The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an elite Air Force special operations team, one of more than two dozen teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld, Replicators, and the Ori.
Children of the Gods (1) 7.7
Air date: 1997-07-27
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: When powerful aliens come through Earth's Stargate, Colonel Jack O'Neill returns to Abydos to retrieve Daniel Jackson, who has discovered that the alien transit system includes much more than the two planets.
Children of the Gods (2) 8.3
Air date: 1997-07-27
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Colonel O'Neill, leading the new SG-1, track Apophis back to the planet Chulak to rescue Sha're and Skaara, and befriend one of Apophis' Jaffa guards.
The Enemy Within 7.3
Air date: 1997-08-01
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Major Kawalsky is possessed by a Goa'uld, and the SGC must find a way to remove it without killing him.
Emancipation 6.2
Air date: 1997-08-08
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: An alien civilization is forced to reconsider their views on women when Carter rebels against their social customs.
The Broca Divide 6.8
Air date: 1997-08-15
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Members of SG-1 become infected with an alien virus that turns them into primitive beings. Dr. Fraiser must find a cure to save the team and the alien population from whom it was contracted.
The First Commandment 6.5
Air date: 1997-08-22
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: SG-1 must stop a renegade Stargate commander, who has gone mad and set himself up as a god on an alien planet.
Cold Lazarus 7.5
Air date: 1997-08-29
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: During an off-world assignment, Jack is struck down by energy from a blue crystal... which creates a duplicate of him that returns to Earth in Jack's place.
The Nox 8.0
Air date: 1997-09-12
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Pressed by the government to acquire new technologies, SG-1 is led to a world inhabited by a seemingly primative race. When Apophis arrives, SG-1 ambush him with disasterous consequences.
Brief Candle 7.1
Air date: 1997-09-19
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: SG-1 discovers a race of attractive people who age extremely rapidly. The situation becomes personal when O'Neill begins to suffer from the same accelerated aging, and must live out the rest of his life on the planet.
Thor's Hammer 7.7
Air date: 1997-09-26
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Teal'c and O'Neill are transported to an underground cage designed by the Asgard to protect an alien world from the Goa'uld.
The Torment of Tantalus 7.9
Air date: 1997-10-03
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: SG-1 tracks down Catherine Langford's fiancee, who took the first Stargate trip in 1945, and discovers an ancient meeting hall that may hold the secrets of the universe itself.
Bloodlines 7.0
Air date: 1997-10-10
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Teal'c returns to Chulak to stop his people from implanting his son with a larval Goa'uld.
Fire and Water 6.8
Air date: 1997-10-17
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Daniel is taken captive by an alien with a hidden agenda, while SG-1 is made to believe he is dead.
Hathor 6.9
Air date: 1997-10-24
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: The banished Goa'uld Hathor is found in an ancient sarcophagus Earth, and takes over the S.G.C. with hopes of raising a new army against the System Lords.
Singularity 7.2
Air date: 1997-10-31
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: A mysterious affliction wipes out the entire population of a planet, plus an SG team -- except for one young girl. Carter befriends her, but learns that she is being used by the Goa'uld.
Cor-Ai 7.2
Air date: 1998-01-23
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Teal'c must stand trial for a crime committed while he served as first prime of Apophis when a villager on an alien world identifies him as the Jaffa who killed his father.
Enigma 7.9
Air date: 1998-01-30
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: The SG-1 team rescues a group of advanced humans from a planet near destruction, and must find a new home for the refugees before the Pentagon gets their hands on them.
Solitudes 8.2
Air date: 1998-02-06
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Colonel O'Neill and Captain Carter are separated from Jackson and Teal'c during a Stargate journey, and are trapped on a desolate ice world with no way of escape.
Tin Man 7.2
Air date: 1998-02-13
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: The members of SG-1 arrive on P3X-989 and are knocked unconscious. They wake up and return to Earth only to find that they are not quite themselves.
There But For the Grace of God 8.4
Air date: 1998-02-20
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: An alien artifact transports Daniel to an alternate reality, where he is not a part of the Stargate program and the Goa'uld -- led by Teal'c -- are invading Earth.
Politics (1) 5.4
Air date: 1998-02-27
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Senator Kinsey arrives at the SGC to investigate the program and determine whether the great drain on the U.S. budget is worthwhile, prompting the team to recall missions from the past year.
Within the Serpent's Grasp (2) 8.1
Air date: 1998-03-06
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: SG-1 escapes through the Stargate before it is shut down, and learns that Daniel's alternate reality vision is true: Apophis is moving to attack Earth from above. The team must stop Apophis and his son, Klorel, who inhabits the body of their friend Skaara.