The Best Episodes Written By Ronald D. moore

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.7/10(41 votes)

   #1 - Kobol's Last Gleaming (2)

   S1:E131/24/2005

   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.

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   8.6/10(26 votes)

   #2 - Resurrection Ship (1)

   S2:E111/6/2006

   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.

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   8.5/10(61 votes)

   #3 - Yesterday's Enterprise

   S3:E152/19/1990

   Stardate: 43625.2. A rift in the space/time continuum brings the U.S.S. Enterprise - C forward into the 24th Century, and alters the timeline. In this future, the Federation is at war with the Klingons, Tasha Yar is on the bridge, Worf did not join the Federation, and only Guinan's unique perception of reality may restore the timeline.

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   8.4/10(27 votes)

   #4 - Resurrection Ship (2)

   S2:E121/13/2006

   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.

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   8.3/10(21 votes)

   #5 - Daybreak (2)

   S4:E203/20/2009

   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.

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   8.3/10(49 votes)

   #6 - All Good Things...

   S7:E255/23/1994

   Stardate: 47988.0. Shortly after Picard is diagnosed with a long-term, potentially debilitating brain disorder, he starts experiencing bizarre shifts into three main time periods: 25 years into the future, a few days before the Enterprise-D is sent on its mission to Farpoint station, and the present. Picard realizes that Q is behind these shifts through time. Stardate: 47988.1. After his encounter with Q, Picard assembles the senior staff, and wonders if Q is actually giving him a chance to save humanity by showing him that the spatial anomaly also exists in the past. As they talk, the ship reaches the Neutral Zone, then Picard returns to the future, where Beverly's ship is also on the edge of the Neutral Zone. He convinces a reluctant Worf to accompany the group into Klingon territory, and then travels to the past, where he orders the crew into the Devron system.

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   8.2/10(14 votes)

   #7 - The Battle Joined

   S3:E19/10/2017

   Jamie's past provides his only hope of survival following the Battle of Culloden. A pregnant Claire attempts to adjust to life in 1940s Boston.

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   8.2/10(55 votes)

   #8 - 33

   S1:E110/18/2004

   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.

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   8.1/10(19 votes)

   #9 - Through a Glass, Darkly

   S2:E14/9/2016

   Returning to her own time, Claire must reconcile her future with the life she left behind. Shifting back to 18th century, Jamie, Claire and Murtagh arrive in France, but learn that Paris presents its own challenges.

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10. 

    8.1/10(40 votes)

    #10 - Kobol's Last Gleaming (1)

    S1:E121/17/2005

    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.

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    8.0/10(26 votes)

    #11 - Precipice

    S3:E210/6/2006

    Adama plans to return to New Caprica and drop off a surprising person to act as a liaison between Galactica and the Resistance. Tigh's insistence on the use of suicide bombers and ever escalating violence stuns even the fellow leaders of the Resistance. Eventually, the suicide bombings cause the Cylon occupiers to crackdown on their human subjects.

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    8.0/10(30 votes)

    #12 - Home (2)

    S2:E78/26/2005

    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.

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    8.0/10(50 votes)

    #13 - Tapestry

    S6:E152/15/1993

    Stardate: Unknown. A mortally wounded Picard is forced into re-living a time of his life when he was back in Starfleet Academy, with the intervention of Q.

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    7.9/10(27 votes)

    #14 - Both Sides Now

    S1:E89/27/2014

    Frank desperately searches for his missing wife, while Claire tries to come to terms with her new marriage. Claire is faced with an emotional quandry as a life-altering opportunity presents itself.

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    7.9/10(25 votes)

    #15 - Lay Down Your Burdens (1)

    S2:E193/3/2006

    Chief Tyrol is plagued by terrifying dreams and seeks the aid of a priest. Kara leads a rescue mission to Caprica. Roslin and Baltar go head-to-head in a presidential debate that changes dramatically with the discovery of a habitable planet.

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    7.9/10(56 votes)

    #16 - The Defector

    S3:E101/1/1990

    Stardate: 43462.5. A defecting Romulan warns the Federation about an impending attack by the Romulans, who are secretly establishing bases within the Neutral Zone.

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    7.8/10(24 votes)

    #17 - Daybreak (1)

    S4:E193/13/2009

    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.

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    7.7/10(28 votes)

    #18 - Home (1)

    S2:E68/19/2005

    President Roslin's fragile coalition is put to the test in the first part of a two-part story. Apollo, who has sided with Roslin, runs into a conflict with Zarek and his accomplice Meier.

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    7.7/10(48 votes)

    #19 - First Contact

    S4:E152/18/1991

    Riker is abducted by a xenophobic race of aliens during a first contact mission. They believe the Enterprise is a scout for an invasion.

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    7.7/10(47 votes)

    #20 - Redemption (1)

    S4:E266/17/1991

    Stardate: 44995.3. Worf must choose between his people and the Federation when a civil war threatens to destroy the Klingon Empire.

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    7.7/10(45 votes)

    #21 - The Next Phase

    S5:E245/18/1992

    Stardate: 45092.4. While the Enterprise helps a Romulan science vessel, an accident occurs which forces Geordi LaForge and Ro Laren slightly out of 'phase', causing them to become undetectable to everyone but each other. As a result, the crew thinks they are dead and make arrangements for their funerals, even though they are closer than the crew realise.

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    7.7/10(48 votes)

    #22 - Redemption (2)

    S5:E19/23/1991

    Stardate: 45020.4. Picard suspects a Romulan influence in the recent Klingon civil war, and must force the Federation to intervene before the Empire collapses.

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    7.7/10(44 votes)

    #23 - Descent (1)

    S6:E266/21/1993

    Stardate: 46982.1. The Borg return to threaten the Federation under the new leadership of Lore. Data experiences a disturbing facet of human emotions - he feels pleasure after killing a Borg drone.

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    7.6/10(27 votes)

    #24 - Occupation

    S3:E110/6/2006

    Tigh, Tyrol and Anders lead the Resistance on New Caprica to increasingly deadly attacks against the Cylons. Kara finds herself trapped in a new life with Leoben Conoy, and Duck makes a fateful decision. Meanwhile on Galactica, Adama struggles with the question of whether to return to New Caprica to mount a rescue attempt.

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    7.6/10(21 votes)

    #25 - A Disquiet Follows My Soul

    S4:E121/23/2009

    Tigh and Number Six take their first glimpse at their unborn child, Tyrol offers Adama Cylon technology in return for his fellow Cylons properly reintegrated into the fleet, and an attempted coup leads to a costly struggle to maintain civility.

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