EPISODE
SEASON
Battlestar Galactica - Season 1
A nuclear attack caused the death of many people and a total destruction of their planets.An old battleship named Galactica carries the survivors hope to find a safe place
22 December 1949, Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA
15 May 1948, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
22 March 1980, South Africa
27 May 1975, Langley, British Columbia, Canada
31 October 1979, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
18 September 1962, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
October 11, 2017
BSG is filled with scenes where brilliant actors such as Mary McDonnell or Edward James Olmos are called on to deliver lines about 'firing up the FTL drives for a jump' with a straight face.
October 11, 2017
But if anyone had any doubts about the strength of the brand new reboot of Battlestar Galactica, then surely 33 - its first proper episode - would have put them to bed.
October 11, 2017
That's Battlestar Galactica: the cosmic-pulp odyssey that never forgot how much one life mattered. That's '33': one of the great episodes of TV history.
October 11, 2017
What could have been a misstep was the right move, the BSG miniseries lays out what this world looks like, its important players, and the thematic questions the show will pose. It's engrossing from the start and serves as a fine introduction.
October 11, 2017
And without giving anything away, viewers will be in for a number of downright unexpected twists and turns as they sit captivated through this triumphant first season.
October 11, 2017
There's so much I'm hoping season two will shed some light on, mostly involving what the heck are the Cylons up to?
October 11, 2017
The strength of this series is the way its characters each choose to react to this untenable situation
January 26, 2018
Lifetime is outside looking for its feminism.
October 11, 2017
The political maneuvering and philosophical debates have relevance for our own time, but there's more than enough action to keep the show from getting preachy.
October 11, 2017
An episode like this almost renders further discussion of it meaningless, because it needs to be experienced, and felt, in order to be understood.