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Stargate Atlantis Season 2

Stargate Atlantis

Season 2

July 15, 2005 20 episodes

As the Wraith threat intensifies, the team strives to find ways to defend Atlantis and the Pegasus Galaxy from impending invasion. Key episodes focus on breakthroughs in ancient technology, dangerous alliances, and a desperate search for a means to stop their enemies once and for all.

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The Siege (3)
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E1. The Siege (3)

42m Jul 15, 2005

The Daedalus arrives to defend Atlantis from the Wraith onslaught, but it may not be enough when the team discovers that an even larger armada is on the way.

The Intruder
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E2. The Intruder

44m Jul 22, 2005

The Daedalus is infected by a Wraith computer virus, while members of the expedition hope to return to Earth.

Runner
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E3. Runner

42m Jul 29, 2005

Sheppard and his team attempt to locate Lieutenant Ford, only to find themselves captives of a former soldier who is being hunted by the Wraith.

Duet
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E4. Duet

42m Aug 5, 2005

A run-in with a Wraith Dart leaves the consciousness of a precocious Atlantis security officer trapped in Dr. McKay's mind.

Condemned
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E5. Condemned

42m Aug 12, 2005

The Atlantis team finds a culture that lives in relative safety from the Wraith, because they hand over their criminals to the Wraith -- and crash-land in the volatile penal colony.

Trinity
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E6. Trinity

44m Aug 19, 2005

McKay puts the team at risk when he tries to perfect unfinished Ancient technology that wiped out a civilization. Ronon Dex discovers that he is not the lone survivor from his world.

Instinct
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E7. Instinct

44m Aug 26, 2005

The team discovers a young Wraith girl who has been raised by a human, and is in hiding from the people of her human village in fear of her life.

Conversion
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E8. Conversion

42m Sep 9, 2005

Colonel Sheppard begins to undergo a disturbing physical transformation after being exposed to Beckett's anti-Wraith drug.

Aurora
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E9. Aurora

44m Sep 23, 2005

When the team finds an Ancient warship adrift on the edge of the galaxy, its crew still alive, Colonel Sheppard enters their virtual reality stasis to communicate with them.

The Lost Boys (1)
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E10. The Lost Boys (1)

44m Sep 23, 2005

The team is captured by the missing Lieutenant Ford, who is now leading a group of young men who are taking the Wraith enzyme -- and who wants the team's help in a suicide attack against a hive ship.

The Hive (2)
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E11. The Hive (2)

44m Nov 16, 2005

Colonel Sheppard and his team find themselves prisoners of the Wraith following Ford's attack on a hive ship. Dr. McKay goes to great lengths to help them.

Epiphany
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E12. Epiphany

44m Nov 28, 2005

Sheppard finds himself on a planet where time passes more rapidly, with no way to contact his team or return to Atlantis.

Critical Mass
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E13. Critical Mass

44m Dec 5, 2005

When an operative of the Trust plants a bomb in Atlantis, the team must find a spy within their own ranks before the Wraith arrive and discover the city.

Grace Under Pressure
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E14. Grace Under Pressure

44m Dec 10, 2005

When Dr. McKay is trapped underwater in a sinking Puddle Jumper, his only chance for survival may be an hallucination of Samantha Carter.

The Tower
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E15. The Tower

44m Dec 19, 2005

The team finds a world that possesses Ancient defense technology, where Colonel Sheppard finds himself a pawn in the rivalry between the heirs to the throne.

The Long Goodbye
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E16. The Long Goodbye

44m Jan 2, 2006

The team discovers two pods that contain the minds of alien beings, who take control of Weir and Sheppard's bodies to continue their personal war.

Coup D'etat
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E17. Coup D'etat

44m Jan 9, 2006

After a team from Atlantis goes missing, the expedition finds itself in the middle of a Genii coup.

Michael
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E18. Michael

44m Jan 16, 2006

An amnesiac young Lieutenant in Atlantis suffers from disturbing nightmares that he is a Wraith, only to make a shocking discovery about himself.

Inferno
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E19. Inferno

44m Jan 23, 2006

Sheppard's team meets a civilization about to be destroyed by a super-volcano, and is trapped there when the Stargate is destroyed during the evacuation.

Allies (1)
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E20. Allies (1)

44m Jan 30, 2006

Michael and his Wraith faction arrive at Atlantis to propose an alliance, hoping to use the retrovirus to transform their Wraith enemies into prey.

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