Episode guide
Stargate Atlantis: Season 3
20 episodes · premiered Jul 13, 2006
The team faces escalating conflicts with both old and new adversaries, including the Wraith and a deadly new faction. The discovery of a potential game-changing technology introduces new ethical dilemmas, while relationships within the team are tested under growing pressures.
- Episode 1: No Man's Land (2) Jul 13, 2006 · 43m · TMDB 8.4 The team desperately attempts to stop two Wraith hive ships from reaching Earth. Sheppard must rely on an old foe to rescue McKay and Ronon.
- Episode 2: Misbegotten (3) Jul 20, 2006 · 44m · TMDB 7.6 The Atlantis team must decide the fate of a colony of Wraith they have turned into humans. Dr. Weir must defend her leadership when she is evaluated by the I.O.A.
- Episode 3: Irresistible Jul 27, 2006 · 42m Sheppard's team meets an obnoxious man who is adored by all thanks to a secret that he carries -- and who has an unexpected effect on them.
- Episode 4: Sateda Aug 3, 2006 · 42m Ronon Dex is captured by the Wraith and returned to his homeworld, where he is haunted by his past as he is forced to once again become their prey.
- Episode 5: Progeny Aug 10, 2006 · 44m Weir and the team visit an advanced civilization that split off from the Lanteans thousands of years ago, but discover that they may not have left Atlantis in peace.
- Episode 6: The Real World Aug 17, 2006 · 42m Elizabeth Weir wakes up in a mental institution, where she is told that the expedition to Atlantis and the Stargate are figments of her imagination.
- Episode 7: Common Ground Aug 24, 2006 · 42m Colonel Sheppard finds himself the prisoner of a Genii commander, along with a desperately hungry Wraith who has been separated from his hive.
- Episode 8: McKay and Mrs. Miller Sep 7, 2006 · 44m · TMDB 8.3 Rodney McKay is reunited with his estranged sister back on Earth, who has given up a brilliant career as a scientist to raise a family.
- Episode 9: Phantoms Sep 14, 2006 · 42m Sheppard and Ronon are influenced by a mind-altering device created by the Wraith while on a mission to rescue a lost team.
- Episode 10: The Return (1) Sep 21, 2006 · 42m The Atlantis expedition is stunned to learn that a ship full of Ancients is returning to reclaim their lost city.
- Episode 11: The Return (2) Nov 19, 2006 · 42m · TMDB 8.3 The Atlantis team goes against orders to try and save Atlantis from Replicator control -- and to rescue General O'Neill and Richard Woolsey, who are trapped in the occupied city.
- Episode 12: Echoes Nov 26, 2006 · 42m The inhabitants of Atlantis begin to suffer ill effects when the planet's whale population begins migrating to the island city, bringing an unexpected harbinger of doom.
- Episode 13: Irresponsible Dec 3, 2006 · 42m The team finds Lucius Lavin manipulating the people of another hapless planet, using Ancient technology to pose as an invincible hero.
- Episode 14: Tao of Rodney Dec 10, 2006 · 43m After an Ancient device gives Rodney superhuman powers, his enhanced brilliance is checked only by his impending death -- unless he can learn how to ascend.
- Episode 15: The Game Dec 17, 2006 · 42m Sheppard and McKay discover that their competitive video game has been controlling a planet of real people, who now stand on the brink of war.
- Episode 16: The Ark Jan 7, 2007 · 42m The team discovers the last of a civilization in suspended animation, whose survival is at risk when their station is critically damaged.
- Episode 17: Sunday Jan 11, 2007 · 42m · TMDB 8.0 The team tries to relax during a mandatory day off, until an explosion leaves three people dead -- and reveals that one scientist is a walking time bomb.
- Episode 18: Submersion Jan 14, 2007 · 42m The team discovers an Ancient drilling station deep beneath the surface of the ocean, only to find that a Wraith queen is still alive there.
- Episode 19: Vengeance Jan 28, 2007 · 44m The Atlantis team investigates the disappearance of one of their allies, only to find an old enemy engineering a race of powerful monsters.
- Episode 20: First Strike (1) Feb 4, 2007 · 42m · TMDB 8.5 An unstoppable energy weapon leaves Atlantis under siege after Earth launches a preemptive attack against a very powerful enemy's homeworld.