321 Crystal Skull
It was painful for Daniel to dredge up all this. It explained a lot of his personality. His folks dead, his own grandfather didn't want him. The old man had something more important to do. This could make a child feel worthless. As an adult you reassess your feelings of past situation of which you had no control. You reconsider where you fit in the scheme of others priorities.
His grandfather had abandoned him when he was a child and now he was abandoning his grandfather to the giant smoke aliens. Even think about them seem ridiculous although he had witnessed them first hand. No, he wasn't abandoning the old man. He was giving the old man the freedom to pursue what he sought all his life. And in its own bizarre way the old man abandoning Daniel led Daniel to the SGC's doorstep. He thought of his grandfathers words "Can you imagine what it feels like to go on the most incredible journey of your life and have no one believe you?" Yes he could.
Carter was embarrassed yet strangely gratified to know O'Neill carried her out of the cavern, out of danger. She, a combat soldier, had passed out. It was humiliating.
"Aren't you glad you didn't have to carry me out?" he asked from the infirmary bed next to hers. "You'd probably have left me there."
This angered her. "I'd have dragged your sorry ass out." And was immediately shocked by her words to a superior officer.
O'Neill could help but smile through the blinding headache that would not go away. He knew he had goaded her and was happy to hear she wouldn't have left him behind.
"Well I glad it wasn't Teal'c."
"Me too" she agreed.