Exodus: Part 2

I think the best way to put this, without giving anything away, is to describe "exodus part 2" as the best episode of any TV series I've ever seen.

Ever.

Drama, emotion, tension, excitement, surprises, superb acting, characterisation, a script beyond compare, it's all there plus huge space battles with big guns n explosions n stuff! Could you ask for more?

I wasn't an early convert to galactica, but now I'm hooked and, barring any 'the shield' like nose dives in quality will be there until the end.

Keep up the good work scifi channel, you done good.

I have to agree with other comments here. If this is not the best episode for any TV series ever, it's certainly damn close. IMO, yes, it's the best.

Just a couple of points:

Acting: Michael Hogan - Edward James Olmos --- Need to say more? Olmos/Adama is imposing as ever, his speech (Exodus Part 1) is just delightful; on Part 2, he doesn't even need to speak too much to deliver great acting. And if there were any justice in this world, the Academy of Television would beg on its knees to Hogan to accept an Emmy for his portrait of Tigh. Just the scene with his wife would be enough for that. And this guy needs just one eye to perform superbly!!!

Action sequences: nothing on TV can compare with this. It's not just awesome special effects (enough money can buy them), it's also impeccable timing to ensure a roller-coaster.

The low point, I think, is the whole Baltar storyline. James Callis is one of the best in the cast, but the story itself sounded a bit too weak. The nuke plot made very little sense, and the whole thing about Hera... what the heck is about her??? Even so, you can (have to!) forgive these small nuisances in such a wonderful episode.

Not every episode of BSG is worth watching it, moreover on this irregular Season 3, but "Exodus" alone is more than enough to make me watch all the remainder of the season and the next one.

The cracks in the Cylon occupation are forced wider and wider apart by the colonial resistance and the Cylon's own growing internal fragmentation. Baltar, who appears more expendable to the Cylons every day, clings desperately to Caprica and any remaining hope for survival he can grasp, and Colonel Tigh must face the fact that his wife's behavior has endangered the entire resistance. Meanwhile, Sharon is on her way to the colony with a brave plan to recover the colonists.

A lot happens in this pivotal episode in the third season's great story arc, and the production - from script to camera to performance - is right where it needs to be in order to carry it all off. Fans of Sackhoff, Olmos and Callis should all enjoy their excellent contributions to this episode.

See it, but make sure you do it in the sequence intended by the writers. Otherwise - what you're seeing won't make much sense.

Almost nineteen years has passed since I first watched this episode. And by the gods it has aged like fine wine..

Although it's more likely that it's me that has aged... I am now a father of two, the eldest who was born the same week this episode aired. And so their focus on the importance of the future is not lost on me.

There was a section during Season 2 where the political allegories were ladled on a little thick, but thankfully they moved back to a more character centric story.

Still, having said that, it's very sad to note that the Populism depicted in this show is even more prevalent today in 2025 than it was in 2006.

No spoilers here. Just a heartfelt gratitude to the writers for creating what feels like a timeless classic piece of speculative sci-fi.

All of the cast were superb and every character was richly written with very few of the typical nonsense decisions that sometimes plague depictions of people in dire straits.

I want to give credit to the special effects team. There was a lot of epic SFX in this episode and there was nothing to complain about watching this on a high definition screen. The SFX has held up just as well as the storyline and politcs.

And there is one section in particular where the action and SFX is done so well that I practically jumped out of my chair, slapped my fist in my palm and whooped like an plain idiot at the screen.... (thankfully I watched this alone, so no shame there...)

This is a 10 out of 10... TV does not get much better than this.

Magnificent.

hmmm... it is always difficult to write a review of something without giving anything away so i will simply add this small gleaming...

there is a point at which youl be sat there watching this second part and have a reaction much like i did of: "OOOOOO! I Didn't KNOW THE GALACTICA COULD DO THAT!!! ^_^" it was one of the more strategically impressive manoeuvre's I've seen in any science fiction show and youl know exactly what im talking about when you see it happen...

As per usual, the story line is fluid excellent and gripping, to the point where i actually shed a tear or two for Colonel Thai (youl understand why), and as triumphant as the ending may be you cant help but question... "at what cost to all" was it achieved.