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* The Viper Mark VIIs deployed by ''Galactica'' in this episode have a yellow engine-glow instead of their usual blue. This is also the case in "[[Maelstrom]]" suggesting that it is a normal effect in atmospheric flight.
* The Viper Mark VIIs deployed by ''Galactica'' in this episode have a yellow engine-glow instead of their usual blue. This is also the case in "[[Maelstrom]]" suggesting that it is a normal effect in atmospheric flight.
* The moment where Lee Adama pauses to look back at the ''Pegasus'' CIC and says "thank you" is reminiscent of a similar moment in the ''[[MemoryAlpha:Ds9|Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[MemoryAlpha:The Changing Face of Evil|The Changing Face of Evil]]," in which, after the doomed ''Defiant'' is ordered to be evacuated, Captain Sisko takes a long look back at his ruined bridge. As with ''Pegasus'', in the next shot, the ship is destroyed. Bradley Thompson and David Weddle, who wrote "Exodus, Part II," were staff writers on DS9.
* The moment where Lee Adama pauses to look back at the ''Pegasus'' CIC and says "thank you" is reminiscent of a similar moment in the ''[[MemoryAlpha:Ds9|Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[MemoryAlpha:The Changing Face of Evil|The Changing Face of Evil]]," in which, after the doomed ''Defiant'' is ordered to be evacuated, Captain Sisko takes a long look back at his ruined bridge. As with ''Pegasus'', in the next shot, the ship is destroyed. Bradley Thompson and David Weddle, who wrote "Exodus, Part II," were staff writers on DS9.
*On the now-defunct SciFi.com Forums<ref>http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?showtopic=2250922&st=64</ref>, actress [[Kate Vernon]] stated that [[Ellen Tigh]] knew about the poison in her drink. She later expounded on this in a retrospective at [[Exodus, Part II#Official Statements|the FedCon XX]]. {{Spoilli|In "[[No Exit]]," Saul and Ellen Tigh discuss this event, where Ellen shares that she had no idea that the drink had been poisoned.}}
*Kate Vernon on the SciFi Forums<ref>http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?showtopic=2250922&st=64</ref> stated that Ellen Tigh knew about the poison in her drink.
*The [[Battle of New Caprica]] scenes were constructed using [[w:Lightwave|Lightwave]], with each [[Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]] being [[w:keyframe|keyframe]] animated.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.studiodaily.com/filmandvideo/currentissue/7304.html|title=Heavy-Duty VFX Management for Battlestar Galactica: Tracking 100s of Layers to Render Huge Space Scenes on Deadline|date=1 November 2006|accessdate=10 February 2007|last=Frazer|first=Bryant|format=|language=}}</ref>
*The [[Battle of New Caprica]] scenes were constructed using [[w:Lightwave|Lightwave]], with each [[Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]] being [[w:keyframe|keyframe]] animated.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.studiodaily.com/filmandvideo/currentissue/7304.html|title=Heavy-Duty VFX Management for Battlestar Galactica: Tracking 100s of Layers to Render Huge Space Scenes on Deadline|date=1 November 2006|accessdate=10 February 2007|last=Frazer|first=Bryant|format=|language=}}</ref>
*When ''Galactica'' jumps several thousand feet from the surface of [[New Caprica]] a vacuum is created by the sudden loss of mass that consumes the re-entry fires engulfing its hull and the clouds surrounding it. A sonic boom and a shock wave are also produced when it jumps.
*When ''Galactica'' jumps several thousand feet from the surface of [[New Caprica]] a vacuum is created by the sudden loss of mass that consumes the re-entry fires engulfing its hull and the clouds surrounding it. A sonic boom and a shock wave are also produced when it jumps.
*In the 2007 Emmy awards, this episode won one award for ''Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series'', but lost in the directing and sound editing categories.
*In the 2007 Emmy awards, this episode won one award for ''Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series'', but lost in the directing and sound editing categories.
**During ''Galactica'' jumps into the atmosphere scene, Ron Moore in his podcast states that the episode "better win the fucking Emmy," months before the awards were handed out.
**During ''Galactica'' jumps into the atmosphere scene, Ron Moore in his podcast states that the episode "better win the fucking Emmy," months before the awards were handed out.
* It's revealed that Kara's apartment is actually in the [[New Caprica Detention Center]] - However this was likely also already revealed the episode, [[Occupation|Occupation,]] as Kara attempted to escape from her apartment, after [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben]] had "left the door open" to her apartment while he "went to bed", allowing her to run out... only for her to run into jail cell bars blocking the hallway outside the apartment door.
* It's revealed that Kara's apartment is actually in the [[New Caprica Detention Center]].
* This episode marks the supposed death of Ellen Tigh.  However its later revealed that she's a Cylon and simply downloaded into a new body on a Resurrection Ship and remained a prisoner of John Cavil for eighteen months until Boomer helps her escape.
* This episode marks the supposed death of Ellen Tigh.  However its later revealed that she's a Cylon and simply downloaded into a new body on a Resurrection Ship and remained a prisoner of John Cavil for eighteen months until Boomer helps her escape.
* This episode and "[[Precipice]]" are the only ones in which all twelve humanoid Cylons appear.
* This episode and "[[Precipice]]" are the only ones in which all twelve humanoid Cylons appear.
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== Questions ==
== Questions ==


=== Answered Questions ===
*With Baltar missing at the conclusion of this episode, who will become the President of the Twelve Colonies? ([[Collaborators|Answer]])
*With Baltar missing at the conclusion of this episode, who will become the President of the Twelve Colonies? ([[Collaborators|Answer]])
*What will be the final disposition of the ''Pegasus'' officers, and the former military personnel who have returned from New Caprica? ([[Collaborators|Answer]])
*What will be the final disposition of the ''Pegasus'' officers, and the former military personnel who have returned from New Caprica? ([[Collaborators|Answer]])
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* Now that ''Galactica'' is carrying the Viper squadrons from both battlestars, will the starboard flight pod be returned to service? ([[The Woman King|Answer]])
* Now that ''Galactica'' is carrying the Viper squadrons from both battlestars, will the starboard flight pod be returned to service? ([[The Woman King|Answer]])
* What are the Cylons' plans for Gaius Baltar? ([[Torn|Answer]])
* What are the Cylons' plans for Gaius Baltar? ([[Torn|Answer]])
* How does Internal Six know that the baby [[Maya]] had was Hera?
* Where is [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]]? ([[Torn|Answer]])
* Where is [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]]? ([[Torn|Answer]])
* How does Head Six know that the baby [[Maya]] had was Hera? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])
=== Unanswered Questions ===
* How many ships are in the Fleet as of the [[Battle of New Caprica]]? Also, in light of the exodus, what of consumables and other resources needed to sustain the Fleet? Were these loaded into ships already as part of the escape plan?
* How many ships are in the Fleet as of the [[Battle of New Caprica]]? Also, in light of the exodus, what of consumables and other resources needed to sustain the Fleet? Were these loaded into ships already as part of the escape plan?
*In what condition are ''Galactica''{{'|s}} [[Battery|gun batteries]] following the Battle of New Caprica? Do any of them remain operable, or is ''Galactica'' largely stripped of its main armaments?
*In what condition are ''Galactica''{{'|s}} [[Battery|gun batteries]] following the Battle of New Caprica? Do any of them remain operable, or is ''Galactica'' largely stripped of its main armaments?
*Did Commander Adama order all supplies on ''Pegasus'' not essential to the suicide run to be dumped overboard?
*Did Commander Adama order all supplies on ''Pegasus'' not essential to the suicide run to be dumped overboard?
*Did Edward James Olmos actually grow out a real mustache and shave it off during filming, or was it a prop mustache he wore, and the shaving scene was faked?


== Official Statements ==
== Official Statements ==


=== On Ellen Tigh Being Poisoned ===
*''Executive producer [[David Eick]] discussed the significance of [[Ellen Tigh]]'s death in a TV Guide interview prior to the episode's airing:''
 
: "The big surprise is the fact that a very central character will no longer be with us by the end of the third episode. At the end of the day, this is a war show and there are casualties. And I think in order to continue to be honest about that and how we pursue the storytelling, sometimes that's going to mean the people we have come to know and love are no longer going to be with [us]."<ref name="bsg_mag_7_eick_tigh_death_casualties_p6">{{cite magazine|magazine=Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine|issue=7|pages=6|date=October/November 2006|publisher=[[Titan Magazines]]|title=Battlestar Galactica's third season readied for US TV premiere}}</ref>
{{Quote
| context = Executive producer [[David Eick]] discussed the significance of [[Ellen Tigh]]'s death and the reality of war:
| text = The big surprise is the fact that a very central character will no longer be with us by the end of the third episode. At the end of the day, this is a war show and there are casualties. And I think in order to continue to be honest about that and how we pursue the storytelling, sometimes that's going to mean the people we have come to know and love are no longer going to be with [us].
| sign = [[David Eick]]
| source = <ref name="bsg_mag_7_eick_tigh_death_casualties_p6">{{cite magazine | magazine = Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine | issue = 7 | pages = 6 | date = October/November 2006 | publisher = [[Titan Magazines]] | title = Battlestar Galactica's third season readied for US TV premiere }}</ref>
}}
 
{{Quote
| text = It was terribly difficult to play. [Saul Tigh] was this spineless man for abandoning her after what she had done to save his life and it was devastating to her but she also knew his fragility and knew he could not spare her. She knew if he tried and we picked up and ran [[New Caprica Resistance|insurgents]] would take us down. There was no win for either of us. He had to poison me and my choice as an actress was to take the cup from him. As much as I wanted him to spill it and run, I chose to take the cup from him. I didn't talk to the director [[Ron Moore]] about this at all, it was more of a character choice to remove that act from him giving me the poison to me taking it and bringing it on myself. I felt incredibly generous for Ellen to spare him that segment of guilt. I mean the man was wracked with guilt afterwards but as least I didn't let him give it to me. You know what I mean.
| sign = [[Kate Vernon]] ([[Ellen Tigh]])
| source = FedCon XX c. 2011<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.myfanbase.de/serien/interviews/?pid=11054
| title = Interview with Kate Vernon at FedCon XX
| last = Oebel
| first = Nicole
| date = 2011
| website = myFanbase
| accessdate = 2026-02-14
| language = English
}}</ref>
}}


== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==


{{Dialogue
*''Lee discussing Adama's orders with Dualla:''
| context = [[Lee Adama|Lee]] discussing [[William Adama|Adama]]'s orders with [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]]:
:'''Dualla''': Hoshi's working on updating our map coordinates for the search for Earth. Civilian captains want to meet with you. They have questions, problems... [He is silent.] Talk to me, Lee.
| lines =
:'''Lee''': I'm having trouble... accepting this.
'''[[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]]:''' Hoshi's working on updating our map coordinates for the search for [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. Civilian captains want to meet with you. They have questions, problems... ''[He is silent.]'' Talk to me, Lee.  
:'''Dualla''': I know. But we have to push forward. Keep the Fleet together. Find Earth.
 
:'''Lee''': Right. That's our duty.
'''[[Lee Adama|Lee]]:''' I'm having trouble... accepting this.  
:'''Dualla''': There's still a chance they'll come back. Your father has pulled off more than a few miracles in his day.
 
:'''Lee''': I know that. And I haven't given up hope.
'''Dualla:''' I know. But we have to push forward. Keep [[The Fleet (TRS)|the Fleet]] together. Find Earth.  
:'''Dualla''': Yes, you have. I saw the look on your face when you came back from ''Galactica''. Like you were never gonna see him again.
 
:'''Lee''': Am I that easy to read?
'''Lee:''' Right. That's our duty.  
:'''Dualla''': Just to me.
 
:'''Lee''': He's taking on too much for one half-strength Battlestar to handle. And that's not opinion. That's military fact. He's not coming back from this. None of them are.
'''Dualla:''' There's still a chance they'll come back. Your father has pulled off more than a few miracles in his day.  
:'''Dualla''': All we can do is make plans for the future. We have to survive. We have to find Earth. If we don't, they'll be no one to remember a man named William Adama. Or a Battlestar named Galactica. That is our charge to keep.
 
:'''Lee''': To keep humanity going. No matter what the cost. No matter&mdash;No matter who we leave behind.
'''Lee:''' I know that. And I haven't given up hope.  
:'''Dualla''': You can do this. You can get us there. You are Commander of this Fleet, and you will guide us to safety. And you will do it no matter the cost. Because you're an Adama.
 
:'''Lee''': Did I ever tell you how proud I am to serve with you?
'''Dualla:''' Yes, you have. I saw the look on your face when you came back from ''Galactica''. Like you were never gonna see him again.  
:'''Dualla''': Not in so many words, no.
 
:'''Lee''': Well, I am proud to serve with you, Lieutenant. And to call you my wife. [They kiss.] Now let's talk about... map coordinates, meeting with ships' captains.
'''Lee:''' Am I that easy to read?  
 
'''Dualla:''' Just to me.  
 
'''Lee:''' He's taking on too much for [[Galactica (TRS)|one half-strength battlestar]] to handle. And that's not opinion. That's military fact. He's not coming back from this. None of them are.  
 
'''Dualla:''' All we can do is make plans for the future. We have to survive. We have to find Earth. If we don't, they'll be no one to remember a man named [[William Adama]]. Or a battlestar named ''Galactica''. That is our charge to keep.  
 
'''Lee:''' To keep humanity going. No matter what the cost. No matter—No matter who we leave behind.  
 
'''Dualla:''' You can do this. You can get us there. You are Commander of this Fleet, and you will guide us to safety. And you will do it no matter the cost. Because you're an Adama.  
 
'''Lee:''' Did I ever tell you how proud I am to serve with you?  
 
'''Dualla:''' Not in so many words, no.  
 
'''Lee:''' Well, I am proud to serve with you, Lieutenant. And to call you my wife. ''[They kiss.]'' Now let's talk about... map coordinates, meeting with ships' captains.  
}}
 
{{Dialogue
| context = Discussing the failure of the occupation on [[New Caprica]]:
| lines =
'''[[Number Three]]:''' What would you have us do, Gaius?
 
'''[[Gaius Baltar]]:''' Leave. Pack up your [[Cylon Centurion|centurions]], and go. Please. Go.
 
'''Number Three:''' And then what? What would you do if we really just left you here? [...] Would you tell them to tell the story to their children... and nurse a dream of vengeance down through the years so that one day they could just go out into the stars and hunt the Cylon once more?
 
'''Gaius Baltar:''' Blood for blood ...[[Cycle of Time|has to stop one day]].
}}
 
{{Dialogue
| context = [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] wishes [[Tom Zarek|Zarek]] good luck:
| lines =
'''[[Tom Zarek|Zarek]]:''' You're coming, aren't you?
 
'''[[Laura Roslin|Roslin]]:''' ''(gestures to ''[[Colonial One]]'')'' My ship's up there.
 
'''Zarek:''' You sure have a sense of the dramatic.
}}
 
{{Quote
| context = [[William Adama|Adama]] comes to accept ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]''{{'|s}} end:
| text = Then that's it. It's been an honor.
| sign = [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]]
}}


{{Quote
*''Discussing the failure of the occupation:''
| context = After hearing ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' has joined the battle to support ''Galactica'':
:'''Number Three''': What would you have us do, Gaius?
| text = Damn you, Lee ...Thank you, Lee.  
:'''Gaius Baltar''': Leave. Pack up your centurions, and go. Please. Go.
| sign = [[William Adama|Admiral William Adama]]
:'''Number Three''': And then what? What would you do if we really just left you here? You'd live out your lives in peace and never trouble yourselves with thoughts of us again? Or would you raise your children with stories of the Cylon, the mechanical slaves who once did your bidding, only to turn against you? Killers who committed genocide against your race, the occupiers of this city until we just ran away? Would you tell them to tell the story to their children, and to their childrens' children, and nurse a dream of vengeance down through the years so that one day they could just go out into the stars and hunt the Cylon once more?
}}
:'''Gaius Baltar''': Blood for blood ...has to stop one day.


{{Dialogue
*''Roslin wishes Zarek good luck:''
| context = ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' is evacuated before its destruction:
:'''Zarek''': You're coming, aren't you?
| lines =
:'''Roslin''' (gestures to ''Colonial One''): My ship's up there.
'''[[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]]:''' All right, people, let's move. Out! Let's go. ''(To Lee):'' You too, Commander.  
:'''Zarek''': You sure have a sense of the dramatic.


'''[[Lee Adama|Commander Lee Adama]]:''' Yes, sir. ''(Begins to leave, then stops and looks around at Pegasus):'' Thank you.  
*''Adama comes to accept ''Galactica'''s end:''
}}
:'''Admiral Adama:''' Then that's it. It's been an honor.


{{Dialogue
*''After hearing ''Pegasus'' has joined ''Galactica''':
| context = As the two Adamas reunite after the battle:
:'''Admiral William Adama''': Damn You, Lee ...Thank You, Lee.
| lines =
'''[[William Adama|Admiral Adama]]:''' I guess you didn't understand my orders.  


'''[[Lee Adama|Commander Adama]]:''' I never could read your handwriting.  
*''Pegasus is evacuated before its destruction:''
}}
:'''Dualla:''' Alright, people, let's move. Out! Let's go. (To Lee): You too, Commander.
:'''Commander Lee Adama:''' Yes, sir. (Begins to leave, then stops and looks around at ''Pegasus''): Thank you.


{{Dialogue
*''As the two Adamas reunite after the battle:''
| context = [[William Adama|Adama]] welcomes [[Saul Tigh|Col. Tigh]] back to ''Galactica'':
:'''Admiral Adama''': I guess you didn't understand my orders.
| lines =
:'''Commander Adama''': I never could read your handwriting.
'''Adama:''' You did it. You brought 'em home, Saul.  


'''[[Saul Tigh|Tigh]]:''' [[Ellen Tigh|Not all of them.]]
*''Adama welcomes Col. Tigh back to ''Galactica:''
}}
:'''Adama:''' You did it. You brought 'em home, Saul.
:'''Tigh:''' Not all of them.


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