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Season One

Children of the Gods
 Forced to reveal he denied an order to destroy Abydos, Colonel Jack O'Neill is recalled from retirement  when a group of hostile aliens emerge through the ancient transportation device, the Staragate. Joined by two former colleagues and new team member, Astrophysicist Captain Samantha Carter, O'Neill is sent back to Abydos to discover the reason behind the attack.
The team are reunited with Dr Daniel Jackson, his wife Sha're and Skaara, but are awed at Dr Jacksons discovery. He has discovered a cartouche showing that the Stargate does in fact go to other places. However before they can celebrate the Evil System Lord Apophis kidnaps Sha're and Skaara and leaves SG-1 to save the remaining Abydonians before General Hammond sends a nuclear weapon to destroy the planet. 
 
The Enemy Within
After returning from Chulak, O'Neill has to put to good uses his diplomatic as well as military skills in order to persuade the USAF to accept Teal'c, a rogue alien who saved their lives, whilst the suicidal forces of the Goa'uld continue to bombard the the titanium alloy iris now protecting the Stargate. O'Neill's problems increase when he finds out that his right-hand man, Kawalsky, has been infected with the Goa'uld larva. Teal'c is able to prove his loyalty by assisting the doctors to remove it and by proventing the emerging Goa'uld persona from escaping through the Stargate.
 
Emancipation
SG-1 travel to Simarka and meet the Shavadi, a race who bear a remarkable resembalance to the ancient Mongols. Encouraged by Daniel to adopt a "when in Rome" policy, Sam finds herself relegated to the role of second class citizen in a communtiywhere it is death for a woman to even speak without permission from a man. Sam ishumiliated when forced to wear the ceremonial robes of the local women and then further humiliated when the son of the Chieftain tries to swap her for his sweetheart. When the exchange is unsuccessful, Sam tries to aid the course of true love and female emancipation by arranging Nya's escape, only to face the girl's father in battle when the plan goes awry.
 
The Broca Divide 
Arriving on P3X797, the SG-1 team discover a world populated by two types of inhabitants, the Untouched and the Touched. The Untouched inhabitants resembled the Bronze Age and lived on the light side of the globe, whilst the Touched inhabitants resembled that of Neanderthals and resisded on the dark side of the globe. Upon returning to the SGC the team, with the exception of Daniel and Teal'c, begin to display the basic instincts and features of the Touched. Daniel and Teal'c are forced to return to the planet and discover the cure with the help of Dr Janet Fraiser, the bases newest recruit. Will they be able to discover the cure before the disease escapes the Mountain Complex???? 
 
The First Commandment
Overtaken by delusions of grandeur, the CO of SG-9 is terorising the people of a distant planet into believing he is God. Ruling without mercy, Captain Jonas Hanson demands the people of the planet to rebuild the Goa'uld temples in his honour. Sam once involved with Hanson decides she can stop him, however O'Neill believes that the only way to stop him is to storm his compound. Whilst Daniel and Teal'c resort to convincing the people that Hansons power is only man-made rather than divine. can they convince the people of the planet that Hansen is yet another false god or will he be left to work the planet to death???? 
 
Cold Lazarus
O'Neill is forced to face his past when a being from another planet (P3X562) dupilates him and returns to Earth in his place. The being sets out to try and ease the pain that O'Neill feels towards the accidental death of his son Charlie a year or so previous. The being sets out first to try and find O'Neill's estranged wife Sara, in the effort of then finding the boy, and then to finally heal the pain that is inside the real O'Neill. Meanwhile, Sam and Daniel discover that the crystals found on the planet are in actually fact the "bodies" for the beings. The remaining beings go on to explain that they cannot survive the Earth's strong electromagnetic field, and that with continuing exposure, the duplicate O'Neill will become highly unstable and could self-destruct. Can O'Neill and the rest of the SG-1 team get to the duplicate O'Neill in time and save Sara and any others from harm????
 
The Nox 
Whilst on a trip to seek out the Fenri, a creature known by Teal'c to have the power of invisibility, the SG-1 team get into a skirmish with a Goa'uld hunting party and are killed. Fortunatly for SG-1, a mystical group of fairy-like beings are at hand to weave their magic and bring them back from the dead. Amazed by the power the Nox hold, SG-1 are further concerned that the Nox's peaceful demeanor will attracted unwanted attention from the Goa'uld. However the Nox reveal they have their own ways of dealing with any unwanted visitors. What is the Nox way????
 
Brief Candle 
Moments after stepping foot onto the planet Argos, Daniel's role as doctor quickly shifts from archaeology to medicine, when he is called upon to preform the role of midwife to an expectant couple. Invited to celebrated the resulting baby's birth, the team encounter a joyful community of beautiful people who party all day but mysteriously collapse at sundown. Drugged and seduced by the stunning Kynthia, O'Neill wakes up to find out that he is not only suffering from the morning after the night before blues, but signs of rapid ageing. The team discover that the Argosians only live a very short life, 100 days to be more precise, and that O'Neill has been infected by the same devices that control their life span. The devices are known as nanocytes and are the cause of the increased life span, however due to his age already they have a much more dramatic effect on O'Neill. All the team can do is watch as O'Neill reaches Octogenarian status. Therefore the team must try and find a way to turn the nanocytes off before it is too late,
 
The Torment of Tantalus 
Fascinated by archive footage of a post-war attempt to try and unlock the secrets of the Stargate, Daniel makes a startling discovery. In 1945 a young Professor, Ernest Littlefield, travelled through the stargate, but a lack of information and technology left him stranded on the other side. SG-1 decide to use the address from the footage and try to find Ernest, with the help of his former fiancee, Catherine Langford. They end up on the planet to find a very old Ernest Littlfield suffering from the effects of Fifty years of solitary isolation, and discover a remarkable room that holds the combined wisdom of four alien civilisation. However due to the volitile nature of the planet the DHD has become very damaged and the structure is in great danger of falling into the ocean below. Can SG-1 repair the DHD and gate home before the the who place disintegrates????
 
Bloodlines
Despite considerable risk, Teal'c returns to his home planet of Chulak, to save his son Rya'c from becoming a host to the infant Goa'uld. Addied by his 130 year old Jaffa mentor, Bra'tac, the team locate the ghetto where the family currently reside in time to stop the implantation process. However the wrath of the God's is nothing compared to the wrath of Teal'c's wife Drey'auc, after he disrupts the proceedings and kills the infant larva Goa'uld which would have saved his ailing child. Prepared to make the ultimate sacrfice by giving up his own larva to save his son, the Jaffa is restored however when Sam and Daniel arrive bearing a unexpected gift. But what is it????
 
Fire and Water
SG-1 return from the planet Oannes without Daniel, with their only memory being of him being engulfed in flames on the planet. However the truth is that Daniel is being held against his will by an amphibious being called Nem. Nem believes that Daniel holds the answer to the where abouts of his mate, Omoroca, who resided on Earth some 4,000 years ago. Daniel struggles to assist Nem by scouting his memory for potential fact from Babylonian history to help  him, whilst the rest of the team struggle to come to terms with his death. However the whole team have a nagging feeling that daniel is still somehow alive, therefore Sam decides to undergo hypnosis in order to figure out what happened on the planet. Will SG-1 be able to figure it out in time or will Daniel be forced to stay with Nem forever????
 
Hathor
Awoken by hapless archaeologists after a 2,000 year slumber, Hathor is in a seriously bad mood and wants to find the nearest Stargate. Through using an irresistible blend of physical charm, illicit substances and iron will she manges to work her way into the SGC through seducing all the menon the base. Hathor is adiment in her plans for world domination, so she enlists the help of Daniel and O'Neill to carry this out, leving it upto the Sam, Janet and the rest of the women of the base to fight back. Will they be in time or will Hathor be able to complete her plan of world domination????
 
Singularity
When SG-1 visit planet P8X987 they find that the whole population icluding a SG team have been wiped out by a strange disease, with the small exception of a young girl. A deep bond begins to develop between the young girl, Cassandra, and Sam, however heartache is in store when a bomb is discovered to be growing inside Cassandra placed by the Goa'uld to destroy Earth. Sam is left with the unbearable choice of whether to choose the love for Cassandra or her duty to protect the people of Earth. What will she choose, and will she choose the right one????
 
Cor-Ai
Teal'c's game is almost up when the team travel to P3X1279, a favourite place for the Goa'uld to harvest Hosts, and he is recognised as being the former First Prime of Apophis. A resident is quick to accuse him of murdering his father and demands the highest punishment for such as crime, Death! O'Neill and the rest of the team must use all their skills to persuade Teal'c's accuser, the Council and the Jaffa himself that the sentence of death is not appropiate in this case. Will they be successful????
 
Enigma
Despite being rescued from certain death, the Tollans are less than grateful for SG-1's efforts. Omoc, the lead Tollan, dismisses the earth's population as primitive and refuses to share any Tollan technology with the people of Earth due to this reason. However, Narim, a much friendlier Tollan lets slip the reason for Omoc's behaviour. They once shared their technology with a civilisation much like Earth's and it ended up in their untimely demise and the resulting disaster on the planet they were found on. With USAF military intelligence threatening to force the Tollans to share information, SG-1 must try to prevent a similar disaster from occuring. 
 
Solitudes
O'Neill and Sam are left trapped in a icy wilderness after a trip through the stargate goes badly wrong. Left with a broken leg and internal bleeding, O'Neill must fight to stay alive whilst Sam fights to get the stargate working. Back at the SGC, Teal'c and daniel are working around the clock to try and decipher where in amillion worlds their team memebers could be. Will they be able to find them before the freeze to death????
 
Tin Man
Rendered unconcious by a trap on PX3989, SG-1 wake tofind their damaged bodies have been repaired and improved by Harlan, and elderly natie of the planet. On their return to the SGC, the team discover that all in not what it seems - their human bodies have been replaced by machines. The team return to the planet and demand that they be returned to their original bodies. Hoping a compromise can be achieved between the machines and originals, the well-meaning Harlan introduces SG-1 to "themselves", with hilarious but touching results.
 
There but for the Grace of God
The over inquisitive Daniel Jackson accidentally activates a doorway to an alternate universe during a mission to P3R233. Emerging through the stargate to what seems to be home, daniel discovers that things aren't quite familiar as they seem. Earth is under attack from the Goa'uld, Teal'c is still the First Prime of Apophis, and there is more than a working rlationship between O'Neill and Sam Carter. Unable to prevent the annihilation of the people of this world, Daniel must find a way back to his reality to prevent the same fate. Will he make it in time????
 
Politics  
Following his return from the alternate universe, Daniel is determined that the information obtained can be used to prevent such events happening in his reality. However the SG-1 team must deal with a far more immediate danger to the Stargate. The powerful chairman of the Appropriations Committee has decided that Stargate is not worth the billions of dollars spent on it each year, and wants to bury the gate and close the programme forever. even though Daniel insists the gate is there only way to help defend the world from the Goa'uld. Will Daniel be successful in his pleas agains't the mean in suits????
 
Within the Serpent's Grasp
Things at the SGC aren't going well! The Stargate programme is being shut down, just as the Goa'uld decide to stake their claim to Earth - just as Daniel predicted. The SG-1 team take a unauthorised trip through the Stargate to try and slow down or prevent the attack, and find themselves aboard an enemy ship full of Jaffa. To make matters worse the gate won't dial back to Earth, so the team decide to wire the ship with C4 and go down fighting. Whilst Sam and Daniel are planting the C4, O'Neill and Teal'c discover Skaara is now host to Klorel, Apophis's son. They quickly realise that there only means of escape is trying to get through to Skaara and getting him to help them save the day. Will they succeed before it is too late????
 

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