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The Best Episodes of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1

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After Colony (A.C.) 195. Mankind has moved into space. Thousands of people live on giant orbiting space colonies called "Sides." However, the Earth Government, which rules the colonies, is unjust and cruel. A group of

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 1 - The Shooting Star She Saw
    7.8/10(91 votes)

    #1 - The Shooting Star She Saw

    S1:E1

    In an effort to end many years of tyrannical rule, five pilots and their Gundams are dispatched to Earth to begin Operation Meteor. Four land without incident, but one is intercepted and his mission is compromised.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 2 - The Gundam Deathscythe
    7.9/10(76 votes)

    #2 - The Gundam Deathscythe

    S1:E2

    Heero plans to destroy the Wing Gundam before it is discovered by the Alliance forces. Heero gets his hands on two torpedoes and attempts to destroy his Gundam. Relena, refusing to believe Heero's threat, tries to confront him but is interrupted by the arrival of Duo Maxwell...

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 3 - Five Gundams Confirmed
    7.9/10(70 votes)

    #3 - Five Gundams Confirmed

    S1:E3

    Heero is injured and is kept for treatment at the Alliance hospital. At the Corsican base of the Mediterranean, the Gundam Heavyarms, piloted by L3's Trowa Barton, annihilates everything in its path. Then things get even worse for the Alliance when the Gundam Sandrock shows up.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 4 - The Victoria Nightmare
    7.8/10(62 votes)

    #4 - The Victoria Nightmare

    S1:E4

    L5's Wufei Chang, in his Shenlong Gundam, attacks the Taurus MS's transports after coming into Lake Victoria base late at night. Lucrezia Noin, head instructor at the base and good friend of Zechs Merquise, tries to fight him off in her Aries MS.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 5 - Relena's Secret
    8.0/10(57 votes)

    #5 - Relena's Secret

    S1:E5

    Relena and her father, Vice Foreign Minister Darlian, journey to the colonies to try and prevent war. but there are those who do not want peace. Amidst the grief and tragedy, Relena learns her true identity...

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 6 - Party Night
    8.0/10(59 votes)

    #6 - Party Night

    S1:E6

    Relena goes back to Earth. Wufei attacks another Alliance base and Trowa has started to work in a circus as a cover. Back at school, Relena tells Heero that she knows everything about him and invites him to a party, to be held that night.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 7 - Scenario for Bloodshed
    8.6/10(62 votes)

    #7 - Scenario for Bloodshed

    S1:E7

    Treize Kushrenada's plans to destroy the Alliance come to a head when the leaders of the Alliance hold a meeting. The meeting is led by Marshal Noventa and outlines his peace agenda. However, based on Treize's false intelligence, the Gundams destroy the Alliance leadership, and Oz begins to take over Earth.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 8 - The Treize Assassination
    8.1/10(57 votes)

    #8 - The Treize Assassination

    S1:E8

    Lady Une makes the Gundams her next target and activates the self-destruct sequence on the New Edwards Base. Can Heero prevent the explosion of the New Edwards Base and find the person who set them up? Meanwhile, Wufei duels with Treize.

    Director:Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto
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  9. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 9 - Portrait of a Ruined Country
    8.2/10(53 votes)

    #9 - Portrait of a Ruined Country

    S1:E9

    The United Earth Sphere Alliance collapses, sending the entire Planet into a panic. This allows OZ to step forward and take control through a well planned coup. Zechs is occupied with other things: he is searching for the ruins of the Sanc Kingdom.

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  10. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 10 - Heero, Distracted by Defeat
    8.3/10(52 votes)

    #10 - Heero, Distracted by Defeat

    S1:E10

    Lady Une briefs her troops on another strategy to try and wipe out the Gundams. Heero and Zechs face each other again, but this time it's the Wing Gundam versus the Tallgeese.

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  11. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 11 - The Whereabouts of Happiness
    8.0/10(51 votes)

    #11 - The Whereabouts of Happiness

    S1:E11

    The Gundams have been defeated. With the colonies used as shields, the pilots don't have a chance. No one knows whether Heero is dead or alive. On the trail of her father's killer, Relena heads to Moscow. Duo and Quatre take refuge with the Maguanac Corps.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 12 - Bewildered Warriors
    7.9/10(51 votes)

    #12 - Bewildered Warriors

    S1:E12

    The Gundams must fight to regain peace. Wufei meets Sally Po on the battlefield and tells her that the weak should not be fighting. Still, lost in his emotion, Wufei once again gets into his Shenlong Gundam.

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  13. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 13 - Catherine's Tears
    7.6/10(49 votes)

    #13 - Catherine's Tears

    S1:E13

    Two misguided OZ soldiers are going on an execution spree, destroying any remaining Alliance resistance. In an effort to save the colonies, Trowa heads for his final battle. However, Catherine stands between him and his death wish...

    Director:Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 14 - The Order to Destroy 01
    7.7/10(49 votes)

    #14 - The Order to Destroy 01

    S1:E14

    To try and make up for his mistake of killing the honorable pacifist leader Noventa, Heero confronts his granddaughter, Sylvia Noventa. Meanwhile, Zechs is handed an order from the Romefeller Foundation...

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  15. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 15 - To the Battleground, Antarctica
    7.9/10(51 votes)

    #15 - To the Battleground, Antarctica

    S1:E15

    Zechs' warrior nature craves a decisive battle. Noin invites Heero to Antarctica, where Zechs awaits. Suspecting that Zechs has violated the order to destroy Zero One, the Romefeller Foundation sends troops after him.

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  16. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 16 - The Sorrowful Battle
    8.1/10(53 votes)

    #16 - The Sorrowful Battle

    S1:E16

    At the South Pole, Zechs waits with the newly-rebuilt Wing Gundam. After Herro arrives and the rematch begins, Relena arrives and tries to stop them from wasting their lives. However, she discovers a revelation...

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 17 - Betrayed by Home, Far Away
    7.8/10(50 votes)

    #17 - Betrayed by Home, Far Away

    S1:E17

    OZ sets in motion its plans to destroy the Alliance military once and for all. Quatre and Duo head to outer space to warn the colonies of the impending danger, only to discover they've been declared the enemy.

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  18. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 18 - Tallgeese Destroyed
    7.4/10(50 votes)

    #18 - Tallgeese Destroyed

    S1:E18

    The fight between the Tallgeese and the Gundams conclude. Now, Zechs refuses to fight for, and ends his affiliation with the Romefeller Foundation.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 19 - Assault on Barge
    7.7/10(49 votes)

    #19 - Assault on Barge

    S1:E19

    The Gundam Deathscythe single-handedly battles OZ's Mobile Suits in space, and Duo ends up getting captured. Heero searches for Duo in order to silence him...

    Director:Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto
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  20. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 20 - The Lunar Base Infiltration
    7.9/10(46 votes)

    #20 - The Lunar Base Infiltration

    S1:E20

    OZ is developing 2 new Mobile Suits that can challenge the Gundams. Heero accepts the mission to sneak in and sabotage their operations. But he is unprepared for who he meets while inside the base...

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  21. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 21 - Grief-Stricken Quatre
    8.0/10(46 votes)

    #21 - Grief-Stricken Quatre

    S1:E21

    A wild Mobile Suit approaches the colonies at high speed; Lady Une orders test pilots Heero and Trowa to stop it. Meanwhile, Quatre, exhausted from the pressure of his missions, returns home for a visit. But what he finds there is not comfort, only more chaos and tragedy.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 22 - The Fight for Independence
    7.9/10(44 votes)

    #22 - The Fight for Independence

    S1:E22

    The colonies have begun arming themselves for the coming fight against OZ. However, more surprising than that is the switch in Lady Une-she's become an advocate for peace. She is now acting on Treize's behalf without the consent of the Romefeller Foundation.

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  23. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 23 - Duo, the Great Destroyer Once Again
    8.0/10(44 votes)

    #23 - Duo, the Great Destroyer Once Again

    S1:E23

    With Lady Une's help, Duo escapes from OZ and goes to destroy the Mobile Suit production base on the moon. But while there, he meets a girl named Hilde who has become a soldier. The choice is suddenly much more complicated.

    Director:Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto
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  24. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 24 - The Gundam They Called Zero
    8.7/10(49 votes)

    #24 - The Gundam They Called Zero

    S1:E24

    A Mobile Suit with fantastic power is on a rampage. It's attacking the colonies one after another in a brutal display of raw power. Trowa and Heero move to intercept this strange new Mobile Suit and are surprised by who its pilot is...

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  25. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Season 1 Episode 25 - Quatre VS Heero
    8.3/10(46 votes)

    #25 - Quatre VS Heero

    S1:E25

    Trowa and Heero must battle their crazed friend; but they find themselves losing against this new Gundam. Treize, meanwhile, disapproves of the Romefeller Foundation's plan to use Mobile Dolls-automated Mobile Suits without pilots. His dissension results in his arrest by OZ.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Shooting Star She Saw" is the best rated episode of "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 91 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/7/1995. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Gundam Deathscythe".