Quotes of the Week S2E8 Conversion
This is NOT a transcript because I did edit out scenes that didn't have either John or Teyla.
I did take it from gateworld.net
EPISODE NUMBER - 208
STORY BY - Robert C. Cooper & Martin Gero
TELEPLAY BY - Martin Gero
DIRECTED BY - Brad Turner
Colonel Sheppard begins to undergo a disturbing physical transformation after being exposed to Beckett's anti-Wraith drug.
Transcript by justalurkr and Callie Sullivan.
SHEPPARD: This really isn't necessary, Doc.
BECKETT: Yes, it is. You've got a serious laceration on your arm and you've lost a good deal of blood.
McKAY: Yeah, enjoy the ride, Colonel. They're makin' me walk.
BECKETT: You have a splinter, Rodney!
McKAY: Yes, a very nasty, painful splinter.
BECKETT: Alright, let's have a look at this.
BECKETT: This might hurt a wee bit.
McKAY: [as a nurse extracts his splinter] OW!
SHEPPARD: [watching them] I'm sure it will.
[We see Beckett swabbing the wound.]
BECKETT: This doesn't sting?
SHEPPARD: No.
BECKETT: I know y'have a high threshold for pain, but this ...
SHEPPARD: This is what?
BECKETT: ... gone.
SHEPPARD: What?
BECKETT. The feeding mark. It's completely healed.
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SHEPPARD: Maybe the wound wasn't that bad.
BECKETT: Then where'd all the blood come from?
SHEPPARD: I don't know, maybe it just looked a lot worse than it was.
BECKETT: I don't see evidence of any cut at all.
SHEPPARD: That's weird, because it hurt like hell.
BECKETT: You're sure the skin was broken?
SHEPPARD: I'm pretty sure. There was a lot of blood! Maybe it was hers?
BECKETT: It was definitely human.
SHEPPARD: I don't know. Maybe it was a nosebleed.
BECKETT: Is that supposed to be a joke, Colonel?
SHEPPARD: Believe me, this isn't funny.
BECKETT: Give me half a day to run your bloodwork and analyze it with the data we already have. We'll figure it out.
SHEPPARD: And until then?
BECKETT: [grins] You're welcome to look over my shoulder.
SHEPPARD: [smirks] That's tempting, but ...
BECKETT: Just go about your day.
XXXX
SHEPPARD: I thought you said you were a Runner!
DEX: [breathing heavily as he glares over his shoulder] That's funny.
SHEPPARD: I can usually barely keep up. What's with you?
DEX: What's with you?
SHEPPARD: Water?
SHEPPARD: All right, sore loser. I don't act like a jerk when you beat me!
DEX: Yes you do.
SHEPPARD: OK, then we'll go around again.
DEX: You go ahead.
SHEPPARD: OK, grumpy. I will.
XXX
SHEPPARD: Not bad, huh?
TEYLA: Yes, yes. You're doing very well.
TEYLA: You have been practicing.
SHEPPARD: [tossing one stick aside] Not really.
TEYLA: [carefully] You are showing ... a considerable leap in ability, Colonel Sheppard.
SHEPPARD: [intently, not releasing her] You can call me John when we're off the clock.
TEYLA: [with an arched eyebrow] Very well ... John.
SHEPPARD: [still intent, hint of a grin] There y'go.
TEYLA: Should we continue, or do you ...
SHEPPARD: [normal voice] I'm not really sure just what happened.
TEYLA: [hand at her throat where his stick was] Colonel ...
SHEPPARD: [interrupting] That was interesting!
BECKETT: [over the radio] Colonel Sheppard, please report to the infirmary!
SHEPPARD: You OK?
TEYLA: Doctor Beckett will be expecting you.
SHEPPARD: Yeah.
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BECKETT: The good news is, we can now say with some certainty that Ellia didn't drain away any of your life.
SHEPPARD: We already knew that.
BECKETT: I suppose.
SHEPPARD: That's the best good news you could come up with?
BECKETT: It looks like you've been infected with the iratus bug retrovirus. The one we were working on to turn Ellia into a human.
SHEPPARD: You mean the one thatdidn't turn her into a human.
BECKETT: Ellia administered the treatment prematurely. It wasn't ready, it wasn't even supposed to be ...
SHEPPARD: [interrupting] I'm not blaming you, Doc.
BECKETT: But you're right. The transformation was into a creature closer to the iratus bug than to a human, and I know how much you ...
SHEPPARD: [grimacing] ... hate those bugs?
BECKETT: [with a sigh] Yes.
WEIR: But, for one ... Ellia was a Wraith.And she took a massive dose of the retrovirus. I mean, do we know how the Colonel's system might respond to the drug?
BECKETT: I have no idea. It was never engineered to be given to a human. It was never intended ...
SHEPPARD: [rising tone] Doc ...
BECKETT: ... to be given to anyone!
SHEPPARD: [half-whisper] Let it go.
BECKETT: The problem is, I have no idea how your body will react! I can't even begin to guess.
SHEPPARD: Well, if how I feel is any indication? I'm fine.
BECKETT: [trying not to sound straw-grasping] It's certainly possible that it's already breakin' down in your system. Ellia's transformationwas extreme, and immediate.
SHEPPARD: [to Weir, who was looking wigged] See?
BECKETT: [worried] But the wound on your arm healed unnaturally fast!
SHEPPARD: If therewas a wound.
BECKETT: There had to be! Otherwise, I don't see how you got infected in the first place!
SHEPPARD: She was spitting an awful lot!
[Beckett looks both mutinous and worried.]
WEIR: So what, we just monitor it for now?
BECKETT: Aye. [to Sheppard] You'll need to check in every six hours.
SHEPPARD: [nods reluctantly] I can do that.
WEIR: And you should probably ...
SHEPPARD: ... suspend my off-world activities until we know more?
WEIR: [with a gracious nod] Thank you.
[Sheppard hops off the exam table, the picture of good health.]
SHEPPARD: [to Beckett] See ya in six hours!
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SHEPPARD: Hey, Doc? This is Sheppard.
BECKETT: [over radio] Yes, Colonel?
SHEPPARD: We may have to bump up our first check-in.
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SHEPPARD: How'm I doin'?
SHEPPARD: Anything that has you speechless has me concerned.
WEIR: [with a not-quite-smile] You're gonna be fine.
SHEPPARD: Wow. That's dead man talk.
WEIR: No, it isn't.
SHEPPARD: Have youseen this?
WEIR: Beckett is gonna figure this one out.
SHEPPARD: I think I already have. You know who I'm starting to feel like? [pause for emphasis]Ford.
WEIR: [too quickly] Now, what happened to you iscompletely different.
SHEPPARD: I know, I know. Still, I can feel it. I mean, I can feel it changing me inside ... like he did.
WEIR: I don't think that's even possible. Look, you're very worried ...
SHEPPARD: No, no. No, it's ... .uh ... [he pauses to find a comparison] One of the best weeks of my life was when I got my wisdom teeth out. I was on codeine for a full seven days. This is kinda the same. I know I should be inpain, or at the very least freaked out by this, but hey! I'm not ... and that freaks me out more than anything.
WEIR: [shifting on her feet] We're gonna beat this.
SHEPPARD: ‘We're gonna beat this'? ‘Beckett'll figure thisout'? ‘You're gonna befine'? You really suck at the whole bedside manner thing.
WEIR: [looking away in embarrassment] I know, I'm sorry.
SHEPPARD: But I appreciate the effort.
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SHEPPARD: Look! [points to the Marine with a fake grin] I made a new friend!
WEIR: It's only protocol.
SHEPPARD: That's your answer for everything.
WEIR: You look well.
WEIR: Should you be out of bed?
SHEPPARD: I was goin' a little crazy down there, so they said I could walk around for a bit.
WEIR: [softly] That's good.
SHEPPARD: Look, what I'm trying to say is that I want to go on this mission.
WEIR: [approaches him from around her desk] Hey, you said it yourself. You are not fit for any offworld activity.
SHEPPARD: [ducks his head, then looks up] The inhibitor that Beckett's got me on, the one that's keeping me lucid? They keep having to up the dose.
WEIR: I know. They told me.
SHEPPARD: [clenching his teeth] I don't know how muchtime I have, but the last thing I wanna do is sit on my ... [raising right hand from his pocket, and his voice] ... mutatinghands, while my team puts their lives on the line trying to find me a cure.
SHEPPARD: I should be with them!
WEIR: No. I'm sorry.
SHEPPARD: [takes a step back] What's the worst that can happen? I, I ... die?
WEIR: You could compromise the mission. They have enough things to worry about ...
SHEPPARD: [shaking his head and gesturing with his evil hand] Oh, no no ... so, what? Suddenly I'm a liability?
WEIR: [firmly] Your condition can change rapidly.
SHEPPARD: [raising voice] Iknow, and I know I can do this!
WEIR: I'm glad ... you feel that way. But it would be irresponsible of me ...
SHEPPARD: This ismy life we're talking about.
WEIR: I know that.
[Another staredown.]
SHEPPARD: I'm going on that mission.
WEIR: [voice rising a bit] No, John! You'renot.
SHEPPARD:DAMMIT!
WEIR: It's OK! Put it down.
SHEPPARD: [softly] I'm betting that didn't sell you?
WEIR: [arches an eyebrow] No. No, not really.
SHEPPARD: [softly] I should go back to the infirmary.
WEIR: [firm nod, in a whisper] Yes.
[Sheppard goes quietly. Weir stares after him in alarm.]
XXX
[Cut to team offworld, facing a cave mouth and putting on their night vision goggles. Dex is kneeling closest to the cave mouth, examining the dirt there.]
LORNE: [to Beckett] You think this is it?
BECKETT: It certainly smells like there's somethin' livin' in there.
McKAY: Yeah, ordying.
TEYLA: [squinting] I cannot see that far into the cave.
[Dex brings some very bright orange dirt to his nose.]
McKAY: Oh, wellthat is disgusting!
DEX: They're in there.
McKAY: And you had to pick it up andsmell it to figure that out?
[Dex turns and gives McKay a look.]
DEX: To know it'srecent.
McKAY: Well, how recent?
LORNE: [Glares McKay into silence] So, what's the plan?
[He's asking Beckett, who appears to be holding a butterfly net. It may actually be an egg-collecting apparatus.]
BECKETT: Well, we go in there, we get some eggs, and then we come out.
LORNE: OK. Ronon, Teyla ... you're on point with me. Walker, Stevens, you take our six. Docs? Just stay in the middle and try not to get bit, OK?
McKAY: Well, maybe someone should ... [points to where he's standing] stay out here.
DEX: So that you're all alone when a dozen of them come stampeding out here?
McKAY: I'm in the middle.
[Dex turns back to the cave and pulls his night-vision goggles down.]
DEX: Let's do it.
[The scene goes to an eerie black and night-vision green, intercut with very dim shots in “real” light over creepy music as the team makes its way deeper into the cave, weapons at the ready. A rustling, chittering, hissing noise rises.]
DEX: Hear that?
TEYLA: [strong exhale] Yes.
LORNE: Looks like we got the right address.
[McKay pulls his jacket up higher to cover his neck.]
BECKETT: Y'don't seriously think that's going to help, do ya?
McKAY: Yeah, when they see your neck before mine? You won't think it's stupid.
TEYLA: [whispering] Where are these eggs supposed to be?
BECKETT: The database says they have a central nest. I'm hoping we'll know it when we see it.
[Quick cut to an armed guard standing in front of a door, sidearm out. He nods as Weir approaches and steps aside. She opens the door and pauses in the doorway, looking around the dim area on the other side.]
WEIR: John?
SHEPPARD: Leave ‘em off.
WEIR: What?
SHEPPARD: [voice harsh] The lights. Leave the lights off.
WEIR: [clasping her hands together hesitantly] OK.
WEIR: [chirpily] I thought I should come by and practice my bedside manner.
WEIR: [softly] How are you?
SHEPPARD: [levelly] My body's mutating into abug. How are you?
WEIR: Would you like an update on your team's progress?
WEIR: They found an iratus cave and they've headed in.
SHEPPARD: [very softly] Good.
WEIR: They should locate some eggs and be back here in no time.
SHEPPARD: No time?
WEIR: Yes.
SHEPPARD: Then what?
WEIR: Honestly? I don't know.
WEIR: Hey? Are you all right?
WEIR: Would you like me to call someone?
SHEPPARD: [cutting her off] Who would you call?
WEIR: If you need to see a doctor ...
SHEPPARD: I need a bigger security detail.
WEIR: Excuse me?
SHEPPARD: At least two men, stationed at my door, sooner rather than later.
WEIR:[looking very worried] Now, what are you talking about?
SHEPPARD: [still rigidly faced away] Just trust me, Elizabeth. You're going to need it.
WEIR: Listen, John ... if ...
WEIR: Oh, my God.
SHEPPARD: They need to hurry.
WEIR: You should be in the infirmary.
SHEPPARD: The infirmary isn't secure. The inhibitor's only keeping me lucid, it's not slowing the retrovirus.
WEIR: [firmly] Still ...
SHEPPARD: DON'T ARGUE WITH ME! I'm not safe to be around anymore.
SHEPPARD: Get some more men at my door and get the hell out of here.
WEIR: OK. OK.
WEIR: Double the detail.
[The guard activates his radio.]
GUARD: Code 1-6.
[Behind him, Sheppard sits back down on the bed. The guard closes the door and stands with his back to it.]
[Cut to the bug planet. The team reaches a cavern and pauses, staring in horror at the sight of thousands of iratus bugs swarming all over the floor, making that rustling chirping sound that the bug in “Thirty Eight Minutes” made.]
LORNE: Doc?
BECKETT: Good God! I think this is it.
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LORNE: So how do we wanna play this?
DEX: They'll defend their young.
McKAY: Maybe we should make a diversion.
LORNE: Are you volunteering?
McKAY: I'll shut up.
TEYLA: I do not believe we can get close enough to retrieve the eggs without these creatures attacking.
BECKETT: I have this ... but I need to get under that [gesturing at the nearest egg sac]. Hand me that water canister. [McKay hands the blue tank to him.] If there's one thing we know about these little buggers, it's that they hate salt water.
LORNE: How's that gonna help us?
BECKETT: Just watch.
McKAY: See?Not so stupid!
BECKETT: Ah, shut up!
LORNE: [warningly] Doc?
[Beckett looks back at the rest of the team.]
BECKETT: [nervously] I've come this far.
DEX: Heads up!
BECKETT: Oh God!
TEYLA: Carson ... run!
LORNE: Let's go! Come on! Get outta here! Don't look back! Don't look back! Come on!
LORNE: Walker! Stevens! Get the hell out of there!
LORNE: Walker! Stevens! Do you copy?
LORNE: Fire in the hole! Let's go!
DEX: I think that stopped them.
LORNE: We're not stickin' around to find out. I'm pulling the plug on this mission. Let's get back to the Gate.
BECKETT: We can't give up.
LORNE: We just lost two men in there, Doc, so unless you can find another way to get those eggs out of there, we're done, understand? Let's go.
XXXX
[Cut to the corridor outside Sheppard's quarters. Weir approaches and speaks to one of the two guards.]
WEIR: How is he?
GUARD: I wouldn't go in there, ma'am.
WEIR: I'll be fine.
WEIR: John?
WEIR: So this is when I usually ask you a stupid question, like ‘How are you feeling?' [She walks deeper into the room, looking for him.] John? John? Our team got back from the mission.
WEIR: The nest was too well protected. We were unable to retrieve the eggs. They tried their best ...
SHEPPARD: Best?
WEIR: The bugs attacked ...
SHEPPARD: Try again.
WEIR: Can't do that.
SHEPPARD: Why?
WEIR: John ...
SHEPPARD: No.
WEIR: I understand ...
SHEPPARD: If you won't, then kill me now.
WEIR: John.
SHEPPARD: It's better for the both of us.
WEIR: I can't do that.
SHEPPARD: Then try again.
WEIR: We lost Walker and Stevens. I won't send another team! [She gasps for breath.] I won't risk more lives!
WEIR: This is Weir. We have a security breach! Colonel Sheppard's quarters!
XXX
McKAY: OK. We've got a lock on him.
[We see McKay, Caldwell, Dex, Weir and Teyla, together with some Marines, watching the screen. The red dot moves across the screen.]
CALDWELL: That can't be him -- it's moving too fast.
DEX: That's him.
CALDWELL: Alright. [He turns to the Marines.] Four teams. Surround him and close in. I want him stopped. And gentlemen -- use whatever level force you deem necessary. Move out.
[As the Marines start to head out, Weir turns to face them.]
WEIR: You will only use such force as a last resort.
CALDWELL: That's not Sheppard any more, ma'am.
WEIR: [to the Marines] You heard me.
[The Marines nod in acknowledgement and head out. Dex starts to walk away but turns to Teyla.]
DEX: You coming?
[Teyla looks at Weir for a moment, then turns to Dex.]
TEYLA: Yes. [She follows him.]
WEIR: Lock down the Stargate.
McKAY: Right.
XXX
[Cut to Teyla, Dex and a group of Marines searching the city.]
CALDWELL: [over comms] Bravo Team, you're on deck. Tango is right below you.
MARINE: You heard the man. Down the stairs.
[Dex suddenly breaks off and heads in a different direction.]
TEYLA: Ronon, where are you going?
MARINE: Let him go.
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TEYLA: Above us!
TEYLA: Colonel!
[Sheppard stops, turns and starts to walk back down the stairs towards her. She holds her rifle on him, pleading with him.]
TEYLA: Please -- donot make me do this.
DEX: Get the doctor down here. I have him.
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WEIR: You guys are up late.
McKAY: Can't you sleep either?
TEYLA: Any progress?
WEIR: No. He's still in a coma. At least he isn't in any pain.
DEX: Maybe if I went alone, maybe ...
WEIR: It's not open for discussion.
DEX: I'm not good at sittin' still.
WEIR: I understand. Believe me, I appreciate how you feel. [She looks at him for a moment, then addresses the whole team.] Look, we have closed down that section of the Infirmary but if you feel the need to ... [She pauses for a long time. Teyla and McKay, both realising what she means, look down.] What I mean to say is, if you would like ... to have a private goodbye, you should probably do it soon.
McKAY: Are we really there?
WEIR: I think we might be.
BECKETT: [over comms] Doctor Weir, I need to speak to you immediately.
WEIR: What is it?
BECKETT: Meet me in your office. I think I have an idea.
XXX
WEIR: John? John. [He looks at her.] Hey. You're in the Infirmary.
BECKETT: Sorry about the headache. It's a side effect of the inhibitor.
SHEPPARD: Did I hurt anyone?
WEIR: No, not seriously.
SHEPPARD: Did Ronon shoot me?
WEIR: [smiling slightly] You had it coming! Look, we don't have a lot of time. This dose of the inhibitor drug will only last about an hour. How would you like to go on a mission?
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[Offworld. The team has reached the mouth of the cave. Sheppard stops and stares into the cave. He has pulled his hood back. Beckett hands him one of the egg-collecting sticks and a large plastic bottle with a lid on the top.]
BECKETT: Use this and collect as many as you can. [Sheppard stares at him blankly.] Oh, God! At least a container full, d'you understand?
[Sheppard looks at him briefly, then takes the stick and the bottle and starts to head into the cave. Teyla stops him.]
TEYLA: Colonel Sheppard? You know that we cannot go in there with you, but you need to hurry. It took us a little longer to get here than we would have liked.
McKAY: What is that?
BECKETT: That's how long I estimated the inhibitor would work.
DEX: So that means he's ...
BECKETT: There's no way to know for certain.
DEX: We should go in.
McKAY: And dowhat?
TEYLA: If the inhibitor has worn off ...
BECKETT: ... then he's beyond our help.
DEX: I hear something.
TEYLA: Colonel!
TEYLA: Do you have enough?
BECKETT: Aye, I think so.
XXX
DEX: We might, uh ...
TEYLA: ... stay a while.
McKAY: Well, if that's alright.
BECKETT: Of course.
XXX
TEYLA: Good. Lift, lock, serpentine, lock, and hold. [By this time, she has got the girl's arm gently twisted behind her back and has her arm around the girl's neck from behind.] Understood?
TEYLA: Colonel!
TEYLA: Should you be up and about?
SHEPPARD: Well, I've been cooped up in that damned Infirmary for a couple of weeks. Give me a break.
TEYLA: You are looking well. Are you feeling more like yourself?
SHEPPARD: Well, according to my D.N.A., I'm a hundred percent John Sheppard again ... although, I gotta say, I'm looking forward to getting rid of this thing one day.
SHEPPARD: Doc says it'll clear up eventually. [He looks at Teyla for a moment, looking awkward.] Ah, so listen. While I've been laying there the past few weeks, I've been remembering things. [Teyla smiles uncomfortably.] Some things I might have done that you could call out of character.
TEYLA: [deliberately misunderstanding him] You mean when you attacked the security detail.
SHEPPARD: Yeah, that was one of them.
TEYLA: [smiling] Yes.
SHEPPARD: [unable to meet her eyes] There's another thing I should probably apologise for.
TEYLA: Give it no further thought.
SHEPPARD: Good! I won't.
TEYLA: Nice to have you back ... [she turns away from him, then grins and turns back to look at him again] ... John.