Show Info

Genre(s): Sci-Fi & Fantasy

First Air Date: October 6, 2006

Summary

Starring Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Jamie Bamber, Katee Sackhoff, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, and Grace Park

The 20-episode third season of the acclaimed series picks up where season two unexpectedly ended: pitting humans against Cylons on the planet of New Caprica.

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What The Critics Said

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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this show is 8.9 (out of 10) based on 165 User Votes

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D W gave it a4:
I really wanted to like this. I really, really did. Even now I know I should give this a 2... but I can't quite.... Realism. Gritty. Believable. Sci-fi (but grown up). Hardcore. Deep. Sophisticated. Not for the faint hearted. This is all that Battlestar Galactica purported to be. Instead, in practice it more resembles Star Trek (albeit with worse lighting and cameras). Oh, it is even like Star Trek insofar that it throws in a whole load of empty moralisation. Battlestar Galactica. I wish you were good - but all the wishing in the world cannot stop you being fracking rubbish.

Adam j gave it a10:
Best ever series, by far, politically, emotionally driven. I cant think of any tv show never mind Sci-fi that compares................

CylonsRule gave it a5:
I am on the second season now. While I am enjoying the chance to revisit the concept that captured my imagination as a child, I do have to poke pins in my legs every time I watch an episode to keep from scoffing at the heavy-handed use of character cliche in this series. The drama seems highly synthetic, and much of the dialog is predictable. But, the show remains enjoyable enough for its special effects.

Edward E. gave it a10:
Amazing. It's a great series. As the story developed it got more and interesting. It's more than just a bunch of people shooting ships. It's a story of love, compassion, polotics and law. It contains history and religion in great depth. I have cried watching this show. I have sworn at characters. I have jumped for joy. Watch this, it's amazing. So say we all.

Michael B gave it a10:
An extremely interesting take on what would happen if machines fought back against humans and later grew a conscience, followed a religion, and could experience extremely human emotions. This series explores most -if not all- of the aspects of this situation, leaving out the complicated, scientific aspect of space travel and focusing more on the human aspect of these circumstances. Overall, season 3 is the best yet!

[Anonymous] gave it a10:
Anyone on this site who hates this show just seems to be unable to accept the fact that the robots have faith. Who cares? If these "critics" actually paid attention to any of the newer seasons and actually gave the show a chance, they would see a simple explanation. Do they even know WHO created the Cylons or WHY? That maybe they were deliberately programmed to believe in God? If AI with depth and complexity is too far of a gap between the countless other sci fi stories with the same boring robots with the same overdone monotnous motives, well originality and innovation are obviously what these people dont want in television. BSG is one of the best sci-fi shows ive ever seen, the majority of the primary characters are shown as relateable desperate flawed people, and the show makes a point to show the humans as the bad guys and gives the Cylons good motive to want to wipe out humanity. When it comes to so called "flaws" like why the human race hasnt been killed off yet, that reason is fully explained in season 4. how anyone could call the twists cheap and the characters not fleshed out must have been concentrating on bashing the show from the beginning. Everyone else i know LOVE the season finale endings, they have the most unexpected yet perfectly logical and seemable twists. The characters, all diverse, have plenty of time to let viewers learn about them and see them change over the show. Its not perfect of course, nothing is, there are those few episodes that concentrate too much on less important characters now and then, but even sometimes they are insightful and entertaining. People here whine about how the characters are not relateable but bitch about stuff like the sex scenes (which are not that common actually) or the romance, but this is what helps give the characters their human qualities. Plus, seriously, love affairs between robots and humans? Great drama, even if it is slightly soap-opera like. But its one of those few rare series that comes close to perfection. Don't trust the scores below 5, unless of course these people have their own decent opinion, which they likely dont due to all this "ROBOTS CANT HAVE FAITH" ranting. Fantastic show in my opinion, one of my favorites ever.

Brian gave it a10:
This is the best thing I've ever seen on TV or the big screen. It covers the entire scope of history, as well as the future (because history always repeats itself).

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