If you can recommend 3 episodes

[Mulder1975]

to someone who never seen the show before which's ones would you pick and why

[antipodal]

to someone who never seen the show before which's ones would you pick and why

Understanding SG1 - Torment of Tantalus because the episode encapsulates what SG1 is about so perfectly, plus has awesome perfornances by the guest actors

Just for the fun - Windows of Opportunity - Spiffy episode, a good combination of humor, science, action, pathos and more

Wow factor (as in it leaves your mind "going what happened?") - Forever in a Day - marvelous story

[SaberBlade]

Comedy: Window of Opportunity
Emotion: Meridian
Action/Generally what SG1 is about: Thor's Chariot.

[chrono trigger]

tough to pick so im just gonna go with my fav 3

solitudes
2010
windows of opportunity

[stargatefan7693]

1st 5 seasons: Window of Opportunity- awesome classic sg-1

seasons 6-8: Fragile Balance- I would reccomend this because you don't need a deep understanding of the show and most of the people I show it too aren't regular viewers.

Seasons 9-10: Unending- I thought the way this episode flowed was really good also the last scene was a great end to the show's run.

[Ulkesh47]

"The Fifth Race" (for mythology)
"1969" (for comedy)
"2010" (for spectacle)

[tiaf]

"The Children of the Gods" for introducing characters and everything
"The Tok'ra I&II" - same reason
"1969" for some humor

[Grace]

You should start with episodes from the first couple of seasons. And its always good to start from the beginning and watch them in order.

[GateGhost]

Torment of Tantalus, Grace and Unending.

[Primus Commander Woden]

The Season 7 finale Lost City part 1 and 2 (but mainly part 2) I thought was amazing! torment of Tantalus is also great and Window of Opportunity. O actually I would also recommend the Shroud (Season 10 ep14) - Michael Shanks is brilliant in this one!

[leiasky]

to someone who never seen the show before which's ones would you pick and why

They should just start with the beginning and go from there.

[Lunaeclipse]

COTG - because it sets up the premise.
Serpent's lair/grasp (and I am counting them as one ep which starts with There But For The Grace Of God because they were a To be continued scenario ) - Just because it's one of my favourite eps.
1969 or Window Of opportunity - Because they have nice main character interactions.

[D Toccs]

If I could recommend 3 episodes. the first 2 would have to be "Lost City parts 1 and 2". I grew up watching SG1 from the start. But here in Australia the timeslot it aired in changed at season 6, which meant that I only very occasionally saw season 6 and 7 when they first aired. I happened to stumble onto the channel the night they aired the 2 parter of Lost City and after 2 years of not really caring about Stargate, it got me hooked all over again and I've been hooked ever since.

The 3rd episode I would recommend would be season 3 episode 19 "New Ground". It is just great social commentary on religious beliefs and the wars that come as a result.

[blueray]

if i could pick three episodes, i would pick:

1. children of the gods (assuming the 2 parter counts as one), induces the characters.
2. there but the grace of god- a good stand alone episode that has mythology in it.
3. the fifth race- background of the mythology

though as said the person should just watch the show.

[Theguywhodoesnotfinderanicknam]

Bonjour,

That is a difficult question ^^ I like all of stargate's episode but If I had to chose one of them I will choose : The lost city !