Battlestar Galactica: Season 1

2004 · 13 episodes · ★ 7.8

What Season 1 of Battlestar Galactica

Season 1 picks up where the miniseries left off. After engaging in a losing battle against the Cylons, humanity's last remnants are forced to flee under the protection of their one remaining warship, the outdated Battlestar Galactica. Pursued by the Cylons-some of whom have now taken human form-Commander Adama and President Roslin lead these last remnants of humanity in search of a new home - a planet called Earth.

13episodes

Oct 18, 2004aired

Jan 24, 2005Latest episode

9.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 33
Oct 18, 2004 · 45 min · ★ 8.2
In the wake of the Cylon sneak attack, the ragtag fleet of human survivors is forced to play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with their pursuers. Every 33 minutes, they make a jump to a new location. And every 33 minutes, the Cylons manage to find them. The pilots are on the brink of exhaustion, relying on artificial stimulants to keep fighting, and the civilians are beginning to doubt the leadership of Commander Adama and President Roslin.
Directed by: Michael Rymer · Written by: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Alonso Oyarzun, Sam Witwer, Nicki Clyne
1x02 Water
Oct 25, 2004 · 44 min · ★ 7.6
Lt. Sharon Valerii wakes up soaking wet in the tool room with an explosive charge in her duffel bag. Shortly afterward, a mysterious explosion destroys all the port-side water tanks on Galactica, creating a crisis for the entire fleet. Sharon can't remember a thing, but all the evidence points to her as a saboteur. She confesses her concern to Chief Tyrol, but he can't believe she's responsible.
Directed by: Rod Hardy, Marita Grabiak · Written by: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Sam Witwer, Nicki Clyne
1x03 Bastille Day
Nov 1, 2004 · 44 min · ★ 7.4
The fleet has found a source of water, but who will take on the difficult and dangerous job of mining it from the icy planet? Commander Adama and President Roslin send Lee to the Astral Queen, a prisoner transport ship, with an offer for its inmates: Volunteer for this mission and earn "freedom points".
Directed by: Allan Kroeker · Written by: Toni Graphia · Starring: Connor Widdows, Adrien Dorval, Ron Selmour, Brent Stait
1x04 Act of Contrition
Nov 8, 2004 · 44 min · ★ 7.6
After a flight deck accident kills 13 pilots and wounds many others, Kara is thrust into service as a flight instructor and ordered to turn a group of civilian pilots and academy washouts into full-fledged Viper pilots.
Directing: Rod Hardy · Writing: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson · Starring: Jill Teed, Terry Chen, Colby Johannson, Lorena Gale
1x05 You Can't Go Home Again
Nov 15, 2004 · 44 min · ★ 7.7
When Lt. Kara Thrace goes missing in action after encountering a Cylon patrol while on a training mission, Commander Adama feels responsible — especially in light of her recent admission that she blames herself for his son Zak's death.
Directed by: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan · Written by: Carla Robinson · Starring: Alonso Oyarzun, Sam Witwer, Donnelly Rhodes, Bodie Olmos
1x06 Litmus
Nov 22, 2004 · 44 min · ★ 7.5
When a new copy of Doral, a Cylon who had been previously exposed while serving as the Galactica's public-relations officer, sneaks aboard and blows himself up, killing three people, Commander Adama and President Roslin must finally make public the terrifying secret known only to a select few: Cylons now look like humans.
Directing: Rod Hardy · Writing: Jeff Vlaming · Starring: Jill Teed, Nimet Kanji, Shaw Madson, Morris Chapdelaine
1x07 Six Degrees of Separation
Nov 29, 2004 · 44 min · ★ 7.5
When Baltar and the Number Six who lives in his head have a falling out, she abandons him, only to surface a short while later aboard the Galactica. But now she's called Shelley Godfrey, everyone can see her, and she's telling them that she has evidence, passed on by the late Dr. Amarak, that will prove Baltar sold out the human race to the Cylons.
Directing: Robert M. Young · Writing: Michael Angeli · Starring: Biski Gugushe, Nicki Clyne, Christina Schild, Donnelly Rhodes
1x08 Flesh and Bone
Dec 6, 2004 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
A Cylon, who calls himself Leoben, is discovered on one of the ships in the fleet. Commander Adama sends Kara to interrogate him — or, rather, it. The Cylon tells Kara that he planted a nuclear device on one of the ships. Although she doesn't believe it, Kara passes on the warning.
Directed by: Brad Turner · Written by: Toni Graphia · Starring: Callum Keith Rennie, Eric Breker, Biski Gugushe, Christina Schild
1x09 Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down
Dec 13, 2004 · 44 min · ★ 7.4
President Roslin's fears that Commander Adama is a Cylon are stoked when she learns he's making secret wireless calls to other ships. Then, to make things worse, a single Cylon raider appears near the Galactica and begins acting strangely after being damaged in battle.
Directing: Jonas Pate, Edward James Olmos · Writing: Jeff Vlaming · Starring: Kate Vernon, Axel Green, Richard Hatch, Matthew Bennett
1x10 The Hand of God
Jan 3, 2005 · 44 min · ★ 8.1
As its fuel supply dwindles, the fleet must seek out a new supply of tylium ore or risk becoming sitting ducks to any Cylon attack. A recon patrol finds an asteroid full of the fuel, but there's a catch — the Cylons have found it first and established a heavily guarded refining plant.
Directed by: Jeff Woolnough, Michael Rymer · Written by: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson · Starring: Terry Chen, Lorena Gale, Paul Cummings, Camille Sullivan
1x11 Colonial Day
Jan 10, 2005 · 44 min · ★ 7.6
When President Roslin calls an Interim Quorum of the Twelve Colonies, she discovers that democracy brings its ugly stepsisters — politics and deadly intrigue — to the party. Tom Zarek, the charismatic convicted terrorist, is elected as the delegate from Sagittaron and immediately proposes elections for the vice-presidency.
Directing: Jonas Pate · Writing: Carla Robinson · Starring: Kate Vernon, Robert Wisden, Patrick Gallagher, Alex Zahara
1x12 Kobol's Last Gleaming (1)
Jan 17, 2005 · 44 min · ★ 8.1
While flying a supply patrol, Crashdown and Sharon Valerii discover a bountiful planet that can support human life. Indeed, it might be Kobol, the legendary "home of the gods." The discovery prompts Commander Adama to send a ground team to investigate; it also gives new life to President Roslin's belief that she is a tool of destiny and that this discovery, like her rapidly spreading cancer, is part of an ancient prophecy.
Directing: Michael Rymer · Writing: David Eick, Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Stephen Spender, Lorena Gale, Alonso Oyarzun, Jamie Bell
1x13 Kobol's Last Gleaming (2) Season Finale
Jan 24, 2005 · 44 min · ★ 8.6
When Commander Adama learns that Kara disobeyed orders and Jumped to Caprica on orders from President Roslin, he demands the president's resignation, with the implied threat of a military coup. Roslin refuses his demand and sparks a confrontation.
Directing: Michael Rymer · Writing: Ronald D. Moore, David Eick · Starring: Warren Christie, Lorena Gale, Jim Shield, Alonso Oyarzun