When Sheppard’s (Joe Flanigan) team is ambushed by the Wraith yet again, Weir (Torri Higginson) begins to suspect that there is an informant somewhere on Atlantis. Blame initially falls on the Athosians who the Earth expedition has taken in and housed.

Suspicion was written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie from a story by Kerry Glover. It first aired on 6 August, 2004.

Weir is intent on conducting personal interviews with all of them, while Sheppard breaks the news to Teyla (Rachel Luttrell) that some areas of the city are now restricted to expedition members only. The interviews are closer to interrogations, and Halling (Christopher Heyerdahl) is less than happy that his people are suspects.

Ford (Rainbow Sun Francks) and Sheppard take a puddle jumper out and discover land on the Atlantis planet. McKay (David Hewlett) and Zelenka (David Nykl) disover the puddle jumper bay has a sun roof.

Halling proposes he and the Athosians suggest taking up residence on the mainland.

Will this stop the Wraith ambushes? Who is the spy?

Because no matter where Sheppard’s team goes, the Wraith seem to show…

Sheppard discovers the truth of the situation, it’s Teyla’s locket. The one Sheppard found and gave to her in the first episode. The Athosians aren’t to blame, and apologies are made, and a plan is concocted to use the locket to their own benefit; leading the Wraith right into a trap – and captured!

And you just know that is going to be important for future episodes. The Athosians are happy on the mainland, gate operations can resume, and there’s a Wraith in the basement, things are going well.

Martin Gero penned Childhood’s End which debuted on 13 August, 2004.

When Sheppard, McKay, Teyla and Ford are forced to crash land their puddle jumper during their search for ZPMs, they find a civilization that takes their own lives when they reach 25. They do this as a way to hide from the Wraith.

And hey! One of these young people look exactly like Lieutenant Elliot (Courtenay J. Stevens – who plays the leader Keras in this episode). While Sheppard tries to deal with Keras, who plans to commit the sacrifice that night, Ford and McKay are accompanied everywhere by a pair of precocious kids.

Can the team repair the ship and find a way to let the civilization thrive? And get the ZPM?

But what if the ZPM is keeping the civilization safe? And what happens when they turn it off?

Throw in a power struggle in the camp of the next youngster ready to take over after Keras, and things escalate pretty quickly. It will all come down to McKay to save the day.

It’s a good episode, and it shows that Sheppard’s team is working well together, and that each character is given a chance to shine, and there’s some wonderful banter and character bits happening throughout.

I’m loving this revisit of the series, which I haven’t watched since it first aired. But damn it’s fun.