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“Allies (Part 1)”
Stargate Atlantis episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 20
Written by	Martin Gero
Directed by	Andy Mikita
Guest stars	Brent Stait as Michael James Lafazanos as Wraith Scientist Andee Frizzell as Wraith Hive Queen Trevor Devall as Hermiod (voice)
Production no.	220
Original airdate	January 30, 2006
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"Allies" (Part 1 of 3) is the Season 2 finale episode of the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis.

A Wraith hive ship is approaching Atlantis. While the Daedalus and the Orion wait in some distance from the city, Atlantis itself is cloaked. Suddenly the city is contacted and it turns out that it is Michael, the Wraith that they attempted to turn into a human. Though initially wary of his intentions, interest is sparked when Michael claims that the Wraith are being divided by a civil war and says that they want to use Beckett's retrovirus to turn their rivals into humans to feed upon. In return, Michael promises to turn over valuable technical information about their weapons and defenses. They start by sending a possible method to use their transport technology again to beam nuclear weapons inside the hive ships.

Michael as he appears in Allies

The leadership of Atlantis discuss what to do and finally agree to provide assistance, although Teyla is a bit reluctant. Afterwards Michael, the Wraith Queen and her chief scientist come to Atlantis. Once Beckett reveals that he has found a way to transform the retrovirus into an aerosol gas, the Wraith insist that he help devise a plan to disperse it inside their enemy's ships. Later the gas is tested on a captured Wraith and it works. This results in the queen feeding on the victim. However when the Wraith try to use the gas on an enemy ship, they fail and when the Daedalus tries to help it is damaged. To find a way to better dispatch the virus, the Wraith give McKay a computer file, a treasure trove of information about Wraith technology that he needs to complete the job.

The Wraith Queen from Allies

Yet, as is soon discovered, this unusual partnership is too good to be true. While Ronon still harbors deep suspicions about Michael, others on the Atlantis team hope that the alliance will buy time and help protect humans on other worlds from attack. Yet, once the assault on the enemy ship is underway, Weir and her team discover that they have played into a trap. Following the crash of Zelenka's computer terminal and an attack on the Daedalus by both Wraith ships, it becomes clear that the alliance was just an elaborate ruse. Finally, with McKay and Ronon taken hostage aboard the hive ship, Zelenka uncovers a worm-like virus that was uploaded into the Atlantis computers, giving the Wraith access to information that will make possible a devastating attack against Earth.

Connor Trinneer only features his voice during this episode. Brent Stait takes over the role of Michael throughout the episode. Conner provided the voice after the crew felt it 'needed' it.^[1]

As the Wraith female is escorted through Atlantis, the footage seemed to be flipped from left to right as all the mission patches on the guards are backwards and are on the wrong shoulders.

• Official Stargate Atlantis site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006.
• Transcript from GateWorld. Transcribed by Callie Sullivan. Visited May 14, 2006.
• Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 14, 2006.
• Gatenoise from Moon-catchin'. Visited June 23, 2006.