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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
*Reporter [[D'anna Biers]] is preparing a special report on what she's hyped as the "''[[Gideon]]'' massacre, | *Reporter [[D'anna Biers]] is preparing a special report on what she's hyped as the "''[[Gideon]]'' massacre", when she is escorted by [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marines]] to ''[[Colonial One]]''. | ||
*President [[Laura Roslin]] and Commander [[William Adama]] meet her, and she complains that all of her requests to interview Marines involved with the ''Gideon'' incident have been denied. Roslin and Adama tell her that all that is about to change: they want to mend the relationship between the military and the civilian fleet by allowing Biers to shoot a documentary on life on ''Galactica'', with unrestricted access. | *President [[Laura Roslin]] and Commander [[William Adama]] meet her, and she complains that all of her requests to interview Marines involved with the ''Gideon'' incident have been denied. Roslin and Adama tell her that all that is about to change: they want to mend the relationship between the military and the civilian fleet by allowing Biers to shoot a documentary on life on ''Galactica'', with unrestricted access. | ||
*Biers and her cameraman [[Bell]] are flown to ''Galactica'' with Adama in [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]'s Raptor. On ''Galactica'', Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]] is given the task of showing them around, pointing out fairly everyday things like carbon dioxide scrubbers for atmosphere and vegetable refrigeration units--information that Biers writes off as trivial. | *Biers and her cameraman [[Bell]] are flown to ''Galactica'' with Adama in [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]'s Raptor. On ''Galactica'', Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]] is given the task of showing them around, pointing out fairly everyday things like carbon dioxide scrubbers for atmosphere and vegetable refrigeration units--information that Biers writes off as trivial. | ||
*Biers starts filming one-on-one interviews with several crewmen. She asks Dualla why she joined the Fleet, and she says her father didn't approve. but she wanted to believe in something. | *Biers starts filming one-on-one interviews with several crewmen. She asks Dualla why she joined the Fleet, and she says her father didn't approve. but she wanted to believe in something. | ||
*Biers and her cameraman are walking through the halls when [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]] and [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]] chase each other out of the showers wearing towels. Biers follows them into the senior pilots' locker room, where [[Lee Adama|Captain Lee "Apollo" Adama]], (who nearly drops his towel accidentally) tells her to respect their privacy and get out. Kat moons the documentary camera, and gets yelled at by her [[CAG]]. | *Biers and her cameraman are walking through the halls when [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]] and [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]] chase each other out of the showers wearing towels. Biers follows them into the senior pilots' locker room, where [[Lee Adama|Captain Lee "Apollo" Adama]], (who nearly drops his towel accidentally) tells her to respect their privacy and get out. Kat moons the documentary camera, and gets yelled at by her [[CAG]]. | ||
[[ | [[Image:Dressing_Room.jpg|thumb|left|Camera crew filming certain awkwardness in the locker room]] | ||
*[[Ellen Tigh]] calls Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] down to their quarters, where someone has left a threat for Saul by writing a line of Caprican poetry in red paint on their mirror. | *[[Ellen Tigh]] calls Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] down to their quarters, where someone has left a threat for Saul by writing a line of Caprican poetry in red paint on their mirror. | ||
*Biers then interviews Lee, and she accuses him of thinking the pilots deserve preferential treatment. He tells her that he does think they deserve such treatment; despite suffering as much loss as everyone else they risk their lives every day for the fleet, and while they don't need pity, they do deserve respect. | *Biers then interviews Lee, and she accuses him of thinking the pilots deserve preferential treatment. He tells her that he does think they deserve such treatment; despite suffering as much loss as everyone else they risk their lives every day for the fleet, and while they don't need pity, they do deserve respect. | ||
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*Biers then interviews a disheveled Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]], who is smoking a cigarette while displaying a level of frustration and fatigue that he doesn't normally show. | *Biers then interviews a disheveled Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]], who is smoking a cigarette while displaying a level of frustration and fatigue that he doesn't normally show. | ||
*On the [[Hangar Deck]], Kat yells at [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] when her [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] malfunctions, although it wasn't the Chief's fault. [[Kara Thrace|Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] breaks it up (as Biers follows her) and Kat storms out. | *On the [[Hangar Deck]], Kat yells at [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] when her [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] malfunctions, although it wasn't the Chief's fault. [[Kara Thrace|Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] breaks it up (as Biers follows her) and Kat storms out. | ||
*Biers is then allowed into the [[CIC]], where Commander Adama orders Colonel Tigh to attend a meeting of civilian leaders on ''[[Cloud | *Biers is then allowed into the [[CIC]], where Commander Adama orders Colonel Tigh to attend a meeting of civilian leaders on ''[[Cloud Nine]]'', which Adama thinks will be a good chance for them to vent their frustration instead of seething at Tigh in private. However, as his [[Raptor]] is about to depart, it malfunctions and smokes until a damage control team can put it out. Tigh gets out and Tyrol tells him it looks like someone sabotaged the Raptor with a hammer, and if they had gotten into space the atmosphere inside would have vented, killing him. | ||
*[[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] lights a candle for her lost loved ones in the memorial hallway, and is then interviewed by Biers. She tells Biers that she assumes that she's already as good as dead going out on missions, and she just hopes she can kill as many Cylons as possible before her day comes. | *[[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] lights a candle for her lost loved ones in the memorial hallway, and is then interviewed by Biers. She tells Biers that she assumes that she's already as good as dead going out on missions, and she just hopes she can kill as many Cylons as possible before her day comes. | ||
*D'anna also interviews [[Karl Agathon|Lt. Karl "Helo" Agathon]], who says that in combat you are supposed to turn off the human part of you because it will get you killed, but that nothing is that easy to do. | *D'anna also interviews [[Karl Agathon|Lt. Karl "Helo" Agathon]], who says that in combat you are supposed to turn off the human part of you because it will get you killed, but that nothing is that easy to do. | ||
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*Saul Tigh returns to his quarters to find Ellen tied up. It turns out that his would-be murder is [[Joe Palladino]], who is distraught that Tigh's orders resulted in innocent people being killed by men under Palladino's command. He pulls a gun on Tigh, but Tigh presses the gun to his forehead and talks Palladino down. As Biers reviews the tape, she sees Palladino reading a book by [[Kataris]] (which she recognises as containing the poetry line used to threaten Tigh), and alerts the crew. The Marines rush to Tigh's quarters, where they see Palladino and take him away. | *Saul Tigh returns to his quarters to find Ellen tied up. It turns out that his would-be murder is [[Joe Palladino]], who is distraught that Tigh's orders resulted in innocent people being killed by men under Palladino's command. He pulls a gun on Tigh, but Tigh presses the gun to his forehead and talks Palladino down. As Biers reviews the tape, she sees Palladino reading a book by [[Kataris]] (which she recognises as containing the poetry line used to threaten Tigh), and alerts the crew. The Marines rush to Tigh's quarters, where they see Palladino and take him away. | ||
*Back on ''Colonial One'', Roslin, Adama, and Tigh review Biers' finished documentary. Adama decides that he likes the accurate portrayal that she did, and lets them broadcast it across the entire fleet. | *Back on ''Colonial One'', Roslin, Adama, and Tigh review Biers' finished documentary. Adama decides that he likes the accurate portrayal that she did, and lets them broadcast it across the entire fleet. | ||
[[ | [[Image:CylonsTheater FinalCut.JPG|thumb|right|The humanoid Cylons watching the documentary.]] | ||
*In the documentary, Biers does an ending voiceover. As the [[Colonial anthem]] swells in the background, she explains that the story of ''Galactica'' is that they'll never give up. As people watch it on monitor screens throughout the Fleet..... | *In the documentary, Biers does an ending voiceover. As the [[Colonial anthem]] swells in the background, she explains that the story of ''Galactica'' is that they'll never give up. As people watch it on monitor screens throughout the Fleet..... | ||
*...the humanoid Cylons are watching the documentary as well in an abandoned movie theater on Cylon-occupied [[Caprica | *...the humanoid Cylons are watching the documentary as well in an abandoned movie theater on Cylon-occupied [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol#Caprica|Caprica]]. A copy of [[Number Six]] is impressed at the resilience of the humans, and asks about the fate of Caprica-Valerii's baby. A second, Caprica-based copy of D'anna Biers then turns around (Biers is now revealed to have been a [[humanoid Cylon]] the whole time), and tells her that both Caprica-Valerii and her baby survived her near-miscarriage. [[Aaron Doral]] says that the baby must be protected at all costs, and they must proceed with caution. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
*The population count is now 47,853, a loss of two since "[[Home, Part II]], | *The population count is now 47,853, a loss of two since "[[Home, Part II]]", to account for the two [[Tom Zarek]] henchmen killed in that episode. | ||
*D'Anna Biers makes the same comment about Baltar that Roslin made in "[[33]]". | *D'Anna Biers makes the same comment about Baltar that Roslin made in "[[33]]". | ||
*We finally learn [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]]'s first name as she is interviewed by Biers: ''Anastasia''. | *We finally learn [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]]'s first name as she is interviewed by Biers: ''Anastasia''. | ||
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*Roslin and Adama have not only buried the hatchet by this episode, but are working jointly and appear to have developed a camaraderie. | *Roslin and Adama have not only buried the hatchet by this episode, but are working jointly and appear to have developed a camaraderie. | ||
*This episode contains the first scene on ''Colonial One'' since "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". | *This episode contains the first scene on ''Colonial One'' since "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". | ||
*Cultural/linguistic oddity: Apollo refers to Kat and Hot Dog as "tweedledum and tweedledee, | *Cultural/linguistic oddity: Apollo refers to Kat and Hot Dog as "tweedledum and tweedledee", a reference to [[Wikipedia:Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll]]. | ||
*In Helo's interview with D'Anna Biers, the caption reads "Karl C. Agathon, Lieutenant, CF". This is not just a clipped writing of "Lieutenant, Junior Grade": according to an [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3165&Itemid=0 interview] with [[Tahmoh Penikett]], when Helo returned to ''Galactica'' after being stranded on Caprica for months he was promoted to full Lieutenant. However he had been wearing full Lieutenant rank insignia from the beginning of the series. | *In Helo's interview with D'Anna Biers, the caption reads "Karl C. Agathon, Lieutenant, CF". This is not just a clipped writing of "Lieutenant, Junior Grade": according to an [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3165&Itemid=0 interview] with [[Tahmoh Penikett]], when Helo returned to ''Galactica'' after being stranded on Caprica for months he was promoted to full Lieutenant. However he had been wearing full Lieutenant rank insignia from the beginning of the series. | ||
*The original airdate was to be September 2nd, 2005. However, SciFi Channel ran a ''Stargate SG-1'' Viewers Choice Marathon for the [[Wikipedia:Labor Day|Labor Day]] Weekend. | *The original airdate was to be September 2nd, 2005. However, SciFi Channel ran a ''Stargate SG-1'' Viewers Choice Marathon for the [[Wikipedia:Labor Day|Labor Day]] Weekend. | ||
*Originally, Palladino was supposed to commit suicide in front of Colonel Tigh, but the network felt that this was too heavy <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/808/808546p1.html|title=SDCC 07: Galactica | *Originally, Palladino was supposed to commit suicide in front of Colonel Tigh, but the network felt that this was too heavy <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/808/808546p1.html|title=SDCC 07: Galactica -- What if Gaeta Had Died?|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>. | ||
== Analysis == | == Analysis == | ||
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*Dualla states that ''Galactica'''s carbon dioxide scrubbers run "24 hours a day"; this would seem to establish that the Colonial Fleet operates on a 24-hour day. This could possibly be based on {{RDM|Caprica}}'s orbital rotation (where the seat of the [[government]] was located). Yet, all 12 Colonies couldn't possibly have the same axial rotation time. This 24 hour day might seem an automatic assumption, but other science fiction series sometimes depart from the convention: For example, on ''[[memoryalpha:Star Trek:Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', the titular space station actually runs on a 26 hour day, because it follows Bajor's local time (which has a 26 hour rotation period). | *Dualla states that ''Galactica'''s carbon dioxide scrubbers run "24 hours a day"; this would seem to establish that the Colonial Fleet operates on a 24-hour day. This could possibly be based on {{RDM|Caprica}}'s orbital rotation (where the seat of the [[government]] was located). Yet, all 12 Colonies couldn't possibly have the same axial rotation time. This 24 hour day might seem an automatic assumption, but other science fiction series sometimes depart from the convention: For example, on ''[[memoryalpha:Star Trek:Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', the titular space station actually runs on a 26 hour day, because it follows Bajor's local time (which has a 26 hour rotation period). | ||
*On ''[[Colonial One]]'', Roslin is no longer surrounded by her [[Presidential Security Service]] agents, but rather by ''Galactica'' Marines - Adama's insurance against any more misbehavior? Perhaps they were only there to escort Commander Adama while he was off of ''Galactica''. | *On ''[[Colonial One]]'', Roslin is no longer surrounded by her [[Presidential Security Service]] agents, but rather by ''Galactica'' Marines - Adama's insurance against any more misbehavior? Perhaps they were only there to escort Commander Adama while he was off of ''Galactica''. | ||
*As aired, it appears that Biers gets a free reign to produce whatever she wants. While Adama's agreement to broadcast it throughout the Fleet could mean that he might also have rejected the documentary if necessary, this is not made clear. A [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 2 (RDM)#Final Cut|deleted scene]] clarifies that Roslin gives Adama the right to the "final cut, | *As aired, it appears that Biers gets a free reign to produce whatever she wants. While Adama's agreement to broadcast it throughout the Fleet could mean that he might also have rejected the documentary if necessary, this is not made clear. A [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 2 (RDM)#Final Cut|deleted scene]] clarifies that Roslin gives Adama the right to the "final cut", and thus the power to censor the documentary if he feels that it presents ''Galactica'' in an unfavorable light. (This explains the origin of the episode title.) | ||
*The "documentary episode" is a storytelling device that has been used on many series in the past, in which an outsider | *The "documentary episode" is a storytelling device that has been used on many series in the past, in which an outsider -- usually a journalist -- arrives and proceeds to profile the characters and setting, often incorporating interviews with the characters that provide backstory and character motivation in a way standard narrative cannot. The form was popularized in an [[w:Emmy Awards|Emmy]]-winning early episode of ''[[w:M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' -- which featured the scenario of interviewing officers under pressure of war, much like ''Final Cut''. Other notable TV programs utilizing the format include the ''[[w:Babylon 5|Babylon 5]]'' episode "And Now a Word" and an episode of the medical drama ''[[w:ER (TV series)|ER]]'', "Ambush", which was broadcast live. "Final Cut" is unusual in that it includes narrative storytelling, whereas the form usually does not "break character". | ||
== Questions == | == Questions == | ||
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:'''D'Anna Biers:''' What a strange little man. | :'''D'Anna Biers:''' What a strange little man. | ||
* ''D'Anna Biers is filming an interview with | * ''D'Anna Biers is filming an interview with [[Lee Adama]]:'' | ||
:'''D'Anna Biers:''' You seem to think that your pilots deserve special consideration. | :'''D'Anna Biers:''' You seem to think that your pilots deserve special consideration. | ||
:'''Lee Adama:''' Actually, I do. Like everyone else, my pilots have lost their families, their friends, everyone they ever cared about; but on top of that they're asked to put their lives on the line every single day, for a fleet that seems more interested in what they do wrong than in what they do right. They're not asking for your pity, but they damn well deserve your respect. | :'''Lee Adama:''' Actually, I do. Like everyone else, my pilots have lost their families, their friends, everyone they ever cared about; but on top of that they're asked to put their lives on the line every single day, for a fleet that seems more interested in what they do wrong than in what they do right. They're not asking for your pity, but they damn well deserve your respect. | ||