Battlestar Galactica: Episode Thirteen
Greetings from Earth
2 hour special - February 25, 1979
Writer: Glen A. Larson / Director: Ahmet Lateef
Guest Cast:
Randy Mantooth (Michael) / Bobby Van (Hector) / Ray Bolger (Vector) / Kelly Harmon (Sarah)
Lloyd Bochner (Leiter) / Murray Matheson (Geller)
Plot Summary:
Apollo and Starbuck intercept a primitive spacecraft that contains two adults and four children in a state of suspended animation. When the spacecraft is taken aboard and is believed to be from Earth, the Council of Twelve overrides Adama's power abd demands that Dr. Wilker and Dr. Salik release the aliens from their sleep.
However, when the aliens regain consciousness, it becomes evident that they cannot survive in the Galactica's atmosphere. While the entire population becomes riotous in their demand for information from the passengers, Adama enlists the aid of Apollo , Starbuck and Cassiopeia to help them escape.
The trio escorts the aliens to their original destination, the planet Paradeen. Arriving at the aliens' new home, they meet the android caretakers, Hector and Vector. The colonials discover that the aliens are from the planet Terra, part of which is enslaved by the Eastern Alliance, the ones responsible for destroying the majority of the population on Paradeen.
Unknown to the intergalactic assemblage, an Eastern Alliance spacecraft is in pursuit of the aliens Apollo and the others have befriended.the last remaining humans.
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