Andromeda

10 Best Episodes of Andromeda - Season 4

Captain Dylan Hunt and his crew quest to restore a government that once presided over an extended peace and prosperity.

Written by Sophie and last updated on jan 28, 2023.

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Andromeda - S4E9

#15 - Machinery of the Mind (Season 4 - Episode 9)

Harper is the key note speaker at a conference on dealing with the Magog threat. When a scientist is kidnapped, and others are killed, the crew must figure out who is responsible. Meanwhile Dylan is kidnapped by the Collectors, who make him an offer to join with them

The episode was rated 7.55 from 120 votes.

Andromeda - S4E5

#14 - Harper/Delete (Season 4 - Episode 5)

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Andromeda comes between two Nietzschean siblings. One has the File D, a weapon that can eliminate higher brain functions. The other has her nephew hostage, she wants File D. The crew doesn't want either of them to have File D.

The episode was rated 7.55 from 123 votes.

Andromeda - S4E14

#13 - The Others (Season 4 - Episode 14)

The Andromeda encounter 2 ships with depleted engines and weapons. They come from a planet, where the two sides have been fighting for as long as anyone can remember. One side is suffering from a disease, they claim the other side is using biological weapons, but the other side says they didn't do it. When Dylan becomes infected, the crew must figure out the source of the virus to save the captain.

The episode was rated 7.57 from 110 votes.

Andromeda - S4E6

#12 - Soon the Nearing Vortex (1) (Season 4 - Episode 6)

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Tyr returns and he's sided with the Collectors against his former crew. He wants the map for the Route of Ages.

The episode was rated 7.57 from 127 votes.

Andromeda - S4E20

#11 - Time Out of Mind (Season 4 - Episode 20)

The Andromeda rescues a defenseless ship from former Commonwealth fighters. The inhabitants are an Ambassador and his pilot, returning to Arkology from successful peace negotiations with the Magog on board the World-Ship. However, the treaty is revoked when the ambassador dies from the Magog hatching in his stomach. The pilot, a Nietzschean from a supposedly extinct pride, leads the Andromeda to Arkology, a place of peacefulness in all aspects of life, to warn them of the coming Magog attack.

The episode was rated 7.58 from 114 votes.

Andromeda - S4E8

#10 - Conduit to Destiny (Season 4 - Episode 8)

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After taking a wrong turn in slipstream, the Andromeda receives a distress call from a Commonwealth prison, experiencing a riot the likes of which they have not seen before. Dylan and his crew quickly put down the rebellion, but Dylan keeps having flashbacks to the last time he was on this planet. Romy discovers that a now missing prisoner was not recorded in the logs, implying that she was a mole. Harper is shown the source of the planet's power and is told to bypass the ancient security system guarding it, so that the warden can keep it safe elsewhere. Meanwhile, ...

The episode was rated 7.63 from 112 votes.

Andromeda - S4E11

#9 - The Torment, the Release (Season 4 - Episode 11)

Dylan and the crew are put on trial by the Commonwealth. The Collectors now control the Commonwealth. The crew wants to escape, but Dylan wants to stick out the trial, to determine if he still has ANY allies in the Commonwealth he helped to rebuild.

The episode was rated 7.65 from 113 votes.

Andromeda - S4E19

#8 - A Symmetry of Imperfection (Season 4 - Episode 19)

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Rommie has become too emotional, the Andromeda cuts off her access and runs a full diagnostic to bring the avatar under control, this takes away many of the ship's resources. The Magagog are attacking the crew must defend Andromeda without aide from the AI. Even if they succeed in defending the ship, they may lose Rommie.

The episode was rated 7.66 from 116 votes.

Andromeda - S4E17

#7 - Abridging the Devil's Divide (Season 4 - Episode 17)

Half the crew is captured. Harper works on a time bridge for the Partriarch. The other half tracks down a smuggler.

The episode was rated 7.66 from 109 votes.

Andromeda - S4E13

#6 - The Warmth of an Invisible Light (Season 4 - Episode 13)

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When Dylan activates an experimental cloaking device, he gets swept into an alternate dimension. Harper is the commander, he has overthrown the commonwealth, and is unknowingly working for the Abyss. Dylan looks for allies to oppose Harper, and to find a way to get back to his own dimension

The episode was rated 7.67 from 109 votes.

Andromeda - S4E3

#5 - Waking the Tyrant's Device (Season 4 - Episode 3)

Dylan is sent on a mission by a triumvir, but is not well informed of the danger he faces. After a haphazard reentry from slipstream, the Andromeda is captured by a gravity field projected from the moon that is the target of their mission. Dylan discovers that the moon is the base of Kroton, a half-human, half-android genius that created the Magog world-ship. Dylan attempts to take out Kroton along with the new weapon he has developed.

The episode was rated 7.68 from 124 votes.

Andromeda - S4E21

#4 - The Dissonant Interval (1) (Season 4 - Episode 21)

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With the Magog World-Ship at hand, Dylan must defend Arkology as one of the Paradine, beings said to have witnessed the creation of the universe. Beka makes her decision to leave the battle while she still can. Harper and Rommie attempt to get Arkology slip-capable again before the World-Ship destroys it.

The episode was rated 7.71 from 119 votes.

Andromeda - S4E1

#3 - Answers Given to Questions Never Asked (2) (Season 4 - Episode 1)

The crew encounters some ships, the remainders of the Commonwealth Fleet. The leaders went into hiding when the fighting broke out. They need to find them to restore order to the Commonwealth.

The episode was rated 7.71 from 136 votes.

Andromeda - S4E22

#2 - The Dissonant Interval (2) (Season 4 - Episode 22)

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Beka decides to leave the crew to fight for themselves, but after all of the promises that everyone will be reunited, Trance tells them that they will never be as they are again. When the Magog Worldship finally re-encounters the Andromeda after two years, Rommie and Harper race to take the Arkology to slipstream, Rhade must teach the inhabitants to defend themselves, and Dylan and Trance fight off the invading Magog. But as the Andromeda becomes covered in swarmships, Trance tells Dylan that he--and only he--may escape this alive.

The episode was rated 7.77 from 117 votes.

Andromeda - S4E7

#1 - The World Turns All Around Her (2) (Season 4 - Episode 7)

The collectors tell Tyr why they need the map for the Route of Ages. It's a map to the Abyss, and hopefully a way to contain it. Tyr has Beka and the crew has the map. Now it's a race to the Route of Ages. Tyr makes a deal with the Abyss, and a final confrontation will ensue.

The episode was rated 7.79 from 124 votes.

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