9.0/102 votes#1 - Cry Your Name
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 4/23/2001
The sudden death of a close friend shocks the group.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
9.0/102 votes#2 - Michael, The Guys and The Great Snapple Caper
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2001
Michael works as a security guard, but when he tries to loosen up his co-workers, he causes more harm than good. Meanwhile, Max and Liz continue to see each other despite her parents' wishes.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
9.0/102 votes#3 - I Married an Alien
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/29/2002
When a journalist friend of Jesse's comes to Roswell, Isabel discovers he's investigating her, Max and Michael, after he witnesses Michael using his powers. Meanwhile, Isabel fantasizes about what her life would be like if Jesse knew her alien secret through the device of a 1960s sitcom a la "Bewitched."
Director: Patrick R. Norris
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
9.0/102 votes#4 - Chant Down Babylon
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/26/2002
Michael, Jesse and Valenti call on a discredited doctor to help the wounded Isabel. Also, Clayton Wheeler undergoes an amazing transformation and soon finds himself drawn to Liz; and Jesse quizzes Michael about Isabel's alien roots.
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
9.0/102 votes#5 - Graduation
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 5/14/2002
As their high school graduation approaches, the gang must come to terms with their expectations for the future, while joining together to thwart the FBI when they discover that several members of the group are under surveillance. Meanwhile, Liz begins exhibiting even more alien-like powers, that cause her to see visions of their future - including their deaths.
Director: Allison Liddi-Brown
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.6/1033 votes#6 - Kobol's Last Gleaming (2)
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/24/2005
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.
Director: Michael Rymer
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.5/102 votes#7 - Ask Not
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2000
Brody Davis, the mysterious new curator at the UFO Museum has the group on edge, and Michael and Isabel plotting his demise.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.5/102 votes#8 - Max in the City
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2000
Max and Tess depart for the interstellar summit in New York City with Rath and Lonnie, Michael and Isabel's duplicates, who both harbor a secret agenda for their future king and an alliance with Nicholas, the Skin. Ava reveals to Liz that Rath & Lonnie murdered Zan. Tess is kidnapped by the dupes after Max learns of their true intentions. When Max finally finds Tess she reveals that they tried to read her mind to find the Granolith but she resisted. She then says that they're gone but did they die or are they still out there? Ava says goodbye to Liz and leaves Roswell.
Director: Patrick R. Norris
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.5/102 votes#9 - Disturbing Behavior
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/5/2001
Michael and Maria flee from Roswell after helping Laurie DuPree escape from the police, and Max learns that a deadly parasite was released into Earth's atmosphere when their ship crashed 50 years ago.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.5/102 votes#10 - How the Other Half Lives
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/19/2001
Max tries to stop Alex and Kyle from being buried alive in a cave filled with glowing blue crystals; Isabel is kidnapped by Grant Sorenson possessed by the alien parasite queen; Michael is shot while trying to protect Laurie.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.5/102 votes#11 - To Have and To Hold
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2001
Right before her wedding, Isabel is torn with doubt when she has erotic dreams of her former alien lover, Kivar. Meanwhile, a reluctant Max agrees to serve as Jesse's best man, while attempting to investigate him at the bachelor party.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.5/1052 votes#12 - Yesterday's Enterprise
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/1990
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.
Director: David Carson
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.4/106 votes#13 - Pick a Number
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/2003
Revenge-minded carnies practice their own form of retribution. Justin encounters a group of hobos on his journey of self-discovery. Ben returns from another strange experience.
Director: Rodrigo García
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.3/1018 votes#14 - Resurrection Ship (1)
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/2006
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.
Director: Michael Rymer
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.2/1016 votes#15 - Daybreak (2)
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 3/20/2009
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.
Director: Michael Rymer
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.2/1041 votes#16 - All Good Things...
Season 7 Episode 25 - Aired 5/23/1994
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.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.2/1016 votes#17 - Through a Glass, Darkly
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 4/9/2016
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.
Director: Metin Hüseyin
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.1/1042 votes#18 - 33
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/18/2004
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.
Director: Michael Rymer
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.1/1019 votes#19 - Resurrection Ship (2)
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/2006
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.
Director: Michael Rymer
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.1/1026 votes#20 - The Die Is Cast (2)
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/1995
Stardate: Unknown. Now rejoined with his former mentor, Garak is ordered to interrogate Odo about the secrets of his people, while the joined Romulan/Cardassian attack fleet moves towards the Founders' home world on a mission of destruction.
Director: David Livingston
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.0/1020 votes#21 - Precipice
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2006
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.
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.0/1032 votes#22 - Kobol's Last Gleaming (1)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/17/2005
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.
Director: Michael Rymer
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.0/1021 votes#23 - Both Sides Now
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/27/2014
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.
Director: Anna Foerster
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.0/1022 votes#24 - Rocks and Shoals
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1997
Stardate: Unknown. Sisko and his crew crash on a barren world when their commandeered Jem'Hadar ship is shot down. They encounter Jem'Hadar who crashed there earlier, and have taken Nog and Garak hostage in exchange for medical aid for their Vorta overseer.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
7.9/1048 votes#25 - The Defector
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/1/1990
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.
Director: Robert Scheerer
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
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"Cry Your Name" is the best rated episode written by Ronald D. Moore. It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Allan Kroeker. It aired on 4/23/2001 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Michael, The Guys and The Great Snapple Caper".