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	'''Baltar:''' And then you'll kill us all. Yes. Yes, I know, but... not for another thirty-three minutes.		'''Baltar:''' And then you'll kill us all. Yes. Yes, I know, but... not for another thirty-three minutes.
	\| source = {{cite script\|writer=Ronald D. Moore\|script=33\|title="33" Script\|url=https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Sources:33\|pages=PDF p.36, script p.31}}		\| source = [[33]]<ref>{{cite script\|writer=Ronald D. Moore\|script=33\|title="33" Script\|url=https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Sources:33\|pages=PDF p.36, script p.31}}</ref>
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	'''Kara Thrace''': It means that you're still acting like everyone's best friend. We're not friends. You're the CAG. "Be careful out there?" Our job isn't to be careful, it's to shoot frakking [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylons]] out of the sky. "Good Hunting" is what you say. And one of your idiot pilots is acting like a child and refusing to take her pills. So she either says "Yes, sir" and obeys a direct order, or you smack her in the mouth and drag her sorry ass to [[sickbay]] and you make her take those pills.		'''Kara Thrace''': It means that you're still acting like everyone's best friend. We're not friends. You're the CAG. "Be careful out there?" Our job isn't to be careful, it's to shoot frakking [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylons]] out of the sky. "Good Hunting" is what you say. And one of your idiot pilots is acting like a child and refusing to take her pills. So she either says "Yes, sir" and obeys a direct order, or you smack her in the mouth and drag her sorry ass to [[sickbay]] and you make her take those pills.

	; Lee and Kara both start laughing.		: ''Lee and Kara both start laughing.''

	'''Lee Adama''': Well, I'm glad I'm not working for you.		'''Lee Adama''': Well, I'm glad I'm not working for you.

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	{{Dialogue		{{Dialogue
	\| context = When [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] are on ''[[Galactica (TRS)\|Galactica]]'''s flight deck:		\| context = When [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] are on ''[[Galactica (TRS)\|Galactica]]'''s flight deck:
	\| lines =		\| lines = '''Lee Adama''': Hey, did you see the note from the XO?
	'''Lee Adama''': Hey, did you see the note from the XO?

	'''Kara Thrace''': I saw it. No way.		'''Kara Thrace''': I saw it. No way.
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	'''Kara Thrace''': It means that you're still acting like everyone's best friend. We're not friends. You're the CAG. "Be careful out there?" Our job isn't to be careful, it's to shoot frakking [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylons]] out of the sky. "Good Hunting" is what you say. And one of your idiot pilots is acting like a child and refusing to take her pills. So she either says "Yes, sir" and obeys a direct order, or you smack her in the mouth and drag her sorry ass to [[sickbay]] and you make her take those pills.		'''Kara Thrace''': It means that you're still acting like everyone's best friend. We're not friends. You're the CAG. "Be careful out there?" Our job isn't to be careful, it's to shoot frakking [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylons]] out of the sky. "Good Hunting" is what you say. And one of your idiot pilots is acting like a child and refusing to take her pills. So she either says "Yes, sir" and obeys a direct order, or you smack her in the mouth and drag her sorry ass to [[sickbay]] and you make her take those pills.

	:Lee and Kara both start laughing.		; Lee and Kara both start laughing.

	'''Lee Adama''': Well, I'm glad I'm not working for you.		'''Lee Adama''': Well, I'm glad I'm not working for you.

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	'''Kara Thrace''': It means that you're still acting like everyone's best friend. We're not friends. You're the CAG. "Be careful out there?" Our job isn't to be careful, it's to shoot frakking [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylons]] out of the sky. "Good Hunting" is what you say. And one of your idiot pilots is acting like a child and refusing to take her pills. So she either says "Yes, sir" and obeys a direct order, or you smack her in the mouth and drag her sorry ass to [[sickbay]] and you make her take those pills.		'''Kara Thrace''': It means that you're still acting like everyone's best friend. We're not friends. You're the CAG. "Be careful out there?" Our job isn't to be careful, it's to shoot frakking [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylons]] out of the sky. "Good Hunting" is what you say. And one of your idiot pilots is acting like a child and refusing to take her pills. So she either says "Yes, sir" and obeys a direct order, or you smack her in the mouth and drag her sorry ass to [[sickbay]] and you make her take those pills.

	(Lee and Kara both start laughing)		:Lee and Kara both start laughing.

	'''Lee Adama''': Well, I'm glad I'm not working for you.		'''Lee Adama''': Well, I'm glad I'm not working for you.

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	== Analysis ==		== Analysis ==
	*'''Why did the Cylons come "every 33 minutes"?''' Short answer: it was a number Ron Moore has stated he picked at random, with no other significance. The long answer is available in Ron Moore's blog entry of January 13, 2005:<ref group="commentary" name="moore_blog_33_minutes_random">{{cite web\|url=http://blogs.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/why-33-minutes.php\|title=Why 33 Minutes?\|author=[[Ronald D. Moore]]\|date=13 January 2005\|publisher=SciFi.com Blog\|accessdate=25 August 2025}}</ref>

	~~<blockquote>~~The ~~truth is, there's no real answer. It's just~~ a ~~random number that felt right when I came up with the idea that our people were under continuous, relentless attack since the end of the pilot~~. ~~I wanted~~ it ~~to be~~ a ~~short interval~~, just long enough for them to grab a bite to eat, jump in the shower and maybe try to catch a catnap before dragging themselves back to their duty stations and begin the whole tedious, terrifying ordeal all over again.~~</blockquote>~~		=== The "33 Minutes" Mystery ===
			The interval between Cylon attacks was a key plot device intended to induce maximum psychological stress. Short answer: it was a number Ron Moore has stated he picked at random, with no other significance.

	~~<blockquote>A deeper~~ truth is, ~~I was never interested in coming up with an explanation for Why? Never~~. I ~~mean, I suppose I could've come~~ up with ~~a sufficiently important-sounding bit of technobabble~~ that ~~would've made sense (you see~~, the ~~Cylon double-talk sensors tracking~~ the ~~Olympic Carrier's nonsense drive signature needed 15 minutes~~ to ~~relay the made-up data wave through the pretend continuum~~, ~~then the Cylon navigational hyper silly system needed another 10 minutes~~ to ~~recalculate~~ the ~~flux capacitor, etc.) but what would that have really added~~ to ~~the drama? How does explaining that 33 minute interval help our understanding of Laura's terrible moment of decision, or bring us~~ to ~~any greater knowledge of Dualla's search for her missing family~~ and ~~friends~~, ~~or yield insight into Baltar's morally shattered psyche?</blockquote>~~		{{Dialogue
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			"The truth is, there's no real answer. It's just a random number that felt right when I came up with the idea that our people were under continuous, relentless attack since the end of the pilot. I wanted it to be a short interval, just long enough for them to grab a bite to eat, jump in the shower and maybe try to catch a catnap before dragging themselves back to their duty stations and begin the whole tedious, terrifying ordeal all over again."

	~~<blockquote>It doesn't~~, ~~of course~~. ~~The answer~~, ~~however artfully it may (or may not) have been crafted can only subtract from the experience we have in watching the episode. Not knowing the how~~'~~s or why's~~ of ~~the Cylon attack puts us in the same seat as the characters we~~'~~re watching~~. ~~They're in the dark, and we're in the dark. The relentless attack is unfathomable in its origin and unstoppable in its execution~~. ~~It's mortality coming at you on a loop~~. ~~If you only had 33 minutes before the next time you could die,~~ what would ~~you do? And what about~~ the ~~time after that~~? ~~And the time after~~ that~~? At a certain point~~, ~~you stop caring about why it~~'s ~~happening~~, ~~all you know is that it is happening, and it~~'s ~~happening to you.</blockquote>~~		"A deeper truth is, I was never interested in coming up with an explanation for Why? Never. I mean, I suppose I could've come up with a sufficiently important-sounding bit of technobabble that would've made sense... but what would that have really added to the drama? How does explaining that 33 minute interval help our understanding of Laura's terrible moment of decision, or bring us to any greater knowledge of Dualla's search for her missing family and friends, or yield insight into Baltar's morally shattered psyche?"

	~~<blockquote>So~~ the ~~mystery~~ of ~~33 will be permanent on this show~~. ~~No explanation~~, ~~not even~~ the ~~attempt~~. ~~Let it just be~~ a ~~number that seemed like an eternity for five long days on~~ the ~~battlestar Galactica.</blockquote>~~		"Not knowing the how's or why's of the Cylon attack puts us in the same seat as the characters we're watching. They're in the dark, and we're in the dark. The relentless attack is unfathomable in its origin and unstoppable in its execution. It's mortality coming at you on a loop. If you only had 33 minutes before the next time you could die, what would you do?"

	*The cast ~~actually~~ consulted with a sleep deprivation expert before this episode, making a large effort to accurately depict the effects ~~of sleep deprivation~~ on their characters~~, and it really comes through on screen~~. Rather than simply yawning ~~alot and constantly saying "wow~~, ~~I'm so tired,"~~ the ~~cast met the series' goal of realistically portraying their symptoms~~: ~~they behave aggravated~~, ~~they start to forget things~~, ~~their minds just start~~ "slowing down".		"So the mystery of 33 will be permanent on this show. No explanation, not even the attempt. Let it just be a number that seemed like an eternity for five long days on the battlestar Galactica."
	*~~The~~ [[~~Messengers~~\|~~Messenger Six~~]]~~'s motives~~, ~~and her origins, become murkier, and Baltar's tendency to listen to her advice increases~~.		\| source = RDM Blog: "Why 33 Minutes?" <ref group="commentary" name="moore_blog_33_minutes_random">{{cite web\|url=http://blogs.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/why-33-minutes.php\|title=Why 33 Minutes?\|author=[[Ronald D. Moore]]\|date=13 January 2005\|publisher=SciFi.com Blog\|accessdate=25 August 2025}}</ref>
	*Raptors are general purpose vehicles that handle reconnaissance, electronic countersurveillance on [[~~Combat Air Patrol\|CAP~~]]s, ~~troop deploys and other tasks. In a~~ [[~~You Can't Go Home Again~~\|~~later episode~~]] ~~a Raptor is used for rescuing ejected pilots during combat~~.		}}
	*The [[Memorial hallway]] scene continues the writers' allusion to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks ~~in the United States to the events of the Miniseries through the use of the many memorials, the~~ confusion in finding lost loved ones, and ~~Dualla's amazement at~~ the size of the memorial. (A [[Lest We Forget\|~~picture of a Colonial soldier~~]] ~~on one of the Colonies during its destruction also plays on~~ the intense feelings ~~felt by many Americans when they saw similar pictures of New York City firefighters at~~ the ruins of the World Trade Center.)
	*~~Despite his age~~, [[~~Saul Tigh~~\|~~Colonel Tigh~~]] ~~seems to be taking the sleep deprivation better than others~~. He is ~~shown waking people up~~ in the ~~CIC.~~ [[~~Chief Tyrol~~]] ~~is seen doing~~ the ~~same on~~ the ~~hangar deck. Perhaps this is an early clue~~ to ~~their true nature {{TRS\|Crossroads, Part II}}~~.		=== Production and Performance ===
			* '''Depicting Sleep Deprivation:''' The cast consulted with a sleep deprivation expert before this episode, making a large effort to accurately depict the effects on their characters. Rather than simply yawning, the performances focus on cognitive decline: aggravation, forgetfulness, and the mind "slowing down."
			* '''Resilience and Nature:''' Despite his age, [[Saul Tigh\|Colonel Tigh]] seems to be taking the sleep deprivation better than others, as seen when he wakes personnel in the CIC. [[Chief Tyrol]] is seen doing the same on the hangar deck. This higher level of function serves as an early, subtle clue to their [[Final Five\|true nature]] {{TRS\|Crossroads, Part II}}.

			=== Symbology and Allusion ===
			* '''9/11 Parallels:''' The [[Memorial hallway]] scene continues the writers' allusion to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The confusion in finding lost loved ones and the size of the memorial (along with the [[Lest We Forget\|briefing room photo]]) mirror the intense feelings and iconic imagery associated with the ruins of the World Trade Center.
			* '''Raptor Utility:''' [[Raptor]]s are shown as general purpose vehicles handling reconnaissance, electronic countersurveillance on [[Combat Air Patrol\|CAP]]s, and troop deploys. Their versatility is further established in [[You Can't Go Home Again\|later episodes]] where they are used for combat search and rescue.

			=== Character Arcs ===
			* '''Baltar and the Messenger:''' The motives and origins of [[Messenger Six]] become murkier in this episode. As the pressure of the pursuit increases, Baltar's tendency to listen to her advice—and his reliance on her presence—increases significantly.

	== Questions ==		== Questions ==

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	*When Season 1 premiered in the United States, "33" and "[[Water]]" aired back-to-back as a two hour TV event. This was also the case when [[Season 3 (2006-07)\|Season 3]] first aired in the United States with the episodes "[[Occupation]]" and "[[Precipice]]".		*When Season 1 premiered in the United States, "33" and "[[Water]]" aired back-to-back as a two hour TV event. This was also the case when [[Season 3 (2006-07)\|Season 3]] first aired in the United States with the episodes "[[Occupation]]" and "[[Precipice]]".
	*When the first few episodes of the series began airing in the US on the [[Sci Fi Channel]], title cards were shown at the beginning of each episode, i.e. "33" or "Water" flashing in white letters on a black screen, and then the episode would begin. These episode titles stopped midway in Season 1.		*When the first few episodes of the series began airing in the US on the [[Sci Fi Channel]], title cards were shown at the beginning of each episode, i.e. "33" or "Water" flashing in white letters on a black screen, and then the episode would begin. These episode titles stopped midway in Season 1.
			*On Thursday, [[22 June]] [[2006]], [[Sky3]] (originally Sky Three) broadcast the first free-to-view UK transmission of ''Battlestar Galactica'', airing "33" and "[[Water]]" back-to-back. This marked the series' debut on free-to-air television in the [[United Kingdom]], expanding its reach beyond [[Sky One]] subscribers. ''[[wikipedia:Radio Times\|Radio Times]]'' praised the series as a "dazzling wagon-trains-in-space opera."<ref name="bsgmag7sky3">{{cite magazine \|title=Free For All \|magazine=Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine \|issue=7 \|page=11 \|date=November 2006}}</ref>
	*[[Zoic]] visual effects artists hid small signs of movement within the ''Olympic Carrier'' in close-up effect shots as something of a morbid joke. Lights in the windows appear to flicker on and off rather rapidly and when slowed down there is some kind of movement visible on the inside of the ship. Originally, the scene was to confirm the existence of civilians inside the ship by showing civilians peering out the windows.<ref group="production" name="bassom_olympic_carrier_visual_effects">{{cite book\|last=Bassom\|first=David\|year=2005\|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]\|page=47\|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell\|publisher=Titan Books\|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref>		*[[Zoic]] visual effects artists hid small signs of movement within the ''Olympic Carrier'' in close-up effect shots as something of a morbid joke. Lights in the windows appear to flicker on and off rather rapidly and when slowed down there is some kind of movement visible on the inside of the ship. Originally, the scene was to confirm the existence of civilians inside the ship by showing civilians peering out the windows.<ref group="production" name="bassom_olympic_carrier_visual_effects">{{cite book\|last=Bassom\|first=David\|year=2005\|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]\|page=47\|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell\|publisher=Titan Books\|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref>
	*In the DVD commentary for this episode, Ron D. Moore states that during the scene when Dualla hands Commander Adama a set of reports that he reads aloud (including fuel shortages, dozens of crewmen breaking down from nervous exhaustion, etc), Edward James Olmos ad-libbed "and ten suicides" in one take. The production team really liked the ad-lib, and thought the way Olmos acted the scene was fantastic. However, there were concerns that the network would think this would make an already ''extremely'' "dark" episode far '''too''' dark and alienate the audience during the premiere, and the line was reluctantly cut.		*In the DVD commentary for this episode, Ron D. Moore states that during the scene when Dualla hands Commander Adama a set of reports that he reads aloud (including fuel shortages, dozens of crewmen breaking down from nervous exhaustion, etc), Edward James Olmos ad-libbed "and ten suicides" in one take. The production team really liked the ad-lib, and thought the way Olmos acted the scene was fantastic. However, there were concerns that the network would think this would make an already ''extremely'' "dark" episode far '''too''' dark and alienate the audience during the premiere, and the line was reluctantly cut.

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