2.03 – Runner

(July 29, 2005) Directed by: Martin Wood

The team is searching for Ford on a planet. Teyla and Sheppard are taken hostage by a stranger, while Ford tries to convince McKay that he’s normal.

2.04 – Duet

(August 5, 2005) Directed by: Peter DeLuise

After an attempt to retrieve McKay and Lt. Laura Cadman from the memory banks of a Wraith dart, Cadman gets stuck in McKay’s mind.

2.05 – Condemned

(August 12, 2005) Directed by: Peter DeLuise

The team discovers a planet where the Stargate is kept on a prison island to keep the Wraith satisfied. Their magistrate is willing to trade a rare mineral.

2.06 – Trinity

(August 19, 2005) Directed by: Peter DeLuise

The team discover an Ancient project to create the ultimate power source. McKay thinks he can finish it. Ronon finds out he is not the only surviving Satedan.

2.07 – Instinct

(August 26, 2005) Directed by: Andy Mikita

The team find a hidden Wraith girl, cared for by a man with a serum that he claims can satisfy her hunger. Beckett wants to perfect a retrovirus that can turn Wraith into humans.

2.08 – Conversion

(September 9, 2005) Directed by: Brad Turner

Sheppard is infected with the Wraith retrovirus and slowly turns into an Iratus bug. To provide a treatment, stem cells must be retrieved from one of their eggs.

2.09 – Aurora

(September 23, 2005) Directed by: Martin Wood

McKay finds an Ancient warship adrift in space. Sheppard finds out they are carrying a communique that mentions a weakness in Wraith technology.

2.10 – The Lost Boys

(September 23, 2005) Directed by: Brad Turner

The team is captured by Ford and are forced to take the Wraith enzyme. Ford has a plan.

2.11 – The Hive

(January 6, 2006) Directed by: Martin Wood

Sheppard’s interrogation is suddenly aborted. Teyla senses another hive ship has arrived. Meanwhile McKay tries to convince his guard to call in help.

2.12 – Epiphany

(January 13, 2006) Directed by: Neil Fearnley

The teams discovers a ridge that can only be entered through a door. Sheppard gets pulled in by a field. McKay discovers time goes very fast behind it.

2.13 – Critical Mass

(January 20, 2006) Directed by: Andy Mikita

The Trust, a Goa’uld terrorist organization, has planted a bomb in Atlantis.

2.14 – Grace Under Pressure

(January 27, 2006) Directed by: Martin Wood

McKay and a pilot crash with a puddle jumper into the ocean on Atlantis. They start to sink.

2.15 – The Tower

(February 3, 2006) Directed by: Andy Mikita

Colonel Sheppard’s team finds a world where the leader lives in a tower that possesses the power to stop Wraith attacks.

2.16 – The Long Goodbye

(February 10, 2006) Directed by: Andy Mikita

The team discovers two life pods with a dying woman and man in it. Upon opening Weir gets imprinted with the mind of the woman. She asks a special favor.

2.17 – Coup D’etat

(February 17, 2006) Directed by: Martin Wood

While Teyla and Ronon investigate the mysterious death of Major Lorne, the Genii Ladon Radim contacts Atlantis. He wants to trade a ZPM for weapons supplies.

2.18 – Michael

(February 24, 2006) Directed by: Martin Wood

Michael Kenmore, a new lieutenant, awakes in the infirmary and doesn’t remember a thing. The other expedition members are very concerned about his well-being as he seems different.

2.19 – Inferno

(March 3, 2006) Directed by: Peter DeLuise

Atlantis helps with repairing an Ancient shield generator on Taranis. They discover the Taranians are in possession of an Ancient warship.

2.20 – Allies

(March 10, 2006) Directed by: Andy Mikita

The hive ship approaching Atlantis is Michael’s. He wants a trade: the retrovirus for not revealing the secret of Atlantis and insights on Wraith technology.