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Stargate SG-1: Season 4

22 episodes Premiered Jun 30, 2000 Updated Sep 25, 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.
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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 (7): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (15): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

Small Victories (2)

Jun 30, 2000 · 44 min

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 · 44 min

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

S4·E3 Mytharc

Upgrades

Jul 14, 2000 · 44 min

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 · 44 min

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 · 44 min

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 Mytharc

Window of Opportunity

Aug 4, 2000 · 44 min

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 · 44 min

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 · 44 min

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 · 44 min

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 · 44 min

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 · 44 min

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

S4·E12 Core

Tangent

Sep 15, 2000 · 44 min

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 · 44 min

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 · 44 min

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 · 44 min

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 · 44 min

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 · 44 min

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 · 44 min

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

S4·E19 Core

Prodigy

Feb 2, 2001 · 44 min

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 · 44 min

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 · 44 min

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 · 44 min

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

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