Stargate SG-1 (TV Series)

Window of Opportunity (2000)

Michael Shanks: Dr. Daniel Jackson

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• Jack O'Neill : I distinctly remember sitting here, listening to Carter prattle on about solar activity and a... corona... something.

  Major Samantha Carter : Coronal mass emissions - I was just about to bring it up.

  Jack O'Neill : There you go, how would I know that?

  Major Samantha Carter : Maybe you read my report.

  Daniel Jackson : Maybe he *read* your report?

• Teal'c : Events do appear to be repeating themselves.

  Daniel Jackson : Since when?

  Jack O'Neill : Since we went to P4X-639.

  Major Samantha Carter : We haven't been to P4X-639.

  Jack O'Neill : Yes we have.

  [to Daniel] 

  Jack O'Neill : "No we haven't." That's what you were gonna say.

  Daniel Jackson : Of course that's what I was gonna say.

  Jack O'Neill : Okay, bad example.

• Jack O'Neill : Weren't we just somewhere else?

  Daniel Jackson : Where?

  Jack O'Neill : Some planet.

  Daniel Jackson : When?

  Jack O'Neill : Just now.

  Daniel Jackson : No.

  Jack O'Neill : Sure?

  Daniel Jackson : Yeah.

• Daniel Jackson : On the other hand, it's kind of an opportunity.

  Jack O'Neill : How's that?

  Daniel Jackson : Well think about it, I mean if you knew in advance that everything was going to go back to the way it was then...

  [Teal'c stops writing to listen to the conversation] 

  Daniel Jackson : you could do anything. For as long as you want, without having to worry about consequences.

  [Daniel pauses as O'Neill rises from his chair] 

  Jack O'Neill : Excuse me.

  [O'Neill leaves. Teal'c nods to Jackson and also leaves] 

• Jack O'Neill : What kind of archaeologist carries a gun?

  Daniel Jackson : Uh, I do.

  Jack O'Neill : Okay, bad example.

• [repeated lines] 

  [the time loop resets] 

  Daniel Jackson : [to Jack O'Neill eating Froot Loops]  Anyway, I'm sorry, but that just happens to be how *I* feel about it. What do *you* think?

• [repeated lines] 

  [decoding and translating text in successive iterations of the loop] 

  Daniel Jackson : Okay, this section of the text seems to deal primarily with their arrival on P4X-639...

• Daniel Jackson : I've encountered this script before. It's, uh, similar in pronunciation to a language on our planet called Latin. As near as I can tell, the main body of the text represents a planetary history.

  Malikai : I agree... But isn't it time for you to return through the Stargate?

• Daniel Jackson : Now, this line recurs several times: "Domavatus vestul motabilum."

  Malikai : "Conqueror of time."

  Daniel Jackson : In this context, I'd say more like "Master of the uncertain past."

  Malikai : You're a skilled linguist, Dr Jackson.

  Daniel Jackson : Thank you. I had the opportunity to hear the language spoken a year or so ago, so...

• Daniel Jackson : Jack. Wait up. Um... I was thinking about what you said about, uh, a beam coming out of the altar. SG-15 took digital images of the carvings on the ruins. I was thinking there might be some sort of clue. Unfortunately it's the equivalent of 400 pages of alien text.

  Colonel : Looks familiar.

  Daniel Jackson : It should. It's something that you spoke for a few days. It's a variation of the writings used by the Ancients.

  Colonel : If you're lookin' for help translating it, you're barkin' up the wrong genius.

  Daniel Jackson : No, I realize the Asgards returned you to normal, which is fortunate, I... suppose. But if you give me details about the layout of the ruins it might be...

• Daniel Jackson : Look, if you guys really are the only ones that are going through this loop, then you're gonna have to remember these things.

  [hands a document to Jack] 

  Jack O'Neill : [glosses over the document in his hand]  Fine! How hard can it be?

  [Daniel turns the upside-down document around for Jack]