Season 1 Ep... | The Defiant Onestargate: Atlantis :

* Peter DeLuise. * Writers. Peter DeLuise. Martin Gero. Dean Devlin. * Joe Flanigan. Torri Higginson. Rachel Luttrell.

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One Wraith survivor remains alive in hibernation. Upon awakening, it kills Dr. Abrams and feeds on Dr. Brendan Gall, leaving him near death. The Defiant OneStargate: Atlantis : Season 1 Ep...

While surveying an Ancient weapons satellite in the Lantean system, the team detects a 10,000-year-old Wraith distress signal from a nearby planet.

Richard Ian Cox (Dr. Brendan Gall), Paul Magel (Dr. Abrams), and James Lafazanos (The Wraith). * Peter DeLuise

The Defiant One " is the 12th episode of the first season of Stargate Atlantis , first airing in 2005. The episode is a self-contained, high-tension survival thriller that pits Major John Sheppard and Dr. Rodney McKay against a single, exceptionally powerful Wraith survivor.

The Wraith captures the team’s Puddle Jumper, though it cannot fly it without the Ancient gene. Sheppard is forced into a cat-and-mouse game across the desert to retake the ship while McKay stays to comfort the dying Dr. Gall. Martin Gero

Out of ammunition and wounded, Sheppard uses a flare and his own "energy bar" to attract local bioluminescent "glow bugs" to the Wraith. The distraction allows Lieutenant Ford, arriving in a backup Puddle Jumper, to eliminate the Wraith with drone weapons. Key Themes & Character Development