WRITTEN BY: Bob Engels
DIRECTED BY: Jorge Montesi
U.S. AIRDATE: 09.29.03
The team discovers that the Commonwealth fleet was betrayed by a man in the service of the Abyss, who has convinced one of the Triumvirs that Dylan betrayed them.
PIECES OF EIGHT
402
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WRITTEN BY: Larry Barber & Paul Barber
DIRECTED BY: Jorge Montesi
U.S. AIRDATE: 10.06.03
The crew is sent to confront Citizen Eight, a power-hungry man who is using a revered alien fortune teller to achieve his political ends.
WAKING THE TYRANT'S DEVICE
403
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WRITTEN BY: Larry Barber & Paul Barber
DIRECTED BY: Andrew Potter
U.S. AIRDATE: 10.13.03
The crew of the Andromeda uncovers an android army poised to invade the Commonwealth, created by the same being that developed the Magog worldship. Dylan reunites with an old flame.
DOUBLE OR NOTHINGNESS
404
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WRITTEN BY: John Whelpley
DIRECTED BY: David Winning
U.S. AIRDATE: 10.20.03
A pair of Nietzschean gamblers capture Dylan, subjecting him to virtual reality scenarios so that their clientele may gamble on his responses. The Andromeda tries to weather a series of electro-magnetic storms.
HARPER / DELETE
405
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WRITTEN BY: Naomi Janzen
DIRECTED BY: Richard Flower
U.S. AIRDATE: 10.27.03
To recover a dangerous weapon before the Magog do, the crew attempts to mediate a dispute between a Nietzschean brother and sister vying for control of the device -- while Harper risks his life to analyze and deactivate it.
SOON THE NEARING VORTEX
406
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WRITTEN BY: Larry Barber & Paul Barber
DIRECTED BY: Brad Turner
U.S. AIRDATE: 11.03.03
The crew learns that Telemachus Rhade is in pursuit of Tyr, and help him to locate their former shipmate -- only to find themselves at the center of Tyr's latest scheme. A mysterious woman offers Dylan and Trance a map to the source of the Abyss.
THE WORLD TURNS ALL AROUND HER
407
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WRITTEN BY: Larry Barber & Paul Barber
DIRECTED BY: Peter DeLuise
U.S. AIRDATE: 11.10.03
The crew follows Tyr into the Route of Ages, and must save Beka as the Nietzschean tries to make a deal with the Abyss itself.
CONDUIT TO DESTINY
408
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WRITTEN BY: Lawrence Meyers
DIRECTED BY: Pat Williams
U.S. AIRDATE: 11.17.03
When the crew helps put down a prison riot on the planet Baltria, Dylan discovers that his destiny may be to save a woman who has been held there for 300 years.
MACHINERY OF THE MIND
409
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WRITTEN BY: Ted Mann
DIRECTED BY: David Winning
U.S. AIRDATE: 01.12.04
An unknown assassin tries to steal the minds of the Commonwealth's most brilliant scientists.
EXALTED REASON, RESPLENDENT DAUGHTER
410
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WRITTEN BY: Naomi Janzen
DIRECTED BY: Richard Flower
U.S. AIRDATE: 01.19.04
Dylan goes in search of the daughter of a prominent Commonwealth leader, only to discover that she is in league with her kidnapper.
THE TORMENT, THE RELEASE
411
* * 1/2
WRITTEN BY: Bob Engels
DIRECTED BY: Jorge Montesi
U.S. AIRDATE: 01.26.04
The Collectors put Dylan on trial before the Triumvirs for betraying the Commonwealth.
THE SPIDER'S STRATAGEM
412
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WRITTEN BY: Emily Skopov
DIRECTED BY: Jorge Montesi
U.S. AIRDATE: 02.02.04
The crew of the Andromeda intercepts a shipment of bio-armor being delivered to a war-torn galaxy.
THE WARMTH OF AN INVISIBLE LIGHT
413
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WRITTEN BY: Matt Kiene
DIRECTED BY: Jorge Montesi
U.S. AIRDATE: 02.09.04
Dylan finds himself transported to an alternate universe, where he is a legendary hero and the Commonwealth has been overthrown by an evil Harper, while Beka leads a resistance movement.
THE OTHERS
414
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WRITTEN BY: Scott Frost
DIRECTED BY: Peter DeLuise
U.S. AIRDATE: 02.16.04
Dylan contracts a fatal disease while trying to help a war-torn world find peace.
FEAR BURNS DOWN TO ASHES
415
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WRITTEN BY: John Kirk
DIRECTED BY: Peter DeLuise
U.S. AIRDATE: 02.23.04
The Collectors use Rev Bem as bait to trap Dylan in a life or death test.
LOST IN A SPACE THAT ISN'T THERE
416
WRITTEN BY: Naomi Janzen & Larry Barber & Paul Barber
DIRECTED BY: Peter DeLuise
U.S. AIRDATE: 04.05.04
The Abyss moves against the Andromeda crew, possessing the mind of one of her crew.
ABRIDGING THE DEVIL'S DIVIDE
417
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WRITTEN BY: Gordon Michael Woolvett
DIRECTED BY: Peter DeLuise
U.S. AIRDATE: 04.12.04
Harper and Rhade are forced into the Patriarch's labor force, helping him build a bridge into the future that could open the door to untold dangers.
TRUSTING THE GORDIAN MAZE
418
WRITTEN BY: Larry Barber & Paul Barber
DIRECTED BY: Jorge Montesi
U.S. AIRDATE: 04.19.04
A beautiful spy attempts to steal the Star Map from Dylan.
A SYMMETRY OF IMPERFECTION
419
WRITTEN BY: Naomi Janzen
DIRECTED BY: Allan Harmon
U.S. AIRDATE: 04.26.04
The ship falls vulnerable to a Magog attack after Rommie's emotional choices leave her severed from the Andromeda's systems.
TIME OUT OF MIND
420
WRITTEN BY: Lu Abbott & Stacey Berman-Woodward
DIRECTED BY: Allan Harmon
U.S. AIRDATE: 05.03.04
In search of their secret library, the Abyss sends agents to murder the True Collectors.
THE DISSONANT INTERVAL, PART 1
421
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WRITTEN BY: Larry Barber & Paul Barber
DIRECTED BY: Martin Wood
U.S. AIRDATE: 05.10.04
Andromeda's crew find a world of perfect peace, which sits in the path of the Magog worldship. Rhade questions his priorities after falling in love with one of the locals, who refuses to leave.
THE DISSONANT INTERVAL, PART 2
422
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WRITTEN BY: Bob Engels
DIRECTED BY: Martin Wood
U.S. AIRDATE: 05.17.04
Andromeda tries to protect Arkology from the onslaught on the Magog, and the crew must decide whether they will stand or flee. Dylan faces his final destiny at the Route of Ages.
