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The Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1 Season 8

Every episode of Stargate SG-1 Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1 Season 8!

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 8 Ratings Summary

"New Order (1)" is the best rated episode of "Stargate SG-1" season 8. It scored 8.5/10 based on 1229 votes. Directed by Andy Mikita and written by Robert C. Cooper, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie, it aired on 7/9/2004. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "New Order (2)".

  • New Order (1)
    8.5/101,229 votes

    #1 - New Order (1)

    Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 7/9/2004

    Carter and Teal'c go in search of the Asgard to try and save Colonel O'Neill, but discover that the Asgard's enemy has returned with a vengeance. The System Lords seek an alliance with Earth against a common enemy.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • New Order (2)
    8.7/101,200 votes

    #2 - New Order (2)

    Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 7/9/2004

    While the Goa'uld threaten to attack Earth, SG-1 and the Asgard make a last, desperate stand against the Replicators, which have captured Major Carter and invaded the last outpost of the Asgard civilization.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Lockdown
    7.5/101,096 votes

    #3 - Lockdown

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 7/23/2004

    The S.G.C. is put under quarantine after a mysterious infection leaves a Russian officer in the infirmary -- but the disease may not be a disease at all.

    Director: William Waring

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • Zero Hour
    8.0/101,125 votes

    #4 - Zero Hour

    Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 7/30/2004

    General O'Neill tries to settle into his new job, but faces never-ending crises - including the capture of SG-1 by the Goa'uld.

    Director: Peter F. Woeste

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Icon
    7.0/101,067 votes

    #5 - Icon

    Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 8/6/2004

    Daniel is stranded on another planet after the team's arrival on an alien world sparks a violent civil war.

    Director: Peter F. Woeste

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • Avatar
    7.5/101,099 votes

    #6 - Avatar

    Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 8/13/2004

    Teal'c is trapped in a virtual reality simulation, in which he must defend the base from a Goa'uld super-soldier incursion.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • Affinity
    7.3/101,165 votes

    #7 - Affinity

    Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 8/20/2004

    Teal'c becomes the chief suspect in a murder investigation after he moves into an apartment off-base. Carter considers her future with Pete.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Peter DeLuise

  • Covenant
    7.5/101,063 votes

    #8 - Covenant

    Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 8/27/2004

    A businessman threatens to expose the secrets of alien life to the world, forcing Stargate Command to bring him into the loop.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Ron Wilkerson

  • Sacrifices
    6.7/101,081 votes

    #9 - Sacrifices

    Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 9/10/2004

    The impending wedding of his son is the least of Teal'c's worries when the Hak'tyl plan an uprising against the Goa'uld Moloc, driving a wedge between Teal'c and Ishta.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Christopher Judge

  • Endgame
    7.7/101,046 votes

    #10 - Endgame

    Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 9/17/2004

    The Stargate is stolen, leading SG-1 to discover that the Trust has taken control of an advanced ship in orbit. Teal'c investigates a series of wide-spread Jaffa deaths.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • Gemini
    7.4/101,077 votes

    #11 - Gemini

    Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 1/21/2005

    A duplicate of Colonel Carter seeks help from Stargate Command in defeating the Replicator Fifth, who she claims has found a way to counter the Asgard's new weapon.

    Director: William Waring

    Writer: Peter DeLuise

  • Prometheus Unbound
    8.4/101,291 votes

    #12 - Prometheus Unbound

    Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 1/28/2005

    After the Prometheus responds to a distress call from a Goa'uld ship, Daniel Jackson finds himself a captive when Earth's ship is stolen.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • It's Good to Be King
    7.9/101,156 votes

    #13 - It's Good to Be King

    Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/2005

    SG-1 comes to the aid of a world about to be invaded by the Goa'uld, only to discover that the local king is Earth's Harry Maybourne.

    Director: Peter DeLuise, William Gereghty, Bill Gereghty

    Writer: Peter DeLuise, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • Full Alert
    7.5/101,029 votes

    #14 - Full Alert

    Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2005

    Relations between the U.S. and Russia are strained when Russian military leaders claim that the U.S. government has been compromised by the Goa'uld.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • Citizen Joe
    7.6/101,274 votes

    #15 - Citizen Joe

    Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/2005

    Jack is confronted in his home by an irate barber...who claims to know everything about the Stargate project and SG-1.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper, Damian Kindler

  • Reckoning (1)
    8.5/101,125 votes

    #16 - Reckoning (1)

    Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2005

    The Replicators begin a systematic attack of the Goa'uld, forcing Baal to come to Earth for help. The Jaffa Resistance risk their entire movement in an attempt to retake a holy city in Baal's domain.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • Reckoning (2)
    8.9/101,213 votes

    #17 - Reckoning (2)

    Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/2005

    The fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance as Sam and Jacob search for the only weapon capable of stopping the Replicator onslaught. O'Neill leads a defense of the S.G.C., while Daniel squares off against Replicator Carter.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • Threads
    8.7/101,315 votes

    #18 - Threads

    Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/2005

    While Daniel finds himself in a mysterious diner suspended between death and ascension, Jacob's fate takes an unexpected turn, Jack and Sam consider their romantic lives, and Anubis unleashes his plan for galactic destruction.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Moebius (1)
    8.3/101,184 votes

    #19 - Moebius (1)

    Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/2005

    SG-1 travels back in time in a daring plan to steal a piece of Ancient technology from Ra, the powerful Goa'uld who ruled in ancient Egypt.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie, Brad Wright

  • Moebius (2)
    8.3/101,191 votes

    #20 - Moebius (2)

    Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 3/25/2005

    With the timeline changed by SG-1's actions in the distant past, an alternate version of SG-1 must use the newly-discovered time ship to set things right.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper