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The Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1 Season 1

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

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 19 - Tin Man
    8.6/10(2130 votes)

    S1:E19

    The members of SG-1 arrive on P3X-989 and are knocked unconscious. They wake up and return to Earth only to find that they are not quite themselves.

    Director:Jimmy Kaufman
    Writer:Jeff F. King

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  2. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 21 - Politics (1)
    8.3/10(1950 votes)

    S1:E21

    Senator Kinsey arrives at the SGC to investigate the program and determine whether the great drain on the U.S. budget is worthwhile, prompting the team to recall missions from the past year.

    Director:Martin Wood
    Writer:Brad Wright

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  3. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 10 - Thor's Hammer
    8.2/10(2247 votes)

    S1:E10

    Teal'c and O'Neill are transported to an underground cage designed by the Asgard to protect an alien world from the Goa'uld.

    Directors:Mario Azzopardi, Brad Turner
    Writer:Katharyn Powers

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  4. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 22 - Within the Serpent's Grasp (2)
    8.2/10(40 votes)

    S1:E22

    SG-1 escapes through the Stargate before it is shut down, and learns that Daniel's alternate reality vision is true: Apophis is moving to attack Earth from above. The team must stop Apophis and his son, Klorel, who inhabits the body of their friend Skaara.

    Director:David Warry-Smith
    Writers:Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner

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  5. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 1 - Children of the Gods (1)
    8.1/10(4578 votes)

    S1:E1

    When powerful aliens come through Earth's Stargate, Colonel Jack O'Neill returns to Abydos to retrieve Daniel Jackson, who has discovered that the alien transit system includes much more than the two planets.

    Director:Mario Azzopardi
    Writers:Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner

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  6. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 7 - Cold Lazarus
    8.1/10(2423 votes)

    S1:E7

    During an off-world assignment, Jack is struck down by energy from a blue crystal... which creates a duplicate of him that returns to Earth in Jack's place.

    Directors:Ken Girotti, Dennis Berry
    Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Jeff F. King

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  7. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 16 - Cor-Ai
    8.1/10(2068 votes)

    S1:E16

    Teal'c must stand trial for a crime committed while he served as first prime of Apophis when a villager on an alien world identifies him as the Jaffa who killed his father.

    Director:Mario Azzopardi
    Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Tom J. Astle

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  8. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 17 - Enigma
    8.1/10(2024 votes)

    S1:E17

    The SG-1 team rescues a group of advanced humans from a planet near destruction, and must find a new home for the refugees before the Pentagon gets their hands on them.

    Directors:Mario Azzopardi, William Gereghty
    Writers:Tom J. Astle, Katharyn Powers

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  9. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 9 - Brief Candle
    8.0/10(2256 votes)

    S1:E9

    SG-1 discovers a race of attractive people who age extremely rapidly. The situation becomes personal when O'Neill begins to suffer from the same accelerated aging, and must live out the rest of his life on the planet.

    Directors:Mario Azzopardi, Charles Correll
    Writers:Hart Hanson, Katharyn Powers

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  10. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 2 - Children of the Gods (2)
    7.6/10(2477 votes)

    S1:E2

    Colonel O'Neill, leading the new SG-1, track Apophis back to the planet Chulak to rescue Sha're and Skaara, and befriend one of Apophis' Jaffa guards.

    Directors:Mario Azzopardi, Dennis Berry
    Writer:Brad Wright

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  11. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 6 - The First Commandment
    7.5/10(2287 votes)

    S1:E6

    SG-1 must stop a renegade Stargate commander, who has gone mad and set himself up as a god on an alien planet.

    Directors:William Gereghty, Dennis Berry
    Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Jonathan Glassner

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  12. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 18 - Solitudes
    7.5/10(1935 votes)

    S1:E18

    Colonel O'Neill and Captain Carter are separated from Jackson and Teal'c during a Stargate journey, and are trapped on a desolate ice world with no way of escape.

    Director:Martin Wood
    Writer:Brad Wright

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  13. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 14 - Hathor
    7.4/10(1953 votes)

    S1:E14

    The banished Goa'uld Hathor is found in an ancient sarcophagus in Mexico, and takes over the S.G.C. with hopes of raising a new army against the System Lords.

    Directors:Allan Eastman, Brad Turner
    Writer:Jonathan Glassner

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  14. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 8 - The Nox
    7.3/10(2172 votes)

    S1:E8

    Pressed by the government to acquire new technologies, SG-1 is led to a world inhabited by a seemingly primative race. When Apophis arrives, SG-1 ambush him with disasterous consequences.

    Directors:Ken Girotti, Charles Correll
    Writers:Jeff F. King, Hart Hanson

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  15. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 11 - The Torment of Tantalus
    7.3/10(1979 votes)

    S1:E11

    SG-1 tracks down Catherine Langford's fiancee, who took the first Stargate trip in 1945, and discovers an ancient meeting hall that may hold the secrets of the universe itself.

    Directors:Jonathan Glassner, Brad Turner
    Writer:Robert C. Cooper

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  16. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 13 - Fire and Water
    7.3/10(2023 votes)

    S1:E13

    Daniel is taken captive by an alien with a hidden agenda, while SG-1 is made to believe he is dead.

    Directors:Mario Azzopardi, Allan Eastman
    Writers:Jeff F. King, Katharyn Powers

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  17. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 12 - Bloodlines
    7.1/10(1960 votes)

    S1:E12

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

    Directors:Jonathan Glassner, Mario Azzopardi
    Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Jeff F. King

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  18. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 15 - Singularity
    7.1/10(1907 votes)

    S1:E15

    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.

    Directors:Mario Azzopardi, Brad Turner
    Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Jonathan Glassner

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  19. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 4 - Emancipation
    7.0/10(2303 votes)

    S1:E4

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

    Directors:Jeff Woolnough, Dennis Berry
    Writers:Brad Wright, Katharyn Powers

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  20. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 5 - The Broca Divide
    6.5/10(2199 votes)

    S1:E5

    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.

    Directors:Jeff Woolnough, William Gereghty
    Writer:Jonathan Glassner

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  21. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 20 - There But For the Grace of God
    6.0/10(1982 votes)

    S1:E20

    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

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  22. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Episode 3 - The Enemy Within
    5.9/10(2663 votes)

    S1:E3

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

    Directors:Mario Azzopardi, Dennis Berry
    Writer:Brad Wright

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Tin Man" is the best rated episode of "Stargate SG-1" season 1. It scored 8.6/10 based on 2130 votes. Directed by Jimmy Kaufman and written by Jeff F. King, it aired on 2/13/1998. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Politics (1)".