The Defiant One

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Stargate Atlantis episode
“The Defiant One”
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 12
Guest star(s)	Richard Ian Cox as Dr. Brendan Gaul Paul Magel as Abrams Joseph May as Sgt. Markham James Lafazanos as Wraith
Writer(s)	Peter DeLuise
Director	Peter DeLuise
Production no.	112
Original airdate	January 28, 2005
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"The Defiant One" is an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Trivia 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Plot

Sheppard and the team are surveying a planet on the opposite side of Atlantis' solar system. They find a defensive satellite in orbit, believing it to once have belonged to the Ancients. On further investigation, they find a Wraith ship on the surface of a planet that was shot down by the satellite thousands of years earlier. They land the Puddle Jumper on the surface to investigate.

While originally believing that no Wraith could have survived thousands of years without food (humans), there is still a living Wraith alive on the planet, and he proceeds to kill one of the scientists on the mission and drain another's life force. The Wraith finds the puddle jumper, not possessing the Ancient gene he cannot fly the ship; though the Wraith was able to activate the jumper's shields, thus hindering Sheppard's efforts to retake the craft.

Sheppard tries to distract and kill the Wraith, but he is unsuccessful until Ford and Teyla arrive in a second Puddle Jumper and are able to destroy the Wraith from the air.

[edit] Trivia

• This episode was set on location at the Richmond sand dunes. ^[1]

• This episode features what appears to be an energy-based life-form, similar to those in Stargate SG-1 Season 4 episode "Prodigy", yet with noticeable differences. The significance of this, if any, is as yet unknown.

• Richard Ian Cox previously appeared in the season 3 Stargate SG-1 episode 'New Ground' as Nyan.

• This is the first episode to identify the Ancients as the "Atlantians".

[edit] References

1. ^ "Stargate Atlantis: Season One, Part II", TV Zone Special #61, Visual Imagination, 2005, pp. 83.

[edit] External links

• Official Stargate Atlantis site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006.
• Transcript from GateWorld. Transcribed by Callie Sullivan. Visited May 14, 2006.
• Review from GateWorld. Reviewed by Taylor Brown. Visited May 14, 2006.
• Analysis from GateWorld. Visited May 14, 2006.
• Gatenoise from Moon-catchin'. Visited June 23, 2006.