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.

Last Updated: 6/12/2025Network: SYFYStatus: Ended
Its Hour Come 'Round at Last (1)
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7.65
594 votes

#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.

Directors: Allan Eastman
Under the Night (1)
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7.45
1419 votes

#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...

Directors: Allan Kroeker
The Honey Offering
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7.42
631 votes

#3 - 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.

Directors: Brad Tuner
Angel Dark, Demon Bright
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7.42
811 votes

#4 - 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.

Directors: Allan Eastman
D Minus Zero
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7.40
874 votes

#5 - 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.

Directors: Allan Eastman
An Affirming Flame (2)
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7.38
1074 votes

#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.

Directors: Brenton Spencer
Harper 2.0
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7.36
580 votes

#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.

Directors: Richard Flower
The Mathematics of Tears
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7.29
716 votes

#8 - 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.

Directors: T.J. Scott
The Devil Take the Hindmost
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7.29
601 votes

#9 - 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.

Directors: Allan Eastman
The Banks of the Lethe
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7.26
838 votes

#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.

Directors: David Winning
To Loose the Fateful Lightning
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7.24
1010 votes

#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.

Directors: Brenton Spencer
Music of a Distant Drum
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7.24
558 votes

#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.

Directors: Allan Kroeker
The Pearls That Were His Eyes
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7.21
614 votes

#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.

Directors: David Winning
The Ties That Blind
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7.16
720 votes

#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.

Fear and Loathing in the Milky Way
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7.15
638 votes

#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.

All Great Neptune's Ocean
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7.14
745 votes

#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.

Directors: Allan Harmon
Forced Perspective
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7.14
606 votes

#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.

Directors: George Mendeluk
It Makes a Lovely Light
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7.11
591 votes

#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.

Directors: Michael Robison
The Sum of Its Parts
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7.09
577 votes

#19 - 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.

Directors: David Winning
Double Helix
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7.09
774 votes

#20 - 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.

Directors: Michael Rohl
A Rose in the Ashes
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7.08
678 votes

#21 - 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.

Star-Crossed
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7.06
572 votes

#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.