Stargate SG-1 Season 8

Stargate SG-1 Season 8
	Last Season 8 5-DVD set cover
Country of origin	USA; Canada
No. of episodes	20
Broadcast
Original channel	Sci Fi Channel
Original run	July 9, 2004 (Sci Fi Channel) — February 22, 2005 (Sky1)
Home video release
	DVD release
Region 1	October 4, 2005
Region 2	February 27, 2006
Region 4	August 17, 2006
Season chronology
	List of episodes
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Season eight of Stargate SG-1 began airing on July 9, 2004 on the Sci Fi channel. The eighth season concluded on February 22, 2005, after 20 episodes on British Sky1, which overtook the Sci Fi Channel in mid-season. This was the first season of the show to have 20 episodes instead of 22, as well as the first to air concurrently with Stargate SG-1 spinoff series Stargate Atlantis (the first season thereof). The series was originally developed by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, while Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper served as executive producers. Season eight regular cast members include Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, and Michael Shanks. The eighth season begins with the SG-1 team trying to revive Colonel Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) after the events of the seventh season. At the end of the two-episode season opener, Colonel O'Neill is promoted to General and assumes command of Stargate Command (SGC), while Major Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) is promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and assumes command of SG-1. The season arc centers around the growing threat and seemingly final defeat of the Goa'uld and the Replicators, races who were introduced in the first and third season of the show, respectively.

Production

Cast and characters

The regular cast members of season eight are Richard Dean Anderson as Colonel/Brigadier General Jack O'Neill, Amanda Tapping as Major/Lieutenant Colonel Samantha Carter, Christopher Judge as the Jaffa Teal'c, and Michael Shanks as Dr. Daniel Jackson. After O'Neill's promotion to commander of Stargate Command, Carter assumes command of SG-1. Despite being one of the main characters, Anderson's time on set was further reduced from previous seasons, and he only worked 3.5 out of 5 working days per week.^[1] After seven years of shaving his head for his role, Judge was granted his wish to have hair in season 8.^[2]

The first season of Stargate Atlantis was filmed in parallel to the eighth season of SG-1, and aired in the time slot immediately following SG-1. Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks appeared in the pilot episode of Stargate Atlantis. Beginning with "New Order" and continuing into the spinoff series Stargate Atlantis, Torri Higginson replaced Jessica Steen as Dr. Elizabeth Weir. Ellie Harvie, who first appeared in "Prometheus Unbound" as Lindsey Novak, later became a regular on Stargate Atlantis

Among the notable guest stars in season eight were Steve Bacic, who Robert C. Cooper already had in mind for the part of Camulus in three of the first four episodes of season 8.^[3] Bacic is known for playing Gaheris Rhade and Telemachus Rhade on Andromeda, and previously played SG Team leader Major Coburn in "Maternal Instinct" and "The First Ones". "New Order" also marks the first appearance of Colonel Lionel Pendergast (Barclay Hope). "Prometheus Unbound" guest starred Claudia Black, of Farscape fame, as Vala Mal Doran. Black had originally been considered for the role of Krista in "Affinity", but her schedule did not allow it. Krista was then played by Erica Durance, who played Lois Lane in Smallville ^[4] and Black would later join the cast of Stargate as a regular, playing Vala in seasons 9 and 10. Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson on The Simpsons, guest starred as Joe Spencer in the episode "Citizen Joe". Charles Shaughnessy, known from his role in The Nanny as Maxwell Sheffield, appeared as Colson in "Covenant". Tony Amendola appears again as Bra'tac, and Carmen Argenziano as Jacob Carter/Selmak. Another recurring actor is Mel Harris as Oma Desala in "Threads".

With the defeat of the Goa'ulds in "Reckoning"/"Threads", several actors make their final appearance in season eight. Yu, the longest-running Goa'uld recurring character, dies. Season eight also sees the final defeat of main villain Anubis. After David Palffy played Anubis from seasons five through seven, the entity that made up Anubis was portrayed by Michael Shanks, Gavin Hood, Holly Ferguson, Amanda Tapping and Richard Dean Anderson in "Lockdown", by Dean Aylesworth and Rik Kiviaho in "Reckoning", and finally by George Dzundza in "Threads". As with the two preceding seasons' finales, "Moebius" was intended to be the Stargate SG-1 series finale, and as such many actors reprised their roles from past episodes: Don S. Davis as George Hammond, Peter Williams as Apophis, Colin Cunningham as Major Davis, and Jay Acovone as Charles Kawalsky. "Moebius" was the last episode to feature Richard Dean Anderson as a main cast member.

The main technician (played by Gary Jones), who sported the name "Norman Davis" on his uniform for seven years, was officially renamed "Walter Harriman". In the episode "2010", O'Neill referred to him as "Walter". Simply renaming the character to "Walter Davis" did not clear, so he was renamed to "Walter Harriman" after Hammond had called him "Airman", which sounds similar to "Harriman", in the pilot episode.^[5] Joseph Mallozzi explained the resulting incongruity by positing that Harriman is Walter's married name.^[6]

One scene in "Zero Hour" featured Pierre Bernard as a technician. Bernard is a graphics designer for the NBC show Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and was offered the cameo on SG-1 after a rant on Late Night in which he said the show was better without Daniel Jackson. The show's writers named his character "O'Brien" as a tongue-in-cheek reference.^[1]^[6]^[7] The Stargate producers later invited Bernard back to the set for a scene in the 200th episode of SG-1.^[8]

Writing

After production wrapped on season seven, the writers came together and pitched ideas for Stargate's eighth and presumably final season.^[3] Seasons five through seven had previously been expected to be the last, but the show was renewed each year.^[9] The team ultimately agreed on about ten initial episodes, two of which would comprise a two-hour premiere intended to address issues remaining from the season seven finale.^[3]

In the first draft of "New Order", Part 1, Richard Woolsey assumed command of the S.G.C., but in the end the writers decided that the character of Dr. Weir suited the story better because of her background in diplomacy. She also offered a link to the Atlantis spin-off and was seen as a better candidate to offer O'Neill his promotion.^[3] The end of "New Order" with Fifth creating Replicator Carter was also not in the original outline. Robert C. Cooper came up with the twist while he was writing the script.^[3] Originally, Anubis was planned to end up on a fiery planet at the end of "Lockdown", but Joseph Mallozzi opted for the frozen world instead.^[10]

The idea for "Icon" came from Damian Kindler pitching a story in season seven "in which Carter is stranded off-world, struggling to survive, while the rest of the team mounts a desperate bid to rescue her". In November 2003, in preparation of season eight, the writers felt that they already had enough Carter stories and attempted to redress the balance by making it a Daniel story with the working title "English Patient Daniel".^[11] "Affinity" was originally intended to air after "Covenant". Airing "Affinity" first creates the minor continuity error of Daniel already knowing the name, disclosed in "Covenant", of the newly-formed Trust.^[4]

The writers always wanted to do a "fish out of water" story wholly dedicated to Teal'c and his attempts to fit into Earth society, but later felt that the only opportunity would have been in season one.^[4] The script of "Full Alert" called for a large military build-up and a potential worldwide confrontation, but the show's budget was limited. As such, screens were erected to sell the point of an impending military conflict on a global scale. Furthermore, stock shots of jets landing on aircraft carriers and missile silos opening were used to accommodate financial concerns.^[12]

Filming

The eighth season of Stargate SG-1 was filmed over an eight-month period, with twelve-hour days five times each week. Filming started at 7.00 AM, broke for a half-hour lunch break in the afternoon, and ended at 7.30 PM.^[13] The directors usually received scripts around two weeks before shooting started.^[14] Early seasons had 7.5 days to shoot an episode but with careful planning, season eight reduced this time to six days.^[14] Richard Dean Anderson only worked 3.5 days out of 5 working days a week during season eight. Owing to his limited availability some episodes, such as "Zero Hour", were shot over longer periods of weeks.^[1] "Zero Hour" was shot as the seventh out of the 20 episodes of season eight.^[1] The producers do not treat two-part episodes as a different episode but as one longer episode, though the episodes are still legally broken up into two with the actors, for example, being paid twice.^[15]

Stargate SG-1 has several regular directors. Andy Mikita is known to shoot much coverage because he likes having the choices during cut-and-edit. Peter DeLuise, however, lets the cameras roll, which makes things more difficult for the script supervisor and the editors later.^[12] The video tapes are not re-usable and are archived in a library.^[12] "Lockdown" was the first SG-1 episode to be shot in high definition (HD) instead of on 35 mm film.^[14] Since no one was used to filming in HD, they had to get a new HD crew and lost about an hour per day.^[14] The HD video tapes cost around 50 dollars, and previously 7000 feet of film were shot each day, costing possibly a million dollars a year in film.^[12]

Episodes such as ""Zero Hour" and "Prometheus Unbound" reduced costs by being shot mainly on the standing sets Stargate Command and the Prometheus.^[1] At other times the actors' time was split between different episodes: "Gemini" centered around Amanda Tapping as Carter and her alter ego RepliCarter, and Michael Shanks (Daniel) did not appear. Meanwhile, Shanks filmed "Prometheus Unbound" in the absence of the Carter character. The money was then spent on time-consuming techniques such as motion control in "Gemini". The motion control enabled two people in the same shot to be seamlessly filmed on different passes. Split screens with locked-off cameras and different shots with stand-in actors were used whenever possible, but still cost much time for wardrobe changes and blocking.^[9]

The first episode filmed after the hiatus was "Lockdown", which aired third. The writers thought it would be fun to test O'Neill in his new position as general of the SGC early on and to have him prove his worth.^[10] The episode "Avatar" served as an introduction for a Stargate game that was produced at the time, and much of the story was filmed from a first-person perspective.^[2] "Zero Hour" is the last episode to have CRT monitors in the briefing room and the control room.^[1] Amanda Tapping originally hoped to direct another episode after her debut in season seven's "Resurrection",^[16] but she became pregnant late in the season.

Sets and locations

Sets from previous seasons were reused: The Goa'uld transport ship, a standing set in the NorCo Studios, was originally built for a particular episode in season one but has since been reused in "New Order". Despite its cool looks, it is hard to shoot in.^[13] The Stargate franchise acquired the set of Blade: Trinity and used it as Thor's ship in "New Order".^[13] They were able to make the set taller, and installed big arches and silver tilework. They also created a special command post for Thor and raised it off the ground so that the actors' eye lines with Thor was a little higher.^[17] The Blade 3 effects stage was also used for the F-302 scene in "Covenant".^[18]

Art director James Robbins designed the set for Fifth's space ship,^[17] which was only about 10 feet long and 6 feet wide.^[13] For the scene where Carter is embedded in Replicator tiles, the model shop used cut-out vacuform pieces and slabs that had been made to fit Amanda Tapping.^[17] The Prometheus set, the producers' answer to the Goa'uld ship design, was used in several season eight episodes. Instead of big empty rooms, the Prometheus set had seats, screens, buttons and switches.^[12] "Endgame" required the interior of a Goa'uld ship to hold a Stargate, an effect which has not been used since season one.^[19] The Puddle Jumper space ship, usually part of Stargate Atlantis stories, also had its first appearances in SG-1; it appeared in "It's Good To Be King" and "Moebius". "Threads" used the diner set from Dead Like Me.^[20]

Although "Lockdown" was filmed mainly on the existing Stargate Command set, the story made it necessary to have the SGC broken into segregated zones. The set decorators changed the graphics and lighting to make the set show some of the 28 different levels of the SGC. In the same episode O'Neill's new office was slightly redesigned to mirror the history of the character.^[21] The carpet in the Briefing Room was replaced every second year early in the show, but when the renewal of the show changed from a two-year basis to a yearly basis, the carpet was never renewed again.^[13] When SG-1 was renewed for an eighth season, the carpet was finally replaced, and the floor in the halls was repainted.^[14]

The idea for the plants in "Zero Hour" came from Brad Wright, who in season four had the notion of the SG being overrun with plant life and the gate being literally buried under foliage.^[6] For "Icon", one of the locations used was a house built in the early 1900s.^[22] Like "Birthright" one year before, exterior scenes for "Sacrifices" were filmed at High Point Properties in Langley, British Columbia. The Goa'uld ceremonial tent in the episode was designed to be re-usable, with the concept loosely based on the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.^[23] "Reckoning", in which Carter attempts to open the Ancient Wall, was filmed at a sound stage at NorCo Studios, a former bicycle factory. The ventilation is questionable, and when the director decided to add smoke for the light to catch to give a dramatic dusty air feeling, the oxygen supply decreased, which made acting harder.^[15] Daniel's class room in "Moebius" were shot in the conference room of the Outer Limits production at Bridge Studios near the set of SG-1. SG-1 crew members had originally scouted a real school but lost that location. Carter's office room in the same episode was right down the hall from the conference room.^[24]

Stargate SG-1 was shot in Vancouver, Canada. As Vancouver is still developing, Tynehead Park is one the few locations where the SG-1 team can still film alien locations. Other Vancouver locations include a set of roads at a Vancouver airport for the episode "Full Alert". The roads were closed to regular traffic so that the filming could take place without police escorts and other difficulties that come from blocking traffic.^[12] Desert locations were shot at the Richmond Sand Dunes, a cement factory that is slowly using up all the sand. What is seen in the "Moebius" desert is all that is left of the dune. The horse shoe form of the dune had been established by another television project called Legend of Earthsea.^[24] O'Neill's house, which was first seen in season one, was used in two episodes in season eight, "Full Alert" and "Citizen Joe". Since the house is inhabited in real life, the producers have looked for alternatives, but so far have been unsuccessful.^[12] For "Zero Hour", the SGC set was decorated with various plants and vines. Some plants were plastic, but for the torching scenes, real plants were used so as to minimize the risk of a fire. All objects on set were sprayed with flame-retardant chemicals.^[1]^[25]

Design, props and special effects

Before the season began, director Martin Wood spent a weekend at Cheyenne Mountain (where the Stargate Command takes place) and filmed new angles at night time, daytime, and emergency situations. The producers had previously re-used stock footage from season one for the last seven seasons.^[20]

To save money, props and footage were re-used from previous seasons. The chairs used in "Avatar" are the same used in the season two episode "The Gamekeeper", but since they had been cut up and changed around completely for a previous SG-1 episode, and re-adjusting them would have cost as much money as building new ones, they were used like they were.^[26] Catherine's amulet that was shown in "Moebius" is the same used in the movie.^[24] In "Reckoning", some shots of the replicators in the SGC are re-uses of footage from the episode "Menace".^[15] At other times, whole scenes were cut. The original scripted teaser for "Lockdown" would have cost US$100,000 for visual effects, with Anubis in the space ship.^[14] The falling Replicator chips and the resulting mess on the ground in "Reckoning", however, was animated in VisFX because it would have been more expansive to have the mess be tracked.^[15] Image Engine created the bug effects in "New Order". One scene involved hundreds of Replicator bugs running in a forest, for which they went from singly hand-animated bugs to replicated effects.^[12]

Season eight was the first year that used a rear screen with an LCD projector projecting the puddle for the Stargate wormhole effect. Before that time, this was too expensive and not bright enough.^[9] The outside of the Puddle Jumper space ship in "Moebius" also used a rear screen projection, for which a dune at a real location was filmed and then projected on a screen behind the Puddle Jumper windows. This allowed to move the camera around and not be locked off. The on-set Puddle Jumper is only about 2/3 the size of that of the actual space ship.^[24] For dramatic effect, the episode "Zero Hour" had longer scenes filmed in green.^[1] "Gemini" had scenes filmed in infrared.^[9]

Release and reception

"New Order" and "Moebius", Part 2 both earned a 2.4 Nielsen rating, a new record high for the show during its run on cable, which has since been equalled but never beaten. It also became the most-watched regular series episode ever for the Sci Fi Channel and the highest-rated episode in the history of Stargate SG-1, drawing 3.22 million viewers.^[27] The episode "Threads" originally aired as a 63-minute piece on the Sci Fi Channel, but an edited 45-minute version exists for syndication. The 45-minute versions is missing several scenes, including Daniel speaking with Ancient and O'Neill waking up with Kerry. TV Zone's Jan Vincent-Rudzki called "Lockdown" "an interesting episode, although it dips in the middle."^[28] Vincent-Rudzki saw O'Neill's portrayal as the new leader making "the Goa'uld threat [...] a laugh" and "an amazing change from the events from the series' early days" if even O'Neill does not take this race seriously.^[28] Fans regarded "Reckoning", the climax of plots including the Goa'uld, the Replicators, and the Jaffa Rebellion, as two of the most popular episodes of the series.^[29]

In 2005, the second part of the season opener "New Order" was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Visual Effects". "Reckoning", Part 2 was nominated for both an Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series" and a Leo Award in the category "Best Visual Effects". Peter DeLuise was nominated for a Leo Award in the category "Dramatic Series: Best Screenwriting" for "Affinity", while Christine Mooney was honored with a Leo Award in the category "Dramatic Series – Best Costume Design" for the season finale "Moebius", Part 2. For the episode "Threads", actress Amanda Tapping won a Leo Award in the category "Dramatic Series: Best Lead Performance – Female", and Michael Shanks was nominated in the Leo category "Dramatic Series: Best Lead Performance – Male". The episode "It's Good To Be King" led to three Leo Award nominations: Jim Menard in the category "Dramatic Series: Best Cinematography", Christine Mooney for "Dramatic Series: Best Costume Design", and Tom McBeath in the category "Dramatic Series: Best Supporting Performance – Male".

Season eight was released to DVD in Europe and Australia. The episodes "Gemini" and "Prometheus Unbound" switched sides, and "Citizen Joe" was placed after "Reckoning"/"Threads". Contrary to the Region 1 DVD, the Region 2 did not offer commentaries for "It's Good To Be King" and "Citizen Joe". When the season was initially released on DVD in Region 1, the release temporarily contained the shortened 45-minute version of "Threads" until Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) gave in due to complaints.^[30] The slimline re-release contains the full 63-minute episode. Neither region has commentaries for "Threads". The release of season nine was held up because of MGM's switch in partners for home distribution, from Sony to Fox.^[31]

Cultural references

In "Zero Hour" Dr. Lee says, "Thankfully [the plant] hasn't eaten anyone yet." O'Neill answers, "Well, thank you Seymour." This is a reference to the comedy-musical Little Shop of Horrors about a man-eating plant from space. In "Avatar", Teal'c says "I play Def Jam Vendetta". This was a late addition by actor Chris Judge who provided the voice for D Mob in the video game of the same name.^[32] Several members of production crew made cameo appearances. Digital effects supervisor Bruce Woloshyn appears as the garage sale homeowner who sells Joe Spencer the Ancient stone device in "Citizen Joe". In the episode "Prometheus Unbound", Daniel introduces himself to two aliens as Hans Olo, a wordplay on the Star Wars character Han Solo.

O'Neill's last line in "Moebius", "close enough", is an homage to The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror V" that involves Homer Simpson time traveling and unintentionally making numerous changes to history; upon returning to a timeline where his family has snake tongues but everything else is otherwise normal, he says, "eh, close enough". In the same SG-1 episode, the name of O'Neill's boat is "Homer".^[13] There are also cross-references to events in SG-1's sister show Stargate Atlantis. In the episode "Threads", Daniel reads a paper with a headline "Wraith on the way to Atlantis". This piece is followed by a screenshot of the Atlantis Deep Space Scanner display from the Atlantis episode "The Brotherhood", showing the trio of hive ships that assaulted the city in the Atlantis episode "The Siege". In "Covenant" Alec Colson, played by actor Charles Shaughnessy, is introduced to "Captain Sheffield" upon entering the Alpha Site. This is in reference to Maxwell Sheffield, Shaughnessy's character from the sitcom The Nanny.

Cast

Main characters

Actor	Character	Number of episodes
Richard Dean Anderson	Colonel Jack O'Neill	19 episodes
Amanda Tapping	Major Samantha Carter	19 episodes
Christopher Judge	Teal'c	19 episodes
And Michael Shanks	Dr. Daniel Jackson	20 episodes

Recurring characters

Actor	Character	Number of episodes
Gary Jones	MSgt. Walter Harriman	14 episodes
Dan Shea	MSgt. Sylvester Siler	9 episodes
Michael Shanks	voice of Thor	5 episodes
Amanda Tapping	Replicator Carter	4 episodes
Tony Amendola	Bra'tac	4 episodes
Barclay Hope	Colonel Lionel Pendergast	3 episodes
Various actors	Anubis	4 episodes
Cliff Simon	Ba'al	4 episodes
Don S. Davis	Lt. General George Hammond	3 episodes
Carmen Argenziano	Jacob Carter/Selmak	3 episodes
Steve Bacic	Camulus	3 episodes
Eric Breker	Colonel Albert Reynolds	3 episodes
Vince Crestejo	Yu-huang Shang Ti	3 episodes
Patrick Currie	Fifth	3 episodes
Kevan Ohtsji	Oshu	3 episodes
Chelah Horsdal	Lt. Womack	3 episodes
Isaac Hayes	Tolok	3 episodes
Lucas Wolf	Jennings	3 episodes
Colin Cunningham	Major Paul Davis	2 episodes
Bill Dow	Dr. Bill Lee	2 episodes
David DeLuise	Pete Shanahan	2 episodes
Kira Clavell	Amaterasu	2 episodes
Mel Harris	Oma Desala	2 episodes
Torri Higginson	Dr. Elizabeth Weir	2 episodes
David Hewlett	Dr. Rodney McKay	2 episodes
Peter Bryant	Hoskins	2 episodes
Benita Ha	Brooks	2 episodes
Jeff Judge	Aron	2 episodes
Alessandro Juliani	Katep	2 episodes
Benjamin Easterday	Ra's Jaffa commander	2 episodes

Episodes

Title	Number	Airdate	Planet(s)	Race(s)	Enemies
"New Order", Part 1 (part 1 of 2)	8.01	July 9, 2004	Earth, Hala, Orilla	Asgard, Goa'uld, Replicator	Fifth
Carter and Teal'c go in search of the Asgard to try and save Colonel O'Neill, but discover that the Asgard's enemy has returned with a vengeance. The System Lords seek an alliance with Earth against a common enemy.
"New Order", Part 2 (part 2 of 2)	8.02	July 9, 2004	Earth, Orilla	Asgard, Goa'uld, Replicator	Fifth
While the Goa'uld threaten to attack Earth, SG-1 and the Asgard make a last, desperate stand against the Replicators, which have captured Major Carter and invaded the last outpost of the Asgard civilization.
"Lockdown"	8.03	July 23, 2004	Earth, KS7-535	N/A	Anubis
The S.G.C. is put under quarantine after a mysterious infection leaves a Russian officer in the infirmary — but the disease may not be a disease at all.
"Zero Hour"	8.04	July 30, 2004	Earth, P2X-887	Jaffa	Ba'al
General O'Neill tries to settle into his new job, but faces never-ending crises — including the capture of SG-1 by the Goa'uld.
"Icon"	8.05	August 6, 2004	Earth, Tegalus	Tegalan	Soren
Daniel is stranded on another planet after the team's arrival on an alien world sparks a violent civil war.
"Avatar"	8.06	August 13, 2004	Earth	Kull	N/A
Teal'c is trapped in a virtual reality simulation, in which he must defend the base from a Goa'uld super-soldier incursion.
"Affinity"	8.07	August 20, 2004	Earth	N/A	The Trust
Teal'c becomes the chief suspect in a murder investigation after he moves into an apartment off-base. Carter considers her future with Pete.
"Covenant"	8.08	August 27, 2004	Earth, P4X-650	Asgard	The Trust
A businessman threatens to expose the secrets of alien life to the world, forcing Stargate Command to bring him into the loop.
"Sacrifices"	8.09	September 10, 2004	Earth, Hak'tyl	Hak'tyl Resistance, Jaffa	Moloc
The impending wedding of his son is the least of Teal'c's worries when the Hak'tyl plan an uprising against the Goa'uld Moloc, driving a wedge between Teal'c and Ishta.
"Endgame"	8.10	September 17, 2004	Earth, P3S-114, P4X-650	Jaffa, Tok'ra	The Trust
The Stargate is stolen, leading SG-1 to discover that the Trust has taken control of an advanced ship in orbit. Teal'c investigates a series of wide-spread Jaffa deaths.
"Gemini"	8.11	December 14, 2004	Earth, P4X-650	Replicator	Fifth, Replicator Carter
A duplicate of Colonel Carter seeks help from Stargate Command in defeating the Replicator Fifth, who she claims has found a way to counter the Asgard's new weapon.
"Prometheus Unbound"	8.12	December 21, 2004	Earth	Oranian	Vala Mal Doran
After Prometheus responds to a distress call from a Goa'uld ship, Daniel Jackson finds himself a captive when Earth's ship is stolen.
"It's Good To Be King"	8.13	January 4, 2005	Arkhan's World, Earth	Arkhan's people, Jaffa	Ares, Trelak
SG-1 comes to the aid of a world about to be invaded by the Goa'uld, only to discover that the local king is Earth's Harry Maybourne.
"Full Alert"	8.14	January 11, 2005	Earth	Goa'uld	The Trust
Relations between the U.S. and Russia are strained when Russian military leaders claim that the U.S. government has been compromised by the Goa'uld.
"Citizen Joe"	8.15	January 18, 2005	Earth	N/A	N/A
A barber from Indiana confronts Jack O'Neill, claiming that he has been seeing visions of SG-1's missions over the last seven years.
"Reckoning", Part 1 (part 1 of 2)	8.16	January 25, 2005	Chulak, Dakara, Earth	Asgard, Goa'uld, Jaffa, Kull, Replicator, Tok'ra	Anubis, Ba'al, Replicator Carter
The Replicators begin a systematic attack of the Goa'uld, forcing Ba'al to come to Earth for help. The Jaffa Resistance risk their entire movement in an attempt to retake a holy city in Baal's domain.
"Reckoning", Part 2 (part 2 of 2)	8.17	February 1, 2005	Dakara, Earth	Goa'uld, Jaffa, Kull, Replicator, Tok'ra	Anubis, Ba'al, Replicator Carter
The fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance as Sam and Jacob search for the only weapon capable of stopping the Replicator onslaught. O'Neill leads a defense of the S.G.C., while Daniel squares off against Replicator Carter.
"Threads"	8.18	February 8, 2005	Dakara, Earth	Ancient, Jaffa, Tok'ra	Anubis
Daniel must once again decide whether to risk death or ascend when Oma Desala gives him a second chance. O'Neill and Carter struggle with their respective personal relationships.
"Moebius", Part 1 (part 1 of 2)	8.19	February 15, 2005	Earth	Jaffa	Ra
SG-1 travels back in time in a daring plan to steal a piece of Ancient technology from Ra, the powerful Goa'uld who ruled in ancient Egypt.
"Moebius", Part 2 (part 2 of 2)	8.20	February 22, 2005	Chulak, Earth	Goa'uld, Jaffa	Apophis, Ra
With the timeline changed by SG-1's actions in the distant past, an alternate version of SG-1 must use the newly-discovered time ship to set things right.