Stargate SG-1 Season 2

Stargate SG-1 Season 2
Last Season 2 5-DVD set cover
Country of origin	USA Canada
No. of episodes	22
Broadcast
Original channel	Showtime
Original run	June 26, 1998 (Showtime) — February 10, 1999 (Sky One)
Home video release
DVD release
Region 1	September 3, 2002
Region 2	January 27, 2003
Region 4	February 18, 2004
Season chronology
Season 1 Season 3

Season two of Stargate SG-1 began airing on June 26, 1998 on Showtime. The second season concluded after 22 episodes on February 10, 1999 on British Sky One, which overtook Showtime in mid-season. The series was developed by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, who also served as executive producers. Season two regular cast members include Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, and Don S. Davis.

Production

Vaitiare Bandera, who plays Sha're, was actually pregnant with Michael Shanks' child during the filming of "Secrets". Following the events in the episode "A Matter of Time", Sally Malcolm would write two books, A Matter of Honor and The Cost of Honor, that detail SG-1's attempts to save SG-10 from the planet. The late Season 2 episode "Serpent's Song" was the first SG-1 episode that was directed by Peter DeLuise. He would go on to direct more episodes than any other director involved with the series, even passing Martin Wood, who began directing in Season 1. "Out of Mind" was the second time a clip show has been used, the first being Season 1 episode "Politics".

Release and reception

"Holiday" gained a 4.2 rating on the Nielsen ratings, making it Stargate SG-1's strongest episode in its ten-season run. Stargate SG-1 was nominated for a Saturn Award in the category "Best Genre Cable/Syndicated Series". Richard Dean Anderson was honored with a Saturn Award for "Best Genre TV Actor". Daria Ellerman was nominated for a Gemini Award for "Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series". The episode "Holiday" was nominated for a Gemini in the category "Best Achievement in Make-Up".

Episodes

"The Serpent's Lair" "In the Line of Duty" "Prisoners" "The Gamekeeper" "Need" "Thor's Chariot" "Message in a Bottle" "Family" "Secrets" "Bane" "The Tok'ra", Part 1 "The Tok'ra", Part 2 "Spirits" "Touchstone" "The Fifth Race" "A Matter of Time" "Holiday" "Serpent's Song" "One False Step" "Show and Tell" "1969"

Image	Title	Ep. Nb	Written by	Directed by	Original air date
	"The Serpent's Lair" (3 of 3)	2.01	Brad Wright	Jonathan Glassner	26 June 1998
	SG-1 must stop Apophis's invasion force before it reaches Earth, and escape with their lives.
	"In the Line of Duty"	2.02	Robert C. Cooper	Martin Wood	3 July 1998
	Carter is possessed by a Goa'uld who claims to be an enemy of the System Lords. The Goa'uld, Jolinar of Malkshur, is being hunted by an assassin.
	"Prisoners"	2.03		David Warry-Smith	10 July 1998
	SG-1 is put on trial and exiled to a prison world, where a woman maintains a strange control over her fellow prisoners.
	"The Gamekeeper"	2.04	Story by: Jonathan Glassner, Brad Wright Teleplay by: Jonathan Glassner	Martin Wood	17 July 1998
	SG-1 is imprisoned in a virtual reality realm and forced to relive the worst moments of their lives over and over.
	"Need"	2.05	Story by: Robert C. Cooper Teleplay by: Robert C. Cooper	David Warry-Smith	24 July 1998
	Jackson becomes addicted to the effects of a Goa'uld sarcophagus, and falls for the planet's manipulative princess.
	"Thor's Chariot"	2.06	Katharyn Powers	William Gereghty	31 July 1998
	SG-1 returns to Cimmeria, and finds that without protection from the Asgard the planet has been invaded by the Goa'uld.
	"Message in a Bottle"	2.07	Story by: Michael Greenburg Teleplay by: Brad Wright	David Warry-Smith	7 August 1998
	SG-1 discovers an ancient artifact that takes O'Neill and the S.G.C. hostage.
	"Family"	2.08	Katharyn Powers	William Gereghty	14 August 1998
	The SG-1 team attempt to rescue Teal'c's son, who has been kidnapped and brainwashed by Apophis. Teal'c learns disturbing news about his wife.
	"Secrets"	2.09			21 August 1998
	Daniel Jackson discovers that his wife has returned to Abydos, and is nine months pregnant with the son of Apophis. O'Neill must keep the secret of the Stargate program from being uncovered.
	"Bane"	2.10	Robert C. Cooper	David Warry-Smith	25 September 1998
	Teal'c is infected with deadly venom from a giant insect, and begins a terrible transformation. When he escapes the S.G.C., SG-1 must find him before Colonel Maybourne does.
	"The Tok'ra", Part 1 (1 of 2)	2.11	Jonathan Glassner	Brad Turner	2 October 1998
	SG-1 locates the Tok'ra, a Goa'uld resistance movement who oppose the System Lords, and attempt to form an alliance. Jacob Carter's cancer brings him near death.
	"The Tok'ra", Part 2 (2 of 2)	2.12	Jonathan Glassner	Brad Turner	11 October 1998
	While SG-1 tries to form an alliance with the Tok'ra, a spy betrays the rebels to the Goa'uld. Jacob Carter finds that the Tok'ra may be his only hope of survival.
	"Spirits"	2.13		Martin Wood	23 October 1998
	SG-1 finds a planet inhabited by Native American Indians, protected by spirits who are actually advanced alien shapeshifters.
	"Touchstone"	2.14		Brad Turner	30 October 1998
	SG-1 is accused of stealing an important weather-controlling device, sending a primitive planet into chaos. The team discovers that Earth's second Stargate is being misused.
	"The Fifth Race"	2.15	Robert C. Cooper	David Warry-Smith	Unknown
	O'Neill becomes the unwilling receptacle for a library of alien knowledge, and ends up at an unlikely meeting with the Asgard.
	"A Matter of Time"	2.16	Story by: Misha Rashovich Teleplay by: Brad Wright	Martin Wood	Unknown
	After gating to a world on the edge of a black hole, the S.G.C. cannot disengage the Stargate. All of Earth becomes endangered by the time-distorting gravity field.
	"Holiday"	2.17		David Warry-Smith	Unknown
	SG-1 discovers an elderly man known for developing technology to fight the Goa'uld. Daniel is tricked into switching bodies with the man, Ma'chello, who believes he is "owed" for all the good he has done.
	"Serpent's Song"	2.18	Katharyn Powers		Unknown
	Apophis, SG-1's greatest enemy, seeks sanctuary from Sokar and ends up near death in the S.G.C. infirmary.
	"One False Step"	2.19			Unknown
	A group of primitive aliens begin to fall deathly ill after SG-1 arrives.
	"Show and Tell"	2.20	Jonathan Glassner		Unknown
	A young boy arrives through the Stargate, and warns of plot by invisible aliens to kill all of the human race in order to rob the Goa'uld of potential hosts.
	"1969"	2.21	Brad Wright	Charles Correll	Unknown
	A cosmic accident causes SG-1 to be sent back 30 years into Earth's past, where they must locate the Stargate and find a way home.
	"Out of Mind" (1 of 2)	2.22	Story by: Jonathan Glassner, Brad Wright Teleplay by: Jonathan Glassner	Martin Wood	Unknown
	O'Neill, Carter and Jackson awaken from stasis in what appears to be the S.G.C. — almost 80 years in the future. The three are asked to recall key events from their journeys.