The Best Episodes of Stargate Atlantis Season 3

Colonel Sheppard finds himself the prisoner of a Genii commander, along with a desperately hungry Wraith who has been separated from his hive.

Director: William Waring

Writer: Ken Cuperus

The Atlantis team goes against orders to try and save Atlantis from Replicator control -- and to rescue General O'Neill and Richard Woolsey, who are trapped in the occupied city.

Director: Brad Turner

Writer: Martin Gero

An unstoppable energy weapon leaves Atlantis under siege after Earth launches a preemptive attack against a very powerful enemy's homeworld.

Director: Martin Wood

Writer: Martin Gero

Rodney McKay is reunited with his estranged sister back on Earth, who has given up a brilliant career as a scientist to raise a family.

Director: Martin Wood

Writer: Martin Gero, Carl Binder

The team desperately attempts to stop two Wraith hive ships from reaching Earth. Sheppard must rely on an old foe to rescue McKay and Ronon.

Director: Martin Wood

Writer: Martin Gero

After an Ancient device gives Rodney superhuman powers, his enhanced brilliance is checked only by his impending death -- unless he can learn how to ascend.

Director: Martin Wood

Writer: Damian Kindler

The team tries to relax during a mandatory day off, until an explosion leaves three people dead -- and reveals that one scientist is a walking time bomb.

Director: William Waring

Writer: Martin Gero

Ronon Dex is captured by the Wraith and returned to his homeworld, where he is haunted by his past as he is forced to once again become their prey.

Director: Robert C. Cooper

Writer: Robert C. Cooper

The Atlantis expedition is stunned to learn that a ship full of Ancients is returning to reclaim their lost city.

Director: Brad Turner

Writer: Martin Gero

Weir and the team visit an advanced civilization that split off from the Lanteans thousands of years ago, but discover that they may not have left Atlantis in peace.

Director: Andy Mikita

Writer: Carl Binder

Sheppard and McKay discover that their competitive video game has been controlling a planet of real people, who now stand on the brink of war.

Director: William Waring

Writer: Carl Binder, Don Whitehead, Holly Henderson

The inhabitants of Atlantis begin to suffer ill effects when the planet's whale population begins migrating to the island city, bringing an unexpected harbinger of doom.

Director: William Waring

Writer: Brad Wright, Carl Binder

The team discovers an Ancient drilling station deep beneath the surface of the ocean, only to find that a Wraith queen is still alive there.

Director: Brenton Spencer

Writer: Ken Cuperus

The Atlantis team investigates the disappearance of one of their allies, only to find an old enemy engineering a race of powerful monsters.

Director: Andy Mikita

Writer: Carl Binder

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.

Director: Martin Wood

Writer: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi

The team discovers the last of a civilization in suspended animation, whose survival is at risk when their station is critically damaged.

Director: Martin Wood

Writer: Carl Binder, Ken Cuperus, Scott Nimerfro

Sheppard and Ronon are influenced by a mind-altering device created by the Wraith while on a mission to rescue a lost team.

Director: Martin Wood

Writer: Carl Binder

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.

Director: Jule Gilfillan, Paul Ziller

Writer: Carl Binder

Sheppard's team meets an obnoxious man who is adored by all thanks to a secret that he carries -- and who has an unexpected affect on them.

Director: Martin Wood

Writer: Carl Binder

The team finds Lucius Lavin manipulating the people of another hapless planet, using Ancient technology to pose as an invincible hero.

Director: Martin Wood

Writer: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi