Stargate SG-1 (1997)

Action · Adventure · Drama

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.

IMDb rating: 8.4 (110,886 votes)
Episode average: 7.7 -0.7 vs IMDb
Seasons: 10
Streaming (US): Netflix · Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1997)

7.47 avg 21 episodes 8.1 → 8.4 46 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Children of the Gods	8.1	4,483
2	The Enemy Within	7.6	2,445
3	Emancipation	5.9	2,603
4	The Broca Divide	7.0	2,250
5	The First Commandment	6.5	2,148
6	Cold Lazarus	7.5	2,231
7	The Nox	8.1	2,362
8	Brief Candle	7.2	2,114
9	Thor's Hammer	8.0	2,201
10	The Torment of Tantalus	8.2	2,192
11	Bloodlines	7.3	1,925
12	Fire and Water	7.1	1,914
13	Hathor	7.3	1,971
14	Singularity	7.4	1,905
15	Cor-ai	7.1	1,861
16	Enigma	8.1	2,017
17	Solitudes	8.1	1,973
18	Tin Man	7.5	1,880
19	There But for the Grace of God	8.6	2,078
20	Politics	5.9	1,932
21	Within the Serpent's Grasp	8.4	1,903

Season 2 (1998)

7.65 avg 22 episodes 8.6 → 7.1 44 min avg

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Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Serpent's Lair	8.6	1,919
2	In the Line of Duty	7.8	1,777
3	Prisoners	7.3	1,725
4	The Gamekeeper	7.0	1,742
5	Need	6.7	1,711
6	Thor's Chariot	8.3	1,820
7	Message in a Bottle	7.4	1,718
8	Family	6.6	1,639
9	Secrets	7.6	1,662
10	Bane	7.1	1,679
11	The Tok'ra: Part 1	8.0	1,747
12	The Tok'ra: Part 2	8.3	1,783
13	Spirits	7.2	1,716
14	Touchstone	7.6	1,619
15	The Fifth Race	9.1	2,315
16	A Matter of Time	8.6	1,878
17	Holiday	7.3	1,660
18	Serpent's Song	7.8	1,613
19	One False Step	6.7	1,653
20	Show and Tell	7.5	1,602
21	1969	8.7	2,121
22	Out of Mind	7.1	1,623

Season 3 (1999)

7.80 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 8.7 44 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Into the Fire	7.9	1,626
2	Seth	7.2	1,619
3	Fair Game	8.1	1,650
4	Legacy	7.4	1,580
5	Learning Curve	7.7	1,728
6	Point of View	8.4	1,750
7	Deadman Switch	7.7	1,641
8	Demons	6.8	1,570
9	Rules of Engagement	7.1	1,542
10	Forever in a Day	7.3	1,596
11	Past and Present	7.6	1,582
12	Jolinar's Memories	7.9	1,526
13	The Devil You Know	8.0	1,524
14	Foothold	8.2	1,578
15	Pretense	8.1	1,566
16	Urgo	7.9	1,848
17	A Hundred Days	8.0	1,681
18	Shades of Grey	8.4	1,659
19	New Ground	7.5	1,479
20	Maternal Instinct	7.6	1,525
21	Crystal Skull	8.0	1,614
22	Nemesis	8.7	1,626

Season 4 (2000)

7.80 avg 22 episodes 8.5 → 8.3 44 min avg

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Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Small Victories	8.5	1,631
2	The Other Side	7.8	1,693
3	Upgrades	8.3	1,690
4	Crossroads	7.2	1,513
5	Divide and Conquer	8.0	1,612
6	Window of Opportunity	9.5	3,426
7	Watergate	7.5	1,566
8	The First Ones	7.6	1,549
9	Scorched Earth	7.6	1,547
10	Beneath the Surface	7.3	1,499
11	Point of No Return	7.6	1,551
12	Tangent	7.7	1,517
13	The Curse	7.5	1,484
14	The Serpent's Venom	7.7	1,415
15	Chain Reaction	8.0	1,507
16	2010	8.6	1,787
17	Absolute Power	7.7	1,507
18	The Light	6.9	1,459
19	Prodigy	7.3	1,492
20	Entity	7.0	1,417
21	Double Jeopardy	7.9	1,446
22	Exodus	8.3	1,418

Season 5 (2001)

7.74 avg 22 episodes 8.4 → 8.5 44 min avg

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Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Enemies	8.4	1,475
2	Threshold	7.5	1,434
3	Ascension	7.6	1,520
4	The Fifth Man	7.5	1,424
5	Red Sky	7.1	1,407
6	Rite of Passage	6.8	1,390
7	Beast of Burden	7.3	1,380
8	The Tomb	7.5	1,399
9	Between Two Fires	8.1	1,432
10	2001	8.4	1,553
11	Desperate Measures	7.4	1,358
12	Wormhole X-Treme!	8.0	1,831
13	Proving Ground	7.7	1,478
14	48 Hours	7.7	1,394
15	Summit	8.1	1,392
16	Last Stand	8.1	1,378
17	Fail Safe	7.7	1,366
18	The Warrior	7.3	1,358
19	Menace	7.9	1,480
20	The Sentinel	7.2	1,335
21	Meridian	8.5	1,595
22	Revelations	8.5	1,411

Season 6 (2002)

7.72 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 8.7 44 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Redemption: Part 1	8.0	1,380
2	Redemption: Part 2	8.3	1,376
3	Descent	8.1	1,341
4	Frozen	7.6	1,473
5	Nightwalkers	7.1	1,354
6	Abyss	8.4	1,519
7	Shadow Play	7.2	1,296
8	The Other Guys	8.1	1,570
9	Allegiance	7.9	1,363
10	Cure	7.9	1,365
11	Prometheus	8.1	1,410
12	Unnatural Selection	8.6	1,479
13	Sight Unseen	6.9	1,316
14	Smoke & Mirrors	7.8	1,298
15	Paradise Lost	7.5	1,314
16	Metamorphosis	7.1	1,277
17	Disclosure	6.4	1,443
18	Forsaken	7.3	1,277
19	The Changeling	7.6	1,451
20	Memento	7.8	1,336
21	Prophecy	7.5	1,236
22	Full Circle	8.7	1,432

Season 7 (2003)

7.77 avg 22 episodes 8.2 → 9.4 44 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Fallen	8.2	1,385
2	Homecoming	8.3	1,337
3	Fragile Balance	8.1	1,598
4	Orpheus	7.4	1,272
5	Revisions	7.8	1,398
6	Lifeboat	7.6	1,445
7	Enemy Mine	7.8	1,446
8	Space Race	7.2	1,446
9	Avenger 2.0	7.1	1,380
10	Birthright	6.9	1,367
11	Evolution: Part 1	8.0	1,313
12	Evolution: Part 2	8.1	1,299
13	Grace	7.1	1,373
14	Fallout	7.5	1,294
15	Chimera	7.2	1,299
16	Death Knell	7.8	1,254
17	Heroes: Part 1	7.9	1,519
18	Heroes: Part 2	8.9	1,898
19	Resurrection	6.8	1,279
20	Inauguration	6.9	1,301
21	Lost City: Part 1	8.9	1,674
22	Lost City: Part 2	9.4	2,013

Season 8 (2004)

7.90 avg 20 episodes 8.5 → 8.4 44 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	New Order: Part 1	8.5	1,413
2	New Order: Part 2	8.7	1,372
3	Lockdown	7.5	1,279
4	Zero Hour	8.0	1,301
5	Icon	7.0	1,251
6	Avatar	7.4	1,280
7	Affinity	7.3	1,357
8	Covenant	7.5	1,239
9	Sacrifices	6.6	1,265
10	Endgame	7.7	1,208
11	Gemini	7.4	1,245
12	Prometheus Unbound	8.4	1,469
13	It's Good to Be King	7.9	1,332
14	Full Alert	7.5	1,189
15	Citizen Joe	7.6	1,492
16	Reckoning: Part 1	8.5	1,285
17	Reckoning: Part 2	8.9	1,385
18	Threads	8.7	1,497
19	Moebius: Part 1	8.4	1,368
20	Moebius: Part 2	8.4	1,371

Season 9 (2005)

7.60 avg 20 episodes 7.7 → 8.5 44 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Avalon: Part 1	7.7	1,313
2	Avalon: Part 2	7.9	1,259
3	Origin	7.7	1,235
4	The Ties That Bind	7.3	1,210
5	The Powers That Be	7.3	1,150
6	Beachhead	8.1	1,192
7	Ex Deus Machina	7.3	1,131
8	Babylon	7.3	1,172
9	Prototype	7.5	1,140
10	The Fourth Horseman: Part 1	7.8	1,155
11	The Fourth Horseman: Part 2	8.1	1,174
12	Collateral Damage	7.1	1,161
13	Ripple Effect	8.2	1,267
14	Stronghold	7.1	1,093
15	Ethon	7.5	1,131
16	Off the Grid	7.3	1,098
17	The Scourge	6.9	1,142
18	Arthur's Mantle	7.7	1,119
19	Crusade	7.8	1,148
20	Camelot	8.5	1,265

Season 10 (2006)

7.86 avg 20 episodes 8.3 → 8.9 44 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Flesh and Blood	8.3	1,257
2	Morpheus	7.5	1,162
3	The Pegasus Project	8.9	1,521
4	Insiders	7.3	1,147
5	Uninvited	6.9	1,151
6	200	8.3	2,155
7	Counterstrike	8.0	1,160
8	Memento Mori	7.5	1,184
9	Company of Thieves	7.4	1,117
10	The Quest: Part 1	8.5	1,259
11	The Quest: Part 2	8.6	1,250
12	Line in the Sand	7.6	1,132
13	The Road Not Taken	7.6	1,194
14	The Shroud	8.6	1,303
15	Bounty	7.6	1,195
16	Bad Guys	8.0	1,308
17	Talion	7.1	1,127
18	Family Ties	6.5	1,200
19	Dominion	8.1	1,163
20	Unending	8.9	2,113