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Battlestar Galactica 2004 television series - Plot

Battlestar Galactica 2004 television series - Season 1 2004

While the first season mostly consists of stand-alone episodes plus one two-part episode, it features a number of major story arcs, including:

• What happens to Helo, who chose to stay behind on Caprica in the miniseries. Helo was originally intended to have died there, but the writers "resurrected" Helo after repeated fan queries regarding his fate. Producers also were impressed by the performance of the actor, Tahmoh Penikett.
• How the relationship between Adama and Roslin evolves.
• How Dr. Gaius Baltar manages to evade being exposed as the man responsible for the fall of the Colonies to the Cylons.
• How the fleet tackles its shortages of supplies and fuel.
• What happens to Boomer, who is revealed to be a Cylon sleeper agent in the miniseries.
• What the Cylons' master plan really is.
• How the humans handle the discovery of the believed-mythical world of Kobol, the original home of humanity, and its secrets.

Development of the arcs is featured in almost every episode of the season.

Battlestar Galactica 2004 television series - Season 2.0

Moore has stated that in the second season, he wants to resolve the many cliffhangers from the first, while examining the Cylons and the religious themes already introduced in more detail.

The second season story arcs include:

• Commander Adama's recovery from Boomer's assassination attempt, and Colonel Tigh's forced command of the fleet after the collapse of the civilian government.
• The Kobol landing party's struggle for survival and subsequent rescue.
• Starbuck, the Caprican copy of Boomer, and Helo's escape from Caprica.
• Deposed president Laura Roslin's escape from imprisonment and return to Kobol with sympathetic ships from the fleet to find the location of Earth.
• Starbuck returns to Caprica to retrieve The Arrow of Apollo, to help Roslin find Earth. She has a brief affair on Caprica with Anders, a resistance fighter, before being captured by the Cylons and mysteriously experimented on.
• Reconciliation of Adama and Roslin, and the re-unification of the fleet after they use The Arrow of Apollo to find a true map to Earth.
• The discovery of the Battlestar Pegasus, under the command of Admiral Helena Cain, probably the only other Battlestar to survive the Cylon attack, and subsequent conflicts between Admiral Cain aboard Pegasus and Commander Adama of Galactica.

Battlestar Galactica 2004 television series - Season 2.5

The second half of the season began airing on January 6, 2006.

The story arcs include:

• Conflict between the Galactica and the Pegasus crews.
• Discovery and destruction of the "Resurrection Ship", which has been following the fleet since the beginning, allowing Cylons to be downloaded into new bodies when their current ones die. Following the destruction of the Resurrection Ship, Admiral Cain is killed by a physically embodied version of Number Six named "Gina," who escapes with the help of Dr. Baltar. Commander Adama is subsequently promoted to Admiral since he now commands the Galactica and the Pegasus.
• President Laura Roslin nearly dies from her cancer and, during the process, she experiences memories that lead her to suspect Dr. Baltar of collusion with the Cylons. Her life is saved at the last minute--and her cancer apparently cured--by a transfusion of blood from Boomer's unborn child, which is half-human and half-Cylon and has an unusual immune system. Meanwhile, Gina becomes the leader of a so-called pacifist movement within the fleet that uses sabotage and violence to force peace talks with the Cylons.

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