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.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Andromeda" is "The Weight (1)", rated 6/10 from 171 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Robert Engels. "The Weight (1)" aired on 9/24/2004 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Mad to Be Saved".
6.0/10 171 votes#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
6.1/10 215 votes#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
6.2/10 221 votes#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
6.2/10 203 votes#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
6.2/10 199 votes#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
6.2/10 181 votes#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
6.2/10 163 votes#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
6.2/10 155 votes#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
6.3/10 196 votes#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
6.3/10 169 votes#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
6.3/10 168 votes#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
6.3/10 159 votes#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
6.3/10 152 votes#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
6.3/10 148 votes#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
6.3/10 151 votes#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
6.4/10 221 votes#16 - 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
6.4/10 191 votes#17 - 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
6.4/10 171 votes#18 - 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
6.4/10 145 votes#19 - 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
6.5/10 198 votes#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
6.5/10 175 votes#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
6.5/10 169 votes#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
6.5/10 160 votes#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
6.5/10 158 votes#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
6.5/10 154 votes#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