Stargate Atlantis Wrap Up Show

Stargate Atlantis Wrap Up Show 

Bonus 29 

Brad, Thomas, Alan and Mike discuss the five seasons of Atlantis along with the results of the favourite episode listener poll.

 

Gatecast - SG1 New Order Part 2

This week we conclude the Stargate SG1 season 8 opener as both the Replicators

and System Lords pose problems for the Earth and the Asgard.

Our next episode is the Stargate Atlantis premiere "Rising" out this Saturday.

Stargate Atlantis Marathon (Part 19)

Stargate Atlantis Marathon

Season 5 (continued)

The Lost Tribe
Mckay and Daniel held hostage on the alien facility attempt to convince them that the device
has to be switched off but the aliens refuse and then in a very surprising moment they reveal
themselves. Meanwhile the Daedalus under the control of Todd is making beeline for the alien
base but Ronon and Kellar are doing their best to sabotage the ship and Sheppard on board a
Traveller ship is racing to beat everyone to the planet.

 Outsiders
The Wraith visit a small community intent on finding and killing the refugees from a planet
infected by the Hoffan drug. The community are split in regards to sacrificing the "outsiders"
or protecting them from the very beings that may eventually eat them all. I really didn't find
this episode interesting. Agam Darshi guest stars as Novo.

Inquisition
The team are tried for their acts since coming to Pegasus, cue clip show.

The Prodigal
Atlantis loses power after a captured jumper and IDC are used to infiltrate the city. Guess who
is back with the intent to steal Teyla's baby and destroy the city.

Remnants
Woolsey is under review and flirting with a pretty scientist, John is on the mainland chasing a
woman, McKay is being praised by Radak and a repository of knowledge is found on the ocean bed.  
Anna Galvin plays Vanessa Conrad, Tamlyn Tomita is Shen Xiao,  Johnathon Young returns
as Dr Parrish and surprise Robert Davi makes an appearance.

Extras
Five Commentaries
Building a Humanoid
Dr Jackson goes to Atlantis
Life & Death of Michael Kenmore
Costume Department
Deleted Scenes

Stargate Atlantis Marathon (Part 17)

Stargate Atlantis Marathon
Season 5



Search and Rescue
The search for survivors continues in the wreckage of the warehouse but Michael is on his way
and it'll be neck and neck if the Daedalus arrives in time to protect those on the planet.

The Seed
Carson is brought out of stasis with a drug devised from the Michael's medical records but then
Keller becomes infected by an Wraith virus and things really start to get spooky. Interesting idea
but not a great episode.

Broken Ties
Ronon is captured by his old comrade Tyre who intends to offer him to the Wraith to reclaim
his standing amongst the worshippers. The trade goes badly and Ronon is taken and brain
washed and it's left to Tyre himself to make ammends and rescue Ronon. Another average episode,
the fifth season gets off to a weak start. Mark Dacascos guest stars.

The Daedalus Variations
The Daedalus appears in orbit despite being reported to be only two days from arriving at Earth.
A jumper is flown up and the team investigate the ship finding it empty and then an energy spike
in the drive system sends the ship somewhere.
Now this was more like it, a nice alternate reality episode something the franchise has done a few
times already with positive results.

Ghost in the Machine
An intelligence stows away on a jumper and then transfers over to Atlantis disrupting all the
cities systems until it is identified as being a life form and communication begins. Soon more
of it's kind arrive at the city forcing a showdown between these new beings and the expedition
despite their shared history. Michelle Morgan guest stars.

Extras
Four Commentaries
Misson Directive
Bringing The Seed To Life
Ronon v Tyre

Stargate Atlantis Marathon (Part 10)

Stargate Atlantis Marathon

Season 3 (Continued)

The Real World
Weir is back on earth and in a mential facility having to deal with her breakdown
and belief she has spent the last couple of years in another galaxy.
Not my favourite style of story but it did have Richard Dean Anderson and
Alan Ruck so not all bad.

Common Ground
John is captures by Koyla and while John is imprisoned he's fed upon by a Wraith but
over time an unlikely alliance is formed by the two enemies.
Christopher Heyerdahl guest stars.

McKay and Mrs. Miller
It's all in the family as Mckay gets a visit from his sister and collaborate
on an energy generation experiment with unexpected results.
Amanada Tapping and Kate Hewlett guest star.

Phantoms
The bodies of long dead Genii are found on a world where a Atlantis team has
gone missing, they do turn up but seem unable to recognise Sheppard and company.
Soon everyone starts to see people and things are not there and then it's fight
for survival.

The Return, Part 1
The intergalactic gate bridge is being tested and in the depths of space a ship
travelling near light speed is discovered. The crew of the ship then evict the
pesky humans from Atlantis which then comes under attack from the replicators.
Now this is a thrill a minute episode and comes complete with Richard Dean Anderson
and Robert Picardo, what's more it's a two parter:)

Extras
Five Commentaries
Mission Directives
Genera O'Neill goes to Atlantis

Stargate Atlantis Marathon (Part 9)

Stargate Atlantis Marathon

Season 3 (continued)

No Man's Land
The season premiere kicks off from where the season ended, the aftermath of the battle between the
Dadealus and the two Hive ships. A desperate order is given to pursue the Hives and engage despite
both of them not being battle ready and to complicate things Weir is ordered back to Earth to brief
the IOA.

Misbegotten
With the captured Hive ship under going analyst the prisoners are being held on another world dosed
up on the Wraith anti-viral drug but as before it's ability to keep them unaware of who and what they
are is over estimated.

Irresistible
While searching for unused Stargates the team come across a small but tidy villiage with an many
mighty fine looking women including SGU's very own Julia Benson (Vanessa James). The cause
of this is one very unlikely "hero" called Lucius (Richard Kind) who seems to be loved by everyone
and eventually that includes the Atlantis personnel all except Sheppard.
A funny episode, Richard is fantastic as I guess the Harry Mudd of Stargate.

Sateda
Ronon is taken prisoner after visiting a village he had passed through when he was a Runner.
He is once again taken by the Wraith and returned to his homeworld of Sateda there is be the
game in one final hunt for his captors.
A good solid action episode adding to Ronon's backstory, some good McKay humour as well.

Progeny
An intact fully populated Ancient city, too good to be true?
Well of course it is, nothing is ever that easy in the Pegasus galaxy.

Extras
Five Commentaries
Two Mission Directives
Inside the VFX Department
Rachel Luttrell Profile

Stargate Atlantis Marathon (Part 7)

Stargate Atlantis Marathon

Season 2 Continued

The Hive
Prisoners on board the Hive ship so much for Ford's brilliant planning. Faced with interrogation,
torture and betrayl the future looks very bleak as does the people of the world about to be culled.
A good conclusion to this two parter, stunning CGI and some interesting tweaks to the
Wraith mythology.

Epiphany
A protected society becomes the home for Sheppard when he is unable to pass back through
it's barrier. Time moves on and months later he had accepted the world he now lives in and
even protects the village from the beast that preys on these people but his friends have not
given upon resucing him either. An interesting story or acceptance and community with the
Ancient angle fleshing out their back story.

Critical Mass
The Trust/Goa'uld infiltrate Atlantis with the intent to destory it and make sure they Wraith
are unable to encroach on the Milky Way.
Who is the mole, someone on base or someone on the Deadalus?

Grace Under Pressure
A repaired jumper is taken for a test flight and crashes in the middle of the ocean.
McKay is trapped as it sinks into the depths and his head injury leads to some interesting
conversations with himself and a version of Sam.
Wonderful epiosde with Amanada Tapping guest starring.

The Tower
A socity controlled by a small elite with access to Ancient technology captures the team with
the intent to gain access to genetic element that Sheppard posesses to contine the ruling blood line.
Peter Woodward (Crusade) and Jay Brazeau (SG1) guest star.

Extras
Five Commentaries
David Hewlett Profile
Stunts

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

Stargate Atlantis Marathon (Part 5)

Stargate Atlantis Marathon

Season 2

The Siege (Part 3)
The battle for Atlantis continues with the first round won thanks to the nuclear option and the
arrival of the Daedalus which then takes the fight to another incoming Wraith Fleet. Lt Ford is
under the influence of the Wraith hormone and and a wild and risky gambit is taken to save the day.

The Intruder
On route back to Atlantis mysterious accidents and deaths occur leading to the discovery of an
insidious stowaway on board the Daedalus. McKay and Hermoid are on the case, humour ensues:)
It's not the first time this plot has been used in the franchise but it's done well and the characters
involved work well together, the use of flashbacks also adds a lot of weight to the story.

Runner
Finding evidence of Lt Ford's handy work on another world Sheppard and Teyla are captured by
Ronon Dex a "runner" released by the Wraith for their sporting pleasure.
With little trust between them and Ford and pretty much everyone else it's all treading on egg
shells and then the Wraith arrive.
An excellent episode full of action and humour and a good story to introduce Ronon (Jason Momoa).

Duet
Now this is an out and out funny episode.
McKay and Cadman (Jaime Ray Newman) are zapped up by a Dart which is then shot down.
Zelenka retrieves one of the patterns which turns out to be McKay but Cadman's
spirit/soul/personality is now sharing his brain and body.
An absolutely brilliant episode with Claire Rankin as McKay's love interest:)

Condemned
A world with high technology has the potential to be a good trading partner despite their use of
prisoners to sacrifice to the Wraith a tradition that has been going on for centuries. Trapped on
this prison Island where the Stargate is positioned the team has to battle the inhabitants unaware
that they are on the menu for the local Wraith commander.
The story required a lot of leeway from the viewer but it didn't turn out to bad.

Extras
Mission Directives
Five Commentaries

Stargate Altlantis, this says it all:)

Radak Zelenka in Letters from Pegasus.

Stargate Atlantis Marathon (Part 4)

Stargate Atlantis Marathon Disk 4

Season 1 (continued)

The Brotherhood
Armed with gate co-ordinates to a number of worlds that should contain a ZPM the team
visits the world of Dagan. The ZPM had been protected 10000 years ago by an order of monks
who were then culled by the Wraith so armed with only clues to it's location a treasure hunt is
undertaken but unknown to them the search reaches the ears of the Genii.

Letters from Pegasus
With the arrival of a Wraith fleet just a couple of weeks away Sheppard and Teyla go on a
recon mission while back on Atlantis McKay works out how to get a message to Earth and
with 1.3 seconds of digital data personal messages can be included. This is brilliant episode,
we see the Wraith in full culling mode as well as some of the major and minor characters
expressing themselves to the camera, some are very funny and others moving.

The Gift
Teyla is having trouble sleeping and is more troubled than those around her by the arrival
of the Wraith. She visits her people on the mainland to get advice from an elder and hears stories
of her ancestors including tales of some who were taken and then returned. Armed with this
knowledge she attempts to make telepathic contact with a Wraith but finds their minds too powerful.
A mixed episode, yes they had to lay the ground work for the revelation with Teyla but the suspicion
and threats were a little too telegraphed, that aside building nicely to the finale.

The Siege (Part 1)
McKay and Grogin (Craig Veroni) go to the weapons platform with the intent to repair it as it will
be in the path of the Hive ships when they enter the solar system, as they know it is dead
(from the last war) they will not be expecting the ambush. Meanwhile back on Atlantis the search for
a Wraith is under way and work towards a reliable self destruct method is devised.

The Siege (Part 2)
The Wraith are knocking on the door but events in the Milky Way have allowed for re-enforcements
to arrive armed with heavy weapons and nukes with which to put up a viable point defence of Atlantis.
Of course the Wraith were smart enough to handle the Ancients and it's little arrogant for Earthlings
to expect to win this battle but the stand has to be made.
The Siege parts 1 & 2 are an excellent conclusion to the first season, we get lots of action, CGI
which would not look out of place in the theatre and a few surprises and if combine them with
Rising 1 & 2 and you have top quality bookends for the season.

Extras
Mission Directives
Four Commentaries
Season 1 Review

Stargate Atlantis Marathon Part 3

Stargate Atlantis Blu-ray Disk 3

Season 1 (continued)

The Eye
The conclusion to the The Storm as the battle for Atlantis continues now becalmed in the
eye of the storm. Sheppard aided by the return of a jumper from the mainland continues
the war to attrition with Koyla which has rapidly become personal. Who is going to blink first?
Another cracking episode, top notch performances and full use made of the standing sets.

The Defiant One
A jumper journey to a planet on the far side of the solar system leads to two discoveries.
The first is an Ancient weapons platform which looks undamaged but powered down and the
second a crashed Warith vessel which holds one very nasty surprise.
This was quite a good character episode both for Sheppard and McKay and shows how
resourceful the Wraith can be.

Hot Zone
Whilst exploring Atlantis a number of people seem to become infected and start hallucinating
until their brains pop. Faced with a potential outbreak the city is locked down and we see the first
dissent shown by Sheppard to Weir which leads to more problems when the city itself expands
the lock down due to this mysterious contagion.

Sanctuary
Under fire from Wraith Darts the team are running for their lives when a huge energy sphere
from a planet wipes the Wraith out but leaves the jumper intact. Investigating the planet they
discover the temple of Athar and the priestess Chaya/Sar played by Leonor Varela who
accepts the invitation to visit Atlantis.
Sanctuary is a good episode, very much in the spirit of classic SG1 combining action,
humour and a dose of relationships/ethics to create a good story.

Before I Sleep
The discovery of a woman in Ancient hibernation poses some questions and the answers are
not what anyone expected.
The franchise never seems to make a poor time travel episode and this one really works as it
offers up an alternative set of results for when the expedition arrives at Atlantis. It's also
interesting in to what we see of the Ancients as they were before Ascending including
a couple of familiar faces.

Extras
Mission Directives
Four Commentaries

Stargate Atlantis Marathon (Part2)

Season 1 (continued)

Childhood's End
A mysterious malfunction leads the team to a society where everyone us young and when
reaching 25 years of age the people take their own lives in the belief that the sacrifice is
helping to keep the Wraith away. Given leave to repair the jumper the team struggle with
the desire to prove Ancient technology is the reason the kids are safe not the sacrifice but
when McKay removes the ZPM the Wraith are on their way.
This episode was a little too cliched for my liking although nice to see Courtenay J Stevens
who has appeared in SG1.

Poisoning the Well
On the planet of Hoff the people continuously rebuild their society after a Wraith culling
thanks to depositories of knowledge carefully hidden along with the secret of a compound
believed when developed to make them immune to the being harvested by the Wraith. Carson
adds his expertise to the research and the drug is created and tested but has a worrying result
which could make this world a prime target for destruction not feeding.
This was a good episode, some nice twists and turns coupled with ethical issues.

Underground
A peaceful agricultural community hides a dark secret.
This is the episode we meet the Genii who play a major part in the early adventures in the
Pegasus galaxy as well as giving us two excellent protagonists in the shape of
Cowen (Colm Meaney) and the yet unseen Kolya.

Home
A huge energy field surrounds a Stargate on a dark and dank world.
McKay believes the gate can tap this energy and once setup be able to dial an Eight symbol
address and connect to the gate on Earth. This is achieved and a number of Atlantis personnel
return to home but something is not quite right.
This was a very imaginative episode and great to see some familiar faces from SG1.

The Storm
A huge hurricane/cyclone is heading towards Atlantis which has no shield protection but a crazy
idea using the lightening is used as an excuse to get 99% of the people out of the city and
leave a token few onboard who then have to defend the city from an incursion by the Genii led
by koyla (Robert Davi).
A cracking episode combining a good story, lots of action and tense situations.

Extras
Wraith Doc
Rainbow Sun Francks
Two Commentaries

Stargate Atlantis Marathon

Stargate Atlantis (Disk 1 Blu-ray)

Season 1

Rising (Parts 1 & 2)
The discoveries made at the Artic facility lead the SGC to identify the location the Ancients
travelled to from Earth and with a Gate address an expedition is formed for what could be a
one way mission.
On arrival a desperate need for an energy source has them gating to a planet where they meet
the native peoples and by bad luck or carelessness wake a Wraith Queen and her Hive.
An excellent series premiere with a solid guest performance from Robert Patrick and a story
that got into it's stride very quickly and set up the "world" we will be sharing with them.

Hide & Seek
McKay under goes the Gene therapy to allow him to use Ancient tech and in what sets the tone
for his adventures it doesn't quite go according to plan and more complications arise with an
intruder in the city.
A weak episode but I guess they are still finding their feet.

Thirty Eight Minutes
A puddle jumper gets stuck in an active gate, with only 38 minutes before the gate shuts down
and chops the jumper in half decisions and sacrifices have to be made. Complicating matters
is the issue with Sheppard who has an alien "bug" embedded around his neck slowly killing him.
A classic genre trope with a definitive timeframe to solve a problem, always works well.

Suspicion
The Wraith continue to appear as if by magic on worlds the team visits. Suspicion falls on Telya's
people and they are restricted in their movements causing upset and conflict.
Sheppard discovers the mainland and the Wraith get a nasty surprise.

Extras
Three commentaries
On the Set tour

The series kicked off very strong, Rising is a top notch pilot although drawing on events 
from SG1 certainly helps matters. The next three episodes did not reach the same level 
but they do  have to handle the world setup and that's tricky to do whilst maintaining a 
solid arc narrative so they get some leeway from me:)
I also got chills when the theme kicked in, excellent piece of music and hadn't heard it 
since the series finale nearly 3 years ago.