The Game

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• David Dayan Fisher as Baden
• Kavan Smith as Major Evan Lorne
• David Nykl as Dr. Radek Zelenka
• James Long as Helkin
• John Shaw as Garth|

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• Laura Harris as Nola
• David Dayan Fisher as Baden
• Kavan Smith as Major Evan Lorne
• David Nykl as Dr. Radek Zelenka
• James Long as Helkin
• John Shaw as Garth

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The Game is the fifteenth episode of Season 3 of Stargate Atlantis.

Synopsis

Sheppard and McKay discover that the "game" they have been playing on Atlantis for the last two years, was actually directing real people and their actions have caused tensions to rise between the two nations and may lead to all out war.

References

Characters

Albert Einstein, Katie Brown, Melanie, Richard the Lionheart, Steven Caldwell, Theresa Geldar

Races

Athosian, Lantean, People of M4D-058, Satedan, Tau'ri, Wraith

Planets

Lantea, M4D-058

Other

Apple, Asgard Transporter, Atlantis Commander's office, Atlantis Conference room, Atlantis Control room, Atlantis expedition, Atlantis Mess hall, Atlantis Social development lab, Cantaloupe, Chess, Citrus, Coal, Culling, Cyprus, Daedalus, Dirigible, Drone, East pier, Geldar, Grape, Hallona, Jello, Lantea mainland, Lantean-Wraith War, Lantean Social development satellite, Lorne's team, Madarin, Portal, Potato, Puddle Jumper, Renaissance, Salisbury steak, Satellite, Spacegate, Subspace, Tuber

Production

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File:Odin's Lab production image.jpg	See production images from this episode
File:Props.jpg	See props from this episode
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Filming

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Casting

• Carson Beckett (Paul McGillion) does not appear in this episode.