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The Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1 Season 4

Every episode of Stargate SG-1 Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1 Season 4!

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 4 Ratings Summary

"Small Victories (2)" is the best rated episode of "Stargate SG-1" season 4. It scored 8.5/10 based on 1401 votes. Directed by Martin Wood and written by Robert C. Cooper, it aired on 6/30/2000. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Other Side".

  • Small Victories (2)
    8.5/101,401 votes

    #1 - Small Victories (2)

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 6/30/2000

    O'Neill and Teal'c risk their lives to keep the Replicator bugs from gaining a foothold on Earth, while Carter helps the Asgard fend off a Replicator invasion.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • The Other Side
    7.8/101,432 votes

    #2 - The Other Side

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 7/7/2000

    A warring alien race offers to exchange their advanced technology for Earth's help in defeating their enemy.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Brad Wright

  • Upgrades
    8.3/101,439 votes

    #3 - Upgrades

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 7/14/2000

    A Tok'ra archaeologist arrives at the SGC with newly discovered technology, giving the SG-1 team superhuman powers.

    Director: Martin Wood, Peter DeLuise

    Writer: David Rich

  • Crossroads
    7.2/101,274 votes

    #4 - Crossroads

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 7/21/2000

    Teal'c is reunited with his lost love -- a woman who claims to have found a way to communicate with her symbiote and defeat the Goa'uld.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Katharyn Powers

  • Divide and Conquer
    8.0/101,356 votes

    #5 - Divide and Conquer

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 7/28/2000

    When a member of the SGC tries to kill a Tok'ra, it is revealed that O'Neill and Carter may be victims of an untraceable form of Goa'uld mind control.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Tor Alexander Valenza

  • Window of Opportunity
    9.4/102,988 votes

    #6 - Window of Opportunity

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 8/4/2000

    O'Neill and Teal'c are caught in a time loop in the SGC, and must relive the same 10 hours over and over again.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • Watergate
    7.5/101,315 votes

    #7 - Watergate

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 8/11/2000

    The Russians recover a Stargate from the bottom of the ocean, and turn to the SGC for help when their experiments go awry.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • The First Ones
    7.6/101,304 votes

    #8 - The First Ones

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 8/18/2000

    Dr. Jackson is taken captive by an Unas while on an archaeological dig. The SGC mounts a rescue operation, but discovers a danger of their own.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Peter DeLuise

  • Scorched Earth
    7.6/101,305 votes

    #9 - Scorched Earth

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 8/25/2000

    SG-1 is caught in a conflict between two civilizations trying to colonize the same planet.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi

  • Beneath the Surface
    7.4/101,267 votes

    #10 - Beneath the Surface

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 9/1/2000

    The members of SG-1 are used as forced labor in an underground alien facility after their memories are erased by the ruling elite.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Heather E. Ash

  • Point of No Return
    7.6/101,305 votes

    #11 - Point of No Return

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 9/8/2000

    SG-1 investigates a conspiracy theorist who has detailed knowledge of the Stargate program.

    Director: William Gereghty, Bill Gereghty

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • Tangent
    7.7/101,280 votes

    #12 - Tangent

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 9/15/2000

    A test gone wrong leaves Jack and Teal'c marooned in space aboard a damaged prototype attack ship

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Michael Cassutt

  • The Curse
    7.5/101,254 votes

    #13 - The Curse

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 9/22/2000

    When his former mentor dies, Dr. Jackson returns to his roots -- and discovers an ancient Egyptian artifact containing a Goa'uld parasite.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • The Serpent's Venom
    7.7/101,199 votes

    #14 - The Serpent's Venom

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 9/29/2000

    SG-1 must stop Apophis and Heru-ur from forming an alliance of their powerful forces, while Teal'c is captured and tortured by the Goa'uld.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Peter DeLuise

  • Chain Reaction
    8.0/101,270 votes

    #15 - Chain Reaction

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/5/2001

    SG-1 must adjust to a new commanding officer when General Hammond steps down -- but O'Neill discovers foul play behind the general's resignation.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Paul Mullie, Joseph Malozzi

  • 2010
    8.6/101,532 votes

    #16 - 2010

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/12/2001

    Ten years into the future, the former members of SG-1 must send a message into the past to prevent the extinction of the human race.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Brad Wright

  • Absolute Power
    7.7/101,289 votes

    #17 - Absolute Power

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/2001

    Jackson's teammates notice a disturbing change in him when he is reunited with the Harcesis child and given the Goa'uld genetic memory.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • The Light
    6.9/101,235 votes

    #18 - The Light

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/2001

    SG-1 finds a deserted Goa'uld palace, where a beautiful device causes suicidal tendencies.

    Director: Peter F. Woeste

    Writer: James Taylor Phillips

  • Prodigy
    7.3/101,271 votes

    #19 - Prodigy

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/2/2001

    Carter must help keep a promising young cadet from throwing away a future at the SGC. O'Neill and Teal'c encounter a dangerous life form at an offworld research base.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie, Brad Wright

  • Entity
    7.1/101,198 votes

    #20 - Entity

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/2001

    The SGC is invaded by an alien life force that takes up residence in the base computer system -- and in Major Carter.

    Director: Allan Lee

    Writer: Peter DeLuise

  • Double Jeopardy
    7.9/101,237 votes

    #21 - Double Jeopardy

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/2001

    SG-1 must rescue an alien world from the Goa'uld -- with help from an unexpected source. Teal'c seeks revenge on the System Lord Cronus for the murder of his father.

    Director: Michael Shanks

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Exodus (1)
    8.4/101,220 votes

    #22 - Exodus (1)

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/2001

    SG-1 helps to evacuate the Tok'ra to a new base -- but matters are complicated when a spy reveals their location to Apophis. The team attempts a daring plan to take out the Goa'uld's powerful fleet.

    Director: David Warry-Smith

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie