Season Two

Episode Number: 39

Episode Title: Holiday

Air Date: 02-05-99

Syndication Air Date: 02-14-00

First Sci-Fi Syndication Air Date: 12-09-03

Chad's Summary: SG-1 investigate an alien planet. They find various devices of an unknown technology, and an old man named Ma'Chello (also played by Michael Shanks) who Teal'c identifies as an enemy of the Goa'uld. With the help of Daniel Jackson, Ma'chello demonstrates what he calls a Goa'uld fighting device. After Daniel is shocked by an electrical charge, Ma'Chello passes out. SG-1 return home with Ma'chello. Dr. Fraiser examines Daniel and suggests he rest after his ordeal. In a debriefing, Carter asks Daniel if he can translate the alien symbols, found on a device, brought back from the planet. He says he can not help her. General Hammond gives Daniel the rest of the day off. Ma'Chello tries to convince everyone that he is, in fact, Daniel Jackson. After some questioning, they are convinced. Ma'Chello, in Daniel's body, goes in search of cultural contact. SG-1 returns to planet to bring Ma'Chello's machine back to Earth. O'Neill and Teal'c switch personalities while grasping the machine. Back on Earth, Carter experiments with different ways of switching O'Neill and Teal'c back into their respective bodies. Using Daniel Jackson's credit card, Ma'Chello and Fred (Alvin Sanders) eat at a diner. Daniel, in Ma'Chello's body, tries to help Carter translate the alien symbols. He slips into a coma. The SGC tracks Ma'Chello by his use of Daniel Jackson's credit card. Ma'Chello tells Fred that he has lost everything he holds dear in a long war. He is returned to the SGC. Ma'Chello tries to make a deal for his knowledge. The price for the deal is Daniel Jackson's body and life. After a long conversation about their respective losses to the Goa'uld, Daniel convinces Ma'Chello to switch personalities with him again. Carter comes up with the solution to the problem after Ma'Chello tells her he would switch bodies with Daniel if he could. Using SG-1, Ma'Chello and Daniel switch bodies in a real life game of musical chairs. Back in his body, Ma'Chello thanks Daniel for his holiday and then passes away.

Guest Cast:

Teryl Rothery as Dr. Janet Fraiser

Alvin Sanders as Fred

Melanie Skehar as Waitress

Darryl Scheelar as Cop

Michael Shanks as Ma'Chello

Production Credits:

Developed for Television: Brad Wright & Jonathan Glassner

Co--Producer: Robert C. Cooper

Producer: N. John Smith

Writer: Tor Alexander Valenza

Director: David Warry--Smith

Executive Producers: Michael Greenburg Richard Dean Anderson 

Executive Producers: Jonathan Glassner & Brad Wright

Story Editor: Tor Alexander Valenza 

Production Manager: Andy Nikita

First Assistant Director: Bill Mizel

Second Assistant Director: Kathy Houghton

Music: Joel Goldsmith, Richard Band, & Kevin Kiner

Original Stargate Themes: David Arnold

Director of Photography: Peter Woeste, C.S.C.

Production Designer: Richard Hudolin

Editor: James Ilecic

Art Director: Bridget McGuire

Costume Designer: Christina McQuarrie

Make-Up Artist: Jan Newman

Assistant to Producer: John G. Lenic

Recurring Characters:

* This is Teryl Rothery's (Janet Fraiser) 17th Episode.

* This is Michael Shanks' (Ma'Chello) 1st Episode.

Destination:

* Planet P3W--924 is the location of a technologically advanced scientific laboratory and the home of a legendary man who fought the Goa'uld. The man's name is Ma'Chello. 

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