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== Questions == | == 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 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? | ||
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== Official Statements == | == Official Statements == | ||
*''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> | |||
=== Kate Vernon on Ellen Tigh Being Poisoned === | |||
{{Quote | {{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. | | 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. | ||
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== Noteworthy Dialogue == | == Noteworthy Dialogue == | ||
*''Lee discussing Adama's orders with 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. | |||
:'''Lee''': I'm having trouble... accepting this. | |||
''' | :'''Dualla''': I know. But we have to push forward. Keep the Fleet together. Find Earth. | ||
:'''Lee''': Right. That's our duty. | |||
''' | :'''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 | :'''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? | |||
:'''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''': 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. | |||
''' | *''Discussing the failure of the occupation:'' | ||
:'''Number Three''': What would you have us do, Gaius? | |||
:'''Gaius Baltar''': Leave. Pack up your centurions, and go. Please. Go. | |||
:'''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. | |||
''' | *''Roslin wishes Zarek good luck:'' | ||
:'''Zarek''': You're coming, aren't you? | |||
:'''Roslin''' (gestures to ''Colonial One''): My ship's up there. | |||
:'''Zarek''': You sure have a sense of the dramatic. | |||
''' | *''Adama comes to accept ''Galactica'''s end:'' | ||
:'''Admiral Adama:''' Then that's it. It's been an honor. | |||
''' | *''After hearing ''Pegasus'' has joined ''Galactica''': | ||
:'''Admiral William Adama''': Damn You, Lee ...Thank You, Lee. | |||
'''Lee:''' | *''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. | |||
''' | *''As the two Adamas reunite after the battle:'' | ||
:'''Admiral Adama''': I guess you didn't understand my orders. | |||
:'''Commander Adama''': I never could read your handwriting. | |||
'' | *''Adama welcomes Col. Tigh back to ''Galactica:'' | ||
:'''Adama:''' You did it. You brought 'em home, Saul. | |||
:'''Tigh:''' Not all of them. | |||
'''Adama:''' You did it. You brought 'em home, Saul. | |||
''' | |||
== Guest Stars == | == Guest Stars == | ||