Battlestar Galactica episode "The Lost Warrior"

Episode 6: "The Lost Warrior"

Apollo while out on patrol is attacked and manages to escape to a planet called Equellus. Then it gets strange. It turns into a space-western. Here is where the entire series specifically turns into a "What's on this planet?" type of show.

Uh, first of all, why is there a planet with people here? Is it a colony or not? Is it not part of the Twelve Colonies?

Old Red Eye is a malfunctioning Cylon controlled by Boss Laserta in town, playing an enforcer taking tribute from people. Could TV seriously not get away from the Western concept, complete with gunfights? (Digressing, the TV show for The Planet of the Apes also seemed to do a lot of old-West type of junk.)

Apollo basically sacrifices one man so as not to blow his own cover. There's a classic quick draw gunfight because Apollo as the only laser gun on the planet that can take out Old Red Eye (why, oh friggin why, doesn't Apollo sneak up on the damn thing?). It's honor, I guess.

Interestingly, Apollo at one point talks to a boy about killing, saying, "I pray to God that it's something we won't have to do again." God, not the Lords of Kobol.

And then the fleet moves on, just leaving this planet and its people. If...if the Cylons are exterminating all humans, and they are following the Galactica, wouldn't that leave them in danger? I don't understand...
This was more of a Doctor Who or a Star Trek episode transposed into the BG universe. Substitute any robot for the Cylon and you could literally have any science fiction series.

And I also have to say while watching this episode that I am so glad that the new SciFi Channel show doesn't do that CENTONS and YARNS time measurements anymore. That is bloody annoying!