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"Don't they have any respect for tradition. Whatever happened to just clawing people to death?!"
Captain Dylan Hunt
"The Widening Gyre"
Series Andromeda
Season 2, Episode 1
Andromeda 2x01 001
Air date October 1st, 2001 (US)
September 22nd, 2001 (CAN)
Writers Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Director Allan Eastman
Producers Majel Roddenberry; Allan Eastman; Kevin Sorbo; Robert Hewitt Wolfe; Karen Wookey
Starring Kevin Sorbo; Lisa Ryder; Keith Hamilton Cobb; Laura Bertram; Brent Stait; Gordon Michael Woolvett; Lexa Doig
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"The Widening Gyre" is the first episode of season two of the science fiction television series Andromeda and the twenty-third episode of the series overall. The episode was directed by Allan Eastman and written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe. It first aired in the United States on the Sci-Fi Channel on Monday, October 1st, 2001. It was first broadcast in Canada on Saturday, September 22nd, 2001 on the Global Television Network.

Cast[]

Principal Cast[]

Actor Role
Kevin Sorbo Captain Dylan Hunt
Lisa Ryder Beka Valentine
Keith Hamilton Cobb Tyr Anasazi
Laura Bertram Trance Gemini
Brent Stait Rev Bem
Gordon Michael Woolvett Seamus Harper
Lexa Doig Rommie

Guest Stars[]

Actor Role
Sylvain Cameron Magog leader
Brock Johnson Magog warrior #1
Rik Kiviaho High Guard Captain Perim
Gerard Plunkett Bloodmist
Robert Saunders Spirit of the Abyss

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Actor Kevin Sorbo becomes an executive producer on the series beginning with this episode.

Quotes[]

....

  • Trance Gemini: Okay, Trance. You can do this. You know you can. There is a perfect possible future where everything will turn out just fine, and the odds of creating that future are only 1,671,000 to 1. More or less.

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  • Tyr Anasazi: I know but one person idiotic enough to try and rescue three dead men from a Magog hive.
  • Dylan Hunt: That's me, Captain Idiot. Now I don't know about the three of you, but we have a ship to catch.

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  • Dylan Hunt: A renewed Commonwealth. Before, it was just a dream. Now, it's a necessity.

....

Opening quotation[]

"If we do not live another day,
Say this over our byre:
They died like High Guard Lancers
With their faces to the fire.
"
Regimental Hymn of the 13th Imperial Lancers; CY 4233

Home Video[]

  • "The Widening Gyre" has been made available on the following DVD collections:

See also[]

Media

The World of Andromeda

Andromeda miscellaneous

External Links[]

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Episode links

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