Frak this Podcast #50 - Taking a Break from All Your Worries
Frak This Podcast - A Battlestar Galactica journey
Release Date: 02/02/2026
Frak This Podcast - A Battlestar Galactica journey
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Someone to Watch Over Me - Starbuck takes up piano, while Chief Tyrol connects with Boomer like it's the first time. This one is fine, which for this show is a huge step up right now.
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Episode Description Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Deadlock - Ellen Tigh returns to the Galactica, Baltar tries to become a figure of hope, and show host Vera gets so angry at this show that she doesn't even have the energy to yell anymore.
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Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. The Plan - We pause the final season to take a look at the prequel/midquel/plot-hole-filler "movie" that is "The Plan." Finally we'll see the meticulous and carefully constructed plan and intentions behind the mysterious moves the Cylons made in the first two seasons... right? Like it's called "The Plan" so they did actually have a plan... right?
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Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, No Exit - A massive lore dump combined with a confrontation that's lived rent free in Jessie's mind ever since gives us plenty to cover here. Strap in folks, it's a long one.
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Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Blood on the Scales - The mutiny arc concludes... huzzah. Can you tell Vera is tired of trying to write clever things about this show?
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Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, The Oath - Gaeta and Zarak make their move, while Jessie laughs at Vera's continued pain through what's supposed to be one of the best story arcs of the show.
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Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, A Disquiet Follows My Soul - Lines are drawn as Adama pressures the other ships to accept modifications from the new Cylon allies, and the show finally remembers there've been open questions about Nicky for over half a season.
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Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Webisodes: Face of the Enemy - Gaeta finds himself drifting alone on a raptor with two pilots, a mechanic, and two cylons, both No. 8. Welcome to the bottle story of the season 4 webisodes!
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Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 11 - Sometimes a Great Notion - The crew of Galactica try to figure out what to do after the devestating discovery of the state of Earth. I'm sure it'll all be handled with the show's characteristic grace, poise, and care. Zero chance that something really messed up and poorly handled will be put on screen.
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Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 10 - Revelations - The Cylons and the suviving humans face a crossroads where they will either be at each others throats forever or come together in a common goal. Get ready for one of those big mid-season reveals!
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Season 3, Episode 13: Taking a Break from All Your Worries - As Baltar is being interrogated, much of crew become patrons of the newly installed bar onboard Galactica. I'm sure a steady flow of alcohol will only improve everything going.