A prequel to the wildly popular Battlestar Galactica, this new series is set half a century earlier in the same far-off future. Eric Stoltz portrays a computer genius; Alessandra Torresani plays his equally brilliant daughter, who has secretly advanced his technology to a startling new level. Though complex, the two-hour pilot rewards attentive viewing. While Galactica was a thinking person’s space opera, Caprica veers away from action-adventure to ask thoughtful questions about society, morality, and religion. Friday, Jan. 22, at 9 p.m., Syfy
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