Stargate: Atlantis (2008/2009) – Vegas, and Enemy at the Gate

Here we go, the penultimate episode of Stargate: Atlantis. Written and directed by Robert C. Cooper, Vegas first aired on 19 December, 2008. When another body turns up dead in Las Vegas, and a police detective is called in to investigate. John Sheppard (Joe Flanigan). What’s going on here? The bodies have strange chest wounds,…

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) – 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) – Search and Rescue, and The Seed

The fifth and final season of Stargate: Atlantis got underway on 11 July, 2008. Written by Martin Gero the story finds Atlantis engineers working to free Ronon (Jason Momoa), Sheppard (Joe Flanigan), McKay (David Hewlett) and Lorne (Kavan Smith) from the building collpse that gave us the ending of the previous season. But Michael (Connor…

Stargate: Atlantis (2008) – The Kindred: Part 2, and The Last Man

The penultimate episode of Season 4 of Stargate: Atlantis first aired on 29 February, 2008. It was written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, and holy crap Carson Becktt (Paul McGillion) is back!?! He claims he’s been held by Michael (Connor Trinneer) for the past two years! While Sheppard’s (Joe Flanigan) team goes off to…

Stargate: Atlantis (2008) – Midway, and The Kindred: Part 1

Teal’c (Christopher Judge) makes an appearance in Midway. Written by Carl Binder, this episode first debuted on 15 February, 2008. An IOA representative, Coolidge (Rob LaBelle) is conducting interviews back at Stargate Command. The IOA wants to make sure that anyone involved in the Stargate program, on Earth or in the Pegasus Galaxy can be…

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…