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The Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1 Season 9

Every episode of Stargate SG-1 Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1 Season 9!

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 9 Ratings Summary

"Avalon (1)" is the best rated episode of "Stargate SG-1" season 9. It scored 7.7/10 based on 1142 votes. Directed by Andy Mikita and written by Robert C. Cooper, it aired on 7/15/2005. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Avalon (2)".

  • Avalon (1)
    7.7/101,142 votes

    #1 - Avalon (1)

    Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 7/15/2005

    An Air Force pilot attempts to reassemble SG-1 after they have gone their separate ways. An old "friend" arrives on Earth asking for Daniel's help in finding an ancient treasure -- and she won't take no for an answer.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Avalon (2)
    7.8/101,093 votes

    #2 - Avalon (2)

    Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 7/22/2005

    An Ancient communications device renders Daniel and Vala unconscious, sending their minds to another galaxy -- where they inhabit the bodies of two people persecuted by the followers of an evil religion.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Origin (3)
    7.7/101,073 votes

    #3 - Origin (3)

    Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 7/29/2005

    Daniel comes face to face with the Ori, a fiery race of beings who demand the worship of mortals. Elsewhere, Stargate Command encounters the first Ori missionary in our galaxy.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • The Ties That Bind
    7.3/101,048 votes

    #4 - The Ties That Bind

    Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 8/5/2005

    Jackson and Mitchell must join Vala on an interplanetary scavenger hunt when they learn that they are still bound together by an alien energy field.

    Director: William Waring

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • The Powers That Be
    7.3/10996 votes

    #5 - The Powers That Be

    Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 8/12/2005

    SG-1 visits a world whose people once worshipped Vala as a god -- and demand that she stand trial when she confesses to manipulating them.

    Director: William Waring

    Writer: Martin Gero

  • Beachhead
    8.1/101,042 votes

    #6 - Beachhead

    Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 8/19/2005

    Samantha Carter returns to Stargate Command when the Ori seize control of a planet, using an expanding force field to gain a foothold in our galaxy.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: Brad Wright

  • Ex Deus Machina
    7.3/10972 votes

    #7 - Ex Deus Machina

    Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 8/26/2005

    SG-1 investigates when evidence suggests that there are still Goa'uld hiding on Earth -- including a former System Lord. Tensions between Earth and the Free Jaffa continue to mount.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • Babylon
    7.3/101,010 votes

    #8 - Babylon

    Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 9/9/2005

    Colonel Mitchell is injured in a skirmish with a warrior from a mythic tribe of rebel Jaffa, and is trained in their fighting techniques only so that he may engage in a ritual battle to the death.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • Prototype
    7.5/10984 votes

    #9 - Prototype

    Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 9/16/2005

    SG-1 finds a genetically advanced Goa'uld-human hybrid created by Anubis, and returns him to Earth for study. But even keeping him alive may not be worth the risk.

    Director: Peter DeLuise, William Waring

    Writer: Alan McCullough

  • The Fourth Horseman (1)
    7.8/101,006 votes

    #10 - The Fourth Horseman (1)

    Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 9/16/2005

    Earth is infected with a deadly Ori plague, prompting an ally from SG-1's past to come to their aid. Gerak proposes that the Free Jaffa follow the Ori religion.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • The Fourth Horseman (2)
    8.1/101,028 votes

    #11 - The Fourth Horseman (2)

    Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/2006

    As the Ori plague spreads rapidly, SG-1 hopes that the Prior who caused the disease may hold the key to its cure. Gerak tries to rally the Jaffa to the Ori's cause, prompting Teal'c and Bra'tac to initiate a resistance.

    Director: Andy Mikita

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • Collateral Damage
    7.0/101,010 votes

    #12 - Collateral Damage

    Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/2006

    When SG-1 travels to an Asgard Protected Planet, Colonel Mitchell is accused of a murder he did not commit.

    Director: William Waring

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • Ripple Effect
    8.2/101,110 votes

    #13 - Ripple Effect

    Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/2006

    Multiple SG-1s show up at Stargate Command, leading the "real" team to conclude that they have each been inadvertantly displaced from different parallel realities.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie, Brad Wright

  • Stronghold
    7.1/10951 votes

    #14 - Stronghold

    Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/2006

    Baal kidnaps Teal'c as part of a plot to brainwash those Jaffa advocating a move toward democracy. Cameron Mitchell learns that an old friend is about to die.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Alan McCullough

  • Ethon
    7.5/10979 votes

    #15 - Ethon

    Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/2006

    Daniel is imprisoned on a world under the influence of the Ori, and the Prometheus is caught in a firefight when SG-1 tries to rescue him.

    Director: Ken Girotti

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper, Damian Kindler

  • Off the Grid
    7.3/10956 votes

    #16 - Off the Grid

    Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/2006

    SG-1 is captured after a deal with the Lucian Alliance goes bad ... and the planet's Stargate goes missing. Meanwhile, a former System Lord attempts to rebuild his empire.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Alan McCullough

  • The Scourge
    6.9/10988 votes

    #17 - The Scourge

    Season 9 Episode 17 - Aired 2/17/2006

    A tour of an off-world research base for a group of foreign diplomats turns dangerous when an insidious insect species gets loose.

    Director: Ken Girotti

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • Arthur's Mantle
    7.7/10975 votes

    #18 - Arthur's Mantle

    Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/2006

    Mitchell and Carter are shifted to another dimension, making them invisible to everyone at the S.G.C. Meanwhile, Teal'c and SG-9 discover that the Sodan have been brutally attacked.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Alan McCullough

  • Crusade
    7.8/101,008 votes

    #19 - Crusade

    Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 3/3/2006

    Vala Mal Doran makes contact with Stargate Command from the Ori home galaxy, and tells the story of her life undercover in a village of followers building the Ori's invasion fleet.

    Director: Robert C. Cooper

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Camelot
    8.5/101,126 votes

    #20 - Camelot

    Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 3/10/2006

    SG-1 discovers the village of Camelot on an alien world, and must face Merlin's security system when they go in search of an Ancient weapon. Elsewhere, Earth and its allies assemble a fleet when a working Ori Supergate is discovered.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie