When Carter (Amanda Tapping) arrives at Stargate Command, she is shocked to discover a young man (Micheal Welch) in holding claiming to be Colonel O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson).

Fragile Balance was written by Damian Kindler from a story by Peter DeLuise and Micheal Greenburg. DeLuise also directed the episode, which first aired on 20 June, 2003. DeLuise provides a voice cameo this time, playing the Asgard, Loki.

It seems O’Neill, when he went to bed, had dreams of being studied by some Asgard. So maybe it wasn’t a dream, and now, SG-1 needs to find the Asgard who did this. Daniel (Michael Shanks) and Teal’c (Christopher Judge) begin digging into the alien abduction phenomena, hoping for a clue to the Asgard who is responsible for documented abductions.

Fraiser (Teryl Rothery) discovers that O’Neill’s body is being to grow unstable on the cellular level, and he may die, before he turns 17 (again). Will the Tok’ra be any help while they try to get in touch with the Asgard?

Young O’Neill goes off-base in search of a new life, and maybe a six of beer, without id. And SG-1 learns he’s not the real O’Neill… he’s a clone. And now the team has a plan to catch the Asgard, recover their O’Neill, and find a happy ending for young O’Neill.

It’s another one of those episodes, that will become more frequent, Anderson is starting to step back from his role to spend more time with his family. But it’s fun and Welch has a lot of O’Neill down. And O’Neill as a young man decides to go to high school… huh.

It also ties in directly to the Asgard need for new genetic material, though Loki’s actions weren’t sanctioned.

Orpheus was written and directed by DeLuise and it was first broadcast on 27 June, 2003.

When Teal’c is hit by a staff blast, his symbiote is injured and he is unable to regenerate. This causes Teal’c to wonder about his continued use of the tretonin drug that the Tok’ra have refined for jaffa use. He feels he has been made weaker because of it.

Meanwhile, Daniel is sure he’s forgotten something very important and goes searching for it through logs and records. Until he finally remembers what it is, he’s seen Rya’c (Neil Denis) and Bra’tac (Tony Amendola) in his travels, they are in a prison camp. Daniel just has to remember the planet he saw them on.

And a rescue will be mounted. A rescue that will see Teal’c proving to himself that he is as strong as he needs to be. He is able to bring tretonin to his son and teacher, but is beaten by the guards, all while the rest of the team waits outside the camp.

But before episode’s end, Teal’c will discover the challenge of going on, and proving himself, even as his team unites behind him. A solid Teal’c episode, and Judge always shines when he shoulders an episode.