History Recap / StargateSG1S1E4TheBrocaDivide

-->'''Daniel:''' What better opportunity to study the Broca Divide?

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Series: Series/StargateSG1\\
Episode: Season 1, Episode 4\\
Title: "The Broca Divide"\\
Previous: "Emancipation"\\
Next: "The First Commandment"\\
Recapper: @/ShadowPenguin]

SG-1 travels to a dark world where they are attacked by primitive creatures, but scare them off with gunfire. They then come across a group of people who are rescuing one of their own from the cavemen, who are thought to be cursed and referred to as "The Touched". They find that the planet has a light side where a Minotian (bull statues abound) culture lives. After a bit of discussion about the Touched, SG-1 returns home. Shortly thereafter, members of the team demonstrate violent behavior, causing a lockdown when Dr. Fraiser discovers that they brought back some sort of virus. This virus causes anyone infected to revert to violent primitive behavior, loss of speech ability, increased hair growth, and a thickening brow.

With the fresh blood samples, Dr. Fraiser discovers that the virus is histamine-based, and due to her and Daniel taking strong anti-histamine medicine, they are able to avoid the virus' effects. Everyone receives anti-histamine shots and is cured. They then return to the planet with anti-histamine loaded tranquilizer guns and return the Touched to normal and retrieve Daniel, who had turned primitive once his medicine wore off. Happy reunions occur between the Untouched and their loved ones who they thought were lost to the curse.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: Dr. Frasier refers to the alien organism causing the disease as a "like a parasitic virus". Viruses are parasitic by definition. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because she was under a great deal of stress and trying to make a quick description to commanding officers that wanted a brief summary without a bunch of technical details. She just didn't have a term for what she was trying to describe so made a bad analogy, which is quite realistic. With a clearer head she might've just called it an alien organism.
** Completely averted with the drug used to clear the body of histamine (to starve out the organism). Dr. Frasier refers to [[https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-4156/chlorpheniramine-oral/details Chlorpheniramine Maleate]], which is an actual antihistamine that does exactly what she says.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In this episode, SG-1 are in full dress uniforms during their mission briefing. In subsequent episodes, the mission briefings are less formal and they just wear their fatigues.

* ForcefulKiss: Carter attempts to force herself on O'Neill after coming down with the virus; Fraiser explains that this is because primitive females would usually seek to mate with the strongest male of the group.

* TheImmune: Daniel and Fraiser, due to their regular intake of strong antihistamines to combat their allergies, and the Untouched, who apparently have low histamine levels because of their diet. Teal'c is also resistant to the virus, but in his case it's because of his symbiote.

* NoOntologicalInertia: The physical changes wrought by the virus quickly go away once it is cured.

* TidallyLockedPlanet: The Planet of the Week is tidally locked with its sun so one side was always light, the other always in darkness. The civilization lived in the light side near the terminator, where it was temperate. The gate is in the darker areas of the terminator.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: Dr. Frasier refers to the alien organism causing the disease as a "like a parasitic virus". Viruses are parasitic by definition. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because she was under a great deal of stress and trying to make a quick description to the base commander. She just didn't have a term for what she was trying to describe so made a bad analogy, which is quite realistic. With a clearer head she might've just called it an alien organism.

** Completely averted with the drug used to clear the body of histamine (to starve out the organism). Dr. Frasier refers to [[Chlorpheniramine Maleate https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-4156/chlorpheniramine-oral/details]], which is an actual antihistamine that does exactly what she says.

* TheImmune: Daniel and Fraiser, due to their regular intake of strong antihistamines to combat their allergies, and the Untouched, who apparently have naturally low histamine levels. Teal'c is also resistant to the virus, but in his case it's because of his symbiote.

SG-1 travels to a dark world where they are attacked by primitive creatures, but scare them off with gunfire. They then come across a group of people who are rescuing one of their own from the cavemen, who are thought to be cursed and referred to as "The Touched". They find that the planet has a light side where a Minotian (bull statues abound) culture lives. After a bit of discussion about the Touched, SG-1 returns home. Shortly thereafter, members of the team demonstrate violent behavior, causing a lockdown when Dr. Frasier discovers that they brought back some sort of virus. This virus causes anyone infected to revert to violent primitive behavior, loss of speech ability, increased hair growth, and a thickening brow.

After further investigation, Daniel and Teal'c are found to be immune, as well as Dr. Frasier. Daniel and Teal'c are sent back through the gate to obtain blood samples from the Untouched to try and determine why they aren't infected. Along the way, Daniel is captured by the Touched, while Teal'c tries to get blood from the Untouched. They are in no hurry to give up their blood, so they demand he leave. He successfully obtains a blood sample by knocking out two guards on his way out.

With the fresh blood samples, Dr. Frasier discovers that the virus is histamine based, and due to her and Daniel taking strong anti-histamine medicine, they are able to avoid the virus' effects. Everyone receives anti-histamine shots and is cured. They then return to the planet with anti-histamine loaded tranquilizer guns and return the Touched to normal and retrieve Daniel, who had turned primitive once his medicine wore off. Happy reunions occur between the Untouched and their loved ones who they thought were lost to the curse.

First appearance of [[TheMedic Dr. Janet Frasier]] and [[HeroOfAnotherStory Colonel Makepeace]].

* ContaminationSituation: The majority of the SGC staff rapidly succumb to the virus, with Frasier running out of space to quarantine them all.

* ForcefulKiss: Carter attempts to force herself on O'Neill after coming down with the virus; Frasier explains that this is because primitive females would usually seek to mate with the strongest male of the group.

* TheImmune: Daniel and Frasier, due to their regular intake of strong antihistamines to combat their allergies, and the Untouched, who apparently have naturally low histamine levels. Teal'c is also resistant to the virus, but in his case it's because of his symbiote.

* JustAFleshWound: Frasier informs Teal'c that Carter was stabbed by her roommate while in quarantine, then hastily reassures him that the damage was 'superficial'.

SG-1 travels to a dark world where they are attacked by primitive creatures, but scare them off with gunfire. They then come across a group of people who are rescuing one of their own from the cavemen, who are thought to be cursed and referred to as "The Touched". They find that the planet has a light side where a Minotian (bull statues abound)culture lives. After a bit of discussion about the Touched, SG-1 returns home. Shortly thereafter, members of the team demonstrate violent behavior, causing a lockdown when Dr. Frasier discovers that they brought back some sort of virus. This virus causes anyone infected to revert to violent primitive behavior, loss of speech ability, increased hair growth, and a thickening brow.

-->'''O'Neill:''' [[Series/ILoveLucy Lucy, I'm home!]]
-->'''Teal'c:''' I am not Lucy.

-->'''O'Neill:''' Lucy, I'm home!

* TidallyLockedPlanet: The Planet of the Week is tidally locked with its sun so one side was always light, the other always in darkness. The civilization lived in the light side near the terminator, where it was temperate. The gate is in the darker areas of the terminator.