The greatest 226 minutes in scifi television
Published: June 30, 2025
Duration: 29:23
Fantasy fiction is about things that never happen
Dragons. Unicorns. Magical portals.
Science fiction is about things that might happen.
Starships. Robot warriors. Faster-Than-Light travel.
But the best fantasy and science fiction is about things that always happen.
Over and over again. For eternity.
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Episode 1 of the new Battlestar Galactica, titled “33,” aired on October 18, 2004 in the United Kingdom.
In an act of revolutionary camaraderie, British fans obligingly served up the episode to their impatient cousins in the US, who wou...