
Stargate Atlantis
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Atlantis, built thousands of years ago by the highly evolved Ancients, is home base for an elite expedition from Earth. These courageous military commanders and scientists leap through the city's Stargate to explore the wondrous Pegasus galaxy and battle the treacherous Wraith, who seek control of Atlantis -- at any cost.
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Common GroundSummoned to a planet by a communication code they had previously given their Genii allies, the team is ambushed by Kolya, who has now created his own faction of Genii after being forced from the inner circle of the Genii leadership. While the rest of the team manages to escape, Sheppard is taken prisoner. - 02
SundayWith the entire city ordered to take a personal day the team does their best to unwind and enjoy their leisure time. Without warning a mysterious explosion rips through the city killing and injuring unsuspecting citizens. Dr. Rodney McKay and Dr. Carson Beckett arrive on the scene to find Teyla critically injured by shrapnel from the explosion. Unable to find explosive residue, the only leads they have to go on are eyewitness accounts saying one of the base-scientists just suddenly exploded. - 03
MidwayMr. Coolidge is the newest member of the IOA and openly distrustful of alien participation in any facet of the Stargate program. Despite his bias, the IOA has entrusted him with interviewing Teyla Emmagan and Ronon Dex about their suitability to continue as members of the Atlantis expedition. This does not bode well for Ronon who is next on the list to travel to Earth for questioning.
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Season01
- S01E01
Rising, Part 1July 16, 2004The Stargate SG-1 team discovers what they believe to be the remnants of the lost city of the Ancients – the originators of the Stargates an - S01E02
Rising, Part 2July 16, 2004The Stargate SG-1 team discovers what they believe to be the remnants of the lost city of the Ancients – the originators of the Stargates an - S01E03
Hide and SeekJuly 23, 2004Dr. Rodney McKay undergoes experimental gene therapy, altering his DNA to match the Ancient genetic coding. The experiment opens up countles - S01E04
Thirty-Eight MinutesJuly 30, 2004Fleeing from a surprise encounter with the Wraith, Major Sheppard falls victim to an alien symbiote which is feeding off his life force and - S01E05
SuspicionAugust 6, 2004When the Atlantis team is ambushed by the Wraith on a trip off-world, Dr. Weir begins to suspect that one of the Athosians is actually a Wra - S01E06
Childhood's EndAugust 13, 2004During an exploratory mission, the puddle jumper's electrical systems are knocked out by a massive electromagnetic field and the team is for - S01E07
Poisoning the WellAugust 20, 2004The Atlantis team encounters the Hoffans, a human civilization in the process of rebuilding their society since the last attack of the Wrait - S01E08
UndergroundAugust 27, 2004With the city's food supply dwindling, the Stargate Atlantis team must search for an alternate food source. At the suggestion of Teyla, they - S01E09
HomeSeptember 10, 2004During an exploration of a planet with no apparent inhabitants, Dr. McKay discovers that the planet's fog-like atmosphere is actually pure e - S01E10
Season's bestThe StormSeptember 17, 2004The team learns that a storm of catastrophic proportions is headed straight for the city of Atlantis. Without enough energy to power the shi - S01E11
The EyeJanuary 21, 2005When an approaching storm with awesome destructive capabilities causes Dr. Weir to evacuate the city, the Genii launch an invasion, and take - S01E12
The Defiant OneJanuary 28, 2005Leading an exploration of an ancient weapons satellite in deep space, Major Sheppard and Dr. McKay intercept a Wraith distress signal. Decid - S01E13
Hot ZoneFebruary 4, 2005While assessing the structural damage to the city caused by a massive storm, two of Dr. McKay's team of scientists experience horrifying vis - S01E14
SanctuaryFebruary 11, 2005Engaged in combat, the Atlantis team's puddle jumper is hit with an energy wave that leaves them unharmed, but destroys their Wraith attacke - S01E15
Before I SleepFebruary 18, 2005While exploring the city, the Atlantis team discovers a stasis chamber holding a woman who appears to be over 10,000 years old. Excited at t - S01E16
The BrotherhoodFebruary 25, 2005The Atlantis team travels to Dagan, a planet with a hidden ZPM and a mysterious trail that will lead to its hidden secret chamber location. - S01E17
Letters from PegasusMarch 4, 2005Having learned that the entire Wraith armada is headed towards the city, the Atlantis team prepares to send a data message to Earth with inf - S01E18
The GiftMarch 11, 2005Terrifying nightmares about the Wraith cause Teyla to lash out at her colleagues and prompt her to seek professional advice. With psychologi - S01E19
The Siege, Part 1March 18, 2005With the Wraith armada closing in on Atlantis, Dr. McKay and a small team attempt to repair an ancient weapons satellite in the hopes of lev - S01E20
The Siege, Part 2March 25, 2005With the Wraith armada bearing down on the city, the Atlantis team prepares to evacuate. Setting the city's self-destruct sequence, they hop
Season02
- S02E01
Season's bestThe Siege, Part 3July 15, 2005Rescued from a near-fatal encounter with the Wraith, Lt. Aiden Ford receives medical care at the Atlantis base. However, his abnormally quic - S02E02
The IntruderJuly 22, 2005When a scientist is killed in the Daedalus' computer room, McKay first believes the poor circuitry is at fault. However, when another scient - S02E03
RunnerJuly 29, 2005When a routine, off-world science mission comes across a mutilated Wraith carcass, the team suspects Ford may be involved. Intrigued, they s - S02E04
DuetAugust 5, 2005During an investigation of a planet leveled by a Wraith attack, McKay and new security team member Lt. Laura Cadman are transported aboard a - S02E05
CondemnedAugust 12, 2005When the Atlantis team sets out to a distant planet, they land on a small island off the main coast and are attacked by a group of savages. - S02E06
TrinityAugust 19, 2005While doing standard recon on a planet thought to have been destroyed by the Wraith long ago, the team finds an Ancient structure standing i - S02E07
InstinctAugust 26, 2005On an unexplored planet, Sheppard, McKay, Teyla and Ronon hike into a village at dusk. The startled inhabitants insist that they spend the n - S02E08
ConversionSeptember 9, 2005Having been savagely bitten by the Wraith girl Ellia, Sheppard hurries back to Atlantis for medical treatment. Both he and Dr. Beckett are s - S02E09
AuroraSeptember 23, 2005When Atlantis's deep-space sensors detect the Aurora, an ancient Atlantian warship, at the edge of the galaxy, Sheppard's team wastes no tim - S02E10
The Lost BoysSeptember 23, 2005While exploring a new planet, Sheppard, McKay, Teyla and Ronon are ambushed by a group of men armed with Wraith stunners. They awaken to fin - S02E11
The HiveJanuary 6, 2006Colonel Sheppard and his team find themselves prisoners of the Wraith following Ford's attack on a hive ship. Dr. McKay goes to great length - S02E12
EpiphanyJanuary 13, 2006On a new planet, Sheppard, McKay, Teyla, and Ronon discover an intriguing portal in a mountainside: an opaque force field surrounded by Anci - S02E13
Critical MassJanuary 20, 2006On Earth, a galaxy away from Atlantis, Gen. Landry receives intelligence that The Trust, a group of conspirators controlled by the evil Goa' - S02E14
Grace Under PressureJanuary 27, 2006During the first test flight of a Puddle Jumper that Dr. Zelenka has repaired, the small ship abruptly crashes and sinks into Atlantis's oce - S02E15
The TowerFebruary 3, 2006Sheppard, McKay, Teyla and Ronon visit an oppressed, poverty-stricken village that sacrifices half of every harvest to a mysterious Lord Pro - S02E16
The Long GoodbyeFebruary 10, 2006Above an isolated moon, Sheppard's team discovers two battered life pods in decaying orbits. They bring them to Atlantis, where Dr. McKay op - S02E17
Coup d'EtatFebruary 17, 2006Col. Sheppard's team is urgently summoned to M1K-177, where Maj. Lorne's team has been attacked. When Sheppard and his unit arrive, however, - S02E18
MichaelFebruary 24, 2006Lt. Michael Kenmore awakens in Atlantis's infirmary with no memory of how he got there — or who he is. Dr. Weir, Col. Sheppard and Dr. Becke - S02E19
InfernoMarch 3, 2006Sheppard's team visits the planet Taranis at the invitation of two leading citizens, Dr. Norina Pero and Chancellor Lycus, who want McKay to - S02E20
AlliesMarch 10, 2006A Wraith hive ship arrives in orbit above Atlantis. In the cloaked city below, everyone is stunned when Michael radios down with an unnervin
Season03
- S03E01
No Man's LandJuly 14, 2006After their temporary alliance with the Wraith backfires, the Atlantis team must find a way to stop two Wraith hive ships that are headed fo - S03E02
MisbegottenJuly 21, 2006Having successfully used the Wraith retrovirus to turn an entire hive ship of Wraith into humans, the team returns to Atlantis with their pr - S03E03
IrresistibleJuly 28, 2006While looking for suitable stargates to harvest for their new Intergalactic Bridge, the team comes across a small village with a revered lea - S03E04
SatedaAugust 4, 2006Exploring a village, the team is suddenly attacked and taken prisoner. It turns out that Ronon had visited the planet before, and unknowingl - S03E05
ProgenyAugust 11, 2006Scouring the Atlantian database Dr. Rodney McKay discovers a reference to an abandoned Ancient testing site. Investigating the site, the tea - S03E06
The Real WorldAugust 18, 2006Waking up in a psychiatric hospital outside of Washington D.C., Dr. Elizabeth Weir is shocked to discover that her entire experience in Atla - S03E07
Season's bestCommon GroundAugust 25, 2006Summoned to a planet by a communication code they had previously given their Genii allies, the team is ambushed by Kolya, who has now create - S03E08
McKay and Mrs. MillerSeptember 8, 2006Rodney McKay is called back to earth to convince his estranged sister, Jeannie Miller, to assist the Air Force in implementing an important - S03E09
PhantomsSeptember 15, 2006Major Leonard's team fails to check in with Atlantis while on a mission exploring an anomalous energy spike. Because the anomaly also makes - S03E10
The Return, Part 1September 22, 2006While testing the new McKay-Carter intergalactic gate bridge, the Daedalus detects an Ancient Atlantian warship, traveling at just below lig - S03E11
The Return, Part 2April 13, 2007General O'Neill and Richard Woolsey, the lone survivors of the replicators' bloody coup of Atlantis, hide out in an abandoned section of the - S03E12
EchoesApril 20, 2007Teyla begins to see apparitions of ancients in distress and believes they are the ghosts of the Ancients recently massacred by the Replicato - S03E13
IrresponsibleApril 27, 2007Sheppard and his team hear of a great warrior with stories of defeating both the Genii and the wraith and decide to seek him out in hopes of - S03E14
Tao of RodneyMay 4, 2007Trying to preserve power by turning off all the non-essential systems the Ancients recently activated before being killed by the replicators - S03E15
The GameMay 11, 2007Major Lorne discovers a planet with dozens of satellites in geosynchronous orbit. However, inhabitants on this planet are no further advance - S03E16
The ArkMay 18, 2007Investigating what appears to be an abandoned space station inside a hollowed out moon Rodney McKay mistakenly brings one of it's scientists - S03E17
SundayJune 1, 2007With the entire city ordered to take a personal day the team does their best to unwind and enjoy their leisure time. Without warning a myste - S03E18
SubmersionJune 8, 2007Deep underwater, the team scours the ocean floor looking for a mobile geothermal drilling station the ancients left dormant in hopes of unle - S03E19
VengeanceJune 15, 2007After helping relocate the Taranans, the Atlantis team realizes they haven't heard from the village in an unusually long period of time. Won - S03E20
First StrikeJune 22, 2007With the arrival of the Apollo to Atlantis comes intel that the Replicators appear to be building a large armada to directly attack earth. P
Season04Best season
- S04E01
AdriftSeptember 28, 2007When Rodney McKay realizes Atlantis has started shutting down artificial gravity and collapsing protective shields to compensate for a damag - S04E02
LifelineOctober 5, 2007Lt. Col. Sheppard leads his team to the core of the Replicator home world on a high-risk mission to steal a ZPM, while Col. Samantha Carter, - S04E03
ReunionOctober 12, 2007Ronon reconnects with a group of Satedans from his past who enlist the Atlantis team's help on a dangerous mission against the Wraith. - S04E04
DoppelgangerOctober 19, 2007During an exploratory walk on a jungle planet, Lt. Col. Sheppard touches a glowing crystalline growth and unwittingly becomes host to an inf - S04E05
TravelersOctober 26, 2007On his way back to Atlantis, Lt. Col. Sheppard and his jumper are taken prisoner by a rogue ship helmed by a beautiful but ruthless human co - S04E06
Tabula RasaNovember 2, 2007With almost everyone on Atlantis infected by an amnesia-causing virus, McKay finds himself zip-tied to his desk with cryptic letters on his - S04E07
MissingNovember 9, 2007Arriving on New Athos for an overnight visit, Teyla and Dr. Keller discover the entire settlement abandoned and their own lives in jeopardy - S04E08
The SeerNovember 16, 2007While trying to find her people, Teyla and the team meet a man with extraordinary prophetic abilities who predicts a frightening future for - S04E09
Miller's CrossingNovember 30, 2007When McKay's sister Jeanie is kidnapped, the team returns to Earth to find her. - S04E10
This Mortal CoilDecember 7, 2007The Atlantis team's worst fears may be realized when a mysterious drone crashes into the city. - S04E11
Be All My Sins Remember'dJanuary 4, 2008Now armed with the means to track Replicator ships throughout the Pegasus Galaxy, the Atlantis teams strives to eliminate the Replicators on - S04E12
Spoils of WarJanuary 11, 2008The Atlantis team successfully salvage a partially damaged Hive ship and in the process retrieve some critical information that may help in - S04E13
QuarantineJanuary 18, 2008When an alarm sounds throughout the city, initiating a quarantine lock down, the Atlantis team finds themselves trapped in various sections - S04E14
HarmonyJanuary 25, 2008Wanting to maintain diplomatic relations, Sheppard and McKay agree to accompany a precocious young princess on a rite of passage. - S04E15
OutcastFebruary 1, 2008When Lt. Colonel John Sheppard receives word that his father has passed away he returns to Earth but, once there, becomes embroiled in a cov - S04E16
TrioFebruary 8, 2008During an off world mission, Carter, McKay and Dr. Keller become trapped in an underground mining chamber rocked by fierce seismic tremors. - S04E17
Season's bestMidwayFebruary 15, 2008Mr. Coolidge is the newest member of the IOA and openly distrustful of alien participation in any facet of the Stargate program. Despite his - S04E18
The Kindred, Part 1February 22, 2008As Teyla continues to search for her people, a mysterious new illness sweeps throughout the galaxy, killing scores of people. - S04E19
The Kindred, Part 2February 29, 2008An old friend's unforeseen return spurs a race against time to rescue a missing teammate. - S04E20
The Last ManMarch 7, 2008Following another unsuccessful search for Teyla, Lt. Colonel Sheppard returns home to Atlantis to find the city completely abandoned.
Season05
- S05E01
Search and RescueJuly 11, 2008Atlantis races against time to save team members trapped in a collapsed compound, and rescue a pregnant Teyla from Michael's clutches. - S05E02
The SeedJuly 18, 2008When a mysterious alien organism takes Dr. Keller as its host, Beckett and the crew desperately search for a serum to save her from the evol - S05E03
Broken TiesJuly 25, 2008Ronon is captured by his former friend, Tyre, and turned over to the wraith. As the team scrambles for leads, Ronon undergoes a torturous or - S05E04
The Daedalus VariationsAugust 1, 2008A drive malfunction aboard a mysterious duplicate Daedalus sends the team jumping through various alternate realities where they encounter s - S05E05
Ghost in the MachineAugust 15, 2008A mysterious entity causes crippling havoc within the city's computer systems. - S05E06
The ShrineAugust 22, 2008While on a rescue mission to another planet, Dr. Rodney McKay falls fatally ill and his sister Jeannie is summoned from Earth to say her fin - S05E07
WhispersSeptember 5, 2008While exploring an abandoned catacomb on an unexplored planet, an Atlantis away team uncovers one of Michael's secret labs. - S05E08
The QueenSeptember 12, 2008Teyla risks her life on a daring mission aboard a wraith hive ship. - S05E09
TrackerSeptember 19, 2008With Hunter Wraith in close pursuit, only Ronan's uncommon skills as a former Runner may save a kidnapped Dr. Keller. - S05E10
First ContactSeptember 26, 2008Atlantis encounters a mysterious alien race when Dr. Rodney McKay and a visiting Dr. Daniel Jackson stumble upon the secret lab of a rebelli - S05E11
The Lost TribeOctober 10, 2008With the Daedalus under siege, Dr. Daniel Jackson and Rodney McKay try to keep a reactivated Ancient weapon from triggering a cataclysmic ch - S05E12
OutsidersOctober 17, 2008Col. John Sheppard and his team, aided by Dr. Carson Beckett, struggle to save survivors of the Hoffan plague from being sacrificed to the W - S05E13
InquisitionOctober 24, 2008Sheppard and his team are abducted by a newly formed galactic coalition and made to stand trial for crimes against humanity. - S05E14
The ProdigalNovember 7, 2008An old foe, bent on revenge, infiltrates the Gate Room to take control of Atlantis. - S05E15
RemnantsNovember 14, 2008While Richard Woolsey struggles to keep his position as the leader of Atlantis, and McKay and Zelenka investigate a mysterious find, Sheppar - S05E16
Season's bestBrain StormNovember 21, 2008Dr. Keller accompanies Dr. McKay to Earth to attend a top secret scientific demonstration by McKay's former rival. - S05E17
InfectionDecember 5, 2008Atlantis receives a distress signal from a hive ship and discovers that all the Wraith on board have placed themselves in stasis, the victim - S05E18
IdentityDecember 12, 2008Dr. Jennifer Keller wakes to find her consciousness inside the body of a notorious thief who has been sentenced to death for her crimes. - S05E19
VegasJanuary 2, 2009Detective John Sheppard attempts to solve a string of unusual murders in Las Vegas. - S05E20
Enemy at the GateJanuary 9, 2009Atlantis rushes to destroy an advanced Wraith hive ship before it presents a threat to Earth.
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