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The Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1 Season 2

Every episode of Stargate SG-1 Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Stargate SG-1 Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 15 - The Fifth Race
    9.1/10(2363 votes)

    S2:E15

    O'Neill becomes the unwilling receptacle for a library of alien knowledge.

    Director:David Warry-Smith
    Writer:Robert C. Cooper

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  2. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 21 - 1969
    8.7/10(2163 votes)

    S2:E21

    A cosmic accident causes SG-1 to be sent back 30 years into Earth's past, where they must locate the Stargate and find a way home.

    Director:Charles Correll
    Writer:Brad Wright

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  3. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 1 - The Serpent's Lair (3)
    8.6/10(1962 votes)

    S2:E1

    With SG-1 trapped on Klorel's ship, it seems that Earth is doomed as the Pyramid Ships prepare to destroy Earth.

    Director:Jonathan Glassner
    Writer:Brad Wright

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  4. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 16 - A Matter of Time
    8.6/10(1921 votes)

    S2:E16

    After gating to a world on the edge of a black hole, the S.G.C. cannot disengage the Stargate. All of Earth becomes endangered by the time-distorting gravity field.

    Directors:Jimmy Kaufman, Martin Wood
    Writers:Brad Wright, Misha Rashovich

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  5. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 6 - Thor's Chariot
    8.3/10(1863 votes)

    S2:E6

    SG-1 returns to Cimmeria, and finds that without protection from the Asgard the planet has been invaded by the Goa'uld.

    Directors:William Gereghty, William Gereghty
    Writer:Katharyn Powers

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  6. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 12 - The Tok'ra (2)
    8.3/10(1825 votes)

    S2:E12

    While SG-1 tries to form an alliance with the Tok'ra, a spy betrays the rebels to the Goa'uld. Jacob Carter finds that the Tok'ra may be his only hope of survival

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Jonathan Glassner

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  7. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 11 - The Tok'ra (1)
    8.0/10(1787 votes)

    S2:E11

    SG-1 locates the Tok'ra, a Goa'uld resistance movement who oppose the System Lords, and attempt to form an alliance. Jacob Carter's cancer brings him near death.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Jonathan Glassner

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  8. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 2 - In the Line of Duty
    7.8/10(1818 votes)

    S2:E2

    Carter is possessed by a Goa'uld who claims to be an enemy of the System Lords.

    Director:Martin Wood
    Writer:Robert C. Cooper

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  9. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 18 - Serpent's Song
    7.8/10(1653 votes)

    S2:E18

    Apophis, SG-1's greatest enemy, seeks sanctuary from Sokar and ends up near death in the S.G.C. infirmary.

    Director:Peter DeLuise
    Writer:Katharyn Powers

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  10. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 9 - Secrets
    7.6/10(1702 votes)

    S2:E9

    Jackson discovers that his wife has returned to Abydos, and is nine months pregnant with the son of Apophis. O'Neill must keep the secret of the Stargate program from being uncovered.

    Director:Duane Clark
    Writer:Terry Curtis Fox

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  11. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 14 - Touchstone
    7.6/10(1656 votes)

    S2:E14

    SG-1 is accused of stealing an important weather-controlling device, sending a primative planet into chaos. The team discovers that Earth's second Stargate is being misused.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Sam Egan

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  12. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 20 - Show and Tell
    7.5/10(1642 votes)

    S2:E20

    A young boy arrives through the Stargate, and warns of plot by invisible aliens to kill all of the human race in order to rob the Goa'uld of potential hosts.

    Director:Peter DeLuise
    Writer:Jonathan Glassner

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  13. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 7 - Message in a Bottle
    7.4/10(1762 votes)

    S2:E7

    SG-1 discovers an ancient artifact that takes O'Neill and the S.G.C. hostage.

    Director:David Warry-Smith
    Writers:Brad Wright, Jarrad Paul, Michael Greenburg

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  14. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 3 - Prisoners
    7.3/10(1764 votes)

    S2:E3

    SG-1 is put on trial and exiled to a prison world, where a woman maintains a strange control over her fellow prisoners.

    Director:David Warry-Smith
    Writer:Terry Curtis Fox

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  15. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 17 - Holiday
    7.3/10(1698 votes)

    S2:E17

    SG-1 discovers an elderly man known for developing technology to fight the Goa'uld. Daniel is tricked into switching bodies with the man, Ma'chello, who believes he is "owed" for all the good he has done.

    Director:David Warry-Smith
    Writer:Tor Alexander Valenza

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  16. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 13 - Spirits
    7.2/10(1757 votes)

    S2:E13

    SG-1 finds a planet inhabited by Native American Indians, protected by spirits who are actually advanced alien shapeshifters.

    Director:Martin Wood
    Writer:Tor Alexander Valenza

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  17. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 10 - Bane
    7.1/10(1718 votes)

    S2:E10

    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

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  18. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 22 - Out of Mind (1)
    7.1/10(1658 votes)

    S2:E22

    O'Neill, Carter and Jackson awaken from stasis in what appears to be the S.G.C. -- almost 80 years in the future.

    Director:Martin Wood
    Writers:Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner

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  19. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 4 - The Gamekeeper
    7.0/10(1784 votes)

    S2:E4

    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
    Writers:Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner

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  20. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 5 - Need
    6.7/10(1754 votes)

    S2:E5

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

    Director:David Warry-Smith
    Writers:Robert C. Cooper, Damian Kindler

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  21. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 19 - One False Step
    6.7/10(1692 votes)

    S2:E19

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

    Director:Bill Corcoran
    Writers:John Sanborn, Michael Kaplan

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  22. Stargate SG-1 Season 2 Episode 8 - Family
    6.6/10(1678 votes)

    S2:E8

    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.

    Directors:William Gereghty, William Gereghty
    Writer:Katharyn Powers

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Fifth Race" is the best rated episode of "Stargate SG-1" season 2. It scored 9.1/10 based on 2363 votes. Directed by David Warry-Smith and written by Robert C. Cooper, it aired on 1/22/1999. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "1969".