Stargate In Significantly Fewer Seasons, Season 2: Re-Placating The Gods

While I was living in the intolerable flesh oven of Mesa, Arizona, I worked for a family who obsessively watched Stargate. I liked the family, and I liked the episodes, but it was the  fifth or sixth season, and things were constantly being explained to  me. Things I probably didn't need to know.

I'm not sure what possessed me to trackdown the movie, and start to watch the series it inspired, but I've decided to do another condensed series chronology a la my Star Trek and Doctor Who recommendations. I'm aiming for ten seasons of ten episodes each, but there's always some wriggle room.

Stargate is basically Star Trek where Earth is the ship most episodes originate from. There's a ton of classic sci-fi tropes, conspiracy theories, and completely incorrect science. For this chronology, I'm focused on interesting character studies, cool (even if technically incorrect) science, and drama that isn't quite melodrama (despite the swelling Stargate theme). I've left out some major episodes that introduce characters and plots that come up later because I care more about where a story goes than when it  begins. But each of these episodes should be easy to follow,even if you've never seen any previous episode.

Season one was full of Goa'ulds, Jaffa (Goa'uld slaves and incubators), and Tokra (basically just polite Goa'ulds), with the end of season introduction of the Asgards. Season two gives us a few new recurring races while still focusing on the excalating war of the Asgard/Tokra/Humans vs. The Goa'uld/Jaffa.

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Season Two:
Re-placating The Gods

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Episode 1: Into The Fire
(O'Neill, Jackson,Carter, Teal'c, Hammond, Bra'tac, Davis, Harriman, Hathor)

Hathor has has captured SG1 and implanted O'Neill with a symbiote. Meanwhile, Teal'c is back on Chulak, trying to start a Jaffa rebellion army.


Episode 2: Pretense
(O'Neill, Jackson, Skaara/Klorel, Carter, Teal'c, Hammond, Narim, Zipacna)

The Tollan have taken Klorel prisoner, and have decided to hold a trial to determine whether the host (Skaara) or the symbiote (Klorel) will be allowed to live.  SG1 is chosen to represent Skaara while Zipacna of the Goa'uld represents Klorel.


Episode 3: Nemesis/Small Victories
(O'Neill, Jackson,Carter, Teal'c, Hammond, Bra'tac, Thor, Davis, Harriman)

While the team is supposed to have some down time, Thor gets O'Neill to help battle a new alien threat that's taken over his ship. The Replicators are the new alien threat, and at least one has arrived on Earth.


Episode 4: The Other Side
(O'Neill, Jackson,Carter, Teal'c, Hammond, Harriman)

A new alien race requests Earth's help, offering massive technological advancement in exchange for the American military's assistance in defeating their enemies. But...are they the good guys?


Episode 5: Point Of No Return
(O'Neill, Jackson,Carter, Teal'c, Hammond, Frasier)

A conspiracy theorist in Montana knows a bit too much about The Stargate, so SG1 goes to investigate .


Episode 6: 2010
(O'Neill, Jackson,Carter, Teal'c, Frasier, Harriman)

When this episode aired, 2010 was the future. Earth had been technologically advanced by a race called the Aschen, who came to Earth after meeting SG1. O'Neill had some reservations about the alliance and his distrust is contagious.


Episode 7: Double Jeopardy
(O'Neill, Jackson,Carter, Teal'c, Hammond, Cronus)

SG1 arrives on a planet and are informed that they help drive away the Goa'uld. But they don't remember ever having been to the planet before. This is tied into an earlier episode that didn't make the chronology, but I think this episode is actually enhanced by not having seen the setup.


Episode 8: Exodus/Enemies
(O'Neill, Jackson,Carter, Teal'c, Jacob Carter/Selmak, Harriman, Apophis, Tanith)

A Goa'uld mothership is spotted over the Tokra homeworld. Surprise! It's SG1 in the ship they got in the last episode. The Tokra/Goa'uld war and the Asgard/Replicator wars intersect for the first time.


Episode 9: Proving Ground
(O'Neill, Jackson,Carter, Teal'c, Hammond, Elliot)

SG1 is training the next generation of SG teams when an alien race takes a foothold on Cheyenne Mountain. It's, naturally, up to the new kids to save the day.


Episode 10: Menace
(O'Neill, Jackson,Carter, Teal'c, Hammond, Harriman)

When a young girl is discovered on a desolate world, she is brought to SGC where they discover her connection to one of humanity's biggest foes.