"SECRETS"

CAST:

Richard Dean Anderson (Colonel Jack O'Neill)

Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson)

Christopher Judge (Teal'c)

Amanda Tapping (Captain Sammantha Carter)

Don S. Davis (General George Hammond )

Guest Cast:

Vaitiare Bandera, Carmen Argenziano
Peter Williams, Erick Avari
Douglas H. Arthurs, Chris Owens
Michael Tiernan

Plot Summary

One year has passed on Abydos since Daniel left with SG-1 to attempt to find his wife, Sha're. As promised, her father, Kasuf, has unburied their Stargate and awaits Daniel's return. Even if he hasn't found her, Daniel at least wants to go back to assure Kasuf that he is still in search of her---and what has become of her since her abduction. Hammond has no objections to Daniel's trip---but O'Neill and Carter have obligations elsewhere: They are expected, by the President, in Washington for a medal ceremony. Daniel is sure he'll be safe enough on Abydos with Teal'c accompanying him, and the general agrees. "Say hi to the President for me," Daniel tells Sam and Jack before his departure.

Kasuf is waiting to greet Daniel, though he's momentarily startled by the Jaffa accompanying his son-in-law. Daniel apologizes for returning without Sha're---and is shocked when Kasuf leads him to a nearby tent that is occupied by Sha're herself! Perhaps not a shocked, though, as when he sees that his wife is pregnant.

Daniel and Teal'c react with suspicion to the Goa'uld Queen. Kasuf, unaware that his daughter has been taken as a Goa'uld host, is confused by their reaction---and their insistance that her presence presents a danger. Sha're pleads with her husband to believe her: Her Goa'uld, Amaunet, has made itself dormant because Sha're is pregnant. If the Goa'uld awakens, it will cause the baby to be stillborn. Daniel's sudden realization---she is saying that Apophis' host is the father of the child---starts Sha're crying for shame. There is more. Apophis has hidden Sha're on Abydos in an attempt to hide her pregnancy and the reason he wants the child: He wishes his host's son to one day become his *new* host. Daniel is stunned and appalled by the revelation.

In Washington, Hammond, O'Neill, and Carter attend a gathering of military personnel and political figures. Sam remembers her two years spent in Washington trying to make the Stargate Project a reality; Jack muses that he can find his way around the galaxy, but he always gets lost trying to find his way around D.C. Sam has her own surprise family reunion---her father is in attendance.

After Daniel leaves Sha're's tent, heart-broken Sha're muses that "Daniel no longer loves me." Teal'c corrects her: "Daniel Jackson cares for you greatly." Sha're recognizes him, and Teal'c admits he was present during her implantation with the Goa'uld and apologizes for his part in that. Sha're knows more---Teal'c is the traitor. She realizes she has the memories of her Goa'uld host...and that Apophis' place among the System Lords is no more (partially due to Teal'c).

Teal'c speaks to Daniel. He has sympathy for his friend's grief, but there is strategic benefit to take Sha're back to Earth. While her Goa'uld sleeps, Sha're has acces to its genetic memories. Daniel is outraged by the suggestion. Hasn't Sha're been through enough?! He won't put her through interrogation. Teal'c is angered by that. Does Daniel feel sorry for Sha're or himself? If Sha're stays on Abydos, she'll give birth, Amaunet will retake control of her, and Apophis will take Sha're and the child and leave Abydos forever. Is that the fate he wants for her?

Jacob Carter and his daughter are having an awkward reunion. Jake manages to be proud and at the same time baffled by Sam's receiving her Air medal honor---esp. since her work is 'analysis of deep space radar telemetry'. Even Jack's good humor makes no impression on Carter senior. When Hammond and Jack excuse themselves from the awkward conversation, Jake turns to Sam, "Just between us, your cover stories could use a little polish." Sam professes ignorance, and her father doesn't press the issue. Whatever she's *really* studying in Cheyenne, he tells her, can't be as exciting as the opportunity he's arranged for her: A position in NASA and the chance to travel into space for real.

Jake isn't the only one who senses a secret. Outside, O'Neill is being followed by a mystery man.

Daniel speaks to Sha're, reassuring her that he doesn't hate her and that she's done nothing that needs his forgiveness. Sha're is still ashamed. Daniel hates what Apophis has done, what he has planned, but loves Sha're. "Will you stay?" Sha're asks him. "I can't---because I want you to come home with *me*," he tells her.

Sam politely hears out her father's plans to get her into the shuttle program. He's called in favors to get her priority in getting into the program. Sam tries to explain, without revealing the truth about the Stargate project, that she is happy with her work now. "It's not your dream," Jacob says, baffled by her refusal. When Sam accuses that he wants her in NASA more for him than for her happiness, Jacob gets angry and excuses himself.

Jack has found his way to a nearby bar, where the mystery man confronts him. "Colonel Jack O'Neill, right? You are one hard man to find," he tells Jack. "Who are you?" Jack asks. "Armin Selig, I'm a journalist." O'Neill tries to leave, and Selig asks if he's on his way back to the Stargate...and is not fooled by Jack's playing dumb. Selig has taped Jack and Sam's earlier conversation about her time working on the Stargate Project and his travel around the galaxy and plays it for the colonel. Selig has a source who has told him about the project and wants confirmation. Jack shrugs it off and says that the C-5 he referred to while talking to Sam is an aircraft. What about Sam's 'Stargate'? Selig questions. "You got me on that one," O'Neill dismisses him, leaving the bar.

Daniel, Teal'c, Sha're, and Kasuf are discussing what will happen if she returns to Earth. Sha're fears for the child's safety when the Queen realizes what has been done, Kasuf fears for the safety of his people when Apophis returns to find Sha're missing. Daniel assures Sha're that he will be with her, keep her and the child from harm. If they can find out what is making the Queen dormant, they may be able to find a way to keep her in that state. As for the Abydosians, Teal'c suggests that Kasuf simply tell Apophis that one of the Goa'uld's enemies has stolen Sha're and the child. It will, after all, be essentially true. Kasuf tells Sha're to go with Daniel. Daniel asks more politely. Sha're wants to know if she will be with Daniel *after* the child is born, and Daniel admits she will be kept in prison until the Goa'uld is removed. At least, though, she and the child will be safe from Apophis. Sha're agrees to go with them to Earth.

Hammond is speaking to Jacob when O'Neill interrupts. He pulls Hammond aside and informs the General of his conversation with the reporter. How much does Selig know? Hammond wonders. He knew enough to identify and locate O'Neill. In that case, Hammond agrees, they definitely have a problem.

Sha're, Daniel, and Teal'c are almost to the Stargate when the ground begins to shake. "A Goa'uld ship approaches," Teal'c says. The sound momentarily causes Sha're's Goa'uld to awaken, thinking Apophis has come for her. Daniel helps her fight the Goa'uld---but the damage is done. It has induced Sha're's labor. Daniel and Teal'c lead Sha're away from the Stargate into hiding only moments before Jaffa and their Goa'uld master teleport down to Abydos. It is not Apophis, but his enemy Hero'or and his Horus guards, who has come looking for the Queen.

Hammond, Jack, and Sam are discussing containment of their problem. The repercussions--domestic and international--would be devastating if Selig printed his story about the gate's existance. Sam also wonders who Selig's 'source' could be. It seems unlikely that anyone at SGC could be the leak. Senator Kinsey's (see 'Politics') name comes up, but Hammond points out that civilians sign non-disclosure statements and Kinsey could be prosecuted if he revealed information about the Gate. Hammond wants to know how much Selig knows, he tells Jack.

Sha're is in labor, with Daniel helping. Teal'c has recognized Hero'or and knows he has come for the child. Daniel won't leave Sha're, so Teal'c must do what he can to keep Hero'or's soldiers away from the two of them. Sha're smiles at Daniel. "You do love me," she realizes happily.

Jack finds Selig, and the reporter guesses that the colonel has come to find out how much he knows about the Stargate. Selig doesn't need Jack's confirmation to run the story, but he wanted to meet the colonel anyway, he says. Jack will be a hero when the story breaks. Cool, says Jack, what's Selig going to say about him. Selig gives up and lets O'Neill know the facts he's found---everything from the purpose of the gate to the number of teams travelling around the universe to the fact that Jack is leader of the team SG-1. "Wow. That's pretty amazing," Jack teases. Selig also knows that the teams are searching for alien technology to off set the cost of the project, and that two alien ships were destroyed---by Jack---on their way to attack Earth. O'Neill advises him not to go through with the story, still refusing to confirm Selig's information. "If you're going to go ahead with it, I want to make sure you get one thing right---it's O'Neill with two 'L's'. There's another Colonel O'Neill with only one L. He has no sense of humor at all." Selig isn't put off by Jack's teasing. "The story's going to run, Colonel." "It'll read like science fiction, Armin." "You can't stop me." "I know that, too." "You don't think anyone will believe it." "I'm sure someone will."

Selig storms away....only to be struck down by a car when he steps into the street. O'Neill rushes to help the dying reporter. "You did this," Selig gasps. "No, I didn't do this," Jack insists. And then Armin is gone.

Hero'or's men have confirmed the Queen's presence, but have not found her. Kasuf is interrogated by the Horus. Teal'c rescues him moments before he's murdered.

Meanwhile, the medal ceremony has been cancelled. Sam finds her father, trying to smooth things over with him. Jacob has another surprise for Sam---a bad one: He has lymphoma. He was hoping to stick around long enough to see Sam become an astronaut, something she wanted her whole life. He wants to see her fulfill her dreams before he dies. Sam is sorry, but she still can't accept the position at NASA. Jacob is disappointed. Sam begs him not to leave with hard feelings, but cannot stop him.

Nor can Sha're stop the birth of Apophis' child, even though she is terrified that when her Goa'uld awakens, she will lose Daniel again. Daniel promises that she will never lose him, the Goa'uld will never take away what they have. Then the baby is born...and Sha're's Goa'uld retakes control. "Give me the child!" she demands. Teal'c, disguised as a Hero'or's Horus guard, fools the Queen by pretending to kidnap the baby (with Daniel playing along). "Apophis, my Pharoh, will destroy you both for this!" Amaunet promises before Teal'c stuns her with a blast of the Zat gun. "We must go," Teal'c tells Daniel.

Daniel takes the baby boy to Kasuf, admonishing him to take the child into hiding. Kasuf muses that he may never see his daughter again now. Daniel promsies that Sha're is strong and will not give up...and neither will Daniel.

At SGC, Hammond presents Sam and Jack with the Air medal in honor of their preventing the Goa'uld attack on Earth (see 'Serpent's Lair'). After the ceremony, Jack has a private word with Hammond. "It *was* an accident," Hammond answers the unspoken question. "Yes, sir," Jack says, not looking convinced.

Still in disguise as a Horus, Teal'c takes his 'prisoner' Daniel to Hero'or, introducing the human as one of the Tauri, the enemies who defeated Apophis. Hero'or scoffs at that claim. Daniel suggests an alliance between the Tauri and Hero'or. Hero'or promises that the humans are nothing and one he has conquered Apophis, he will conquer them. "You will serve me," he vows. "No, I don't think so," Daniel answers. The impudence enrages Hero'or, who is about to execute Daniel when the Stargate begins to open. Apophis has returned for his Queen, Hero'or thinks. One Horus is caught in the Gate vortex and killed. Teal'c uses the distraction to dispatch another Horus, but is wounded by a shot from a Zat gun. Sam and Jack emerge from the gate into the middle of the fight. Jack tries to shoot Hero'or, who puts up his shield (see 'The Nox') to deflect the bullets. "You dare challenge me?" Hero'or growls. "Was thinking about it," Jack quips...then throws a knife. The slower-moving object passes through the shield and buries itself in Hero'or's hand. "You'll pay for this insolence!" Hero'or vows before teleporting back to his ship, leaving SG-1 alone in the pyramid's gate room. "Someone explain to me what just happened," O'Neill asks Teal'c and Daniel. "Is is a lengthy tale, O'Neill, " Teal'c says.

The Stargate begins to open again. This time, it *is* Apophis returning for his Queen. The team, including confused O'Neill and Sam, hide. Sha're joins Apophis, who asks after the child. She tells him that Hero'or has stolen the child. "Forgive me, my Pharoh, for failing you." Apophis takes her hand, "Come home with me, my Queen." He never sees Sha're look sadly to the corner where Daniel is hiding. With that, Apophis and Sha're step back through the Gate.

"You all right?" Jack asks Daniel. "No, no I'm not. But I will be," Daniel says. Teal'c points out that Sha're knew where they were hiding and did not betray them. On that note of hope, SG-1 returns to Earth.

REVIEW:

Language: none

Nudity: none

Violence: Horus guards are killed, Armin is
killed by a car.

MEMORABLE QUOTES:

"I fear that my search (for Sha're) will continue for many seasons."
- Daniel to Kasuf

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