The Changeling (Stargate SG-1)

“The Changeling”
Stargate SG-1 episode
Episode no.	Season 6 Episode 19
Written by	Christopher Judge and Brad Wright
Directed by	Martin Wood
Guest stars	Tony Amendola as Bra'tac Carmen Argenziano as Jacob Carter/Selmak Michael Shanks as Daniel Jackson Musetta Vander as Shauna Peter Williams as Apophis
Production no.	619
Original airdate	February 28, 2003
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"The Changeling" is an episode from Season 6 of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.

Plot

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In a hospital, a doctor visits a patient. The patient is Teal'c and the doctor is Apophis. Teal'c (who has no tattoo) wakes up and is asked how he is by Jonas Quinn, whom he calls probie (which we later find out is short for probationary fireman). They talk in colloquial English about Teal'c's stepfather and suddenly Teal'c again wakes up after a Kel'no'reem. He visits the canteen, and is talking to Major Carter when the scene changes to the interior of a fire station. He is talking with the other members of SG-1, who are all members of a fire brigade, about a kidney transplant for Teal'c's stepfather, Bra'tac (whom people call "Brae" in the fireman reality). The alarm rings and the fire brigade responds to a car crash. There they prepare to help the wounded in the car while Teal'c helps another victim outside the car (who again looks like Apophis). One car catches fire and Teal'c sees Bra'tac alive inside the car as the previously established dead driver. He tries to free him when both cars explode. In the canteen at Stargate Command Teal'c faints and is taken to the infirmary. Dr. Fraiser doesn't know what is happening. Teal'c tries to sleep but wakes up in a hospital bed. He talks with O'Neill, who is again the chief of the fire brigade, about what has happened. Outside he meets Brae (Bra'tac) and Teal'c's wife. Brae says that something is wrong because he has no burns from the accident. Teal'c is at SGC again. O'Neill and Fraiser talk to Teal'c about his situation and he tells them about his dreams. Teal'c is in the hospital again, where he is visited by Dr. Daniel Jackson, the hospital psychologist. They leave the hospital to talk about Brae and the transplant but Teal'c insists he isn't afraid of the operation. Daniel leaves and Teal'c finds himself back at SGC shortly before he and SG-1 leave on a mission through the Stargate. They go through the gate but Teal'c finds himself in a hospital, where he is confronted by Apophis. A nurse calls out to him and he runs away, only to find himself in the gate room again. He calls out that his symbiote is missing and passes out. Teal'c wakes up on another planet full of dead Jaffa, where he and Bra'tac are lying half dead. Teal'c takes Bra'tac's symbiote and implants it in himself. Teal'c wakes up at home with his wife Shauna and they talk about the transplantation of the kidney and Teal'c's situation. His wife convinces him that all is OK. Teal'c tries to tell her that what "where he is is a dream" and that "it can't be real". On the next day Teal'c visits Brae who tells him that his body is rejecting the kidney. Teal'c is shocked and outside the hospital he meets Daniel again. They talk about the operation and especially Teal'c's dreams. Daniel tries to find connections between the two dreams but Teal'c can't say what is real. Daniel says that perhaps both worlds aren't real. The scene shifts again to the gate room, where a badly wounded Teal'c is lying on the ramp and then brought in the infirmary. SG-1 then tells General Hammond that a meeting of the rebel Jaffa was an ambush and that Teal'c survived for three days by sharing his symbiote with Bra'tac. Dr. Fraiser reveals that because they were sharing the symbiote, it is not strong enough to heal either. Some time later Jacob Carter arrives and brings a modified version of Tretonin which has been engineered for Jaffa physiology. They then decide to use it because the symbiote is dying. When Teal'c wakes up later, Daniel appears at his side and they talk about what has happened. Teal'c thanks him but Daniel says it's all because of his strength.

Production

• This episode was written by Christopher Judge, who plays Teal'c.
• The parts of the episode where Teal'c is a human take place in Coquitlam, which is a city in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. (Vancouver, the city where Stargate SG-1 is filmed, is also part of this district.)
• This episode is one of only three episodes to feature Teal'c without his golden Apophis tattoo.

Reception

Notes

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• When Teal'c is a human, his false life is that of a fireman, with his SG-1 teammates fellow firefighters. They each have the same names as in reality; i.e., Jack O'Neill is still Jack O'Neill, even if he's not a Colonel. Bra'tac, who takes the role of Teal'c's stepfather, is referred to as 'Brae.' However, Teal'c's alternate name is never made clear. His squadmates alternately refer to him as 'T' or 'T-man', but do not refer to him by a full name. Daniel refers to him as "Teal'c", but this is the real Daniel Jackson, who understands the reality of the situation.

External links

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The Changeling (Stargate SG-1)

• Official Stargate SG-1 site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires Flash.
• Screenplay (PDF). Distributed by MGM. Prepared by Line 21 Media Services Ltd (2002-11-14). Retrieved on 2006-10-18. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site.
• Review from GateWorld. Reviewed by Alli Snow. Visited May 7, 2006.