Episode
Andromeda: Pieces of Eight
Overview
A power-hungry citizen seeks to manipulate the Commonwealth for his own gain. Dylan receives an unsettling view of his future from a prophetic alien.
Details
- Series
- Andromeda
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2003-10-06
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Pieces of Eight is Episode 2 in Season 4 of Andromeda. It aired on 2003-10-06. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 1: Answers Given to Questions Never Asked (2)
A seemingly psychotic "Collector" simultaneously takes credit and blames Dylan for the fall of the Commonwealth. He also claims to be hosting (or holding captive?) the Triumvir Tri-Jema. The crew must decide whether to accompany Dylan on yet another odds-defying journey to save the Universe or to retire in relative safety.
Episode 3: Waking the Tyrant's Device
Dylan and an old friend try to prevent the maker of the Magog Worldship from deploying an army of androids.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4: Double or Nothingness
Dylan plays a dangerous game against two gamblers, but not everything is as real as it seems.
Episode 5: Harper/Delete
The ultimate weapon falls into the hands of a Nietzschean pirate. Can Harper disarm it before the Magog arrive?
Episode 6: Soon the Nearing Vortex (1)
The reappearance of Tyr Anasazi and Telemachus Rhade leads to a race to obtain the Route of Ages, which will direct the owner to the location of the Abyss itself. Dylan and the crew plan to use it as a weapon, while Tyr plans on bargaining with the Abyss in hopes of it sparing his empire.
Episode 7: The World Turns All Around Her (2)
In a race against Tyr to control the Route of Ages, the crew find themselves in another universe. To save them, Trance finally reveals who and what she really is.
Episode 8: Conduit to Destiny
The crew assists in the search for escaped prisoners on a new Commonwealth member world. Dylan finds himself playing a role in an ancient prophecy.
Episode 9: Machinery of the Mind
Harper attends a conference of the Commonwealth's greatest minds. Unfortunately, a mysterious assassin has plans for that collected brilliance. Meanwhile, Dylan is being escorted to meet with Tri-Lorn... or is he?
Episode 10: Exalted Reason, Resplendent Daughter
The crew searches for a princess abducted by a ruthless pirate. As usual, nothing is as it seems. Along the way, a secret from Beka's past is revealed.
Episode 11: The Torment, the Release
Dylan is put on trial for high crimes against the Commonwealth.
Episode 12: The Spider's Stratagem
The crew intercepts a mysterious cargo en route to a war zone.
Episode 13: The Warmth of an Invisible Light
One of Harper's experiments goes awry, and Dylan ends up in an alternate reality.