Battlestar Galactica Season: 1 - Episode: 8: 'Gun On Ice Planet Zero Part 1' (1978) - TV Episode Review

Official Score = 3 1/2 Devils
Official Score = 3 1/2 Devils 
It's been awhile since I did a Battlestar Galactica review... I apologize for that, I kind of stopped just when it was starting to get better and better... Well the truth is, is this series kind of started off rough, and I hate to say it, but I got distracted by other things... For that I must apologize...

The reason I mention this is because this show is just starting to get better and better, with better special effects, better writing... Hell even a better intro!

I discovered this when I checked out Episode: 8 'Gun On Ice Planet Zero Part 1' (1978)!

Believe it or not... This Cylon is actually looking at a Computer readout!
. Starring: Richard Hatch (Star Trek: Axanar), Dirk Benedict (After Hell), Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Star Trek: Renegades), Noah Hathaway (The Chair), Roy Thinnes (Broken English), James Olson (The Andromeda Strain), Christine Belford (Ruffian) & Richard Lynch (The Lords Of Salem).
"Muffy wanted to see snow!"

- Noah Hathaway (Boxey)
In the latest episode, a deep space patrol is sent out, when they reach an ice planet, one of the new recruits discovers a device that is sending off, 'flares'... When he goes to investigate, he discovers that what was pulses is actually a new major weapon, and most of the new recruits are killed trying to destroy it (except one who is captured by the, 'Cylons'...)

The powerful new weapon as it is taking out Colonial fighter after Colonial fighter! 
Well despite the fact that the Cadets went after the gun against orders, Starbuck (Dirk Benedict), feels guilty about it, and so when Adama orders a strike team to head down to the planet to destroy the gun, Starbuck gets himself and Lt. Boomer (Herbert Jefferson Jr.) placed on the team... Also along for the ride is a stow away that will complicate matters for Apollo!

In the end, what I said above... That is all true, and so much more, this episode is truly an amazing evolutionary leap from the pilot to this episode... I can see why people kept reviving this show, both as a show, and movies!

The last thing that I wanted to say is that, where as it is true that, 'Boxey' (Noah Hathaway), has been seen in episodes since the pilot, he has always played a very supporting role in the series, but this episode has a substantial role, and does an excellent job with it!

So rather you have been following the series from the beginning, or have just started, check this one out, you won't regret it!