Season 3 poster

Season 3

(2006)

Overview

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.

Cast

Joe Flanigan as John Sheppard
Joe Flanigan

as John Sheppard

David Hewlett as Rodney McKay
David Hewlett

as Rodney McKay

Rachel Luttrell as Teyla Emmagan
Rachel Luttrell

as Teyla Emmagan

Torri Higginson as Elizabeth Weir
Torri Higginson

as Elizabeth Weir

Paul McGillion as Carson Beckett
Paul McGillion

as Carson Beckett

Jason Momoa as Ronon Dex
Jason Momoa

as Ronon Dex

Episodes

No Man's Land (2) poster

No Man's Land (2) 8.4

July 13, 2006

The team desperately attempts to stop two Wraith hive ships from reaching Earth. Sheppard must rely on an old foe to re…

Misbegotten (3) poster

Misbegotten (3) 7.7

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 lea…

Irresistible poster

Irresistible 6.7

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 unexpe…

Sateda poster

Sateda 8.0

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 o…

Progeny poster

Progeny 7.9

August 10, 2006

Weir and the team visit an advanced civilization that split off from the Lanteans thousands of years ago, but discover …

The Real World poster

The Real World 7.3

August 17, 2006

Elizabeth Weir wakes up in a mental institution, where she is told that the expedition to Atlantis and the Stargate are…

Common Ground poster

Common Ground 8.7

August 24, 2006

Colonel Sheppard finds himself the prisoner of a Genii commander, along with a desperately hungry Wraith who has been s…

McKay and Mrs. Miller poster

McKay and Mrs. Miller 8.4

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…

Phantoms poster

Phantoms 7.6

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 t…

The Return (1) poster

The Return (1) 8.3

September 21, 2006

The Atlantis expedition is stunned to learn that a ship full of Ancients is returning to reclaim their lost city.

The Return (2) poster

The Return (2) 8.4

November 19, 2006

The Atlantis team goes against orders to try and save Atlantis from Replicator control -- and to rescue General O'Neill…

Echoes poster

Echoes 7.6

November 26, 2006

The inhabitants of Atlantis begin to suffer ill effects when the planet's whale population begins migrating to the isla…

Irresponsible poster

Irresponsible 6.9

December 3, 2006

The team finds Lucius Lavin manipulating the people of another hapless planet, using Ancient technology to pose as an i…

Tao of Rodney poster

Tao of Rodney 8.4

December 10, 2006

After an Ancient device gives Rodney superhuman powers, his enhanced brilliance is checked only by his impending death …

The Game poster

The Game 7.8

December 17, 2006

Sheppard and McKay discover that their competitive video game has been controlling a planet of real people, who now sta…

The Ark poster

The Ark 7.3

January 7, 2007

The team discovers the last of a civilization in suspended animation, whose survival is at risk when their station is c…

Sunday poster

Sunday 8.0

January 11, 2007

The team tries to relax during a mandatory day off, until an explosion leaves three people dead -- and reveals that one…

Submersion poster

Submersion 7.6

January 14, 2007

The team discovers an Ancient drilling station deep beneath the surface of the ocean, only to find that a Wraith queen …

Vengeance poster

Vengeance 7.6

January 28, 2007

The Atlantis team investigates the disappearance of one of their allies, only to find an old enemy engineering a race o…

First Strike (1) poster

First Strike (1) 8.5

February 4, 2007

An unstoppable energy weapon leaves Atlantis under siege after Earth launches a preemptive attack against a very powerf…