Return of Starbuck vs. Enemy Mine
Did anyone else notice the similarities between these two stories? Enemy Mine was published in 1979 and written by Barry Longyear. It won the Nebula and Hugo awards. The movie with Dennis Quaid was made a few years later. This Galactica episode came out in 1980.
Similarities:
1) Two enemy ships crash land on a strange, almost uninhabitible, planet in a fire fight with each other.
2) They are forced to befriend each other in order to survive.
3) A baby is involved and an escape from the planet involving the baby.
4) The two form a bond on the planet that makes one of them put the other in a situation where they have to choose their friend over their own kind.
Great episode of Galactica, and it topped most of the original episodes as well. Maybe if there had been more like this one the show would have lasted more than ten episodes.
I still think Starbuck could have rebuilt his Cylon friend (he did it once before) and the two of them could have escaped in the Cylon ship. Maybe this could have led to them finding the Galactica and having Cy stay on as a "good" Cylon, like Boomer in the new series.