
The Way Back
Episode 1 • Jan 02, 1978
A rebel leader, his memory altered by an oppressive galactic government, suffers injustice after witnessing a massacre.
A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.
52 episodes total
Status
Ended
First Aired
1978
Rating
7.2/10
45 votes • HD
Episodes
Episode 1 • Jan 02, 1978
A rebel leader, his memory altered by an oppressive galactic government, suffers injustice after witnessing a massacre.
Episode 2 • Jan 09, 1978
Blake and some criminals attempt to seize control of the prison ship London as it passes a space war where an abandoned ship is found.
Episode 3 • Jan 16, 1978
Blake tries to rescue the remaining prisoners from the prison planet Cygnus Alpha only to find they have a disease that can be cured by the power mad high priest Vargas.
Episode 4 • Jan 23, 1978
A ship whose crew had been put in suspended animation is picked up by the Liberator, while Blake attempts to destroy the Federation Communication base on Saurian Major.
Episode 5 • Jan 30, 1978
The Liberator runs into a web created by psionic means; the crew meets the race of genetically-engineered Decimas. Blake learns of the attempt at genocide being waged against the Decimas by the creator of the Web.
Episode 6 • Feb 06, 1978
The crew steals a Federation deciphering unit and accidently leave Cally behind. Travis finds her and decides to use her in a hostage trap for Blake.
Episode 1 • Jan 09, 1979
The crew encounter the System, builders and original owners of the Liberator (known to them as Deep Space Vehicle-2). They disable its defense systems in an attempt to try to get their craft back. A sister ship (DSV-1), in pursuit, is destroyed by Orac.
Episode 2 • Jan 16, 1979
The Liberator reaches Space City where Blake seeks the assistance of the Terra Nostra, a criminal group who control the deadly drug Shadow. Blake must find out what the link with the Federation is, and why Orac is telepathically torturing Cally. The key appears to be the planet Zonda.
Episode 3 • Jan 23, 1979
The rebels and the Federation are searching for the stolen prototype of Imipak, a deadly new weapon. Servalan and Travis use a Blake clone to get information on this weapon from one of Blake's friends.
Episode 4 • Jan 30, 1979
Horizon is a mysterious planet which neither Zen nor Orac can shed any light on. After teleporting down the crew are captured by Federation guards. Avon considers leaving the planet by himself with the Liberator.
Episode 5 • Feb 06, 1979
The Liberator returns to Earth, and Blake wants to capture Federation Control, in the belief that it would cripple the Federation.
Episode 6 • Feb 13, 1979
Blake is questioning his purpose and motives after Gan's death and goes to a barren planet to reflect on things. Travis is put on trial and court-martialled for the deaths of civilans all courtesy of Servalan.
Episode 1 • Jan 07, 1980
Severely damaged by combat in the Galactic War, the Liberator disperses its crew while it repairs itself. Avon lands on a planet and is rescued by the daughter of a former revolutionary. Priceless scenes between Avon and Servalan.
Episode 2 • Jan 14, 1980
Avon and Dayna return to the Liberator, only to find it has been claimed by Tarrant. The rest of the crew are rescued by a medical ship and eventually brought back to the Liberator.
Episode 3 • Jan 21, 1980
The crew search for a new home base on the planet Obsidian, whose volcanic outbursts -- and a nuclear device buried in the planet's core by its inhabitants -- protect the planet from being overtaken. Servalan employs an elaborate plan to take control of the Liberator.
Episode 4 • Jan 28, 1980
Orac steers Liberator off course to investigate a black hole and the Thaarn reach out to Cally from her childhood stories. Liberator lands on the artificial planet Crador.
Episode 5 • Feb 04, 1980
Tarrant decides to raid a Federation freighter carrying valuable Kairopan crystal, but he heads right into Jarvik's trap and the Liberator is captured. The crew of the Liberator are left marooned on Kairos, a planet where nobody survives after the short crystal harvest season.
Episode 6 • Feb 11, 1980
The crew strike a deal for crystals needed for Liberator's weapon systems. In exchange, Vila must help in obtaining a treasure on the planet Keezarn but in doing so he finds a gateway to another world.
Episode 1 • Sep 28, 1981
Dorian, owner of the spaceship Scorpio, rescues the crew from Terminal. He tries to enlist the help of Orac to build a teleport mechanism for Scorpio and attempts to kill the crew.
Episode 2 • Oct 05, 1981
The Scorpio, rendered inaccessible by an elaborate security system, is stolen by a native of the planet who seeks to escape. Avon completes the Scorpio teleport system with the help of Orac.
Episode 3 • Oct 12, 1981
The planet Helotrix is falling easily to attack from a new Federation pacification drug, as are many other star systems. Tarrant and Dayna teleport down to the surface to investigate. Servalan, deposed of her presidency in the Federation, is back under the alias Commissioner Sleer having wiped all records connecting herself with the identity of Servalan.
Episode 4 • Oct 19, 1981
After attempts to match the course of an asteroid for cover result in collision with the asteroid and severe damage to Scorpio's engines, the crew search for an experimental stardrive developed by an ex-Federation designer who is now working for a terrorist group.
Episode 5 • Oct 26, 1981
Dayna meets an old friend, Justin, to seek help with synthesizing an antidote to the Federation pacification drug. Servalan learns of Scorpio's visit to Justin's planet and of the genetic research he is performing there.
Episode 6 • Nov 02, 1981
The crew rescue a protege of Ensor's who instead turns out to be his android creation seeking to unite with Orac.
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