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The Worst Episodes of Stargate Atlantis

Every episode of Stargate Atlantis ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Stargate Atlantis!

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...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama
Network:Syfy

Worst Episodes Summary

"Inquisition" is the worst rated episode of "Stargate Atlantis". It scored 6/10 based on 930 votes. Directed by Brenton Spencer and written by Alex Levine, it aired on 10/19/2008. This episode scored 0.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Irresponsible".

  • Inquisition
    6.0/10930 votes
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    #1 - Inquisition

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 10/19/2008

    Lt. Colonel John Sheppard's team is invited by the Coalition of Planets in order to form an alliance. However, the team is misled and is faced to stand trial, for their alleged crimes against the Pegasus galaxy. Their best chance of freedom, is the experiences of Richard Woolsey.

    Director: Brenton Spencer

    Writer: Alex Levine

  • Irresponsible
    6.6/101,015 votes
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    #2 - Irresponsible

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/3/2006

    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

  • Irresistible
    6.7/101,113 votes
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    #3 - Irresistible

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/27/2006

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

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Carl Binder

  • The Long Goodbye
    6.8/10996 votes
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    #4 - 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.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • The Real World
    6.8/101,025 votes
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    #5 - The Real World

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 8/17/2006

    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.

    Director: Jule Gilfillan, Paul Ziller

    Writer: Carl Binder

  • Phantoms
    7.0/10939 votes
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    #6 - Phantoms

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 9/14/2006

    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

  • Thirty-Eight Minutes
    7.1/101,165 votes
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    #7 - 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.

    Director: Mario Philip Azzopardi

    Writer: Brad Wright

  • The Tower
    7.1/10988 votes
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    #8 - 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.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi

  • Doppelganger
    7.1/10950 votes
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    #9 - Doppelganger

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/2007

    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.

    Director: Robert C. Cooper

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Missing
    7.1/10963 votes
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    #10 - Missing

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/2007

    During a visit to New Athos, Teyla and Dr. Keller find themselves on the run from a primitive tribe of warriors.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Carl Binder

  • Broken Ties
    7.1/10900 votes
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    #11 - Broken Ties

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 7/24/2008

    Ronon Dex is captured by Tyre, who wants to hand him to the Wraith in order to maintain his role in their circle. However, when the deal turns sour, and Tyre is left for dead, the Atlantis expedition persuade him to take back their friend. Meanwhile, The Wraith turn Ronon into a Wraith worshipper.

    Director: Ken Girotti

    Writer: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi

  • Outsiders
    7.1/10834 votes
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    #12 - Outsiders

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 10/16/2008

    Dr. Carson Beckett, now a traveling doctor in Pegasus comes across a planet, where some of the villagers are refugees from Balar, a planet infected with the Hoffan drug, and destroyed by the Wraith. However, the Wraith arrive on the planet and gives the village an ultimatum, hand over the Balarians, or face destruction of the entire civilization.

    Director: William Waring

    Writer: Alan McCullough

  • Identity
    7.1/10852 votes
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    #13 - Identity

    Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 12/11/2008

    Dr. Jennifer Keller's body is inadvertently taken over by a cunning thief, Neeva Casol. While Neeva tries to escape Atlantis, Keller finds herself imprisoned with a death sentence on another planet, forcing the team into a race against time to return Keller to her original body before she is put to death.

    Director: William Waring

    Writer: Carl Binder

  • Suspicion
    7.2/101,187 votes
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    #14 - Suspicion

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/6/2004

    After a series of run-ins with the Wraith, the team begins to suspect their Athosian allies of having a spy in their midst.

    Director: Mario Philip Azzopardi

    Writer: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi

  • Letters from Pegasus
    7.2/101,010 votes
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    #15 - Letters from Pegasus

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/10/2005

    With a brief opportunity to send a data transmission to Earth, members of the Atlantis expedition compose video messages home to their loved ones.

    Director: Mario Philip Azzopardi

    Writer: Carl Binder

  • Harmony
    7.2/101,035 votes
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    #16 - Harmony

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/2008

    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.

    Director: William Waring

    Writer: Martin Gero

  • The Seed
    7.2/10899 votes
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    #17 - The Seed

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 7/17/2008

    When a mysterious alien organism takes Dr. Jennifer Keller as its host, the newly revived Dr. Carson Beckett and the crew desperately search for a serum to save her from the evolving intruder before it can infiltrate Atlantis. In the meantime, Richard Woolsey officially joins the team, having been chosen as Colonel Samantha Carter's replacement to lead the Atlantis expedition.

    Director: William Waring

    Writer: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi

  • The Defiant One
    7.3/101,055 votes
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    #18 - The Defiant One

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/15/2004

    Sheppard's team investigates a downed Wraith ship, and find themselves stuck on a planet with a lone Wraith survivor.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Peter DeLuise

  • Condemned
    7.3/101,018 votes
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    #19 - Condemned

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/12/2005

    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.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Carl Binder, Sean Carley

  • Conversion
    7.3/101,003 votes
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    #20 - Conversion

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 9/9/2005

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

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper, Martin Gero

  • Misbegotten (3)
    7.3/10965 votes
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    #21 - Misbegotten (3)

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 7/20/2006

    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.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi

  • The Ark
    7.3/10936 votes
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    #22 - The Ark

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/7/2007

    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

  • Outcast
    7.3/10922 votes
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    #23 - Outcast

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/2008

    While on personal leave on Earth, Sheppard and Ronon learn that scientists have engineered a human-form Replicator -- who is now on the loose.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Carl Binder, Joe Flanigan

  • Whispers
    7.3/101,052 votes
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    #24 - Whispers

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 9/4/2008

    Dr. Carson Beckett is called in to help a team investigating a lab that once belonged to Michael Kenmore. But soon, they realize that a group of experiments that even Michael couldn't control are hellbent on killing the team.

    Director: William Waring

    Writer: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi

  • Rising (2)
    7.4/101,264 votes
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    #25 - Rising (2)

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/15/2004

    Sheppard tries to convince Weir to mount a rescue mission to free Colonel Sumner, Teyla, and the others captured by the Wraith.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper, Brad Wright