The Man with Nine Lives

Episode aired Jan 28, 1979
47m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

357

YOUR RATING

Action Adventure Sci-Fi

When an old con meets Starbuck and suggests he is the warrior's father, there proves to be more following the elder than family ties.When an old con meets Starbuck and suggests he is the warrior's father, there proves to be more following the elder than family ties.When an old con meets Starbuck and suggests he is the warrior's father, there proves to be more following the elder than family ties.

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

357

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
Fred Astaire contacted producer Donald P. Bellisario to ask if he could play a small guest part to please his grandchildren, who were enormous fans of the show. Bellisario enthusiastically responded: "Mr. Astaire, I will write a two-hour episode around you!" It eventually became just one hour.

Goofs
In the scene where Chameleon explains to Starbuck that he used the same gambling system when Starbuck was just a baby, a crew member with Fred Astaire's cue cards can be seen on the right side of screen just as the shot ends.

Quotes
Lt. Starbuck: Thanks... Eh...?
Chameleon: Chameleon.
Lt. Starbuck: Chameleon. I'm Starbuck, and er, this is my conscience, Apollo.

Soundtracks
Exploration/Theme from Battlestar Galactica
(uncredited)
Composed and Conducted by Stu Phillips
Performed by The Los Angeles Philharmonic

User reviews2

Review

Featured review

10/10

Action and mystery

This is one of my favourite episodes of BG. Starbuck meets Fred Astaire, aka Chameleon, a con man who's managed to get on the wrong side of a group of three nutcases called the Borrillian Nomen (not sure I'm spelling that correctly). What follows is a mystery where Chameleon might just be Starbuck's father, or just an old conman using him to get away from the 3 weirdoes. Pretty soon the Nomen are after Starbuck too. A really great fun episode with a few twists.

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