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.
Fallen (1) (Episode 1) 7.7
Writer: Robert C. Cooper
Air date: 2003-06-13
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: While searching for the Lost City of the Ancients on a distant planet, SG-1 is stunned to find Daniel Jackson alive and in human form but stripped of his memory. O'Neill convinces Daniel to return with them to the SGC, where he is reinstated for a daring mission to destroy Anubis' powerful new super-weapon!
Homecoming (2) (Episode 2) 8.1
Writer: Paul Mullie
Air date: 2003-06-13
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: The team returns to Jonas' homeworld when they learn that the Goa'uld are after its naquadria. When Jonas is captured by Anubis, Daniel is his only hope.
Fragile Balance (Episode 3) 8.1
Writer: Damian Kindler
Air date: 2003-06-20
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: A teenage boy shows up at the S.G.C. claiming to be Jack O'Neill, sending the team on a mission to uncover his true identity.
Orpheus (Episode 4) 7.3
Writer: Peter DeLuise
Air date: 2003-06-27
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: After an injury, Teal'c must put aside his self-doubt when SG-1 launches a mission to rescue his son and his mentor from a Jaffa death camp.
Revisions (Episode 5) 7.9
Writer: Paul Mullie
Air date: 2003-07-11
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: The team gates to a climate-controlled environment amidst a toxic wasteland, whose people are all linked to a central computer.
Lifeboat (Episode 6) 7.4
Writer: Brad Wright
Air date: 2003-07-18
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: When SG-1 finds a crashed alien space ship, Daniel's mind is taken over by its disembodied passengers.
Enemy Mine (Episode 7) 7.9
Writer: Peter DeLuise
Air date: 2003-07-25
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: When Earth's attempts to exploit a newly-discovered naquadah mine are thwarted by a tribe of indigenous Unas, SG-1 must turn to an old friend for help.
Space Race (Episode 8) 6.8
Writer: Damian Kindler
Air date: 2003-08-01
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Major Carter joins an alien pilot for a space race, where the winner is awarded a lucrative contract with the planet's most powerful corporation. But the rest of the team discovers that there is more at stake than the finish line.
Avenger 2.0 (Episode 9) 6.8
Writer: Paul Mullie
Air date: 2003-08-08
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: An S.G.C. scientist creates a computer virus to be used to disable enemy Stargates -- but succeeds in shutting down the entire gate network.
Birthright (Episode 10) 6.5
Writer: Christopher Judge
Air date: 2003-08-15
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: The team finds a fugitive colony of Jaffa women, who must prey on other Jaffa to acquire symbiotes.
Evolution (1) (Episode 11) 7.9
Writer: Damian Kindler
Air date: 2003-08-22
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: The team investigates an unstoppable new enemy soldier engineered by Anubis. Dr. Jackson leads a team in search of an alien device in Central America, but gets more than he bargained for.
Evolution (2) (Episode 12) 7.9
Writer: Peter DeLuise
Air date: 2004-01-09
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: O'Neill seeks help from a former comrade to rescue Daniel and Dr. Lee, who have been kidnapped in Central America. Carter, Teal'c and Jacob infiltrate Anubis' super-soldier facility.
Grace (Episode 13) 6.8
Writer: Damian Kindler
Air date: 2004-01-16
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Carter is injured when the Prometheus is attacked by an unknown ship, and awakens to find herself stranded alone in deep space.
Fallout (Episode 14) 7.3
Writer: Corin Nemec
Air date: 2004-01-23
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: When the Kelownans discover that a massive underground vein of naquadah is being converted into naquadria, Jonas Quinn seeks help from Earth in avoiding the total destruction of his planet.
Chimera (Episode 15) 7.2
Writer: Robert C. Cooper
Air date: 2004-01-30
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Daniel is plagued by dreams of his former girlfriend, who has been taken as a Goa'uld host. Samantha Carter begins a romantic relationship with a detective, from whom she must hide her life at Stargate Command.
Death Knell (Episode 16) 7.5
Writer: Peter DeLuise
Air date: 2004-02-06
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Earth's secret offworld base is attacked by Anubis' forces, and Major Carter finds herself being hunted by the enemy. General Hammond and Jacob Carter make an unnerving discovery about the Earth-Tok'ra alliance.
Heroes (1) (Episode 17) 8.1
Writer: Robert C. Cooper
Air date: 2004-02-13
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: A film crew arrives to document the work of the S.G.C. for eventual disclosure to the public, but finds that the base's personnel are less than eager to participate.
Heroes (2) (Episode 18) 8.7
Writer: Robert C. Cooper
Air date: 2004-02-20
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: SG-1 is called into action while a film crew is documenting the Stargate program, but the S.G.C. comes under investigation after the mission goes terribly wrong.
Resurrection (Episode 19) 6.7
Writer: Michael Shanks
Air date: 2004-02-27
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: SG-1 investigates a secret N.I.D. laboratory, where a ruthless scientist has used cloning technology to create a Goa'uld-human hybrid.
Inauguration (Episode 20) 6.1
Writer: Paul Mullie
Air date: 2004-03-05
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: The newly-elected president is debriefed about the Stargate program, and Vice President Kinsey makes a new play for control of the program.
Lost City (1) (Episode 21) 8.5
Writer: Brad Wright
Air date: 2004-03-12
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: O'Neill goes to great lengths to keep the Ancients' knowledge from falling into Goa'uld hands when the team discovers a second repository. The President replaces General Hammond with a civilian diplomat.
Lost City (2) (Episode 22) 8.8
Writer: Brad Wright
Air date: 2004-03-19
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Anubis begins a systematic assault on Earth, and the planet's only hope of salvation depends on whether SG-1 can find the Ancients' mythical Lost City.