Battlestar Galactica category
Episodes
15 entries tagged Episodes, 15 of them long reads. The rest of the wiki points here most often at Battlestar Galactica Episodes in Order: Every Episode of the 2004 Series and "33": Battlestar Galactica season 1 episode 1 explained.
- "33": Battlestar Galactica season 1 episode 1 explainedThe fleet has been running for five days, jumping every 33 minutes with the Cylons right behind it. Here's what happens in "33", what it tells us about the Cylon plan, and which threads pay off later in the series.
- Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, the young Adama prequel explainedBlood & Chrome is the prequel about a rookie William Adama in the first Cylon War, released as a ten-part web series in 2012 and shown as a TV film in 2013. Here's what happens, who made it and where it fits.
- "Crossroads": the Battlestar Galactica season 3 finale and Final Five reveal explained"Crossroads" is the two-part season 3 finale: Gaius Baltar goes on trial for his time as president, four people hear a song nobody else can, and Starbuck comes back from the dead. Here's what happens and what it reveals.
- "Daybreak": the Battlestar Galactica finale and ending explained"Daybreak" is the two-part finale of Battlestar Galactica: one last rescue mission, a jump to a new world, and a final scene set in our own time. Here's what happens in Parts I and II, and what the ending means.
- "Downloaded": Battlestar Galactica season 2 episode 18 explained"Downloaded" is the episode told from the Cylon side, following Caprica Six and Boomer after they wake up in new bodies on occupied Caprica. Here's what happens, why Hera's "death" matters and how it sets up the season finale.
- Battlestar Galactica Episodes in Order: Every Episode of the 2004 SeriesEvery episode of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica in broadcast order, from the 2003 miniseries to "Daybreak", with first air dates and a one-line, spoiler-light summary for each. Plus where Razor, The Plan, Caprica and Blood & Chrome fit.
- "Exodus": Battlestar Galactica season 3 episodes 3 and 4 explained"Exodus" is the two-part escape from New Caprica: the resistance gets the launch keys, Galactica drops through the atmosphere and Pegasus is lost. Here's what happens in Parts I and II, and what the episodes reveal.
- Eye of Jupiter: the BSG artifact, the Temple of Five and the supernovaThe Eye of Jupiter was the marker on the road to Earth that both humans and Cylons went looking for in season 3 of Battlestar Galactica. Everyone expected an object hidden in the Temple of Five. It turned out to be the dying star overhead.
- "Lay Down Your Burdens": the Battlestar Galactica season 2 finale explained"Lay Down Your Burdens" is the two-part season 2 finale: a rescue mission to Caprica, a rigged election, a nuke on Cloud 9 and a jump of a whole year to the settlement on New Caprica. Here's what happens in Parts I and II and how it sets up season 3.
- "Maelstrom": Battlestar Galactica season 3 episode 17 and Starbuck's death explained"Maelstrom" is the episode where Kara Thrace chases a Raider nobody else can see into a gas giant's storm and her Viper explodes. Here's what happens, what it reveals about Kara and how her death plays out across the series.
- Battlestar Galactica (2003) Miniseries Explained: Plot Summary and EndingThe 2003 miniseries is where the reimagined Battlestar Galactica starts: the Cylons come back after 40 years, the Colonies burn, and one old battlestar leads about 50,000 survivors into the dark. Here's what happens across both nights, what the ending means and where it fits in the watch order.
- "Pegasus": Battlestar Galactica season 2 episode 10 explainedA second battlestar turns up alive, and its admiral outranks Adama. Here's what happens in "Pegasus", what it shows about Helena Cain and her crew, and how the standoff it ends on plays out.
- Battlestar Galactica: Razor, the Pegasus TV film explainedRazor is the 2007 TV film that tells Pegasus's story, from Admiral Cain's first days after the Fall to a last mission under Lee Adama. Here's what happens, what it adds to the series and where to watch it.
- "The Hub": Battlestar Galactica season 4 episode 9 explainedIn "The Hub", humans and rebel Cylons destroy the Resurrection Hub and end Cylon immortality, while Roslin, stuck on a basestar with Baltar, finally hears his confession. Here's what happens, what Roslin's visions of Elosha mean and where it leads.
- Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, the Cylon side of the storyThe Plan is the 2009 TV film that replays the attack and the first two seasons through the eyes of two copies of Cavil. Here's what happens, what it adds, and whether you should watch it.