List of Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series) and Galactica 1980 episodes
Series 1 (1978-79)
The following table lists the episodes of the original Battlestar Galactica.

List of Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series) and Galactica 1980 episodes

Section Title: Series 1 (1978-79)
Table Section Text: The following table lists the episodes of the original Battlestar Galactica.

Nº	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	PC

123	"Saga of a Star World"	Richard A. Colla	Glen A. Larson	September 17, 1978	502805028150282

In a distant part of the cosmos, the human race is embroiled in a thousand-year-long war with the robotic Cylons. Aided by the human traitor Baltar, an armistice turns out to be a ruse by the Cylons, who launch a massive surprise attack against the Twelve Colonies of humanity, almost wiping them out.

4	"Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I"	Christian I. Nyby II	Glen A. Larson, Donald Bellisario	September 24, 1978	50204

With many warriors suffering from an unknown ailment, the Galactica recruits new Viper pilots—mostly young women, including Apollo's new bride, Serina.

5	"Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II"	Christian I. Nyby II	Glen A. Larson, Donald Bellisario	October 1, 1978	50205

Before Adama can discover Earth's location from the inscribed hieroglyphs, a Cylon attack destroys the sacred city on Kobol—and claims the life of Serina.

6	"The Lost Warrior"	Rod Holcomb	Donald Bellisario (t), Herman Groves (s)	October 8, 1978	50908

Marooned on a frontier planet, Apollo befriends a young widow and her son, rallying a town against "Red Eye"— a likewise marooned, yet memory-damaged, Cylon centurion gunslinger.

7	"The Long Patrol"	Christian I. Nyby II	Donald Bellisario	October 15, 1978	50902

After losing an experimental Viper to a smuggler, Starbuck is imprisoned on a penal colony, but this new environment holds a possible clue to the location of Earth.

8	"Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I"	Alan J. Levi	Donald Bellisario (t), John Ireland, Jr. (s), Glen A. Larson (t), Michael Sloan (t)	October 22, 1978	50206

Herded into a confined area of space by the Cylons, the fleet must pass within close range of a lethal Cylon pulsar cannon—unless an expedition of officers from the Galactica and a team of convicts can penetrate the ice-bound fortress housing the weapon and destroy it.

9	"Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II"	Alan J. Levi	Donald Bellisario (t), John Ireland, Jr. (s), Glen A. Larson (t), Michael Sloan (t)	October 29, 1978	50207

Apollo, Starbuck, and Boomer lead a team of cutthroat demolitions and cold-weather experts (and the stowaway Boxey). Along the way, they encounter the misguided human scientist who originally built the weapon, as well as his legions of clones.

10	"The Magnificent Warriors"	Christian I. Nyby II	Glen A. Larson	November 12, 1978	50912

When a Cylon attack destroys the fleet's food supply, Adama and the others must agree to certain compromises with old acquaintances and with the inhabitants of a grain-rich, yet politically turbulent planet.

11	"The Young Lords"	Donald Bellisario	Donald Bellisario, Frank Lupo, Paul Playdon	November 19, 1978	50905

Crash-landing on the planet Atilla, Starbuck befriends a group of young siblings trying to free their castle, their planet, and their father from the Cylons.

12	"The Living Legend, Part I"	Vince Edwards	Glen A. Larson (s/t), Ken Pettus (s)	November 26, 1978	50919

The Galactica is reunited with the Battlestar Pegasus, previously thought destroyed. Led by the brilliant but arrogant Commander Cain, the fleet is torn in its loyalty between Adama and Cain until the human traitor Baltar launches a devastating attack.

13	"The Living Legend, Part II"	Vince Edwards	Glen A. Larson (s/t), Ken Pettus (s)	December 3, 1978	50920

In order to obtain much-needed fuel, the Galactica and Pegasus join forces in a daring attack on the Cylons. The Pegasus plunges into the teeth of Cylon forces and is either destroyed or "missing in action" after the attack.

14	"Fire in Space"	Christian I. Nyby II	Jim Carlson (t), Terrence McDonnell (t), Michael Sloan (s)	December 17, 1978	50917

The Galactica is rammed by Cylon Raiders making suicide runs on the main bridge and a landing bay. With Adama lying critically injured and the ship in flames, Boomer and Athena lead a group of survivors in the rejuvenation center, relying on Boxey's robot daggit, Muffit, to help them.

15	"War of the Gods, Part I"	Daniel Haller	Glen A. Larson	January 14, 1979	50921

Vipers are disappearing from regular patrols, and mysterious bright lights are flying around the Galactica at immeasurable speed. On an eerie, red-glowing planet, the enigmatic Count Iblis is found, apparently the sole survivor of a major catastrophe.

16	"War of the Gods, Part II"	Daniel Haller	Glen A. Larson	January 21, 1979	50922

Always shunning the mysterious bright lights, Iblis uses his charm and his supernatural powers to wrest control of the fleet from Adama, but the wiley Commander knows Iblis' key is on the red planet, where Apollo and Starbuck go only to face tragedy and find the answer to the mysterious lights.

17	"The Man with Nine Lives"	Rod Holcomb	Donald Bellisario	January 28, 1979	50916

An old con man, Chameleon, meets Starbuck and cons him into believing he may be his father in order to gain his help in evading a trio of blood-thirsty Borellians who are after him seeking revenge for a previous con.

18	"Murder on the Rising Star"	Rod Holcomb	Donald Bellisario (t), Jim Carlson (t), Terrence McDonnell (t), Michael Sloan (s)	February 18, 1979	50924

When Starbuck is implicated in a rival triad-player's murder, Apollo and Boomer come to his defense as Protectors. They eventually uncover a plot involving Karibdis, a traitor alongside Count Baltar in the Destruction of the Twelve Colonies.

1920	"Greetings from Earth"	Rod Holcomb	Glen A. Larson	February 25, 1979	5092650947

A ship of humans in suspended animation is found drifting in space. When brought aboard the Galactica, the Colonial leaders debate whether to awaken its occupants.

21	"Baltar's Escape"	Winrich Kolbe	Donald Bellisario	March 11, 1979	50927

Baltar escapes from the prison barge by hijacking a shuttle piloted by Boomer and Sheba. Taking advantage of lax security imposed by the new governing council, Baltar kidnaps the council members from a Galactica landing bay and demands to be released.

22	"Experiment in Terra"	Rod Holcomb	Glen A. Larson	March 18, 1979	50928

The mysterious bright lights return again, transporting the bewildered Apollo to the planet Terra to avert war with the Eastern Alliance.

23	"Take the Celestra"	Daniel Haller	David S. Arthur (s), Jim Carlson (s/t), Terrence McDonnell (s/t), David G. Phinney (s)	April 1, 1979	50929

When Starbuck encounters his long-lost love Aurora, she complicates matters by taking part in a mutinous rebellion aboard the Celestra. Her rebellion, undertaken for a noble cause, is soon overshadowed by a sinister mutiny by Charka, the Celestra's power-hungry second-in-command.

24	"The Hand of God"	Donald Bellisario	Donald Bellisario	April 29, 1979	50930

Receiving a mysterious radio signal possibly from Earth, Adama and the crew are wary of a Cylon trap, and decide to turn the tables by attacking the Cylons with a stolen Cylon Raider.

Sentence(s)

"The Hand Of God", was the final episode of Battlestar Galactica, series 1.

final_sentence: "The Hand Of God", was the final episode of Battlestar Galactica, series 1.