1 00:00:01,169 --> 00:00:03,171 Previously, on Stargate Atlantis. 2 00:00:03,254 --> 00:00:06,090 What do we know about the wraith? 3 00:00:06,174 --> 00:00:09,510 They are the enemy that defeated the ancients. 4 00:00:09,594 --> 00:00:13,181 A few hundred years pass before they awaken. 5 00:00:13,264 --> 00:00:15,725 We have visited many worlds. 6 00:00:15,975 --> 00:00:18,186 I know of none untouched by the wraith. 7 00:00:18,269 --> 00:00:22,732 You are doomed, as are any humans that stand in our way. 8 00:00:23,107 --> 00:00:25,401 The ancients researched ascension. 9 00:00:25,484 --> 00:00:26,861 What is ascension? 10 00:00:26,944 --> 00:00:29,947 Where they rid themselves of their physical bodies 11 00:00:30,031 --> 00:00:31,657 and rise to a higher plane of existence 12 00:00:31,741 --> 00:00:34,160 where they live as pure energy. 13 00:00:43,044 --> 00:00:44,545 I count two. How about you? 14 00:00:44,629 --> 00:00:46,881 Yes, sir. I recommend shooting back. 15 00:00:46,964 --> 00:00:50,051 That hit must've caused some damage. McKay? 16 00:00:50,134 --> 00:00:51,385 I'm on it. 17 00:00:51,469 --> 00:00:52,637 Where did they come from? 18 00:00:53,846 --> 00:00:57,016 The darts are short-range fighters. 19 00:00:57,099 --> 00:00:58,726 There's probably a hive ship somewhere. 20 00:00:58,809 --> 00:00:59,953 Then we need to get out of here. 21 00:00:59,977 --> 00:01:01,020 Yes, we do. 22 00:01:01,103 --> 00:01:03,522 The Stargate is the other way. 23 00:01:03,606 --> 00:01:05,733 This is the scenic route. McKay! 24 00:01:05,816 --> 00:01:07,985 I'm almost there. 25 00:01:08,069 --> 00:01:09,153 There's one on our tail! 26 00:01:09,237 --> 00:01:11,989 Keep your eye on the other one. 27 00:01:12,073 --> 00:01:13,241 You should have weapons. 28 00:01:13,324 --> 00:01:14,450 Sure? Negafive. 29 00:01:14,533 --> 00:01:15,576 Positive! 30 00:01:15,660 --> 00:01:17,245 I'm pretty sure I fixed it. 31 00:01:17,411 --> 00:01:19,497 Well, obviously you didn't! 32 00:01:20,915 --> 00:01:22,917 We could lose them in the atmosphere. 33 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:24,377 Two more darts on our two o'clock. 34 00:01:24,460 --> 00:01:25,753 I see 'em. McKay! 35 00:01:25,836 --> 00:01:28,464 It's not like I'm holding back on you. 36 00:01:43,854 --> 00:01:45,189 Hang on! 37 00:01:57,785 --> 00:01:59,620 The wraith darts have been destroyed. 38 00:01:59,704 --> 00:02:01,539 That's a good thing. 39 00:02:02,707 --> 00:02:04,792 I thought for sure we were dead. 40 00:02:06,043 --> 00:02:07,295 Didn't you think we were dead? 41 00:02:07,378 --> 00:02:08,379 What was that? 42 00:02:08,462 --> 00:02:10,381 Some sort of energy weapon. 43 00:02:10,965 --> 00:02:13,092 What do you say we find out? 44 00:02:15,428 --> 00:02:16,470 Yeah. 45 00:03:24,497 --> 00:03:30,086 So, just to confirm, we're all still definitely not dead. 46 00:03:30,252 --> 00:03:31,879 I feel very much alive. 47 00:03:31,962 --> 00:03:33,047 Good. Same here. 48 00:03:33,130 --> 00:03:34,298 Wish I knew what that was. 49 00:03:34,382 --> 00:03:35,466 Lightning? 50 00:03:35,549 --> 00:03:36,675 Space lightning? 51 00:03:36,759 --> 00:03:38,386 It's some sort of an energy weapon. 52 00:03:38,469 --> 00:03:40,179 One that destroys wraith darts. 53 00:03:40,262 --> 00:03:42,306 But why them and not us? 54 00:03:42,390 --> 00:03:44,642 Assuming that we're still alive, 55 00:03:44,725 --> 00:03:49,021 and there doesn't appear to be any damage, we can conclude that... 56 00:03:49,105 --> 00:03:53,526 .Um... 57 00:03:53,692 --> 00:03:58,114 I got nothing to conclude. I'm just talking for the sake of talking. 58 00:03:58,197 --> 00:03:59,657 Are you sure you're ok? 59 00:03:59,740 --> 00:04:01,450 I hate certain death. 60 00:04:01,575 --> 00:04:03,202 You're alive. 61 00:04:03,285 --> 00:04:05,830 Could it be naturally occurring? 62 00:04:06,288 --> 00:04:07,915 My money's on non-naturally. 63 00:04:07,998 --> 00:04:09,708 A weapon the ancients left? 64 00:04:10,084 --> 00:04:12,586 A weapon that impressive would be powered by... 65 00:04:12,670 --> 00:04:15,548 A zero-point module. We need to get down there. 66 00:04:15,631 --> 00:04:20,010 I've got to put down and check for damage anyway before we head back. 67 00:04:32,648 --> 00:04:36,777 If there is a weapon somewhere down here, sir, these folks didn't build it. 68 00:04:36,861 --> 00:04:40,448 Not these kids. Picking up anything? 69 00:04:40,531 --> 00:04:42,950 Everything, just nothing worth mentioning. 70 00:04:44,034 --> 00:04:45,828 These folks look familiar? 71 00:04:45,911 --> 00:04:47,288 The Stargate is in orbit. 72 00:04:47,371 --> 00:04:50,040 My people could never have ventured here. 73 00:04:50,124 --> 00:04:52,793 Right. What say we venture? 74 00:05:22,031 --> 00:05:24,074 It's ok. We're friendly. 75 00:05:28,454 --> 00:05:32,708 It is likely they have never seen anyone from outside their village. 76 00:05:45,804 --> 00:05:47,264 Welcome. 77 00:05:48,057 --> 00:05:51,685 I am zarah, one of the abbots of proculis. 78 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,438 I'm John. John Sheppard. 79 00:05:54,522 --> 00:05:58,150 This is Teyla, lieutenant Ford and dr McKay. 80 00:06:00,611 --> 00:06:02,112 Please, come. 81 00:06:24,843 --> 00:06:29,139 This is the first time, at least in my own lifetime, 82 00:06:29,223 --> 00:06:32,226 that people from another land have come to us. 83 00:06:33,143 --> 00:06:34,895 Well, we came by ship. 84 00:06:36,397 --> 00:06:42,778 A flying thing that allows us to move from one world to another. 85 00:06:43,237 --> 00:06:44,863 Another world? 86 00:06:44,947 --> 00:06:46,991 From among the stars in the night sky. 87 00:06:48,701 --> 00:06:50,744 We are peaceful explorers. 88 00:06:51,954 --> 00:06:55,874 Then glory to athar for bringing you here safely. 89 00:06:56,834 --> 00:06:58,210 Athar? 90 00:06:58,294 --> 00:07:02,089 The provider and protector of all. 91 00:07:02,548 --> 00:07:03,882 Surely you know. 92 00:07:04,133 --> 00:07:07,511 Athar is known by many names among the stars. 93 00:07:07,636 --> 00:07:09,930 Is athar around? 94 00:07:10,014 --> 00:07:12,725 We'd love to talk to him. We're friends. 95 00:07:13,601 --> 00:07:17,104 Athar is friend to all, and with us always. 96 00:07:18,230 --> 00:07:19,565 Even now. 97 00:07:20,357 --> 00:07:23,902 Of course. Hi, athar. 98 00:07:24,403 --> 00:07:28,532 What dr McKay means is that we wish to offer our thanks. 99 00:07:29,158 --> 00:07:31,344 We were attacked by the wraith and would have been killed 100 00:07:31,368 --> 00:07:33,996 were it not for athar. 101 00:07:34,288 --> 00:07:35,289 Wraith? 102 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:40,127 Pale skin, sunken eyes, suck the life out of you with their hands. 103 00:07:40,753 --> 00:07:43,380 We have never encountered such beings. 104 00:07:43,547 --> 00:07:44,548 Never? 105 00:07:46,383 --> 00:07:48,927 And there is no mention of them in your history? 106 00:07:49,219 --> 00:07:53,057 None. I can assure you that for many thousands of years 107 00:07:53,140 --> 00:07:54,892 we have lived here in peace. 108 00:07:57,895 --> 00:08:00,272 Could you excuse us for a moment? 109 00:08:00,856 --> 00:08:04,568 Of course. Please, I must tell the other abbots of your arrival 110 00:08:04,652 --> 00:08:06,403 before we go to meet with Chaya. 111 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:08,614 Chaya is... 112 00:08:08,697 --> 00:08:10,449 The high priestess of athar. 113 00:08:12,117 --> 00:08:14,662 This is a great day for our people. 114 00:08:17,289 --> 00:08:18,582 Ours too. 115 00:08:22,252 --> 00:08:23,879 I'm not kidding. This could really work. 116 00:08:23,962 --> 00:08:25,547 I agree, major. 117 00:08:25,631 --> 00:08:27,841 Every inhabited world I have encountered 118 00:08:27,925 --> 00:08:30,010 has been ravaged by the wraith. 119 00:08:30,094 --> 00:08:32,137 It's protected by an ancient weapon. 120 00:08:32,221 --> 00:08:33,972 This confirms it. Does it? 121 00:08:34,056 --> 00:08:37,768 The power requirements must be astronomical. 122 00:08:37,851 --> 00:08:39,520 Only a zpm could generate that. 123 00:08:39,603 --> 00:08:42,898 They do not appear to be technologically advanced. 124 00:08:43,273 --> 00:08:47,194 Unless that guy was lying. He doesn't seem like the lying type. 125 00:08:47,486 --> 00:08:49,697 So, automated defenses? 126 00:08:49,780 --> 00:08:54,952 Imagine a world where displaced refugees could come and live in peace 127 00:08:55,452 --> 00:08:57,705 without fear of being culled by the wraith. 128 00:08:57,788 --> 00:08:59,707 We can negotiate a treaty. 129 00:08:59,790 --> 00:09:01,709 We need access to the weapon or zpm. 130 00:09:01,792 --> 00:09:03,961 Not that we'd steal it. 131 00:09:04,044 --> 00:09:06,213 Let's try to stay on our best behavior. 132 00:09:06,630 --> 00:09:08,924 I'm always on my best behavior. 133 00:09:13,137 --> 00:09:14,388 How much farther? 134 00:09:14,471 --> 00:09:15,723 Not very. 135 00:09:15,806 --> 00:09:17,057 Oh, good. 136 00:09:19,017 --> 00:09:20,477 We could have taken the jumper. 137 00:09:20,561 --> 00:09:22,146 Exercise is good. 138 00:09:22,229 --> 00:09:24,857 Chaya does live pretty far from your people. 139 00:09:24,940 --> 00:09:29,319 It is not uncommon, major, for clerics to live apart from the community. 140 00:09:58,265 --> 00:09:59,475 Glory to athar. 141 00:09:59,558 --> 00:10:01,435 Welcome, and rest. 142 00:10:01,518 --> 00:10:03,187 Thank you, sister. 143 00:10:05,063 --> 00:10:06,732 You are new to proculis. 144 00:10:06,815 --> 00:10:09,818 Yes. We're brand-new, in fact. 145 00:10:11,737 --> 00:10:13,781 Major John Sheppard. 146 00:10:13,864 --> 00:10:15,657 I am called Chaya sar. 147 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:21,038 And you are Teyla, lieutenant Ford and dr McKay. 148 00:10:21,872 --> 00:10:23,582 How did she know that? 149 00:10:23,665 --> 00:10:24,917 One of the abbots ran ahead. 150 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,002 It's a pleasure to meet you, Chaya. 151 00:10:28,462 --> 00:10:32,800 You must be tired after your long journey. Shall I prepare some tea? 152 00:10:34,092 --> 00:10:36,595 Well, I was hoping you were gonna say just that. 153 00:10:40,682 --> 00:10:42,476 Where do they come from? 154 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:44,353 They're everywhere in this galaxy. 155 00:10:44,561 --> 00:10:47,397 They've been on top of the food chain for a long time. 156 00:10:47,856 --> 00:10:52,444 It's terrifying. Truly terrifying. 157 00:10:52,528 --> 00:10:54,404 My heart goes out to your people, Teyla. 158 00:10:54,488 --> 00:10:56,824 It is not only my people who suffer. 159 00:10:57,157 --> 00:10:59,326 The wraith have awakened from a long sleep 160 00:10:59,409 --> 00:11:03,413 and this entire world is safe from the culling that has already begun. 161 00:11:03,997 --> 00:11:06,166 Even Atlantis, with all its wonder, 162 00:11:06,250 --> 00:11:07,793 may not survive the onslaught. 163 00:11:09,086 --> 00:11:14,049 It is our hope that athar could Grant sanctuary here on proculis. 164 00:11:14,424 --> 00:11:16,051 Sanctuary? 165 00:11:17,928 --> 00:11:19,346 For so many? 166 00:11:19,429 --> 00:11:23,225 We're not talking about everybody in the galaxy showing up. 167 00:11:23,308 --> 00:11:24,893 This planet is pretty big. 168 00:11:24,977 --> 00:11:26,812 And largely uninhabited. 169 00:11:27,187 --> 00:11:30,065 More importantly, it is protected by your weapon. 170 00:11:30,148 --> 00:11:33,569 Weapon? I am aware of no such thing on proculis. 171 00:11:36,446 --> 00:11:37,614 Are you sure about that? 172 00:11:37,698 --> 00:11:38,699 Yes. 173 00:11:38,782 --> 00:11:40,284 Oh, please. 174 00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:41,827 Rodney, best behavior. 175 00:11:41,910 --> 00:11:44,121 This is as good as it gets. 176 00:11:44,204 --> 00:11:47,916 Chaya, we're alive because of a powerful energy weapon 177 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,168 that emanated from this planet. 178 00:11:50,419 --> 00:11:54,339 It destroyed the enemy ships. That weapon is keeping the wraith away. 179 00:11:54,464 --> 00:11:57,342 No, dr McKay. It was athar who protected you. 180 00:11:57,634 --> 00:11:58,719 Athar? 181 00:11:58,802 --> 00:12:01,597 Yes. Athar saw you were in need. 182 00:12:02,723 --> 00:12:05,726 Chaya, there are a lot of people just like 183 00:12:08,103 --> 00:12:11,773 you and me who are in need because of the wraith. 184 00:12:12,733 --> 00:12:16,236 What you have here, what athar has provided you, 185 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:18,071 is a very rare thing, 186 00:12:20,157 --> 00:12:22,576 but we have a lot to offer too. 187 00:12:22,659 --> 00:12:24,578 That's what friends do. They share. 188 00:12:27,205 --> 00:12:29,124 I think we could help each other. 189 00:12:30,292 --> 00:12:31,835 I understand. 190 00:12:33,545 --> 00:12:35,756 I shall consult with her now. 191 00:12:38,675 --> 00:12:42,179 Please stay here. I don't know how long this will take. 192 00:12:44,556 --> 00:12:46,224 Thank you. 193 00:12:46,308 --> 00:12:48,310 "What athar provides for you?" 194 00:12:48,393 --> 00:12:49,436 Are you buying into this? 195 00:12:49,519 --> 00:12:53,774 Rodney, what religious people don't take their religion seriously? 196 00:12:53,857 --> 00:12:56,109 We didn't imagine that weapon. 197 00:12:56,193 --> 00:12:57,778 We saw what it was capable of. 198 00:12:57,861 --> 00:12:59,446 Yes, we did. 199 00:12:59,529 --> 00:13:03,450 Perhaps Chaya is simply unaware of the weapon's existence. 200 00:13:03,533 --> 00:13:06,662 Or she knows and wants to keep it a secret from us. 201 00:13:06,995 --> 00:13:10,082 She doesn't strike me as the lying type, either. 202 00:13:11,416 --> 00:13:14,711 All right, let's just see what athar has to say. 203 00:13:16,630 --> 00:13:19,466 So, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, hmm? 204 00:13:19,549 --> 00:13:20,801 Exactly. 205 00:13:46,410 --> 00:13:51,873 Major. We have conveyed your request to our divine mother. 206 00:13:52,165 --> 00:13:54,876 She does not doubt the righteousness of your mission, 207 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,922 but she cannot countenance any other people but hers settling here. 208 00:13:59,006 --> 00:14:01,800 You had to chant all that time to come up with that? 209 00:14:02,217 --> 00:14:03,218 McKay. 210 00:14:03,301 --> 00:14:06,179 Is there any way athar can reconsider? 211 00:14:06,388 --> 00:14:08,598 Athar understands and sympathizes. 212 00:14:08,765 --> 00:14:11,351 These wraith are a scourge among our stars. 213 00:14:11,435 --> 00:14:14,688 But she has to place the lives of her people first. 214 00:14:16,606 --> 00:14:19,443 We both knew what you were gonna say before you even went in. 215 00:14:19,735 --> 00:14:21,695 We prayed for athar's guidance. 216 00:14:21,778 --> 00:14:23,113 And what did athar say? 217 00:14:24,072 --> 00:14:27,784 You're hiding behind your religion to justify your selfishness. 218 00:14:27,909 --> 00:14:28,910 Rodney... 219 00:14:28,994 --> 00:14:31,747 If athar existed, she would be ashamed. 220 00:14:31,830 --> 00:14:35,125 We ask only to be left alone and in peace. 221 00:14:35,792 --> 00:14:39,546 So thousands will die when they could have been saved, 222 00:14:39,629 --> 00:14:40,714 all in the name of athar. 223 00:14:40,797 --> 00:14:42,883 How peaceful of you. 224 00:14:42,966 --> 00:14:44,676 You should be grateful to athar. 225 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:45,886 This is a waste of time. 226 00:14:45,969 --> 00:14:47,971 Athar regrets that she cannot help. 227 00:14:48,221 --> 00:14:49,765 I'm sure those were her exact words. 228 00:14:49,848 --> 00:14:51,683 That's enough! 229 00:14:53,435 --> 00:14:55,979 Head back to the jumper. I'll be there in a minute. 230 00:14:56,146 --> 00:14:58,065 Why? 'Cause you're not helping. 231 00:14:58,148 --> 00:14:59,357 Yes, sir. 232 00:15:08,825 --> 00:15:10,285 I apologize. 233 00:15:10,911 --> 00:15:13,622 He acts only in accordance to his beliefs, as do we. 234 00:15:13,705 --> 00:15:16,541 But Rodney is right about one thing. 235 00:15:17,501 --> 00:15:20,420 This really is about lives, human lives. 236 00:15:21,046 --> 00:15:23,673 The wraith will show up in Atlantis. When they do... 237 00:15:23,965 --> 00:15:25,300 You're a warrior. 238 00:15:25,383 --> 00:15:27,761 Well, I don't know about "warrior". 239 00:15:27,844 --> 00:15:30,764 It is your vocation, major. You will fight. 240 00:15:31,681 --> 00:15:36,478 I'll try, but knowing what we're up against, and the odds... 241 00:15:37,813 --> 00:15:42,275 Look, I'd appreciate it if you would ask athar 242 00:15:42,359 --> 00:15:46,196 to consider that we are her people. 243 00:15:47,364 --> 00:15:51,868 Even though we come from very far away, we're the same, we're human, 244 00:15:52,661 --> 00:15:55,580 which means we're not strangers, we're family. 245 00:16:01,962 --> 00:16:03,046 Whoa. 246 00:16:04,631 --> 00:16:05,966 Evening breeze. 247 00:16:06,925 --> 00:16:09,594 I was hoping it was a sign from athar. 248 00:16:10,053 --> 00:16:12,639 Your words are most compelling, major Sheppard. 249 00:16:12,722 --> 00:16:15,517 Thank you. I was going for compelling. 250 00:16:16,101 --> 00:16:18,061 Do you truly believe we are family? 251 00:16:18,395 --> 00:16:20,480 We are. I can prove it to you. 252 00:16:20,730 --> 00:16:21,731 How? 253 00:16:21,898 --> 00:16:22,899 Come back to Atlantis. 254 00:16:23,191 --> 00:16:26,319 See who we really are. Once athar learns more about us... 255 00:16:26,403 --> 00:16:28,113 This is acceptable. 256 00:16:28,196 --> 00:16:29,239 It is? 257 00:16:29,781 --> 00:16:33,368 Chaya, please, you cannot leave. 258 00:16:33,994 --> 00:16:37,789 Athar is with us always, no matter where we are, zarah. 259 00:16:44,045 --> 00:16:45,505 I understand. 260 00:16:50,886 --> 00:16:51,887 I am ready. 261 00:16:56,141 --> 00:16:58,560 Welcome to Atlantis. Thank you. 262 00:16:59,186 --> 00:17:02,022 Our doctors do require a medical exam 263 00:17:02,105 --> 00:17:05,192 of all off-planet team members and our visitors. 264 00:17:05,275 --> 00:17:06,902 Then perhaps you'd like a tour. 265 00:17:06,985 --> 00:17:08,153 I would. 266 00:17:08,236 --> 00:17:10,739 Major Sheppard has already promised to do so. 267 00:17:10,822 --> 00:17:11,990 Of course he has. 268 00:17:12,073 --> 00:17:13,617 Of course I have. 269 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:15,535 If you'll follow me to the infirmary. 270 00:17:15,619 --> 00:17:17,495 Maybe I should tag along... 271 00:17:17,579 --> 00:17:19,039 I think I got a handle. 272 00:17:19,122 --> 00:17:20,349 There are a lot of systems you know... 273 00:17:20,373 --> 00:17:22,083 Got it covered. 274 00:17:24,377 --> 00:17:25,503 Fine. 275 00:17:34,638 --> 00:17:36,973 Hold still. Just a minute more. 276 00:17:39,935 --> 00:17:42,103 Well, it seems you're just as lovely 277 00:17:42,187 --> 00:17:44,356 on the inside as you are on the out, 278 00:17:44,773 --> 00:17:47,317 if health is synonymous with beauty. 279 00:17:47,776 --> 00:17:49,569 You can get up now. 280 00:17:49,653 --> 00:17:52,656 How does this device do what you say it does? 281 00:17:52,739 --> 00:17:55,408 It creates images of the tissues inside your body. 282 00:17:55,492 --> 00:17:57,744 They are picture perfect. 283 00:17:57,827 --> 00:17:59,996 Are these machines from your world? 284 00:18:00,247 --> 00:18:02,707 Some. Others are atlantean technology 285 00:18:02,791 --> 00:18:04,501 that we've figured out how to use, 286 00:18:04,584 --> 00:18:08,380 and a few, well, I haven't the vaguest idea of what they do. 287 00:18:09,339 --> 00:18:11,925 Hopefully one day I'll meet one and ask them. 288 00:18:12,008 --> 00:18:13,426 Do you know what happened to them? 289 00:18:13,510 --> 00:18:16,137 Some returned to earth after the war. 290 00:18:16,972 --> 00:18:20,016 That much we know. But some of them ascended. 291 00:18:20,517 --> 00:18:21,518 Ascended? 292 00:18:21,601 --> 00:18:24,813 To a higher plane, where they exist only as energy. 293 00:18:25,981 --> 00:18:28,733 Are all the people of your world as healthy as you? 294 00:18:28,817 --> 00:18:29,859 Yes. 295 00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:34,823 No disease, ailments? No one ever breaks a leg? 296 00:18:35,198 --> 00:18:37,993 Such things are rare, but my people heal quite rapidly. 297 00:18:38,243 --> 00:18:39,244 Really? 298 00:18:42,914 --> 00:18:44,165 Are we done? 299 00:18:44,249 --> 00:18:45,250 Are we? 300 00:18:45,333 --> 00:18:48,044 Healthiest patient I've ever had. Off you go, love. 301 00:18:54,050 --> 00:18:55,218 Where are we? 302 00:18:55,302 --> 00:18:56,803 Either she knows where the weapon is, 303 00:18:56,886 --> 00:18:59,806 or she has no idea and we are wasting our time. 304 00:18:59,889 --> 00:19:00,974 What do you suggest? 305 00:19:01,057 --> 00:19:04,352 Scan the planet for energy signatures. 306 00:19:04,436 --> 00:19:06,521 They won't know what we're doing 307 00:19:06,604 --> 00:19:08,982 unless they're advanced and pretending not to be, 308 00:19:09,065 --> 00:19:11,067 which has happened before. 309 00:19:11,526 --> 00:19:15,655 Did you find something that would suggest they are more advanced? 310 00:19:15,739 --> 00:19:18,116 No. They're pathetically pretechnological 311 00:19:18,199 --> 00:19:19,909 or brilliantly post-technological. 312 00:19:19,993 --> 00:19:22,245 There's no way this could be natural? 313 00:19:22,495 --> 00:19:25,832 A timed energy burst that only affected wraith ships? 314 00:19:26,207 --> 00:19:27,667 That's a no? That's a no. 315 00:19:27,751 --> 00:19:30,045 Dr Weir, I have those results. 316 00:19:30,128 --> 00:19:32,213 Thank you, Carson. We're on our way. 317 00:19:35,508 --> 00:19:37,177 How many of you are there? 318 00:19:37,260 --> 00:19:41,556 Counting the athosians on the mainland, a couple of hundred, 319 00:19:41,639 --> 00:19:43,808 which leaves a very large, empty city. 320 00:19:43,892 --> 00:19:45,727 We're living in one section 321 00:19:45,810 --> 00:19:48,688 because we don't have the power to spread out. 322 00:19:51,024 --> 00:19:53,234 What do you think so far? 323 00:19:53,318 --> 00:19:55,278 I think it's wondrous. 324 00:19:56,071 --> 00:19:58,948 But ultimately the decision is up to athar. 325 00:20:01,076 --> 00:20:03,495 You're not a believer, are you? 326 00:20:03,578 --> 00:20:07,123 Look, Chaya, I respect that you believe. 327 00:20:08,124 --> 00:20:11,795 Look, I can't talk to athar. I can only talk to you, 328 00:20:11,878 --> 00:20:13,129 so let me ask you this. 329 00:20:13,505 --> 00:20:15,423 What if the shoe was on the other foot? 330 00:20:15,507 --> 00:20:18,051 What if your people were in trouble? 331 00:20:18,676 --> 00:20:20,762 Would you just take no for an answer? 332 00:20:22,514 --> 00:20:26,643 It must have been very hard to live under the shadow of the wraith. 333 00:20:28,478 --> 00:20:31,898 Teyla and her people have known the wraith forever, 334 00:20:31,981 --> 00:20:34,234 but when I say we're new, I mean we just got here. 335 00:20:34,317 --> 00:20:36,820 We're from a planet called earth. 336 00:20:37,487 --> 00:20:38,571 Eaflh? 337 00:20:38,655 --> 00:20:39,656 It's very far away. 338 00:20:40,532 --> 00:20:42,951 Those clusters of stars in the night sky, 339 00:20:43,034 --> 00:20:44,911 some of 'em are called galaxies. 340 00:20:44,994 --> 00:20:47,372 They're even further away than the stars. 341 00:20:47,455 --> 00:20:49,582 Earth is in one of those galaxies. 342 00:20:49,666 --> 00:20:51,751 You came through the Stargate? 343 00:20:51,835 --> 00:20:52,961 That's right. 344 00:20:53,044 --> 00:20:54,879 And can you not simply return? 345 00:20:54,963 --> 00:20:56,506 Well, not simply. 346 00:20:57,048 --> 00:21:00,593 We knew that it was probably going to be a one-way trip, 347 00:21:01,177 --> 00:21:05,098 but we thought what we would find here would be worth the risk. 348 00:21:05,181 --> 00:21:06,181 And is it? 349 00:21:06,224 --> 00:21:07,267 So far. 350 00:21:07,350 --> 00:21:09,602 Ask me again when the wraith show up. 351 00:21:09,686 --> 00:21:13,690 Blood work shows no viral, bacterial or parasitic infections. 352 00:21:14,774 --> 00:21:17,735 Mri reveals no tumors or cancers, 353 00:21:17,819 --> 00:21:19,571 no heart defects of any kind. 354 00:21:20,321 --> 00:21:25,201 Blood pressure 130 over 70. Total cholesterol 107. 355 00:21:26,035 --> 00:21:27,996 She's in perfect health. 356 00:21:28,079 --> 00:21:31,541 I'm happy for her. Why did we need to see this? 357 00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:33,126 She's too healthy. 358 00:21:33,209 --> 00:21:34,252 What does that mean? 359 00:21:34,335 --> 00:21:37,046 There's no trace of congenital conditions 360 00:21:37,130 --> 00:21:40,049 that you typically find in pretechnological societies. 361 00:21:40,758 --> 00:21:43,428 No rickets, no fungi, stds... 362 00:21:43,511 --> 00:21:45,346 Perfect health? Aye. 363 00:21:45,430 --> 00:21:49,142 From what she told me, this may be the norm among her people. 364 00:21:49,225 --> 00:21:50,225 But she is human? 365 00:21:50,268 --> 00:21:51,311 Without a doubt. 366 00:21:51,394 --> 00:21:53,146 How is that possible? 367 00:21:53,229 --> 00:21:56,483 I can't say for certain. 368 00:21:56,566 --> 00:22:01,196 But if this data is accurate, people on proculis live in optimal health 369 00:22:01,279 --> 00:22:03,072 for a very, very long time. 370 00:22:03,156 --> 00:22:04,716 You make it sound like some sort of a... 371 00:22:04,782 --> 00:22:07,535 Paradise? Because it is. 372 00:22:07,619 --> 00:22:10,413 And that's a problem because... 373 00:22:10,497 --> 00:22:14,334 Because human life, quite simply, dr Weir, 374 00:22:14,417 --> 00:22:15,752 is more fragile than that. 375 00:22:17,086 --> 00:22:20,340 I don't care what galaxy we're in, it's unnatural. 376 00:22:28,264 --> 00:22:30,725 The ocean air is so invigorating. 377 00:22:30,808 --> 00:22:34,521 Plenty of that here. Most of the planet's ocean. 378 00:22:36,314 --> 00:22:38,983 There's enough land to resettle the refugees. 379 00:22:39,067 --> 00:22:42,570 Well, there is. We just can't guarantee their safety. 380 00:22:42,654 --> 00:22:44,864 Even though you control all of this? 381 00:22:45,156 --> 00:22:47,909 I'd be lying if I said we controlled it all. 382 00:22:49,202 --> 00:22:52,705 This place is so far beyond us in so many ways. 383 00:22:52,789 --> 00:22:55,083 We have a shield that can withstand 384 00:22:55,166 --> 00:22:57,210 anything the wraith could throw at us, 385 00:22:57,293 --> 00:22:59,546 but we have no way of powering it up. 386 00:22:59,629 --> 00:23:03,383 We can't risk taking in any more refugees than we already have. 387 00:23:05,843 --> 00:23:06,928 Come with me. 388 00:23:10,014 --> 00:23:11,140 Major Sheppard... 389 00:23:11,224 --> 00:23:13,059 I'd prefer you to call me John. 390 00:23:13,142 --> 00:23:16,145 John. How did you make enemies of the wraith? 391 00:23:16,896 --> 00:23:17,897 That was my fault. 392 00:23:17,981 --> 00:23:19,357 Yours? 393 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,318 Iwoke them up trying to rescue some people. 394 00:23:22,402 --> 00:23:24,654 They didn't take too kindly to that. 395 00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:26,781 But you saved your people? 396 00:23:27,574 --> 00:23:28,950 Most of 'em. 397 00:23:29,033 --> 00:23:31,578 You know for sure they're coming back? 398 00:23:31,661 --> 00:23:33,913 Yeah, we just don't know when. 399 00:23:34,789 --> 00:23:36,583 Main control console, 400 00:23:37,792 --> 00:23:40,003 environmental support systems, 401 00:23:40,086 --> 00:23:41,671 communications. 402 00:23:42,130 --> 00:23:46,009 And this... this is, uh... 403 00:23:48,511 --> 00:23:51,514 Sorry, major. We haven't the faintest idea what... 404 00:23:54,350 --> 00:23:57,353 This is a new piece of equipment we found in the city. 405 00:23:58,062 --> 00:23:59,272 It hadn't been initialized. 406 00:23:59,355 --> 00:24:00,565 She has... 407 00:24:00,648 --> 00:24:02,442 She has the gene. 408 00:24:02,525 --> 00:24:05,778 Did I do this? What does the machine do? 409 00:24:05,862 --> 00:24:07,447 We don't know. Not yet, anyway. 410 00:24:07,530 --> 00:24:10,116 The atlanteans were good at lots of things. 411 00:24:10,199 --> 00:24:12,452 Writing instruction manuals wasn't one of 'em. 412 00:24:13,369 --> 00:24:15,997 We should probably wrap this tour up. 413 00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:19,876 I know dr Weir is anxious to talk to you. 414 00:24:20,585 --> 00:24:22,295 Will I see you afterwards? 415 00:24:22,378 --> 00:24:23,671 And during. 416 00:24:27,925 --> 00:24:30,637 We are proposing a kind of land lease 417 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,139 in which refugees rendered homeless by the wraith 418 00:24:33,222 --> 00:24:35,266 could resettle on proculis. 419 00:24:35,350 --> 00:24:38,561 In return, we can offer you services and knowledge. 420 00:24:38,645 --> 00:24:39,979 Such as? 421 00:24:40,063 --> 00:24:42,357 You've seen the technology we possess. 422 00:24:42,649 --> 00:24:46,235 We could help you down a path to an industrialized society 423 00:24:46,319 --> 00:24:49,072 while maintaining your planet's ecological balance. 424 00:24:49,322 --> 00:24:52,283 Your scientific knowledge is impressive, dr Weir, 425 00:24:52,367 --> 00:24:53,743 but we have no need of it. 426 00:24:54,410 --> 00:24:56,663 Athar provides us with everything we require. 427 00:24:56,954 --> 00:24:59,624 Well, food just doesn't show up on the dinner table. 428 00:24:59,707 --> 00:25:01,876 You plant all your own crops? 429 00:25:01,959 --> 00:25:03,002 Of course we do. 430 00:25:03,086 --> 00:25:05,338 We can help increase your crop yields. 431 00:25:05,421 --> 00:25:07,340 We grow all the food we need to live. 432 00:25:07,423 --> 00:25:09,384 Anything else would be gluttony. 433 00:25:10,426 --> 00:25:11,552 Building materials, then. 434 00:25:11,636 --> 00:25:14,681 We have abundant timber and iron ore. 435 00:25:15,556 --> 00:25:16,808 Athar is kind. 436 00:25:21,521 --> 00:25:23,106 There must be something. 437 00:25:23,815 --> 00:25:27,193 What my people value most is spiritual knowledge. 438 00:25:27,568 --> 00:25:30,113 What can your culture provide in that regard? 439 00:25:32,949 --> 00:25:36,703 Earth's people don't share a single spiritual belief. 440 00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:40,915 We embrace a number of different religions and philosophies. 441 00:25:41,457 --> 00:25:44,961 Christianity, buddhism, judaism, islam... 442 00:25:46,295 --> 00:25:49,257 Hinduism, kwanzaa... 443 00:25:50,216 --> 00:25:52,385 Interesting. Tell me about them. 444 00:25:52,468 --> 00:25:53,469 All of them? 445 00:25:53,553 --> 00:25:54,971 Yes. They sound fascinating. 446 00:25:55,972 --> 00:25:59,016 I am hardly competent to discuss all religions, 447 00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:01,227 but I can offer you resources. 448 00:26:01,310 --> 00:26:04,522 You could have access to our historical database. 449 00:26:05,314 --> 00:26:06,816 That would be wonderful. 450 00:26:10,611 --> 00:26:11,611 You got it working? 451 00:26:11,654 --> 00:26:12,739 Yeah. 452 00:26:13,531 --> 00:26:15,116 Well, do we know what it does? 453 00:26:15,199 --> 00:26:18,244 It's an internal-external biometric sensor array. 454 00:26:18,327 --> 00:26:21,414 See, now, sadly, I understood that. 455 00:26:21,497 --> 00:26:23,082 Where did all those Saturday nights go? 456 00:26:23,166 --> 00:26:25,752 These are biosignatures of everyone in Atlantis. 457 00:26:25,835 --> 00:26:27,962 How can you tell? 458 00:26:28,045 --> 00:26:30,798 I've been deciphering the ancient logarithms. 459 00:26:30,882 --> 00:26:33,634 I suspect this was an early-warning system 460 00:26:33,718 --> 00:26:36,179 to signal any alien presence in the city. 461 00:26:36,262 --> 00:26:39,891 And it activated when our visitor touched it? 462 00:26:39,974 --> 00:26:41,642 So she has the ancient gene. 463 00:26:41,726 --> 00:26:44,979 Or it only activated because it was detecting her. 464 00:26:45,688 --> 00:26:49,567 She could be an alien and this thing knows more about her than we do. 465 00:26:50,693 --> 00:26:52,278 We should be keeping an eye on her. 466 00:26:52,361 --> 00:26:53,529 Major Sheppard is. 467 00:26:53,613 --> 00:26:54,697 I'm sure. 468 00:26:54,781 --> 00:26:56,532 Not entirely for the reasons you think. 469 00:26:56,616 --> 00:26:57,992 Dr Weir asked him to. 470 00:26:58,075 --> 00:26:59,410 I'm sure she did. 471 00:27:05,875 --> 00:27:07,919 Weir wanted Chaya to see everything. 472 00:27:08,002 --> 00:27:09,128 Everything? 473 00:27:09,212 --> 00:27:13,508 Not everything. Chaya wanted to see the best view of the city at night, 474 00:27:13,591 --> 00:27:16,427 which I think is atop the south-west pier, 475 00:27:16,886 --> 00:27:19,305 and since it's such a long walk, 476 00:27:19,388 --> 00:27:21,682 I thought I'd bring along a few provisions. 477 00:27:21,766 --> 00:27:24,477 Continuing our efforts to secure a treaty. 478 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:25,812 Exactly. 479 00:27:25,895 --> 00:27:27,188 As our ambassador. 480 00:27:30,107 --> 00:27:34,946 I am an ambassador and she is a diplomat. 481 00:27:35,905 --> 00:27:39,242 On a late-night... picnic? 482 00:27:40,243 --> 00:27:41,285 Yes. 483 00:27:42,578 --> 00:27:45,998 I know that as ranking military officer here in Atlantis, 484 00:27:46,082 --> 00:27:48,709 you feel a heavy burden of responsibility, 485 00:27:49,293 --> 00:27:52,672 but you are allowed to have feelings for others. 486 00:27:53,631 --> 00:27:59,220 No, this is an ambassadorial, diplomatic picnic outing... thing. 487 00:27:59,303 --> 00:28:02,431 Without having to justify them to anyone. 488 00:28:04,267 --> 00:28:05,852 Goodnight, major. 489 00:28:08,354 --> 00:28:10,189 Goodnight, Teyla. 490 00:28:14,986 --> 00:28:16,362 Send her back? 491 00:28:16,445 --> 00:28:18,656 She's not who she's pretending to be. 492 00:28:18,739 --> 00:28:19,824 You know this because... 493 00:28:19,907 --> 00:28:21,367 I can't have intuition? 494 00:28:21,450 --> 00:28:25,121 No. I asked major Sheppard to keep an eye on her. 495 00:28:25,204 --> 00:28:28,332 Which is like asking the fox to guard the hen-house. 496 00:28:28,416 --> 00:28:29,416 What? 497 00:28:29,458 --> 00:28:33,170 The biometric differential is not insignificant, Elizabeth. 498 00:28:33,796 --> 00:28:36,841 What I'm saying is the woman set off an alien alarm. 499 00:28:36,924 --> 00:28:39,260 You don't know that for certain. 500 00:28:39,343 --> 00:28:43,264 You are nowhere close to understanding the nature of that device. 501 00:28:43,347 --> 00:28:46,392 There are too many unknown variables: The weapon, 502 00:28:46,475 --> 00:28:50,187 they claim never to have seen the wraith, she's healthy. 503 00:28:50,271 --> 00:28:52,732 Very mysterious, but what does it prove? 504 00:28:52,815 --> 00:28:55,568 We should give her a one-way ticket back home. 505 00:28:55,651 --> 00:28:59,322 There is something different about her, 506 00:28:59,405 --> 00:29:01,365 but that doesn't necessarily make her a threat. 507 00:29:01,449 --> 00:29:03,701 Itdoesnt rule it out, either. 508 00:29:03,784 --> 00:29:08,748 Then what we could gain by securing a treaty is worth the risk of her being here. 509 00:29:10,333 --> 00:29:11,459 Fine. 510 00:29:15,546 --> 00:29:16,923 Mmm. 511 00:29:17,089 --> 00:29:18,424 This is delicious. 512 00:29:19,759 --> 00:29:21,093 Well, enjoy it while you can. 513 00:29:21,177 --> 00:29:23,429 That's the last of what we have. 514 00:29:23,512 --> 00:29:25,222 Then I am honored. 515 00:29:26,432 --> 00:29:28,643 When McKay finds out, he's gonna kill me. 516 00:29:28,726 --> 00:29:30,353 Athar will save you. 517 00:29:30,436 --> 00:29:31,562 Oh, good. 518 00:29:34,315 --> 00:29:36,275 Such wondrous things. 519 00:29:36,359 --> 00:29:37,944 I can't imagine wanting to do anything 520 00:29:38,027 --> 00:29:40,446 but eat with such variety of foods. 521 00:29:40,529 --> 00:29:43,074 We manage to pull ourselves away somehow. 522 00:29:44,158 --> 00:29:46,118 I've been learning much about earth. 523 00:29:46,202 --> 00:29:48,955 Dr Weir has got me on your information machines. 524 00:29:49,038 --> 00:29:52,458 Elizabeth's got you on a computer already, huh? 525 00:29:52,541 --> 00:29:54,418 I'm fascinated by your many religions. 526 00:29:54,961 --> 00:29:57,546 So many beliefs, so many philosophies. 527 00:29:58,089 --> 00:29:59,715 Yeah, we got a few of those. 528 00:29:59,799 --> 00:30:01,384 So many contradictory faiths. 529 00:30:02,093 --> 00:30:03,552 Yeah, it's a bit of a mess. 530 00:30:06,597 --> 00:30:07,765 More? 531 00:30:07,848 --> 00:30:08,933 Yes, please. 532 00:30:10,518 --> 00:30:12,603 We traded for grapes. 533 00:30:13,938 --> 00:30:16,232 The athosians, Teyla's people, 534 00:30:16,315 --> 00:30:17,775 they make this on the mainland. 535 00:30:18,859 --> 00:30:22,655 I wasn't completely truthful with you about something. 536 00:30:26,283 --> 00:30:29,662 On proculis, when I told you I did not feel lonely... 537 00:30:30,746 --> 00:30:33,290 Coming here and being with you... 538 00:30:35,042 --> 00:30:37,920 It reminded me what it was like not to be alone. 539 00:30:45,094 --> 00:30:46,262 What? 540 00:30:46,345 --> 00:30:47,638 Well, I mean, nothing. 541 00:30:48,222 --> 00:30:51,684 It's just that this is the first time 542 00:30:51,767 --> 00:30:53,519 I've been in a romantic situation 543 00:30:53,602 --> 00:30:55,312 with a woman from another planet. 544 00:30:55,396 --> 00:30:57,690 It just strikes me as really, um... 545 00:30:58,065 --> 00:30:59,859 Wrong? No! God, no. 546 00:30:59,942 --> 00:31:02,278 Just... funny. 547 00:31:03,904 --> 00:31:06,949 I'm sorry. I just thought that I would, uh... 548 00:31:07,825 --> 00:31:10,619 You said it yourself, we're both human. 549 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:12,955 Yes, we are. 550 00:31:14,582 --> 00:31:19,003 And I'm really glad you didn't say "family", otherwise I'd have to leave. 551 00:31:27,470 --> 00:31:29,180 I'm not going anywhere. 552 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:49,450 Major. 553 00:31:49,825 --> 00:31:52,078 Rodney. What are you doing up so late? 554 00:31:52,161 --> 00:31:53,954 I couldn't sleep. 555 00:31:54,038 --> 00:31:56,665 I was going to do a little research. You? 556 00:31:56,749 --> 00:31:57,833 No, thanks. 557 00:31:57,917 --> 00:31:59,877 What were you doing up so late? 558 00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:01,629 I'm always up late, Rodney. 559 00:32:02,463 --> 00:32:07,843 A word of caution. The whole captain kirk routine is problematic, 560 00:32:07,927 --> 00:32:09,428 let alone morally dubious. 561 00:32:09,512 --> 00:32:10,554 Routine? 562 00:32:10,638 --> 00:32:11,889 Romancing the alien priestess. 563 00:32:11,972 --> 00:32:13,933 Very 1967 of you. I'm surprised... 564 00:32:14,016 --> 00:32:17,311 If and when anything I do becomes your business... 565 00:32:17,394 --> 00:32:21,524 An alien woman who is clearly not who she claims to be 566 00:32:21,607 --> 00:32:24,276 has you wrapped around her little finger. 567 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:25,945 Don't go there, McKay. 568 00:32:26,028 --> 00:32:29,115 I know I'm not normally mr sensitive. 569 00:32:29,198 --> 00:32:31,492 But there is something about her. 570 00:32:31,700 --> 00:32:33,244 It's intangible, but I can feel it. 571 00:32:33,327 --> 00:32:35,454 I said don't go there! 572 00:32:35,538 --> 00:32:38,874 It's just a matter of time before I prove it, major. 573 00:32:39,208 --> 00:32:42,336 I recommend that in the meantime, you keep your... 574 00:33:00,855 --> 00:33:02,690 Did you sleep last night? No. 575 00:33:02,773 --> 00:33:05,234 This is the data from the biometric sensors. 576 00:33:05,317 --> 00:33:09,446 I can't tell you what all these signatures mean, but look at this. 577 00:33:09,530 --> 00:33:12,074 These are ours and this is hers. 578 00:33:12,158 --> 00:33:13,358 There's a distinct difference. 579 00:33:13,409 --> 00:33:16,537 She was born on another planet in another galaxy. 580 00:33:16,620 --> 00:33:18,164 They're different from Teyla's. 581 00:33:18,247 --> 00:33:19,331 It doesn't mean... 582 00:33:19,415 --> 00:33:21,625 She's not what she seems to be. 583 00:33:21,709 --> 00:33:24,670 I sense an honest and spiritual person. 584 00:33:24,753 --> 00:33:27,798 All right. There may be a way to find out. 585 00:33:27,882 --> 00:33:31,260 You're opening negotiations with her? Let me sit in. 586 00:33:31,343 --> 00:33:34,180 I'll pretend to take notes on the laptop and scan her. 587 00:33:34,430 --> 00:33:37,558 Radiation, em scans, energy signatures... 588 00:33:37,641 --> 00:33:39,476 That way, if I am crazy, 589 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,353 you and I are the only ones who need to know. 590 00:33:41,437 --> 00:33:42,605 What's the harm? 591 00:33:42,688 --> 00:33:43,856 All right. 592 00:33:45,191 --> 00:33:46,442 But be discreet. 593 00:33:46,525 --> 00:33:47,735 I'm mr discreet. 594 00:33:51,363 --> 00:33:54,617 I'm impressed by most of what I've read of earth religions. 595 00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:57,745 The torah, the koran, the talmud, the Bible... 596 00:33:58,537 --> 00:34:02,208 Most reveal a diverse and deep desire to grasp the divine. 597 00:34:02,291 --> 00:34:04,293 So we have something to offer you. 598 00:34:04,376 --> 00:34:06,337 I've also read about your history. 599 00:34:06,962 --> 00:34:10,674 Even now, somewhere on your planet, you are at war. 600 00:34:11,008 --> 00:34:12,885 Well, yeah, that's true. 601 00:34:12,968 --> 00:34:15,554 I made no attempt to hide that fact from you. 602 00:34:15,638 --> 00:34:17,890 We are definitely not perfect. 603 00:34:17,973 --> 00:34:20,643 There's a lot about you as a people I find disturbing. 604 00:34:20,726 --> 00:34:22,394 Can that not be said of any people? 605 00:34:24,146 --> 00:34:26,815 Every soul in proculis is free from the hatred 606 00:34:26,899 --> 00:34:29,026 people from earth seem to feel for each other. 607 00:34:29,652 --> 00:34:31,737 We're not all that bad. You know that. 608 00:34:31,820 --> 00:34:33,280 I do. 609 00:34:33,572 --> 00:34:39,828 I'm talking about every member of my expedition team here in Atlantis 610 00:34:39,912 --> 00:34:43,916 and the friends we've met since coming here, like Teyla's people. 611 00:34:44,917 --> 00:34:47,836 There are some among you, yourself included, dr Weir, 612 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:51,090 that I know athar would welcome with open arms. 613 00:34:51,340 --> 00:34:53,133 But there are others. 614 00:34:53,217 --> 00:34:56,011 I hand-picked every member of this expedition, 615 00:34:56,512 --> 00:35:00,057 and I know Teyla feels as confident about her own people. 616 00:35:00,683 --> 00:35:01,809 I'm sure. 617 00:35:01,892 --> 00:35:04,687 This is a matter of trust. 618 00:35:04,770 --> 00:35:07,439 Yes. It is, dr Weir. 619 00:35:09,984 --> 00:35:12,903 Have your scans found anything yet, dr McKay? 620 00:35:18,409 --> 00:35:19,785 Actually... 621 00:35:21,328 --> 00:35:22,329 No. 622 00:35:23,580 --> 00:35:24,748 What the hell is this? 623 00:35:24,832 --> 00:35:25,916 I'm sorry, major. 624 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,294 There was cause for legitimate concern as to... 625 00:35:28,377 --> 00:35:30,671 Whether I was or not who I claimed to be. 626 00:35:31,338 --> 00:35:34,258 I'm sorry, Chaya. I felt it would do no harm. 627 00:35:34,341 --> 00:35:36,051 Stop apologizing, Elizabeth. 628 00:35:36,969 --> 00:35:38,637 How did she know? McKay. 629 00:35:38,721 --> 00:35:40,431 She's an ancient, major. 630 00:35:40,514 --> 00:35:41,515 She's what? 631 00:35:41,598 --> 00:35:43,976 I'm right, aren't I? The perfect health, 632 00:35:44,059 --> 00:35:46,145 the energy weapon, she has the gene. 633 00:35:46,603 --> 00:35:48,814 It's the only logical explanation. 634 00:35:48,897 --> 00:35:51,108 What the hell are you talking about? 635 00:35:51,191 --> 00:35:53,193 I just don't understand the act. 636 00:35:53,277 --> 00:35:55,154 You must know we'd give anything 637 00:35:55,237 --> 00:35:57,114 to talk to you, to learn from you. 638 00:35:58,032 --> 00:36:01,535 What is it? Are you checking us out? 639 00:36:02,745 --> 00:36:06,540 In my desire to come to Atlantis, I have revealed too much. 640 00:36:06,749 --> 00:36:08,667 He's right? I'm right? 641 00:36:09,376 --> 00:36:11,503 I am what you call an ancient, 642 00:36:12,588 --> 00:36:15,841 and it is also true that I can never offer your people sanctuary. 643 00:36:17,426 --> 00:36:19,470 But you are wrong as to why I came here. 644 00:36:19,553 --> 00:36:21,013 Why did you come here? 645 00:36:22,431 --> 00:36:23,515 You, John. 646 00:36:26,435 --> 00:36:28,520 I have lived in solitude for so long 647 00:36:28,604 --> 00:36:30,564 that when you asked me to come... 648 00:36:30,647 --> 00:36:32,566 Oh, my god, he is kirk. 649 00:36:33,692 --> 00:36:35,778 So this was never about... 650 00:36:38,822 --> 00:36:41,533 Could we just have a moment to ourselves here? 651 00:36:41,617 --> 00:36:42,701 No. 652 00:36:43,285 --> 00:36:46,622 That's all right. I've stayed here long enough. 653 00:36:55,798 --> 00:36:57,716 Come on. 654 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,445 You and your people were the reason we came here in the first place. 655 00:37:00,469 --> 00:37:02,388 I can't... I can't... 656 00:37:11,814 --> 00:37:13,774 What the hell was that? 657 00:37:14,483 --> 00:37:16,944 They're coming for them. 658 00:37:17,027 --> 00:37:18,227 I should have never left them. 659 00:37:18,862 --> 00:37:20,489 What's going on? 660 00:37:21,156 --> 00:37:22,825 I'm sorry, John. 661 00:37:44,847 --> 00:37:47,307 I'm taking a jumper back to proculis. 662 00:37:47,391 --> 00:37:49,184 What just happened? 663 00:37:49,268 --> 00:37:51,145 There's only one way to find out. 664 00:38:14,751 --> 00:38:16,962 Sure you know what you're flying into? 665 00:38:17,045 --> 00:38:19,798 The wraith are attacking Chaya's people. 666 00:38:21,967 --> 00:38:24,178 You can't hope to defend them with one ship! 667 00:38:24,636 --> 00:38:26,763 I don't think I'll have to. 668 00:39:04,885 --> 00:39:06,011 What are you doing here? 669 00:39:06,094 --> 00:39:07,846 I'm here to help you. 670 00:39:07,930 --> 00:39:09,223 Help me? 671 00:39:09,306 --> 00:39:10,599 To defend your people. 672 00:39:13,143 --> 00:39:16,647 Leave. I will take care of this. 673 00:39:58,355 --> 00:40:02,109 Is it Chaya or athar? I'm just curious. 674 00:40:02,192 --> 00:40:05,654 When I was a mortal, I lived here. This was my home. 675 00:40:07,197 --> 00:40:09,741 When those of us you call the ancients ascended, 676 00:40:09,825 --> 00:40:13,078 we were supposed to leave behind us all human ties. 677 00:40:13,161 --> 00:40:15,497 Some of us found that difficult. 678 00:40:16,081 --> 00:40:19,418 You couldn't watch your people get wiped out by the wraith. 679 00:40:19,793 --> 00:40:21,545 When their fleet approached, I lashed out 680 00:40:21,628 --> 00:40:24,298 with my mind and destroyed them all. 681 00:40:24,881 --> 00:40:28,719 The others of my kind did not approve of such interference. 682 00:40:30,554 --> 00:40:32,347 And so I was exiled. 683 00:40:33,098 --> 00:40:36,727 My punishment was the unending protection of this world. 684 00:40:42,441 --> 00:40:44,776 Why pretend to be human at all? 685 00:40:44,860 --> 00:40:48,113 So that, time to time, I may walk among the people, 686 00:40:48,530 --> 00:40:51,533 know them as the good and kind souls they are. 687 00:40:53,619 --> 00:40:56,455 For thousands of years, I have come and gone to the villages, 688 00:40:56,538 --> 00:40:59,249 never staying too long to get attached to anyone... 689 00:41:01,001 --> 00:41:02,753 Until I met you. 690 00:41:03,962 --> 00:41:07,799 I have never regretted the choice I've made all of these years... 691 00:41:07,883 --> 00:41:08,884 Until now. 692 00:41:10,927 --> 00:41:13,847 I am permitted to safeguard my people only. 693 00:41:14,514 --> 00:41:16,558 But this is my punishment. 694 00:41:17,851 --> 00:41:19,936 This is what makes it punishment. 695 00:41:21,229 --> 00:41:25,692 If your people came here for my protection, the others would stop me. 696 00:41:26,318 --> 00:41:29,404 Do you understand? I can never help your people. 697 00:41:32,574 --> 00:41:35,494 I'm not sure I'm willing to walk away that easily, 698 00:41:35,661 --> 00:41:37,162 and I'm not just talking personally, 699 00:41:37,245 --> 00:41:39,998 although that's definitely part of it. 700 00:41:41,500 --> 00:41:44,086 There is so much more we can learn from you. 701 00:41:44,169 --> 00:41:47,422 Icant, John. The others won't allow it. 702 00:41:47,798 --> 00:41:48,840 Thafs_. 703 00:41:48,924 --> 00:41:50,842 It's their highest law to never interfere. 704 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:56,098 I am bound by those laws, however much I wish to help you. 705 00:41:57,432 --> 00:41:59,476 So, we can never... 706 00:41:59,559 --> 00:42:01,061 I can never leave. 707 00:42:02,312 --> 00:42:04,690 Well, I could come and visit. 708 00:42:07,859 --> 00:42:11,196 Now I'm flirting with somebody from another species. 709 00:42:11,947 --> 00:42:13,990 We're not as different as you think. 710 00:42:14,074 --> 00:42:16,618 We're more different than you think. 711 00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:19,663 I can show you. 712 00:42:20,914 --> 00:42:22,207 Show me? 713 00:42:22,290 --> 00:42:23,625 By sharing each other. 714 00:42:24,876 --> 00:42:28,088 We will know each other as well as anyone ever can. 715 00:42:29,131 --> 00:42:32,592 Ok. I gotta get the car back by midnight, though. 716 00:42:34,302 --> 00:42:36,596 This will only take a few moments. 717 00:42:38,473 --> 00:42:40,308 Just close your eyes. 718 00:42:50,402 --> 00:42:52,487 This is cool. 719 00:43:34,821 --> 00:43:35,822 English - us - psdh