Andromeda premiered on October 2, 2000 and the last episode aired on May 13, 2005. It ran 5 seasons of 22 episodes, in total 110 episodes which is quite an accomplishment if you ask me. Andromeda is developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe but unfortunately he was unable to finish the show according to his vision. mid-through season 2 it became clear that there were differences of opinions. Wolfe had a story arc and wanted to continue this over the course of the entire series. But Kevin Sorbo among others wanted to have more episodic television, like Star Trek: The Next Generation. Thus because of creative differences Wolfe left the show unfortunately because without a doubt, the first two seasons are the best of Andromeda's entire series.

Ever since I have created this section I asked myself, does Andromeda belong here. Is it a favorite of mine. Well as a whole I don't think so but mainly the first two seasons are good television and season 4 is also a step-up from season 3. Season five is by far the worst season of them all, the first time I watched all season 5 episodes because I kept hoping they would get off that awful stinking planet. It was around episode 18 that Lexa Doig finally returned after her pregnancy. Those last 5 episodes are okay but episode 1 to 17 are just plain awful. Really hate that season and with my last rewatch back in 2016/2017, I skipped episode 4 through 17 and with my next rewatch I will do so again, perhaps even skip the first 3 also. It's one thing to start of with a disappointing (first) season but to end with such a disappointing final season, really sucks.

One thing I also found troubling, when Andromeda was just released in the early 2000's was that there weren't any subtitles on it, and back in those days the SQ wasn't always that good and thus for someone for whom English is not their native language, it was sometimes hard to follow what was being said. Plus the fact that they were quite expensive in those days, at some point I stopped buying the DVD sets. Back in 2012, I purchased a German complete series set after I could confirm that this set had English subtitles on it. Besides that the SQ had very much improved as well as the PQ. Till that time I never was able to watch the complete series, I only watched the first two seasons till that time, 2012. 

On September 19, 2016, Andromeda got a Blu-ray release! Unfortunately it wasn't a real HD upgrade but it was upconverted to HD, like was done with Farscape. When I check out the reviews on amazon you can read that most of them know it's upconverted and that the PQ is better than their DVD counterparts for seasons 3,4 and 5 and only slightly better for seasons 1 & 2. Currently the price isn't that bad for the whole series on Blu, 51 euros (12/02/2021) but be aware, it's no full HD and there are no subtitles on it but region code available for A & B (C untested).

Season 3:

1. If the Wheel Is Fixed
2. The Shards of Rimni
3. Mad to Be Saved
4. Cui Bono
5. The Lone and Level Sands
6. Slipfighter the Dogs of War
7. The Leper's Kiss
8. For Whom the Bell Tolls
9. And Your Heart Will Fly Away...
10. The Unconquerable Man
11. Delenda Est
12. The Dark Backward
13. The Risk All Point
14. The Right Horse
15. What Happens to a Rev Deferred?
16. Point of the Spear
17. Vault of the Heavens
18. Deep Midnight's Voice
19. The Illusion of Majesty
20. Twilight of the Idols
21. Day of Judgement, Day of Wrath
22. Shadows Cast by a Final Salute

Seamus Harper