SG-1/Atlantis/Movies/SGU continuity and viewing order

[someunspecifiedguy]

Having only gotten into Stargate recently, I don't really know how (or how often) SG1 and Atlantis reference each other. What's a good way to watch them both together?

[SaberBlade]

After you've watched the first seven season of SG1, you start with season 8 of SG1 and then season 1 of SGA.

So New Order I+II (SG1 S8) then Rising I+II (SGA S1)

Then alternate between episodes (SG1 then SGA) until you get to the last two episodes of each season

Then watch Moebius I+II (SG1 S8) followed by The Seige I+II (SGA S1)

Then watch The Seige III, The Intruder and The Runner (SGA S2) followed by Avalon I+II and Origin (SG1 S9) then alternate again (with SG1, then SGA)

After you've watched the first three episodes of SG1 season 9 and SGA season 2, you can just alternate between episodes all the way through season 9/2 and 10/3.

[jenks]

Someone make this sticky, there's a new one every week!

[SaberBlade]

Even if this was stickied, I still think we'd get one at least every other week.

[lightsyder]

So, if one was to sit down and attempt to watch every episode in order how would the SG-1 Season 8 thru 10 and Atlantis Season 1 thru 3 mesh together? Of course all of Atlantis Season 4 is after SG-1 Season 10 and the two movies but what about the rest?

[Rezukien]

i think it goes sg1 8 eps 1 then 2
then atlantis 1 ep 1
then sg1 ep3
atlantis 2 etc...

then after that it just aired sg1 season 9 ep 1 atlantis season 2 ep 1
then sg1 ep 2 atlantis ep 2 i think

but they dont cross over enough to realy notice,
me an my flatmate did nothing last year but watch our way through stargate an we just did it as 1 dvd sg1 followed by 1 dvd atlantis an there was no problems there lol....ahh good times

[Jumper_One]

SG-1 s1-7
SG-1 'New Order'
SGA 'Rising'
SG-1 s8
SGA s1
SG-1 s9
SGA s2
SG-1 s10
SGA s3
SGA s4

or always watch one ep SG-1 and continue with an ep SGA. do this until you've reached s4

[Agent_Dark]

in this order:
sg1 s8
atlantis s2
sg1 s10
atlanis s1
sg1 s2
atlantis s3
firefly
sg1 s9

that's how i'd do it anyway

[jebus]

Well in my spare time I have made this handy stargate viewing order chart:

There are naturally many episodes where the exact order doesn't matter so I use the arrows to indicate a clear ordering between SG-1 and atlantis. To show what I mean by the arrows, "Rising Part 1" must be after "New Order Part 2", or more recently "McKay an Mrs. Miller" must be after "The Pegasus Project", "The Road Not Taken" must be after "McKay and Mrs. Miller" (not necessarily immediately so). Naturally all SG-1 episodes must be watched in order and all Atlantis episodes must be watched in order.



Additionally I have a more specific recommended viewing order that follows the ordering of the above chart and tries to alternate between SG-1 and Atlantis as much as possible without breaking up multi-part episodes:

Stargate
Children Of The Gods/The Enemy Within
Emancipation
The Broca Divide
The First Commandment
Brief Candle
Cold Lazarus
Thor's Hammer
The Torment Of Tantalus
Bloodlines
Fire And Water
The Nox
Hathor
Cor-ai
Singularity
Enigma
Tin Man
Solitudes
There But For The Grace Of God/Politics/Within The Serpent's Grasp/The Serpent's Lair
In The Line Of Duty
Prisoners
The Gamekeeper
Need
Thor's Chariot
Message In A Bottle
Family
Secrets
Bane
The Tok'ra
Spirits
Touchstone
A Matter Of Time
The Fifth Race
Serpent's Song
Holiday
One False Step
Show And Tell
1969
Out Of Mind/Into The Fire
Seth
Fair Game
Legacy
Learning Curve
Point Of View
Deadman Switch
Demons
Rules Of Engagement
Forever In A Day
Past And Present
Jolinar's Memories/The Devil You Know
Foothold
Pretense
Urgo
A Hundred Days
Shades Of Grey
New Ground
Maternal Instinct
Crystal Skull
Nemesis/Small Victories
The Other Side
Upgrades
Crossroads
Divide And Conquer
Window Of Opportunity
Watergate
The First Ones
Scorched Earth
Beneath The Surface
Point Of No Return
Tangent
The Curse
The Serpent's Venom
Chain Reaction
2010
Absolute Power
The Light
Prodigy
Entity
Double Jeopardy/Exodus/Enemies/Threshold
Ascension
The Fifth Man
Red Sky
Rite Of Passage
Beast Of Burden
The Tomb
Between Two Fires
2001
Desperate Measures
Wormhole X-treme!
Proving Ground
48 Hours
Summit/Last Stand/Fail Safe
The Warrior
Menace
The Sentinel
Meridian/Revelations/Redemption/Descent
Frozen
Nightwalkers
Abyss
Shadow Play
The Other Guys
Allegiance
Cure
Prometheus/Unnatural Selection
Sight Unseen
Smoke And Mirrors
Paradise Lost
Metamorphosis
Disclosure
Forsaken
The Changeling
Memento
Prophecy
Full Circle/Fallen/Homecoming
Fragile Balance
Orpheus
Revisions
Lifeboat
Enemy Mine
Space Race
Avenger 2.0
Birthright
Evolution
Grace
Fallout
Chimera
Death Knell
Heroes
Resurrection
Inauguration/Lost City/New Order/Rising/Lockdown/Zero Hour
Hide And Seek
Icon
Thirty Eight Minutes
Avatar
Suspicion
Affinity
Childhood's End
Covenant
Poisoning The Well
Sacrifices
Underground
Endgame
Home
Gemini
The Storm/The Eye
Prometheus Unbound
The Defiant One
It's Good To Be King
Hot Zone
Full Alert
Sanctuary
Citizen Joe
Before I Sleep
Reckoning/Threads
The Brotherhood/Letters From Pegasus/Moebius/The Gift/The Siege/The Intruder/Runner
Avalon/Origin/The Ties That Bind/The Powers That Be/Beachhead/Ex Deus Machina/Babylon/Prototype/The Fourth Horseman
Duet
Condemned
Trinity
Collateral Damage
Instinct/Conversion
Ripple Effect
Aurora
Stronghold
The Lost Boys/The Hive
Ethon
Epiphany
Critical Mass
Off The Grid
Grace Under Pressure
The Tower
The Scourge
The Long Goodbye
Coup D'etat
Arthur's Mantle/Crusade/Camelot/Flesh And Blood
Michael/Inferno/Allies/No Man's Land/Misbegotten
Morpheus/The Pegasus Project/Insiders/Uninvited
Irresistible
Sateda
200
Progeny/The Real World
Counterstrike
Common Ground
Memento Mori
McKay and Mrs. Miller
Company of Thieves
Phantoms
The Quest
The Return
Line In The Sand
Echoes
The Road Not Taken
Irresponsible
The Shroud
Tao of Rodney
Bounty
The Game
Bad Guys
The Ark
Talion
Sunday
Family Ties
Submersion
Dominion/Unending/The Ark Of Truth
Vengeance
First Strike/Adrift/Lifeline
Reunion
Doppelganger
Travelers
Tabula Rasa
Missing/The Seer
Miller's Crossing
This Mortal Coil/Be All My Sins Remember'd/Spoils of War
Quarantine
Harmony
Outcast
Trio
Midway
The Kindred/The Last Man/Search and Rescue/The Seed
Continuum
Broken Ties
The Daedalus Variations
Ghost in the Machine
The Shrine
Whispers
The Queen
Tracker
First Contact/The Lost Tribe
Outsiders
Inquisition
The Prodigal
Remnants
Brain Storm
Infection
Identity
Vegas/Enemy at the Gate
Air
Darkness/Light
Water
Earth
Time
Life
Justice/Space/Divided
Faith
Human/Lost
Sabotage
Pain
Subversion/Incursion/Intervention
Aftermath
Awakening
Pathogen
Cloverdale
Trial and Error
The Greater Good
Malice
Visitation
Resurgence/Deliverance
Twin Destinies
Alliances
Hope
Seizure
The Hunt
Common Descent/Epilogue (WHY OH WHY IS SGU CANCELLED?!?!?!
Blockade
Gauntlet

[Professor D.H.D. Puddlejumper]

I see you've created a bit of a viewing separation between Ark and Continuum by slipping Vengeance in between. I made the suggestion in another post that you could create even more separation by placing Continuum between Lifeline where Carter returns to earth at the end, and Reunion when she returns to Atlantis. Just a thought.

[jenks]

I see you've created a bit of a viewing separation between Ark and Continuum by slipping Vengeance in between. I made the suggestion in another post that you could create even more separation by placing Continuum between Lifeline where Carter returns to earth at the end, and Reunion when she returns to Atlantis. Just a thought.

Except we know that both movies happen before season 4.

[from_orion]

I have all files on my computer (legally) and therefore am well versed in optimal viewing order.

My recommendation, maybe not perfect timeline but NO content or character inconsistencies:
SG1 S7
Sg1 S8 Ep1&2
Atl S1 Ep1&2
SG1 S8 & Atl S1 Eps 3-10 (SG1 ep x then ATL ep x)
Atl S1 Ep 11
SG1 S8 Ep 11
SG1 S8 & Atl S1 Eps 12-15 (SG1 ep x then ATL ep x)
SG1 S8 Eps 16&17
Atl S1 Eps 16&17
Sg1 S8 Ep 18
Atl S1 Ep 18
SG1 S8 Eps 19&20
Atl S1 Eps 19&20
Atl S2 Eps 1&2
SG1 S9 Eps 1&2
SG1 S9 & Atl S2 Eps 3-9 (SG1 ep x then ATL ep x)
Sg1 S9 Eps 10&11
Atl S2 Eps 10&11
Sg1 S9 & Atl S2 Eps 12-19 (SG1 ep x then ATL ep x)
Sg1 S9 Ep 20
Sg1 S10 Ep 1
Atl S2 Ep 20
Atl S3 Eps 1 & 2
Sg1 S10 Ep 2
Sg1 S10 & Atl S3 Eps 3-9 (SG1 ep x then ATL ep x)
Sg1 S10 Eps 10&11
Atl S3 Eps 10&11
Sg1 S10 & Atl S3 Eps 12-19 (SG1 ep x then ATL ep x)
Sg1 S10 Ep 20
Ark of Truth
Continuum (unless carter soon says she has to leave atlantis for a while)
Atl S3 Ep 20
Atl S4 Eps 1-current

enjoy this complicated yet worthwhile viewing list lightsyder

[Professor D.H.D. Puddlejumper]

Except we know that both movies happen before season 4.

But exactly how do we know that other than TPTB may have said so? Would any continuity be lost?

[from_orion]

But exactly how do we know that other than TPTB may have said so? Would any continuity be lost?

We know that Ark Of Truth is between Unending and season 4 Atlantis due to Teal'c and Carter's conversation about overcoming all their enemies. Obviously this was after the Or were defeated. Since I have not seen Continuum we do not know when it takes place. Maybe After Ark of Truth and before Season 4 Atlantis. Or it could have taken place between Lifeline and Reunion. Or Carter could take an upcoming break from Atlantis, since she is only in thirteen episodes of this season. Already hasn't been in a couple such as Miller's Crossing, Spoils of War, now that I think of it maybe she has already been out of about 6 episodes and therefore she will be in probably all but one of the upcoming episodes.

[lightsyder]

Sweet, thanks for the info guys. My goal is to add in the comics and books to have a complete viewing/reading order....

I'll post it when I'm done in case anyone is interested.