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The Best Episodes of Battlestar Galactica Season 1

Every episode of Battlestar Galactica Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Battlestar Galactica Season 1!

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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
    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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 8 - Flesh and Bone
    8.0/10(2600 votes)

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Toni Graphia

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  7. Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 2 - Water
    7.7/10(3012 votes)

    S1:E2

    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.

    Directors:Rod Hardy, Marita Grabiak
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  8. Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 4 - Act of Contrition
    7.7/10(2819 votes)

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Rod Hardy
    Writers:David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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  9. Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 7 - Six Degrees of Separation
    7.7/10(2592 votes)

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Robert M. Young
    Writer:Michael Angeli

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  10. Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 3 - Bastille Day
    7.6/10(2916 votes)

    S1:E3

    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".

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:Toni Graphia

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  11. Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 6 - Litmus
    7.6/10(2637 votes)

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Rod Hardy
    Writer:Jeff Vlaming

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  12. Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 11 - Colonial Day
    7.6/10(2441 votes)

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:Jonas Pate
    Writer:Carla Robinson

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  13. Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 9 - Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down
    7.5/10(2562 votes)

    S1:E9

    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.

    Directors:Jonas Pate, Edward James Olmos
    Writer:Jeff Vlaming

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Kobol's Last Gleaming (2)" is the best rated episode of "Battlestar Galactica" season 1. It scored 8.8/10 based on 2678 votes. Directed by Michael Rymer and written by Ronald D. Moore, David Eick, it aired on 1/24/2005. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "33".