1 00:00:04,713 --> 00:00:07,925 She used to leave the lights on, all over the house. 2 00:00:07,966 --> 00:00:09,468 Every room. 3 00:00:10,219 --> 00:00:11,929 It drove my father nuts! 4 00:00:12,679 --> 00:00:16,266 For me it was my brother. Only we had no lights. 5 00:00:16,350 --> 00:00:18,602 He used to leave candles burning everywhere. 6 00:00:18,727 --> 00:00:22,814 Yeah well, you know what? No-one wants to hear any more stories about how poor you were as a child, alright? 7 00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:26,276 We already feel as sorry for you as is humanly possible. 8 00:00:26,318 --> 00:00:27,861 He burned the house down, you know. 9 00:00:27,903 --> 00:00:29,821 My sister was afraid of the dark 10 00:00:29,863 --> 00:00:32,282 only used to blame me for leaving the lights on. 11 00:00:32,324 --> 00:00:35,577 Of course my father believed her. He never sided with me. 12 00:00:35,619 --> 00:00:38,956 We had to live in a tent in the dead of winter for three months. 13 00:00:38,997 --> 00:00:41,458 You know, at least my stories relate to what we're doing. 14 00:00:41,500 --> 00:00:42,584 So do mine. 15 00:00:42,626 --> 00:00:44,336 You know, we're trekking all over the City, 16 00:00:44,378 --> 00:00:48,090 shutting down everything the Ancients activated while they were oh so briefly in control, 17 00:00:48,131 --> 00:00:51,927 so that we can stop the power from draining from our one precious ZedPM. 18 00:00:51,969 --> 00:00:54,513 How does that relate to your idiot brother burning the house down? 19 00:00:54,555 --> 00:00:55,430 If we don't succeed... 20 00:00:55,472 --> 00:00:58,141 We're not going to have to live in a tent in the dead of winter! 21 00:00:58,267 --> 00:00:59,476 It's a metaphor. 22 00:01:00,185 --> 00:01:02,646 - Doctor McKay - Thank God! 23 00:01:03,230 --> 00:01:04,731 The control panel. 24 00:01:04,773 --> 00:01:07,359 - It's completely shot. - Really? You think so? 25 00:01:07,776 --> 00:01:10,571 You know, I don't get these Ancients. They're supposed to be so smart, 26 00:01:10,612 --> 00:01:13,991 but why activate something that you don't need and you're not using...? 27 00:01:14,032 --> 00:01:15,742 Well, maybe they didn't have time to get to it, 28 00:01:15,784 --> 00:01:18,495 you know, before the human-form Replicators that you reprogrammed, attacked. 29 00:01:18,537 --> 00:01:21,039 Yes, yes, we all know what happened! 30 00:01:23,125 --> 00:01:24,251 Ah... 31 00:01:24,459 --> 00:01:25,669 Voila! 32 00:01:25,711 --> 00:01:29,256 You're just angry that you couldn't figure out how to override the Ancient protocols 33 00:01:29,298 --> 00:01:32,092 that kept us from shutting down this place remotely from the control room. 34 00:01:32,134 --> 00:01:33,218 Hey, neither could you! 35 00:01:33,260 --> 00:01:35,846 Yes, but I didn't bet everyone a months pay that I could do it. 36 00:01:35,888 --> 00:01:38,015 You... OK, you know what, look around, 37 00:01:38,056 --> 00:01:41,185 see if you can figure out how to turn this place off, whatever it is. 38 00:01:41,268 --> 00:01:42,186 Hey... 39 00:01:42,311 --> 00:01:43,729 are you sure you should be going up there? 40 00:01:43,770 --> 00:01:46,398 How else am I gonna find out what this room does...? 41 00:01:46,565 --> 00:01:49,359 God forbid there should be anything in the Ancient database. 42 00:01:49,401 --> 00:01:51,403 Ah, there probably is, we just don't have the time to... 43 00:01:51,445 --> 00:01:52,738 Ah, here we go. 44 00:01:54,489 --> 00:01:57,367 - OK, there should be a main power switch... - Yes, I know that! What do you think I'm doing? 45 00:01:57,409 --> 00:01:58,869 Alright. 46 00:01:59,661 --> 00:02:01,622 Alright, double or nothing. 47 00:02:01,705 --> 00:02:03,081 - Oh, you're on. - Alright. 48 00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:05,542 Alright. It's gonna be around here somewhere. 49 00:02:20,599 --> 00:02:21,433 Rodney... 50 00:02:21,475 --> 00:02:22,768 what happened? 51 00:02:25,395 --> 00:02:26,897 I'm not sure... 52 00:02:27,689 --> 00:02:29,775 but I think I just lost... 53 00:02:30,317 --> 00:02:31,860 big time. 54 00:02:42,788 --> 00:02:45,707 Season 3, Episode 14 Tao of McKay 55 00:02:46,208 --> 00:02:49,127 Transcript by Callie Sullivan & Suzanna Czech translation by Klenotka. 56 00:02:49,211 --> 00:02:52,130 Subtitles by SG-66 www.seriestele.net 57 00:03:36,258 --> 00:03:37,843 As far as I can tell, he's fine. 58 00:03:37,885 --> 00:03:41,430 I was hit by a mysterious energy pulse. How can that possibly be fine? 59 00:03:41,471 --> 00:03:43,140 I've run every test I can. 60 00:03:43,182 --> 00:03:47,394 Bloodwork, MRI's, X-Rays, the lot. I found no anomalies in any of the results. 61 00:03:47,436 --> 00:03:50,147 OK, one more time! Mysterious energy pulse, 62 00:03:50,189 --> 00:03:51,773 from a device created by the Ancients? 63 00:03:51,815 --> 00:03:54,067 I mean, who knows what kind of long term effects I could be in for. 64 00:03:54,109 --> 00:03:56,904 I mean there's gross mutation, giantism, invisibility... 65 00:03:56,945 --> 00:03:59,531 That would be cool. I turned into a bug. 66 00:03:59,698 --> 00:04:02,826 Alright. Like I said, as far as I can tell, he's as healthy as a horse. 67 00:04:02,868 --> 00:04:05,287 - I'm clearing you for active duty. - Are you insane?! 68 00:04:05,329 --> 00:04:07,998 Look, I need to be put under guard. Who knows what I could become. 69 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,167 What are the chances it could make him more pleasant? 70 00:04:10,209 --> 00:04:12,336 - Oh, thank you. - I'll keep an eye on him. 71 00:04:12,377 --> 00:04:13,587 Thank you. 72 00:04:15,172 --> 00:04:16,798 Can you still see me? 73 00:04:18,342 --> 00:04:20,093 What are you saying? 74 00:04:20,219 --> 00:04:22,262 That you were showing off! 75 00:04:22,679 --> 00:04:25,182 Normally, if Doctor Esposito weren't around, 76 00:04:25,516 --> 00:04:27,559 I doubt you would have been as reckless as you were. 77 00:04:27,601 --> 00:04:28,977 Are you insane? 78 00:04:29,019 --> 00:04:32,689 - Which one's Esposito? - Oh the... the long dark hair? 79 00:04:32,731 --> 00:04:34,775 Oh right, the one with the perfect little... 80 00:04:34,816 --> 00:04:36,693 Would you mind? We're trying to work here. 81 00:04:36,735 --> 00:04:38,570 For the record, I was gonna say smile. 82 00:04:38,612 --> 00:04:40,239 Yeah, sure you were. What have you got? 83 00:04:40,364 --> 00:04:41,532 Nothing. 84 00:04:41,740 --> 00:04:44,743 Whatever you did fried all the power conduits leading into the room. 85 00:04:44,785 --> 00:04:46,119 Whatever I did? 86 00:04:46,161 --> 00:04:49,456 Look, up until very recently, this lab was entirely under water, 87 00:04:49,498 --> 00:04:52,459 quite possible for over 10,000 years. How is that my fault? 88 00:04:52,501 --> 00:04:54,169 Well, that part of it isn't. 89 00:04:54,211 --> 00:04:56,463 OK, that's it. I'm going for lunch. 90 00:04:57,506 --> 00:04:58,966 How's he doing? 91 00:04:59,007 --> 00:05:00,467 Same old Rodney. 92 00:05:00,509 --> 00:05:01,677 You sure? 93 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:03,929 He looks a couple of pounds heavier to me. 94 00:05:03,971 --> 00:05:04,972 Ronon. 95 00:05:05,013 --> 00:05:06,098 What? 96 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:09,017 He eats all the time. It's not like he exercises. 97 00:05:09,059 --> 00:05:11,436 He's feeding his unhappiness. 98 00:05:11,603 --> 00:05:14,314 Hello, I'm right here! I can... 99 00:05:18,777 --> 00:05:20,529 I can hear you. 100 00:05:26,034 --> 00:05:27,536 For your information! 101 00:05:27,578 --> 00:05:29,788 I'm exactly the same weight I've been since I got here. 102 00:05:29,830 --> 00:05:32,666 I need to eat regularly, otherwise I become hypoglycemic 103 00:05:32,708 --> 00:05:34,710 and I am generally a very happy person! 104 00:05:34,751 --> 00:05:38,088 Colonel Sheppard, please have your team report to the control room, immediately! 105 00:05:38,130 --> 00:05:39,464 Colonel Sheppard. 106 00:05:45,762 --> 00:05:49,516 We received this transmission six minutes ago from Major Lorne's team. 107 00:05:49,933 --> 00:05:54,021 Atlantis base. Repeat! We are under attack and cut off from the Gate. 108 00:05:54,062 --> 00:05:56,398 I counted at least 20, maybe more! 109 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:58,650 Request backup immediately! 110 00:05:58,775 --> 00:06:01,820 - Where are they? - M72-656. 111 00:06:01,862 --> 00:06:04,531 Have a team of marines meet us in the Jumper bay. 112 00:06:21,632 --> 00:06:22,883 Doctor Weir... 113 00:06:23,175 --> 00:06:24,301 any word? 114 00:06:24,343 --> 00:06:27,262 Not yet. But, it has only been an hour. 115 00:06:27,304 --> 00:06:30,015 - You wanted to see me. - Yes. I could use your help. 116 00:06:30,182 --> 00:06:33,727 I managed to get power to part of the console, to access the labs research logs. 117 00:06:33,769 --> 00:06:36,313 - Well, that's good news. - Well, I'm not so sure. 118 00:06:36,355 --> 00:06:38,690 I could use a second opinion. 119 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:49,493 It seems much of this refers to different elements of human physiology. 120 00:06:52,329 --> 00:06:55,916 It mentions the mutation of base genetic coding? 121 00:06:55,958 --> 00:06:58,919 I realise Doctor Beckett said that there were no evident effects, 122 00:06:58,961 --> 00:07:01,463 from Rodney's exposure to the device. 123 00:07:01,964 --> 00:07:05,133 - It seems... - It's meant to manipulate human DNA. 124 00:07:06,635 --> 00:07:10,222 Doctor Weir to the Jumper Bay. The rescue team has returned. 125 00:07:10,722 --> 00:07:12,015 Let's go. 126 00:07:14,351 --> 00:07:15,727 What else could it be? 127 00:07:15,811 --> 00:07:17,062 You're losing your mind. 128 00:07:17,104 --> 00:07:19,606 I'm telling you it's a bit of a coincidence... 129 00:07:19,648 --> 00:07:21,149 Well then, prove it! 130 00:07:21,191 --> 00:07:22,359 Colonel? 131 00:07:22,609 --> 00:07:24,403 Everyone's present and accounted for. 132 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:25,904 How bad is it and who's been hit? 133 00:07:25,946 --> 00:07:28,532 No-one Doc, we're all fine, thanks to... 134 00:07:28,574 --> 00:07:30,826 - McKay. - So he says. 135 00:07:30,868 --> 00:07:32,160 Rodney? 136 00:07:33,912 --> 00:07:37,708 Well to be honest, I'm not entirely sure. I wasn't even sure it was me, at first, but... 137 00:07:37,749 --> 00:07:39,293 the correlation is impossible to ignore. 138 00:07:39,334 --> 00:07:42,880 I saw Lorne's team pinned down, the bad guys closing in, and I just thought... 139 00:07:42,921 --> 00:07:45,883 You know, wouldn't it be great if all of their weapons jammed... 140 00:07:45,924 --> 00:07:47,384 at the same time? 141 00:07:51,096 --> 00:07:53,307 Next thing I know, they're all running away, so... 142 00:07:53,348 --> 00:07:56,685 So you think, because you wanted it to happen, it just did. 143 00:07:56,727 --> 00:07:58,854 It was a little more than that! 144 00:08:00,272 --> 00:08:01,607 OK, you know what? 145 00:08:01,648 --> 00:08:03,859 Watch this! I'll... 146 00:08:04,985 --> 00:08:06,737 Rodney! 147 00:08:08,864 --> 00:08:09,781 Rodney? 148 00:08:09,823 --> 00:08:11,783 Believe me, I find this just as disturbing as you do. 149 00:08:11,825 --> 00:08:13,869 Like bloody hell you do! 150 00:08:15,287 --> 00:08:16,955 Put him down. 151 00:08:19,875 --> 00:08:21,043 Oh God... 152 00:08:23,086 --> 00:08:26,715 Have there been any other instances of this power manifesting itself? 153 00:08:26,757 --> 00:08:28,467 Powers, plural. 154 00:08:28,509 --> 00:08:30,677 What else can you do, besides telekinesis? 155 00:08:30,719 --> 00:08:34,640 Well, super hearing for one and I'm not sure, but I think I may actually be getting smarter. 156 00:08:34,681 --> 00:08:37,601 It's hard to say for sure, because I was pretty smart to start with. But... 157 00:08:37,643 --> 00:08:40,687 Recently I've been having some ideas that I don't think even I would have thought of before. 158 00:08:40,729 --> 00:08:43,148 Does super-ego count as a power? 159 00:08:43,190 --> 00:08:45,567 Oh, finally! Look, keep it coming! 160 00:08:45,859 --> 00:08:50,322 We may also be dealing with a super appetite, although it's hard to tell because he ate so much before. 161 00:08:50,364 --> 00:08:51,281 Very funny. 162 00:08:51,323 --> 00:08:52,741 My God, he's eating again? 163 00:08:52,783 --> 00:08:55,786 - I have a very active metabolism. - Aye, among other things. 164 00:08:55,827 --> 00:08:57,412 The scan show a dramatic increase 165 00:08:57,454 --> 00:09:00,749 in synaptic interaction throughout all the sections of Rodney's brain. 166 00:09:00,999 --> 00:09:03,252 Much higher than normal human levels. 167 00:09:03,877 --> 00:09:07,297 There was an incident at SGC, just over a year ago. 168 00:09:07,339 --> 00:09:08,549 I recall that file. 169 00:09:08,590 --> 00:09:10,008 I studied the data. 170 00:09:10,175 --> 00:09:11,260 Fascinating. 171 00:09:11,301 --> 00:09:14,221 SG-1 discovered a highly evolved human being in stasis. Turned out... 172 00:09:14,263 --> 00:09:17,975 he was the result of experimentation by a Goa'uld named Anubis. 173 00:09:18,016 --> 00:09:20,394 He was trying to create a means of 174 00:09:20,435 --> 00:09:24,439 artificially accelerating human physiology to the point of Ascension. 175 00:09:24,481 --> 00:09:27,276 Look, that device I found must have been some kind of an accelerator. 176 00:09:27,317 --> 00:09:30,195 We know that the Ancients developed all kinds of powers as they evolved. 177 00:09:30,237 --> 00:09:33,282 So, it's just a matter of bad luck that we didn't run into that lab earlier. 178 00:09:33,323 --> 00:09:34,283 Seriously! 179 00:09:34,366 --> 00:09:35,534 Me, a super hero. 180 00:09:35,576 --> 00:09:36,952 Who would have thought it? 181 00:09:45,002 --> 00:09:47,796 Look, we all agree, the Ancients were pretty screwed up. 182 00:09:47,838 --> 00:09:49,089 We do? 183 00:09:49,381 --> 00:09:53,135 Well, all the ones I met were arrogant, condescending, and not for good reason! 184 00:09:53,177 --> 00:09:56,054 But they made giant mistakes and never fixed them. 185 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:57,598 They were still Human. 186 00:09:57,639 --> 00:09:59,349 But then there were all those crazy rules. 187 00:09:59,391 --> 00:10:01,518 Those only came after they ascended. 188 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:02,853 Whatever! 189 00:10:03,061 --> 00:10:05,856 Maybe this thing doesn't work on everyone, who knows, 190 00:10:05,898 --> 00:10:09,902 - but we do know it works on McKay. - It's only been a day. 191 00:10:10,027 --> 00:10:13,030 Assuming it's safe. But to be honest, even if it's not, 192 00:10:13,071 --> 00:10:15,574 if we can get a significant advantage over the Wraith and the Replicators... 193 00:10:15,616 --> 00:10:18,368 John, I agree, this device may have great potential. 194 00:10:18,410 --> 00:10:20,913 And with great potential comes great responsibility, I know. 195 00:10:20,954 --> 00:10:25,542 Like a lot of other things we have found in this City, it is a very advanced piece of technology. 196 00:10:25,584 --> 00:10:27,711 For all we know, it could also be very dangerous. 197 00:10:27,753 --> 00:10:29,963 - I'm just saying... - Yes, you can be next. 198 00:10:30,506 --> 00:10:31,715 Thank you! 199 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,262 You know, if you're compiling a list, I... 200 00:10:37,304 --> 00:10:40,557 - Could we stay focused, please? - Right. 201 00:10:44,353 --> 00:10:46,980 Come on, you can't keep me cooped up in here, forever. 202 00:10:47,022 --> 00:10:50,526 You might not be sick, Rodney, but I think we could both agree what's happening here is far from normal. 203 00:10:50,567 --> 00:10:53,737 Exactly! So let me go out and start using my powers to do some good. 204 00:10:53,779 --> 00:10:56,406 Oh! Are you going to finish that? 205 00:10:57,491 --> 00:10:59,284 I'm serious! 206 00:10:59,535 --> 00:11:02,079 We have no idea of the extent of your genetic mutation. 207 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,916 Please, mutation has such negative connotations. Advancement is more like it. 208 00:11:05,958 --> 00:11:07,668 Until we know exactly what is going on here... 209 00:11:07,709 --> 00:11:08,877 Carson! 210 00:11:08,919 --> 00:11:13,173 I'm still me! Anyway, it's not like you or these guys could stop me from leaving, anyways. 211 00:11:13,215 --> 00:11:14,675 No, but I could! 212 00:11:15,843 --> 00:11:18,345 Oh, you care to put that to a test? 213 00:11:19,388 --> 00:11:20,639 Do you? 214 00:11:20,764 --> 00:11:22,891 Well, no, not really. 215 00:11:23,016 --> 00:11:26,436 Anyways, as I was saying, I think you're fine to go about your daily duties 216 00:11:26,478 --> 00:11:31,942 - as long as you have someone with you, and you... - Check in every couple of hours, yes, yes, bye bye! 217 00:11:34,361 --> 00:11:36,446 You know, we could be a team. 218 00:11:36,488 --> 00:11:37,656 You could be my sidekick. 219 00:11:37,698 --> 00:11:38,448 Sidekick? 220 00:11:38,490 --> 00:11:40,951 Yeah, it would be like Batman and Ronon. Has a nice ring to it. 221 00:11:40,993 --> 00:11:43,453 Yeah, you keep eating like that it's gonna be more like, Fatman. 222 00:11:43,579 --> 00:11:44,830 I'm warning you, 223 00:11:44,872 --> 00:11:49,126 you will probably be bored out of your mind, unless you find incredibly advanced physics to be... 224 00:11:49,251 --> 00:11:50,210 Really? 225 00:11:50,460 --> 00:11:52,462 - What? - You think so? 226 00:11:53,213 --> 00:11:54,798 Hey, she thinks I'm hot! 227 00:11:55,883 --> 00:11:58,635 - I didn't say anything. - No-no-no, I'm sure that you... 228 00:11:58,719 --> 00:12:00,512 Oh, of course not, I should have known. 229 00:12:00,637 --> 00:12:01,805 She meant you. 230 00:12:02,389 --> 00:12:04,266 I don't know what you're talking about. 231 00:12:06,685 --> 00:12:08,770 McKay, she didn't say a word. 232 00:12:10,022 --> 00:12:12,399 Oh my God, I can read minds. 233 00:12:14,443 --> 00:12:15,986 This is cool! 234 00:12:17,070 --> 00:12:18,447 No it isn't. 235 00:12:22,951 --> 00:12:25,454 Oh I'm fine. No, yes and it doesn't. 236 00:12:25,495 --> 00:12:27,664 - What? - I can read your mind. Everyone's actually. 237 00:12:27,706 --> 00:12:30,000 That was very cool for the first like, ten seconds there, but, 238 00:12:30,042 --> 00:12:33,128 now I'm finding it a little disturbing, so I'm trying to tune it out as much as I possibly can... 239 00:12:33,170 --> 00:12:37,508 Well, sort of. Anyways, look, I wanted to get your permission to access the Control Chair. 240 00:12:37,549 --> 00:12:38,675 I've got some... 241 00:12:38,717 --> 00:12:42,554 pretty interesting ideas for maximising our ZedPM. I reconfigured the City's power systems... 242 00:12:42,596 --> 00:12:44,181 it's too complicated to explain but 243 00:12:44,223 --> 00:12:47,434 trust me when I say that you are going to be incredibly happy with the results. 244 00:12:47,476 --> 00:12:50,979 Look, Elizabeth, I know... you have every right not to trust me but I promise you, 245 00:12:51,021 --> 00:12:53,065 I'm gonna make things much, much better, OK? 246 00:12:53,273 --> 00:12:54,608 Good. She wants you to shoot me 247 00:12:54,650 --> 00:12:58,946 if you think for even one second that I might be trying to take over the City for my own evil purposes. 248 00:12:59,154 --> 00:13:00,781 I'm kidding. That was a joke. 249 00:13:01,406 --> 00:13:03,659 Is your weapon set to... stun? 250 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:07,538 Wait... never mind. There... I did it myself. OK, to the Chair Room, Ronon. 251 00:13:09,456 --> 00:13:11,041 Can I shoot him now? 252 00:13:11,083 --> 00:13:12,668 I can hear you! 253 00:13:12,709 --> 00:13:16,839 Look, she just wants you to keep a close eye on me! C'mon, let's go. Chop, chop... much to do. 254 00:13:17,256 --> 00:13:20,759 I will send a science team down to supervise. 255 00:13:28,725 --> 00:13:32,396 * Not like that, this is crap. * 256 00:13:39,152 --> 00:13:40,821 What the hell is he doing? 257 00:13:40,863 --> 00:13:42,239 Don't ask me. 258 00:13:42,698 --> 00:13:44,283 Actually, I wasn't. 259 00:13:44,908 --> 00:13:46,451 I have no idea. 260 00:13:47,494 --> 00:13:49,997 Rodney, you are affecting power all over the City. 261 00:13:50,038 --> 00:13:50,831 I know. 262 00:13:51,039 --> 00:13:52,499 Awesome isn't it? 263 00:13:52,916 --> 00:13:53,750 No. 264 00:13:53,959 --> 00:13:54,918 I can't work. 265 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:56,587 It's just temporary. 266 00:13:56,628 --> 00:14:00,424 Rodney, I'm trying to determine if that device did any permanent damage to you. 267 00:14:00,549 --> 00:14:02,092 Quite frankly, given your usually 268 00:14:02,134 --> 00:14:05,262 rampant hypochondria, I'm surprised you don't seem to care. 269 00:14:05,304 --> 00:14:07,806 - You're jealous. - That is ridiculous. 270 00:14:07,848 --> 00:14:11,185 You should be working with me, trying to figure out what is happening to you. 271 00:14:11,226 --> 00:14:13,437 Instead, you're here burying your head in the sand. 272 00:14:13,478 --> 00:14:14,813 That is not true. 273 00:14:14,855 --> 00:14:18,150 My head, which happens to be housing my ever-evolving brain... 274 00:14:18,192 --> 00:14:22,779 is actually being better utilised here doing important things that will affect everybody. 275 00:14:25,032 --> 00:14:29,494 * I am not gonna work with him. I can f*** at this. He is... * 276 00:14:29,536 --> 00:14:31,455 He tries to hide it, but deep down, 277 00:14:31,538 --> 00:14:33,749 I'm the wind beneath his wings. 278 00:14:36,460 --> 00:14:38,337 Well, how's it coming? 279 00:14:38,629 --> 00:14:40,923 Actually, I think I'm just getting to the good bit. 280 00:14:41,089 --> 00:14:44,760 Don't you hate it when people interrupt right when things are getting good? 281 00:14:48,805 --> 00:14:52,434 I know McKay is some super-genius now, but... 282 00:14:52,476 --> 00:14:55,604 I find the flickering lights incredibly unnerving. 283 00:14:55,771 --> 00:14:57,439 The Doctor Coleman has... 284 00:14:57,481 --> 00:14:58,607 however reluctantly... 285 00:14:58,649 --> 00:14:59,608 admitted... 286 00:14:59,733 --> 00:15:03,445 it does seem as if Rodney is significantly improving the City's power system. 287 00:15:03,487 --> 00:15:04,738 Whatever. 288 00:15:04,988 --> 00:15:06,990 Anyway, you were saying? 289 00:15:08,283 --> 00:15:09,243 Well... 290 00:15:09,368 --> 00:15:13,121 we know the Ancients evolved physiologically to a certain point where they 291 00:15:13,163 --> 00:15:15,874 could transform into a state of pure energy. 292 00:15:15,916 --> 00:15:17,668 Ancient history 101. 293 00:15:17,709 --> 00:15:21,296 Yes. We also know that not all of them managed to get there. 294 00:15:21,630 --> 00:15:24,132 You're saying some of them needed a kick in the pants. 295 00:15:24,174 --> 00:15:25,509 So to speak. 296 00:15:26,552 --> 00:15:30,180 I think this machine was not meant to help them fight the war against the Wraith 297 00:15:30,222 --> 00:15:32,599 but rather to help them escape it. 298 00:15:34,309 --> 00:15:36,103 An ascension machine? 299 00:15:36,144 --> 00:15:39,273 Like the one the Goa'uld tried to create in the Milky Way. 300 00:15:40,524 --> 00:15:43,360 Are you saying McKay's going to ascend? 301 00:15:44,570 --> 00:15:47,698 Unfortunately there's a whole lot more to ascension than just being physically evolved. 302 00:15:47,739 --> 00:15:52,202 Believe me, after spending six months with a bunch of pansy wannabes, I know. 303 00:15:52,536 --> 00:15:54,413 But, what does this mean for McKay? 304 00:15:54,621 --> 00:15:57,583 Like I said, just getting to the good bit. 305 00:15:58,584 --> 00:16:00,377 I'll leave you to it. 306 00:16:02,462 --> 00:16:03,922 John, wait! 307 00:16:04,798 --> 00:16:07,301 We need to talk to Rodney, right away. 308 00:16:13,223 --> 00:16:14,725 You can all relax. 309 00:16:14,808 --> 00:16:17,269 I'll have us back online in two minutes. 310 00:16:17,311 --> 00:16:18,937 We need to talk to you. 311 00:16:19,771 --> 00:16:21,481 What do you mean, I'm gonna die? 312 00:16:22,774 --> 00:16:24,735 I'm not even sick! I feel great, never better! 313 00:16:24,776 --> 00:16:28,363 - That Ancient device... - has accelerated my evolution. 314 00:16:28,906 --> 00:16:31,783 Eventually I'll reach a point where I'm physically capable of ascension, 315 00:16:31,825 --> 00:16:33,827 but ascension takes more than that... there's a... 316 00:16:33,869 --> 00:16:35,037 there's a mental component. 317 00:16:35,078 --> 00:16:36,997 I need to know how to make it happen... 318 00:16:37,039 --> 00:16:38,916 which I don't. 319 00:16:39,166 --> 00:16:40,375 Yet! 320 00:16:40,459 --> 00:16:44,713 I'm getting smarter by the minute. It's a pretty good assumption I'll be able to figure it out on the way... 321 00:16:44,755 --> 00:16:48,675 OK, so it's not as easy as that. Well, even if I don't, so I stay a highly-evolved human. 322 00:16:48,717 --> 00:16:51,053 I mean, I don't have to ascend... it's, it's a choice, right? 323 00:16:51,220 --> 00:16:53,180 No? What do you mean, no? 324 00:16:53,388 --> 00:16:56,517 Oh, that stupid Ancient device doesn't work properly, does it? 325 00:16:56,725 --> 00:17:01,730 It's set in motion a series of genetic mutations that will result in my death if I don't ascend?! 326 00:17:01,772 --> 00:17:03,857 There is something easier about this. 327 00:17:03,899 --> 00:17:06,235 That's why the Ancients didn't put it into common use... 328 00:17:06,401 --> 00:17:10,822 it's just one more in a long line of abysmal, over-ambitious failures! 329 00:17:11,323 --> 00:17:12,699 Oh God! 330 00:17:12,741 --> 00:17:13,784 I'm a dead man! 331 00:17:13,825 --> 00:17:15,744 - Doctor McKay - Yes, yes, I just... 332 00:17:15,786 --> 00:17:19,790 it's because I stopped in the middle. I will fix it... just give me a second here. 333 00:17:25,045 --> 00:17:26,213 That's it! 334 00:17:26,296 --> 00:17:28,924 * I will kill him, he is nuts, complete idiot. * 335 00:17:28,966 --> 00:17:31,635 OK, there's still time left, right, so maybe there's a way to reverse the process. 336 00:17:31,677 --> 00:17:34,137 Zelenka! Where's Zelenka? What the hell has he been doing? 337 00:17:34,179 --> 00:17:37,558 We have massive power surges throughout the grid. Shut down protocols are not responding. 338 00:17:37,599 --> 00:17:38,725 Dammit! 339 00:17:54,616 --> 00:17:56,451 Come on Radek! Come on! 340 00:17:56,577 --> 00:17:58,078 He's not breathing, we need to intubate. 341 00:17:58,120 --> 00:17:59,913 Start an IV wide open. 342 00:18:00,622 --> 00:18:02,249 Get that monitor set up. 343 00:18:03,750 --> 00:18:06,837 Right, on my count. One, two, three. 344 00:18:08,797 --> 00:18:09,590 Radek! 345 00:18:09,631 --> 00:18:11,341 Get the leads set up, please. 346 00:18:12,342 --> 00:18:14,636 He's in V-tach. Prepare to de-fib. 347 00:18:15,846 --> 00:18:17,347 - Clear. - Move. 348 00:18:17,389 --> 00:18:18,932 - Rodney, the man is dying! - No! 349 00:18:18,974 --> 00:18:20,934 Just give me a second. I know. 350 00:18:45,167 --> 00:18:46,752 Heart rate's good. 351 00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:49,463 Breathing's steady. 352 00:18:51,381 --> 00:18:52,966 Pulse is good. 353 00:18:58,138 --> 00:18:59,264 Radek... 354 00:18:59,598 --> 00:19:01,099 are you OK? 355 00:19:02,559 --> 00:19:04,228 What happened? 356 00:19:20,494 --> 00:19:21,703 Rodney. 357 00:19:21,745 --> 00:19:23,080 Hold on! 358 00:19:24,831 --> 00:19:27,334 I see you've been busy. 359 00:19:27,668 --> 00:19:29,753 Yeah, I invented a new math. 360 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:30,963 Really. 361 00:19:31,004 --> 00:19:34,007 It's gonna change the human understanding of the universe as we know it. 362 00:19:34,258 --> 00:19:36,760 How is Zelenka? 363 00:19:37,511 --> 00:19:38,929 You need to ask? 364 00:19:38,971 --> 00:19:40,472 I'm blocking out people's thoughts. 365 00:19:40,514 --> 00:19:43,684 It was becoming too overwhelming. I wasn't able to think. 366 00:19:44,977 --> 00:19:46,103 Rodney. 367 00:19:46,144 --> 00:19:48,146 I know what you're gonna say. 368 00:19:48,188 --> 00:19:50,607 Oh, no... just intuition, I swear. 369 00:19:50,649 --> 00:19:51,650 I just... 370 00:19:51,900 --> 00:19:55,529 I tried to fix the Ancient device but it wasn't meant to reverse the process. 371 00:19:55,654 --> 00:19:58,907 Once the mutation has started, it cannot be stopped. 372 00:19:59,449 --> 00:20:01,285 Actually, 373 00:20:03,579 --> 00:20:08,584 I was gonna say, if you want any help in understanding ascension. 374 00:20:12,588 --> 00:20:13,797 Well, I've already... 375 00:20:13,839 --> 00:20:16,800 - re-read everything I could in the database. - Well, it's not exactly a 376 00:20:16,842 --> 00:20:19,136 - clear-cut set of instructions, is it? - No. 377 00:20:19,178 --> 00:20:19,928 And to be honest, you know, 378 00:20:19,970 --> 00:20:22,431 I've never really been all that big on the whole idea of ascending in the first place. 379 00:20:22,472 --> 00:20:24,600 There's too many rules, you know? 380 00:20:24,766 --> 00:20:25,726 I mean, 381 00:20:25,767 --> 00:20:28,270 to me, life is about working towards achievement, 382 00:20:28,312 --> 00:20:29,521 you know? Discovering things... 383 00:20:29,563 --> 00:20:31,190 - Getting credit for it. - Exactly! 384 00:20:31,231 --> 00:20:32,774 I mean, once you know it all, what do you do then? 385 00:20:32,900 --> 00:20:33,942 I don't know. 386 00:20:33,984 --> 00:20:37,362 I don't think that ascension necessarily means the end. 387 00:20:37,404 --> 00:20:38,197 Yeah, see... 388 00:20:38,238 --> 00:20:40,073 I'm not very big on leaps of faith either. 389 00:20:40,115 --> 00:20:43,202 I mean, sure, there was a part of me that, from the beginning knew that this was too good to be true. 390 00:20:43,243 --> 00:20:48,248 Nothing this great could ever happen to me without really, really bad consequences. 391 00:20:48,957 --> 00:20:51,001 Anyways, now I have come to terms with that 392 00:20:51,043 --> 00:20:53,545 and I just wanna get as much done in the time I have left and not 393 00:20:53,587 --> 00:20:56,924 waste my time on a bunch of mumbo jumbo I'm not going to understand anyways. 394 00:20:57,716 --> 00:21:02,471 Oh, I've uh, come up with a way for increasing the Daedalus' shield power. 395 00:21:02,513 --> 00:21:06,475 Tell Hermiod to give me a call if he needs any help understanding the base code. 396 00:21:06,517 --> 00:21:09,603 I'm sure Colonel Caldwell will be thrilled. 397 00:21:11,730 --> 00:21:13,357 Look Rodney, 398 00:21:13,899 --> 00:21:15,484 I'm not gonna try to convince you 399 00:21:15,526 --> 00:21:19,613 that ascension is right for you or even possible for that matter, I don't know. 400 00:21:19,863 --> 00:21:20,864 But, 401 00:21:21,073 --> 00:21:23,784 I wonder if you have considered the fact that 402 00:21:24,034 --> 00:21:27,579 if you did somehow manage to ascend, you can always, 403 00:21:27,621 --> 00:21:30,415 theoretically, retake human form? 404 00:21:33,168 --> 00:21:34,837 Why didn't I think of that? 405 00:21:35,003 --> 00:21:36,255 I don't think it's gonna work. 406 00:21:36,296 --> 00:21:37,714 I had this shipped from the SGC. 407 00:21:37,756 --> 00:21:40,759 Aye, I know, the Ancient device used to measure a persons synaptic activity. 408 00:21:40,801 --> 00:21:43,178 Ah, more than that. The brains evolutionary level. 409 00:21:43,220 --> 00:21:45,264 Look, it's basically an asendometer. 410 00:21:45,389 --> 00:21:47,432 I really don't think we're going about this the right way. 411 00:21:47,474 --> 00:21:50,686 If you're a highly evolved super-genius, put up your hand. 412 00:21:52,771 --> 00:21:55,274 - From everything I read about the subject area... - Look, 413 00:21:55,315 --> 00:22:00,112 when you get down to it, even mental states are actually only physical states, are they not? 414 00:22:00,153 --> 00:22:02,489 I mean, the brain is just a chemical supercomputer. 415 00:22:02,531 --> 00:22:06,326 - Oh, I suppose an incredibly complex... - Yes, is all you need to say, my friend. Look, 416 00:22:06,368 --> 00:22:08,912 the universe may seem mystical to... 417 00:22:08,954 --> 00:22:11,248 those without understanding, when in truth, 418 00:22:11,290 --> 00:22:14,251 anything and everything can be quantified. 419 00:22:14,293 --> 00:22:16,420 Look, all that hocus pocus stuff is just a... 420 00:22:16,461 --> 00:22:18,005 way of getting the brain into the... 421 00:22:18,046 --> 00:22:22,176 proper electro-chemical state, to allow the final physical evolution. 422 00:22:22,217 --> 00:22:26,054 At which point the matter that makes up this body will turn into pure energy. 423 00:22:26,096 --> 00:22:27,097 Look... 424 00:22:27,139 --> 00:22:29,266 what mere mortals 425 00:22:29,308 --> 00:22:32,311 would refer to as the mystery of ascension 426 00:22:32,352 --> 00:22:35,564 is actually just a scientific process. Just protons and electrons. 427 00:22:35,606 --> 00:22:37,274 - Protons and electrons. - If you say so. 428 00:22:37,316 --> 00:22:39,484 Now, if you don't mind, can we... 429 00:22:44,698 --> 00:22:47,701 Now, based on what I've extrapolated from the... 430 00:22:47,743 --> 00:22:48,994 Ancient research, 431 00:22:49,036 --> 00:22:52,831 I have been able to set measurable parameters for achieving the proper mental state. 432 00:22:52,873 --> 00:22:57,127 Once I reach 96% synaptic connection as measured by this device, 433 00:22:57,169 --> 00:23:02,841 all I need to do is maintain an EEG frequency of 0.1 to 0.9 hertz and presto, 434 00:23:03,258 --> 00:23:05,969 I rise to a higher plane of existence. 435 00:23:06,011 --> 00:23:10,766 Ok, let's assume for one completely insane moment, that you are right. 436 00:23:10,807 --> 00:23:14,311 Those frequencies are associated with near comatose patients. 437 00:23:14,353 --> 00:23:16,063 No-one who's actually awake can just 438 00:23:16,104 --> 00:23:17,856 will themselves anywhere close to that, 439 00:23:17,898 --> 00:23:21,818 - no matter how bloody relaxed they are. - No unevolved person. 440 00:23:22,236 --> 00:23:24,947 - Give it a rest, Rodney. - Just turn it on. 441 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:31,578 Your synaptic activity's abnormally high. Over 60%. 442 00:23:31,620 --> 00:23:35,249 Yes, I don't have much time left. As I said, by my calculations, when I reach 96%, 443 00:23:35,290 --> 00:23:36,875 I either ascend or die. 444 00:23:36,917 --> 00:23:38,502 Now, what's my EEG? 445 00:23:38,544 --> 00:23:42,464 29 Hertz, which is about average for someone in an extremely heightened, wakeful state. 446 00:23:42,506 --> 00:23:44,925 OK, so I just need to clear my mind and... 447 00:23:45,133 --> 00:23:46,426 relax. 448 00:23:49,054 --> 00:23:49,930 What's it at now? 449 00:23:49,972 --> 00:23:50,973 - Thirty. - What? 450 00:23:51,014 --> 00:23:53,100 Oh come on, that's impossible. You must have me hooked up wrong. 451 00:23:53,141 --> 00:23:56,436 No I didn't, thank you very much. We're getting a clear reading. 452 00:23:56,812 --> 00:23:57,688 Rodney, 453 00:23:57,729 --> 00:24:00,190 the Ancients that eventually learned to ascend, 454 00:24:00,232 --> 00:24:03,068 dedicated their entire lives preparing for this moment. 455 00:24:03,110 --> 00:24:04,069 Trust me, this will work. 456 00:24:04,111 --> 00:24:06,905 I just need some more time. Now stop talking so much, you're... 457 00:24:06,947 --> 00:24:08,949 you're rippling my pond. 458 00:24:14,997 --> 00:24:19,042 I think he's having a hard time accepting this can't be solved with science. 459 00:24:19,084 --> 00:24:21,378 No matter how brilliant he is. 460 00:24:21,461 --> 00:24:22,921 You know what he needs? 461 00:24:23,755 --> 00:24:26,466 He needs to release his burden. 462 00:24:27,092 --> 00:24:28,969 Yeah, well, you know McKay. 463 00:24:30,012 --> 00:24:32,723 Maybe Dr Heightmeyer can help. 464 00:24:32,931 --> 00:24:35,601 Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of you. 465 00:24:35,642 --> 00:24:36,476 Me? 466 00:24:37,728 --> 00:24:40,647 You lived with the Ancients for six months on the brink of ascension. 467 00:24:40,689 --> 00:24:43,942 You helped them face their fears and finally ascend. 468 00:24:43,984 --> 00:24:46,695 I fought a scary monster. That's what I do best. 469 00:24:46,904 --> 00:24:48,155 And for Rodney, 470 00:24:48,197 --> 00:24:51,074 I'm sure this seems like a really scary monster. 471 00:24:55,829 --> 00:24:58,707 I don't think this is gonna work with you still hooked up to the machine. 472 00:24:58,749 --> 00:25:00,584 How else am I gonna know if it's working at all? 473 00:25:00,626 --> 00:25:02,628 Look, you're teaching me how to meditate. 474 00:25:02,669 --> 00:25:06,298 - Not exactly good odds there to start with. - I realise that. 475 00:25:06,507 --> 00:25:08,050 Truth is, 476 00:25:08,258 --> 00:25:10,677 I was never really very good at this myself. 477 00:25:10,719 --> 00:25:12,554 So why am I here? 478 00:25:12,596 --> 00:25:16,099 - Elizabeth made me. - Oh. Yeah, me too. 479 00:25:16,391 --> 00:25:17,809 I was with those Ancients for six months. 480 00:25:17,851 --> 00:25:20,479 Maybe I picked up something that might be able to help you. 481 00:25:23,398 --> 00:25:26,318 First thing I think you need to come to terms with... 482 00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:27,778 is... 483 00:25:27,819 --> 00:25:29,446 this is not a means to an end. 484 00:25:29,488 --> 00:25:30,280 What? 485 00:25:30,489 --> 00:25:33,700 - Well, of course it is. - No, you can't do that. You can't think 486 00:25:33,742 --> 00:25:36,954 that you're just gonna ascend and then retake human form and be done with it all. 487 00:25:36,995 --> 00:25:39,248 That is exactly what I'm trying to do. 488 00:25:39,289 --> 00:25:43,001 Look, from what I understand, dishonesty's not gonna help the process. 489 00:25:43,961 --> 00:25:44,837 Good point. 490 00:25:44,878 --> 00:25:46,755 You know, while we're at it, my knees are killing me. 491 00:25:46,797 --> 00:25:48,090 How's anyone relax like this? 492 00:25:48,131 --> 00:25:50,509 Find a position that works. 493 00:25:50,551 --> 00:25:52,177 Right. OK. 494 00:25:53,554 --> 00:25:54,763 Fine. 495 00:25:55,097 --> 00:25:56,306 Now. 496 00:25:56,890 --> 00:25:59,268 I want you to become aware of your breaths... 497 00:25:59,685 --> 00:26:01,144 going in... 498 00:26:01,270 --> 00:26:03,021 and out of your body. 499 00:26:03,063 --> 00:26:04,189 In... 500 00:26:04,690 --> 00:26:06,567 and out. 501 00:26:06,608 --> 00:26:08,861 Do it without talking. 502 00:26:09,486 --> 00:26:11,154 Oh, right. 503 00:26:12,072 --> 00:26:13,240 Now, 504 00:26:14,283 --> 00:26:17,828 I want you to think about the things you worry about the most. 505 00:26:17,870 --> 00:26:20,747 - You mean, like death? - There's no talking. 506 00:26:21,707 --> 00:26:24,710 Think of anything that makes you anxious. 507 00:26:24,751 --> 00:26:26,795 Oh God, there's so many things. 508 00:26:26,837 --> 00:26:29,506 - Not talking, happens to be one of them, by the way. - Deal with it! 509 00:26:31,383 --> 00:26:32,634 Now, 510 00:26:33,677 --> 00:26:37,431 - imagine yourself sitting on a ferris wheel. - What? 511 00:26:37,639 --> 00:26:42,019 Look, I told you I didn't pay much attention to what the Ancients were teaching me. 512 00:26:42,060 --> 00:26:44,521 I like ferris wheels, so that's what I thought about. 513 00:26:44,563 --> 00:26:46,565 And the fact that the woman 514 00:26:46,607 --> 00:26:48,483 teaching me how to meditate, was... 515 00:26:49,234 --> 00:26:50,235 very attractive. 516 00:26:50,277 --> 00:26:52,321 Why am I not surprised you didn't ascend...? 517 00:26:52,362 --> 00:26:54,323 OK, look, I'm a busy man. 518 00:26:54,364 --> 00:26:56,033 You're a busy man. We're both busy men. 519 00:26:56,074 --> 00:27:00,204 Just relax, alright? I'm gonna try and remember what the woman taught me. 520 00:27:01,205 --> 00:27:02,539 Alright. 521 00:27:04,583 --> 00:27:05,792 Now, 522 00:27:06,335 --> 00:27:10,172 there's a dark storm swirling around in your head. 523 00:27:10,214 --> 00:27:12,883 - How is that comforting? - I'm getting there. 524 00:27:13,926 --> 00:27:15,802 I just thought of a brilliant adjunct to the Chaos Theory. 525 00:27:15,844 --> 00:27:17,888 - Look, I should write this down. - McKay! 526 00:27:19,264 --> 00:27:21,225 Letting it go. Letting it go. 527 00:27:21,266 --> 00:27:23,936 Now. The sky is clearing. 528 00:27:23,977 --> 00:27:26,438 All your troubles are fading away. 529 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,107 Bright blue sky. I am there. 530 00:27:34,571 --> 00:27:36,281 - How am I doing? - Don't think that way. 531 00:27:36,532 --> 00:27:37,699 Oh, forget it! 532 00:27:37,741 --> 00:27:39,743 - Look, this is never gonna work. - What's wrong now? 533 00:27:39,785 --> 00:27:42,829 I just realized why light behaves as both particles and waves. 534 00:27:42,871 --> 00:27:45,040 - Rodney, if you don't try to do this... - I know! 535 00:27:45,082 --> 00:27:47,000 I don't have much time left. 536 00:27:56,134 --> 00:27:57,052 Hey! 537 00:27:57,094 --> 00:27:58,303 Just a second. 538 00:28:09,398 --> 00:28:10,440 What are you doing? 539 00:28:10,482 --> 00:28:11,525 There are like, fifty... 540 00:28:11,567 --> 00:28:14,194 simulations I'd like to be running right now, but the computers can't keep up with me. 541 00:28:14,236 --> 00:28:17,573 The irony being that I've actually figured out how to make them run ten times faster, 542 00:28:17,614 --> 00:28:19,783 but I haven't had time to actually stop and do it. 543 00:28:19,867 --> 00:28:26,331 I've uploaded the virtual prototype for a hyperspace generator for the Puddle Jumpers into the database. 544 00:28:26,373 --> 00:28:28,250 Well, that sounds great. 545 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:31,628 Are you sure that 546 00:28:31,670 --> 00:28:35,841 - this is how you want to... - spend my last couple of days alive? 547 00:28:35,883 --> 00:28:37,259 Don't have much choice, do I? 548 00:28:37,301 --> 00:28:43,182 Rodney, I think it's very decent and noble of you to wanna leave a scientific contribution behind, 549 00:28:43,473 --> 00:28:47,269 but I still believe there's a chance you can ascend if you put your mind to it. 550 00:28:47,311 --> 00:28:49,396 We both know that, that is a waste of time. 551 00:28:49,438 --> 00:28:50,397 Maybe you could do it, but... 552 00:28:50,439 --> 00:28:55,444 I don't know if I could, but you are certainly selling yourself short, by not even trying. 553 00:28:56,069 --> 00:28:56,904 To be honest, 554 00:28:56,945 --> 00:29:00,032 - I don't have the first clue where to start. - Stop thinking. 555 00:29:00,073 --> 00:29:01,200 See, I don't understand that. 556 00:29:01,241 --> 00:29:04,244 One of the biggest things that holds people back is 557 00:29:04,328 --> 00:29:06,413 that somewhere deep down, 558 00:29:07,331 --> 00:29:09,958 they believe they're not deserving. 559 00:29:10,334 --> 00:29:12,169 You have to... 560 00:29:12,794 --> 00:29:15,172 - release your burden. - Oh please! 561 00:29:15,214 --> 00:29:17,758 I know, spirituality use a load of mumbo jumbo, 562 00:29:17,799 --> 00:29:20,052 but it does help people find peace with themselves. 563 00:29:20,093 --> 00:29:22,387 - But you have to believe. - I'm not talking about religion. 564 00:29:22,429 --> 00:29:26,308 I'm talking about shedding yourself of guilt, of anger, of ill feeling. 565 00:29:26,350 --> 00:29:28,852 Of anything that makes you feel shame. 566 00:29:29,937 --> 00:29:34,066 And then you can focus all of your energy on ascending. 567 00:29:34,566 --> 00:29:37,444 So what you're telling me is that I don't think I'm worthy. 568 00:29:37,486 --> 00:29:38,445 Rodney, 569 00:29:38,612 --> 00:29:41,573 I don't know what you truly believe about yourself. 570 00:29:42,407 --> 00:29:43,575 For all I know, you... 571 00:29:43,617 --> 00:29:47,287 use your intelligence to compensate. To make yourself feel better for 572 00:29:47,329 --> 00:29:49,581 other things you think you may lack. 573 00:29:49,623 --> 00:29:50,541 Like what? 574 00:29:50,582 --> 00:29:52,209 That I can't tell you. 575 00:29:52,709 --> 00:29:55,212 But maybe you could start reading your own mind? 576 00:30:12,437 --> 00:30:15,440 Rodney, I don't care what you're gonna say. I'm gonna keep working on this, OK? 577 00:30:15,482 --> 00:30:17,943 Ah well, I appreciate that. 578 00:30:18,277 --> 00:30:20,487 I mean, you saved my life, so... 579 00:30:20,612 --> 00:30:22,823 the least I can do is try to save yours, you know? 580 00:30:22,865 --> 00:30:24,116 Radek, 581 00:30:25,492 --> 00:30:27,494 I think it's safe to say that... 582 00:30:27,536 --> 00:30:29,663 I am at times a petty, 583 00:30:29,705 --> 00:30:31,248 vindictive, even... 584 00:30:31,290 --> 00:30:32,958 jealous man. 585 00:30:33,292 --> 00:30:38,046 I sublimate my own anxieties or feelings of inadequacy by creating a 586 00:30:38,088 --> 00:30:40,591 bubble of hostility around myself. 587 00:30:40,924 --> 00:30:42,134 I know that you... 588 00:30:42,176 --> 00:30:44,052 probably more than anyone else, have had to... 589 00:30:44,094 --> 00:30:46,722 - bear the brunt of that hostility... - Rodney, you don't have to... 590 00:30:46,763 --> 00:30:49,183 Actually, I do. Here's the thing... 591 00:30:51,310 --> 00:30:53,061 You're a brilliant scientist 592 00:30:53,395 --> 00:30:55,480 and a decent human being. 593 00:30:55,522 --> 00:30:58,317 I mean, you should not have had to endure the kind of 594 00:30:58,358 --> 00:31:00,944 abuse that you've taken from me in the past few years. 595 00:31:02,029 --> 00:31:05,782 I hope you can find a way to forgive me for all the things I've said and done to you. 596 00:31:05,908 --> 00:31:08,619 You deserve much better than that. 597 00:31:10,204 --> 00:31:12,039 So, I wanted you to know that... 598 00:31:14,791 --> 00:31:16,168 Yes. 599 00:31:30,766 --> 00:31:32,518 - Rodney. - Mind if I come in? 600 00:31:32,559 --> 00:31:33,936 - Should you... - Hope you don't mind. 601 00:31:40,317 --> 00:31:41,485 I was talking with Halling and 602 00:31:41,527 --> 00:31:45,072 he happened to mention that it was the anniversary of the death of your father, next week. 603 00:31:45,113 --> 00:31:46,323 He did? 604 00:31:46,365 --> 00:31:49,576 OK, I might have asked a few... pointed questions, but 605 00:31:49,618 --> 00:31:51,745 I just thought it would be nice if... 606 00:31:52,996 --> 00:31:54,623 what I mean is, 607 00:31:55,207 --> 00:32:00,003 I would be honoured if you'll let me share the memorial tea ceremony with you. 608 00:32:00,754 --> 00:32:03,340 I don't know if it's wrong to do it early or anything, but... 609 00:32:03,382 --> 00:32:05,425 I may not be around next week. Anyway, 610 00:32:05,676 --> 00:32:09,054 I understand it's something you're not supposed to do alone. 611 00:32:10,222 --> 00:32:12,182 Thank you Rodney. 612 00:32:12,933 --> 00:32:14,059 No, no, no, no, no. 613 00:32:14,101 --> 00:32:15,686 I know exactly what to do. 614 00:32:15,727 --> 00:32:17,354 You are the one who's lost a loved one. 615 00:32:17,521 --> 00:32:19,189 I will serve you. 616 00:32:22,526 --> 00:32:23,735 Hey buddy! 617 00:32:23,777 --> 00:32:24,945 Pal! 618 00:32:25,696 --> 00:32:27,114 Been looking all over for ya! 619 00:32:27,155 --> 00:32:28,699 Checked the gym, the mess... 620 00:32:28,740 --> 00:32:29,741 Wasn't there. 621 00:32:29,783 --> 00:32:32,661 No you weren't. Usually, one of those is a good bet. 622 00:32:32,703 --> 00:32:33,996 So, where you off to? 623 00:32:34,037 --> 00:32:34,955 Shooting range? 624 00:32:34,997 --> 00:32:36,790 A little target practice? 625 00:32:36,832 --> 00:32:37,666 I don't need practice. 626 00:32:37,708 --> 00:32:40,210 Oh no. No, no of course you don't. Look... 627 00:32:40,836 --> 00:32:43,297 I don't know how much time I have left, so I'm just gonna... 628 00:32:43,338 --> 00:32:47,050 cut to the chase here and ask you a rather personal question. 629 00:32:47,092 --> 00:32:49,636 Hopefully you wont just hit me in the face. 630 00:32:50,804 --> 00:32:52,431 Asking away. 631 00:32:53,265 --> 00:32:54,141 Those... 632 00:32:54,641 --> 00:32:56,143 scars on your back, 633 00:32:56,185 --> 00:33:00,105 from your encounters with the Wraith, you know, with the tracking device? 634 00:33:00,981 --> 00:33:02,107 Are those like a... 635 00:33:02,399 --> 00:33:03,650 a badge of honour, 636 00:33:03,692 --> 00:33:05,110 for you, or they just a... 637 00:33:05,152 --> 00:33:07,946 a constant reminder of something you'd rather forget. 638 00:33:08,906 --> 00:33:11,575 Now, I know it's none of my business, I just... 639 00:33:12,826 --> 00:33:15,954 I try not to let things I can't change bother me. 640 00:33:18,498 --> 00:33:19,875 That's very healthy. 641 00:33:37,601 --> 00:33:39,061 I hope you don't mind. 642 00:33:40,020 --> 00:33:41,730 I just healed them. 643 00:33:56,787 --> 00:33:58,914 You're not still trying to find a way out of this for me, are you? 644 00:33:58,956 --> 00:34:00,749 You think I'm gonna give up? 645 00:34:01,083 --> 00:34:04,211 Look, all the Ancients that experimented with that device, they either... 646 00:34:04,253 --> 00:34:07,172 ascended or died. Most of them the latter, which is.. 647 00:34:07,214 --> 00:34:10,759 - why it did not get put into common use. - Like you said, there were exeptions. 648 00:34:11,176 --> 00:34:14,429 Yes well, this will all be over soon and you can get back to some real work. 649 00:34:14,471 --> 00:34:15,430 Rodney... 650 00:34:15,472 --> 00:34:17,474 - don't. - No, no, no, no, no, no, I'm not... 651 00:34:17,516 --> 00:34:19,601 fishing for sympathy. I just... 652 00:34:19,893 --> 00:34:22,187 hey, I just wanted to give you that. 653 00:34:22,813 --> 00:34:24,273 What have you invented now? 654 00:34:24,398 --> 00:34:26,859 Oh nothing, it's a... it's a book. 655 00:34:27,401 --> 00:34:28,569 About what? 656 00:34:28,610 --> 00:34:29,653 You. 657 00:34:30,195 --> 00:34:31,905 Well you've taken a lot of crap as the... 658 00:34:31,947 --> 00:34:34,324 leader of this expedition and I just thought someone should... 659 00:34:34,366 --> 00:34:36,076 leave a record of all the good things you've done. 660 00:34:36,118 --> 00:34:37,911 Everything you've done right. 661 00:34:39,580 --> 00:34:42,374 Everything I do is on record for review. 662 00:34:42,416 --> 00:34:44,543 Oh yes, I know, I know. I just... I just thought that 663 00:34:44,585 --> 00:34:48,130 I would have somewhat of a unique perspective that other people might benefit from. 664 00:34:48,172 --> 00:34:52,217 You know, I actually took the liberty of doing some research into your past 665 00:34:52,259 --> 00:34:53,844 and included that as well. 666 00:34:53,886 --> 00:34:55,554 Sorry if I'm not a very good writer. 667 00:34:55,762 --> 00:34:59,266 It might be a bit overly maudlin in places. 668 00:35:01,810 --> 00:35:04,396 Rodney, this is 500 pages long. 669 00:35:04,438 --> 00:35:07,441 - When did you... - Anyway, that's all. 670 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:09,651 Right. 671 00:35:15,824 --> 00:35:17,117 What's it down to? 672 00:35:17,284 --> 00:35:18,660 It's not important. 673 00:35:18,702 --> 00:35:19,661 What? 674 00:35:20,621 --> 00:35:22,956 Of course it is. It's gotta... 675 00:35:22,998 --> 00:35:26,960 - What, 17 hertz? It's not even close! - It's closer than you've ever been. 676 00:35:27,002 --> 00:35:28,170 Oh forget it. 677 00:35:29,421 --> 00:35:33,050 Look, if you have to keep asking, you're obviously not getting it! 678 00:35:33,091 --> 00:35:34,593 This is about letting go. 679 00:35:34,635 --> 00:35:36,845 I don't know how to do that, OK?! 680 00:35:36,887 --> 00:35:39,181 I mean, I don't know how not to be me. 681 00:35:40,766 --> 00:35:42,809 Look, thank you for all of your help. 682 00:35:43,435 --> 00:35:45,854 I think in the grand scheme of things, we're... 683 00:35:45,896 --> 00:35:47,314 we're good, aren't we? 684 00:35:48,774 --> 00:35:50,442 Of course. 685 00:35:51,693 --> 00:35:54,196 Look, if it's not too much trouble, I'd like you to read my eulogy. 686 00:35:54,238 --> 00:35:56,406 I refuse to discuss that! 687 00:35:56,823 --> 00:35:58,367 Just keep it simple. 688 00:35:58,742 --> 00:36:01,912 Make up a few nice things. I'd like my little sister to be there 689 00:36:01,954 --> 00:36:02,746 and... 690 00:36:02,788 --> 00:36:07,042 oh, you should know that I told Beckett that he should most definitely do a full autopsy. 691 00:36:07,084 --> 00:36:11,588 They can use my body for any kind of experimentation that might prove helpful and... 692 00:36:11,839 --> 00:36:13,465 oh, and I'd like to be cremated. 693 00:36:13,507 --> 00:36:15,592 with my... my ashes to be 694 00:36:15,634 --> 00:36:18,554 - thrown out into space from the Jumper. So... - Rodney! 695 00:36:19,054 --> 00:36:20,264 Rodney! 696 00:36:26,562 --> 00:36:28,814 Medical team to my quarters. 697 00:36:30,607 --> 00:36:34,444 The synaptic activity in your brain has reached over 90%. 698 00:36:34,820 --> 00:36:36,655 I don't know why, but it seems the more 699 00:36:36,697 --> 00:36:39,116 pervasive evolved state of the cortex 700 00:36:39,157 --> 00:36:41,660 is causing lapses in the lower brain function. 701 00:36:41,702 --> 00:36:45,956 It's almost as if your body is losing its natural ability to keep itself alive. 702 00:36:45,998 --> 00:36:48,041 When ascension occurs naturally, 703 00:36:48,083 --> 00:36:51,211 the physical body is no longer necessary in the final stages. 704 00:36:51,253 --> 00:36:54,214 Rodney, I don't know how much more you can take. 705 00:36:54,756 --> 00:36:56,425 About 6%. 706 00:36:56,675 --> 00:36:58,719 There must be something we can do. 707 00:36:58,802 --> 00:37:00,012 It's OK. 708 00:37:00,554 --> 00:37:01,763 You know, 709 00:37:01,972 --> 00:37:03,807 I'm actually feeling a sense of 710 00:37:03,974 --> 00:37:05,267 peace. 711 00:37:06,351 --> 00:37:09,396 Interspersed with moments of sheer terror of course. 712 00:37:09,438 --> 00:37:10,647 Rodney, 713 00:37:10,689 --> 00:37:13,233 as far as this ascension thing... 714 00:37:13,901 --> 00:37:17,487 I know you didn't have much success, but at this point... 715 00:37:18,030 --> 00:37:19,781 what have you got to lose? 716 00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:22,117 May as well go out fighting...? 717 00:37:22,159 --> 00:37:23,619 Absolutely. 718 00:37:25,204 --> 00:37:26,663 Hook me up. 719 00:37:30,459 --> 00:37:31,668 Carson... 720 00:37:33,212 --> 00:37:34,588 thank you. 721 00:37:35,506 --> 00:37:37,216 Thank you for everything. 722 00:37:38,926 --> 00:37:41,553 I only wish I could have done more, my friend. 723 00:37:53,607 --> 00:37:55,275 Clear blue skies. 724 00:37:56,235 --> 00:37:57,819 All my troubles just... 725 00:37:58,529 --> 00:38:00,364 drifting away. 726 00:38:01,323 --> 00:38:02,533 OK... 727 00:38:02,950 --> 00:38:04,993 stop talking now. 728 00:38:07,955 --> 00:38:10,249 Rodney, you're a good person. 729 00:38:11,375 --> 00:38:13,043 Know that we love you. 730 00:38:14,503 --> 00:38:16,213 You love me? 731 00:38:17,714 --> 00:38:18,924 Really? 732 00:38:19,091 --> 00:38:21,593 - All of you? - In the way a friend... 733 00:38:21,635 --> 00:38:23,512 feels about another friend. 734 00:38:23,554 --> 00:38:26,306 You're just saying that because I'm gonna die. 735 00:38:26,974 --> 00:38:28,058 Oh, God. 736 00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:31,019 - I can't believe I'm gonna die. - Alright, just back to the blue skies. 737 00:38:31,061 --> 00:38:32,729 Let your thoughts go. 738 00:38:32,771 --> 00:38:36,066 Concentrate on our breathing. 739 00:38:43,782 --> 00:38:45,242 Oh my God. 740 00:38:55,085 --> 00:38:57,671 He's not breathing, quick, bag him. We need to get him on the ventilator. 741 00:38:57,713 --> 00:39:00,132 - Carson, he gave us strict orders... - You don't understand. 742 00:39:00,174 --> 00:39:01,967 He just told me how to save him. 743 00:39:03,927 --> 00:39:06,138 We're enroute. His pulse is very weak, are you ready? 744 00:39:06,180 --> 00:39:07,556 We will be. 745 00:39:10,058 --> 00:39:11,268 Almost. 746 00:39:18,650 --> 00:39:19,818 Right. 747 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:25,115 Hurry, he can't breathe on his own. 748 00:39:29,119 --> 00:39:30,370 OK, stand back! 749 00:39:42,674 --> 00:39:43,717 Rodney? 750 00:39:44,468 --> 00:39:46,470 - It worked! - Did it? 751 00:39:46,512 --> 00:39:49,348 - Well, I'm alive aren't I? - Sounds like him. 752 00:39:49,389 --> 00:39:50,474 Yes, yes. 753 00:39:51,475 --> 00:39:53,268 I can't hear one of your thoughts. 754 00:39:54,686 --> 00:39:56,355 Telekenesis is gone. 755 00:39:57,314 --> 00:40:00,108 I'm still smart, I think. 756 00:40:00,317 --> 00:40:01,527 Yes. 757 00:40:01,568 --> 00:40:02,819 Yes, I'm me! 758 00:40:03,070 --> 00:40:03,862 I'm my old self. 759 00:40:03,904 --> 00:40:07,241 - Are you certain? - Yeah, I'm alive. I feeel... I feel great! I feel... 760 00:40:08,617 --> 00:40:10,536 - hungry? - He's fine. 761 00:40:10,577 --> 00:40:14,248 - And you said it was impossible. - Yeah, it just came to me. 762 00:40:14,289 --> 00:40:18,752 I was... floating in this big black emptiness and then the answer came out of nowhere. 763 00:40:18,794 --> 00:40:21,338 Look, the device was designed to manipulate your DNA. 764 00:40:21,380 --> 00:40:24,925 It couldn't reverse the evolutionary advancement process, because everyone's DNA was different. It makes 765 00:40:24,967 --> 00:40:27,052 certain changes that causes the DNA to 766 00:40:27,094 --> 00:40:30,222 evolve in ways specific to your own unique physiology. 767 00:40:30,264 --> 00:40:32,307 In order to manipulate the DNA back to a previous state, 768 00:40:32,349 --> 00:40:34,309 the program required a precise reference point. 769 00:40:34,351 --> 00:40:38,146 Fortunately I keep blood samples from all the Atlantis team members for baseline comparisons. 770 00:40:38,272 --> 00:40:41,108 I don't understand what any of you are talking about. 771 00:40:42,025 --> 00:40:43,986 It's good to have you back buddy! 772 00:40:44,444 --> 00:40:47,447 - Yes well... it's good to be back. - Yeah. 773 00:40:55,998 --> 00:40:57,666 Hey, how are you feeling? 774 00:40:57,708 --> 00:40:58,959 Terrible! 775 00:40:59,251 --> 00:41:02,379 - Should I get Carson? - No, no, no. Physically I am fine, but 776 00:41:02,713 --> 00:41:04,298 this doesn't make any sense. 777 00:41:04,756 --> 00:41:06,550 I can't figure out any of these... 778 00:41:06,592 --> 00:41:09,970 equations. I mean, the algorithms are complete gibberish. I mean, this is torture. 779 00:41:10,012 --> 00:41:14,433 I can clearly remember exactly how important this all is, but I cannot figure out 780 00:41:14,474 --> 00:41:18,520 - why or... how. - Well I just dropped by to show you this. 781 00:41:19,563 --> 00:41:22,774 Your EEG readings from your last meditation. 782 00:41:26,862 --> 00:41:28,155 Oh my God! 783 00:41:29,031 --> 00:41:30,324 It's 0.3 Hertz. 784 00:41:30,365 --> 00:41:31,450 I did it! 785 00:41:31,491 --> 00:41:34,203 I mean, I was in the zone. I could have actually ascended. 786 00:41:35,329 --> 00:41:38,665 You said you were floating in a big empty space, 787 00:41:38,707 --> 00:41:40,751 when the idea of how to save yourself came to you. 788 00:41:40,792 --> 00:41:43,629 I may have momentarily thought about how hard it is to rid oneself of ego. 789 00:41:43,670 --> 00:41:48,634 I mean, and that existence without the individuality of consciousness would be pointless, but... 790 00:41:49,092 --> 00:41:53,430 Now I say that, that's probably what gave me the idea to reprogram the device with my old DNA. 791 00:41:53,472 --> 00:41:54,848 Yeah, I thought so. 792 00:41:54,890 --> 00:41:56,058 Yeah well, you know what? 793 00:41:56,099 --> 00:41:57,935 I don't care if you don't think that I was capable of ascension, 794 00:41:57,976 --> 00:42:01,939 I never wanted to do it anyways. In fact... you know what, I am very happy with who I am. 795 00:42:02,397 --> 00:42:03,941 And you love me. 796 00:42:05,192 --> 00:42:07,653 - What? I never... - You so did! 797 00:42:07,819 --> 00:42:09,863 Yeah, I may not be able to understand this new math I created, but... 798 00:42:09,905 --> 00:42:12,115 I distinctly remember that you said you love me. 799 00:42:12,157 --> 00:42:14,660 - Actually, I said we love you and... - And what. 800 00:42:14,701 --> 00:42:16,703 What, you were just saying that, because you thought I was dying? 801 00:42:16,745 --> 00:42:20,415 - No, I said it bec... - See? You love me! It's true, you've said it. 802 00:42:20,457 --> 00:42:22,668 Now I know. I've always suspected it. In fact... 803 00:42:22,709 --> 00:42:24,711 you know, I've always noticed that there's been a... 804 00:42:24,962 --> 00:42:30,050 indefinable and yet magical chemistry between us, that I think I covered in chapter ten. 805 00:42:30,175 --> 00:42:31,760 - Rodney... - You had lunch yet? 806 00:42:31,802 --> 00:42:34,388 - Yes. - Mid-afternoon snack, then? 807 00:42:35,138 --> 00:42:36,682 I will keep you company. 808 00:42:37,182 --> 00:42:38,684 Now, is Sheppard still 809 00:42:38,725 --> 00:42:41,770 bugging you to let him use the ascension device to turn himself into some kind of a superhero? 810 00:42:41,812 --> 00:42:42,813 Oh yes. 811 00:42:42,855 --> 00:42:44,481 Despite the fact that the Ancient database states 812 00:42:44,523 --> 00:42:47,985 that its effects on people are wildly unpredictable and that I'm just lucky I wasn't 813 00:42:48,026 --> 00:42:50,571 instantly melted down into a pool of protoplasm. 814 00:42:50,612 --> 00:42:51,530 Yes. 815 00:42:51,572 --> 00:42:53,907 - Ah, well maybe you should let him. - I think not.