Episode:Emancipation

"Emancipation"
	An episode from Stargate SG-1
	330px Captain Carter is threatened by Turghan, chieftain of the Thoughai.
Episode Nb	Season 1; Episode 04
Directed by	Jeff Woolnough
Produced by	Ron French
Original air date	USA: August 8, 1997; UK: April 22, 1998
Length	42'24"
Guest starring
	Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Turghan; Jorge Vargas as Abu; and Soon-Tek Oh as Moughal;
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An alien civilization is forced to reconsider their views on women when Carter rebels against their social customs.

"Emancipation" is the 4th episode of Stargate SG-1 Season 1.

Summary[edit | edit source]

SG-1 visits a planète with a 900 years old culture, detrimental for Carter.
The young chieftain's son finds a way to trade for the one he loves.
The enemy chieftain, Turghan, will be challenged by an unusual challenger according to ancestral law.
The outcome of the fight will be decisive for all.

Planets: P3X-595 • Simarka
Locations: Sea of Ogada • Simarka's ruined temple
Miscellaneous: Genghis Khan

SG-1 arrive on a new planet, finding what seems to be an ancient ruined temple. Colonel O'Neill orders SG-1 to move on for "safety".
Later, in a meadow, O'Neill uses binoculars to check the surroundings, with no evidence of life around. Suddenly, Captain Carter hears some barkings. Then a young boy appears at the top a hill, running, and chased by four dogs.
When the boy is caught and bitten by the dogs, O'Neill uses his handgun to scare them away. Then O'Neill tries to communicate with the boy who definitely speaks a fluent English. He introduces himself, Abu from the Shavadai, is happy to see that SG-1 are from the Sea of Ogada (as O'Neill let him believe), but takes fright when he sees Carter coming back to the group; "She's a woman".
At the top of the hill, three men on horses arrive. While Daniel Jackson notices that they have Mongol type, Abu urges SG-1 to leave with Carter. Yet it is too late as the men threaten SG-1 with swords, bows and arrows when they see "the woman".

O'Neill fires in the air with his sidearm, scaring the three men. At the top of the hill, a more aged man riding a horse joins the group. This man is Abu's father, fearing that his son was dead since he wasn't back. Abu explain SG1's rescue against the dogs. The man asks about the way to welcome strangers. One of them points out Carter, she is a "woman". Abu tell that they're coming from the Sea of Ogada so they cannot know the customs. The leader asks about the weapons they carry. Carter answers that that's firearms shooting bullets like their bow shoot arrows. The leader is upset as she dared speaking and demands her death. Abu begs his father as the woman saved her life. The leader cancels the order as according to him, "if a woman saves a man's life, hers cannot be taken". The team is now guest of Moughal but the latter says that if they want to cross their territories, they must learn their customs. Carter is reluctant, yet Daniel Jackson says that it is a unique opportunity to learn about a 900 hundred years old culture.

Colonel Jack O'Neill mentions a previous exploring mission on P3X-595 where Captain Samantha Carter drank a substance altering the mind. This reference shows that SG-1 has already make one or several trips through the Stargate since P3-575 (SG1: "The Enemy Within").