The Best Episodes of Earth 2 Season 1

A new planet offers hope to Devon Adair's physically impaired son and others like him. Adair ignores government orders, assembles a crew and embarks on a journey to the unblemished planet 22 light years away.

Director: Scott Winant

Writer: Michael Duggan, Carol Flint, Mark Levin

A new planet offers hope to Devon Adair's physically impaired son and others like him. Adair ignores government orders, assembles a crew and embarks on a journey to the unblemished planet 22 light years away.

Director: Scott Winant

Writer: Michael Duggan, Carol Flint, Mark Levin

Day 3. As the colonists begin their journey, John Danziger is the first to observe Gaal, who joins the group with the explanation that he was an astronaut explorer lost on the planet for years.

Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá

Writer: Mark Levin

Two weeks on the planet. Gaal seeks True's friendship but reveals himself as an enemy. Gaal sees young True's lack of attention from the others and turns to her to achieve his evil goals.

Director: Daniel Sackheim

Writer: Jennifer Flackett

Alonzo Solace has often been visited by the Terrians through his dreams. This time it is a Terrian who needs the space pilot's help.

Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá, Joe Napolitano

Writer: Carol Flint, P.K. Simonds

Three weeks on the planet. As the pioneers who crossed the American west, the colonists of Earth 2 know they will encounter many dangers and now, memo flashbacks remind them of the Eden Advance spaceship's harrowing final moments in space.

Director: Deborah Reinisch

Writer: Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin

With the Grendlers stealing reserves, the colonists must scan for bodies of much needed water. Danziger decides to head out in search of water and Devon insists on joining him.

Director: Joe Napolitano

Writer: Carol Flint

Day 38. The marriage of Bess and Morgan is threatened. Julia sees Uly's arm sink into the earth and senses an unknown power in him. Frightened he calls his mother, but in her presence the earth remains solid.

Director: Joe Napolitano

Writer: Michael Duggan

Day 49. Julie continues to experiment with Uly's DNA on orders from Reilly, but her duplicity is discovered by True who now has to convince the rest of the colonists.

Director: John Harrison

Writer: Eric Estrin, Michael Berlin

Day 51. Julia has been left behind and it weighs on the minds of all the colonists as they move across the harsh terrain. Only Alonzo turns back for her.

Director: Joe Ann Fogle

Writer: Arthur Sellers

Day 61. It is a chilly morning in the high desert as the group begins work. They think winter is their worst enemy but they are wrong.

Director: Sandy Smolan

Writer: Carol Flint

Day 66. Morganite, a pulsating mineral that glows, causes a great amount of anguish for Yale and frightening problems for the others.

Director: Jim Charleston

Writer: P.K. Simonds

Day 68. At the biosphere, the petrifying geo-lock came within 100 meters of the camp. The colonists need the reversing code. Morgan attempts to reverse geo-lock before all is lost.

Director: Frank De Palma

Writer: P.K. Simonds

Day 72. Seeking warm clothing, Danziger and other are tracking a fast-moving scavenger Grendler in wintry terrain when they come upon a fur-covered figure. The fleeing man wears a strange steel mask.

Director: Janet Davidson

Writer: Heather MacGillvray, Linda Mathious

Miles from nowhere, Danziger crosses the frozen tundra looking for food, severely unprotected from the harsh weather. Suddenly, a mysterious hooded figure appears.

Director: James Frawley, Mark Levin

Writer: Jennifer Flackett

Inside a cave two eager Grendlers interact as they rummage through an insulated box marked ""Eden Project."" Brushing away spider webs, they see the words ""Human Blood"" printed on the side.

Director: Joe Napolitano

Writer: Carol Flint

Day 109. Danziger, Julia and Walman discover and excavate a Terrian corpse frozen in ice and completely preserved. That night, both Alonzo and Morgan are confronted in their dreams by the unfrozen, half-decaying, but very much alive Terrian.

Director: Jim Charleston, Michael Grossman

Writer: Heather MacGillvray, Linda Mathious, Théo Cohan

Day 104. The present and future are mixed as Devon tries to save Uly's life. It is the future and we are in Expansionist Territory. A man and a rebel Terrian tie off explosives lowered into a generator.

Director: Jim Charleston

Writer: Heather MacGillvray, Linda Mathious, Théo Cohan

Day 117. Danziger surveys an endless, forbidding vista as he returns to the dunerail where Julia, Morgan and Alonzo are waiting. There has been a serious direction error but he wants to go on in spite of Devon and Yale's warnings.

Director: John Harrison

Writer: John Harrison

The colonists come upon a crashed Earth re-entry research module. The open the hatch of the 100-year-old craft and find there is still nuclear power.

Director: John Harrison

Writer: Robert Crais

Four weeks on the planet. Alonzo in Dreamscape steps from Julia's tent to an open cliff with a huge circular landing pad. A Terrian pulls him back, and Alonzo awakes in the tent, his leg still injured. Devon talks to Yale about their dwindling food rations while Morgan enjoys a five-course meal, courtesy of virtual reality.

Director: Michael Grossman

Writer: N/A

Day 130. Scouting in all directions, Danziger, Bess and Morgan come upon colorful flower buds which burst open throwing a golden powder in their faces. The flower pollen carries a sickness that causes them to emit a golden vapor.

Director: Jim Charleston

Writer: Carl Cramer