Batllestar Galactica featured special episodes for its fourth season installment. It is called the 4.5 Season of Battlestar Galactica which comprises of 2 part episode. Episodes 21 and 22 are entitled “Daybreak” with part 1 and part 2 for the episodes mentioned.

Episode 21 and 22 aired in Canada on the US Science Fiction Channel on March 13 and on March 29, 2009. Episode 22 was double the episode length of episode 21 but the 2 part “Daybreak” special episodes were written by Ronald D. Moore and were directed by Michael Rymer.
“Daybreak” is about the rescue mission of Galactica to recover Hera Agathon from the hands of the “colony” which is a Cylon that is well guarded and armed. Battlestar Galactica team was able to rescue Hera and eventually led to finding a new place they will call home, the Earth.
Part 1 and 2 of Season 4.5 is more on flashbacks on the struggles of Galactica in retrieving Hera from the hands of the colony. “Daybreak” concluded showing Hera walking over the plains of Africa. The scene was fast forwarded 150,00 years after.
Battlestar Galactica Season 4.5 was recorded as the top rated episodes of Galactica. Right now, the special two-part episode is available in DVD’s and Blu rays. An extended version of “Daybreak” is featured in the DVD copies.
| Episode No | Episode Title | Director By | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 54/55 | “Razor“ | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | 24-Nov-07 |
| Episode 56 | “ He That Believeth in Me“ | Michael Rymer | 04-Apr-08 |
| Episode 57 | “Six of One“ | Anthony Hemingway | 11-Apr-08 |
| Episode 58 | “The Ties That Bind“ | Michael Nankin | 18-Apr-08 |
| Episode 59 | “Escape Velocity“ | Edward James Olmos | 25-Apr-08 |
| Episode 60 | “The Road Less Traveled“ | Michael Rymer | 02-May-08 |
| Episode 61 | “Faith“ | Michael Nankin | 09-May-08 |
| Episode 62 | Guess What’s Coming to Dinner? | Wayne Rose | 16-May-08 |
| Episode 63 | “Sine Qua Non“ | Rod Hardy | 30-May-08 |
| Episode 64 | “The Hub“ | Paul Edwards | 06-Jun-08 |
| Episode 65 | “Revelations“ | Michael Rymer | 13-Jun-08 |
| Episode 66 | “Sometimes a Great Notion“ | Michael Nankin | 16-Jan-09 |
| Episode 67 | “A Disquiet Follows My Soul“ | Ronald D. Moore | 23-Jan-09 |
| Episode 68 | “The Oath“ | John Dahl | 30-Jan-09 |
| Episode 69 | “Blood on the Scales“ | Wayne Rose | 06-Feb-09 |
| Episode 70 | “No Exit“ | Gwyneth Horder-Payton | 13-Feb-09 |
| Episode 71 | “Deadlock“ | Robert Young | 20-Feb-09 |
| Episode 72 | “Someone to Watch Over Me“ | Michael Nankin | 27-Feb-09 |
| Episode 73 | “Islanded in a Stream of Stars“ | Edward James Olmos | 06-Mar-09 |
| Episode 74 | “Daybreak: Part 1“ | Michael Rymer | 13-Mar-09 |
| Episode 75 | “Daybreak: Part 2“ | Michael Rymer | 20-Mar-09 |
