The LOST Season of Stargate Atlantis

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED if Stargate Atlantis had been renewed for a sixth season? We have a pretty good idea, thanks to an episode-by-episode breakdown from writer and executive producer Joseph Mallozzi.

This includes some ideas that were on the writer's white board when the show was cancelled after five seasons; a few holdover pitches from previous seasons; and also Mallozzi's further reflections over the last 15 years on which stories and characters he wanted to revisit.

Special thanks to Joseph Mallozzi for the episode breakdown, and Linda Furey for her photos from San Diego Comic-Con (2019). Art by Martin McClean.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Introduction
00:56 - Now What?
01:55 - Children of the Corn
02:35 - Carl's Replicator Story
03:23 - Classic Stargate
04:04 - Carter Rashomon
05:20 - The Red Shirt Diaries
06:02 - Sheppard DOA
06:34 - The Replacements
07:17 - Mid-Season Two-Parter
08:10 - Hamster Ball
08:57 - Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
10:03 - Hexed
10:42 - Entropy
11:41 - Revenge
12:43 - Payback
13:49 - Turn of Events
15:31 - Pre-Finale
17:06 - Season Finale
19:16 - Conclusion

[Andrew-lgwq]

I miss this show so much... and I just miss the stargate brand...

[JonathanBate-kqbf]

I really wish there had been a sixth season, this show is fantastic, actually I wish the show had run for 10 seasons just like SG1

[Cyberlisk]

Why did they not do this?
The pitch alone is better than 90% of the actually produced shows out today...

[lycos]

a lot of these sound really good, although the ''somehow michael survived, somehow ford survived, somehow kolya survived'' is a bit much

[spydermag]

The season 6 that was presented here would have been amazing.

[Thecenterofmyworld]

Honestly, I was hesitant to watch this video, but now that I am at the end, it brings tears to my eyes. Stargate was my all-time favorite TV show growing up, and I miss it. I make it a point to binge-watch it every year without fail. Your storytelling is impeccable and brings back a lot of nostalgia from the old shows. They should have never stopped. If Grey's Anatomy can continue this long, Stargate should never have stopped. We miss the swashbuckling action, intelligence, and ingenuity of both teams so much.

[somethingvisceral]

I loved SG-1, but Atlantis was my favorite of the SG series. I really wish it had gone on for as many seasons as SG-1 did.

I loved the chemistry between Sheppard, and McKay, and later Ronon Dex. They were the trifecta of cool. McKay, while some thought he was annoying, he was one of my favorite television characters and David Hewlett was a perfect casting choice.

Zelenka, Beckett, Dr Keller, Weir, Teyla....such interesting and fun characters. The series really should have gone on much longer but I am glad we were graced with five seasons.

I really miss this show.

[paulaburrows]

We had it so good back in the day. The double whammy of SG1 and Farscape running at the same time. Happy days.

[americancapitalist]

Pushing almost a quarter million views in 3 days for a series that ended over a decade ago… there is a significant loyal Stargate fan base.

Unfortunately I don’t think Hollywood can produce these kinds of shows these days. Too much worry about shareholders, modern political agendas and increasingly poor CGI. Really sad, but I’m glad I lived through the best of Television.

[BossMan-yuog]

Somewhere, perhaps in an alternate universe, I have no doubt that we all have the biggest 'McKay' grin on our face as we sit back and turn up the volume on the season 7 premier.

[TopHatGent]

Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis were masterpieces.

[aussiecossie]

That would have been a much more satisfying end to Atlantis than what we got. What a shame Atlantis was in the sci-fi network’s hands at the time.

[benjamindeh]

This is so cool. Thanks a lot. Although some clearly needed some polish

- I dont like all the revivals. Kolya, Ford, Elizabeth, Michael...they are dead. I hate when a show doesnt commits to permanent changes. IE: Carlson. I liked his death, it was sad because I loved the char, but then it felt super dumb and clumsy how they returned him. Kolya's dead was a bit underwhelming...but he was dead.

- Most the episodes seem focused on filling space with repetitive concepts (Some already played in atlantis itself), rather than to further develop the existing stories, villains and problems.

- Atlantis Vs Another ancient city Is great, and tod is a great solution, but he is still an enemy, they still feed on humans, Atlantis needed to solve this amongst other things

- FINALLY seeing something about how they built their ZPMs would be great. Even if it was really hard, dangerous, and time consuming.

[michellemcguire]

What timing - we are watching all Stargate shows again. We are up to Season 4 of Atlantis. Season 6 would have been awesome 🤩

[StevenSudweeks]

Man, we got robbed. Stargate Atlantis was the best of the three and it always bothered me that it ended the way it did. I would have loved to watch this new season.

[Crimson_Hawk_]

Stargate was amazing! This show made me fall in love with Stargate all over again. After watching Atlantis I watched every single SG-1 episode and read every book I could get a hold of.
Thank you Stargate Atlantis.

[Dincorta]

Well this was weirdly emotional. Season 6 would have been amazing.

[ArabianLady]

Any and all of them would have been so fun! Especially the Weir storyline! I would love to see them. I'm so thankful Joseph understands how much the fans care and chose to share all this! Thank you, Darren, for giving us this video! 😊😊

[Spartacusse]

Wow, I'm not one to give likes normally, but the editor did a great job on the clips showing the people who were being talked about and sometimes even similar events. Good job. 👍

[mobility]

I miss Atlantis AO MUCH. I would relish rhe chance to see EVERY S6 episode and revel in its glory