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Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Guest Stars */

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Guest Stars

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	*[[Ryan Robbins]] as [[Charlie Connor]]		*[[Ryan Robbins]] as [[Charlie Connor]]
	*[[Emilie Ullerup]] as [[Julia Brynn]]		*[[Emilie Ullerup]] as [[Julia Brynn]]
	*[[Winston Rekert]] as [[Unnamed ~~civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#~~Priest\|Priest]]		*[[Winston Rekert]] as [[Unnamed Priest\|Priest]]
	*[[Kevin Blatch]] as [[Bespectacled Officer]] (uncredited)		*[[Kevin Blatch]] as [[Bespectacled Officer]] (uncredited)

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Questions */ sectioning Answered/Unanswered

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Questions: sectioning Answered/Unanswered

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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?

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Official Statements */

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Official Statements

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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~~:''		=== On Ellen Tigh Being Poisoned ===
	~~: "~~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>
			}}

	~~=== 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.

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Noteworthy Dialogue */

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Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Notes */ adding retrospective info on Tigh being poisoned

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Notes: adding retrospective info on Tigh being poisoned

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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.
	*~~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. ~~However the SOURCE for~~ this ~~claim is no longer valid~~, as the ~~website upon which its from~~, ~~has been shutdown~~ and the ~~post no longer exists~~.		*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.}}
	*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.
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	*''Executive producer [[David Eick]] discussed the significance of [[Ellen Tigh]]'s death in a TV Guide interview prior to the episode's airing:''		*''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>		: "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
			\| 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 ==

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Questions

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	*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 ==

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Notes

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	*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]].		* 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.
	* 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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Notes

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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.
	*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.		*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. However the SOURCE for this claim is no longer valid, as the website upon which its from, has been shutdown and the post no longer exists.
	*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.

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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>

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