The ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Two-Part Episode That Got Us Hooked

The Prestige TV Podcast

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Tv & Film

4.2 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Hooked goes to space! Jo and Rob are joined by Mallory Rubin to break down the two-part first-season finale of the reimagined 'Battlestar Galactica' TV series. (00:00) Intro (02:52) Battlestar Galactica backstories (11:28) **MINI-SPOILER WARNING** through season 1 finale (25:21) A show under threat of cancellation (43:59) Who won the episode? (49:31) Most 2005-thing about the episode (1:11:30) **BIG TIME SPOILER WARNING** (1:20:19) Rob’s ‘Lost’ season 1 check-in Email us! prestigetv@spotify.com Subscribe to the Ringer TV YouTube channel here for full episodes of ‘The Prestige TV Podcast’ and so much more! Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney Guest: Mallory Rubin Producers: Kai Grady and Donnie Beacham Jr. Additional Production Support: Justin Sayles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.2	I'm Joanna Robinson.
0:46.4	I'm Rob Mahoney.
0:47.4	And we are here with a very special guest here to talk to us for our hooked Battlestar Galactica podcast.
0:56.6	I could only think of one possible person.
1:00.1	Is she a Cylon?
1:01.6	Hard to say.
1:02.6	She doesn't sleep and she remembers everything.
1:05.1	So she might be.
1:07.4	It's Mallory Rubin.
1:09.1	Oh, Joanna, Rob.
1:10.5	All of this has happened before, including
1:12.2	when we recorded together for multiple hours just this morning and all of this will happen again.
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