Episode guide
Stargate Atlantis: Season 5
20 episodes · premiered Jul 10, 2008
As Atlantis faces its greatest threats yet, the team must rely on unexpected alliances and new technologies to safeguard their city and the galaxy. The season builds toward a climactic confrontation that tests the strength, ingenuity, and resolve of the entire expedition.
- Episode 1: Search and Rescue (2) Jul 10, 2008 · 44m · TMDB 7.8 Lt. Colonel John Sheppard and his team are trapped under the rubble of Michael's facility in order to rescue Teyla Emmagan. As Colonel Samantha Carter launches a team to rescue the…
- Episode 2: The Seed Jul 17, 2008 · 44m · TMDB 7.3 When a mysterious alien organism takes Dr. Jennifer Keller as its host, the newly revived Dr. Carson Beckett and the crew desperately search for a serum to save her from the evolving…
- Episode 3: Broken Ties Jul 24, 2008 · 43m · TMDB 7.0 Ronon Dex is captured by Tyre, who wants to hand him to the Wraith in order to maintain his role in their circle. However, when the deal turns sour, and Tyre is left for dead, the Atlantis…
- Episode 4: The Daedalus Variations Jul 31, 2008 · 44m · TMDB 7.9 The Atlantis expedition mysteriously finds the Daedalus, abandoned and drifting in space. When Lt. Colonel John Sheppard's team come to investigate, the ship mysteriously disappears. They…
- Episode 5: Ghost in the Machine Aug 14, 2008 · 44m · TMDB 7.4 While on a mission, Lt. Colonel John Sheppard's team inadvertently brings a mysterious entity to Atlantis. They soon learn that the entity is nothing more than Dr. Elizabeth Weir, who was…
- Episode 6: The Shrine Aug 21, 2008 · 44m · TMDB 8.0 Dr. Rodney McKay is infected with the Pegasus equivalent of Alzheimer's disease, known as Second Childhood, a common illness among the elderly in the galaxy. The only way to save him is a…
- Episode 7: Whispers Sep 4, 2008 · 44m · TMDB 7.5 Dr. Carson Beckett is called in to help a team investigating a lab that once belonged to Michael Kenmore. But soon, they realize that a group of experiments that even Michael couldn't…
- Episode 8: The Queen Sep 11, 2008 · 44m The Atlantis expedition has a plan to remove the Wraith's dependence on feeding to use an experimental gene therapy from Michael's database. However, in order to convince the Primary, the…
- Episode 9: Tracker Sep 18, 2008 · 44m · TMDB 7.5 Dr. Jennifer Keller is kidnapped by a runner named Kiryk. While Dr. Rodney McKay and Ronon Dex tracks them, Kiryk takes Keller to a seriously injured young girl. She must do it fast, since…
- Episode 10: First Contact (1) Sep 25, 2008 · 44m · TMDB 8.5 Dr. Daniel Jackson arrives in Atlantis to investigate a hidden lab left behind by the rogue Ancient scientist Janus. Their discovery has attracted the attention of a mysterious group of…
- Episode 11: The Lost Tribe (2) Oct 9, 2008 · 44m · TMDB 8.4 As Dr. Rodney McKay and Dr. Daniel Jackson is held prisoner by the Vanir, they make a startling discovery about who they really are. Meanwhile, "Todd" and his Wraith hijack the Daedalus to…
- Episode 12: Outsiders Oct 16, 2008 · 44m Dr. Carson Beckett, now a traveling doctor in Pegasus comes across a planet, where some of the villagers are refugees from Balar, a planet infected with the Hoffan drug, and destroyed by…
- Episode 13: Inquisition Oct 19, 2008 · 44m · TMDB 6.8 Lt. Colonel John Sheppard's team is invited by the Coalition of Planets in order to form an alliance. However, the team is misled and is faced to stand trial, for their alleged crimes…
- Episode 14: The Prodigal Nov 6, 2008 · 44m · TMDB 7.8 Michael Kenmore has infiltrated Atlantis with an army of his Hybrids, and closes off Stargate Operations and the surrounded levels to prevent anyone from taking it back. His plan; take…
- Episode 15: Remnants Nov 13, 2008 · 44m · TMDB 7.7 While being evaluated by the International Oversight Advisory, Richard Woolsey meets a beautiful scientist new to Atlantis, who is not what she appears. Meanwhile, Lt. Colonel John…
- Episode 16: Brain Storm Nov 20, 2008 · 44m · TMDB 7.7 Dr. Rodney McKay reluctantly returns to Earth to witness the triumph of his rival Dr. Malcolm Tunney, but must help shut down a deadly weather device when the new technology goes horribly…
- Episode 17: Infection Dec 4, 2008 · 44m After a Wraith Hive Ship shows up over Atlantis transmitting a distress call, Lt. Colonel John Sheppard's team discovers that its crew has been stricken with a disease they helped create.
- Episode 18: Identity Dec 11, 2008 · 44m Dr. Jennifer Keller's body is inadvertently taken over by a cunning thief, Neeva Casol. While Neeva tries to escape Atlantis, Keller finds herself imprisoned with a death sentence on…
- Episode 19: Vegas Dec 18, 2008 · 44m In the city of Las Vegas in an alternate reality, police Detective John Sheppard investigates a series of bizarre murders where each body appears to have desiccated. He is soon called to…
- Episode 20: Enemy at the Gate Jan 8, 2009 · 43m · TMDB 8.4 "Todd" informs the Atlantis expedition that a rogue group of Wraith has acquired several Zero Point Modules to power a Super-hive, and wants it destroyed. However, after the Daedalus is…