STACEY: Looks peaceful enough.
GUS: Yeah, not a Tlak'kahn in sight.
Wait a minute.
I wouldn't wanna arm wrestle him, but he looks humanoid.
Humanoid and a half.
If you had four arms, you could do twice as much work.
Then you'd be doing half as much as the rest of us.
I like to save my strength for emergencies.
There's someone else down there...
...and I don't like the looks of what they're up to.
It's an ambush.
So much for peace and quiet.
Let's go.
[GASPS]
[YELLS]
[GRUNTS]
[GASPS]
[GRUNTS]
Not bad for a guy with only two hands.
Huh?
Oh, man, I got shielding for everything but this.
Huh?
[HARRISON YELLING]
[GASPS]
[COUGHS]
[GASPS]
Let them go.
They're heading for the hills.
[PANTING]
[YELLING]
[GRUNTS]
[SPEAKING IN ALIEN LANGUAGE]
[YELLS]
[GASPS]
Hold it. They're no threat.
[GROWLING]
[SPEAKING IN ALIEN LANGUAGE]
[GRUNTING]
[SPEAKING IN ALIEN LANGUAGE]
[VEHICLES REVVING]
Put the boomerangs away.
Hey, Gus. Didn't I tell you that if you stick your nose in...
...where it doesn't belong it's liable to get bitten off?
Shep? What in all the stargate universe are you doing here?
Just doing what I can with what I got.
When you turned up missing, nobody at Command thought--
I retired. Hmph.
I just didn't tell anyone about it.
Are your people okay?
Ha, ha. You trying to win another swimming medal, hotshot?
Ha. You know me. If there's a pond, a river, or a mud hole, I fly into it.
Guys, this is an old friend, Harley Shepherd.
Harley was a team leader on my first missions.
Ha, ha. Taught him what little he knows.
GUS: Actually, he taught me to think for myself.
Yeah. Then he started disagreeing with me all the time.
So I had to transfer him to another team.
Ha-ha-ha. And he did.
And who is this?
That's a long story, Shep.
Shepherd. Troop is on rebels' trail.
- Is it T'maz? - No, Shepherd, is another.
Rebels? What are they rebelling against?
SHEPHERD: What have you got?
They're really just bandits.
They'd rather hide in the woods and steal food than work for a living.
- Hmm. - Well, as long as you're here...
...suppose you come back to my place?
You're probably hungry.
[LAUGHS] He always used to be.
I could eat one of those six-legged, water-buffalo things.
SHEPHERD: Well, then let's go get some grub.
[LAUGHS] As long as you're not cooking.
You really think that alien, Draga, she's one of the Ancients?
What makes you think that, sir?
Well, she's sure not from around here...
...or any other world I've been to.
We don't know if she's an Ancient.
But it's what the Tlak'kahn think. That's why Da'kyll is after us.
ALL: Shepherd. Shepherd. Shepherd.
I can't believe he lets them do this.
Shepherd's ego is so big, he probably doesn't even notice.
I was talking about Uncle Gus.
Why are they groveling like that? It's humiliating.
Some kind of local custom.
Gotta respect those. Right, Gus?
Ha. That's what all the manuals say.
If I may ask, sir, what is your status on this world?
Since I came here, son, I've really made a difference.
- These people were starving. - Shepherd.
SHEPHERD: Each village feuding against the next.
I introduced plows, and crop rotation, medicine.
I adapted our alphabet and taught them to read.
I wrote laws for them, brought them order.
It's only natural the Mostari are grateful.
- How grateful are they? - Well, they're building me a house.
[SPEAKING IN ALIEN LANGUAGE]
[GASPS]
[GRUNTING]
[GASPS]
Go. Fast.
[GRUNTING]
I'll get them.
[GASPS]
STACEY [ON RADIO]: Harrison, let the rebels go.
Huh? What are you talking about?
They tried to squash the major.
It wasn't my uncle they were after.
I know what they're rebelling against.
Maybe the stones fell by accident...
...then the workers got scared and ran off.
Maybe it was more rebels.
Maybe they're tired of bowing down to you.
Everybody needs heroes.
Gus, Stargate Command should've put up statues of both of us...
...after some of the things we did on missions.
I never looked good in marble.
Besides, it wasn't in the budget.
What is a hero?
A hero is a special person.
Somebody you admire and want to be like.
Sometimes you can admire them too much.
Do you know anything about this rebel, T'maz?
[GASPS]
It's all right.
No harm done.
Guess Harley Shepherd's not the only hero around here.
Yeah, but he's the only one you can talk about.
So the team's rookie, this little guy named Swallow...
...stepped on some kind of alien whatsit and it stung his foot.
Right through his boot.
Ha. So when we get the boot off...
...the kid's foot swelled up to the size of a pumpkin.
This guy is about to faint, and Shep just tells him:
"You got ugly feet anyway."
[LAUGHING]
Hey, it's funny.
So how'd you end up here, colonel?
I needed a place to live.
And this place needed a shepherd to keep the sheep in line.
GUS: Harley's done a lot for the Mostari.
For them or to them?
Some of your rookies need to learn to control their mouths.
Stacey's my niece, Shep.
Ha, ha. Well, that would explain it, then.
Traitor T'maz is caught. How should we punish him?
You must excuse me.
I have a situation to deal with.
Hmm.
The Mostari prisoner is afraid for his life.
I can feel his fear.
STACEY: Can't you see why the Mostari are rebelling?
Shepherd has set himself up as an absolute ruler.
You heard what Shep said. He found this planet in chaos...
...and now he's given them a chance to progress, build their lives.
The first thing they warn us about in Stargate classes...
...is using our superior technology...
...to take advantage of less-advanced societies.
Oh, come on, Stacey. Shep is no evil king.
He may bend the rules a little, but he's always had a good reason.
Look what he's done for these people.
You can't see it, can you?
How he's taken advantage of them, set himself up as their absolute ruler.
Because Shepherd is your friend.
You always looked up to him, like a hero.
I understand.
You were the reason I went to the Air Force Academy...
...and applied for Stargate Command.
Because when I was growing up...
...my father used to tell me stories about you.
He'd point up at the stars and say:
"Your Uncle Gus is out there somewhere."
You're saying I'm your hero? [LAUGHS]
My father also told me that you were a pain in the neck...
...who wouldn't listen to anybody.
I ignored that part because I wanted to believe in you.
I hurt his feelings because he thought I preferred you to him...
...even if it meant ignoring some of your faults.
Hey, I don't agree with everything Shep does.
We can't let him treat this planet like he owns it.
We have to stop him.
Shep wouldn't do anything wrong. Not really wrong.
Why don't you ask your friend what he's gonna do with T'maz?
What's the punishment for rebelling against the great Shepherd?
I haven't decided what to do with him yet.
I'll do whatever's necessary to keep order.
That's what I always used to tell the rookies in my teams.
Be ready to do whatever's necessary. Remember, Gus?
I remember.
Well, what about it, Gus?
You gonna let that rookie tell you what to do?
You know me better than that.
Yeah, I know you.
Do what's necessary.
Guard the Earth vehicles.
You capture the Ancient.
And I shall eliminate Gus Bonner and the other humans.
Wait a minute, that wasn't our deal!
You said if I gave you the Ancient, you'd let the others go.
You lied to them.
I lied to you.
Oh, Mom, do I have to go to school today?
[GRUNTS]
- Unh! What's up? - I wanna talk to those prisoners...
...the rebels, to find out what Harley is really doing here.
I thought you believed what Colonel Shepherd said.
Yeah, but maybe I wasn't listening too well.
Come on.
The deal's off, Da'kyll. I can't let you harm Gus and the rookies.
We're Tlak'kahn, human.
We only let you live on this world because from time to time...
...you are useful to us.
And useful means you do what you are told.
Don't ever forget that if you want to continue protecting...
...your precious compost heap of a planet.
Aah! Gee, I wish you wouldn't do that.
Sorry. We were on our way to look for you.
We've been talking with T'maz.
It sounds like Colonel Shepherd isn't such a bad ruler...
...unless you happen to disagree with him.
Stop! The humans aren't here.
Find them!
Those are Tlak'kahn lasers. Come on.
The Ancient is gone. Someone has released it.
Aah!
You did this. You warned him.
No, I didn't.
I think you have outlived your usefulness.
The humans will try to reach their vehicles.
[GROWLS]
If Gus Bonner escapes, you shall not.
This isn't how it was supposed to happen.
Get to the vehicles.
Don't let them get away!
Go. Move it.
[GASPS]
[GRUNTS]
Seattle.
[GROWLING]
- Ahh, what happened? - I'm sorry, Harrison.
I wouldn't let myself see what Harley was doing until it was too late.
And now we're trapped.
[GRUNTS]
The human has betrayed us. Get him!
[GRUNTING]
Aah!
SHEPHERD: Zucca.
- Yes, Shepherd. - Get the Mostari into the forest.
They must hide until the Tlak'kahn leave.
[SPEAKING IN ALIEN LANGUAGE]
Aren't you sticking your nose in where it doesn't belong?
Heh. I've got an ugly nose anyway.
Can you move, son?
You just watch me, sir.
[LAUGHS]
Welcome back to our side.
Yeah, thanks, Gus.
GUS: Open the gate, Ec'co. - Yes, sir.
Let's make tracks.
Right behind you.
Pahk'kal, where are you?
[GRUNTS]
Get me out of this. Now!
I should've known better than to trust a human.
HARRISON: Guess the Tlak'kahns are sore losers.
Looks like Da'kyll is burning your house down.
Yeah, it would've been hard to heat in the winter anyway.
Ahh.
It's all my fault, Gus. I'm sorry I let you down.
Guess you taught me one more thing, even at my age:
A hero's just a human being.
Even they can make mistakes.
The trick is to recognize their good points...
...and avoid their bad ones.
I admired you so much, I wouldn't let myself see...
...how you'd gone wrong on this planet.
It took a bunch of trainees to open my eyes.
Our people are safe.
What does Shepherd want us to do?
That's for your people to decide now.
What do you think you should do?
I have to go.
There are things that I must do to make up for things that I have done.
This is my last order:
Think for yourselves from now on.
Make your own decisions.
And when the Tlak'kahn are gone, the Mostari can build their own world.
We will do what is necessary.
All of us, together.
Mr. Ec'co.
If you will activate the gate to the coordinates I gave you.
- Traveling light. - Ah, it'll be a nice change.
Maybe I carried too much baggage when I came here.
Come with us, Shep.
No. You don't need me now any more than the Mostari do.
You've all learned a lot...
...both good and bad.
Now, forget the bad...
...and start doing what's best for all of you.
You and the Mostari are your own people.
But where are you gonna to go?
Somewhere where nobody will mistake me for a hero.
It must be hard to lose a hero.
And even harder to admit...
...that a friend isn't everything you thought he was.
There is good and bad in everybody.
Another thing I learned from Harley Shepherd.
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