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
as John Sheppard
as Rodney McKay
as Teyla Emmagan
as Elizabeth Weir
as Carson Beckett
as Ronon Dex
Episodes
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) 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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) 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) 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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) 8.5
February 4, 2007
An unstoppable energy weapon leaves Atlantis under siege after Earth launches a preemptive attack against a very powerf…