SETH - Eposode #45
Sam's father visits the SGC with the hopes that SG-1 can help him locate an ancient Goa'uld (Seth), believed to be hiding out on Earth. The team soon finds out that that theory is right, and Seth is running a cult whose members have all been brainwashed to obey only him.
NOTES OF INTEREST:
- Carter's brother Mark in San Diego had been estranged from his father for a long time, and she hadn't seen him since his two children were born.
- There are only dozens of Goa'uld at the rank of System Lords, thousands of Goa'ulds in general.
- Seth, also known as Setekh, Set, Seti, Setesh, is the ancient Egyptian god of chaos, the embodiment of hostility and outright evil. He tried to overthrow Ra, and both the System Lords and Tok'ra want him dead. The record of Seth on Earth ended when the Earth gate was buried in Egypt, and he has been hiding out here. He could remain alive with a sarcophagus, or if he changed hosts approximately every 400 years.
- Setesh was represented by an animal that is either fictitious or extinct. For this reason, the helmets of the Setesh guard continue to be the source of many jokes among the Jaffa.
- There has been a cult of Setesh in some form since around 1000 BC. Set and his minions were supposedly killed in Egypt. A similar god called Typhon showed up in Greece, who killed 300 followers and then disappeared. In the early 1800's a new cult arose near Stonehenge in England, under a leader named Seth, until all his followers slit their own throats.
- The ATF webpage shows a cult leader named Seth who has about 50 followers ready to die for him in a fortified compound outside Seattle. Vital information listed: Name: Seth Fargough, DOB: 1962(?), Height: 6'0", Weight: 190, Marital status: N/A, Criminal record: None.
- Nish'ta: a biological compound that once inhaled infects all body tissue and makes the mind extremely pliable. It may have been used on Rya'c, and is similar to, but stronger than the organism used by Hathor. Its effects can be reversed by an electrical shock after it has infected all tissues (approximately 1 hour). Once reversed, the host becomes immune.
- Carter has retained the ability to use the Goa'uld ribbon device.
Injuries:
- O'Neill: infected with nish'ta, knocked out by a ribbon device
- Jackson: infected with nish'ta, knocked out by a ribbon device
- Carter: infected with nish'ta
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