beckersher:

Zelenka: Every possible scenario ends in failure.  There is nowhere on the face of this planet that that thing cannot get us.
[lightbulb]
Sheppard: You don’t think?
McKay: No.
Sheppard: Old girl too banged up?
McKay: No, the Replicators fixed all the damage we did with the drones.  We just don’t have the power.
Sheppard: Yeah, but ideally…
McKay: Yeah, it’d be the only way.
Zelenka: What?
Sheppard: The drilling platform!  You guys have it operational down there, right?
McKay: It’s close enough, but we couldn’t bring it with us.
Zelenka: Bring it where?
Sheppard: We don’t need to.  We just need a boost.
McKay: You’re onto something here.
Zelenka: Hey.  What’s your idea?  Hey!

3.20 “First Strike”