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The Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1 Season 1

Every episode of Stargate SG-1 Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1 Season 1!

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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 alien device called the Stargate can access a network of

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 1 - Children of the Gods (1)
    8.1/10(4292 votes)

    #1 - Children of the Gods (1)

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Mario Azzopardi
    Writers:Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner

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  2. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 2 - Children of the Gods (2)
    7.6/10(2256 votes)

    #2 - Children of the Gods (2)

    S1:E2

    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, Dennis Berry
    Writer:Brad Wright

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  3. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 3 - The Enemy Within
    5.9/10(2422 votes)

    #3 - The Enemy Within

    S1:E3

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

    Directors:Mario Azzopardi, Dennis Berry
    Writer:Brad Wright

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  4. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 4 - Emancipation
    7.0/10(2091 votes)

    #4 - Emancipation

    S1:E4

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

    Directors:Dennis Berry, Jeff Woolnough
    Writers:Brad Wright, Katharyn Powers

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  5. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 5 - The Broca Divide
    6.5/10(2000 votes)

    #5 - The Broca Divide

    S1:E5

    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:Jeff Woolnough, William Gereghty
    Writer:Jonathan Glassner

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  6. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 6 - The First Commandment
    7.5/10(2077 votes)

    #6 - The First Commandment

    S1:E6

    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, William Gereghty
    Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Jonathan Glassner

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  7. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 7 - Cold Lazarus
    8.1/10(2205 votes)

    #7 - Cold Lazarus

    S1:E7

    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.

    Directors:Dennis Berry, Ken Girotti
    Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Jeff F. King

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  8. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 8 - The Nox
    7.3/10(1969 votes)

    #8 - The Nox

    S1:E8

    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:Charles Correll, Ken Girotti
    Writers:Hart Hanson, Jeff F. King

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  9. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 9 - Brief Candle
    8.0/10(2064 votes)

    #9 - Brief Candle

    S1:E9

    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, Charles Correll
    Writers:Katharyn Powers, Hart Hanson

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  10. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 10 - Thor's Hammer
    8.2/10(2056 votes)

    #10 - Thor's Hammer

    S1:E10

    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:Mario Azzopardi, Brad Turner
    Writer:Katharyn Powers

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  11. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 11 - The Torment of Tantalus
    7.3/10(1811 votes)

    #11 - The Torment of Tantalus

    S1:E11

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

    Directors:Jonathan Glassner, Brad Turner
    Writer:Robert C. Cooper

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  12. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 12 - Bloodlines
    7.1/10(1794 votes)

    #12 - Bloodlines

    S1:E12

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

    Directors:Jonathan Glassner, Mario Azzopardi
    Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Jeff F. King

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  13. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 13 - Fire and Water
    7.3/10(1854 votes)

    #13 - Fire and Water

    S1:E13

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

    Directors:Mario Azzopardi, Allan Eastman
    Writers:Katharyn Powers, Jeff F. King

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  14. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 14 - Hathor
    7.5/10(1788 votes)

    #14 - Hathor

    S1:E14

    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:Allan Eastman, Brad Turner
    Writer:Jonathan Glassner

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  15. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 15 - Singularity
    7.1/10(1746 votes)

    #15 - Singularity

    S1:E15

    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, Brad Turner
    Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Jonathan Glassner

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  16. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 16 - Cor-Ai
    8.1/10(1903 votes)

    #16 - Cor-Ai

    S1:E16

    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.

    Director:Mario Azzopardi
    Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Tom J. Astle

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  17. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 17 - Enigma
    8.1/10(1859 votes)

    #17 - Enigma

    S1:E17

    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:Mario Azzopardi, William Gereghty
    Writers:Katharyn Powers, Tom J. Astle

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  18. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 18 - Solitudes
    7.5/10(1780 votes)

    #18 - Solitudes

    S1:E18

    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.

    Director:Martin Wood
    Writer:Brad Wright

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  19. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 19 - Tin Man
    8.6/10(1970 votes)

    #19 - Tin Man

    S1:E19

    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:Jimmy Kaufman
    Writer:Jeff F. King

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  20. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 20 - There But For the Grace of God
    5.9/10(1816 votes)

    #20 - There But For the Grace of God

    S1:E20

    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.

    Director:David Warry-Smith
    Writer:Robert C. Cooper

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  21. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 21 - Politics (1)
    8.3/10(1801 votes)

    #21 - Politics (1)

    S1:E21

    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.

    Director:Martin Wood
    Writer:Brad Wright

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  22. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 22 - Within the Serpent's Grasp (2)
    8.1/10(33 votes)

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

    S1:E22

    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.

    Director:David Warry-Smith
    Writers:Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Children of the Gods (1)" is the best rated episode of "Stargate SG-1" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 4292 votes. Directed by Mario Azzopardi and written by Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner, it aired on 7/27/1997. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Children of the Gods (2)".