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.
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Best Episodes of Battlestar Galactica
The Hand of God
S1 Ep21
7.8
29th Apr 1979
Rather than continue fleeing from their enemies, the crew of the Galactica commences an all-out attack on a Cylon base.
The Living Legend (2)
S1 Ep11
7.7
3rd Dec 1978
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.
Saga of a Star World
S1 Ep1
7.6
17th Sep 1978
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 (2)
S1 Ep3
7.6
1st Oct 1978
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 Living Legend (1)
S1 Ep10
7.5
26th Nov 1978
While on patrol, Apollo and Starbuck encounter the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus, commanded by the living legend, Commander Cain.
War of the Gods (1)
S1 Ep13
7.5
14th Jan 1979
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.
Worst Episodes of Battlestar Galactica
Greetings from Earth
S1 Ep17
7.0
25th Feb 1979
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.
Experiment in Terra
S1 Ep19
7.1
18th Mar 1979
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.
Fire in Space
S1 Ep12
7.1
17th Dec 1978
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.
The Magnificent Warriors
S1 Ep8
7.1
12th Nov 1978
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 Lost Warrior
S1 Ep4
7.2
8th Oct 1978
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.
Take the Celestra
S1 Ep20
7.2
1st Apr 1979
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.
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Saga of a Star World
S1 Ep1
7.6
17th Sep 1978
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)
S1 Ep2
7.5
24th Sep 1978
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)
S1 Ep3
7.6
1st Oct 1978
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
S1 Ep4
7.2
8th Oct 1978
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
S1 Ep5
7.4
15th Oct 1978
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)
S1 Ep6
7.2
22nd Oct 1978
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)
S1 Ep7
7.3
29th Oct 1978
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
S1 Ep8
7.1
12th Nov 1978
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
S1 Ep9
7.2
19th Nov 1978
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)
S1 Ep10
7.5
26th Nov 1978
While on patrol, Apollo and Starbuck encounter the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus, commanded by the living legend, Commander Cain.
The Living Legend (2)
S1 Ep11
7.7
3rd Dec 1978
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
S1 Ep12
7.1
17th Dec 1978
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)
S1 Ep13
7.5
14th Jan 1979
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)
S1 Ep14
7.4
21st Jan 1979
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
S1 Ep15
7.3
28th Jan 1979
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
S1 Ep16
7.4
18th Feb 1979
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
S1 Ep17
7.0
25th Feb 1979
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
S1 Ep18
7.3
11th Mar 1979
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
S1 Ep19
7.1
18th Mar 1979
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
S1 Ep20
7.2
1st Apr 1979
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
S1 Ep21
7.8
29th Apr 1979
Rather than continue fleeing from their enemies, the crew of the Galactica commences an all-out attack on a Cylon base.
