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The Best Episodes of Andromeda

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Captain Dylan Hunt and his crew quest to restore a government that once presided over an extended peace and prosperity.

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    Andromeda Season 1 Episode 22 - Its Hour Come 'Round at Last (1)
    8.2/10(311 votes)

    #1 - Its Hour Come 'Round at Last (1)

    S1:E22

    When Harper accidentally overrides Andromeda's personality with an older version, she hunts down the crew and goes on an old mission in which her former crew was slaughtered.

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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  2. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 9 - Into the Labyrinth
    7.9/10(287 votes)

    #2 - Into the Labyrinth

    S2:E9

    A Commonwealth conference becomes a backdrop for Magog espionage, while Harper tries to discover how one of their spies managed to remove some of his Magog larvae.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  3. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 12 - Ouroboros
    7.9/10(268 votes)

    #3 - Ouroboros

    S2:E12

    The crew watches Rev Bem's fairwell message, not sure whether or not to pursue him, or let him leave. Dylan says that they should respect Rev's decision to leave, but Harper snaps at Dylan and storms out. He is upset because Rev had promised to remove the Magog larvae from his gut. He writhes in pain, but when he tries to take his medication, it has no effect, as the larvae have grown immune to it, as Trance and Rev had warned him they would. Soon after, Harper enlists in Chief Technical Director Hohne's help, as well as the other Persieds. Harper plans to build a machine that will fold space to remove the eggs, but it's affecting time, as well.

    Director:Jorge Montesi
    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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  4. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 20 - The Knight, Death, and the Devil
    7.9/10(250 votes)

    #4 - The Knight, Death, and the Devil

    S2:E20

    The crew encounter a POW camp full of captured High Guard starships and their AI avatars.

    Director:Richard Flower
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  5. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 22 - Tunnel at the End of the Light (1)
    7.9/10(233 votes)

    #5 - Tunnel at the End of the Light (1)

    S2:E22

    The crew of the Andromeda meet an alien race they were destined to face.

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer

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  6. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 1 - The Widening Gyre (2)
    7.8/10(285 votes)

    #6 - The Widening Gyre (2)

    S2:E1

    Trance gets Beka and Dylan to medbay, while Rev goes to see a man about his god and Tyr and Harper are injected with Magog eggs and tied up. Dylan and the Andromeda avatar go down to get Tyr and Harper, leaving Beka behind with orders to use a nova bomb to detonate the "bound" planets' sun in three hours. Meanwhile Rev meets with Bloodmist, and begins to give into his bestial nature. The two of them confront the Magog "god", which seems to convince Rev to kill his friends. Bloodmist takes him to Tyr and Harper, but its a trick and Rev kills Bloodmist. Dylan and Andromeda are overwhelmed when Beka launches the nova bomb, but the Magog "god" manages to absorb all the energy. The distraction gives them time to free Tyr and Harper and get out of there. Trance manages to remove Tyr's spider eggs, but the procedure would kill Harper. He has to take medication to keep them in check, but the medicine won't work forever. Meanwhile, they've figured out that the Magog travelling "bound planets" w

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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  7. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 21 - Immaculate Perception
    7.8/10(229 votes)

    #7 - Immaculate Perception

    S2:E21

    Tyr learns that he is a father.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer

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  8. Andromeda Season 1 Episode 6 - Angel Dark, Demon Bright
    7.7/10(355 votes)

    #8 - Angel Dark, Demon Bright

    S1:E6

    Dylan is faced with a difficult decision when Andromeda slipstreams back in time -- days before the climactic battle of the Nietzschean Revolution where the Commonwealth was defeated and the Nietzschean Alliance was destroyed.

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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  9. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 8 - Home Fires
    7.7/10(260 votes)

    #9 - Home Fires

    S2:E8

    A stranger gives Dylan a message from his dead fiancée leading him to an untouched world with descendants of his former crew and friends, including the descendant of his treachorous former best friend.

    Director:Michael Robison
    Writer:Ethlie Ann Vare

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  10. Andromeda Season 1 Episode 12 - The Mathematics of Tears
    7.6/10(342 votes)

    #10 - The Mathematics of Tears

    S1:E12

    Andromeda encounters her damaged sister ship, the Pax Magellanic, that leads the crew of the Andromeda Ascendant on an eerie mission.

    Director:T.J. Scott
    Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer

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  11. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 7 - Una Salus Victus
    7.6/10(252 votes)

    #11 - Una Salus Victus

    S2:E7

    After discovering Tyr has hidden the remains of Drago Musevini on board the Andromeda, Dylan questions Tyr's loyalty. Beka and a Nietzchean both race to repair their ships before the other destroys them, and Harper is left in command of the Andromeda, and must decide whether or not to protect a convoy and risk losing the Andromeda.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  12. Andromeda Season 3 Episode 21 - Day of Judgement, Day of Wrath
    7.6/10(224 votes)

    #12 - Day of Judgement, Day of Wrath

    S3:E21

    When the crew prepares for the launch of The Resolution of Hector, they soon discover that Rommie has had a change of mind and is now working against the crew. Knowing that this is not normal, Dylan sets out to reclaim the ship, and find out what is controlling his friend.

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  13. Andromeda Season 3 Episode 5 - The Lone and Level Sands
    7.5/10(232 votes)

    #13 - The Lone and Level Sands

    S3:E5

    As Dylan, Rommie, Tyr and Harper flee from the Ogami, they encounter a ship sent from Earth to explore space over 3000 years ago. As the ship is a giant engine, it travels so fast that the crew never age. As the Maru has no slipstream engine, Dylan is faced with a decision that could change the future of the commonwealth. Can the Andromeda come to the rescue?

    Director:Jorge Montesi
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  14. Andromeda Season 3 Episode 22 - Shadows Cast by a Final Salute (1)
    7.5/10(213 votes)

    #14 - Shadows Cast by a Final Salute (1)

    S3:E22

    When the Andromeda is attacked by the Dragons to receive the bones of Drago Mussevni something seems array. Dylan then discovers that Tyr has united all of the Neitzian people under his son, the genetic reincarnation of Drago Mussevni. Will Tyr make the right decision and help the crew of the Andromeda or lead his new people into battle?

    Director:Jorge Montesi
    Writer:Robert Engels

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  15. Andromeda Season 1 Episode 19 - The Honey Offering
    7.4/10(297 votes)

    #15 - The Honey Offering

    S1:E19

    An arranged marriage between two rival Nietzschean Prides puts the Andromeda Ascendant in danger when Captain Dylan Hunt agrees to transport the bride to the wedding.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer

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  16. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 4 - Pitiless as the Sun
    7.4/10(274 votes)

    #16 - Pitiless as the Sun

    S2:E4

    Trance is held captive, while Dylan and the rest of the crew try to uncover the source behind mysterious attacks on cargo ships.

    Director:Richard Flower
    Writer:Emily Skopov

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  17. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 6 - All Too Human
    7.4/10(263 votes)

    #17 - All Too Human

    S2:E6

    Rommie sets out to extract an informant, but winds up stuck on a planet with a strong hatred and fear of Androids.

    Director:T.J. Scott
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  18. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 15 - Dance of the Mayflies
    7.4/10(241 votes)

    #18 - Dance of the Mayflies

    S2:E15

    The crew of Andromed encounter plague victims infected by a hostile, nanobot-based lifeform out to take over the ship.

    Director:J. Miles Dale
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 18 - The Fair Unknown
    7.4/10(227 votes)

    #19 - The Fair Unknown

    S2:E18

    The crew encounter the Vedrans the long-lost founders of the Commonwealth.

    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writer:John Lloyd Parry

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  20. Andromeda Season 4 Episode 21 - The Dissonant Interval (1)
    7.4/10(189 votes)

    #20 - The Dissonant Interval (1)

    S4:E21

    The Andromeda encounters the Arkology, a society that they believe is the closest to perfection humanity will ever achieve. But the Magog are close, and Dylan and the crew must convince the utopia that peace is not the answer. Conflict arises in the core crew when the leaders of Arkology do not wish to leave. Dylan wants to defend them, and Beka warns him that she's not going to stay and die defending an idea of peace.

    Director:Martin Wood
    Writers:Larry Barber, Paul Barber

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  21. Andromeda Season 1 Episode 2 - An Affirming Flame (2)
    7.3/10(433 votes)

    #21 - An Affirming Flame (2)

    S1:E2

    Dylan and the crew of the Eureka Maru agree to join forces and become one team aboard the Andromeda Ascendant as they set forth on his mission to restore the Systems Commonwealth.

    Director:Brenton Spencer
    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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  22. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 11 - Bunker Hill
    7.3/10(239 votes)

    #22 - Bunker Hill

    S2:E11

    The crew returns for the first time to Earth, where Harper and his cousin try to save the homeworld from Nietzschean occupation.

    Director:Richard Flower
    Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer

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  23. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 19 - Belly of the Beast
    7.3/10(226 votes)

    #23 - Belly of the Beast

    S2:E19

    The Andromeda is swallowed by a space creature.

    Director:Allan Harmon
    Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer

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  24. Andromeda Season 3 Episode 10 - The Unconquerable Man
    7.3/10(252 votes)

    #24 - The Unconquerable Man

    S3:E10

    Gaheris Rhade sets out to reshape the universe according to his will and restore order amid the chaos

    Director:J. Miles Dale
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  25. Andromeda Season 3 Episode 12 - The Dark Backward
    7.3/10(236 votes)

    #25 - The Dark Backward

    S3:E12

    "Okay, that did not work," Trance says. "Let's try again." Trance tries to figure out how to help the crew survive a deadly intruder.

    Director:Michael Robison
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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Best Episodes Summary

"Its Hour Come 'Round at Last (1)" is the best rated episode of "Andromeda". It scored 8.2/10 based on 311 votes. Directed by Allan Eastman and written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, it aired on 5/14/2001. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Into the Labyrinth".