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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 alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an elite Air Force special operations team, one of more than two dozen teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld, Replicators, and the Ori.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Stargate SG-1" season 3 is "Into the Fire (2)", rated 7.9/10 from 1333 user votes. It was directed by Martin Wood and written by Brad Wright. "Into the Fire (2)" aired on 6/25/1999 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Seth".

  • Into the Fire (2)
    7.9/10 1,333 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
    7.2/10 1,322 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
    8.1/10 1,360 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
    7.4/10 1,289 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
    7.7/10 1,406 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
    8.4/10 1,438 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, Tor Alexander Valenza, Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner

  • Deadman Switch
    7.7/10 1,338 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
    6.9/10 1,278 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
    7.1/10 1,264 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: Bill Gereghty, William Gereghty

    Writer: Terry Curtis Fox

  • Forever in a Day
    7.3/10 1,305 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
    7.6/10 1,288 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: Bill Gereghty, William Gereghty

    Writer: Tor Alexander Valenza

  • Jolinar's Memories (1)
    7.9/10 1,277 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)
    8.0/10 1,269 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
    8.2/10 1,291 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
    8.1/10 1,301 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
    7.9/10 1,522 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
    8.0/10 1,380 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
    8.4/10 1,378 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
    7.5/10 1,215 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
    7.6/10 1,257 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
    8.0/10 1,329 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: Brad Wright, Michael Greenburg, Jarrad Paul

  • Nemesis (1)
    8.7/10 1,367 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