Summary
Picking up after last week, Weir gets a message at Stargate
Command from Atlantis saying a Wraith Hive Ship is en route
with no contact from Daedalus. When the Hive Ship jumps
out near Atlantis, Sheppard and crew (with Michael) radio
in they're all right. Beckett gets taken on board and is
informed that his retrovirus worked, and as a result there
are nearly 200 human Wraith in stasis aboard the hive ship.
Back at Stargate Command, Mr. Woolsey talks to Dr. Weir
and informs her the IOA has no official position on the
actions of Dr. Weir and believe she remain the commander
of the Atlantis Expedition. However, there will be an investigation
by Woolsey.
Michael is safely back in his old room on Atlantis and
under guard. Despite all he's done and fact that the Wraith
don't want anything to do with him, he remains a prisoner
and not allowed to leave. On the hive ship, McKay is working
on a manual override in order to pilot the ship. Since
it's discovered that all Wraith equipment must be operated
by Wraith like all the Ancient technology, they decide
to bring Teyla aboard to see if she can run things. During
this, Ronon breaks into Michael's room and stuns him so
Beckett can inject him again with the Wraith retrovirus.
On a planet nearby Atlantis, all of the Wraith have been
pulled out of the stasis tubes deposited in a camp. They
have no memory of who they are or what happened to them,
but the story they're given is they have some kind of disease
and require treatment (of course all of Shepherd's people
have an immunity towards it). Beckett decides to stay with
the new colony in order to perfect the retrovirus and because
of his sense of responsibility. Lathan, one of the human
Wraith, confronts the other human wraith that he doesn't
believe Sheppard is telling the truth about why they are
there. Michael, back in human form with no memory, disagrees
and encourages him to continue the treatments.
Later on, Lathan disappears and misses an injection, and
Michael's group believes he's hiding and asks to join the
search party to locate him. Predictably, Michael's group
find Lathan before Sheppard's men do. Lathan confides in
Michael that everything Sheppard mentioned was a lie and
his memory is starting to return. Unfortunately that's
not what Michael's group wanted hear and Lathan is found
later with a broken neck. While examining Lathan's body,
Beckett discovers something wrong and heads back to where
Lathan's body was found.
On Atlantis, Weir, Ronon, Teyla, McKay, and Sheppard finally
meet up again for the first time this season. As is discovered,
Teyla is able to partially control the ship, but McKay
is currently stumped on how to get the manual override
to work. At this meeting, everyone is introduced to Mr.
Woolsey and that he'll be conducting an investigation.
At the camp, Beckett discovers that there is not enough
blood at the site and that Lathan was killed elsewhere
and planted there. After conveying this to the security
detail, Beckett starts to make his way back. On Atlantis,
Woolsey’s interviewing Sheppard about certain decisions
that Dr. Weir made regarding the Wraith accessing Atlantis.
The interview sends an enraged Sheppard to Weir's office
where she calms him down and convinces him not to kill
Woolsey.
On the planet, Beckett finds one of the human wraith wandering
out by himself. He finds a group circled around a campfire
when he's captured by Michael, who’s reverting to
his wraith form and regaining his memory. On Atlantis,
McKay discovers there is another Hive Ship en route to
the Wraith camp. At its current speed, the Daedalus won't
reach the camp in time before the wraith are rescued and
spill the secret about Atlantis. They deduce that the wraith
are reverting back to form and telepathically contacted
the hive coming for them. Sheppard is sent with the new
hive ship to intercept the Wraith before they can rescue
the people on the planet.
Michael interrogates Beckett with to discover what failsafe
Sheppard left in case the wraith overpowered the security
force. Teyla is able to navigate the hive ship to planet
and sets off with Sheppard and Ronon in a Puddle Jumper
to rescue the security force. When they arrive, they discover
only Beckett is still alive and the security detachment
has been fed upon. They rescue Beckett and head back to
their hive ship and activate the fail-safe (a nuclear bomb)
and discover that Michael disarmed it. With no other options,
Sheppard orders McKay to open fire on the camp. After several
volleys, the enemy hive ship arrives and opens fire on
Sheppard's team.
Several hours later, Caldwell arrives with the Daedalus
only to no life signs on the planet and wreckage from a
Wraith hive ship in orbit. It appears Sheppard and his
team managed to get aboard the Puddle Jumper and cloaked
the ship before the Wraith left. On Atlantis, Weir explains
to Woolsey that the Wraith were most likely killed in the
bombardment, but they can't be certain. Woolsey spins his
report to reflect that this was Weir's decision in order
to help her regain favor in the eyes of the IOA. Woolsey
also confides in her that he believes she's the best person
to lead the Atlantis mission, for the moment...
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