Andromeda

Original title : Under the Night (1/2)
First Aired : 02.10.2000 (USA) - 06.10.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : Allan Kroeker
Writing credits : Robert Hewit Wolfe
Cast : Steve Bacic (Gaheris Rhade), John Tench (Gerentex), Emy Aneke (Thompson), Gavin Bohr (Gunnery Sergeant), Elizabeth Thai (Refractions of Dawn), M. Yvonne Meyers (Courier Pilot), Johnny Mah (Stam)

The Story : "If the Commonwealth's High Guard had a weakness, it was this: It's officers were too competent, too caring, and too brave."We join the show for its first episode at the start of the war between the Systems Commonwealth and the Nietzschean fleets. Captain Dylan Hunt and his ship the Andromeda Accendant try to flee the first attack to warn the Commonwealth of the Nietzian attack. In his attempt to escape, the Andromeda and Captain Hunt are caught in the event horizon and frozen in time for 300 years. The crew of the Eureka Moru with Captain Bekka Valentine try to salvage the Andromeda to sell for a nightsider ransom. After the Andromeda is pulled free, Hunt is unfrozen and forced to defend his ship against the salvagers and the Nietzschean mercenaries lead by Tyr Annassi...

Original title : An Affirming Flame (2/2)
First Aired : 09.10.2000 (USA) 13.10.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : Brenton Spencer
Writing credits : Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Cast : John Tench (Gerentex), Lori Stewart (Varastaya), Shawn Stewart (Brexos), Daryl Quon (Glaston)

The Story : "Some scholars argue that the Commonwealth might have fallen even without Nietzschean treachery. In one breath, they underestimate both the Nietzscheans and the Commonwealth."Dylan wins the fight to keep his ship, and the leader of the salvagers escapes and leaves the Moru's crew on the Andromeda. Dylan now is forced to band together with his enemies to stop the ship from returning to it fate frozen in time. With the help from 40 nova bombs, the crew survive the event horizon and chase after the Moru. After saving the ship and its crew, they agree to help Dylan to reunite the systems commonwealth. The new of the Andromeda is now formed...

Original title : Too Loose the Fateful Lightning
First Aired : 16.10.2000 (USA) 29.09.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : Brenton Spencer
Writing credits : Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer
Cast : Chris Lovick (Hayek), Amber Rothwell (Nassan), Richard DeKlerk (Mapes)

The Story : "Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it; those who fail to learn history correctly -- why, they are simply doomed." Dylan inadvertently gives a group of child warriors power to destroy a solar system...

Original title : D Minus Zero
First Aired : 23.10.2000 (USA) 22.09.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : Allan Eastman
Writing credits : Ashley Miller & Zack Stentz
Cast :

The Story : "Here's everything I know about war: somebody wins, somebody loses, and nothing is ever the same again."Beka and Tyr square off against Dylan for leadership of Andromeda during a dangerous face-off with an unknown enemy...

Original title : Double Helix
First Aired : 30.10.2000 (USA) 27.10.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : Michael Rohl
Writing credits : Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer
Cast : Steve Bacic (Gaheris Rhade), Dylan Bierk (Freya), Marion Elfman (Olma), Paul Johansson (Guderian), Stuart O'Connell (Dimitri), Elizabeth Thai (Than Pilot)

The Story : Captain Dylan Hunt must save the Andromeda from the Nietzcheans, who are trying to persuade Tyr to help them destroy the ship and rebuild his Nietzchean life. His new life would include a wife to carry on his lineage...

Original title : Angel Dark, Demon Bright
First Aired : 06.11.2000 (USA) 10.11.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : Allan Eastman
Writing credits : Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Cast : Jo Bates (Borotep Yeshgar)

The Story : 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...

Original title : The Ties That Blind Us
First Aired : 13.11.2000 (USA) 03.11.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : David Warry-Smith
Writing credits : Ethlie Ann Vare
Cast : Cameron Daddo (Rafe Valentine), Brian George (Vikram Singh Khalsa), Charles Payne (Danyluk), Marco Soriano (Restorian)

The Story : "Many say living in the way is difficult. Is sleeping difficult? Is waking?" SerenityBeka's con-artist brother unexpectedly shows up claiming to be a devout Wayist making the Andromeda a prime target for Restorian attack...

Original title : Banks of the Lethe
First Aired : 20.11.2000 (USA) 17.11.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : David Winning
Writing credits : Ashley Miller & Zack Stentz
Cast : Leanne Adachi (Marquez), Rik Kiviaho (Perseid 1), Sam Jenkins (Dr. Sara Riley), Alex Diakun (Höhne), Elia Gabay (Captain Khalid), Sam Sorbo (Dr. Sara Riley), Rik Kiviaho (Perseid #1), Elizabeth Thai (Twilight)

The Story : Finally, after 300 years and a black hole keeping them apart, Captain Dylan Hunt reunites with his true love, Sara...

Original title : A Rose in the Ashes
First Aired : 27.11.2000 (USA) 20.01.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : David Warry-Smith
Writing credits : Ethlie Ann Vare
Cast : Bill Croft (Warden), Janyse Jaud (Secretary), John Juliani (Councilor Min), Claudette Mink (Kae-Lee), Ron Robinson (Xax), Kimberley Warnat (Jessa)

The Story : 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...

Original title : All Great Neptune's Ocean
First Aired : 15.01.2001 (USA) 24.11.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : Allan Harmon
Writing credits : Walter Jon Williams
Cast : Malcolm Stewart (Chancellor Chandos), Allan Morgan (President Lee), Mikela J. Mikael (Colonel Yao)

The Story : Tyr takes the fall for the assassination of an anti-Nietzschean water-breather who was about to sign Dylan's peace treaty while visiting the Andromeda. But when the truth about the Castalian race comes out, it begins to look like anyone could be the killer...

Original title : The Pearls that Were His Eyes
First Aired : 11.12.2000 (UK) 22.01.2001 (USA) 01.12.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : David Winning
Writing credits : Ethlie Ann Vare
Cast : John de Lancie (Uncle Sid), Peter Kelamis (Grask), Ken Kirzinger (Willie), Ty Olsson (Mick)

The Story : 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...

Original title : The Mathematics of Tears
First Aired : 29.01.2001 (USA) 08.12.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : T.J. Scott
Writing credits : Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer
Cast : Thomas Milburn Jr. (Ensign), Nathaniel Deveaux (Dutch Captain), Lee Erdman (Magellanic Avatar), Douglas O'Keeffe (Captain Warrick), Monika Schnarre (Lt. Jill Pierce)

The Story : Andromeda encounters her damaged sister ship, the Pax Magellanic, that leads the crew of the Andromeda Ascendant on an eerie mission...

Original title : Music of a Distant Drum
First Aired : 05.02.2001 (USA) 29.12.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : Allan Kroeker
Writing credits : Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Cast : Nels Lennarson (Arjun), Linnea Sharples (Yvain), Noel Fisher (Breyon), Alex Zahara (Hanna)

The Story : 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...

Original title : Harper 2.0
First Aired : 12.02.2001 (USA) 15.12.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : Richard Flower
Writing credits : John Whelpley
Cast : Ralph Möller (Marshall Jeger), Mike Desabrais (Perseid)

The Story : Harper finds himself overloaded with information when a dying Perseid transfers data into his brain...

Original title : Forced Perspective
First Aired : 19.02.2001 (USA) 22.12.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : George Mendeluk
Writing credits : Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer
Cast : Steve Bacic (Gaheris Rhade), Kim Hawthorne (Lawyer), Mackenzie Gray (Venetri), Chapelle Jaffe (Admiral Constanza Stark), Alex Green (Ferrin)

The Story : Dylan is taken captive and forced to admit that he killed the Mobius leader and overthrew the Mobius government more than 300 years ago...

Original title : The Sum of Its Parts
First Aired : 26.02.2001 (USA) 19.01.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : David Winning
Writing credits : Steven Barnes
Cast : Kevin Durand (VX), Matt Smith (HG)

The Story : 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...

Original title : Fear and Loathing in the Milky Way
First Aired : 09.04.2001 (USA) 09.02.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : David Warry-Smith
Writing credits : Ashley Miller & Zack Stentz
Cast : John Tench (Gerentex), Rachel Hayward (Adulasia), John DeSantis (Stalin Kuleshov)

The Story : Trance, Harper and their former employer Gerentex are unwilling partners on a wild ride to find a valuable artifact...

Original title : The Devil Take the Hindmost
First Aired : 16.04.2001 (USA) 05.01.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Allan Eastman
Writing credits : Ashley Miller & Zack Stentz
Cast : Maya OConnell (Tiama), Mark Holden (Thaddeus Blake), Garfield Wilson (Szabos), David Pallfy (Ursari), Darren Klimek (Arun), Mark Holden (IV)

The Story : 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...

Original title : The Honey Offering
First Aired : 23.04.2001 (USA) 02.02.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Brad Tuner
Writing credits : Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer
Cast : Adrian Hughes (Cuchulain), Kimberly Huie (Elssbett Mossadim), Charles Zimmerman (Dockmaster), Kenan Raven (Nietzchean Spy)

The Story : 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...

Original title : Star-Crossed
First Aired : 30.04.2001 (USA) 12.01.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : David Warry-Smith
Writing credits : Ethlie Ann Vare
Cast : Michael Shanks (Gabriel), Jennie Rebecca Hogan (Shura), Jason Diablo (Pogue)

The Story : 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...

Original title : It Makes a Lovely Light
First Aired : 07.05.2001 (USA) 26.01.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Michael Robinson
Writing credits : Ethlie Ann Vare
Cast :

The Story : 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...

Original title : Its Hour Come Round at Last (1/2)
First Aired : 14.05.2001 (USA) 16.02.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Allan Eastman
Writing credits : Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Cast : Gerard Plunkett (Bloodmist)

The Story : Andromeda's memory of her current crew is wiped out when an old core personality is accidently re-installed...