Coup D'etat (Stargate Atlantis)
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| Stargate Atlantis episode | |
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| “Coup D'etat” | |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 17 |
| Guest star(s) | Kavan Smith as Major Lorne Colm Meaney as Chief Cowen Ryan Robbins as Ladon Radim Sonja Bennett as Dahlia Radim Penelope Corrin as Dr. Lindsay |
| Writer(s) | Martin Gero |
| Director | Martin Wood |
| Production no. | 217 |
| Original airdate | February 17, 2006 |
| Episode chronology | |
| ← Previous | Next → |
| "The Long Goodbye" | "Michael" |
"Coup D'etat" is an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis.
[edit] Plot
Atlantis receives an emergency call from an off-world team only to find them dead, having been burned in a fire. Shortly after this, Atlantis is contacted by Ladon Radim, a member of the Genii strike force, with the prospects of a new ZPM in exchange for weapons to orchestrate a rebellion and overthrow Cowen, the current leader of the Genii. After informing Cowen of this plan, Atlantis decides to raid Ladon's base. Ladon sends a few Genii civilians, including his sister Dahlia, all of whom are later discovered to be afflicted by terminal radiation poisoning. Lieutenant Colonel Shepard then leads a raid on Ladon's combound. However, tough they stun all of Ladon's guards, they find that the ZPM has long run out of power, and they are gassed.
In the meantime, Dr. Beckett determines that the remains of the men found in the fire are not those of Major Lorne and his team while at the same time Teyla and Ronon discover a hit list for members of the Atlantis expedition.
Sheppard wakes to be confronted by Cowen, who planned Ladon's trap. He is soon thrown into prison, where he finds the rest of the raiding team, as well as the captured off-world team led by Major Lorne.
In Atlantis, the team receives Cowen's demands. They inform him that Dahlia and the others can be saved, with their technology, from death. Ladon, who was still planning a coup the whole time, frees Shepard and company, escapes through the Stargate, and detonates a nuclear bomb, killing Cowen and his elite guard.
[edit] Notes
- This episode was supposed to feature the return of Acastus Kolya (last seen in "The Brotherhood") but because of conflicts with Robert Davi's schedule it was rewritten to feature Kolya's second in command Ladon instead.
[edit] External links
- Official Stargate Atlantis site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006.
- Transcript from GateWorld. Transcribed by Callie Sullivan. Visited May 14, 2006.
- Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 14, 2006.
- Gatenoise from Moon-catchin'. Visited June 23, 2006.
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