Stargate SG-1

Colonel Jack O'Neill retired from the military a year ago. Prior to retirement he led an expedition through the Stargate an ancient portal which allows instantaneous travel to other galaxies. He is called back to duty by General Hammond when a group of aliens emerge from the Stargate kill the soldiers guarding it and kidnap a female guard. After seeing the aftermath of the alien attack and the strange bodies they left behind O'Neill confesses that he defied the order to destroy Abydos the world he visited via the Stargate. He reveals that Daniel Jackson the scientist who was thought to have died on that mission is alive and living on Abydos. It is also clear that these aliens are not from Abydos. O'Neill is reunited with his old comrades Kawalsky and Ferretti and joined by Capt. Samantha Carter an astrophysicist. SG-1 returns through the Stargate to Abydos. They discover that Jackson has taken an Abydan wife the beautiful Sha're and that Skaara the young Abydan boy O'Neill cherishes as a son has grown into a fine young man. They also see Jackson's latest discovery: a giant cartouche covered in hieroglyphics that seems to be a map of many Stargates throughout the galaxy. As they marvel however the aliens led by the handsome but evil Apophis are making use of a similar map. They emerge from the Stargate on Abydos and after a brief battle kidnap Sha're and Skaara. Ferretti who was wounded in the fire fight with the aliens has seen the hieroglyphic code that indicates the alien's destination. O'Neill and Jackson are determined to follow the aliens and to save their loved ones. With a troop of soldiers from earth in tow they track the aliens to the planet Chulak. There they discover that Sha're is now Apophis' queen; her body has been taken over by the hideous snake creatures known as Goa'ulds who rule this planet and collect life forms from around the galaxy to use as hosts. They know they can't save her but can they save themselves and Skaara before they're killed by the Goa'uld guards and before General Hammond sends a nuclear weapon through the Stargate to destroy the planet?

As the Goa'ulds splatter against the protective iris installed inside the Stargate the SG-1 team faces several problems close to home. Colonel Jack O'Neill wants to add a new member to the team: Teal'c an alien who risked his own skin to save O'Neill and his team on the other side of the Stargate. But General Hammond won't approve the appointment and O'Neill must watch as military intelligence treats Teal'c like a guinea pig. To make matters worse Kawalsky O'Neill's right-hand man has been having terrible headaches caused by an alien larvae that has attached itself to his brain. What they haven't discovered is that this larvae is trying to take over Kawalsky's body in an attempt to go back through the Stargate. With guidance from Teal'c the doctors operate to remove the alien but did they get it in time? Or is Kawalsky still under alien control ready to kill when the order comes?

On the planet Simarka the SG-1 team meets the Shavadai; a race of people similar to the ancient Mongols of Earth. These skilled horsemen and fierce warriors operate by a strict code which includes second-class status for women. Dr. Samantha Carter who takes a back seat to no man is threatened by death on her first encounter with the Shavadai chief Mughal and is only spared because she saved the life of his son Abu. Carter faces peril again when she is kidnapped by Abu who hopes to trade her for the hand of Nya the daughter of Mughal's powerful enemy Turghan. The deal goes bad and Carter ends up the unwilling property of the warrior chief. She is determined to escape but torn by pity for the lovelorn Nya and Abu. Carter arranges Nya's escape from Turghan's tyranny and is rescued from his clutches by O'Neill and the SG-1 team. But Carter's ordeal is not over yet; Turghan caught his daughter trying to elope and will stone her to death for her disloyalty unless Carter can defeat him in combat. In the circle of battle Carter must prove she is the equal of any man -- or die trying.

O'Neill and the SG-1 team head through the Stargate to a planet known as P3X797 and discover a world divided between a dark and light side with a population similarly split between the Touched and the Untouched. The Untouched who live on the bright side are humans a Bronze Age people who seem almost like the Minoan civilization of Earth. The Touched who live on the dark side are heavy-browed primitives with limited skills and the brutal instincts of animals. The findings would only be of academic interest but when the SG-1 team returns all but Teal'c and Jackson begin a startling transformation: they develop the heavy brows and act with the animal brutality of the Touched. Worse so do many others at Stargate's mountain headquarters including General Hammond. As order breaks down and the project is jeopardized Jackson and Teal'c head back through the Stargate in an attempt to discover the reason for this mysterious transformation. Is this a disease that can be cured or are O'Neill the General and the others all doomed to live out the rest of their lives in the Stone Age?

Colonel Jack O'Neill and the SG-1 team are sent through the Stargate after SG-9 is declared missing in action. When SG-1 arrives on the planet they learn that the primitive cave-dwelling inhabitants greeted SG-9 as gods because they carried guns and used powerful sunscreen which allowed them to survive the deadly UV rays. The problem is that SG-9 leader Capt. Jonas Hanson has taken advantage of this opportunity for power. Hanson now rules the planet without mercy forcing the inhabitants to rebuild the giant Gou'ald temples and condemning disbelievers to death by radiation exposure. It's clear that Hanson must be stopped but how do you stop a god? Dr. Samantha Carter who was once romantically involved with Hanson thinks she can reach him. O'Neill is prepared to fight his way into Hanson's compound to save Conner one of the surviving SG-9 team members. But Daniel Jackson and Teal'c may have the best solution; with the help of Jamala one of the planet's inhabitants they set out to show the people of the planet that Hanson's power comes from technology - - not divinity.