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During a special dinner out with Daniel, Vala is abducted by one of the leaders of the Trust conspiracy: Charlotte Mayfield, a.k.a. the goa'uld Athena. Athena knew Qetesh, the goa'uld who once occupied Vala's body. Now, Athena uses a brutal device, a "memory machine," to dreg up Vala's traumatic memories of her time as a goa'uld host, searching for Qetesh's knowledge of the Clava Thessara Infinatis, an Ancient treasure map.
SG-1 and their fellow SG teams quickly deploy to five suspected Trust hideouts. On cue, they raid them all. SG-1 finds only an empty warehouse, but SG-15 strikes gold. As they battle their way to the room where Vala is being held, however, one of their zat-blasts hits the memory machine, which feeds back into Vala's mind. Disoriented, Vala escapes as the building blows up behind her.
Days pass with no sign of Vala. SG-1 faces the possibility that she died in the blast — but Daniel refuses to quit searching. For her part, Vala can't remember anything about her identity or her past. She winds up in a diner, where the gruff but kind owner offers her a job. For two weeks, Vala works as a waitress — until a couple of thieves try to rob the place. To everyone's shock — including hers — she puts up an expert fight, leaving the thugs bruised and bleeding on the floor.
When Vala can't remember her real name for the police report, the cops release her picture to the public. SG-1 and Athena both see it, but Athena's people beat SG-1 to the police station by seconds and seize Vala. Mitchell leaps onto a motorcycle and sets out in high-speed pursuit. He catches up to Vala just as she escapes her captors — and she shoots him in the shoulder for his trouble. Vala, who still has no clue who he is, steals a car and forces Mitchell to drive her to a motel, where she cuffs him to the bed and demands answers. But Mitchell's story — that Vala is an alien who helps a team of Earth adventurers explore the galaxy — sounds absolutely crazy to her.
SG-1 tracks Mitchell's subcutaneous transponder to the motel. Unaware that they're being shadowed by more of Athena's minions, Carter, Daniel and Teal'c raid the motel room but find only Mitchell. Vala has fled — with her enemies one more in pursuit.
Ben Browder as Cameron Mitchell
Amanda Tapping as Samantha Carter
Douglas Christopher Judge as Teal'C
Michael Shanks as Daniel Jackson
Claudia Black as Vala Mal Doran
Beau Bridges as Hank Landry
| Writer: | Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie |
| Director: | Peter DeLuise |
| Studio | MGM |
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