The BEST episodes of Andromeda season 1
Every episode of Andromeda season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Andromeda season 1!
Captain Dylan Hunt and the crew of the Andromeda Ascendant set out on a mission to rebuild the Systems Commonwealth 300 years after its fall.
#1 - Its Hour Come 'Round at Last (1)
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/2001
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.
#2 - Under the Night (1)
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2000
The Commonwealth vessel Andromeda, captained by Dylan Hunt, responds to an urgent distress call to find itself lured into a trap. Nietzschean warships surround them and open fire. Captain Hunt, in a last ditch effort, evacuates the ship and maneuvers toward a nearby black hole. Hunt's first officer, Rhade, a Nietzschean himself, betrays Hunt and attempts to kill him, but Hunt perseveres, killing Rhade in the process. Time dilation near the black hole slows time for the Andromeda and Dylan until a freighter tows it out 300 years later. Dylan now must fight off the band...
#3 - Angel Dark, Demon Bright
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2000
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.
#4 - D Minus Zero
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2000
Beka and Tyr square off against Dylan for leadership of Andromeda during a dangerous face-off with an unknown enemy.
#5 - The Honey Offering
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/23/2001
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.
#6 - An Affirming Flame (2)
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2000
Captain Dylan Hunt attempts to drive the invaders from his ship. He manages to scare Gerentex off, but he leaves many of his employees behind. He takes the Maru and uses it to send the Andromeda, still without engine power, on a course back into the black hole. The remaining scavengers work with Dylan to regain engine control and break free from the gravity well. Once free, they regain control of the Maru from Gerentex and Dylan invites the survivors to join his crew and reestablish the Commonwealth.
#7 - Harper 2.0
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/12/2001
Harper finds himself overloaded with information when a dying Perseid transfers data into his brain.
#8 - The Devil Take the Hindmost
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/16/2001
Rev Bem gets a call from a Wayist friend in need of his help to save the Hajira and its settlement, Serendipity, from being taken over by slavers.
#9 - The Mathematics of Tears
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/29/2001
Andromeda encounters her damaged sister ship, the Pax Magellanic, that leads the crew of the Andromeda Ascendant on an eerie mission.
#10 - The Banks of the Lethe
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2000
Finally, after 300 years and a black hole keeping them apart, Captain Dylan Hunt reunites with his true love, Sara.
#11 - To Loose the Fateful Lightning
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2000
Dylan inadvertently gives a group of child warriors power to destroy a solar system.
#12 - Music of a Distant Drum
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/5/2001
A crash landing on a strange planet leaves Tyr with a complete loss of memory and a mystery crate to protect from not-so-brotherly Nietzcheans.
#13 - The Pearls That Were His Eyes
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/22/2001
Beka Valentine receives a distress call from her beloved Uncle Sid, but to her disdain realizes that he has become Sam Profit, a big business tycoon.
#14 - The Ties That Blind
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2000
Beka's con-artist brother unexpectedly shows up claiming to be a devout Wayist making the Andromeda a prime target for Restorian attack.
#15 - Fear and Loathing in the Milky Way
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/9/2001
Trance, Harper and their former employer Gerentex are unwilling partners on a wild ride to find a valuable artifact.
#16 - All Great Neptune's Ocean
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/15/2001
Tyr and Rommie are framed for the assassination of the Castalian president.
#17 - Forced Perspective
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/2001
Dylan is taken captive and forced to admit that he killed the Mobius leader and overthrew the Mobius government more than 300 years ago.
#18 - It Makes a Lovely Light
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/7/2001
Beka jeopardizes the crew when she takes a mind-altering drug while attempting an exhaustive piloting mission that could bring Dylan to his long-lost home planet.
#19 - Double Helix
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2000
Captain Dylan Hunt must save the Andromeda from the Nietzscheans, who are trying to persuade Tyr to help them destroy the ship and rebuild his Nietzschean life. His new life would include a wife to carry on his lineage.
#20 - A Rose in the Ashes
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2000
With their communication with the crew of the Eureka Maru completely cut off, Dylan and Rommie are forced into exile on a prison planet and must befriend fellow inmates to attempt any escape.
#21 - The Sum of Its Parts
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/26/2001
A humanoid robot visits the Andromeda crew, helps them fight off a culture of organized machines and learns what it means to be a living being.
#22 - Star-Crossed
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/30/2001
Rommie falls in love with a surviving android (Michael Shanks) of a destroyed ship, only to be betrayed as he turns out to be the ultimate enemy.