List of Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series) episodes

For the original 1978–80 television series and Galactica 1980, see List of Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series) and Galactica 1980 episodes.

Battlestar Galactica is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore as a re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series created by Glen A. Larson. The series first aired as a three-hour miniseries (comprising four broadcast hours) in December 2003 on the Sci-Fi Channel. The television series debuted in the United Kingdom on Sky1 on October 18, 2004, and premiered in the United States on the Sci-Fi Channel on January 14, 2005.

The story arc of Battlestar Galactica is set in a distant star system, where a civilization of humans live on a series of planets known as the Twelve Colonies of Kobol. In the past, the Colonies had been at war with a cybernetic race of their own creation, known as the Cylons. With the self-serving and venal help of a human named Gaius Baltar, the Cylons, some now in human form, launch a sudden sneak attack on the Colonies, laying waste to the planets and devastating their populations. Out of a population numbering in the billions, only approximately 50,000 humans survive, most of whom were aboard civilian spaceships that avoided destruction. Of all the Colonial Fleet, the eponymous battlestar Galactica appears to be the only military capital ship that survived the attack. Under the leadership of Colonial Fleet officer Commander William "Bill" Adama and President Laura Roslin, the Galactica and its crew take up the task of leading the small fugitive fleet of survivors into space in search of a fabled refuge known as Earth.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired	Network
Miniseries	2		December 8, 2003 (2003-12-08)	December 9, 2003 (2003-12-09)	Sci-Fi Channel
1	13		October 18, 2004 (2004-10-18)	January 24, 2005 (2005-01-24)	Sci-Fi Channel / Sky1
2	20		July 15, 2005 (2005-07-15)	September 23, 2005 (2005-09-23)	Sci-Fi Channel
			January 6, 2006 (2006-01-06)	March 10, 2006 (2006-03-10)
3	20		October 6, 2006 (2006-10-06)	March 25, 2007 (2007-03-25)
Razor			November 24, 2007 (2007-11-24)
4	21		April 4, 2008 (2008-04-04)	June 13, 2008 (2008-06-13)
			January 16, 2009 (2009-01-16)	March 20, 2009 (2009-03-20)
The Plan			October 27, 2009 (2009-10-27)

Episodes

Miniseries (2003)

Main article: Battlestar Galactica (miniseries)

Title	Survivor count	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
"Part 1"	Unspecified	Michael Rymer	Ronald D. Moore and Christopher Eric James	December 8, 2003 (2003-12-08)
Secretary of Education Laura Roslin visits the Battlestar Galactica for its decommissioning ceremony. The Cylons launch a surprise nuclear-attack on the Twelve Colonies of Kobol, ending a 40-year armistice between the Cylons and humans; most of the human population is wiped out, and the majority of the human fleet is destroyed due to malware implanted by the Cylons. Galactica survives, and its commander, William Adama, assumes command of the human fleet. Roslin aboard Colonial One survives as well, and is sworn in as the President of the Twelve Colonies after most of the government have been killed. Roslin orders to start rescuing civilian ships, while Adama, on the contrary, orders all ships to regroup at Ragnar Station for counterattack-preparations. A shuttle from Galactica, crewed by Sharon "Boomer" Valerii and Karl "Helo" Agathon, lands briefly on the human capital-world of Caprica after escaping the fight with the Cylons; Helo switches places with Gaius Baltar, a renowned human scientist who unknowingly helped the Cylons gain access into the human military-computers; Boomer, Baltar and a few more survivors leave Caprica, while Helo is left behind. As the Cylons attack Colonial One, the ship appears to be destroyed by a nuclear explosion.
"Part 2"	50,298	Michael Rymer	Ronald D. Moore and Christopher Eric James	December 9, 2003 (2003-12-09)
Adama orders Galactica to jump to Ragnar Station using faster-than-light (FTL) technology; aboard, they find a man named Leoben, who is revealed to be a humanoid Cylon model, and is killed by Adama. Colonial One is revealed to be intact; Adama's son Lee had used EMP generators on board to simulate the ship's destruction and engineer its escape from the Cylons. Boomer and Baltar reach Colonial One. The Cylons discover Roslin's grown fleet of civilian ships; she orders all FTL-equipped ships to jump to Ragnar, abandoning the rest. Roslin's fleet joins Galactica. Baltar is haunted by a virtual image of the female humanoid Cylon model, "Number Six." He fabricates evidence against another civilian, Aaron Doral, thinking he is another Cylon model; Doral is arrested. Roslin convinces Adama to stop counterattack preparations, and instead focus on humanity's survival. Galactica and the civilian fleet leave the star system after the battle with the Cylons, leaving Doral on Ragnar. Adama promises the crew to take them to the scriptural planet known as "Earth." Doral is confirmed to be a Cylon, as multiple copies of him, Six, and Leoben meet on Ragnar; another Cylon model is revealed to look exactly like Boomer.

Season 1 (2004–05)

Main article: Battlestar Galactica season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Survivor count	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"33"	49,998	Michael Rymer	Ronald D. Moore	October 18, 2004 (2004-10-18) (Sky1) January 14, 2005 (2005-01-14) (Sci Fi)
2	2	"Water"	47,973	Marita Grabiak	Ronald D. Moore	October 25, 2004 (2004-10-25) (Sky1) January 14, 2005 (2005-01-14) (Sci Fi)
3	3	"Bastille Day"	47,958	Allan Kroeker	Toni Graphia	November 1, 2004 (2004-11-01) (Sky1) January 21, 2005 (2005-01-21) (Sci Fi)
4	4	"Act of Contrition"	47,958	Rod Hardy	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	November 8, 2004 (2004-11-08) (Sky1) January 28, 2005 (2005-01-28) (Sci Fi)
5	5	"You Can't Go Home Again"	47,945	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Carla Robinson	November 15, 2004 (2004-11-15) (Sky1) February 4, 2005 (2005-02-04) (Sci Fi)
6	6	"Litmus"	47,945	Rod Hardy	Jeff Vlaming	November 22, 2004 (2004-11-22) (Sky1) February 11, 2005 (2005-02-11) (Sci Fi)
7	7	"Six Degrees of Separation"	47,942	Robert Young	Michael Angeli	November 29, 2004 (2004-11-29) (Sky1) February 18, 2005 (2005-02-18) (Sci Fi)
8	8	"Flesh and Bone"	47,938	Brad Turner	Toni Graphia	December 6, 2004 (2004-12-06) (Sky1) February 25, 2005 (2005-02-25) (Sci Fi)
9	9	"Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down"	47,905	Edward James Olmos	Jeff Vlaming	December 13, 2004 (2004-12-13) (Sky1) March 4, 2005 (2005-03-04) (Sci Fi)
10	10	"The Hand of God"	47,905	Jeff Woolnough	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	January 3, 2005 (2005-01-03) (Sky1) March 11, 2005 (2005-03-11) (Sci Fi)
11	11	"Colonial Day"	47,898	Jonas Pate	Carla Robinson	January 10, 2005 (2005-01-10) (Sky1) March 18, 2005 (2005-03-18) (Sci Fi)
12	12	"Kobol's Last Gleaming (Part 1)"	47,897	Michael Rymer	Story by : David Eick Teleplay by : Ronald D. Moore	January 17, 2005 (2005-01-17) (Sky1) March 25, 2005 (2005-03-25) (Sci Fi)
13	13	"Kobol's Last Gleaming (Part 2)"	47,887	Michael Rymer	Story by : David Eick Teleplay by : Ronald D. Moore	January 24, 2005 (2005-01-24) (Sky1) April 1, 2005 (2005-04-01) (Sci Fi)

Season 2 (2005–06)

Main article: Battlestar Galactica season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Survivor count	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
Season 2.0
14	1	"Scattered"	47,875	Michael Rymer	David Weddle & Bradley Thompson	July 15, 2005 (2005-07-15)
15	2	"Valley of Darkness"	47,874	Michael Rymer	David Weddle & Bradley Thompson	July 22, 2005 (2005-07-22)
16	3	"Fragged"	47,862	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin	July 29, 2005 (2005-07-29)
17	4	"Resistance"	47,861	Allan Kroeker	Toni Graphia	August 5, 2005 (2005-08-05)
18	5	"The Farm"	47,857	Rod Hardy	Carla Robinson	August 12, 2005 (2005-08-12)
19	6	"Home (Part 1)"	47,858	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	David Eick	August 19, 2005 (2005-08-19)
20	7	"Home (Part 2)"	47,855	Jeff Woolnough	David Eick & Ronald D. Moore	August 26, 2005 (2005-08-26)
21	8	"Final Cut"	47,853	Robert Young	Mark Verheiden	September 9, 2005 (2005-09-09)
22	9	"Flight of the Phoenix"	47,853	Michael Nankin	David Weddle & Bradley Thompson	September 16, 2005 (2005-09-16)
23	10	"Pegasus"	49,605	Michael Rymer	Anne Cofell Saunders	September 23, 2005 (2005-09-23)
Season 2.5
24	11	"Resurrection Ship (Part 1)"	49,604	Michael Rymer	Story by : Anne Cofell Saunders Teleplay by : Michael Rymer	January 6, 2006 (2006-01-06)
25	12	"Resurrection Ship (Part 2)"	49,604	Michael Rymer	Michael Rymer & Ronald D. Moore	January 13, 2006 (2006-01-13)
26	13	"Epiphanies"	49,598	Rod Hardy	Joel Anderson Thompson	January 20, 2006 (2006-01-20)
27	14	"Black Market"	49,597	James Head	Mark Verheiden	January 27, 2006 (2006-01-27)
28	15	"Scar"	49,593	Michael Nankin	David Weddle & Bradley Thompson	February 3, 2006 (2006-02-03)
29	16	"Sacrifice"	49,590	Rey Villalobos	Anne Cofell Saunders	February 10, 2006 (2006-02-10)
30	17	"The Captain's Hand"	49,584	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Jeff Vlaming	February 17, 2006 (2006-02-17)
31	18	"Downloaded"	49,579	Jeff Woolnough	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	February 24, 2006 (2006-02-24)
32	19	"Lay Down Your Burdens (Part 1)"	49,579	Michael Rymer	Ronald D. Moore	March 3, 2006 (2006-03-03)
33	20	"Lay Down Your Burdens (Part 2)"	49,550	Michael Rymer	Anne Cofell Saunders & Mark Verheiden	March 10, 2006 (2006-03-10)

Season 3 (2006–07)

Main article: Battlestar Galactica season 3

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Survivor count	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
34	1	"Occupation"	Unspecified	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Ronald D. Moore	October 6, 2006 (2006-10-06)
35	2	"Precipice"	Unspecified	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Ronald D. Moore	October 6, 2006 (2006-10-06)
36	3	"Exodus (Part 1)"	Unspecified	Félix Enríquez Alcalá	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	October 13, 2006 (2006-10-13)
37	4	"Exodus (Part 2)"	Unspecified	Félix Enríquez Alcalá	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	October 20, 2006 (2006-10-20)
38	5	"Collaborators"	41,435	Michael Rymer	Mark Verheiden	October 27, 2006 (2006-10-27)
39	6	"Torn"	41,422	Jean de Segonzac	Anne Cofell Saunders	November 3, 2006 (2006-11-03)
40	7	"A Measure of Salvation"	41,420	Bill Eagles	Michael Angeli	November 10, 2006 (2006-11-10)
41	8	"Hero"	41,421	Michael Rymer	David Eick	November 17, 2006 (2006-11-17)
42	9	"Unfinished Business"	41,422	Robert Young	Michael Taylor	December 1, 2006 (2006-12-01)
43	10	"The Passage"	41,420	Michael Nankin	Jane Espenson	December 8, 2006 (2006-12-08)
44	11	"The Eye of Jupiter"	41,402	Michael Rymer	Mark Verheiden	December 15, 2006 (2006-12-15)
45	12	"Rapture"	41,401	Michael Rymer	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	January 21, 2007 (2007-01-21)
46	13	"Taking a Break from All Your Worries"	41,403	Edward James Olmos	Michael Taylor	January 28, 2007 (2007-01-28)
47	14	"The Woman King"	41,401	Michael Rymer	Michael Angeli	February 11, 2007 (2007-02-11)
48	15	"A Day in the Life"	41,398	Rod Hardy	Mark Verheiden	February 18, 2007 (2007-02-18)
49	16	"Dirty Hands"	41,400	Wayne Rose	Jane Espenson & Anne Cofell Saunders	February 25, 2007 (2007-02-25)
50	17	"Maelstrom"	41,400	Michael Nankin	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	March 4, 2007 (2007-03-04)
51	18	"The Son Also Rises"	41,399	Robert Young	Michael Angeli	March 11, 2007 (2007-03-11)
52	19	"Crossroads (Part 1)"	Unspecified	Michael Rymer	Michael Taylor	March 18, 2007 (2007-03-18)
53	20	"Crossroads (Part 2)"	Unspecified	Michael Rymer	Mark Verheiden	March 25, 2007 (2007-03-25)

Razor (2007)

No.	Title	Survivor count	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
54	Razor	49,579	Félix Enríquez Alcalá	Michael Taylor	November 24, 2007 (2007-11-24)	1.72
55
A series of flashbacks reveals the chronicles of the Battlestar Pegasus and its crew from the initial Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies, up to its meeting with Galactica, while Apollo's new XO deals with the harsh reality of Admiral Cain's legacy. Chronologically, this fits into Season 2 between the episodes "The Captain's Hand" and "Downloaded."

Season 4 (2008–09)

Main article: Battlestar Galactica season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Survivor count	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
Season 4.0
56	1	"He That Believeth in Me"	39,698	Michael Rymer	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	April 4, 2008 (2008-04-04)	2.14
57	2	"Six of One"	39,676	Anthony Hemingway	Michael Angeli	April 11, 2008 (2008-04-11)	1.80
58	3	"The Ties That Bind"	39,676	Michael Nankin	Michael Taylor	April 18, 2008 (2008-04-18)	1.74
59	4	"Escape Velocity"	39,675	Edward James Olmos	Jane Espenson	April 25, 2008 (2008-04-25)	N/A
60	5	"The Road Less Traveled"	39,676	Michael Rymer	Mark Verheiden	May 2, 2008 (2008-05-02)	N/A
61	6	"Faith"	39,675	Michael Nankin	Seamus Kevin Fahey	May 9, 2008 (2008-05-09)	N/A
62	7	"Guess What's Coming to Dinner?"	39,673	Wayne Rose	Michael Angeli	May 16, 2008 (2008-05-16)	N/A
63	8	"Sine Qua Non"	39,674	Rod Hardy	Michael Taylor	May 27, 2008 (2008-05-27)	N/A
64	9	"The Hub"	39,673	Paul Edwards	Jane Espenson	June 6, 2008 (2008-06-06)	N/A
65	10	"Revelations"	39,665	Michael Rymer	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	June 13, 2008 (2008-06-13)	1.80
Season 4.5
66	11	"Sometimes a Great Notion"	39,651	Michael Nankin	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	January 16, 2009 (2009-01-16)	2.11
67	12	"A Disquiet Follows My Soul"	39,644	Ronald D. Moore	Ronald D. Moore	January 23, 2009 (2009-01-23)	1.72
68	13	"The Oath"	39,643	John Dahl	Mark Verheiden	January 30, 2009 (2009-01-30)	1.56
69	14	"Blood on the Scales"	39,603	Wayne Rose	Michael Angeli	February 6, 2009 (2009-02-06)	1.77
70	15	"No Exit"	39,556	Gwyneth Horder-Payton	Ryan Mottesheard	February 13, 2009 (2009-02-13)	1.74
71	16	"Deadlock"	39,556	Robert Young	Jane Espenson	February 20, 2009 (2009-02-20)	1.53
72	17	"Someone to Watch Over Me"	39,556	Michael Nankin	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	February 27, 2009 (2009-02-27)	1.66
73	18	"Islanded in a Stream of Stars"	39,521	Edward James Olmos	Michael Taylor	March 6, 2009 (2009-03-06)	1.57
74	19	"Daybreak (Part 1)"	39,516	Michael Rymer	Ronald D. Moore	March 13, 2009 (2009-03-13)	1.66
75	20	"Daybreak (Part 2)"	39,406	Michael Rymer	Ronald D. Moore	March 20, 2009 (2009-03-20)	2.36
76	21	"Daybreak (Part 3)"

The Plan (2009)

Title	Survivor count	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
The Plan	Unspecified	Edward James Olmos	Jane Espenson	October 27, 2009 (2009-10-27) (Blu-ray/DVD) January 10, 2010 (2010-01-10) (TV)
As two John Cavil Cylons wait to be blown out of a Galactica airlock, they discuss their opposing opinions on the plan to annihilate humankind. They reflect on their own experiences with the humans since the attack on the Twelve Colonies, their roles in the orchestration of the Cylon agents onboard the Galactica, and efforts to sabotage the resistance effort on Caprica come to light. The film provides an alternate perspective on many events already known to the viewer.

Webisodes (2006–09)

Title	Survivor count	Directed by	Written by	No. of Installments	Original release
The Resistance	Unspecified	Wayne Rose	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	10	September 5, 2006 (2006-09-05) – October 5, 2006 (2006-10-05)
The Cylons' occupation of New Caprica results in the formation of a human resistance movement determined to undermine the Cylons' attempt to assimilate the remainder of humanity.
Razor Flashbacks	Unspecified	Wayne Rose & Félix Enríquez Alcalá	Michael Taylor	7	October 5, 2007 (2007-10-05) – November 16, 2007 (2007-11-16)
During the later stages of the First Cylon War, a young Lt. William Adama discovers, by chance, an abandoned lab where the Cylons conducted gruesome experiments with live human subjects.
The Face of the Enemy	Unspecified	Wayne Rose	Jane Espenson & Seamus Kevin Fahey	10	December 12, 2008 (2008-12-12) – January 12, 2009 (2009-01-12)
Nine days after finding Earth, Lt. Gaeta is onboard a Raptor with several of Galactica's crew and Cylon Eights en route to the Zephyr when a Cylon threat forces the fleet to jump. During the chaos, the Raptor is separated from rest of the fleet and while waiting for a rescue, the passengers and crew mysteriously begin to die off one by one.

Home media

Product		Episodes	DVD release date			Blu-ray Disc release date
			Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
	Miniseries (2003)	2	December 28, 2004	March 1, 2004	April 16, 2004	—
	Season 1 (2004–05)	13	September 20, 2005	March 28, 2005	August 15, 2006	January 5, 20101
	Season 2 (2005–06)	20	Season 2.0: December 20, 2005	August 28, 2006	April 4, 2007	April 6, 2010
			Season 2.5: September 19, 2006
	Season 3 (2006–07)	20	March 18, 2008	September 3, 2007	November 20, 2007	July 27, 2010
	Razor2 (2007)	Film	December 4, 2007	December 26, 2007	August 20, 2008	December 28, 2010
	Season 4 (2008–09)	20	Season 4.0: January 6, 2009	Season 4: October 6, 2008	Season 4: Part 1: December 3, 2008	January 4, 2011
			Season 4.5: July 28, 2009	The Final Season: June 1, 2009	Season 4: Part 2: July 28, 2009
	The Plan (2009)	Film	October 27, 2009	May 10, 2010	December 7, 2009	October 27, 2009
Other releases
	Miniseries & Seasons 1–3	55	—	October 22, 2007	December 4, 2007	—
	Miniseries & Seasons 1–43	65 & Film	—	October 6, 2008	—	—
	The Complete Series4	75 & Film	July 28, 2009	September 21, 2009	—	July 28, 2009
	The Complete Collection5	75 & 2 Films	—	—	December 7, 2009	—
	The Complete Series	75 & 2 Films	April 6, 2010	—	March 8, 2010	April 6, 2010
	The Ultimate Wholeness (L'Intégrale ultime)6	75 & 3 Films	—	—	—	October 6, 2015

Notes:

1. ^ In addition to the Blu-ray Disc releases, this set was also released on HD DVD, on December 4, 2007.
2. ^ Razor, though being a television movie, is considered to be the first two episodes of season 4, hence the fourth season is technically 22 episodes and runs from 2007 to 2009.
3. ^ This set does not contain the second half of Season 4, also known as The Final Season.
4. ^ This set does not contain The Plan.
5. ^ This set also contains the complete 1978 Battlestar Galactica series, including Galactica 1980.
6. ^ This set also contains Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, the complete Caprica series, the complete 1978 Battlestar Galactica series, the complete Galactica 1980 series, and the 1978 feature film based on the original series pilot episode. This set has been released in European French speaking countries only.

Broadcast ratings

Season	Number of episodes	Premiere		Finale		Average viewership (millions)
		Date	Viewers (millions)	Date	Viewers (millions)
4	22	April 4, 2008	2.1	March 20, 2009	2.4	2.3

Online availability

In January 2006, Apple began offering the episodes for the miniseries, season 1, and season 2 for purchase on the U.S. version of the iTunes Store. In December 2007, the Battlestar Galactica episodes were removed from iTunes along with other NBC Universal content. The episodes returned to iTunes when NBC Universal announced their return to iTunes in September 2008. In February 2009, the series became available in high-definition format at the UK iTunes Store.

The series has also been available via Peacock, Amazon Video, Google Play, Hulu, Netflix, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Video. 78 episodes have been made available on the BBC iPlayer as of September 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Battlestar Galactica at IMDb