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1. Stargate SG-1 Season 1, Vol. 2: Episodes 4-8 DVD

DVD, Rating: Not Rated, Runtime: 221, Color, Closed Captioned, MGM Home Entertainment, 05/22/2001

Episode 4: "The Broca Divide" - Returning from a planet with both a civilized and a primitive side, all but two of the team become infected and spread a brutal virus. Will Teal'c and Jackson find the cause, or are their colleagues doomed to become Stone Age primitives? Episode 5: "The First Commandment " - The SG-1 team is sent after the SG-9 team that has failed to return. They find that their captain, having been treated like a god by planetary inhabitants, is drunk with power and is tyrannizing them. Can they overcome him? Episode 6: "Brief Candle" - On the mysterious planet Argos, the beautiful Kynthia seduces Colonel O'Neill, which means he's condemned to an Argosian lifespan of only a hundred days. As he turns grey, will his team succeed in their frantic search for a cure? Episode 7: "Cold Lazarus " - A strange crystal strikes down O'Neill, replacing him with a double that returns with the team to Earth to find the cause of O'Neill's private grief - his son's death. But the double is dangerously unstable. Can O'Neill return home to save everyone and prevent chaos? Episode 8: "Thor's Hammer" - Looking for allies against the Goa'uld, the SG-1 team lands on Cimmeria, home of the legendary Norse gods. Teal'c and O'Neill are transported to the underground labyrinth caves of the vicious creature Unas. Can Carter & Daniel rescue them?. Featurette with cast and crew, promotional trailers, Trailers, NTSC.

2. Stargate SG-1: Season 1 - Vol 4

Episode #8.13: It's Good to Be King - Hoping to warn Harry Maybourne of Goa uld attacks, SG-1 arrives at his last known whereabouts to find that he has been appointed king of a primitive people.

Stargate SG-1: Season 1 - Vol 4

3. Stargate SG-1 Season 1, Vol. 1: Episodes 1-3

Stargate SG-1 Season 1, Vol. 1: Episodes 1-3

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4. Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Boxed Set

Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Boxed Set

Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Boxed Set

5. Stargate SG-1 Season 1, Vol. 5: Episodes 19-21 [DVD]

Product Description Episode #8.16: Reckoning Part 2 - Goa'uld system lord Baal reveals to O'Neill that he has been taking orders from Anubis, long thought to be dead. In the face of a losing battle with the Replicators, Anubis seeks a powerful weapon that could destroy all life in the galaxy. Afraid of the consequences of such an event, Baal pleads with O'Neill to persuade Teal'c and the rebel Jaffa to destroy the temple where the weapon is buried. Episode #8.17: Threads - With a climactic battle behind them, the team turns towards personal matters. But unbeknownst to them, Anubis prepares one final attempt to take power! Meanwhile, Jackson awakens in a way station between the living world and the world of beings that have "ascended." When he learns of Anubis' campaign, will he ascend himself...or try to find a way back to save his friends? Episode #8.19: Moebius Part 1 - Jackson receives documents that point to the location of a ZPM in ancient Egypt. Hoping that the energy source could be used to power Earth's defenses and open a wormhole to Atlantis, SG-1 uses an Ancient time machine to travel back to 3000 BC. But after the team locates the ZPM, Egyptians discover the time machine, and SG-1 must find a way to retake it without altering the timeline! Episode #8.20: Moebius Part 2 - SG-1's attempt to recover a ZPM from 3000 BC has altered the timeline, leading to a present in which the Stargate was never discovered! The alternate-reality Carter and Jackson convince a reluctant O'Neill to take them on their first mission through the Stargate. But when the team is captured by Teal'c, once again the First Prime of Apophis, can they convince him to join their side? (replaced) This fifth and final DVD from Stargate SG-1's first season contains three episodes that, unlike the rest of the show, are intended to be viewed in sequence. In the first, "There but for the Grace of God," Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks, a dead ringer for James Spader, who played the role in the feature film) finds himself in a parallel reality in which the dreaded Goa'ulds are attacking Earth. In the second episode, "Politics," the SG-1 team goes head-to-head with a sardonic, ignorant senator bent on closing the gate down; numerous flashbacks from earlier shows are included. "Within the Serpent's Grasp," the season finale, has the Goa'ulds actually on their way to Earth, with our heroes the only ones capable of stopping them. But be warned: this episode is a cliffhanger as well, so those who missed the second season when it aired will just have to wait until it's released on DVD, too. However, we're guessing everything turned out OK. --Sam Graham

Stargate SG-1 Season 1, Vol. 5: Episodes 19-21

6. Stargate SG-1 Season 2, Vol. 1 DVD NEW

Stargate SG-1 Season 2, Vol. 1

An ancient intergalactic gateway, known as the Stargate, connects planets from other solar systems to ours. The U.S. Air Force assembles a Stargate team headed by Colonel Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson, "MacGyver"), for interstellar peace-keeping missions. Boasting incredible special effects sequences, rapid fire pacing and awesome scenes of alien warfare, "Stargate SG-1" is your gateway to pulse-pounding sci-fi action! "The Serpent's Lair" - When a fleet of Goa'uld warships launches a surprise attack on Earth, the SG-1 team uses the Stargate to board an enemy ship with enough explosives to destroy the entire force. But the team's capture suddenly turns their objective into a suicide mission. "In The Line Of Duty" - On a daring mission to rescue victims of an interplanetary attack, Carter's body is inhabited by a Goa'uld. And now that Carter has brought the demon back to Earth inside her, the Stargate team must find a way to destroy it...without destroying Carter! "Prisoners" - After the SG-1 team inadvertently helps a desperate criminal, they are charged as accessories to murder and banished to a desolate penal colony. Only one woman there has the power to help them escape...but freedom might not be worth the price she's asking! "The Gamekeeper" - Exploring a strange and beautiful garden in a distant world, the team members are trapped, knocked unconscious and forced to relive their most haunting memories. Now, before they can attempt to find their way home, they must first find their way back to reality!. Featurette, Trailers, NTSC.

7. Stargate SG-1: Season 2, Vol. 4 (DVD)

Stargate SG-1 Season 2, Vol. 4

"A Matter Of Time" - A black hole swallows the SG-10 team, and O'Neill is sent on a rescue mission. But the hole's gravitational pull grows stronger, drawing the Stargate toward it and soon threatening to destroy Earth. Will O'Neill find a way to stop this super-destructive force? "The Fifth Race" - While studying alien wall inscriptions on another planet, O'Neill peers into a viewer that unleashes ancient knowledge into his mind. But the information is taking over O'Neill's brain like a cancer, and the SG-1 team must reverse the process before his mind is completely reconfigured. "Serpent's Song" - SG-1's arch-enemy Apophis is dying and seeks sanctuary with O'Neill. But what he really wants is a new host in exchange for his knowledge of the Goa'uld. Will O'Neill grant his request or send him back to the Goa'uld to face his fate? "Holiday" - Jackson's body is swapped with that of an old Goa'uld enemy named Ma'chello. As Jackson lies dying in the alien's aging body, O'Neill and Teal'c accidentally switch forms too - and unless the alien is captured, all three will be trapped in their new bodies forever. Trailers, NTSC.

8. Stargate SG-1 Season 3, Vol. 1

Stargate SG-1 Season 3, Vol. 1

Stargate SG-1 Season 3, Vol. 1

9. Stargate SG-1: Season 3, Vol. 2

Stargate SG-1 Season 3, Vol. 2

Episode 5: "Learning Curve" - As part of an exchange program with the planet Orban, O'Neill travels to Earth with an alien girl who possesses incredible technical knowledge. But by the time O'Neill discovers the truth behind the child's superior mind...it may be too late for them all. Episode 6: "Point of View" - Alternate reality versions of Carter and Kawalsky are found in Area 51. Brought to Stargate Command, they start to deteriorate. However, return to their own reality means certain death, as their world has been invaded by Goa'ulds! Episode #7: "Deadman Switch" - SG-1 is captured by Aris Boch, a bounty hunter chasing an evil Goa'uld named Kel'tar. He offers them freedom in exchange for their help. They agree, only to find that Kel'tar is in fact a Tok'ra, whose capture would endanger countless others. Episode #8: "Demons" - SG-1 encounters a medieval civilization and frees a woman tied to a stake as a sacrifice to a demon. With the woman freed, the demon vows to destroy the village unless the SG-1 team is offered up in appeasement. Episode #9: "Rules of Engagement" - SG-1 lands in the middle of a blazing battle between Stargate soldiers and a Jaffa army. Believing the soldiers to be the missing-in-action SG-11 team, O'Neill and the others provide assistance...until the mystery team turns its weapons on SG-1!.

10. Star Trek: The Original Series, Vol. 12: A Taste Of Armageddon / Space Seed (Full Frame)

DVD, Not Rated, Paramount Home Entertainment

"A Taste Of Armageddon": The U.S.S. Enterprise is declared a war casualty! Kirk is warned not to approach Eminiar VII, but Ambassador Robert Fox (Gene Lyons) insists they continue on course to establish diplomatic contact. There they learn that war has raged between Eminiar VII and nearby Vendikar for 500 years - a war fought by computers! Whenever a "hit" is proclaimed, citizens dutifully march to desintegration machines. When the computer declares the U.S.S. Enterprise "destroyed," Kirk and company are taken hostage, and ordered to face death! "Space Seed": Meet the original Khan! The U.S.S. Enterprise encounters the S.S. Botany Bay, a 20th century Earth "sleeper ship" adrift in space. The leader of the surviving crew, Khan Noonian Singh (Ricardo Montalban) is revived and immediately plots to take over the U.S.S. Enterprise! A product of the 1990s race of genetically engineered "supermen," Khan has extraordinary powers, both mental and physical. Will they prove too much for Kirk? This episode led to the sequel movie "Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan". Subtitles: English, Interactive Menus, Scene Selection, Trailers.