The Best Episodes of Andromeda Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.2/10(522 votes)

   #1 - Under the Night (1)

   S1:E110/2/2000

   It's the start of the war between the Systems Commonwealth and the Nietzschean fleets. Captain Dylan Hunt and his ship the Andromeda Ascendant try to flee the first Nietzschean attack to warn the Commonwealth. In his attempt to escape, the Andromeda and Captain Hunt are caught in the event horizon of a black hole and frozen in time for 300 years. The crew of the Eureka Maru with Captain Beka Valentine try to salvage the Andromeda to sell for a Nightsider's ransom. After the Andromeda is pulled free, Hunt is unfrozen and forced to defend his ship against the salvagers and the Nietzschean mercenaries lead by Tyr Anasazi.

   Director:Allan Kroeker

   Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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   Director:Allan Kroeker

   Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe
2. 

   7.3/10(433 votes)

   #2 - An Affirming Flame (2)

   S1:E210/9/2000

   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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   Director:Brenton Spencer

   Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe
3. 

   6.7/10(425 votes)

   #3 - To Loose the Fateful Lightning

   S1:E310/16/2000

   Dylan inadvertently gives a group of child warriors power to destroy a solar system.

   Director:Brenton Spencer

   Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer

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   Director:Brenton Spencer

   Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer
4. 

   6.8/10(388 votes)

   #4 - D Minus Zero

   S1:E410/23/2000

   Beka and Tyr square off against Dylan for leadership of Andromeda during a dangerous face-off with an unknown enemy.

   Director:Allan Eastman

   Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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   Director:Allan Eastman

   Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller
5. 

   7.1/10(377 votes)

   #5 - Double Helix

   S1:E510/30/2000

   Captain Dylan Hunt must save the Andromeda from the Nietzscheans, who are trying to persuade Tyr to help them destroy the ship and rebuild his Nietzschean life. His new life would include a wife to carry on his lineage.

   Director:Mike Rohl

   Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer

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   Director:Mike Rohl

   Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer
6. 

   7.7/10(355 votes)

   #6 - Angel Dark, Demon Bright

   S1:E611/6/2000

   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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   Director:Allan Eastman

   Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe
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7. 

   6.9/10(337 votes)

   #7 - The Ties That Blind

   S1:E711/13/2000

   Beka's con-artist brother unexpectedly shows up claiming to be a devout Wayist making the Andromeda a prime target for Restorian attack.

   Director:David Warry-Smith

   Writer:Ethlie Ann Vare

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   Director:David Warry-Smith

   Writer:Ethlie Ann Vare
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   7.1/10(361 votes)

   #8 - The Banks of the Lethe

   S1:E811/20/2000

   Finally, after 300 years and a black hole keeping them apart, Captain Dylan Hunt reunites with his true love, Sara.

   Director:David Winning

   Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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   Director:David Winning

   Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller
9. 

   6.9/10(337 votes)

   #9 - A Rose in the Ashes

   S1:E911/27/2000

   With their communication with the crew of the Eureka Maru completely cut off, Dylan and Rommie are forced into exile on a prison planet and must befriend fellow inmates to attempt any escape.

   Director:David Warry-Smith

   Writer:Ethlie Ann Vare

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   Director:David Warry-Smith

   Writer:Ethlie Ann Vare
10. 

    7.0/10(321 votes)

    #10 - All Great Neptune's Ocean

    S1:E101/15/2001

    Tyr and Rommie are framed for the assassination of the Castalian president.

    Director:Allan Harmon

    Writer:Walter Jon Williams

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    Director:Allan Harmon

    Writer:Walter Jon Williams
11. 

    6.8/10(317 votes)

    #11 - The Pearls That Were His Eyes

    S1:E111/22/2001

    Beka Valentine receives a distress call from her beloved Uncle Sid , but to her disdain realizes that he has become Sam Profit, a big business tycoon.

    Director:David Winning

    Writer:Ethlie Ann Vare

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    Director:David Winning

    Writer:Ethlie Ann Vare
12. 

    7.6/10(342 votes)

    #12 - The Mathematics of Tears

    S1:E121/29/2001

    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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    Director:T.J. Scott

    Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer
13. 

    7.0/10(323 votes)

    #13 - Music of a Distant Drum

    S1:E132/5/2001

    A crash landing on a strange planet leaves Tyr with a complete loss of memory and a mystery crate to protect from not-so-brotherly Nietzcheans.

    Director:Allan Kroeker

    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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    Director:Allan Kroeker

    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe
14. 

    7.1/10(314 votes)

    #14 - Harper 2.0

    S1:E142/12/2001

    Harper finds himself overloaded with information when a dying Perseid transfers data into his brain.

    Director:Richard Flower

    Writer:John Whelpley

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    Director:Richard Flower

    Writer:John Whelpley
15. 

    6.8/10(295 votes)

    #15 - Forced Perspective

    S1:E152/19/2001

    Dylan is taken captive and forced to admit that he killed the Mobius leader and overthrew the Mobius government more than 300 years ago.

    Director:George Mendeluk

    Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer

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    Director:George Mendeluk

    Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer
16. 

    6.9/10(306 votes)

    #16 - The Sum of Its Parts

    S1:E162/26/2001

    A humanoid robot visits the Andromeda crew, helps them fight off a culture of organized machines and learns what it means to be a living being.

    Director:David Winning

    Writer:Steven Barnes

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    Director:David Winning

    Writer:Steven Barnes
17. 

    6.8/10(298 votes)

    #17 - Fear and Loathing in the Milky Way

    S1:E174/9/2001

    Trance, Harper and their former employer Gerentex are unwilling partners on a wild ride to find a valuable artifact.

    Director:David Warry-Smith

    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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    Director:David Warry-Smith

    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller
18. 

    7.1/10(297 votes)

    #18 - The Devil Take the Hindmost

    S1:E184/16/2001

    Rev Bem gets a call from a Wayist friend in need of his help to save the Hajira and its settlement, Serendipity, from being taken over by slavers.

    Director:Allan Eastman

    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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    Director:Allan Eastman

    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller
19. 

    7.4/10(297 votes)

    #19 - The Honey Offering

    S1:E194/23/2001

    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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    Director:Brad Turner

    Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer
20. 

    7.1/10(307 votes)

    #20 - Star-Crossed

    S1:E204/30/2001

    Rommie falls in love with a surviving android (Michael Shanks) of a destroyed ship, only to be betrayed as he turns out to be the ultimate enemy.

    Director:David Warry-Smith

    Writer:Ethlie Ann Vare

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    Director:David Warry-Smith

    Writer:Ethlie Ann Vare
21. 

    7.1/10(281 votes)

    #21 - It Makes a Lovely Light

    S1:E215/7/2001

    Beka jeopardizes the crew when she takes a mind-altering drug while attempting an exhaustive piloting mission that could bring Dylan to his long-lost home planet.

    Directors:Michael Robison, Michael Robinson

    Writer:Ethlie Ann Vare

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    Directors:Michael Robison, Michael Robinson

    Writer:Ethlie Ann Vare
22. 

    8.2/10(311 votes)

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

    S1:E225/14/2001

    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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    Director:Allan Eastman

    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe