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The Best Episodes of Stargate Atlantis Season 2

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The Best Episodes of Stargate Atlantis Season 2

With the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific expedition to...

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  1. 8.6/10(1.2k votes)

    #1 - The Siege (3)

    S2:E1

    The Daedalus arrives to defend Atlantis from the Wraith onslaught, but it may not be enough when the team discovers that an even larger armada is on the way.

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    Director:Martin Wood
  2. 8.4/10(1.0k votes)

    #2 - Allies (1)

    S2:E20

    Michael and his Wraith faction arrive at Atlantis to propose an alliance, hoping to use the retrovirus to transform their Wraith enemies into prey.

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    Director:Andy Mikita
  3. 8.3/10(1.2k votes)

    #3 - Aurora

    S2:E9

    When the team finds an Ancient warship adrift on the edge of the galaxy, its crew still alive, Colonel Sheppard enters their virtual reality stasis to communicate with them.

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  4. 8.1/10(1.2k votes)

    #4 - Duet

    S2:E4

    A run-in with a Wraith Dart leaves the consciousness of a precocious Atlantis security officer trapped in Dr. McKay's mind.

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    Director:Peter DeLuise
  5. 8.1/10(1.1k votes)

    #5 - Inferno

    S2:E19

    Sheppard's team meets a civilization about to be destroyed by a super-volcano, and is trapped there when the Stargate is destroyed during the evacuation.

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    Director:Peter DeLuise
  6. 7.9/10(1.1k votes)

    #6 - Runner

    S2:E3

    Sheppard and his team attempt to locate Lieutenant Ford, only to find themselves captives of a former soldier who is being hunted by the Wraith.

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  8. 7.9/10(1.0k votes)

    #7 - The Hive (2)

    S2:E11

    Colonel Sheppard and his team find themselves prisoners of the Wraith following Ford's attack on a hive ship. Dr. McKay goes to great lengths to help them.

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    Director:Martin Wood
  9. 7.9/10(1.1k votes)

    #8 - Michael

    S2:E18

    An amnesiac young Lieutenant in Atlantis suffers from disturbing nightmares that he is a Wraith, only to make a shocking discovery about himself.

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    Director:Martin Wood
  10. 7.7/10(1.1k votes)

    #9 - Epiphany

    S2:E12

    Sheppard finds himself on a planet where time passes more rapidly, with no way to contact his team or return to Atlantis.

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  11. 7.7/10(1.1k votes)

    #10 - Critical Mass

    S2:E13

    When an operative of the Trust plants a bomb in Atlantis, the team must find a spy within their own ranks before the Wraith arrive and discover the city.

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    Director:Andy Mikita
  12. 7.7/10(1.1k votes)

    #11 - Grace Under Pressure

    S2:E14

    When Dr. McKay is trapped underwater in a sinking Puddle Jumper, his only chance for survival may be an hallucination of Samantha Carter.

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    Director:Martin Wood
  13. 7.7/10(993 votes)

    #12 - Coup D'etat

    S2:E17

    After a team from Atlantis goes missing, the expedition finds itself in the middle of a Genii coup.

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    Director:Martin Wood
  14. 7.6/10(1.1k votes)

    #13 - Trinity

    S2:E6

    McKay puts the team at risk when he tries to perfect unfinished Ancient technology that wiped out a civilization. Ronon Dex discovers that he is not the lone survivor from his world.

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  15. 7.5/10(1.0k votes)

    #14 - The Lost Boys (1)

    S2:E10

    The team is captured by the missing Lieutenant Ford, who is now leading a group of young men who are taking the Wraith enzyme -- and who wants the team's help in a suicide attack against a hive ship.

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    Director:Brad Turner
  16. 7.4/10(1.0k votes)

    #15 - The Intruder

    S2:E2

    The Daedalus is infected by a Wraith computer virus, while members of the expedition hope to return to Earth.

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  17. 7.4/10(1.1k votes)

    #16 - Instinct

    S2:E7

    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.

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  18. 7.4/10(1.0k votes)

    #17 - Conversion

    S2:E8

    Colonel Sheppard begins to undergo a disturbing physical transformation after being exposed to Beckett's anti-Wraith drug.

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  19. 7.3/10(1.0k votes)

    #18 - Condemned

    S2:E5

    The Atlantis team finds a culture that lives in relative safety from the Wraith, because they hand over their criminals to the Wraith -- and crash-land in the volatile penal colony.

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  20. 7.1/10(1.0k votes)

    #19 - The Tower

    S2:E15

    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.

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  21. 6.8/10(1.0k votes)

    #20 - The Long Goodbye

    S2:E16

    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.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Siege (3)" is the best rated episode of "Stargate Atlantis" season 2. It scored 8.6/10 based on 1182 votes. Directed by Martin Wood and written by Martin Gero, it aired on 7/15/2005. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Allies (1)".