* Changes in the two-part version include: * The show begins with an extended version of the scene in which Ming and Rankol open a rift. * Running late for the race, Flash changes his clothes in the backseat of the car as Nick drives. * The race is longer and features flashbacks of a younger Flash. * Joely appears in the scene in which Dale turns her ring around. * Dale and Joely have a conversation before Flash arrives at the cemetery. * There's an additional shot of Flash leaving the graveyard. * A scene with Dale and Joely in the newsroom is sandwiched between Flash and Norah's breakfast. * After Flash sees Dale's ring, there's an additional scene of a cowboy being attacked by Ming's minion outside of a convenience store. * As Flash is being tortured by Rankol, Joe stops in the newsroom to check up on Dale.
* Dale has an additional scene as Ming's slaves "prepare" her. * After Flash is tortured, Zarkov searches the Internet for the Imex. * After arriving on Earth, Aura reprimands a group of workmen who are ogling her. * There's an additional scene with Flash arriving at home and conversing with Nick. * Aura further snoops through Dale's apartment. * Long intro to Dale's phone call with Joe. * Extended version of Flash discovering the Imex. * Additional scene with Aura encountering Nick. * Extended ending of the scene with Aura being reprimanded by Ming.
This 65 minute version of the pilot which was aired on The Sci-Fi Channel and released as a Best Buy exclusive DVD drastically differs from the 2-part, 87 minute version that was released on DVD in Canada. The episode opens with Flash Gordon running a marathon and winning. His mother and his best friend Nick congratulate him. Meanwhile, on Mongo, Ming and Rankol open a rift to Earth and send in a probe. A rift is shown opening on Earth and the probe exits from it and flies away.
Baylin is Ming's best bounty hunter, but she is stranded on Earth; Tyrus is sent by Ming to fetch her.
Flash and Baylin travel to Mongo to acquire an antidote after Nick is bitten by an alien parasite.
Flash is shocked after witnessing a familiar face, his father, exit a rift.
Flash, Dale and Baylin travel to Mongo and learn about the Dactyl ascension ceremony. Meanwhile, Rankol is pressured into opening a rift.
Ming sends a hunter to Earth on a mission. Meanwhile, Flash, Baylin and Zarkov find a dead soldier.
Flash, Baylin and Zarkov visit the Verden on Mongo, where Flash learns more about his father from their leader, Barin; Ming has plans for Barin and Aura.
Zarkov becomes stranded on Mongo and is arrested in Nascent City. While imprisoned he meets Kreb, somebody who has information about Flash's father.
Flash falls for Ming's daughter, Aura, after she drugs him with a love potion as part of a scheme to derail her upcoming nuptials with Barin.
Zarkov is abducted by Rankol's bodyguard, Genessa, in a bid to enlist the scientist's help in controlling the rifts.
Joe learns Flash and Dale's secret after he and Flash fall through a rift while fighting. Elsewhere, Baylin and Dale help bring a child into the world.
Flash and Zarkov become deeply involved in a complicated clash between two clans of Mongo. Meanwhile, Joe begins to talk about his "adventures," jeopardising his career.
Flash and Dale accompany Baylin back to Mongo for Honor Day, a day of remembrance for the lives lost during an environmental catastrophe known as "The Sorrow."
Flash must help Baylin rescue the Verden who have been sold into slavery.
Joe steals a rift blaster which he uses to visit Mongo. Joe intends to secure photographic evidence of the planet's existence.
Flash and Aura are kidnapped by a Deviate after he returns to Mongo with Baylin and Zarkov in search of the rift blaster that Joe lost before Rankol does.
Flash and the gang visit Mongo after Rankol steals a body of water from Earth.
Flash and Aura search for an antidote for a canton whose water supply is contaminated.
Flash heads to Frigia, a cold area of Mongo, to free the region's queen.
Ming orders Rankol's execution after he learns that Rankol is a Celetroph. Terek builds a force to rebel against Ming, while Flash is shocked by a discovery he makes in the mainframe room of the Citadel. Dale and Norah, who are being chased by "men in black," escape to Mongo.
The attack against Ming has begun, though Azura offers Ming assistance in repelling Terek's forces. Dr. Gordon is freed from a mind prison, leading to a brief reunion between father and son.
