Rising


 * Series: Stargate: Atlantis
 * Episode: 1.1-1.2
 * Original air date: 16 July 2004

Summary
An expedition team leaves for the Lost City of Atlantis, hoping to discover valuable new technology. What they find is a city submerged beneath an ocean, with its shields about to collapse&mdash;and a deadly new enemy.

Production

 * Written by: Robert C. Cooper & Brad Wright
 * Directed by: Martin Wood

Guest stars

 * Richard Dean Anderson as General Jack O'Neill USAF
 * Mary Joan Buchanan as Beckett's Mom
 * Stefano Colacitti as Toran
 * Casey Dubois as Wex
 * Aaron Dudley as Male Ancient
 * Bro Gilbert as Scientist
 * Peter Grasso as Scientist
 * Ona Grauer as Ayiana
 * Christopher Heyerdahl as Halling
 * Dean Marshall as SGT Bates
 * Melia McClure as Female Ancient
 * Paul McGillion as Dr. Carson Beckett
 * David Milchard as SGC Technician
 * Robert Patrick as Colonel Marshall Sumner USMC
 * Garwin Sanford as Simon Wallis
 * Michael Shanks as Daniel Jackson, Ph.D.
 * Dan Shea as SGT Siler
 * Reece Thompson as Jinto
 * Craig Veroni as Dr. Peter Grodin
 * Boyan Vukelic as SGT Stackhouse
 * Edmond Kato Wong as Atlantis Technician
 * Andee Frizzell as the Wraith Keeper