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{{Infobox Season
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 | series       = 1
 | season       = 4
 | image        = Stargate SG-1 Season 4 DVD cover.jpg
 | caption      = Last Season 4 5-DVD set cover
 | country      = {{USA}}<br/>{{CAN}}
 | num episodes = 22
 | network      = [[Network::Showtime]]
 | first aired  = [[Start date::June 30, 2000]] ([[Showtime]])
 | last aired   = [[End date::February 14, 2001]] ([[Sky One]])
 | region 1     = [[Region 1 release::September 2, 2003]]
 | region 2     = [[Region 2 release::March 31, 2003]]
 | region 3     = 
 | region 4     = [[Region 4 release::August 18, 2004]]
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 | prev         = [[Stargate SG-1 Season 3|Season 3]]
 | next         = [[Stargate SG-1 Season 5|Season 5]]
 | episode list = [[Stargate SG-1 list of episodes|List of episodes]]
}}
'''Season four''' of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' began airing on June 30, 2000 on [[Showtime]]. The fourth season concluded after 22 episodes on February 14, 2001 on British [[Sky One]], which overtook Showtime in mid-season. The series was developed by [[Brad Wright]] and [[Jonathan Glassner]]. Season four regular cast members include [[Richard Dean Anderson]], [[Michael Shanks]], [[Amanda Tapping]], [[Christopher Judge]], and [[Don S. Davis]].

==Production and release==

In the scene in "[[Episode:Divide and Conquer|Divide and Conquer]]" that flashes back to the events in Upgrades, where Carter and O'Neill are trapped on opposite sides of the forcefield, lines were written but the actors chose not to say them.<ref>DVD audio commentary for "[[Episode:Divide and Conquer|Divide and Conquer]]"</ref> In "[[Episode:Watergate|Watergate]]", melted toxic {{w|wax}} was used to give Maybourne a frozen look. [[Tom McBeath]] couldn't breathe it in or would have risked his own health.<ref name="d">{{cite web|author=Jaclyn |url=http://thefifthrace.net/tom.htm |title=Tom McBeath – Characters, bad guys and… chewing gum?   |publisher=''The Fifth Race.net'' | language=| accessdate=2009-04-06}}</ref> The actual ending of the episode where O'Neill proposes that the two races had just exchanged hostages was not the intended ending, which is why the episode appears to end so abruptly.<ref>DVD commentaries for "[[Episode:Watergate|Watergate]]"</ref> In "Beneath the Surface", Thera and Jonah were supposed to kiss to confirm that they were in a relationship, but this was dropped because O'Neill had already kissed Carter earlier in the season in "[[Episode:Window of Opportunity|Window of Opportunity]]".<ref>DVD commentaries for "[[Episode:Beneath the Surface|Beneath the Surface]]"</ref>

"[[Episode:Chain Reaction|Chain Reaction]]" made many references to the movie ''{{w|The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs}}''. As Lecter does with Clarice in the movie, [[Harry Maybourne]] refers to ''{{w|quid pro quo}}'', should O'Neill really want to get help from him. Another reference is the final telephonic conversation between O'Neill and Maybourne, the latter calling from an exotic place, just as Lecter called Clarice Starling at the end of ''The Silence of the Lambs''.<ref>DVD commentary for "[[Episode:Chain Reaction|Chain Reaction]]"</ref> "[[Episode:Double Jeopardy|Double Jeopardy]]" is the only ''Stargate SG-1'' episode directed by actor [[Michael Shanks]]. This episode serves as a sequel to the Season 1 episode "[[Episode:Tin Man|Tin Man]]", where the robotic SG-1 team first appeared. The artificial Daniel Jackson wears a bandana covering his hair, as he was created when Daniel (and Shanks) had long hair. "[[Episode:Exodus|Exodus]]" is the last season finale that ends on a cliffhanger until Season Nine's "[[Episode:Camelot|Camelot]]".

"[[Episode:Small Victories|Small Victories]]" was nominated for a 2001 {{w|Emmy Award}} in the category "Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series" and a 2001 {{w|Gemini Award}} in the category "Best Visual Effects". "[[Episode:Tangent|Tangent]]" was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Visual Effects". "[[Episode:The Curse|The Curse]]" was nominated for a {{w|Leo Award}} in the category "Best Visual Effects of Dramatic Series" "[[episode:The Light|The Light]]" won a Leo Award in the category "Best Production Design of Dramatic Series". "[[Episode:Exodus|Exodus]]" was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series".

== Cast ==

=== Main characters ===

{|class="wikitable" width=50%
!Actor
!Character
!Number of episodes
|-
| [[Richard Dean Anderson]] || [[Colonel]] [[Jack O'Neill]] || 22/22 episodes
|-
| [[Michael Shanks]] || [[Doctor|Dr.]] [[Daniel Jackson]] || 21/22 episodes
|-
| [[Amanda Tapping]] || [[Major]] [[Samantha Carter]] || 22/22 episodes
|-
| [[Christopher Judge]] || [[Teal'c]] || 22/22 episodes
|-
| [[Don S. Davis]] || [[Major General]] [[George Hammond]] || 21/22 episodes
|}

=== Recurring characters ===

{|class="wikitable" width=50%
!Actor
!Character
!Number of episodes
|-
| [[Teryl Rothery]] || [[Janet Fraiser]] || 12/22 episodes
|-
| [[Gary Jones]] || [[Walter Harriman]] || 11/22 episodes
|-
| [[Dan Shea]] || [[Siler]] || 8/22 episodes
|-
| [[Peter Williams]] || [[Apophis]] || 3/22 episodes
|-
| [[Carmen Argenziano]] || [[Jacob Carter]]/[[Selmak]] || 3/22 episodes
|-
| [[Vanessa Angel]] || [[Anise]]/[[Freya]] || 3/22 episodes
|-
| [[Russell Ferrier]] || [[Griff]] || 3/22 episodes
|-
| [[Colin Cunningham]] || [[Paul Davis]] || 3/22 episodes
|-
| [[Daniel Bacon]] || [[Benson]] || 3/22 episodes
|-
| [[Ronny Cox]] || [[Robert Kinsey]] || 2/22 episodes
|-
| [[Peter Wingfield]] || [[Tanith]] || 2/22 episodes
|-
| [[Tom McBeath]] || [[Harry Maybourne]] || 2/22 episodes
|-
| [[Ron Halder]] || [[Cronus]] || 2/22 episodes
|-
| [[Steven Williams]] || [[Maurice Vidrine]] || 2/22 episodes
|}

== Episodes ==

{| class="wikitable" width=100%
! width="152" | Image
!Title
!Number
!Airdate
!Planet(s)
!Race(s)
!Enemies
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Small Victories.jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:Small Victories|Small Victories]]"''' ''(Part 2 of 2)''
|4.01
|June 30, [[2000]]
|[[Earth]], [[Othala (planet)|Othala]]
|[[Asgards]], [[Replicators]]
|[[Replicators]]
|-
|colspan="6"|[[Jack O'Neill|O'Neill]] and [[Teal'c]] risk their lives to keep the [[Replicator]] bugs from gaining a [[Blackbird|foothold]] on [[Earth]], while [[Samantha Carter|Carter]] helps the [[Asgards]] fend off a Replicator invasion.
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:The Other Side.jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:The Other Side|The Other Side]]"'''
|4.02
|July 7, [[2000]]
|[[Earth]], [[Euronda]]
|[[Eurondans]], [[Breeders]]
|[[Alar]], [[Farrell]]
|-
|colspan="6"|A [[Eurondans|warring alien race]] offers to exchange their [[Eurondan technology|advanced technology]] for [[Earth]]'s help in defeating [[Breeders|their enemy]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Upgrades.jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:Upgrades|Upgrades]]"'''
|4.03
|July 14, [[2000]]
|[[Earth]], [[PX9-757]]
|[[Atanik]], [[Jaffa]], [[Tok'ra]]
|[[Serpent Guard]]s
|-
|colspan="6"|A [[Anise|Tok'ra archaeologist]] arrives at the [[S.G.C.]] with newly discovered [[Atoniek technology|technology]], giving the [[SG-1]] team [[Atoniek armband|superhuman powers]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Crossroads (episode).jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:Crossroads|Crossroads]]"'''
|4.04
|July 21, [[2000]]
|[[Earth]], [[Vorash]]
|[[Goa'uld]], [[Tok'ra]]
|[[Tanith]]
|-
|colspan="6"|[[Teal'c]] is reunited with his [[Shan'auc|lost love]] &mdash; a woman who claims to have found a [[Kelno'reem|way to communicate]] with her [[symbiote]] and defeat the [[Goa'ulds]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Divide and Conquer.jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:Divide and Conquer|Divide and Conquer]]"'''
|4.05
|July 28, [[2000]]
|[[Earth]], [[P6Y-325]], [[Vorash]]
|[[Tok'ra]]
|[[Za'tarc]], [[Martouf]]
|-
|colspan="6"|When a [[Thomas Graham|member of the S.G.C.]] tries to kill a [[Per'sus|Tok'ra]], it is revealed that [[Jack O'Neill|O'Neill]] and [[Samantha Carter|Carter]] may be victims of an untraceable form of Goa'uld [[za'tarc|mind control]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Window of Opportunity.jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:Window of Opportunity|Window of Opportunity]]"'''
|4.06
|August 4, [[2000]]
|[[Earth]], [[P4X-639]]
|N/A
|[[Malakai]]
|-
|colspan="6"|[[Jack O'Neill|O'Neill]] and [[Teal'c]] are caught in a [[time loop]] in the [[S.G.C.]], and must relive the same 10 hours over and over again.
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Watergate (episode).jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[episode:Watergate|Watergate]]"'''
|4.07
|August 11, [[2000]]
|[[Earth]], [[Water planet]]
|[[Water-based life form]]
|[[Water-based life form]]
|-
|colspan="6"|The [[Russians]] recover a [[Stargate]] from the [[Episode:Small Victories|bottom of the ocean]], and turn to the [[S.G.C.]] for help when their experiments go awry.
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:The First Ones.jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:The First Ones|The First Ones]]"'''
|4.08
|August 18, [[2000]]
|[[Earth]], [[P3X-888]]
|[[Unas]]
|[[Robert Rothman]], [[Unas]]
|-
|colspan="6"|After Dr. [[Daniel Jackson|Jackson]] is taken captive by an [[Unas]] while on an archaeological dig, the [[S.G.C.]] mounts a rescue operation &mdash; but discovers a danger of their own.
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Scorched Earth.jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:Scorched Earth|Scorched Earth]]"'''
|4.09
|August 25, [[2000]]
|[[Enkaran home world]], [[P5S-381]], [[Earth]]
|[[Gadmeer]], [[Enkaran]]
|N/A
|-
|colspan="6"|[[SG-1]] is caught in a conflict between two civilizations trying to colonize the [[P5S-381|same planet]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Beneath the Surface.jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:Beneath the Surface|Beneath the Surface]]"'''
|4.10
|September 1, [[2000]]
|[[P3R-118]], [[Earth]]
|N/A
|[[Calder]]
|-
|colspan="6"|The members of [[SG-1]] are used as forced labor in an [[P3R-118 underground facility|underground alien facility]] after their memories are erased by the [[People of P3R-118|ruling elite]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Point of No Return.jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:Point of No Return|Point of No Return]]"'''
|4.11
|September 8, [[2000]]
|[[Earth]], [[Martin's world]]
|[[Martin's people]]
|[[Peter Tanner]]
|-
|colspan="6"|[[SG-1]] investigates a [[Martin Lloyd|conspiracy theorist]] who has detailed knowledge of the [[Stargate program]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Tangent.jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[episode:Tangent|Tangent]]"'''
|4.12
|September 15, [[2000]]
|[[Earth]], [[Jupiter]]
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|colspan="6"|A test gone wrong leaves [[Jack O'Neill|Jack]] and [[Teal'c]] marooned in [[space]] aboard a [[X-301|damaged prototype attack ship]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:The Curse.jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:The Curse|The Curse]]"'''
|4.13
|September 22, [[2000]]
|[[Earth]]
|[[Goa'ulds]]
|[[Osiris]]
|-
|colspan="6"|When his [[David Jordan|former mentor]] dies, Dr. [[Daniel Jackson|Jackson]] returns to his roots &mdash; and discovers an ancient [[Stasis jar|Egyptian artifact]] containing a [[Osiris|Goa'uld parasite]]. 
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:The Serpent's Venom.jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:The Serpent's Venom|The Serpent's Venom]]"'''
|4.14
|September 29, [[2000]]
|[[Chulak]], [[Earth]], [[Tobin system]]
|[[Goa'ulds]], [[Jaffas]], [[Tobins]], [[Tok'ra]]
|[[Apophis]], [[Heru'ur]], [[Terok]]
|-
|colspan="6"|[[SG-1]] must stop [[Apophis]] and [[Heru'ur]] from forming an alliance of their powerful forces, while [[Teal'c]] is captured and [[torture]]d by the [[Goa'uld]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Chain Reaction.jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:Chain Reaction|Chain Reaction]]"'''
|4.15
|December 13, [[2000]]
|[[Earth]]
|N/A
|[[Robert Kinsey]], [[National Intelligence Department|NID]]
|-
|colspan="6"|[[SG-1]] must adjust to a [[Bauer|new commanding officer]] when General [[George Hammond|Hammond]] steps down &mdash; but [[Jack O'Neill|O'Neill]] discovers foul play behind the general's resignation.
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:2010 (episode).jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:2010|2010]]"'''
|4.16
|January 3, [[2001]]
|[[Earth]]
|[[Aschens]]
|[[Aschens]]
|-
|colspan="6"|[[2010|Ten years into the future]], the former members of [[SG-1 (2010 reality)|SG-1]] must send a message into the [[2000|past]] to prevent the extinction of the human race.
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Absolute Power.jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:Absolute Power|Absolute Power]]"'''
|4.17
|January 10, [[2001]]
|[[Abydos]], [[Earth]]
|[[Abydonians]], [[Harsesis]]
|N/A
|-
|colspan="6"|[[SG-1 (Absolute Power hallucination)|Jackson's teammates]] notice a disturbing change in [[Daniel Jackson (Absolute Power hallucination)|him]] when he is reunited with the [[Harcesis]] [[Shifu|child]] and given the Goa'uld [[genetic memory]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:The Light (episode).jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:The Light|The Light]]"'''
|4.18
|January 17, [[2001]]
|[[Earth]], [[P4X-347]]
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|colspan="6"|[[SG-1]] finds a [[P4X-347|deserted Goa'uld palace]], where a [[Light emitter|beautiful device]] causes [[Barber|suicidal tendencies]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Prodigy (episode).jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:Prodigy|Prodigy]]"'''
|4.19
|January 24, [[2001]]
|[[Earth]], [[M4C-862]]
|[[Energy beings of M4C-862]]
|[[Energy beings of M4C-862]]s
|-
|colspan="6"|[[Samantha Carter|Carter]] must help keep a [[Jennifer Hailey|promising young cadet]] from throwing away a future at the [[S.G.C.]] [[Jack O'Neill|O'Neill]] and [[Teal'c]] encounter a [[light aliens|dangerous life form]] at an [[M4C-862|offworld research base]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Entity.jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:Entity|Entity]]"'''
|4.20
|January 31, [[2001]]
|[[Earth]], [[P9C-372]]
|[[Entity]]
|[[Entity]]
|-
|colspan="6"|The [[S.G.C.]] is invaded by an [[energy-based entities|alien life force]] that takes up residence in the [[Stargate Command dialing computer|base computer system]] &mdash; and in [[Major]] [[Samantha Carter|Carter]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Double Jeopardy.jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:Double Jeopardy|Double Jeopardy]]"'''
|4.21
|February 7, [[2001]]
|[[Earth]], [[Juna]]
|[[Altairans]], [[Goa'ulds]], [[Jaffas]], [[People of Juna]]
|[[Cronus]]
|-
|colspan="6"|[[SG-1]] must rescue an [[Juna|alien world]] from the [[Goa'uld]] &mdash; with help from an [[SG-1 (robots)|unexpected source]]. [[Teal'c]] seeks revenge on the [[System Lord]] [[Cronus]] for the murder of [[Teal'c's father|his father]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Exodus (episode).jpg|150px]]
|'''"[[Episode:Exodus|Exodus]]"''' ''(part 1 of 2)''
|4.22
|February 14, [[2001]]
|[[Vorash]]
|[[Goa'ulds]], [[Tok'ra]]
|[[Apophis]], [[Tanith]]
|-
|colspan="6"|[[SG-1]] helps to evacuate the [[Tok'ra]] to a new base &mdash; but matters are complicated when a [[Tanith|spy]] reveals their location to [[Apophis]]. The team attempts a daring plan to take out the [[Goa'uld]]'s powerful fleet.
|}

== References ==

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