1x01 Rising, Part 1 - Stargate Atlantis Episode Guide

Stargate Atlantis

- Episode 01x01

Episode: 01x01 (pilot)
Title: Rising, Part 1
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 101
First Aired: Jul. 16, 2004

Season 1 » Episode #01 - Rising, Part 1

Stargate Atlantis - 01x01 Rising, Part 1

Summary: After the gate address to the lost city of Atlantis is found, an expedition departs to the Pegasus Galaxy to check it out. Unfortunately, the city is found on the bottom of the ocean floor, and its shields are quickly losing power. In search of a ZPM or a safe place to stay, a team is sent to the planet Athos. They befriend the planet's inhabitants, but evil beings known as the Wraith then arrive.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Major John Sheppard	played by Joe Flanigan
Brigadier General Jack O'Neill	played by Richard Dean Anderson
Dr. Daniel Jackson	played by Michael Shanks
Simon Wallis	played by Garwin Sanford
Wraith Queen	played by Andee Frizzell
Dr. Peter Grodin	played by Craig Veroni
Halling	played by Christopher Heyerdahl
Colonel Marshall Sumner	played by Robert Patrick
Sgt. Bates	played by Dean Marshall

	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Rising, Part 1 Major John Sheppard: What's the mask you've got on? Wex: This? Wraith. Major John Sheppard: Wraith? What's that? Jinto: You don't know? Wex: What world did you come from? Jinto: Can we go there? Major John Sheppard: Afraid not. I'm from a galaxy far, far away.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Rising, Part 1 Dr. Rodney McKay: [he is talking about the ZPM] Zed-P.M. Brigadier General Jack O'Neill USAF: What? Daniel Jackson, Ph.D.: Zee-P.M. He's Canadian.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: When the team crosses through the gate to Atlantis, Lt. Ford jumps into the gate backwards in a position that would have landed him flat on his back on the other side. However, when Sheppard walks through the gate right behind him and into Atlantis, he is nowhere to be seen.
CHAR: The Russian flag on one soldier's arm is attached upside down.
FACT: The helicopter Sheppard and O'Neill fly to Antarctica in, which is supposedly an American aircraft, has a Canadian tail number.
MISC: Rachel Luttrell's name was spelled incorrectly in the opening credits of some episodes of season one. This error was corrected in subsequent episodes and on the DVD Release version.

TRIVIA

While in the "dining room" of the female Wraith (Andee Frizzell), clearly seen on the table is the head of a creature. This creature is a Mastadge, which was seen in the original Stargate (1994) movie.
Weir notes that one of the first things they should do is throw away the ten thousand year old dead plants in Atlantis. She says this as she touches an ancient and dead potted plant. In later episodes you can see the dead plant, still not thrown out, through the windows of Weir's office.
When the 'Stargate Atlantis' pilot was filmed, there were four regular characters in Stargate SG-1, but only two of them (Jack O'Neill and Daniel Jackson) appear in Rising. According to Amanda Tapping, who played Samantha Carter, her character and Teal'c weren't allowed to appear due to rights issues. They were created for the Stargate SG-1 TV show, and including them in the new show would mean using the work from one of the producers to boost a new, different show. Jack and Daniel already appeared in the Stargate movie and therefore they weren't affected. Anyway, the four of them appear in several Stargate Atlantis episodes throughout its five seasons.
Joe Flanigan does actually know how to fly the Helo that Sheppard and O'Neill were in, but for both budgetary reasons and safety concerns Flanigan's shots inside the Helo were all done in a studio or on location, and he was not permitted to try to fly.
Originally aired as a feature-length 90 minute episode, but usually split into two different episodes in syndication. These split episodes have different individual on-screen credits, omitting cast credits for the characters not present in each part. The credits and credit order on IMDb reflects the original complete/combined credits in the feature length episode.