Episode
Battlestar Galactica: The Ties That Bind
Overview
Kara Thrace seeks her own path in the search for Earth while the Cylons face the threat of sentient Centurions. A member of Galactica's crew learns a dark secret about a loved one.
Details
- Series
- Battlestar Galactica
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2008-04-18
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
The Ties That Bind is Episode 3 in Season 4 of Battlestar Galactica. It aired on 2008-04-18. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 2: Six of One
The Cylons learn that the Final Five are in the Colonial fleet. Some of the Cylons want the Cavil model to stop lobotomizing the Raider ships. Starbuck desperately tries to convince the others that the fleet is going the wrong way in their search for Earth.
Episode 4: Escape Velocity
Gaius Baltar sets off a debate on religious freedom when he promotes his belief in a single God.
More episodes from this season
Episode 1: He That Believeth in Me
During the Cylon attack, Sam Anders has a strange encounter with a Cylon Raider. The crew of the Galactica view Starbuck's return with suspicion and doubt. Gaius Baltar takes refuge with a group of women who believe he has the power to heal others.
Episode 5: The Road Less Traveled
Specialist Tyrol continues to sink into despair after his recent loss. He becomes curious about Gaius Baltar's sermons and the following he has attracted. The crew of the Demetrius grow concerned about Kara's mental stability as an old enemy arrives with a tempting offer.
Episode 6: Faith
The dying President Roslin and the aggressive Viper pilot Kara Thrace try to accept the new terms of the relationship with the Cylons.
Episode 7: Guess What's Coming to Dinner?
President Roslin faces challenges as the Colonials plot with Cylon rebels to destroy a Resurrection Hub.
Episode 8: Sine Qua Non
With President Roslin missing along with the cylon base ship a new president must be decided on. Galactica goes on a search for the missing base ship and the Galactica crew members that were on board.
Episode 9: The Hub
Colonial Viper pilots plan an attack on the Resurrection Hub with their Cylon rebel allies.
Episode 10: Revelations
D'Anna holds President Roslin and other Colonials hostage in order to draw out the Final Five from the Colonial fleet. Col. Tigh believes he has the solution to end the standoff.
Episode 11: Sometimes a Great Notion
Kara struggles with the foreboding prediction of the Cylon Hybrid, while Adama and the Colonial fleet face despair over their shocking discovery.
Episode 12: A Disquiet Follows My Soul
Tigh and Number Six take their first glimpse at their unborn child, Tyrol offers Adama Cylon technology in return for his fellow Cylons properly reintegrated into the fleet, and an attempted coup leads to a costly struggle to maintain civility.
Episode 13: The Oath
Loyalties are made clear when Gaeta orchestrates a coup d'état of the Adama regime. Both prisoners and lives are taken as many of the fed up people work to take over Galactica.