Season 1 - 9 Best Episode Title Tournament

[Celsius]

Right, everyone who has voted in the other tournaments knows how this works, but I shall explain the rules fully: basically everyone votes for their 2 least favourite episode titles from seasons 1 - 9 of SG-1. You can vote for a title because it doesn't fit the episode, or because it's too basic, or for whatever reason you like. But episode quality doesn't come into account here.

After approximately 24 hours I shall tally the votes and the title with the most votes will be evicted. If more than two titles have the most votes we will have a tie-breaker round. Eventually the number of votes will decrease and finally we will be left with one title which will be crowned the winner.

Oh and if people could list their titles in chronological order I'd be very grateful as it makes it easier for me to tally the votes, thanks

Here are the titles from season 1 - 9:

Season 1:

Children of the Gods, part 1 - Eliminated Round 109
Children of the Gods, part 2 - Eliminated Round 123
The Enemy Within - Eliminated Round 71
Emancipation - Eliminated Round 9
The Broca Divide - Eliminated Round 103
The First Commandment - Eliminated Round 47
Cold Lazarus - Eliminated Round 20
The Nox - Eliminated Round 2
Brief Candle - Eliminated Round 26
Thor's Hammer - Eliminated Round 50
The Torment of Tantalus - Eliminated Round 160
Bloodlines - Eliminated Round 81
Fire and Water - Eliminated Round 99
Hathor - Eliminated Round 3
Singularity - Eliminated Round 78 (Tie)
Cor-ai - Eliminated Round 13 (Tie)
Enigma - Eliminated Round 108
Solitudes - Eliminated Round 138
Tin Man - Eliminated Round 73 (Tie)
There But For the Grace of God
Politics - Eliminated Round 12
Within the Serpent's Grasp - Eliminated Round 120

Season 2:

The Serpent's Lair - Eliminated Round 130
In the Line of Duty - Eliminated Round 100
Prisoners - Eliminated Round 15
The Gamekeeper - Eliminated Round 41
Need - Eliminated Round 7 (Tie)
Thor's Chariot - Eliminated Round 54 (Tie)
Message in a Bottle - Eliminated Round 64
Family - Eliminated Round 43 (Tie)
Secrets - Eliminated Round 78 (Tie)
Bane - Eliminated Round 11
Spirits - Eliminated Round 23 (Tie)
The Tok'ra, part 1 - Eliminated Round 27
The Tok'ra, part 2 - Eliminated Round 28 (Tie)
Touchstone - Eliminated Round 42 (Tie)
A Matter of Time - Eliminated Round 129
The Fifth Race - Eliminated Round 126
Serpent's Song - Eliminated Round 89 (Tie)
Holiday - Eliminated Round 60
One False Step - Eliminated Round 107
Show and Tell - Eliminated Round 34
1969 - Eliminated Round 58
Out of Mind - Eliminated Round 51 (Tie)

Season 3:

Into the Fire - Eliminated Round 135
Seth - Eliminated Round 1
Fair Game - Eliminated Round 104
Legacy - Eliminated Round 96 (Tie)
Learning Curve - Eliminated Round 112 (Tie)
Point of View - Eliminated Round 136
Deadman's Switch - Round 40
Demons - Eliminated Round 14
Rules of Engagement - Eliminated Round 119
Forever in a Day - Eliminated Round 158
Past and Present - Eliminated Round 53
Jolinar's Memories - Eliminated Round 36
The Devil You Know - Eliminated Round 148
Foothold - Eliminated Round 77
Pretense - Eliminated Round 48
Urgo - Eliminated Round 5
A Hundred Days - Eliminated Round 59
Shades of Grey - Eliminated Round 154
New Ground - Eliminated Round 16
Maternal Instinct - Eliminated Round 106
Crystal Skull - Eliminated Round 134
Nemesis - Eliminated Round 85 (Tie)

Season 4:

Small Victories - Eliminated Round 143
The Other Side - Eliminated Round 66 (Tie)
Upgrades - Eliminated Round 127
Crossroads - Eliminated Round 42 (Tie)
Divide and Conquer - Eliminated Round 132
Window of Opportunity - Eliminated Round 144
Watergate - Eliminated Round 33 (Tie)
The First Ones - Eliminated Round 102 (Tie)
Scorched Earth - Eliminated Round 114
Beneath the Surface - Eliminated Round 139
Point of No Return - Eliminated Round 35
Tangent - Eliminated Round 145
The Curse - Eliminated Round 19
The Serpent's Venom - Eliminated Round 110
Chain Reaction - Eliminated Round 94 (Tie)
2010 - Eliminated Round 67 (Tie)
Absolute Power - Eliminated Round 152
The Light - Eliminated Round 10 (Tie)
Prodigy - Eliminated Round 39 (Tie)
Entity - Eliminated Round 46
Double Jeopardy - Eliminated Round 142
Exodus - Eliminated Round 122

Season 5:

Enemies - Eliminated Round 63 (Tie)
Threshold - Eliminated Round 97
Ascension - Eliminated Round 55 (Tie)
The Fifth Man - Eliminated Round 54 (Tie)
Red Sky - Eliminated Round 113
Rite of Passage - Eliminated Round 105 (Tie)
Beast of Burden - Eliminated Round 94 (Tie)
The Tomb - Eliminated Round 17
Between Two Fires - Eliminated Round 151
2001 - Eliminated Round 63 (Tie)
Desperate Measures - Eliminated Round 121
Wormhole X-Treme - Eliminated Round 62 (Tie)
Proving Ground - Eliminated Round 128
48 Hours - Eliminated Round 79 (Tie)
Summit - Eliminated Round 49
Last Stand - Eliminated Round 101
Fail Safe - Eliminated Round 45
The Warrior - Eliminated Round 28 (Tie)
Menace - Eliminated Round 91 (Tie)
The Sentinel - Eliminated Round 7 (Tie)
Meridian - Eliminated Round 161
Revelations - Eliminated Round 84

Season 6:

Redemption, part 1 - Eliminated Round 70
Redemption, part 2 - Eliminated Round 93
Descent - Eliminated Round 111
Frozen - Eliminated Round 24
Nightwalkers - Eliminated Round 69
Abyss
Shadow Play - Eliminated Round 88 (Tie)
The Other Guys - Eliminated Round 51 (Tie)
Allegiance - Eliminated Round 95
Cure - Eliminated Round 29
Prometheus - Eliminated Round 33 (Tie)
Unnatural Selection - Eliminated Round 159
Sight Unseen - Eliminated Round 96 (Tie)
Smoke and Mirrors - Eliminated Round 153
Paradise Lost - Eliminated Round 156
Metamorphosis - Eliminated Round 124
Disclosure - Eliminated Round 91 (Tie)
Forsaken - Eliminated Round 75
The Changeling - Eliminated Round 57
Memento - Eliminated Round 6
Prophecy - Eliminated Round 112 (Tie)
Full Circle - Eliminated Round 157

Season 7:

Fallen - Eliminated Round 85 (Tie)
Homecoming - Eliminated Round 115
Fragile Balance - Eliminated Round 76
Orpheus - Eliminated Round 102 (Tie)
Revisions - Eliminated Round 56
Lifeboat - Eliminated Round 141
Enemy Mine - Eliminated Round 25 (Tie)
Space Race - Eliminated Round 8
Avenger 2.0 - Eliminated Round 13 (Tie)
Birthright - Eliminated Round 73 (Tie)
Evolution, part 1 - Eliminated Round 37
Evolution, part 2 - Eliminated Round 38
Grace - Eliminated Round 10 (Tie)
Fallout - Eliminated Round 22
Chimera - Eliminated Round 44 (Tie)
Death Knell - Eliminated Round 147
Heroes, part 1 - Eliminated Round 89 (Tie)
Heroes, part 2 - Eliminated Round 150
Resurrection - Eliminated Round 23 (Tie)
Inauguration - Eliminated Round 52
Lost City, part 1 - Eliminated Round 133
Lost City, part 2 - Eliminated Round 117

Season 8:

New Order, part 1 - Eliminated Round 88 (Tie)
New Order, part 2 - Eliminated Round 90
Lockdown - Eliminated Round 65
Zero Hour - Eliminated Round 116
Icon - Eliminated Round 21 (Tie)
Avatar - Eliminayed Round 68
Affinity - Eliminated Round 4
Covenant - Eliminated Round 18
Sacrifices - Eliminated Round 43 (Tie)
Endgame - Eliminated Round 62 (Tie)
Gemini - Eliminated Round 137
Prometheus Unbound - Eliminated Round 39 (Tie)
It's Good to Be King - Eliminated Round 118
Full Alert - Eliminated Round 55 (Tie)
Citizen Joe - Eliminated Round 21 (Tie)
Reckoning, part 1 - Eliminated Round 140
Reckoning, part 2 - Eliminated Round 131
Threads - Eliminated Round 149
Moebius, part 1 - Eliminated Round 125
Moebius, part 2 - Eliminated Round 155

Season 9:

Avalon, part 1 - Eliminated Round 92
Avalon, part 2 - Eliminated Round 74
Origin - Eliminated Round 61
The Ties That Bind - Eliminated Round 86
The Powers That Be - Eliminated Round 82
Beachhead - Eliminated Round 72
Ex Deus Machina - Eliminated Round 80
Babylon - Eliminated Round 25 (Tie)
Prototype - Eliminated Round 98
The Fourth Horseman, part 1 - Eliminated Round 105 (Tie)
The Fourth Horseman, part 2 - Eliminated Round 87
Collateral Damage - Eliminated Round 79 (Tie)
Ripple Effect - Eliminated Round 146
Stronghold - Eliminated Round 32
Ethon - Eliminated Round 30
Off the Grid - Eliminated Round 44 (Tie)
The Scourge - Eliminated Round 31
Arthur’s Mantle - Eliminated Round 83
Crusade - Eliminated Round 67 (Tie)
Camelot - Eliminated Round 66 (Tie)

Round 1

My votes:

The Nox
Thor's Hammer
Hathor
Thor's Chariot
Seth
The Light
The Tomb
Summit
The Sentinel
Frozen
Prometheus
Space Race

Get voting!

[berenikee]

Bloodlines
Prisoners
Need
Family
Secrets
Spirits
Into the Fire
Fair Game
Legacy
Maternal Instinct
The Curse
Sacrifices

Nice tournament!

[RepliCartertje]

yeah nice idea... but I get the feeling it is going to be hard to vote...

Round 1:
*Fire and Water
*hathor
*Prisoners
*1969
*Seth
*Urgo
*2010
*The Tomb
*2001
*Prometheus
*Fallen
*Sacrifices

[dipsofjazz]

Round 1

Cold Lazarus
Bane
Serpent's Song
Forever in a Day
Exodus
Last Stand
Shadow Play
The Changeling
Grace
Affinity
Ethon
Crusade

[Jumper One]

1. Fire and Water
2. Out of Mind
3. Learning Curve
4. Deadman's Switch
5. Watergate
6. The Light
7.Entity
8. The Sentinel
9. Nightwalkers
10. Space Race
11. Sacrifices
12. Ripple Effect


I like this tournament!

[LoneStar1836]

Round 1

The Nox
Hathor
Spirits
Seth
The Curse
The Light
The Tomb
Summit
The Sentinel
Enemy Mine
Space Race
Sacrifices

[figment]

Round 1

1. The Nox
2. Bloodlines
3. Cor-ai
4. Seth
5. Family
6. Spirits
7. Maternal Instinct
8. Tangent
9. The Sentinel
10. Icon
11. Birthright
12. Ethon

[I'm Just Sayin']

Tin Man
Need
Message in a Bottle
Show and Tell
The Curse
The Light
The Tomb
The Sentinel
Nightwalkers
Grace
Chimera
Affinity

[TheWarrior]

Round 1

Brief Candle
Need
Learning Curve
The Other Side
Tangent
Prodigy
Desperate Measures
Nightwalkers
Affinity
Covenant
It's Good to Be King
Babylon

[warmbeachbrat]

The Broca Divide (the what divide?)
The Nox (you mean noxious?)
Seth (out of all the goa'uld's, this is the one to get an ep title named after him? EDIT: Oops! Forgot about Hathor--but still!)
Demons (surely they could have come up with a better title for this ep?)
Urgo (why does it seem like most eps named after aliens, are bad, bad, bad?)
New Ground (what, pray tell, did this title have to do with the ep?)
Watergate (naming an ep after a political scandal is never a good idea, even if it is a clever play on words)
Meridian (is it just me, or does this title make no sense at all?)
Memento (I didn't get the memo, what does this have to do with the ep?)
Enemy Mine (the movie was better)
Affinity (with what? idiocy?)
Off the Grid (what grid?)

[Anubis69]

Round 1

The Nox
Cor-ai
Bane
Seth
Demons
Urgo
Scorched Earth
The Light
Prodigy
The Sentinel
Grace
Citizen Joe

As a general rule of thumb, most with "the" in front of it is pretty rubbish.

[Callista]

This is proving decidedly difficult for me. I'm trying to vote based on how much the title has to do with the episode as well as creativity and just general coolness. My first round of votes will be mostly titles that I don't really get the connection to what happens in the episode (please feel free to enlighten me if you do get it....I'd really like to know where some of these came from):

Enigma
Show and Tell
Legacy
New Ground
Revelations
Fragile Balance
Evolution, part 1
Evolution, part 2
Resurrection
Affinity
Covenant
Babylon

(Aargh, a couple of those are among my very favorite episodes, but I don't get the title.)

Oh, and wbb, I didn't get "Meridian" either until I looked it up and found the following definition:

6. The highest point or stage of development; peak: "Men come to their meridian at various periods of their lives"

I think that pretty much sums up the episode.

[DEM]

"episode quality doesn't come into account here"

DEM R1

The First Commandment
There But For the Grace of God
Serpent's Song
A Hundred Days
Point of No Return
Wormhole X-Treme!
Cure
Fragile Balance
Orpheus
Fallout
Crusade
Camelot

how did y'all find this so early?

[Mr Prophet]

It's actually Deadman Switch, rather than Deadman's Switch (there's a sort of double pun).

My votes:

The Nox
Politics
The Fifth Race
Holiday
Jolinar's Memories
The Changeling
Enemy Mine
Space Race
Avenger 2.0
It's Good to Be King
Full Alert
Citizen Joe

[Mr Prophet]

Enigma
Show and Tell
Legacy
New Ground
Revelations
Fragile Balance
Evolution, part 1
Evolution, part 2
Resurrection
Affinity
Covenant
Babylon

(Aargh, a couple of those are among my very favorite episodes, but I don't get the title.)

I think I can help with a few of them:

Legacy: The devices are Machello's legacy.
Revelations: Revelations are things revealed and a lot was revealed in this episode, about the Asgard and in particular about Anubis (not least his face).
Fragile Balance: The term is usually applied to nature, which Loki is tampering with.
Resurrection: Something dead is brought back to life.
Covenant: A covenant is a deal or agreement.
Babylon: Not 100% sure, but Babylon is Rastafarian slang for talk or negotiation.