8.3/1060 votes#1 - Arbitrary Law
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1990
Cooper attempts to locate Laura's killer after the discovery of another victim.
Director: Tim Hunter
Writer: Robert Engels
8.2/1060 votes#2 - Beyond Life and Death
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 6/10/1991
Cooper must overcome his deepest fears as he enters the Black Lodge to save Annie from Windom Earle.
Director: David Lynch
Writer: Robert Engels
7.8/1055 votes#3 - The Man Behind the Glass
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1990
Donna meets with Harold Smith, a recluse who may be the key to solving Laura's murder.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Writer: Robert Engels
7.6/1055 votes#4 - Laura's Secret Diary
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1990
Ben Horne asks Cooper for help in rescuing Audrey, and Donna uncovers a significant piece of evidence at Harold Smith's home.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Robert Engels
7.6/1055 votes#5 - Demons
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1990
Cooper and Truman cross over into Canada to rescue Audrey, but not all goes according to plan.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Writer: Robert Engels
7.4/1075 votes#6 - The One-Armed Man
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/3/1990
Cooper and Truman try to find The One-Armed Man.
Director: Tim Hunter
Writer: Robert Engels
7.4/1051 votes#7 - The Path to the Black Lodge
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/18/1991
While romance blooms for Cooper and Annie, Donna finds a scrapbook that's full of surprises.
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Writer: Robert Engels
7.1/1050 votes#8 - On the Wings of Love
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/4/1991
Cooper takes the sheriff's department on a midnight spelunking adventure, and Truman finds himself in the deadly embrace of a naked woman.
Director: Duwayne Dunham
Writer: Robert Engels
6.8/1051 votes#9 - The Black Widow
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/1991
The investigation into the disappearance of Major Briggs continues, while Bobby tails Hank Jennings at the request of a mentally unstable Ben Horne.
Director: Caleb Deschanel
Writer: Robert Engels
6.7/1052 votes#10 - Slaves and Masters
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/1991
Agent Cooper finds out who shot him and gets help with his deadly chess game against Windom Earle.
Director: Diane Keaton
Writer: Robert Engels
6.7/103 votes#11 - 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
6.7/103 votes#12 - Delenda Est
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/27/2003
The Andromeda tries to stop mysterious attacks occurring on nearby planets and outposts.
Director: Richard Flower
Writer: Robert Engels
6.0/102 votes#13 - Shadows Cast by a Final Salute (1)
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/2003
When the Andromeda is attacked by the Dragons to receive the bones of Drago Mussevni something seems array. Dylan then discovers that Tyr has united all of the Neitzian people under his son, the genetic reincarnation of Drago Mussevni. Will Tyr make the right decision and help the crew of the Andromeda or lead his new people into battle?
Director: Jorge Montesi
Writer: Robert Engels
6.0/102 votes#14 - The Torment, the Release
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/26/2004
Dylan is put on trial for high crimes against the Commonwealth.
Director: Jorge Montesi
Writer: Robert Engels
6.0/102 votes#15 - The Dissonant Interval (2)
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2004
Beka decides to leave the crew to fight for themselves, but after all of the promises that everyone will be reunited, Trance tells them that they will never be as they are again. When the Magog Worldship finally re-encounters the Andromeda after two years, Rommie and Harper race to take the Arkology to slipstream, Rhade must teach the inhabitants to defend themselves, and Dylan and Trance fight off the invading Magog. But as the Andromeda becomes covered in swarmships, Trance tells Dylan that he--and only he--may escape this alive.
Director: Martin Wood
Writer: Robert Engels
6.0/102 votes#16 - 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
6.0/102 votes#17 - The Heart of the Journey (2)
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/2005
As the Nietzschean fleet approaches, the Andromeda prepares for the final battle.
Director: Jorge Montesi
Writer: Robert Engels
5.7/103 votes#18 - 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
5.5/102 votes#19 - Nothing but the Truth
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1994
In preparation for an experiment, the crew evacuates the seaQuest, leaving only Commander Ford, Lt. Commander Hitchcock, Lieutenant Krieg, Chief Crocker, and Lucas aboard. However, environmental extremists use the seaQuest's vulnerable state to seize control of the boat.
Director: Les Sheldon
Writer: Robert Engels
5.5/102 votes#20 - Greed for a Pirate's Dream
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/1994
Dr. Raleigh Young's magma buoy launched from the seaQuest months earlier rockets out of the sea and crash lands onto an island. A group of treasure hunters believe that the UEO is on their way to steal the fortune they hope to find.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Robert Engels
5.5/102 votes#21 - The Stinger
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/20/1994
Lucas and Lt. Commander Hitchcock enter the seaQuest in a competition to design a revolutionary new kind of single-seat submersible. However, while testing it, Lucas is fired upon and the sub is captured by a rival developer.
Director: Jonathan Sanger
Writer: Robert Engels
5.5/102 votes#22 - Hide and Seek
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/27/1994
While visiting Dr. Westphalen is visiting Malcolm Lansdowne, the two of them are captured by ousted dictator and escaped UEO prisoner Milos Tezlov, who wants Malcolm's dolphins to train for militaristic purposes. However, when Kristin notices Tezlov's autistic son Caesar taking an extreme liking to dolphins, she forges a deal for her release, granting Tezlov passage aboard the seaQuest.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Robert Engels
5.5/102 votes#23 - 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
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"Arbitrary Law" is the best rated episode written by Robert Engels. It scored 8.3/10 based on 60 votes. It was directed by Tim Hunter. It aired on 12/1/1990 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Beyond Life and Death".