 On General Jack O Neil s personal recommendation, his -unwilling- former SG-1 mates are ordered to advise Hollywood production executive Martin  Marty  Lloyd on a  slightly ridiculous  version of the Stargate operations. The brainstorming proves rather unsatisfactory for both sides, despite repeated recourse to personal -often self-flattering- imagination and various real experiences, so the team members are relieved when General Landry calls them, as promised, for a mission, but just then the Gate breaks down temporarily. Marty also gets discomforting phone calls, and even more preposterous alternatives are considered,  til an apparent "deus ex machina" appears...