Season eight of Stargate SG-1 began airing on July 9, 2004 on the US-American Sci-Fi Channel. The eighth season concluded on February 22, 2005, after 20 episodes on British Sky One, which overtook the Sci-Fi Channel in mid-season. The eighth season begins with the SG-1 team trying to revive Colonel Jack O'Neill after the events of the seventh season. At the end of the two-episode season opener, O'Neill is promoted to Brigadier General and assumes command of Stargate Command, while Samantha Carter is promoted to Lt. Colonel and assumes command of SG-1. The season arc centers around the growing threat of the Replicators and seemingly final defeat of the Goa'uld, races who had been introduced in the first season and third season of the show, respectively. The series also see the first appearance of the Free Jaffa Nation and Lucian Alliance that would come to play a larger role in the last two seasons.
Broadcast Episodes
| Image | Title | Number | Airdate | Planet(s) | Race(s) | Enemies |
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"New Order (Part 1 of 2)" | 801 | July 9, 2004 | Earth, Hala, Orilla | Asgard, Goa'uld, Human-form Replicator, Jaffa, Replicator | Fifth |
| With the Stargate Program having been shut down and Colonel Jack O'Neill still in a stasis pod in Antarctica, Major Samantha Carter Teal'c travel to the Othala Galaxy to contact the Asgard but learn that the Replicators are back. Meanwhile, the new Stargate Command Commander, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Dr. Daniel Jackson is to stay and negotiate with System Lords Amaterasu, Camulus and Yu-huang Shang Ti. | ||||||
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"New Order (Part 2 of 2)" | 802 | July 9, 2004 | Earth, Orilla | Asgard, Goa'uld, Human-form Replicator, Jaffa, Replicator | Fifth |
| Colonel Jack O'Neill's knowledge of the Ancients has managed to form a means to defeat the Replicators. Major Samantha Carter is still held prisoner by Fifth, who admits that he loves her. On Earth, the three System Lords test the operation of the weapon in Antarctica, by sending a ship to Earth. Later Dr. Daniel Jackson is also sent to Othala to fight the Replicators. | ||||||
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"Lockdown" | 803 | July 23, 2004 | Earth, KS7-535 | Goa'uld | Anubis |
| After Jack O'Neill is promoted to Brigadier General and commander of Stargate Command, and months after defeating Anubis' fleet, the Russians are combing the wreckage, where they encounter a strange entity. Later, the entity makes its way to the SGC to get off of Earth. | ||||||
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"Zero Hour" | 804 | July 30, 2004 | Earth, P2X-887 | Amran, Goa'uld, Jaffa | Ba'al |
| Days before a visit from President Henry Hayes, Brigadier General Jack O'Neill has second thoughts about being the leader of Stargate Command. Also, an alien plant takes control of part of the SGC, and SG-1 is kidnapped by Ba'al. | ||||||
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"Icon" | 805 | August 6, 2004 | Earth, Tegalus | Tegalan | Soren |
| Dr. Daniel Jackson is declared MIA after he was in the middle of a World War on Tegalus, which the rebels have won. Jackson cannot reach home, as the rebels have taken control of the planet's Stargate, and he must rely on a small band of soldiers led by Jared Kane from the planet's military to take back the city and defeat the rebel leader, Soren if Jackson is to have any chance of getting back to Earth. | ||||||
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"Avatar" | 806 | August 13, 2004 | Earth | Goa'uld, Kull | N/A |
| Teal'c tests the Virtual reality pods from P7J-989 SG-1 encountered six years ago, to simulate a Kull invasion of Stargate Command as a training tool for SG personnel. The test is a success, but when Teal'c asks them to make it harder he gets stuck in the simulation, and it turns out that the more he dies the more the likelihood that he will die in real life. | ||||||
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"Affinity" | 807 | August 20, 2004 | Earth | N/A | The Trust |
| Teal'c moves into an apartment with the public, but his attempts to reduce crime in his area often lands him in trouble. While he befriends a local woman, Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter continues her relationship with Pete Shanahan. | ||||||
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"Covenant" | 808 | August 27, 2004 | Earth, P4X-650 | Asgard | The Trust |
| When Alec Colson, a wealthy industrialist intends on letting the public know of the existence of alien life after finding evidence on the Battle of Antarctica, Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter attempts to intervene and convince him that Stargate Command is too important to be revealed. However, the SGC is not the only secretive organization that wants to silence Colson. | ||||||
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"Sacrifices" | 809 | September 10, 2004 | Earth, Hak'tyl ll | Goa'uld, Jaffa | Moloc |
| The Hak'tyl Resistance plans on moving to another planet after Moloc finds out about the resistance. Rya'c intends to marry one of the Hak'tyl members. Teal'c and Ishta have an opportunity to take out Moloc. | ||||||
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"Endgame" | 810 | September 17, 2004 | Earth, P3S-114, P4S-161, P4X-650 | Jaffa, Tok'ra | The Trust |
| Earth's Stargate goes missing after it is beamed away. Outside Earth, the Alpha Site loses contact with Earth and suspects something is wrong, while Teal'c finds out that every Jaffa on a planet is killed with no signs of battle. The rest of the team discover that The Trust is responsible for the missing Stargate. | ||||||
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"Gemini" | 811 | December 14, 2004 | Earth, P4X-650 | Asgard, Human-form Replicator, Replicator | Fifth, Replicator Carter |
| SG-1 is shocked to see a duplicate of Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter, who reveals that she is a Replicator created by Fifth. She wishes to be destroyed with the Replicator disruptor, to prevent Fifth from getting his hands on her again, since he is heading straight for the Milky Way. However, the Tau'ri plan to have her help them defeat them, since she claims Fifth has created a cipher to become immune to the disruptor. | ||||||
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"Prometheus Unbound" | 812 | December 21, 2004 | Earth, Unnamed | Jaffa, Oranian, Vala Mal Doran's people | Lucian Alliance |
| Lt. General George S. Hammond returns and offers Dr. Daniel Jackson to go with him on board the Prometheus to find the missing Atlantis expedition. However, on the way they pick up a distress signal and investigate. There, a Kull warrior makes its way on board and imprisons Jackson, leaving the rest of the crew trapped on a damaged Lucian Alliance Al'kesh. | ||||||
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"It's Good to Be King" | 813 | January 4, 2005 | Arkhan's World, Earth | Arkhan's people, Jaffa | Ares, Trelak |
| The System Lord Ares is planning on taking back his old territories to reinforce himself against Ba'al. One of his planets happens to be the new home of Harold Maybourne. SG-1 comes to warn him, but find out that he has become King, and apparently knows this is going to happen. | ||||||
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"Full Alert" | 814 | January 11, 2005 | Earth | Goa'uld | The Trust |
| Brigadier General Jack O'Neill finds Robert Kinsey in his home. He tells O'Neill that he needs help in taking down The Trust. However, in the process, he is taken and implanted with a Goa'uld, where he is trying to pit the Americans and Russians against each other when both parties accuse each other of having a Goa'uld spy within their ranks. If no one finds the truth, it may result in World War 3. | ||||||
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"Citizen Joe" | 815 | January 18, 2005 | Earth | N/A | N/A |
| Joe Spencer, a barber from Indiana buys a mysterious stone in a garage sale seven years ago, and ever since then, has received several visions concerning SG-1 and their missions to save the world. | ||||||
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"Reckoning (Part 1 of 2)" | 816 | January 25, 2005 | Chulak, Dakara, Delmak, Earth, Unnamed | Asgard, Goa'uld, Human-form Replicator, Jaffa, Kull, Replicator, Tok'ra | Anubis, Ba'al, Replicator Carter |
| The Replicators arrive in the Milky Way and begin an all out assault on the Goa'uld. After they are wiped out, they will turn to the Human populations for resources. Dr. Daniel Jackson is captured by Replicator Carter, in order to get into his memories from while he was ascended. In the meantime, Teal'c and Bra'tac plan on getting the Jaffa free once and for all, by taking the holy land on Dakara, one of Ba'al's strongholds. | ||||||
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"Reckoning (Part 2 of 2)" | 817 | February 1, 2005 | Chulak, Dakara, Delmak, Earth, Hadante, Juna, PJ2-445, Unnamed, Vyus | Goa'uld, Human-form Replicator, Jaffa, Kull, Replicator, Tok'ra | Anubis, Ba'al, Replicator Carter |
| After successfully taking Dakara, Teal'c and Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter realize that the temple has a weapon that can defeat the Replicators once and for all. However, they have to work fast, as the Replicators discover about the temple also, as well as Ba'al's forces, to destroy it. Meanwhile, the Replicators attack Stargate Command. | ||||||
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"Threads" | 818 | February 8, 2005 | Dakara, Delmak, Earth, Tartarus | Ancient, Goa'uld, Jaffa, Tok'ra | Anubis, Free Jaffa Nation |
| After the defeat of the Replicators, Dr. Daniel Jackson ends up in an Astral Diner, where Oma Desala offers him ascension again. Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter starts having second thoughts about marrying Pete Shanahan, after finding out her father is dying. Anubis plans on taking Dakara and using the superweapon to destroy every living thing in the galaxy. | ||||||
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"Moebius (Part 1 of 2)" | 819 | February 15, 2005 | Earth | Goa'uld, Jaffa | Ra |
| Dr. Daniel Jackson hears that Catherine Langford has passed away. He is then given her entire collection, where he discovers a location of a Zero Point Module to contact Atlantis. The catch is, they have to travel back in time to Ancient Egypt to get it. However, their efforts alter the timeline, where Daniel Jackson is a teacher, Samantha Carter is a secretary, and Jack O'Neill has retired. | ||||||
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"Moebius (Part 2 of 2)" | 820 | February 22, 2005 | Chulak, Earth | Goa'uld, Jaffa | Apophis, Ra |
| After discovering a second Stargate in Antarctica, the team is sent to Chulak, to get to Teal'c and go to Egypt for the Zero Point Module. However, in the process the team are captured, and Teal'c is once again the First Prime of Apophis. | ||||||
Cast
Main characters
- Richard Dean Anderson as
- Colonel/Brigadier General Jack O'Neill (18/20 episodes)
- Colonel Jack O'Neill (2/20 episodes)
- Anubis (1/20 episodes)
- Brigadier General Jack O'Neill (1/20 episodes)
- Amanda Tapping as
- Major/Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter (17/20 episodes)
- Replicator Carter (4/20 episodes)
- Dr. Samantha Carter (2/20 episodes)
- Anubis (1/20 episodes)
- Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter (1/20 episodes)
- Christopher Judge as
- And Michael Shanks as
- Dr. Daniel Jackson (19/20 episodes)
- Thor (5/20 episodes)
- Aegir (2/20 episodes)
- Dr. Daniel Jackson (2/20 episodes)
- Dr. Daniel Jackson/Daniel Jackson's Goa'uld (2/20 episodes)
- Penegal (1/20 episodes)
- Anubis (1/20 episodes)
- Simulation Goa'uld (1/20 episodes)
Recurring characters
- Gary Jones as MSgt. Walter Harriman (14/20 episodes)
- Peter Kufluk as TSgt. Connor (13/20 episodes)
- Dan Shea as
- MSgt. Sylvester Siler (10/20 episodes)
- Simulation Goa'uld (1/20 episodes)
- Sean Tyson as
- Loyd Bateman as TSgt. Chapman (5/20 episodes)
- Tony Amendola as Bra'tac (4/20 episodes)
- Cliff Simon as Ba'al (4/20 episodes)
- Sean Millington as SSgt. Peterson (4/20 episodes)
- Clayton Watmough as Airman McKay (4/20 episodes)
- James Michalopoulos as SF Guard (4/20 episodes)
- Rob Hayter as Sergeant (4/20 episodes)
- Various as Anubis (3/20 episodes)
- Barclay Hope as Colonel Lionel Pendergast (3/20 episodes)
- Carmen Argenziano as Jacob Carter/Selmak (3/20 episodes)
- Don S. Davis as
- Lt. Colonel George S. Hammond (1/20 episodes)
- Brigadier General George S. Hammond (2/20 episodes)
- Steve Bacic as Camulus (3/20 episodes)
- Eric Breker as Colonel Albert Reynolds (3/20 episodes)
- Hector Navarro as TSgt. Kraushaar (3/20 episodes)
- Vince Crestejo as Yu-huang Shang Ti (3/20 episodes)
- Patrick Currie as Fifth (3/20 episodes)
- Kevan Ohtsji as Oshu (3/20 episodes)
- Chelah Horsdal as Lt. Catherine Womack (3/20 episodes)
- Isaac Hayes as Tolok (3/20 episodes)
- Lucas Wolf as Jennings (3/20 episodes)
- David DeLuise as Pete Shanahan (3/20 episodes)
- Jeff Judge as Aron (3/20 episodes)
- Dean Redman as SF Guard (3/20 episodes)
- Colin Cunningham as
- Major Paul Davis (1/20 episodes)
- Major Paul Davis (1/20 episodes)
- Rob Farrell as MSgt. Farrell (2/20 episodes)
- Christopher Pearce as Senior Airman Jake Bosworth (2/20 episodes)
- Bill Dow as Dr. Bill Lee (2/20 episodes)
- Kira Clavell as Amaterasu (2/20 episodes)
- Mel Harris as Oma Desala (2/20 episodes)
- Torri Higginson as Dr. Elizabeth Weir (2/20 episodes)
- David Hewlett as Dr. Rodney McKay (2/20 episodes)
- Peter Bryant as Hoskins (2/20 episodes)
- Benita Ha as Brooks (2/20 episodes)
- Alessandro Juliani as Katep (2/20 episodes)
- Benjamin Easterday as Ra's Jaffa commander (2/20 episodes)
- Mike Cook as Neufeld (2/20 episodes)
- Ocean Bloom as Jaffa (2/20 episodes)
- Mario Ferrante as SF Guard (2/22 episodes)
Trivia
- Season 8 of SG-1 aired concurrently with Atlantis Season 1.
- Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson) is the only actor to appear in all 20 episodes of Season Eight.
- This was the first season in which Teryl Rothery (Janet Fraiser) did not appear.
Awards
Wins
- Won Saturn Award for "Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series"
- Won Saturn Award for "Best Supporting Actress on Television" (Amanda Tapping)
Nominations
- Nominated Saturn Award for "Best Actor on Television" (Richard Dean Anderson)
- Nominated Saturn Award for "Best Supporting Actor on Television" (Michael Shanks)
Media
DVD
- SG-1 Season 8 on Wikipedia
- SG-1 Season 8 at the Internet Movie Database
- SG-1 Season 8 on GateWorld. (backup link)
- SG-1 Season 8 article on Stargate SG-1 Solutions' The StargateWiki
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