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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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A re-imagining of the original series in which a "rag-tag fugitive fleet" of the last remnants of mankind flees pursuing robots while simultaneously searching for their true home, Earth.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 1 - Part 1
    8.4/10(1851 votes)

    #1 - Part 1

    S1:E1

    In a distant part of the galaxy lie The Twelve Colonies of Man, a civilization that has been at peace for some forty years with an empire of machines, the Cylons, who were created generations before as worker drones for mankind, but became independent, rose in rebellion, and launched war on their masters. Now, the Cylons have evolved into more human form, into machine-created biological beings, who seek to exterminate true biological humans. To this end they use a human scientist, Gaius, to help one of their infiltrators, known as #6, penetrate the Colonies' master ...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 2 - Part 2
    8.5/10(1638 votes)

    #2 - Part 2

    S1:E2

    After forty years of armistice, the Cylons attacks the Twelve Colonies of Kobol. Their strategy: a virus implanted into the mankind defense system. The former Battlestar Galactica, which is being adapted into a museum, is not connected with the defense system and becomes the only warship capable of fighting against the Cylons in the hopes of leading the survivors to planet 'Earth'.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Part 1" is the best rated episode of "Battlestar Galactica" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 1851 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/8/2003. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Part 2".