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Stargate SG1

"Rob [Cooper] is writing the big season premiere that will pick up where 'Camelot' left off, and kick off a major story arc."
(Executive producer Joseph Mallozzi, in a post at his blog)

After becoming pregnant while in the Ori's home galaxy ("Crusade"), Vala gives birth to her miracle child. But no one can predict the astonishing -- and dangerous -- being that is brought into the world.
Adria (pronounced "AD-ria"), Vala's child, is by all appearances a normal human child. But in truth, the girl is a genetically engineered, human-form Ori. She grows rapidly, aging years in a matter of hours (up to about age 12). She is not "possessed" by an ascended Ori, but is rather the human manifestation (with mortal limitations) of what the Ori are.

The girl is an oracle, programmed with the knowledge of her race -- and with their power, destined to lead the Ori on a campaign for galactic domination. Yet, attended by servants and worshippers, she remains a human child who at the same time yearns for love and approval from her mother.

The Ori fleet has arrived in our galaxy ("Origin"), with Daniel and Vala on board one of their ships. Ori warriors roam the halls, while peasants serve as staff on the ship. Vala visits her child in the impressive "Oracle's Room," and learns that the young girl knows and believes all that the Ori do about ascension. Adria claims that it was the Ancients who tried to destroy the Ori for their beliefs, and not the other way around -- and that the Ori most certainly do ascend their followers, contrary to what the Ancients have told them.

She claims further that it is the Ancients, and not the Ori, who drain power from their followers. They created human life in our galaxy to gain enough power to destroy the Ori -- making this bloody crusade a preemptive strike against the true "evil."

Elsewhere, the Earth ship Odyssey squares off against a group of Goa'uld motherships under the control of the Lucian Alliance, a group of criminals that have banded together to fill the power vacuum left by the Goa'uld ("The Ties That Bind"). The ship is damaged and key systems are offline, including the hyperdrive and the Asgard transporter. The Asgard Vasir works to repair it.

While Daniel and Vala deal with her daughter, the rest of the team joins Bra'tac and the Jaffa in an assault on three ships in orbit of the Jaffa planet Chulak. Adria is leading the conquest of the planet, on board a ship that has landed on the surface. Vala hopes to sway her daughter, challenging her decision to slaughter innocent people.

Carter radios the Ori ships in the hopes of contacting any survivors of the Korelev, an Earth ship apparently destroyed by the Ori (probably how Daniel wound up on board). Daniel finds his radio and responds, assuring Sam that he made it okay. He and Vala hope to zat Adria and capture her.

Guest characters include Adria (at 7 years old and at 12 years old), Bra'tac (Tony Amendola), Tomin (a servant of the Ori and husband to Vala), Netan (of the Lucian Alliance), Emerson (commander of the Odyssey), Marks (the Odyssey's helmsman), the Asgard Vasir, and a Prior.

"'Flesh and Blood,' written by Rob, answers the burning question posed by the Season Nine finale: 'What the hell is going to happen next?!' There's a lot going on in this episode and the unfolding action keeps every member of the team busy."

Actress Claudia Black wanted to return to Stargate SG-1 -- but worried that her pregnancy late in Season Nine's filming might preclude it. "I was so worried the producers were going to be disappointed," she told TV Guide. As it turned out, executive producer Robert C. Cooper had been thinking about bringing back Vala and using pregnancy as a way to introduce a new villain -- Adria.

Vala (Claudia Black), on board one of the Ori motherships, has given birth to the Orici -- a genetically superior human with the knowledge of the Ori, who will lead the Ori armies into battle against all unbelievers. Vala names her daughter Adria, and watches in astonishment as she rapid-grows into a teenager within a few hours of her birth. Daniel (Michael Shanks), who had managed to ring onto Adria's mothership, reunites with Vala. Together they attempt to capture Adria, whom they believe to be their best chance against the Ori.

Meanwhile, SG-1 must find a way to rescue Teal'c (Christopher Judge), who is captured and being tortured by the Lucian Alliance. When the Ori motherships resurface near Chulak, SG-1 joins Bra'tac (Tony Amendola) in attempting to defend the Jaffa planet and also to rescue Daniel, who they hope is still alive.

Stargate Atlantis

NO MAN'S LAND
Guest Stars: Beau Bridges, Robert Picardo, Connor Trinneer, Mitch Pileggi
After their temporary alliance with the Wraith backfires, the Atlantis team must find a way to stop two Wraith hive ships that are headed for Earth. Weir (Torri Higginson) orders Colonel Caldwell (Mitch Pileggi) to attack the hive ships using the Daedalus and the Orion before she is ordered to return to Earth to account for her team's failures.

Sheppherd (Joe Flanigan), who was able to survive by latching his F-302 to the hull of a Wraith ship, is forced to rely on a now ostracized Michael (Connor Trinneer) to help him save McKay (David Hewlett) and Ronon (Jason Momoa), who are being held prisoner by the Wraith. Ronon and McKay are able to free themselves from their cocoon prisons with a plan to sabotage the ship in a last act of heroism.

All plans collide as the Daedalus and Orion engage the hive ships while Sheppard, McKay and Ronon are still aboard

MISBEGOTTEN
Guest Stars: Robert Picardo, Connor Trinneer
Having successfully used the Wraith retrovirus to turn an entire hive ship of Wraith into humans, the team returns to Atlantis with their prisoners in stasis. Meanwhile, Weir (Torri Higginson) continues to defend her leadership in the face of an independent review being conducted by I.O.A. member Richard Woolsey (Robert Picardo).

Examining the hive ship that the team hijacked in an attempt to restore it to full working condition, McKay (David Hewlett) determines that the Wraith prisoners cannot continue to be held in stasis indefinitely. The team decides the best thing to do is to set them free on a planet under the guise that they were exposed to a viral outbreak.

Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and Dr. Beckett (Paul McGillion) remain on the planet to manage the human-form Wraith, including a re-humanized Michael (Connor Trinneer). But when they discover a Wraith ship approaching the planet, the team must act fast to keep the existence of Atlantis a secret.