Summary
Teyla and Dr. Hewston discuss Teyla's attraction to another
Atlantis resident, no name is mentioned. Dr. Hewston tells
Teyla that she'll have to make the first move, but Teyla
says
that isn't the way her people operate. It's a day of rest
on Atlantis, recommended by Dr. Heightmeyer since rest
days don't happen on their own. Dr. Hewston suggests that
the two get some lunch. Teyla agrees, and agrees to meet
Dr. Hewston after she retrieves her bantos rods from the
gym. Seconds later, there's an explosion. Teyla survives
the blast but is impaled with a piece of shrapnel. There's
no sign of Dr. Hewston.
(three hours earlier)
Mike Branton manages to talk Dr. Weir into having lunch
with him in an hour, despite her protestations that she
won't
get
into relationships with people that work under her. Weir
later goes to Teyla's quarters and begs off from having
lunch with her. Teyla tells Weir that she's supposed to
give Dr. Hewston lessons in bantos fighting later that
afternoon, so Weir not concern herself with Teyla.
Later still, Weir runs into Dr. Beckett. She's changed
out of her base uniform, which Beckett notices. He invites
her to accompany him and Dr. McKay on a fishing trip to
the mainland. She declines and he figures that she's got
a "hot date."
Weir and Branton have lunch and end up arguing over which
movie is better, Annie Hall or When Harry
Met Sally, with Weir liking the former and Branton
preferring the latter. He notes that any woman that likes
When Harry Met Sally must think that men and women
can't be friends. Weir says perhaps she does. So, asks
Branton, where does that leave him? "At lunch." So,
reasons Branton, if lunch is all he gets, he has somewhere
he'd
like to take Weir during his lunch.
They finish their lunch on a bench overlooking the ocean.
Branton ends up kissing Weir when lunch is over. She kisses
back, but ends up pulling away and telling Branton that
she "can't do this." She tells him that a relationship
would keep her from giving her job her full attention.
Branton tries to convince her otherwise, but she's called
to the control room where she learns that there's been
an explosion near the gym. Three people are dead and many
more injured. Initial indications are that it may have
been a bomb.
(five hours earlier)
Sheppard and Ronon find Teyla. She's previously agreed
to let Sheppard teach her golf with Ronon. She tells Sheppard
that she's made plans to meet Weir for lunch instead. And
the time between then and lunch? Time to do paperwork.
Sheppard lets her off the hook, but not Ronon, who also
remembers some paperwork he needs to do.
Sheppard and Ronon go to the makeshift driving range.
Ronon thinks it's a silly game if all it entails is hitting
a little ball into the water. Sheppard explains the game,
but since they don't have a course, Ronon is essentially
right. Sheppard starts to tell Ronon how difficult it is
to develop a swing as good as his. Ronon picks up a club
and smacks the ball, one-handed, far out into the ocean.
Nothing to it.
Beckett shows up at the driving range. Dr. Watson, who
was also using the driving range, starts to tell him about
a pain he's having, but Beckett cuts him off. It's the
good doctor's day off, and Dr. Cole is on duty. Watson
heads off to the infirmary. Beckett invites both Ronon
and Sheppard on his fishing trip with McKay, but they're
perfectly happy on the driving range. After Beckett leaves,
Ronon hits another ball into the ocean one-handed and tells
Sheppard
that
it's time for a real sport. Sheppard tries the one-handed
shot and doesn't fare nearly as well. He hurries off after
Ronon.
In the gym, Ronon shows Sheppard a game where the object
is to take your opponent's flag. Each competitor is armed
with a rod and tucks his flag into the back of his pants.
In round one, Ronon quickly relieves Sheppard of his flag.
For round two, the game gets more difficult, you have to
play one-handed. Again, Ronon quickly wins, and Sheppard
takes a knee to the gut in the process. Round three is
on one leg, and still using only one hand. This time, Sheppard
takes an elbow to the chin. Still he keeps his flag, since
he lands on it. He gets up and tells Ronon he has another
idea.
Sheppard and Ronon are in Sheppard's quarters. Ronon smashes
a beer can against his forehead. This is what Sheppard
considers a day off, drinking beer, eating snacks and relaxing.
He thinks Ronon's game is too much like his regular job.
He and Ronon chat a bit. Ronon has been there a year and
a half. Sheppard asks if he's dating anyone, but Ronon
says he's not ready yet. Ronon asks about Sheppard. Sheppard's
been married before and says he's not very good at it.
Besides, he says, there's no one on the station that really
interests him. Ronon tells Sheppard that he always thought
Sheppard and Teyla would get together. Sheppard seems to
consider that for a moment, then they hear an explosion.
Sheppard and Ronon arrive at the blast site. Beckett is
already there treating the wounded. We see Teyla being
hauled off to the infirmary on a stretcher. Dr. Zelenka
is examining the blast site. He tells Sheppard and Ronon
that witnesses report that Dr. Hewston simply exploded.
There's no explosive residue, though, that would indicate
that she was holding a bomb. McKay claims he's got a lead,
but he's in his lab investigating it.
(fourteen hours earlier)
McKay (in his bathrobe) is in the infirmary chewing out
Drs. Hewston and Watson. They were sent to catalogue one
of the Ancient labs. They turned on one of the devices
without knowing what it did. When they found that the device
was emitting radiation, they turned it off. McKay reads
them the riot act about how the devices on Atlantis could
end up killing thousands of people, despite the fact that
he often does exactly the same thing. Beckett gives the
two researchers a tentative clean bill of health. McKay
gives them both the following day off, and they remind
him that they have the day off anyway due to the mandatory
day of rest. McKay had forgotten that the day of rest was
upon them. Beckett reminds him about their fishing trip.
McKay is less than thrilled.
The next day, McKay visits Katie Brown in her lab.
He's looking for an excuse to get out of fishing with Beckett,
and asks her to lunch. She can't leave the lab because
she's baby sitting some ferns that they believe may hold
the
key to curing Leukemia. He offers to bring her lunch and
stay with her during her baby sitting. She agrees and he
heads off to get lunch.
In the cafeteria, Beckett sees McKay getting lunch for
two and assumes that McKay is packing for their trip. McKay
lies that Brown laid a guilt trip on him about not
spending enough time with her. Beckett lets McKay off the
hook when McKay promises to go fishing with him next week.
As McKay finishes his gathering, he notices Weir having
lunch with Branton.
Back in Brown's lab, Brown and McKay discuss their relationship
since the incident when Laura Cadmon shared, and took over,
McKay's body and "forced" him to kiss her. Both agree that
things were a bit awkward after that. Brown appreciates
that McKay has recently been making an effort to spend
more time with her. McKay says that seeing his sister so
happy with her family has made him realize that he'd like
to get married some day. McKay tells Brown how much he
likes her. She says the same about him, which he finds
"baffling." The two come close to kissing when the sound
of the explosion interrupts them.
Later, in McKay's lab, McKay tells Sheppard, Ronon and
Zelenka about the machine that Hewston and Watson briefly
turned on. Since it was Hewston that exploded, McKay began
checking into the machine. It was a weapon the Ancients
were developing to fight the Wraith. It was designed to
create explosive tumors in the affected Wraith's body.
The project was abandoned when the Ancients found that
it affected everyone around it, humans
and Wraith alike. Watson was exposed, too, so they need
to find him before he explodes, which could happen at any
moment. And where is Dr. Watson? In the infirmary, where
Dr. Beckett is preparing to treat Watson's leg for an injury
sustained in the explosion.
(two hours earlier)
McKay tells Beckett that he's spending the day with Katie
Brown. Beckett finds Zelenka and invites him to go fishing,
but he's busy cleaning up in a chess tournament. Beckett
then finds Lorne, but he's busy painting. Next up is Dr.
Biro, but she talks so much when she sees him coming that
he decides not to invite her. With his fishing trip effectively
a bust, Beckett goes to the infirmary to catch up on
paperwork. Dr. Cole is the doctor on call, but she's got
a migraine, and Beckett relieves her.
Beckett is finishing up wrapping a sprained ankle when
the explosion occurs. He gets a team together and rushes
off to help. He ends up accompanying Teyla back to the
infirmary and removes the shrapnel from her. Next up is
Dr. Watson.
McKay radios Beckett with the information that Watson has
an explosive tumor. He tells Beckett to clear out everyone,
and that Sheppard is on the way with an ordnance disposal
team.
Beckett orders everyone else to leave
the area, as he's called for a "Protocol Seven" for the
entire level. One nurse refuses to leave, noting that
he can't do the surgery by himself. Once everyone else
is
out, Carson locks down the infirmary. He's planning on
removing the tumor. McKay and Sheppard both try to convince
Beckett to get clear instead of trying to save Watson,
but he won't hear of it.
Beckett manages to remove the tumor. He places it in an
organ transport cooler and open access to the infirmary
level. An ordnance removal team rolls an explosion-proof
container toward the O.R. Beckett decides not to wait for
them. He asks the nurse to close up Watson, and brings
the cooler to the disposal team. He hands off the container
and starts to walk away, then the tumor explodes. Beckett
is caught in the fireball from the blast.
Two days later, McKay packs Beckett's belongings to be
sent back to Earth. Ronon comes in while he packs and offers
to help.
McKay declines. McKay tells Ronon that he'll be delivering
the news to Beckett's mother. He starts to talk about the
things he could have done differently that
might
have
prevented
Beckett's
death, like going fishing, or investigating the Ancient
device earlier or not sending junior team members to catalogue
the lab. Ronon tells him not to think that way, that what's
done is done.
In the infirmary, Teyla convinces Sheppard to help her
get to the memorial service. Dr. Watson lies in another
bed, recovering. She asks Sheppard how he's doing. It hasn't
hit him yet, but he's not looking forward to it when it
does. Teyla "feels a great sadness."
At the memorial service, Weir officiates. As a bagpipe
plays, Sheppard, McKay, Ronon, Lorne, Zelenka and
Cole take Beckett's
casket
through the Stargate for it's return to Earth.
Later, McKay stands at the edge of Atlantis' landing port
and looks out into the ocean. Beckett, or at least McKay's
memory of him, walks up and asks how things went on Earth.
McKay tells him that his family was wonderful, and the
church was packed. He tells Beckett that things won't be
the same without him, and Beckett agrees. McKay notes that
it's a big universe, and maybe they'll bump into each other
again some day. Beckett agrees.
McKay tells Beckett that he was the closest thing McKay
had to a best friend, and that he's sorry. Beckett tells
McKay that it wasn't his fault, something a best friend
would say, but also the truth. McKay says his goodbyes
and Beckett fades away.
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