"Stargate: Atlantis"
First Strike (2007)

Director:

Martin Wood

Writers:

Brad Wright (creator) &
Robert C. Cooper (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Stargate: Atlantis" (2004)

Original Air Date:

5 February 2007 (Season 3, Episode 20)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Adventure

Plot:

After learning the Asurians are building a fleet of ships, Earth sends its newest ship, the Apollo, under the command of Colonel Abe Ellis to initiate a preemptive first strike to stop them from attacking Atlantis or worse, Earth itself. |

Plot Keywords:

Homosexual Subtext | Title Spoken By Character | Spaceship | Planet | Star

Cast

Joe Flanigan	...	Lt. Colonel John Sheppard
Torri Higginson	...	Dr. Elizabeth Weir
Rachel Luttrell	...	Teyla Emmagan
Jason Momoa	...	Ronon Dex
Paul McGillion	...	Dr. Carson Beckett (credit only)
David Hewlett	...	Dr. Rodney McKay
Michael Beach	...	Colonel Abe Ellis
Jewel Staite	...	Dr. Jennifer Keller
Kavan Smith	...	Major Evan Lorne
David Nykl	...	Dr. Radek Zelenka
David Ogden Stiers	...	Oberoth
Chuck Campbell	...	Technician
Heather Doerksen	...	Apollo Tech
Donna Soares	...	Dr. Coleman
Jay Williams	...	Adams

Trivia:

Jewel Staite appears for the first time as Dr Jennifer Keller, who will be a recurring role the next season. She had previously been in “Stargate: Atlantis” playing a female Wraith, Ellia, in the Season 2 episode "Instinct".

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: Around 32 minutes into the show the pilots of the F-302's that are going to move the asteroid are wearing Daedalus overalls, while they are stationed on the USS Apollo.

Quotes:

Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: Well, I guess it's showtime.
Dr. Rodney McKay: You sure you can do this?
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: Fly the city?
Dr. Rodney McKay: What else could I possibly be talking about?
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: I flew a V22 Osprey once.
Dr. Rodney McKay: Was it as big as a city?
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: Well, you had to use your hands and feet with that one. This one, you just have to sit down and think... Fly.
Dr. Rodney McKay: OK, why don't you just get in the Chair and start your pre-flight?