Stargate Atlantis Marathon (Part 13)

Stargate Atlantis Marathon
Season 4

Adrift
With the hyper drive shut-down Atlantis drifts through the void with power reserves continuously
dropping, repairs are essential. Meanwhile Weir is still in critical condition.

Lifeline

A jury rigged system gets the city into what could be described as a  safe place but desperate
for power a crazy scheme to raid the Ausuran homeworld for a ZPM is dreamt up.
Elizabeth complete with nanites goes on the offensive.

Reunion
The new commander of Atlantis arrives and the transition is not as smooth for some as others.
Ronon finds the last few survivors of his world and well what do you know he knows them.

Doppelganger
An encounter with a form of energy seems innocent enough but the team soon begins to
experience disturbing nightmares and soon it spreads amongst the cities inhabitants.
A well received "dark" episode, quite violent for this show.

Travelers
Sheppard is captured by a hyperspace capable space faring race, the intend to used him to engineer
an interface to control Ancient hardware but he breaks out and a cat mouse game begins.
Jill Wagner (Blade:Series & Teen Wolf) guest stars as the alien commander

Extras
Five Commentaries
Mission Directive
Amanda Tapping A New Leader

Stargate Atlantis Marathon (Part 12)

Stargate Atlantis Marathon

Season 3 (Continued)

The Ark
The discovery of a time capsule which contains the last survivors of a culled world
is a cause for celebration until heartbreak and regrets lead to the crippling of
it's support system. The team are trapped in a decaying orbit desperate for esacape
and if possible to save the thousand souls. Not a great episode but the set design is wonderful,
it's filmed in such a way it looks absolutely huge and every room is dressed as a feast to the eye.

Sunday
A sanctioned day off the inhabitants of Atlantis, Carson is busy trying to last minute
organise his fishing trip to the mainland but everyone seems to be embrassing other
activites many of which only occur because it's the first official day or rest.
The final Rodney and McKay scene had me, bastards!

Submersion
The discovery of a Wraith vessel deep in the ocean whilst searching for a drilling rig
awakes the Wraith ships occupant, Teyla is the first to recognise the threat they are
under even if McKay refuses to accept her assurances.

Vengeance
After losing contact with the survivors of the Taranian people (S2e19) Sheppard and
co visit the planet but find the settlement deserted but then detect a single life
form deep into the tunnels beneath the settlement. The discovery of the dead Taranians
and the creature responsible has the team fighting for their lives and an even greater
threat appears. A wonderfully dark episode, not only in terms of sets and atmosphere
but the brutal research being undertaken and the resulting monstrosity.

First Strike
Faced with the Asuran building ships in large numbers the newly built Apollo nukes
the ship building facilities and in response a planet killer weapon arrives in orbit
above Atlantis. A top notch season finale with guest stars Jewel Staite and Michael Beach
and a really imaginative Asuran weapon.

Extras
Five Commentaries
Mission Directive
Season 3 A Look back

Stargate Atlantis Marathon (Part 6)

Stargate Atlantis Marathon

Season 2 Continued

Trinity
The discovery of a dead world surrounded by the wrecks of Wraith Hive ships leads to the
discovery of a powerful weapon powered by an advanced Ancient energy generation system.
Mckay gets the go ahead to continue the experiment and his arrogance leads him into doing
something stupid. A "b" plot follows Teyla and Ronon on a trading mission which is used to
explore some of his backstory.
An excellent episode highlighting the weak elements of some of our main characters.

Instinct
A low tech world and people are terrorised by what seems to be a Wraith which survived a crash
a decade previously. Offering their help the team enter the woods and find a young Wraith female
too young to have been part of the massacre ten years ago and her existence revels more about the
world and the people.
A nice episode, touching in some respects and Jewel Staite first appearance on SGA.

Conversion
Sheppards injury from the previous episode flares up and slowly his DNA is rewritten with elements
of the Iratus bug. A risky medical procedure is undertaken by Carson with the prime ingredients only
being found on the Iratus homeworld and so the mission is on to find and claim the
necessary components.

Aurora
With long range sensors back on line a long missing Ancient warship is identified in deep space.
The Daedalus is sent to rendezvous but the ship is dead and the crew in long term cryo-storage but
their brains are active and interfaced with the ship which allows them to "live" in a artificial reality.
This is a cracking episode, the Aurora is not a pretty ship but the interior is clean and sharp
befitting the Ancients and what a great idea to have the crew not aware of what had happended
these last 10,000 years.
Pascale Hutton (Sanctuary) plays First Officer Trebal, looks great in a uniform:)

The Lost Boys
The team are ambushed by Ford and his men all juiced up on the Wraith enzyme. Desperate to
convince them that the drug is nothing but a positive they are exposed and then the plan to attack
a Hive ship is revealed, first of a two part story.
Welcome back Ford who has got far more interesting since he went "dark" and a good story
for his character.
                             
Extras
Mission Directives
Five Commentaries
Introduction to Ronon Dex