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Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 20: Lay Down Your Burdens Part 2 - The Caprica survivors are brought back to the fleet, and the elections finally happen. And then everything goes straight to hell.  

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 19: Lay Down Your Burdens Part 1 - Another one month time jump drops us into the end of the presidential campaign and the beginning of the mission to recover the Caprica survivors. Also the best character gets introduced, so that's a nice bonus.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 18: Downloaded - On Cylon occupied Caprica, a familiar Six is asked to talk to a familiar 8 and help her re-acclimate to her life as a cylon, something she seems very reluctant to do.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 17: The Captain's Hand -  Apollo and Starbuck clash with the current commander of the Pegasus, while President Roslyn is faced with a dicey political situation that mirrors modern politics a little too close for comfort.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 16: Sacrifice - A small group of conspiracy theorists take over a restaurant on Cloud Nine, demanding that Adama hand over his imprisoned Cylon. Plus romantic hijinks! 

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 15: Scar - The viper fighters of Galactica have acquired their very own Red Barron style nemesis, and they've dubbed him Scar. As the fighters try to deal with him, Starbuck and Kat butt heads more aggressively than usual.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 14: Black Market - We take a look at what is generally agreed to be the worst episode of Battlestar Galactica. Let's see how accurate that is.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 13: Epiphanies - President Roslyn is on death's door, while a purportedly peaceful faction makes things difficult for the fleet.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 12: Resurrection Ship Part 2 - All the set up in the previous two episodes culminates in... not nearly as much as it should. But it does give Vera and Jessie good reason to go off on it.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 11: Resurrection Ship Part 1 - The showdown between Galactica and Pegasus is put on hold as Starbuck returns with information on what becomes everybody's top priority.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 10: Pegasus - Things are turned on their head for better and worse when another Battlestar appears and joins the fleet. Content warning on this one for sensitive discussions around SA. 

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 9: Flight of the Phoenix - A Cylon computer virus is discovered as it starts to disrupt the Galactica, at the same time as Chief Tyrol starts to build a new fighter from scratch.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 8: Final Cut - Galactica lets a journalist on board to give an inside look at the goings on of the ship and it's LUCY LAWLESS!

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 7: Home Part 2 - Adama lands on Kobol to join the group looking for Athena's tomb and things get... a tad bit tense.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 6: Home Part 1 - A group goes down onto Kobol hoping to find a means to reach Earth, Adama tries to find a new CAG, Apollo becomes Vera's least favorite character, and she and Jessie go on about 40 minutes worth of tangents.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 5: The Farm - Roslyn tries to rally support among the fleet while back on Caprica, Starbuck is wounded and being tended to in a facility that she doesn't feel safe in.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 4: Resistance - Starbuck and Helo find they're not the only survivors on Caprica, while the allies of President Roslyn try to figure out a way to get her off of Galactica.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 3: Fragged - The show gives us a collage of characters cracking under pressure, and as a bonus Vera has a minor breakdown while Jessie tries to philosophize about it.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 2: Valley of Darkness - Starbuck and Helo try to their way around Caprica, while the survivors of the downed Raptor try to hold it together on Kobol, and Galactica is attacked from within.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 2, Episdoe 1: Scattered - Adama's life is on the line as Galactica is separated from the fleet and the survivors on both Caprica and Kobol have their own sets of troubles, and yet somehow we can't stop focusing on Adama's flashback mustache.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episdoe 12: Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 2 - The first season wraps up trying to tie together at least part of the pile of loose ends left all over the place by the previous episode and set things up for the future.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episdoe 12: Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 1 - Practically every plot and character arc in the show takes a massive leap forward at the same time in a way that leaves you feeling like you missed and episode, and can somebody pump the dang breaks?!?

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episdoe 11: Colonial Day - Representatives of the 12 colonies come together for politics as usual, except with Tom Zarek there things will never be "as usual."

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episdoe 10: The Hand of God - As the fleet starts to run low on fuel, they find a massive deposit of the resource they need, except it's being heavily guarded by the Cylons. It's time to punch back, or go down swinging. 

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 1, Episdoe 9: Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down - Oh boy, an episode with a pun title! That's always a good sign. Welcome to Battlestar Galactica does low-key farce, as Col. Tigh's wife shows up and shenanigans ensue!