sg-1 list

[amezri]

for ozw because he doesn't want to watch every single SG-1 episode ever made, here's my list of what he should watch. Other SG-1 fans feel free to speak up.

These are numbered by production code.

Season 1
1.02 The Enemy Within
1.04 The Broca Divide
1.05 The First Commandment
1.06 Cold Lazarus (Jack backstory ep; you could skip it)
1.07 The Nox (the Nox are important in later episodes, but hey, Principal Snyder is in it)
1.09 Thor's Hammer (introduces the Unas and Thor [kinda]; could be skipped)
1.10 The Torment of Tantalus (bonus Paul McGillion)
1.11 Bloodlines (Teal'c character development)
1.12 Fire and Water (Daniel death fake-out number 1)
1.13 Hathor
1.14 Singularity (Cassie introduction, who appears later; Katie Stuart played Kitty Pryde in X2 and was in DLM for an ep)
1.16 Enigma (introduction of Tollans; Garwin Sanford later plays Simon on SGA; could skip.. but you'd miss Schrodinger!)
1.17 Solitudes (good Sam ep; descovery of second Earth gate)
1.18 Tinman (could skip)
1.19 There But For the Grace of God (mirror universe introduction)
1.20 Politics (Kinsey introduction)
1.21 Within the Serpent's Grasp

Season 2
2.01 The Serpent's Lair
2.02 In the Line of Duty (is referenced a lot later, but you could skip)
2.03 Prisoners (good standalone ep)
2.05 Need (Daniel gets hooked on the sarcophagus)
2.06 Thor's Chariot (introduction of the Asgard)
2.09 Secrets (Danile/Shau're drama, but referenced later; could skip)
2.10 Bane (bug!Teal'c... kinda; could skip)
2.11 The Tok'ra Part 1 (introduces the Tok'ra; important characters all the way through)
2.12 The Tok'ra Part 2
2.14 Touchstone (introduction of the NID)
2.15 A Matter of Time
2.16 The Fifth Race (Asgard and Ancient plot stuff)
2.17 Serpent's Song (Apophis; you can skip)
2.18 Holiday (body switching; you can skip)
2.19 One False Step
2.21 1969 (monkeying with time again)
2.22 Out of Mind Part 1

Season 3
3.01 Into the Fire
3.03 Fair Game (The Yu jokes continue for years and years...)
3.04 Legacy
3.06 Point of View (mirror-verse; good ep)
3.09 Rules of Engagement (could skip this)
3.10 Forever in a Day (Daniel finds wife; wife dies; Daniel quits; could skip this one.)
3.12 Jolinar's Memories
3.13 The Devil You Know
3.14 Foothold (I dig this ep a lot)
3.15 Pretense (Tollans, Nox, Goa'uld, and Skaara. good times)
3.16 Urgo (amusing, but standalone, you could skip, but you'd miss the crack)
3.17 A Hundred Days (uhm.. Jack's "Epiphany"? But is kind of better; you could skip it though)
3.18 Shades of Grey
3.20 Maternal Instinct (introduction of Oma, Ascension, Ascended, and Harsesis)
3.21 Crystal Skull (good ep, but you could skip)
3.22 Nemesis (more Asgard fun, plus Replicators)

Season 4
4.01 Small Victories
4.03 Upgrades (SG1 with super powers!)
4.05 Divide and Conquer (featuring the start of the Carter Curse! XD)
4.06 Window of Opportunity (love, love, love this episode. must see)
4.07 Watergate (Maybourne; Russian Gate project)
4.08 The First Ones (Daniel is competent in the field! you could skip this though...)
4.09 Scorched Earth (good ep, but you could skip)
4.10 Beneath the Surface (good team ep)
4.11 Point of No Return (cracktastic, introduction of Martin)
4.14 The Curse (introduction of Sarah/Osiris)
4.15 Chain Reaction (more NID fun, Maybourne, Kinsey)
4.16 2010 (good ep, time travel)
4.17 Absolute Power (good Daniel ep; Shifu/Harsesis)
4.18 The Light (bonus Kristian Ayre from Space Cases)
4.19 Prodigy (good ep; relevant in future ep)
4.20 Entity (this was the ep referenced in SGA's "Intruder")
4.21 Double Jeopardy (I don't think I've actually seen this one, so I can't say.. but.. robots!)
4.22 Exodus

Season 5
5.01 Enemies
5.03 Ascension (Ancients; bonus Sean Patrick Flannery!)
5.04 The Fifth Man (good ep, but you could skip)
5.06 Rite of Passage (Cassandra ep; could skip)
5.07 Beast of Burden (good ep; Unas storyline; could skip)
5.09 Between Two Fires (Tollans)
5.10 2001 (related to "2010"; Carter Curse here if you believe it works from the future.. erm..)
5.11 Desperate Measures (good Carter ep)
5.12 Wormhole X-Treme (full of crack; must see)
5.13 Proving Ground (good ep; plus, Grace Pak {BSG], the guy from Planet Kill Kid, and cadet Hailey)
5.14 48 Hours (first appearance of McKay!)
5.17 Failsafe (Thor!; could skip)
5.19 Menace (good ep; Replicator background)
5.21 Meridian (intro of Jonas Quinn; Daniel dies. But, like, for real this time!)
5.22 Revelations (Anubis; Thor)

Season 6
6.01 Redemption Part 1 (oh, whatever... McKay!)
6.02 Redemption Part 2 (seriously, it's all about McKay)
6.03 Descent (Jonas keeps saving those ungrateful bastards; you could skip)
6.04 Frozen (Ancient background info; same girl from beginning of SGA pilot)
6.05 Nightwalkers (good ep; kinda X-Files)
6.06 Abyss (awesome, awesome ep)
6.07 Shadow Play (good Jonas ep, but you could skip)
6.08 The Other Guys (bonus Patrick McKenna who was in Traders with Hewlett)
6.09 Allegiance (uuhmm... because Malek is pretty; Goa'uld/Tok'ra politics so you could skip)
6.11 Prometheus (first X-303; NID)
6.12 Unnatural Selection (Replicators; intro of Fifth)
6.13 Sight Unseen
6.14 Smoke and Mirrors (Kinsey/NID/SGC political conspiracy stuff; skip if uninterested)
6.15 Paradies Lost (Maybourne; skip if you're not interested)
6.16 Metamorphosis (kinda creepy and Farscape-like, but you could skip it)
6.17 Disclosure
6.19 Changeling (good ep; written by Chris Judge)
6.21 Prophecy (related to 6.16)
6.22 Full Circle (Anubis; glowy!Daniel)

Season 7
7.01 Fallen (Daniel comes back)
7.02 Homecoming (Jonas leaves ;_;)
7.03 Fragile Balance (mini!Jack!)
7.05 Revisions
7.06 Lifeboat (good Michael Shanks ep)
7.07 Enemy Mine (Unas; debut of Major Lorne!)
7.09 Avenger 2.0
7.11 Evolution Part 1
7.12 Evolution Part 2
7.13 Grace (good Carter ep; sort of like McKay's "Grace Under Pressure"; could skip)
7.14 Fallout (Jonas! skip if you don't care...)
7.15 Chimera
7.17 Heroes Part 1 (excellent ep)
7.18 Heroes Part 2 (ditto)
7.19 Resurrection (sorta dark? standalone, so could be skipped)
7.20 Inauguration (evaluation of the Stargate program; politics)
7.21 The Lost City Part 1
7.22 The Lost City Part 2

Season 8
8.01 New Order Part 1
8.02 New Order Part 2
8.03 Lockdown (Anubis related; could skip)
8.04 Zero Hour (poor Jack...)
8.06 Avatar
8.07 Affinity (Teal'c tries to get a life; you could skip)
8.08 Covenant (introduction of the Trust; bonus Mr. Sheffield! XD)
8.10 Endgame (the Trust)
8.11 Gemini (Replicators; Fifth)
8.12 Prometheus Unbound (CLAUDIA! as Vala. Cracktastic)
8.13 It's Good to Be King (eh, only worth it to see Wayne Brady as a Jaffa)
8.14 Full Alert (Trust; Goa'uld; Earth politics; skip if you want)
8.15 Citizen Joe (must see; oh, the crack! bonus Dan Castellaneta)
8.16 Reckoning Part 1 (Replicators)
8.17 Reckoning Part 2 (Replicators)
8.18 Threads (only worth it for Der Waffel Haus set)
8.19 Moebius Part 1 (timeline futzing)
8.20 Moebius Part 2 (ditto)

Season 9
9.01 Avalon Part 1 (intro of Ben Browder as Cam; Vala; Ancients)
9.02 Avalon Part 2
9.03 Origin (if the Ori stuff interests you after this ep, watch the indicated eps; if not, skip them)
9.04 The Ties That Bind (Vala! must watch)
9.05 The Powers that Be (good Vala ep)
9.06 Beachhead (some witty banter; Carter comes back)
9.07 Ex Deus Machina (return of Ba'al; could skip)
9.08 Babylon (intro of the Sodan; worth it to watch ben)
9.09 Prototype (kinda creepy weird)
9.10 The Fourth Horseman Part 1 (Orlin comes back.. kinda)
9.11 The Fourth Horseman Part 2 (Ori plague)
9.12 Collateral Damage (great Cam episode)
uh.. to be honest, I haven't seen 9.13 - 9.16. so I have no idea. But 9.16 Off the Grid looks interesting.
9.17 The Scourge (good non-SGC people ep)

oh, just watch season 9. There's a Ben! And occassionally a Claudia. Just fastfoward through the boring Jaffa politics and Ori whatever.

This took waaaay too long to do and I realized I've seen way more SG-1 episodes than I thought.