Vala learns that one of the planets she ruled as a Goa'uld has been visited by an Ori Prior and convinces SG-1 to try and go there to convince the inhabitants to refuse the Prior's offer. As usual, all is not as it seems with Vala's being there until the Prior visits again and unleashes a deadly plague.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 9 Episode 5 of Stargate SG-1 resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Stargate SG-1 Season 9 Episodes...

• s09e01 - Avalon (1)
• s09e02 - Avalon (2)
• s09e03 - Origin (3)
• s09e04 - The Ties That Bind
• s09e05 - The Powers That Be
• s09e06 - Beachhead
• s09e07 - Ex Deus Machina
• s09e08 - Babylon
• s09e09 - Prototype
• s09e10 - The Fourth Horseman (1)
• s09e11 - The Fourth Horseman (2)
• s09e12 - Collateral Damage
• s09e13 - Ripple Effect
• s09e14 - Stronghold
• s09e15 - Ethon
• s09e16 - Off the Grid
• s09e17 - The Scourge
• s09e18 - Arthur's Mantle
• s09e19 - Crusade
• s09e20 - Camelot

Stargate SG-1 Show Summary

Step through the Stargate with SG-1, a team of soldiers and scientists, as they travel instantaneously to other planets to explore, forge alliances, defuse crises, establish trade, investigate ancient mysteries and defend Earth from such hostile forces as the Goa'uld and the Replicators.

For eight years, from their base at the U.S. Air Force's Stargate Command in the Rocky Mountains, Colonel Jack O'Neill, Dr. Daniel Jackson, Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter and alien warrior Teal'c have braved everything that the universe has thrown at them, from interstellar war and evil twins to passing and ascension.

But changes came to SG-1 as it began its ninth year of fearless service to Earth. New faces joined the team, as Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell tries to fill the very big shoes of former SG-1 leader O'Neill, while General Hank Landry must adapt to the unique challenges of running Stargate Command, a posting unlike any other the military has to offer.

Offworld, SG-1 might have new friends - or new foes - in Vala, a former Goa'uld host turned freedom-fighter; and Gerak, a Jaffa leader who vies with Teal'c for political control of the new Jaffa nation.