Galactica 1980
Galactica 1980 Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 7.9 |
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"A beloved saga's awkward, underfunded afterthought"
This short-lived sequel to Battlestar Galactica picks up after the fleet finally reaches Earth, only to find our planet's technology far too primitive to help defend against the Cylons. Two young officers are sent undercover to speed up human progress while the rest of the fleet stays hidden in orbit. The tone swings between earnest space-opera stakes and oddly cheap, kid-friendly plotting, with thin effects and a rushed, unfinished feel. It plays more like a struggling spinoff searching for an audience than a confident continuation of the original show's mythology.
the curiosity of seeing how a beloved saga tried to reinvent itself on a shrinking budget.
you want the original series' scope, since this feels smaller, cheaper, and less confident.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons

| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Galactica Discovers Earth: Part 1 | 6.1 | 310 | 49 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Galactica Discovers Earth: Part 2 | 5.8 | 282 | 49 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Galactica Discovers Earth: Part 3 | 5.5 | 280 | 49 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | The Super Scouts | 5.0 | 269 | 49 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | The Super Scouts: Part II | 4.9 | 252 | 49 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Spaceball | 4.6 | 263 | 49 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | The Night the Cylons Landed | 5.8 | 263 | 48 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | The Night the Cylons Landed: Part II | 5.8 | 255 | 48 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Space Croppers | 5.2 | 252 | 48 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | The Return of Starbuck | 7.9 | 464 | 49 min |