Ba'al kidnaps and brainwashes members of the Jaffa High Council in a bid to seize control of the Jaffa. Meanwhile, Mitchell debates whether to reveal the Stargate program to a dying friend who was once in line for his SG-1 position.

The SGC learns that the organization of traders and mercenaries known as the Lucian Alliance is distributing a highly-addictive drug and SG-1 goes to investigate. But the situation becomes complicated when the planet's Stargate disappears, and SG-1 is held responsible.