Sheppard is trapped in ‘The Hive’

The first details have arrived for “The Hive,” the eleventh episode of Stargate Atlantis‘s second season. “The Hive” is written by new staff writer Carl Binder and will be directed by Martin Wood when it goes before cameras later this month.

The episode is part two of two, and is expected to premiere in the U.S. next January. Beware of spoilers in the report below!

Following Lieutenant Ford’s plan to use his new army of young men enhanced by the Wraith enzyme to attack a Wraith hive ship in “The Lost Boys” (story), Colonel John Sheppard finds himself a captive of the Wraith.

He finds himself sharing a cell on board a Wraith ship with Neera, a timid young girl he rescued from a stasis cocoon. Neera’s entire world was destroyed, and the girl once witnessed her mother and her brother being fed upon by the Wraith. She knew that she was marked for this grisly fate as well.

Neera is intimidated by Ford, who is also captured — but comforts him when he begins to experience withdrawl symptoms due to a lack of Wraith enzyme. Ford is eventually taken away by the guards.

Sheppard tries to keep the mood light to encourage Neera, while at the same time looking for a way to escape. She is impresses that the Colonel does not fear the Wraith, and wants to know more about where he comes from.

It is not yet known what befalls Ford and his plan to destroy the ship, but by the time Sheppard is in prison at least Dr. McKay has returned to Atlantis.

Sheppard tries to get some sleep, but it is not long before the Wraith warriors come for him. They grab him and drag him from the cell before he can react.

Guest characters include Neera, Aiden Ford (Rainbow Sun Francks), Dr. Zelenka (David Nykl), and Colonel Caldwell (Mitch Pileggi). The presence of Caldwell indicates that actor Mitch Pileggi’s stay on Atlantis has been extended beyond the five episodes for which he was originally contracted.

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