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The Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1 Season 3

Every episode of Stargate SG-1 Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1 Season 3!

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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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Into the Fire (2)" is the best rated episode of "Stargate SG-1" season 3. It scored 7.9/10 based on 1351 votes. Directed by Martin Wood and written by Brad Wright, it aired on 6/25/1999. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Seth".

  • Into the Fire (2)
    7.9/101,351 votes

    #1 - Into the Fire (2)

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/25/1999

    O'Neill, Carter and Jackson must escape Hathor's clutches, while Teal'c tries to raise a Jaffa army on Chulak. General Hammond must take desperate measures to rescue the team.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Brad Wright

  • Seth
    7.2/101,339 votes

    #2 - Seth

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 7/2/1999

    SG-1 must find a renegade Goa'uld who has been hiding on Earth for thousands of years.

    Director: Bill Corcoran

    Writer: Jonathan Glassner

  • Fair Game
    8.1/101,379 votes

    #3 - Fair Game

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/9/1999

    The Asgard aid Earth in negotiating a nonagression treaty with the Goa'uld System Lords.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Legacy
    7.4/101,310 votes

    #4 - Legacy

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 7/16/1999

    When Daniel goes insane, SG-1 must deal with the legacy of Machello's anti-Goa'uld technology.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Tor Alexander Valenza

  • Learning Curve
    7.7/101,429 votes

    #5 - Learning Curve

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 7/23/1999

    SG-1 discovers a planet where children are used to acquire knowledge for the entire population, then discarded.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Heather E. Ash

  • Point of View
    8.4/101,464 votes

    #6 - Point of View

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/30/1999

    SG-1 must free an alternate reality Earth from a Goa'uld invasion after duplicates of Samantha Carter and Charles Kawalsky come through the quantum mirror.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper, Jonathan Glassner, Brad Wright, Tor Alexander Valenza

  • Deadman Switch
    7.7/101,360 votes

    #7 - Deadman Switch

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 8/6/1999

    SG-1 is taken captive by an alien bounty hunter with uncertain loyalties.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Demons
    6.9/101,301 votes

    #8 - Demons

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 8/13/1999

    SG-1 finds a medieval Christian society terrorized by Sokar and the Unas, and is accused of being possessed by demons.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Carl Binder

  • Rules of Engagement
    7.1/101,286 votes

    #9 - Rules of Engagement

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 8/20/1999

    SG-1 discovers a military camp where young men are trained to impersonate SGC personnel to infiltrate Earth.

    Director: William Gereghty, Bill Gereghty

    Writer: Terry Curtis Fox

  • Forever in a Day
    7.3/101,327 votes

    #10 - Forever in a Day

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 10/8/1999

    Jackson deals with the apparent death of his wife, Sha're, at the hands of Teal'c.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Jonathan Glassner

  • Past and Present
    7.6/101,310 votes

    #11 - Past and Present

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 10/15/1999

    SG-1 encounters an entire planet suffering from amnesia. The planet's leader returns to Earth with SG-1 to find a cure, but SG-1 suspects she may not be who she appears to be.

    Director: William Gereghty, Bill Gereghty

    Writer: Tor Alexander Valenza

  • Jolinar's Memories (1)
    7.9/101,297 votes

    #12 - Jolinar's Memories (1)

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 10/22/1999

    When Major Carter's father Jacob is kidnapped by Sokar, the SG-1 team must infiltrate a prison moon designed to look like hell to rescue him.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Daniel Stashower, Sonny Wareham

  • The Devil You Know (2)
    8.0/101,287 votes

    #13 - The Devil You Know (2)

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 10/29/1999

    SG-1 must escape a hellish prison moon, and one of their worst enemies.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Foothold
    8.2/101,311 votes

    #14 - Foothold

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 11/5/1999

    SG-1 returns from a mission and discovers that metamorphic aliens have taken over the complex.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Heather E. Ash

  • Pretense
    8.1/101,320 votes

    #15 - Pretense

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/2000

    The Tollan put Skaara and Klorel on trial to determine who will control the host body.

    Director: David Warry-Smith

    Writer: Kathryn Powers

  • Urgo
    7.9/101,545 votes

    #16 - Urgo

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/2000

    SG-1 receives alien brain implants that manifest themselves as a bizarre man, who tells them that they would not survive the procedure to remove him.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Tor Alexander Valenza

  • A Hundred Days
    8.0/101,406 votes

    #17 - A Hundred Days

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/4/2000

    After a meteor strike buries the Stargate, O'Neill finds himself stranded on a planet with no hope of rescue.

    Director: David Warry-Smith

    Writer: Brad Wright

  • Shades of Grey
    8.4/101,399 votes

    #18 - Shades of Grey

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/11/2000

    O'Neill steals technology from the Tollan, and is forced to leave the Stargate program. Maybourne offers an intriguing proposal.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Jonathan Glassner

  • New Ground
    7.5/101,236 votes

    #19 - New Ground

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/2000

    The members of SG-1 are imprisoned on a planet and become pawns in a war of ideology.

    Director: Chris McMullen

    Writer: Heather E. Ash

  • Maternal Instinct
    7.6/101,278 votes

    #20 - Maternal Instinct

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/25/2000

    SG-1 discovers the mystical planet Kheb, and must find the Harcesis child of Apophis and Sha're before Apophis's army does.

    Director: Peter F. Woeste

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Crystal Skull
    8.0/101,354 votes

    #21 - Crystal Skull

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 3/3/2000

    An alien artifact causes Daniel to disappear, and the team looks for help from his institutionalized grandfather.

    Director: Martin Wood, Brad Turner

    Writer: Michael Greenburg, Brad Wright, Jarrad Paul

  • Nemesis (1)
    8.7/101,390 votes

    #22 - 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