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The Best Episodes of Andromeda Season 2

Every episode of Andromeda Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Andromeda Season 2!

Captain Dylan Hunt and his crew quest to restore a government that once presided over an extended peace and prosperity.
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Widening Gyre (2)" is the best rated episode of "Andromeda" season 2. It scored 7.7/10 based on 262 votes. Directed by Allan Eastman and written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, it aired on 10/1/2001. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Exit Strategies".

  • The Widening Gyre (2)
    7.7/10262 votes

    #1 - The Widening Gyre (2)

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2001

    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

  • Exit Strategies
    6.9/10242 votes

    #2 - Exit Strategies

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2001

    Dylan, Beka, Rev Bem and Tyr pursued by a gang of Neitzscheans, are forced to make a crash landing on an icy planet.

    Director: T.J. Scott

    Writer: Joe Reinkemeyer, Matt Kiene

  • A Heart for Falsehood Framed
    7.0/10246 votes

    #3 - A Heart for Falsehood Framed

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2001

    The crew of the Andromeda replaces a sacred relic with a fake, attempting to negotiate peace between two battling parties.

    Director: David Winning

    Writer: Ethlie Ann Vare

  • Pitiless as the Sun
    7.3/10252 votes

    #4 - Pitiless as the Sun

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2001

    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

  • Last Call at the Broken Hammer
    6.8/10241 votes

    #5 - Last Call at the Broken Hammer

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2001

    Hunting for the woman who set up the only major interstellar alliance since the Fall, Dylan finds himself in a bar at the edge of a desert wasteland, trying to fend of a Kalderan attack.

    Director: David Winning

    Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe

  • All Too Human
    7.4/10240 votes

    #6 - All Too Human

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2001

    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

    Writer: Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz

  • Una Salus Victus
    7.5/10230 votes

    #7 - Una Salus Victus

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2001

    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

    Writer: Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz

  • Home Fires
    7.7/10238 votes

    #8 - Home Fires

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2001

    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

  • Into the Labyrinth
    7.8/10265 votes

    #9 - Into the Labyrinth

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2001

    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

    Writer: Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz

  • The Prince
    7.1/10231 votes

    #10 - The Prince

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/19/2002

    Teen royalty is the key to the crew quelling an alien uprising, as Dylan and Tyr become co-regents to a recently orphaned young prince.

    Director: Allan Eastman

    Writer: Erik Oleson

  • Bunker Hill
    7.1/10220 votes

    #11 - Bunker Hill

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/26/2002

    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

    Writer: Joe Reinkemeyer, Matt Kiene

  • Ouroboros
    7.8/10246 votes

    #12 - Ouroboros

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 2/2/2002

    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

  • Lava and Rockets
    7.0/10217 votes

    #13 - Lava and Rockets

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/9/2002

    Dylan hijacks a starship to lose the Ogami.

    Director: Mike Rohl

    Writer: Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz

  • Be All My Sins Remembered
    6.7/10211 votes

    #14 - Be All My Sins Remembered

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/16/2002

    As an old friend of Beka's has died, she tells the crew about her past.

    Director: Allan Eastman

    Writer: N/A

  • Dance of the Mayflies
    7.4/10222 votes

    #15 - Dance of the Mayflies

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/23/2002

    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: N/A

  • In Heaven Now Are Three
    7.0/10220 votes

    #16 - In Heaven Now Are Three

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/2/2002

    Beka, Dylan and Trance attempt to find the Engine of Creation, an artifact able to rearrange space and time.

    Director: David Warry-Smith

    Writer: N/A

  • The Things We Cannot Change
    6.2/10224 votes

    #17 - The Things We Cannot Change

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 4/13/2002

    Dylan runs into a problem while analysing a black hole and imagines what his life would be like with a family before the common wealth fell.

    Director: Jorge Montesi

    Writer: Ethlie Ann Vare

  • The Fair Unknown
    7.3/10208 votes

    #18 - The Fair Unknown

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/20/2002

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

    Director: Mike Rohl

    Writer: John Lloyd Parry

  • Belly of the Beast
    7.2/10207 votes

    #19 - Belly of the Beast

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/27/2002

    The Andromeda is swallowed by a space creature.

    Director: Allan Harmon

    Writer: Joe Reinkemeyer, Matt Kiene

  • The Knight, Death, and the Devil
    7.8/10229 votes

    #20 - The Knight, Death, and the Devil

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2002

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

    Director: Richard Flower

    Writer: Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz

  • Immaculate Perception
    7.7/10209 votes

    #21 - Immaculate Perception

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/2002

    Tyr learns that he is a father.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: Joe Reinkemeyer, Matt Kiene

  • Tunnel at the End of the Light (1)
    7.8/10211 votes

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

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2002

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

    Director: Allan Eastman

    Writer: Joe Reinkemeyer, Matt Kiene