All 21 of Stargate SG1's first-season episodes are available on this DVD five-pack. A spinoff of the hit film
Stargate, Stargate SG1 aired on the Showtime premium cable station. The series concerned the adventures of the SG1 crew as they used the stargates to travel from planet to planet, all the while fighting evil aliens who want to utilize the stargates for their own nefarious purposes. The characters played by
Kurt Russell and
James Spader in the movie are embodied in the series by
Richard Dean Anderson and
Michael Shanks. The episodes available in this set are titled, "Children of the Gods," "
The Enemy Within," "Emancipation," "The Broca Divide," "The First Commandment," "Cold Lazarus," "The Nox," "Brief Candle," "Thor's Hammer," "The Torment of Tantalus," "
Bloodlines," "Fire and Water," "Hathor," "Singularity," "Cor-Ai," "
Enigma," "Solitudes," "
Tin Man," "There But for the Grace of God," "Politics," and "Within the Serpent's Grasp." ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide