The BEST episodes of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing season 1

Every episode of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing season 1!

Mankind has moved into space. Thousands of people live on giant orbiting space colonies called "Sides." However, the Earth Government, which rules the colonies, is unjust and cruel. A group of revolutionaries builds five robotic weapons called Gundams and plans to send them to Earth to begin their fight for independence. Piloted by five young men, these Gundams carry the hopes and dreams of freedom of the colonists with them as they descend to Earth to begin Operation Meteor!

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The Final Victor
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8.63
145 votes

#1 - The Final Victor

Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 3/29/1996

As Heero and Zechs come to the end of their final duel, the battleship Libra and Peacemillion descend upon the earth threatening to engulf the world in a never ending winter.... Meanwhile Trowa helps out the wounded Quatre, and Duo delivers the "lords of plague" to peacemillion, in the hopes of averting the tradgedy of the battleships plunge.

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The Eternal Flame of the Shooting Stars
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8.62
85 votes

#2 - The Eternal Flame of the Shooting Stars

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 9/29/1995

Treize is freed by OZ soldiers loyal to him, but the trouble is only beginning. Romefeller is out to eliminate the Gundams and Treize, since they are symbols of hipe. Operation NOVA commences, and all of the Earth is in danger.

Directors: Masashi Ikeda
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Zero vs. Epyon
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8.40
87 votes

#3 - Zero vs. Epyon

Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 12/22/1995

Relena, now a prisoner of the Romefeller Foundation, is faced with a very difficult choice. Meanwhile Heero and Zechs engage in battle once again-this time on the grounds of the Sanc Kingdom.

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Go Forth, Gundam Team
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8.37
86 votes

#4 - Go Forth, Gundam Team

Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 2/23/1996

Relena's plead for her brother to stop the war goes unheeded. The Gundam pilots battle their way though a fierce encounter with Mobile Dolls under Dorothy's control.

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Sanc Kingdom's Collapse
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8.31
87 votes

#5 - Sanc Kingdom's Collapse

Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 12/15/1995

Duo and Trowa are reunited and team up against the enemy once more. Meanwhile, the Romefeller Foundation has mounted a final assault against the Sanc Kingdom, forcing Relena to surrender to prevent a battle.

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Heero, Distracted by Defeat
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8.09
186 votes

#6 - Heero, Distracted by Defeat

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/9/1995

Lady Une briefs her troops on another strategy to try and wipe out the Gundams. Heero and Zechs face each other again, but this time it's the Wing Gundam versus the Tallgeese.

Directors: Masashi Ikeda
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The Gundam They Called Zero
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8.04
89 votes

#7 - The Gundam They Called Zero

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/8/1995

A Mobile Suit with fantastic power is on a rampage. It's attacking the colonies one after another in a brutal display of raw power. Trowa and Heero move to intercept this strange new Mobile Suit and are surprised by who its pilot is...

Directors: Masashi Ikeda
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The Whereabouts of Happiness
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8.03
154 votes

#8 - The Whereabouts of Happiness

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/16/1995

The Gundams have been defeated. With the colonies used as shields, the pilots don't have a chance. No one knows whether Heero is dead or alive. On the trail of her father's killer, Relena heads to Moscow. Duo and Quatre take refuge with the Maguanac Corps.

Directors: Masashi Ikeda
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The Reunion with Relena
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7.89
143 votes

#9 - The Reunion with Relena

Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 10/27/1995

Quatre isn't convinced that Heero's mercenary path is the correct one. However, having witnessed the horrors of war, he cannot stand by and do nothing. When Relena declares the Sanc Kingdom's neutrality, Quatre and Heero take refuge.

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The Shooting Star She Saw
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7.88
345 votes

#10 - The Shooting Star She Saw

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/1995

In an effort to end many years of tyrannical rule, five pilots and their Gundams are dispatched to Earth to begin Operation Meteor. Four land without incident, but one is intercepted and his mission is compromised.

Directors: Masashi Ikeda
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Portrait of a Ruined Country
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7.86
127 votes

#11 - Portrait of a Ruined Country

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/2/1995

The United Earth Sphere Alliance collapses, sending the entire Planet into a panic. This allows OZ to step forward and take control through a well planned coup. Zechs is occupied with other things: he is searching for the ruins of the Sanc Kingdom.

Directors: Masashi Ikeda
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Catherine's Tears
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7.74
123 votes

#12 - Catherine's Tears

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/30/1995

Two misguided OZ soldiers are going on an execution spree, destroying any remaining Alliance resistance. In an effort to save the colonies, Trowa heads for his final battle. However, Catherine stands between him and his death wish...

Directors: Masashi Ikeda
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Bewildered Warriors
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7.71
150 votes

#13 - Bewildered Warriors

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/23/1995

The Gundams must fight to regain peace. Wufei meets Sally Po on the battlefield and tells her that the weak should not be fighting. Still, lost in his emotion, Wufei once again gets into his Shenlong Gundam.

Directors: Masashi Ikeda
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Takeoff into Confusion
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7.66
86 votes

#14 - Takeoff into Confusion

Season 1 - Episode 48 - Aired 3/22/1996

While Wufei fights Treize, Quatre fights Dorothy, Trowa tries to change his destiny, Duo frees the scientists, and Heero looks for Milliardo for the last round of their duel.

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Scenario for Bloodshed
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7.60
161 votes

#15 - Scenario for Bloodshed

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/19/1995

Treize Kushrenada's plans to destroy the Alliance come to a head when the leaders of the Alliance hold a meeting. The meeting is led by Marshal Noventa and outlines his peace agenda. However, based on Treize's false intelligence, the Gundams destroy the Alliance leadership, and Oz begins to take over Earth.

Directors: Masashi Ikeda
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The Treize Assassination
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7.60
192 votes

#16 - The Treize Assassination

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/26/1995

Lady Une makes the Gundams her next target and activates the self-destruct sequence on the New Edwards Base. Can Heero prevent the explosion of the New Edwards Base and find the person who set them up? Meanwhile, Wufei duels with Treize.

Directors: Masashi Ikeda
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Milliardo's Decision
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7.59
85 votes

#17 - Milliardo's Decision

Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 3/8/1996

Heero manages to get into the Libra and reunites with Relena to confront Milliardo. Treize challenges Milliardo with his new Tallgeese II Mobile Suit. To try and eliminate Treize, he fires the Libra...

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Quatre vs. Heero
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7.56
117 votes

#18 - Quatre vs. Heero

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 9/22/1995

Trowa and Heero must battle their crazed friend; but they find themselves losing against this new Gundam. Treize, meanwhile, disapproves of the Romefeller Foundation's plan to use Mobile Dolls-automated Mobile Suits without pilots. His dissension results in his arrest by OZ.

Directors: Masashi Ikeda
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Collision in Space
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7.55
114 votes

#19 - Collision in Space

Season 1 - Episode 47 - Aired 3/15/1996

The five Gundams launch their ultimate offensive knowing that only mass slaughter and a sad battlefield awaits them. The Peacemillion space fortress rams the Libra to block White Fang's way to Earth, even if it will bring their own death.

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Tallgeese Destroyed
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7.53
122 votes

#20 - Tallgeese Destroyed

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/4/1995

The fight between the Tallgeese and the Gundams conclude. Now, Zechs refuses to fight for, and ends his affiliation with the Romefeller Foundation.

Directors: Masashi Ikeda
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The Sorrowful Battle
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7.53
124 votes

#21 - The Sorrowful Battle

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/21/1995

At the South Pole, Zechs waits with the newly-rebuilt Wing Gundam. After Herro arrives and the rematch begins, Relena arrives and tries to stop them from wasting their lives. However, she discovers a revelation...

Directors: Masashi Ikeda
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Target: Earth
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7.51
57 votes

#22 - Target: Earth

Season 1 - Episode 43 - Aired 2/16/1996

The Gundam pilots reunite. OZ takes control of a colony demanding the White Fang surrender Libra. When Trowa learns that Catherine is in the colony, he leaps to action. Meanwhile, Relena struggles to talk some sense into her brother.

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The Return of Wufei
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7.50
86 votes

#23 - The Return of Wufei

Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 12/8/1995

Wanting to join the Gundam pilots in their fight, Zechs goes to meet Wufei, But Wufei, pilot of the new Altron Gundam, believes him to be the enemy.

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The Lonely Battlefield
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7.49
57 votes

#24 - The Lonely Battlefield

Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 11/24/1995

Zechs steps onto the battlefield once again and attacks Romefeller's forces. Meanwhile, Heero heads off to help the Treize Faction.

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Assault on Barge
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7.47
122 votes

#25 - Assault on Barge

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/11/1995

The Gundam Deathscythe single-handedly battles OZ's Mobile Suits in space, and Duo ends up getting captured. Heero searches for Duo in order to silence him...

Directors: Masashi Ikeda
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