Battlestar Galactica – Fusion Patrol

Find out what happens when a production team looks at their series and says, "Hey, this just isn't working," when John and Eugene look at the Return of Starbuck.

It's every bit as bad as you remember, and not nearly as bad as you think. John and Eugene look at Space Croppers.

John and Eugene consider if constellations look the same “on the other side,” when Chekov’s gun misfires and do robots have murder/suicide pacts when we look at the Galactica 1980 episode, The Night the Cylons Landed.

If you could throw a baseball 780 mph, would the US Air Force really be a problem? John and Eugene discuss Spaceball. Episode Synopsis Troy and Dillion leave the kids with Jamie when they’re called away for an important mission from Adama, relayed to them by Lt. Nash.  They will take a special viper into ... Read more

John and Eugene look discuss The Super Scouts, where we learn that Galacticas are really from the planet Krypton, that television kids are stupid no matter what planet they come from, and why revolving doors aren’t nearly complicated as out space people think they are. Episode Synopsis Episode One Dr. Zee has had a facelift ... Read more

For four years, our coverage has endured the wilderness of space. And now we near the end of one of our journey. The Galactica has, at last, found Earth. This week we begin our look at Battlestar Galactica Season 2, aka Galactica 1980, John and Eugene discuss the three-part pilot movie, Galactica Discover Earth. Episode ... Read more

The first season (or is it the series?) of Battlestar Galactica comes to a close with an attack on a Cylon Basestar.  Will the Galactica survive? Ben and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis:  Apollo, Sheba, Starbuck and Cassiopeia are on a…. let’s call it a double-date.  Apollo takes them all for a surprise.  A celestial chamber, ... Read more

There’s trouble brewing onboard the industrial ship Celestra.  How is it tied to Starbuck’s long-lost flame? Ben and Eugene take (apart) the Celestra. Episode Synopsis:  Adama presides over a ceremony to honor Cmdr. Kronus, former Commander of the Battlestar Raikon and Adama’s former commanding officer.  Kronus is being promoted to “fleet” commander of the industry ... Read more

In this episode, the Galactica finds Earth…  or Terra… which probably isn’t Earth.  Plus Apollo and Starbuck get a little help from on high. Ben and Eugene discuss this Experiment in Terra. Episode Synopsis:  Picking up from last week’s episode, the evil Eastern Alliance enforcers, along with the Borelean Nomen have escaped the Galactica.  Rather ... Read more

How can Baltar remain a credible villain if he remains in jail?  Answer:  He can’t, so, it must be time to escape! Ben and Eugene discuss Baltar’s Escape. Episode Synopsis:  Since the arrival of the Eastern Alliance Enforcers and Apollo and Starbuck’s prisoners, the Council have been getting increasingly upity.  It seems the civilian government ... Read more

The Galacticans come across humans from a non-Colonial source.  Could it be the long-awaited contact with Earth? Ben and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis:  On long range forward patrol, Apollo and Starbuck encounter a strange, unresponsive spacecraft of unfamiliar design.  Their scanners indicate life inside and they bring it back to the Galactica.  Inside, six humans ... Read more

Ever deeper in space, supplies of plots are running low aboard the Colonial fleet.  Existing on survival rations, Ben and Eugene discuss two episodes for the price of one. First, Starbuck may have found his long-lost father, but the reunion may be a short one if the con man pretending to be Starbuck’s father is ... Read more

A mysterious stranger comes to the fleet with promises too good to be true.  Could he be the Great Deceiver? Ben and Eugene discuss the War of the Gods Episode Synopsis: Silver Spar squadron are buzzed by strange, super-speed lights in space, and then go missing.  Apollo, Starbuck and Sheba investigate a nearby planet for ... Read more

Where there’s space, and oxygen, you know there’s going to be FIRE!  Remember, Smokey the Daggit says, “Only you can prevent space fires.” Ben and Eugene discuss Fire in Space. Episode Synopsis: Boomer, Athena, Boxey and Muffet are spending time in the Rejuvenation Center when the Cylons launch a massive attack.  All squadrons are launched ... Read more

The last thing the last battlestar expected to find was another last battlestar.  It seems they’re a dime a dozen. But this last battlestar comes complete with Cain – the Living Legend. Ben and Eugene discuss. Synopsis While on patrol, Apollo and Starbuck encounter the Battlestar Pegasus, a long-thought lost Battlestar from the Fifth Fleet ... Read more

Starbuck crash lands on a Cylon-occupied planet, where he runs into a group of young freedom fighers whive’been giving the Cylons hell. Can he turn the Young Lords into a credible fighting force and defeat an entire garrison of Cylons? Ben and Eugene discuss The Young Lords. Synopsis Starbuck and Boomer, on patrol, are ambushed ... Read more

A small town connives to get a group of battle-trained warriors to help defend their town against maurading bandits. That description sounds a bit generic – and so does this episode! Ben and Eugene discuss The Magnificent Warriors. Synopsis Blue Squadron defeats an incoming Cylon attack fleet, but a few ships get through, the reach ... Read more

There’s a planet.  With a gun on it. A frozen world – one might even call it an “ice planet.”  That planet is known as Arcta, or perhaps Kalpa, but we shall call it “Zero – Ice Planet Zero.” And we shall do so for no apparent reason whatsoever. No matter, because the Galactica is ... Read more

Starbuck in on a long patrol and he needs to put some distance between himself and the women in his life. Ben and Eugene discuss The Long Patrol. Synopsis The Galactica is finally leaving its home “star system”, passing through a cloud of asteroid dust and seeing, for the first time, a whole new galaxy, ... Read more

Capt. Apollo has got a problem.  He’s stranded on a very dark planet with no fuel as the fleet inexorably moves away from him.  There’s also a Cylon Centurion on the planet with him. Also, how far will Starbuck and Apollo go to avoid babysitting Boxey again? Ben and Eugene discuss the Lost Warrior. Synopsis ... Read more

A dark and mysterious void appears in space before the Galactica.  Adama takes a leap of faith with the lives of all the Colonial Survivors.  On a happier note, Apollo and Serina are sealed. Ben and Eugene discuss the Lost Planet of the Gods. Synopsis Apollo and Serena announce their engagement to the delight of ... Read more

As humanity approaches the Seventh Millenium of Time, it will at least know peace.  After a thousand yahren war with an evil race of robotic war machines known as the Cylons, the war is finally over. What could possibly go wrong? Ben and Eugene start our exploration of a new series on Fusion Patrol – ... Read more