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McKAY :
She used to leave the lights on.

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All over the house. Every room.

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It drove my father nuts.

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[CHUCKLES]

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For me, it was my brother,
only we had no lights.

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He used to leave
candles burning everywhere.

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Well, you know what ?

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No one wants to hear stories
about how poor you were as a child.

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We feel as sorry for you
as is humanly possible.

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Yeah. He burned the house down,
you know.

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McKAY :
My sister was afraid of the dark...

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... used to blame me
for leaving the lights on.

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Of course, my father believed her.
He never sided with me.

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We had to live in a tent
in the dead of winter for three months.

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At least my stories relate
to what we’re doing.

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Well, so do mine.

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We’re trekking all over the city...

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... shutting everything the Ancients
activated while they were in control...

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... so that we can stop the power from
draining from our one precious ZPM.

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- How does that relate to your brother ?
- If we don’t succeed--

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We’re not gonna have to live in a tent
in the dead of winter.

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It’s a metaphor.

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- Dr. McKay.
- Mmm. Thank God.

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- The control panel. It’s completely shot.
- Really ? You think so ?

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l don’t get these Ancients.
They’re supposed to be smart.

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But why activate something that
you don’t need and you’re not using ?

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Maybe they didn’t have time before...

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... the Replicators
that you reprogrammed attacked.

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Yes, yes, we all know what happened.

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Ah. Voilà.

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You’re angry you couldn’t figure out
how to override the protocols...

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... that kept us from shutting
this place down remotely.

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McKAY : Neither could you.
- Yes.

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But l didn’t bet
a month’s pay that l could do it.

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Okay, you know what ? Look around...

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... see if you could figure out
how to turn this place off.

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Hey, are you sure
you should be going up there ?

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How else am l gonna find out
what this room does, huh ?

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God forbid there should be anything...

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- ... in the Ancient database.
- There probably is, we just don’t have--

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Oh, here we go.

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[POWER ACTIVATING ]

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- Okay, there should be a switch.
- What do you think l’m doing ?

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All right.

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All right, double or nothing.

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- Oh, you’re on.
- All right.

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All right, it’s gotta be
around here somewhere.

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[POWER SURGING ]

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[McKAY GRUNTS]

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Rodney, what happened ?

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l’m not sure.

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l think l just lost.

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Big time.

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[MACHINES BEEPING ]

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As far as l can tell, he’s fine.

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l was hit by a mysterious energy pulse.
How can that possibly be fine ?

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l’ve run every test l can.
Blood work, MRIs, x-rays...

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... the lot. l’ve found no
anomalies in the results.

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Once more, mysterious energy pulse.
From a device created by the Ancients ?

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Who knows what l could be in for.

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l mean, there’s gross mutation,
giantism, invisibility ?

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That would be cool.
l turned into a bug.

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Like l said, as far as l can tell,
he’s as healthy as a horse.

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- l’m clearing you for active duty.
- Are you insane ?

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l need to be under guard.
Who knows what l could become.

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Could it make him more pleasant ?

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- Thank you.
SHEPPARD : l’Il keep an eye on him.

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Thank you.

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Can you still see me ?

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[EQUIPMENT BEEPING ]

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- What are you saying ?
- Well, that you were showing off.

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[CHUCKLES]

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Normally,
if Dr. Esposito weren’t around...

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... l doubt
you would have been reckless.

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McKAY :
Are you insane ?

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- Which one’s Esposito ?
- Oh, the long, dark hair.

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- Right, the one with the perfect little--
- We’re trying to work here.

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- For the record, l was gonna say » smile. »
- Sure you were. What have you got ?

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Nothing.

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What you did fried the power
conduits leading into the room.

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Whatever l did ?

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Look, up until very recently,
this lab was entirely underwater...

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... possibly for 10,000 years.
How is that my fault ?

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- Well, that part of it isn’t.
- Okay, that’s it. l’m going for lunch.

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TEYLA : How’s he doing ?
SHEPPARD : Same old Rodney.

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RONON : You’re sure ?
He looks a couple pounds heavier to me.

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TEYLA :
Ronon.

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RONON :
What ? He eats all the time.

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It’s not like he exercises.

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SHEPPARD :
He’s feeding his unhappiness.

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Hello. l’m right here. l can--

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l can hear you.

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Huh.

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For your information, l’m exactly the
same weight l’ve been since l got here.

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l need to eat regularly,
otherwise l become hypoglycemic.

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And l am generally
a very happy person.

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MAN [OVER PA] : <i>Colonel Sheppard,</i>
<i>have your team report...</i>

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<i>... to the control room immediately.</i>
<i>Colonel Sheppard.</i>

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WEIR : We received this transmission six
minutes ago from Major Lorne’s team.

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MAN [OVER RADIO] : <i>Atlantis base,</i>
<i>repeat, we are under attack...</i>

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<i>... and cut off from the gate.</i>

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<i>I counted at least 20, maybe more.</i>
<i>Request backup immediately.</i>

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- Where are they ?
- M72-656.

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Have a team of marines meet us
in the Jumper Bay.

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[VEHICLE SPEEDING UP]

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ZELENKA :
Dr. Weir.

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- Any word ?
- Not yet. It has only been an hour.

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- You wanted to see me ?
- Yes. l could use your help.

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l managed to get power to the console
to access the lab’s research logs.

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Well, that’s good news.

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Well, l’m not so sure.
l could use a second opinion.

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[TYPING ]

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It seems much of this refers to different
elements of human physiology.

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[TYPING ]

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It mentions
the mutation of base genetic coding ?

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l realize Dr. Beckett said...

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... that there were no evident effects
from Rodney’s exposure to the device.

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- It seems--
- It’s meant to manipulate human DNA.

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MAN [OVER PA] :
<i>Dr. Weir to the Jumper Bay.</i>

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<i>The rescue team has returned.</i>

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Let’s go.

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McKAY : What else could it be ?
- You’re losing your mind.

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l’m telling you,
it’s a bit of a coincidence.

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Well, then prove it.

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Colonel ?

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- Everyone’s present and accounted for.
- How bad is it and who’s been hit ?

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No one, doc. We’re all fine.
Thanks to McKay.

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- So he says.
- Rodney ?

128
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To be honest, l’m not sure.
l wasn’t even sure it was me at first.

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But the correlation’s impossible
to ignore.

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l saw Lorne’s team pinned down,
the bad guys closing in. l just thought...

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... you know, wouldn’t it be great if all of
their weapons jammed at the same time ?

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The next thing l know,
they’re all running away, so--

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So you think because you wanted
it to happen, it just did ?

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It was a little more than that.

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Okay, you know what ?
Watch this. l’Il...

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Ah ! Rodney.

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[GASPS]

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- Rodney.
- l find this as disturbing as you do.

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Like bloody hell you do.

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Put him down.

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[PANTING ]

142
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Oh, God.

143
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Have there been any other instances
of this power manifesting itself ?

144
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Powers. Plural.

145
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- What can you do besides telekinesis ?
- Well, super-hearing for one.

146
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l’m not sure,
but l may actually be getting smarter.

147
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It’s hard to say
because l was smart to start with.

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l’ve been having ideas that
l don’t think l would’ve thought of.

149
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Does super-ego count as a power ?

150
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Oh, finally. Look, keep it coming.

151
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We could also be dealing
with a super-appetite.

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It’s hard to tell
because he ate so much.

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- That’s very funny.
- My God, he’s eating again ?

154
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l have a very active metabolism.

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BECKETT :
Aye, among other things.

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The scans show an increase
in synaptic interaction...

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... throughout the sections
of his brain.

158
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Much higher than
normal human levels.

159
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There was an incident at SGC
just over a year ago.

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l recall that file.
l studied the data. Fascinating.

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WEIR : SG-1 discovered
an evolved human in stasis.

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He was the result of experimentation
by a Goa’uld named Anubis.

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He was trying to create
a means of artificially accelerating...

164
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... the human physiology
to the point of Ascension.

165
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That device l found
must have been an accelerator.

166
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The Ancients developed powers
as they evolved.

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McKAY : It’s just bad luck
we didn’t run into that lab earlier.

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Seriously. Me, a superhero.
Who would have thought it ?

169
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[CUTTING FOOD]

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SHEPPARD : Look, we all agree
the Ancients were pretty screwed up.

171
00:09:25,087 --> 00:09:26,361
We do ?

172
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Well, the ones l met were arrogant and
condescending and not for good reason.

173
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They made giant mistakes
and never fixed them.

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- They were still human.
- Then there were all those crazy rules.

175
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- Those only came after they Ascended.
- Whatever.

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Maybe this thing doesn’t work
on everyone. Who knows ?

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- But we do know it works on McKay.
- It has only been a day.

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Assuming it’s safe.
To be honest, even if it’s not.

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If we get an advantage
over Wraiths and Replicators--

180
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John, l agree, this device
may have great potential.

181
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With great potential
comes great responsibility.

182
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Like other things
we have found in this city...

183
00:09:59,047 --> 00:10:01,117
... it is a very advanced
piece of technology.

184
00:10:01,287 --> 00:10:03,278
For all we know,
it could be very dangerous.

185
00:10:03,447 --> 00:10:05,881
- l’m just saying--
- Yes, you can be next.

186
00:10:06,047 --> 00:10:07,480
- Thank you.
- Hmm.

187
00:10:10,047 --> 00:10:12,436
If you’re compiling a list, l’d--

188
00:10:12,607 --> 00:10:15,963
- Could we stay focused, please ?
- Aye.

189
00:10:19,207 --> 00:10:21,596
Come on, you can’t keep me
cooped up in here forever.

190
00:10:21,767 --> 00:10:24,998
You might not be sick but what’s
happening here is far from normal.

191
00:10:25,167 --> 00:10:28,364
Exactly. So let me go out and start
using my powers to do some good.

192
00:10:28,527 --> 00:10:30,279
Ooh. Are you going to finish that ?

193
00:10:31,887 --> 00:10:33,036
l’m serious.

194
00:10:33,647 --> 00:10:36,161
We have no idea of the extent
of your genetic mutation.

195
00:10:36,327 --> 00:10:39,763
Mutation has negative connotations.
Advancement is more like it.

196
00:10:39,927 --> 00:10:43,283
- Until we know what’s going on here--
- Carson, l’m still me.

197
00:10:43,447 --> 00:10:46,883
Anyway, it’s not like you or these guys
could stop me from leaving anyways.

198
00:10:47,047 --> 00:10:48,878
RONON :
No, but l could.

199
00:10:49,727 --> 00:10:51,558
Oh, you care to put that to a test ?

200
00:10:52,927 --> 00:10:56,237
- Do you ?
- Well, no, not really.

201
00:10:56,407 --> 00:10:59,365
Anyways, as l said, you’re fine
to go about your daily duties...

202
00:10:59,527 --> 00:11:01,404
... as long as you have
someone with you.

203
00:11:01,567 --> 00:11:05,401
Check in every couple of hours.
Yes, yes. Bye-bye.

204
00:11:06,927 --> 00:11:09,122
- Uh--
- You know, we could be a team.

205
00:11:09,287 --> 00:11:10,925
- You could be my sidekick.
- Sidekick ?

206
00:11:11,087 --> 00:11:13,396
It’d be Batman and Ronon.
Has a nice ring to it.

207
00:11:13,567 --> 00:11:15,797
Keep eating
and it’s gonna be more like Fatman.

208
00:11:16,007 --> 00:11:17,156
McKAY :
l’m warning you.

209
00:11:17,327 --> 00:11:21,161
You’Il be bored out of your mind,
unless you find advanced physics to be--

210
00:11:21,327 --> 00:11:23,204
- Really ?
- What ?

211
00:11:23,407 --> 00:11:25,238
What, you think so ? Heh.

212
00:11:25,407 --> 00:11:26,635
Hey, she thinks l’m hot.

213
00:11:27,967 --> 00:11:28,956
l didn’t say anything.

214
00:11:29,127 --> 00:11:30,480
McKAY :
No, no, l was sure that you--

215
00:11:30,687 --> 00:11:32,405
Of course. No, l should have known.

216
00:11:32,567 --> 00:11:33,966
She meant you.

217
00:11:34,127 --> 00:11:36,402
l don’t know
what you’re talking about.

218
00:11:38,287 --> 00:11:40,005
McKay, she didn’t say a word.

219
00:11:41,407 --> 00:11:43,841
Oh, my God, l can read minds.

220
00:11:44,487 --> 00:11:47,524
Oh. This is cool.

221
00:11:48,127 --> 00:11:49,196
No, it isn’t.

222
00:11:49,447 --> 00:11:50,596
[BEEPS]

223
00:11:53,847 --> 00:11:55,997
Oh, l’m fine. No, yes, and it doesn’t.

224
00:11:56,207 --> 00:11:58,084
- What ?
- l can read your mind. Everyone’s.

225
00:11:58,247 --> 00:12:00,238
It was cool
for the first 10 seconds there.

226
00:12:00,407 --> 00:12:03,763
l’m finding it disturbing, so l’m
trying to tune it out as much as l can.

227
00:12:03,927 --> 00:12:07,636
Well, sort of. l wanted to get your
permission to access the control chair.

228
00:12:07,847 --> 00:12:12,284
l’ve got ideas for maximizing ZPM by
reconfiguring the city’s power systems.

229
00:12:12,487 --> 00:12:14,557
It’s complicated to explain,
but trust me...

230
00:12:14,727 --> 00:12:16,763
... you are gonna be
happy with the results.

231
00:12:17,047 --> 00:12:19,766
Élizabeth, l know.
You have every right not to trust me...

232
00:12:19,927 --> 00:12:22,760
... but l promise you. l’m gonna make
things much better. Okay ?

233
00:12:22,927 --> 00:12:25,043
Good. She wants you to shoot me
if you think...

234
00:12:25,207 --> 00:12:28,244
... that l might be trying to take over
the city for evil purposes.

235
00:12:28,447 --> 00:12:32,440
l’m kidding. That was a joke. That’s--
Is your weapon set to stun ?

236
00:12:32,647 --> 00:12:33,636
Wait, never mind.

237
00:12:33,807 --> 00:12:34,796
[GUN BEEPS]

238
00:12:34,967 --> 00:12:37,117
There. Did it myself.
To the chair room. Ronon.

239
00:12:38,607 --> 00:12:41,167
- Can l shoot him now ?
- l can hear you.

240
00:12:41,327 --> 00:12:43,158
She wants you
to keep a close eye on me.

241
00:12:43,327 --> 00:12:45,682
Come on, let’s go. Chop, chop.
Much to do.

242
00:12:45,847 --> 00:12:49,396
l will send a science team
down to supervise.

243
00:12:51,967 --> 00:12:53,400
[MACHINE BEEPS]

244
00:12:54,447 --> 00:12:56,005
[POWER SHUTS DOWN]

245
00:12:57,127 --> 00:12:59,118
[SPEAKS IN CZECH]

246
00:13:00,527 --> 00:13:02,518
[ENERG Y BUZZING ]

247
00:13:06,887 --> 00:13:09,401
- What the hell is he doing ?
- Don’t ask me.

248
00:13:10,287 --> 00:13:11,481
Actually, l wasn’t.

249
00:13:12,487 --> 00:13:13,602
l have no idea.

250
00:13:14,847 --> 00:13:17,122
Rodney, you are affecting power
all over the city.

251
00:13:17,287 --> 00:13:19,847
l know. Awesome, isn’t it ?

252
00:13:20,007 --> 00:13:23,363
- No. l can’t work.
- It’s just temporary.

253
00:13:23,527 --> 00:13:27,156
l’m trying to determine if that device
did any permanent damage to you.

254
00:13:27,327 --> 00:13:30,000
Quite frankly, given
your usually rampant hypochondria...

255
00:13:30,167 --> 00:13:32,806
- ... l’m surprised you don’t seem to care.
- You’re jealous.

256
00:13:33,007 --> 00:13:34,326
That is ridiculous.

257
00:13:34,487 --> 00:13:37,604
You should be working with me
trying to figure out what’s happening.

258
00:13:37,767 --> 00:13:39,837
Instead, you’re burying your head
in the sand.

259
00:13:40,007 --> 00:13:41,042
That is not true.

260
00:13:41,207 --> 00:13:44,119
My head, which happens to be housing
my ever evolving brain...

261
00:13:44,287 --> 00:13:46,926
... is being better utilized here
doing important things...

262
00:13:47,087 --> 00:13:49,237
... that will affect everybody.

263
00:13:51,087 --> 00:13:53,078
[SPEAKS IN CZECH]

264
00:13:55,087 --> 00:13:59,603
He tries to hide it, but deep down,
l’m the wind beneath his wings.

265
00:14:02,007 --> 00:14:03,759
Well, how’s it coming ?

266
00:14:03,927 --> 00:14:06,282
Actually, l think l’m just getting
to the good bit.

267
00:14:06,447 --> 00:14:10,122
Don’t you hate it when people interrupt
right when things are getting good ?

268
00:14:11,487 --> 00:14:13,364
[POWER FLICKERING ]

269
00:14:13,567 --> 00:14:17,003
l know McKay
is some super-genius now...

270
00:14:17,167 --> 00:14:20,284
... but l find the flickering lights
incredibly unnerving.

271
00:14:20,447 --> 00:14:23,996
Dr. Coleman has,
however reluctantly, admitted...

272
00:14:24,167 --> 00:14:27,443
... it does seem as if Rodney’s
improving the city’s power system.

273
00:14:27,607 --> 00:14:29,006
Whatever.

274
00:14:29,167 --> 00:14:31,044
Anyway, you were saying ?

275
00:14:31,247 --> 00:14:32,236
[SIGHS]

276
00:14:32,407 --> 00:14:36,320
Well, we know the Ancients evolved
physiologically to a certain point...

277
00:14:36,487 --> 00:14:39,445
... where they could transform
into a state of pure energy.

278
00:14:39,647 --> 00:14:41,205
Ancient History 101.

279
00:14:41,367 --> 00:14:44,439
Yes, we also know that not all of them
managed to get there.

280
00:14:45,287 --> 00:14:47,482
Are you saying some
needed a kick in the pants ?

281
00:14:47,687 --> 00:14:49,405
So to speak.

282
00:14:49,967 --> 00:14:53,403
This machine was not meant to help
them fight the war against the Wraith...

283
00:14:53,567 --> 00:14:55,523
... but rather to help them escape it.

284
00:14:57,407 --> 00:14:58,556
An Ascension machine ?

285
00:14:58,727 --> 00:15:01,400
Like the one the Goa’uld
tried to create in the Milky Way.

286
00:15:03,367 --> 00:15:05,676
Are you saying
McKay’s going to Ascend ?

287
00:15:06,887 --> 00:15:10,402
Well, there’s a whole lot more to
Ascension than being physically evolved.

288
00:15:10,607 --> 00:15:14,646
Believe me, after spending six months
with a bunch of pansy wannabes, l know.

289
00:15:14,807 --> 00:15:19,358
- What does this mean for McKay ?
- Like l said, just getting to the good bit.

290
00:15:20,607 --> 00:15:22,518
Then l’Il leave you to it.

291
00:15:24,207 --> 00:15:25,196
John, wait.

292
00:15:26,847 --> 00:15:29,202
We need to talk to Rodney right away.

293
00:15:29,767 --> 00:15:31,405
[POWER SHUTS DOWN]

294
00:15:33,487 --> 00:15:34,442
[ENERG Y BUZZING ]

295
00:15:34,607 --> 00:15:38,361
You can all relax.
l’Il have us back online in two minutes.

296
00:15:38,527 --> 00:15:40,563
WEIR :
We need to talk to you.

297
00:15:40,927 --> 00:15:42,997
What do you mean l’m gonna die ?

298
00:15:43,647 --> 00:15:45,478
l’m not sick. l feel great.
Never better.

299
00:15:45,687 --> 00:15:49,475
- That Ancient device--
- Has accelerated my evolution.

300
00:15:49,647 --> 00:15:52,036
l’Il reach a point
where l’m capable of Ascension...

301
00:15:52,207 --> 00:15:55,244
... but Ascension takes more than that.
There’s a mental component.

302
00:15:55,447 --> 00:15:59,998
l need to know how to make it happen
which l don’t yet.

303
00:16:00,807 --> 00:16:01,842
l’m getting smarter.

304
00:16:02,047 --> 00:16:05,722
It’s a good assumption l’Il be able to
figure it out. It’s not as easy at that.

305
00:16:05,887 --> 00:16:08,447
Well, even if l don’t
so l stay a highly evolved human.

306
00:16:08,607 --> 00:16:10,882
l don’t have to Ascend.
It’s a choice, right ?

307
00:16:11,087 --> 00:16:12,884
McKAY :
No ? What do you mean, no ?

308
00:16:13,087 --> 00:16:15,760
That stupid Ancient device
doesn’t work properly, does it ?

309
00:16:16,367 --> 00:16:21,157
It’s set in motion a series of mutations
that’Il result in death if l don’t Ascend ?

310
00:16:21,367 --> 00:16:23,278
There is something easier about this.

311
00:16:23,447 --> 00:16:24,960
McKAY :
The Ancients didn’t put it into use.

312
00:16:25,727 --> 00:16:30,243
It’s just one more in long line
of abysmal over-ambitious failures.

313
00:16:30,407 --> 00:16:32,762
Oh, God. l’m a dead man.

314
00:16:32,967 --> 00:16:34,639
- Dr. McKay.
- Yes. Yes, l just--

315
00:16:34,807 --> 00:16:38,766
It’s because l stopped in the middle.
l will fix it. Just give me a second here.

316
00:16:39,727 --> 00:16:41,365
[POWER SHUTS DOWN]

317
00:16:43,567 --> 00:16:44,761
That’s it.

318
00:16:44,927 --> 00:16:47,282
[SHOUTS IN CZECH]

319
00:16:47,487 --> 00:16:50,081
There’s time left.
There’s a way to reverse the process.

320
00:16:50,247 --> 00:16:52,078
Where’s Zelenka ?
What has he been doing ?

321
00:16:52,287 --> 00:16:53,800
We have massive power surges.

322
00:16:53,967 --> 00:16:57,118
- Shutdown protocols are not responding.
- Damn it.

323
00:17:00,767 --> 00:17:02,598
[POWER FLICKERING ]

324
00:17:02,807 --> 00:17:04,798
[POWER EXPLODING ]

325
00:17:07,167 --> 00:17:09,123
[SCREAMS]

326
00:17:11,887 --> 00:17:15,323
Come on, Radek. Come on.
He’s not breathing. We need to intubate.

327
00:17:15,527 --> 00:17:17,358
Start an IV, wide open.

328
00:17:17,567 --> 00:17:19,637
Get that monitor set up.

329
00:17:20,607 --> 00:17:23,758
BECKETT :
Right, on my count. One, two, three.

330
00:17:25,487 --> 00:17:26,476
Radek.

331
00:17:26,647 --> 00:17:28,239
BECKETT :
Get the leads hooked up, please.

332
00:17:28,847 --> 00:17:30,280
He’s in V-tach, prepare to defib.

333
00:17:30,447 --> 00:17:32,039
[EQUIPMENT WHINING ]

334
00:17:32,247 --> 00:17:33,475
- Clear.
- Move.

335
00:17:33,647 --> 00:17:34,921
BECKETT :
Rodney, the man is dying.

336
00:17:35,087 --> 00:17:37,362
No. Just give me a second. l know.

337
00:17:39,647 --> 00:17:41,638
[ENERG Y SURGING ]

338
00:17:52,207 --> 00:17:53,322
[GASPS]

339
00:17:59,367 --> 00:18:00,356
[MONITOR BEEPING ]

340
00:18:00,527 --> 00:18:02,085
BECKETT :
Heart rate’s good.

341
00:18:02,887 --> 00:18:04,878
Breathing’s steady.

342
00:18:06,447 --> 00:18:08,039
Pulse is good.

343
00:18:09,167 --> 00:18:10,441
[EXHALES]

344
00:18:12,927 --> 00:18:15,157
Radek, are you okay ?

345
00:18:17,007 --> 00:18:18,156
What happened ?

346
00:18:19,167 --> 00:18:20,520
[SIGHS]

347
00:18:34,287 --> 00:18:37,006
WEIR : Rodney.
- Hold on.

348
00:18:38,447 --> 00:18:39,596
l see you’ve been busy.

349
00:18:39,767 --> 00:18:41,041
[TYPING ]

350
00:18:41,247 --> 00:18:42,999
l invented a new math.

351
00:18:43,167 --> 00:18:44,156
Really ?

352
00:18:44,327 --> 00:18:47,319
It’s gonna change the human
understanding of the universe.

353
00:18:47,487 --> 00:18:49,364
How is Zelenka ?

354
00:18:49,527 --> 00:18:51,358
Uh-- You need to ask ?

355
00:18:51,527 --> 00:18:53,245
l’m blocking out people’s thoughts.

356
00:18:53,407 --> 00:18:57,036
It was becoming too overwhelming.
l was-- l wasn’t able to think.

357
00:18:57,807 --> 00:18:58,796
Rodney.

358
00:18:58,967 --> 00:19:00,559
l know what you’re gonna say.

359
00:19:00,727 --> 00:19:02,683
Oh, no. Just intuition, l swear.

360
00:19:03,207 --> 00:19:04,242
l just--

361
00:19:04,407 --> 00:19:08,002
l tried to fix the Ancient device, but
it wasn’t meant to reverse the process.

362
00:19:08,167 --> 00:19:11,239
Once the mutation has started,
it cannot be stopped.

363
00:19:11,607 --> 00:19:13,518
Actually...

364
00:19:15,567 --> 00:19:20,846
... l was gonna say, if you want any help
in understanding Ascension...

365
00:19:21,767 --> 00:19:23,997
Oh. Uh...

366
00:19:24,207 --> 00:19:26,767
l’ve already re-read everything l could
in the database.

367
00:19:26,967 --> 00:19:29,845
Yeah, it’s not exactly
a clear-cut set of instructions, is it ?

368
00:19:30,007 --> 00:19:33,363
No, and to be honest, l’ve never been
big on the whole idea of Ascending.

369
00:19:33,567 --> 00:19:35,603
There’s too many rules. You know, l--

370
00:19:35,767 --> 00:19:40,557
To me, life is about working towards
achievement. Discovering things--

371
00:19:40,727 --> 00:19:43,639
- Getting credit for it.
- Once you know it all, what do you do ?

372
00:19:43,807 --> 00:19:47,686
l don’t know. l don’t think that
Ascension necessarily means the end.

373
00:19:47,887 --> 00:19:50,481
Yeah, see, never been big
on leaps of faith either.

374
00:19:50,647 --> 00:19:53,480
There was a part of me that knew
this was too good to be true.

375
00:19:53,647 --> 00:19:57,925
Nothing this great could ever happen
to me without really bad consequences.

376
00:19:59,127 --> 00:20:03,040
Anyway, l have come to terms with that.
l just wanna get as much done...

377
00:20:03,207 --> 00:20:06,756
... and not waste my time on
mumbo jumbo l’m not gonna understand.

378
00:20:07,407 --> 00:20:11,844
Oh, l’ve come up with a way for
increasing the <i>Daedalus’</i> shield power.

379
00:20:12,007 --> 00:20:15,682
Tell Hermiod to give me a call if he
needs help understanding the base code.

380
00:20:15,847 --> 00:20:17,565
l’m sure Colonel Caldwell
will be thrilled.

381
00:20:17,727 --> 00:20:19,718
[TYPING ]

382
00:20:20,927 --> 00:20:24,476
Look, Rodney,
l’m not gonna try to convince you...

383
00:20:24,647 --> 00:20:28,606
... that Ascension is right for you
or even possible for that matter.

384
00:20:28,767 --> 00:20:32,601
But l wonder
if you have considered the fact that...

385
00:20:32,767 --> 00:20:34,678
... if you did somehow
manage to Ascend...

386
00:20:34,847 --> 00:20:39,159
... you can always
theoretically retake human form.

387
00:20:41,487 --> 00:20:43,239
Why didn’t l think of that ?

388
00:20:43,487 --> 00:20:45,796
BECKETT : l don’t think it’s gonna work.
- Had this shipped.

389
00:20:45,967 --> 00:20:48,879
BECKETT : The Ancient device used
to measure a person’s synaptic activity.

390
00:20:49,047 --> 00:20:53,040
More than that, the brain’s evolutionary
level. It’s basically an Ascendometer.

391
00:20:53,207 --> 00:20:55,118
l don’t think
we’re going about this right.

392
00:20:55,287 --> 00:20:58,518
If you’re a highly evolved super-genius,
put up your hand.

393
00:20:58,727 --> 00:21:00,206
Oh.

394
00:21:00,407 --> 00:21:02,523
From everything l read
about the subject area--

395
00:21:02,727 --> 00:21:07,118
When you get down to it, even mental
states are actually only physical states.

396
00:21:07,287 --> 00:21:10,916
- The brain is a chemical supercomputer.
- l suppose an incredibly complex--

397
00:21:11,127 --> 00:21:12,958
« Yes » is all you need to say, my friend.

398
00:21:13,127 --> 00:21:17,086
Look, the universe may seem mystical
to those without understanding...

399
00:21:17,247 --> 00:21:20,603
... when, in truth, anything
and everything can be quantified.

400
00:21:20,767 --> 00:21:23,759
All that hocus-pocus stuff
is just a way of getting the brain...

401
00:21:23,927 --> 00:21:28,364
... into the proper electrochemical state
to allow the final physical evolution...

402
00:21:28,567 --> 00:21:32,082
... at which point, the matter that makes
up this body will turn into pure energy.

403
00:21:32,247 --> 00:21:38,038
Oh. What mere mortals would refer to
as the Mystery of Ascension...

404
00:21:38,247 --> 00:21:41,000
... is just a scientific process.
Just protons and electrons.

405
00:21:41,167 --> 00:21:42,919
- Protons and electrons.
- If you say so.

406
00:21:43,087 --> 00:21:44,998
Now, if you don’t mind, can we. . ?

407
00:21:47,487 --> 00:21:48,886
Ah.

408
00:21:50,087 --> 00:21:53,966
Now, based on what l’ve extrapolated
from the Ancient research...

409
00:21:54,167 --> 00:21:58,001
... l’ve set measurable parameters
for achieving the proper mental state.

410
00:21:58,167 --> 00:22:01,842
Once l reach 96 percent synaptic
connection as measured by this device...

411
00:22:02,007 --> 00:22:06,956
... all l need to do is maintain an E.E.G.
frequency of 0,1 to 0,9 hertz and presto.

412
00:22:07,127 --> 00:22:08,116
[SNAPS FINGERS]

413
00:22:08,287 --> 00:22:10,164
l rise to a higher plane of existence.

414
00:22:10,647 --> 00:22:14,686
Okay, let’s assume for one completely
insane moment that you are right.

415
00:22:15,087 --> 00:22:18,204
Those frequencies are associated
with near-comatose patients.

416
00:22:18,407 --> 00:22:21,843
No one who’s actually awake can will
themselves anywhere close to that...

417
00:22:22,007 --> 00:22:25,556
- ... no matter how relaxed they are.
- No unevolved person.

418
00:22:26,047 --> 00:22:28,561
- Give it a rest, Rodney.
- Just turn it on.

419
00:22:30,287 --> 00:22:32,084
[BEEPING ]

420
00:22:32,287 --> 00:22:34,755
Your synaptic activity is high,
over 60 percent.

421
00:22:34,927 --> 00:22:37,395
l don’t have much time left.
By my calculations...

422
00:22:37,567 --> 00:22:41,321
... when l reach 96 percent, l either
Ascend or die. Now, what’s my E.E. G ?

423
00:22:41,527 --> 00:22:45,520
Twenty-nine hertz, which is average for
someone in a heightened wakeful state.

424
00:22:45,727 --> 00:22:49,356
Okay, so l just need
to clear my mind and relax.

425
00:22:50,287 --> 00:22:51,515
[SIGHS]

426
00:22:51,727 --> 00:22:53,160
- What’s it at now ?
- Thirty.

427
00:22:53,367 --> 00:22:55,597
What ? You must have me
hooked up wrong.

428
00:22:55,807 --> 00:22:58,924
No, l didn’t, thank you very much.
We’re getting a clear reading.

429
00:22:59,127 --> 00:23:02,278
Rodney, the Ancients
that eventually learned to Ascend...

430
00:23:02,447 --> 00:23:05,245
... dedicated their entire lives
preparing for this moment.

431
00:23:05,407 --> 00:23:07,159
This will work.
l need some more time.

432
00:23:07,327 --> 00:23:11,036
Now stop talking so much.
You’re a ripple in my pond.

433
00:23:11,327 --> 00:23:13,318
[SIGHING ]

434
00:23:16,647 --> 00:23:20,481
l think he’s having a hard time accepting
this can’t be solved with science...

435
00:23:20,647 --> 00:23:22,763
... no matter how brilliant he is.

436
00:23:22,927 --> 00:23:24,645
SHEPPARD :
Know what he needs ?

437
00:23:25,047 --> 00:23:27,083
He needs to » release his burden. »

438
00:23:28,167 --> 00:23:30,237
Yeah, well, you know McKay.

439
00:23:31,127 --> 00:23:33,197
Maybe Dr. Heightmeyer can help.

440
00:23:33,567 --> 00:23:35,956
Actually, l was thinking more
along the lines of you.

441
00:23:36,407 --> 00:23:37,806
- Me ?
- Mm-hm.

442
00:23:38,127 --> 00:23:41,324
You lived with the Ancients for
six months on the brink of Ascension.

443
00:23:41,487 --> 00:23:44,365
You helped them face their fears
and finally Ascend.

444
00:23:44,527 --> 00:23:46,802
l fought a scary monster.
That’s what l do best.

445
00:23:47,327 --> 00:23:50,842
And for Rodney, l’m sure this seems
like a pretty scary monster.

446
00:23:55,967 --> 00:23:58,527
l don’t think this is gonna work
with you hooked up.

447
00:23:58,687 --> 00:24:00,325
How am l gonna know if it’s working ?

448
00:24:00,487 --> 00:24:03,797
You’re teaching me how to meditate.
Not exactly good odds to start with.

449
00:24:03,967 --> 00:24:05,958
l realize that.

450
00:24:06,127 --> 00:24:09,881
Truth is, l was never
really very good at this myself.

451
00:24:10,047 --> 00:24:12,845
- So why am l here ?
- Élizabeth made me.

452
00:24:13,007 --> 00:24:16,966
- Oh, yeah ? Me too.
- l was with Ancients for six months.

453
00:24:17,127 --> 00:24:19,846
Maybe l picked up something
that might be able to help you.

454
00:24:22,247 --> 00:24:26,206
First thing l think
you need to come to terms with is...

455
00:24:26,367 --> 00:24:27,880
... this is not a means to an end.

456
00:24:28,047 --> 00:24:31,084
- What ? Well, of course it is.
- No, no, you can’t do that.

457
00:24:31,247 --> 00:24:34,956
You can’t think you’re gonna Ascend and
retake human form, and be done with it.

458
00:24:35,127 --> 00:24:37,357
That is exactly what l’m trying to do.

459
00:24:37,527 --> 00:24:41,281
Look, from what l understand,
dishonesty is not gonna help the process.

460
00:24:41,967 --> 00:24:44,527
- Good point.
- While we’re at it, my knees kill me.

461
00:24:44,687 --> 00:24:47,804
- How does anyone relax like this ?
- Find a position that works.

462
00:24:48,447 --> 00:24:50,961
All right. Okay.

463
00:24:51,127 --> 00:24:52,526
SHEPPARD :
Fine.

464
00:24:52,687 --> 00:24:54,120
Now...

465
00:24:54,287 --> 00:24:57,165
... l want you to become aware
of your breaths...

466
00:24:57,327 --> 00:25:00,080
... going in and out of your body.

467
00:25:00,287 --> 00:25:01,766
In...

468
00:25:01,927 --> 00:25:03,599
... and out.

469
00:25:03,807 --> 00:25:05,479
Do it without talking.

470
00:25:06,607 --> 00:25:08,404
Oh, right.

471
00:25:09,207 --> 00:25:10,435
Now...

472
00:25:10,927 --> 00:25:14,124
... l want you to think about the things
that you worry about the most.

473
00:25:14,327 --> 00:25:16,761
- You mean like death ?
- There’s no talking.

474
00:25:18,167 --> 00:25:20,556
Think of anything
that makes you anxious.

475
00:25:21,087 --> 00:25:22,725
Oh, God, there’s so many things.

476
00:25:22,887 --> 00:25:24,605
Not talking
happens to be one of them.

477
00:25:24,807 --> 00:25:26,126
Deal with it.

478
00:25:27,487 --> 00:25:28,886
Now...

479
00:25:29,767 --> 00:25:32,520
... imagine yourself
sitting on a Ferris wheel.

480
00:25:32,687 --> 00:25:33,676
What ?

481
00:25:33,847 --> 00:25:36,964
l didn’t pay much attention
to what the Ancients were teaching me.

482
00:25:37,487 --> 00:25:40,126
l liked Ferris wheels,
so that’s what l thought about.

483
00:25:40,327 --> 00:25:44,206
And the fact that the woman teaching
me how to meditate was...

484
00:25:44,367 --> 00:25:45,356
... very attractive.

485
00:25:45,567 --> 00:25:48,286
Why am l not surprised you didn’t
Ascend ? Okay, look...

486
00:25:48,447 --> 00:25:51,086
... l’m a busy man, you’re a busy man,
we’re both busy men.

487
00:25:51,247 --> 00:25:54,364
Just relax, all right ? l’m gonna try to
remember what the woman taught me.

488
00:25:54,527 --> 00:25:55,846
[SIGHS]

489
00:25:56,047 --> 00:25:57,321
All right.

490
00:25:57,887 --> 00:25:59,081
[SIGHS]

491
00:25:59,287 --> 00:26:00,436
Now...

492
00:26:00,887 --> 00:26:04,562
... there’s a dark storm
swirling around your head.

493
00:26:04,727 --> 00:26:07,195
- How’s that comforting ?
- l’m getting there.

494
00:26:08,167 --> 00:26:10,806
l just thought of a brilliant adjunct
to the chaos theory.

495
00:26:11,007 --> 00:26:12,406
McKay.

496
00:26:13,247 --> 00:26:15,124
Letting it go, letting it go.

497
00:26:15,287 --> 00:26:19,917
Now, the sky is clearing.
All your troubles are fading away.

498
00:26:20,327 --> 00:26:22,795
Bright blue sky. l am there.

499
00:26:25,527 --> 00:26:26,516
[BEEPS]

500
00:26:27,927 --> 00:26:29,804
- How am l doing ?
- Don’t think that way.

501
00:26:30,007 --> 00:26:32,043
Forget it.
Look, this is never gonna work.

502
00:26:32,207 --> 00:26:34,516
- What’s wrong now ?
- l realized why light behaves...

503
00:26:34,727 --> 00:26:36,160
... as both particles and waves.

504
00:26:36,327 --> 00:26:40,115
- Rodney, if you don’t try to do this--
- l know. l don’t have much time left.

505
00:26:41,207 --> 00:26:42,526
[DOOR OPENS]

506
00:26:48,767 --> 00:26:51,201
- Hey.
- Just a second.

507
00:26:52,847 --> 00:26:54,838
[TYPING ]

508
00:26:55,887 --> 00:26:57,878
[COMPUTERS BEEPING ]

509
00:27:01,447 --> 00:27:02,721
What are you doing ?

510
00:27:02,927 --> 00:27:05,964
There are 50 simulations to run,
but the computers can’t keep up.

511
00:27:06,167 --> 00:27:09,398
l’ve figured out how to make them run
10 times faster...

512
00:27:09,567 --> 00:27:11,558
... but l haven’t had time
to stop and do it.

513
00:27:11,727 --> 00:27:15,322
Oh. l’ve uploaded the virtual prototype
for a hyperspace generator...

514
00:27:15,487 --> 00:27:17,557
... for the Puddle Jumpers
into the database.

515
00:27:17,727 --> 00:27:19,080
Well, that sounds great.

516
00:27:21,167 --> 00:27:24,443
Are you sure
that this is how you want to--

517
00:27:24,647 --> 00:27:28,162
Spend my last couple of days alive ?
Don’t have much choice, do l ?

518
00:27:28,367 --> 00:27:31,040
Rodney, l think it’s very decent
and noble of you...

519
00:27:31,207 --> 00:27:33,801
... to wanna leave
a scientific contribution behind...

520
00:27:33,967 --> 00:27:37,755
... but l still believe there’s a chance you
can Ascend if you put your mind to it.

521
00:27:37,927 --> 00:27:40,521
We both know that is a waste of time.
You could do it--

522
00:27:40,687 --> 00:27:43,963
l don’t know if l could but you are
certainly selling yourself short...

523
00:27:44,127 --> 00:27:45,958
... by not even trying.

524
00:27:46,167 --> 00:27:49,079
To be honest, l don’t have the first clue
where to start.

525
00:27:49,287 --> 00:27:51,084
- Stop thinking.
- l don’t understand.

526
00:27:51,247 --> 00:27:54,045
One of the biggest things
that holds people back is...

527
00:27:54,207 --> 00:27:56,846
... that somewhere, deep down...

528
00:27:57,007 --> 00:27:58,998
... they believe they’re not deserving.

529
00:27:59,807 --> 00:28:01,445
You have to...

530
00:28:02,327 --> 00:28:03,521
... release your burden.

531
00:28:03,727 --> 00:28:05,638
- Oh, please.
- l know spirituality to you...

532
00:28:05,807 --> 00:28:09,243
... is a load of mumbo jumbo but it helps
people find peace with themselves.

533
00:28:09,447 --> 00:28:11,597
- But you have to believe.
- Not about religion.

534
00:28:11,807 --> 00:28:15,243
l’m talking about shedding yourself
of guilt, of anger, of ill feeling...

535
00:28:15,407 --> 00:28:18,205
... of anything
that makes you feel shame.

536
00:28:18,767 --> 00:28:22,157
And then you can focus
all of your energy on Ascending.

537
00:28:23,127 --> 00:28:25,687
What you’re telling me is that
l don’t think l’m worthy ?

538
00:28:25,887 --> 00:28:29,675
Rodney, l don’t know
what you truly believe about yourself.

539
00:28:30,567 --> 00:28:33,206
For all l know, you use your intelligence
to compensate...

540
00:28:33,367 --> 00:28:36,962
... to make yourself feel better
for other things you think you may lack.

541
00:28:37,567 --> 00:28:39,444
- Like what ?
- That l can’t tell you.

542
00:28:40,447 --> 00:28:42,915
But maybe you could start
reading your own mind ?

543
00:28:49,727 --> 00:28:51,638
[POWER FLICKERING ]

544
00:28:59,447 --> 00:29:02,564
l don’t care what you’re gonna say.
l’m gonna keep working on this.

545
00:29:02,727 --> 00:29:04,080
Well, l appreciate that.

546
00:29:05,087 --> 00:29:09,285
l mean, you saved my life, so
the least l can do is try to save yours.

547
00:29:09,447 --> 00:29:11,005
Radek...

548
00:29:11,927 --> 00:29:13,679
... l think it’s safe to say that...

549
00:29:13,847 --> 00:29:18,637
... l am, at times, a petty, vindictive,
even jealous man.

550
00:29:19,447 --> 00:29:22,245
l supplement my own anxieties
or feelings of inadequacy...

551
00:29:22,407 --> 00:29:26,719
... by creating a bubble of hostility
around myself.

552
00:29:26,887 --> 00:29:28,718
l know that you,
more than anyone else...

553
00:29:28,887 --> 00:29:31,162
... have had to bear the brunt
of that hostility.

554
00:29:31,327 --> 00:29:35,115
- Rodney, you don’t have to--
- Actually, l do. Here’s the thing.

555
00:29:36,767 --> 00:29:38,485
You’re a brilliant scientist...

556
00:29:38,647 --> 00:29:40,603
... and a decent human being.

557
00:29:40,807 --> 00:29:43,367
l mean, you should not have had
to endure the kind of...

558
00:29:43,527 --> 00:29:46,405
... abuse that you’ve taken from me
in the past few years.

559
00:29:47,047 --> 00:29:50,722
l hope you can forgive me for all the
things l’ve said and done to you.

560
00:29:50,887 --> 00:29:53,082
You deserve much better than that.

561
00:29:54,567 --> 00:29:56,683
And so l wanted you to know that.

562
00:29:59,247 --> 00:30:00,680
Yes.

563
00:30:05,767 --> 00:30:07,758
[DOOR BEEPS]

564
00:30:14,487 --> 00:30:16,159
- Rodney.
- Mind if l come in ?

565
00:30:16,327 --> 00:30:18,283
- Shouldn’t you be-- ?
- Hope you don’t mind.

566
00:30:21,727 --> 00:30:23,126
[SIGHS]

567
00:30:23,447 --> 00:30:25,358
l was talking with Halling,
he mentioned...

568
00:30:25,527 --> 00:30:27,995
... it was the anniversary
of the death of your father.

569
00:30:28,207 --> 00:30:29,322
He did ?

570
00:30:29,487 --> 00:30:31,796
Okay, l might have asked
a few pointed questions...

571
00:30:31,967 --> 00:30:34,800
... but l just thought
it would be nice if--

572
00:30:35,847 --> 00:30:37,326
What l mean is...

573
00:30:37,967 --> 00:30:41,960
... l would be honored if you let me share
the memorial tea ceremony with you.

574
00:30:43,287 --> 00:30:46,802
l don’t know if it’s wrong to do it early
but l may not be around next week.

575
00:30:46,967 --> 00:30:50,846
Anyway, l understand it’s something
you’re not supposed to do alone.

576
00:30:52,407 --> 00:30:54,318
Thank you, Rodney.

577
00:30:55,207 --> 00:30:57,402
No, no, no, no.
l know exactly what to do.

578
00:30:57,567 --> 00:31:00,365
You are the one who has lost
a loved one. l will serve you.

579
00:31:04,207 --> 00:31:08,644
Hey, buddy. Pal.
l’ve been looking all over for you.

580
00:31:08,807 --> 00:31:11,002
- Checked the gym, the mess.
- Wasn’t there.

581
00:31:11,167 --> 00:31:13,806
No, you weren’t.
Usually one of those is a good bet.

582
00:31:13,967 --> 00:31:17,676
So where are you off to ?
Shooting range, a little target practice ?

583
00:31:17,847 --> 00:31:21,317
- l don’t need practice.
- Oh, no, no, of course you don’t.

584
00:31:21,727 --> 00:31:25,037
l don’t know how much time l have left,
so l’m gonna cut to the chase...

585
00:31:25,207 --> 00:31:27,357
... ask you a rather personal question.

586
00:31:27,767 --> 00:31:30,600
Hopefully,
you won’t just hit me in the face.

587
00:31:31,367 --> 00:31:33,039
Asking away.

588
00:31:33,687 --> 00:31:34,802
Those...

589
00:31:34,967 --> 00:31:37,686
... scars on your back
from your encounters with the Wraith ?

590
00:31:37,847 --> 00:31:39,803
You know, with the tracking device ?

591
00:31:41,127 --> 00:31:44,802
Are those like a badge of honor for you,
or are they just...

592
00:31:44,967 --> 00:31:48,039
... a constant reminder of something
you’d rather forget ?

593
00:31:48,607 --> 00:31:51,326
l mean, l know it’s none of my business.
l just--

594
00:31:52,407 --> 00:31:54,921
l try not to let things
l can’t change bother me.

595
00:31:57,847 --> 00:31:58,962
That’s very healthy.

596
00:32:12,407 --> 00:32:13,806
[SNIFFS]

597
00:32:16,167 --> 00:32:18,044
l hope you don’t mind.

598
00:32:18,607 --> 00:32:19,801
l just healed them.

599
00:32:34,407 --> 00:32:36,637
You’re still trying
to find a way out of this ?

600
00:32:36,847 --> 00:32:38,200
You think l’m gonna give up ?

601
00:32:38,527 --> 00:32:42,566
The Ancients that experimented
with that device either Ascended or died.

602
00:32:42,727 --> 00:32:45,878
Most of them the latter,
which is why it did not get put into use--

603
00:32:46,047 --> 00:32:48,402
Like you said, there were exceptions.

604
00:32:48,567 --> 00:32:51,400
This will all be over soon
and you can get back to real work.

605
00:32:51,607 --> 00:32:53,006
Rodney. Don’t.

606
00:32:53,167 --> 00:32:58,878
No, no, no. l’m not fishing for sympathy.
l just wanted to give you that.

607
00:32:59,487 --> 00:33:03,639
- What have you invented now ?
- Oh, nothing. That’s a book.

608
00:33:03,847 --> 00:33:06,566
- About what ?
- You.

609
00:33:06,767 --> 00:33:09,122
You’ve taken a lot of crap
as the leader.

610
00:33:09,287 --> 00:33:12,324
l thought someone should leave a record
of the things you’ve done.

611
00:33:12,487 --> 00:33:14,239
Everything you’ve done right.

612
00:33:14,567 --> 00:33:15,556
[SIGHS]

613
00:33:15,727 --> 00:33:18,321
Everything l do
is on record for review.

614
00:33:18,527 --> 00:33:21,963
Yes, l know. l thought
l’d have a unique perspective...

615
00:33:22,127 --> 00:33:23,765
... other people might benefit from.

616
00:33:23,927 --> 00:33:27,602
You know, l actually took the liberty
of doing some research into your past...

617
00:33:27,807 --> 00:33:30,799
... and included that as well.
l’m sorry if l’m not a good writer.

618
00:33:31,007 --> 00:33:35,080
It might be
a bit overly maudlin in places.

619
00:33:35,487 --> 00:33:36,476
[COMPUTER BEEPS]

620
00:33:37,007 --> 00:33:39,805
Rodney, this is 500 pages long.
When did you-- ?

621
00:33:39,967 --> 00:33:42,401
Anyway, that’s all.

622
00:33:43,287 --> 00:33:44,766
Right.

623
00:33:50,287 --> 00:33:53,006
- What’s it down to ?
- That’s not important.

624
00:33:53,167 --> 00:33:54,566
What ?

625
00:33:55,047 --> 00:33:57,163
Of course it is. It’s got to--

626
00:33:57,327 --> 00:34:00,956
- What, 17 hertz ? It’s not even close.
- Well, it’s closer than you’ve ever been.

627
00:34:01,127 --> 00:34:02,879
Oh, forget it.

628
00:34:03,527 --> 00:34:06,803
Look, if you have to keep asking,
you’re obviously not getting it.

629
00:34:06,967 --> 00:34:08,286
This is about letting go.

630
00:34:08,447 --> 00:34:10,278
l don’t know how to do that, okay ?

631
00:34:10,487 --> 00:34:12,603
l’m me.
l don’t know how not to be me.

632
00:34:14,287 --> 00:34:16,357
Look, thank you for all of your help.

633
00:34:16,847 --> 00:34:19,077
l think in the grand scheme of things,
we’re--

634
00:34:19,247 --> 00:34:20,919
We’re good, aren’t we ?

635
00:34:22,087 --> 00:34:23,918
Of course.

636
00:34:24,687 --> 00:34:27,326
If it’s not much trouble,
l’d like you to read my eulogy.

637
00:34:27,527 --> 00:34:29,438
l refuse to discuss that.

638
00:34:29,607 --> 00:34:32,917
Just keep it simple.
Make up a few nice things.

639
00:34:33,087 --> 00:34:34,679
l’d like my sister to be there.

640
00:34:34,847 --> 00:34:36,883
And-- You should know
that l told Beckett...

641
00:34:37,047 --> 00:34:39,197
... that he should
definitely do a full autopsy.

642
00:34:39,407 --> 00:34:41,796
He can use my body
for any kind of experimentation...

643
00:34:41,967 --> 00:34:45,676
... that might prove helpful.
And-- Oh, then l’d like to be cremated.

644
00:34:45,887 --> 00:34:50,085
l’d like my ashes to be thrown out
into space from the Jumper so--

645
00:34:50,247 --> 00:34:51,236
[GROANS]

646
00:34:51,407 --> 00:34:52,681
Rodney !

647
00:34:53,687 --> 00:34:55,006
[GROANS]

648
00:34:58,327 --> 00:35:00,841
SHEPPARD :
Medical team to my quarters.

649
00:35:02,127 --> 00:35:06,040
The synaptic activity in your brain
has reached over 90 percent.

650
00:35:06,207 --> 00:35:10,166
l don’t know why, but it seems the more
pervasive, evolved state of the cortex...

651
00:35:10,327 --> 00:35:12,602
... is causing lapses
in the lower brain function.

652
00:35:12,807 --> 00:35:16,720
It’s almost as if your body is losing
its natural ability to keep itself alive.

653
00:35:16,887 --> 00:35:18,718
When Ascension occurs naturally...

654
00:35:18,887 --> 00:35:21,765
... the physical body’s no longer
necessary in the final stages.

655
00:35:21,927 --> 00:35:24,236
Rodney, l don’t know how much more
you can take.

656
00:35:25,327 --> 00:35:26,601
About six percent.

657
00:35:27,087 --> 00:35:28,805
There must be something we can do.

658
00:35:29,247 --> 00:35:30,600
McKAY :
It’s okay.

659
00:35:30,927 --> 00:35:32,121
You know...

660
00:35:32,287 --> 00:35:35,643
... l’m actually feeling
a sense of peace.

661
00:35:36,447 --> 00:35:38,881
Interspersed with moments
of sheer terror, of course.

662
00:35:39,327 --> 00:35:43,366
Rodney,
as far as this Ascension thing...

663
00:35:43,687 --> 00:35:47,316
... l know you didn’t have much success.
But at this point...

664
00:35:47,567 --> 00:35:49,523
... what have you got to lose ?

665
00:35:49,687 --> 00:35:52,918
- May as well go out fighting, huh ?
- Absolutely.

666
00:35:54,487 --> 00:35:56,125
Hook me up.

667
00:35:59,647 --> 00:36:01,160
McKAY :
Carson.

668
00:36:02,127 --> 00:36:03,685
Thank you.

669
00:36:04,327 --> 00:36:06,124
Thank you for everything.

670
00:36:07,647 --> 00:36:09,956
l only wish l could have done more,
my friend.

671
00:36:21,807 --> 00:36:23,240
Clear blue skies.

672
00:36:24,247 --> 00:36:26,203
All my troubles...

673
00:36:26,367 --> 00:36:28,562
... just drifting away.

674
00:36:29,127 --> 00:36:32,642
Okay. Stop talking now.

675
00:36:35,527 --> 00:36:37,961
Rodney, you’re a good person.

676
00:36:38,767 --> 00:36:39,995
Know that we love you.

677
00:36:41,887 --> 00:36:43,605
You love me ?

678
00:36:44,927 --> 00:36:46,838
Really ? All of you ?

679
00:36:47,007 --> 00:36:50,238
In the way a friend
feels about another friend.

680
00:36:50,447 --> 00:36:53,120
You’re just saying that
because l’m gonna die.

681
00:36:53,807 --> 00:36:55,638
Oh, God.
l can’t believe l’m gonna die.

682
00:36:55,807 --> 00:36:58,719
All right, just back to the blue skies.
Let your thoughts go.

683
00:36:59,247 --> 00:37:02,762
SHEPPARD :
Concentrate on your breathing.

684
00:37:05,327 --> 00:37:07,318
[SLOW, RHYTHMIC BEEPING ]

685
00:37:09,847 --> 00:37:10,916
Oh, my God.

686
00:37:13,167 --> 00:37:15,158
[STEAD Y TONE]

687
00:37:20,687 --> 00:37:22,678
He’s not breathing.
Get him on a ventilator.

688
00:37:22,887 --> 00:37:25,276
- Carson, he gave us orders--
BECKETT : You don’t understand.

689
00:37:25,487 --> 00:37:27,478
He just told me how to save him.

690
00:37:29,047 --> 00:37:31,277
We’re en route. His pulse is weak.
Are you ready ?

691
00:37:31,487 --> 00:37:33,125
We will be.

692
00:37:35,047 --> 00:37:36,196
Almost.

693
00:37:43,247 --> 00:37:44,805
BECKETT :
Right.

694
00:37:47,767 --> 00:37:49,723
Hurry, he can’t breathe on his own.

695
00:37:53,447 --> 00:37:55,165
Okay, stand back.

696
00:37:56,927 --> 00:37:58,918
[POWER SURGING ]

697
00:38:06,327 --> 00:38:07,919
BECKETT :
Rodney ?

698
00:38:08,087 --> 00:38:09,918
- It worked.
- Did it ?

699
00:38:10,087 --> 00:38:12,806
- Well, l’m alive, aren’t l ?
SHEPPARD : Sounds like him.

700
00:38:12,967 --> 00:38:14,605
McKAY :
Yes, yes.

701
00:38:14,807 --> 00:38:16,923
l can’t hear one of your thoughts.

702
00:38:17,967 --> 00:38:20,037
Telekinesis is gone.

703
00:38:20,367 --> 00:38:23,040
l’m still smart, l think.

704
00:38:23,207 --> 00:38:24,322
Yes.

705
00:38:24,487 --> 00:38:26,603
Yes, l’m me. l’m my old self.

706
00:38:26,807 --> 00:38:28,399
- Are you certain ?
McKAY : Yeah, l’m alive.

707
00:38:28,607 --> 00:38:31,758
l feel great. l feel, uh-- Um, hungry ?

708
00:38:31,927 --> 00:38:32,916
Oh, he’s fine.

709
00:38:33,087 --> 00:38:34,679
And you said it was impossible.

710
00:38:34,847 --> 00:38:36,326
McKAY :
The answer just came to me.

711
00:38:36,487 --> 00:38:40,765
l was floating in this black emptiness
and the answer came out of nowhere.

712
00:38:40,927 --> 00:38:43,361
Look, the device was designed
to manipulate your DNA.

713
00:38:43,567 --> 00:38:46,559
It couldn’t reverse the process,
everyone’s DNA is different.

714
00:38:46,727 --> 00:38:48,683
It makes changes
that causes the DNA...

715
00:38:48,847 --> 00:38:51,964
... to evolve in ways
specific to your own unique physiology.

716
00:38:52,167 --> 00:38:55,637
To manipulate the DNA, the program
required a precise reference point.

717
00:38:55,847 --> 00:38:59,078
l keep blood samples from the Atlantis
team members for comparisons.

718
00:38:59,687 --> 00:39:02,076
l don’t understand
what any of you are talking about.

719
00:39:02,247 --> 00:39:04,920
- What--
- It’s good to have you back, buddy.

720
00:39:05,087 --> 00:39:07,237
- Mmm !
- Yes, well, it’s good to be back.

721
00:39:07,407 --> 00:39:08,840
Yeah.

722
00:39:14,327 --> 00:39:16,318
[TYPING ]

723
00:39:16,687 --> 00:39:19,724
- Hey, how are you feeling ?
- Terrible.

724
00:39:19,887 --> 00:39:23,004
- Should l get Carson ?
- No, no, no, physically l’m fine...

725
00:39:23,167 --> 00:39:24,964
... but this just doesn’t make
any sense.

726
00:39:25,127 --> 00:39:27,197
l can’t figure out
any of these equations.

727
00:39:27,367 --> 00:39:29,927
The algorithms are complete gibberish.
This is torture.

728
00:39:30,127 --> 00:39:32,880
l can clearly remember exactly
how important this all is...

729
00:39:33,047 --> 00:39:35,641
... but l cannot figure out why or how.

730
00:39:35,807 --> 00:39:38,241
Well, l just dropped by
to show you this.

731
00:39:39,287 --> 00:39:41,881
Your EEG readings
from your last meditation.

732
00:39:46,287 --> 00:39:48,039
Oh, my God.

733
00:39:48,447 --> 00:39:50,517
It’s 0,03 hertz. l mean, l did it.

734
00:39:50,687 --> 00:39:53,406
l mean, l was in the zone.
l could have actually Ascended.

735
00:39:54,407 --> 00:39:57,160
You said you were floating
in a big empty space.

736
00:39:57,327 --> 00:39:59,602
When the idea of how to save yourself
came to you.

737
00:39:59,767 --> 00:40:02,327
l thought about how hard it is
to rid oneself of ego.

738
00:40:02,487 --> 00:40:06,719
That existence without the individuality
of consciousness would be pointless--

739
00:40:07,047 --> 00:40:09,800
Ooh. That’s probably
what gave me the idea...

740
00:40:09,967 --> 00:40:11,923
... to reprogram the device
with my old DNA.

741
00:40:12,127 --> 00:40:14,482
- Yeah, l thought so.
- Yeah, well, you know what ?

742
00:40:14,647 --> 00:40:18,037
l don’t care if you don’t think
l was capable. l never wanted to do it.

743
00:40:18,207 --> 00:40:20,482
l am very happy with who l am.

744
00:40:20,767 --> 00:40:23,156
- And you love me.
- Hmm ?

745
00:40:23,407 --> 00:40:24,476
What ? l never--

746
00:40:24,687 --> 00:40:27,485
You so did. l may not understand
this new math l created...

747
00:40:27,687 --> 00:40:29,962
... but l remember
that you said you love me.

748
00:40:30,167 --> 00:40:31,839
Actually, l said,« ou » ?We love you. »

749
00:40:32,007 --> 00:40:34,475
You were saying that because
you thought l was dying ?

750
00:40:34,647 --> 00:40:36,922
- No, l said it because--
- See ? You love me.

751
00:40:37,127 --> 00:40:39,595
It’s true. You’ve said it.
Now l know. l suspected it.

752
00:40:39,767 --> 00:40:41,997
In fact, l’ve always noticed
that there’s been...

753
00:40:42,167 --> 00:40:45,000
... an indefinable and yet magical
chemistry between us...

754
00:40:45,167 --> 00:40:47,237
- ... that l think l covered in Chapter 10.
- Hmm.

755
00:40:47,407 --> 00:40:49,204
- Rodney.
- Have you had lunch yet ?

756
00:40:49,407 --> 00:40:51,045
- Yes.
- Mid-afternoon snack, then ?

757
00:40:52,087 --> 00:40:53,884
- l will keep you company.
- Ah.

758
00:40:54,047 --> 00:40:55,844
Now, is Sheppard still bugging you...

759
00:40:56,007 --> 00:40:58,441
... to let him use the device
to turn into a superhero ?

760
00:40:58,607 --> 00:40:59,596
- Oh, yes.
- Hmm.

761
00:40:59,767 --> 00:41:03,123
Despite the fact that the database
states its effects are unpredictable.

762
00:41:03,287 --> 00:41:06,962
That l’m lucky l wasn’t instantly
melted down into a pool of protoplasm.

763
00:41:07,127 --> 00:41:08,879
- Yes.
- Huh. Well, maybe you should let him.

764
00:41:09,047 --> 00:41:10,765
l think not.

765
00:41:37,607 --> 00:41:39,598
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00:41:39,767 --> 00:41:41,758
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