3. Broken Ties

Complete story — includes the ending

Ronon is reunited with Tyre, a former Satedan warrior turned "Wraith worshiper" (from season 4's " Reunion "). Having apparently turned on his new masters and broken free of their brainwashing, Tyre hopes to rebuild his destroyed relationship with Ronon and Atlantis. But things go badly when Ronon is kidnapped by a Wraith who tortures him, and a non-lucid Tyre may be the only person who can save Ronon before the Wraith brainwash him. After going through withdrawal from the Wraith enzyme, Tyre leads the team to the lab where Ronon is, but turns on them to get another fix after Ronon is revealed to be brainwashed. The Wraith tries to torture Sheppard, but Tyre reveals that he was faking his return to the Wraith and battles Ronon while Sheppard battles the Wraith. The rest of the team, having earlier been freed by Tyre, stuns Ronon, while Tyre sacrifices himself to blow up the lab and let the others escape. On Atlantis, the team manages to break Ronon's brainwashing and he mourns his old friend.