S9, E14: Just before the Jaffa Nation holds its first elections two of the national council's most devout supporters of democracy Kal'el and Maz'rai abruptly announce that they no longer condone the plan. Shocked and disappointed Teal'c and Bra'tac conclude that treachery - not honest dissent - must be behind their comrades' strange behavior. Meanwhile Mitchell visits his friend and fellow pilot Maj. Bryce Ferguson in a Colorado Springs hospital. Four years ago Ferguson suffered a head wound while saving Mitchell's life. Because of that injury Mitchell got Ferguson's slot in the Stargate program - while Ferguson still lacks the security clearance to know what a stargate is. Worse now he's dying of an aneurysm caused by his wound. Mitchell full of grief and guilt has arranged for his friend to be treated by Dr. Kelly a specialist affiliated with Stargate Command. Mitchell is confident that Kelly - with her access to top-secret alien technology - can find a cure. Mitchell doesn't leave Ferguson's side even when Bra'tac arrives with the disturbing news that Teal'c has disappeared. Instead Daniel and Carter start investigating. With Bra'tac's help they realize that someone has been abducting Jaffa council members and brainwashing them with Goa'uld technology. This mysterious enemy is probably trying the same technique on Teal'c. Hoping to learn more Daniel and Bra'tac convince Maz'rai to undergo the dangerous Rite of M'al Sharran which will clear his mind of any Goa'uld manipulation -- if it doesn't kill him. Maz'rai dies during the Rite but not before scrawling out a clue: Kal'el. Bra'tac begins tailing that council member assuming she will lead him to Teal'c and Carter preps a rescue mission to be launched the moment Bra'tac's plan succeeds.