Stargate SG-1 Season 3

Stargate SG-1 Season 3
Last Season 3 5-DVD set cover
Country of origin	USA Canada
No. of episodes	22
Broadcast
Original channel	Showtime
Original run	June 25, 1999 (Showtime) — March 8, 2000 (Sky One)
Home video release
DVD release
Region 1	June 17, 2003
Region 2	February 24, 2003
Region 4	May 12, 2004
Season chronology
Season 2 Season 4
List of episodes

The third season of Stargate SG-1 commenced airing on Showtime in the United States on June 25, 1999, concluded on Sky1 in the United Kingdom on March 8, 2000, and contained 22 episodes. The third continues the plot started in season one, the third season follows SG-1 in their fight against the Goa'uld Empire's System Lords, the main being Sokar until "The Devil You Know" and then Apophis after regaining power after the event in "The Devil You Know." The season introduces the long unseen and unnamed enemy of the Asgards, the Replicators who are self-replicating machines that seek to convert all civilizations technology into more of themselves, thus posing a dire threat to all other beings. The Replicators are first mentioned, but not named, in season three episode "Fair Game".

The one-hour premiere "Into the Fire", which debuted on June 25, 1999 on Showtime did not receive any syndication rating, but overall got a high viewership level. The series was developed by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, who also served as executive producers. Season 3 regular cast members include Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, and Don S. Davis.

Production

"Deadman Switch" is the first episode in which the Stargate is not seen. "Demons" was Carl Binder's first and only contribution to Stargate SG-1. He would later become a staff writer on the spin-off series Stargate Atlantis.

The urban outdoor scenes of Tollana in "Pretense" were shot on the main campus of Simon Fraser University (S.F.U.) in Burnaby, a small city just east of Vancouver.

Actor Dom DeLuise, who played Urgo and Togar in "Urgo", is the father of director Peter DeLuise, and Urgo's transformation into an Air Force officer was played by Peter. "Urgo" marked the first time a DeLuise guest-starred on the show. Dom's sons Peter, Michael, and David, Dom's daughter-in-law and Peter's wife, Anne Marie, had on-screen roles in later seasons. Dom DeLuise ad-libbed most of his lines. According to the Official Guide to Seasons Three and Four, very few scenes include Teal'c, since actor Christopher Judge couldn't keep a straight face.

When Seth is killed in "Seth", Jack O'Neill's "Hail Dorothy" is a reference to The Wizard of Oz.

Reception

"Into the Fire" was nominated for a Leo Award in the category "Best Cinematography in a Dramatic Series". For "Point of View", Amanda Tapping was nominated for a Leo Award in the category "Best Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series". For "Forever in a Day", Michael Shanks was nominated for a Leo Award in the category "Best Performance by a male in a Dramatic Series". "The Devil You Know" was nominated for a Leo Award in the category "Best Production Design in a Dramatic Series". For "A Hundred Days", Brad Wright and Victoria James were nominated for a Leo Award in the category "Best Screenwriter of a Dramatic Series". "Nemesis" was nominated for an Emmy in the category "Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series", and won a Leo Award in the category "Best Overall Sound in a Dramatic Series".

Episodes

"Into the Fire" "Seth" "Fair Game" "Legacy" "Learning Curve" "Point of View" "Deadman Switch" "Demons" "Rules of Engagement" "Forever in a Day" "Past and Present" "Jolinar's Memories" "The Devil You Know" "Foothold" "Pretense" "Urgo" "A Hundred Days" "Shades of Grey" "New Ground" "Maternal Instinct" "Crystal Skull" "Nemesis"

Image	Title	Ep. Nb	Written by	Directed by	Original air date
	"Into the Fire" (2 of 2)	3.01	Brad Wright	Martin Wood	25 June 1999
	O'Neill, Carter and Jackson must escape Hathor's clutches, while Teal'c tries to raise a Jaffa army on Chulak. General Hammond must take desperate measures to rescue the team.
	"Seth"	3.02	Jonathan Glassner		2 July 1999
	SG-1 must find a renegade Goa'uld who has been hiding on Earth for thousands of years.
	"Fair Game"	3.03	Robert C. Cooper	Martin Wood	9 July 1999
	The Asgard aid Earth in negotiating a nonaggression treaty with the Goa'uld System Lords.
	"Legacy"	3.04			16 July 1999
	When Daniel goes insane, SG-1 must deal with the legacy of Machello's anti-Goa'uld technology.
	"Learning Curve"	3.05		Martin Wood	22 July 1999
	SG-1 discovers a planet where children are used to acquire knowledge for the entire population, then discarded.
	"Point of View"	3.06	Story by: Robert C. Cooper, Jonathan Glassner Teleplay by: Jonathan Glassner		30 July 1999
	SG-1 must free an alternate reality Earth from a Goa'uld invasion after duplicates of Samantha Carter and Charles Kawalsky come through the quantum mirror.
	"Deadman Switch"	3.07	Robert C. Cooper	Martin Wood	6 August 1999
	SG-1 is taken captive by an alien bounty hunter with uncertain loyalties.
	"Demons"	3.08	Carl Binder		13 August 1999
	SG-1 finds a medieval Christian society terrorized by Sokar and the Unas, and is accused of being possessed by demons.
	"Rules of Engagement"	3.09		William Gereghty	19 August 1999
	SG-1 discovers a military camp where young men are trained to impersonate SGC personnel to infiltrate Earth.
	"Forever in a Day"	3.10	Jonathan Glassner		8 October 1999
	Jackson deals with the apparent death of his wife, Sha're, at the hands of Teal'c.
	"Past and Present"	3.11		William Gereghty	15 October 1999
	SG-1 discovers a planet of people with amnesia, and a familiar enemy returns to the SGC wearing an unfamiliar face.
	"Jolinar's Memories" (1 of 2)	3.12			22 October 1999
	When Major Carter's father Jacob is kidnapped by Sokar, the SG-1 team must infiltrate a prison moon designed to look like hell to rescue him.
	"The Devil You Know" (2 of 2)	3.13	Robert C. Cooper		29 October 1999
	SG-1 must escape a hellish prison moon, and one of their worst enemies.
	"Foothold"	3.14		Andy Mikita	Unknown
	SG-1 returns from a mission and discovers that metamorphic aliens have taken over the complex.
	"Pretense"	3.15	Katharyn Powers	David Warry-Smith	Unknown
	The Tollans put Skaara and Klorel on trial to determine who will control the host body.
	"Urgo"	3.16			Unknown
	SG-1 receives alien brain implants that manifest themselves as a bizarre man, who tells them that they would not survive the procedure to remove him.
	"A Hundred Days"	3.17		David Warry-Smith	Unknown
	After a meteor strike buries the Stargate, O'Neill finds himself stranded on a planet with no hope of rescue.
	"Shades of Grey"	3.18	Jonathan Glassner	Martin Wood	Unknown
	O'Neill steals technology from the Tollans, and is forced to leave the Stargate program. Maybourne offers an intriguing proposal.
	"New Ground"	3.19			Unknown
	The members of SG-1 are imprisoned on a planet and become pawns in a war of ideology.
	"Maternal Instinct"	3.20	Robert C. Cooper	Peter F. Woeste	25 February 2000
	SG-1 discovers the mystical planet Kheb, and must find the Harcesis child of Apophis and Amaunet before Apophis's army does.
	"Crystal Skull"	3.21	Story by: Michael Greenburg	Brad Turner	3 March 2000
	An alien artifact causes Daniel to disappear, and the team looks for help from his institutionalized grandfather.
	"Nemesis" (1 of 2)	3.22	Robert C. Cooper	David Warry-Smith, Martin Wood	Unknown
	SG-1 faces creatures of mass destruction that even the Asgard can't control, and must destroy Thor's infested vessel before the Replicator bugs reach Earth.