Stargate: Atlantis (2004–2009): Season 4, Episode 15 - Outcast - full transcript

Previously on Stargate Atlantis.

So someone was monitoring
my sister's computer.

I think I've cracked their trojan,
and I've got an address.

- Barrett and I are on our way there.
- You're coming with us.

- You okay?
- Two men, they must have followed us.

He's not here, they took him.

- Dr. McKay.
- Who are you?

My name is Henry Wallace.

She's suffering from
acute lymphocyctic leukemia.

Sharon was injected with
the first batch of nanites one week ago.

Get the nanites fully operational,
then I'll let you go.



Daedalus, this is Sheppard.
We need a lift.

I watched it last night.
There was hardly any fighting.

- That's 'cause it's not about fighting.
- Then why's it called Blades of Glory?

Because it's about skate blades.

And this is a real sport?

Men and women dancing around on ice?

Unfortunately.

- Your planet's weird.
- You can say that again.

Colonel.

I was just coming to see you.
Do you have a minute?

Yeah, sure.

I received a message from the SGC.
I'm afraid I have some bad news.

Okay...

Your father suffered
a heart attack last night.



I'm sorry, John, but he passed away.

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{\pos(40,152)}present:

Season 4 Episode 15
Outcast (v. 1.01)

{\pos(130,255)}Transcription by:

{\pos(300,260)}Timing by:

{\pos(135,250)}Golgi, IceFre@k, Linwelin,
Pikes, Poloneill, Shaft.

I...

heard what happened.
I'm very sorry.

{\pos(192,230)}Thanks.

{\pos(192,230)}You okay?

{\pos(192,230)}Yeah. I'm fine.

{\pos(192,230)}You know, I requested
to go back with you, but the

{\pos(192,230)}ancient device on M7G-677
is malfunctioning.

{\pos(192,230)}Isn't that the planet with all the kids?

{\pos(192,230)}Yeah.

{\pos(192,230)}Should be fun for you.

{\pos(192,230)}Believe me, I'd get out of it
if I could, but without the EM field,

{\pos(192,230)}they're an easy target for the Wraith...

{\pos(192,230)}- I guess it's just bad timing.
- Don't worry about it.

- If you wanna, you know, talk or...
- Rodney.

I'm fine.

{\pos(192,205)}Right.

Where are you going?

With you.

{\pos(192,170)}A lot of people.

{\pos(192,170)}Yeah, my old man
was pretty well connected.

{\pos(192,200)}John.

{\pos(192,200)}Dave.

{\pos(192,200)}I wasn't sure you were gonna make it.
It's good to see you.

{\pos(192,200)}I contacted your unit Commander
at Peterson, but...

sometimes those messages
don't seem to reach you.

Well, I came as soon as I heard.

This is Ronon.

Ronon, this is Dave, my brother.

- Yeah, nice to meet you.
- Pleasure.

You two...

work together, in the Air Force?

He's a civilian contractor.

Right.

Anyway...
John, I think we should probably talk.

Yeah.

I'll catch up with you later.

This is free, right?

Yes, it's free.

Thanks.

Lots of food over there.

I'm good.

This the house you were raised in?

One of 'em.

That's nice.

I couldn't wait to get out of here.

Yeah? Why?

Well, my dad's idea of...

teenage rebellion was going
to Stanford instead of Harvard.

Never mind. He just...

He had everything planned out
for me since I was about 14.

So what do we do now?

Well, mostly, people
sit around, drink...

eat...

Some more than others.
Mostly they talk.

They don't know what to say,
but they talk.

Your brother seems
to be handling it well.

That's what he does, he handles things.

How come you never mentioned him before?

It's complicated.

I told you I had an ex-wife, right?

- Yeah, why?
- Here she comes.

Hi, John.

Nancy.

I didn't expect to see you here.

I'm very sorry.

Nancy, Ronon.

Ronon, Nancy.

Pleased to meet you.

How long you are you here?

Just for today.

I have to be in Washington
tomorrow, so...

- Still with Homeland Security?
- Yeah.

I just got promoted.
I'm a director now.

Congratulations.

How's... how's Greg?

- Grant.
- Grant.

He would've come, but he's...

he's trying a case in Phoenix.

Well, sounds like he's doing well.

Yeah. He is.

He's...

Yeah, he's doing well.

You know, your dad was always
very good to me.

Well...

In his mind,

marrying you was probably
the best thing I ever did.

Okay.

Well, it's good to see you again, John.

Take care of yourself.

It's nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Sheppard?

Yes.

My name is Ava Dixon.

You must be Ronon.

Do I know you?

No, we've never met, but,

you knew the man I used to work for,
Henry Wallace?

Doesn't ring a bell.

Look, I realize you have to keep up
appearances in public,

but I don't have time to play games.

Henry Wallace was the man who kidnapped
your colleague, Dr. Rodney McKay,

and forced him to work on a highly
illegal research project involving

- alien techno...
- Who the hell are you?

We need to talk.
But not here.

Take her to the car.

John, I was thinking
that we should prob...

Something came up, I've got to go.

It's dad's wake.

I know, but this is work-related.

What is it, top secret?

National security, that sort of thing?

Well, something like that.

You know, this is so typical.

You got something to say, just say it.

There's just one thing I want to know.
What's your level of expectation here?

What are you talking about?

Are you gonna challenge the will?

I have no idea what it says, of course,
but I think I can guess.

That's what's you want to talk about?
You want to talk about money?

That's why you're here, isn't it?

You've been gone a long time, John.
It's not such a stretch.

You got nothing to worry about.

Hey!

If I've got the wrong impression
of you, it's not my fault.

You're the one who left, remember?

I stayed.

I looked after dad, I ran the business,

while you were off doing God knows what.

I'm assuming...

that's what dad wanted.

No.

No, it's not, John.

Dad regretted
what happened between you two.

Right up until the end.

I would've come to you sooner,
but you're a hard man to find.

All right, you've got our attention.
What's this all about?

For the past three years,
I've been working

for a company called Stanton Research,

a division
of Devlin Medical Technologies.

I was recruited out of college

by a brilliant scientist
named Dr. Richard Poole,

and together we worked on a secret
project, codename archetype.

What kind of project?

We were experimenting
with nanite programming,

trying to increase the complexity
of their interactions.

Listen, I wasn't aware
of what happened to

Dr. McKay and his sister
until much later.

At the time, all I knew was that we'd
been given a key piece of programming,

something that allowed
us to make a major breakthrough.

What are you talking about?

Well, it's one thing to inject nanites
into a mechanical or a biological system

for the purpose of affecting changes
at a molecular level,

but it's quite another
to use them as building blocks

to create an entirely
self-sustaining entity.

To be honest, I never thought
I'd see it in my lifetime.

But, then, all of a sudden, we began
making incredible advancements,

and the next thing I knew...

there it was.

You built a Replicator?

Technically, that term isn't accurate,

because self-replicating isn't one
of its primary directives, but...

yes.

There's no way you had
authorization to do this.

Richard told me the project
was being funded at the highest levels.

- And you believed him.
- Maybe it sounds a little naive, but...

Well, Richard was like a father to me.

My own parents died when I was
very young, and I trusted him.

But then one day, he came back
to the lab in a panic.

- What's happening?
- There's been a security breach.

We have to shut everything down.

- I don't understand.
- Look, I don't have

time to explain it to you right now.
Just do it!

I later found out
what was really going on.

The IOA's investigation
of Devlin Medical was closing in,

and Richard wanted
to get rid of the evidence.

I'm sorry about this.

He killed to escape.

If he's threatened, he could kill again.

I had to do something.

You're telling me there's a Replicator

loose on Earth?

That's right.

How long?

Well, he escaped three weeks ago.

We've been working
on a way to track him,

but so far have had no success.
He could be anywhere by now.

{\pos(192,220)}Show your hands!
Get 'em up!

{\pos(192,220)}Sir, the facility is secure.

{\pos(192,220)}- Looks like he was the only one here.
- Colonel Sheppard,

{\pos(192,220)}and Ronon, of course.

{\pos(192,220)}- How did you find me?
- Well, we had a little help.

I'm sorry, Richard.

Ava. My God.
Do you realize what you've done?

I didn't have a choice.
I couldn't let this continue any longer.

- I had the situation under control!
- Your little science project

got two of your own men killed, and
he's still on the loose. I don't think

- you have control of anything.
- He killed in self-defense!

If he's not threatened again,
he won't harm anyone!

That's because we're going to find him,

and we're going to neutralize him,
and you...

are going to help.

Apollo, we're ready.

All right.

Let's start with giving me the access
code to the data files we recovered.

I don't think so.

You do know we will crack it eventually.

The entire directory is encrypted
with an 448 bit key symmetric algorithm.

Good luck.

- What about you?
- I never gave her the code.

It was for her own protection.

Look...

I'll cooperate,

as long as you guarantee
that I get to bring him in.

Forget it.

We're talking about
an incredibly advanced

and valuable piece of technology here.

You've had your chance.
Now it's my turn.

Are you going to help us
track this thing or not?

I'll help you, Colonel.

Be realistic, Richard.
He's out there alone.

You know he's not programmed
for ordinary social interaction.

What happens if someone accidentally
frightens him or corners him?

We can't afford to wait any longer.

Colonel Sheppard.

Bates!

You two know each other?

Yeah, Bates served on Atlantis
when we first got there.

Then he got into it with a Wraith
and took a pretty good beating.

He got the drop on me, but I still
managed to get in a few shots.

- How're you doing?
- Ronon.

- You're with NID?
- IOA.

After the Air Force gave me an honorable
discharge due to my injuries,

the IOA contacted me.
They were starting up

a new field division,
dealing specifically with

operational threats on Earth,
and it seemed like a good fit.

- It's good to see you back in action.
- You too, Sir.

- You don't have to call me that.
- I guess not.

Old habits die hard.

So how are our prisoners?

- The girl's cooperating.
- What about Dr. Poole?

Ah, not so much.

Can we track the Replicator without him?

Got a guy working on it.

Stupid emergency contact numbers.

Never should have answered
that damn phone.

Come on, Doc. It's not so bad.

It was my first vacation in three years!

Two weeks, all-inclusive nothing but

surf, sun, and skimpy bikinis

as far as the eye could see.

And then they beamed me
right out of the damned hotel room!

Looks like they did you a favor.
Next time, use a little sunblock.

Give it another shot.

It's working.

This sensor technology is incredible.
Is it alien?

Sorry, I forgot.
I'm not supposed to know any of this.

I'm picking up a signal.

Let me see if I can
narrow in on this a bit.

There, he should be in there.

- How big of an area is that?
- That's about

five city blocks.

Seal it off, get everyone out.

We'll call it a chemical spill.
I'll get my people on it.

I need to know what I'm up against.
What abilities does this thing have?

Speed, strength, agility,
all well beyond normal human levels.

What about tactics, escape, evasion...
Does it have any military training?

I wasn't responsible
for that aspect of his programming.

See, I've had this
really crappy few days,

so I'm beginning to lose my patience...

So whatever you can do
to make this easier

may work in your favor.

Where, at my trial?

In front of a judge
and jury of my peers?

We both know that's not going to happen.

They're going to put me
in some deep, dark hole at Area 51,

never to be heard from again,

and nothing I say or do now
is going to make any difference.

Well, maybe not for you.

What about the girl?

She didn't know that this technology

was obtained illegally.
She's completely innocent.

Well, like you said...
there isn't going to be a trial.

But she's helping you!

Not good enough.

What's it going to be, Doc?

All right.
So where do we start?

Well, Doc?

He's in defensive mode.
Basically, he's hiding.

He'll be where he's least likely
to encounter people.

That would be this warehouse here.

It's been abandoned for months.
The company went bankrupt.

And you won't need these.

He's specifically designed
to be resistant

- to current anti-Replicator technology.
- So what do we hit him with?

Well, without access to base materials,

he has a limited ability
to self-repair...

But if you insist on damaging him,
conventional weapons

ought to do the trick,
although you'll need firepower.

Firepower we can do.
What's he going to do

- when he sees us?
- He'll continue to evade

as long as possible.

He'll counterattack
only as a last resort.

All right, listen up.

Let's try to get this right
the first time.

We're going to operate in teams of two.
Your objective is to find the target.

Once you do that,
you will not engage him.

You will radio in his position.

We'll coordinate, see if we can't
corral him into a corner.

At which point, we will bring
as much force to bear as we can,

and take him out, all right?
Let's do this.

Dr. Poole, you're with me.

I'm good.

How're you doing?

- One hell of a week.
- Yeah.

What is it?

It's him.

Colonel Sheppard, come in.

Go ahead.

We got a visual on the target.

He's hiding out in a building
about a hundred yards due east

of my start position.

- Looks like he's alone.
- Stay put! We'll be there in a minute.

Understood. Bates out.

Hello?

It's okay.

You can come out now.

I'm here to help you.

Good.

Okay,

listen to me.

There are men out there
who are looking for you.

It's all right.
They won't hurt you,

as long as I can convince them
that you're not a threat.

How did you find me?

Your nanites give off an energy
signature. We were able to track it.

That's why you can't run anymore.

You have to do as I say.

You have to self-deactivate.

You've done it before, in the lab,

many times.
I was always right there

to help you get back online.

This isn't any different.

Now, you have to trust me.

Everything is going to be all right.

I'm sorry.

Apollo, this is Sheppard. I need you
to beam up Agent Bates immediately.

Where's Dr. Poole?

Hey!

Over here.

He's dead.

{\pos(192,220)}Dr. Lee, come in.

{\pos(192,220)}Yeah, go ahead.

{\pos(192,220)}We've got a problem.
Poole's dead.

{\pos(192,220)}Are you still tracking the Replicator?

{\pos(192,220)}Yeah.
Just hang on.

{\pos(192,220)}Okay, I've got him. He's on the move,
he's heading south...

{\pos(192,220)}he's right by...

What?

I just lost the signal.

Crap.

It wasn't me.
I mean, he just disappeared.

Well, get him back online.
Ronon and I are going after him.

Sorry, sir.

I know we weren't supposed to engage,
but he came from out of nowhere.

He hit us before we knew
what was happening.

All right, it'll be okay, Sarge,
sit tight.

Take care of him.

All right, so much for evasion.

He's desperate.
He knows we have him trapped.

This is Sheppard.

Change of plans.

Fall back, create a defensive perimeter.

Ronon and I are going
to flush him out. Let's go.

Heading southeast, toward the water.

Copy that.

Hold your fire!

We've checked the whole area
twice. No sign of him.

- Which means he could be anywhere.
- What about the tracking system?

Dr. Lee's working on it, but the sensors
haven't picked up anything yet.

He must have found a way
to mask the signal.

Great, back to square one, then.

Sorry, guys.

I've managed to boost
the sensitivity 200%,

but I still can't pick anything up.

How's it going with
those files from the lab?

Well, I'm running a decryption program,
but it's slow going.

I may have to make a few tweaks.

Focus on that for now.

We don't know there's anything in there
that's gonna help us track him.

I know, but something's not right.

What do you mean?

Well, why'd Poole go in there?
Why'd he risk his life?

Thought he could talk the Replicator in.

Even if that worked, even if we decided
not to destroy that thing,

that doesn't change the fact
that Poole was going away forever.

Maybe he didn't wanna see
his life's work destroyed.

That's what he wanted us to think,
I'm not buying it.

He's been spoon-fed half
this technology. He stole the rest.

No, he wanted to save the Replicator

because he thought
it would do him some good.

I'm thinking he's got a buyer,

somebody who can get him out of this
if he delivers the goods.

I know the type.

Military,

or ex-military, probably a colonel.

Not a general, too high profile.

Regular IOA Channels won't help.

These guys operate in the shadows
with no official authorization.

That way, everyone's ass is covered.

So, where does this leave us?

Well, this is a surprise.

Why's that?

Two John Sheppard
encounters in two days?

I hardly saw you that much
when we were married.

What can I do for you?

I need a favor.

I need as much information
as possible about

a project possibly codename "Archetype."

You want me to use my security clearance
to get you classified information?

I didn't say it was a small favor.

Do you know how hard I've worked
to get to where I am?

If I get caught doing something like
this, I could lose everything.

Well, I know. I wouldn't ask you
if it wasn't important.

All right, what's it about?

I can't tell you.

- That's typical.
- What the hell's that supposed to mean?

I haven't seen you in over four years,

you want me to put my job on the line,
you won't even tell me why?

All right. When you put it that way,
it sounds a little crappy.

Well, I'm glad you noticed.

It's too bad
you didn't a little earlier...

say, like, when we were still together.

When I think back to all those times

that you would just take that call

and leave, no apologies,

no explanations...

For all I knew,
you were halfway around the world

flying secret missions into Somalia--

That's ridiculous.
I've never been to Somalia.

North Korea, then.

There's a big difference.

I put up with your secrets then, John.

I don't have to do it now.

Right.

Hey.

Colonel.

They said I could come,
take some of his personal things.

I'm sorry about what happened.

Me too.

He died thinking I betrayed him.

You don't know that.

That's nice of you to say, but...

this project meant everything to him.

Well, maybe you meant
something to him too.

You never know what people are thinking.

Even those you're closest to?

Especially those.

Colonel?

Look, I know this is not a good time,
but I gotta ask you something.

What is it?

Did anyone else know about this project?

No one came to check on your progress?

Richard and I were the only ones
who had access to the lab.

Was he in contact with anyone?

Maybe from in the military...
phone, emails?

Not that I know of.

All right.

Colonel, how's it coming
with the sensors?

It's not, but Dr. Lee says he's pretty
close to breaking the encryption code.

- I thought that was impossible.
- Guess not.

Well, how's it going?

I was just about to call you.

I managed to open
those files from the lab.

Nice work. Anything interesting?

You could say that.

Stanton research personnel records.

That is Ava Dixon's file.

She was in a car accident last december.
Head-on collision.

She's been dead for almost a year.

{\pos(192,220)}Is he dead?

No... but he's going to
have a hell of a headache.

Sheppard.

"Colonel Sheppard,
I never meant for any of this to happen.

I'm very sorry. Ava."

So, she's a Replicator?

Yeah, it looks that way.

I've got two sets of blueprints...
one male, one female.

What about the sensors?

We've got nothing.
She's masking her energy signature,

- same way the other did.
- Doesn't make sense.

She came to us.
Why didn't she just keep her mouth shut?

Why didn't she kill the guard?

Come on, a Replicator with a conscience?

Well, her programming
is distinct from the other one.

He's a military model,

she's designed for social interaction,

simulation of emotions,
maybe even empathy.

He built her to replace

a dead woman from his past.

Does that mean she can't kill?

I'd say it's less likely,
but not impossible.

We need 'em both.
Anything useful left in those files?

Well, not much so far.

Colonel Sheppard, come in.

This is Sheppard. Go ahead.

You've got an urgent message, Sir,
relayed through Peterson.

Well, you really got
the cloak-and-dagger thing down.

I learned from the best.

It's everything
I could find on Archetype.

It's not much, but... whatever it is,

no one will touch it
with a ten-foot pole.

Yeah, right. I owe you one.

Damn right you do.

You know, it's funny.
When you and I were together,

I couldn't stand it when you wouldn't be
able to tell me where you were going

or what you were doing...

and, now, every once in a while,

I catch Grant looking at me
the same way.

When I was doing my snooping around,
I took the liberty

of asking a few questions
about you, John.

That's really not such a good idea.

Yeah, I got that impression.

I've seen walls go up quickly before,
but never like this,

and whatever you're into,
it's obviously big,

and my guess is, very dangerous.

I just want you to be careful.

Well, you know me.

Yeah.

That's the problem.

Goodbye, John.

Well, she wasn't kidding.
So far, it's a whole lot of nothing.

Lab requisitions,
non-disclosure agreements...

Here's an exciting one...

an internal memo reminding employees

not to use the south parking lot
due to ongoing repaving.

Hold on.

- What is it?
- It's a shipping waybill

with instructions to deliver a

load of preassembled masonry panels
to a warehouse in Reading.

So?

So?

"Preassembled masonry panels"...
that was a code word we used

a few months back to identify
shipments of neutronium.

Neutronium... it's the base element
from which nanites are made.

You guys damaged him, right?

If he wants to fully repair,
he's gonna need this.

He's gonna go for the warehouse?

Assuming he knows where it is.

To be perfectly honest,
we don't have anything else.

- That's a good point.
- All right, I'll set up a stake-out,

and if he shows up, we'll know about it.

This could be our last shot at this guy.

We gotta make sure
he goes down for good.

That's not gonna be easy.

I mean, if this was the movies,
we'd drop him into

a vat of molten steel or...

a volcano.

You know, the fires from whence he came?

What the hell's he talking about?

That's a really good idea.

- Really?
- Really?

Sheppard, this is Apollo. We're all set.

Understood.

Are you sure he's gonna show up?

- The IOA said they spotted him nearby.
- And what if he spotted them?

Bates, see anything?

Negative. All quiet over here.

Be patient. He'll show up.

You should not have interfered.

Now!

What happened?
Where did you send him?

Low Earth orbit.

I know by experience,
re-entry's a bitch.

The IOA isn't just gonna let her go.

If she stayed away,
we never would've found her.

The only reason she's here
is because she chose to help us.

- Yeah, I know.
- She's a machine.

Well, we're all machines,

just different kinds.

What if we took her to another planet?

Somewhere with no people,
where she can't do any harm.

I don't think that's much of a reward.

The IOA would never agree
to let her leave Earth anyway.

She could work at Stargate Command.

She would be a valuable asset.

She'd be a constant security threat.

- We don't know that.
- No, he's right.

There's no escaping the fact
she's a Replicator.

So what, then?

How are you settling
in to your new life?

It's a bit of an adjustment.

One of the stipulations of my release

is that I don't look
for a job in any scientific field.

To be honest, I'm not sure
what I'm gonna do.

I'm sure you'll figure something out.

I wanted to thank you, Colonel.

I know they never would've let me go
if you hadn't put in a word for me.

Well, you saved my life. Putting
a word in is the least I could do.

I have to admit, I'm a little scared.

I mean, I know these emotions
are supposed to be artificial, but

they seem pretty real to me.

Well, what do you got
to be scared about?

Well, I've never really
been alone before.

Richard was the closest thing
I ever had to family.

Anyway,

it was nice for you to check up on me.

I guess we'll never
see each other again.

Well, one thing I've learned
about my business is...

never say never.

Goodbye, Colonel.

So? How was it in there?

Well, it was very nice work.

Very convincing.

I'm just glad we were able
to download her consciousness intact.

Anyway... Now she has a whole

virtual world to explore.

Should keep her pretty busy for a while.

So,

what happened to the rest of her?

They deactivated the bond
between her nanites,

effectively breaking her
into base elements.

They scrapped her.

Yeah? So, we heading back?

Yeah. You go ahead.
I got a few things to take care of.

Come in.