 Teal c is trapped in the stargate s memory after the the stargate on the other side is destroyed. The Pentagon gives Carter and physicist Dr. Rodney McKay 48 hours to try and find a way to get Teal c out. Meanwhile, Daniel and Major Davis are sent to Russia to negotiate for use of the D.H.D. and Stargate the Russians have to keep the SGC operational. O Neill, with the help of rogue NID agent Harry Mayborne, investigates NID boss Colonel Frank Simmons whose captured Goa uld, using Adrian Conrad as a host, may hold the key to saving Teal c.