Stargate SG-1: Season 9
As one team member transitions into a new role, another is met with hesitation in season nine. Having learned of the Ori's plan to control the mortal plane, the team must find Merlin's secret weapon that may destroy the Ori and ensure the safety of Earth.
Season 9 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 8.
- 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
As one team member transitions into a new role, another is met with hesitation in season nine. Having learned of the Ori's plan to control the mortal plane, the team must find Merlin's secret weapon that may destroy the Ori and ensure the safety of Earth.
Episode Guide
Season 9 Progress Shield
Avalon (1)
Jul 15, 2005 · 44 min
An Air Force pilot attempts to reassemble SG-1 after they have gone their separate ways. An old "friend" arrives on Earth asking for Daniel's help in finding an ancient treasure --
Avalon (2)
Jul 22, 2005 · 44 min
An Ancient communications device renders Daniel and Vala unconscious, sending their minds to another galaxy -- where they inhabit the bodies of two people persecuted by the followe
Origin (3)
Jul 29, 2005 · 44 min
Daniel comes face to face with the Ori, a fiery race of beings who demand the worship of mortals. Elsewhere, Stargate Command encounters the first Ori missionary in our galaxy.
The Ties That Bind
Aug 5, 2005 · 44 min
Jackson and Mitchell must join Vala on an interplanetary scavenger hunt when they learn that they are still bound together by an alien energy field.
The Powers That Be
Aug 12, 2005 · 44 min
SG-1 visits a world whose people once worshipped Vala as a god -- and demand that she stand trial when she confesses to manipulating them.
Beachhead
Aug 19, 2005 · 44 min
Samantha Carter returns to Stargate Command when the Ori seize control of a planet, using an expanding force field to gain a foothold in our galaxy.
Ex Deus Machina
Aug 26, 2005 · 44 min
SG-1 investigates when evidence suggests that there are still Goa'uld hiding on Earth -- including a former System Lord. Tensions between Earth and the Free Jaffa continue to mount
Babylon
Sep 9, 2005 · 44 min
Colonel Mitchell is injured in a skirmish with a warrior from a mythic tribe of rebel Jaffa, and is trained in their fighting techniques only so that he may engage in a ritual batt
Prototype
Sep 16, 2005 · 44 min
SG-1 finds a genetically advanced Goa'uld-human hybrid created by Anubis, and returns him to Earth for study. But even keeping him alive may not be worth the risk.
The Fourth Horseman (1)
Sep 16, 2005 · 44 min
Earth is infected with a deadly Ori plague, prompting an ally from SG-1's past to come to their aid. Gerak proposes that the Free Jaffa follow the Ori religion.
The Fourth Horseman (2)
Jan 6, 2006 · 44 min
As the Ori plague spreads rapidly, SG-1 hopes that the Prior who caused the disease may hold the key to its cure. Gerak tries to rally the Jaffa to the Ori's cause, prompting Teal'
Collateral Damage
Jan 13, 2006 · 44 min
When SG-1 travels to an Asgard Protected Planet, Colonel Mitchell is accused of a murder he did not commit.
Ripple Effect
Jan 20, 2006 · 44 min
Multiple SG-1s show up at Stargate Command, leading the "real" team to conclude that they have each been inadvertantly displaced from different parallel realities.
Stronghold
Jan 27, 2006 · 44 min
Baal kidnaps Teal'c as part of a plot to brainwash those Jaffa advocating a move toward democracy. Cameron Mitchell learns that an old friend is about to die.
Ethon
Feb 3, 2006 · 44 min
Daniel is imprisoned on a world under the influence of the Ori, and the Prometheus is caught in a firefight when SG-1 tries to rescue him.
Off the Grid
Feb 10, 2006 · 43 min
SG-1 is captured after a deal with the Lucian Alliance goes bad ... and the planet's Stargate goes missing. Meanwhile, a former System Lord attempts to rebuild his empire.
The Scourge
Feb 17, 2006 · 44 min
A tour of an off-world research base for a group of foreign diplomats turns dangerous when an insidious insect species gets loose.
Arthur's Mantle
Feb 24, 2006 · 44 min
Mitchell and Carter are shifted to another dimension, making them invisible to everyone at the S.G.C. Meanwhile, Teal'c and SG-9 discover that the Sodan have been brutally attacked
Crusade
Mar 3, 2006 · 44 min
Vala Mal Doran makes contact with Stargate Command from the Ori home galaxy, and tells the story of her life undercover in a village of followers building the Ori's invasion fleet.
Camelot
Mar 10, 2006 · 43 min
SG-1 discovers the village of Camelot on an alien world, and must face Merlin's security system when they go in search of an Ancient weapon. Elsewhere, Earth and its allies assembl