lf people ask me too many questions, l like to mute them.
Just push this at them and they stop talking.
Just give me a second.
Towards the end of the fifth season and all through the sixth season,
we've had what we understand to be an alliance between the Tok'ra,
the rebel Jaffa and ourselves - the Tauri, the people of Earth.
The Council believes the best solution is for the Tok'ra to leave.
ls that really necessary?
This alliance may simply be something we cannot afford.
The Jaffa too will be leaving.
- But with the Tok'ra gone... - We're not leaving because of the Tok'ra.
We are leaving because it is what we must do.
''Death Knell'' is about, literally, the death knell,
or the signalling of the beginning of the end for the Alliance.
We're finally in a position to really make a difference and you want to walk away?
l'm sorry, Dr Jackson.
This is how it must be.
- And cut. - What, are you mute?
This is Sebastian Spence, formerly from First Wave.
He's doing a wonderful job playing Delek.
Make no mistake, Delek, l am still Selmak.
There are those of us who would disagree.
You, the videographer of the ''Behind the Scenes'' B roll, you're Derek.
l know Derek from the old days, and he used to work at a produce store.
So l had to call him at work and his boss would answer.
l'd say ''Hi. l'd like to speak to Derek.''
(accent) ''Oh,ja, Delek. Hold on ze second. Call for you, Delek.''
''Delek'' - Delek!
- So l named this character after him. - Aw!
So that's how you became known as Delek.
l have these buttons. These are some of the things l like to say to the actors.
l say ''Action''...
And action.
- We have to leave now. - Give me a second.
Boom!
- How much longer? - Finished.
And cut.
ls my chewing bothering you?
- lt's BG rhubarb. - (noisy chewing)
When we do about seven takes, l push this button
and that causes all the actors to know their lines. OK?
- lf you could just remember your lines... - l know.
This is one of my favourite directions - ''Act better.''
When l push that, all the acting gets lot better.
Cut. You're fired.
What's another thing l say? What's your favourite?
''Cock balls''? l do say ''Cock balls.'' But, as you know, that's a weather vane.
That is a weather vane. The cock, which is the chicken on top,
and the balls, which is the weighted piece on the bottom.
ln this part of the scene, Anubis's drone is going to strafe the door
and kill Lieutenant Glenn.
Three, two, one.
After the drone kills Lieutenant Glenn, he'll fire at Carter and Jacob.
Pow-pow-pow-pow-pow. Right?
Boom! Boom!
They'll take cover, then we'll blow up this side of the room, cos he keeps shooting.
They'll return fire, and we'll see that the prototype weapon does in fact work.
They'll exit the room and the drone will get up and pursue them.
And flex your butt cheeks... And pursue them... Low bridge, low bridge!
What they're running from is that giant codpiece that the drone...
They're not sure what is behind the codpiece,
because it's way too big for a normal cod.
Codpiece of death.
Some say halibut, some say it could be tuna.
But it's very dangerous nevertheless. Killer cod.
Alarm. (mimics klaxon)
- How much longer?. - Finished.
So in this scene we come to where we think the Alpha site should be,
and in fact we find that we are surrounded by nothing, just a big blast crater.
- What the...? - Easy.
Jacob.
There's one tree in a 100-mile radius and you land underneath it.
l said ''What could Teal'c do that would be an immense effort?''
He's gotta be making a face like this.
You go like this.
l wanna see Chris do this. Oh, Peter can do it.
Non-effort effort... That's what's funny, cos it has to do with a log,
and there's a great effort on your face.
Chris Judge said to me ''Teal'c has lost his mojo, right.''
''He's gone all weak and the symbiote's gone... That's no good, cos l'm all weak.''
''Why don't you write an episode where Teal'c is strong,
and he exhibits some sort of strength?''
And this is what l came up with: l wrote ''Teal'c lifts the log.''
And you did that ''l don't wanna make the big face.''
Cos he's been sitting at his desk all weekend getting pooh cramps.
Cos he had a deadline, which was Monday,
so all he was thinking about was ''Log!''
l don't feel... l was suffering. l had been eating a lot of cheese that day,
and l was suffering from illegularity... illegurarity...
You never see Bill Cosby and Peter DeLuise in the same room.
That's right. (mimics Bill Cosby) You... are going to lift the log.
Upon lifting the log, you then place it on the ground.
Carter's running for her life.
She's the only remaining survivor that we haven't accounted for
after the self-destruction of the Alpha site. They're being overrun by Anubis's drones.
Let me see. Put out your butt.
There's a line. l can't have that.
l'll get you some dust and you can rub out the line for me.
Well, somebody's gotta do it.
- You're not busy, are you? - (woman) Not at the moment.
You do stunts, right? Can you get your hands near his butt?
- l'll see what l can do. - All right.
That's crazy! Get your fingers away from him.
Oh...!
This is good.
- Arch your back. - Get some pictures of that!
What are you two doing?
And she's been badly banged up.
She has a horrible wound on her leg and her elbows are all scraped up.
She has many, many ''ow-ies''.
And her outfit is torn and she's got lots of blood and dirt...
Barry. Tell her what a dirty girl she is. You're a dirty girl.
This is fun. l like getting dirty.
l mean, in a professional actor not being ''pretty girl'' kind of way.
She doesn't have a weapon. She just has a power pack.
So she's having to depend on her survivor skills
to get away from this killing machine.
lt's very scary.
- Bloody and muddy. - lt's war, mister.
Right. War is hell. So is retaining water. Bring more chocolate.
We've got the camera lined up right behind the missile,
and that is what Carter would see if she was trying to line up the missile,
like you're aiming down the sight of a rifle.
Our drone will be standing on that black box, where our stand-in was,
and he gets blown up.
ln the final process, when you see the shot composited together,
it'll look like he's standing there.
He won't be there when it blows up, but it'll look like he is
and that he's completely obliterated by dirt and flotsam.
Not so much jetsam, but mostly flotsam.
So this is our head of special effects, Wray Douglas,
and he's gonna explain what we're lookin' at here.
Vermiculite, dust, cork,
gasoline in the big shotgun mortars and the two baby mortars in front...
And there'll be wildlife in the hills who'll be just minding their own business,
and when this bomb goes off, it'll be, like, ''Whoa!''
Simultaneously, 3,000 animals are gonna poop.
They won't be suffering from irregularity any more.
Bambi will not need Colon Blow today.
And three, two, one...
Boom.
You should get it in Smell-O-Vision.
Sexy, and yet repulsive.
Nice.
Awooooh!
(¶ Stargate theme)
And then ''Why?'' Do l say ''Why'' a lot?
Oh, ''Why is this happening to me?'' That's a good one.
ENHOH