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Captain Dylan Hunt and his crew quest to restore a government that once presided over an extended peace and prosperity.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Andromeda Season 1 Episode 22 - Its Hour Come 'Round at Last (1)
    8.1/10(326 votes)

    S1:E22

    When Harper accidentally overrides Andromeda's personality with an older version, she hunts down the crew and goes on an old mission in which her former crew was slaughtered.

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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  2. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 9 - Into the Labyrinth
    7.9/10(297 votes)

    S2:E9

    A Commonwealth conference becomes a backdrop for Magog espionage, while Harper tries to discover how one of their spies managed to remove some of his Magog larvae.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  3. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 12 - Ouroboros
    7.9/10(276 votes)

    S2:E12

    The crew watches Rev Bem's fairwell message, not sure whether or not to pursue him, or let him leave. Dylan says that they should respect Rev's decision to leave, but Harper snaps at Dylan and storms out. He is upset because Rev had promised to remove the Magog larvae from his gut. He writhes in pain, but when he tries to take his medication, it has no effect, as the larvae have grown immune to it, as Trance and Rev had warned him they would. Soon after, Harper enlists in Chief Technical Director Hohne's help, as well as the other Persieds. Harper plans to build a machine that will fold space to remove the eggs, but it's affecting time, as well.

    Director:Jorge Montesi
    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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  4. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 20 - The Knight, Death, and the Devil
    7.8/10(259 votes)

    S2:E20

    The crew encounter a POW camp full of captured High Guard starships and their AI avatars.

    Director:Richard Flower
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  5. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 22 - Tunnel at the End of the Light (1)
    7.8/10(242 votes)

    S2:E22

    The crew of the Andromeda meet an alien race they were destined to face.

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer

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  6. Andromeda Season 1 Episode 6 - Angel Dark, Demon Bright
    7.7/10(372 votes)

    S1:E6

    Dylan is faced with a difficult decision when Andromeda slipstreams back in time -- days before the climactic battle of the Nietzschean Revolution where the Commonwealth was defeated and the Nietzschean Alliance was destroyed.

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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  7. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 1 - The Widening Gyre (2)
    7.7/10(295 votes)

    S2:E1

    Trance gets Beka and Dylan to medbay, while Rev goes to see a man about his god and Tyr and Harper are injected with Magog eggs and tied up. Dylan and the Andromeda avatar go down to get Tyr and Harper, leaving Beka behind with orders to use a nova bomb to detonate the "bound" planets' sun in three hours. Meanwhile Rev meets with Bloodmist, and begins to give into his bestial nature. The two of them confront the Magog "god", which seems to convince Rev to kill his friends. Bloodmist takes him to Tyr and Harper, but its a trick and Rev kills Bloodmist. Dylan and Andromeda are overwhelmed when Beka launches the nova bomb, but the Magog "god" manages to absorb all the energy. The distraction gives them time to free Tyr and Harper and get out of there. Trance manages to remove Tyr's spider eggs, but the procedure would kill Harper. He has to take medication to keep them in check, but the medicine won't work forever. Meanwhile, they've figured out that the Magog travelling "bound planets" w

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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  8. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 8 - Home Fires
    7.7/10(270 votes)

    S2:E8

    A stranger gives Dylan a message from his dead fiancée leading him to an untouched world with descendants of his former crew and friends, including the descendant of his treachorous former best friend.

    Director:Michael Robison
    Writer:Ethlie Ann Vare

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  9. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 21 - Immaculate Perception
    7.7/10(237 votes)

    S2:E21

    Tyr learns that he is a father.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer

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  10. Andromeda Season 1 Episode 12 - The Mathematics of Tears
    7.6/10(356 votes)

    S1:E12

    Andromeda encounters her damaged sister ship, the Pax Magellanic, that leads the crew of the Andromeda Ascendant on an eerie mission.

    Director:T.J. Scott
    Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer

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  11. Andromeda Season 3 Episode 21 - Day of Judgement, Day of Wrath
    7.6/10(232 votes)

    S3:E21

    When the crew prepares for the launch of The Resolution of Hector, they soon discover that Rommie has had a change of mind and is now working against the crew. Knowing that this is not normal, Dylan sets out to reclaim the ship, and find out what is controlling his friend.

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  12. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 7 - Una Salus Victus
    7.5/10(263 votes)

    S2:E7

    After discovering Tyr has hidden the remains of Drago Musevini on board the Andromeda, Dylan questions Tyr's loyalty. Beka and a Nietzchean both race to repair their ships before the other destroys them, and Harper is left in command of the Andromeda, and must decide whether or not to protect a convoy and risk losing the Andromeda.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  13. Andromeda Season 3 Episode 5 - The Lone and Level Sands
    7.5/10(241 votes)

    S3:E5

    As Dylan, Rommie, Tyr and Harper flee from the Ogami, they encounter a ship sent from Earth to explore space over 3000 years ago. As the ship is a giant engine, it travels so fast that the crew never age. As the Maru has no slipstream engine, Dylan is faced with a decision that could change the future of the commonwealth. Can the Andromeda come to the rescue?

    Director:Jorge Montesi
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  14. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 4 - Pitiless as the Sun
    7.4/10(285 votes)

    S2:E4

    Trance is held captive, while Dylan and the rest of the crew try to uncover the source behind mysterious attacks on cargo ships.

    Director:Richard Flower
    Writer:Emily Skopov

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  15. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 6 - All Too Human
    7.4/10(273 votes)

    S2:E6

    Rommie sets out to extract an informant, but winds up stuck on a planet with a strong hatred and fear of Androids.

    Director:T.J. Scott
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  16. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 15 - Dance of the Mayflies
    7.4/10(253 votes)

    S2:E15

    The crew of Andromed encounter plague victims infected by a hostile, nanobot-based lifeform out to take over the ship.

    Director:J. Miles Dale
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Andromeda Season 3 Episode 22 - Shadows Cast by a Final Salute (1)
    7.4/10(221 votes)

    S3:E22

    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

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  18. Andromeda Season 1 Episode 2 - An Affirming Flame (2)
    7.3/10(460 votes)

    S1:E2

    Dylan and the crew of the Eureka Maru agree to join forces and become one team aboard the Andromeda Ascendant as they set forth on his mission to restore the Systems Commonwealth.

    Director:Brenton Spencer
    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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  19. Andromeda Season 1 Episode 19 - The Honey Offering
    7.3/10(311 votes)

    S1:E19

    An arranged marriage between two rival Nietzschean Prides puts the Andromeda Ascendant in danger when Captain Dylan Hunt agrees to transport the bride to the wedding.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writers:Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer

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  20. Andromeda Season 2 Episode 18 - The Fair Unknown
    7.3/10(237 votes)

    S2:E18

    The crew encounter the Vedrans the long-lost founders of the Commonwealth.

    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writer:John Lloyd Parry

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  21. Andromeda Season 3 Episode 10 - The Unconquerable Man
    7.3/10(262 votes)

    S3:E10

    Gaheris Rhade sets out to reshape the universe according to his will and restore order amid the chaos

    Director:J. Miles Dale
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  22. Andromeda Season 3 Episode 12 - The Dark Backward
    7.3/10(246 votes)

    S3:E12

    "Okay, that did not work," Trance says. "Let's try again." Trance tries to figure out how to help the crew survive a deadly intruder.

    Director:Michael Robison
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  23. Andromeda Season 3 Episode 16 - Point of the Spear
    7.3/10(227 votes)

    S3:E16

    When the Andromeda responds to a request to destroy atmosphere generators on Samsarra, they encounter a battle group of Pyrians and stand off until the Commonwealth fleet arrives. in a revelation from Trance, Dylan finds out that Trances people believe the Pyrian fleet stronger and better equipped to handle the forthcoming war. With this information, she tells Dylan to pull out and let the Pyrians win so that they can take on the Magog World Ship instead of the renewed Commonwealth. Dylan sees that the only way to stop them is to destroy the planet that he is trying so hard to save....

    Director:Allan Harmon
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  24. Andromeda Season 4 Episode 21 - The Dissonant Interval (1)
    7.3/10(195 votes)

    S4:E21

    The Andromeda encounters the Arkology, a society that they believe is the closest to perfection humanity will ever achieve. But the Magog are close, and Dylan and the crew must convince the utopia that peace is not the answer. Conflict arises in the core crew when the leaders of Arkology do not wish to leave. Dylan wants to defend them, and Beka warns him that she's not going to stay and die defending an idea of peace.

    Director:Martin Wood
    Writers:Larry Barber, Paul Barber

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  25. Andromeda Season 4 Episode 22 - The Dissonant Interval (2)
    7.3/10(202 votes)

    S4:E22

    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

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Best Episodes Summary

"Its Hour Come 'Round at Last (1)" is the best rated episode of "Andromeda". It scored 8.1/10 based on 326 votes. Directed by Allan Eastman and written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, it aired on 5/14/2001. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Into the Labyrinth".