Episode 45 of "Andromeda"
s03e01 If the Wheel Is Fixed
Title: If the Wheel Is Fixed
Original Air Date: 09/21/2002 on Syndication
Director: Allan Eastman
Writer: Robert Engels
Plot Outline:
Resuming from the previous season, the Andromeda is on the edge of a dimensional portal searching for Beka and Tyr. In an attempt to save them, Harper has constructed a device to reopen the portal. Using this Dylan enters the portal in the Maru. As he returns to Andromeda without his missing crew members, they appear on the ship. With no explanation to where they have been, they both attempt to get the ship away from the dimensional rift. Beka and Tyr seem to be acting very strangely and Harper discovers that there is a signal coming from the portal that is controlling Beka and Tyr. As Beka tries to get the Andromeda to enter the portal and kidnaps Trance, Tyr kidnaps Rommie and then erases the ships core AI. Trance frees herself from Beka's restrains and fights her on the deck of the Maru.Tyr and Dylan then get into a fight while the Andromeda is slowly moving towards the rift. Harper manages to close the rift just as Tyr is about to kill Dylan. This severs the connections and Tyr and Beka return to normal. Using the information stored in Rommie, the crew restore the ships core AI and settle back into normal operations. The episode ends with Rommie and Trance having some 'girl talk' on the Maru with Beka joining them.