Stargate SG-1: Season 8
With Jack still in stasis in the Ancient outpost buried in Antarctica, SG-1 tries to contact the Asgard. Meanwhile their new leader, Dr. Elizabeth Weir, tries to decide what to do about a request for peace talks from the Goa'uld System Lords.
Season 8 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Stargate SG-1 Season 7.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season overview
With Jack still in stasis in the Ancient outpost buried in Antarctica, SG-1 tries to contact the Asgard. Meanwhile their new leader, Dr. Elizabeth Weir, tries to decide what to do about a request for peace talks from the Goa'uld System Lords.
Episode Guide
Season 8 Progress Shield
New Order (1)
Jul 9, 2004 · 44 min
Carter and Teal'c go in search of the Asgard to try and save Colonel O'Neill, but discover that the Asgard's enemy has returned with a vengeance. The System Lords seek an alliance
New Order (2)
Jul 9, 2004 · 44 min
While the Goa'uld threaten to attack Earth, SG-1 and the Asgard make a last, desperate stand against the Replicators, which have captured Major Carter and invaded the last outpost
Lockdown
Jul 23, 2004 · 44 min
The S.G.C. is put under quarantine after a mysterious infection leaves a Russian officer in the infirmary -- but the disease may not be a disease at all.
Zero Hour
Jul 30, 2004 · 44 min
General O'Neill tries to settle into his new job, but faces never-ending crises - including the capture of SG-1 by the Goa'uld.
Icon
Aug 6, 2004 · 44 min
Daniel is stranded on another planet after the team's arrival on an alien world sparks a violent civil war.
Avatar
Aug 13, 2004 · 44 min
Teal'c is trapped in a virtual reality simulation, in which he must defend the base from a Goa'uld super-soldier incursion.
Affinity
Aug 20, 2004 · 44 min
Teal'c becomes the chief suspect in a murder investigation after he moves into an apartment off-base. Carter considers her future with Pete.
Covenant
Aug 27, 2004 · 44 min
A businessman threatens to expose the secrets of alien life to the world, forcing Stargate Command to bring him into the loop.
Sacrifices
Sep 10, 2004 · 44 min
The impending wedding of his son is the least of Teal'c's worries when the Hak'tyl plan an uprising against the Goa'uld Moloc, driving a wedge between Teal'c and Ishta.
Endgame
Sep 17, 2004 · 44 min
The Stargate is stolen, leading SG-1 to discover that the Trust has taken control of an advanced ship in orbit. Teal'c investigates a series of wide-spread Jaffa deaths.
Gemini
Jan 21, 2005 · 44 min
A duplicate of Colonel Carter seeks help from Stargate Command in defeating the Replicator Fifth, who she claims has found a way to counter the Asgard's new weapon.
Prometheus Unbound
Jan 28, 2005 · 44 min
After the Prometheus responds to a distress call from a Goa'uld ship, Daniel Jackson finds himself a captive when Earth's ship is stolen.
It's Good to Be King
Feb 4, 2005 · 43 min
SG-1 comes to the aid of a world about to be invaded by the Goa'uld, only to discover that the local king is Earth's Harry Maybourne.
Full Alert
Feb 11, 2005 · 44 min
Relations between the U.S. and Russia are strained when Russian military leaders claim that the U.S. government has been compromised by the Goa'uld.
Citizen Joe
Feb 18, 2005 · 44 min
Jack is confronted in his home by an irate barber...who claims to know everything about the Stargate project and SG-1.
Reckoning (1)
Feb 25, 2005 · 44 min
The Replicators begin a systematic attack of the Goa'uld, forcing Baal to come to Earth for help. The Jaffa Resistance risk their entire movement in an attempt to retake a holy cit
Reckoning (2)
Mar 4, 2005 · 44 min
The fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance as Sam and Jacob search for the only weapon capable of stopping the Replicator onslaught. O'Neill leads a defense of the S.G.C., while D
Threads
Mar 11, 2005 · 65 min
While Daniel finds himself in a mysterious diner suspended between death and ascension, Jacob's fate takes an unexpected turn, Jack and Sam consider their romantic lives, and Anubi
Moebius (1)
Mar 18, 2005 · 44 min
SG-1 travels back in time in a daring plan to steal a piece of Ancient technology from Ra, the powerful Goa'uld who ruled in ancient Egypt.
Moebius (2)
Mar 25, 2005 · 44 min
With the timeline changed by SG-1's actions in the distant past, an alternate version of SG-1 must use the newly-discovered time ship to set things right.