Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Episode Guide - Season 1 Guide

Each Episode of Battlestar Galactica is 45-48 mintues running length. New ones show on Friday's at 10pm EST on the SciFi Newtork (USA). Dates shown are their orginal U.S. airdates and not when they will be reshown.

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Mini-Series

Episode #	Title	Airdate	Screenshot
00	Battlestar Galactica (Talk)	December 8, 9 2003
Summary After 40 years of peace with Humanity's bastard children, the Cylons, Humanity finds itself victim of a genocidal attack and the survivors are forced to flee from their Twelve Colonies in the Cyrannus system. Quote "The last time anyone saw the Cylons they looked like walking chrome toasters!" -- Dr. Gaius Baltar

Season 1: 2004-05

Episode #	Title	Airdate	Screenshot
01	33 (Talk)	January 14, 2005	File:33 countdown.jpg
Summary Continuing from the events of the Miniseries, Galactica and the Fleet must avoid their Cylon pursuers, which ambush them every 33 minutes after each successful Jump. Quote "Yes, we're tired. Yes, there is no relief. Yes, the Cylons keep coming after us time after time after time. And yes, we are still expected to do our jobs!" -- Col. Tigh
02	Water (Talk)	January 14, 2005
Summary Galactica loses over 60% of her water reserves due to sabotage, forcing the fleet into a crisis and Adama to seek a new supply. Quote "None." --
03	Bastille Day (Talk)	January 21, 2005
Summary Continuing from the events of "Water", Galactica and the Fleet face a chronic water shortage. Their only recourse: persuade 1,500 prisoners on the transport vessel Astral Queen to help them mine ice from a nearby moon. Quote "I make these demands not for me....but for you, the people. The survivors of the holocaust and the children of humanity's future. I am Tom Zarek, and this is the first day of a new era." -- Tom Zarek
04	Act of Contrition (Talk)	January 28, 2005
Summary When several Viper pilots are killed in a freak accident, Adama turns to Starbuck for help - but her involvement in the aftermath of the accident and in training new pilots causes the truth surrounding Zak Adama's death to finally surface. Quote "Ummm...Zak...failed...basic flight. He wasn't a bad pilot, he just had no feel for flying...and, um, when it came to his final check ride he...busted...three of the test manoeuvres, and I should have flunked him, but I didn't. The bottom line is your...son...didn't have the chops to fly a Viper...and it killed him." -- Lt. Kara Thrace
05	You Can't Go Home Again (Talk)	February 4, 2005
Summary Continuing from the events of "Act of Contrition", Commander Adama and Captain Lee Adama risk the security of the Fleet as they try to locate a downed Starbuck... Quote "Are you... alive?" -- Lt. Kara Thrace {{subst:Epgudie_header}}
06	Litmus (Talk)	February 11, 2005
Summary When Aaron Doral turns up on Galactica and detonates a device made from the ship's own munitions, Adama orders a full investigation - and Galen Tyrol's relationship with Boomer becomes the focus of the investigation. Quote "What I can’t do is I can’t let someone who wears this uniform get up on the witness stand and lie under oath. And that’s what your man did. He either lied the first time or he lied the second time. And it doesn’t matter. He’s guilty, and he’ll pay the price. You? You’ll pay a different price. You’ll have to walk out on that hanger every day knowing that one of your men is in the brig because you couldn’t keep your fly zipped. You are the most experienced non-commissioned officer we have left. You keep my planes flying. I need my planes to fly." -- Commander William Adama
07	Six Degrees of Separation (Talk)	February 18, 2005
Summary A copy of the Cylon agent Number Six, in the form of a woman who calls herself "Shelly Godfrey," physically arrives on Galactica and accuses Gaius Baltar of treachery. Quote "And I don’t like being accused of participating in the genocide of the human race based solely on the word of a woman whom I have already indicated to you may well be a Cylon agent...I did not conspire with the Cylons. I’m an innocent man who is being convicted in the court of public opinion without trial." -- Dr. Gaius Baltar
08	Flesh and Bone (Talk)	February 25, 2005
Summary When a copy of Leoben Conoy is captured aboard a civilian ship, President Roslin orders he is to be interrogated, and Lieutenant Thrace is assigned the job. She finds herself facing the possibility that Conoy may have planted a bomb somewhere in the fleet. Quote "Each of us plays a role; each time a different role. Maybe the last time I was the interrogator and you were the prisoner. The players change, the story remains the same. And this time – this time – your role is to deliver my soul unto God. Do it for me. It’s your destiny. And mine. (PAUSE) And I told you I had a surprise for you. Are you ready? You are going to find Kobol, birthplace of us all. Kobol will lead you to Earth. This is my gift to you, Kara." -- Leoben Conoy

Season 2: 2005-06

Episode #	Title	Airdate	Screenshot
01	Scattered (Talk)	July 15, 2005
Summary Chaos is rampant as paramedics try to save Commander Adama's life after he is shot, and the Galactica is separated from the fleet. Quote "Bitch took my ride..." -- Lt. Kara Thrace
02	Valley of Darkness (Talk)	July 22, 2005
Summary After rediscovering The Fleet, Cylon Centurions board Galactica and wreak havoc, and Lee Adama and a rag-tag group of pilots and marines attempt to thwart the Cylon's methodical plans. Quote "Your girlfriend’s from a lovely family, good people." -- Lt. Kara Thrace
03	Fragged (Talk)	July 29, 2005
Summary Colonel Tigh must deal with the Quorum of Twelve and the press over Roslin's removal from the presidency, while Cylon Centurions are preparing to hinder any rescue attempt on Kobol by setting up an anti-aircraft battery. Quote "Get these people off my ship." -- Col. Saul Tigh
04	Resistance (Talk)	August 5, 2005
Summary Riots break out in The Fleet over Tigh's declaration of martial law, and a group of Galactica crewmembers led by Lee Adama smuggle Laura Roslin out of the brig and into Tom Zarek's hands. Meanwhile, Kara Thrace and Karl Agathon fall in with a group of humans who have survived on Caprica and started a resistance movement. Quote "Well, Mr. Zarek, it would seem that the enemy of my enemy is my friend." -- President Laura Roslin
05	The Farm (Talk)	August 12, 2005
Summary Kara Thrace is shot and wakes up in a remote hospital facility on Caprica, and learns that her friendly doctor has his own plans for her future. Quote "There are many copies. You'll see her again." -- Commander William Adama
06	Home, Part I (Talk)	August 19, 2005
Summary The refugee fleet splits into two factions: one led by Roslin and Zarek, the other by William Adama. However, Apollo is less than enthusiastic to be working with Zarek. Quote "You've missed a few catastrophes while you were away." -- Cpt. Lee Adama
07	Home, Part II (Talk)	August 26, 2005	File:Tomblobby.jpg
Summary Adama leads a mission to Kobol to find President Roslin and her team of tomb-hunters, reconcile with his son, and reunite the divided fleet. Quote Cmdr. Adama: I thought we were in the Tomb. Starbuck: I think that was just the lobby.

Galactica 1980 definition: a unit of temperature; 2000 degrees chronic would be the skin temperature of the A-B Raider at maximum upon entering Earth's atmosphere ^{(1980: "The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I")}

Re-imagined Series definition: initial skills training; can refer to basic military indoctrination, and arms and ground training ^{(TRS: "Fragged")}; and basic flight training ^{(TRS: "Miniseries")}

Galactica 1980 definition: Dillon looks up this term after Gloria Alonzo asks if he has one ^{(1980: "Space Croppers")}

Re-imagined Series definition: in military parlance, directive to continue the attack; otherwise used to refer to journalists ^{(TRS: "Maelstrom")}