Valley of Darkness
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Overview
- Cylon Centurions board the Galactica and wreak havoc, and Lee leads a team of Marines to try and stop them.
Summary
On Galactica
On Caprica
- Helo and Starbuck discuss how the Cylons have a habit of fooling everyone.
- Starbuck leads them to her old house, where she reminesces about how she hated it and how she keeps fighting because it's the only thing she knows.
- They later leave driving Starbuck's old army truck.
On Kobol
- Baltar has a dream where Adama drowns Baltar's daughter.
- When he wakes up, he is in Number Six's arms, surrounded by human skulls and bones. Six tells Baltar that they were victims of human sacrifice, and that the Scriptures were lies, fabricated to cover up how barbaric life on Kobol really was.
- When he returns to the others, Baltar is harangued by Crashdown.
- Tyrol is feeling responsible for Tarn's death, but Cally snaps him out of it.
- The two return with the medkits, but it is too late to save Socinus' life. Telling him that he is going home, Tyrol reluctantly kills him with an overdose of morpha.
Questions
- The remains Baltar and Six find cannot be thousands of years old; they would not have survived in the open. Did the Thirteenth Colony leave Kobol recently? Do humans, at least until recently, still inhabit Kobol? Or were all the remains merely fabricated by Six?
- Why would later humans have felt it necessary to cover up the nature of civilization on Kobol? Is it related to the reason why Kobol was abandoned in the first place? Or did Six just make it up?
- How did Tigh know where the Centurions were heading? Did the Cylons use this tactic in the first war?
- Is Helo starting to fall for Starbuck?
- How did Starbuck end up with a military truck?
Analysis
Notes
- First episode without an appearance by Sharon Valerii (except in opening montage).
Noteworthy Dialogue
Official Statements
- "We've almost completed shooting the opening of Season Two, with Michael Rymer back at the helm filming a two-parter written by David Weddle & Bradley Thompson called 'Scattered' and 'Valley of Darkness.' Things have been going well so far, with a good mood on the set and a feeling of satisfaction and pride running through the whole team at their accomplishments in year one and anticipation for year two." --
From RDM's Sci-Fi Channel Blog
- "Apollo's betrayal of Adama's decision to arrest the president is detracting from the believability of the show for me. I'm listining to your podcast of ep. 113 as I write this and you just said Lee is "a more capable, more competent, leader . . .". He's also struck me as a fairly honorable character. If he had doubts about this mission I think he would have at least voiced them and then not gone along with the strike team so he would not have been put in the position he was. I hope you won't use Adama's near death experience at the end of season one/start of season two to "write off" these betrayals, esp. Apollo's. His was much more unforgivable considering his relationship with Adama, his leadership role in the fleet, and the battle between the president and Adama. I find it hard to see Lee continuing as CAG after this. "
- You bring up valid points and we are planning to play out the consequences of Lee's decision as it impacts both him and his father over the course of the season. --
Statistics
Guest Stars
Writing & Direction
- Written by
- Directed by
Production Notes
- Series: 2 (2005 / 2006)
- Production Number: 2.02
- Airdate Order: 2 (of 20)
First Run Air Dates & Releases
- UK Airdate: September 2005
- US Airdate: July 22 2005
- DVD Release: (UK)
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