List of Battlestar Galactica (2003) episodes

The following is a complete list of episodes for Battlestar Galactica, in original broadcast order.

Season One

1. 33

   First aired (UK): 18 October 2004

   First aired (US): 14 January 2005

   Writer: Ronald D. Moore

   Director: by Michael Rymer

   Synopsis: The Cylons attack the fleet every 33 minutes. This causes the crew to go without real sleep for over five consecutive days. The reason for the regular attacks and the near-supernatural ability of the Cylons to track the human fleet was the fact that a luxury liner, the Olympic Carrier, was compromised in some fashion. Apollo is forced to destroy the ship, which may or may not have still had humans aboard. This episode also reveals that Lt. Karl "Helo" Agathon did not die when left behind on Caprica (which occurred during the miniseries, six days earlier) but is in fact still alive and running for his life from Cylon patrols (The characters was originally intended to have died when left behind).

2. Water

   First aired (UK): 25 October 2004

   First aired (US): 14 January 2005

   Writer: Ronald D. Moore

   Director: Marita Grabiak

   Synopsis: Water is in short supply on many ships in the fleet. The supply gets much tighter when sabotage releases most of the water from Battlestar Galactica into space.

3. Bastille Day

   First aired (UK): 1 November 2004

   First aired (US): 21 January 2005

   Writer: Toni Graphia

   Director: Alan Kroeker

   Synopsis: Continuing from the events of Water, the Battlestar 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 water ice from a nearby Moon.

4. Acts of Contrition

   First aired (UK): 8 November 2004

   First aired (US): 28 January 2005

   Writer: Bradley Thompson & David Weddle

   Director: Rod Hardy

   Synopsis: 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.

5. You Can't Go Home Again

   First aired (UK): 15 November 2004

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   Writer: Carla Robinson

   Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

   Synopsis: Continuing from the events of Acts of Contrition, Adama and Lee risk the security of the Fleet as they try to located a downed Starbuck...

6. Litmus

   First aired (UK): 22 November 2004

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   Writer: Michael Angeli

   Director: Robert Young

   Synopsis: The episode begins with one of the human-looking Cylons arriving on Galactica, circumventing the ship's security and detonating a suicide bomb, which Tigh and Adama barely manage to survive. Adama instructs the Master at Arms to form an independent tribunal and begin a investigation which goes in unexpected directions.

7. Six Degrees of Separation

   First aired (UK): 29 November 2004

   First aried (US): 18 February 2005

   Writer: Toni Graphia

   Director: Brad Turner

   Synopsis: Six physically arrives on the Galactica as Shelly Godfrey and accuses Baltar of treachery.

8. Flesh and Bone

   First aired (UK): 6 December 2004

   First aired (US): 25 February 2005

   Writer: Toni Graphia

   Director: Brad Turner

   Synopsis: 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.

9. Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down (aka Secrets and Lies)

   First aired (UK): 13 December 2004

   First aired (US): 4 March 2005

   Writer: Jeff Vlaming

   Director: Edward James Olmos

   Synopsis: Colonel Tigh's world is turned upside down when his wife arrives on the Galactica – but is she all she professes?

10. The Hand of God

    First aired (UK): 3 January 2005

    First aired (US): 11 March 2005

    Writer: Bradley Thompson

    Director: Jeff Woolnough

    Synopsis: With the fleet short of Tylium fuel, the Galactica launches a daring attack on a Cylon base.

11. Colonial Day

    First aired (UK): 10 January 2005

    First aired (US): 18 March 2005

    Writer: Carla Robinson

    Director: Jonas Pate

    Synopsis: Colonial Day is due, and Roslin is using it to institute an interim Quorum of Twelve; then Tom Zarek, duly selected as the representative of Sagittaron, stands for the post of Vice President, a position Roslin is determined he will not hold.

12. Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 1

    First aired (UK): 17 January 2005

    First aired (US): 25 March 2005

    Writer: David Eick (story); Ronald D. Moore (teleplay)

    Director: Michael Rymer

    Synopsis: The Galactica discovers Kobol, and a chain of events are set in motion that threaten to change everything.

13. Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 2

    First aired (UK): 24 January 2005

    First aired (US): 1 April 2005

    Writer: David Eick (story); Ronald D. Moore (teleplay)

    Director: Michael Rymer

    Synopsis: Starbuck has gone to Caprica. Adama insists Roslin must stand down as President. When she refuses, he is forced to deal with that situation while simultaneously adapting the plan to rid themselves of the Cylon baseship over Kobol.

Season Two

1. Scattered

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   Written by: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson

   Directed by: Michael Rymer

   Synopsis: Colonel Tigh takes command of the Galactica following the attempt on Commander Adama's life; when a Cylon patrol appears, he orders the Fleet to jump away from Kobol, but once the jump if complete, the Galactica has somehow been separated from the other ships.

2. Valley of Darkness

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   Written by: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson

   Directed by: Michael Rymer

   Synopsis: Commander Adama is still unconscious and in critical condition. Cylon Centurions board the Galactica, and Apollo is released to lead the Marines in defending the ship.

3. Fragged

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   Synopsis: Tom Zarek returns to help a certain someone in need...