The Best Episodes of Battlestar Galactica

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

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 Enríquez Alcalá

Writer: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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

Writer: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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

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

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

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

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

Writer: Ronald D. Moore, Michael Rymer

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

Writer: Ronald D. Moore, David Eick

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

Writer: Ronald D. Moore, Anne Cofell Saunders, Michael Rymer

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

Director: Michael Rymer

Writer: Mark Verheiden, Anne Cofell Saunders

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

Writer: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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

Director: Paul A. Edwards

Writer: Jane Espenson

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

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

Director: Wayne Rose

Writer: Michael Angeli

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.

Director: Jeff Woolnough, Michael Rymer

Writer: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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

Writer: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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

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

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

Writer: Ronald D. Moore, David Eick

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

Writer: Ronald D. Moore, David Eick

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

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

Writer: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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

With Adama out of action, Colonel Tigh takes his position as commander of the Galactica. Boomer is in jail, and the cat's out of the bag - she's a Cylon.

Director: Michael Rymer

Writer: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson