Zero Hour (Stargate SG-1)

"Zero Hour (Stargate SG-1)"

Plot

Template:Sgspoiler General O'Neill arrives at Stargate Command in the morning and is greeted by Walter Harriman, who informs him about his schedule. After shortly talking to a man about the security of the base, O'Neill enters his office where he is greeted by a man named Mark Gilmor. Harriman then introduces Gilmor as the General's new administrative aide and after some further introducing Harriman shows Gilmor his office. From there Gilmor makes a strange call telling someone that he is in position.

Later O'Neill talks with Harriman about the bunting for the President's visit when suddenly General Hammond calls. After talking with him O'Neill meets up with SG-1. Daniel tells him that they found a planet which formerly belonged to Anubis' territory from which Ba'al doesn't know and they hope to find there something interesting. However they have to wait till tomorrow, much to Carter's disappointment.

Afterwards O'Neill meets Dr. Lee, who shows him an alien plant that grows very quick. However O'Neill is not impressed. Next he is informed by Major Davis about the Amrans, visitors from another world with whom they want to start trade agreements, who however quarrel the whole time. Thus O'Neill shows them a room in which the two can stay but then locks the two delegates in it, much to their anger. After all this O'Neill starts to write a letter to Hammond.

On the next morning O'Neill is greeted by Gilmor, who informs him about the latest happenings. Afterwards he says goodbye to SG-1, who go on the mission to Anubis planet. There, while SG-3 guards the Stargate, SG-1 looks around and suddenly they are transported away by a Ring Transporter. Meanwhile at the gate an Al'kesh flies over. Afterwards Col. Reynolds reports back to SGC about this but even with another search troop they don't find SG-1. Meanwhile at SGC the plant of Dr. Lee has started to grow extremely quick and now covers many areas. Later SG-3 returns when suddenly Ba'al contacts them and tells O'Neill he has SG-1 and wants to exchange them against Camulus.

On the next day O'Neill is again informed by Gilmor about the latest happenings and after talking to Col. Reynolds about the exchange he talks to Camulus in his cell. Because Camulus doesn't give him anything he threatens to send him through the gate. Afterwards Camulus tells him about an Ancient device he once found and so O'Neill sends a team to the planet, who brings back a ZPM. Suddenly the electricity fails which is caused by the plant and which prevents them from dialing out. Meanwhile Ba'al contacts them but O'Neill simply mocks him, which makes the System Lord angry. Dr. Lee in the meantime has found out how to destroy the alien plant and is able to completely destroy it, which brings all systems back online.

Later O'Neill wants to send Camulus through the gate but then stops because Dr. Lee shows him that the ZPM was manipulated and now is a powerful bomb. O'Neill confronts Camulus about this and the former System Lord confesses that he manipulated the ZPM. Afterwards O'Neill allows him to go through the gate with the tampered ZPM, with which he will kill Ba'al. However Ba'al doesn't send back SG-1.

Later O'Neill continues to write the letter for General Hammond and later is called in the gate room, where all SG teams tell him that they trust him and will do what he wants. He thanks them and wants to leave the base, when suddenly the gate is activated. It is SG-1 who is attacked by Jaffa and who reveal to him that they weren't captured by Ba'al but instead were trapped in Anubis secret base. O'Neill then allows them to come through the gate. However they inform him that they didn't find anything valuable in the base.

In the end O'Neill talks with Carter, who informs him that the tainted ZPM could be used as a powerful weapon but O'Neill then reveals to her that he gave Camulus the dead ZPM which they found first. Later Gilmor informs O'Neill that the President has arrived and also tells the General that he was ordered by the President to look over him. However O'Neill reveals that Hammond already informed him, although he wasn't supposed to. Gilmor then tells him that he respects him and they both leave to greet the President.

On Jack O'Neill's desk is a letter of Resignation. As the camera zooms in we see it ending with: "Never Mind".

Quotes

• O'Neill, when on emergency lighting: "We paid the electric bill. I checked."
• Gilmore: [regarding Jack] Well, he’s not like other generals.
  Harriman: Actually, he’s not like other people.
• Baal: You dare mock me?
  O'Neill: Ba’al, come on! You should know. Of course I dare mock you.

Notes

• The base concept for this episode (the alien plant) was originally thought up as a season four episode, but was shelved until season eight.
• The bald gate technician at the end working where Walter usually does, seen when Col. Carter and SG-1 are coming through the Gate, is Pierre Bernard, a graphics designer for the Late Night with Conan O'Brien show. He got the cameo on SG-1 after a rant on Late Night where he said the show was better without Daniel Jackson. The Stargate people saw it and offered him the cameo. They named his character "O'Brien" as a tongue-in-cheek reference. A behind-the-scenes look at the filming of his part was later shown during the summer on Late Night.
• Colonel Rundell, who appeared in the season seven episodes Heroes (parts 1 & 2), is mentioned in this episode.
• This episode marks the first appearance of Ba'al since the Season Seven episode Template:Sgcite.

External links

• Official Stargate SG-1 site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires Flash.
• Episode guide from Skyone. Visited June 4, 2006.
• Summary from SciFi. Visited June 4, 2006. Requires Flash.
• Transcript from StargateWiki. Visited May 13, 2006.
• Transcript from GateWorld. Transcribed by Callie Sullivan. Edited by Deanna Moll-Landry. Visited May 13, 2006.
• Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 13, 2006.
• Review from GateWorld. Reviewed by Alli Snow. Visited May 13, 2006.
• In the Making from GateWorld. Joseph Mallozzi. Visited May 13, 2006.
• Gatenoise from Moon-catchin'. Visited June 23, 2006.