Galactica 1980 Season 1

Galactica 1980 Season 1 is currently streaming on major platforms, and it earns its premise rather than just borrowing genre trappings. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. 103 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Kent McCord anchors it with a performance that grounds the bigger ideas in something human. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

There is a reason Galactica 1980 Season 1 keeps coming up in conversation. Galactica 1980 Season 1 treats its concept seriously enough to follow it all the way through. Season 1 of Galactica 1980 includes 10 episodes. It aired from January 1980 to May 1980. This season stars Kent McCord, Barry Van Dyke and Robyn Douglass. Kent McCord and Barry Van Dyke lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1980. The rules of Galactica 1980 Season 1's world are consistent enough that the big swings never feel like cheating. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Viewers burned by ambitious sci-fi that could not sustain its premise should give Galactica 1980 Season 1 a chance. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Watch for Kent McCord in particular — the performance elevates the material. Satisfying on multiple levels.

🎬 Galactica 1980 Season 1 — Episode Guide

Galactica Discovers Earth (1)

1980-01-27

Thirty years after its voyage began, the Galactica finally nears Earth, but to their utter disappointment they find Earth's technology is no match for the Cylons. Adama dispatches two pilots with a mission to secretly speed up Earth's defence development.

Galactica Discovers Earth (2)

1980-02-03

When treacherous Xavier travels back in time, Troy and Dillon must race to capture him before the space-age technology falls into the hands of the Nazis.

Galactica Discovers Earth (3)

1980-02-10

Xavier appears on Earth before the arrival of the Galactica and it is up to Tory and Dillon to stop his schemes before all hope for a future colony is lost.

The Super Scouts (1)

1980-03-16

When the Cylons launch a surprise attack on the fleet, Adama sends Troy and Dillon to take the children to Earth for their own safety.

The Super Scouts (2)

1980-03-23

Troy, Dillon and the children all become involved in efforts to stop a chemical company from polluting a town's water supply.

Spaceball

1980-03-30

While Troy and Dillon try to stop the renegade Xavier from altering Earth's history, the Galactica children find themselves at a baseball camp for underprivileged children.

The Night the Cylons Landed (1)

1980-04-13

The Cylon Empire has built a new type of Cylon, a humanoid android; and when one of them survives a crash near New York City, Troy and Dillon must hunt the Cylon down.

The Night the Cylons Landed (2)

1980-04-20

Still chasing the humanoid Cylon, Troy and Dillon track him to a radio station, where he tries to send a signal to his Base Star.

Space Croppers

1980-04-27

Troy and Dillon form a partnership with an immigrant farmer to produce crops to feed the Galactica refugees after the Cylons destroy the fleet's agroships.

E10

The Return of Starbuck

1980-05-04

Dr. Zee tells Adama about a dream where he sees Starbuck, crashed on a distant planet, befriending an injured Cylon Centurion and a mysterious alien woman who gives birth to a baby boy.

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