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The Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1 Season 2

Every episode of Stargate SG-1 Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1 Season 2!

The Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1 Season 2

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...
  1. Background image for The Serpent's Lair (3)
    8.6/10(1.7k votes)

    #1 - The Serpent's Lair (3)

    S2:E1

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

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    7.9/10(1.6k votes)

    #2 - In the Line of Duty

    S2:E2

    Carter is possessed by a Goa'uld who claims to be an enemy of the System Lords.

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    7.3/10(1.5k votes)

    #3 - Prisoners

    S2:E3

    SG-1 is put on trial and exiled to a prison world, where a woman maintains a strange control over her fellow prisoners.

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    7.0/10(1.5k votes)

    #4 - The Gamekeeper

    S2:E4

    SG-1 is imprisoned in a virtual reality realm and forced to relive the worst moments of their lives over and over.

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    6.8/10(1.5k votes)

    #5 - Need

    S2:E5

    Jackson becomes addicted to the effects of a Goa'uld sarcophagus, and falls for the planet's manipulative princess.

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    8.3/10(1.6k votes)

    #6 - Thor's Chariot

    S2:E6

    SG-1 returns to Cimmeria, and finds that without protection from the Asgard the planet has been invaded by the Goa'uld.

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  8. Background image for Message in a Bottle
    7.4/10(1.5k votes)

    #7 - Message in a Bottle

    S2:E7

    SG-1 discovers an ancient artifact that takes O'Neill and the S.G.C. hostage.

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    6.7/10(1.4k votes)

    #8 - Family

    S2:E8

    The SG-1 team attempt to rescue Teal'c's son, who has been kidnapped and brainwashed by Apophis. Teal'c learns disturbing news about his wife.

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    7.6/10(1.5k votes)

    #9 - Secrets

    S2:E9

    Jackson discovers that his wife has returned to Abydos, and is nine months pregnant with the son of Apophis. O'Neill must keep the secret of the Stargate program from being uncovered.

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    7.1/10(1.5k votes)

    #10 - Bane

    S2:E10

    Teal'c is infected with deadly venom from a giant insect, and begins a terrible transformation. When he escapes the S.G.C., SG-1 must find him before Colonel Maybourne does.

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    8.0/10(1.5k votes)

    #11 - The Tok'ra (1)

    S2:E11

    SG-1 locates the Tok'ra, a Goa'uld resistance movement who oppose the System Lords, and attempt to form an alliance. Jacob Carter's cancer brings him near death.

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    8.3/10(1.6k votes)

    #12 - The Tok'ra (2)

    S2:E12

    While SG-1 tries to form an alliance with the Tok'ra, a spy betrays the rebels to the Goa'uld. Jacob Carter finds that the Tok'ra may be his only hope of survival

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    7.2/10(1.5k votes)

    #13 - Spirits

    S2:E13

    SG-1 finds a planet inhabited by Native American Indians, protected by spirits who are actually advanced alien shapeshifters.

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    7.6/10(1.4k votes)

    #14 - Touchstone

    S2:E14

    SG-1 is accused of stealing an important weather-controlling device, sending a primative planet into chaos. The team discovers that Earth's second Stargate is being misused.

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    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Sam Egan
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    9.1/10(2.0k votes)

    #15 - The Fifth Race

    S2:E15

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

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  17. Background image for A Matter of Time
    8.6/10(1.6k votes)

    #16 - A Matter of Time

    S2:E16

    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.

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    7.4/10(1.4k votes)

    #17 - Holiday

    S2:E17

    SG-1 discovers an elderly man known for developing technology to fight the Goa'uld. Daniel is tricked into switching bodies with the man, Ma'chello, who believes he is "owed" for all the good he has done.

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    7.8/10(1.4k votes)

    #18 - Serpent's Song

    S2:E18

    Apophis, SG-1's greatest enemy, seeks sanctuary from Sokar and ends up near death in the S.G.C. infirmary.

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    6.7/10(1.4k votes)

    #19 - One False Step

    S2:E19

    A group of primitive aliens begin to fall deathly ill after SG-1 arrives.

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    7.5/10(1.4k votes)

    #20 - Show and Tell

    S2:E20

    A young boy arrives through the Stargate, and warns of plot by invisible aliens to kill all of the human race in order to rob the Goa'uld of potential hosts.

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    8.7/10(1.9k votes)

    #21 - 1969

    S2:E21

    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.

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    7.1/10(1.4k votes)

    #22 - Out of Mind (1)

    S2:E22

    O'Neill, Carter and Jackson awaken from stasis in what appears to be the S.G.C. -- almost 80 years in the future.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Serpent's Lair (3)" is the best rated episode of "Stargate SG-1" season 2. It scored 8.6/10 based on 1685 votes. Directed by Jonathan Glassner and written by Brad Wright, it aired on 6/26/1998. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "In the Line of Duty".