Stargate SG-1 Episodes skip/watch list

	A	B	C	D
1	SEASON 1
2	EPISODE NAME	VERDICT	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	IMDB SCORE
3	Children of the Gods	watch		8,3
4	The Enemy Within	watch		7,7
5	Emancipation	skip		6,1
6	The Broca Divide	can skip	but good episode and is referenced 2 times in the future	7,2
7	The First Commandment	skip		6,7
8	Cold Lazarus	skip	because very boring, but gives info on a character	7,6
9	The Nox	watch		8,3
10	Brief Candle	can skip	but a good episode	7,5
11	Thor's Hammer	watch		8,2
12	The Torment of Tantalus	watch		8,4
13	Bloodlines	watch		7,4
14	Fire and Water	skip		7,3
15	Hathor	watch		7,5
16	Singularity	watch		7,7
17	Cor-Ai	watch	but fast forward the flashbacks (gives important character details)	7,2
18	Enigma	watch		8,1
19	Solitudes	watch		8,2
20	Tin Man	watch		7,7
21	There But for the Grace of God	watch		8,8
22	Politics	skip	watch the "previously" for Within the Serpent's Grasp and that will cover it. A clipshow episode that only has 2 minutes of new content	6,2
23	Within the Serpent's Grasp	watch		8,6
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25
26	STATISTICS FOR SEASON 1
27	Episode count:	21
28	Episodes that should be skipped:	5	24%
29	Other non-essential episodes:	2	10%
30	Total non-essential episodes:	7	33%
31	Average IMDB score:	7,7
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	A	B	C	D
1	SEASON 2
2	EPISODE NAME	VERDICT	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	IMDB SCORE
3	The Serpent's Lair	watch		8,8
4	In the Line of Duty	watch		8,1
5	Prisoners	watch		7,5
6	The Gamekeeper	can skip	But great episode, and referenced in the future	7,2
7	Need	can skip	But gives info on several important mechanics	7
8	Thor's Chariot	watch		8,5
9	Message in a Bottle	can skip		7,5
10	Family	watch	but a little bit boring	6,9
11	Secrets	watch		7,8
12	Bane	skip		7,3
13	The Tok'ra: Part 1	watch		8,1
14	The Tok'ra: Part 2	watch		8,4
15	Spirits	watch		7,3
16	Touchstone	watch		7,8
17	The Fifth Race	WATCH!!!!		9,3
18	A Matter of Time	WATCH!!!!		8,7
19	Holiday	skip		7,6
20	Serpent's Song	watch		7,9
21	One False Step	skip		6,9
22	Show and Tell	watch		7,7
23	1969	WATCH!!!!		8,8
24	Out of Mind	watch		7,4
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26	STATISTICS FOR SEASON 2
27	Episode count:	22
28	Episodes that should be skipped:	3	14%
29	Other non-essential episodes:	3	14%
30	Total non-essential episodes:	6	27%
31	Average IMDB score:	7,8
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	A	B	C	D
1	SEASON 3
2	EPISODE NAME	VERDICT	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	IMDB SCORE
3	Into the Fire	watch		8,1
4	Seth	watch		7,4
5	Fair Game	watch		8,3
6	Legacy	skip		7,6
7	Learning Curve	can skip	but great episode	7,8
8	Point of View	watch		8,6
9	Deadman Switch	watch		7,8
10	Demons	can skip	introduces a new race that is referenced a lot in the future but yeah craptastic episode	7,1
11	Rules of Engagement	watch		7,3
12	Forever in a Day	watch		7,5
13	Past and Present	watch		7,8
14	Jolinar's Memories	watch		8,2
15	The Devil You Know	watch		8,3
16	Foothold	watch		8,3
17	Pretense	watch		8,3
18	Urgo	can skip	(some love it, some hate it, decide for yourself)	8,1
19	A Hundred Days	skip		8,2
20	Shades of Grey	watch		8,6
21	New Ground	can skip		7,6
22	Maternal Instinct	watch		7,8
23	Crystal Skull	can skip	but great episode	8,2
24	Nemesis	watch		8,8
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26	STATISTICS FOR SEASON 3
27	Episode count:	22
28	Episodes that should be skipped:	2	9%
29	Other non-essential episodes:	5	23%
30	Total non-essential episodes:	7	32%
31	Average IMDB score:	8,0
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	A	B	C	D
1	SEASON 4
2	EPISODE NAME	VERDICT	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	IMDB SCORE
3	Small Victories	watch		8,6
4	The Other Side	can skip		7,9
5	Upgrades	watch		8,5
6	Crossroads	watch		7,4
7	Divide and Conquer	watch		8,1
8	Window of Opportunity	WATCH!!!!!!!!!!	The best episode of the series	9,6
9	Watergate	watch		7,6
10	The First Ones	watch		7,8
11	Scorched Earth	can skip		7,7
12	Beneath the Surface	skip		7,5
13	Point of No Return	can skip	referenced in the future, not so great	7,7
14	Tangent	watch		7,9
15	The Curse	watch		7,7
16	The Serpent's Venom	can skip	but somewhat progresses the plot	7,9
17	Chain Reaction	watch		8,1
18	2010	WATCH!!!!!!!!!!		8,7
19	Absolute Power	watch		7,9
20	The Light	skip	VERY BORING EPISODE!	7,1
21	Prodigy	skip		7,5
22	Entity	can skip		7,2
23	Double Jeopardy	watch		8,1
24	Exodus	watch		8,5
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26	STATISTICS FOR SEASON 4
27	Episode count:	22
28	Episodes that should be skipped:	3	14%
29	Other non-essential episodes:	5	23%
30	Total non-essential episodes:	8	36%
31	Average IMDB score:	8,0
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	A	B	C	D	E
1		SEASON 5
2		EPISODE NAME	VERDICT	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	IMDB SCORE
3	1	Enemies	watch		8,6
4	2	Threshold	watch		7,7
5	3	Ascension	skip	watch if you like love stories.	7,8
6	4	The Fifth Man	skip		7,7
7	5	Red Sky	watch		7,3
8	6	Rite of Passage	skip		7
9	7	Beast of Burden	watch		7,5
10	8	The Tomb	watch		7,8
11	9	Between Two Fires	watch		8,3
12	10	2001	WATCH		8,5
13	11	Desperate Measures	can skip	referenced in the future	7,6
14	12	Wormhole X-Treme!	WATCH!!!!!		8
15	13	Proving Ground	skip		7,9
16	14	48 Hours	watch		7,8
17	15	Summit	watch		8,3
18	16	Last Stand	watch		8,3
19	17	Fail Safe	watch		7,9
20	18	The Warrior	can skip		7,5
21	19	Menace	watch		8
22	20	The Sentinel	can skip		7,3
23	21	Meridian	watch		8,6
24	22	Revelations	watch		8,7
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26		STATISTICS FOR SEASON 5
27		Episode count:	22
28		Episodes that should be skipped:	4	18%
29		Other non-essential episodes:	3	14%
30		Total non-essential episodes:	7	32%
31		Average IMDB score:	7,9
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	A	B	C	D
1	SEASON 6
2	EPISODE NAME	VERDICT	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	IMDB SCORE
3	Redemption: Part 1	watch		8,2
4	Redemption: Part 2	watch		8,5
5	Descent	watch		8,3
6	Frozen	watch		7,7
7	Nightwalkers	skip		7,3
8	Abyss	watch		8,6
9	Shadow Play	skip		7,4
10	The Other Guys	can skip	but funny episode	8,3
11	Allegiance	can skip	but gives important info on some factions	8,1
12	Cure	watch		8
13	Prometheus	watch		8,4
14	Unnatural Selection	watch		8,8
15	Sight Unseen	skip		7,1
16	Smoke & Mirrors	can skip		8
17	Paradise Lost	skip	Watch if you like Maybourne	7,8
18	Metamorphosis	skip		7,3
19	Disclosure	skip	Either skip clipshows or read the synopsis	6,7
20	Forsaken	can skip		7,6
21	The Changeling	skip	Read the synopsis.	7,9
22	Memento	watch		8
23	Prophecy	can skip	but good	7,8
24	Full Circle	watch		8,9
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26	STATISTICS FOR SEASON 6
27	Episode count:	22
28	Episodes that should be skipped:	7	32%
29	Other non-essential episodes:	5	23%
30	Total non-essential episodes:	12	55%
31	Average IMDB score:	7,9
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	A	B	C	D
1	SEASON 7
2	EPISODE NAME	VERDICT	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	IMDB SCORE
3	Fallen	watch		8,4
4	Homecoming	watch		8,5
5	Fragile Balance	can skip	but very good (and funny) episode	8,3
6	Orpheus	watch, but a little dull		7,6
7	Revisions	can skip		7,9
8	Lifeboat	skip	(but has great artistic value, Michael Shanks got a reward for his acting on this one)	7,9
9	Enemy Mine	watch		7,9
10	Space Race	skip		7,3
11	Avenger 2.0	can skip	(if you liked 'The Other Guys' from Season 6, watch this too)	7,3
12	Birthright	watch		7,1
13	Evolution: Part 1	watch		8,3
14	Evolution: Part 2	watch		8,4
15	Grace	skip		7,3
16	Fallout	watch		7,6
17	Chimera	watch		7,4
18	Death Knell	watch		8
19	Heroes: Part 1	WATCH!!		8,2
20	Heroes: Part 2	WATCH!!		9
21	Resurrection	skip		7,1
22	Inauguration	watch		7,1
23	Lost City: Part 1	WATCH		9,1
24	Lost City: Part 2	WATCH!!!!	"THIS IS STARGATE SG1 RIGHT HERE"	9,5
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26	STATISTICS FOR SEASON 7
27	Episode count:	22
28	Episodes that should be skipped:	4	18%
29	Other non-essential episodes:	3	14%
30	Total non-essential episodes:	7	32%
31	Average IMDB score:	8,0
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	A	B	C	D
1	SEASON 8
2	EPISODE NAME	VERDICT	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	IMDB SCORE
3	New Order	watch		8,9
4	Lockdown	watch		7,7
5	Zero Hour	can skip	but good episode	8,2
6	Icon	skip		7,2
7	Avatar	can skip	but really really good episode	7,7
8	Affinity	skip		7,5
9	Covenant	skip		7,6
10	Sacrifices	watch	(unfortunately watch, cringy but essential to main story)	6,8
11	Endgame	watch		7,9
12	Gemini	watch		7,6
13	Prometheus Unbound	watch		8,6
14	It's Good to Be King	watch		8,1
15	Full Alert	watch		7,7
16	Citizen Joe	skip	for the love of God skip	7,7
17	Reckoning: Part 1	watch		8,6
18	Reckoning: Part 2	watch		9,1
19	Threads	watch		8,9
20	Moebius: Part 1	WATCH!!!		8,4
21	Moebius: Part 2	WATCH!!!		8,5
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26	STATISTICS FOR SEASON 8
27	Episode count:	19
28	Episodes that should be skipped:	4	21%
29	Other non-essential episodes:	2	11%
30	Total non-essential episodes:	6	32%
31	Average IMDB score:	8,0
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	A	B	C	D
1	SEASON 9
2	EPISODE NAME	VERDICT	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	IMDB SCORE
3	Avalon: Part 1	Watch		7,9
4	Avalon: Part 2	Watch		8
5	Origin	WATCH!!		7,9
6	The Ties That Bind	can skip	Vala episode	7,6
7	The Powers That Be	can skip	Vala episode	7,6
8	Beachhead	WATCH!!		8,3
9	Ex Deus Machina	skip		7,6
10	Babylon	skip	The last samurai ripoff. Skip, but read the synopsis	7,5
11	Prototype	can skip		7,7
12	The Fourth Horseman: Part 1	Watch		8,1
13	The Fourth Horseman: Part 2	Watch		8,3
14	Collateral Damage	skip	boring episode.	7,2
15	Ripple effect	Watch		8,3
16	Stronghold	can skip		7,2
17	Ethon	Watch		7,7
18	Off the Grid	skip		7,5
19	The Scourge	skip		7
20	Arthur's Mantle	can skip		7,9
21	Crusade	Watch		8
22	Camelot	WATCH		8,7
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26	STATISTICS FOR SEASON 9
27	Episode count:	20
28	Episodes that should be skipped:	5	25%
29	Other non-essential episodes:	5	25%
30	Total non-essential episodes:	10	50%
31	Average IMDB score:	7,8
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	A	B	C	D
1	SEASON 10
2	EPISODE NAME	VERDICT	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	IMDB SCORE
3	Flesh and Blood	WATCH		8,5
4	Morpheus	Skip		7,7
5	The Pegasus Project	Watch	You probably want to be up to date on Atlantis before watching this episode.	9,1
6	Insiders	Can skip		7,6
7	Uninvited	Skip		7,2
8	200	WATCH!!!	THE SECOND BEST EPISODE OF ALL THE SERIES	8,6
9	Counterstrike	Watch		8,2
10	Memento Mori	Skip	Even for Vala lovers this is a boring episode.	7,7
11	Company of Thieves	Skip		7,7
12	The Quest Part 1	Watch		8,7
13	The Quest Part 2	Watch		8,8
14	Line in the Sand	Watch		7,7
15	The Road Not Taken	Can skip	but I'd watch it	7,8
16	The Shroud	WATCH		8,8
17	Bounty	Can skip		7,9
18	Bad Guys	Watch	(actually can skip, but is one of the fun episodes)	8,2
19	Talion	Can skip		7,4
20	Family Ties	Can skip		6,8
21	Dominion	Watch		8,4
22	Unending	Watch		9,1
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26	STATISTICS FOR SEASON 10
27	Episode count:	20
28	Episodes that should be skipped:	4	20%
29	Other non-essential episodes:	5	25%
30	Total non-essential episodes:	9	45%
31	Average IMDB score:	8,1
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33	STATISTICS FOR THE ENTIRE SERIES
34	Episode count:	212
35	Episodes that should be skipped:	41	19%
36	Other non-essential episodes:	38	18%
37	Total:	79	37%
38	Average IMDB score:	7,9
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40	SEASON RANKINGS
41	Seasons	Percentage of essential episodes	Avg. IMBD Scores
42	1	67%	7,7
43	2	73%	7,8
44	3	68%	8,0
45	4	64%	8,0
46	5	68%	7,9
47	6	45%	7,9
48	7	68%	8,0
49	8	68%	8,0
50	9	50%	7,8
51	10	55%	8,1
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