Stargate Atlantis (season 2)
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| Stargate Atlantis Season 2 | |
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| Country of origin |  United States,  Canada |
| Network | Sci Fi Channel |
| Original run | July 15, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) – January 30, 2006 (The Movie Network) |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| DVD release date | Region 1: March 6, 2007 Region 2: February 26, 2007 Region 4: November 8, 2006 |
| Previous season | Season 1 |
| Next season | Season 3 |
Season two of Stargate Atlantis, an American-Canadian television series, began airing on July 15, 2005 on the US-American Sci Fi Channel. The second season concluded after 20 episodes on January 31, 2006 on the Canadian The Movie Network. The series was developed by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, who also served as executive producers. Season two regular cast members include Joe Flanigan, Torri Higginson, Jason Momoa, Rachel Luttrell, Paul McGillion, and David Hewlett as Dr. Rodney McKay.
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[edit] Main cast
- Joe Flanigan as Major/Lt. Col. John Sheppard
- Torri Higginson as Dr. Elizabeth Weir
- Jason Momoa as Ronon Dex
- Rachel Luttrell as Teyla Emmagan
- Paul McGillion as Dr. Carson Beckett
- David Hewlett as Dr. Rodney McKay
[edit] Episodes
| # | # | Title | SG Wiki | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
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| 21 | 201 | "The Siege (Part 3)" | SG Wiki | Martin Wood | Martin Gero | July 15, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| The timely arrival of the Daedalus, lead by Col. Steven Caldwell, saves Maj. Sheppard's life from a suicide bombing run, but it may not be enough to defeat the Wraith when more hive ships are on the way. Thankfully with the new ZPM, McKay might pull off another miracle. | ||||||
| 22 | 202 | "The Intruder" | SG Wiki | Peter DeLuise | Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie | July 22, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Strange malfunctions begin to occur when members of the expedition return from a trip to Earth aboard the Daedalus. When things go too far, they discover that the ship has been infected by a Wraith virus, and now it has the instinct to stay alive, even if it means it has to kill. | ||||||
| 23 | 203 | "Runner" | SG Wiki | Martin Wood | Robert C. Cooper | July 29, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Following a lead on the whereabouts of Lt. Ford, Lt. Col. Sheppard and Teyla get captured by Ronon Dex, a man who they find out is a runner, hunted by the Wraith. When they offer to help, the team must face off against their old ally, and possibly gain a new one. | ||||||
| 24 | 204 | "Duet" | SG Wiki | Peter DeLuise | Martin Gero | August 5, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| After the team witnesses the aftermath of a culling, a Wraith Dart suddenly appears. When it's shot down to preserve Atlantis' secret, they discover that their drastic measures have left the consciousness of a precocious female marine officer trapped in Dr. McKay. | ||||||
| 25 | 205 | "Condemned" | SG Wiki | Peter DeLuise | Sean Carley and Carl Binder | August 12, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Sheppard's team stumbles upon a technologically advanced society that purposely leaves their criminals on a penal colony near the Stargate, for the Wraith to discover them first. But after the prisoners shoot the jumper down, they discover things aren't so clear cut. | ||||||
| 26 | 206 | "Trinity" | SG Wiki | Martin Wood | Damian Kindler | August 19, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| After having found an experimental Ancient power generator, McKay becomes obsessed to triumph where the Ancients failed, but the price might be too high. Elsewhere, Teyla and Ronon go to the planet Balkan to trade, but discover that not all of Ronon's people died. | ||||||
| 27 | 207 | "Instinct (Part 1)" | SG Wiki | Andy Mikita | Treena Hancock and Melissa R. Byer | August 26, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| While investigating a planet, the team comes across a Wraith girl who has been raised by her human "father," hiding from the people of the nearby village in fear of her life. But she doesn't consider the consequences when she takes an incomplete drug to turn herself human. | ||||||
| 28 | 208 | "Conversion (Part 2)" | SG Wiki | Brad Turner | Robert C. Cooper and Martin Gero | September 9, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| After Ellia injects him with the retro-virus (Instinct), the Atlantis team races against time to find a way to reverse Sheppard's transformation into an Iratus bug hybrid. But even though Sheppard might make it difficult for them, he could be the key to his own salvation. | ||||||
| 29 | 209 | "Aurora" | SG Wiki | Martin Wood | Carl Binder and Brad Wright | September 23, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| The team finds an Ancient warship still inhabited Ancients in suspended animation. They are all connected together through a virtual environment, that Sheppard enters to communicate with them. The only problem being, the Ancients think that their virtual lives are reality. | ||||||
| 30 | 210 | "The Lost Boys (Part 1)" | SG Wiki | Brad Turner | Martin Gero | September 23, 2005 (Sci Fi Channel) |
| Sheppard's team is kidnapped off-world, only to find that their captor is none other than Ford. He has recruited several men into taking the Wraith enzyme, and now they intend to use the team to destroy a Hive Ship to prove the "glorious" effects of the drug. | ||||||
| 31 | 211 | "The Hive (Part 2)" | SG Wiki | Martin Wood | Carl Binder | November 21, 2005 (The Movie Network) |
| After the attempt to destroy the Hive backfires, the team becomes captured by the Wraith, demanding answers. Meanwhile, Dr. McKay takes a massive dose of enzyme and escapes to Atlantis in a state of frenzy, but his choice could put him on the edge of death. | ||||||
| 32 | 212 | "Epiphany" | SG Wiki | Neil Fearnley | Joe Flanigan and Brad Wright | November 28, 2005 (The Movie Network) |
| Sheppard gets pulled into an Ancient device, separating him from the rest of his team and the outside world. While trying to get him out, the team discovers that time moves much more quickly inside and Sheppard could die of old age before they release him. | ||||||
| 33 | 213 | "Critical Mass" | SG Wiki | Andy Mikita | Carl Binder | December 5, 2005 (The Movie Network) |
| It is discovered that The Trust have infiltrated Atlantis and planted a bomb inside, set to go off the next time they dial Earth. To add to the tension, two Wraith cruisers are on the way, and Dr. Weir wants to figure out if there could be a Goa'uld spy in Atlantis' midst. | ||||||
| 34 | 214 | "Grace Under Pressure" | SG Wiki | Martin Wood | Martin Gero | December 12, 2005 (The Movie Network) |
| During the test run of a recently repaired puddle jumper, it crashes deep into the ocean, leaving Dr. McKay sinking underwater. When he shows the first signs of losing hope (and sanity), he must rely on a hallucination of Lt. Col. Samantha Carter for his survival. | ||||||
| 35 | 215 | "The Tower" | SG Wiki | Andy Mikita | Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie | December 19, 2005 (The Movie Network) |
| The team finds a world that possesses Ancient technology, but only the royal family may be allowed to operate it and lowly villagers are treated with little dignity. When he tries to set things right, Sheppard finds himself a pawn in the rivalry between the heirs to the throne. | ||||||
| 36 | 216 | "The Long Goodbye" | SG Wiki | Andy Mikita | Damian Kindler | January 2, 2006 (The Movie Network) |
| After recovering two alien stasis pods from space, the minds of the inhabitants are transferred into Dr. Weir and Sheppard. But when it's discovered that the two are enemies hoping to settle an ancient score, the alien combatants put the entire population of Atlantis in danger. | ||||||
| 37 | 217 | "Coup D'etat" | SG Wiki | Martin Wood | Martin Gero | January 9, 2006 (The Movie Network) |
| Ladon Radim comes to the expedition wanting to overthrow the Genii leader, Cowen. They are reluctant to help, but it seems he has discovered a ZPM that he could trade with the expedition. Later, Radim's true motives are revealed... for the time being. | ||||||
| 38 | 218 | "Michael" | SG Wiki | Martin Wood | Carl Binder | January 16, 2006 (The Movie Network) |
| An amnesiac young Lieutenant in Atlantis, Michael Kenmore, suffers poor treatment from the personnel, and disturbing nightmares that he is a Wraith. Yet things become worse, when he accidentally stumbles upon a shocking discovery about himself... he is one. | ||||||
| 39 | 219 | "Inferno" | SG Wiki | Peter DeLuise | Carl Binder | January 23, 2006 (The Movie Network) |
| The team comes to aid a civilization taking refuge throughout an Ancient outpost. While trying to repair systems, McKay discovers a volcano below the outpost that will obliterate life on the entire planet, suggesting evacuation. Yet during the process, the Stargate is destroyed. | ||||||
| 40 | 220 | "Allies (Part 1)" | SG Wiki | Andy Mikita | Martin Gero | January 30, 2006 (The Movie Network) |
| A Wraith faction (including Michael) contacts Atlantis to seek help in destroying their common enemies, the Wraith. Because the Wraith are currently engaged in a destructive civil war, they suggest using Atlantis' retro-virus to turn their native foes into human prey. | ||||||
[edit] Production
- "Runner" is the last episode where Rainbow Sun Francks is credited as a regular cast member. Jason Momoa joins the main cast in this episode.
- While rehearsing scenes for "Duet" where Cadman has control of McKay's body, Jamie Ray Newman would do a scene first, and then David Hewlett would try to mimic her movements, cadence, accent, etc. [1]
- Alan C. Peterson, who played the Magistrate in "Condemned", previously played Canon in Stargate SG-1s Demons.
- * The episode title of "Trinity" is a reference to the Trinity test. [2]
- The outdoors parts of "Instinct" were filmed on location at Lynn Valley Canyon, North Vancouver.[3] Jewel Staite, who played Kaylee Frye on the cult Sci-Fi show Firefly, is the second Firefly cast member to guest star on a Stargate series, the first being Adam Baldwin in Stargate SG-1 episode "Heroes". She would later go on to play Dr. Keller as a recurring guest star at the end of Season 3, continuing into Season 4 of Atlantis.
- "Conversion" was actress Rachel Luttrell's first on-screen kissing scene.[4] Her parents were present for the kiss.[5]
- Every scene in "Aurora" where Ronon appears in the environmental suit had to be played by a body double because Jason Momoa's head would not fit in the helmet.[6]
- The title of "The Long Goodbye" is an homage to Raymond Chandler's 1954 novel The Long Goodbye.[7]
- "Coup D'état" was supposed to feature the return of Acastus Kolya (last seen in "The Brotherhood"), but because of conflicts with Robert Davi's schedule it was rewritten to feature Kolya's second in command Ladon instead.
- For "Allies", Brent Stait took over the role of Michael throughout the episode. Conner provided the voice after the crew felt it 'needed' it.[8]
[edit] Cultural references
- In "Condemned", McKay asks "what am I, MacGyver?" when told to fix the downed Jumper.
[edit] DVD releases
| DVD Name | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 |
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| Stargate Atlantis Season 2 | March 6, 2007 | February 26, 2007 | November 8, 2006 |
| Season 2: Volume 1 | — | April 10, 2006 | — |
| Season 2: Volume 2 | — | May 8, 2006 | — |
| Season 2: Volume 3 | — | June 5, 2006 | — |
| Season 2: Volume 4 | — | July 3, 2006 | — |
| Season 2: Volume 5 | — | July 31, 2006 | — |
[edit] Awards
- "The Siege" received an Gemini nomination for "Best Visual Effects" in 2007.[9]
- "The Hive" was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Sound in a Dramatic Series".)[10]
- For "Grace Under Pressure", Joel Goldsmith was nominated for an Emmy in the category "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)".)[10]
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[edit] References
- ^ "Stargate Atlantis: Season Two Preview", TV Zone Special #64, Visual Imagination, 2005, pp. 80–81.
- ^ Gosling, Sharon [July 2006]. "Trinity", Stargate Atlantis: The Official Companion Season 2. London: Titan Books, 45. ISBN 1–84576–163–4.
- ^ Stargate Official Magazine issue 6
- ^ Gosling, Sharon [July 2006]. "Conversion", Stargate Atlantis: The Official Companion Season 2. London: Titan Books, 53. ISBN 1–84576–163–4.
- ^ DVD audio commentary for "Conversion"
- ^ DVD commentary for"Aurora"
- ^ Gosling, Sharon [July 2006]. "The Long Goodbye", Stargate Atlantis: The Official Companion Season 2. London: Titan Books, 84. ISBN 1–84576–163–4.
- ^ Stargate Atlantis - Season 2 DVD Commentary
- ^ GateWorld - Atlantis earns two Gemini nods
- ^ a b "Stargate SG-1" (1997) - Awards
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