Stargate Command is showing a little more international cooperation, as the Russians have a detachment working there in concert with a space station in orbit. This space station has a close call with a piece of debris from the most recent battle and it seems something has survived.

Lockdown was written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, and was first broadcast on 23 July, 2004.

Brigadier General O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) is trying to settle in to running the SGC, and is ‘welcoming’ a new Russian colonel, Vaselov (Gavin Hood), who wants to join SG-1, he recently came across a colleague who was aboard the aforementioned space station. After his dismissal, he collapses in his quarters.

Is he sick? is he contagious? The new doctor, Brightman (Alisen Richmond-Peck) is worried it is, especially when it seems to move to Daniel (Michael Shanks). Is it a virus? Is it something worse?

The answer is something worse… as Daniel tries to escape through the stargate, O’Neill safeguards the base by locking it down. It seems it’s not a sickness, it’s… Anubis, or his spirit? his essence?

Daniel awakes with no clue as to what happened, until he senses that Anubis is on the base. This guy just can’t be stopped, or can he? Anubis is immaterial, he’ll need a host and a way to escape. If he uses his powers as an ascended being the Ancients will intervene.

Daniel has a plan… but it’s a long game, but it may finally pay off with a terrible outcome for Vaselov.

Teal’c (Christopher Judge) has a new apartment, and they will have a housewarming.

Zero Hour sees O’Neill questioning his own abilities, and whether he should be in charge of the SGC. It’s starting to way heavy on him.

Written by Robert C. Cooper, it first debuted on 30 July, 2004.

Walter (Gary Jones) definitely proves where he got his name from, he is very much channelling his Walter O’Reilly in this episode as he works to help O’Neill as much as he can. O’Neill even gets himself a new aide in the form of Mark (David Gilmour) – but there may be more going on there than O’Neill knows.

We get to see all the things the Commanding Officer of the SGC has to deal with on a daily basis; kitchen problems, negotiating treaties, dealing with Dr. Lee’s (Bill Dow) alien plant that seems to be growing at an exponential rate, organizing team forays through the gate, and SG-1 running into trouble.

He worries about SG-1, not because he doesn’t think Colonel Carter (Amanda Tapping) can handle things, but because he worries about his friends.

And it seems Ba’al (Cliff Simon) has them… or does he?

Can O’Neill sort everything out, and get his team back, or will he submit his resignation as he thinks he is unable to do the job as good as Hammond (Don S. Davis).

As a visit by the President looms, what will O’Neill decide to do?