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The Worst Episodes of Andromeda

Every episode of Andromeda ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Andromeda!

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

"The Weight (1)" is the worst rated episode of "Andromeda". It scored 6/10 based on 174 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Robert Engels, it aired on 9/24/2004. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Mad to Be Saved".

  • The Weight (1)
    6.0/10174 votes
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    #1 - The Weight (1)

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2004

    Dylan finds himself on Seefra-1, one of nine identical planets orbiting two suns. He soon encounters Rhade, who has abandoned all hope. Rhade hates Dylan for the hope he has brought, and when someone asks Dylan be killed, Rhade agrees to do it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Robert Engels

  • Mad to Be Saved
    6.1/10219 votes
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    #2 - Mad to Be Saved

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/2002

    The Andromeda picks up a group of refugees who have been subjected to psychological and physical torture.

    Director: Jorge Montesi

    Writer: Joe Reinkemeyer, Matt Kiene

  • The Things We Cannot Change
    6.2/10224 votes
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    #3 - 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 Shards of Rimni
    6.2/10205 votes
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    #4 - The Shards of Rimni

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2002

    Dylan receives a mysterious package, but is then framed for the murder of its sender so Dylan and Harper go on a mission to clear his name.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Matt Kiene, Bob Engels

  • What Happens to a Rev Deferred?
    6.2/10202 votes
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    #5 - What Happens to a Rev Deferred?

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/2003

    As the Andromeda responds to a distress call from a planet on the brink of destruction, the crew intercept a transmission from a ship returning to the surface. After seeing the message from Rev Bem the crew loads up to save him from the planet. As Rev is following the path of the Divine flashbacks occur of the Andromeda crew to help him on his way.

    Director: Allan Eastman

    Writer: Joe Reinkemeyer, Matt Kiene

  • Double or Nothingness
    6.2/10184 votes
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    #6 - Double or Nothingness

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2003

    Dylan plays a dangerous game against two gamblers, but not everything is as real as it seems.

    Director: David Winning

    Writer: John Whelpley

  • Lost in a Space that Isn't There
    6.2/10165 votes
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    #7 - Lost in a Space that Isn't There

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 4/5/2004

    After being repeatedly attacked by bounty hunters after several evasive slipstream jumps, Dylan determines that there must be a mole on board. After analyzing data recordings, he discovers that Beka has been infected by The Abyss and has unknowingly been giving away Andromeda's position. Dylan and the crew have to come up with a way to rid Beka of The Abyss -- without killing her.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Larry Barber, Paul Barber

  • The Test
    6.2/10157 votes
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    #8 - The Test

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/2005

    The crew is tormented by a mysterious stranger who accuses them of murder.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: Scott Frost

  • Vault of the Heavens
    6.3/10199 votes
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    #9 - Vault of the Heavens

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 4/7/2003

    After receiving a message from an unknown planet 3 days in Slipstream away, the crew of the Andromeda take it upon themselves to save the people. The strange thing is that the message is a woman and it is going directly into Dylans head and no-one else can hear it. As they enter the ice moon of one of the planets, they come upon the Vault of the Heavens. A large palace made of ice. in discovering this the comm is cut and on Dylan's orders, Try destroys an energy cloud above the planet. After discovering that the aliens mean no harm, Dylan finds out that they need the cloud, or the entire species will die! Will they be able to return the cloud before the time runs out?

    Director: Jorge Montesi

    Writer: Gordon Michael Woolvett

  • The Weight (2)
    6.3/10172 votes
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    #10 - The Weight (2)

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2004

    Dylan and Rhade receive a month-old distress signal from Beka. After following the coordinates she left, they find the Andromeda dead in space. On board, he finds Darregacorp engineers trying to salvage it, led by Jonah Derrega, and Beka Valentine.

    Director: Jorge Montesi

    Writer: Naomi Janzen

  • Phear Phactor Phenom
    6.3/10171 votes
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    #11 - Phear Phactor Phenom

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2004

    When a valuable painting gets stolen after Beka, Rhade, and everyone else in the bar inhales a mysterious mist, Dylan jumps at the opportunity to win the reward for reclaiming it so the Andromeda can be repaired. After tracing the nanobots in the mist, they encounter Harper who is accompanied by a beautiful woman named Doyle. But Harper is caught up in the plans of Marika, who wants him to genetically engineer Vedrans, as well as to take over the Seefra system.

    Director: Richard Flower

    Writer: Larry Barber, Paul Barber

  • Attempting Screed
    6.3/10161 votes
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    #12 - Attempting Screed

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/2004

    The unexpected return of Flavin takes Dylan on a journey through time, revealing mysteries surrounding Tarn Vedra, the Paradine, the battle with the Worldship, and Trance.

    Director: David Winning

    Writer: Larry Barber, Paul Barber

  • So Burn the Untamed Lands
    6.3/10154 votes
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    #13 - So Burn the Untamed Lands

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2004

    Dylan and Rhade attempt to infiltrate a mining camp where crystals are extracted, which contain the power needed to restore the Andromeda and leave the Seefra system.

    Director: Jorge Montesi

    Writer: Gillian Horvath

  • Past Is Prolix
    6.3/10150 votes
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    #14 - Past Is Prolix

    Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/2005

    The arrival of Trance's sun threatens to destroy all the planets except Seefra-1 unless the system problem is fixed.

    Director: David Winning

    Writer: Larry Barber, Paul Barber

  • The Opposites of Attraction
    6.3/10153 votes
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    #15 - The Opposites of Attraction

    Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/2005

    The avatar of the black hole, that trapped Dylan after the Nietzschean ambush, returns to get him back.

    Director: Jorge Montesi

    Writer: Gillian Horvath

  • For Whom the Bell Tolls
    6.4/10194 votes
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    #16 - For Whom the Bell Tolls

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/2002

    After rescuing some people from a storm, a 'maggot' is brought onto Andromeda. This maggot chews through the systems and activations an old hologram of a crew member. This member had sealed himself in one of the hidden decks before the event horizon and had some through it. Believing that Dylan has betrayed the Commonwealth, an avatar and android of the crew man takes over the ship to bring Dylan to justice...

    Director: Philip David Segal

    Writer: Naomi Janzen

  • Decay of the Angel
    6.4/10173 votes
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    #17 - Decay of the Angel

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2004

    When a slipstream event is detected in the Seefra system, Dylan, Rhade, and Beka try to find it, and their way out. Meanwhile, a man claiming to be from the future approaches Doyle, addressing her as Andromeda.

    Director: Jorge Montesi

    Writer: Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz

  • One More Day's Light (1)
    6.4/10148 votes
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    #18 - One More Day's Light (1)

    Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 4/22/2005

    The evacuation of Seefra-5 is at risk when a religious sect decides to stay on the planet.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Turi Meyer, Alfredo Septién

  • If the Wheel Is Fixed (2)
    6.5/10223 votes
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    #19 - If the Wheel Is Fixed (2)

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2002

    The Andromeda is on the edge of a dimensional portal searching for Beka and Tyr, but when they return things may not be as they seem.

    Director: Allan Eastman

    Writer: Robert Engels

  • Slipfighter the Dogs of War
    6.5/10201 votes
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    #20 - Slipfighter the Dogs of War

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2002

    After finding out that a planet is developing nova bombs and testing them on nearby star and planet, Dylan takes it upon himself to disarm them. The commonwealth refuses to help so its a mission for the Andromeda and her crew!

    Director: Mike Rohl

    Writer: Joe Reinkemeyer, Matt Kiene

  • Answers Given to Questions Never Asked (2)
    6.5/10178 votes
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    #21 - Answers Given to Questions Never Asked (2)

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2003

    A seemingly psychotic ""Collector"" simultaneously takes credit and blames Dylan for the fall of the Commonwealth. He also claims to be hosting (or holding captive?) the Triumvir Tri-Jema. The crew must decide whether to accompany Dylan on yet another odds-defying journey to save the Universe or to retire in relative safety.

    Director: Jorge Montesi

    Writer: Robert Engels

  • Pieces of Eight
    6.5/10172 votes
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    #22 - Pieces of Eight

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2003

    A power-hungry citizen seeks to manipulate the Commonwealth for his own gain. Dylan receives an unsettling view of his future from a prophetic alien.

    Director: Jorge Montesi

    Writer: Larry Barber, Paul Barber

  • The Eschatology of Our Present
    6.5/10162 votes
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    #23 - The Eschatology of Our Present

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2004

    Beka learns she has existed in more than one place at one time when she meets a man who she knows is her father.

    Director: Richard Flower

    Writer: Larry Barber, Paul Barber

  • Pride Before the Fall
    6.5/10160 votes
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    #24 - Pride Before the Fall

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/2005

    A deadly enemy from the past returns with plans to create an elite warrior race.

    Director: David Winning

    Writer: Robert Engels

  • Moonlight Becomes You
    6.5/10156 votes
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    #25 - Moonlight Becomes You

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/28/2005

    When Trance becomes attracted to a mysterious young man from her past, the reunion causes her to begin regaining her memories.

    Director: Jorge Montesi

    Writer: N/A