The Lost City will rise again. The series picks up the story arc from Stargate SG-1's Lost City, where people from all around the world come together to form an expedition and discover the wonders of Atlantis. Discovering that they have been cut off from Earth, they must fend for themselves, and discover a powerful new enemy bent on human subjugation..
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101 |
"Rising (Part 1)" |
Martin Wood |
Robert C. Cooper and Brad Wright |
July 16, 2004 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| After relinquishing her position at Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir has been working in the Antarctic Outpost, gathering members of an expedition to embark to the lost city of Atlantis. When they seem to be able to ascertain a gate address, a new adventure begins. |
| 2 |
102 |
"Rising (Part 2)" |
Martin Wood |
Robert C. Cooper and Brad Wright |
July 16, 2004 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| After Sheppard's return with refugees from Athos, Atlantis, moments away from being crushed, breaks away from the ocean floor, rising to the surface just before the shield fails. Now, given a chance to rescue his people, Sheppard needs to make Weir see things his way. |
| 3 |
103 |
"Hide and Seek" |
David Warry-Smith |
Robert C. Cooper and Brad Wright |
July 23, 2004 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Eager to experiment with new technology, Dr. McKay volunteers to be Dr. Beckett's first patient for his new ATA gene therapy. Now able to use a personal shield emitter, McKay recklessly tests its properties, only to find that it could lead to his death. Elsewhere, a "living shadow" entity threatens the city after it was accidentally released from a container where the Ancients were studying it. It roams the city looking for energy to feed on, and the more it feeds, the more lethal it becomes. |
| 4 |
104 |
"Thirty-Eight Minutes" |
Mario Azzopardi |
Brad Wright |
July 30, 2004 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Needing medical attention, Sheppard's puddle jumper races to Atlantis, only to become lodged in the Stargate. Now, they only have 38 minutes until the stargate automatically dis-engages, and the jumper gets cut in two... leaving them to suffocate in outer space. |
| 5 |
105 |
"Suspicion" |
Mario Azzopardi |
Paul Mullie & Joseph Mallozzi |
August 6, 2004 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| When the offworld teams are attacked one time too many, Dr. Weir must consider that there is an Athosian spy in their midst, but upon further investigation, all evidence points to Teyla. Feeling betrayed, the Athosians resettle to the newly-discovered mainland. |
| 6 |
106 |
"Childhood's End" |
David Winning |
Martin Gero |
August 13, 2004 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| The team visits M7G-677, a primitive world where no one is over 24 years old, because of ritual suicides they believe keep the Wraith at bay. McKay discovers that they are in fact being protected by an Ancient electromagnetic shield. He takes the ZPM powering it, unwittingly allowing a long-dormant Wraith transmitter to reactivate. |
| 7 |
107 |
"Poisoning the Well" |
David Winning |
Damian Kindler |
August 20, 2004 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Dr. Beckett helps the Hoffans, humans who are developing a vaccine against the Wraith, complete the drug. Despite a 50% mortality rate and a warning from the Atlanteans that the Wraith are likely to destroy them as a potential threat, the Hoffans elect to take the drug. |
| 8 |
108 |
"Underground" |
Brad Turner |
Peter DeLuise |
August 27, 2004 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| In order to keep the expedition fed, the team visits the Genii to trade for food. According to Teyla she believed them to be peaceful farmers, however, Sheppard and McKay find an underground bunker, letting them see the real face of the Genii. |
| 9 |
109 |
"Home" |
Holly Dale |
Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie |
September 10, 2004 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| When Atlantis discovers M5S-224, a planet that will allow them to gate to Earth, they return under the guise they will be able to go back to the city, due to the new hyperdrive on the Prometheus. Yet, when the engines explode, the team begins to question the mystery of their situation. |
| 10 |
110 |
"The Storm (Part 1)" |
Martin Wood |
Jill Blotevogel and Martin Gero |
September 17, 2004 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Exploring the planet, Sheppard and Teyla discover a colossal storm with the ability to crush the city in its current state. The Manarians (first mentioned in "Underground") give shelter to most of the Atlantis Expedition. McKay and Zelenka think of a daring way to power up the shield, but it's no coincidence that the Genii invade the city at their weakest moment. |
| 11 |
111 |
"The Eye (Part 2)" |
Martin Wood |
Martin Gero |
November 8, 2004 (The Movie Network) |
| As Sheppard attempts to reclaim the city from the Genii, who still have Weir and McKay as hostages, the bulk of the storm fast approaches. Now, the rest of the team must take drastic measures to help wherever they can, before there is nothing left to save. |
| 12 |
112 |
"The Defiant One" |
Peter DeLuise |
Peter DeLuise |
November 15, 2004 (The Movie Network) |
| Sheppard and McKay lead two scientists to survey an Ancient orbital defense platform discovered from the city's sensors. When they arrive via jumper, they find a Wraith distress beacon emanating from the nearest planet's surface... and are in for an unusual surprise. |
| 13 |
113 |
"Hot Zone" |
Mario Azzopardi |
Martin Gero |
November 22, 2004 (The Movie Network) |
| Inspecting the city for storm damage, a party of scientists unleash a virus that causes hallucinations and eventually... death. Now, nearly a third of Atlantis' residents have been infected, forcing a lockdown. It's up to Sheppard to keep it from spreading, and eliminate it for good. |
| 14 |
114 |
"Sanctuary" |
James Head |
Alan Brennert |
November 29, 2004 (The Movie Network) |
| Searching a new planet, the Wraith find the team, only for them to be shot down by a mysterious weapon. On the surface, they find a primitive world named Proculus that would make ideal sanctuary for those fleeing from the Wraith. But the inhabitants believe their goddess won't permit it. |
| 15 |
115 |
"Before I Sleep" |
Andy Mikita |
Carl Binder |
December 6, 2004 (The Movie Network) |
| While exploring the city, the team stumbles upon a stasis unit holding an extremely old woman, who they believe to be an Ancient. When they revive her, she claims to be Dr. Elizabeth Weir, and she has a story she's been waiting ten thousand years to tell. |
| 16 |
116 |
"The Brotherhood" |
Martin Wood |
Martin Gero |
January 3, 2005 (The Movie Network) |
| The team searches for a Zero Point Module rumored to be hidden on the planet Dagan, an old Lantean outpost. The ancestors of the Daganians, the Sudarians, were entrusted with a ZPM some 10,000 years ago. In attempt to locate and excavate the ZPM, the team crosses paths with Kolya once more, but it's not the only thing to worry about when their new allies have motives of their own. |
| 17 |
117 |
"Letters from Pegasus" |
Mario Azzopardi |
Carl Binder |
January 10, 2005 (The Movie Network) |
| With the Wraith fast approaching to claim the city, Atlantis must somehow send a message back to Earth for a desperate attempt in survival. Meanwhile, Sheppard and Teyla go offworld to try to find more intel on the Wraith fleet, but end up with a few hitchhikers. |
| 18 |
118 |
"The Gift" |
Peter DeLuise |
Robert C. Cooper and Martin Gero |
January 17, 2005 (The Movie Network) |
| Plagued by terrifying nightmares, Teyla tries to dive into her past offworld, where she finds an abandoned Wraith lab. Bringing back the findings, Dr. Beckett makes a surprising discovery in her DNA makeup, leading to a possible way to gather information from their enemy. |
| 19 |
119 |
"The Siege (Part 1)" |
Martin Wood |
Martin Gero |
January 24, 2005 (The Movie Network) |
| McKay leads a team to activate the Ancients' orbital weapons platform to destroy the hive ships on the final stretch to the city. After the team has found a potential Atlantis Alpha Site (M1K-439 as "Planet Waterfall", the Tyrannosaurus-like planet M1M-316, the Genii-infested M4H-212, and M85-393 with intense daytime temperatures were rejected), the city's personnel are preparing for evacuation, when they discover the kamikaze dart pilot ("The Brotherhood") has survived in the city. |
| 20 |
120 |
"The Siege (Part 2)" |
Martin Wood |
Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie |
January 31, 2005 (The Movie Network) |
| As a response to the message the expedition sent, the SGC sends Atlantis reinforcements via ZPM. Now the Ancient power source is en route through the latest Earth battleship, the Daedalus, and they need to hold out for four days, or Atlantis risks destruction. |
The story continues when the Daedalus arrives and renews the expedition's connection to Earth. This takes place alongside the Ori story arc in SG-1, and the Wraith become an even larger threat in the Pegasus Galaxy. But what they deal with in their second year might be more than they can handle, and Dr. Beckett's retrovirus is more in trouble than it's worth.
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| 21 |
201 |
"The Siege (Part 3)" |
Martin Wood |
Martin Gero |
July 15, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| The timely arrival of the Daedalus, lead by Col. Steven Caldwell, saves Maj. Sheppard's life from a suicide bombing run, but it may not be enough to defeat the Wraith when more hive ships are on the way. Thankfully, with the new ZPM, McKay might pull off another miracle. |
| 22 |
202 |
"The Intruder" |
Peter DeLuise |
Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie |
July 22, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Strange malfunctions begin to occur when members of the expedition return from a trip to Earth aboard the Daedalus. When things go too far, they discover that the ship has been infected by a Wraith virus, and now it has the instinct to stay alive, even if it means it has to kill. |
| 23 |
203 |
"Runner" |
Martin Wood |
Robert C. Cooper |
July 29, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Following a lead on the whereabouts of Lt. Ford, Lt. Col. Sheppard and Teyla get captured on P3M-736 by Ronon Dex, a man who they find out is a runner, hunted by the Wraith. When they offer to help, the team must face off against their old ally, and possibly gain a new one.(This is the 200th Stargate episode). |
| 24 |
204 |
"Duet" |
Peter DeLuise |
Martin Gero |
August 5, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| After the team witnesses the aftermath of a culling, a Wraith Dart suddenly appears. When it's shot down to preserve Atlantis' secret, they discover that McKay and a female marine officer were beamed aboard, whilst their drastic measures to save them has left the consciousness of the female marine officer trapped in Dr. McKay. |
| 25 |
205 |
"Condemned" |
Peter DeLuise |
Sean Carley and Carl Binder |
August 12, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Sheppard's team stumbles upon a technologically advanced society, the Olesians, who purposely leave their criminals on a penal colony near the Stargate, for the Wraith to discover them first. But after the prisoners shoot the jumper down, they discover that this punishment is too effective and the crime rate drops, forcing the Olesians to start sentencing petty criminals and innocent people to the Wraith. |
| 26 |
206 |
"Trinity" |
Martin Wood |
Damian Kindler |
August 19, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| After having found an experimental Ancient power generator, McKay becomes obsessed to triumph where the Ancients failed, but the price might be too high. Elsewhere, Teyla and Ronon go to the planet Balkan to trade, but discover that not all of Ronon's people died. |
| 27 |
207 |
"Instinct (Part 1)" |
Andy Mikita |
Treena Hancock and Melissa R. Byer |
August 26, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| While investigating a planet, the team comes across a Wraith girl who has been raised by her human "father," hiding from the people of the nearby village in fear of her life. But she doesn't consider the consequences when she takes an incomplete drug to turn herself human. |
| 28 |
208 |
"Conversion (Part 2)" |
Brad Turner |
Robert C. Cooper and Martin Gero |
September 9, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| After Ellia injects Sheppard with the retro-virus (Instinct), the Atlantis team races against time to find a way to reverse his transformation into an Iratus bug hybrid. But even though he might make it difficult for them, he could be the key to his own salvation. |
| 29 |
209 |
"Aurora" |
Martin Wood |
Carl Binder and Brad Wright |
September 23, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| The team finds an Ancient warship still inhabited by Ancients in suspended animation. They are all connected together through a virtual environment, that Sheppard enters to communicate with them. The only problem being, the Ancients think that their virtual lives are reality. |
| 30 |
210 |
"The Lost Boys (Part 1)" |
Brad Turner |
Martin Gero |
September 23, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Sheppard's team is kidnapped off-world, only to find that their captor is none other than Ford. He has recruited several men into taking the Wraith enzyme, and now they intend to use the team to destroy a Hive Ship to prove the "glorious" effects of the drug. |
| 31 |
211 |
"The Hive (Part 2)" |
Martin Wood |
Carl Binder |
November 21, 2005 (The Movie Network) |
| After the attempt to destroy the Hive backfires, the team becomes captured by the Wraith, demanding answers. Meanwhile, Dr. McKay takes a massive dose of enzyme and escapes to Atlantis in a state of frenzy, but his choice could put him on the edge of death. |
| 32 |
212 |
"Epiphany" |
Neil Fearnley |
Joe Flanigan and Brad Wright |
November 28, 2005 (The Movie Network) |
| Sheppard gets pulled into an Ancient device, separating him from the rest of his team and the outside world. While trying to get him out, the team discovers that time moves much more quickly inside and Sheppard could die of old age before they release him. |
| 33 |
213 |
"Critical Mass" |
Andy Mikita |
Carl Binder |
December 5, 2005 (The Movie Network) |
| It is discovered that The Trust have infiltrated Atlantis and planted a bomb inside, set to go off the next time they dial Earth. To add to the tension, two Wraith cruisers are on the way, and Dr. Weir wants to figure out if there could be a Goa'uld spy in Atlantis' midst. |
| 34 |
214 |
"Grace Under Pressure" |
Martin Wood |
Martin Gero |
December 12, 2005 (The Movie Network) |
| During the test run of a recently repaired puddle jumper, it crashes deep into the ocean, leaving Dr. McKay sinking underwater. When he shows the first signs of losing hope (and sanity), he must rely on a hallucination of Lt. Col. Samantha Carter for his survival. |
| 35 |
215 |
"The Tower" |
Andy Mikita |
Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie |
December 19, 2005 (The Movie Network) |
| The team finds a world that possesses Ancient technology, but only the royal family may be allowed to operate it and lowly villagers are treated with little dignity. When he tries to set things right, Sheppard finds himself a pawn in the rivalry between the heirs to the throne. |
| 36 |
216 |
"The Long Goodbye" |
Andy Mikita |
Damian Kindler |
January 2, 2006 (The Movie Network) |
| After recovering two alien stasis pods from space, the minds of the inhabitants are transferred into Dr. Weir and Sheppard. But when it's discovered that the two are enemies hoping to settle an ancient score, the alien combatants put the entire population of Atlantis in danger. |
| 37 |
217 |
"Coup D'etat" |
Martin Wood |
Martin Gero |
January 9, 2006 (The Movie Network) |
| Ladon Radim comes to the expedition wanting to overthrow the Genii leader, Cowen. They are reluctant to help, but it seems he has discovered a ZPM that he could trade with the expedition. The Genii set a trap for the Atlantis team on a ruined planet, M6R-867, and Radim's true motives are revealed. |
| 38 |
218 |
"Michael" |
Martin Wood |
Carl Binder |
January 16, 2006 (The Movie Network) |
| An amnesiac young Lieutenant in Atlantis, Michael Kenmore, suffers poor treatment from the personnel, and disturbing nightmares that he is a Wraith. Yet things become worse, when he accidentally stumbles upon a shocking discovery about himself... he is one. |
| 39 |
219 |
"Inferno" |
Peter DeLuise |
Carl Binder |
January 23, 2006 (The Movie Network) |
| The team comes to aid a low-level technological civilization, the Taranians, taking refuge throughout an Ancient outpost. While trying to repair systems, McKay discovers a volcano below the outpost that will obliterate life on the entire planet, suggesting evacuation to a new planet. Yet during the process, the Stargate is destroyed. |
| 40 |
220 |
"Allies (Part 1)" |
Andy Mikita |
Martin Gero |
January 30, 2006 (The Movie Network) |
| A Wraith faction (including Michael) contacts Atlantis to seek help in destroying their common enemies, the Wraith. Because the Wraith are currently engaged in a destructive civil war, they suggest using Atlantis' retro-virus to turn their native foes into human prey. |
This season concentrates on more character driven stories. Along with new insight on the characters, the expedition discovers a new threat, one that could be the precursor to the Replicators. Some important characters leave the series in this season, and the fate of Atlantis once again is in the hands of the Tau'ri.
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| 41 |
301 |
"No Man's Land (Part 2)" |
Martin Wood |
Martin Gero |
July 14, 2006 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| After the Wraith betrayed the expedition (Allies), they head to Earth with McKay and Ronon. Meanwhile, Elizabeth must answer to the IOA because of her actions during the short-lived alliance, and Sheppard must stop the hive ships from reaching Earth, whatever the cost. This episode sees the first appearance in the show of Robert Picardo as Richard Woolsey, a character first seen in Stargate SG-1. |
| 42 |
302 |
"Misbegotten (Part 3)" |
Martin Wood |
Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie |
July 21, 2006 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| After using the retro-virus to turn an entire hive into humans, they create a Stargate-less colony for them to live in until a more permanent solution can be found. All the while, Richard Woolsey, newly arrived at Atlantis, observes Dr Weir to determine whether she's fit to continue to lead the expedition. |
| 43 |
303 |
"Irresistible" |
Martin Wood |
Carl Binder |
July 28, 2006 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| The Atlantis team encounters a village that adore one man named Lucius Lavin to the point of insanity. He claims to have medicines (found on M6H-491) to offer the team, but when Beckett investigates, he brings the man back to Atlantis smitten by the man's charm. Soon, the entire expedition falls under his spell. |
| 44 |
304 |
"Sateda" |
Robert C. Cooper |
Robert C. Cooper |
August 4, 2006 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| When Ronon becomes a prisoner offworld, his captors hand him over to the Wraith, who take him to his homeworld. There, he is forced to once again become their prey, but witness to his capture, Sheppard's team races to Sateda to return him to his new home. |
| 45 |
305 |
"Progeny (Part 1)" |
Andy Mikita |
Carl Binder |
August 11, 2006 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Weir and the team visit M7R-227, a planet where an advanced civilization lives who split off from the Lanteans thousands of years ago, and have built an entire planet out of Ancient technology. But after their adverse behavior, they soon discover they might not even be Lantean or organic for that matter. |
| 46 |
306 |
"The Real World (Part 2)" |
Paul Ziller |
Carl Binder |
August 18, 2006 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Dr. Weir awakens in a sanitarium outside of D.C. only to find that Atlantis, and the Stargate Program, was a fantasy. But after a series of nightmarish visions, she doesn't take long to realize things aren't what they appear to be, and she is determined to return to the city. |
| 47 |
307 |
"Common Ground" |
William Waring |
Ken Cuperus |
August 25, 2006 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Sheppard is captured by Kolya, who plans to trade him for Ladon Radim. To help persuade Dr. Weir, he uses his captured Wraith to feed off Sheppard over and over again. To escape, Sheppard must find common ground with the only one who wants to achieve the same goal. (Introduces Todd played by Christopher Heyerdahl) |
| 48 |
308 |
"McKay and Mrs. Miller" |
Martin Wood |
Martin Gero and Carl Binder |
September 8, 2006 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| On Earth, a young housewife has written a ground-breaking proof that could benefit Atlantis. She is McKay's sister who has given up a career as a scientist to raise a family, and when he persuades her to come to Atlantis, another Rodney comes from an alternate reality. |
| 49 |
309 |
"Phantoms" |
Martin Wood |
Carl Binder |
September 15, 2006 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Trying to locate a missing team, Sheppard's team finds a Wraith hallucinatory device on M1B-129, and after a few hours of research, McKay deems it to be a threat for everyone's safety. Yet, while attempting to leave, the DHD explodes, leaving them to become victim to the device. |
| 50 |
310 |
"The Return (Part 1)" |
Brad Turner |
Martin Gero |
September 22, 2006 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| During the first test of the intergalactic bridge, the Daedalus discovers an Ancient Warship between the two galaxies. Rescuing the residents on-board, the team is shocked, when they learn that the Ancients want the expedition gone, forcing exodus back to Earth. |
| 51 |
311 |
"The Return (Part 2)" |
Brad Turner |
Martin Gero |
November 20, 2006 (The Movie Network) |
| When the Asurans take the city under Ancient command, O'Neill and Woolsey are captured in the crossfire, forcing the team to disobey orders and return to the Pegasus Galaxy. Reuniting with Teyla and Ronon, they must reclaim Atlantis without destroying it in the process. |
| 52 |
312 |
"Echoes" |
Will Waring |
Carl Binder and Brad Wright |
November 27, 2006 (The Movie Network) |
| Everyone starts to see ghosts of Lanteans, caused by echoes being emitted by whale-like creatures (Flagisalis, first encountered in "Grace Under Pressure") converging on the city. When side effects begin to occur, McKay discovers that the Ancients tried to teach the whales their language, who now try to warn them about a periodic solar flare that threatens life on the planet. |
| 53 |
313 |
"Irresponsible" |
Martin Wood |
Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie |
December 4, 2006 (The Movie Network) |
| Lucius Lavin (Irresistible), is up to his old tricks again, he's using an Ancient Personal Shield Emitter (Hide and Seek) to pose as an invincible hero, but needs the team's help when Acastus Kolya shows up to deal with Lavin personally. |
| 54 |
314 |
"Tao of Rodney" |
Martin Wood |
Damian Kindler |
December 11, 2006 (The Movie Network) |
| After an Ancient device within the city alters Rodney's DNA, he gains superhuman powers. Although he initially takes them as a blessing, his enhanced brilliance is checked only by his impending death... unless he learns to overcome his ego to ascend. |
| 55 |
315 |
"The Game" |
Will Waring |
Don Whitehead, Holly Henderson, and Carl Binder |
December 18, 2006 (The Movie Network) |
| Major Lorne's team discovers a planet that fits the description of Lt. Col. Sheppard and Dr. McKay's competitive video game. It turns out that it has been controlling real people, the People of Geldar and Hallona, through a series of Ancient satellites, who now stand on the brink of war and destruction. |
| 56 |
316 |
"The Ark" |
William Waring |
Scott Nimerfro and Ken Cuperus |
January 8, 2007 (The Movie Network) |
| Colonel Sheppard's team discovers a space station where the last of a race of humans remain. They soon discover, however, the entire population is in danger when the station is damaged through the suicide of a recently awoken resident. |
| 57 |
317 |
"Sunday" |
Will Waring |
Martin Gero |
January 15, 2007 (The Movie Network) |
| The expedition tries to relax during a mandatory day off, until an unexpected explosion leaves three people dead, and reveals that one other scientist is a walking time bomb. Unfortunately, the attempt to resolve the issue will result in the loss of an important face in Atlantis. |
| 58 |
318 |
"Submersion" |
Brenton Spencer |
Ken Cuperus |
January 22, 2007 (The Movie Network) |
| The team discovers a drill platform at the bottom of the ocean which may be an alternative to ZPMs, but during their visit, they are ambushed by an old Wraith Queen. Once they capture her, Teyla's desire to get information could lead her down a dangerous path. |
| 59 |
319 |
"Vengeance" |
Andy Mikita |
Carl Binder |
January 29, 2007 (The Movie Network) |
| Now that the Wraith see Michael as an "unclean thing," he has been experimenting with Iratus bugs, creating monsters for an army to rule the galaxy. When the team stumbles on one of his labs, they are in for a world of hurt when they are attacked by countless creatures. |
| 60 |
320 |
"First Strike (Part 1)" |
Martin Wood |
Martin Gero |
February 5, 2007 (The Movie Network) |
| When the Apollo arrives, they launch a preemptive strike against the Asurans when it is discovered that they are building a fleet of ships. When the armada is destroyed, a weapons satellite appears above the city, and unless they can fly away, Atlantis will be no more. |
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| 61 |
401 |
"Adrift (Part 2)" |
Martin Wood |
Martin Gero |
September 28, 2007 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Escaping from the Replicators satellite weapon, Atlantis encounters further problems as the city's shield begins to severely deplete their over-taxed ZPM. With limited resources, the team undertake a myriad of repairs, whilst Dr McKay and Dr Keller are forced to make a tough decision when Elizabeth Weir is injured. |
| 62 |
402 |
"Lifeline (Part 3)" |
Martin Wood |
Carl Binder |
October 5, 2007 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Colonel Sheppard's team and Dr Weir plan a daring infiltration of the Asuran homeworld to steal a ZPM from the Replicators, in order to power up Atlantis and head to their new home. Dr Weir's new powers convince Rodney that he can upload a new attack code to the Replicators, and thereby return them to their ancient war with the Wraith: but it risks exposing her to Oberoth (David Ogden Stiers). Meanwhile, Colonel Samantha Carter and the Apollo search for the lost city. |
| 63 |
403 |
"Reunion" |
Will Waring |
Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie |
October 12, 2007 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| When Ronon encounters some old companions, they tell how they survived when Sateda fell. Samantha Carter, the new head of the Expedition, considers them a security risk and is reluctant to allow them access to Atlantis, forcing Ronon to choose whether to leave with his former allies. Unbeknown to him, they harbor a dark secret as to how they really survived. |
| 64 |
404 |
"Doppelganger" |
Robert C. Cooper |
Robert C. Cooper |
October 19, 2007 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| After coming across a crystalline species on M3X-387, similar to one which Jack O'Neill encountered in the SG-1 season 1 episode "Cold Lazarus",[1] Sheppard inadvertently carries it back to Atlantis after contact with it. The being can travel through electrical conductors, and can enter the minds of humans through touch, where it causes nightmares - which eventually kill Dr Kate Heightmeyer. |
| 65 |
405 |
"Travelers" |
Will Waring |
Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie |
October 26, 2007 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Sheppard is captured by a race of humans who have lived for generations in space to avoid any Wraith contact, and who have heard rumors of a powerful enemy against the Wraith: the Atlantis Expedition. Now they intend to use Sheppard to activate an Ancient Warship. |
| 66 |
406 |
"Tabula Rasa" |
Martin Wood |
Alan McCullough |
November 2, 2007 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| A deadly disease courses through Atlantis, causing the entire expedition to lose their memory. Teyla and Ronon have retained their memories and must convince everyone to work together to find a cure, before all their memories are gone forever. |
| 67 |
407 |
"Missing" |
Andy Mikita |
Carl Binder |
November 9, 2007 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| While on an offworld trip to New Athos, Teyla and Dr Jennifer Keller discover that the Athosian settlement has been abandoned in the wake of the arrival of the Bola Kai, primitive warriors who don't want them to get off the planet alive. This also raises a larger question: what has become of the Athosians? |
| 68 |
408 |
"The Seer" |
Andy Mikita |
Alan McCullough |
November 16, 2007 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Searching for the missing Athosians, the team finds Davos (Martin Jarvis), a man of a primitive civilization called the Vedeenans. Davos can see into the future and bears news about an attack on Atlantis. Meanwhile, the Replicators introduce a new tactic in their war with the Wraith: the extermination of their food supply! As human worlds come under attack, the Wraith warrior captured by Kolya a year ago, nicknamed 'Todd', proposes an alliance with Atlantis to shut down the Replicators attack code. |
| 69 |
409 |
"Miller's Crossing" |
Andy Mikita |
Martin Gero |
November 30, 2007 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| McKay's sister, Jeannie Miller, is kidnapped on Earth by industrialist Henry Wallace, who believes McKay can save his dying child using the Replicators’ alien nanotechnology. McKay goes to Jeannie's rescue, but is inadvertently captured. To save their own lives, the two of them must prevent Wallace's daughter's death -at the risk of setting the Replicator Nanites loose on Earth. |
| 70 |
410 |
"This Mortal Coil (Part 1)" |
Will Waring |
Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie |
December 7, 2007 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| When a mysterious drone collides with Atlantis, the team wonder whether the Replicators may have found the city and if Davos's prediction of its destruction will come true. Events quickly suggest that the Replicators are already among them; yet things become even stranger when Elizabeth Weir reappears. |
| 71 |
411 |
"Be All My Sins Remember'd (Part 2)" |
Andy Mikita |
Martin Gero |
January 4, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| The Atlantis team hope to eliminate the Replicators once and for all, by using their contacts with the Wraith known as Todd to recruit a fleet of Hive ships to fight alongside the Daedalus and the Apollo. Unfortunately, not many Wraith ships flock to the cause, and the Expedition set off a chain of events which they are not able to contain. |
| 72 |
412 |
"Spoils of War (Part 3)" |
Will Waring |
Alan McCullough |
January 11, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| The Atlantis team successfully salvage a damaged Hive ship following the battle with the Replicators, and in the process retrieve some critical information that may help in their never-ending war against the Wraith. |
| 73 |
413 |
"Quarantine" |
Andy Mikita |
Carl Binder |
January 18, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| An imposed lockdown of Atlantis, caused by a medical alert, traps key personnel in various parts of the city alongside people they never expected, threatening some relationships within the expedition and allowing others to bloom. |
| 74 |
414 |
"Harmony" |
William Waring |
Martin Gero |
January 25, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Offworld on a familiar planet, Sheppard and McKay agree to escort a young princess, Harmony, to some ruins where she can assume the title of Queen. On this simple and routine mission, they find that a Genii contingent is hunting Harmony down, on the orders of her own sister, who wishes to succeed to the title in her place. |
| 75 |
415 |
"Outcast" |
Andy Mikita |
Carl Binder |
February 1, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| When Sheppard's father dies, he and Ronon return to Earth to attend the funeral; but their plans are interrupted when they discover that a human-form Replicator is on the loose in San Francisco. Upon closer investigation, they learn it was created illegally by a scientist on Earth, who has programmed it to evade re-capture. |
| 76 |
416 |
"Trio" |
Martin Wood |
Martin Gero |
February 8, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| While offworld, Dr McKay, Dr Keller, and Col Carter become locked in an underground cavern, with no apparent means of escape. To wile away the long hours, the three try to make the best of it, and attempt to get to know each other a little bit better. |
| 77 |
417 |
"Midway" |
Andy Mikita |
Carl Binder |
February 15, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| At a request from Col Carter, Teal'c makes a journey to Atlantis to help out Ronon, who is up for review by the I.O.A.; but tensions rise when the two warriors learn that a group of Wraith have infiltrated the Midway station - and Earth! |
| 78 |
418 |
"The Kindred (Part 1)" |
Peter F. Woeste |
Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie |
February 22, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| As a mysterious new illness begins to spread throughout the Pegasus Galaxy, Teyla is convinced that the father of her child is trying to communicate with her through telepathic visions concerning it. But when Dr Keller discovers it to be a re-engineered form of the Hoffman virus, which renders surviving humans poisonous to the Wraith, the team suspect that Michael is seeking revenge again. |
| 79 |
419 |
"The Kindred (Part 2)" |
Peter F. Woeste |
Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie |
February 29, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| The team are stunned when Dr Carson Beckett turns up alive. But when Teyla is captured by Michael they must perform a daring rescue mission using the information Carson Becket has obtained, which could play right into Michael's hands. Teyla, meanwhile, learns some important information about her people: and about Michael's intentions for her unborn child. |
| 80 |
420 |
"The Last Man (Part 1)" |
Martin Wood |
Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie |
March 7, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| When Sheppard returns from searching for Teyla, he finds that Atlantis has been abandoned. The city is surrounded by a vast wasteland of sand dunes. As the last man in the city, he must uncover the reason for this strange turn of events, aided by information left behind by Dr McKay. Can he locate his missing team in time to prevent Michael from killing them all? |
| # |
# |
Title |
Directed by |
Written by |
Original airdate |
| 81 |
501 |
"Search and Rescue (Part 2)" |
Andy Mikita |
Martin Gero |
July 11, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Carter launches a rescue operation for the victims of a huge off-world explosion; but the rescue party must combat Michael and his army, who also wish to recover the survivors. |
| 82 |
502 |
"The Seed" |
William Waring |
Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie |
July 18, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| The clone of Dr Carson Beckett is removed from stasis to receive a possible cure, and in turn is the only one who possibly can find a cure for a serious medical problem before it's too late for one of his closest friends. |
| 83 |
503 |
"Broken Ties" |
Ken Girotti |
Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie |
July 25, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Ronon is reunited with Tyre, a former Satedan warrior turned "Wraith worshiper" (from season 4's "Reunion"). Having apparently turned on his new masters and broken free of their brainwashing, Tyre hopes to rebuild his destroyed relationship with Ronon and Atlantis. |
| 84 |
504 |
"The Daedalus Variations" |
Andy Mikita |
Alan McCullough |
August 1, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| The Daedalus appears in orbit, abandoned, when the team know it's currently on its way to Earth. Investigating, they discover that this is not the real Daedalus. It is jumping between different realities, powered by a so-called "alternate reality drive". Now the team is up against the clock: they must figure out a way to get back to their own reality before the drive burns out. |
| 85 |
505 |
"Ghost in the Machine" |
Ken Girotti |
Carl Binder |
August 15, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Dr Elizabeth Weir (now played by Michelle Morgan) returns to Atlantis in the form of a "digitally ascended" being, who hopes to use Atlantis to construct human bodies for her consciousness and for those of eight other Replicators who likewise hope to Ascend. |
| 86 |
506 |
"The Shrine" |
Andy Mikita |
Brad Wright |
August 22, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| After a mission to M44-5YN, a planet undergoing global warming, Rodney McKay begins suffering from the Pegasus Galaxy's equivalent of Alzheimer's disease. In the hope of saving him, the team bring him to Talus, a planet once inhabited by the Ancients, to a "shrine" which overcomes the symptoms of the disease for one day. |
| 87 |
507 |
"Whispers" |
William Waring |
Joseph Mallozzi |
September 5, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Sheppard and Beckett join Major Anne Teldy’s team on a planet with one of Michael’s research facilities for the early versions of his human-iratus hybrids concealed inside a cave system. Unfortunately for them, Michael's hybrids are nearby conspiring against them. Paul McGillion guest stars as Carson Beckett and Nicole de Boer guest stars as Dr. Alison Porter. |
| 88 |
508 |
"The Queen" |
Brenton Spencer |
Alan McCullough |
September 12, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Teyla is posing as Todd's (Christopher Heyerdahl) Wraith Queen, giving him the authority to enter talks with another hive and its Queen. It's not too long before suspicion is cast upon them and they must work together to maintain their plot. |
| 89 |
509 |
"Tracker" |
William Waring |
Carl Binder |
September 19, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| The team comes to the aid of a village under Wraith threat, but Ronon and McKay must rescue one of their own when Dr. Keller is kidnapped. |
| 90 |
510 |
"First Contact (Part 1)" |
Andy Mikita |
Martin Gero |
September 26, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Daniel Jackson returns to Atlantis to do research on the Lantean scientist Janus. The Atlantis Expedition meets with Todd to discuss Dr. Jennifer Keller's gene therapy and makes first contact with a new alien species. Michael Shanks guest stars as Daniel Jackson. |
| 91 |
511 |
"The Lost Tribe (Part 2)" |
Andy Mikita |
Martin Gero |
October 10, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Sheppard must race to save McKay and Daniel Jackson from an Ancient laboratory before Todd, who has hijacked an Earth battle cruiser, gets there first. |
| 92 |
512 |
"Outsiders" |
William Waring |
Alan McCullough |
October 17, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Sheppard and his team meet a man and a woman named Sefaris and Novo, two of a group of survivors from the planet Balara who survived the Hoffan plague and are now living with the people Dr Beckett is helping. However, the Balarans face betrayal by their host village when the Wraith come hunting for them. |
| 93 |
513 |
"Inquisition" |
Brenton Spencer |
Alex Levine |
October 24, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| The Atlantis expedition is put on trial for the crimes against the Pegasus Galaxy by a group of human civilizations that have formed 'The Coalition'. This episode is a clipshow. |
| 94 |
514 |
"The Prodigal" |
Andy Mikita |
Carl Binder |
November 7, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| In search for Teyla's baby, Michael and his hybrids infiltrate Atlantis. While the hybrids take control of the city's systems one by one, it's up to Sheppard's and Lorne's teams to retake the city. But first McKay has to disable a seemingly inpenetrable stun energy field set up by Michael. |
| 95 |
515 |
"Remnants" |
William Waring |
Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie |
November 14, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| John Sheppard has been abducted. After freeing himself from his bonds, he soon discovers who it is who tied him up: Acastus Kolya (Robert Davi). In Atlantis, Woolsey, McKay, and the rest of the team are about to make a shocking discovery about an ancient race called Sakari. |
| 96 |
516 |
"Brain Storm" |
Martin Gero |
Martin Gero |
November 21, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Rodney McKay is invited to a landmark scientific presentation by an old rival from his school days. The device appears to be a solution to global warming, but then everything goes awry. Guest Stars include Dave Foley, playing Malcolm Tunney, with Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson playing themselves. |
| 97 |
517 |
"Infection" |
Andy Mikita |
Alan McCullough |
December 5, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| The team investigates mysterious happenings on board a Wraith Hive. Meanwhile, Dr. Keller is doing research on Wraith physiology. |
| 98 |
518 |
"Identity" |
William Waring |
Carl Binder |
December 12, 2008 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Dr. Jennifer Keller is diagnosed with a psychological ailment. However, little does the Atlantis expedition realize that she has been exposed to body-switching technology that does not require the subjects to be in close proximity. Meanwhile Keller's consciousness faces a desperate struggle for survival inside the body of a wanted fugitive woman named Neeva. |
| 99 |
519 |
"Vegas" |
Robert C. Cooper |
Robert C. Cooper |
January 2, 2009 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| In an alternate reality, detective John Sheppard and FBI Agent Richard Woolsey find themselves in the midst of a CSI like murder case involving several killings apparently of Wraith origin in Las Vegas, Nevada. This episode was filmed in Las Vegas, with filming for the season ending there, but it aired as the 19th episode.[4] During the episode, the songs "The Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson, "Sympathy for the Devil" by The Rolling Stones and "Solitary Man" by Johnny Cash are played. |
| 100 |
520 |
"Enemy at the Gate" |
Andy Mikita |
Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie |
January 9, 2009 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Todd informs Atlantis that a group of Wraith have in their possession several ZPMs which they plan to use to power a new super Wraith Hive. He also advises Woolsey that they should immediately destroy it. But when the team reaches the hive, it does significant damage to the Daedalus and jumps into hyperspace. The team then finds out that the ship is heading to Earth. |
