The WORST episodes of Stargate Atlantis
Every episode of Stargate Atlantis ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Stargate Atlantis!
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 - 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.
#2 - Irresponsible
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/27/2007
The team finds Lucius Lavin manipulating the people of another hapless planet, using Ancient technology to pose as an invincible hero.
#3 - Instinct
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/26/2005
The team discovers a young Wraith girl who has been raised by a human, and is in hiding from the people of her human village in fear of her life.
#4 - Doppelganger
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2007
During an off-world mission Colonel Sheppard unknowingly becomes host to an alien entity, which infects others in Atlantis and afflicts them with terrifying nightmares.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - The Real World
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/18/2006
Elizabeth Weir wakes up in a mental institution, where she is told that the expedition to Atlantis and the Stargate are figments of her imagination.
#8 - Misbegotten (3)
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/21/2006
The Atlantis team must decide the fate of a colony of Wraith they have turned into humans. Dr. Weir must defend her leadership when she is evaluated by the I.O.A.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - Phantoms
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/15/2006
Sheppard and Ronon are influenced by a mind-altering device created by the Wraith while on a mission to rescue a lost team.
#12 - The Gift
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/2005
Plagued by terrifying nightmares, Teyla discovers the dark secret behind her special ability to sense the Wraith.
#13 - Harmony
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/25/2008
Colonel Sheppard and Dr. McKay must protect a child princess on a pilgrimage before she can become queen, and learn that she has dangerous enemies threatening her life.
#14 - Irresistible
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/28/2006
Sheppard's team meets an obnoxious man who is adored by all thanks to a secret that he carries -- and who has an unexpected effect on them.
#15 - Childhood's End
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/13/2004
Sheppard and the team visit a world where no one is over 24 years old -- because of a ritual suicide practice they believe keeps the Wraith at bay.
#16 - Vengeance
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 6/15/2007
The Atlantis team investigates the disappearance of one of their allies, only to find an old enemy engineering a race of powerful monsters.
#17 - Letters from Pegasus
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/2005
With a brief opportunity to send a data transmission to Earth, members of the Atlantis expedition compose video messages home to their loved ones.
#18 - The Long Goodbye
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/2/2006
The team discovers two pods that contain the minds of alien beings, who take control of Weir and Sheppard's bodies to continue their personal war.
#19 - Hide and Seek
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/23/2004
The Atlantis base is threatened when the team discovers that an alien entity is in the city. McKay's experiment with alien technology goes awry.
#20 - Home
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/10/2004
McKay's efforts to harness the energy of an alien planet's atmosphere allows for a return trip to Earth -- but the team may not be able to return to Atlantis.
#21 - Grace Under Pressure
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/12/2005
When Dr. McKay is trapped underwater in a sinking Puddle Jumper, his only chance for survival may be an hallucination of Samantha Carter.
#22 - Thirty-Eight Minutes
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/30/2004
The team finds themselves in mortal danger when their Puddle Jumper ship becomes lodged in the Stargate.
#23 - The Tower
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/19/2005
The team finds a world that possesses Ancient defense technology, where Colonel Sheppard finds himself a pawn in the rivalry between the heirs to the throne.
#24 - Missing
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2007
During a visit to New Athos, Teyla and Dr. Keller find themselves on the run from a primitive tribe of warriors.
#25 - Coup d'Etat
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/9/2006
After a team from Atlantis goes missing, the expedition finds itself in the middle of a Genii coup.