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Stargate SG-1
TV Series

Stargate SG-1

1997Action, Adventure, Drama • 10 Seasons

Woke Score
2.4
out of 10

Series Overview

General Hammond summons Colonel Jack O'Neill out of retirement to embark on a secret rescue mission. O'Neill confesses that he disobeyed orders to destroy the Stargate on Planet Abydos, and that scientist Daniel Jackson may still be alive. Arriving on Abydos with his team, O'Neill meets up once again with the scientist, who has discovered a giant elaborate cartouche in hieroglyphics. All signs point to the fact that this is a map of many Stargates that exist throughout the galaxy - a development that makes the dream of the SG-1 team to travel throughout the universe in time a reality.

Season-by-Season Breakdown

Season 1

4/10

A military-science expedition team discovering how to use the ancient device, named the Stargate, to explore the galaxy. However, they encountered a powerful enemy in the film named the Goa'uld, who are bent on destroying Earth and all who oppose them.

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Season 2

Pending

O'Neill and the team return to Cimmeria, the planet where they destroyed Thor's Hammer to help Teal'c escape. They find that the Goa'uld have invaded and many of the people are dead. Can they help to find Thor's weapons to fight off the invasion before they are all captured or killed?

Season 3

2/10

SG-1 in their fight against the Goa'uld Empire's System Lords, the main being Sokar until "The Devil You Know" and then Apophis, after he regained power during that episode.

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Season 4

2.2/10

O'Neill and Teal'c risk their lives to keep the Replicator bugs from gaining a foothold on Earth, while Carter helps the Asgard fend off a Replicator invasion. A warring alien race offers to exchange their advanced technology for Earth's help in defeating their enemy.

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Season 5

1.4/10

SG-1 trains a team of raw cadets, and Colonel O'Neill is forced to take them into a real-life battle situation when he learns of a possible alien incursion at the S.G.C. After an accident with the Stargate traps Teal'c in transit, SG-1 must turn to Russia – and to their enemies – for help before time runs out.

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Season 6

1.4/10

O'Neill and Carter launch a risky plan with untested technology when Earth comes under attack by the Goa'uld. Carter must find a way to save Earth from total destruction at the hands of the Goa'uld, who have turned the Stargate into a doomsday bomb. Rya'c joins his father on a mission to destroy the Goa'uld weapon.

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Season 7

2/10

SG-1 discovers Daniel Jackson alive and living on an alien world, with no memory of who he is. The team hatches a plan to lure Anubis into a trap and destroy his new super-weapon. The team returns to Jonas's homeworld when they learn that the Goa'uld are after its naquadria.

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Season 8

2/10

With Jack still in stasis in the Ancient outpost buried in Antarctica, SG-1 tries to contact the Asgard. Meanwhile their new leader, Dr. Elizabeth Weir, tries to decide what to do about a request for peace talks from the Goa'uld System Lords.

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Season 9

3/10

As one team member transitions into a new role, another is met with hesitation in season nine. Having learned of the Ori's plan to control the mortal plane, the team must find Merlin's secret weapon that may destroy the Ori and ensure the safety of Earth.

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Season 10

4/10

As the team embarks upon its tenth year, Vala, a former Goa'uld host turned freedom-fighter, joins SG-1 in their battle to defend the galaxy from the holy war of the Ori. Having discovered the existence of a weapon capable of defeating the Ori, the team is now in a race against time to find it before more systems fall to the influence of the Priors and the threat of the newly arrived Origin fleet. The season is continued with direct-to-DVD film Stargate: The Ark of Truth.

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Overall Series Review

Stargate SG-1 is fundamentally a military science fiction series built around the premise of universal exploration and the necessary defense of Earth against technologically superior, malevolent alien threats. Across its ten seasons, the central narrative consistently champions competence, meritocracy, and loyalty as the defining virtues of the primary military team, SG-1. The core tension established early on is the fight against the Goa'uld, an alien parasitic race that masqueraded as ancient gods, which fuels the show’s pervasive anti-theistic stance—all organized religion is depicted as a system of control and exploitation perpetuated by these false deities. The show maintains a strong, unwavering allegiance to Western military and scientific institutions, framing them as the objective moral compass across the galaxy. Character dynamics revolve around specialized skill sets; characters succeed or fail based on their knowledge, bravery, and commitment to the greater good, not identity politics. While the series consistently features strong, highly competent female leads like Samantha Carter—who often provides the crucial scientific solutions—her strength is portrayed as complementary to the team structure rather than oppositional to male characters. Over its run, the focus shifts from the Goa'uld to new threats like the Replicators and, significantly, the Ori. This later development cemented the show’s thematic dedication to a conflict between secular freedom and dogmatic religious fanaticism, with the Ori demanding worship through violence. Even as female characters rise to top command positions in later seasons, the underlying message remains consistent: protection, technological ingenuity, and objective morality are the keys to galactic survival. Overall, Stargate SG-1 delivers a lengthy, action-driven adventure saga centered on saving humanity from existential threats. Its primary political and philosophical stance is a staunch defense of freedom, anti-slavery, and empirical reason, consistently positioning technologically advanced military personnel as the heroes fighting against tyranny and ignorance, regardless of whether that tyranny is technological, political, or rooted in false faith.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics2/10

Oikophobia1.4/10

Feminism3.1/10

LGBTQ+1.1/10

Anti-Theism4.7/10