Episode
Battlestar Galactica: The Captain's Hand
Overview
Apollo assists in the search for a missing Raptor team as the new commander of the Pegasus grows increasingly unstable.
Details
- Series
- Battlestar Galactica
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2006-02-17
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
The Captain's Hand is Episode 17 in Season 2 of Battlestar Galactica. It aired on 2006-02-17. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 16: Sacrifice
A woman takes hostages on Cloud Nine and demands that Adama turn over Sharon in order to avenge her husband's death at the hands of the Cylons.
Episode 18: Downloaded
After Boomer's consciousness is downloaded into a new body following her death, she struggles with her new life on Cylon-occupied Caprica. Number Six is asked to help Boomer adjust to her new role in Cylon society.
More episodes from this season
Episode 15: Scar
A crazed Cylon Raider attacks the Colonial fleet in a series of hit-and-run attacks. Overworked Viper pilots must defend a mining operation from this Raider that they nickname "Scar."
Episode 19: Lay Down Your Burdens (1)
Chief Tyrol is plagued by terrifying dreams and seeks the aid of a priest. Kara leads a rescue mission to Caprica. Roslin and Baltar go head-to-head in a presidential debate that changes dramatically with the discovery of a habitable planet.
Episode 14: Black Market
Pegasus' new commander Fisk is murdered by black marketeers, and Lee is charged with solving the crime. Roslin seeks to stamp out the black market by introducing new trade regulations.
Episode 20: Lay Down Your Burdens (2)
When Baltar wins the vote, Roslin considers stealing the election because she believes he is a Cylon collaborator.
Episode 13: Epiphanies
As President Roslin nears death, Dr. Gaius Baltar must be groomed for the worst case scenario. Roslin orders the death of Sharon's unborn child. A sabotaged Viper leads to an investigation that uncovers a movement of people seeking peace with the Cylons.
Episode 12: Resurrection Ship (2)
The struggle between Adama and Cain is temporarily put on hold while the two Battlestars combine forces for an assault on the Cylon Resurrection Ship. Apollo faces a momentous decision and Baltar takes an interest in Gina, the Cylon prisoner.
Episode 11: Resurrection Ship (1)
The Battlestars Galactica and Pegasus face a new Cylon target, a "Resurrection" ship, while a power struggle threatens to result in all-out war among the human fleet.
Episode 10: Pegasus
Battlestar Galactica was not the only Battlestar to have survived the cylon attack, The Battlestar Pegasus also survived.
Episode 9: Flight of the Phoenix
Sharon informs Adama that the Galatica has been infected with a computer virus that is tampering with the basic ship functions and is scanning them for weaknesses. All this is preparation for a major assault by the Cylon Raiders. So with the clock ticking, Commander Adama must pull himself together and decide: Can he trust Sharon?
Episode 8: Final Cut
A reporter is sent to Galactica to chronicle the harsh realities of life during wartime.