The Best Episodes of Stargate Atlantis Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.7/10(1314 votes)

   #1 - The Siege (3)

   S2:E17/15/2005

   The Daedalus arrives to defend Atlantis from the Wraith onslaught, but it may not be enough when the team discovers that an even larger armada is on the way.

   Director:Martin Wood

   Writer:Martin Gero

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   Writer:Martin Gero
2. 

   8.4/10(1163 votes)

   #2 - Allies (1)

   S2:E201/30/2006

   Michael and his Wraith faction arrive at Atlantis to propose an alliance, hoping to use the retrovirus to transform their Wraith enemies into prey.

   Director:Andy Mikita

   Writer:Martin Gero

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   Director:Andy Mikita

   Writer:Martin Gero
3. 

   8.3/10(1281 votes)

   #3 - Aurora

   S2:E99/23/2005

   When the team finds an Ancient warship adrift on the edge of the galaxy, its crew still alive, Colonel Sheppard enters their virtual reality stasis to communicate with them.

   Director:Martin Wood

   Writers:Carl Binder, Brad Wright

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   Director:Martin Wood

   Writers:Carl Binder, Brad Wright
4. 

   8.2/10(1177 votes)

   #4 - Inferno

   S2:E191/23/2006

   Sheppard's team meets a civilization about to be destroyed by a super-volcano, and is trapped there when the Stargate is destroyed during the evacuation.

   Director:Peter DeLuise

   Writer:Carl Binder

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   Director:Peter DeLuise

   Writer:Carl Binder
5. 

   8.1/10(1402 votes)

   #5 - Duet

   S2:E48/5/2005

   A run-in with a Wraith Dart leaves the consciousness of a precocious Atlantis security officer trapped in Dr. McKay's mind.

   Director:Peter DeLuise

   Writer:Martin Gero

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   Director:Peter DeLuise

   Writer:Martin Gero
6. 

   7.9/10(1253 votes)

   #6 - Runner

   S2:E37/29/2005

   Sheppard and his team attempt to locate Lieutenant Ford, only to find themselves captives of a former soldier who is being hunted by the Wraith.

   Director:Martin Wood

   Writer:Robert C. Cooper

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   Director:Martin Wood

   Writer:Robert C. Cooper
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7. 

   7.9/10(1147 votes)

   #7 - The Hive (2)

   S2:E1111/16/2005

   Colonel Sheppard and his team find themselves prisoners of the Wraith following Ford's attack on a hive ship. Dr. McKay goes to great lengths to help them.

   Director:Martin Wood

   Writer:Carl Binder

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   Director:Martin Wood

   Writer:Carl Binder
8. 

   7.9/10(1229 votes)

   #8 - Michael

   S2:E181/16/2006

   An amnesiac young Lieutenant in Atlantis suffers from disturbing nightmares that he is a Wraith, only to make a shocking discovery about himself.

   Director:Martin Wood

   Writer:Carl Binder

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   Writer:Carl Binder
9. 

   7.7/10(1240 votes)

   #9 - Epiphany

   S2:E1211/28/2005

   Sheppard finds himself on a planet where time passes more rapidly, with no way to contact his team or return to Atlantis.

   Director:Neill Fearnley

   Writers:Brad Wright, Joe Flanigan

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   Director:Neill Fearnley

   Writers:Brad Wright, Joe Flanigan
10. 

    7.7/10(1240 votes)

    #10 - Critical Mass

    S2:E1312/5/2005

    When an operative of the Trust plants a bomb in Atlantis, the team must find a spy within their own ranks before the Wraith arrive and discover the city.

    Director:Andy Mikita

    Writer:Carl Binder

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    Director:Andy Mikita

    Writer:Carl Binder
11. 

    7.7/10(1255 votes)

    #11 - Grace Under Pressure

    S2:E1412/10/2005

    When Dr. McKay is trapped underwater in a sinking Puddle Jumper, his only chance for survival may be an hallucination of Samantha Carter.

    Director:Martin Wood

    Writer:Martin Gero

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    Writer:Martin Gero
12. 

    7.7/10(1109 votes)

    #12 - Coup D'etat

    S2:E171/9/2006

    After a team from Atlantis goes missing, the expedition finds itself in the middle of a Genii coup.

    Director:Martin Wood

    Writer:Martin Gero

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    Writer:Martin Gero
13. 

    7.6/10(1190 votes)

    #13 - Trinity

    S2:E68/19/2005

    McKay puts the team at risk when he tries to perfect unfinished Ancient technology that wiped out a civilization. Ronon Dex discovers that he is not the lone survivor from his world.

    Director:Martin Wood

    Writer:Damian Kindler

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    Writer:Damian Kindler
14. 

    7.5/10(1154 votes)

    #14 - The Lost Boys (1)

    S2:E109/23/2005

    The team is captured by the missing Lieutenant Ford, who is now leading a group of young men who are taking the Wraith enzyme -- and who wants the team's help in a suicide attack against a hive ship.

    Director:Brad Turner

    Writer:Martin Gero

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    Director:Brad Turner

    Writer:Martin Gero
15. 

    7.4/10(1183 votes)

    #15 - The Intruder

    S2:E27/22/2005

    The Daedalus is infected by a Wraith computer virus, while members of the expedition hope to return to Earth.

    Director:Peter DeLuise

    Writers:Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

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    Director:Peter DeLuise

    Writers:Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie
16. 

    7.4/10(1188 votes)

    #16 - Instinct

    S2:E78/26/2005

    The team discovers a young Wraith girl who has been raised by a human, and is in hiding from the people of her human village in fear of her life.

    Director:Andy Mikita

    Writers:Treena Hancock, Melissa R. Byer

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    Director:Andy Mikita

    Writers:Treena Hancock, Melissa R. Byer
17. 

    7.4/10(1162 votes)

    #17 - Conversion

    S2:E89/9/2005

    Colonel Sheppard begins to undergo a disturbing physical transformation after being exposed to Beckett's anti-Wraith drug.

    Director:Brad Turner

    Writers:Martin Gero, Robert C. Cooper

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    Director:Brad Turner

    Writers:Martin Gero, Robert C. Cooper
18. 

    7.3/10(1176 votes)

    #18 - Condemned

    S2:E58/12/2005

    The Atlantis team finds a culture that lives in relative safety from the Wraith, because they hand over their criminals to the Wraith -- and crash-land in the volatile penal colony.

    Director:Peter DeLuise

    Writers:Carl Binder, Sean Carley

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    Director:Peter DeLuise

    Writers:Carl Binder, Sean Carley
19. 

    7.2/10(1140 votes)

    #19 - The Tower

    S2:E1512/19/2005

    The team finds a world that possesses Ancient defense technology, where Colonel Sheppard finds himself a pawn in the rivalry between the heirs to the throne.

    Director:Andy Mikita

    Writers:Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

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    Director:Andy Mikita

    Writers:Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie
20. 

    6.8/10(1144 votes)

    #20 - The Long Goodbye

    S2:E161/2/2006

    The team discovers two pods that contain the minds of alien beings, who take control of Weir and Sheppard's bodies to continue their personal war.

    Director:Andy Mikita

    Writer:Damian Kindler

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    Director:Andy Mikita

    Writer:Damian Kindler