Season Four

Episode Number: 86

Episode Title: Entity

Air Date: 02-09-01

Syndication Air Date: 04-29-02

First SciFi Syndication Air Date: 02-24-03

Chad's Summary: After the M.A.L.P. probe is destroyed during a routine recon mission of an alien world, the SGC is invaded by an electrically based life form. Carter tries to stop the entity from getting more control over the base's computers. She fails her task. The entity takes refuge in one of the M.A.L.P.'s located in the M.A.L.P. storage room. After some time, the entity takes control of Carter's body. Now, Dr. Fraiser must find a way to remove the entity without killing Carter. O'Neill and Jackson attempt to convince the entity to leave Carter. The entity believes that the SGC attacked its' world. O'Neill threatens the entity with harm of its' kind if the entity does not leave Carter. The entity transfers Carter's life force into the device the entity built in the M.A.L.P. room. Dr. Fraiser uses an electrical current to transfer Carter's life force back into her body.

Guest Cast:

Teryl Rothery as Dr. Janet Fraiser

Gary Jones as Sgt. Tech. Walter Harriman

Dan Shea as Sgt. Siler

Production Credits:

Developed for Television: Brad Wright & Jonathan Glassner

Executive Consultant: Jonathan Glassner

Creative Consultant: Peter DeLuise

Producers: Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie

Co--Executive Producers: Robert C. Cooper & N. John Smith

Writer: Peter DeLuise

Director: Allan Lee

Executive Producers: Michael Greenburg, Richard Dean Anderson, & Brad Wright

Production Manager: Andy Mikita

First Assistant Director: Bill Mizel 

Second Assistant Director: Ryan Kosmynka    

Music: Joel Goldsmith

Original Stargate Themes: David Arnold

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

Production Designer: Richard Hudolin

Editor: Rick Martin

Supervising Art Director: Bridget McGuire

Art Directors: Doug McLean, Ivana Vasak, & Brentan Harron 

Costume Designer: Christina McQuarrie

Make-Up Artist: Jan Newman

Unit Manager: John G. Lenic 

Recurring Characters:

* This is Teryl Rothery's (Janet Fraiser) 47th Episode.

* This is Gary Jones' (Walter Harriman) 33rd Episode.

* This is Dan Shea's (Siler) 15th Episode.

Destination:

* Planet P9C--372 has alien looking buildings on the surface and is home to an energy based form of life. The culture of the planet is alien and unfamiliar to any Earth parallel.

Chad's Summary is copyright 2004 by SciFi Corner.

Stargate SG--1 is copyright 2005 by MGM Corporation.