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The Best Episodes of Battlestar Galactica

Every episode of Battlestar Galactica ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Battlestar Galactica!

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When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Battlestar Galactica Season 3 Episode 4 - Exodus (2)
    9.2/10(2995 votes)

    S3:E4

    Tigh must decide the fate of his wife Ellen after the assistance she rendered to the Cylons. Lee struggles with his assignment to protect the civilian fleet on its journey toward Earth while Adama returns to New Caprica with just the Galactica. The Resistance coordinates an attack on the Cylons just as Galactica arrives. As the Cylons begin to lose control, Number Three vows to put a final end to the New Caprican experiment.

    Director:Félix Alcalá
    Writers:David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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  2. Battlestar Galactica Season 3 Episode 20 - Crossroads (2)
    9.2/10(3256 votes)

    S3:E20

    As Baltar's trial comes to a conclusion, key members of the fleet discover that they may be the Final Five Cylons. Tigh attempts to decipher the strange music he is hearing in his head, while a Cylon fleet approaches.

    Director:Michael Rymer
    Writer:Mark Verheiden

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  3. Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Episode 10 - Revelations
    9.2/10(2388 votes)

    S4:E10

    D'Anna holds President Roslin and other Colonials hostage in order to draw out the Final Five from the Colonial fleet. Col. Tigh believes he has the solution to end the standoff.

    Director:Michael Rymer
    Writers:David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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  4. Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Episode 14 - Blood on the Scales
    9.1/10(2434 votes)

    S4:E14

    President Roslin faces off against Tom Zarek and Lt. Gaeta as they try to take control of the Colonial fleet. Both the alliance with the rebel Cylons and Adama's life are at stake.

    Director:Wayne Rose
    Writer:Michael Angeli

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  5. Battlestar Galactica Season 2 Episode 10 - Pegasus
    9.0/10(2813 votes)

    S2:E10

    Battlestar Galactica was not the only Battlestar to have survived the cylon attack, The Battlestar Pegasus also survived.

    Director:Michael Rymer
    Writer:Anne Cofell Saunders

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  6. Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Episode 13 - The Oath
    9.0/10(2257 votes)

    S4:E13

    Loyalties are made clear when Gaeta orchestrates a coup d'état of the Adama regime. Both prisoners and lives are taken as many of the fed up people work to take over Galactica.

    Director:John Dahl
    Writer:Mark Verheiden

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  7. Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Episode 20 - Daybreak (2)
    9.0/10(3400 votes)

    S4:E20

    Adama and the Galactica crew stake the survival of the human race on their plan to rescue Hera from the Cylon colony in this, the series finale.

    Director:Michael Rymer
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  8. Battlestar Galactica Season 2 Episode 12 - Resurrection Ship (2)
    8.9/10(2562 votes)

    S2:E12

    The struggle between Adama and Cain is temporarily put on hold while the two Battlestars combine forces for an assault on the Cylon Resurrection Ship. Apollo faces a momentous decision and Baltar takes an interest in Gina, the Cylon prisoner.

    Director:Michael Rymer
    Writers:Ronald D. Moore, Michael Rymer

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  9. Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 13 - Kobol's Last Gleaming (2)
    8.8/10(2678 votes)

    S1:E13

    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.

    Director:Michael Rymer
    Writers:Ronald D. Moore, David Eick

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  10. Battlestar Galactica Season 2 Episode 11 - Resurrection Ship (1)
    8.8/10(2483 votes)

    S2:E11

    The Battlestars Galactica and Pegasus face a new Cylon target, a "Resurrection" ship, while a power struggle threatens to result in all-out war among the human fleet.

    Director:Michael Rymer
    Writers:Ronald D. Moore, Anne Cofell Saunders, Michael Rymer

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  11. Battlestar Galactica Season 2 Episode 20 - Lay Down Your Burdens (2)
    8.7/10(2410 votes)

    S2:E20

    When Baltar wins the vote, Roslin considers stealing the election because she believes he is a Cylon collaborator.

    Director:Michael Rymer
    Writers:Mark Verheiden, Anne Cofell Saunders

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  12. Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Episode 11 - Sometimes a Great Notion
    8.7/10(2131 votes)

    S4:E11

    Kara struggles with the foreboding prediction of the Cylon Hybrid, while Adama and the Colonial fleet face despair over their shocking discovery.

    Director:Michael Nankin
    Writers:David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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  13. Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Episode 9 - The Hub
    8.6/10(1954 votes)

    S4:E9

    Colonial Viper pilots plan an attack on the Resurrection Hub with their Cylon rebel allies.

    Director:Paul A. Edwards
    Writer:Jane Espenson

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  14. Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 1 - 33
    8.5/10(3943 votes)

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Michael Rymer
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  15. Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Episode 7 - Guess What's Coming to Dinner?
    8.5/10(1979 votes)

    S4:E7

    President Roslin faces challenges as the Colonials plot with Cylon rebels to destroy a Resurrection Hub.

    Director:Wayne Rose
    Writer:Michael Angeli

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  16. Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 10 - The Hand of God
    8.4/10(2588 votes)

    S1:E10

    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.

    Directors:Jeff Woolnough, Michael Rymer
    Writers:David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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  17. Battlestar Galactica Season 2 Episode 18 - Downloaded
    8.4/10(2353 votes)

    S2:E18

    After Boomer's consciousness is downloaded into a new body following her death, she struggles with her new life on Cylon-occupied Caprica. Number Six is asked to help Boomer adjust to her new role in Cylon society.

    Director:Jeff Woolnough
    Writers:David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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  18. Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Episode 1 - He That Believeth in Me
    8.4/10(2183 votes)

    S4:E1

    During the Cylon attack, Sam Anders has a strange encounter with a Cylon Raider. The crew of the Galactica view Starbuck's return with suspicion and doubt. Gaius Baltar takes refuge with a group of women who believe he has the power to heal others.

    Director:Michael Rymer
    Writers:David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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  19. Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Episode 15 - No Exit
    8.4/10(1927 votes)

    S4:E15

    As Sam Anders recovers from his head injury onboard the Galactica, he begins to remember events from ancient Earth. The Final Cylon struggles with the fallout from the Final Five's former plans. One of the humanoid Cylons vows to get revenge for being created in the image of Man. Tyrol informs Admiral Adama about the extensive structural damage on the Galactica.

    Director:Gwyneth Horder-Payton
    Writer:Ryan Mottesheard

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  20. Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Episode 19 - Daybreak (1)
    8.4/10(2161 votes)

    S4:E19

    With Galactica on the verge of falling apart, Admiral Adama readies the ship for what could be its final mission, as Baltar's Six warns that humanity's final chapter is near.

    Director:Michael Rymer
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  21. Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 12 - Kobol's Last Gleaming (1)
    8.3/10(2498 votes)

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Michael Rymer
    Writers:David Eick, Ronald D. Moore

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  22. Battlestar Galactica Season 2 Episode 7 - Home (2)
    8.3/10(2300 votes)

    S2:E7

    Adama heads to Kobol to find Roslin, reassembles the fleet and heads down to Kobol himself to find the presidential party in search of the "Tomb of Athena" which allegedly leads to Earth. Apollo hangs out with Starbuck , Zarek tries to keep his cronie off plotting with Boomer who is unaware of tension building between Helo and Tyrol.

    Director:Jeff Woolnough
    Writers:Ronald D. Moore, David Eick

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  23. Battlestar Galactica Season 3 Episode 12 - Rapture
    8.3/10(2064 votes)

    S3:E12

    D'Anna/Number Three squares off against Adama over the Temple of the Five. Athena asks for Helo's aid in her plan to rescue Hera. On the algae planet, Apollo orders Dee to leave her defended position in order to save Kara. Anders helps Apollo to hold off the Cylon Centurion attack. Another copy of D'Anna finds the Temple and continues her search for the identities of the Final Five. Her messianic complex begins to concern the other Cylons.

    Director:Michael Rymer
    Writers:David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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  24. Battlestar Galactica Season 3 Episode 19 - Crossroads (1)
    8.3/10(2141 votes)

    S3:E19

    Baltar's trial testimony threatens the very stability of the fleet. Lee assists Romo Lampkin in Baltar's defense. Some in the fleet begin to feel that Baltar is divine. Though he dismisses such beliefs, Number Six suggests that the followers may know more about his true nature than Baltar does himself.

    Director:Michael Rymer
    Writer:Michael Taylor

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  25. Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 5 - You Can't Go Home Again
    8.2/10(2881 votes)

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
    Writer:Carla Robinson

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Best Episodes Summary

"Exodus (2)" is the best rated episode of "Battlestar Galactica". It scored 9.2/10 based on 2995 votes. Directed by Félix Alcalá and written by David Weddle, Bradley Thompson, it aired on 10/20/2006. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Crossroads (2)".