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** However, even the sarcophagus eventually fails, as it was in Yu's case. Conveniently, it was one of the most benevolent Goa'uld to become senile and close to death. It was not the issue with the host but with the symbiote.

* The immortality treatment offered by the title character of the ''[[Babylon 5]]'' episode "Deathwalker" requires the death of some in order to make others immortal. Deathwalker hopes to cause the various races to degenerate into civil war as revenge for the destruction of her own people.

* In ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'', the Cylons couldn't appreciate life prior to their civil war, when the rebellious faction is exiled from the Resurrection Ship, meaning that any deaths would be permanent. Their leader explains it as the possibility of death made each second important, more so than it ever was before.

* In [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the 2004 reboot of ''Battlestar Galactica'']], the Cylons couldn't appreciate life prior to their civil war, when the rebellious faction is exiled from the Resurrection Ship, meaning that any deaths would be permanent. Their leader explains it as the possibility of death made each second important, more so than it ever was before.

* Subverted in ''[[Supernatural]]'': There is an immortal doctor who needs to replace his organs when they "wear out"; Sam steals his notebook, complete with the formula for how to become immortal. Turns out its ''not'' some dark magic ritual that involves drinking blood from a baby's skull, its just science—though "[[Take Our Word for It|weird]] [[Weird Science|science]]". The brothers eventually bury the notebook with the doctor, not wanting to have to prey on others to survive. It seems like they didn't stop to consider the positive implications of that kind of immortality paired with organ cloning technology...

** And subverted again in a season 5 episode, where the leads come across a witch who lengthens his life by playing Texas Hold'em with humans. At least 25 years of life is the buy-in: winning means you can regress to your younger self or not age for that amount of time, while losing means you age rapidly or die. There are no tricks involved, as the only ones who play the witch are those who search him out knowing full well what the game entails. Interestingly, the witch never cheats (he's been playing and winning so long, he doesn't feel the need to), tries to dissuade potential players whom he believes don't have a real shot at winning, and on one case, he folds a hand he's certain he'll win and voluntarily ends the game, just to give an aging opponent enough extra years of life for him to see his granddaughter's Bat Mitzvah. He's a pretty nice guy.