8.1/1045 votes#1 - Shattered
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1987
A cryptic transmission from ruins of San Francisco sends Power out looking for a close friend he lost track of during the war.
Director: Mario Philip Azzopardi
Writer: Larry DiTillio
7.2/1035 votes#2 - The Abyss
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1987
A brief transmission reveals the location of secret military base, still manned and functioning. But when Power and Hawk go to investigate, they're attacked and captured, ending up scheduled to be executed as spies and traitors as Dread's forces close in on the location...
Director: Mario Philip Azzopardi
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.3/1030 votes#3 - Final Stand
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1987
A genetically engineered super-solider takes a village hostage to force Tank to face him one on one without the power suit.
Director: Doug Williams
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.1/1027 votes#4 - Pariah
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1987
While out looking for more signs of Dread's new paralyzing biological weapon, Hawk finds bio-mechs in pursuit of a teen. He rescues the boy, but is grounded in the process, and can only hide as he starts to feel the paralyzing weapon take effect on him too.
Director: N/A
Writer: Marc Scott Zicree
7.8/1027 votes#5 - A Fire in the Dark
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1987
Power is surprised when he finds Dread's forces turning villages upside down, looking for a former artist that was blinded during the Metal Wars.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1028 votes#6 - The Mirror in Darkness
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1987
Power finds that someone has been impersonating him, when he is captured and charged with murder by villagers he tries to help.
Director: N/A
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.7/1024 votes#7 - The Ferryman
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1987
The team raids a supply convoy in hopes of uncovering why Dread recently has been putting up an series of new power stations. They obtain a high ranking bio-mech's memory unit... But can they get the necessary information out of it in time to stop Dread's plans?
Director: N/A
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.6/1023 votes#8 - And Study War No More
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1987
Investigating reports of unusual power readings, Power finds ""Haven"" - a hidden underground paradise built upon a geothermal research station. But it all seems to good to be true, and as Pilot and Tank look around, the facade starts to crack...
Director: Jorge Montesi
Writer: Michael Reaves
7.7/1023 votes#9 - The Intruder
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1987
After returning from a survey mission, the team discovers they had a stowaway. They question him and he claims to be fighting Dread too, but can he be trusted?
Director: N/A
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
6.3/1026 votes#10 - Wardogs
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/1987
Hawk makes contact with a band of soldiers lead by an old flame. They have been conducting raids on Dread, but now she's tired and wants to find the rumored safe haven - Eden 2. When opening in Dread's blockades appears, she asks Hawk to come with her.
Director: George Mendeluk
Writer: Larry DiTillio
8.0/1022 votes#11 - Flame Street
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1987
Power enters the cyberweb of Tech City through a direct neural link, looking for information Dread's forces may have left there. But Dread becomes aware of the attempt and hijacks the connection, leaving Power trapped while Dread attempts to tap his mind for information.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Reaves
8.0/1024 votes#12 - Gemini and Counting
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/10/1988
A lethal influenza plagues the passages and while they have a vaccine, there isn't nearly enough. So Pilot offers to enter one of Dread's chemical factories undercover to retrieve more.
Director: N/A
Writer: Christy Marx
7.4/1022 votes#13 - And Madness Shall Reign
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/17/1988
Power's team finds a resistance base in complete disarray, the people driven to murderous rages by some kind of drug - a prelude to New Order's second phase. As bio-mechs arrive, they manage hold them off long enough to evacuate the survivors - but then they notice that the drug is starting to affect Tank.
Director: Jorge Montesi
Writer: Larry DiTillio
8.0/1022 votes#14 - Judgement
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/31/1988
Power and Pilot are downed, and Power injured, while carrying important data back to the base. Pilot goes for help, but when she finds a settlement, she is recognized as one of the Dread troopers responsible for the destruction of a nearby village, and they demand she stand trial for her crimes.
Director: Jorge Montesi
Writer: Larry DiTillio
8.1/1024 votes#15 - A Summoning of Thunder (1)
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/1988
On the 15th anniversary of his father's death, Jonathan travels to the grave site, and remembers the last day his father was alive.
Director: N/A
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.7/1020 votes#16 - A Summoning of Thunder (2)
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/14/1988
As Lord Dread approaches the grave site to capture Jonathan, they both continue to remember the events surrounding Dr. Power's death.
Director: N/A
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.6/1019 votes#17 - The Eden Road
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/1988
When Dread unknowingly shuts down a crucial part of the route to Eden 2, the team must brave a biohazard filled disaster area to make contact with a representative with the new route.
Director: Ken Girotti
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.6/1021 votes#18 - Freedom One
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1988
A woman broadcasting resistance bulletins under the codename ""Freedom One"" contacts Power with a dangerous proposal - a meeting between the top resistance leaders across the country to unite them under one banner.
Director: N/A
Writer: Christy Marx
7.8/1019 votes#19 - New Order: The Sky Shall Swallow Them (1)
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/6/1988
Power acquires conclusive data on the two final phases of New Order - systematic mass digitization of the entire human population using an orbital platform, and then the destruction of what's left by detonating any functioning power stations. With only hours to go, Power devises a desperate strike against the platform's heavily guarded control center...
Director: N/A
Writer: Larry DiTillio
7.6/1019 votes#20 - New Order: The Land Shall Burn (2)
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/13/1988
The impact of the platform leaves Volcania in disarray, but the final phase of New Order is still going ahead, leaving the team no other option than to go there and shut it down themselves.
Director: N/A
Writer: Larry DiTillio
7.6/1018 votes#21 - Retribution (1)
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/20/1988
New Order is finished and the team is celebrating. But in Volcania, Dread is recovering, with a new realization - There can be no New Order until all resistance has been eliminated.
Director: Jorge Montesi
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
8.4/1021 votes#22 - Retribution (2)
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/27/1988
Dread lures the team into an ambush, and launches an attack on the base with only Pilot left to defend it.
Director: Jorge Montesi
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
The Best Episodes of Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future Season 1
Every episode of Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future Season 1!
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Shattered" is the best rated episode of "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 45 votes. Directed by Mario Philip Azzopardi and written by Larry DiTillio, it aired on 9/20/1987. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "The Abyss".