"FAMILY"

CAST:

Richard Dean Anderson (Colonel O'Neill)

Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson)

Christopher Judge (Teal'c)

Amanda Tapping (Captain Sammantha Carter)

Don S. Davis (General Hammond )
Teryl Rothery (Dr. Janet Fraiser)

Guest Cast:
Brook Parker (Drey-Ac)
Neil Denis (Rya'c)
Peter Williams (Apophis)
Peter Bryant (Fro'tac)
Tony Amendola (Bra'tac)
Jano Frandsen (Dj'nor)
Laara Sadiq (Female Technician)

See also: "Children of the Gods", "Serpent's Lair", "Bloodlines", "Singularity", "The Broca Divide"

Plot Summary

The SGC is on alert as an unscheduled traveller comes through the Stargate. However, the traveller *does* have an Iris code---SG-1's code, and no one is more surprised to hear that than the SG-1 team themselves. There's only one other person who knows the SG-1 code: Master Bra'tac (Bloodlines, Serpent's Lair). Hammond and SG-1 greet the Jaffa. Bra'tac has come bearing bad news for Teal'c: Drey'auc, Teal'c's wife, is safe, but his son, Rya'c, has been taken away by Apophis.

The news surprises Hammond and SG-1, who believed that Apophis and Skaara/Klor'el had been killed when their ships were destroyed (Serpent's Lair). Bra'tac explains that they escaped through their ship's on-board stargate before the vessel exploded. So what does Apophis want with Rya'c? Hammond wants to know. Teal'c knows---Apophis wants the traitorous Teal'c. Together, Bra'tac and Teal'c explain that Apophis' has been shamed by his defeat at the hands of the humans and needs to reassert his authority and power among the people of Chulak before the System Lords have him killed and replaced. Hammond immediately nixes the notion of a rescue attempt---he won't send his team into a trap. The team is more confident: Apophis' current situation makes him vulnerable and they are aware of his trap. Plus, Bra'tac still has allies among the Goa'uld's guards. "Teal'c, you originally withheld information about your family because you were afraid it would make you vulnerable. Now it has. I want this to be the last time," Hammond warns. With that, he approves the rescue. "Get Apophis if you can, but the Prime Directive of this mission is to bring Teal'c's family back to Earth."

The team uses canisters of gas to dispatch the Jaffa guarding the Chulak gate. Bra'tac leads them to Drey'auc's new home---a place expensive enough that Teal'c questions how she can afford it. Bra'tac does not know. Drey'auc greets him with an embrace and a look of sadness. She was alone when Rya'c was taken, she explains. Then they are interrupted by the arrival of Fro'tac, an apparent friend who greets Teal'c and the team. "I am Fro'tac of the High Cliffs," he introduces himself. "Jack. Of the Windy City." O'Neill responds. Teal'c expresses appreciation for Fro'tac guarding his wife's home. Fro'tac clarifies: It is his home...and Drey'auc is now Fro'tac's wife. Drey'auc had her marriage to Teal'c removed when it seemed that Teal'c was dead and would never return to Chulak. Enraged by the news, Teal'c attacks Fro'tac. The others intervene and Fro'tac apologizes that he wanted to be the one to tell Teal'c in person.

Fro'tac and Drey'auc, with Sam accompanying them to see what she can learn about the situation with Rya'c and Apophis, leave the team alone. Bra'tac swears ignorance of the marriage---he would have told Teal'c had he known. O'Neill is concerned only with Fro'tac's trustworthiness. Bra'tac trusts him---but cautions that it would be wise to keep an eye on the man, anyway. Teal'c is angry with Fro'tac, feeling betrayed. Daniel points out that in a way, Fro'tac has helped Teal'c's family by giving them a home and getting them out of the camps (Bloodlines). Bra'tac points out that Teal'c cannot care for his family now, while he is branded a traitor and unable to stay with them on Chulak. Before they begin planning Rya'c's rescue, Bra'tac wants Teal'c's word that he will not kill Fro'tac. Teal'c grudgingly agrees.

Bra'tac brings back Fro'tac and Drey'auc. "We will find Rya'c and bring him home. This I swear....after that is done, I will never lay eyes on you again," Teal'c tells Drey'auc.

Drey'auc follows Teal'c outside, expressing her own anger at her former husband. How dare he judge her when he was the one to abandon his family. That was for the future of his people, Teal'c defends himself. And what she did was for the future of her family, Drey'auc answers. Does she love Fro'tac? Teal'c asks. No, Drey'auc says honestly, but he offers their son a better life than the camps.

Fro'tac knows where Rya'c is being held in the palace, the west wing, and isolated section. After dark, the team and Bra'tac sneak into the palace. They find Rya'c---who immediately runs from them, screaming for help and resisting even Teal'c's efforts to contain him. The boy's shouts alert the Jaffa guards, but the team is able to fight their way out of the palace----without Rya'c. Bra'tac and Teal'c share the bad news with Drey'auc: Rya'c's mind now belongs to Apophis. He's brainwashed, O'Neill says. Rya'c has been turned against Teal'c as punishment for the Jaffa's betrayal of the Goa'uld, Teal'c muses.

Their talk is interrupted as Apophis addresses the people of Chulak. The rumors of his defeat are false, spread by traitors, Apophis says. He brings truth---proof of his power to conquer evil and forgive transgression. As proof, Apophis presents his 'most loyal subject'---Rya'c, son of the traitor Teal'c. Rya'c denounces his father as a traitor to their God, his people, his family. Apophis then offers a reward for Teal'c and those who are helping him.

Teal'c, however, hears something in Rya'c's message that gives him hope: Rya'c, in his plea for his mother's 'release' from her 'captors', misidentifies her as 'Drey'auc of the Morning Cham'ka Groves', rather than the correct 'Drey'auc of the Cord'ai Plains'. Teal'c believes this is a secret message from Rya'c, that Rya'c wants to meet his father in the Cham'ka Groves in the morning---and that Rya'c is resisting Apophis' brainwashing. Bra'tac and O'Neill point out that such cunning is a little beyond Rya'c's young age, but Teal'c is adamant: His son is strong, he is fighting Apophis.

The debate is interrupted by the arrival of Jaffa soldiers, who have come to search Fro'tac's house for 'the traitor' and SG-1. Drey'auc hides the team while Fro'tac stalls the soldiers. Finding nothing, the Jaffas depart. Fro'tac's protection of the team has finally earned him Teal'c's trust. Later that night, Teal'c and Drey'auc are unable to sleep...and a romantic encounter between them is observed by Fro'tac, who angrily sneaks out of the house----his departure observed by O'Neill.

Jack follows Fro'tac to the palace in time to stop him from leading a Jaffa to Teal'c and the team. When Fro'tac ignores O'Neill's urgings to return to the house and repeatedly attempts to alert the Jaffa guards, Jack reluctantly kills him. Their absence has been noticed, and the team is waiting up when Jack (disguised in one of the Jaffa's armor) returns. "No wonder these guys are always cranky," he complains after opening the bulky helmet. Jack tells Drey'auc honestly what happened to Fro'tac. She blames herself, "I made vows I could not keep."

The team heads for the groves Rya'c spoke of. Jaffa soldiers blanket the area, guarding the boy, but the team dispatches them easily. Rya'c cries, "Father!" and runs to Teal'c. Teal'c is pleased, but the team is wary---wasn't the rescue a little too easy? Teal'c again defends that his son is strong. Jack orders Carter to search the boy for any tracking devices or other surprises like they found with Cassandra (see 'Singularity' and 'In the Line of Duty'). Teal'c insists that Rya'c's Goa'uld larvae would allow no such tampering. Jack remains unconvinced. They are not put at ease when they find the Stargate only lightly guarded. "All right, Rya'c, what's the scam here?" Jack demands. Why the change of attitude about Apophis? What has the 'God' got Rya'c doing? When Teal'c protests, Jack gets upset. Apophis would not allow them to escape this easily. The team debates possibile explanations for the easy escape---and what to do with Rya'c. Do they risk taking him back to Earth or leave him behind. Teal'c insists Rya'c will not harm them. Jack grudgingly agrees to take Teal'c's entire family back to Earth. SG-1 dispatches the guards at the Stargate and the group departs Chulak. Bra'tac stays behind, saying his farewells to Teal'c.

At the SGC, Dr. Fraiser examines Rya'c---no signs of bombs or such devices. Jack still wants to keep the boy under guard. Rya'c is eager to see the Earth, and while he is smiling with joy, Drey'auc notices something about her son which disturbs her. Privately, she tells Teal'c the problem: Before his abduction, Rya'c lost two of his teeth while training with Master Bra'tac. The two teeth which are no longer missing but restored to Rya'c. Teal'c tells Dr. Fraiser, who, with his help, is able to sedate the boy. Rya'c puts up a struggle, cursing them as 'Ha'taaka' before losing consciousness.

Rya'c is moved to a cell, where Drey'auc sits with him. He wakes and attempts to escape. When he can't, he tries to trigger the weapons in his false teeth, but discovers they have been removed. Inside the teeth, Dr. Fraiser found two biological organisms which, when combined, would have been deadly. He wanted to get outside to release the biological weapon into the atmosphere---where it would have destroyed every living thing on the planet.

The physical danger past, the next problem is how to 'deprogram' Rya'c. The boy remains in his cell, screaming for his father, the 'Ha'taaka' to take him back to Chulak. Apophis is his God, Rya'c insists, Teal'c is a traitor. His 'God' loves him, Rya'c continues...despite Teal'c's argument that his 'God' was going to let the boy destroy himself to destroy Teal'c and Earth. Apophis lied to him, Teal'c says. Rya'c counters that Teal'c lied to him when he promised to return to Chulak. Teal'c appeals to Rya'c's memories of his family---of their life together on Chulak. *That* is love, Teal'c tells the boy. His words have no effect.

Defeated, Teal'c leaves him and speaks to the team. Rya'c has reason to hate Teal'c, the Jaffa admits, which is making Apophis' brainwashing that much stronger. Does the team know of another way to help the boy? Jack offers one idea---electroshock. Daniel balks at the 'barbaric' idea. Fraiser admits it could be done less 'barbarically', under controlled circumstances, but isn't sure about doing it on a child---esp. a Jaffa child. Teal'c asks if the electroshock is similar to the effects of a Zat gun blast. A single blast from a Zat gun would have the same painful effect, but would not kill Rya'c or his symbiot.

The course of action agreed upon, Teal'c and Drey'auc return to their son's cell. Rya'c is still cursing them and asking for Apophis. "Forgive me, my son," Teal'c asks before tearfully firing the Zat gun. The painful blast leaves the boy unconscious. They sit with him, Drey'auc singing to soothe the boy. After a few moments, Rya'c begins singing with her. He opens his eyes---and asks where they are. He beams at Teal'c, pleased his father has 'returned home'. Drey'auc explains that they are no longer on Chulak. But they are with Father, Rya'c says happily, so to the boy they are home.

It is decided that Drey'auc and Rya'c will stay on the world known as 'the Land of Light' (see 'The Broca Divide'). At SGC, they'd essentially be prisoners, Jack explains before presenting Rya'c with a gift: A baseball glove. The boy puzzles over the gift's purpose, even mistaking it for a hat. Jack grins, guessing that he will have to visit and show the boy the purpose of the glove. With last thanks and farewells, the family steps through the Stargate...

CONTENT GUIDE:

OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE: None

NUDITY: None

VIOLENCE: Jaffa are killed with Zat guns,
Rya'c is shot with Zat gun.

Memorable quotes:

"No wonder these guys are always so cranky."
(O'Neill after trying out the Jaffa armor)

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