Atlantis quiere comerciar alimentos con los Genii, una civilización simple que resulta no ser tan simple. Ellos están planeando un ataque nuclear contra los Wraith.

Dos huracanes se acercan a Atlantis y es necesario evacuar. El líder del planeta que los acogerá le informa a los Genii sobre la situación.

Mientras Teyla y Ronon investigan la misteriosa muerte del Mayor Lorne, el genio Ladon Radim contacta con Atlantis. Él quiere intercambiar un ZPM por suministros de armas.

Sheppard and his team are lured to a planet and are soon put on trial for crimes against the people of the Pegasus galaxy. In flashbacks, the three judge tribunal recounts the indictment against them including the re-awakening of the Wraith and the various missions where at least a few, if not more, innocent bystanders were killed. Sheppard does his best to argue that on balance, fewer were killed by their presence than would have been the case if they had never been there. A least one of the judges is clearly determined to find them guilty while a second seems far more sympathetic. It's left to Richard Woolsey, who has now joined them, to plead the rest of their case. A lawyer by profession, Richard clearly knows how the game is played and focuses on that third judge.