1 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:09,040 She used to leave the lights on all over the house, 2 00:00:09,050 --> 00:00:10,920 every room. 3 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,480 It drove my father nuts. 4 00:00:13,910 --> 00:00:17,381 For me, it was my brother. only we hadn’t lights. 5 00:00:17,441 --> 00:00:19,921 He used to leave candles burning everywhere. 6 00:00:19,956 --> 00:00:24,002 Yeah, well, you know what? No-one wants to hear any more stories about how poor you were as a child, alright? 7 00:00:24,012 --> 00:00:27,461 We already feel as sorry for you as is humanly possible. 8 00:00:27,496 --> 00:00:28,902 He burned the house down, you know? 9 00:00:28,932 --> 00:00:33,412 My sister was afraid of the dark, only used to blame me for leaving the lights on. 10 00:00:33,447 --> 00:00:36,842 Of course, my father believed her. He never sided with me. 11 00:00:36,877 --> 00:00:40,042 We had to live in a tent, in the dead of winter for three months. 12 00:00:40,077 --> 00:00:43,383 - You know, at least my stories relate to what we’re doing - So do mine. 13 00:00:43,418 --> 00:00:47,122 You know, we’re trekking all over the city shutting down everything the Ancients activated while they were 14 00:00:47,157 --> 00:00:52,933 were oh-so-briefly in control so that we can stop the power from draining from our one precious ZedP.M. 15 00:00:53,013 --> 00:00:55,503 How does that relate to your idiot brother burning the house down? 16 00:00:55,538 --> 00:00:59,344 - Well, if we don’t succeed. - We’re not gonna have to live in a tent in the dead of winter! 17 00:00:59,364 --> 00:01:01,233 It’s a metaphor. 18 00:01:01,333 --> 00:01:03,733 - Dr. McKay. - Hmm. Thank God. 19 00:01:04,424 --> 00:01:08,734 - The control panel. It’s completely shot. - Really? You think so? 20 00:01:08,845 --> 00:01:10,254 You know, I don’t get these Ancients. 21 00:01:10,289 --> 00:01:15,144 hey’re supposed to be so smart, but why activate something that you don’t need and you’re not using, huh? 22 00:01:15,179 --> 00:01:19,585 Well, maybe they didn’t have time to get to it you know, before the human-form Replicators that you reprogrammed attacked. 23 00:01:19,620 --> 00:01:22,635 Yes, yes, we all know what happened. 24 00:01:25,726 --> 00:01:26,725 Ah. Voila. 25 00:01:26,875 --> 00:01:30,386 You’re just angry that you couldn’t figure out how to override the Ancient protocols - 26 00:01:30,421 --> 00:01:33,116 that kept us from shutting this place down remotely from the Control Room. 27 00:01:33,156 --> 00:01:34,536 Hey, neither could you. 28 00:01:34,571 --> 00:01:37,976 Yes, but I didn’t bet everyone a month’s pay that I could do it. 29 00:01:38,011 --> 00:01:42,927 - You. OK, you know what? Look around, see if you can figure out how you can turn this place off, - whatever it is. 30 00:01:42,962 --> 00:01:47,667 - Are you sure you should be going up there? - How else am I gonna find out what this room does, huh? 31 00:01:47,702 --> 00:01:50,647 God forbid there should be anything in the Ancient database. 32 00:01:50,682 --> 00:01:54,248 - Oh, there probably is. We just don’t have the time to... - Ah, here we go. 33 00:01:55,567 --> 00:01:59,698 - OK, there should be a main power switch... - Yes, I know that. What do you think I’m doing? 34 00:02:00,787 --> 00:02:02,798 Alright. Double or nothing. 35 00:02:02,838 --> 00:02:04,148 - Oh, you’re on. - Alright. 36 00:02:04,183 --> 00:02:06,848 Alright. It’s gotta be around here somewhere. 37 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:14,074 Watch Movies, Series & LiveTV www.flixify.app 38 00:02:21,749 --> 00:02:24,009 Rodney? What happened? 39 00:02:26,509 --> 00:02:28,429 I’m not sure. 40 00:02:28,819 --> 00:02:31,469 but I think I just lost - 41 00:02:31,489 --> 00:02:33,620 big time. 42 00:02:41,871 --> 00:02:46,591 Transcript by: Callie Sullivan Stargate Atlantis 3x14- Tao of Rodney 43 00:02:46,941 --> 00:02:49,271 Encoded By: Ascend2012 44 00:03:30,553 --> 00:03:34,174 Web: http://gateworld. net/ 45 00:03:37,524 --> 00:03:38,984 As far as I can tell, he’s fine. 46 00:03:39,019 --> 00:03:42,544 I was hit by a mysterious energy pulse. How can that possibly be fine? 47 00:03:42,579 --> 00:03:46,285 I’ve run every test I can: blood work, M.R.Is, X-rays, the lot. 48 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:51,205 - I found no anomalies in any of the results. - One more time: mysterious energy pulse 49 00:03:51,235 --> 00:03:55,496 from a device created by the Ancients. I mean, who knows what kind of long-term effects I could be in for? 50 00:03:55,531 --> 00:03:57,946 I mean, there’s gross mutation, giantism, invisibility... 51 00:03:57,981 --> 00:04:00,796 That would be cool. I turned into a bug. 52 00:04:00,831 --> 00:04:03,876 Alright. Like I said, as far as I can tell, he’s as healthy as a horse. 53 00:04:03,911 --> 00:04:07,776 - I’m clearing you for active duty. - Are you insane?! Look, I need to be put under guard. 54 00:04:07,811 --> 00:04:11,286 - .Who knows what I could become? - What are the chances it could make him more pleasant? 55 00:04:11,321 --> 00:04:13,506 - Oh, Thank you! - I’ll keep an eye on him. 56 00:04:13,526 --> 00:04:15,127 Thank you! 57 00:04:16,386 --> 00:04:18,187 Can you still see me? 58 00:04:19,527 --> 00:04:23,407 - What are you saying? - That you were showing off. 59 00:04:23,788 --> 00:04:28,728 Normally, if Doctor Esposito weren’t around, I doubt you would have been as reckless as you were. 60 00:04:28,748 --> 00:04:31,348 - Are you insane? - Which one’s Esposito? 61 00:04:31,383 --> 00:04:35,828 - Oh, the long dark hair. - Ah, right. The one with the perfect little, uh... 62 00:04:35,863 --> 00:04:37,969 Do you mind? We’re trying to work here. 63 00:04:38,004 --> 00:04:39,818 For the record, I was gonna say "smile. " 64 00:04:39,853 --> 00:04:42,668 - Yeah, sure you were. What’ve you got? - Nothing. 65 00:04:43,039 --> 00:04:45,909 Whatever you did fried all the power conduits leading into the room. 66 00:04:45,919 --> 00:04:47,929 Whatever I did? 67 00:04:48,159 --> 00:04:53,669 Look, up until very recently this lab was entirely under water, quite possibly for over ten thousand years. How is that my fault? 68 00:04:53,729 --> 00:04:57,720 - Well, that part of it isn’t. - OK, that’s it. I’m going for lunch. 69 00:04:58,629 --> 00:05:01,639 - How’s he doing? - Same old Rodney. 70 00:05:01,674 --> 00:05:05,060 You’re sure? He looks a couple of pounds heavier to me. 71 00:05:05,190 --> 00:05:07,180 - Ronon! - What? 72 00:05:07,215 --> 00:05:10,180 He eats all the time. It’s not like he exercises. 73 00:05:10,810 --> 00:05:12,760 He’s feeding his unhappiness. 74 00:05:12,830 --> 00:05:16,041 Hello?! I’m right here. I can... 75 00:05:20,071 --> 00:05:21,971 I can hear you. 76 00:05:27,181 --> 00:05:30,852 For your information, I am exactly the same weight I have been since I got here. 77 00:05:30,887 --> 00:05:35,792 I need to eat regularly, otherwise I become hypoglycaemic; and I am generally a very happy person. 78 00:05:35,827 --> 00:05:40,492 Colonel Sheppard. Please have your team report to the Control Room immediately. Colonel Sheppard. 79 00:05:46,842 --> 00:05:51,103 We received this transmission six minutes ago from Major Lorne’s team. 80 00:05:51,123 --> 00:05:55,203 Atlantis base, repeat: we are under attack and cut off from the Gate... 81 00:05:55,213 --> 00:05:59,814 I counted at least 20, maybe more. Request back-up immediately. 82 00:05:59,923 --> 00:06:03,113 - Where are they? - M72-656. 83 00:06:03,133 --> 00:06:06,734 Have a team of marines meet us in the Jumper Bay. 84 00:06:22,795 --> 00:06:25,235 Doctor Weir. Any word? 85 00:06:25,515 --> 00:06:28,445 Not yet. It has only been an hour. 86 00:06:28,465 --> 00:06:31,345 - You wanted to see me? - Yes. I could use your help. 87 00:06:31,380 --> 00:06:34,996 I managed to get power to part of the console to access the lab’s research logs. 88 00:06:35,031 --> 00:06:39,796 - Well, that’s good news. - Well, I’m not so sure. I could use a second opinion. 89 00:06:44,817 --> 00:06:49,557 It seems much of this refers to different elements of human physiology. 90 00:06:53,507 --> 00:06:57,077 It mentions the mutation of base genetic coding. 91 00:06:57,087 --> 00:07:02,687 I realise Doctor Beckett said that there were no evident effects from Rodney’s exposure to the device. 92 00:07:03,078 --> 00:07:06,958 - It seems... - meant to manipulate human D.N.A. 93 00:07:07,748 --> 00:07:11,408 Doctor Weir to the Jumper Bay. The rescue team has returned. 94 00:07:11,938 --> 00:07:12,939 Let’s go. 95 00:07:15,549 --> 00:07:18,109 - What else could it be?! - You’re losing your mind! 96 00:07:18,144 --> 00:07:22,329 - I’m telling you, it’s a bit of a coincidence! - Well, then, prove it! 97 00:07:22,364 --> 00:07:25,589 - Colonel? - Everyone’s present and accounted for. 98 00:07:25,599 --> 00:07:29,780 - How bad is it and who’s been hurt? - No-one, Doc. We’re all fine... thanks to 99 00:07:29,815 --> 00:07:32,020 - ... McKay. - So he says. 100 00:07:32,055 --> 00:07:33,419 Rodney? 101 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,010 Well, to be honest, I’m not entirely sure. I wasn’t even sure it was me at first, 102 00:07:38,045 --> 00:07:40,330 but the correlation’s impossible to ignore. 103 00:07:40,365 --> 00:07:44,260 I saw Lorne’s team pinned down, the bad guys closing in... 104 00:07:44,295 --> 00:07:48,861 I just thought, you know, wouldn’t it be great if all their weapons jammed at the same time? 105 00:07:51,771 --> 00:07:54,391 Next thing I know, they’re all running away, so... 106 00:07:54,401 --> 00:07:57,862 So you think because you wanted it to happen, it just did. 107 00:07:57,897 --> 00:08:00,542 It was a little more than that. 108 00:08:01,561 --> 00:08:04,561 OK. You know what? Watch this. I’ll, uh 109 00:08:06,182 --> 00:08:07,762 Rodney! 110 00:08:10,122 --> 00:08:10,922 Rodney? 111 00:08:10,957 --> 00:08:15,722 - Believe me, I find this as disturbing as you do. - Like bloody hell you do! 112 00:08:16,442 --> 00:08:18,672 Put him down. 113 00:08:24,293 --> 00:08:27,833 Have there been any other instances of this power manifesting itself? 114 00:08:27,843 --> 00:08:31,844 - Powers. Plural. - What else can you do besides telekinesis? 115 00:08:31,879 --> 00:08:35,834 Well, super-hearing for one, and I’m not sure but I think I may actually be getting smarter. 116 00:08:35,869 --> 00:08:38,704 It’s hard to say for sure because I was pretty smart to start with but, um, 117 00:08:38,739 --> 00:08:41,894 recently I’ve been having some ideas that I don’t think even I would have thought of before. 118 00:08:41,929 --> 00:08:46,844 - Does super-ego count as a power? - Look, keep it coming. 119 00:08:46,879 --> 00:08:51,475 We could also be dealing with a super-appetite, although it’s hard to tell because he ate so much before. 120 00:08:51,510 --> 00:08:53,855 - Very funny. - My God! He’s eatin’ again! 121 00:08:53,890 --> 00:08:56,885 - I have a very active metabolism. - Aye. Among other things. 122 00:08:56,895 --> 00:09:02,176 The scans show a dramatic increase in synaptic interaction throughout all the sections of Rodney’s brain 123 00:09:02,211 --> 00:09:05,086 much higher than normal human levels. 124 00:09:05,121 --> 00:09:08,386 There was an incident at S.G.C. just over a year ago. 125 00:09:08,396 --> 00:09:12,436 I recall that file. I studied the data. Fascinating. 126 00:09:12,471 --> 00:09:14,816 SG-1 discovered a highly-evolved human being in stasis. 127 00:09:14,851 --> 00:09:18,967 It turned out he was a result of experimentation by a Goa’uld named Anubis. 128 00:09:19,002 --> 00:09:25,638 He was trying to create a means of artificially accelerating human physiology to the point of ascension. 129 00:09:25,673 --> 00:09:28,518 Look, that device I found must have been some kind of an accelerator. 130 00:09:28,553 --> 00:09:31,398 We know that the Ancients developed all kinds of powers as they evolved, 131 00:09:31,432 --> 00:09:35,528 so it’s just a matter of bad luck that we didn’t run into that lab earlier. 132 00:09:35,563 --> 00:09:38,968 Seriously. Me a superhero. Who would have thought it? 133 00:09:46,168 --> 00:09:49,018 Look, we all agree the Ancients were pretty screwed up. 134 00:09:49,028 --> 00:09:50,549 We do? 135 00:09:50,599 --> 00:09:54,329 All the ones I met were arrogant, condescending... and not for good reason. 136 00:09:54,349 --> 00:09:57,169 They made giant mistakes and never fixed ‘em. 137 00:09:57,204 --> 00:10:00,449 - They were still human. - But then there were all those crazy rules. 138 00:10:00,484 --> 00:10:04,230 - Those only came after they ascended. - Whatever, alright? 139 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,170 Maybe this thing doesn’t work on everyone. Who knows? 140 00:10:07,205 --> 00:10:11,230 - But we do know it works on McKay. - It has only been a day. 141 00:10:11,265 --> 00:10:14,150 Assuming it’s safe. Well, to be honest, even if it’s not 142 00:10:14,185 --> 00:10:16,760 if we can get a significant advantage over the Wraith and Replicators... 143 00:10:16,795 --> 00:10:19,490 John, I agree. This device may have great potential. 144 00:10:19,525 --> 00:10:21,991 And with great potential comes great responsibility. I know. 145 00:10:22,026 --> 00:10:24,151 Like a lot of other things we have found in this city, 146 00:10:24,186 --> 00:10:28,851 It is a very advanced piece of technology. For all we know, it could also be very dangerous. 147 00:10:28,886 --> 00:10:31,561 - I’m just saying... - Yes, you can be next. 148 00:10:31,751 --> 00:10:32,922 Thank You! 149 00:10:35,962 --> 00:10:38,412 You know, if you’re compiling a list, I’d... 150 00:10:38,447 --> 00:10:41,813 - Could we stay focused, please? - Right. 151 00:10:45,562 --> 00:10:48,182 C’mon. You can’t keep me cooped up in here forever. 152 00:10:48,217 --> 00:10:51,623 You might not be sick, Rodney, but I think we can both agree what’s happening here is far from normal. 153 00:10:51,658 --> 00:10:54,873 Exactly, so let me go out and start using my powers to do some good. 154 00:10:54,908 --> 00:10:57,573 Ooh. Are you going to, uh, finish that? 155 00:10:58,554 --> 00:11:03,204 We have no idea of the extent of your genetic mutation. 156 00:11:03,239 --> 00:11:07,134 Please. "Mutation" has such negative connotations. "Advancement" is more like it. 157 00:11:07,169 --> 00:11:08,784 Until we know exactly what’s going on here... 158 00:11:08,819 --> 00:11:10,719 Carson. I’m still me. 159 00:11:10,754 --> 00:11:14,284 Anyway, it’s not like you or these guys could stop me from leaving anyways. 160 00:11:14,314 --> 00:11:16,084 No, but I could. 161 00:11:17,094 --> 00:11:19,064 Oh, you care to put that to a test? 162 00:11:20,655 --> 00:11:22,185 Do you? 163 00:11:22,605 --> 00:11:24,254 Well. No, not really. 164 00:11:24,289 --> 00:11:27,565 Anyways, as I was saying, I think you’re fine to go about your daily duties as long as... 165 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,496 you have someone with you... and you... 166 00:11:29,531 --> 00:11:33,495 check in every couple of hours. Yes, yes. Bye-bye! 167 00:11:35,685 --> 00:11:38,866 You know, we could be a team. You could be my sidekick. 168 00:11:38,901 --> 00:11:41,986 - "Sidekick. " - Yeah. It’d be like Batman and Ronon. Has a nice ring to it. 169 00:11:42,021 --> 00:11:44,746 Yeah, you keep eating like that, it’s more like Fatman. 170 00:11:44,781 --> 00:11:50,456 I’m warning you. You will probably be bored out of your mind unless you find incredibly advanced physics to be... 171 00:11:50,476 --> 00:11:52,377 - Really? - What? 172 00:11:52,412 --> 00:11:54,137 What, you think so? 173 00:11:54,527 --> 00:11:56,527 Hey, she thinks I’m hot! 174 00:11:57,187 --> 00:11:59,797 - I didn’t say anything. - No-no-no, I’m sure that you, uh... 175 00:11:59,832 --> 00:12:03,398 Oh, of course not, I should have known. She meant you. 176 00:12:03,618 --> 00:12:06,458 I don’t know what you’re talking about. 177 00:12:07,938 --> 00:12:10,518 McKay, she didn’t say a word. 178 00:12:11,178 --> 00:12:13,888 Oh my God. I can read minds. 179 00:12:14,409 --> 00:12:16,809 Oh, this is cool! 180 00:12:18,258 --> 00:12:19,659 No it isn’t. 181 00:12:24,149 --> 00:12:26,929 - Oh, I’m fine. No; yes; and it doesn’t. - What? 182 00:12:26,964 --> 00:12:28,730 I can read your mind. uh, everyone’s, actually. 183 00:12:28,765 --> 00:12:32,629 That was very cool for the first, like, 10seconds there, but now I’m finding it a little disturbing 184 00:12:32,664 --> 00:12:35,269 So I’m trying to tune it out as much as I possibly can. well, sort of. 185 00:12:35,304 --> 00:12:38,750 Anyways, look, I wanted to get your permission to access the Control Chair. 186 00:12:38,785 --> 00:12:43,680 I’ve got some pretty interesting ideas for maximising our ZedP.M. I reconfigured the city’s power systems 187 00:12:43,715 --> 00:12:48,531 It’s too complicated to explain. But trust me when I say that you are going to be incredibly happy with the results. 188 00:12:48,566 --> 00:12:52,120 Look, Elizabeth, I know you have every right not to trust me but I promise you, 189 00:12:52,155 --> 00:12:55,531 I’m gonna make things much, much better, OK 190 00:12:55,566 --> 00:13:00,241 Good. She wants you to shoot me if you think for even 1 second that I might be trying to take over the city for my own evil purposes. 191 00:13:00,276 --> 00:13:01,942 I’m kidding. 192 00:13:02,632 --> 00:13:04,892 That was a joke. Is your weapon set to, uh, stun? 193 00:13:04,927 --> 00:13:09,592 Wait. Never mind. There. I did it OK, to the Chair Room, Ronon. 194 00:13:10,862 --> 00:13:13,773 - Can I shoot him now? - I can hear you! 195 00:13:13,808 --> 00:13:18,382 Look, she just wants you to keep a close eye on me! C’mon, let’s go. Chop, chop - much to do. 196 00:13:18,417 --> 00:13:21,953 I will send a science team down to supervise. 197 00:13:29,953 --> 00:13:33,154 Not like that, this is crap. 198 00:13:40,394 --> 00:13:43,734 - What the hell is he doing? - Don’t ask me. 199 00:13:43,914 --> 00:13:46,094 Actually, I wasn’t. 200 00:13:46,194 --> 00:13:48,194 I have no idea. 201 00:13:48,664 --> 00:13:53,665 - Rodney, you are affecting power all over the city. - I know. Awesome, isn’t it? 202 00:13:54,044 --> 00:13:56,305 No. I can’t work. 203 00:13:56,345 --> 00:13:57,665 It’s just temporary. 204 00:13:57,700 --> 00:14:01,656 Rodney, I’m trying to determine if that device did any permanent damage to you. 205 00:14:01,691 --> 00:14:06,446 Quite frankly, given your usually rampant hypochondria, I’m surprised you don’t seem to care. 206 00:14:06,481 --> 00:14:09,086 - You’re jealous. - That is ridiculous. 207 00:14:09,121 --> 00:14:12,306 You should be working with me trying to figure out what is happening to you. 208 00:14:12,341 --> 00:14:16,097 - Instead, you’re here burying your head in the sand. - That is not true. 209 00:14:16,132 --> 00:14:19,306 My head, which happens to be housing my ever-evolving brain... 210 00:14:19,341 --> 00:14:24,357 is actually being better utilised here doing important things that will affect everybody. 211 00:14:26,357 --> 00:14:30,358 I am not gonna work with him. I can #@$! at this. He is... 212 00:14:30,667 --> 00:14:35,468 He tries to hide it, but deep down, I’m the wind beneath his wings. 213 00:14:37,808 --> 00:14:39,708 Well, how’s it coming? 214 00:14:39,818 --> 00:14:42,378 Actually, I think I’m just getting to the good bit. 215 00:14:42,388 --> 00:14:46,589 Don’t you hate it when people interrupt right when things are getting good? 216 00:14:50,059 --> 00:14:53,619 I know McKay is some super-genius now, but 217 00:14:53,659 --> 00:14:56,689 I find the flickering lights incredibly unnerving. 218 00:14:56,719 --> 00:14:59,859 Doctor Coleman has. However reluctantly... 219 00:14:59,894 --> 00:15:04,589 Admitted it does seem as if Rodney is significantly improving the city’s power system. 220 00:15:04,624 --> 00:15:06,010 Whatever. 221 00:15:06,130 --> 00:15:08,890 Anyway, you were saying...? 222 00:15:09,460 --> 00:15:13,450 Well, we know the Ancients evolved physiologically to a certain point where 223 00:15:13,485 --> 00:15:18,720 - they could transform into a state of pure energy. - Ancient History 101. 224 00:15:18,755 --> 00:15:22,671 Yes. We also know that not all of them managed to get there. 225 00:15:22,921 --> 00:15:26,791 - You’re saying some of them needed a kick in the pants. - So to speak. 226 00:15:27,921 --> 00:15:31,381 I think this machine was not meant to help them fight the war against the Wraith 227 00:15:31,416 --> 00:15:34,182 but rather to help them escape it. 228 00:15:35,601 --> 00:15:37,182 An ascension machine? 229 00:15:37,217 --> 00:15:40,981 Like the one the Goa’uld tried to create in the Milky Way. 230 00:15:41,702 --> 00:15:44,742 Are you saying McKay’s going to ascend? 231 00:15:45,642 --> 00:15:48,763 Unfortunately there’s a whole lot more to ascension than just being physically evolved. 232 00:15:48,798 --> 00:15:53,763 Believe me, after spending six months with a bunch of pansy wannabes, I know! 233 00:15:53,773 --> 00:15:55,843 But what does this mean for McKay? 234 00:15:55,878 --> 00:15:59,643 Like I said, just gettin’ to the good bit. 235 00:15:59,753 --> 00:16:01,753 I’ll leave you to it. 236 00:16:03,663 --> 00:16:05,404 John, wait. 237 00:16:06,024 --> 00:16:09,173 We need to talk to Rodney right away. 238 00:16:14,394 --> 00:16:18,474 You can all relax. I’ll have us back online in two minutes. 239 00:16:18,509 --> 00:16:20,734 We need to talk to you. 240 00:16:21,014 --> 00:16:23,374 What do you mean, I’m gonna die? 241 00:16:23,995 --> 00:16:25,845 I’m not even sick! I feel great, never better! 242 00:16:25,875 --> 00:16:27,435 That Ancient device... 243 00:16:27,470 --> 00:16:29,675 has accelerated my evolution. 244 00:16:30,055 --> 00:16:34,296 Eventually I’ll reach a point where I’m physically capable of ascension, but ascension takes more than that 245 00:16:34,331 --> 00:16:39,896 there’s a... there’s a mental component. I need to know how to make it happen... Which I don’t. 246 00:16:40,335 --> 00:16:41,636 Yet! 247 00:16:41,686 --> 00:16:45,687 I’m getting smarter by the minute. It’s a pretty good assumption I’ll be able to figure it out on the way. 248 00:16:45,722 --> 00:16:49,796 OK, so it’s not as easy as that. Well, even if I don’t, so I stay a highly-evolved human. 249 00:16:49,831 --> 00:16:54,576 I mean, I don’t have to ascend It’s, it’s a choice, right? No? What do you mean, no? Oh, 250 00:16:54,611 --> 00:16:57,897 that stupid Ancient device doesn’t work properly, does it? 251 00:16:57,927 --> 00:17:02,997 It’s set in motion a series of genetic mutations that will result in my death if I don’t ascend?! 252 00:17:03,032 --> 00:17:07,548 - There is something easier about this. - That’s why the Ancients didn’t put it into common use 253 00:17:07,583 --> 00:17:12,548 It’s just one more in a long line of abysmal, over-ambitious failures! 254 00:17:12,558 --> 00:17:15,018 Oh God. I’m a dead man! 255 00:17:15,038 --> 00:17:17,058 - Dr. McKay! - Yes, yes 256 00:17:17,093 --> 00:17:21,559 it’s because I stopped in the middle. I will fix it... just give me a second here. 257 00:17:26,289 --> 00:17:27,589 That’s it. 258 00:17:27,624 --> 00:17:29,978 I will kill him, he is nuts, complete idiot. 259 00:17:30,109 --> 00:17:32,779 OK, there’s still time left, right, so maybe there’s a way to reverse the process. 260 00:17:32,814 --> 00:17:35,149 Zelenka! Where’s Zelenka? What the hell has he been doing? 261 00:17:35,159 --> 00:17:40,100 We have massive power surges throughout the grid. Shutdown protocols are not responding. 262 00:17:55,891 --> 00:17:59,361 Come on, Radek, come on. He’s not breathing... 263 00:17:59,396 --> 00:18:01,382 we need to intubate. Start an I.V., wide open. 264 00:18:01,782 --> 00:18:03,782 Get that monitor set up. 265 00:18:04,901 --> 00:18:07,462 Right. On my count. One, two, three. 266 00:18:10,142 --> 00:18:12,722 - Radek! - Get the leads set up, please. 267 00:18:13,522 --> 00:18:16,043 He’s in V-tach. Prepare to de-fib. 268 00:18:17,232 --> 00:18:18,533 - Clear! - No! 269 00:18:18,568 --> 00:18:22,482 - Rodney, the man is dying. - I know. Just give me a second. I know. 270 00:18:46,384 --> 00:18:48,314 Heart rate’s good; 271 00:18:48,985 --> 00:18:50,914 Breathing’s steady. 272 00:18:52,545 --> 00:18:54,725 Pulse is good. 273 00:18:59,365 --> 00:19:01,935 Radek, are you OK? 274 00:19:03,776 --> 00:19:05,405 What happened? 275 00:19:21,736 --> 00:19:24,496 - Rodney. - Hold on. 276 00:19:26,027 --> 00:19:28,717 I see you’ve been busy. 277 00:19:28,957 --> 00:19:31,978 - Yeah, I invented a new math. - Really?! 278 00:19:32,013 --> 00:19:35,527 It’s gonna change the human understanding of the universe as we know it. 279 00:19:35,562 --> 00:19:38,057 How is Zelenka? 280 00:19:38,828 --> 00:19:42,078 - Uh, you need to ask? - I’m blocking out people’s thoughts. 281 00:19:42,113 --> 00:19:45,638 It was becoming too overwhelming. I wasn’t able to think. 282 00:19:46,229 --> 00:19:49,278 - Rodney. - I know what you’re gonna say. 283 00:19:49,298 --> 00:19:53,028 Oh, no... just intuition, I swear. I just... 284 00:19:53,139 --> 00:19:56,829 I tried to fix the Ancient device but it wasn’t meant to reverse the process. 285 00:19:56,864 --> 00:20:00,340 Once the mutation has started, it cannot be stopped. 286 00:20:00,689 --> 00:20:02,309 Actually, 287 00:20:04,779 --> 00:20:10,230 I was gonna say, if you want any help in understanding ascension... 288 00:20:12,860 --> 00:20:16,730 Oh. Uh, well, I’ve already re-read everything I could in the database. 289 00:20:16,765 --> 00:20:20,370 - Well, it’s not exactly a clear-cut set of instructions, is it? - No. 290 00:20:20,405 --> 00:20:25,861 And to be honest, you know, I’ve never been all that big on the whole idea of ascending in the first place. There’s too many rules, 291 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:30,851 you know? I mean, to me, life is about working towards achievement, you know? Discovering things... 292 00:20:30,886 --> 00:20:33,962 - Getting credit for it. - Exactly. I mean, once you know it all, what do you do then? 293 00:20:33,982 --> 00:20:35,101 I don’t know. 294 00:20:35,136 --> 00:20:38,402 I don’t think that ascension necessarily means the end. 295 00:20:38,412 --> 00:20:41,352 Yeah, see? Never been big on leaps of faith, either. 296 00:20:41,362 --> 00:20:44,272 I mean, sure, there was a part of me that from the beginning knew that this was too good to be true. 297 00:20:44,307 --> 00:20:49,272 Nothing this great could ever happen to me without really, really bad consequences. 298 00:20:50,193 --> 00:20:54,262 Anyways, now I have come to terms with that and I just wanna get as much done in the time 299 00:20:54,297 --> 00:20:58,763 I have left and not waste my time on a bunch of mumbo jumbo I’m not gonna understand anyways. 300 00:20:58,843 --> 00:21:03,443 Oh, I’ve come up with a way for increasing the Daedalus’ shield power. 301 00:21:03,753 --> 00:21:07,644 Tell Hermiod to give me a call if he needs any help understanding the base code. 302 00:21:07,679 --> 00:21:11,004 I’m sure Colonel Caldwell will be thrilled. 303 00:21:12,964 --> 00:21:14,964 Look, Rodney, 304 00:21:15,064 --> 00:21:21,065 I’m not gonna try to convince you that ascension is right for you, or even possible, for that matter. I don’t know. 305 00:21:21,185 --> 00:21:25,105 But I wonder if you have considered the fact that 306 00:21:25,284 --> 00:21:29,435 if you did somehow manage to ascend, you can always, theoretically. 307 00:21:29,470 --> 00:21:32,435 Re-take human form. 308 00:21:34,395 --> 00:21:36,146 Why didn’t I think of that? 309 00:21:36,156 --> 00:21:38,796 - I don’t think it’s gonna work. - I had this shipped from the S.G.C. 310 00:21:38,831 --> 00:21:41,796 Aye, I know. The Ancient device used to measure a person’s synaptic activity. 311 00:21:41,831 --> 00:21:46,616 Ah, more than that - the brain’s evolutionary level. Look, it’s basically an ascendo-meter. 312 00:21:46,651 --> 00:21:48,486 I really don’t think we’re going about this the right way. 313 00:21:48,521 --> 00:21:53,157 If you’re a highly-evolved super-genius, put up your hand. 314 00:21:54,096 --> 00:21:55,857 From everything I read about the subject area... 315 00:21:55,892 --> 00:22:01,277 Look, when you get down to it, even mental states are actually only physical states, are they not? 316 00:22:01,327 --> 00:22:05,327 - I mean, the brain is just a chemical super-computer. - Well, I suppose an incredibly complex... 317 00:22:05,362 --> 00:22:07,557 Well, I suppose an incredibly complex... 318 00:22:07,592 --> 00:22:11,508 Look, the universe may seem mystical to.. those without understanding 319 00:22:11,543 --> 00:22:15,358 when in truth anything and everything can be quantified. 320 00:22:15,378 --> 00:22:21,029 Look, all the hocus pocus stuff is just a way of getting the brain into the proper electro-chemical state to allow the final physical evolution, 321 00:22:23,349 --> 00:22:28,289 at which point the matter that makes up this body will turn into pure energy. 322 00:22:28,319 --> 00:22:33,509 Look, what mere mortals would refer to as the... 323 00:22:33,549 --> 00:22:37,560 mystery of ascension is actually just a scientific process it’s just protons and electrons. Protons and electrons. 324 00:22:37,595 --> 00:22:41,280 - If you say so. - Now, if you don’t mind, can we, uh... 325 00:22:45,930 --> 00:22:50,200 Now, based on what I’ve extrapolated from the Ancient research, 326 00:22:50,235 --> 00:22:54,111 I have been able to set measurable parameters for achieving the proper mental state. 327 00:22:54,146 --> 00:22:58,350 Once I reach 96% synaptic connection, as measured by this device 328 00:22:58,385 --> 00:23:03,812 all I need to do is maintain an E.E.G. frequency of 0.1 to 0.9 Hz and presto. 329 00:23:04,331 --> 00:23:07,371 I arise to a higher plane of existence. 330 00:23:07,406 --> 00:23:12,002 OK, let’s assume for one completely insane moment that you are right. 331 00:23:12,037 --> 00:23:15,542 Those frequencies are associated with near-comatose patients. 332 00:23:15,552 --> 00:23:20,922 No-one who’s actually awake can just will themselves anywhere close to that, no matter how bloody relaxed they are. 333 00:23:20,957 --> 00:23:23,373 No unevolved person. 334 00:23:23,403 --> 00:23:27,093 - Give it a rest, Rodney. - Just turn it on! 335 00:23:29,943 --> 00:23:32,733 Your synaptic activity’s abnormally high. Over 60% 336 00:23:32,768 --> 00:23:35,273 Yes! I don’t have much time left. As I said, by my calculations, 337 00:23:35,308 --> 00:23:39,654 when I reach 96%, I either ascend or die. Now, what’s my E.E.G.? 338 00:23:39,674 --> 00:23:43,643 29 Hz, which is about average for someone in an extremely heightened wakeful state. 339 00:23:43,679 --> 00:23:48,044 OK, so I just need to, uh, clear my mind and, um, relax. 340 00:23:50,284 --> 00:23:51,605 - What’s that now? - 30. 341 00:23:51,615 --> 00:23:54,195 What?! Oh, come on, that’s impossible! You must have me hooked up wrong. 342 00:23:54,230 --> 00:23:57,884 No I didn’t, thank you very much. We’re getting a clear reading. 343 00:23:57,935 --> 00:24:01,365 Rodney, the Ancients that eventually learned to ascend 344 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,225 dedicated their entire lives preparing for this moment. 345 00:24:04,260 --> 00:24:10,426 Trust me, this will work. I just need some more time. Now stop talking so much. You’re you’re rippling my pond. 346 00:24:16,216 --> 00:24:20,166 I think he’s having a hard time accepting this can’t be solved with science, 347 00:24:20,206 --> 00:24:22,697 no matter how brilliant he is. 348 00:24:22,732 --> 00:24:24,367 You know what he needs? 349 00:24:24,937 --> 00:24:27,937 He needs to... release his burden. 350 00:24:28,197 --> 00:24:30,507 Yeah, well, you know McKay. 351 00:24:31,278 --> 00:24:33,998 Maybe Doctor Heightmeyer can help. 352 00:24:34,033 --> 00:24:36,678 Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of you. 353 00:24:36,808 --> 00:24:38,107 Me? 354 00:24:38,798 --> 00:24:41,838 Mmm-hmm. You lived with the Ancients for six months on the brink of ascension. 355 00:24:41,873 --> 00:24:45,138 You helped them face their fears and finally ascend. 356 00:24:45,158 --> 00:24:48,159 I fought a scary monster - that’s what I do best. 357 00:24:48,179 --> 00:24:52,478 And for Rodney, I’m sure this seems like a pretty scary monster. 358 00:24:57,208 --> 00:24:59,859 I don’t think this is gonna work with you hooked up to the machine. 359 00:24:59,894 --> 00:25:02,310 How else am I gonna know if it’s working at all? 360 00:25:02,344 --> 00:25:05,279 Look, you’re teaching me how to meditate. Not exactly good odds there to start with. 361 00:25:05,299 --> 00:25:07,290 I realise that. 362 00:25:07,740 --> 00:25:11,850 Truth is, I was never really very good at this myself. 363 00:25:11,885 --> 00:25:15,460 - So why am I here? - Elizabeth made me. 364 00:25:15,495 --> 00:25:17,180 Oh. Yeah. Me too. 365 00:25:17,510 --> 00:25:22,510 I was with those Ancients for 6months. Maybe I picked up something that might be able to help you. 366 00:25:24,591 --> 00:25:28,771 Yeah. The first thing I think you need to come to terms with is, um, 367 00:25:28,961 --> 00:25:32,681 - this is not a means to an end. - What? Well, of course it is. 368 00:25:32,716 --> 00:25:35,808 No, no, no, you can’t do that. You can’t think that you’re just gonna ascend 369 00:25:35,843 --> 00:25:37,992 and then re-take human form and be done with it all. 370 00:25:38,002 --> 00:25:40,692 That is exactly what I’m trying to do. 371 00:25:40,727 --> 00:25:44,572 Look, from what I understand, dishonesty’s not gonna help the process. 372 00:25:45,172 --> 00:25:46,012 Good point. 373 00:25:46,047 --> 00:25:49,342 You know, while we’re at it, my knees are killing me. How’s anyone ever relax like this? 374 00:25:49,377 --> 00:25:53,053 - Find a position that works. - Right. 375 00:25:54,763 --> 00:25:57,133 - OK. - Fine. 376 00:25:58,133 --> 00:26:01,133 Now. I want you to become aware of your breaths, 377 00:26:01,223 --> 00:26:03,883 going in and out of your body. 378 00:26:04,294 --> 00:26:05,703 In... 379 00:26:05,933 --> 00:26:07,553 and out. 380 00:26:08,073 --> 00:26:09,824 Do it without talking. 381 00:26:10,833 --> 00:26:12,564 Oh right. 382 00:26:13,353 --> 00:26:15,004 Now... 383 00:26:15,514 --> 00:26:19,054 I want you to think about the things that you worry about the most. 384 00:26:19,094 --> 00:26:22,074 - You mean, like death? - There’s no talking. 385 00:26:22,905 --> 00:26:27,875 - Think of anything that makes you anxious. - Oh, God, there’s so many things. 386 00:26:27,945 --> 00:26:31,645 Deal with it. 387 00:26:32,615 --> 00:26:34,215 Now. 388 00:26:35,026 --> 00:26:38,056 Imagine yourself sitting on a Ferris wheel. 389 00:26:38,091 --> 00:26:39,025 What? 390 00:26:39,060 --> 00:26:43,036 Look, I told you, I didn’t pay much attention to what the Ancients were teaching me. 391 00:26:43,071 --> 00:26:45,906 I like Ferris wheels, so that’s what I thought about... 392 00:26:45,941 --> 00:26:50,306 and the fact that the woman teaching me how to meditate was... 393 00:26:50,356 --> 00:26:53,576 - very attractive. - Why am I not surprised you didn’t ascend, huh? 394 00:26:53,611 --> 00:26:57,187 OK, look, I’m a busy man, you’re a busy man. We’re both busy men. 395 00:26:57,222 --> 00:27:01,887 Just... relax, alright? I’m gonna try to remember what the woman taught me. 396 00:27:02,427 --> 00:27:03,757 Alright. 397 00:27:05,778 --> 00:27:07,187 Now. 398 00:27:07,507 --> 00:27:11,498 there’s a dark storm swirling around your head. 399 00:27:11,518 --> 00:27:15,228 - How is that comforting? - I’m getting there. 400 00:27:15,263 --> 00:27:17,918 I just thought of a brilliant adjunct to the Chaos Theory. Look, I should write this down... 401 00:27:17,953 --> 00:27:19,648 McKay! 402 00:27:20,339 --> 00:27:23,319 - Letting it go. Letting it go. - Now, 403 00:27:23,354 --> 00:27:27,489 the sky is clearing. All of your troubles are fading away. 404 00:27:27,689 --> 00:27:30,999 Bright blue sky. I am there. 405 00:27:35,729 --> 00:27:37,679 - How’m I doing? - Don’t think that way! 406 00:27:37,714 --> 00:27:40,829 - Oh, forget it. Look, this is never gonna work. - What’s wrong now? 407 00:27:40,864 --> 00:27:43,950 I just realised why light behaves as both particles and waves. 408 00:27:43,985 --> 00:27:48,350 - Rodney, if you don’t try to do this... - I know. I don’t have much time left. 409 00:27:57,390 --> 00:27:59,731 - Hey. - Hmm? Just a second. 410 00:28:10,582 --> 00:28:11,691 What are you doing? 411 00:28:11,726 --> 00:28:15,442 There are, like, 50 simulations I’d like to be running right now, but the computers can’t keep up with me the irony being that 412 00:28:15,477 --> 00:28:21,342 I’ve actually figured out how to make them run 10x faster but I haven’t had time to actually stop and do it. 413 00:28:21,377 --> 00:28:27,423 Oh, I’ve uploaded the virtual prototype for a hyperspace generator for the Puddle Jumpers into the database. 414 00:28:27,553 --> 00:28:29,453 Well, that sounds great. 415 00:28:31,172 --> 00:28:34,423 Are you sure that this is how you want to... 416 00:28:34,458 --> 00:28:38,484 spend my last couple of days alive? Don’t have a lot of choice, do I? 417 00:28:38,519 --> 00:28:41,384 Rodney, I think it’s very decent and noble of you 418 00:28:41,419 --> 00:28:44,594 to want to leave a scientific contribution behind... but I still believe there’s a chance you can ascend I 419 00:28:44,629 --> 00:28:48,414 If you put your mind to it. 420 00:28:48,449 --> 00:28:51,524 We both know that that is a waste of time. Maybe you could do it, but 421 00:28:51,559 --> 00:28:57,094 I don’t know if I could, but you are certainly selling yourself short by not even trying. 422 00:28:57,324 --> 00:29:00,275 To be honest, I don’t have the first clue where to start. 423 00:29:00,310 --> 00:29:02,305 - Stop thinking. - See, I don’t understand that. 424 00:29:02,340 --> 00:29:07,945 One of the biggest things that holds people back is that somewhere deep down 425 00:29:08,565 --> 00:29:11,455 they believe they’re not deserving. 426 00:29:11,475 --> 00:29:16,275 - You have to release your burden. - Oh, please! 427 00:29:16,305 --> 00:29:21,277 I know spirituality to you is a load of mumbo jumbo, but it does help people find peace with themselves. 428 00:29:21,312 --> 00:29:22,236 But you have to believe. 429 00:29:22,271 --> 00:29:27,666 I’m not talking about religion. I’m talking about shedding yourself of guilt, of anger, of ill-feeling, 430 00:29:27,701 --> 00:29:30,626 Of anything that makes you feel shame 431 00:29:31,217 --> 00:29:35,397 And then you can focus all of your energy on ascending. 432 00:29:35,838 --> 00:29:38,598 So what you’re telling me is that I don’t think I’m worthy. 433 00:29:38,633 --> 00:29:42,778 Rodney, I don’t know what you truly believe about yourself. 434 00:29:43,428 --> 00:29:47,778 For all I know, you use your intelligence to compensate, to make yourself feel better 435 00:29:47,813 --> 00:29:50,728 for other things you think you may lack. 436 00:29:50,848 --> 00:29:53,818 - Like what? - That, I can’t tell you... 437 00:29:53,878 --> 00:29:57,449 but maybe you could start reading your own mind? 438 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:17,530 Rodney, I don’t care what you’re gonna say. I’m gonna keep working on this, OK? 439 00:30:17,580 --> 00:30:19,280 Ah, well, I appreciate that. 440 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:24,070 You saved my life, so the least I can do is try to save yours, you know? 441 00:30:24,090 --> 00:30:25,891 Radek. 442 00:30:26,671 --> 00:30:32,641 I think it’s safe to say that, uh, I am at times a petty, vindictive, 443 00:30:32,676 --> 00:30:34,341 ...even jealous man. 444 00:30:34,481 --> 00:30:39,281 I sublimate my own anxieties or feelings of inadequacy by creating a 445 00:30:39,316 --> 00:30:42,052 bubble of hostility around myself. 446 00:30:42,232 --> 00:30:46,661 I know that you, probably more than anyone else, have had to bear the brunt of that hostility. 447 00:30:46,696 --> 00:30:50,362 - Rodney, you don’t have to... - Actually, I do. 448 00:30:52,552 --> 00:30:56,553 Here’s the thing: you’re a brilliant scientist, and a decent human being, 449 00:30:56,733 --> 00:31:02,733 and you should not have had to endure the kind of abuse that you’ve taken from me in the past few years. 450 00:31:03,303 --> 00:31:07,213 I hope you can find a way to forgive me for all the things I’ve said and done to you. 451 00:31:07,248 --> 00:31:10,313 You deserve much better than that. 452 00:31:11,474 --> 00:31:13,774 so I wanted you to know that. 453 00:31:16,064 --> 00:31:17,264 Yes. 454 00:31:31,925 --> 00:31:32,625 Rodney! 455 00:31:32,660 --> 00:31:36,425 - Hmm. Mind if I come in? - Should you be...? 456 00:31:41,596 --> 00:31:46,276 Hope you don’t mind. I was talking with Halling and he happened to mention that it was the anniversary of the death of your father next week. 457 00:31:46,286 --> 00:31:47,526 He did? 458 00:31:47,536 --> 00:31:50,843 OK, I might have asked a few pointed questions but, um, 459 00:31:50,878 --> 00:31:53,677 I just thought it would be nice if, uh 460 00:31:54,197 --> 00:31:55,847 What I mean is, 461 00:31:56,377 --> 00:32:01,747 I would be honoured if you would let me share the memorial tea ceremony with you. 462 00:32:01,947 --> 00:32:05,787 I don’t know if it’s wrong to do it early or anything, but, um, I may not be around next week. 463 00:32:05,797 --> 00:32:10,608 Anyway, I understand it’s something you’re not supposed to do alone. 464 00:32:11,457 --> 00:32:13,088 Thank you, Rodney. 465 00:32:14,047 --> 00:32:16,787 No, no, no, no, no. I know exactly what to do. 466 00:32:16,822 --> 00:32:20,988 You are the one who’s lost a loved one. I will serve you. 467 00:32:23,758 --> 00:32:25,488 Hey, buddy! Pal! 468 00:32:26,979 --> 00:32:29,959 Been looking all over for you! Checked the gym, the Mess. 469 00:32:29,994 --> 00:32:33,909 - Wasn’t there. - No, you weren’t. Usually one of those is a good bet. 470 00:32:33,944 --> 00:32:37,979 So, where are you off to? Shooting range? A little target practice? 471 00:32:37,989 --> 00:32:41,520 - I don’t need practice. - Oh, no. No, no, of course you don’t. 472 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:45,409 Look, I don’t know how much time I have left, so I’m just gonna cut to the chase here... 473 00:32:45,444 --> 00:32:48,310 ask you a rather, uh, personal question. 474 00:32:48,340 --> 00:32:51,130 Hopefully you won’t just hit me in the face. 475 00:32:52,050 --> 00:32:53,950 Asking away. 476 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,831 Those scars on your back from 477 00:32:57,866 --> 00:33:02,220 your encounters with the Wraith you know, with the tracking device? 478 00:33:02,261 --> 00:33:06,611 Are those, like, a... a badge of honour for you, 479 00:33:06,646 --> 00:33:10,062 or are they just a constant reminder of something you’d rather forget? 480 00:33:10,082 --> 00:33:13,182 I mean, I know it’s none of my business. I just... 481 00:33:14,021 --> 00:33:18,202 I try not to let things I can’t change bother me. 482 00:33:19,712 --> 00:33:21,812 That’s very healthy. 483 00:33:38,883 --> 00:33:41,164 I hope you don’t mind. 484 00:33:41,364 --> 00:33:43,504 I just healed them. 485 00:33:58,065 --> 00:34:02,255 - You’re not still trying to find a way out of this for me, are you? - You think I’m gonna give up? 486 00:34:02,290 --> 00:34:06,255 Look, all the Ancients that experimented with that device, they either ascended or died. 487 00:34:06,275 --> 00:34:09,586 most of them the latter, which is why it did not get put into common use. 488 00:34:09,606 --> 00:34:12,136 Like you said, there were exceptions. 489 00:34:12,525 --> 00:34:15,625 Huh. Yes, well, this will all be over soon and you can get back to some real work. 490 00:34:15,635 --> 00:34:20,727 - Rodney... don’t. - No-no-no, I’m not fishing for sympathy. I just, uh 491 00:34:21,136 --> 00:34:23,477 Hey, I just wanted to give you that. 492 00:34:23,976 --> 00:34:28,127 - What have you invented now? - Oh, nothing. It’s a, it’s a book. 493 00:34:28,647 --> 00:34:29,836 About what? 494 00:34:29,906 --> 00:34:31,307 You. 495 00:34:31,527 --> 00:34:35,667 Well, you’ve taken a lot of crap as the leader of this expedition and I just thought someone should leave 496 00:34:35,702 --> 00:34:40,667 a record of all the good things you’ve done - everything you’ve done right. 497 00:34:40,717 --> 00:34:43,497 Everything I do is on record for review. 498 00:34:43,517 --> 00:34:47,628 Oh, yes, I know, I know. I just thought that I would have somewhat of a unique perspective 499 00:34:47,663 --> 00:34:49,428 that other people might benefit from. 500 00:34:49,438 --> 00:34:55,078 You know, I actually took the liberty of doing some research into your past and I included that as well. 501 00:34:55,118 --> 00:34:56,899 Sorry if I’m not a very good writer. 502 00:34:56,909 --> 00:35:01,139 It might be a bit, uh, overly maudlin in places... 503 00:35:03,059 --> 00:35:06,219 Rodney, this is 500 pages long. When did you...? 504 00:35:06,254 --> 00:35:09,039 Anyway, that’s all. 505 00:35:09,609 --> 00:35:11,210 Right. 506 00:35:17,050 --> 00:35:19,900 - What’s it down to? - It’s not important. 507 00:35:19,910 --> 00:35:24,000 What? Of course it is. It’s gotta... 508 00:35:24,330 --> 00:35:28,121 - What 17 Hz? It’s not even close! - It’s closer than you’ve ever been. 509 00:35:28,156 --> 00:35:29,941 Oh, forget it. 510 00:35:30,741 --> 00:35:34,320 Look, if you have to keep asking, you’re obviously not getting it. 511 00:35:34,356 --> 00:35:38,021 - This is about letting go. - I don’t know how to do that, OK? 512 00:35:38,056 --> 00:35:41,221 I don’t know how not to be me. 513 00:35:42,002 --> 00:35:44,002 Look, thank you for all of your help. 514 00:35:44,632 --> 00:35:48,441 I think in the grand scheme of things, we’re... we’re good, aren’t we? 515 00:35:49,982 --> 00:35:51,582 Of course. 516 00:35:52,962 --> 00:35:55,402 Right. Look, if it’s not too much trouble, I’d like you to read my eulogy. 517 00:35:55,437 --> 00:35:57,932 I refuse to discuss that. 518 00:35:57,972 --> 00:36:03,143 Just keep it simple. Um, make up a few nice things. I’d like my little sister to be there 519 00:36:03,153 --> 00:36:08,323 and, oh, you should know that I told Beckett that he should most definitely do a full autopsy. 520 00:36:08,358 --> 00:36:13,374 He can use my body for any kind of experimentation that might prove helpful, and, uh 521 00:36:13,514 --> 00:36:18,474 Oh, and I’d like to be cremated, with my ashes to be, uh 522 00:36:18,509 --> 00:36:19,473 Rodney. 523 00:36:20,304 --> 00:36:21,724 Rodney! 524 00:36:27,874 --> 00:36:30,585 Medical team to my quarters. 525 00:36:31,885 --> 00:36:35,785 The synaptic activity in your brain has reached over 90%. 526 00:36:36,065 --> 00:36:40,405 I don’t know why, but it seems the more pervasive evolved state of the cortex 527 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:42,905 is causing lapses in the lower brain function. 528 00:36:42,940 --> 00:36:47,216 It’s almost as if your body’s losing its natural ability to keep itself alive. 529 00:36:47,251 --> 00:36:52,466 When ascension occurs naturally, the physical body’s no longer necessary in the final stages. 530 00:36:52,501 --> 00:36:55,667 Rodney, I don’t know how much more you can take. 531 00:36:55,927 --> 00:36:59,937 - About 6%. - There must be something we can do. 532 00:37:00,117 --> 00:37:02,587 It’s OK. You know, 533 00:37:03,307 --> 00:37:06,207 I’m actually feeling a sense of peace. 534 00:37:06,927 --> 00:37:10,567 Interspersed with moments of sheer terror, of course. 535 00:37:10,617 --> 00:37:14,618 Rodney, as far as this ascension thing, 536 00:37:15,138 --> 00:37:18,937 I know you didn’t have much success but at this point, 537 00:37:19,258 --> 00:37:21,258 what’ve you got to lose? 538 00:37:21,478 --> 00:37:25,388 - May as well go out fighting, huh? - Absolutely. 539 00:37:26,489 --> 00:37:28,138 Hook me up. 540 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:33,469 Carson? 541 00:37:34,439 --> 00:37:36,099 Thank you. 542 00:37:36,709 --> 00:37:38,829 Thank you for everything. 543 00:37:40,179 --> 00:37:43,380 I only wish I could have done more, my friend. 544 00:37:54,741 --> 00:37:57,241 Clear blue skies. 545 00:37:57,491 --> 00:38:01,290 All my troubles, just drifting away. 546 00:38:02,611 --> 00:38:06,291 OK stop talking now. 547 00:38:09,232 --> 00:38:12,231 Rodney, you’re a good person. 548 00:38:12,611 --> 00:38:14,612 Know that we love you. 549 00:38:15,761 --> 00:38:17,762 You love me? 550 00:38:19,062 --> 00:38:20,262 Really? 551 00:38:20,342 --> 00:38:24,432 - All of you? - In a way a friend feels about another friend. 552 00:38:24,822 --> 00:38:27,722 You’re just saying that because I’m gonna die. 553 00:38:28,313 --> 00:38:30,623 Oh, God. I can’t believe I’m gonna die. 554 00:38:30,658 --> 00:38:33,943 Alright... just back to the blue skies. Let your thoughts go. 555 00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:37,243 Concentrate on your breathing 556 00:38:45,074 --> 00:38:46,453 Oh, my God. 557 00:38:56,384 --> 00:38:58,905 He’s not breathing. Quick, bag him. We need to get him on a ventilator. 558 00:38:58,940 --> 00:39:00,194 Carson, he gave us strict orders 559 00:39:00,229 --> 00:39:04,195 You don’t understand. He just told me how to save him. 560 00:39:05,205 --> 00:39:07,445 We’re en route. His pulse is very weak. Are you ready? 561 00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:08,745 We will be. 562 00:39:11,386 --> 00:39:12,685 Almost. 563 00:39:19,975 --> 00:39:21,046 Right. 564 00:39:24,566 --> 00:39:26,966 Hurry. He can’t breathe on his own. 565 00:39:30,467 --> 00:39:31,966 OK, stand back. 566 00:39:43,927 --> 00:39:45,228 Rodney? 567 00:39:45,757 --> 00:39:47,848 - It worked! - Did it? 568 00:39:47,858 --> 00:39:50,718 - Well, I’m alive, aren’t I? - Sounds like him. 569 00:39:50,738 --> 00:39:52,138 Yes, yes. 570 00:39:52,748 --> 00:39:55,448 I can’t hear one of your thoughts. 571 00:39:56,019 --> 00:39:58,289 The telekinesis has gone. 572 00:39:58,579 --> 00:40:01,279 I’m still smart, I think. 573 00:40:01,549 --> 00:40:03,919 Yes! Yes, I’m me! 574 00:40:04,319 --> 00:40:05,719 - I’m my old self! - Are you certain? 575 00:40:05,729 --> 00:40:10,550 Yeah, I’m alive! I feel great! I feel, uh-um Hungry? 576 00:40:10,650 --> 00:40:13,579 - He’s fine. - And you said it was impossible. 577 00:40:13,599 --> 00:40:18,319 Yeah, it just came to me. I was, I was, I was floating in this, this big black emptiness 578 00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:20,070 and then the answer just came out of nowhere. 579 00:40:20,105 --> 00:40:22,550 Look, the device was designed to manipulate your D.N.A. 580 00:40:22,585 --> 00:40:26,310 It couldn’t reverse the evolutionary advancement process because everyone’s D.N.A. was different. 581 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:31,080 It makes certain changes that causes the D.N.A. to evolve in ways specific to your own unique physiology. 582 00:40:31,100 --> 00:40:35,601 Yeah. In order to manipulate the D.N.A. back to the previous state, the programme required a precise reference point. 583 00:40:35,636 --> 00:40:39,541 Fortunately I keep blood samples from all the Atlantis team members for baseline comparisons. 584 00:40:39,551 --> 00:40:43,251 - I don’t understand what any of you are talking about. - What... what? 585 00:40:43,422 --> 00:40:47,631 - It’s good to have you back, buddy. - Yes, well... it’s good to be back. 586 00:40:47,666 --> 00:40:48,862 Yeah! 587 00:40:57,332 --> 00:41:00,233 - Hey, how are you feeling? - Terrible! 588 00:41:00,593 --> 00:41:04,053 - Should I get Carson? - No-no-no-no-no. Physically I am fine, 589 00:41:04,088 --> 00:41:06,083 but, but this doesn’t make any sense. 590 00:41:06,118 --> 00:41:08,233 I can’t figure out any of these, of these equations. 591 00:41:08,268 --> 00:41:11,218 I mean, the algorithms are complete gibberish. I mean, this is torture! 592 00:41:11,253 --> 00:41:17,164 I can clearly remember exactly how important this all is, I cant figure out why or how. 593 00:41:17,199 --> 00:41:20,164 Well, I just dropped by to show you this. 594 00:41:20,854 --> 00:41:24,384 Your E.E.G. readings from your last meditation. 595 00:41:28,134 --> 00:41:29,834 Oh, my God! 596 00:41:30,394 --> 00:41:32,734 0.3 Hz. I did it! 597 00:41:32,769 --> 00:41:36,035 I mean, I was in the zone! I could have actually ascended! 598 00:41:36,585 --> 00:41:39,785 You said you were floating in a big empty space 599 00:41:39,820 --> 00:41:41,955 when the idea of how to save yourself came to you. 600 00:41:41,990 --> 00:41:44,835 I may have momentarily thought about how hard it is to rid oneself of ego 601 00:41:44,870 --> 00:41:49,785 and that existence without the individuality of consciousness would be pointless but 602 00:41:50,406 --> 00:41:54,737 Ooh! Now I say that, that’s probably what gave me the idea to reprogramme the device with my old D.N.A. 603 00:41:54,772 --> 00:41:56,066 Yeah, I thought so. 604 00:41:56,076 --> 00:41:59,126 Yeah, well, you know what? I don’t care if you don’t think I was capable of ascension. 605 00:41:59,161 --> 00:42:03,626 I never wanted to do it anyways. In fact, you know what? I am very happy with who I am. 606 00:42:03,636 --> 00:42:05,437 And you love me. 607 00:42:06,426 --> 00:42:08,968 - What?! I never... - You so did! 608 00:42:08,978 --> 00:42:13,317 Yeah, I may not be able to understand this new math I created, but I distinctly remember that you said you love me. 609 00:42:13,352 --> 00:42:15,177 Actually, I said we love you and... 610 00:42:15,187 --> 00:42:17,927 And, what? What, you were just saying that because you thought I was dying? 611 00:42:17,937 --> 00:42:19,188 No! I said it because... 612 00:42:19,223 --> 00:42:22,458 See?! You love me! It’s true you’ve said it, now I know. I always suspected it. 613 00:42:22,493 --> 00:42:26,178 In fact, you know what? I’ve always noticed that there’s been a, um, 614 00:42:26,213 --> 00:42:31,279 indefinable and yet magical chemistry between us that I think I covered in Chapter 10 615 00:42:31,459 --> 00:42:32,118 Hmm. Rodney... 616 00:42:32,153 --> 00:42:33,919 - You had lunch yet? - Yes. 617 00:42:33,959 --> 00:42:36,159 Mid-afternoon snack, then? 618 00:42:36,349 --> 00:42:38,349 I will keep you company. 619 00:42:38,359 --> 00:42:43,029 Ah. Now, is Sheppard still bugging you to let him use the ascension device to turn himself into some kind of a superhero? 620 00:42:43,039 --> 00:42:44,009 Oh Yes. 621 00:42:44,139 --> 00:42:47,790 Despite the fact that the Ancient database states that its effects on people are wildly unpredictable 622 00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:51,800 and that I’m just lucky I wasn’t instantly melted down into a pool of protoplasm. 623 00:42:51,820 --> 00:42:52,820 Yes. 624 00:42:52,900 --> 00:42:55,980 - Yes. Well, maybe you should let him. - I think not. 625 00:42:56,305 --> 00:43:56,291 Watch Movies, Series & LiveTV www.flixify.app