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The Best Episodes of Pandora

Every episode of Pandora ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Pandora!

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In the year 2199, a young woman who has lost everything finds a new life at Earth's Space Training Academy where she learns to defend the galaxy from intergalactic threats.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Pandora Season 2 Episode 6 - Pay in Blood
    7.2/10(88 votes)

    #1 - Pay in Blood

    S2:E6

    Xander, Ralen, and Jett help defend a mining colony in the Outer Rim that is under constant siege from Sumi Pirates. Meanwhile, back at the Academy, Jax is recruited by Osborn for a secret mission.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Pandora Season 2 Episode 9 - All Along the Watchtower
    7.2/10(77 votes)

    #2 - All Along the Watchtower

    S2:E9

    As the Galaxy sits on the brink of war, Jax and the team must unite all the races of the Galaxy in the hopes of preventing their destruction. Meanwhile, Osborn grapples with the ghosts of his past.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Pandora Season 2 Episode 5 - On a Night Like This
    7.1/10(85 votes)

    #3 - On a Night Like This

    S2:E5

    Xander and Jett set out to save Ralen, who has gotten caught up in the high stakes world of an intergalactic fight club. Meanwhile, Jax is on a mission for Osborn to acquire intel from a beautiful Sumi princess who is about to get married, but finds herself falling for Jax.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Pandora Season 2 Episode 10 - I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know
    7.1/10(85 votes)

    #4 - I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know

    S2:E10

    Jax races against time to save the Universe from complete destruction before the Ancients can render their final judgment, as Xander covertly pursues his own plans for redemption.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Pandora Season 2 Episode 2 - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
    7.0/10(105 votes)

    #5 - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

    S2:E2

    Jax, Xander, Ralen, and Matta track the fugitives Tierney and Jax's mother, Eve, to a remote planet with a mysterious secret, only to come into the crosshairs of the planet's strange religious cult, who will stop at nothing to maintain their sinister order.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Pandora Season 2 Episode 3 - Gates of Eden
    7.0/10(98 votes)

    #6 - Gates of Eden

    S2:E3

    Jax and the team visit the distant planet where Professor Osborn first discovered Jax as an infant during the Earth-Zatarian War in an attempt to find the Ancients in the hopes of saving our Universe. But is dealt a tragic blow when Ralen suffers a loss that will change him forever.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Pandora Season 2 Episode 4 - Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
    6.9/10(89 votes)

    #7 - Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

    S2:E4

    Jax and the team go in search of a lost alien race that may be the key to saving the universe, but they find themselves plagued by disturbing nightmares that arise out of each individual's personal traumas and most personal fears.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Pandora Season 2 Episode 8 - Tell Me that It Isn't True
    6.8/10(84 votes)

    #8 - Tell Me that It Isn't True

    S2:E8

    Xander, Ralen, and Jett finally return to Earth, only to find it completely devoid of life with the exception being a mysterious and amnesic Jax; now they will need to work together to unravel the strange mysteries of this surreal world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Pandora Season 1 Episode 10 - Hurricane
    6.7/10(161 votes)

    #9 - Hurricane

    S1:E10

    Ralen is on trial for his life after being accused of having sabotaged the Tereshkova. But even Jax has her doubts about Ralen's veracity when his wife arrives from Zatar to defend him.

    Director:Brett Simmons
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Pandora Season 1 Episode 5 - Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
    6.6/10(179 votes)

    #10 - Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)

    S1:E5

    Thomas's telepathic father arrives on campus and tries to enlist his estranged son in a dangerous heist in which nothing is as simple as it appears.

    Director:Brett Simmons
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Pandora Season 1 Episode 7 - Time out of Mind
    6.6/10(177 votes)

    #11 - Time out of Mind

    S1:E7

    Jax discovers a deadly secret from her past that she is desperate to understand with the help of Ralen and Pilar while the CIS grows increasingly suspicious of Xander’s divided loyalties.

    Director:Mike Hurst
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Pandora Season 1 Episode 9 - It Ain't Me Babe
    6.6/10(159 votes)

    #12 - It Ain't Me Babe

    S1:E9

    Trapped on an alien world, Jax, Xander and Ralen are stranded with no way home. They must band together to survive, but divided loyalties threaten to destroy them from within. And Jax will ultimately be forced decide her allegiances if they make it through the long night.

    Director:Christian Gossett
    Writers:Steven Kriozere, John C. Kelley

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  13. Pandora Season 1 Episode 12 - Knocking on Heaven's Door
    6.6/10(152 votes)

    #13 - Knocking on Heaven's Door

    S1:E12

    Jax and Xander have their hands full as a dangerous cat-and-mouse game erupts on campus. Various parties from across the galaxy arrive on Earth, all in pursuit of Jax, during which she encounters a surprise ally who not only protects Jax, but also sheds light on who she really is. Meanwhile, Atria joined by Pilar, bravely explores her new life mission on Adar, helping her clone brothers and sisters, while Thomas searches for his missing father and Ralen contemplates his return to Zatar.

    Director:Chris LeDoux
    Writer:Steven Kriozere

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  14. Pandora Season 1 Episode 8 - Under the Red Sky
    6.5/10(173 votes)

    #14 - Under the Red Sky

    S1:E8

    When Xander enlists Jax on a dangerous mission in which she must rekindle a relationship with an old flame, Xander, must confront his own feelings for Jax and question if all orders are meant to be obeyed.

    Director:Tirsa Hackshaw
    Writer:Marco Schnabel

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  15. Pandora Season 1 Episode 11 - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
    6.5/10(151 votes)

    #15 - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

    S1:E11

    As the Fleet Academy, students prepare to celebrate Armistice Day (the anniversary of the end of the Zatarians war), Jax continues to struggle with the revelation that Ralen is married. Meanwhile, Ralen must decide where his loyalties truly lie.

    Director:Brea Grant
    Writers:Mark A. Altman, Steven Kriozere

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  16. Pandora Season 1 Episode 13 - Simple Twist of Fate
    6.5/10(155 votes)

    #16 - Simple Twist of Fate

    S1:E13

    Picking up the pieces from the attack on the Fleet Training Academy by Leone Vokk, Jax and Xander must confront Tierney to stop her sinister plans for galactic domination while Atria's grassroots movement on Adar to run for Seeker may have serious consequences for the clones as well as her friends.

    Director:Mark A. Altman
    Writer:Mark A. Altman

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  17. Pandora Season 1 Episode 6 - What Was It You Wanted
    6.4/10(168 votes)

    #17 - What Was It You Wanted

    S1:E6

    When Pilar's bio-organic implants are hacked, Jax and Ralen lead an investigation to help save their friend and find out who's responsible and stop them from continuing to torment Pilar.

    Director:Jenn Wexler
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Pandora Season 1 Episode 4 - I Shall Be Released
    6.3/10(191 votes)

    #18 - I Shall Be Released

    S1:E4

    Jax joins Xander and her fellow cadets in responding to an emergency distress call from a secret lab, only to discover that a deadly experiment has infected the scientists and the cadets.

    Director:Brett Simmons
    Writer:Thomas P. Vitale

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  19. Pandora Season 2 Episode 1 - Things Have Changed
    6.3/10(130 votes)

    #19 - Things Have Changed

    S2:E1

    Jax and Xander try to track down a fugitive who is searching for a destructive weapon that could destroy the universe and Jax comes face-to-face with her mother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Pandora Season 1 Episode 3 - Masters of War
    6.1/10(209 votes)

    #20 - Masters of War

    S1:E3

    A war veteran from the legendary space battle cruiser Sea Hawk makes a shocking revelation to Jax and Greg that could lead Jax to discover who actually killed her parents.

    Director:Christian Gossett
    Writer:Steven Kriozere

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  21. Pandora Season 2 Episode 7 - A Fool Such As I
    6.1/10(85 votes)

    #21 - A Fool Such As I

    S2:E7

    Xander, Ralen, and Jett discover and track a consignment of illegal weapons to a freighter captained by a desperate cargo pilot, Roy Scantron, where they discover the cargo is clones of dead EarthCom soldiers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Pandora Season 1 Episode 2 - Chimes of Freedom
    6.0/10(235 votes)

    #22 - Chimes of Freedom

    S1:E2

    When Atria Nine learns that Adari leader, Seeker Creston Hubbell, will be speaking on campus, she enlists the help of Jax and the study group to stand up against her former masters to help free her clone sisters and brothers from oppression on her homeworld.

    Director:Steve Hughes
    Writer:Mark A. Altman

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  23. Pandora Season 1 Episode 1 - Shelter From The Storm
    5.3/10(343 votes)

    #23 - Shelter From The Storm

    S1:E1

    After the death of her parents, Jax matriculates at the Fleet Training Academy on Earth where she learns to defend the Galaxy from intergalactic threats and makes a new family of friends, but also makes a shocking discovery about her own identity.

    Director:Steve Hughes
    Writer:Mark A. Altman

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Best Episodes Summary

"Pay in Blood" is the best rated episode of "Pandora". It scored 7.2/10 based on 88 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/8/2020. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "All Along the Watchtower".