SGA 5.05 "Ghost In The Machine" Episode Guide
Précis
Surviving human form Replicators wish to achieve ascension by uploading their consciousnesses into subspace to live indefinitely as fields of energy, but Atlantis is put into danger when their experiment yields some surprising results.
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Spoiler Summary
Told from Elizabeth Weir’s point of view, we learn that a group of Replicators have begun experimenting with ascension. The lead scientist, Koracen, claims he has found a way to preserve their individual consciousnesses indefinitely as fields of energy. The process involves uploading themselves into subspace where they’ll be free to roam the galaxy, no longer requiring their physical bodies, which are destroyed when the nanite bonds holding them together are severed in the final stage of the process.
This research is based on the description of ascension provided to them by Elizabeth Weir. She is present during the first demonstration of Koracen’s process, witnessing first-hand the blue energy that bolts down upon her fellow Replicator, dissolving the subject’s body. Quite possibly, the Replicators have achieved ascension!
But all experiments such as this have their drawbacks, and this experiment produces a most unexpected result: Those in Atlantis are surprised to find that the ghost of Elizabeth Weir lives on — in a new body that looks just like FRAN (Friendly Replicator ANdroid from “Be All My Sins Remember’d”)!
Cast
- Joe Flanigan as Lt. Col. John Sheppard
- Rachel Luttrell as Teyla Emmagan
- Jason Momoa as Ronon Dex
- Jewel Staite as Dr. Jennifer Keller
- Robert Picardo as Richard Woolsey
- and David Hewlett as Dr. Rodney McKay
Guest Stars
- David Nykl as Dr. Radek Zelenka
- Michelle Morgan as FRAN/Elizabeth Weir
- Koracen
- Lia
- Female Replicator
Production
- Written by Carl Binder
- Directed by Kenneth J. Girotti
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Production Notes
- "With the writers’ strike hopefully over, Carl will finally be delivering his masterpiece which we’ll be fast-tracking into the #5 slot." — Joseph Mallozzi in his personal blog, February 11, 2008.
- "And - hey, look who’s back! Yep, with the Carl Binder turned up for work today! And he brought us a present: his first draft of Ghost in the Machine." — Joseph Mallozzi in his personal blog, February 12, 2008.
- "Carl is doing another rewrite of his script (Ghost in the Machine)..." — Joseph Mallozzi in his personal blog, February 20, 2008.
- "Paul does a pass on Ghost in the Machine..." — Joseph Mallozzi in his personal blog, March 4, 2008.
- "Carl just put out the blue pages on Ghost in the Machine." — Joseph Mallozzi in his personal blog, March 13, 2008.
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--DeeKayP 18:12, 18 March 2008 (PDT)