of time.

You said ''without a hitch,''
you'd run hundreds of tests.

Someone has messed with the system.

-That was out of line, man.
-He stole the work.

Hey, come on.
lt was in the middle of his presentation.

He was about to start the thing up!
lt couldn't wait.

He brought you here as an olive branch.
He wanted to bury the hatchet.

Yeah, in my back.

Dr. McKay. Dr. Keller.

-Yes?
-Yes?

Mr. Tunney would like a word.

Well, l'm guessing that,
that word is ''l apologize.''

That's two words, genius.

He's one odd duck, that guy.

Well, it takes a big man
to admit that he's wrong,

and much as l appreciate it,
l really would prefer

that this whole apology thing
took place a little more publicly.

Are you kidding?

You are the one
who should be apologizing to me.

What the hell for?

l invited you here as a courtesy,
out of kindness.

You know, most people think
you've lost your mind,

that you've gone Howard Hughes.

Just because l don't call anymore
doesn't mean l'm keeping my urine in jars.

-Look, l don't need you to...
-Shut up. l don't have time for this.

What have you two done?

What have we done?

We can't shut the device down.

l told you not to turn it on.
l practically begged you.

But would you listen? No!

Tell us what you did and how to undo it,
and l'll consider not pressing charges.

We didn't do anything.

Really? Explain this, then.

We shouldn't be in here.

-Stand guard there.
-Why?

lt'll take me a couple seconds
to hack into his computer.

What are you doing?

lf that son of a bitch thinks
that he can humiliate me

in front of my peers and get away with it,

he's got another thing coming.
l will destroy him.

Now is not the time, Rodney.

Got to be something in here l can use
to discredit the pretentious tool.

Hurry up, hurry up, somebody's coming.
Come on, come on, come on!

Now, look, l can see how, out of context,
that could seem incriminating...

''Out of context''?

What were you doing in there?

l was looking for a paper l published
a little over two years ago,

one that dealt with a matter bridge.

Rodney, you have not published a paper
in a very long time.

You probably didn't even know
it was my work.

You're publishing
under a nom de plume now?

Okay, here's how l think it went down.

You were working with the government.

Someone there trusted you a lot

and let you see something
you weren't supposed to see.

Or maybe you were sent something
by accident. Who knows?

You saw a paper about a matter bridge,

a project that was shut down due to
the adverse effects of exotic particles.

You read it,
you realized that if the bridge was used

merely as a transfer of energy, say heat,

there would be no exotic particle creation
and thus no adverse effects.

So, you co-opted the science as your own,

made a few changes
to make yourself feel better,

and got to work,
dismissing the original author's warnings

about the inherent instability
of time-space bridges.

How am l doing so far?

That's preposterous. Dr. Tunney's
been working on this for years.

That was my work, Malcolm.

l wrote that paper.

Terrence, these people
may be able to help us.

-This is bad.
-The sabotage?

-Sabotage? Please.
-But you said there was...

-l may have rushed to judgment.
-Can you shut it down?

Look, these matter bridges
are the very definition of unpredictable.

You know, l think l remember you saying
something about that before.

-Yes or no, Doctor?
-Look, l don't know yet.

-Have you turned up the heat?
-Yes.

-Have you noticed this?
-Yes.

-What is it?
-The bridge isn't drawing a consistent load

from the heat sink. lnstead, it's wavering.

Why is that bad?

l wouldn't necessarily call it bad.
lt's definitely not good,

but l don't know
that l'd go so far as to call it bad.

You're kidding me, right?

A regular bridge should draw

the same amount of energy
from the heat sink at all times.

This one is fluctuating greatly.

Maybe we can use that.

Wait for it to peak,
then overload it and crash.

-That's a good idea.
-Yeah, l thought you'd like it,

what with it being my idea and all.

-lt's freezing in here.
-We get it. lt works.

Shut it down.
l'm starting to freeze to my chair.

What the hell was that?

A sudden and dramatic cooling beam.
The irregular power pull from the bridge...

So when the bridge makes
a sudden demand on the heat sink...

The heat sink reacts by drawing power

from a single, localized place
inside the containment field.

And that beam would freeze
anything in its path.

-l did not see this coming.
-lt's freeze lightning.

Freeze lightning, l like that.

You can't have it. lt's mine.
lt's copywritten.

How's he doing?

He's in very bad shape.

lt's like his whole left side
has been flash-frozen.

l have never seen anything like this before.

Oh, man.

Look, this isn't entirely your fault.

l really hope he signed his waiver.

Do you think this is the first time
this has happened?

Yeah, or maybe just the first time
anyone's been around to notice it.

So this thing could be wreaking havoc
all over the facility.

So this is going to keep happening?

Yes, and probably with greater frequency.

Okay, this little side effect
is going to really hamper

our attempts to shut this thing down.

And by hamper, you mean get us all killed.

Yeah, something like that.

We need to call in the military.

l'd prefer not to do that just yet.

You're lucky that guy out there isn't dead.

l'm sure these two can get the device
back into its proper operating mode.

lt's a little late for that.

Terrence, things have gotten out of hand.
We need to make that call.

We make that call
and the government shuts us down.

-Yeah, that's the idea.
-l don't understand.

When the device started to malfunction,

the first thing you wanted to do
was get everyone out of here safely.

To avoid the project being branded
as too dangerous to move forward.

Well, the cat's out of the bag now.

Are you worried about
all the money you sunk into this?

-'Cause that's gone.
-No, l'm not worried about the money.

We're close to coming up
with a solution for global warming.

We could save the planet.

lt's bigger than me,
and it's bigger than you.

And if we can get the device under control
without calling the military,

they're going to let us
continue our research.

l've got news for you. You can't control it,

and you shouldn't continue
with your research.

We'll figure it out.

l have the utmost faith in both of you.

This is ridiculous. Give me your cell.

No, it won't work,
not with the containment field up.

There's too much interference.

You have a land line in your office.

-lt's dead.
-Give me that.

lt's dead.

Kramer must have killed the phones.

l don't suppose you have access
to the communications room?

-lt's a Kramer facility. l just work here.
-Great.

Looks like it's up to you and me.

We'd better get back to the control room,
figure this out ourselves.

Wait. Wait, wait.

lsn't there, like,
a room full of geniuses out there?

-That's debatable.
-That's debatable.

lf that freeze lightning thing
happens again, people could die.

-They'll slow me down.
-Hey!

What happened to that ''humble'' thing
we were going to try today?

The result is
what l am calling freeze lightning.

Unbelievable.

lt is the sudden and immediate transfer
of heat from a localized area,

and it is potentially very lethal.

We need to figure out
how to collapse the matter bridge,

stop it from drawing energy
from the heat sink,

otherwise it's going
to get unlivably cold in here.

Why don't we just turn
this containment field off

and get out of here?

Well, for one thing, it's tied into
the basic function of the matter bridge,

so we can't just shut it off.

Even if we could,
it houses so much cool air now

that it would create a sudden,
massive cold front as soon as it drops.

l mean, we're talking high-speed winds,
tornadoes, an instant mega-storm.

Not to mention the fact that
the heat sink would start to draw heat

not just from this facility,
but from the entire planet.

We cannot allow that to happen.

Why don't we just destroy it,
just bash it apart?

Because that could create
a tear in our space-time.

-Never mind, then.
-Yeah.

Look, you guys are the best of the best.

l'm sure if you work together,
you'll come up with something.

l think...

That will never work.
Look, just give me two seconds...

-No!
-No!

You're going about this all wrong.

Watch who you're correcting, Science Guy.

My PhD is not honorary.

Hey, look, l'm an engineer. l can do math!
Just listen to my idea...

l have been listening to you,

and that is what led me to believe
that you are a moron!

lf it's any consolation, you're both wrong.

What, and you're right?

We're supposed to listen to you?
You're the jerk that got us into this mess.

-l have a workable theory.
-Yeah, a theory.

Maybe take into account the fact
that l have some experience with this,

that l've been doing work
that is years ahead

of anything you guys have
even been dreaming about.

l think that's kind of what l'm getting at!

Hey!

This is embarrassing.

Look at you.

The greatest minds this world has to offer,
and if l didn't know any better,

l'd think there was
a bunch of sixth graders in here.

You guys need to suck it up and get along.

lt's like l've always said, you see,

people are more alike
than they are different...

Not now, Nye.

Okay.

Our lives are at stake here.

We need a solution, and we need this fast.

Please.

Come on,
the rest of us are counting on you.

Yes, Rodney.

l think l'm onto something.
lt just needs some ironing out.

Okay. Great.

Guys...

Yeah, well,
let's have a look at it and just...

Fresh eyes.

They'll figure something out.

l'm sure they will.

Let's just hope it's before someone dies.

You know, my uncle George,

he always hated the phrase,
''Save the planet.''

-What?
-Well, he just thought

it was a little backwards, you know,

'cause the planet's going to be here
no matter what happens.

lt might be a giant unlivable rock,
but it's going to survive.

So, you're turning this
into a discussion on semantics?

What l mean is, Mr. Kramer,
the work you're doing

isn't about saving the planet.
lt's about saving lives.

And that's a noble pursuit,
trying to save billions of people,

but it's no less noble to save 100.

These guys,
no matter how smart they are,

they could use some help.

One phone call could get that help here.

Now, please.

Please let me make that call.

Don't tell me.

Oh, God.

l'm so sorry.

Can you fix this?

No. We're completely cut off.

Well, that's terrible news.

-lt's my fault. l should have...
-Yes, you should have.

You need to see this.

The cold temperatures are affecting
the containment field emitters.

When they're weak,
they're on the verge of failing.

That's great. We can get
most of the people out of here, no?

Make a call to the military?

We're surrounded by desert air.

The temperatures
inside the containment field

have gotten very, very cold.

lntroducing a sudden and immediate blast

of icy air is going to create
one hell of a vortex storm.

There's no way a cell phone transmission
could make it through,

let alone actually get people
out of here safely.

We can ride out the storm.

No, if we can't shut down the device,

the heat sink's going to keep feeding
cold air into that weather system.

lt'll never stop.

That's not good.

No, l'd rather that didn't happen.

-No, no, no. This might be a good thing.
-What is it?

Well, the containment field is
dying a slow but consistent death.

lt might be weak enough to actually punch
a cell phone signal through now.

You know, you might be right.

Okay, this is probably our best bet.
These two emitters are the weakest.

lt's a bit of a run from here,
so l'd better get going right now.

Wait, wait, wait.

Give me your cell.

We need you here to
help Rodney dismantle the bridge.

l'll make the call.

-Come on.
-All right, all right. Fine.

Thanks.

l'm going to radio once l get through.

-Good luck.
-You, too.

She seems like a very capable woman.

She sure is.

She's your sister, right? ls she single?

All right, where were we?

Your idea of overwhelming the bridge
to the point of collapse,

-it's a good one. lt's right on track.
-But...

Everybody here thinks it means
we've got to dial up the heat sink.

lt's going to get even colder.

And that could result in an
unpredictable amount of freeze lightning...

-Which could kill us all.
-Right.

The facility's furnace just went down.

Well, how did that happen?

We've been running
at 120% for the last hour

to compensate for falling temperatures.

We're in the middle of the desert.

The facility's not meant
to be heated like this.

Well, we're going to get below freezing
pretty darn quick now.

All right, well, we can't power it down,
'cause it generates its own power.

And we can't wait
for the containment field to collapse

because the storm will probably kill us.

All right, guys,
we don't have a choice, okay.

We've got to wait for the bridge to peak,

dial up the heat sink,
see if we can overwhelm it.

l know it's dangerous,
but that's all we've got.

Okay, look.

There's too many people in here.
l have important work to do.

l do not need you in the way,
so, everybody, out!

Come on.

Thank God.

General Landry's office.

Yes, this is Dr. Jennifer Keller.

l need to speak
to the General immediately.

lt's an emergency.

Hello?

-Hello?
-Hello? This is Dr...

Hello?

Son of a bitch!

Should we warn everyone
we're about to do this?

No, no, that would just cause a panic.

lt's probably better they don't know.

We have no way of moving people
to a safe area,

plus we have no idea where
the next freeze lightning strike could hit.

''Freeze lightning,''
you know, that's a bad name.

Don't look at me. lt's his idea.

Okay, here we go.

-All right, shut it off.
-l can't. lt hasn't collapsed the bridge yet.

l had a signal before. Come on!

-lt's not working!
-We just need a little more time,

just a little more time.

The lightning strikes are freezing off
whole sections of the facility.

-Everyone is getting isolated.
-lt doesn't matter.

They'll melt eventually
if we can shut this thing down.

You are going to kill us all!

Okay, look, l just need to keep doing...

-What did you do?
-l turned it down.

What? Why?

-lt was too dangerous.
-But we were almost there.

lt was peaking out! lt was going to work.

Yeah, and we would all be dead.

We just have to come up with
something else.

Yeah, something fast 'cause
the containment field is about to fail.

Great.

Not good.

Rodney, can you hear me?

Please tell me you got through to the SGC.

-No.
-Well, you've got to keep trying.

l'd love to,
but my phone got a little soaked.

-lt's not even turning on.
-What?

My hallway got hit
by that freeze lightning thing.

Are you okay?

l am now, but l won't be for long.

-What happened?
-l'm frozen in,

and the pipes busted open.

My body temperature
is dropping really fast.

Okay, l'll radio security.
l'll get someone out to her right away.

Look, security's on the way.
l need you just to sit tight

-and try to stay warm, okay?
-Okay.

Sorry l didn't get the call through.

You did your best.

Did you shut that thing down?

Not yet. We're working on it.

-Hurry.
-Yeah.

-McKay!
-Okay, look, l've got to go.

Someone's on the way, all right?

-What is it?
-Containment field failure

in three, two, one...

Winds aloft. Reaching dangerous levels.

lf it continues like this,

we're going to have a mess
of tornadoes on our hands.

Great. Even less time before we die.

Look, this device is capable of
generating its own power, right?

Yeah, a small percentage of the energy

that we're transferring
is siphoned off to power the device.

So once it's running, it's self-sustaining.

Which is why we can't just pull the plug.

Exactly.

But it's only capable of powering itself

to a certain extent, right?

l mean, it has a finite amount
of power generation capability?

Well, yes, of course.

Maybe we've been approaching this
the wrong way.

We've been trying to force so much power

through the bridge that it overloads it.

l mean, maybe we should be
trying to starve it.

l mean, suck so much power
from its generator that it stalls it out.

Technically, we could do that,
but you'd have to draw

an insane amount of power.
The heat sink could never do it.

No, but another space-time bridge could.

You want to open
another space-time bridge?

The device was rigged
to power a single bridge.

We open another one...

And it overwhelms the system and it fails.

lt'll work.

Yeah, but do you have any idea

how difficult it's going to be
to configure the system

to open two concurrent
space-time bridges?

l never said it was going to be easy.

Well, it's going to be impossible.

Hey, l'm Dr. Rodney McKay, all right?

Difficult takes a few seconds,
impossible, a few minutes.

Rodney, can you hear me?

-Have they got you out of there yet?
-No.

Tunney, what's the deal?
l thought you sent security.

-They can't get to her.
-What? Why not?

That last round of freeze lightning,
it sealed off a lot of the corridors.

See, they're making their way to her,
but it's gonna take some time.

lt's getting harder.. .

Harder to stay awake.
l'm going into hypothermic shock.

Jennifer, just hang in there, all right?

All right, we're here, right?

Well, so we can get to her.
lt's a straight shot.

They should have come this way,
through the lab.

-They're cut off from us, too.
-Okay, l've got to go get her.

No, wait a minute.
We're a little bit busy right now.

-She'll die.
-Yeah, but you know what?

lf the storm keeps up like this,

it's going to rip the building apart,
we'll all die!

Last time l checked,
you were claiming to be a genius.

-l already gave you the plan.
-A plan full of holes.

-So fill them !
-What if l run into a problem?

Work around it!

You're smarter than me.

l know.

McKay!

This is outrageous!

l mean, right when we need him the most,
he puts it on me,

and l'm supposed to be
the one who's gonna just...

Man up.

Jennifer!

Okay, l think that's it.
Before l run it, just check my math.

l have been!
Why do you think l'm standing here?

Jennifer!

Okay, come on, come on.

Do it!

You're not breathing.
Oh, my God, you're not breathing.

Please don't be dead. Please don't be dead.

Come back to me, please.

Please come back to me.

lt worked!

The second space-time bridge
blew the power supply.

Both bridges collapsed.

l did it!

Please...

Thank God. You're okay. You're okay.

-l'm really cold.
-Me, too.

You saved me.

l guess that makes us even.

l used an ax, a big ax.

l mean, l really wish you were conscious,

'cause l think it's the coolest thing
l've ever done in my...

l don't know what l would have done
if l lost you.

l love you.

l have for some time now.

l just wanted you to know.

Well, at least your friends
don't think you're a washout anymore.

Stupid Bill Nye is telling
everyone who will listen

that Tunney's the guy
who turned the device off.

Because he was the one
that shut off the device.

With my coding, it was my idea.

Rodney, does it really matter?

Yes. Yes, it does.

l'm sorry.
l know l'm supposed to be humble,

l know l'm not supposed to care,
but l do, l really do. And that's...

Well, that's something
you should know about me.

Well, quit, then. Join the private sector.

Start doing work the whole world can see.

l've been thinking about it.

What? No, you haven't.

Hey, my contract
with the SGC is up this year.

Maybe it's time for me to move on,
time for me to do other things.

Please, l don't know anyone
who loves their job more than you.

So you think the military is going
to let them keep experimenting?

l think it's highly unlikely.

Besides, geoengineering
is a dumb pursuit anyway.

l mean, no one person's
going to solve global warming.

We all have to do our part.

Like not take private jets.

Well, they were going our way anyway.

You know, it's kind of nice,
just me and you back here.

Right.

Right!

You were legally dead a few hours ago.
You were practically frozen.

You really want to...

Well, it's either that or you keep telling me
how you, and only you, saved the day.

Nah.

l'm trying this whole humble thing out.
Seems to be quite a hit with the ladies.