The library asks Jerry about a book he checked out in 1971 and never returned, so Jerry looks up an old girlfriend for his defense against a library cop. George thinks the homeless man he’d seen outside the library is a former high school gym teacher that he got fired. Kramer has his eye on a librarian. Elaine worries about her career when her boss hates the recommendations she made.

Jerry is watching an unruly dog, for a fellow airline passenger who’s sick in a hospital somewhere in Chicago. Jerry, can’t leave his apartment, that leaves George and Elaine alone together. They find they have little to say to each other without their conversational third, Jerry; so they talk about him. Kramer tries breaking up with his girlfriend. Jerry can’t locate the dogs owner, who was released from the hospital, some time ago.

Elaine regrets accompanying Jerry on a trip to Florida to visit his parents. There are temperature control problems in the condo, a back breaking sofa bed, a slight overdose of muscle relaxants and the disposition of a pen that writes upside down.

George’s relationship with a former IRS worker may ease Jerry’s tax audit worries- until she becomes his former girlfriend. She wants to know why, so he tells her the truth, this was after he gave her Jerry’s tax records. Elaine sees far too much of Kramer, he’s dating her roommate; in return he saw far too much of her, in fact all of her. George tries to get Jerry’s tax records back, but he finds she gone into a depression clinic.

Physical therapy proves painful for Jerry when his small talk with his therapist leads to a misunderstanding. Jerry uses his dentist friend, Roy, to write a note so that insurance will cover therapy for George and Elaine. Then, George’s paranoia about men comes into play when he gets a massage from a man and later says “I think it moved.” Kramer thinks he has seen DiMaggio in Dinky Donuts. The notes may cause Roy to lose his license in an insurance fraud investigation.

George inadvertently meddles in the life of a busboy, by getting him fired. He tries to rectify things; however, he winds up compounding them by losing the busboy’s cat. Elaine discovers that a week is much too long to have a houseguest. She does everything in her power to get him out. The busboy’s life is saved and made for the better after his involvement with George, until he meets Elaine’s houseguest.

Jerry, Elaine and George stop for a quick Chinese dinner before a showing of Plan 9 From Outer Space on the big screen. However, while waiting a really long time to get a table, Jerry sees a woman whose name he can’t recall; George needs to use a phone he can’t have and Elaine needs food, more than those seated ahead of them.

Elaine needs to use Jerry’s apartment to hold a baby shower for a woman that once dated George. George reflects that she was “unequivocally the worst date of my life.” Jerry has to go out of town for a show, so he lets Elaine use the apartment. Kramer sells Jerry on the idea on getting an illegal cable hookup. The party begins. The cable guys come to install the hookup. Jerry’s show gets canceled, so he returns to the apartment with George (who’s prepared to confront the bad date). Jerry is the victim of his own confrontation.

Jerry and Elaine are watching TV late at night and stumble across “naked people” and that gets them both discussing whether they could have a relationship and not jeopardize their friendship. George says it can’t be done, but Jerry and Elaine devise “a system”; however, it develops a little trouble when her birthday comes along.

George thinks he’s had a heart attack. The doctor tells him otherwise, but he might want to get his tonsils and adenoids removed. Elaine is interested in the doctor and he is interested in her tongue. George not wanting to deal with the cost, follows Kramer’s suggestion of going to a holistic healer. The healer’s cure turns George purple and the ride to the hospital is delayed over a Chuckle.

George quits his job in a huff after he is demoted to using the regular bathroom. Newman tells Kramer that he plans to jump off the building. Jerry suggests that George just go back into work next Monday morning and pretend like nothing happened; however, that doesn’t work. Newman jumps, from the second floor. George plots revenge, and with Elaine’s help, tries to slip his boss “a Mickey.” Jerry suspects that his launderer is a larcenist after he discovers that $1500 he had stashed in his laundry bag is missing. Kramer helps Jerry get revenge by bringing a bag of concrete in to put into one of the wash machines.

Jerry has a box of stuff his grandfather left him. Inside is an interesting looking statue that could replace one George’s parents had years ago, but he broke. George plans to pick the statue up later but in the meantime he tells his parents about the replacement statue. Meanwhile the boyfriend of a bitter Finnish author (whose latest work Elaine is going to edit) is going to clean Jerry’s apartment. When Jerry returns to his apartment it is cleaned beyond reason. Later when Jerry and Elaine are at the author’s apartment, they see the statue on her mantelpiece. Getting it back may jeopardize Elaine’s chance at being an editor, but save George from his parent’s wrath.

Kramer tries mousse in his hair. Jerry gets Elaine an opportunity to get the apartment right above him, before he realizes the possible implications. George tests the “man with a wedding band” theory of meeting women.

George blows an invitation upstairs with his latest girlfriend and then when he tries to make restitution he leaves progressively nastier messages on her answering machine. He gets the chance to prevent her from hearing her messages by having Jerry switch the tape out of her machine, while he distracts her. Jerry and his girlfriend have a disagreement about a TV commercial for Dockers, and his telling his friends about their conflict.

Jerry buys a real expensive new suede jacket with a colorful inner lining. George has a song from Les Miserables that he just can’t get out of his mind. Kramer is supposed pickup a magician friend’s doves, and needs someone to help him for two minutes; Elaine takes on the job. Kramer promises she’ll get “a lift” to the hotel where Jerry and George are meeting her and her father, Alton Benes, an author cut from Hemingway cloth. Jerry and George suffer while waiting with Elaine’s father. When it begins to snow, Jerry turns his new jacket inside out, to protect it, but Alton Benes doesn’t want to be seen on the street with him.

Jerry’s parents come to town for a 50th anniversary party. Jerry bets Kramer that he won’t complete his plans to renovate his apartment with levels in a month. Jerry takes Elaine to the dinner and he makes an observation about children who have ponies, this remark offends the guest of honor. When she dies soon afterwards, Jerry wonders if he should go to the funeral or go to his championship softball game. Elaine wonders about the fate of the apartment, when she hears the widower is moving to Arizona. George wonders if it will ever be possible for him to have sex again.

George has doubts about his current relationship that he broke off. Elaine is curious about a relationship that she has with a guy in her building that has degenerated over the past two years. Jerry is reluctantly drawn into George’s ex-relationship when he picks up some books left at her apartment. Although he wants to break it off with her, she has this “psycho-sexual” hold over him and he becomes worried about what George might think if he lets this relationship develop. Elaine confronts the guy in her building and Jerry’s relationship maybe in jeopardy when his girlfriend sees his act.

After George receives a stock tip, he and Jerry take the financial plunge. Elaine and her allergies battle her boyfriend’s cats. Meanwhile, Jerry’s weekend getaway with his new girlfriend proves to be a relationship killer.

Jerry tries to “break-up” with his obnoxious childhood friend but his pathetic weeping leads Jerry to give him another chance. Elaine helps Jerry come up with excuses to avoid him.

Jerry is robbed after Kramer fails to close the apartment door. Elaine talks Jerry into looking at a fabulous apartment in the hopes that she can then have Jerry’s place. Things are further complicated when George decides he wants the new place too.

Jerry meets an attractive woman at a party but by the time she leaves, he has only learned where she works. Jerry stakes out the mystery woman’s office with George so that he can “casually” bump into her.

The very first episode. Jerry is ecstatic that a woman he met on the road is coming to stay with him in New York. George and Kramer weigh in on how Jerry should best approach the situation.

Adama and the Galactica crew stake the survival of the human race on their plan to rescue Hera from the Cylon colony in this, the series finale.

“Daybreak” is the three-part series finale of the reimagined science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica, and are the 74th and 75th episodes overall. The episodes aired on the U.S. Sci Fi Channel and SPACE in Canada respectively on March 13 and March 20, 2009. The second part is double-length. The episodes were written by Ronald D. Moore, and directed by Michael Rymer. The Season 4.5 DVD and Blu-ray releases for Region 1 feature an extended version of the finale, which not only combines both parts as a single episode, but also integrates it with new scenes not seen in the aired version of either part. The survivor count shown in the title sequence for Part 1 is 39,516. The survivor count shown in the title sequence for Part 2 is 39,406. At the end of Part 2, Admiral Adama announces the survivor population at approximately 38,000.

The episodes portray the Galactica launching a rescue mission to retrieve Hera Agathon from the “colony”, a heavily armed and defended Cylon base located near a black hole. They manage to rescue Hera, and in the end, the fleet finds a new planet to settle on, which they come to call Earth. The final episodes gave Battlestar Galactica the strongest ratings since its second season, though they received mixed reviews.

Adama and the Galactica crew stake the survival of the human race on their plan to rescue Hera from the Cylon colony in this, the series finale.

With Galactica on the verge of falling apart, Admiral Adama readies the ship for what could be its final mission, as Baltar’s Six warns that humanity’s final chapter is near.

The rebel Cylons and the Colonial humans react to Hera’s kidnapping while the physical condition of the Galactica continues to deteriorate.

Kara feels lost while she struggles to cope with Sam’s continued coma, meanwhile Boomer faces charges of treason from the Cylons onboard the base ship who blame her for voting against her model during the civil war causing the deaths of thousands of Cylons.

Ellen escapes from Cavil only to face a momentous choice regarding the 13th Tribe and the Final Five Cylons.

As Sam Anders recovers from his head injury onboard the Galactica, he begins to remember events from ancient Earth. The Final Cylon struggles with the fallout from the Final Five’s former plans. One of the humanoid Cylons vows to get revenge for being created in the image of Man. Tyrol informs Admiral Adama about the extensive structural damage on the Galactica.

President Roslin faces off against Tom Zarek and Lt. Gaeta as they try to take control of the Colonial fleet. Both the alliance with the rebel Cylons and Adama’s life are at stake.

Loyalties are made clear when Gaeta orchestrates a coup d’état of the Adama regime. Both prisoners and lives are taken as many of the fed up people work to take over Galactica.

D’Anna holds President Roslin and other Colonials hostage in order to draw out the Final Five from the Colonial fleet. Col. Tigh believes he has the solution to end the standoff.

Colonial Viper pilots plan an attack on the Resurrection Hub with their Cylon rebel allies.

With President Roslin missing along with the cylon base ship a new president must be decided on. Galactica goes on a search for the missing base ship and the Galactica crew members that were on board.

President Roslin faces challenges as the Colonials plot with Cylon rebels to destroy a Resurrection Hub.

The dying President Roslin and the aggressive Viper pilot Kara Thrace try to accept the new terms of the relationship with the Cylons.

Specialist Tyrol continues to sink into despair after his recent loss. He becomes curious about Gaius Baltar’s sermons and the following he has attracted. The crew of the Demetrius grow concerned about Kara’s mental stability as an old enemy arrives with a tempting offer.

Gaius Baltar sets off a debate on religious freedom when he promotes his belief in a single God.