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 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.
Season 9 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Stargate SG-1" season 9 is "Avalon (1)", rated 7.7/10 from 1119 user votes. It was directed by Andy Mikita and written by Robert C. Cooper. "Avalon (1)" aired on 7/15/2005 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Avalon (2)".
7.7/10 1,119 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
7.8/10 1,074 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
7.7/10 1,052 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
7.3/10 1,028 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: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi
7.3/10 977 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
8.2/10 1,022 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
7.3/10 953 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: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi
7.3/10 992 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
7.5/10 966 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: William Waring, Peter DeLuise
Writer: Alan McCullough
7.8/10 988 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
8.1/10 1,011 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: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi
7.0/10 991 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: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi
8.2/10 1,092 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: Paul Mullie, Brad Wright, Joseph Mallozzi
7.1/10 934 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
7.5/10 961 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: Damian Kindler, Robert C. Cooper
7.3/10 937 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
6.9/10 969 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: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi
7.7/10 957 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
7.8/10 992 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
8.5/10 1,108 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: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi