6) Battlestar Galactica – “Black Market”
Since the show’s conception, it was an aim of Battlestar Galactica showrunner Ronald D. Moore to evenly split the focus between the main characters on the Galactica and those on the civilian ships. However, the failure of this second season episode mostly curtailed any ideas Moore had about following through with that.
The entry sees Captain “Apollo” Adama getting involved in organized crime after he gets close to a single mother/prostitute. Compared to the smarts and style of the rest of the show, critics and fans slammed “Black Market” for its nonsensical storytelling, poor dialogue and for just being pretty dull to watch.
Moore himself wasted no time in standing up for this episode, and promptly apologized to Battlestar fans via his weekly podcast straight after it aired.