Stargate Atlantis/Season Three

Season Three
Stargate Atlantis
Season Premiere	July 14, 2006
Season Finale	June 22, 2007
Episode Count	20
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Season Three of Stargate Atlantis premiered on July 14, 2006

Episodes

#	#	Title	Written By	Directed By	Airdate
41	1	No Man's Land (2)	Martin Gero	Martin Wood	July 14, 2006
After their alliance with the Wraith backfires, the team must find a way to stop two Hive ships that are headed for Earth. Weir orders to attack and Sheppard is forced to rely on Michael to help him save McKay and Ronon, who are being held prisoners.
42	2	Misbegotten (3)	Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie	Martin Wood	July 21, 2006
Successfully using the retrovirus to turn an entire hive ship of Wraith into humans the team returns to Atlantis with their prisoners in stasis. Weir continues to defend her leadership in the face of an independent review being conducted by the IOA.
43	3	Irresistible	Brad Wright & Robert C. Cooper	Martin Wood	July 28, 2006
Teleplay by Carl Binder
44	4	Sateda	Robert C. Cooper	Robert C. Cooper	August 4, 2006
Exploring a village, the team is suddenly attacked and taken prisoner as Ronon had unknowingly lured the Wraith there. The villagers set Sheppard and Teyla free, who mobilize a strike force. When they return, the village has been devastated.
45	5	Progeny	Robert C. Cooper & Carl Binder	Andy Mikita	August 11, 2006
Dr. McKay discovers a reference to an abandoned Ancient testing site. At the site, the team discovers a vast metropolis supporting millions of Ancients. Eager to create an alliance, Weir is shocked when their leader Oberoth refuses the offer.
46	6	The Real World	Carl Binder	Paul Ziller	August 18, 2006
Waking up in a psychiatric hospital outside of D.C., Weir is shocked to discover that her entire experience in Atlantis over the last two years was all in her imagination. She learns that a car accident left her suffering from delusional psychosis.
47	7	Common Ground	Ken Cuperus	William Waring	August 25, 2006
Summoned to a planet by a communication code, the team is ambushed by Kolya, who has now created his own faction of Genii after being forced from the inner circle. While the rest of the team manages to escape, Sheppard is taken prisoner.
48	8	McKay and Mrs. Miller	Martin Gero	Martin Wood	September 8, 2006
When Rodney's sister Jeannie comes up with a vital mathematical proof, he returns to Earth to visit his sister and convince her to come to Atlantis. But things become complicated when the application of the mathematical proof leads another Rodney McKay from a parallel universe arrives.
49	9	Phantoms	Carl Binder	Martin Wood	September 15, 2006
Major Leonard's team fails to check in with Atlantis while on a mission. Following the energy readings in hope of finding Major Leonard and his men, McKay leads the team into a cave to discover that the cause the energy spike is a Wraith generator.
50	10	The Return (1)	Martin Gero	Brad Turner	September 22, 2006
The now awakened Ancients meet with O'Neill and Woolsey, thanking them for taking care of the city but also asking them to vacate Atlantis. While Ronon and Teyla stay in the Pegasus galaxy, the rest struggle to resume their lives on Earth.
51	11	The Return (2)	Martin Gero	Brad Turner	April 13, 2007
O'Neill and Woolsey, the lone survivors of the replicators' bloody coup, hide out in an abandoned section of the city. Knowing Landry has an order to nuke Atlantis if a foothold situation should ever arise, the two lay low awaiting their fate.
52	12	Echoes	Carl Binder & Brad Wright	William Waring	April 20, 2007
Teyla begins to see apparitions of ancients in distress and believes they are the ghosts of the Ancients recently massacred by the Replicators. McKay believes he's found the whale that saved him a year ago while trapped in a submerged puddle jumper. Teleplay by Carl Binder
53	13	Irresponsible	Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie	Martin Wood	April 27, 2007
The team hear of a great warrior with stories of defeating both the Genii and Wraith and seek him out in hopes of making a new ally. But when they learn this great warrior is none other than Lucius they believe he's up to his old tricks again.
55	14	Tao of Rodney	Damian Kindler	Martin Wood	May 4, 2007
Trying to preserve power by turning off all the non-essential systems the Ancients recently activated before being killed by the replicators, McKay mistakenly is hit by an energy beam from a mysterious device.
56	15	The Game	Don Whitehead & Holly Henderson	William Waring	May 11, 2007
Lorne discovers a planet with dozens of satellites in orbit. However, inhabitants on this planet are no further advanced than the renaissance and have a flag with McKay's face. The team realize a game they had found earlier might be more than a game. Teleplay by Carl Binder
54	16	The Ark	Scott Nimerfro & Ken Cuperus	Martin Wood	May 18, 2007
Investigating an abandoned space station, McKay mistakenly brings one of its scientists out of stasis. The scientist explains to the team that the base was the last effort by his people to avoid the repeated culling they've endured by the Wraith. Teleplay by Ken Cuperus
57	17	Sunday	Martin Gero	William Waring	June 1, 2007
With the entire city ordered to take a personal day the team does their best to unwind and enjoy their leisure time. Without warning a mysterious explosion rips through the city killing and injuring unsuspecting citizens.
58	18	Submersion	Ken Cuperus	Brenton Spencer	June 8, 2007
The team searches the ocean for a mobile geothermal drilling station the ancients left dormant. Cautiously exploring the station, Teyla thinks she senses the presence of a Wraith. Weir, believing it's pressure affecting Teyla, has the team press on.
59	19	Vengeance	Carl Binder	Andy Mikita	June 15, 2007
After helping relocate the Taranans, the Atlantis team realizes they haven't heard from the village in a long period of time. It appears the Taranans have just abandoned their village until McKay detects life signs well beneath the surface.
60	20	First Strike (1)	Martin Gero	Martin Wood	June 22, 2007
The team is shocked when a satellite housing a stargate takes up orbit above Atlantis. When the stargate begins transmitting an energy beam, attacking the city, McKay takes a page from the Ancients and opts to sink Atlantis back into the ocean.