- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Well, it's like my grandma used to say, if at first you don't succeed...
- Lt. Col. Samantha Carter: Try a larger thermonuclear reaction?
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Her words exactly.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: I am just saying, the yield calculations can be extremely tricky if not borderline impossible. You may need me.
- Vala Mal Doran: [giggles awkwardly] Colonel Carter said as much.
- Lt. Col. Samantha Carter: Ooh... we weren't gonna tell him that.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: I just wanted to thank you for being there for me recently in a time of great personal need. Well, actually, you weren't there - I was alone in the dark - but, um, um, you know, it sure seemed like you were.
- Lt. Col. Samantha Carter: Are you telling me one of your fantasies?
- Dr. Rodney McKay: No, it was an hallucination. Look, I had a concussion, I was trapped in the back of a sinking jumper, and my mind conjured you up as a means of survival. It's just what you would do in my situation. It saved my life.
- Lt. Col. Samantha Carter: Okay, well, that's... sort of nice.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Hmm, yes, it was.
- Lt. Col. Samantha Carter: [beat] Was I naked?
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Partially.
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: [SG-1 is admiring Atlantis from the air] Let's all just take a moment.
- [They watch for a few seconds]
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Okay, moment's over. Let's go save the galaxy.
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Teal'c, I have a collect call from the Pegasus Galaxy. Will you accept the charges?
- Elizabeth Weir: John, do you think you could spare Rodney from your team?
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: Hell... you can keep him.
- Morgan le Fay: You may enter your query verbally, or by entering it manually on the console before you.
- Dr. Daniel Jackson: I'll speak, if that's all right.
- Morgan le Fay: Of course, but note for future sessions, manuel input is required for most system interaction.
- Dr. Daniel Jackson: I think I had her in Grade 5.
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Is that thing cool or what?
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Hmm.
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: The black hole.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: What you're looking at is called the accretion disk. It's matter trapped in the gravity well. You can't actually *see* the black hole itself.
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Which is cool.
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: Listen, if McKay gives you a hard time, just...
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Shoot him.
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: Also, he's mortally allergic to citrus.
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Really?
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: [pulls out a lemon] I keep one with me at all times. It's just a comfort to know... it's there.
- [tosses it to Cameron]
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: That's good intel, thanks.
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: Yeah.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: [laughs] That's a - that's a - that's a good one. We're actually, uh, we're-we're quite close.
- Morgan le Fay: [looks directly at Daniel] You have your answer, Daniel Jackson. I suggest you act on it.
- Vala Mal Doran: Funny, he doesn't look excited.
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Trust me. Like a kid who was up all night on Christmas Eve.
- Vala Mal Doran: I thought we imposed a moratorium on cultural references I wouldn't understand.
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: If he speaks again, I'll shoot him.
- [Sam mouths 'Thank you']
- Dr. Daniel Jackson: But to answer your question, we are introducing another stargate into the equation. Teal'c should have it in position right now.
- Lt. Col. Samantha Carter: If we can make a connection between that gate, and one from the Pegasus galaxy...
- Dr. Rodney McKay: You're gonna try and make a jump.
- [to John]
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Don't shoot me. You know I can't help myself.
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Where's McKay?
- Dr. Rodney McKay: I'm here. One of your crew wouldn't let me finish my sandwich in the corridor.
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Oh, the nerve of that crewman, huh?
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: You know, Sam, this is not the Rodney McKay I heard stories about.
- Lt. Col. Samantha Carter: I know.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: What stories? What have you heard?
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Well, for starters, that you didn't know the meaning of the word 'impossible'.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Well, I certainly know the meaning...
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: And that under threat of impending death, you could work miracles.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: I suppose Sheppard told you that?
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Yes, he did.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Yes, well it's all true. But I'm not under the threat of impending death, and I don't have a ...
- [Cameron threatens him with a lemon]
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Not yet. Keep it up.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Well... I'll see what I can come up with then.
- Dr. Daniel Jackson: Okay, um, show me the order in which the earliest Ancient cities were founded.
- Vala Mal Doran: How is that useful? You going to join up all the dots and draw a pretty picture?
- Dr. Daniel Jackson: I'm just getting my bearings. You're going to have to get used to the fact this is probably going to take a while.
- Vala Mal Doran: The way you approach things, it could take the rest of our lives!
- Dr. Daniel Jackson: I'm sorry, but we're not going to find the location of this thing by looking under "W" for "Weapon".
- Vala Mal Doran: "P" for "Planet," then? I'm just saying, ask the question!
- Dr. Daniel Jackson: Ahh. Doctor Weir already tried it, it'd be a complete waste of time.
- Vala Mal Doran: It would take all of eleven seconds.
- Dr. Daniel Jackson: Hello. We're looking for the names of two planets, known on Earth in ancient times in the dialect of Old English as Castiana and Sahal. Satisfied?
- Morgan le Fay: Taoth Vaclarush and Valos Cor.
- Vala Mal Doran: Now I'm satisfied.
- Dr. Daniel Jackson: [about to land at Atlantis] I wouldn't miss this for the world. You know the number of times I tried to get here?
- Vala Mal Doran: Only two of those times were my fault.
- Lt. Col. Samantha Carter: What's wrong?
- Dr. Daniel Jackson: Ah, nothing, I guess I just wish my first trip to Atlantis wasn't under such desperate circumstances.
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Ah, it's just another mission, Jackson.
- Vala Mal Doran: One upon which the fate of the entire galaxy hangs in the balance.
- Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: And he goes on those all the time.