Stargate: Atlantis (2008) – Infection, and Identity

With four episodes to go, things have to start ramping up and wrapping up right? Alan McCullough delivers Infection which first aired on 5 December, 2008. Trouble seems to be brewing when a Wraith cruiser arrives in orbit. But there is no communication coming from it at all. What’s going on? McKay (David Hewlett) finds…

Stargate: Atlantis (2008) – Inquisition, and The Prodigal

Sheppard’s (Joe Flanigan) team receives an invitation to a meeting that may lead to a Federation (nicely played Woolsey (Robert Picardo)). Unfortunately, it’s a ploy. The team is put on trial for their actions since arriving in the Pegasus Galaxy. That’s right, we’re getting a clip show. Kind of. Written by Alex Levine, and featuring…

Stargate: Atlantis (2008) – The Lost Tribe, and Outsiders

The big mid-season story concludes with The Lost Tribe. And it picks up right where the previous episode ended. The Stargate room explodes as the gate blew up. Todd the Wraith (Christopher Heyerdahl) ha seized the Daedalus and is heading for Atlantis, and Daniel (Michael Shanks) and McKay (David Hewlett) have discovered that the device…

Stargate: Atlantis (2008) – Outcast, and Trio

Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) journeys home to Earth for his father’s funeral in Outcast. Written by Alan McCullough from a story created by Flanigan, the episode debuted on 1 February, 2008. On Earth, Sheppard is joined by Ronon (Jason Momoa) and they are approached by Ava Dixon (Emma Lahana), who knows all about the Stargate, the…

Stargate: Atlantis (2008) – Be All My Sins Remember’d, and Spoil of War

After McKay’s (David Hewlett) discovery (thanks to the Wraith) of the massive Replicator fleet, the expedition decides it’s time to take the fight to them. Be All My Sins Remember’d was written by Martin Gero and debuted on 4 January, 2008. Both Caldwell (Mitch Pileggi) and Ellis (Michael Beach) arrive to aid in the attack,…

Stargate: Atlantis (2007) – Missing, and The Seer

Carl Binder pens Missing which first aired on 9 November, 2007. Keller (Jewel Staite) and Teyla (Rachel Luttrell) head out on a mission together to see the Teyla’s people, the Athosians, in their new home. Unfortunately, when they arrive they discover the colony is missing. The primary suspects are a warrior tribe known as the…

Stargate: Atlantis (2007) – Travelers, and Tabula Rasa

Paul Mullie and Joseph Mallozzi wrote Travelers which first debuted on 26 October, 2007. Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) is returning on a mission when he is fired on by a giant starship. Brought on board, he discovers they’ve been living a nomadic existence aboard ship due to the war with the Wraith (sounds a bit like…

Stargate SG-1 (2007) – Dominion, and Unending

Here we go, the end run for Stargate SG-1. Dominion, the penultimate episode debuted on 15 June, 2007. It was written by Alan McCullough from a story by Alex Levine. With only two episodes left the series needs to wrap up character and narrative arcs, and that means we are going to see lots of…

Stargate SG-1 (2007) – The Road Not Taken, and The Shroud

Carter (Amanda Tapping) finds herself in a parallel universe in The Road Not Taken. Written by Alan McCullough, this episode first debuted on 27 April, 2007. While testing an experimental device based on Merlin’s work, Carter’s arrival in a different universe allows her the opportunity to help hide the planet from the Ori. In effect…