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{{quote|''I'm invulnerable!''|'''Dr. McKay''' is very enthusiastic}}
 
Dr. Beckett has found a way to impart the ATA (Ancient Technology Activator) gene to normal humans, and the normally reticent Dr. McKay is the first to volunteer. He even has a handy bit of Ancient Technology to try it out on - a personal shield that renders him invulnerable to everything from nasty falls to being shot. Both the gene therapy and the device work perfectly - until they realize that the things that can't touch him include ''him'' - he can't eat or drink, or even take the wretched thing off. ([[Fridge Logic|He's lucky]] he can still even ''breathe.'') This of course takes all the fun out of jumping off ledges, letting people shoot him, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|watching football]].
 
Meanwhile, one of the Athosian children has wandered off and discovered a teleporter to an unexplored part of the city, where he [[Sealed Evil in A Can|inadvertently releases]] a dark energy sucking entity that the Ancients had been studying back in the day. As the expedition personnel begin searching for the lost child and McKay continues to bemoan his impending demise, the entity roams around the city wreaking havoc with its vital systems and badly zapping Lieutenant Ford when he gets caught out in the open.
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* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: At the very beginning of the episode, Dr. Beckett reveals that the ATA gene McKay is about to receive is delivered via a (deactivated) mouse retrovirus:
{{quote| '''McKay:''' Well, are there any side effects?<br />
'''Beckett:''' Dry mouth, headache, the irresistible urge to run in a small wheel... }}
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* [[Recycled Script]]: This episode originally aired back-to-back with the SG-1 episode "Lockdown", which also featured an (unrelated) inky black [[Energy Beings|Energy Being]] haunting the team's base. The two were also disposed of the same way — through the stargate.
* [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]
* [[Self -Destruct Mechanism]]: As a C plot, they are building in a self destruct system of the two keys variety, since this is the only Stargate capable of dialing Earth, and therefore should be destroyed rather than allowed to fall to the Wraith. McKay quips that they shouldn't bother giving him a code. And, [[Stargate Atlantis (TV)/Recap/S01 E05 Suspicion|of course,]] the Athosians are not told about this.
* [[Stock Episode Titles]]: 45 uses
* [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not Awesome?]]?: Nobody but Sheppard is particularly impressed by the football game.
{{quote| '''Sheppard:''' I'm teaching Teyla how [[American Football|football]] is the cornerstone of Western civilization.<br />
'''Weir:''' You're allowed one personal item, and you chose this?
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