Episode
Andromeda: Double Helix
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Andromeda
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2000-10-30
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Double Helix is Episode 5 in Season 1 of Andromeda. It aired on 2000-10-30. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 4: D Minus Zero
Beka and Tyr square off against Dylan for leadership of Andromeda during a dangerous face-off with an unknown enemy.
Episode 6: Angel Dark, Demon Bright
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.
More episodes from this season
Episode 3: To Loose the Fateful Lightning
Dylan inadvertently gives a group of child warriors power to destroy a solar system.
Episode 7: The Ties That Blind
Beka's con-artist brother unexpectedly shows up claiming to be a devout Wayist making the Andromeda a prime target for Restorian attack.
Episode 2: An Affirming Flame (2)
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.
Episode 8: The Banks of the Lethe
Finally, after 300 years and a black hole keeping them apart, Captain Dylan Hunt reunites with his true love, Sara.
Episode 1: Under the Night (1)
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.
Episode 9: A Rose in the Ashes
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.
Episode 10: All Great Neptune's Ocean
Tyr and Rommie are framed for the assassination of the Castalian president.
Episode 11: The Pearls That Were His Eyes
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.
Episode 12: The Mathematics of Tears
Andromeda encounters her damaged sister ship, the Pax Magellanic, that leads the crew of the Andromeda Ascendant on an eerie mission.
Episode 13: Music of a Distant Drum
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.