Stargate Atlantis
Season 3
2006 • 20 Episodes
The team faces escalating conflicts with both old and new adversaries, including the Wraith and a deadly new faction. The discovery of a potential game-changing technology introduces new ethical dilemmas, while relationships within the team are tested under growing pressures.
Episodes
1. No Man's Land (2)
July 13, 2006
The team desperately attempts to stop two Wraith hive ships from reaching Earth. Sheppard must rely on an old foe to rescue McKay and Ronon.
2. Misbegotten (3)
July 20, 2006
The Atlantis team must decide the fate of a colony of Wraith they have turned into humans. Dr. Weir must defend her leadership when she is evaluated by the I.O.A.
3. Irresistible
July 27, 2006
Sheppard's team meets an obnoxious man who is adored by all thanks to a secret that he carries -- and who has an unexpected effect on them.
4. Sateda
August 3, 2006
Ronon Dex is captured by the Wraith and returned to his homeworld, where he is haunted by his past as he is forced to once again become their prey.
5. Progeny
August 10, 2006
Weir and the team visit an advanced civilization that split off from the Lanteans thousands of years ago, but discover that they may not have left Atlantis in peace.
6. The Real World
August 17, 2006
Elizabeth Weir wakes up in a mental institution, where she is told that the expedition to Atlantis and the Stargate are figments of her imagination.
7. Common Ground
August 24, 2006
Colonel Sheppard finds himself the prisoner of a Genii commander, along with a desperately hungry Wraith who has been separated from his hive.
8. McKay and Mrs. Miller
September 7, 2006
Rodney McKay is reunited with his estranged sister back on Earth, who has given up a brilliant career as a scientist to raise a family.
9. Phantoms
September 14, 2006
Sheppard and Ronon are influenced by a mind-altering device created by the Wraith while on a mission to rescue a lost team.
10. The Return (1)
September 21, 2006
The Atlantis expedition is stunned to learn that a ship full of Ancients is returning to reclaim their lost city.
11. The Return (2)
November 19, 2006
The Atlantis team goes against orders to try and save Atlantis from Replicator control -- and to rescue General O'Neill and Richard Woolsey, who are trapped in the occupied city.
12. Echoes
November 26, 2006
The inhabitants of Atlantis begin to suffer ill effects when the planet's whale population begins migrating to the island city, bringing an unexpected harbinger of doom.
13. Irresponsible
December 3, 2006
The team finds Lucius Lavin manipulating the people of another hapless planet, using Ancient technology to pose as an invincible hero.
14. Tao of Rodney
December 10, 2006
After an Ancient device gives Rodney superhuman powers, his enhanced brilliance is checked only by his impending death -- unless he can learn how to ascend.
15. The Game
December 17, 2006
Sheppard and McKay discover that their competitive video game has been controlling a planet of real people, who now stand on the brink of war.
16. The Ark
January 7, 2007
The team discovers the last of a civilization in suspended animation, whose survival is at risk when their station is critically damaged.
17. Sunday
January 11, 2007
The team tries to relax during a mandatory day off, until an explosion leaves three people dead -- and reveals that one scientist is a walking time bomb.
18. Submersion
January 14, 2007
The team discovers an Ancient drilling station deep beneath the surface of the ocean, only to find that a Wraith queen is still alive there.
19. Vengeance
January 28, 2007
The Atlantis team investigates the disappearance of one of their allies, only to find an old enemy engineering a race of powerful monsters.
20. First Strike (1)
February 4, 2007
An unstoppable energy weapon leaves Atlantis under siege after Earth launches a preemptive attack against a very powerful enemy's homeworld.