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The Worst Episodes of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

Every episode of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED!

Worst episode
S2E1 Angry Eyes
6.110 votes
Best episode
S1E49 The Final Light
9.460 votes
Top season
Season 1
8.6avg
Binge time
1d 16h
100 episodes

Seasons2

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 2 Episode 1 - Angry Eyes
    6.1/10(10 votes)
    S2:E1

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 27 - Endless Rondo
    7.6/10(47 votes)
    S1:E27

    Senior Engineer Erica Simmons of Morgenroete reviews the Strike's combat logs and theorizes that Kira might be superior than any other Coordinator and speculates on the "SEED factor" theory. She shows Kira the mobile suits that Orb is developing and asks him to develop a mobile suit operating system that can be used by Naturals.

    Director:Mitsuo Fukuda
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 26 - Moment
    7.6/10(44 votes)
    S1:E26

    A recap of the first 25 episodes narrated by Miguel Aiman.

    Director:Mitsuo Fukuda
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 8 - Songstress of the Enemy Forces
    7.9/10(51 votes)
    S1:E8

    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:Unknown

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  5. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 4 - Silent Run
    8.0/10(52 votes)
    S1:E4

    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:Unknown

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  6. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 6 - The Vanishing Gundam
    8.1/10(49 votes)
    S1:E6

    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:Unknown

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  8. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 15 - The Respective Solitudes
    8.1/10(46 votes)
    S1:E15

    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:Unknown

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  9. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 25 - The Land of Peace
    8.1/10(45 votes)
    S1:E25

    The Archangel is attacked by the Zala Team which consists of the Le Creuset Team members. They take heavy damage, but when they enter the waters of the neutral nation of Orb, ZAFT is chased away and is told that the Archangel has been chased away. The Zala Team sneaks into Orb with the belief that Orb's official statement is false.

    Director:Mitsuo Fukuda
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 2 - Its Name is Gundam
    8.2/10(56 votes)
    S1:E2

    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:Unknown

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  11. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 9 - The Fading Light
    8.2/10(48 votes)
    S1:E9

    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:Unknown

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  12. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 10 - Separate Ways
    8.2/10(48 votes)
    S1:E10

    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:Unknown

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  13. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 33 - Gathering Darkness
    8.2/10(46 votes)
    S1:E33

    The crew of the Archangel find themselves questioned for their actions regarding their escape from Heliopolis, the fall of the 8th Fleet, and entrusting the Strike to Kira Yamato. Meanwhile, Lacus comforts Kira, who questions his right to live, especially after trying to kill Athrun.

    Director:Mitsuo Fukuda
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 14 - Within Endless Time
    8.2/10(43 votes)
    S1:E14

    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:Unknown

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  15. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 1 - False Peace
    8.3/10(63 votes)
    S1:E1

    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:Unknown

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  16. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 5 - Phase Shift Down
    8.3/10(51 votes)
    S1:E5

    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:Unknown

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  17. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 7 - The Scar of Space
    8.3/10(51 votes)
    S1:E7

    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:Unknown

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  18. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 16 - Burning Clouds of Sand
    8.3/10(45 votes)
    S1:E16

    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:Unknown

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  19. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 3 - Collapsing Land
    8.4/10(55 votes)
    S1:E3

    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:Unknown

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  20. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 11 - The Awakening Sword
    8.4/10(54 votes)
    S1:E11

    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:Unknown

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  21. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 18 - Payback
    8.4/10(44 votes)
    S1:E18

    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:Unknown

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  22. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 12 - Flay's Decision
    8.5/10(52 votes)
    S1:E12

    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:Unknown

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  23. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 20 - On a Calm Day
    8.5/10(49 votes)
    S1:E20

    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:Unknown

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  24. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 17 - Cagalli Returns
    8.5/10(44 votes)
    S1:E17

    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:Unknown

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  25. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 41 - Trembling World
    8.6/10(48 votes)
    S1:E41

    Cagalli, though grief striken with her father's death, confronts Kira with a mysterious photograph given to her by Lord Uzumi, of a woman with two infants and Kira and Cagalli's names written on the back. On a PLANT, Lacus is still on the run for treason, but broadcasts messages to counter PLANT Supreme Council Chairman Patrick Zala's propaganda. She soon discovers that her father has been assassinated by Patrick Zala.

    Director:Mitsuo Fukuda
    Writer:Unknown

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  26. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Season 1 Episode 19 - Fangs of the Enemy
    8.6/10(50 votes)
    S1:E19

    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:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Angry Eyes" is the worst rated episode of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. It scored 6.1/10 from 10 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on October 9, 2004. This episode scored 1.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Endless Rondo".

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