The BEST episodes of Stargate Atlantis season 5
Every episode of Stargate Atlantis season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Stargate Atlantis season 5!
The story of Stargate Atlantis follows the cliffhanger episode on Stargate SG-1's seventh season finale "Lost City", where SG-1 found an outpost made by the race known as the Ancients in Antarctica. After the events of Stargate SG-1 season eight premiere "New Order", the Stargate Command sends an international team to investigate the outpost. Soon, Dr. Daniel Jackson discovers the location of the greatest city created by the Ancients, Atlantis. The story unfolds when the members of the expedition encounter the Wraith, the race that defeated the Ancients ten thousand years ago.
#1 - Enemy at the Gate
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/9/2009
The team learns that a rogue Wraith has acquired several Z.P.M.s to power a formidable new hive ship -- and he is headed for Earth.
#2 - First Contact (1)
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/26/2008
When Daniel Jackson visits Atlantis, he and Dr. McKay discover a hidden lab that brings a new enemy knocking. The Daedalus welcomes a Wraith ally for a special project.
#3 - The Lost Tribe (2)
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/10/2008
Sheppard races to an Ancient laboratory to save McKay and Daniel Jackson before Todd arrives to destroy a weapon that has a devastating side-effect. Daniel uncovers the identity of the hostile new species.
#4 - The Shrine
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/22/2008
Rodney McKay is stricken with a mental affliction that robs him of his knowledge and memories, causing him to revert to a childlike state.
#5 - The Daedalus Variations
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/1/2008
The team boards the Daedalus when it shows up abandoned in orbit, only to find themselves skipping through parallel universes.
#6 - Brain Storm
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/21/2008
Rodney returns to Earth with Jennifer to witness the triumph of his rival, who believes he has solved the problem of global warming. But when the new technology goes horribly awry, Rodney must help shut down the deadly weather device.
#7 - The Queen
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/12/2008
Teyla goes in disguise as a Wraith queen when Todd agrees to make a bold proposal to the leader of his alliance -- not realizing that he has other intentions.
#8 - The Seed
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/18/2008
When an alien organism incapacitates Dr. Keller, the team seeks help from an old friend recently revived from stasis.
#9 - Search and Rescue (2)
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/11/2008
After a conflict with Michael leaves several Atlantis personnel trapped, Colonel Carter leads a rescue mission.
#10 - Tracker
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/19/2008
Ronon and McKay join Dr. Keller on an off-world errand of mercy, and must track her through the forest when a Runner kidnaps her.
#11 - Ghost in the Machine
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/15/2008
The city of Atlantis becomes host to the minds of disembodied Replicators, led by someone very close to the team.
#12 - Remnants
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/14/2008
While being evaluated by the I.O.A. Richard Woolsey meets a beautiful scientist new to Atlantis, who is not what she appears. Sheppard is captured and tortured by an enemy he thought was dead.
#13 - The Prodigal
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/7/2008
The team fights to retake control of Atlantis when Michael infiltrates the control room to take Teyla's child and destroy the city.
#14 - Broken Ties
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/25/2008
Ronon once again comes face-to-face with Tyre, one of his people who became a Wraith worshiper -- but who now claims he has broken free of their influence.
#15 - Infection
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/5/2008
After Todd's hive ship shows up over Atlantis transmitting a distress call, the team discovers that he and his crew have been stricken with a disease they helped create.
#16 - Outsiders
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/17/2008
The Wraith arrive in a village where Dr. Beckett is working, and demand that the locals turn over a group of refugees who survived the Hoffan plague -- or the entire village will be obliterated.
#17 - Whispers
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/5/2008
Sheppard and Beckett join a team investigating a hidden Wraith laboratory where Michael has been conducting genetic experiments.
#18 - Identity
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 12/12/2008
Dr. Keller's body is taken over by a cunning thief, while Keller finds herself imprisoned with a death sentence on another planet.
#19 - Vegas
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/2/2009
In the city of Las Vegas, Detective John Sheppard must solve the case on a long string of unusual murders -- perpetrated by a Wraith in hiding.
#20 - Inquisition
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/24/2008
A new coalition of human worlds puts the Atlantis team on trial for their alleged crimes against the Pegasus Galaxy.