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The Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1

Every episode of Stargate SG-1 ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1!

The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient...
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Best Episodes Summary

"Window of Opportunity" is the best rated episode of "Stargate SG-1". It scored 9.4/10 based on 2987 votes. Directed by Peter DeLuise and written by Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie, it aired on 8/4/2000. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Lost City (2)".

  • Window of Opportunity
    9.4/102,987 votes
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    #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.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • Lost City (2)
    9.4/101,761 votes
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    #2 - Lost City (2)

    Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 3/19/2004

    Anubis begins a systematic assault on Earth, and the planet's only hope of salvation depends on whether SG-1 can find the Ancients' mythical Lost City.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper, Brad Wright

  • The Fifth Race
    9.1/101,974 votes
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    #3 - The Fifth Race

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/22/1999

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

    Director: David Warry-Smith

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Lost City (1)
    8.9/101,467 votes
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    #4 - Lost City (1)

    Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 3/12/2004

    O'Neill goes to great lengths to keep the Ancients' knowledge from falling into Goa'uld hands when the team discovers a second repository. The President replaces General Hammond with a civilian diplomat.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper, Brad Wright

  • Reckoning (2)
    8.9/101,211 votes
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    #5 - Reckoning (2)

    Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/2005

    The fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance as Sam and Jacob search for the only weapon capable of stopping the Replicator onslaught. O'Neill leads a defense of the S.G.C., while Daniel squares off against Replicator Carter.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • The Pegasus Project
    8.9/101,350 votes
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    #6 - The Pegasus Project

    Season 10 Episode 3 - Aired 7/28/2006

    Daniel and Vala travel to Atlantis in search of Merlin's anti-Ori weapon, while Sam, and Mitchell join forces with Dr. McKay to lock out the Ori supergate.

    Director: William Waring

    Writer: Brad Wright

  • Unending
    8.9/101,903 votes
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    #7 - Unending

    Season 10 Episode 20 - Aired 6/22/2007

    Trapped on board the Odyssey, the members of SG-1 must live out the rest of their lives together when Carter activates a time dilation field to save the ship from destruction.

    Director: Robert C. Cooper

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Heroes (2)
    8.8/101,638 votes
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    #8 - Heroes (2)

    Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 2/20/2004

    SG-1 is called into action while a film crew is documenting the Stargate program, but the S.G.C. comes under investigation after the mission goes terribly wrong.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • 1969
    8.7/101,803 votes
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    #9 - 1969

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/5/1999

    A cosmic accident causes SG-1 to be sent back 30 years into Earth's past, where they must locate the Stargate and find a way home.

    Director: Charles Correll

    Writer: Brad Wright

  • Nemesis (1)
    8.7/101,399 votes
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    #10 - Nemesis (1)

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 3/10/2000

    SG-1 faces creatures of mass destruction that even the Asgard can't control, and must destroy Thor's infested vessel before the Replicator bugs reach Earth.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Full Circle
    8.7/101,249 votes
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    #11 - Full Circle

    Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 3/21/2003

    SG-1 is called to defend the people of Abydos from the Goa'uld once again when they learn that Anubis, in search of a powerful device, is about to attack.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • New Order (2)
    8.7/101,198 votes
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    #12 - New Order (2)

    Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 7/9/2004

    While the Goa'uld threaten to attack Earth, SG-1 and the Asgard make a last, desperate stand against the Replicators, which have captured Major Carter and invaded the last outpost of the Asgard civilization.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Threads
    8.7/101,312 votes
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    #13 - Threads

    Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/2005

    While Daniel finds himself in a mysterious diner suspended between death and ascension, Jacob's fate takes an unexpected turn, Jack and Sam consider their romantic lives, and Anubis unleashes his plan for galactic destruction.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Tin Man
    8.6/101,739 votes
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    #14 - 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.

    Director: Jim Kaufman

    Writer: Jeff King

  • The Serpent's Lair (3)
    8.6/101,620 votes
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    #15 - The Serpent's Lair (3)

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/26/1998

    With SG-1 trapped on Klorel's ship, it seems that Earth is doomed as the Pyramid Ships prepare to destroy Earth.

    Director: Jonathan Glassner

    Writer: Brad Wright

  • A Matter of Time
    8.6/101,576 votes
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    #16 - 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.

    Director: Martin Wood, Jim Kaufman

    Writer: Brad Wright, Misha Rashovich

  • 2010
    8.6/101,530 votes
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    #17 - 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.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Brad Wright

  • Unnatural Selection (2)
    8.6/101,294 votes
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    #18 - Unnatural Selection (2)

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 1/10/2003

    The team is called into battle unexpectedly when the Asgard homeworld is overrun by Replicators -- which have evolved into a startling new form.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper, Brad Wright

  • The Quest (2)
    8.6/101,114 votes
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    #19 - The Quest (2)

    Season 10 Episode 11 - Aired 4/13/2007

    When the team finds Merlin himself, they must help him complete the Sangraal weapon before Adria and her Ori forces can track them down.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • The Shroud
    8.6/101,168 votes
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    #20 - The Shroud

    Season 10 Episode 14 - Aired 5/4/2007

    When SG-1 discovers that Daniel Jackson has been turned into a Prior of the Ori, they must determine whether or not his plan to destroy the Ori is genuine.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Small Victories (2)
    8.5/101,400 votes
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    #21 - 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.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Revelations
    8.5/101,224 votes
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    #22 - Revelations

    Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2002

    SG-1 must come to the rescue of their once-powerful allies when the Goa'uld attack a secret Asgard laboratory.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • New Order (1)
    8.5/101,227 votes
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    #23 - New Order (1)

    Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 7/9/2004

    Carter and Teal'c go in search of the Asgard to try and save Colonel O'Neill, but discover that the Asgard's enemy has returned with a vengeance. The System Lords seek an alliance with Earth against a common enemy.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • Reckoning (1)
    8.5/101,123 votes
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    #24 - Reckoning (1)

    Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2005

    The Replicators begin a systematic attack of the Goa'uld, forcing Baal to come to Earth for help. The Jaffa Resistance risk their entire movement in an attempt to retake a holy city in Baal's domain.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • Camelot
    8.5/101,125 votes
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    #25 - Camelot

    Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 3/10/2006

    SG-1 discovers the village of Camelot on an alien world, and must face Merlin's security system when they go in search of an Ancient weapon. Elsewhere, Earth and its allies assemble a fleet when a working Ori Supergate is discovered.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie