The penultimate episode of season two gives us a little bit of time travel. Written by Brad Wright, one of the showrunners, 1969 first aired on 5 March, 1999. Carter (Amanda Tapping) is updating a gate’s address, working to account for solar gravity, and General Hammond (Don S. Davis) gives Carter a note without a…
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Stargate SG-1 (1999) – The Fifth Race, and A Matter of Time
Poor Jack (Richard Dean Anderson). O’Neill becomes infected with an alien database when they travel to one of the possible ally worlds of the five races allied against the goa’uld system lords. Written by Robert C. Cooper, The Fifth Race first debuted on 22 January, 1999. He begins to speak in an alien tongue, and…
Stargate SG-1 (1998) – The Tok’ra Part 1, and Part 2
Using story threads laid down in the episode In the Line of Duty and Secrets, The Tok’ra expands the Stargate universe once again, and introduces new characters, allies and threats? The Tok’ra Part 1 was written by one of the showrunners, Jonathan Glassner, and it debuted on 2 October, 1998. When Captain Carter (Amanda Tapping)…
Stargate SG-1 (1998) – Prisoners, and The Gamekeeper
O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) Carter (Amanda Tapping), Teal’c (Christopher Judge) and Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) find themselves in a penal colony on an unknown planet after unknowingly violating local law and aiding someone in need, who turned out to be a murderer. Prisoners was written by Terry Curtis Fox and was first broadcast on 10…
Stargate SG-1 (1998) – The Serpent’s Lair, and In the Line of Duty
Season two of SG-1 got underway on 26 June, 1998 with The Serpent’s Lair. Written by one of the series showrunners, Brad Wright, the episode picks up moments after the conclusion of the season one finale. O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Carter (Amanda Tapping), Jackson (Michael Shanks) and Teal’c (Christopher Judge) are still aboard the goa’uld…
Stargate SG-1 (1998) – Tin Man, and There But for the Grace of God
After SG-1 encounters the strange and eccentric Harlan (Jay Brazeau) they return to Earth, better, but discover that despite their memories and personalities, they aren’t human… they’re androids? Tin Man was written by Jeff King and debuted on 13 February, 1998. When they begin to falter at Stargate Command, they have to return to the…
Stargate SG-1 (1997/1998) – Singularity, and Cor-ai
Those pesky goa’uld are up to no good and they are intent on taking Earth and the SGC out. Singularity brings trouble into the Cheyenne complex in this episode written by Robert C. Cooper, which first aired on 31 October, 1997. When SG-1 travels through the gate to find the previous team, and a number…
Stargate SG-1 (1997) – Fire and Water, and Hathor
SG-1 returns to the SGC with sad news, it seems Jackson (Michael Shanks) is dead. Or at least that is the way O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Teal’c (Christopher Judge) remember it. Fire and Water was written by Kathryn Powers from a story she developed with Brad Wright, one of the showrunners….
Stargate SG-1 (1997) – The Torment of Tantalus, and Bloodlines
How do we know we’re in the SGC in the 40s with the opening of this episode? The bluesy version of the Stargate theme, honestly it’s a solid episode that helps the series continue to build its backstory, and its worldbuilding. Jackson (Michael Shanks) is watching old footage of the Stargate project and both her…
Stargate SG-1 (1997) – The Broca Divide, and The First Commandment
Problems arise for the SG-1 team when they are exposed to a virus on their latest trip through the gate. The virus slowly turns them into animalistic creatures incapable of reason, and the entire Stargate Command (SGC) may be in trouble. Written by one of the showrunners Jonathan Glassner, this episode was first broadcast on…
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