Introduction

The eighth season of Stargate SG-1, an American-Canadian military science fiction television series, began airing on 09 July 2004 on the Sci Fi channel.

The eighth season concluded on 22 February 2005, after 20 episodes on British Sky One, which overtook the Sci Fi Channel in mid-season.

This was the first season of the show to have 20 episodes instead of 22, as well as the first to air concurrently with Stargate SG-1 spinoff series Stargate Atlantis (the first season thereof).

The series was originally developed by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, while Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper served as executive producers.

Season eight regular cast members include Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, and Michael Shanks.

The eighth season begins with the SG-1 team trying to revive Colonel Jack O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) after the events of the seventh season. At the end of the two-episode season opener, Colonel O’Neill is promoted to General and assumes command of Stargate Command (SGC), while Major Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) is promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and assumes command of SG-1.

The season arc centres on the growing threat and seemingly final defeat of the Goa’uld and the Replicators, races who were introduced in the first and third season of the show, respectively.

Outline

SG-1 finds that Harry Maybourne has become king on the planet where he took forced retirement.

The planet is now under a Goa’uld threat, but Maybourne has found writings by a time-travelling Ancient that prophecy SG-1 will defeat the Goa’uld Ares.

Ares sends Jaffa to the planet and comes in his mothership, but his forces are defeated by Daniel and Teal’c and his mothership is destroyed by O’Neill with the time travelling Puddle Jumper’s weapons.

Afterwards, Maybourne decides to remain on the planet with his people and his wives.

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): William Gereghty.
• Writer(s): Michael Greenburg, Peter DeLuise, Joseph Mallozzi, and Paul Mullie.
• Release Date: 04 January 2005 (Sky One) and 04 February 2005 (Sci Fi).
• Running Time: 45 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.