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Explore Colonel Frank Cromwell's odyssey after falling through the Stargate in Season Two's A Matter of Time, and follow Jack's search for him. Significant Tok'ra supporting characters and a human culture drawn from the annals of history. Book One of the series By Honor Bound.
I don't get why fans gloss over the stand alone episodes. You get too involved in the show, forgetting it's purpose: entertainment. Watch what you like, skip what you don't like. Simple!
I don't get why fans gloss over the stand alone episodes. You get too involved in the show, forgetting it's purpose: entertainment. Watch what you like, skip what you don't like. Simple!
I liked the standalone episodes, but I often am made to feel alone in this.
Explore Colonel Frank Cromwell's odyssey after falling through the Stargate in Season Two's A Matter of Time, and follow Jack's search for him. Significant Tok'ra supporting characters and a human culture drawn from the annals of history. Book One of the series By Honor Bound.
I don't get why fans gloss over the stand alone episodes. You get too involved in the show, forgetting it's purpose: entertainment. Watch what you like, skip what you don't like. Simple!
depends what people want: the OP wanted a listing of major episodes of the major plotline(s).
personally, there's a few standalones i like a lot, and a few that i'm not so keen on. likewise with storyline episodes, and also with 2-parters. typically on my reruns i'll pick out whatever i feel like at the time - which sometimes means that if i'm not in the mood for an episode, even if i like it, i just skip it and move along
i think that you should watch ever episode but if i had to say ones to skip:
season 1: emancipation, the first commandment.
season 2: bane (though a cute episode, if watched should be before secrets).
season 3+: i'd watch them all.
i personally like stand alones such as "one false step" it shows what negitiave impact they could have just by being there. and i do love daniel/jack's "fight" lol.
For me all the Stargate episodes are important. Including the ones I don't like so much, and those that seem like filler on the surface. I say this, because every episode is a step in the growth of the characters and add little touches to their personalities. With each episode they learn more about what's out there and we watch how they deal with things mankind have never faced before.
Human ingenuity is put to the test, the consequences of human fallibility are shown, as well as the successes with the friends and allies they make along the way. Stargate tells a wonderful story, a tapestry where all the threads are needed to make a fantastic whole!!!
Man its so frustating to see everyone afraid of giving us a list of important episodes.
Im just tired of reading "all episodes are important". Thats so "fake" .
But first let me tell why I do want and I will skip some episodes. Imagine someone starting the show in 2014, 17 seasons to watch ( I intend to watch everything from Stargate, Sg-1, atlantis, universe), so it just too much to watch and I have so many options of shows running at the moment and new shows being released, I cant afford watching every single episode. Even if it were true that all episodes are important I wouldnt watch all them, imagine when I discovered that a lot of episodes in the first seasons are skippable.
I started Sg-1 season 01 watchig every episode and what a let down. After watching "Emancipation" and "The First Commandment" I was done with this show. These two episodes are so bad I almost gave up. But I love the stargate mythology and universe and after finding a website with a list of the important episodes of seasons 1, 2 e 3 I got my way to enjoy Stargate much better.
I dont want to offend any of you fans, I respect your love for the show, but there any many fillers episodes, and some bad bad ones that anyone can tell. Episodes that wont make the viewer lose anything important to the main arcs.
I skipped like 7 or 8 episodes from each season (1 , 2 e 3), something like 20 episodes left behind and everything was just fine, im understanding every plot and arc.
Now Im in season 4 and decided to watch every episode again, guess what, the show is becoming boring again. (and Im really worried, cause thats from a season many fans consider to be one of the best ). The first three "SMALL VICTORIES", "THE OTHER SIDE" and "UPGRADES" were fine to very good, but then came "CROSSROADS" , "DIVIDE AND CONQUER" and even the so acclaimed "WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY". All of these last 3 I didnt really like. I feel I could skip any of them.
In the end of season 03 I was loving the show, so I will go back to my method of skipping episodes, too bad the brave guy who made a list of the important episodes only did for season 01, 02 and 03. He said that from season 04 on Stargate became "more open" and we should watch all episodes, opinion that I disagree, at least for season 04. Now Ill have to search once more for tips about the really important episodes of this season. So far I have found this small list
I have always been a fan of Stargate, and with over 200 episodes and the movies it can take a while to watch them all. As with most television shows of this length, there are single shot episode that tell a story but do not add to the main storyline. I was hoping to obtain or create a list of episodes that stick to or contribute growth to the main story line of Stargate. I haven't seen a list of this type, but if someone has, please fill me in. Otherwise I'm off the watch the whole series and taking notes.
P.S. I don't think those single shot episodes are not worth watching, just that sometimes I wouldn't mind watching the express version of Stargate.
personally,, i think these are most important
Stargate 001 Stargate 1994
Stargate 064 SG-1 S03 E20 Maternal Instinct
Stargate 083 SG-1 S04 E17 Absolute Power
Stargate 091 SG-1 S05 E03 Ascension
Stargate 109 SG-1 S05 E21 Meridian
Stargate 116 SG-1 S06 E06 Abyss
Stargate 129 SG-1 S06 E19 The Changeling
Stargate 132 SG-1 S06 E22 Full Circle
Stargate 153 154 SG-1 S07 E21 E22 The Lost City
Stargate 159 SG-1 S08 E03 Lockdown
Stargate 182 SG-A S01 E14 Sanctuary
Stargate 185 SG-1 S08 E16 Reckoning (Part I)
Stargate 187 SG-1 S08 E17 Reckoning (Part II)
Stargate 189 SG-1 S08 E18 Threads
Stargate 199 SG-1 S09 E03 Origin
Stargate 211 SG-1 S09 E09 Prototype
Stargate 213 SG-1 S09 E10 The Fourth Horseman (Part I)
Stargate 218 SG-A S02 E12 Epiphany
Stargate 231 SG-1 S09 E19 Crusade
Stargate 239 SG-1 S10 E03 The Pegasus Project
Stargate 262 SG-A S03 E14 Tao Of Rodney
Stargate 271 SG-1 S10 E19 Dominion (Vala GIVES UP her memeories)
Stargate 300 SG-A S05 E05 Ghost In The Machine (Dr Weir's return)
Stargate 316 The Ark Of Truth
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