The Hand of God (29 Apr. 1979)

On a night off, Apollo takes Starbuck, Cassiopeia, and Sheba to one of the least-explored areas of the Galactica - the last of the ancient battlestar's astro-navigational domes, an area ... See full summary »

Director:

Donald P. Bellisario

Writers:

Glen A. Larson (creator), Donald P. Bellisario

Stars:

Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Richard Hatch	...	Capt. Apollo
Dirk Benedict	...	Lt. Starbuck
Lorne Greene	...	Commander Adama
Herbert Jefferson Jr.	...	Lt. Boomer
John Colicos	...	Baltar
Maren Jensen	...	Athena (credit only)
Noah Hathaway	...	Boxey (credit only)
Laurette Spang	...	Cassiopeia
Tony Swartz	...	Flight Sgt. Jolly
Anne Lockhart	...	Sheba
Terry Carter	...	Colonel Tigh
David Greenan	...	Omega

Storyline

On a night off, Apollo takes Starbuck, Cassiopeia, and Sheba to one of the least-explored areas of the Galactica - the last of the ancient battlestar's astro-navigational domes, an area Apollo has been repairing in his spare time as relaxation and as an outlet for his passion for deep-star exploration. The dome's scanner is set for long-range communication, and to their surprise they receive a signal, an image of an ancient spacecraft similar to what the Colonies once flew. After showing the signal to Boomer and Commander Adama, they are sent on a long-range Viper patrol to a distant solar system on the transmission's line - and to their horror they discover a Cylon basestar orbiting one of the system's planets in its search for the Colonial Fleet. They escape to the Galactica undetected, and Adama considers avoiding the system, but then decides that he's tired of running and begins preparation to attack the basestar. Apollo recommends infiltrating the basestar to cripple its ...

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Action | Adventure

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 April 1979 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Glen A. Larson Productions, Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The laser fire of the Vipers makes a different sound than they do in the rest of the series.

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Goofs

As Starbuck and Apollo are landing the Cylon fighter on the Galactica, it is obviously borrowed footage from the previous episode "Take the Celestra." We can see them both wearing the head communicators, which of course, neither of them are wearing on the Cylon fighter.

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Quotes

[Baltar has just bartered his knowledge of the Cylons in exchange for freedom]
Commander Adama: Apollo, Starbuck, see you soon.
Baltar: Good luck.
[Apollo and Starbuck are taken aback by Baltar's response, but proceed to begin their mission]
Baltar: If they don't succeed, I die too.

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Connections

Edited into Remembering 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004)

User Reviews

Dazzling end to a too short superb series

Several episodes before this one had been a little too fleet, politically inclined, but this had it all! Cylon threat, military genius and a space battle. The characters were what drove this show though. Apollo, Starbuck and Boomer's friendship was amazing. They always stuck through everything through thick and thin! Adama and Tigh and all the rest of the cast were perfect in their roles too. Great to get a peep inside a base star too. If the series had maintained this formula of excitement it might have gone another season and from there, who knows. But from what I've read the series was not financially viable. Such a pity. Well, at least it went out on a mother of brilliant episode!