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Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 14: Black Market - We take a look at what is generally agreed to be the worst episode of Battlestar Galactica. Let's see how accurate that is.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 13: Epiphanies - President Roslyn is on death's door, while a purportedly peaceful faction makes things difficult for the fleet.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 12: Resurrection Ship Part 2 - All the set up in the previous two episodes culminates in... not nearly as much as it should. But it does give Vera and Jessie good reason to go off on it.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 11: Resurrection Ship Part 1 - The showdown between Galactica and Pegasus is put on hold as Starbuck returns with information on what becomes everybody's top priority.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 10: Pegasus - Things are turned on their head for better and worse when another Battlestar appears and joins the fleet. Content warning on this one for sensitive discussions around SA.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 9: Flight of the Phoenix - A Cylon computer virus is discovered as it starts to disrupt the Galactica, at the same time as Chief Tyrol starts to build a new fighter from scratch.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 8: Final Cut - Galactica lets a journalist on board to give an inside look at the goings on of the ship and it's LUCY LAWLESS!

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 7: Home Part 2 - Adama lands on Kobol to join the group looking for Athena's tomb and things get... a tad bit tense.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 6: Home Part 1 - A group goes down onto Kobol hoping to find a means to reach Earth, Adama tries to find a new CAG, Apollo becomes Vera's least favorite character, and she and Jessie go on about 40 minutes worth of tangents.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 5: The Farm - Roslyn tries to rally support among the fleet while back on Caprica, Starbuck is wounded and being tended to in a facility that she doesn't feel safe in.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 4: Resistance - Starbuck and Helo find they're not the only survivors on Caprica, while the allies of President Roslyn try to figure out a way to get her off of Galactica.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 3: Fragged - The show gives us a collage of characters cracking under pressure, and as a bonus Vera has a minor breakdown while Jessie tries to philosophize about it.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 2: Valley of Darkness - Starbuck and Helo try to their way around Caprica, while the survivors of the downed Raptor try to hold it together on Kobol, and Galactica is attacked from within.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 1: Scattered - Adama's life is on the line as Galactica is separated from the fleet and the survivors on both Caprica and Kobol have their own sets of troubles, and yet somehow we can't stop focusing on Adama's flashback mustache.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episdoe 12: Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 2 - The first season wraps up trying to tie together at least part of the pile of loose ends left all over the place by the previous episode and set things up for the future.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episdoe 12: Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 1 - Practically every plot and character arc in the show takes a massive leap forward at the same time in a way that leaves you feeling like you missed and episode, and can somebody pump the dang breaks?!?

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episdoe 11: Colonial Day - Representatives of the 12 colonies come together for politics as usual, except with Tom Zarek there things will never be "as usual."

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episdoe 10: The Hand of God - As the fleet starts to run low on fuel, they find a massive deposit of the resource they need, except it's being heavily guarded by the Cylons. It's time to punch back, or go down swinging.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episdoe 9: Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down - Oh boy, an episode with a pun title! That's always a good sign. Welcome to Battlestar Galactica does low-key farce, as Col. Tigh's wife shows up and shenanigans ensue!

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episdoe 8: Flesh and Bone - A known Cylon is found mixed in with the fleet, and Starbuck is assigned the job of attempting to interrograte him.

Episode Description Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episdoe 7: Six Degrees of Separation - Baltar is confronted by a familiar face who brings some very accusations it'll be hard for him to wriggle out of.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episdoe 6: Litmus - After a Cylon is able to sneak onto the ship and let off a bomb, it's no longer possible to hide the fact that Cylons can look like humans. Hard questions are asked of the ground crew, by a character who desperately needs more nuance than she's given.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episdoe 5: You Can't Go Home Again - Adama and Apollo lead the charge to recover Starbuck from the surface of the moon she crashed on, costs be damned. Meanwhile Boomer and Helo continue to hunker down on Cylon-occupied Caprica.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episdoe 4: Act of Contrition - Following a hanger bay accident, Starbuck is tasked with training up a batch of new pilots, all while the whole episode for some reason thought it'd really help the story telling to cut in a whole bunch of flashbacks and flashforwards.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episdoe 3: Bastille Day - The time has come to get the water the fleet needs, and it's going to be backbreaking work. Apollo strikes on the idea of offering reduced sentences (and possibly freedom) to prisoners, but when the offer is made a prisoner named Zarek complicates things with his very presence.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episdoe 2: Water - The water reserves on the Galactica are sabotaged and Boomer may be in the middle of it all, even though she can't remember doing anything. Meanwhile Baltar stalls while trying to run from his self imposed responsibility of developing a Cylon detector, and Lee grapples with his conscience.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episode 1, 33 - The first episode of the series proper has the Galactica being relentlessly pursued by the Cylons, who show up precisely 33 minutes after each FTL jump. And we welcome special guest Dr. Erin Macdonald to the show!

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Miniseries Part 2 - The fleeing civilians reach the Galactica as the starship restocks its munitions to get back into the fight. Can President Roslin and Commander Adama agree on a course of action? Can the Galactica stand and fight against a Cylon fleet, and if not can it get away? And what the hell is going on with Baltar? Let's find out!

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Miniseries Part 1 - Before it was a full show, the Battlestar Galactica reboot was a miniseries. And while rebroadcasts aired it as one complete piece, it originally aired as two. So let's take a look at the first half and get a sense for what we're in for as the human created Cylons launch a deadly attack on their makers.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. We've finished all there is to see and now it's time to give our thoughts on the show as a whole before we move onto a new one.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. We've arrived at the (currently) final piece of Babylon 5 visual media, an animated time-hopping adventure that can't seem to decide if it's meant to be accessible to newcomers or just a greatest hits mix tape for the fans.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. When given the opportunity to make a Babylon 5 film for DVD, creator J. Michael Strazinski opted instead for a collection of two shorter stories. Fans appear not to have taken to them. Are these some overlooked gems? Let's find out.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Even with Crusade behind us, we have the pilot movie for another pitched spin-off. This one wasn't picked up but we can still see what the set up was and get a sense of what the show might have been, for better or worse.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade is over, and now it's time to take a look at the plans that never came to be and arrive at an overall assessment of this short-lived spin-off.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: The Rules of the Game – Gideon tries to get Lochley's help in getting permission to land on a planet with a potential cure lead, and the two flirt up a storm in the process. Meanwhile Max bumps into his ex and makes a bad situation worse, despite the failure of the episode to acknowledge that's what he's done.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: The Well of Forever – The Excalibur is diverted from its species saving mission, because it's a day that ends in "y," but this time it's because of their resident technomage. What a change of pace.

Jessie and Vera are putting the journey through the universe of Babylon 5 on hold to talk about how the year has gone. Mostly in terms of entertainment, and a little about personal lives. Not so much about the state of the world… we don't… we don't need to go there.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: Patterns of the Soul – The Excalibur is diverted again on a mission to recover possible infected humans from a would-be colony. Naturally there's some shady stuff going on, and it's not just the questionable acting choices.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: Ruling from the Tomb – The Excalibur is diverted from its species-saving mission to… have the on-board doctor give a speech. Meanwhile Captain Gideon buts heads with Lochley from Babylon 5 because… just because.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: The Paths of Sorrow – The crew find a mysterious alien which triggers a series of flashbacks to try and help the afflicted crew members forgive themselves, as well as give some background to the audience.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: Every Night I Dream of Home – The Excalibur is put onto a secretive mission to try and bring about a new breakthrough in fighting the Drahk virus, one that will find several Babylon 5 alum on board the ship.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: Visitors from Down the Street – The Excalibur encounters a ship in distress and a pair of aliens on board that speak English and seem to be aware of Earth, as it's at the center of many a conspiracy theory. This makes more sense if you remember how big X-Files was in the 90s.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: Racing the Night – The Excalibur finds what appears to be an abandoned planet rich in information, which almost seems to be too good to be true. Also there's some information about the start of Gideon's mission, because this was originally intended to be the first episode of the show.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: The Needs of Earth – On the tip of a ranger, the crew of the Excalibur attempt to grab an alien fugitive who appears to be trying to sell his world's greatest knowledge to the highest bidder. Cue a series of situations with no clear cut best answer, and also the best episode of the show so far.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: Memory of War – The Excalibur explores a seemingly dead planet against the advise of their resident technomage, and deadly shenanigans ensue!

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: Appearances and Other Deceits – The Excalibur comes across a mysterious ship with one survivor and a multitude of bodies, and the crew soon find themselves contending with the same threat that fell the previous ship.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: The Long Road – The Excalibur is brought in to try and sort a dispute between an Earth Forces mining operation that might help the fight against the plague back home, and the residents of the planet. All of this is complicated by an old friend of Galen.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: Warzone – The Excalibur assembles its crew for its mission to save earth, led by captain Matthew Gideon. They are then immediately diverted to save a jackass of an archeologist.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. TV Movie: A Call to Arms - The Drahk plan to make their move as Sheridan oversees the launch of brand new ships, while a mysterious figure brings disparate folk together for a greater cause.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. TV Movie: River of Souls – Sheridan is off the station, but that doesn't mean that there's going to be any less trouble. Lochley has to contend with the arrival of an academic carrying an item stolen from the Soul Hunters... and also a holographic brothel on board the station that she didn't know was there.