List of Stargate Atlantis episodes

This article provides a list of episodes from the television series Stargate Atlantis.

See Stargate for information on the Stargate fictional universe, Stargate Atlantis for information on the series itself and the List of Stargate SG-1 episodes for the Stargate SG-1 series.

Season one of Stargate Atlantis is currently available for purchase on DVD in Australia, the United Kingdom, the USA, Canada and Germany. Season two is available in the United Kingdom, Australia, the USA and Germany. It was renewed for a fourth season in August 2006.

As of February 5, 2007, 60 episodes have been aired.

Season 1

The Lost City will rise again. The series picks up the story arc from Stargate SG-1's Lost City, where people from all around the world come together to form an expedition and discover the wonders of Atlantis. Discovering that they have been cut off from Earth, they must fend for themselves, and discover a powerful new enemy bent on human subjugation.

Ep#	Title	Original airdate
101	"Rising (Part 1)"	July 16 2004
A few months after relinquishing her position as head of Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir has been working in the Antarctic Outpost, gathering members of an expedition to embark to the lost city of Atlantis. When they seem to be able to ascertain a gate address, a new adventure begins.
102	"Rising (Part 2)"	July 16 2004
After Sheppard's return with refugees from a Wraith culling on Athos, Atlantis, moments away from being crushed, breaks away from the ocean floor, rising to the light of day just before the city shield fails. Now given a chance to rescue his people, Sheppard needs to bring Weir around to see things his way.
103	"Hide and Seek"	July 23 2004
Dr. Beckett has developed an experimental gene therapy to give the ATA gene to people born without. His first human trial is Dr. McKay, who tries the gene with an Ancient personal shield. The trouble starts when he can't deactivate the shield. Meanwhile, a mysterious entity is roaming about after an Athosian child goes missing.
104	"Thirty-Eight Minutes"	July 30 2004
Major Sheppard's team Puddle Jumper gets trapped in the open Stargate, unable to come forth, while a nasty bug is attached to Major Sheppard's neck, draining his life like a Wraith. They only have 38 minutes until the stargate automatically disengages and the Jumper gets cut in two, which would be leaving them to die in the cold of space.
105	"Suspicion"	August 6 2004
After the Atlantis teams are attacked by the Wraith one time too many, Weir and Sgt. Bates start to suspect that an Athosian may be a spy, but when they order an investigation, all evidence points to Teyla. Enraged by the fact that Dr. Weir doesn't trust them, the Athosians want to move to the newly discovered mainland.
106	"Childhood's End"	August 13 2004
The team visits a world where no one is over 24 years old, because of ritual suicides they believe keep the Wraith at bay. Actually, the Wraith can't attack due to an electro-magnetic field that renders all technology useless. Then they discover a ZPM generating the field, unwittingly take it, and the Wraith begin their assault.
107	"Poisoning the Well"	August 20 2004
Major Sheppard volunteers Dr. Beckett in order to help the Hoffans, who are developing a vaccine against the Wraith. But the Hoffans are willing to go to any extreme to eliminate their enemy, even if it means the destruction of the majority of their people.
108	"Underground"	August 27, 2004
Sheppard and his team visit the Genii planet to trade with them, so the city doesn't resort to rationing. According to Teyla, her people had traded with them in the past and believe them to be peaceful farmers. However, soon Sheppard and McKay find an underground bunker, letting them see the real face of the Genii.
109	"Home"	September 10 2004
The Atlantis team finds a planet with an atmosphere full of energy that allows them to gate home to Earth. Surprised, the S.G.C. welcomes them back, saying they will be able to return due to the new hyperdrive on the Prometheus. Yet when the engines explode, the team begins to figure out the mystery of their situation.
110	"The Storm (Part 1)"	September 17, 2004
A giant storm that takes place every twenty or thirty years is on its way to Atlantis and will devastate the city unless McKay and Zelenka find a way to power up the shield, but it's no coincidence that the Genii invade the city at their weakest moment.
111	"The Eye (Part 2)"	November 8 2004
Sheppard fights back the Genii who have Dr. Weir and Dr. McKay as hostages. Meanwhile, the bulk of the storm is approaching the city and could crush its fragile state. Convincing their captor to repair the city to activate the shield, McKay rushes to the rescue, while the Major still plays cat and mouse.
112	"The Defiant One"	November 15 2004
When Sheppard, Mckay, and two Atlantis scientists investigate an Ancient weapons satellite, they find an old Wraith distress call. When they go to explore, they find a 10,000 year old Wraith that won't die easily due to its recent feedings. It seems the only thing that will work would be "enough ordinance to fight a small war."
113	"Hot Zone"	November 22 2004
While inspecting the city for storm damage, McKay, Ford, Zelenka and a group of others become infected with a virus that's killing them one by one. But when it causes one scientist to go insane, he escapes into the city while under lockdown, and threatens the entire population.
114	"Sanctuary"	November 29 2004
When the Wraith chasing them are shot down by a mysterious energy weapon, Major Sheppard's team go down to investigate. They find a peaceful, Wraith-free human civilization that believe they are protected by their goddess. The villagers take Sheppard's team to see her high priestess, who's keeping a secret of her own.
115	"Before I Sleep"	December 6 2004
While exploring the city, they stumble upon a stasis unit holding a very old woman, who they think to be an Ancient. She claims to be Dr. Elizabeth Weir, and the DNA scans confirm it. Later stimulated, she explains her story she's been waiting 10,000 years to tell, and how she saved the city of Atlantis.
116	"The Brotherhood"	January 3 2005
Trying to locate a ZPM on another world, they learn of how "The Brotherhood" had hidden it from the Wraith to please the Ancients. While trying to solve the clues to where it might be, Sheppard's team crosses paths again with Kolya, but Atlantis has their own problems when a Wraith Dart appears over the city.
117	"Letters from Pegasus"	January 10 2005
McKay finds a way to open a wormhole to Earth for 1.3 seconds, that will allow them to send a compressed databurst to the S.G.C. that could include mission reports, city specs, and personal messages. Meanwhile, Sheppard and Teyla go offworld to try to find more intel on the Wraith, but end up with a few hitchhikers.
118	"The Gift"	January 17, 2005
Teyla starts having Wraith related nightmares, but most prominently where she turns into a Wraith. So while trying to dive into her past, she comes across a Wraith laboratory, which Dr. Beckett uses to make a surprising discovery in her DNA makeup.
119	"The Siege (Part 1)"	January 24, 2005
Dr. McKay, Dr. Grodin, and Lt. Miller go to the Ancient's weapon satellite to try to fix it and use it to destroy the Wraith hive ships that are quickly approaching Atlantis. Meanwhile, the city's personnel are preparing for evacuation, when they discover the kamikaze dart pilot (The Brotherhood) has survived in the city.
120	"The Siege (Part 2)"	January 31, 2005
The S.G.C. has found a ZPM, (Moebius Part 2) and as a result of the message they sent, reinforcements arrive to help them against the Wraith. Newly arrived Col. Dillon Everet claims that the ZPM is now en route through the latest Earth battleship, and they need to hold out for four days, or the Lost City could be lost forever.

Season 2

The story continues when the Daedalus arrives and renews the expedition's connection to Earth. This takes place alongside the Ori story arc in SG-1, and the Wraith become an even larger threat in the Pegasus Galaxy. But what they deal with in their second year might be more than they can handle, and Dr. Beckett's retrovirus is more trouble than it's worth.

Ep#	Title	Original airdate
2x01	"The Siege (Part 3)"	July 15, 2005
The timely arrival of the Daedalus, lead by Col. Caldwell, saves Maj. Sheppard's life, but it may not be enough to defeat the Wraith hiveships. Thankfully for the ZPM the ship brought along with them, McKay might pull off yet another miracle.
2x02	"The Intruder"	July 22, 2005
Sheppard, Weir, McKay and Beckett are returning from a trip to Earth aboard the Daedalus while the ship starts to have technical difficulties. After two deaths from malfunctions, they discover that the ship has been infected by a Wraith virus from the recent siege, and now the ship itself has the instinct to stay alive and kill.
2x03	"Runner"	July 29, 2005
While scouting a new planet, an Atlantis teams finds a clue of the whereabouts of Ford. While searching for him, Lt. Col. Sheppard and Teyla get captured by Ronon Dex, a Runner, a man who's hunted by the Wraith for pleasure. When Beckett removes the device that allows the Wraith to track him, he returns to Atlantis with them.
2x04	"Duet"	August 5, 2005
McKay and Lt. Laura Cadman are scooped up by a Wraith dart, but it gets shot down to prevent the Wraith from discovering Atlantis. When Zelenka finally beams them out of the wreckage, they only get the body of McKay, with Cadman's mind trapped inside. Afterwards, Sheppard tests Ronon to become a part of his team.
2x05	"Condemned"	August 12, 2005
Lt. Col. Sheppard's team stumble upon a technologically advanced civilization that purposely leaves their criminals in the island the Stargate is located so the Wraith will feed on them and leave everyone else in peace. But after the prisoners shoot the Puddle Jumper down, they start to discover things are not so clear cut.
2x06	"Trinity"	August 19, 2005
After having found an experimental Ancient power generator, McKay becomes obssesed to triumph where the Ancients failed, but the price might be too high. While the Dr. toils away, Teyla and Ronon go to the planet Balkan to trade, but discover that not all of Ronon's people died.
2x07	"Instinct (Part 1)"	August 26, 2005
While investigating a planet, they come across a young female Wraith who is living with a human "father." She claims she does not feed on humans, due to a drug that renders the need to feed obsolete. Finding that she does have compassion, Beckett disscuses his retro-virus of turning Wraith into humans.
2x08	"Conversion (Part 2)"	September 9, 2005
After Ellia injects him with the retro-virus (Instinct), the Atlantis team races against time to find a way to reverse Sheppard's transformation into an Iratus Bug hybrid. But even though Sheppard might make it difficult for them, he could be the key to his own salvation.
2x09	"Aurora"	September 23, 2005
The team finds an Ancient warship still inhabited by Ancients in suspended animation, but are connected together through a virtual environment. Sheppard enters to obtain the information on how to defeat the Wraith, but the Ancients have no idea that the V.E. isn't real, except for the Wraith that has also entered the program.
2x10	"The Lost Boys (Part 1)"	September 23, 2005
The Atlantis team lands on a planet to discover Ford has injected a group of volunteers with the Wraith enzyme. Ford's team has forced the enzyme on them, so they can all go raid a hive ship and Atlantis can witness the "glorious" effects of the drug.
2x11	"The Hive (Part 2)"	November 21, 2005
Sheppard, Ronon, Teyla and Ford are captured on board the wraith hive ship while attempting to destroy it, and the Hive Queen uses Sheppard for answers. Worried, McKay takes a massive dose of enzyme to escape Ford's cave and returns to Atlantis to give intel on the situation, sending the Daedalus in action.
2x12	"Epiphany"	November 28, 2005
While investigating an Ancient device, Sheppard gets pulled in, separating him from his team. While trying to get him out, the team discovers that time moves much faster inside and Sheppard could die of old age before they get him out.
2x13	"Critical Mass"	December 5, 2005
The N.I.D., has discovered that The Trust have infiltrated Atlantis and planted a bomb inside, and it's set to go off the next time they dial Earth. To add to the tension, two Wraith cruisers are on the way, and Dr. Weir wants to figure out if there could be a Goa'uld spy in Atlantis' midst before they arrive.
2x14	"Grace Under Pressure"	December 12, 2005
After a test run of a recently repaired jumper, it crashes into the ocean, leaving Dr. McKay sinking underwater. Starting to show the first signs of losing hope (and sanity), he must rely on a hallucination of Lt. Col. Samantha Carter for his survival.
2x15	"The Tower"	December 19, 2005
On a world with a city the same dimensions of Atlantis, they find that the Lord Protector fends off the Wraith with a mass amount of drones, but treats his people with little dignity. When he suddenly dies, Col. Sheppard is caught in a dispute between the heirs of the throne.
2x16	"The Long Goodbye"	January 2, 2006
Sheppard's team finds two stasis pods floating in space and return them to the city. When they open the pods, their minds are transferred into Weir and Sheppard. But when it's discovered that the two are enemies hoping to settle an ancient score, the alien combatants put the entire population of Atlantis in danger.
2x17	"Coup D'etat"	January 9, 2006
After the supposed death of Maj. Lorne's team, Ladon Radim comes to the expedition wanting to overthrow the Genii leader, Cowen. They are reluctant to help, but it seems he has discovered a ZPM that he could trade with the expedition for supplies. Later, Radim's true motives are revealed, or are they?
2x18	"Michael"	January 16, 2006
Lt. Michael Kenmore wakes up in Atlantis isolation room with no recollection of who he is, yet he has certain memories of the Wraith. When he is released into the public, people begin to treat him strangely, and after his own investigation, he suspects that he could actually be a Wraith turned human.
2x19	"Inferno"	January 23, 2006
The team comes to an Ancient outpost populated by thousands, but soon a super-volcano is discovered below. While trying to escape, the Stargate is engulfed by lava and when there is no visible way out, Dr. McKay must save the team by using an Ancient Warship.
2x20	"Allies (Part 1)"	January 30, 2006
Atlantis joins forces with a Wraith faction (including Michael) who seek help in destroying their common enemy, the Wraith. Because the Wraith are engaged in civil war, they hope to use the retrovirus to transform their Wraith enemies into prey.

Season 3

This season concentrates on more character driven stories. Along with new insight on the characters, the expedition discovers a new threat, one that could be the pre-cursor to the Replicators. Some important characters leave the series in this season, and the fate of Atlantis once again is in the hands of the Tau'ri.

Ep#	Title	Original airdate
3x01	"No Man's Land (Part 2)"	July 14, 2006
After the Wraith betrayed the expedition (Allies), they head to Earth with the captured McKay and Ronon. Meanwhile, Elizabeth must answer to the IOA of her actions during the short-lived alliance and Sheppard must stop the hives from reaching Earth, whatever the cost.
3x02	"Misbegotten (Part 3)"	July 21, 2006
The team has acquired victory by using the retro-virus to turn an entire hive into humans, and take them to create a colony on a Stargate-less planet, but the Wraith-humans begin to question the story the team has fed them. All the while, Richard Woolsey arrives at Atlantis to observe Dr. Weir to see if she's fit to lead the expedition.
3x03	"Irresistible"	July 28, 2006
While harvesting Stargates for an intergalactic bridge, the Atlantis team encounters a village that adore one man to the point of insanity. He claims to have medicines to offer the team, but when Beckett investigates, he brings the man back to Atlantis smitten by the man's charm. Soon, the entire expedition falls under his spell.
3x04	"Sateda"	August 4, 2006
Ronon is captured offworld, and his captors hand him over to the Wraith who return him to his homeworld. There, he is haunted by his past as he is forced to once again become their prey. Witness to his capture, Sheppard's team races to Sateda to help out, but Ronon's stubborn pride won't allow it.
3x05	"Progeny"	August 11, 2006
Weir and the team visit an advanced civilization that split off from the Lanteans thousands of years ago, and are thriving in vast amounts of technology without any Wraith-related problems. Soon they discover they might not even be Lantean or organic for that matter.
3x06	"The Real World"	August 18, 2006
Dr. Weir awakens in a sanitarium outside of Washington D.C. only to find that Atlantis was a fantasy. But after a series of nightmarish visions, Weir doesn't take long to realize things aren't what they appear to be, and she is determined to return to her beloved city.
3x07	"Common Ground"	August 25, 2006
Col. Sheppard is captured by old nemesis, Kolya, who plans to trade Sheppard for Ladon Radim, leader of the Genii. To help persuade Dr. Weir, he uses his captured Wraith to feed off Sheppard over and over again. To escape, Sheppard must find some common ground with the only one who wants to achieve the same goal.
3x08	"McKay and Mrs. Miller"	September 8, 2006
Somewhere on Earth, a young housewife has written a ground-breaking proof that could greatly benefit Atlantis. This woman is Rodney McKay's sister who has given up a career as a scientist to raise a family, and when he persuades her to come to Atlantis, another Rodney comes from an alternate reality who brings bad news.
3x09	"Phantoms"	September 15, 2006
Looking for a lost Atlantis team, Sheppard and friends stumble upon a Wraith hallucinatory device, and after a few hours of research, McKay has deemed the device to be too dangerous to everyone. While attempting to leave, the DHD explodes, leaving the team stranded to become victim to the device.
3x10	"The Return (Part 1)"	September 22, 2006
During the first test of the McKay-Carter intergalactic bridge, the Atlantis team discovers an Ancient Warship on the edge of the galaxy and they return them to Atlantis, only to find that they want the expedition gone in 48 hours. Later they must find a way to return when the Asurans invade the city.
3x11	"The Return (Part 2)"	November 20, 2006
Major General Jack O'Neill and Richard Woolsey are captured by the Asurans during the raid on the city, so Sheppard, Weir, Beckett, and McKay disobey orders and return to the Pegasus Galaxy reuniting with Teyla and Ronon to retake the city of Atlantis, without destroying it in the process.
3x12	"Echoes"	November 27, 2006
Starting with Teyla, everyone starts to see ghosts of Atlanteans, caused by echoes being emitted by countless whale-like creatures converging on the city. When serious side effects begin to occur, McKay discovers that the Ancients tried to teach the whales their language, and now they might be trying to warn the expedition.
3x13	"Irresponsible"	December 4, 2006
Lucius Lavin (Irresistible) is up to his old tricks again. He is using an Ancient Personal Shield Emitter (Hide and Seek) to pose as a hero, but needs the team's help when Acastus Kolya shows up to deal with Lavin personally, until he discovers Sheppard is on the planet.
3x14	"Tao of Rodney"	December 11, 2006
McKay acquires powerful new mental abilities through a device in the city. Nothing appears to be wrong, and after discovering several new abilities, he takes it as a blessing. But when his brain evolves too rapidly, he must choose between death and ascension.
3x15	"The Game"	December 18, 2006
Maj. Lorne's team discovers a planet that fits the description of Sheppard and McKay's competitive video game. It turns out that it has been controlling real people through a series of Ancient satellites, who now stand on the brink of war and destruction.
3x16	"The Ark"	January 8, 2007
Colonel Sheppard's team discovers a space station where the last of a race of humans remain. They soon discover, however, the entire population is in danger when the station is damaged through the suicide of a recently awoken resident.
3x17	"Sunday"	January 15, 2007
In the twenty-four hours of the expedition's "required" day off, an unexpected explosion kills three and injures more. After further analysis, McKay discovers a device has given two people explosive tumors, and one has already gone off. Beckett tries to remove the other, but will result in the loss of an important face in Atlantis.
3x18	"Submersion"	January 22, 2007
The team discovers a Lantean drill platform at the bottom of the ocean floor which may be an alternative to ZPMs, but during their visit, they are ambushed by a Wraith queen. When they capture her, she reveals that her cruiser is on self-destruct, threatening to take Atlantis and the drill with it.
3x19	"Vengeance"	January 29, 2007
Now that every Wraith sees Michael as an "unclean thing," he has been experimenting with Iratus bugs, creating monsters to protect himself and create an army to rule the galaxy. When the team stumbles on one of his labs, they are attacked by countless creatures.
3x20	"First Strike (Part 1)"	February 5, 2007
When the Apollo arrives from Earth, they launch a preemptive strike against the Asurans when it is discovered that the Replicators are building a fleet of ships. When the armada is destroyed, a weapons satellite appears above the city, and unless they can fly the city away from Lantea, Atlantis will be no more.

Season 4

Template:Future television The fourth season of Atlantis will see some major cast changes - Amanda Tapping (Lt. Col. Samantha Carter) will join the cast (as a regular cast member) for 14 episodes, Jewel Staite (Dr. Jennifer Keller) will be a recurring character for 8 episodes, while regular cast member Torri Higginson (Dr. Weir) will become a recurring cast member for 4 episodes. Also, a new alien race will be introduced described as a "wildcard".

Ep#	Title	Original airdate
4x01	"Adrift (Part 2)"	Fall of 2007 in USA
After flying away from Lantea trying to escape an Asuran weapons satellite, the star drive shuts down without warning. With only 24 hours of power left, Atlantis drifts in space, with no visible way to get the hyperdrive back online to get to their new home.
4x02	"Lifeline (Part 3)"	TBA 2007
This will be the second episode of Atlantis's fourth season.
4x03	"Reunion"	TBA 2007
When the team stumbles upon Ronon's old companions, they tell the story of how they survived on the fateful day that Sateda fell. Sheppard is reluctant to bring back Satedans to Atlantis, causing Ronon to make a decision, stay in the city, or live with his former allies who harbor dark secrets on how they really survived.
4x04	"Doppelganger"	TBA 2007
Sheppard encounters a psychopathic crystalline entity that takes on his likeness in his team's nightmares
4x05	"Travelers"	TBA 2007
Colonel Sheppard is captured by a race of humans that have lived for generations in space to avoid any sort of Wraith contact, and have heard of rumors about a powerful enemy against the Wraith, the Atlantis Expedition. Knowing this, they know of the Ancient gene, and they intend to use Sheppard to activate an Ancient Warship.
4x06	"Tabula Rasa"	TBA 2007
This will be the sixth episode of Atlantis's fourth season.
4x07	"Missing"	TBA 2007
This will be the seventh episode of Atlantis's fourth season.
4x08	"The Seer"	TBA 2007
While searching for the Athosians, the team comes across Davos, a man who can see into the future. He brings news that Hive ships are on the way. McKay however sees this as an opportunity, since the Wraith have found a way to shut down the Asurans. Meanwhile, Atlantis' special new guest discovers Teyla has a secret that will affect the entire expedition.
4x09	"Miller's Crossing"	TBA 2007
Jeanie McKay Miller and Dr. Rodney McKay are kidnapped by Henry Wallace on Earth after Wallace determines that only the McKays can save his daughter’s life using alien nanotechnology.
4x10	"This Mortal Coil (Part 1)"	TBA 2007
This will be the first episode of a mid-season three-parter of Atlantis's fourth season.
4x11	"Be All My Sins Remember'd (Part 2)"	TBA 200?
While Carter reviews the Asgard upgrades given to the Daedalus, the team uses a captured Wraith as an ally to fight a common enemy. With his help, they hope to recruit a fleet of Hive ships to complete their mission, unfortunately, not as many ships flock to the cause, and the expedition might cause a war that they won't be able to contain.
4x12	"Spoils of War (Part 3)"	TBA 200?
This will be the third episode of a mid-season three-parter of Atlantis's fourth season.
4x13	"Quarantine"	TBA 200?
This will be an episode of Atlantis's fourth season, but has no specific order at this time.
4x1?	"The Kindred (Part 1)"	TBA 200?
This marks the start of the Return of Carson arc. The title was revealed at Joseph Mallozzi's blog.
4x1?	"The Kindred (Part 2)"	TBA 200?
This continues the Return of Carson arc.
4x1?	"Midway"	TBA 200?
This will be an episode of Atlantis's fourth season, but has no specific order at this time.

See also

• List of Stargate SG-1 episodes
• Timeline of Stargate