Heroes: Part 2

S7, E18: Documentary filmmaker Emmett Bregman and his crew Tech Sgt. Dale James and Airman First Class Shep Wickenhouse are bumped from their scheduled time to tape shots of the stargate because Bregman is not allowed to record ongoing activity. And a lot of activity is going on: SG-1 has just gone through the stargate to planet P3X-666 along with Marine Combat unit SG-5 Dr. Janet Fraiser and two medical technicians. At an editing console with his crew Bregman reviews all the interview footage he's gotten so far. Col. O'Neill and Gen. Hammond are still unwilling to be part of as Hammond put it Bregman's little reality show. Because of all the restrictions placed on him all Bregman has is a bunch of talking-head interviews. Where's the equivalent shot of [Apollo 14 commander Alan] Shepard playing golf on the moon? he asks rhetorically. This is unbelievably boring. But what's happening on the other planet is far from boring: The SG teams and Fraiser have 'gated into an ambush. Col. Dixon of SG-13 had reported that only six Jaffa had invaded the site but now they are facing an army of them with Alkesh gliders dropping plasma bombs left and right. A retreat is in order but Dr. Fraiser needs more time to stabilize a patient before he can be moved. O'Neill trying to buy her that time goes to take out an approaching Jaffa - and he takes a blast square in the chest. O'Neill is down - smoldering and unmoving. Back at Stargate Command Bregman is interviewing a technician about the equipment when an incoming-wormhole alert sounds. Hammond orders Bregman away but the filmmaker takes the camera in his own hands and keeps shooting as a covered gurney is wheeled by. Then he sees Carter coming down the hallway where the crew is authorized to shoot. She's crying and shouts Shut that damn thing off! When Sgt. James complies Bregman turns livid: You turn that camera off when I tell you to turn it off! he orders then continues You force the press into the cold and all you'll get is lies and innuendo and nothing is worse for a free society than a press that is in service to the military and the politicians. Nothing!