TV show - "Battlestar Galatica - The Lost Planet of the Gods" (1978) **1/2

Two part episode of the show is actually more like two stand alone episodes - one where the male pilots come down with a virus, forcing the women to become pilots; and one where they discover the lost planet of Kobol. Although it isn't particularly well directed, there is plenty of action and some good performances. Baltar gets a chance to be brave, visiting Kobol alone (he was quite clever, was Baltar). Jane Seymour marries Richard Hatch then is promptly killed, having a nice death scene (which reduced me as a 8 year old to a blubbering wreck). After wiping out most of the human race in the pilot, they went and killed off one of the nicest main characters? No wonder people found the series depressing.