Stargate: Atlantis (2007) – Sunday, and Submersion

Dr. Heightmeyer (Claire Rankin) suggests everyone have a Sunday off, and this is what happens. Written by Martin Gero, Sunday first aired on 1 June, 2007. Everyone has a relaxing plans in the works, Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) is teaching Ronon (Jason Momoa) about golf, McKay (David Hewlett) and Beckett (Paul McGillion) want to go fishing,…

Stargate: Atlantis (2007) – Irresponsible, and Tao of Rodney

Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie penned Irresponsible, which first aired on 27 April, 2007. It saw the return of Richard Kind’s Lucius Lavin. He’s causing problems again, but things are going to get really complicated for Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and the rest with the arrival of Kolya (Robert Davi). Lucius comes to the attention of…

Stargate: Atlantis (2007) – The Return: Part 2, and Echoes

Stargate: Atlantis returned from its mid-season break on 13 April, 2007 with the second part of The Return. Written by Martin Gero, the story sees Sheppard (Joe Flanigan), Weir (Torri Higginson), McKay (David Hewlett), Beckett (Paul McGillion), Teyla (Rachel Luttrell) and Ronon (Jason Momoa) leading the charge to rescue O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Woolsey (Robert…

Stargate: Atlantis (2006) – Phantoms, and The Return: Part 1

Carl Binder wrote Phantoms that first aired on 15 September, 2006. Hallucinations seem to be running rampant through offworld teams. What’s causing them? What are they? Can it be stopped? Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) leads his team, along with Dr. Beckett (Paul McGillion) to follow up on a team that has missed its check-in. But things…

Stargate: Atlantis (2006) – Progeny, and The Real World

Progeny debuted on 11 August, 2006. It was written by Carl Binder from a story by Binder and Robert C. Cooper. We are introduced to the Asurans, a highly advanced race. In fact that may be Ancients. But things never go that easily in this series, and it is soon revealed that we know exactly…

Stargate: Atlantis (2006) – Inferno, and Allies

The penultimate episode of season two finds Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and his team discovering that some new possible allies not only have ancient tech, they may have an ancient warship. Inferno was written by Carl Binder and debuted on 3 March, 2006. While McKay (David Hewlett) helps Norina (Brandy Ledford) with the planetary defense shield,…

Stargate: Atlantis (2006) – Coup D’Etat, and Michael

While Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) investigate the apparent death of Major Lorne (Kavan Smith) and his team, the Genii resurface to cause more problems. Coup D’Etat was written by Martin Gero and it was first aired on 17 February, 2006. Ladon (Ryan Robbins) of the Genii reaches out to Atlantis with the reveal that Cowen (Colm…

Stargate: Atlantis (2006) – Critical Mass, and Grace Under Pressure

Landry (Beau Bridges) sends word to the Atlantis expedition, that there is a faction of the Trust (which could mean human villains or Goa’uld) working to hinder the humans in the Pegasus galaxy, and to do it they have set a bomb somewhere in the city. First airing on 20 January, 2006, Critical Mass was…

Stargate: Atlantis (2005) – The Siege: Part 3, and The Intruder

Things are pretty dire for the Atlantis Expedition. Ford (Rainbow Sun Francks) gets grabbed by a Wraith who is feeding on him when a grenade goes off and sends them both tumbling over the side into the distant ocean. Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) is on his suicide run, but is saved at the last moment, despite…

Stargate: Atlantis (2004) – Hide and Seek, and Thirty Eight Minutes

Everyone is settling into Atlantis, McKay (David Hewlett) is taking gene therapy from Beckett (Paul McGillion) so he can access Ancient technology, but now he has a problem in Hide and Seek. Written by Robert C. Cooper from a story by Cooper and Brad Wright, this episode was first broadcast on 23 July, 2004. McKay…