SyFy, Fridays, 9–10 p.m.

KEN'S TAKE: I didn't think I'd get hooked on this Battlestar Galactica prequel, but boy, does it ever work as first-rate soap opera. The struggles between the clans of Eric Stoltz and Esai Morales are thoroughly engrossing; the notion of making what is arguably the main character a corpse, an avatar, and a Cylon — not to mention a terrorist sympathizer — is proving to be nothing less than mesmerizing.

WHAT'S NEXT: Daniel (Stoltz) risks everything for his daughter, Zoe (Alessandra Torresani), and engages in a bitter standoff with Joseph (Morales), while Lacy (Magda Apanowicz) is pulled into a dangerous orbit.