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) – Instinct, and Conversion

Instinct, written by Treena Hancock and Melissa R. Byer, opens with a bit of a nod to An American Werewolf in London. McKay (David Hewlett), Ronon (Jason Momoa), Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and Teyla (Rachel Luttrell) enter a pub house on a distant world. They are unwelcome and urged to leave, but one of them warns…

Stargate: Atlantis (2005) – Condemned, and Trinity

Sheppard (Joe Flanigan), Teyla (Rachel Luttrell), McKay (David Hewlett), and Ronon (Jason Momoa) arrive on a planet via puddlejumper and a stargate that they have never been to before. Moments after arrival, they fall under attack. They are rescued, and learn from their rescuers that the stargate is located on a prison island. Condemned was…

Stargate: Atlantis (2005) – Runner, and Duet

When a gate team finds a dead Wraith with indications that Ford (Rainbow Sun Francks) may have killed it, Sheppard (Joe Flanigan), Teyla (Rachel Luttrell), McKay (David Hewlett) and Lorne (Kavan Smith) head out to see if they can track him down. Problems will arise. Written by Robert C. Cooper, Runner debuted on 29 July,…

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 (2005) – The Siege: Part 1, and Part 2

Martin Gero launches the first part of the season finale, The Siege: Part 1, which was first broadcast on 18 March, 2005. The Wraith hiveships and darts are drawing close now, and everyone is aware that they are the line between the attackers and the Wraith’s new goal, reaching Earth, which would be a new…

Stargate: Atlantis (2005) – Letters from Pegasus, and The Gift

With the Wraith hive ships still two weeks away, the Atlantis Expedition is working on plans to fight and survive. And McKay (David Hewlett) has an idea about sending a message back to Earth through the stargate. Written by Carl Binder, with excerpts by Jill E. Blotevogel, Robert C. Cooper, Brad Wright, Peter DeLuise, Martin…

Stargate: Atlantis (2005) – Before I Sleep, and The Brotherhood

It’s Weir’s (Torri Higginson) birthday. Despite the fact that she wanted to keep it quiet, Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) knows, and after imparting a gift continues his exploration of the massive floating city. He, Teyla (Rachel Luttrell) and Ford (Rainbow Sun Francks) discover a lab, with an old woman in stasis, for ten thousand years! When…

Stargate: Atlantis (2005) – Hot Zone, and Sanctuary

McKay (David Hewlett), Ford (Rainbow Sun Francks), and Zelenka (David Nykl) are leading a team of scientists through Atlantis to make sure everything is operational after the events of the storm. Unfortunately, two of the scientists seem to be infected with a virus that kills them! McKay orders a self-regulated quarantine, while they try to…

Stargate: Atlantis (2005) – The Eye, and The Defiant One

Four months after the cliffhanger given in The Storm, The Eye was broadcast on 21 January, 2025. It was written by Martin Gero. Kolya (Robert Davi) spares Weir (Torri Higginson), and she and McKay (David Hewlett) have to repair the damaged grounding station. Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) continues with his John McClane plan of action. And…