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Stargate SG-1: Season 4

22 episodes Premiered Jun 30, 2000 Updated Sep 19, 2026

Stargate SG-1 Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes. The military science fiction adventure television series is within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise, which continues the story of the original film. Jonathan Glassner and Brad Wright created the series, which ran from 1997 to 2007. The series began about a year after the events of the original film and is classified under sci-fi and fan

Previously on Stargate SG-1

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • The series is a military science fiction adventure television series within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise.
  • The show continues the story of the original film and was created in 1997 by Jonathan Glassner and Brad Wright.
  • The overarching saga began about a year after the events depicted in the original film.
  • The series encompasses a total of ten seasons, with the first five seasons broadcast on Showtime.

Season overview

Stargate SG-1 Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes. The military science fiction adventure television series is within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise, which continues the story of the original film. Jonathan Glassner and Brad Wright created the series, which ran from 1997 to 2007. The series began about a year after the events of the original film and is classified under sci-fi and fantasy, action and adventure, and drama genres.

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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (5): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

Small Victories (2)

Jun 30, 2000

O'Neill and Teal'c risk their lives to keep the Replicator bugs from gaining a foothold on Earth, while Carter helps the Asgard fend off a Replicator invasion.

S4·E2 Core

The Other Side

Jul 7, 2000

A warring alien race offers to exchange their advanced technology for Earth's help in defeating their enemy.

S4·E3 Core

Upgrades

Jul 14, 2000

A Tok'ra archaeologist arrives at the SGC with newly discovered technology, giving the SG-1 team superhuman powers.

S4·E4 Core

Crossroads

Jul 21, 2000

Teal'c is reunited with his lost love -- a woman who claims to have found a way to communicate with her symbiote and defeat the Goa'uld.

S4·E5 Core

Divide and Conquer

Jul 28, 2000

When a member of the SGC tries to kill a Tok'ra, it is revealed that O'Neill and Carter may be victims of an untraceable form of Goa'uld mind control.

S4·E6 Core

Window of Opportunity

Aug 4, 2000

O'Neill and Teal'c are caught in a time loop in the SGC, and must relive the same 10 hours over and over again.

S4·E7 Core

Watergate

Aug 11, 2000

The Russians recover a Stargate from the bottom of the ocean, and turn to the SGC for help when their experiments go awry.

S4·E8 Core

The First Ones

Aug 18, 2000

Dr. Jackson is taken captive by an Unas while on an archaeological dig. The SGC mounts a rescue operation, but discovers a danger of their own.

S4·E9 Core

Scorched Earth

Aug 25, 2000

SG-1 is caught in a conflict between two civilizations trying to colonize the same planet.

S4·E10 Core

Beneath the Surface

Sep 1, 2000

The members of SG-1 are used as forced labor in an underground alien facility after their memories are erased by the ruling elite.

S4·E11 Mytharc

Point of No Return

Sep 8, 2000

SG-1 investigates a conspiracy theorist who has detailed knowledge of the Stargate program.

S4·E12 Core

Tangent

Sep 15, 2000

A test gone wrong leaves Jack and Teal'c marooned in space aboard a damaged prototype attack ship

S4·E13 Mytharc

The Curse

Sep 22, 2000

When his former mentor dies, Dr. Jackson returns to his roots -- and discovers an ancient Egyptian artifact containing a Goa'uld parasite.

S4·E14 Core

The Serpent's Venom

Sep 29, 2000

SG-1 must stop Apophis and Heru-ur from forming an alliance of their powerful forces, while Teal'c is captured and tortured by the Goa'uld.

S4·E15 Core

Chain Reaction

Jan 5, 2001

SG-1 must adjust to a new commanding officer when General Hammond steps down -- but O'Neill discovers foul play behind the general's resignation.

S4·E16 Core

2010

Jan 12, 2001

Ten years into the future, the former members of SG-1 must send a message into the past to prevent the extinction of the human race.

S4·E17 Core

Absolute Power

Jan 19, 2001

Jackson's teammates notice a disturbing change in him when he is reunited with the Harcesis child and given the Goa'uld genetic memory.

S4·E18 Core

The Light

Jan 26, 2001

SG-1 finds a deserted Goa'uld palace, where a beautiful device causes suicidal tendencies.

S4·E19 Core

Prodigy

Feb 2, 2001

Carter must help keep a promising young cadet from throwing away a future at the SGC. O'Neill and Teal'c encounter a dangerous life form at an offworld research base.

S4·E20 Core

Entity

Feb 9, 2001

The SGC is invaded by an alien life force that takes up residence in the base computer system -- and in Major Carter.

S4·E21 Mytharc

Double Jeopardy

Feb 16, 2001

SG-1 must rescue an alien world from the Goa'uld -- with help from an unexpected source. Teal'c seeks revenge on the System Lord Cronus for the murder of his father.

S4·E22 Mytharc

Exodus (1)

Feb 23, 2001

SG-1 helps to evacuate the Tok'ra to a new base -- but matters are complicated when a spy reveals their location to Apophis. The team attempts a daring plan to take out the Goa'uld