although camulus leaves earth, ba'al does not send back sg-1. when all sg teams announce their trust and support for the general, sg-1 dial the stargate from offworld, revealing that they were never captured by ba'al but instead were trapped in a secret base. after their safe return, o'neill attests new sg-1 leader samantha carter's positive leadership skills. it is revealed that the zpm camulus was given to supposedly kill ba'al (which ba'al would use to destroy earth) was actually the dead one from antarctica. zero hour makes up the last minutes of the episode. the president is about to arrive, and gilmor announces that his special assignment, initiated by the president's order, will end the next day. gilmor expresses his respect, and as they leave to greet the president, the camera zooms in on the resignation letter on o'neill's desk, with the last words, "never mind".