# Battlestar Galactica out of order

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 16, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-out-of-order/496593 "2009-05-16T00:04:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-out-of-order/496593/1 "2009-05-16T00:04:06Z")

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I’ve been watching Battlestar Galactica via Netflix. Through a minor snafu with my queue, it looks like I’ll be getting Season 2.0 Disc 3 before Disc 2. Will it present any problems, confuse me, spoil anything, etc., to watch those discs out of order?

Of course, please keep any such spoilers out of your answers. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-out-of-order/496593/2 "2009-05-16T00:28:18Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> I’ve been watching Battlestar Galactica via Netflix. Through a minor snafu with my queue, it looks like I’ll be getting Season 2.0 Disc 3 before Disc 2. Will it present any problems, confuse me, spoil anything, etc., to watch those discs out of order?
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> Of course, please keep any such spoilers out of your answers. Thanks.

Whooo eee I mis-read that post. thought you meant S3 before S2. not DISC. I have no opinion on the discs.

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**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-out-of-order/496593/3 "2009-05-16T01:15:34Z")

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For everyone wondering, disc three contains the episodes “Flight of the Phoenix” and “Pegasus.” Disc two has “The Farm,” “Home Part 1 & 2,” and “Final Cut.”

I don’t want to spoil it for you, but I wouldn’t do it. Things get revealed in disc two that are supposed to be surprising. You wouldn’t what to figure them out while watching disc 3.

For the curious:

Two Cylons get revealed.

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**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-out-of-order/496593/4 "2009-05-16T01:17:02Z")

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Don’t watch BSG out of order.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-out-of-order/496593/5 "2009-05-16T01:39:32Z")

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OK, that’s about what I suspected (I’m a purist for reading/watching/etc. in order, anyway). I guess that just means that I’ll have to wait a few days longer to get back to the show.

I’d better leave this thread now before my willpower gives out and I click **Lakai** ’s spoiler.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-out-of-order/496593/6 "2009-05-16T02:08:02Z")

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Abandon it now, whatever season you are watching.

spoiler

follows

The Cylons win.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-out-of-order/496593/7 "2009-05-16T11:25:01Z")

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I’m not the OP, but I hereby thank CP for telling me that. I’ve thought about getting into BSG, but that spoiler totally means I won’t.

I find the Cylons the creepiest part of the show, and could only stand it if I eventually get to see them lose. “Surprise” downer endings rarely work for me. Though it wasn’t so bad on Farscape…

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**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-out-of-order/496593/8 "2009-05-16T16:32:18Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> I’m not the OP, but I hereby thank CP for telling me that. I’ve thought about getting into BSG, but that spoiler totally means I won’t.
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> I find the Cylons the creepiest part of the show, and could only stand it if I eventually get to see them lose. “Surprise” downer endings rarely work for me. Though it wasn’t so bad on Farscape…

_Sigh_

Carnivorousplant might have been lying. Go watch the show.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-out-of-order/496593/9 "2009-05-16T19:06:02Z")

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Um, I’m not, though.  
_sigh_🙂
