Paul McGillion credited as playing...
Dr. Carson Beckett
- Carson Beckett M. D.: He fainted.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Oh there's gotta be a better word.
- Carson Beckett M. D.: Faint is a proper medical term.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: I passed out from... manly hunger!
- Carson Beckett M. D.: What do I say?
- Lt. Aiden Ford, USMC: [looks up from camera] I dunno... how about "Wish you were here" ?
- Carson Beckett M. D.: [looking around, turns on Ford] I wish who was here?
- Lt. Aiden Ford, USMC: I dunno. Who do you wish was here?
- Carson Beckett M. D.: No-one! I wish I wasn't bloody here!
- Carson Beckett M. D.: ...well if I've learned one thing, Mum, it's that we Earthlings are ver...
- Lt. Aiden Ford, USMC: Doc! You can't say that!
- Carson Beckett M. D.: What?
- Lt. Aiden Ford, USMC: Earthlings. It's compromising security!
- Carson Beckett M. D.: She knows I'm from Earth, son! It's not a bloody secret!
- Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D.: Carson?
- Carson Beckett M. D.: Elizabeth.
- Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D.: How are you doing?
- Carson Beckett M. D.: Oh, just peachy, thanks. You?
- Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D.: I'm sorry to put you in this position, but you're the only one besides Colonel Sheppard and General O'Neill who've actually fired a drone from that chair.
- Carson Beckett M. D.: Ironically, they're the two people I nearly killed when I did that.
- Carson Beckett M. D.: You have a date, Rodney? With a woman?
- Dr. Rodney McKay: It is simply two adults sharing some friendly... Yes, with a woman!
- Carson Beckett M. D.: [a parasite has attached itself to Sheppard's neck, paralyzing him] I'm told you have something of a cling-on.
- Maj. John Sheppard: That's funny.
- Carson Beckett M. D.: [sighs] We believe ATA or Ancient Technology Activation is caused by a single gene that's always on. Instructing various cells in the body to produce a series of proteins and enzymes
- [McKay is staring at syringe]
- Carson Beckett M. D.: that interact with the skin, the nervous system and the brain. In this case we're using a mouse retrovirus to deliver the missing gene to your cells.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: [Looking worried] A mouse retrovirus?
- Carson Beckett M. D.: It's been deactivated.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Well, are there any side effects?
- Carson Beckett M. D.: Dry mouth, headache, the irresistible urge to run in a small wheel...
- Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D.: You think once the initial shock is over, we'll have the old Rodney back?
- Carson Beckett M. D.: I'm afraid so.
- [McKay buttons up his collar while entering the cave with the Iratus bugs]
- Carson Beckett M. D.: You don't seriously think that's gonna help?
- Dr. Rodney McKay: When they see your neck before they see mine, you won't think it's stupid.
- [several minutes later, Beckett lifts up his collar before trying to harvest the eggs]
- Dr. Rodney McKay: See! Not so stupid!
- Carson Beckett M. D.: Ah, shut up.
- Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D.: You were right.
- Carson Beckett M. D.: Lovely... About what?
- Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D.: Your theory of the Wraith evolving after the Ancients arrived in the Pegasus Galaxy.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: You've got to be kidding me.
- Dr. Zelenka: Pay up!
- Carson Beckett M. D.: We still have no idea how it works, but during the Wraith feeding process, the victim is injected with a special enzyme. It strengthens the human body temporarily and ensures that the heart continues to beat.
- Maj. John Sheppard: Why would they wanna make you stronger?
- Carson Beckett M. D.: So the victim doesn't die immediately. The feeding process is so traumatic, without the special enzyme, we shut down far sooner than they like.
- Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D.: They make you stronger so they can take more time to kill you.
- Carson Beckett M. D.: Lovely, isn't it?
- Carson Beckett M. D.: How come I never make friends like that?
- Dr. Rodney McKay: You need to get out more.
- Carson Beckett M. D.: We're in another galaxy. How much more out can you get?
- [about an adolescent Wraith]
- Maj. John Sheppard: So it's a teenage things. Pimples, rebellion, life sucking.
- Carson Beckett M. D.: Something like that.
- Lt. Aiden Ford, USMC: [looking at Wraith called Steve] You know, he looks kinda peaceful...
- Carson Beckett M. D.: [outraged about having to take its blood] Peaceful? You're out of your bloody mind!