More shuffling is predicted before it is all said and done!
In a recent post on the Gateworld Forum, Joseph Mallozzi stated that Carter will return in the episode, “Beachhead”. Since we know that Carter will be in “Ex Deus Machina” playing opposite NID Agent Malcolm Barrett, and since we know that Vala is only around when Carter isn’t and is doing six episodes, we’re going to assume that “Beachhead” is the seventh episode and “Ex Deus Machina” follows.
Filming schedules are not always the best way to tell the order that episodes will air. A few prime examples of this are from Season Six where “Frozen” was filmed after “Abyss” and “Full Circle” before “Prophecy”! Also, Season Five’s “Revelations” was filmed before “Meridian” and Season Seven’s “Fragile Balance” before “Fallen”.
Some of the episodes which are listed in our Season Nine Episode Guide page will move around as we discover their rightful places in the airing schedules.
So, here’s a revised episode order for Season Nine. It’s not written in stone (except for the opener and the mid-season two-parter!), but is only a guess based off of various assumptions from spoilers, producers’ comments, writers’ comments, and actors’ comments:
-9.01 “Avalon Part 1”
-9.02 “Avalon Part 2”
-9.03 “Origin” (Part 3)
-9.04 “The Ties That Bind”
-9.05 “The Powers That Be”
-9.06 “The Order”
-9.07 “Beachhead”
-9.08 “Ex Deus Machina”
-9.09 “Babylon”
-9.10 “The Fourth Horseman Part 1”
-9.11 “The Fourth Horseman Part 2”
-9.12 “Collateral Damage”
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