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Andromeda: Season 5

22 episodes Premiered Sep 24, 2004 Updated Oct 10, 2026
Previously on Andromeda

Season 5 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Andromeda Season 4.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (18): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S5·E1 Mytharc

The Weight (1)

Sep 24, 2004 · 43 min

Dylan finds himself on Seefra-1, one of nine identical planets orbiting two suns. He soon encounters Rhade, who has abandoned all hope. Rhade hates Dylan for the hope he has brou

S5·E2 Core

The Weight (2)

Oct 1, 2004 · 43 min

Dylan and Rhade receive a month-old distress signal from Beka. After following the coordinates she left, they find the Andromeda dead in space. On board, he finds Darregacorp eng

S5·E3 Core

Phear Phactor Phenom

Oct 8, 2004 · 43 min

When a valuable painting gets stolen after Beka, Rhade, and everyone else in the bar inhales a mysterious mist, Dylan jumps at the opportunity to win the reward for reclaiming it s

S5·E4 Core

Decay of the Angel

Oct 15, 2004 · 43 min

When a slipstream event is detected in the Seefra system, Dylan, Rhade, and Beka try to find it, and their way out. Meanwhile, a man claiming to be from the future approaches Doyl

S5·E5 Core

The Eschatology of Our Present

Oct 22, 2004 · 43 min

Beka learns she has existed in more than one place at one time when she meets a man who she knows is her father.

S5·E6 Core

When Goes Around...

Oct 29, 2004 · 43 min

Dylan encounters Celine, a woman from his past and is trapped in time loops. The two are happy to see each other, but Dylan knows he may have to choose between Celine and the surv

S5·E7 Core

Attempting Screed

Nov 5, 2004 · 43 min

The unexpected return of Flavin takes Dylan on a journey through time, revealing mysteries surrounding Tarn Vedra, the Paradine, the battle with the Worldship, and Trance.

S5·E8 Core

So Burn the Untamed Lands

Nov 12, 2004 · 43 min

Dylan and Rhade attempt to infiltrate a mining camp where crystals are extracted, which contain the power needed to restore the Andromeda and leave the Seefra system.

S5·E9 Core

What Will Be Was Not

Nov 19, 2004 · 43 min

When Trance believes Rhade and the crew blame her for their situation, she runs off into Seefra-1's underground tunnels. As Dylan and Doyle pursue her, they discover the use of an

S5·E10 Core

The Test

Jan 7, 2005 · 43 min

The crew is tormented by a mysterious stranger who accuses them of murder.

S5·E11 Core

Through a Glass Darkly

Jan 14, 2005 · 43 min

An old friend who Harper thought was dead returns to help the crew in a battle for Seefra-5.

S5·E12 Mytharc

Pride Before the Fall

Jan 21, 2005 · 43 min

A deadly enemy from the past returns with plans to create an elite warrior race.

S5·E13 Core

Moonlight Becomes You

Jan 28, 2005 · 43 min

When Trance becomes attracted to a mysterious young man from her past, the reunion causes her to begin regaining her memories.

S5·E14 Core

Past Is Prolix

Feb 4, 2005 · 43 min

The arrival of Trance's sun threatens to destroy all the planets except Seefra-1 unless the system problem is fixed.

S5·E15 Core

The Opposites of Attraction

Feb 11, 2005 · 43 min

The avatar of the black hole, that trapped Dylan after the Nietzschean ambush, returns to get him back.

S5·E17 Core

Totaled Recall

Apr 8, 2005 · 43 min

An explosion sends Dylan into an inter-dimensional loop, with a man named Elysian telling him to decipher a riddle.

S5·E18 Core

Quantum Tractate Delirium

Apr 15, 2005 · 43 min

As Trance's sun closes on Seefra-9, Rommie is rebuilt by Doyle to help evacuate the planet.

S5·E19 Core

One More Day's Light (1)

Apr 22, 2005 · 43 min

The evacuation of Seefra-5 is at risk when a religious sect decides to stay on the planet.

S5·E20 Core

Chaos and the Stillness of It (2)

Apr 29, 2005 · 43 min

As General Burma arrives on Andromeda, with Harper in tow, Dylan and Rhade head for Methis 2, about to be crushed by Trance's sun, leaving Doyle, Rommie, and Beka to face Burma, an

S5·E21 Mytharc

The Heart of the Journey (1)

May 6, 2005 · 43 min

With the help of the avatars of the nebula, the Andromeda goes through the Route of Ages, back to the Known Worlds, and the Commonwealth.

S5·E22 Mytharc

The Heart of the Journey (2)

May 13, 2005 · 43 min

As the Nietzschean fleet approaches, the Andromeda prepares for the final battle.

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