During the 2000s, the Stargate franchise reigned supreme on sci-fi TV. Combining adventure-of-the-week storytelling with a dash of military propaganda, it attracted a loyal audience — in part because Star Trek was in a rare slump. Viewed in hindsight, Stargate’s heyday represents a very different era of the TV landscape. Not just due to its post-9/11 enthusiasm for military interventionism, but in terms of how episodic dramas were structured — and how their fandoms interacted online.
