05x19 - Menace

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05x19 - Menace

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(Carter) Looks like it was oncean advanced civilisation, sir.



- (Daniel) No survivors.



- (O'Neill) No bodies, either.

(Daniel) Based on the overgrowth, I guessthis place was destroyed a long time ago.

(Carter) Faint energy readingsdefinitely coming from here.

Nothing dangerous, as far as I can tell.

(Daniel) She's perfectly preserved.

This must be some sort oftomb or crypt of some kind.

(Carter) Or a science lab.

Why would you say that?

Cos these energy readings I'm gettingseem to be coming from her.

It's Colonel O'Neill, sir.



- General.



- Colonel.

What do you have to report?

Yeah, confiirming initial MALP recon.

The place is pretty much toast.

However, Carter did find something.



- Care to expand on that?



- She thinks it's a robot, sir.

Sir, I'm positive this issome sort of artifiicial life form, but I can't be sure of anything moreunder these conditions.

Request permission to bring it backto the SGC for further evaluation.

Can you assure me that will be safe?

It appears to be inactive, sir.

I'm gettingonly very faint energy readings.

I believe we could isolate it safely.

It is defiinitely worth examining.

It also may be the last remnantsof the civilisation, and the key to finding outexactly what happened here, sir.



- Very well.

Bring it through.



- Thank you.



- (Carter) Thank you.



- (Daniel) Out, sir.



- Hey, Janet.



- Hey.

How's the new toy?

Amazing.

This is more advanced thanany android we've encountered before.

Check this out.

That some sort of nanotechnology?

They seem to be some sort ofself

-repair mechanism.

Yeah, but they're inactive.

They seem to deactivatewhen disconnected from it or her.

According to the ultrasonic scan,the power system is centred here.

There seems to be some sort ofmechanism to access it from the outside.

I was just about to try it out.

Wow.

The Greeks, Romans, Babylonians envisioned synthetic beingswith human behaviour long before the words "robot"or "android" were ever uttered.

Yeah.

So?

So it's been our natureto seek immortality through the creation of vesselsfor our consciousness.

Vessels?

Colonel O'Neill, Dr Jackson.

Major Carter and I were just discussingwhether or not to activate the robot.

You can?

I think I've found a wayto recharge the main power cell.

Prior to this, it's been operatingon less than 1% capacity.

I'm hoping that was enoughto maintain the memory systems, assuming it had anyto begin with, of course.

Of course.

Why do youwanna do this again?

Sir, this is an incrediblyadvanced piece of technology.

Given enough time, I might be able tofigure out how some of its functions work.

The neurological system seems to beas complex as a human brain.

So?

So, I'm hoping that the robot will be able to help me understand itself, sir.

Now what?

I don't know.

The power cellshould be fully charged.

As far as I can tell,there isn't an "on" switch.

It's possible the powerwas depleted for too long.

Why don't you kiss her?

(gasps)

- There's a pulse.



- It has a heartbeat?

It has a heart?

It's designed to createa very realistic illusion of humanity.

Where am I?

You're in a special facility on the planetEarth.

My name is Daniel Jackson.

This is Major Samantha Carterand Jack O'Neill.

Hi.

My name is Reese.



- Where's my father?



- We're not sure.

Please just let me explain.



- Don't hurt me.



- No one wants to hurt you.



- How did I get here?



- Um We found you on your planet,we brought you through the Stargate.



- What is that?



- (Carter) There was one on your planet.

It can be used to travelgreat distances through space.

We can tell you more about it later.

Why did you bring me here?

I suppose there'sno easy way to tell you this, but the civilisationon your planet was destroyed.



- How?



- We don't know.

We were sort of hoping you could tell us.

I, uh

- I was asleep.



- Yes, we found you that way.

What about my father?

Well, as far as we could tell,you were the only survivor.

You don't know anythingabout what happened?

My father knew there was danger.

He told me to go to sleep.

He said he would wake mewhen the danger went away.

We're very sorry.

What do you want?

Well, we want to understand.



- What?



- Your planet and its history and

- You.



- What about me?

Well, I'd really like to knowmore about how you work.

Your systems, how they function.



- I'm like you.



- Uh, not exactly.

At least as far as I can tell.



- How are we different?



- Sam, can I have can I have a word?

Yeah.

We're just gonna step outsidefor a minute.

Will you be OK?

We'll be right back.

Excuse me.

I don't think she knows she's a robot.

OK, how is that possible?

When your consciousness was copiedinto a robot, you didn't know right away.

What are you suggesting?

We shouldn't revealthe reality of her existence moments after telling herher planet was destroyed.

Why?

It's a machine.

She just found out her father is dead.



- It's a machine.



- He's right.



- It's not like it ever had a real father.



- Maybe not.

Maybe it's her creator.

Or maybe we're talking to the consciousness of a human beingwho once had a father.

We should be careful about decidingwhat is and what isn't a life form.

I agree.

All I'm saying is, if she doesn'tknow what she is, she has a right to.

OK.

Maybe we should wait a while.

I mean, she did seem pretty upset.

For a machine.

We don't know whatpsychological effect it will have.

Psychological?

Whether her behaviour is a resultof sophisticated programming or not, the best way to find out about her andwhat she knows is by dealing with her on her own terms, at least for now.

Couldn't hurt.



- It doesn't make any sense.



- Which part?

Why would somebodydestroy an entire civilisation, but leave one piece of incrediblyadvanced technology intact?

That's what he's figuring out.

What I'm saying is, maybe there'ssomething on the planet that we missed.

I'll go back.

Is the rest of your planet like this place?

No, it's very different.

What's it like?

There's lots of varying climates,different landscapes, big oceans, a wide range of civilisations.

And each is home toa lot of different kinds of people.



- It sounds beautiful.



- Much of it is.

Can I see it?

Soon.

Why not now?

Well, because we still havemore to talk about, Reese.

I know, but, you know,we've been talking for so long now.

I know, but you must know a lot morethan what we've already talked about.

I do know a lot.

What can you tell me about the dangerthat came to your planet?

Well, this may have turned outto be one colossal waste of time.



- You boys find anything?



- Just lots of debris.

I think our work is done here.

You said to look foranything uncharacteristic of the indigenous technology, right?

I would never sayanything like that, Major.

Right.

Major Carter said not to ignore anything,however insignificant it may seem.



- What have you got?



- I'm sure it's nothing, but we found a bunch of these.

I've never seen anything like them before.

You know what they are?

Oh, yeah.

No energy readings.

I'd say these blocks are dead.

Probably been on the planetsince it was destroyed.

Replicators were the causeof the destruction?

The first evidenceof the replicators in this galaxy.

That must have been a long time ago.

Something still doesn't fit.

The replicatorswe know go after advanced technology.

Why would they eat everythingon the planet and leave Reese alone?

Perhaps she has some meansof defending herself.

She was asleep.

It's possible that she's giving offa signal or frequency that repels them, maybe not even by design,but by coincidence.

Bug spray?

Reese herself may be the key to helpingus in our fight against the replicators.

Yeah, maybe, but we're stilla long way from determining that.



- Dr Jackson, what have you learned?



- Well, actually, not much, sir.

She's hard to pin down in a conversation,her attention wanders.

It's like she has the mind of a child.

What?

I'm not sure, but she may not betelling me everything she knows.



- You think she's hiding something?



- I get that feeling.

Why would someone create a robotwith the mind of a child?

Well, like Daniel suggested,it could be a transferred consciousness, or it could be that the creatorintended for her to be mature, but couldn't get the programming right.

But if she is hiding something, we should proceed carefullywith further interactions.

Sir, I think it's timethat we told Reese the truth.

Daniel, maybe if she's forced to confrontthe fact that she's an artificial life form, it could change any pre

-programpriorities that she's adhering to.



- I'm so happy you're here.



- What's that?

Oh, I made it.

Do you like it?

It's very nice.

How did you make this?

I'm so tired of this room, Daniel.

Can I please go outside?

Sit down for a minute, Reese.

We need to talk.



- No.



- This'll just take a minute.

Sit down.

I don't wanna talk any more.

I wannahave fun! Don't you ever have fun?

Not as much as I'd like to.

This is very important.

Sit!

- Then can we have some fun?

Promise?



- Yes.

OK, um Reese, you know there aredifferent kinds of people, right?

Of course.

In fact, there are manydifferent kinds of life forms.

This is boring.

I'm starting to identifywith this girl more and more.

Reese, I know you think thatwe're the same, but we're not.



- My father always said I was special.



- You are.

You are very special.

But despite the fact that you and I lookvery much the same, we're very different.



- That's obvious.



- I mean on the inside.

How?

Well, I am flesh and blood.

You are a machine.

A very, very sophisticated machine.

More of a a computer, really.



- I'm alive.



- Yes, you are, just not like me.

Even though you were created to bevery human

-like, you are not human.

Yes, I am! No, you're not, Reese, OK?

I can prove that to you.

No! I wanna leave you!Let me out! Let me out! Now! Hey, that went well.

Maybe her programming prevents heracknowledging she's anything but human.

Robot denial?

Looks that way.

Has it occurred to anyone that this thingmay have been laying around that planet for, oh, quite some time,and that maybe it's broken?

Or perhaps it neverworked right in the first place?



- Should we shut her down?



- I don't know.

Let's ask the man who justhad his head cracked open.

She didn't mean to hurt me.

She didn't like what I said.

I don't like most of what you say.

I try to resist the urgeto shove you through a wall.

Somehow Reese managed to survivea massive att*ck from replicators.

There has to be morethat we can learn from her, sir.

Finally! Do you forgive me?

You knowI didn't mean to hurt you, right?



- I know.



- Good.



- I forgive you, too.



- What?



- What?



- For attacking me.

I didn't att*ck you, Reese.



- It doesn't matter.

Let's forget it.



- No, we should talk about this.

No, please, Daniel.

I'm so bored.

I just wanna get out of here.

I wanna see your world.

Why are you all so afraid of me?



- No one's afraid of you.



- I won't do anything bad, I promise.

I know.



- I made you something.



- Yeah?

Remember you said you wishedyou could have more fun?

Yeah.

Don't be afraid.

It's just a toy.

(Carter) That glass is acid

-resistant, but it hasn't been testedagainst replicator spray.

Why are we keeping this thing, anyway?

We know what they can do.



- She made it.

She can control it.



- Yes, but how did she make it?

Well, I think I have a pretty good idea.

Nanotechnology.

The nanobotsthat she uses for self

-repair are apparently able to reorder matteron a microscopic level.

She understandstheir construction completely.

She should know how to defeat them.



- Will she tell us?



- That's the problem.

What?



- She's not talking.



- We make her talk.

I think she was offendedbecause I didn't appreciate her present.

This is so far beyond my understanding.

I recommend that we contact the Asgard.

Maybe they can help.

Agreed.

I'll send SG

-2to try and make contact.

In the meantime,see what else you can learn.

Yes, sir.

Reese, we need to talk.

(O'Neill) Tell us what you knowabout the replicators.



- (Reese) Replicators?



- Yeah.

(O'Neill) It's what we call thembecause that's what they do.

It's just a toy.

It won't hurt you.

A toy?

There are millions ofthose things floating around in space, destroying everything they touch.



- I don't know what you mean.



- They destroyed your planet.

And don't tell me you don't rememberbecause I think you do.

No, you wanna destroy me!

- Easy.



- No one wants to hurt you.

Tell us what happened.

It wasn't my fault.

The people on my planet were afraid.

They wanted to destroy my toys.

They wanted to destroy me.

They said that my father made me wrong.

They thought that I was bad.

What did you do?

I taught my toysto make more of themselves.

And I I I taught themto defend themselves and me

- In case anyone ever tried to destroy us.



- Well, you taught them well.

When your toys att*cked your world,why didn't you stop them?

I tried, but I couldn't.

They wouldn't listen to me any more.

Why did you go to sleep?

They k*lled everyone.

They k*lled my father.

And then they went away.

I was alone.

I was sad.

You don't like me any more.

You think I'm bad.

Actually, we want you to help us.

The replicators are a problemfor a lot of worlds.



- We need to know how to stop them.



- You want to destroy them.



- Yes.



- They're bad.

They have to be stopped.



- You want to destroy me!

- No.

Yes, you do! You think thatmy father made me wrong.

You hate me! SG

-2 has been unable to contactthe Asgard from the Katal hall of wisdom.



- Nothing?



- I hope they're OK.

It would be unfortunateif the Asgard lost to the replicators at a time when we may have the keyto stopping them in our midst.

I wouldn't countthe little fellers out just yet.

Sir, this robot is far beyondour understanding.

We may be able to fight the replicators,but without the Asgard's help I don't think we'll figure out how to useReese to defeat them on a grand scale.



- The robot's unwilling to cooperate?



- Completely clammed up, sir.

She thinks we don't like her.

Her impression is her peoplethought she was poorly constructed and wanted her and her toys eliminated.

Which would make themfar smarter than we are.

Whoever made Reesemade a critical error.

He made her smart enough to build thereplicators and yet emotionally immature.

She's just defending herself.

She's a kid who unwittingly taught hertoys to become a w*apon of destruction.

Maybe.

She's been lying to us from the start.

Major, it sounds to me likewe're over our heads here.

Until we successfully contact the Asgard,I am ordering you to shut the robot down.



- Well, that's not gonna be pretty.



- Do whatever's necessary.

The cameras in Isolation Room Oneare offline, and I can't get them back.

We got it.

The cameras are down.

(mechanism jamming) They're in here!

- (yelling)

- (gunfiire) (screaming) (alarm)

- They're alive.

A medical team's coming.



- Where is she?

The door was open and the prisonerwas gone when I arrived, sir.

Replicators.

O'Neill for Hammond.

Yes, sir, we may havea replicator situation down here.

I suggest sealing the baseand doing a clean sweep.

Yes, sir.

And we also have a robot on the loose.

Sir, we have to preserve her in one piece.

And we'd like it in one piece, if possible.

Yes, sir.

How did this happen?

The room is clear of any substance thatmay be used to create another replicator.

She must have made enough blocksfor two of them the first time.

There could be hundreds by now.

They've breached the power system, sir.

Initiating computer lockdown.

Will it stop a replicator fromaccessing the dialling computer?

I doubt it, sir,but it might buy us a little time.

(woman) Major Carter, securityhas been breached on level 28.

Replicators are headingto the control room.

Roger that.

Suggest retreatinguntil backup arrives, sir.



- (door closing)

- Sir.

She's sealed in the gate room.

She's got a lot of replicators with her.



- She's probably trying to go home.



- Let's let her.



- Sir, we can't just let her leave.



- We'll tell the Asgard where she is.

I'm guessing.

If she thinks we'll destroyher she could be going anywhere.

We can't let her go.

She lost control ofthe replicators once.

It can happen again.

So we'll toss a nuke in behind her.

I'd like to try and stop her first.

How?



- Maybe get her trust back.



- Then what?

Then then I don't know.

I'm just making this up as I go.

If you could get close enough to her, youmight be able to remove her power chip.



- What of the replicators?



- These aren't the ones we're used to.

She's controlling them.

If Daniel can shuther down, they might cease to operate.

They exist to protect Reese.

If she's eliminated, they haveno protocol upon which to act.

They may att*ck Daniel Jacksonto restore their leader's power.

That's where you guys'll come in.

I'm willing to give you a chance,Dr Jackson.

General, with all due respect,I think it's a bad idea.

I hope not, Colonel.

Reese, please let me in.

I just want to talk to you.



- Activate the Stargate.



- No.

No, I don't want you to go.

You hate me.

No, I don't.

No one does.

They're afraid of me.



- They don't understand you, Reese.



- I never meant to hurt anyone.

I know.



- Please stay.



- It's too late now.

I've accessed your computer system.

I'll figure it out for myself.

Reese, I don't want you to go.

Why not?

I wanna be your friend.



- I've never had a friend.



- I'll be your friend.

Your toys may be a lot of fun,but they're not human like us.

They protect me.

I'll protect you.



- Do you promise?



- I promise.

No one will hurt you.

Come on.

Show you my world?



- Really?



- Yeah.



- Argh!

- You're trying to deceive me.



- No!

- Yes.

You're lying.

Lying is bad! None of you will ever hurt me! Daniel's in trouble.

Replicators have leftthe gate room.

Not sure where they went.

Yeah, roger that.

We're going in.

Major, I won't let the replicators escapethis base.

We have to set the self

-destruct.

The replicators have taken overthe main computer, sir.

We'll have to cut the system accessand set the device locally.

Reese, please listen to me.

No! Make them stop! On a three count.

Three, two, one! Clear.

Sir, we're getting readyto set the self

-destruct.

I can't hear you! On my mark.

Three, two, one, turn! Sir, we've set the self

-destruct.

You haveunder five minutes to override.

Copy?

Roger that! Thank you.

Sir!

- Make them stop!

- I can't.

You can.

No.

You'll k*ll me! No.

We just don't want you to destroyour world like you destroyed yours.



- I didn't do it!

- You did! You created the replicators.

You told them to replicate.

Theydestroyed your world, and you let them.

It wasn't my fault.

You could have stopped thembefore there were too many.

You could stop them nowbefore you lose control.

No! Cease fire!

- What's it doing?



- It's like it doesn't know what to do.

Reese, your father made you wrong!

- No!

- Yes! You destroyed your world.



- I didn't mean to.



- I know.

But now you're gonna destroy mine, too.

I don't want to.

I know.

That's why you have to stop now.

No one will hurt you.

We may be able to fix you.

How?

Just shut off your toys.

Go to sleep.

We'll find a way.

I don't believe you.

Colonel, I think Reese is losing control.

A replicator has started to act on its own.

I will wake you up myself.

I promise.

I'm your friend.

I don't want you to die.

I don't want you to die either.

O'Neill! (Carter) What's happening in there?

The replicators appearto have been disabled.

Robot has been neutralised.

(countdown) Abort the self

-destruct.

You stupid son of a bitch.

Hey.

You're welcome.



- You didn't have to sh**t her.



- Yes, I did.

She was shutting them down.

I had no way of knowing that.

Neither did you.

They didn't stop because you sh*t her.

They stopped because she told them to.

Carter said she was losing control.

If just one of those damn things got out ofthis base, we would be royally screwed! You just k*lled the only chancewe'll ever have of stopping them.

Look I'm sorry.

"But this is" the way it hadto go down, and you know it.

All units, this is SG

-1 niner.

Commence sweep.

I want every one ofthose damn things outta here.
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