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"The Enemy Within"
An episode from Stargate SG-1
Teal'c facing Major Kawalsky who has been possessed by a Goa'uld.
Episode Nb	Season 1 Episode 03
Directed by	Dennis Berry
Written by	Brad Wright
Produced by	Ron French
Director of photography	Peter F. Woeste
Edited by	Charles E. Robichaud
Production code	3955
Original air date	(1997-08-01) USA: August 1, 1997 (1998-04-15) UK: April 15, 1998
Length	42'24"
Guest starring
Jay Acovone as Major Charles Kawalsky Kevin McNulty as Dr. Warner Gary Jones as Technician and Alan Rachins as Colonel Kennedy
Episode chronology
"Children of the Gods" "Emancipation"

Meanwhile Stargate Command and military decide of Teal'c's fate, a near mature Goa'uld symbiote is taking Major Kawalsky's body control. The SGC must find a way to remove it without killing the Major.

"The Enemy Within" is the 3rd episode of Stargate SG-1 Season 1.

Summary

• The Goa'uld try to come by force in Stargate Command.
• Major Charles Kawalsky suffers from painful headaches.
• Teal'c's fate is suspended.
• An intruder slowly but surely takes control of a close friend of Jack O'Neill.

Story

Teaser

• Major General Hammond introduces to Colonel O'Neill and Major Kawalsky the possible future destinations for SG-1 and SG-2, calculated by Captain Carter's team; planets P3-575 and P3A-577. Daniel Jackson is also present in the room. According to the General, the two teams will occure concurently. O'Neill and Kawalsky tease each other regarding the choice of who's going where.
• When General Hammond put things right stating that he's the one who chooses, the Stargate's inner ring starts to spin. Master Sergeant Harriman announces inboud travelers then asks the closing of the iris. Hammond order to set the defense team and asks Harriman to set the self-destruct countdown to three minutes.
• When the wormhole is established, many thuds are heared against the iris. Kawalsky refuses to go anywhere as long as the Goa'uld keep their attacks. Daniel thinks that they cannot maintain this indefinitely. When Carter thinks they shoud give up when they realise that their shield is unpenetrable, Kawalsky says that, some part of him would like to let them come in to have the fight they're looking for.
• The wormhole disengaged, Harriman orders the radiation team to check the Stargate perimeter. O'Neill thinks there are some worse way to come. Daniel asks O'Neill if he doesn't think they're sending people through. O'Neill answers they're would be like bugs on a windshield. The radiation team reports all is clear. Then Hammond orders the defense team to stand by and Harriman to reset the countdown.
• Suddenly, Kawalsky holds his neck and O'Neill asks what's the matter. Kawalsky says he has a headache and took a fistfull of aspirin with no effect at all. O'Neill orders him to be checked at the infirmary. Kawalsky asks permission to General Hammond. Hammond agrees and tell him he absolutely needs him to take command of the team on P3-575. When Kawalsky leaves, he gives a small friendly fist's hit on O'Neill's belly.
• When Kawalsky gone, the Stargate activates once again. Hammond put the base on alert and orders Harriman to restart the coundown. Daniel asks Carter if the iris is gonna hold. Carter replies it's pure titanium, less than three micrometers from the event horizon, making the reintegration of the matter impossible. Then O'Neill asks to Carter if the iris is gonna hold. Carter replies that if not, the safe device will detonate, the mountain will vaporise and there will be nothing to worry about. O'Neill ironicaly replies he feels much better.

Act 1

• O'Neill comes into General Hammond's office. Hammond understands Kawalsky's feelings, stating that his job gives him headaches as well. O'Neill cuts the speech and ask the matter. Hammond tells O'Neill that his request to include Teal'c as part of SG-1 has been denied. A Colonel Kennedy sent by the Pentagon is on his way to interrogate Teal'c and eventually making some tests on him as he is carrying the larva form of a powerful enemy. O'Neill is upset about Teal'c willing to be here only to become a lab rat for the US military intelligence. When Hammond asks O'Neill if he is certain that Teal'c will not switch side again, O'Neill is affirmative. Hammond says that he is the only one to think like that, yet as long as Teal'c remains in Stargate Command, he will be treated with dignity, but outside, he cannot guaranty anything.
• O'Neill comes into a detention room where Teal'c is meditating. Interrupted by O'Neill, Teal'c asks him about the refugees from Chulak (SG1: "Children of the Gods"). O'Neill replies that the last ones have been sent back home thanks to Teal'c before the Goa'uld send several attacks through the gate. When O'Neill asks about the number of attacks to expect, Teal'c replies that they will make two or three attempts, waiting to the destruction of the Earth. As the iris will remain closed, they will be crushed. Then O'Neill tells Teal'c that he is a prisoner and, because the people he works to are quite suspicious, they need to know Teal'c better. Teal'c is willing to share everything he knows and pledge allegiance to Earth but O'Neill tells him that it won't be enough as they are afraid of him. When Teal'c asks O'Neill why he is not afraid, the latter says that he saw Teal'c making the decision to rise against a god, refusing to kill people. Teal'c asks O'Neill to show him his world once he will prove his allegiance. O'Neill agrees, yet he says that he won't see all things in one shot as it is a big world.
• In the SGC infirmary, Dr. Nimziki is examining Major Kawalsky, thinking that his headaches may be related to Stargate travel. Yet Nimziki notices something in Kawalsky's back. But at the moment Nimziki touches the back, something move quickly inside the body to Kawalsky's neck. Then, Kawalsky's eyes glow, he holds Nimziki's neck and breaks it, killing him instantly.
• In the SGC briefing room, Dr. Daniel Jackson and Cpt Carter show to some SG team members the Dial Home Device, a device connected to the Stargate which has to be used like a telephone to dial back Earth. They should find one on every planet they visit. Then from the window, Jackson wonders what Kawalsky is doing inside the embarkation room. Carter orders to page Col O'Neill and Gen Hammond.
• In the embarkation room, Kawalsky's face is livid, with no expression at all. O'Neill runs into the room, followed by Hammond. Carter and Jackson are already here behind Kawalsky. When Jackson calls Kawalsky, the latter turns back, and seems astonished to be here.

Act 2

• Back to the infirmary, O'Neill asks for a doctor. Dr. Warner comes in, stating that Dr. Nimziki was on duty. Kawalsky complains about headaches, but O'Neill says it's more like blackouts. Warner orders to do a MRI to see what's going on. O'Neill asks Warner to take care of Kawalsky.
• General Hammond, Colonel Kennedy and his personal aide come out Hammond's office to the briefing room. Hammond welcomes Teal'c and introduces Col Kennedy who is here to collect information about the Goa'uld. When Teal'c pledge allegiance to Earth, Hammond informs him that it's only an informal meeting. Kennedy asks Teal'c about the power source of the Goa'uld weapons and the technology of the Stargate but Teal's says that he doesn't know anything as "Goa'uld magic" is forbidden. Then O'Neill comes in stating that it's not magic. O'Neill and Kennedy tease each other but Hammond stops O'Neill. O'Neill adds that he told Teal'c that this country respects individual rights. Kennedy invites O'Neill to seat and ask Teal'c about the Goa'uld. According to Teal'c, they rule by force, were a few but are more now and control several hundred worlds. If a world is useless for them, then they abandon it to itself. Peace is generally not negotiable as they would kill any resistance. If they indeed have spaceships, yet a journey to invade world would take months even years and a lot of slaves to fill. Those people came from a world called the Tau'ri according to a legend, world where the Goa'uld "harvested" the primitives to become Goa'uld hosts, Jaffa or slaves. But this world has been lost in sight for centuries. When Kennedy tells Teal'c that people of this kind live on Earth, the latter realizes that he is on this particular world. O'Neill tells the story of the rebellion against Ra.
• Meanwhile, in the examination room, Dr. Warner performs a MRI exam on Major Kawalsky.
• Carter and Jackson exit an elevator, Jackson is visibly tired. Carter tells Jackson that she well go to the control room since the Goa'uld stopped their attack. She is concerned about Jackson's lack of sleep. Jackson replies back that he cannot stop thinking about Sha're and her fate. When Carter tells him that he cannot stay awake continuously, he teases her with a cup of coffee, but promises her that he will rest and meet her in the next briefing.
• Jackson comes inside a dormitory to get some sleep, but when he sits on a bed, an arm fall just before his eyes. When he switches on the light, he discovers Nimziki's dead body on the upper bed.
• On the MRI monitor, Dr. Warner discovers a unusual shape wrapped around Kawalsky's neck. Warner comes to Kawalsky and tells him that he is removed from active duty immediately. Then Kawalaky's eyes glow and Warner has just enough time to push the emergency alert button.

Analysis

• One doesn't know how much time did exactly passed since the return from Chulak ("Children of the Gods") and the several Goa'uld attempts to invade Earth by the Stargate. It seems to be a short period of time, yet this period seems to be long enough to let the refugees come back home.
• The iris which has been installed on the Stargate is made of pure titanium and placed at three micrometers from the event horizon. It won't allow matter to fully reintegrate when getting out of the wormhole and then provokes the instant death of all living beings who dare to pass through a closed iris.
• Stargate Command has a configurable self-destruct device powerful enough to "vaporize" the whole mountain (according to Samantha Carter's comments), avoiding any intrusion by the Stargate which would be effectively buried.

Notes

• According to Kawalsky's ECG, events occur on April 3, 1997. Yet, in "Politics", Samuels dates the events of "The Broca Divide" (occurring after "The Enemy Within") in "March of this year" (1997). Based on this retcon, this date cannot be used as canon.
• Daniel Jackson and Samantha Carter are briefing the SG-3 team according to their patches on their sleeves. Yet, in "The Broca Divide" (two episodes later) this team is completely different, composed with Marines and with Colonel Makepeace as leader.