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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. The Plan - We pause the final season to take a look at the prequel/midquel/plot-hole-filler "movie" that is "The Plan." Finally we'll see the meticulous and  carefully constructed plan and intentions behind the mysterious moves the Cylons made in the first two seasons... right? Like it's called "The Plan" so they did actually have a plan... right?

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, No Exit - A massive lore dump combined with a confrontation that's lived rent free in Jessie's mind ever since gives us plenty to cover here. Strap in folks, it's a long one.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Blood on the Scales - The mutiny arc concludes... huzzah. Can you tell Vera is tired of trying to write clever things about this show?

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, The Oath - Gaeta and Zarak make their move, while Jessie laughs at Vera's continued pain through what's supposed to be one of the best story arcs of the show.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, A Disquiet Follows My Soul - Lines are drawn as Adama pressures the other ships to accept modifications from the new Cylon allies, and the show finally remembers there've been open questions about Nicky for over half a season.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Webisodes: Face of the Enemy - Gaeta finds himself drifting alone on a raptor with two pilots, a mechanic, and two cylons, both No. 8. Welcome to the bottle story of the season 4 webisodes!

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 11 - Sometimes a Great Notion - The crew of Galactica try to figure out what to do after the devestating discovery of the state of Earth. I'm sure it'll all be handled with the show's characteristic grace, poise, and care. Zero chance that something really messed up and poorly handled will be put on screen.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 10 - Revelations - The Cylons and the suviving humans face a crossroads where they will either be at each others throats forever or come together in a common goal. Get ready for one of those big mid-season reveals!

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 9 - The Hub - The damaged basestar carrying Roslyn, Baltar, Helo, and a collection of rogue Cylons chases down the resurrection hub with the intent to permanently remove the Cylons' ability to download and revive after death. 

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 8 - Sine Qua Non - The rambshackle government tries to figure out who should be leading them, Romo has a breakdown, and Adama and Tigh fight over possibly the worst single plot development in the show.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 7 - Guess What's Coming to Dinner - The rebel Cylons do their best to negotiate with the Galactica while Roslyn in turn does her best to shut the Quorum out of the process.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 6 - Faith - Starbuck has an alliance with the rebel Cylons proposed to her, while back on Galactica President Roslyn finds herself questioning her beliefs as her treatments continue.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 5 - The Road Less Traveled - Chief Tyrol spirals in the wake of Callie's death and Starbuck comes face to face with Leoben again. We're sure this show will handle scenes of an abuse victim seeing her abuser again with great care and delicacy... 

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 3 - The Ties that Bind - The Cylons try to reconcile their differences, Callie crashes out, the crew under Starbuck are losing faith, and the hosts try not to lose complete faith in the show.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 2 - Six of One - Starbuck is desperate for Galactica to turn around while over in the Cylon fleet a division forms among the different models.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 1 - He That Believeth in Me - Starbuck returns, not to a hero's welcome, but to suspicion and disorder. Meanwhile Baltar settles in with his newfound followers in a situation that doesn't have any suspect vibes at all, really!

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. TV movie: Razor - A look back at the Pegasus before it encountered the Galactica as well as the early days under the command of Lee Adama.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 20: It's time for the conclusion of Baltar's trial and a certain signifcant revelation or five. There must be some kind of way out of here...

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 19: It's time for the trial of one Gaius Baltar, I'm sure it'll go well and without incident.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 18: Baltar finds himself in need of a new lawyer, and so the show introduces its new best character: Romo Lampkin. It feels good to say mostly nice things about this show again.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 17: An episode of prophecies and trauma... the latter being handled with all the delicacy of a bulldozer in a church.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 16: Dirty Hands - When workers dealing with untenable conditions push back, Adama and Roslyn send in Chief Tyrol to take command. What he finds is neglected people, overworked and with no way out. Watch as this show *almost* gets it, and then veers off a cliff.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 15: A Day in the Life - Family squabbles, legal hassles, pseudo flashbacks, and explosive decompression is the order of the day on the Galactica.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 14: The Woman King - A group of Sagitarons arrive on the Galactica, bringing social friction and potentially disease.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 13: Taking a Break from All Your Worries - As Baltar is being interrogated, much of crew become patrons of the newly installed bar onboard Galactica. I'm sure a steady flow of alcohol will only improve everything going.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 12: Rapture - Both the Cylons and the Galactica crew try to divine the meaning behind the temple before the other side does. Meanwhile Apollo sends his wife to rescue his girlfriend like the stand up guy he is.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 11: The Eye of Jupiter - While scrounging for food, the Galactica crew find a temple that might lead them to earth. Unfortunately the Cylons arrive looking for that exact same thing.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 10: The Passage - The fleet encounters a good old fashioned resource shortage and has to resort to dangerous measures to resolve it... and also the Kat/Starbuck rival is dredged back up for some reason.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 9: Unfinished Business - Romantic subplots and boxing in an extra long episode. One of the two hosts is officially in her own personal hell.

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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 3, Episode 8: Hero - Adama is confronted by a figure from his past while on the Cylon side of things Deeana beigns to have strange obsessions.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 7: A Measure of Salvation - The crew on Galactica consider the most extreme measure to resolve the conflict with the Cylons while Baltar is faced with actual tangible consequences for his actions in the previous episode.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 6: Torn - Tensions on the Galactica start to hurt morale while the Cylons encounter something that might be of even greater concern to them than humans, and they need Baltar to help them make sense of it.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 5: Collaborators - A small group on board the Galactica are passing judgment on the known Cylon collaborators, without trial. And for the first time in a long time the show lets a morally messy situation actually be messy all the way through.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 4: Exodus Part 2 - It's time to evacuate New Caprica. What or who will be lost in the desperate attempt to extract the surviving humans from the failed colony? Also, how gross will the Starbuck subplot get?

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 3: Exodus Part 1 - Both the crew of the Galactica as well as the residents of New Caprica make ready for a mass evacuation of the planet right under the noses of the Cylons. Also, there's some prophecy nonsense.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 2: Precipice - The crew of the Galactica make plans for how to extract the colonists on New Caprica while the Cylons continue to crack down on resistance and Vera finds a new reason to hate the current Starbuck subplot.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 1: Occupation - Several months into the Cylon occupation and the crackdowns are getting worse, the resistance is getting bolder, and the show decides to make an extra big point about Lee getting fat. Wheeeeeeeeeeee.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Webisodes: Resistance - Two months since the Cylons occupied New Caprica, a handful of familiar faces struggle to find the best ways to resist their oppressors.

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 20: Lay Down Your Burdens Part 2 - The Caprica survivors are brought back to the fleet, and the elections finally happen. And then everything goes straight to hell.  

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 19: Lay Down Your Burdens Part 1 - Another one month time jump drops us into the end of the presidential campaign and the beginning of the mission to recover the Caprica survivors. Also the best character gets introduced, so that's a nice bonus.

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 18: Downloaded - On Cylon occupied Caprica, a familiar Six is asked to talk to a familiar 8 and help her re-acclimate to her life as a cylon, something she seems very reluctant to do.

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 17: The Captain's Hand -  Apollo and Starbuck clash with the current commander of the Pegasus, while President Roslyn is faced with a dicey political situation that mirrors modern politics a little too close for comfort.

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 16: Sacrifice - A small group of conspiracy theorists take over a restaurant on Cloud Nine, demanding that Adama hand over his imprisoned Cylon. Plus romantic hijinks! 

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 15: Scar - The viper fighters of Galactica have acquired their very own Red Barron style nemesis, and they've dubbed him Scar. As the fighters try to deal with him, Starbuck and Kat butt heads more aggressively than usual.

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.