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The Worst Episodes of Stargate SG-1

Every episode of Stargate SG-1 ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Stargate SG-1!

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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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Enemy Within" is the worst rated episode of "Stargate SG-1". It scored 5.9/10 based on 2086 votes. Directed by Mario Philip Azzopardi, Dennis Berry and written by Brad Wright, it aired on 8/1/1997. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "There But For the Grace of God".

  • The Enemy Within
    5.9/102,086 votes
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    #1 - The Enemy Within

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/1/1997

    Major Kawalsky is possessed by a Goa'uld, and the SGC must find a way to remove it without killing him.

    Director: Mario Philip Azzopardi, Dennis Berry

    Writer: Brad Wright

  • There But For the Grace of God
    6.0/101,586 votes
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    #2 - There But For the Grace of God

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/20/1998

    An alien artifact transports Daniel to an alternate reality, where he is not a part of the Stargate program and the Goa'uld -- led by Teal'c -- are invading Earth.

    Director: David Warry-Smith

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper

  • Disclosure
    6.4/101,203 votes
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    #3 - Disclosure

    Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/2003

    General Hammond and the Pentagon reveal the existence of the Stargate to other world governments, and must defend the fact that the program is operated by the United States military.

    Director: William Gereghty, Bill Gereghty

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • The Broca Divide
    6.6/101,728 votes
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    #4 - The Broca Divide

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/15/1997

    Members of SG-1 become infected with an alien virus that turns them into primitive beings. Dr. Fraiser must find a cure to save the team and the alien population from whom it was contracted.

    Director: Bill Gereghty, Jeff Woolnough

    Writer: Jonathan Glassner

  • Family Ties
    6.6/101,036 votes
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    #5 - Family Ties

    Season 10 Episode 18 - Aired 6/8/2007

    Earth provides sanctuary for Vala's estranged, con artist father after he provides intel about a Jaffa plot to attack the planet.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • Family
    6.7/101,357 votes
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    #6 - Family

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/14/1998

    The SG-1 team attempt to rescue Teal'c's son, who has been kidnapped and brainwashed by Apophis. Teal'c learns disturbing news about his wife.

    Director: Bill Gereghty, William Gereghty

    Writer: Katharyn Powers

  • One False Step
    6.7/101,361 votes
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    #7 - One False Step

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/19/1999

    A group of primitive aliens begin to fall deathly ill after SG-1 arrives.

    Director: Bill Corcoran

    Writer: John Sanborn, Michael Kaplan

  • Sacrifices
    6.7/101,068 votes
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    #8 - 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

  • Need
    6.8/101,428 votes
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    #9 - Need

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 7/24/1998

    Jackson becomes addicted to the effects of a Goa'uld sarcophagus, and falls for the planet's manipulative princess.

    Director: David Warry-Smith

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper, Damian Kindler

  • Rite of Passage
    6.8/101,168 votes
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    #10 - Rite of Passage

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 8/3/2001

    Cassandra mysteriously falls ill, sending SG-1 back to her home planet -- where they uncover a dark Goa'uld secret.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Heather E. Ash

  • Resurrection
    6.8/101,084 votes
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    #11 - Resurrection

    Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 2/27/2004

    SG-1 investigates a secret N.I.D. laboratory, where a ruthless scientist has used cloning technology to create a Goa'uld-human hybrid.

    Director: Amanda Tapping

    Writer: Michael Shanks

  • Demons
    6.9/101,295 votes
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    #12 - 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

  • The Light
    6.9/101,222 votes
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    #13 - 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

  • Sight Unseen
    6.9/101,102 votes
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    #14 - Sight Unseen

    Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 1/17/2003

    The team returns to Earth with a piece of technology that allows them to see alien creatures everywhere, and must attempt to contain the problem when it spreads beyond the base.

    Director: Peter F. Woeste

    Writer: Damian Kindler, Ron Wilkerson

  • Birthright
    6.9/101,146 votes
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    #15 - Birthright

    Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 8/15/2003

    The team finds a fugitive colony of Jaffa women, who must prey on other Jaffa to acquire symbiotes.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Christopher Judge

  • Inauguration
    6.9/101,096 votes
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    #16 - Inauguration

    Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 3/5/2004

    The newly-elected president is debriefed about the Stargate program, and Vice President Kinsey makes a new play for control of the program.

    Director: Peter F. Woeste

    Writer: Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

  • The Scourge
    6.9/10976 votes
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    #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

  • Uninvited
    6.9/10987 votes
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    #18 - Uninvited

    Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 8/11/2006

    Teal'c discovers a world where people are being savagely attacked by an elusive creature, leading SG-1 to a stunning discovery about its potential origin.

    Director: William Waring

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • Emancipation
    7.0/101,807 votes
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    #19 - Emancipation

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/8/1997

    An alien civilization is forced to reconsider their views on women when Carter rebels against their social customs.

    Director: Dennis Berry, Jeff Woolnough

    Writer: Brad Wright, Katharyn Powers

  • The Gamekeeper
    7.0/101,445 votes
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    #20 - The Gamekeeper

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/17/1998

    SG-1 is imprisoned in a virtual reality realm and forced to relive the worst moments of their lives over and over.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Jonathan Glassner, Brad Wright

  • Icon
    7.0/101,054 votes
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    #21 - 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

  • Collateral Damage
    7.0/101,003 votes
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    #22 - 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

  • Bloodlines
    7.1/101,564 votes
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    #23 - Bloodlines

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/10/1997

    Teal'c returns to Chulak to stop his people from implanting his son with a larval Goa'uld.

    Director: Jonathan Glassner, Mario Philip Azzopardi

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper, Jeff King

  • Singularity
    7.1/101,517 votes
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    #24 - Singularity

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/31/1997

    A mysterious affliction wipes out the entire population of a planet, plus an SG team -- except for one young girl. Carter befriends her, but learns that she is being used by the Goa'uld.

    Director: Brad Turner, Mario Philip Azzopardi

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper, Jonathan Glassner

  • Bane
    7.1/101,407 votes
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    #25 - Bane

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 9/25/1998

    Teal'c is infected with deadly venom from a giant insect, and begins a terrible transformation. When he escapes the S.G.C., SG-1 must find him before Colonel Maybourne does.

    Director: David Warry-Smith

    Writer: Robert C. Cooper