Stargate Atlantis Season Four Episode Guides
Spoiler and Discussion Links
Production Notes
- "We start prep for season 4 in the last week of February and begin shooting the first week of March." (Joseph Mallozzi in his blog)
- Filming of Season Four is schedule from March 1 to September 28, with a break in June. (Joseph Mallozzi's blog, British Columbia Film Commission website)
- Andy Mikita is scheduled to direct six episodes this season. He will be directing the third episode in production order. (Andy Mikita MGM interview)
- This season's writers are: Carl Binder, Robert C. Cooper, Martin Gero, Alan McCullough, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie. (Joseph Mallozzi's blog)
- This season's directors are: Robert C. Cooper, Andy Mikita, William Waring, Martin Wood. (Joseph Mallozzi's blog)
- "All of our characters will get a spotlight episode in the front half of season four." (Joseph Mallozzi's blog)
- Amanda Tapping will be in the main cast credits and appear in 14 episodes. (Brad Wright MGM interview; Joseph Mallozzi's blog)
- Jewel Staite will be appearing in 8 episodes as Dr. Keller. (Chicago Tribune interview with Joseph Mallozzi)
- Torri Higginson will be in an undermined number of episodes in Season Four, portraying Dr. Elizabeth Weir as a recurring character rather than as a regular. (Brad Wright MGM interview; Joseph Mallozzi Chicago Tribune interview; Joseph Mallozzi's blog)
Episode order is subject to change as the season is in production.
4.01 "Adrift Part 2"
- Written by: Martin Gero
- Directed by: Martin Wood
- Storyline: Picks up where "First Strike" leaves off.
- Production Notes: This episode is paired with "Lifeline" as a two-parter, but more like "Progeny" and "The Real World", with "several like story elements that will run through a number of episodes in the show’s fourth season." (Joseph Mallozzi's March 2 blog) Joseph Mallozzi's one-word description of this episode is "desperation". (Joseph Mallozzi's March 5 blog)
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4.02 "Lifeline (Part 3?)"
- Written by: Carl Binder
- Directed by: Martin Wood
- Storyline: "Big op eppy" (Joseph Mallozzi's blog)
- Production Notes: This episode is paired with "Adrift" as a two-parter, but more like "Progeny" and "The Real World", with "several like story elements that will run through a number of episodes in the show’s fourth season." (Joseph Mallozzi's March 2 blog) Joseph Mallozzi's one-word description of this episode is "gamble". (Joseph Mallozzi's March 5 blog)
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4.03 "Reunion"
- Written by: Joseph Mallozzi
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- Storyline: "While the script offers plenty of action, it is primarily a character-driven story." (Joseph Mallozzi's blog)
- Production Notes: Christopher Judge will be making a cameo in this episode. We'll see more of Ronon's "specialist" skills as well as possibly some of his fellow Satedans who survived the Wraith attack which destroyed their civilization. (Joseph Mallozzi's blog) Joseph Mallozzi's one-word description of this episode is "roots". (Joseph Mallozzi's March 5 blog)
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4.04 "Travelers"
- Written by: Paul Mullie
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- Storyline: Sheppard is taken prisoner of a group of ship-faring people known as the Travelers who wish to use his Ancient gene to reactivate long-dormant Ancient technology — specifically, an Ancient battle ship, similar to an Aurora class.
- Production Notes: "a gift for all those of the Shep-whumping persuasion" (Joseph Mallozzi's blog) Joseph Mallozzi's one-word description of this episode is "rivalry". (Joseph Mallozzi's March 5 blog) "Joe Flanigan swung by the offices today to give us his thoughts on a couple of scripts. He LOVED Travelers. No surprise there." (Joseph Mallozzi's March 5 blog)
- Spoiler blog link
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4.05 "Missing"
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- Production Notes: "I took a stroll through the art department and checked in with [...] our production designer, James Robbins, who was more than happy to show off some of the nifty weapons he designed for Missing." (Joseph Mallozzi's March 2 blog) Joseph Mallozzi's one-word description of this episode is, for the lack of a better word, "missing". (Joseph Mallozzi's March 5 blog)
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4.xx "Doppelganger"
- Written by: Robert C. Cooper
- Directed by: Robert C. Cooper
- Storyline: "a.k.a. N.O.A.S." (Joseph Mallozzi's blog)
- Production Notes: This is the first episode to go before cameras on March 1. (Joseph Mallozzi's blog, David Hewlett's blog, David Nykl's blog) "Day two of production means our first day of dailies (a.k.a. the previous day’s footage). Stand-outs sequences included a mesmerized Keller, that Rising-era look, and an armed and barefoot Lorne." (Joseph Mallozzi's March 2 blog)
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4.xx "The Seer"
- Written by: Alan McCullough
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4.xx "Tabula Rosa"
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- Production Notes: Title revealed in Joseph Mallozzi's March 9 blog entry. "Tabula Rosa" is Latin for "scraped tablet" (also has been translated to mean "clean slate" or "blank slate") (Dictionary.com)
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