Stargate SG-1 (season 2)

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Stargate SG-1 Season 2

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Country of origin Flag of the United States United States, Flag of Canada Canada
Network Showtime
Original run June 26, 1998 (Showtime) – February 10, 1999 (Sky One)
No. of episodes 22
DVD release date Region 1: September 3, 2002
Region 2: January 27, 2003
Region 4: February 18, 2004
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Season two of Stargate SG-1, an American-Canadian television series, began airing on June 26, 1998 on Showtime. The second season concluded after 22 episodes on February 10, 1999 on British Sky One, which overtook Showtime in mid-season. The series was developed by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, who also served as executive producers. Season two regular cast members include Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, and Don S. Davis.

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[edit] Main cast


[edit] Episodes

# # Title SG Wiki Directed by Written by Original airdate
23 201 "The Serpent's Lair (Part 2)"  SG Wiki Jonathan Glassner Brad Wright June 26, 1998 (Showtime)
Teal'c's former mentor Bra'tac joins their fight and together they embark on a mission of planting bombs to destroy Apophis' ship and halt the attack on Earth. Eventually they destroy the two ships and escape in Death Gliders. 
24 202 "In the Line of Duty"  SG Wiki Martin Wood Robert C. Cooper July 3, 1998 (Showtime)
Carter is possessed by a Goa'uld who is discovered. The Goa'uld claims to be a Tok'ra, a legendary faction opposed to the other Goa'uld system lords. The Tok'ra Jolinar is assassinated, but in dying saves the life of Samantha Carter. 
25 203 "Prisoners"  SG Wiki David Warry-Smith Terry Curtis Fox July 10, 1998 (Showtime)
After being sentenced to life imprisonment on another planet, SG-1 escapes with the help of a female inmate named Linnea. After they set her free, they discover she is a mass-murderer known as 'the Destroyer of Worlds'. 
26 204 "The Gamekeeper"  SG Wiki Martin Wood Jonathan Glassner, Brad Wright July 17, 1998 (Showtime)
SG-1 discover a world where all the people are enclosed in a virtual reality, believing that their planet is dead. SG-1 become trapped in the virtual reality, but inform the residents that their planet is beautiful again, and they all go free. 
27 205 "Need"  SG Wiki David Warry-Smith Robert C. Cooper, Damian Kindler July 24, 1998 (Showtime)
Offworld, Daniel stops a woman from killing herself; she falls in love with him and uses the narcotic properties of the Sarcophagus to keep him with her, but once home he is rehabilitated and eventually let back into SG-1. 
28 206 "Thor's Chariot"  SG Wiki William Gereghty Katharyn Powers July 31, 1998 (Showtime)
SG-1 return to Cimmeria to help defend the planet when the Goa'uld invade. They contact Thor who shows himself as an Asgard. He is annoyed with SG-1's interference but comes via ship and eliminates the invasion nevertheless. 
29 207 "Message in a Bottle"  SG Wiki David Warry-Smith Michael Greenburg and Jarrad Paul August 7, 1998 (Showtime)
SG-1 brings back a mysterious sphere which suddenly sprouts rods that impales O'Neill's shoulder, pinning him to the wall. After attempts to remove it, SG-1 discover it contains the last of an alien race, who are pacified by relocation to a more suitable home than Earth. 
30 208 "Family"  SG Wiki William Gereghty Katharyn Powers August 14, 1998 (Showtime)
Bra'tac brings word that Apophis has kidnapped Teal'c's son Rya'c. Returning to Chulak with SG-1, Teal'c finds that his son is brainwashed loyal to Apophis. They resort at last to a zat-blast on him to overcome the brainwashing chemical. 
31 209 "Secrets"  SG Wiki Duane Clark Terry Curtis Fox August 21, 1998 (Showtime)
Having to fulfill a promise to Sha're's father Kasuf, Daniel and Teal'c return to Abydos. Upon their arrival, Daniel learns that his wife, after having been captured by the Goa'uld, is now pregnant by Apophis. on earth, the Stargate Program is under risk of being exposed by a reporter. 
32 210 "Bane"  SG Wiki David Warry-Smith Robert C. Cooper September 25, 1998 (Showtime)
Teal'c is stung by a strange insect while exploring BP6-3Q1. Upon returning to earth, the virus begins changing Teal'c's DNA into its own. He escapes the SGC and develops a friendship with a small scruffy girl, and is ultimately cured. 
33 211 "The Tok'ra (Part 1)"  SG Wiki Brad Turner Jonathan Glassner October 2, 1998 (Showtime)
Jolinar ("In the Line of Duty") has left a mental imprint on Carter, who dreams of the Stargate address of the hidden Tok'ra base. While SG-1 find and liaise with the Tok'ra, Carter's father Jacob is dying of cancer. 
34 212 "The Tok'ra (Part 2)"  SG Wiki Brad Turner Jonathan Glassner October 9, 1998 (Showtime)
SG-1 offers an alliance with the Tok'ra, but it is turned down because Earth doesn't have enough to offer. Meanwhile, Selmak is a Tok'ra whose host is dying and the alliance deal is re-kindled when Jacob offers himself as a new host. 
35 213 "Spirits"  SG Wiki Martin Wood Tor Alexander Valenza October 23, 1998 (Showtime)
SG-1 discovers a civilization that follows a Native American religion, and after learning of the SGC's plot to mine trinium, the religion's 'spirits' invade the base. They are revealed as aliens only posing as spirits. 
36 214 "Touchstone"  SG Wiki Brad Turner Sam Egan October 30, 1998 (Showtime)
A planet called Madrona accuses SG-1 of stealing 'the Touchstone'; they claim that men dressed in SGC uniforms took it. SG-1 suspect that maybe the thieves are using the second gate found in Antarctica. 
37 215[1] "The Fifth Race"  SG Wiki David Warry-Smith Robert C. Cooper December 16, 1998 (Sky One)
Jack is grabbed by a Repository of the Ancients, and has alien knowledge downloaded into his mind. Before Jack's mind is overrun, he discovers a gate address to the Asgard homeworld, who remove the information from his brain, saving his life. 
38 216[1] "A Matter of Time"  SG Wiki Jimmy Kaufman Misha Rashovich December 9, 1998 (Sky One)
SG-10 stranded on a planet which is close to a newly formed black hole. The SGC opens the gate to find out what happened, but they can't shut it down afterwards. Soon they realise that since the planet is near to a black hole, its intense gravity is causing time dilation, so if they don't shut down the gate very soon, it will destroy the SGC, and in time, the entire planet. 
39 217[2] "Serpent's Song"  SG Wiki Peter DeLuise Katharyn Powers January 6, 1999 (Sky One)
Apophis is found, dying, and is brought to the SGC. Sokar tries to attack Earth as he wants him, but is stopped when they hand over the dead Apophis. However, Sokar will use a sarcophagus to revive him and torture him indefinitely. 
40 218[2] "Holiday"  SG Wiki David Warry-Smith Tor Alexander Valenza January 13, 1999 (Sky One)
SG-1 meets an elderly man called Machello and learns that he has been hunted by the Goa'uld his entire life due to his inventions of technological devices meant to oppose them. Machello convinces Daniel to grasp a device made to switch bodies, and then escapes, leaving Daniel to die in the old body of Machello's. 
41 219 "One False Step"  SG Wiki William Corcoran Michael Kaplan and John Sanborn January 20, 1999 (Sky One)
After a UAV crashes into a large white plant offworld, SG-1 encounters strange inhabitants who appear to be dying en masse. SG-1 discover that the aliens depend on the large plants for survival, and rectify the situation. 
42 220 "Show and Tell"  SG Wiki Peter DeLuise Jonathan Glassner February 3, 1999 (Sky One)
A young boy warns SGC of a plot by invisible aliens (rogue Re'tu) to destroy all humans. They decide his warning is real, and call the Tok'ra for help, who provide TER's that locate the Re'tus already hiding on the base, and eliminate them. 
43 221 "1969"  SG Wiki Charles Correll Brad Wright January 27, 1999 (Sky One)
A solar flare sends SG-1 back in time. They meet a young General Hammond, who helps them due to a note ("Help them", plus dates of solar flares). They find the Stargate of 1969 and activate it during another solar flare, returning home. 
44 222 "Out of Mind (Part 1)"  SG Wiki Martin Wood Jonathan Glassner and Brad Wright February 10, 1999 (Sky One)
O'Neill, Carter and Daniel awaken from stasis in what appears to be the SGC, 80 years in the future. They discover it is actually a Goa'uld hoax by Hathor. Meanwhile, Teal'c leaves the SGC to find SG-1. 

[edit] Production

  • Vaitiare Bandera, who plays Sha're, was actually pregnant with Michael Shanks' child during the filming of "Secrets".
  • Following the events in the episode "A Matter of Time", Sally Malcolm would write two books, A Matter of Honor and The Cost of Honor, that detail SG-1's attempts to save SG-10 from the planet.
  • The late Season 2 episode "Serpent's Song" was the first SG-1 episode that was directed by Peter DeLuise. He would go on to direct more episodes then any other director involved with the series, even passing Martin Wood, who began directing in Season 1.
  • "Out Of Mind" was the second time a clip show has been used, the first being Season 1 episode "Politics".

[edit] DVD release

DVD Name Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
Stargate SG-1 Season 2 September 3, 2002 January 27, 2003 February 18, 2004
Volume 2 (201–204) — March 20, 2000 —
Volume 3 (205–208) — April 24, 2000 —
Volume 4 (209–211, 213) — May 29, 2000 —
Volume 5 (212, 214–216) — June 26, 2000 —
Volume 6 (217–220) — July 24, 2000 —
Volume 7 (221–222, 110, 114) — August 28, 2000 —

[edit] Reception

  • "Holiday" gained a 4.2 rating on the Nielson ratings, making it Stargate SG-1's strongest episode in its ten-season run.[3]

[edit] Awards

  • Stargate SG-1 was nominated for a Saturn Award in the category "Best Genre Cable/Syndicated Series".
  • Richard Dean Anderson was honored with a Saturn Award for "Best Genre TV Actor".
  • Daria Ellerman was nominated for a Gemini Award for "Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series".
  • The episode "Holiday" was nominated for a Gemini in the category "Best Achievement in Make-Up".[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b British Sky One aired "A Matter of Time" on December 9, 1998, and "The Fifth Race" one week after on December 16, 1998. US Showtime however aired "The Fifth Race" on January 22, 1999, and "A Matter of Time" one week after on January 29, 1999. The American order is also the episode order on the DVDs.
  2. ^ a b British Sky One aired "Serpent's Song" on January 6, 1999, and "Holiday" one week after on January 13, 1999. US Showtime however aired "Holiday" on February 5, 1999, and "Serpent's Song" one week after on February 12, 1999. The British order is also the episode order on the DVDs.
  3. ^ GateWorld - Stargate SG-1 Season Two: Ratings
  4. ^ "Stargate SG-1" (1997) - Awards

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