In the Line of Duty

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Stargate SG-1 episode
“In the Line of Duty”
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 2
Guest star(s)	Teryl Rothery as Dr. Janet Fraiser Katie Stuart as Cassandra Peter Lacroix as Ashrak Judy Norton as Talia
Writer(s)	Robert C. Cooper
Director	Martin Wood
Production no.	202
Original airdate	July 3, 1998
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"In the Line of Duty" is an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.

[edit] Plot

As SG-1 helps a group of people on the planet Nassya flee through the Stargate from a Goa'uld attack on their world, Captain Carter stops to give CPR to a fallen villager. He suddenly grabs her head, and something enters her. Blood on her lip, Carter's eyes glow. She has been possessed by a Goa'uld symbiote.

Carter returns through the gate and tries to act as normal as possible, though through the mission debriefing her comrades notice something is different about her. Dr. Fraiser invites her to come check on the Nassyans. One however, was healing. Finally, she goes to visit Cassandra ("Singularity"), and the young girl senses that Carter has been taken by a Goa'uld. She locks herself into Dr. Frasier's office and demands to see Colonel O'Neill.

Meanwhile, one of the badly burned refugees assaults his doctor, and emerges from his bandages fully recovered. He is an Ashrak, a Goa'uld hired assassin.

Cassandra convinces O'Neill that Carter was infected, and he takes action. When he injects Carter with a serum that "would bring down an elephant", the Goa'uld inside her came active and demanded the Stargate activated. Carter is apprehended and put behind bars at the S.G.C. The Goa'uld reveals itself to be Jolinar of Malkshur, and demands release. The parasite even promises to return Carter to them, fully restored to who she was. O'Neill does not budge. Suddenly, Carter's personality emerges and begs O'Neill to believe Jolinar but he takes it as a Goa'uld trick.

Finally, Jolinar reveals that she is a member of the Tok'ra, a group of rebel Goa'uld who oppose the System Lords and seek power for good. She also explains that the System Lords will not allow the Tau'ri to thrive and become a threat. Already a far more powerful attack is being planned. Teal'c, at least, is convinced.

Jolinar talks with Daniel and tells him she knows where Sha're is.

When the Ashrak finally locates his victim, Jolinar, Carter suffers torture and almost death at his hands. The hunter is found, and Teal'c finally puts him down with two shots from a zat gun.

Meanwhile, Carter is fighting for life in the infirmiry. When she recovers, she tells O'Neill that Jolinar has given its life to save hers.

[edit] Notes

• General Hammond states that three new SG teams have been added, bringing the total to 12.
• The SGC first become aware that a Goa'uld symbiote can enter its host without leaving a scar; previously they did not know that this was possible.
• This episode marks the first appearance of the Tok'ra on the series. They also played a major role in the two-part episode "The Tok'ra" of the same season and many other subsequent episodes throughout the series.
• Blooper: When Teal'c goes to exit the brig after his first meeting with Jolinar, the magnetic strip on his card is facing away from the reader; the door should not have unlocked.
• Judy Norton is known for playing Mary Ellen Walton on the series The Waltons.
• This episode marks the last appearance of Katie Stuart as Cassandra, the character would again appear in later episodes albeit played by different actresses.

[edit] External links

• Official Stargate SG-1 site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires Flash.
• Screenplay (PDF). Distributed by MGM. Prepared by Casablanca Continuity. Retrieved on 2006-10-15. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site. Also see Google's cache.
• Summary from SciFi. Visited June 5, 2006. Requires Flash.
• Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 6, 2006.