The second season of '' Stargate SG-1'', an American-Canadian

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, began airing on June 26, 1998 on

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. The second season concluded after 22 episodes on February 10, 1999 on British

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, which overtook Showtime in mid-season. The series was developed by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, who also served as executive producers. Season two regular cast members include

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, Michael Shanks,

Amanda Tapping Amanda Tapping (born 28 August 1965) is a British-Canadian actress and director. She is best known for portraying Samantha Carter in the Canadian–American military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1,'' ''Stargate Atlantis,'' and ...

Christopher Judge Douglas Christopher Judge (born October 13, 1964) is an American actor best known for playing Teal'c in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1,'' and Kratos in the 2018 video game ''God of War'' and its ...

, and

Don S. Davis Donald Sinclair "Don" Davis (August 4, 1942 – June 29, 2008) was an American character actor best known for playing General Hammond in the television series ''Stargate SG-1'' (1997–2007), and earlier for playing Major Garland Briggs on t ...

Production

Vaitiare Bandera, who plays Sha're, was actually pregnant with Michael Shanks' child during the filming of "Secrets". Following the events in the episode "A Matter of Time",

Sally Malcolm Sally Malcolm is a published science fiction author and joint owner and chief editor of the Fandemonium publishing company. She started as a fanfiction writer. She has written 3 books, all published by Fandemonium. She wrote the ''Stargate SG-1 ...

would write two

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, ''A Matter of Honor'' and ''The Cost of Honor'', that detail SG-1's attempts to save SG-10 from the planet. The late Season 2 episode "Serpent's Song" was the first ''SG-1'' episode that was directed by Peter DeLuise. He would go on to direct more episodes than any other director involved with the series, even passing Martin Wood, who began directing in Season 1. "Out Of Mind" was the second time a clip show has been used, the first being Season 1 episode " Politics".

Release and reception

"Holiday" gained a 4.2 rating on the

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, making it ''Stargate SG-1'''s strongest episode in its ten-season run.GateWorld – Stargate SG-1 Season Two: Ratings
''Stargate SG-1'' was nominated for a

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in the category "Best Genre Cable/Syndicated Series".

was honored with a

for "Best Genre TV Actor". Daria Ellerman was nominated for a

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for "Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series". The episode "Holiday" was nominated for a Gemini in the category "Best Achievement in Make-Up".

Main cast

* Starring

as Colonel

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* Michael Shanks as Dr. Daniel Jackson *

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Samantha Carter * With

as Teal'c * And

as Major General George Hammond The second season is the only one in which all five members of the original cast appear in every episode.

Episodes

Episodes in bold are continuous episodes, where the story spans over 2 or more episodes.

Home media

Footnotes

References

External links

Season 2
on GateWorld
Season 2
on IMDb * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stargate Sg-1 (Season 2) 02 1998 American television seasons 1999 American television seasons SG-1 02 1998 Canadian television seasons 1999 Canadian television seasons