Master Bra'tac arrives with bad news: Teal'c's wife is deathly ill, and Teal'c leaves to be with her. Shortly thereafter, the gate is opened but nothing comes through. Then Carter discovers a very low power signal that is slowly building an overload powerful enough to destroy the Earth.

Anubis' weapon continues to threaten Earth. Various plans are tried until Jonas Quinn suggests something simple that just might work. Meanwhile, Master Bra'tac has discovered the planet from which Anubis is launching the attack. He, Teal'c and Rya'c journey there to put a stop to it.

O'Neill's symbiont Kanan drags him to a planet ruled by the Goa'uld Ba'al, where Kanan was undercover. Ba'al captures and tortures O'Neil, whose only hope may lie with - Daniel Jackson?!?

Senator Kinsey is shot in the chest at a public event, killing him just before his party's presidential nomination. Jack is arrested for the murder, and General Hammond assigns the rest of SG-1 to uncover the truth.

The US and Russia reveal Stargate Command and its operations to representatives of the other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.

Teal'c is having strange nightmares featuring Apophis in which he is human and a firefighter with the rest of his team alongside him.