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The Dark Backward

S3 : E12

TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.03.03

Trance (Laura Bertram) runs through a series of possible outcomes to save the crew from a scourge.

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The Systems Commonwealth, the greatest civilization in history, has fallen.

Cast

Kevin Sorbo, Lisa Ryder, Gordon Michael Woolvett, Laura Bertram

Executive Producers

Majel Barrett

full-episodes (22)

Under the Night

S1 : E1 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.02.00

After being left stranded near a black hole, Capt Dylan Hunt is discovered by a mercenary salvage ship to find he has been frozen in time for 300 years.
An Affirming Flame

S1 : E2 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.09.00

Dylan protects the Andromeda from the mercenaries while Beka starts to wonder if they are fighting for the wrong side.
To Loose the Fateful Lightning

S1 : E3 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.16.00

Dylan finds a space station full of kids who believe he is there to bring peace by killing their enemies. He is manipulated into unlocking his weapons locker.
D Minus Zero

S1 : E4 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.23.00

The crew of Andromeda is still learning how to work together as they are attacked by the Restorers.
Double Helix

S1 : E5 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.30.00

The Andromeda gets involved in a feud between a Than planet and a Nietzschean colony. Tyr must choose between his clan or his new family aboard the Andromeda.
Angel Dark, Demon Bright

S1 : E6 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.06.00

A slipstream sends the Andromeda back in time to just before the Commonwealth fell. The crew discovers that the Nietzscheans had more ships than initially reported and they must intervene to preserve history.
The Ties That Blind

S1 : E7 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.13.00

A slipstream sends the Andromeda back in time to just before the Commonwealth fell. The crew discovers that the Nietzscheans had more ships than initially reported and the crew has to intervene to preserve history.
The Banks of the Lethe

S1 : E8 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.20.00

A black hole allows Dylan to communicate with his former fiancee, 300 years in the past. Since he can't abandon his mission to reform the Commonwealth, can he bring her into the future? Guest starring Kevin Sorbo's real wife, Sam Jenkins.
A Rose in the Ashes

S1 : E9 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.27.00

Dylan is imprisoned on a prison planet and must stage an escape as his crew tries to stage their own rescue.
All Great Neptune's Ocean

S1 : E10 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 01.15.01

Castalians board the Andromeda to finalize the charter for the New Commonwealth. When the leader is discovered dead, Tyr is the main suspect.
The Pearls That Were His Eyes

S1 : E11 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 01.22.01

Beka learns that her father's former business partner deals in a highly addictive drug called Flash. The rest of the crew holds a "garage sale" to earn money for new ship parts.
The Mathematics of Tears

S1 : E12 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 01.29.01

The Andromeda discovers her "sister ship," the Pax Magellanic. The crew aboard Pax is 300 years old, but have not aged a day.
Music of a Distant Drum

S1 : E13 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.05.01

Tyr crash lands the Eureka Maru on a Nietzschean planet and develops amnesia. He must remember what he is doing before the Nietzscheans discover him and the crate of stolen goods he has in his possession.
Harper 2.0

S1 : E14 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.12.01

Harper receives the "gift" of knowledge from a dying Perseid, only to discover that the Perseid was being hunted by a bounty hunter, who has now turned his attention to Harper.
Forced Perspective

S1 : E15 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.19.01

Dylan is arrested for assassinating a dictator 300 years ago, by the man he helped install in his place. The new dictator ended up being much, much worse.
The Sum of Its Parts

S1 : E16 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.26.01

Andromeda is boarded by a drone from the Consensus of Parts, a mythical mechanical society. While friendly at first, the drone tries to force the ship to join the Consensus.
Fear and Loathing in the Milky Way

S1 : E17 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.09.01

Gerentex is back, and demands Trance and Harper help him with his new scheme: finding Tarn-Vedra.
The Devil Take the Hindmost

S1 : E18 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.16.01

Dylan and Rev Bem help a peaceful society stand up to their would-be slavers. They have to be careful, though, because they have a genetic memory, so if Dylan teaches them to kill, their kids will be born with that knowledge.
The Honey Offering

S1 : E19 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.23.01

Dylan attemps to bring peace to two different Nietzschean prides by escorting the princess of one to her arranged marriage to the prince of the other.
Star-Crossed

S1 : E20 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.30.01

Rommie's avatar falls in love with what turns out to be the avatar of a warship named Gabriel. It's a false flag operation, and Gabriel attempts to infect Rommie with a virus that broadcasts its plans to the warship.
It Makes a Lovely Light

S1 : E21 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 05.07.01

Beka takes the Andromeda to Tarn-Vedra, but extended time in the slipstream causes side effects. To combat them, Beka starts taking Flash, and soon becomes addicted.
Its Hour Come 'Round at Last

S1 : E22 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 05.14.01

An old memory from the Andromeda is accidentally activated, which sends her on a mission and leaves Dylan and the crew unable to override the command.
The Widening Gyre

S2 : E1 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.01.01

With the ship severely damaged, Dylan leads the crew of the Andromeda Ascendant in a battle against its deadliest enemy.
Exit Strategies

S2 : E2 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.08.01

Dylan, Beka, Rev, and Tyr crash land after escaping a gang of Nietzscheans, but soon face a new threat: Rev's need to feed.
A Heart for Falsehood Framed

S2 : E3 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.15.01

The crew must steal a jewel that is at the center of a feud between a Drift owner and the Than. Beka falls for a security chief who was formerly a thief.
Pitiless as the Sun

S2 : E4 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.22.01

Andromeda answers a distress call when a cargo ship is attacked. Meanwhile, Trance is interrogated after paying a visit to the people.
Last Call at the Broken Hammer

S2 : E5 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.29.01

The crew looks for a long-lost Commonwealth leader who has gone into hiding. They find her, but one question remains: is it actually her?
All Too Human

S2 : E6 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.05.01

Dylan, Beka, and Trance go with Rommie to find out about a weapon being developed on a planet that is distrustful of AI.
Una Salus Victus

S2 : E7 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.12.01

Andromeda is tasked with escorting medical ships safely through Drago-Kazov space.
Home Fires

S2 : E8 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.19.01

A planet of Commonwealth survivors, led by Dylan's former fiance, is invited to join the new Commonwealth, but when they vote not to join, the Magog are suspected of playing dirty.
Into the Labyrinth

S2 : E9 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.26.01

An agent of the Abyss tries to lure Harper into joining the Magog.
The Prince

S2 : E10 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 01.14.02

When they rescue a young prince from from an uprising that kills the rest of his family, Dylan and Tyr are asked to be his advisers.
Bunker Hill

S2 : E11 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 01.21.02

Dylan and his new Commonwealth fleet take on the Drago-Kazov fleet but find it much larger than he expected.
Ouroboros

S2 : E12 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 01.28.02

The Magog eggs in Harper are starting to hatch, so the team builds a Teseract Machine. After unintended time shifts, Trance is replaced by her future self.
Lava and Rockets

S2 : E13 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.04.02

Dylan takes over a tourist barge in an attempt to escape mercenaries.
Be All My Sins Remembered

S2 : E14 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.11.02

A body identification goes awry when it turns out Beka's former crewmate isn't dead at all.
Dance of the Mayflies

S2 : E15 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.18.02

Andromeda rescues dying people from a drift, but they soon turn into zombies being controled by a hive-mind.
In Heaven Now are Three

S2 : E16 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.25.02

The Engine of Creation is capable of rewriting the universe according to the owner's wishes. Dylan, Beka, and Trance must obtain it before someone with dark plans gets it.
The Things We Cannot Change

S2 : E17 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.08.02

A black hole knocks out Dylan and sends him into an alternative reality with a wife and child.
The Fair Unknown

S2 : E18 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.15.02

The crew rescues one of the long-lost founders of the Commonwealth, but discover she may be more trouble than she is worth.
Belly of the Beast

S2 : E19 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.22.02

A mythological space monster tries to eat the Andromeda.
The Knight, Death, and the Devil

S2 : E20 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.29.02

Dylan attempts to liberate a fleet of captured ships who aren't sure they want to be liberated. Their AIs fear new captains will enslave them.
Immaculate Perception

S2 : E21 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.29.02

Dylan attempts to liberate a fleet of captured ships who aren't sure they want to be liberated. Their AIs fear new captains will enslave them.
Tunnel at the End of the Light

S2 : E22 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 05.06.02

Genites attack Tyr's wife and colony, and he discovers that he is a father - and his son may be the genetic reincarnation of Drago Mussevni.
If The Wheel Is Fixed

S3 : E1 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 09.30.02

Dylan cannot locate Beka or Tyr in the Eureka Maru. Rommie searches the dimensional tunnel but cannot find anything there, until Trace tells them that they are in fact inside the tunnel.
The Shards of Rimni

S3 : E2 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.07.02

In a bizarre twist, Dylan is on the run from the Commonwealth after being framed for murder. He will do anything to prove his innocence.
Mad to be Saved

S3 : E3 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.14.02

Problems ensue when the Andromeda picks up a group of mentally unbalanced refugees.
Cui Bono

S3 : E4 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.21.02

Beka's uncle Sid, who once tried to murder her, turns up and announces his intention to stand for leader of the Commonwealth, but is Beka the only one holding a grudge against him?
The Lone and Level Sands

S3 : E5 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.28.02

The Eureka Maru comes under attack from the Ogami, but it's when the mysterious Bellerophon comes to the rescue that things get really interesting.
Slipfighter the Dogs of War

S3 : E6 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.04.02

The Andromeda single-handedly challenges the evil rulers of the planet Marduk, who are testing Voltarium-based weapons of mass destruction on planets and stars in the Kantorek System.
The Leper's Kiss

S3 : E7 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.11.02

Dylan goes on a mission to seek out The Leper, in order to prevent Marshall Man Ka-Lupe's assassination.
For Whom The Bell Tolls

S3 : E8 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.18.02

The Andromeda is haunted by a mysterious creature that comes aboard during a solar storm.
And Your Heart Will Fly Away

S3 : E9 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.25.02

Dylan is attacked by a Knights of Genetic Purity soldier on the deck of the ship. Tyr comes across a forgotten love, and the crew enters the path of the Attrox, a converted war machine.
The Unconquerable Man

S3 : E10 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 01.20.03

Rhade tries to restore order amid chaos but, in the process, finds himself moving forward and backward in time.
Delenda Est

S3 : E11 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 01.27.03

The Andromeda crew must fight off an invasion from the Derevos.
The Dark Backward

S3 : E12 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.03.03

Trance (Laura Bertram) runs through a series of possible outcomes to save the crew from a scourge.
The Risk-All Point

S3 : E13 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.10.03

Dylan, Tyr and Beka try to rescue the crew of a doomed High Guard ship, Crimson Sunrise.
The Right Horse

S3 : E14 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.17.03

Beka endangers an entire planet when she grabs a guard's gun and breaks Able out of prison.
What Happens to a Rev Deferred?

S3 : E15 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.24.03

After an evacuation of the planet Empyrium, the crew receives a cry for help from the long-lost Rev Bem (Brent Stait).
The Point of the Spear

S3 : E16 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 03.31.03

Pyrian ships drop fusion-powered generators on planet Samsarra, and the crew battles to save the planet and avoid a galactic war.
Vault of the Heavens

S3 : E17 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.07.03

The voice of a mysterious woman summons Dylan to a far off planet.
Deep Midnight's Voice

S3 : E18 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.14.03

Dylan and the crew search for a Nietzschean slipscout carrying a probe that enables one to map every meter of the slipstream.
The Illusion of Majesty

S3 : E19 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.21.03

Dylan and the crew take a wrong turn and end up in the Prolon system, where they meet a princess who may not be what she seems.
Twilight of the Idols

S3 : E20 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.28.03

When a colony vanishes, Dylan and the crew set out to find it. Unbeknownst to them, they are not the only ones looking.
Day of Judgement, Day of Wrath

S3 : E21 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 05.05.03

The crew installs a new AI in a new Commonwealth battleship, and naturally, things don't go as they should.
Shadows Cast by a Final Salute

S3 : E22 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 05.12.03

While a group of Nietzscheans arrive, taking some of the crew hostage and demanding both the bones of Drago Musevini and the Maru, Tyr disappears.
Answers Given to Questions Never Asked

S4 : E1 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 09.29.03

Dylan orders a strike on Ogami ships chasing a small courier ship which hailed the Andromeda, prompting a complicated series of events.
Pieces of Eight

S4 : E2 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.06.03

Dylan must defeat a false prophet, who seeks to seize power from the Triumvirs.
Waking the Tyrant's Device

S4 : E3 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.13.03

The crew tries to stop the maker of the Magog Worldship from unleashing his android army.
Double or Nothingness

S4 : E4 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.20.03

Dylan goes to a planet in response to the destruction of a Commonwealth ship, but he soon realises that the scenarios that continue to play out are computer-generated.
Harper/Delete

S4 : E5 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.27.03

Dylan and the crew must stop the Magog from retrieving a weapon that destroys enemy's minds.
Soon the Nearing Vortex

S4 : E6 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.03.03

Dylan Hunt comes up against former crew member, Tyr, for possession of a starmap that leads to the Abyss.
The World Turns All Around Her

S4 : E7 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.10.03

The Andromeda prepares to make the trip through the Route of Ages to confront the Abyss.
Conduit to Destiny

S4 : E8 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.17.03

Fate brings Dylan full circle in order to fulfill a planet's destiny 300 years in the making.
Machinery of the Mind

S4 : E9 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 01.12.04

The crew thwarts an assassin's attempt to steal the minds of the Commonwealth's most brilliant scientists.
Exalted Reason, Resplendent Daughter

S4 : E10 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 01.19.04

Dylan hunts down an infamous criminal who has kidnapped the daughter of a Commonwealth leader.
The Torment, the Release

S4 : E11 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 01.26.04

Dylan is arrested and tried by the Collectors and Triumvirs for high crimes against the Commonwealth.
The Spider’s Stratagem

S4 : E12 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.02.04

The crew intercepts a smuggler's stash of mysterious living armor on its way to a war-torn galaxy.
The Warm Place

S4 : E13 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.09.04

Dylan is transported to an alternate reality, where the Commonwealth has been over thrown by Harper's evil counterpart.
The Others

S4 : E14 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.16.04

In order to halt genocide and cure a disease, the crew steps in to mediate an apocalyptic war.
Fear Burns Down to Ashes

S4 : E15 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.23.04

The Collectors use Rev Bem, a former crew member, as bait to lure Dylan into a life-or-death situation.
Lost in a Space That Isn’t There

S4 : E16 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.05.04

The Abyss takes over the mind of a crew member, causing betrayal of Dylan.
Abridging the Devil’s Divide

S4 : E17 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.12.04

An enemy from the crew's past forces Harper to build a time travel device.
Trusting the Gordian Maze

S4 : E18 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.19.04

A spy is sent by the Triumvirate in an effort to tempt Dylan and retrieve the Star Map.
A Symmetry of Imperfection

S4 : E19 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.26.04

While the crew is being attacked by the Magog, Andromeda fails to respond to Rommie's direction because it has severed its connection with her.
Time Out of Mind

S4 : E20 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 05.03.04

Agents wearing medallions of the Abyss murder a true Collector aboard the Maru because they want to find a hidden library.
The Dissonant Interval, Part One

S4 : E21 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 05.10.04

The crew attempts to rescue a peaceful society from the path of the Magog worldship.
The Dissonant Interval, Part Two

S4 : E22 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 05.17.04

The crew makes a last stand against the Magog onslaught.
The Weight, Part One

S5 : E1 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 09.24.04

Dylan stumbles across a jaded Rhade on a distant planet, who tries to kill him for bringing bittersweet hope back into his life.
The Weight, Part Two

S5 : E2 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.01.04

Dylan and Rhade (Steve Bacic) pick up a distress signal from Beka, only to find her scheming with a trade mogul who has claimed Andromeda for himself.
Phear Phactor Phenom

S5 : E3 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.08.04

Dylan and his crew try to solve a mysterious art theft so they can pay to repair Andromeda, and Harper turns up like a bad penny.
Decay of the Angel

S5 : E4 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.15.04

The crew try to make their way to a slipstream event, while a man claiming to be from the future calls Doyle Andromeda.
The Eschatology of Our Present

S5 : E5 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.22.04

Virgil Vox (Dena Ashbaugh) offers Beka a mysterious prize and a vision of her past.
When Goes Around…

S5 : E6 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 10.29.04

Captain Dylan becomes trapped in a time paradox with an old flame. The sparks fly again, but soon he faces a tough decision.
Attempting Screed

S5 : E7 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.05.04

Flavin, Dylan's friend from Seefra, wasn't toasted in a sun flare after all! However, his return heralds a trip through time for Dylan.
So Burn the Untamed Lands

S5 : E8 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.12.04

Dylan and Rhade perform a daring raid on a mining camp, targeting crucial crystals they need to restore Andromeda's power.
What Will Be Was Not

S5 : E9 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 11.19.04

Trance gets a bit paranoid and thinks the others blame her for their woes. Rather recklessly, she flees into some mysterious catacombs.
The Test

S5 : E10 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 01.07.05

An enigmatic, nameless stranger terrorises the crew and accuses them of murder. What on Earth could he mean?
Through a Glass Darkly

S5 : E11 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 01.14.05

An old pal of Harper's, long since thought dead, returns to help Andromeda's crew defend Seefra-5.
Pride Before the Fall

S5 : E12 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 01.21.05

A murderous foe from the murky past bursts back onto the scene with a diabolical new plan to create an army of powerful warriors.
Moonlight Becomes You

S5 : E13 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 01.28.05

Trance gets frisky with a lovely but mysterious young man from her past and, in the process, starts to regain her memory.
Past is Prolix

S5 : E14 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.04.05

Trance's sun looms on the edge of the system, threatening to destroy all of Seefra unless the Vedran design can be mended.
The Opposites of Attraction

S5 : E15 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.11.05

A woman from Dylan's forgotten past returns to claim him at any cost.
Saving Light From a Black Sun

S5 : E16 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 02.18.05

Seefra's sun is in trouble and consequently so is the whole star system, and Dylan and friends must dive into its very heart to repair it.
Totaled Recall

S5 : E17 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.08.05

Dylan finds himself trapped after an explosion sends him into an inter-dimensional loop.
Quantum Tractate Delirium

S5 : E18 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.15.05

Trance's sun is still prowling around causing grief and, as it approaches Seefra-9, Doyle reconstructs Rommie to help evacuate the planet.
One More Day’s Light

S5 : E19 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.22.05

Seefra-5 needs to be evacuated and pronto, but a religious group decide they'd rather stay behind, endangering the whole process.
Chaos and the Stillness of It

S5 : E20 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 04.29.05

Dylan and Rhade brave Methus-2, a planet on the verge of being consumed by an approaching sun, while Burma invades their ship, Andromeda.
The Heart of the Journey, Part One

S5 : E21 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 05.06.05

Trance's people have a way of stopping Abyss for good, but it means wiping out every life in three galaxies, including Earth.
The Heart of the Journey, Part Two

S5 : E22 | TV-PG | 44 min | Aired: 05.13.05

The crew of Andromeda must face up against impossible odds as Abyss joins forces with the Nietzschean fleets. The last battle for the Known Worlds commences.

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