Feb 26, 2020 the world of battlestar galactica spans hundreds of thousands of years. Pegasus everyone on galactica is excited when they find another lost survivor of the cylon attacks. Pegasus is the tenth episode of the second season of battlestar galactica, and is the twentythird episode overall. Overview the fleet happily discovers that the battlestar pegasus has survived the destruction of the colonies, only to have admiral cain take command of galactica and enforce her own hardcore military doctrine on the fleet.
Battlestar pegasus first appears in the reimagined series episode pegasus and remains part of the series from then until the episode exodus, part 2, playing a major role in the episodes resurrection ship and the captains hand battlestar pegasus is a mercury class battlestar, assigned to battlestar group 62 of the colonial fleet, and commanded by admiral helena cain at the time of. The advanced battlestar pegasus, commanded by rear admiral helena cain, joins galactica approximately 6 months into their exodus trs. Battlestar galactica is an american military science fiction television series, and part of the battlestar galactica franchise. The pilot for the series first aired as a threehour miniseries comprising. In reality, this episode is all about juxtaposing the galactica and the newfound battlestar pegasus. He that believeth in me 1 kara thrace returns in a brandnew viper to aide galactica against a cylon assault on a defenceless fleet, though her claim of finding earth and who she is are held in doubt. Cain michelle forbes relieves adama of command of the fleet. Moore and executive produced by moore and david eick as a reimagining of the 1978 battlestar galactica television series created by glen a. On battlestar galactica, hope is a fast ship you cant steer. Lee adama defies admiral adamas orders and uses the battlestar pegasus to rescue galactica from certain. Pegasus is the tenth episode of the second season of the reimagined battlestar galactica television series. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series battlestar galactica 2003.
Pegasus is an episode of the tv series, battlestar galactica, and aired during the shows second season. To correct episode titles click through the episode and submit corrections via the specific list provider. When last we left our heroes, the band had gotten back together, and things were sort of good and sort of awful, as per the usual. When commander adama learns that kara disobeyed orders and jumped to caprica on orders from president roslin, he demands the presidents. Battlestar galactica 2003 s 02 e 10 pegasus recap tv.
Admiral adama leads a group of volunteers aboard the galactica into a dangerous mission to rescue hera. Disturbing in the extreme, i think this goes a long way to showing how good our leadership team of roslin and adama are and while theyve both made some mistakes i just cant see them stooping so low as the pegasus crew. The battlestar pegasus arrives at a colonial fleet shipyard at gemenon for scheduled maintenance and passenger and crew transfers as she would months later, admiral helena cain stays aboard to manage some ship and personal business, trying to write a latter. There was a riveting arc where the galactica encounters another ship, the pegasus, led by admiral helena cain michelle forbes, who outranked adama, and the battlestar. Oct 11, 2016 battlestar galactica was a series that set a new standard for what audiences can expect from sci fi television.
But when it was picked up for a first season, i bit the bullet and watched the miniseries. The episode mainly follows how the arrival of the pegasus and its crew affects the galactica. Sep 23, 2005 galactica s crew discovers that a second battlestar, the pegasus, survived the attack on the 12 colonies, but tensions erupt when adm. In volume 1, youll get seasons 1 and 2, plus the fourhour miniseries that started it all. The galactica crew learn about the harsh practices onboard pegasus. A joyous celebration turns sour at some of the secrets emerging out of the differences of the two crews, and baltar meets a familiar cylon prisoner aboard pegasus.
The critically acclaimed science fiction hit series returns for its second season. The broadcast episode did seem overstuffed, so the news of substantial cut footage was unsurprising. Sky did not contribute financially to the second season, though uk broadcasts credit the company at the end of every episode. The battlestar valkyrie is a third cic seen in the series. Watching the pegasus threeparter, compromising the episodes pegasus and the two part resurrection ship. It aired originally on the sci fi channel on september 23, 2005. Battlestar pegasus is a mercury class battlestar, assigned to battlestar group 62 of the colonial fleet, and commanded by admiral helena cain at the time of the cylon attack on the twelve colonies.
The human fleet encounters the battlestar pegasus, commanded by admiral helena cain. Many tv series have what you might consider to be a gamechanging episode, but this. Pegasus s pilots might have more advanced fighters but they arent as reliable now as the triedandtrue mk. Season 3, episode 4, exodus part 2 lee adama defies admiral adamas orders and uses the battlestar pegasus to rescue galactica from certain destruction. She survived the attack by blindjumping as the cylons attacked the scorpion fleet shipyards. It was created by glen larson a mormon, who used many elements of mormon mythology in the story. The crew are surprised at the return of the battlestar pegasus. With edward james olmos, mary mcdonnell, katee sackhoff, jamie bamber. Roslin is on board a raptor en route to the rebel cylon base star, but gaeta has ordered to engage and destroy it. The world of battlestar galactica spans hundreds of thousands of years. Pegasus, a mercury class battlestar, has joined the fleet. Watch battlestar galactica episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Roslin refuses his demand and sparks a confrontation.
In the episodes, the battlestar pegasus, under the command of admiral helena cain, is found by the fleet. Battlestar galactica was a series that set a new standard for what audiences can expect from sci fi television. Cic is a large, twolevel complex with three bulkhead exits, which are closed during action stations alerts. A series of flashbacks reveals the chronicles of the battlestar pegasus and its crew from the initial cylon attack on the twelve colonies, up to its meeting with galactica, while apollos new xo deals with the harsh reality of admiral cains legacy. Thought to have been destroyed during the attack, pegasus escaped, and encounters battlestar galactica and the last survivors of the twelve colonies. The marines have used a stun grenade on adama and tigh.
As they work to confirm the ships identity, they are shocked to discover that the ship is transmitting a colonial signal. Battlestar galatica, season 1, episode, full episode, the living legent part 2, humans, space, planets, cylons, warships, battlestar pegasus, join forces. Pegasus was a mercuryclass battlestar, and one of the most advanced military ships in the. Cinematically the set is a redress of the pegasus cic set. Built sometime after the first cylon war, pegasus was the crown jewel of the colonial fleet, with a big reputation, and many officers yearning for a post on the ship trs. This is all found out within the first half of the first episode of the 5 th series of battlestar galactica, or is it the 11th episode of the 4 th series. Watch pegasus season 2, episode 10 of battlestar galactica or get episode details on. As a fan of the original battlestar galactica, when the revamped miniseries first aired, i refused to watch. The reimagined version was created by ronald moore in 2003. Galactica s giddy reunion with the pegasus had taken a sour turn when admiral cain michelle forbes went back on her word to commander adama edward james olmos. The original battlestar galactica first premiered in 1978, with a sequel series called galactica 1980 following in 1980.
List of battlestar galactica 2004 tv series episodes. This page discusses the extended version of the reimagined series episode. Universal home video stated that they were unable to complete the extended version of the episode in time for the season 2. The best episode of battlestar galactica showcases everything the series does right in a single package. Along with galactica, pegasus was one of only two colonial military vessels to survive the fall of the twelve colonies, serving under the command of admiral helena cain. The series first aired as a threehour miniseries comprising four broadcast hours in december 2003 on the scifi channel. With galactica receiving spare parts and computer updates from pegasus there. The elation fades when admiral cain takes command of.
The tension boils over when helo and chief tyrol learn about lt. Galactica s cic is a faintlycircular room located deep in the interior alligator head of the battlestar, where the main hull meets the midship section. Pegasus the cliffhanger firsthalf finale of season 2 features the miraculous appearance of a longlost ally who ultimately becomes a formidable foe of cdr. The ultimate battlestar galactica watch order lincoln cannon. Now you can relive every actionpacked moment of the epic battlestar galactica saga in this special digital boxset, presented in two volumes. Battlestar galactica adamas speech before the mission. Moore as a reimagining of the 1978 battlestar galactica television series created by glen a. Chronologically, this fits into season 2 between the episodes the captains hand and downloaded. Battlestar galactica the destruction of the pegasus video. Sep 23, 2005 pegasus is an episode of the tv series, battlestar galactica, and aired during the shows second season. Thats fairthe show debuted over a decade ago, guiding syfy, then known as the scifi channel, to. Soon, however, things begin to sour when the crew finds itself under the rule of helena cain, an admiral who is more stern than adama.
When commander adama learns that kara disobeyed orders and jumped to caprica on orders from president roslin, he demands the presidents resignation, with the implied threat of a military coup. From cic, the battlestar s tactical and navigational operations are monitored and directed. The galactica crew are running their standard routines when they are surprised by an unidentified ship that appears on dradis. Cain sentences helo and chief galen tyrol to death after they accidentally. The galactica crew is overjoyed when they encounter another colonial battlestar, the mercuryclass pegasus. It was destroyed two years later during the exodus from new caprica. Helena cain is the female version of cain, who was portrayed by the late lloyd bridges in the original battlestar galactica.
Pegasus was a mercuryclass battlestar, and one of the most advanced military ships in the colonial fleet. Battlestar galactica bsg is an american military science fiction television series, and part of the battlestar galactica franchise. The best way to watch battlestar galactica is to stop. For those who dont know, the extended pegasus episode from season 2. Jan 19, 2009 this is all found out within the first half of the first episode of the 5 th series of battlestar galactica, or is it the 11th episode of the 4 th series. This will include studies of the original tv miniseries, regular series its associated comic books, novels, etc. Lets say its been a minute since youve watched battlestar galactica, a. The original battlestar galactica first premiered in 1978, with a sequel series called galactica 1980 following in. The space battle to rescue the survivors is one of the most exciting the show has produced. Still rewatching battlestar galactica, now nearly through the excellent season two. Battlestar galactica has never been a happy show, and thats often to its benefit, perhaps more than ever here. Battlestar galactica pegasus vs galactica vipers youtube.
While president roslin lies at deaths door, succumbing to the cancer, a coalition of antimilitary cylon sympathizers begins a campaign of sabotage within the fleet. The elation fades when admiral cain takes command of the fleet. Faced with an unwinnable battle against a deadly enemy, they are forced to flee under the protection. As the galactica is stripped for parts, a call for volunteers is made for a final mission. Gaius baltar discovers that pegasus crew members have been raping and torturing a cylon prisoner. Razor is a standalone fulllength movie which tells the backstory of admiral helena cain of the battlestar pegasus through the eyes of major kendra shaw. Gallactica meets pegasus, and adamas command is threatened when the captain of pegasus outranks him. Pegasus marks an important turning point in the series as it introduces the battlestar pegasus and admiral helena cain played in a commanding performance by michelle forbes. The galactica and pegasus join forces to take out the cylon resurrection ship, while both admiral cain and commander adama plot to remove one another from power. The longer version of pegasus appears on the battlestar galactica season 2. Picking up where the first season left off, battlestar galactica 04 continues to chronicle the adventures of a ragtag fleet of humans, the sole survivors of a devastating nuclear attack by the robot cylons. After looking over galacticas logs, cain surmises that the cylon fleet was following galactica which itself was jumping to systems with natural resources for the.
Instead of offering the footage as an extra, the producers have returned to director michael rymers original cut and delivered a much more. With richard hatch, dirk benedict, lorne greene, herbert jefferson jr while suffering from a fuel shortage, the galactica finds the supposedly lost battlestar pegasus, led by the legendary commander cain. This is the home page of popapostles exploration of the reimagined battlestar galactica universe created by ron moore for the scifi channel in 2003. In the episode, the human fleet encounters the battlestar pegasus, commanded by admiral helena cain. Following pegasus, the series went on hiatus until january 2006 in the episode, the human fleet encounters the battlestar pegasus, commanded by admiral helena cain. The mood aboard the galactica turns jubilant when the battlestar pegasus long thought destroyed with the rest of the colonial fleet appears out of nowhere. Im told the pegasus episode from the original series was more tempered, with a more sympathetic pegasus crew. Being of an intermediate design between galactica and pegasus, its cic is similar to the latter vessel.
Five thoughts on battlestar galacticas pegasus multiversity. Following pegasus, the series went on hiatus until january 2006. The show could have been little more than a campy project about humans vs. In my opinion, battlestar galactica is the best television series in television history. Galactica and pegasus are under fire from four basestars. The plotting by the resistance on new caprica is a tense thriller by itself. Galactica s crew discovers that a second battlestar, the pegasus, survived the attack on the 12 colonies, but tensions erupt when adm.
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