5.8/105 votesLoading...#1 - Angry Eyes
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2004
It's now C.E. 73 and three of ZAFT's newest mobile suits are stolen. During the highjacking, Cagalli, now Orb's head of state, and Athrun, now her bodyguard, are meeting with ZAFT's new head honcho.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.0/101 votesLoading...#2 - Songstress of the Enemy Forces
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2002
Lacus Clyne, the daughter of PLANT Supreme Council Chairman Siegel Clyne, is found within the lifepod. Her presence causes tension within the crew, but when the crew receives a message from the 8th Fleet that they are being searched and rescued, they are overjoyed.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - False Peace
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2002
The Orb Union space colony, Heliopolis, is attacked by ZAFT, despite its neutrality since the beginning of the Bloody Valentine War. Kira Yamato accidentally sees the Earth Alliance's new prototype mobile suits, which have been secretly constructed at the Heliopolis Morgenroete factory. He encounters his childhood friend, Athrun Zala, now a ZAFT soldier as one of the attackers.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - Its Name is Gundam
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2002
ZAFT is able to steal four of the five G-Project prototype mobile suits, leaving only the GAT-X105 Strike. With Murrue Ramius unable to pilot it effectively, Kira pilots the Strike and defends Heliopolis against the invading ZAFT forces to protect his friends. Ensign Natarle Badgiruel takes command of the new mobile assault ship Archangel with the surviving crew members.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - Collapsing Land
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2002
Lt. Murrue Ramius takes over as captain of the Archangel and Kira and his friends are detained for seeing top secret military weapons. Rau Le Creuset is determined to capture the Strike after seeing how well it moved and sends out mobile suits to retrieve it. Disobeying orders, Athrun also dispatches so he could confirm if Kira is the one piloting the Strike, but when he finds his answer, Heliopolis crumbles as it sustains too much damage.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - Silent Run
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2002
Kira discovers a malfunctioning lifeboat and brings it aboard the Archangel. Everyone is surprised to find Flay Allster as one of the rescued civilians. The Archangel decides to head for the Eurasian Federation military satellite Artemis to seek help. Rau Le Creuset follows and plans an attack on the Archangel. Kira decides to continue piloting the Strike and his friends volunteer to become members of the Archangel crew as his support.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - Phase Shift Down
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2002
Mu La Flaga and Kira launch a counteroffensive against the ZAFT ship Vesalius. The Strike's Phase Shift Armor runs out of power in the middle of the battle and Athrun uses this moment to grab the Strike so he can take Kira with him, but Kira frees himself with Mu's help.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - The Vanishing Gundam
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2002
The Archangel and its crew are held captive by the Artemis forces. Nicol Amalfi in his GAT-X207 Blitz attacks Artemis, using its Mirage Colloid armor to remain effectively invisible and destroys the Umbrella of Artemis, which protects the asteroid fortress. During the attack, the Archangel is able to escape.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - The Scar of Space
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2002
The Archangel forages for water in the Debris Belt. They are shocked to find themselves in the ruins of Junius Seven, so the crew decides to hold a memorial. As they are excavating ice found around the ruin, a ZAFT mobile suit attacks, but Kira dispatches him. Kira finds a floating lifepod and takes it aboard.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - The Fading Light
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2002
The Archangel is to meet with the 8th fleet but is attacked by the Le Creuset Team. Flay witnesses the death of her father when Kira fails to protect the escort ships. In desperation, the Archangel reveals Lacus is on board the ship, causing the attackers to withdraw.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - Separate Ways
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/2002
With everything that has happened, Kira becomes depressed. He is comforted by Lacus, who is strolling around the ship without permission. Kira returns Lacus to Athrun against orders, but refuses Athrun's invitation to change sides.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - The Awakening Sword
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/2002
Le Creuset launches an attack on the Archangel. Kira's desire to protect his friends awakens an unknown almost berserker ability. He single-handedly defeats the attacking GAT-X207 Blitz, GAT-X103 Buster, and GAT-X102 Duel.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - Flay's Decision
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/2002
Kira and his friends are given permission to leave the Archangel, but after overcoming the initial shock of her father's death, Flay decides to enlist in the Earth Alliance Forces, prompting Sai Argyle, Kuzzey Buskirk, Miriallia Haw, and Tolle Koenig to do the same. Kira stays on board the as well to continue protecting his friends. The Duel is upgraded with an Assault Shroud.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - Stars Falling in Space
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/28/2002
Le Creuset attacks once again as the Archangel and the 8th Fleet approaches Earth. The Archangel is able to descend to Earth, but not without the loss of the entire 8th Fleet. Yzak Joule, the pilot of the Duel, vents his frustration by destroying a spacecraft carrying Heliopolis refugees that Kira had rescued previously.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#15 - Within Endless Time
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/4/2003
Rau Le Creuset reflects on the events that took place in episodes one to thirteen and the Coordinator's history starting from the birth of the first Coordinator, George Glenn.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#16 - The Respective Solitudes
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/2003
The Archangel saves Kira as they enter the Earth's atmosphere. As a result, they land in ZAFT-controlled territory in the Sahara in northern Africa, far from their intended target, Alaska. Flay begins to take care of Kira and comforts him when he is tormented by the memories of the spacecraft that was destroyed in the previous battle.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#17 - Burning Clouds of Sand
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/2003
The Archangel is attacked by multiple TMF/A-802 BuCUE units. Kira hastily takes off and fights the ZAFT forces, but he is unfamiliar with the desert environment. His ability to adapt amazes ZAFT's commander Andrew Waltfeld. When the Strike is about to run out of power, a resistance group comes to his aid and lures the remaining BuCUE units into an explosive trap.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#18 - Cagalli Returns
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/2003
Murrue Ramius thanks the resistance group for their help and agrees to be allies. The resistance group introduces themselves as the Desert Dawn who are fighting Andrew and the Lesseps. Kira once again meets with Cagalli Yula Athha, the mysterious young woman he first encountered at Heliopolis' Morgenroete factory, who is now part of Desert Dawn. Meanwhile, Andrew attacks the Desert Dawn's hometown, but evacuates the town first.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#19 - Payback
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/2003
Though the Desert Tiger has spared the lives of civilians, Desert Dawn members brashly challenge the ZAFT forces, because of the devastation they caused. The attack ends in failure, but most are saved by Kira in the Strike.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#20 - Fangs of the Enemy
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/8/2003
Kira and Cagalli are sent into a nearby ZAFT controlled city to gather supplies with Natarle and the Desert Dawn. The two teenagers get caught in an attack by the Blue Cosmos, and when Kira saves a man who happens to be Andrew Waltfeld, they are invited to the ZAFT base. There, Andrew reveals that he knows Kira is the pilot of the Strike and a Coordinator, but lets them leave safely.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#21 - On a Calm Day
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/15/2003
Athrun and Nicol are given the day off; Athrun spends the day with Lacus and they talk about Kira. The PLANT Supreme Council debates on whether the attack codenamed "Operation Spitbreak" should be executed
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - Beyond the Clouds of Sand
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/22/2003
A battle between the Lesseps and the Desert Dawn commences. Kira and the Desert Tiger fight a battle where they realize the pain of having an enemy who is not an abstraction. With the Strike's power almost depleted, Kira has no choice but to destroy Andrew's TMF/A-803 LaGOWE or die himself.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#23 - The Sea Dyed Red
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/1/2003
The Archangel crew crosses the Red Sea to head towards the neutral Orb Union with Cagalli and Ledonir Kisaka on board. With the previous battle weighing heavily on him, Kira talks to Cagalli about his reasons for fighting, making Flay jealous. They are attacked by ZAFT air and underwater type mobile suits, but Kira and Mu manage to take them out.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#24 - Fateful Encounter
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/8/2003
A battle with ZAFT submarine forces led by Commander Marco Morassim prevents Kira from fighting alongside Mu and Cagalli in their FX-550 Skygraspers. Cagalli's Skygrasper sustains damage and is forced to turn back, but she encounters Athrun's transport plane; her Skygrasper is shot down, but not before shooting down his transport plane, forcing Athrun in his Aegis to eject from the transport plane. By chance, they are both stranded on the same deserted island.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#25 - War for Two
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/15/2003
Cagalli is surprised to find Athrun on the same deserted island. She attacks him, but she is overpowered and captured. When everything settles down, the two discuss the war and the reason why they are fighting. At sunrise, they are rescued by their respective comrades.
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
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Best Episodes Summary
"Angry Eyes" is the best rated episode of "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED". It scored 5.8/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/9/2004. This episode scored 0.8 points higher than the second highest rated, "Songstress of the Enemy Forces".