Rising (Stargate Atlantis)

"**Rising**"
"Rising"
Stargate Atlantis episodes
	John Sheppard arrives in Atlantis
Episode nos.	Season 1; Episodes 1 & 2
Directed by	Martin Wood
Written by	Robert C. Cooper and Brad Wright
Production codes	101 and 102
Original air date	July 16, 2004
Running time	43min (each episode); 86min (put together)
Guest appearances
	Robert Patrick as Marshall Sumner; Richard Dean Anderson as Jack O'Neill; Michael Shanks as Daniel Jackson; Ona Grauer as Ayiana; Paul McGillion as Carson Beckett; Craig Veroni as Peter Grodin; Garwin Sanford as Simon; Christopher Heyerdahl as Halling; Dan Shea as Siler; Reece Thompson as Jinto; Dean Marshall as Bates; Andee Frizzell as The Keeper;
Episode chronology
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"Rising" is the pilot episode for season one of the military science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis, a Canadian-American spin off series of Stargate SG-1. The episode was written by executive producers Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, and directed by Martin Wood. The episode was the strongest episode of the whole series on Nielsen household ratings. The episode got strong reviews from major media publishers worldwide.

"Rising" is about the establishment of the Atlantis expedition, it follows Major John Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and Colonel Marshall Sumner (Robert Patrick) and their mission to the Pegasus Galaxy in part one. The second part is about the awakening of the Wraith and freeing prisoners of war from them. The pilot has various guest stars from Stargate SG-1 as for example Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and Siler (Dan Shea) among others.