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Carter: U.A.V. Is a go for launch, sir.

Hammond: Launch.

That never gets old.

I love that.

U.a.v. Will arrive at pj2—445 in 3...

2...i

automatic terrain radar system is functioning.

You know, if this new technology works out, sir,

it's going to be able to do a lot more

long—range reconnaissance.

Cool.

Sensors are indicating sporadic spots of heat.

Hammond: What are they?

When we were there yesterday, sir,

we didn't getthis far from the gate.

They could be anything.

Air vents, warm water Springs...

Perhaps life forms?

Motion detectors don't indicate any movement, sir.

Technician: We're losing signal.

What? That shouldn't be happening.

Switching to manual control.

Come on, captain. Pull it up

I can't, sir.

We have lost signal. Trying to re—establish.

This doesn't make any sense.

This u.A.V. Was specially designed

for exactly this type of radio control.

What was that it crashed into?

I'm no botanist, sir,

but it looked like some sort of plant life.

We have visual contact reestablished.

We didn't need that u.A.V., did we, sir?

Uh, I need the flight recorder, sir,

to determine why the controls failed.

Estimated distance from the gate is 10 miles.

That's 6 hours there and back.

That would confirm the presence

of life forms on pj2—445.

Well...

I guess that changes the priority

of this mission, eh, sir?

Daniel: Dj vu.

Teal'c: I am unfamiliar with that term.

Um, it means,

"I feel like I've been here before."

That is correct, Daniel Jackson.

Yesterday, when we first arrived on this planet.

Right. What was ithinking?

Ah—choo!

Bless.

I'm not picking up

the locating beacon on the u.A.V.,

but the crash site should be this way.

Daniel: You know, I thought the alien

on the video looked fairly docile,

more curious than harmful.

I thought it looked bald, white, and naked.

Teal'c: Since it is their planet,

is it notwe who are the aliens?

Daniel: Actually, the word "alien" refers

to anything characteristic

of Avery different place or culture.

Anything really strange relative

from our own perspective.

O'Neill: Thinkwe call you alien

because you're from chulak?

Ha!

Kindaweird, huh?

Captain, why don't you start—...

Sir, plant life on earth accounts

for more than 80% of our medicinal resources.

We should really check it out.

Check it out.

Daniel: These other ones must not

quite be full—grown, I guess.

Ah—choo!

Bless.

Oh, boy.

The u.A.V. Was dragged in that direction.

And that direction it is.

Dwellings.

Lots of 'em.

Um, Jack?

Yeah?

What?

Hi.

Well, I guess that was the wrong thing to say.

O'Neill: What do you think, Daniel?

Are they friendly spirits?

I guess we should go find out.

Hello. I'm Daniel Jackson.

Try smiling.

This is bizarre.

Uh, Daniel?

Keep smiling. Don't move.

I am not fond of this.

Me, neither.

They just want to see what we feel like.

Oh, hey, wait!

What?

One of them got my knife.

I got it.

Hey, there.

Hi.

Th—that's not for you. It's very dangerous.

Could I have it back, please?

Daniel: Ah—choo!

Ahh!

It—it's just a sneeze.

Carter, how's your hand?

It will be all right, sir.

I have never before encountered such a species.

I'm gonna try and communicate again.

Want some company?

I think itwould be less intimidating if I go alone.

All right. Find out what you can about the u.A.V., huh?

So.

Daniel.

You don't...

You don't speak at all, do you?

That's...

Thank you.

You gotta wonder what they're talking about in there.

Daniel: Well, they're not naked.

They're covered with something.

Look, it's, uh, it's some sort of body paint

that hardens into a second skin when it dries.

Well, I have to admit,

this is one of the stranger cultures I've ever seen.

As far as I can tell, they're communal,

but there's very little sign

of actual social communication.

I haven't seen anytools

or any signs of a functional civilization.

So they're a little less evolved than we are.

Well, we don't wanna jump to any conclusions.

Remember the nox.

And they did build these homes.

That's a kind appraisal.

What about the u.A.V.?

Daniel: Well, I've tried everything I know

about rudimentary communication,

and to be honest,

I've had more successful conversations with dogs.

So...

So they're probably a little less evolved than we are.

Yes.

Yes, th e—— the——th e——...

The——th e—— th e——yes.

Thank you. This...

This is a major breakthrough.

I'm sorry. This is, uh...

This is nothing to worry about.

Of course, I could be wrong.

I can't find a pulse,

buti don't know if that means anything.

He's still breathing.

O'Neill: Captain...

Why don't we back off for now, huh?

I really hope this isn't

because I sneezed on him.

This one appeared to have lubricant

from the u.A.V. On his hands.

Perhaps that is what has made him ill.

Could be their national pastime for all we know.

Maybe they got low blood sugar.

They're singing.

Is that whatthat is?

Well, some native American

as well as African and aboriginal tribes

believe that music and chants

have medicinal powers.

The sound is incredible.

Well, I guess it didn't work

quite like they hoped.

O'Neill.

Should we not leave now?

What?

Our presence here may make more of them ill.

I was wondering the same thing, Daniel.

What if we're causing this?

Well, look at them.

I don'tthinkthey know what's happening,

much less how to help themselves.

Hey, we don't even know what's happening,

much less how to help them.

Well, whatever it is,

it's turning into an epidemic.

Fraiser: Now, this is a house call.

Let's go.

Straightaway, boys.

Captain Carter.

Dr. Fraiser.

What's th e situation?

Well, we're up to 14 afflicted.

They seem to just double over in pain

and then pass out.

From there, they remain unconscious.

We've introduced a number

of foreign substances

that could be responsible.

Ok, let's set up over here.

And the u.A.V. Ran into that plant thing I showed you.

I've been sneezing like crazy

ever since we got here.

Yeah, and I cut my hand, and one of the aliens

could have come in contact with my blood.

One of the aliens had lubricant

from the u.A.V. On his hands.

Ok, look. The fact is,

it could be somebody's aftershave.

Now, how are they gonna react

if iwanna run some tests?

The behavior of the group

indicates serious agitation and concern.

This is obviously unusual to them.

They're worried, but so far,

they're been very passive and willing

to let us try to help

Your tests are all clean.

What about them?

I'm pretty limited here.

I mean, they may look similar to us,

butthey are definitely very different.

You don't know what's wrong, do you?

Fraiser: No.

I recommend we take one of them back

to earth, where I can run more extensive tests.

Under level—2 quarantine conditions,

it should be perfectly safe.

I'd like to stay.

What for?

Keep trying to communicate with them.

Reassure them that we're trying to help.

I don't see any danger, sir.

We're not makin'things worse by bein' here?

No, ithinkthe damage is probably already done.

Quarantine the sick in case this problem

is contagious amongst them.

I also suggest you check out

the other villages in the distance.

If this illness is presentthere,

it just may rule us out as the origin.

Carter, you go back with fraiser.

Reportto general Hammond and get your hand looked at.

Daniel, Teal'c, and I will stick around.

It's ok.

Everything's gonna be fine.

Man: Ok.

They're ready with the genome...

On 3.

All right. You're gonna be ok.

Get this outta here.

It's ok.

Give me your stethoscope when you're done.

When he first got sick,

they all gathered around him

and started making this incredible sound.

It was like music.

You do not believe we are responsible, O'Neill?

Yes, I believe we are...

N ot.

We should check it out either way.

It is possible one of the aliens

from the village we visited

went to warn others and spread the disease.

Yeah, I guess. Whoa, whoa.

I got it.

Are you all right, O'Neill?

I'm fine.

Look...

Teal'c, I know this might be tough for you,

but would you mind if we just walked

without talking for a while?

Do you feel an illness?

I got a little headache. I'll be fine.

How's it going?

Nothing conclusive yet.

I'm just about to do an ultrasound

and see if I can get a clear picture

of their internal organs.

Maybe I'll try another way.

There are a number of common elements in their blood—...

Red and white cells, glucose, protein...

But you're working with a human frame of reference

on the test results.

Exactly. I mean, how am I supposed to know

what's normal for these guys?

Uh, that's not exactly normal, is it?

Dr. Fraiser: Not from any anatomy I've learned.

Look atthis.

Whoa.

What, uh, what—— What just happened?

Right.

Good impression.

What's up?

Uh, the plant,

or at least it was.

What?

Well, it had grown to over 6 feet tall,

and when icame up to it,

it just shrank back down into the ground.

I'm gonna back up again

and see if it does it again.

Witness, if you will...

Squat.

Well, you—— you saw it, too.

See? Just like that.

Many aliens in nearby villages are ill.

Ok. What are we gonna do?

How should I know?

Well, we need to do something.

I agree with you, but I haven't had

the brilliant revelations you seem to have had.

Well, maybe you could try coming up with something

a little bit better than inappropriate sarcasm.

You want sarcasm? Nice to meet you.

What's he smilin' at?

He appears to be bothered by the tone

you have taken towards each other... as am I.

Uh, Teal'c, why don't you head back to the gate,

get a message to general Hammond,

let him know what's goin' on here.

And the two of you will be fine?

Yeah, yeah.

We'll be ok.

I'm gonna stick around

and work on this quarantine thing with plant boy here.

We just got a report from Teal'c.

The sick now number over 100, and that's only

among the aliens that they could count.

The disease does not appear to be local

to the village you encountered.

The muscle that I've identified

as the alien's heart

is beating more and more erratically.

So whatever he's got is going to kill him.

I don't know how much longer

I can keep this one alive, sir.

I'm afraid to administer drugs,

because it could make him worse.

Sir, if you don't mind, what are you thinking?

Captain, I am thinking that the unfortunate reality is

that this scenario was not totally unexpected.

Actually, sir, the surprising thing is

it hasn't happened more often.

We think it may be because there are

so many transplanted humans from earth

on other planets,

that most of the contagions we carry

are already out there.

Yeah, well, not in this case.

Unfortunately, there's only so much time

and so many resources

that this facility can devote to this situation.

Sir, I didn't say it was hopeless.

They didn't ask for this.

I mean, they're clearly unable to help themselves.

We just can't keep trampling th rough the galaxy

with no regard for the damage that we can do.

Sir, we need more time.

A lot more time.

How much time you've got is not up to me.

Sir?

You said it yourself, doctor.

They are dying.

O'Neill: Ah—ah—ah! Get back! Come on!

Get back! Fine.

Knock yourself out. Go ahead.

Go play in the street.

Don't forget your sunblock.

Why aren't you helping me?

Oh, it's no use. They don't understand.

They want to be with each other.

Well, we're not gonna stand around

doing nothing.

We're not doing nothing.

You're videotaping a plant.

Well, itthinkthis might be important.

Well, ithink you might be losing

what's left of your mind.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means that on a good day,

you can be a little flaky.

And on a good day, you can be

a little ignorant and con descen ding.

Not condescending.

You're obviously misreading

a basic philosophical difference of opinion

on how to handle a crisis.

Oh, please! We have a difference of opinion

on just about everything.

Give me an example.

I don't know! Pick something!

How about—— how about mythology?

Rumors? Lies? Fairy tales?

See? See? See? See? See? See? See?

Mythology is one of the primary motivations

for cultural development!

Maybe it is. What's that got to do

with filming a plant?!

Exactly!

What does that mean?! I don't know!

What was that?

I don't know. I don't feel so good.

I've got a headache.

Maybe we're getting whatever they have.

Getting worse?

Yeah. Kinda.

H ey, Teal'c.

Dr. Fraiser and captain Carter

have had little success in healing the alien.

Well, ithink Daniel Andi

are coming down with something, too.

How are you doin'?

I remain unaffected.

Ithinkwe should probably go back

and get checked out, huh?

I will remain.

O'Neill: All right, Teal'c.

If we're not back in 12 hours,

come on home.

Would you do me a favor?

Could you keep an eye on this plantthing for me?

I will keep both of my eyes on it,

Daniel Jackson.

Thank you.

You gonna make this?

Come on.

Are you ok?

We started to feel sick.

What kind of sick?

Headaches. Brutal headach es.

But now I feel fine.

Colonel, are you ok?

I'm feeling better, actually.

Listen. I, uh—...

No, no! Um...

Sorry. You were gonna say?

No. It's just that, uh...

Well, you know...

Uh, no. I know. I know.

You know that I—...

I know.

It's obvious there's something—...

Something wrong with us...

Physically. Physically.

Well, there's nothing wrong with you.

What?

Well, I've run every test I could,

short of exploratory brain surgery,

and you are both in perfect health.

Huh.

Voice on intercom: Dr. Fraiser

to critical care, stat.

He's flatlining!

Normally, I'd defibrillate,

but I don't know what it'll do in this case.

One milligram epinephrine.

Start a Lidocaine I.V. Go!

He's stable for now.

If he's gonna die, shouldn't we at least

let him be with his own kind?

What are you looking for?

I don't know.

Something. Anything.

Daniel,

we can't always expect things to go

the way we want th em to.

To go the way we want them to?

I mean, one wrong move, one false step,

and a whole fragile world gets wiped out?

We are killing a whole race of people here!

How can I not care?!

What?

My head hurts again.

Well, your pupils look fine.

This is the strangest thing. I feel fine again.

Ok. So, then, when did this start?

Well, it was probably while I was watching the...

Excuse me.

There has to be something the camera recorded,

something we can't see.

Or hear.

Give me the tape.

Carter, what are you doin'?

I'm looking for something

that we can't hear.

Here. In the long—amplitude waves.

Isolating and amplifying.

See, this was under everything

that you recorded with the camera.

The sound was present

the entire time we were on the planet.

We just couldn't hear it.

It's kind of annoying.

Why don't you turn it down?

Actually, it's more than just annoying, sir.

It's also responsible for the symptoms

you were describing.

It is?

Long—term exposure to certain sounds have been

documented to cause serious physical side effects:

Your headach es, nausea, severe irritability.

The longer you're exposed to it,

the worse it gets.

I'll betthis was what was interfering

with our remote control on the u.A.V.

So this must be what's making the aliens sick.

No. See, you felt better when you got back here,

but the alien we brought here

just keeps getting worse.

And the sound that was causing your symptoms

isn't here on the base, except on this tape.

So this isn't what's making the aliens sick?

Technician: Colonel, incoming wormhole.

Sg—I code verified.

Open the Iris.

You all right?

My condition is improving.

Here. Sit down.

Well, I guess Jaffa

aren't completely impervious after all.

What has led you to that assumption?

Well, there's...

Some kind of bad sound on that planet.

It's what made us sick, I guess.

It just took you a little longer to cave in.

I believe itto be the organism

that was somehow attacking me.

What organism?

I made a discovery

while observing your plants, Daniel Jackson.

You saw them grow?

Indeed.

I saw several of them rise.

When I approached, they retracted

into the ground.

I removed the dirt

from around the retracted plants.

It appears they are all connected.

And you say it attacked you?

As I drew near the organism,

I became disoriented.

My head was overcome with great pain.

Movement became very difficult.

That's it.

What? Where are you going?

Come on.

Did we record audio

from the u.A.V.'S air run

over pj2—445?

Sure. Do you have a tape?

It's still in the hard drive data—bank.

Ok. Run itthrough an audio spectrum analysis,

amplify the low end,

and replay it through the speakers.

Ithinki know where you're going.

Daniel: Now fast—forward to after the u.A.V. Crashed.

When the u.A.V. Crashed on the plant,

the sound changed.

The plant is making that sound?

Sir, it's an alien organism on another planet.

Good point.

We accidentally changed the sound

the organism naturally makes.

Why would the sound change?

It's alive. We hurt it.

Maybe the aliens are affected by the sound

in totally different ways than you were.

They could need the sound to be at a certain frequency.

For what reason?

To live. They don't even have

the same internal organs that we do.

The ultrasound.

Do you remember the way the alien reacted

when itried to do the ultrasound?

That organ that we couldn't identify

must be sound—sensitive.

So this inaudible sound was making you sick,

but not in the same way that it was affecting the aliens?

They need the soundto live,

but we altered it by harming the organism

that makes the sound?

Sounds right.

His pulse is getting stronger.

Frequency emitters are operational, sir.

Daniel, we should, uh...

We should get out of here.

Well, don't you want to stay

and see if it works?

Yeah, but we can watch from the Ridge over there.

I have a hunch,

and ithinkwe might be in the way.

Good—bye.

How much longer do you think?

I don't know.

Care to let us in on this hunch?

Not yet, sir.

There.

Teal'c: The plants are growing.

That was your hunch?

I had a feeling that there was

some sort of symbiotic relationship

between the aliens and the organism.

They probably don't even realize it.

Well, how did you realize it?

Captain?

I——I talk to my plants, ok?