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) – 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) – Ghost in the Machine, and The Shrine

Carl Binder penned Ghost in the Machine which first debuted on 15 August, 2008. Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and his team are returning from a mission (flying monkeys ) when something happens to their puddle-jumper as they attempt to pass through the gate. Tumbling away into space, they find out what happened. Something is affecting their…

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) – 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 (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…