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Battlestar Galactica

"The Last Battlestar Galactica Leads a Rag Tag Fugitive Fleet on a Lonely Quest for a Shining Planet Known as...Earth."

7.1(265 votes)
1 Season
21 Episodes
September 17, 1978
Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Overview

When the 12 Colonies of Man are wiped out by a cybernetic race called the Cylons, Commander Adama and the crew of the battlestar Galactica lead a ragtag fleet of human survivors in search of a "mythical planet" called Earth.

Status

Ended

Created By

Glen A. Larson

Network

ABC

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Season 1

September 17, 1978
Episodes

Episodes

Saga of a Star World
Episode 1
Saga of a Star World
September 17, 1978134m7.5

The Cylon Empire tricks the Twelve Colonies into believing they are striving for peace. Then they ambush the unprepared colonies and destroy the military's Battlestar fleet. One surviving Battlestar, the Galactica, under the command of Commander Adama, gathers the remaining humans and leads them in the search for the legendary 13th colony called Earth.

Lost Planet of the Gods (1)
Episode 2
Lost Planet of the Gods (1)
September 24, 197847m7.3

Apollo and Starbuck discover a void in space. Commander Adama is convinced that this void will lead them to the planet Kobol, and orders they go through.

Lost Planet of the Gods (2)
Episode 3
Lost Planet of the Gods (2)
October 1, 197847m7.1

While Commander Adama leads the rag-tag fleet of ships to the planet Kobol, where he hopes to find clues of Earth's location, the Viper pilots contract a disease, making it necessary for the women to take on fighter patrol duties. But the traitor Baltar leads the Cylons in an attack on the Galactica.

The Lost Warrior
Episode 4
The Lost Warrior
October 8, 197847m6.4

Apollo is marooned on a Western Frontier-like planet, where he meets a woman and her son ... and a damaged Cylon, known as Red Eye, who has become a notorious gunslinger.

The Long Patrol
Episode 5
The Long Patrol
October 15, 197847m7.1

Starbuck is assigned to test a new ultra-fast, but unarmed, Viper with a talking computer named CORA; but when he meets a bootlegger, who steals the Viper, Starbuck finds himself arrested by the Galactic Police of a prison planet.

The Gun on Ice Planet Zero (1)
Episode 6
The Gun on Ice Planet Zero (1)
October 22, 197847m7.1

Baltar attempts to lure Galactica into range of a gigantic pulsar cannon. Adama becomes aware of the trap and sends in a team of commandos to destroy it.

The Gun on Ice Planet Zero (2)
Episode 7
The Gun on Ice Planet Zero (2)
October 29, 197847m6.7

Apollo and Starbuck lead a group of convicts on a possible suicide mission to destroy the cannon, which is located on an icy planet.

The Magnificent Warriors
Episode 8
The Magnificent Warriors
November 12, 197847m6.5

When a Cylon attack destroys most of the fleet's food supply, the Galactica must trade equipment for grain on a rural planet plagued by the Borays, a group of pig-like marauders.

The Young Lords
Episode 9
The Young Lords
November 19, 197847m6.4

Starbuck crashes on the planet Trillion, where the Cylons have destroyed all the humans except for a band of children, who have become warriors to save their enslaved father.

The Living Legend (1)
Episode 10
The Living Legend (1)
November 26, 197847m7.7

While on patrol, Apollo and Starbuck encounter the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus, commanded by the living legend, Commander Cain.

The Living Legend (2)
Episode 11
The Living Legend (2)
December 3, 197847m7.4

The brash Commander Cain insists that the Galactica join in on a frontal attack on the Cylons -- an attack that Adama believes would be a suicide mission.

Fire in Space
Episode 12
Fire in Space
December 17, 197847m6.1

A Cylon kamikaze attack leaves the Galactica burning in space, with no way to extinguish the blaze that has trapped Boomer, Athena, and Boxey except a dangerous spacewalk by Apollo and Starbuck.

War of the Gods (1)
Episode 13
War of the Gods (1)
January 14, 197947m7.4

While the fleet is plagued by glowing lights that constantly fly past them too fast to be followed, Apollo, Starbuck, and Sheba find the remains of a shipwreck, with a mysterious and seemingly all-powerful being named Count Iblis, who helps them capture Baltar.

War of the Gods (2)
Episode 14
War of the Gods (2)
January 21, 197947m7.2

While the fleet is plagued by glowing lights that constantly fly past them too fast to be followed, Apollo, Starbuck, and Sheba find the remains of a shipwreck, with a mysterious and seemingly all-powerful being named Count Iblis, who helps them capture Baltar.

The Man with Nine Lives
Episode 15
The Man with Nine Lives
January 28, 197947m6.7

An old con man known as Chameleon meets Starbuck and convinces him that he may be Starbuck's father, to gain Starbuck's help in evading a trio of bloodthirsty Borellians who are after him in revenge for another con.

Murder on the Rising Star
Episode 16
Murder on the Rising Star
February 18, 197947m7.0

When Starbuck's rival in the popular sporting event is found murders, all the evidence points to Starbuck; and Apollo is about the only person who believes in Starbuck's innocence.

Greetings from Earth
Episode 17
Greetings from Earth
February 25, 197994m5.8

When Apollo and Starbuck find a primitive sleeper ship carrying a man, a woman, and four children, speculation spreads in the fleet that the people are from Earth.

Baltar's Escape
Episode 18
Baltar's Escape
March 11, 197947m7.2

When Baltar plans his escape with the help of the three Borellians and the Eastern Alliance Enforcers, members of the Council of Twelve are taken hostage, and Adama must give in to the escapees' demands.

Experiment in Terra
Episode 19
Experiment in Terra
March 18, 197947m6.1

Apollo and Starbuck follow the escaped Eastern Alliance ship back to Terra, where they help the Terrans overcome a nuclear holocaust, with the help of the race of white lights that had earlier helped them defeat Count Iblis.

Take the Celestra
Episode 20
Take the Celestra
April 1, 197947m6.0

Starbuck runs in to his long-lost love, Aurora, who is involved with a group trying to free the passenger ship Celestra from its supposedly dictatorial captain.

The Hand of God
Episode 21
The Hand of God
April 29, 197947m7.2

Rather than continue fleeing from their enemies, the crew of the Galactica commences an all-out attack on a Cylon base.

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Top Cast

Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene

Commander Adama

Dirk Benedict

Dirk Benedict

Lt. Starbuck

Richard Hatch

Richard Hatch

Capt. Apollo

Maren Jensen

Maren Jensen

Lt. Athena

Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Lt. Boomer

Terry Carter

Terry Carter

Colonel Tigh

Noah Hathaway

Noah Hathaway

Boxey

Tony Swartz

Tony Swartz

Flight Sargeant Jolly

John Colicos

John Colicos

Count Baltar

Laurette Spang

Laurette Spang

Cassiopeia

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