Episode Guides
Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide - Season 4

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Webisode: Razor Flashbacks First Aired: Oct. 05, 2007 The Battlestar Galactica: Razor Flashbacks are an online series that provides the story of a young William Adama's (Nico Cortez) discovery of a Cylon experiment during his time in the first Cylon War. Webisode aired from October 5 to November 16, 2007. |
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TV Movie: Razor First Aired: Nov. 24, 2007 Battlestar Galactica: Razor tells the story of the first mission of Lee 'Apollo' Adama (Jamie Bamber) as commander of the battlestar Pegasus. Flashbacks interleaved with the main story show what happened to Pegasus during and after the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies, as well as some events at the end of the First Cylon War. The main story and most of the flashbacks focus on Lt. Kendra Shaw (Stephanie Jacobsen), who joins Pegasus as aide to Adm. Helena Cain (Michelle Forbes) just before the Cylons strike. |
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Battlestar Galactica: Revealed First Aired: Mar. 28, 2008 The special summarizes the previous 3 seasons stories and character relationships for uninitiated viewers, hosted by producers David Eick and Ron Moore. |
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Battlestar Galactica: The Phenomenon First Aired: Mar. 28, 2008 Battlestar Galactica: The Phenomenon is a half-hour special on the Re-imagined Series originally aired on March 28, 2008 back-to-back with Battlestar Galactica. The special includes interviews with celebrities about Battlestar Galactica's impact on pop culture. |
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4x02 He That Believeth In Me (Part 1) First Aired: Apr. 04, 2008 Kara Thrace returns in a brand-new Viper to aide Galactica against a Cylon assault on a defenseless fleet, though her claim of finding Earth and who she is are held in doubt. As the awakened four of the Final Five struggle to figure who they are and what they are capable of doing, Baltar finds shelter among a commune who look to him for spiritual guidance. |
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4x03 Six of One (Part 2) First Aired: Apr. 11, 2008 Kara is prepared to turn friends into enemies in her feverish desire to guide the fleet on the right path towards Earth.The Cylons find themselves fracturing over the issue of what to do with the Raiders when they learn that the Final Five are in the fleet. |
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4x04 The Ties That Bind First Aired: Apr. 18, 2008 Cally's world is turned upside down when she suspects her husband is cheating on her. Meanwhile, Lee begins his career in politics, Kara leads a skeptical crew, and lines are finely drawn in the Cylon internal unrest. |
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4x05 Escape Velocity First Aired: Apr. 25, 2008 Tyrol crumbles in the wake of Cally's death while Tigh finds himself drawn to Caprica-Six in a parellel to his own deceased wife. Baltar takes a stand for the religious freedoms of he and his followers. |
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4x06 The Road Less Traveled (Part 1) First Aired: May. 02, 2008 The crew of the Demetrius begin drawing lines when Kara trusts a Cylon who offers the means of helping them find Earth. As Baltar's word begins spreading, he seeks to make peace with Tyrol. |
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4x07 Faith (Part 2) First Aired: May. 09, 2008 The Demetrius allows a window for Kara to take a Raptor and a small party to the basestar to hear the Hybrid. Roslin befriends another cancer patient, terminally ill, who finds comfort in Baltar's message. |
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4x08 Guess What's Coming to Dinner? First Aired: May. 16, 2008 Galactica agrees to help the rebel Cylons unbox the Number Three models so as to reveal the identity of the Final Five while they, in turn, will be allowed to destroy the Cylon resurrection hub. However, alternate plans are secretly plotted as distrust still lurks within both sides. |
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4x09 Sine Qua Non First Aired: May. 30, 2008 With the President and a number of the fleet's pilots taken when the rebel basestar jumped away, Adama begins desperate but wreckless search efforts. At the same time, when it's obvious that the Admiral will not accept Zarek's assumed presidency in Roslin's absence, Lee seeks help from fallen lawyer Romo Lampkin to select someone else for the position. |
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4x10 The Hub First Aired: Jun. 06, 2008 As the rebel basestar jumps to the resurrection hub, the pilots onboard put their trust in the Cylons to help destroy their target while Roslin is faced with visions that could lead she and humanity to spiritual salvation. |
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4x11 Revelations First Aired: Jun. 13, 2008 When the rebel Cylons hold the colonials on their basestar hostage in exchange for the Final Five within the fleet, the secret four are confronted with the fear of revealing themselves in exchange for the good of the human race. |
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Battlestar Galactica: The Top 10 Things You Need to Know First Aired: Jan. 11, 2009 Sci Fi Channel aired this special program as a lead-in to the start of the final episodes of the Re-imagined Series. Ron D. Moore and David Eick appear in this special program as they summarized ten items to know about the Re-imagined Series before watching the final episodes of season 4. The team elaborated on each of the ten points with the aid of clips from the series. |
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4x12 Sometimes a Great Notion First Aired: Jan. 16, 2009 In the aftermath of humanity's gravest discovery, Kara Thrace is left to contemplate the full extent of the Hybrid's grave prophecies. |
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4x13 A Disquiet Follows My Soul First Aired: Jan. 23, 2009 Laura Roslin begins to lose faith in the Pythian prophecy and her role as the dying leader. Tom Zarek intends to weaken the Human-Cylon alliance. Galen Tyrol is told that he is not the father of Cally's son. |
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4x14 The Oath (Part 1) First Aired: Jan. 30, 2009 Gaeta and Zarek start an uprising in the fleet, leaving the commanders of Galactica with a crucial choice. |
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4x15 Blood on the Scales (Part 2) First Aired: Feb. 06, 2009 President Roslin faces off against Tom Zarek and Lt. Gaeta as they try to take control of the Colonial fleet. The alliance with the rebel Cylons as well as Adama's life are both at stake. |
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4x16 No Exit First Aired: Feb. 13, 2009 As Sam Anders recovers from surgery to dislodge the bullet in his brain, his memories of the Final Five Cylons re-emerge. Ellen Tigh resurrects aboard a Basestar, and reveals the part she played on Earth. With the Galactica losing structural integrity, Adama asks the newly reinstated Chief to fix the ship. |
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4x17 Deadlock First Aired: Feb. 20, 2009 The Galactica undergoes repairs using a Cylon substance that can help maintain the structural integrity. With Boomer's help, Ellen Tigh escapes Cavil's ship and reunites with the fleet completing the gathering of the Final Five. Caprica Six miscarries Tigh's child ending the hope that Cylons can reproduce with their own kind. |
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4x18 Someone to Watch Over Me First Aired: Feb. 27, 2009 Starbuck encounters a mysterious piano player in Joe's Bar and helps him work on a his latest song. Realizing the musical notes match a series of dots drawn by Hera, Starbuck finishes the song which Col. Tigh and Tory Foster recognize as the music they heard when they learned they were Cylons. Tyrol unwittingly helps Boomer who poses as Athena and kidnaps Hera taking her to Cavil. |
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4x19 Islanded in a Stream of Stars First Aired: Mar. 06, 2009 Boomer's Raptor escape damages Galactica when she jumps too close to the hull. Admiral Adama makes the crucial decision to abandon ship and puts Lee in charge offloading equipment to the rest of the fleet. As Starbuck searches for the meaning behind the "Cylon song", Baltar tries to expose her return from the dead as proof of life after death. |
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4x20 Daybreak (Part 1) First Aired: Mar. 13, 2009 A series of pre-Cylon attack flashbacks delve into past situations of Caprica Six's involvement in caring for Baltar's elderly father, Roslin's sudden loss of her family in an accident, and Lee Adama's passionate feelings for Starbuck who is dating his brother Zak. In the present, Anders reveals the location of Cavil's base and Adama decides to take Galactica on one final mission to rescue Hera. |
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Battlestar Galactica: The Last Frakkin' Special First Aired: Mar 16, 2009 Battlestar Galactica: The Last Frakkin' Special is the last special for the series before the grand finale. |
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4x21 Daybreak (Part 2) First Aired: Mar. 20, 2009 Admiral Adama leads Galactica's final battle and rescues Hera from the Cylon Colony. Starbuck draws upon the meaning of Hera's musical notes to lead the fleet to a habitable world. The fate of the fleet and its relationship to Earth is revealed. |
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TV Movie: The Plan First Aired: Oct. 27, 2009 Just after the destruction of the Twelve Colonies, two Cylon agents discuss the problem of the remaining humans, both on the planets, and those who have escaped into space. From there, the events of the series are shown from a Cylon perspective, and their underlying plan is revealed. |