Near death from a deadly virus contracted on a previous mission, Col. Jack O'Neill agreed to have himself implanted with a Tok'ra symbiote that would heal him, and also through him would relay vital information about the Goa'uld. Rather than stay in an unwilling host, the Tok'ra then left O'Neill's body as soon as a suitable new host was found

With the symbiote departed, O'Neill now finds himself suspended in midair � pinned against a wall in a Goa'uld outpost and being tortured to death repeatedly by a maniacal system lord named Ba'al. Every time O'Neill dies, Ba'al revives him in a Goa'uld sarcophagus. Ba'al is convinced that O'Neill knows the secret mission of his former Tok'ra symbiote, because the symbiote and the host share traits and memories

Eventually, the repeated resurrections will turn O'Neill into a vegetable. Between torture sessions, he is returned to an anti-gravity holding cell where he sees, impossibly, his old teammate and friend Daniel Jackson � whom everyone thought had sacrificed his life

Daniel explains that he has "ascended" to higher a plane of existence, and that he cannot interfere with mortal matters. He can, however, help O'Neill to ascend before Ba'al or the sarcophagus inflict a fate worse than death upon him

O'Neill, who has already given up the name of his symbiote, Kanan, begs Daniel to kill him. He fears that if he must endure one more session with Ba'al, he might give up Kanan's secret � that he loved Ba'al's slave girl, whom he had used as an informant. Kanan had come back here, using O'Neill's body, in order to save her

At Stargate Command, Maj. Carter, Teal'c and Jonas Quinn have figured out how to disrupt the operations of the outpost fortress long enough to give O'Neill a fighting chance to escape. They've convinced a Goa'uld ally named Lord Yu to use his mothership to knock out Ba'al's power-generators

Daniel knows about the plan to help O'Neill before they employ it, and he advises O'Neill to prepare. When the chance comes and the power to his cell is cut, O'Neill beats the guard senseless and then rescues the Goa'uld slave girl. In the end, the girl decides to stay with the Tok'ra and contribute to the cause in Kanan's name

Back at Stargate Command, O'Neill is brought to the infirmary, where Carter, Teal'c and Jonas gather at his side. Daniel is there as well, visible only to O'Neill � come to say goodbye to O'Neill one last time

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