Episodes for Kidô senshi Gundam Seed

Season 1, Episode 1: False Peace
Original Air Date: 5 October 2002

In the 70th year of the Cosmic Era, mankind's reach for the stars has granted him great leaps and bounds into the unknown... and fatefully divided him into two camps. Those of humankind who have stayed on Earth and the Moon, those of the nations of the Earth Alliance, have grown jealous of their more ambitious space-faring companions. These explorers are known as the Coordinators, an elite group of humans who have had their genes altered to bring out superior performance. Living in specially designed space stations called PLANTs (Productive Location Ally on Nexus Technology), they have been free of the discrimination they faced on Earth at the hands of unmodified 'Naturals.' For a while, both sides shared an uneasy peace. Then, on February 14th, CE 70, day of the Bloody Valentine tragedy, the bonds of humanity were shattered and the blood of the innocents spilt. Militant leaders of the Earth Alliance on this day used nuclear weapons upon an agricultural PLANT, and since that time, full-scale civil war has broken out. Forming a militia known as ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty), the Coordinators have fought against the vastly numerically superior Earth Alliance forces. For 11 long months, war has raged, both on Earth and amongst the stars. Now, in the neutral space colony of Heliopolis, a young boy named Kiro Yamato watches the war news and thinks of his friend Athrun Zala, who he parted with some time ago and is now with the PLANTs. Little does he know that the peaceful colony is about to become a war zone as ZAFT comes searching for a secret Earth Alliance weapon, and the horrors of battle threaten to replace the old memories of friendship with new nightmares of Athrun... carrying a gun, and dressed as an enemy.

Season 1, Episode 2: It's Name Is Gundam
Original Air Date: 12 October 2002

  
In a flash of the blinding light brought forth by exploding hatred and burning anger, the old friends Kira and Athrun are reunited amidst the chaos of conflict. But this reunion is one of fear and confusion, not happiness, as each appears to the other as not friend, but foe. Before either can consider the situation or implications, Kira is forced by Earth Alliance agent Murrue Ramius into the cockpit of the Strike Gundam, one of the secret weapons that Athrun and his ZAFT strike force are after. Forced into combat not as a soldier but a helpless passenger, he can only watch as his home is transformed into a battlefield, and his class mates are threatened by the conflagration. But somewhere within young Kira's heart lies a secret known to no one else that can either save his friends and Helipolis, or further the war that dooms them all...

Season 1, Episode 3: Collapsing Land
Original Air Date: 19 October 2002

  
Through courage, luck, and a power that even he does not yet quite understand, Kira manages to save his friends and himself from the advances of ZAFT's invading mobile suits by piloting the Strike Gundam. But as the Earth Alliance warship Archangel enters the Helipolis colony in a flash of flame and destruction, and the mysterious and dangerous commander of the ZAFT forces Rau Le Creuset makes a dramatic entrance while engaged in lightning quick battle with Alliance top gun Mu La Flaga, it is abundantly clear that no one is truly safe. When both the Archangle and Mu come to Kira's aid, the situation seems to take a turn for the better, but with a revelation that stuns his newfound comrades, even the Earth Alliance ranks may not be safe for him. Kira, a Coordinator? But the mistrust and weariness of those around him becomes the least important thing on his mind when Le Creuset sends in another team of ZAFT mobile suits, with Athrun among them. Called upon to pilot again, Kira must fight against his will to protect his friends. But on the field of a battle that cannot be won without a price paid in blood, to escape the collapsing colony he called home, Kira must do what was unthinkable but an hour ago... kill.

Season 1, Episode 4: Silent Run
Original Air Date: 26 October 2002

  
Like a delicate leaf torn from its branch by the violent winds of a storm, the fragile flower that was Heliopolis fell from the sky amidst the flames of battle and the cries of friendship ending. The colony destroyed, Kira and the Archangel crew find themselves tasked with a desperate flight to Artemis, the Eurasian fortress asteroid that they hope will give them supplies and take them in until they can make a run for the Earth Alliance Headquarters on the Moon. In order to do this, Murrue Ramius, now captain of the Archangel, must guide the ship on a silent run, to try and sneak past Rau Le Creuset and his waiting duo of ZAFT ships. On his way back to the Archangel, Kira retrieves one of the Helipolis escape pods and brings it back to the ship, despite protests. Onboard is Flay Allster, one of Kira's friends who did not escape with him. Having rescued her and two dozen others from certain death in the depths of space should make him happy, but as he is once again approached by Mu La Flagga to pilot the Strike Gundam in future battles, Kira's thoughts are on the increasingly blurred line between civilian and soldier, and how close he has already come to crossing over it. Meanwhile, on Le Creuset's ship, Athrun tells Rau that Kira, his childhood friend, is the pilot of the lone Gundam that ZAFT could not capture in the battle at Heliopolis. Although sympathetic, Le Creuset tells Athrun that friend or no, as an enemy he must be shot. Certain that Kira is fighting for the Earth Alliance against his will, Athrun persuades Rau to let him try and talk Kira into joining ZAFT, the next time they meet. But if he is to fail, and Kira cannot be convinced, Athrun promises that he will be the one to deliver the fatal shot...

Season 1, Episode 5: Phase Shift Down
Original Air Date: 2 November 2002

Season 1, Episode 6: The Vanishing Gundam
Original Air Date: 9 November 2002

Season 1, Episode 7: The Scar of Space
Original Air Date: 16 November 2002

Season 1, Episode 8: The Songstress of the Enemy Forces
Original Air Date: 23 November 2002

Season 1, Episode 9: The Fading Light
Original Air Date: 30 November 2002

Season 1, Episode 10: Crossroads
Original Air Date: 7 December 2002

Season 1, Episode 11: The Awakening Sword
Original Air Date: 14 December 2002

Season 1, Episode 12: Flay's Decision
Original Air Date: 21 December 2002

Season 1, Episode 13: Stars Falling in Space
Original Air Date: 28 December 2002

Season 1, Episode 14: Within Endless Time
Original Air Date: 4 January 2003

Season 1, Episode 15: The Respective Solitudes
Original Air Date: 11 January 2003

Season 1, Episode 16: Burning Clouds of Sand
Original Air Date: 18 January 2003

Season 1, Episode 17: Cagalli Returns
Original Air Date: 25 January 2003

Season 1, Episode 18: Payback
Original Air Date: 1 February 2003

Season 1, Episode 19: Fangs of the Enemy
Original Air Date: 8 February 2003

Season 1, Episode 20: On a Calm Day
Original Air Date: 15 February 2003

Season 1, Episode 21: Beyond the Clouds of Sand
Original Air Date: 22 February 2003

Season 1, Episode 22: The Sea Dyed Red
Original Air Date: 1 March 2003

Season 1, Episode 23: Fateful Encounter
Original Air Date: 8 March 2003

Season 1, Episode 24: War for Two
Original Air Date: 15 March 2003

Season 1, Episode 25: The Land of Peace
Original Air Date: 22 March 2003

Season 1, Episode 26: Moment
Original Air Date: 29 March 2003

Season 1, Episode 27: Endless Rondo
Original Air Date: 12 April 2003

Season 1, Episode 28: Kira
Original Air Date: 19 April 2003

Season 1, Episode 29: The Turning Point
Original Air Date: 26 April 2003

Season 1, Episode 30: Flashing Blades
Original Air Date: 3 May 2003

Season 1, Episode 31: Grieving Skies
Original Air Date: 10 May 2003

Season 1, Episode 32: In the Promised Land
Original Air Date: 17 May 2003

Season 1, Episode 33: The Gathering Darkness
Original Air Date: 24 May 2003

Season 1, Episode 34: Seen and Unseen
Original Air Date: 31 May 2003

Season 1, Episode 35: The Descending Sword
Original Air Date: 7 June 2003

Season 1, Episode 36: In the Name of Justice
Original Air Date: 14 June 2003

Season 1, Episode 37: Divine Thunder
Original Air Date: 21 June 2003

Season 1, Episode 38: Decisive Fire
Original Air Date: 28 June 2003

Season 1, Episode 39: Athrun
Original Air Date: 5 July 2003

Season 1, Episode 40: Into the Dawn Skies
Original Air Date: 12 July 2003

Season 1, Episode 41: Trembling World
Original Air Date: 19 July 2003

Season 1, Episode 42: Lacus Strikes
Original Air Date: 26 July 2003

Season 1, Episode 43: What Stands in the Way
Original Air Date: 2 August 2003

Season 1, Episode 44: Spiral of Encounters
Original Air Date: 9 August 2003

Season 1, Episode 45: The Opening Door
Original Air Date: 16 August 2003

Season 1, Episode 46: A Place for the Soul
Original Air Date: 30 August 2003

Season 1, Episode 47: The Nightmare Reborn
Original Air Date: 6 September 2003

Season 1, Episode 48: Day of Wrath
Original Air Date: 13 September 2003

Season 1, Episode 49: The Final Light
Original Air Date: 20 September 2003

Season 1, Episode 50: To an Endless Future
Original Air Date: 27 September 2003