The BEST episodes of Stargate SG-1 season 1

Every episode of Stargate SG-1 season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Stargate SG-1 season 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
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Children of the Gods (1)
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7.77
4336 votes

#1 - 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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Tin Man
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7.77
2482 votes

#2 - Tin Man

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/13/1998

The members of SG-1 arrive on P3X-989 and are knocked unconscious. They wake up and return to Earth only to find that they are not quite themselves.

Directors: Jimmy Kaufman
Writer: Jeff F. King
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Within the Serpent's Grasp (2)
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7.70
2194 votes

#3 - Within the Serpent's Grasp (2)

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/6/1998

SG-1 escapes through the Stargate before it is shut down, and learns that Daniel's alternate reality vision is true: Apophis is moving to attack Earth from above. The team must stop Apophis and his son, Klorel, who inhabits the body of their friend Skaara.

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The Broca Divide
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7.70
2991 votes

#4 - The Broca Divide

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/15/1997

Members of SG-1 become infected with an alien virus that turns them into primitive beings. Dr. Fraiser must find a cure to save the team and the alien population from whom it was contracted.

Directors: Bill Gereghty
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Brief Candle
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7.66
2465 votes

#5 - Brief Candle

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/19/1997

SG-1 discovers a race of attractive people who age extremely rapidly. The situation becomes personal when O'Neill begins to suffer from the same accelerated aging, and must live out the rest of his life on the planet.

Directors: Mario Azzopardi
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Singularity
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7.66
2492 votes

#6 - Singularity

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/31/1997

A mysterious affliction wipes out the entire population of a planet, plus an SG team -- except for one young girl. Carter befriends her, but learns that she is being used by the Goa'uld.

Directors: Mario Azzopardi
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Hathor
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7.65
2282 votes

#7 - Hathor

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/24/1997

The banished Goa'uld Hathor is found in an ancient sarcophagus Earth, and takes over the S.G.C. with hopes of raising a new army against the System Lords.

Directors: Brad Turner
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There But For the Grace of God
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7.64
2490 votes

#8 - There But For the Grace of God

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/20/1998

An alien artifact transports Daniel to an alternate reality, where he is not a part of the Stargate program and the Goa'uld -- led by Teal'c -- are invading Earth.

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Children of the Gods (2)
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7.60
2104 votes

#9 - Children of the Gods (2)

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/27/1997

Colonel O'Neill, leading the new SG-1, track Apophis back to the planet Chulak to rescue Sha're and Skaara, and befriend one of Apophis' Jaffa guards.

Directors: Mario Azzopardi
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Enigma
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7.59
2369 votes

#10 - Enigma

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/30/1998

The SG-1 team rescues a group of advanced humans from a planet near destruction, and must find a new home for the refugees before the Pentagon gets their hands on them.

Directors: Bill Gereghty
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The Torment of Tantalus
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7.57
2399 votes

#11 - The Torment of Tantalus

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/3/1997

SG-1 tracks down Catherine Langford's fiance, who took the first Stargate trip in 1945, and discovers an ancient meeting hall that may hold the secrets of the universe itself.

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Cor-Ai
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7.56
2046 votes

#12 - Cor-Ai

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/23/1998

Teal'c must stand trial for a crime committed while he served as first prime of Apophis when a villager on an alien world identifies him as the Jaffa who killed his father.

Directors: Mario Azzopardi
Writer: Tom J. Astle
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The Nox
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7.54
2663 votes

#13 - The Nox

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/12/1997

Pressed by the government to acquire new technologies, SG-1 is led to a world inhabited by a seemingly primative race. When Apophis arrives, SG-1 ambush him with disasterous consequences.

Directors: Charlie Correll
Writer: Hart Hanson
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Thor's Hammer
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7.54
2643 votes

#14 - Thor's Hammer

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/26/1997

Teal'c and O'Neill are transported to an underground cage designed by the Asgard to protect an alien world from the Goa'uld.

Directors: Brad Turner
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Fire and Water
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7.53
2481 votes

#15 - Fire and Water

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/17/1997

Daniel is taken captive by an alien with a hidden agenda, while SG-1 is made to believe he is dead.

Directors: Allan Eastman
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Cold Lazarus
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7.52
2621 votes

#16 - Cold Lazarus

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/29/1997

During an off-world assignment, Jack is struck down by energy from a blue crystal... which creates a duplicate of him that returns to Earth in Jack's place.

Writer: Jeff F. King
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Bloodlines
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7.52
2290 votes

#17 - Bloodlines

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/10/1997

Teal'c returns to Chulak to stop his people from implanting his son with a larval Goa'uld.

Directors: Mario Azzopardi
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Solitudes
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7.46
2279 votes

#18 - Solitudes

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/6/1998

Colonel O'Neill and Captain Carter are separated from Jackson and Teal'c during a Stargate journey, and are trapped on a desolate ice world with no way of escape.

Directors: Martin Wood
Writer: Brad Wright
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The Enemy Within
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7.42
3288 votes

#19 - The Enemy Within

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/1/1997

Major Kawalsky is possessed by a Goa'uld, and the SGC must find a way to remove it without killing him.

Directors: Dennis Berry
Writer: Brad Wright
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The First Commandment
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7.33
2787 votes

#20 - The First Commandment

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/22/1997

SG-1 must stop a renegade Stargate commander, who has gone mad and set himself up as a god on an alien planet.

Directors: Dennis Berry
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Emancipation
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7.31
3181 votes

#21 - Emancipation

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/8/1997

An alien civilization is forced to reconsider their views on women when Carter rebels against their social customs.

Directors: Jeff Woolnough
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Politics (1)
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7.31
2407 votes

#22 - Politics (1)

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/27/1998

Senator Kinsey arrives at the SGC to investigate the program and determine whether the great drain on the U.S. budget is worthwhile, prompting the team to recall missions from the past year.

Directors: Martin Wood
Writer: Brad Wright
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