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"The Torment of Tantalus"

An episode from Stargate SG-1

A "page" of the library of the four races

Episode Nb

Season 1
Episode 11

Directed by

Jonathan Glassner

Written by

Robert C. Cooper

Director of photography

Peter F. Woeste

Edited by

Allan Lee

Production code

3963

Original air date

USA: October 3, 1997

UK: June 10, 1998

Length

42'24"

Guest starring

Episode chronology

"Thor's Hammer"

"Bloodlines"

SG-1 tracks down Catherine Langford's fiance, who took the first Stargate trip in 1945, and discovers an ancient meeting hall that may hold the secrets of the universe itself.

"The Torment of Tantalus" is the 11th episode of Stargate SG-1 Season 1.

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Miscellaneous: Amulet with the Eye of Ra

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Paul McGillion, who portrays Ernest Littlefield in 1945 will be better known in 2004 as Dr. Carson Beckett in Stargate Atlantis.

References

01/02. "Children of the Gods" • 03. "The Enemy Within" • 04. "Emancipation" • 05. "The Broca Divide" • 06. "The First Commandment" • 07. "Cold Lazarus" • 08. "The Nox" • 09. "Brief Candle" • 10. "Thor's Hammer" • 11. "The Torment of Tantalus" • 12. "Bloodlines" • 13. "Fire and Water" • 14. "Hathor" • 15. "Singularity" • 16. "Cor-ai" • 17. "Enigma" • 18. "Solitudes" • 19. "Tin Man" • 20. "There But For the Grace of God" • 21. "Politics" (1 of 3) • 22. "Within the Serpent's Grasp" (2 of 3)

Season 2

01. "The Serpent's Lair" (3 of 3) • 02. "In the Line of Duty" • 03. "Prisoners" • 04. "The Gamekeeper" • 05. "Need" • 06. "Thor's Chariot" • 07. "Message in a Bottle" • 08. "Family" • 09. "Secrets" • 10. "Bane" • 11. "The Tok'ra", Part 1 (1 of 2) • 12. "The Tok'ra", Part 2 (2 of 2) • 13. "Spirits" • 14. "Touchstone" • 15. "The Fifth Race" • 16. "A Matter of Time" • 17. "Holiday" • 18. "Serpent's Song" • 19. "One False Step" • 20. "Show and Tell" • 21. "1969" • 22. "Out of Mind" (1 of 2)

Season 3

01. "Into the Fire" (2 of 2) • 02. "Seth" • 03. "Fair Game" • 04. "Legacy" • 05. "Learning Curve" • 06. "Point of View" • 07. "Deadman Switch" • 08. "Demons" • 09. "Rules of Engagement" • 10. "Forever in a Day" • 11. "Past and Present" • 12. "Jolinar's Memories" (1 of 2) • 13. "The Devil You Know" (2 of 2) • 14. "Foothold" • 15. "Pretense" • 16. "Urgo" • 17. "A Hundred Days" • 18. "Shades of Grey" • 19. "New Ground" • 20. "Maternal Instinct" • 21. "Crystal Skull" • 22. "Nemesis" (1 of 2)

Season 4

01. "Small Victories" (2 of 2) • 02. "The Other Side" • 03. "Upgrades" • 04. "Crossroads" • 05. "Divide and Conquer" • 06. "Window of Opportunity" • 07. "Watergate" • 08. "The First Ones" • 09. "Scorched Earth" • 10. "Beneath the Surface" • 11. "Point of No Return" • 12. "Tangent" • 13. "The Curse" • 14. "The Serpent's Venom" • 15. "Chain Reaction" • 16. "2010" • 17. "Absolute Power" • 18. "The Light" • 19. "Prodigy" • 20. "Entity" • 21. "Double Jeopardy" • 22. "Exodus" (1 of 2)

Season 5

01. "Enemies" (2 of 2) • 02. "Threshold" • 03. "Ascension" • 04. "The Fifth Man" • 05. "Red Sky" • 06. "Rite of Passage" • 07. "Beast of Burden" • 08. "The Tomb" • 09. "Between Two Fires" • 10. "2001" • 11. "Desperate Measures" • 12. "Wormhole X-Treme!" • 13. "Proving Ground" • 14. "48 Hours" • 15. "Summit" (1 of 2) • 16. "Last Stand" (2 of 2) • 17. "Fail Safe" • 18. "The Warrior" • 19. "Menace" • 20. "The Sentinel" • 21. "Meridian" • 22. "Revelations"

Season 6

01. "Redemption", Part 1 (1 of 2) • 02. "Redemption", Part 2 (2 of 2) • 03. "Descent" • 04. "Frozen" • 05. "Nightwalkers" • 06. "Abyss" • 07. "Shadow Play" • 08. "The Other Guys" • 09. "Allegiance" • 10. "Cure" • 11. "Prometheus" (1 of 2) • 12. "Unnatural Selection" (2 of 2) • 13. "Sight Unseen" • 14. "Smoke & Mirrors" • 15. "Paradise Lost" • 16. "Metamorphosis" • 17. "Disclosure" • 18. "Forsaken" • 19. "The Changeling" • 20. "Memento" • 21. "Prophecy" • 22. "Full Circle"

Season 7

01. "Fallen" (1 of 2) • 02. "Homecoming" (2 of 2) • 03. "Fragile Balance" • 04. "Orpheus" • 05. "Revisions" • 06. "Lifeboat" • 07. "Enemy Mine" • 08. "Space Race" • 09. "Avenger 2.0" • 10. "Birthright" • 11. "Evolution", Part 1 (1 of 2) • 12. "Evolution", Part 2 (2 of 2) • 13. "Grace" • 14. "Fallout" • 15. "Chimera" • 16. "Death Knell" • 17. "Heroes", Part 1 (1 of 2) • 18. "Heroes", Part 2 (2 of 2) • 19. "Resurrection" • 20. "Inauguration" • 21. "Lost City", Part 1 (1 of 2) • 22. "Lost City", Part 2 (2 of 2)

Season 8

01. "New Order", Part 1 (1 of 2) • 02. "New Order", Part 2 (2 of 2) • 03. "Lockdown" • 04. "Zero Hour" • 05. "Icon" • 06. "Avatar" • 07. "Affinity" • 08. "Covenant" • 09. "Sacrifices" • 10. "Endgame" • 11. "Gemini" • 12. "Prometheus Unbound" • 13. "It's Good To Be King" • 14. "Full Alert" • 15. "Citizen Joe" • 16. "Reckoning", Part 1 (1 of 2) • 17. "Reckoning", Part 2 (2 of 2) • 18. "Threads" • 19. "Moebius", Part 1 (1 of 2) • 20. "Moebius", Part 2 (2 of 2)

Season 9

01. "Avalon", Part 1 (1 of 3) • 02. "Avalon", Part 2 (2 of 3) • 03. "Origin" (3 of 3) • 04. "The Ties That Bind" • 05. "The Powers That Be" • 06. "Beachhead" • 07. "Ex Deus Machina" • 08. "Babylon" • 09. "Prototype" • 10. "The Fourth Horseman", Part 1 (1 of 2) • 11. "The Fourth Horseman", Part 2 (2 of 2) • 12. "Collateral Damage" • 13. "Ripple Effect" • 14. "Stronghold" • 15. "Ethon" • 16. "Off the Grid" • 17. "The Scourge" • 18. "Arthur's Mantle" • 19. "Crusade" • 20. "Camelot"

Season 10

01. "Flesh and Blood" • 02. "Morpheus" • 03. "The Pegasus Project" • 04. "Insiders" • 05. "Uninvited" • 06. "200" • 07. "Counterstrike" • 08. "Memento Mori" • 09. "Company of Thieves" • 10. "The Quest", Part 1 (1 of 2) • 11. "The Quest", Part 2 (2 of 2) • 12. "Line in the Sand" • 13. "The Road Not Taken" • 14. "The Shroud" • 15. "Bounty" • 16. "Bad Guys" • 17. "Talion" • 18. "Family Ties" • 19. "Dominion" • 20. "Unending"

See also: Stargate • Stargate Atlantis • Stargate: The Ark of Truth • Stargate: Continuum • Stargate Universe • Kino webisodes