Stargate SG-1

Previously on "Stargate SG-1":

- Sarah. - Daniel.

We could have ended it better than we did.

Maybe.

Sarah?

Are you happy, Sam?

- What? - You deserve to love someone.

Maybe it's not me that's the problem here.

I'm a safe bet.

The tablet talks of a lost city that's more valuable than anything.

Are you saying the Ancients actually lost one of their own cities?

No, they didn't lose it. They made it lost... to other people that might try to find it.

So...

the Lost City is... still lost.

Amulet is from the 12th dynastic period. Inlay suggests the house of Amenemhet.

Possibly a gift from the king's family to commemorate a birth, coming of age, or...

It's for luck.

Royal goldsmiths made them for the king, hoping floodwaters would rise in the Nile,

granting them a bountiful crop.

Good guess.

Dr Jordan sent me a picture a few weeks ago. I suppose I had a bit of a head start.

I'm Sarah Gardner.

- Is that seat taken? - Well, no.

But there are plenty of other empty... tables.

Yeah, but none of them have single, beautiful women sitting at them.

- How do you know I'm single? - There's no ring on your finger.

- I could have a boyfriend. - You're by yourself at 7.30 in the morning.

- You're very observant. - I'm a cop.

Well then, I feel compelled to warn you,

most of the guys I've dated recently have died.

- As in... - Dead.

- How? - Various circumstances.

I'll risk it.

How about dinner tonight? My motel room.

- Your motel room. - I'm in town from Denver on a case.

We'll order room service, open a box of wine...

- A box! - Something with a duck on the front.

- Stop it, Pete. - I'm on a roll here!

I haven't even shown you my badge yet.

Aw. And I gotta go.

Come on, Sam, call in sick. Spend the day with me. We'll go to the zoo.

There's no zoo in Colorado Springs.

Bowling. There must be a bowling alley around here somewhere.

- I have to work. - Can't deep-space telemetry wait a day?

Have you seen how much deep space there is out there?

I'll see you tonight.

It jams the frequencies the Goa'uld use for communication

and remote control of devices like ring transporters.

Right now we're working on making it portable enough to...

- At least pretend it's interesting. - It's very interesting. Please go on.

- Are you tired? - You think?

- I had the weirdest dream last night. - About what?

Working with Sarah back in Chicago, before the Stargate programme.

How's that weird?

Things were all mixed up, my hair was different...

Well...

No offence, but it's not like you don't have some issues to work out.

- Oh, yeah. - Maybe you should talk to someone.

I thought I was.

- Colonel! - Carter.

- Coffee. - Talk to you later, OK?

Humming?

- I am? - You are.

Sorry.

What's his name? Humming.

Pete. Pete Shanahan. He's a cop.

- Speeding again, are we? - From Denver. A friend of my brother's.

- A setup. - Pathetic, I know.

No, it's great. Isn't it?

Well, it's not serious or anything.

And yet it is humworthy.

- Sir... - It's none of my business.

I'm just happy you're happy about something other than... quarks.

- Not bad with the quarks, huh? - Excellent.

- Bit uncomfortable, isn't it? - Yeah, a bit.

- Good luck. - Thank you, sir.

Good morning.

Hm? Hello.

I'm sorry, I didn't hear you come in. I mean, how are you?

- Fine. - You settling in?

Well, except for want of a decent cup of tea, I'm in heaven.

That's good to hear.

You know, I must have read everything you've ever published.

- Everything? - Yes.

What a waste of time.

Please! Your theories on the Hyksos dynasty are groundbreaking -

if a little audacious.

I found them inspiring. I referenced them in my doctoral thesis at Cambridge.

You must have failed.

I just hope I can live up to such talented company.

No, I'm sure if you're here, you have... you are.

Stop. The flattery is overwhelming.

- I should let you continue. - I'm gonna continue.

You know, I know this good place for coffee that...

No, I mean, I'm sure they serve tea.

- I'd like that, Dr Jackson. - Daniel.

Daniel.

I can't tell you how much I've looked forward to being here with you,

being able to pick your brain and...

- That was great. - Yeah, it was OK.

I mean, the company was fine.

Oh, come on, how can you not like Singin' in the Rain?

I've always been more of a Fred Astaire fan.

- It's a classic. - Whoa! Whoa there, lady.

"Classic" is reserved for the likes of The French Connection, Dirty Harry, Serpico.

- Cop movies. - What's your point?

- This was romantic. - Watching a man dance in the rain?

- Just cos there's no guns or car chases... - Or nudity.

Your chances of that are slim to none now, buddy.

Have I ever told you what a good dancer I am?

My case down here wraps up tomorrow.

You're heading back to Denver?

I called my captain and said "I don't care if crime is running rampant up there,

I met this woman, this amazing person,

and we got this thing goin' on."

- And what did he say? - "Get your ass back here or you're fired."

- Too bad. - I'm lying.

I told him I'm taking two weeks' vacation.

The truth is, Colorado Springs is very...

underrated.

Pete.

- And it was going so well. - It is.

But?

- It's getting late. - It's seven o'clock.

I have to get up really early.

- To go to work. - Right.

Which involves long, arduous hours of you looking into a telescope.

Right.

Sam... have I mentioned I'm a cop? I interrogate people for a living.

Are you saying you don't believe me?

Is this all going too fast for you? Cos I could back off.

Give you five or ten minutes?

I'll call you.

Have I left yet?

I can't feel my legs.

- Thank you. - A little human contact first, if you please.

- Was that so hard? - Mmm.

I'll live.

- You've been here all night, haven't you? - Is it morning already?

I've got something for you.

Where'd you get this?

It was found during an expedition in Morocco.

An associate sent it to me for analysis. No one's quite sure what to make of it.

I took the liberty of running a carbon dating.

It's over 10,000 years old.

- That's impossible. - The lack of writing in the pyramids,

the inconclusive dating on several artefacts...

Are you saying this proves there existed a language that predates all hieroglyphics?

I thought you might enjoy the challenge.

Daniel?

- I recognise this. - How could you?

Medieval Latin is a derivative. We can use it as a reference point.

Daniel, how could you possibly know that?

I don't know.

I just do.

This makes no sense.

Maybe you should eat something.

In the dream the tablet was written in Ancient,

and in the dream I could read Ancient.

That's not so odd, considering you can also do that when you're awake.

Perhaps you want to reveal something to yourself.

- Like? - From when you were ascended.

Your prior vision of Bra'tac and Rya'c in danger.

The tablet sounds a lot like the one you found on Abydos.

- That was to lead to the Lost City. - But didn't.

You think I know the location of the Lost City and I don't remember?

If you have the dream again, perhaps you should translate the tablet.

I thought you might need a break.

Wow.

That's really nice. I mean...

- I don't really deserve you, do I? - No.

- Hungry? - I can't remember the last time I ate.

- How's it going? - I'm so close.

I think I found a basic structure to the whole thing.

It's about guidance.

At first I thought that meant some sort of spiritual guidance, but I was wrong. Here.

Look.

Something about a starting point or place of origin.

The steps of a great journey leading to...

What? Leading to what?

A city. A place of great power.

It's a map, telling us how to find a city where an ancient race of humans lived.

See, I know what the tablet is supposed to say,

I just can't seem to finish translating it.

Perhaps the location of the Lost City was not the answer you were searching for.

Since I now require sleep, I have developed an interest in dreams.

There is much research to study on the matter.

OK, Sigmund, what are my dreams about?

Since Sarah was taken as a host by Osiris, you have been unable to save her.

Perhaps that is the focus of your subconscious desires.

Something I knew when I was ascended could help?

Dreams are the mind's way of dealing with desires that cannot be fulfilled.

Oh. So basically I'm destined never to get a good night's sleep again.

Knowing your past experiences, Daniel Jackson,

I do not know how you have slept well before now.

Thank you, Teal'c. This conversation has been disturbing on many levels.

- Up enough? - I, uh...

What?

I'll take that as a yes.

- Are those for me? - Yeah.