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Cast: Credits:
Commander Adama....Lorne Greene Creator................Glen A. Larson
Col. Boomer..Herb Jefferson Jr. Exec. Producer.........Glen A. Larson
Capt. Troy..........Kent McCord Music....................Stu Phillips
Lt. Dillon.......Barry Van Dyke Producers.............David O'Connell
Jamie Hamilton...Robyn Douglass Frank Lupo
Dr. Zee...Robbie Rist(premiere) Jeff Freilich
Patrick Stuart(others) Art Director.......Sherman Loudermilk
Phot. Director..Frank P. Beascoiechea
Special Effects....Universal Hartland
1- Galactica Discovers Earth (3 part premiere)
Air Dates: Part 1 - 1980-01-27
Part 2 - 1980-02-03
Part 3 - 1980-02-10
Writer: Glen A. Larson
Director: Sidney Hayers
Guest Cast: Richard Lynch (Xavier), Robert Reed (Dr. Mortinson),
Pamela Susan Shoop (Carlyle)
At last, the Galactica finds the planet Earth! It's the year 1980 A.D.,
and their hopes are dashed when they find that the planet does not have the
technology to help defeat the Cylons. In fact, the Earth is bad off as it
is. The Galactica leaves Earth, so that the Cylons following do not find
it, but send down Capt. Troy (formerly Boxey, Adama's grandson) and Lt.
Dillon to contact Prof. Mortinson, a man they feel can help them to advance
Earth's technology quick enough to be of help. There is trouble, in the
form of Xavier, one of the Council of Twelve who feels that the Galacticans
should upgrade Earth by travelling into the past and introducing modern
devices (Dr. Zee has developed a time-travel device and a cloaking device,
both outfitted into Vipers). He goes to Nazi Germany, not caring about the
consequences, and Troy and Dillon, joined by reporter Jamie Hamilton of
Earth, follow him. They undo his damage, but lose Xavier somewhere in
time. Adama goes ahead with his plan to slowly upgrade Earth, Prof.
Mortinson is told that someday he will meet them again, and Jamies joins
the Colonial fleet.
2- The Super Scouts
Air Dates: Part 1 - 1980-03-16
Part 2 - 1980-03-23
Writer: Glen A. Larson
Director: Vince Edwards (Part 1), Sigmund Neufeld Jr. (Part 2)
Guest Cast: Alan Miller (Col. Sydell), Fred Holliday (Brooks),
John Quade(Sheriff Ellsworth)
The Cylons launch a surprise attack on the fleet, doing considerable
damage. Troy and Dillon take the children of the fleet down to Earth to
protect them. With Jamie's help, they disguise themselves as scouts, but
they get into some trouble, such as when Dillon tries to change his gold
cubits in for American currency, and accidentally robs a bank. With the
police after them, the group camp out in the woods. However, some of the
children become ill from drinking polluted water from a chemical plant, and
there is a problem with the Colonists' bizarre anatomies. The children are
saved, however, and the plant is closed down.
3- Spaceball
Air Date: 1980-03-30
Writer: Frank Lupo, Jeff Freilich, Glen A. Larson
Director: Barry Crane
Guest Cast: Jeremy Brett (Xavier), Paul Koslo (Billy),
Fred Holliday (Col. Sydell), Bert Rosario (Hal)
Xavier returns, and gets rid of Troy and Dillon by sending them into space
in a sabotaged Viper. They are busy repairing the ship while Xavier tries
to kidnap the kids and hold them for ransom. Meanwhile, Jamie has taken
the children to a baseball camp for underprivileged kids where she is doing
a story. This of course results in them playing a game with their
super-powers, saving the camp from being closed down. Troy and Dillon
return in time to foil Xavier, but he escapes again.
4- The Night the Cylons Landed
Air Date: Part 1 - 1980-04-13
Part 2 - 1980-04-20
Writer: Glen A. Larson
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr. (Part 1), Barry Crane (Part 2)
Guest Cast: Willian Daniels (Norman), Roger Davis (Andromus),
Peter Mark Richman (Col. Briggs), Lara Parker (Shirley),
Wolfman Jack (as himself)
The Cylon Empire has built a new type of Cylon, a humanoid android. One of
them, Andromus, along with a centurian, crashland on Earth. Troy and Dillon
attempt to catch them, but the Cylons are picked up by a group of people on
their way to a Halloween party. The Cylons learn that the party is
associated with a New York radio station, and seek to take control of the
station to send a message to a nearby Cylon Base ship that they have found
Earth. The Cylons attempt to over the radio station (where Wolfman Jack is
the D.J.). Troy and Dillon are slowed in their attempt to stop them when
they have to save a child in a penthouse fire started by the Cylons. They
save the child and stop the Cylons.
5- Space Croppers
Air Date: 1980-04-27
Writer: Robert L. McCullough
Director: Dan Haller
Guest Cast: Ana Alicia (Gloria), Dana Elcar (Steadman),
Ned Romero (Hector)
The Cylons again attack the fleet, taking out the Agroships. With their
food supply destroyed, Troy and Dillon enter a partnership with Hector
Alonzo, a farmer being threatened by a powerful and prejudiced land baron,
John Steadman. The Galacticans bring down Dr. Zee's anti-grav ship, and
Steadman spots this and calls in the police. The Galacticans hide the
evidence of their presence, put Steadman out of business, and get their
food.
6- The Return of Starbuck
Air Date: 1980-05-04
Writer: Glen A. Larson
Director: Ron Satlof
Guest Cast: Dirk Benedict (Starbuck), Judith Chapman (Angela),
Rex Cutter(Cyrus)
At last, the fate of Starbuck is revealed. Prof. Zee was revealed in the
premiere to be a mutant and a child genius. He has a dream about
Starbuck, which he relates to Adama, who knows the story to be true.
Fourteen years earlier, while in a battle, Starbuck's Viper was gravely
damaged, and Boomer watched him wildly fly towards a planet. The fleet
could not go back for him, since the Cylons were on their tail. Starbuck
crashed onto the barren planet, his ship all but destroyed. There he finds
the remains of a Cylon fighter, of which one Cylon he is able to fix. He
does this out of loneliness. Cy, as he names him, first wishes to kill
Starbuck, because he is a human, but soon learns that they need each other,
and they become friends (to both of their surprise). Then a mysterious
pregnant woman appears, and Starbuck does his all to care for her, which
makes Cy jealous. However, Cy helps Starbuck build a tiny ship out of the
remains of both their ships, and after the woman gives birth, launches the
baby into space, the mysterious woman is gone. It was surmised that she was
from another dimension. Soon after, a Cylon patrol lands on the planet, and
when they find Starbuck they attempt to kill him. However, Cy gives his
life to save Starbuck, killing two of the Cylons before the third guns him
down. Starbuck finishes off the third Cylon, but Cy is too far gone to be
fixed. Starbuck is left alone again.
Adama reveals to Zee that he had come to the fleet in a small ship, and his
identity is revealed.
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