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Andromeda · S1 · E3

To Loose the Fateful Lightning

  • TV-PG
  • Oct 16, 2000
  • 45 min
  • 6.2

Dylan inadvertently gives a group of child warriors power to destroy a solar system.

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About this episode

Dylan inadvertently gives a group of child warriors power to destroy a solar system.

Season 1

22 episodes
  1. 1Under the Night (1)

    45 minOct 2, 2000

    It's the start of the war between the Systems Commonwealth and the Nietzschean fleets. Captain Dylan Hunt and his ship the Andromeda Ascendant try to flee the first Nietzschean attack to warn the Commonwealth. In his attempt to escape, the Andromeda and Captain Hunt are caught in the event horizon of a black hole and frozen in time for 300 years. The crew of the Eureka Maru with Captain Beka Valentine try to salvage the Andromeda to sell for a Nightsider's 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 Anasazi.

  2. 2An Affirming Flame (2)

    45 minOct 9, 2000

    Dylan and the crew of the Eureka Maru agree to join forces and become one team aboard the Andromeda Ascendant as they set forth on his mission to restore the Systems Commonwealth.

  3. 3To Loose the Fateful Lightning

    45 minOct 16, 20006.2Now viewing

    Dylan inadvertently gives a group of child warriors power to destroy a solar system.

  4. 4D Minus Zero

    45 minOct 23, 20005.7

    Beka and Tyr square off against Dylan for leadership of Andromeda during a dangerous face-off with an unknown enemy.

  5. 5Double Helix

    45 minOct 30, 2000

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

  6. 6Angel Dark, Demon Bright

    45 minNov 6, 2000

    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.

  7. 7The Ties That Blind

    45 minNov 13, 2000

    Beka's con-artist brother unexpectedly shows up claiming to be a devout Wayist making the Andromeda a prime target for Restorian attack.

  8. 8The Banks of the Lethe

    45 minNov 20, 2000

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

  9. 9A Rose in the Ashes

    45 minNov 27, 2000

    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.

  10. 10All Great Neptune's Ocean

    45 minJan 15, 2001

    Tyr and Rommie are framed for the assassination of the Castalian president.

  11. 11The Pearls That Were His Eyes

    45 minJan 22, 2001

    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.

  12. 12The Mathematics of Tears

    45 minJan 29, 2001

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

  13. 13Music of a Distant Drum

    45 minFeb 5, 2001

    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.

  14. 14Harper 2.0

    45 minFeb 12, 2001

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

  15. 15Forced Perspective

    45 minFeb 19, 2001

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

  16. 16The Sum of Its Parts

    45 minFeb 26, 2001

    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.

  17. 17Fear and Loathing in the Milky Way

    45 minApr 9, 2001

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

  18. 18The Devil Take the Hindmost

    45 minApr 16, 2001

    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.

  19. 19The Honey Offering

    45 minApr 23, 2001

    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.

  20. 20Star-Crossed

    45 minApr 30, 2001

    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.

  21. 21It Makes a Lovely Light

    45 minMay 7, 2001

    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.

  22. 22Its Hour Come 'Round at Last (1)

    45 minMay 14, 2001

    When Harper accidentally overrides Andromeda's personality with an older version, she hunts down the crew and goes on an old mission in which her former crew was slaughtered.

Guest stars

Chris LovickHayek
Amber RothwellNassan
Richard de KlerkMapes