Episode
Stargate Atlantis: Poisoning the Well
Overview
The team finds a world whose people are on the brink of a discovery that may make them immune to the Wraith feeding.
Details
- Series
- Stargate Atlantis
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 2004-08-20
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Poisoning the Well is Episode 7 in Season 1 of Stargate Atlantis. It aired on 2004-08-20. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 6: Childhood's End
Sheppard and the team visit a world where no one is over 24 years old -- because of a ritual suicide practice they believe keeps the Wraith at bay.
Episode 8: Underground
Efforts to open trade relations with a species called the Genii turn sour when the team discovers their new "allies" have ulterior motives.
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Episode 11: The Eye (2)
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Episode 2: Rising (2)
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Episode 12: The Defiant One
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