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Stargate recaps with side-eye and snacks.
Wormhole Waffles is a Stargate rewatch built around episode recap that keeps getting happily sidetracked. Chelsea and Arzu track Atlantis plots, production choices, character behavior, wiki-check logistics, and the occasional deeply important question of whether the Wraith are back yet.
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Wormhole Waffles is a Stargate rewatch podcast that works best when recap and derailment are fighting for the same chair. Chelsea and Arzu cover Stargate Atlantis in paired episode blocks, with enough episode logistics to satisfy fans who care about premiere dates, writers, directors, and where a finale-opener actually begins. The format has structure. The energy does not stay neatly inside it. One minute the conversation is tracking Replicators, Wraith, Travelers, Ancient-gene devices, and Atlantis lockdowns; the next it is stuck on whether a supposed two-parter actually behaves like one. That is the appeal. The show treats franchise continuity as important, but not sacred. Elizabeth's unresolved fate, Sam's arrival, Tayla's pregnancy, Ronan's old friends, Todd getting his name, and Rodney's technical miracles all get discussed with the tone of fans who remember why they care and still reserve the right to laugh at the machinery. The recaps are clear enough to follow. They are also full of little interruptions. A Wraith breeding farm can become a complaint about wording, an alien console can provoke thoughts about searching for schematics, and a forest-heavy episode can be judged for looking very much like people running around Vancouver. The humor is dry rather than polished. It comes from recognition, annoyance, and tiny questions that refuse to stay tiny. Wormhole Waffles is especially good at noticing how Stargate pairs episodes, moves characters around the set, and leans on recurring genre patterns like outbreak plots, memory-loss structures, bottle-ish situations, and suspicious returning acquaintances. The hosts sound comfortable enough to correct each other, double-check themselves, and let a tangent breathe before dragging the recap back into orbit. That looseness gives the show warmth. It also keeps the criticism grounded in ordinary fan experience rather than formal review-speak. Nobody is pretending the franchise is flawless. Nobody sounds eager to abandon it either. The result is a lively Atlantis companion for listeners who want episode memory, production nitpicks, character affection, and the occasional cleanly delivered eye-roll in the same feed.
Made for: For Stargate fans who like detailed Atlantis recaps, fannish continuity talk, and conversational criticism that can pause over a character beat or a strange production choice without getting stiff.
What sets it apart: The show pairs practical episode structure with loose, recursive banter, so the recap keeps finding comedy in tiny details: readable alien tech, Wraith logistics, scheduling oddities, and characters making questionable choices.
Wormhole Waffles is a Stargate rewatch podcast hosted by Chelsea and Arezou, two nerdy ladies who love a mix of serious reflection and spice. Watch along or just listen in as Stargate veteran Chelsea introduces Arezou to a galaxy of new adventures.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Chelsea and Arzu pair close Stargate recaps with sharp character judgments, scientific questions and playful detours.
Chelsea and Arzu turn a Stargate rewatch into a running conversation between plot accounting and character judgment. Episodes begin with production credits and a brisk recap before moving scene by scene through SG-1 and Atlantis, keeping complicated machinery such as Wraith…
Rodney's Wraith vocabulary becomes your problem too; your ideal Stargate rewatch pauses for one awful word.
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A shaggy Stargate recap that lets the jokes steer the ride.
Wormhole Waffles treats Harmony and Outcast like a running argument that happens to pass through Stargate lore. Chelsea and Rizut talk through the logic, costumes, and franchise minutiae, but they are most engaging when the recap starts to wobble and they lean into that mess…
A gross Wraith return and a lockdown bottle episode give this discussion plenty to chew on.
Spoils of War and Quarantine make a strong one-two pairing: the Wraith return in gross, goopy form, and Atlantis shifts into a lockdown bottle episode that strands unusual groupings together.
A farewell episode that turns a 50-year stasis crisis into duty, logistics, and a long goodbye.
SG-1's last episode strands the crew in a time dilation field for 50 years, and the discussion keeps coming back to what that means for duty, sacrifice, and the burden of holding onto Asgard knowledge under Ori pressure.
A hostage mess and a very different second episode, recapped with loose, funny banter.
Chelsea and Rizzo make the pairing click by leaning into how different the two episodes are. Bad Guys plays as an accidental hostage situation, while Talion stays its own thing instead of being bent into the same shape.
A sword-in-the-stone recap that keeps arguing with the show until the credits.
Wormhole Waffles makes the medieval detour feel less like a lore dump and more like two hosts trying to keep a busy sci-fi show from getting away with itself.
Chelsea and Rizut cover Harmony and Outcast with one mic and a lot of quick reactions.
Chelsea and Urzu are back on Atlantis.
The hosts discuss Stargate Atlantis Season 4 episodes 10 and 11, focusing on the replicator storyline and how these episodes differ from a conventional two-part structure.
This podcast episode discusses Stargate Atlantis Season 4 Episodes 8 and 9, focusing on plot details, themes like nanite coating, and connections between the episodes.
The hosts discuss and summarize Stargate Atlantis Season 4 episodes 6 and 7, focusing on the memory-loss plot of 'Tabula Rasa' and the search for the Athosians in 'Missing'.
Hosts Chelsea and Arezou recap and discuss episodes 4 and 5 of Stargate Atlantis Season 4, including plot summaries and reactions.
Hosts Chelsea and Arezou recap and discuss Stargate Atlantis Season 4 episodes Lifeline and Reunion.
Hosts Chelsea and Arezou recap and discuss Stargate Atlantis episodes First Strike and Adrift, analyzing plot and production details.
Hosts Chelsea and Arezou discuss their thoughts on Stargate SG-1 Season 10 and the series as a whole in a special episode.
Chelsea and Arezou discuss the Stargate SG-1 direct-to-DVD movie Arc of Truth, its release timeline, and canonical placement.
Chelsea and Rizu cover SG-1 Season 10, Episode 20, Unending, the last episode.
Chelsea and Rizzo open on SG-1 Season 10, Episodes 16-17.
Hosts Chelsea and Arezou recap and discuss Stargate SG-1 Season 10 episodes 10 and 11, 'The Quest' Parts 1 and 2.
Hosts Chelsea and Arzu recap and discuss Stargate SG-1 Season 10 episodes Memento Mori and Company of Thieves.
Hosts Chelsea and Arezou recap Stargate SG-1 Season 10 episodes 200 and Counter-Strike, discussing plot points and their reactions.
Chelsea and Arezou recap and discuss Stargate SG-1 Season 10 episodes Insiders and Uninvited.
Hosts Chelsea and Arezou recap and discuss Stargate SG-1 Season 10 episodes Morpheus and The Pegasus Project.
Chelsea and Rizzo kick things off with housekeeping.
Hosts Chelsea and Arezou recap and discuss Stargate Atlantis Season 3 episodes 18 and 19, Submersion and Vengeance.
Hosts Chelsea and Arezou recap and discuss Stargate Atlantis Season 3 episodes 16 and 17, including plot details and emotional reactions.
Hosts Chelsea and Arezou discuss Stargate Atlantis Season 3 episodes 10 and 11, analyzing the plot and behind-the-scenes details.
Hosts Chelsea and Arezou recap and discuss Stargate Atlantis Season 3 episodes 8 and 9, including plot summaries and critical analysis.
Chelsea and Arezou recap and discuss Stargate Atlantis episodes Misbegotten and Irresistible, analyzing plot and problematic themes.
Hosts Chelsea and Arezou discuss character arcs and themes from Seasons 8 and 9 of Stargate SG-1 in a special analysis episode.
Chelsea and Rizzo recap and discuss Stargate SG-1 Season 9 episodes 18 and 19, Arthur's Mantle and Crusade.
Hosts Chelsea and Arezou recap and discuss Stargate SG-1 Season 9 episodes 'Collateral Damage' and 'Ripple Effect', focusing on themes of reality and character moments.
Chelsea and Arezou recap Stargate SG-1 Season 9 episodes 10 and 11, discussing the prior plague and its parallels to COVID-19.
Hosts Chelsea and Arezou recap and discuss Stargate SG-1 Season 9 Episode 9 'Prototype', analyzing plot points and character developments.
The hosts discuss Stargate SG1 Season 9 episodes 3 and 4, covering the plot of 'Origin' and 'The Ties That Bind', including new villains and a fetch quest adventure.
The hosts discuss and analyze Seasons 1 and 2 of Stargate Atlantis, comparing character development, plot progression, and overall quality.
This podcast episode discusses Stargate Season 2 Episodes 18 and 19, focusing on the moral issues in 'Michael' and the action in 'Inferno'.
The hosts discuss Stargate Atlantis Season 2 Episodes 13 and 14, focusing on the plot of Critical Mass where the city is threatened by a bomb and Grace Under Pressure where Rodney faces a submarine crisis with a whale.
The hosts recap and analyze Stargate Atlantis season 2 episodes 10 and 11, focusing on the return of Ford and the events of 'The Lost Boys' and 'The Hive'.