[s5e11] Desperate Measures Today

: Reclusive billionaire Adrian Conrad is terminally ill. He has acquired a Goa'uld symbiote from Russia and abducts Carter to learn how to safely transplant it into himself without killing the host.

: Introduced as a major antagonist (the "grey eminence") who uses the chaos to secure the Goa'uld for his own purposes.

: While not episode 11, the later half of season 5 involves characters taking "desperate measures" following Mike Ross's legal troubles. "Stargate SG-1" Desperate Measures (TV Episode 2001) - IMDb [S5E11] Desperate Measures

: Athena races to save her family during a citywide blackout in Los Angeles.

: This is the 99th episode of Stargate SG-1 . : Reclusive billionaire Adrian Conrad is terminally ill

: The episode concludes with the Goa'uld (in Conrad's body) being taken by Simmons to an NID facility, setting up future threats. Other Shows with "Desperate Measures" Titles

Note that several other series have episodes with the same or similar titles in their fifth seasons: : While not episode 11, the later half

: Major Samantha Carter is kidnapped in a parking lot by men wearing ninja masks.