CRYSTAL SKULL
Daniel Jackson becomes intrigued when the video transmission from the MALP
reveals a huge Mayan pyramid with a glowing crystal skull in its center. He says the skull appears to be identical to
one his grandfather, Nicholas Ballard, found in Belize in 1971. He goes on to
tell that his grandfather claimed that the skull possessed a power to teleport
you to a place inhabited by aliens.
The team travels to the
planet to investigate. Daniel approaches the crystal skull and is drawn to stare into its eyes.
Meanwhile the cavern housing the skull begins to emit high levels of radiation. The team begins to
evacuate but Daniel is entranced by the skull and after several moments, his body undergoes a
phase shift and becomes invisible. O'Neill, Carter and Teal'c must flee the lethal radiation leaving an
invisible Daniel behind. Teal'c, being somewhat protected by his symbiont, returns to the planet to
look for Daniel. When he can't see him, he acquires the skull and returns to the SGC unknowingly
with Daniel in tow. SG-1 must recruit the assistance of Daniel's grandfather whose failure at proving
his Crystal Skull theory has landed him in a psychiatric institution. They take him back
to the SGC in the hopes that he can unlock the secrets of the skull and bring Daniel home.
