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"Deadman Switch"

"Deadman Switch" is an episode from Season 3 of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.

Plot

While looking for a downed UAV SG-1 runs into a red forcefield which turns out to be a trap set by Aris Boch, a non-human bounty hunter who works for the Goa'uld. They are then disarmed and escorted to his cloaked Tel'tak, where they are imprisoned. Although Boch was hunting someone else, he is happy to have captured the famous SG-1. Afterwards he leaves but then returns with a shoulder injury, which he orders Major Carter to take care of.

Afterwards he tells SG-1 that he is hunting a Goa'uld named Kel'tar. This Goa'uld is plotting against Sokar and thus the powerful System Lord offered a high reward for his capture. He then press-gangs the help of Col. O'Neill and Daniel to capture Kel'tar, while Carter and Teal'c are imprisoned in the back of the cargo ship. Outside the ship Aris even gives Jack a Zat with which to hunt, but the Colonel immediately shoots Boch.

Jack and Daniel then return to the ship, planning to fly it to the next planet with a Stargate. However upon returning to the Tel'tak they trigger a self destruct mechanism that they are unable to shut down (since Carter and Teal'c are still imprisoned). However, this is revealed to be another of Boch's mind games, who returns and deactivates the self destruct. It is then revealed that a Zat does not affect him, thanks to his armor (or an innate aspect of his physiology).

After their plan went wrong, Boch tells Carter more about his species: because his race can't be taken as a host for Goa'uld symbiotes, they nearly wiped out his whole race and enslaved the survivors. Boch also tells her that one day he wants to free his son.

After SG-1 is able to capture the Goa'uld Boch is hunting, it turns out that he is in fact a Tok'ra named Korra. He reveals to them that Boch is not a loyal servant of the Goa'uld but in fact chemically dependent on a substance named roshnah, which only the Goa'uld can produce. He also tells them that the story of Boch's son is a lie. In the meantime, Boch has set up another trap for the team (using Carter as a bait) and finally captures all of them.

SG-1 then is able to convince Boch that the Tok'ra are not like the Goa'uld and the bounty hunter finally lets Korra go after Teal'c offered himself to be given to the Goa'uld. However Boch then decides to let him also go by tricking Sokar he and Teal'c were destroyed on his ship due to "malfunctions," but in reality jettison themselves in the escape pods. In the end he gives Carter a sample of roshnah, hoping that one day his race will be free of it. He then leaves and tries to find another employer because Sokar will eventually find out about his betrayal.

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Series continuity

  • This is the first episode in which the Stargate is not seen.
  • Official Stargate SG-1 site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires Flash.
  • "Screenplay" (PDF). Distributed by MGM. Prepared by Casablanca Continuity. 1999-08-05. Retrieved 2006-10-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site. Also see Google's cache.
  • Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 5, 2006.
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