Andromeda

Episode 1/22 If the Wheel is Fixed

Tyr and Beka are trapped inside the dimensional tunnel. Launching the Eureka Maru, Dylan attempts to re-create the conditions in which the pair disappeared, but the ship is almost destroyed by a cloud of space detritus. With Dylan safely back on board Andromeda, the dimensional tunnel reopens and Beka and Tyr appear. At first they seem unharmed, but it soon becomes clear that they are under the control of a malevolent and murderous force.

Episode 2/22 The Shards of Rimni

Lured to the scene of a murder, Dylan finds himself a fugitive from justice. He's been set up by a man named Zeus who aims to blackmail him into giving up a shard from a priceless vase that's in his possession. As Dylan and Harper seek out Zeus, Commonwealth Security notifies the crew of the Andromeda Ascendant that they have just two days to turn their captain in.

Episode 3/22 Mad to Be Saved

The Andromeda Ascendant rescues a band of refugees from a badly damaged ship that's under attack from a pursuit craft. Dylan is struck by the beauty of one member of the group, a girl named Angelika, but the rest of the crew quickly sense that something is amiss. The refugees, it transpires, are the escaped inmates of an asylum run by the evil Dr Yanomami, who subjected them to systematic torture - an ordeal which has rendered them disturbed, and very dangerous.

Episode 4/22 Cui Bono

When CINC instructs Andromeda to lend protection to a courier ship, Beka finds herself face to face with her ruthless Uncle Sid, the man who tried to kill her. On hearing that Sid is now a candidate for a senior position in the Commonwealth government, Beka threatens to expose him as a murderer, but when he is attacked by an unknown assailant and left in a coma, she finds herself in charge of the investigation.

Episode 5/22 The Lone and Level Sands

While aboard the Eureka Maru, Dylan, Harper, Tyr and Rommie are rescued from an Ogami attack by a ship named the Bellerophon. The ship's captain, Metis, claims he does not have the capability to repair the Maru, but Rommie later discovers he is lying. Meanwhile, a mutiny is brewing against Captain Metis. Can Dylan find a way to prevent the uprising and get his own crew back to the Andromeda?

Episode 6/22 Slipfighter the Dogs of War

The Andromeda is rocked by shockwaves from an exploding sun. Someone has detonated an incredibly powerful bomb. Rommie traces it to the planet Marduk where the explosive Voltarium is being produced, and Dylan decides it's the crew's duty to destroy the factory. Dylan, Beka and Tyr elect to pilot slipfighters on the mission, but first a worried Tyr must ensure he's up to the job.

Episode 7/22 The Leper's Kiss

Dylan's friend Marshall Man Ka-Lupe is set to become the next Triumvir of the Commonwealth - unless an assassin known as The Leper gets to him first. Dylan, Tyr and Beka agree to hunt down The Leper before he can reach his target, and put out word that they're seeking an assassin for a job. But instead of drawing out The Leper, they meet his sister Sasha, who's intent on avenging the murder of her family by her brother.

Episode 8/22 For Whom the Bell Tolls

Following a rescue mission on Virgil Nine, Harper unwittingly brings on board a metal-eating maggot that reproduces and rapidly infests Andromeda. But there's something else aboard the ship too. An eerie mood is affecting the crew members and one by one they come face to face with a ghostly apparition. Could the Andromeda Ascendant be haunted?

Episode 9/22 And Your Heart Will Fly Away

After receiving a mysterious holographic message, Tyr takes a slipstream fighter and heads for a rendezvous on the planet Elba Nine. Dylan and co are distracted by attacking Eidolons - structures of dark matter able to form into any shape or size. Meanwhile, the person responsible for the Eidolons boards Andromeda and prepares to tell an intriguing story about himself, Tyr and the woman they had both loved.

Episode 10/22 The Unconquerable Man

As Harper prepares the corpse of Dylan's former first officer Gaheris Rhade for transport back to the remainder of his clan, a live Rhade appears before Beka and Trance intent on destroying the tesseract machine. Meanwhile, a flashback recalls the alternate past in which Rhade killed Dylan at the outset of the Nietzschean rebellion and took command of the Andromeda.

Episode 11/22 Delenda Est

Weirdness and chaos take hold aboard the Andromeda. On the view screen, Dylan watches his last few moments with his fiancée Sara; Harper follows a cat into a machine room where a rift opens and swallows him; Tyr sees an image of his sleeping child; Rommie inexplicably disappears. What is causing the strange phenomena and how is it linked to multiple attacks on nearby planets by Magog and Nietzscheans?

Episode 12/22 The Dark Backward

When a mysterious ancient being boards the Andromeda Ascendant, intent on destroying it, Trance must use the powers of her bonsai tree to jump back in time and run through a number of different scenarios in an attempt to save the ship. Unfortunately, it seems that each set of choices will result in the death of one of her crew mates. How can she decide who to sacrifice?

Episode 13/22 The Risk All Point

Tyr, Dylan and Beka are on their way to the commissioning ceremony for the newest High Guard ship, the Crimson Sunrise, when they spot Nietzchean ships heading in the same direction. Their warning to the Sunrise comes too late and the ship explodes. As the Eureka Maru sets about picking up escape pods, Dylan and co begin to wonder if the destruction of the Sunrise was in fact the result of sabotage - and whether the culprit is now among them.

Episode 14/22 The Right Horse

On the planet Veras, Beka is testifying on behalf of her friend and former lover Able Ladrone, who is accused of stealing potentially deadly DNA. When the court fails to accept Beka's testimony, she resorts to force to free Able. Before long, the Andromeda is under attack from the Verasites - as well as the shadowy and powerful defence conglomerate known as Technocorps.

Episode 15/22 What Happens to a Rev Deferred?

A distress signal from the earthquake-ravaged planet Empyrium sends Dylan, Tyr and Beka on a mission to rescue their old Magog friend Rev Bem. On the planet's surface, the crew quickly locate the transmitter, but find no sign of their friend. As they are drawn into a gun battle with a group of renegades, elsewhere on the planet a strange entity - seemingly the spirit of Rev's dead mother - is urging him towards his doom.

Episode 16/22 Point of the Spear

A Pyrian operation to drop fusion-powered generators onto Samsarra will render the planet incapable of supporting oxygen-breathing life. Andromeda intervenes and the crew find themselves facing a Pyrian battle group. In a video communication, an elfin creature named Azazel - bearing a striking resemblance to Trance - warns the Andromeda to retreat or be destroyed. What does Trance know of the events that are unfolding - and their potentially catastrophic impact on the galaxy?

Episode 17/22 Vault of the Heavens

As the Andromeda changes course to answer a distress call emanating from a distant cluster of planets, Dylan is experiencing a strange phenomenon. A disembodied voice repeatedly whispers to him, "Fire…ice…a cloud". Rommie confirms that one of the planets they are heading towards could fit the description. Ymir is a giant fiery world with a stunning aurora display that occurs when a particle cloud washes over its icy moon.

Episode 18/22 Deep Midnight's Voice

Caught in the middle of a battle between the Drago-Kazovs and another, unknown, Nietzschean pride, the Andromeda captures a member of the unidentified pride. The prisoner has an intriguing tale to tell - and the crew are soon heading for a remote planet in search of a legendary Nietzschean slip scout. Purported to have mapped billions of transit points in the slipstream, if Deep Midnight's Voice truly exists, it could revolutionise slipstream travel.

Episode 19/22 The Illusion of Majesty

A wrong turn finds the Andromeda in the undesirable Prolon System. The area is strewn with toxic flotsam and jetsam - amongst which floats a hibernation capsule containing a sleeping beauty. The rescued woman claims to be Princess Tura, a practically folkloric figure presumed dead after her disappearance during a revolution. But whether or not she is who she claims to be, one thing's for sure - she's bringing trouble with her.

Episode 20/22 Twilight of the Idols

In search of a missing Nietzschean pride, Dylan and his crew find themselves on the desert world of Armana. When they fall victim to a Genite ambush, things are looking grim - until an unknown ally comes to their aid. Constantine Stark (Michael Ironside) introduces himself as the "patriarch" of freedom fighters The Templars, and the ancestor of an old friend of Dylan's. And he has shocking news - the Genites are about to unleash a virus that could wipe out humankind.

Episode 21/22 Day of Judgement, Day of Wrath

With the Andromeda in dry dock undergoing repairs, Tyr takes the opportunity to go in search of other surviving members of his pride. Dylan and the rest of the crew stay behind to watch the launch of the newest Commonwealth High Guard ship, the Resolution of Hector. But events take a deadly turn when the Resolution's AI, and Rommie, are taken over by the ethereal former AI of another ship, the Wrath of Achilles, which was destroyed in a prior mission.

Episode 22/22 Shadows Cast by a Final Salute

Nietzscheans from the Dragon pride board Andromeda and steal the Maru and the bones of Drago Musevini. They seem to have anticipated every move the crew could make to stop them, and it quickly becomes clear that Tyr has betrayed his crewmates. With the future of the Commonwealth under threat, Dylan finds himself facing a terrible decision - destroy the entire Drago Katzoff pride, or sacrifice the Andromeda in its place.

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