The Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1 Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.1/10(4189 votes)

   #1 - Children of the Gods (1)

   S1:E17/27/1997

   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 Philip Azzopardi

   Writers:Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner

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   Director:Mario Philip Azzopardi

   Writers:Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner
2. 

   7.6/10(2178 votes)

   #2 - Children of the Gods (2)

   S1:E27/27/1997

   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 Philip Azzopardi, Dennis Berry

   Writer:Brad Wright

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   Directors:Mario Philip Azzopardi, Dennis Berry

   Writer:Brad Wright
3. 

   5.9/10(2343 votes)

   #3 - The Enemy Within

   S1:E38/1/1997

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

   Directors:Mario Philip Azzopardi, Dennis Berry

   Writer:Brad Wright

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   Directors:Mario Philip Azzopardi, Dennis Berry

   Writer:Brad Wright
4. 

   7.0/10(2029 votes)

   #4 - Emancipation

   S1:E48/8/1997

   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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   Directors:Dennis Berry, Jeff Woolnough

   Writers:Brad Wright, Katharyn Powers
5. 

   6.5/10(1938 votes)

   #5 - The Broca Divide

   S1:E58/15/1997

   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, Bill Gereghty

   Writer:Jonathan Glassner

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   Directors:Jeff Woolnough, Bill Gereghty

   Writer:Jonathan Glassner
6. 

   7.5/10(2008 votes)

   #6 - The First Commandment

   S1:E68/22/1997

   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, Bill Gereghty

   Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Jonathan Glassner

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   Directors:Dennis Berry, Bill Gereghty

   Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Jonathan Glassner
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7. 

   8.1/10(2150 votes)

   #7 - Cold Lazarus

   S1:E78/29/1997

   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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   Directors:Dennis Berry, Ken Girotti

   Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Jeff F. King
8. 

   7.3/10(1915 votes)

   #8 - The Nox

   S1:E89/12/1997

   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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   Directors:Charles Correll, Ken Girotti

   Writers:Hart Hanson, Jeff F. King
9. 

   8.0/10(2013 votes)

   #9 - Brief Candle

   S1:E99/19/1997

   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 Philip Azzopardi, Charles Correll

   Writers:Katharyn Powers, Hart Hanson

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   Directors:Mario Philip Azzopardi, Charles Correll

   Writers:Katharyn Powers, Hart Hanson
10. 

    8.2/10(2002 votes)

    #10 - Thor's Hammer

    S1:E109/26/1997

    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 Philip Azzopardi, Brad Turner

    Writer:Katharyn Powers

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    Directors:Mario Philip Azzopardi, Brad Turner

    Writer:Katharyn Powers
11. 

    7.3/10(1764 votes)

    #11 - The Torment of Tantalus

    S1:E1110/3/1997

    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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    Directors:Jonathan Glassner, Brad Turner

    Writer:Robert C. Cooper
12. 

    7.1/10(1753 votes)

    #12 - Bloodlines

    S1:E1210/10/1997

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

    Directors:Jonathan Glassner, Mario Philip Azzopardi

    Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Jeff F. King

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    Directors:Jonathan Glassner, Mario Philip Azzopardi

    Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Jeff F. King
13. 

    7.3/10(1812 votes)

    #13 - Fire and Water

    S1:E1310/17/1997

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

    Directors:Mario Philip Azzopardi, Allan Eastman

    Writers:Katharyn Powers, Jeff F. King

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    Directors:Mario Philip Azzopardi, Allan Eastman

    Writers:Katharyn Powers, Jeff F. King
14. 

    7.5/10(1743 votes)

    #14 - Hathor

    S1:E1410/24/1997

    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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    Directors:Allan Eastman, Brad Turner

    Writer:Jonathan Glassner
15. 

    7.1/10(1700 votes)

    #15 - Singularity

    S1:E1510/31/1997

    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 Philip Azzopardi, Brad Turner

    Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Jonathan Glassner

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    Directors:Mario Philip Azzopardi, Brad Turner

    Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Jonathan Glassner
16. 

    8.1/10(1857 votes)

    #16 - Cor-Ai

    S1:E161/23/1998

    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 Philip Azzopardi

    Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Tom J. Astle

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    Director:Mario Philip Azzopardi

    Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Tom J. Astle
17. 

    8.1/10(1809 votes)

    #17 - Enigma

    S1:E171/30/1998

    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 Philip Azzopardi, Bill Gereghty

    Writers:Katharyn Powers, Tom J. Astle

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    Directors:Mario Philip Azzopardi, Bill Gereghty

    Writers:Katharyn Powers, Tom J. Astle
18. 

    7.5/10(1729 votes)

    #18 - Solitudes

    S1:E182/6/1998

    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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    Director:Martin Wood

    Writer:Brad Wright
19. 

    8.6/10(1909 votes)

    #19 - Tin Man

    S1:E192/13/1998

    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:Jimmy Kaufman

    Writer:Jeff F. King

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    Director:Jimmy Kaufman

    Writer:Jeff F. King
20. 

    5.9/10(1766 votes)

    #20 - There But For the Grace of God

    S1:E202/20/1998

    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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    Director:David Warry-Smith

    Writer:Robert C. Cooper
21. 

    8.3/10(1752 votes)

    #21 - Politics (1)

    S1:E212/27/1998

    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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    Director:Martin Wood

    Writer:Brad Wright
22. 

    8.1/10(33 votes)

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

    S1:E223/6/1998

    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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    Director:David Warry-Smith

    Writers:Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner