The BEST episodes of Stargate SG-1

Every episode of Stargate SG-1 ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Stargate SG-1!

This sequel to the 1994 movie Stargate chronicles the further adventures of SGC (Stargate Command). It turned out that the Goa'uld Ra was only one of many alien System Lords who used the Stargates to conquer much of the universe. When Earth uncovers a working cartouche to decipher the coding system of their own Stargate, they find they can now travel anywhere. Earth's military sends out SG teams to explore new planets, find technology, and oppose the Goa'uld. Jack O'Neill and Daniel Jackson from the original movie are part of SG-1. They are joined by Sam Carter, a scientist, and Teal'c, a Jaffa who is convinced the Goa'uld are not gods.

Last Updated: 9/27/2024Network: SYFYStatus: Ended
Window of Opportunity
star
8.13
3145 votes

#1 - Window of Opportunity

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/4/2000

O'Neill and Teal'c are caught in a time loop in the SGC, and must relive the same 10 hours over and over again.

Directors: Peter DeLuise
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2010
star
8.10
2651 votes

#2 - 2010

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/12/2001

Ten years into the future, the former members of SG-1 must send a message into the past to prevent the extinction of the human race.

Directors: Andy Mikita
Writer: Brad Wright
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Lifeboat
star
8.06
2630 votes

#3 - Lifeboat

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/18/2003

When SG-1 finds a crashed alien space ship, Daniel's mind is taken over by its disembodied passengers.

Directors: Peter DeLuise
Writer: Brad Wright
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The Fifth Race
star
7.99
2924 votes

#4 - The Fifth Race

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/22/1999

O'Neill becomes the unwilling receptacle for a library of alien knowledge.

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Fallen (1)
star
7.87
2843 votes

#5 - Fallen (1)

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/13/2003

While searching for the Lost City of the Ancients on a distant planet, SG-1 is stunned to find Daniel Jackson alive and in human form but stripped of his memory. O'Neill convinces Daniel to return with them to the SGC, where he is reinstated for a daring mission to destroy Anubis' powerful new super-weapon!

Directors: Martin Wood
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Upgrades
star
7.86
2613 votes

#6 - Upgrades

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/14/2000

A Tok'ra archaeologist arrives at the SGC with newly discovered technology, giving the SG-1 team superhuman powers.

Directors: Peter DeLuise
Writer: David Rich
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A Matter of Time
star
7.86
2468 votes

#7 - A Matter of Time

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/29/1999

After gating to a world on the edge of a black hole, the S.G.C. cannot disengage the Stargate. All of Earth becomes endangered by the time-distorting gravity field.

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Meridian
star
7.84
2402 votes

#8 - Meridian

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/2002

Daniel Jackson is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation while visiting an alien civilization that is building a weapon of mass destruction.

Directors: William Waring
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The Fifth Man
star
7.84
2160 votes

#9 - The Fifth Man

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/20/2001

O'Neill and Lieutenant Tyler are ambushed by Goa'uld forces and trapped behind enemy lines -- while the rest of their team discover they don't know who Tyler is.

Directors: Peter DeLuise
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Rite of Passage
star
7.83
2457 votes

#10 - Rite of Passage

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/3/2001

Cassandra mysteriously falls ill, sending SG-1 back to her home planet -- where they uncover a dark Goa'uld secret.

Directors: Peter DeLuise
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Threshold (3)
star
7.83
2361 votes

#11 - Threshold (3)

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/6/2001

His mind altered by Apophis, Teal'c must undergo a ritual that takes him to the edge of death itself, in order for him to rediscover who he is.

Directors: Peter DeLuise
Writer: Brad Wright
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Urgo
star
7.83
2346 votes

#12 - Urgo

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/2000

SG-1 receives alien brain implants that manifest themselves as a bizarre man, who tells them that they would not survive the procedure to remove him.

Directors: Peter DeLuise
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Serpent's Song
star
7.82
2153 votes

#13 - Serpent's Song

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/12/1999

Apophis, SG-1's greatest enemy, seeks sanctuary from Sokar and ends up near death in the S.G.C. infirmiry.

Directors: Peter DeLuise
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The Curse
star
7.81
2530 votes

#14 - The Curse

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/22/2000

When his former mentor dies, Dr. Jackson returns to his roots -- and discovers an ancient Egyptian artifact containing a Goa'uld parasite.

Directors: Andy Mikita
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Crystal Skull
star
7.81
2587 votes

#15 - Crystal Skull

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/3/2000

An alien artifact causes Daniel to disappear, and the team looks for help from his institutionalized grandfather.

Directors: Brad Turner
Writer: Brad Wright
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Legacy
star
7.81
2486 votes

#16 - Legacy

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/16/1999

When Daniel goes insane, SG-1 must deal with the legacy of Machello's anti-Goa'uld technology.

Directors: Peter DeLuise
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Foothold
star
7.81
2639 votes

#17 - Foothold

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/5/1999

SG-1 returns from a mission and discovers that metamorphic aliens have taken over the complex.

Directors: Andy Mikita
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Fail Safe
star
7.81
2402 votes

#18 - Fail Safe

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/5/2002

Earth finds itself threatened by something even larger than the Goa'uld when the team learns that an asteroid is on a collision course with the planet.

Directors: Andy Mikita
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Fair Game
star
7.80
2344 votes

#19 - Fair Game

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/9/1999

The Asgard aid Earth in negotiating a nonagression treaty with the Goa'uld System Lords.

Directors: Martin Wood
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Small Victories (2)
star
7.80
2857 votes

#20 - Small Victories (2)

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/30/2000

O'Neill and Teal'c risk their lives to keep the Replicator bugs from gaining a foothold on Earth, while Carter helps the Asgard fend off a Replicator invasion.

Directors: Martin Wood
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Absolute Power
star
7.79
2273 votes

#21 - Absolute Power

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/2001

Jackson's teammates notice a disturbing change in him when he is reunited with the Harcesis child and given the Goa'uld genetic memory.

Directors: Peter DeLuise
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Orpheus
star
7.79
2214 votes

#22 - Orpheus

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/27/2003

After an injury, Teal'c must put aside his self-doubt when SG-1 launches a mission to rescue his son and his mentor from a Jaffa death camp.

Directors: Peter DeLuise
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Point of View
star
7.78
2593 votes

#23 - Point of View

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/30/1999

SG-1 must free an alternate reality Earth from a Goa'uld invasion after duplicates of Samantha Carter and Charles Kawalsky come through the quantum mirror.

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Allegiance
star
7.78
2295 votes

#24 - Allegiance

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/9/2002

Tensions rise between the Tok'ra and rebel Jaffa at the S.G.C.'s offworld base when they are attacked by an invisible enemy.

Directors: Peter DeLuise
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Children of the Gods (1)
star
7.77
4336 votes

#25 - Children of the Gods (1)

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/27/1997

When powerful aliens come through Earth's Stargate, Colonel Jack O'Neill returns to Abydos to retrieve Daniel Jackson, who has discovered that the alien transit system includes much more than the two planets.

Directors: Mario Azzopardi
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