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== Overview == | |||
:'' | :''Starbuck has gone to Caprica. Adama insists Roslin must stand down as President. When she refuses, he is forced to deal with that situation while simultaneously adapting the plan to rid themselves of the Cylon baseship over Kobol.'' | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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=== In the Fleet === | === In the Fleet === | ||
* | * [[William Adama|Adama]] challenges [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] over [[Kara Thrace]]'s actions with the [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]] (which occurred in the last episode) and she admits her role in helping [[Kara Thrace]]. | ||
* Adama requests her resignation as President. Roslin refuses. He states he is terminating her presidency. When she | * Adama requests her resignation as President. Roslin refuses. He states he is terminating her presidency. When she reveals the press is recording the conversation, he hangs up. | ||
* He isolates ''[[Colonial One]]'' using the [[ | * He isolates ''[[Colonial One]]'' using the [[CAP]] to physically isolate it, and by jamming all communications from it. He then orders Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] and [[Lee Adama]] to set-up a strike force to take ''Colonial One''. | ||
* Visiting | * Visiting [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]] in sickbay, Adama asks her to fly a dangerous mission: take a Raptor fitted with a Cylon [[IFF]] transponder, jump to the Cylon [[Baseship|baseship]] orbiting Kobol and drop a nuclear bomb into its landing bay before jumping clear. | ||
* Roslin refuses Adama's final request to yield and her security team ready themselves for an assault. | * Roslin refuses Adama's final request to yield and her security team ready themselves for an assault. | ||
* The strike team flies to an isolated ''Colonial One'' aboard two Raptors, lead by Tigh and Lee Adama, and they start cutting their way into the ship. | * The strike team flies to an isolated ''Colonial One'' aboard two Raptors, lead by Tigh and Lee Adama, and they start cutting their way into the ship. | ||
* A confrontation ensues between Colonial forces and Roslin's security. It is broken only when Lee Adama sides with his conscience, and turns on Tigh. Afraid of a bloodbath, Roslin surrenders and Lee Adama is arrested. | * A confrontation ensues between Colonial forces and Roslin's security. It is broken only when Lee Adama sides with his conscience, and turns on Tigh. Afraid of a bloodbath, Roslin surrenders and Lee Adama is arrested. | ||
* Roslin is returned to ''Galactica'' after the failed standoff and is placed in the | * Roslin is returned to the ''Galactica'' after the failed standoff and is placed in the brig, while Lee Adama is in irons in CIC for mutiny. | ||
* Valerii and | * [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]] and [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] arrive in CIC following the success of the attack on the baseship near [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], and as he thanks them, Boomer shoots Adama twice in the chest at point blank range, seriously wounding him. | ||
=== On Kobol === | === On Kobol === | ||
*[[Raptor | *[[Raptor]] 1 has crashed down on [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] and is on fire, as the crew struggle to get out and remove the bodies of the dead and injured, [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] becomes trapped by fire in the back of the vehicle. | ||
* | * [[Crashdown]] tries to help him, but Baltar is too terrified to move. [[Number Six|Six]] appears and gives Baltar the strength to escape by giving the impression ''she'' is helping him out of the ship. | ||
* As they get clear, the ship explodes, and Baltar wanders into the long grass before collapsing, as the rest of the crew start checking on their injured. | * As they get clear, the ship explodes, and Baltar wanders into the long grass before collapsing, as the rest of the crew start checking on their injured. | ||
* | * Boomer's Raptor makes it through the Cylon perimeter around the baseship situated above Kobol, but the bomb release mechanism fails, forcing them to land inside the basestar and attempt a manual separation of the bomb. | ||
* While there, | * While there, Boomer encounters a number of her "sisters". While she tries to claim she is human, they inform her she cannot escape destiny. | ||
* After she leaves on the Raptor, her "sisters" make no attempt to disarm or remove the bomb. The baseship is destroyed in a massive nuclear explosion. | * After she leaves on the Raptor, her "sisters" make no attempt to disarm or remove the bomb. The baseship is destroyed in a massive nuclear explosion. | ||
* On Kobol, Baltar recognises Six "saved" him, and she takes him to see exactly why he has been chosen by God, and she walks him towards the ruined [[Opera House]]. | * On Kobol, Baltar recognises Six "saved" him, and she takes him to see exactly why he has been chosen by God, and she walks him towards the ruined [[Opera House]]. | ||
* Entering it, he is shown the "face of things to come, | * Entering it, he is shown the "face of things to come", apparently a baby in a crib, the "first of the new generation of God's children" - and he is to be their protector. | ||
=== On Caprica === | === On Caprica === | ||
* [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)| | * [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Valerii]] has taken [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] to hide near the [[Delphi]] Museum of the Colonies. | ||
* She is aware of the importance of the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. | * She is aware of the importance of the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. | ||
* They have discussed the fact that she is a Cylon | * They have discussed the fact that she is a Cylon (rather than a Cylon-created human clone as Helo suggested ([[Colonial Day]])). | ||
* She reveals her relationship with him is important as it brings the Cylons closer to God. She also reveals she is pregnant. | * She reveals her relationship with him is important as it brings the Cylons closer to God. She also reveals she is pregnant. | ||
* | * Starbuck completes her long-range jump and arrives over [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. Passing through Cylon lines, she sets down in Delphi and heads for the museum. | ||
* Locating the [[Arrow of Apollo]] she is confronted by | * Locating the [[Arrow of Apollo]] she is confronted by [[Number Six|Six]] and a fight ensues in which Starbuck is initially badly beaten, before a last-minute rush sends them both over a landing, killing Six. | ||
* | * Helo comes to Starbuck's aid, and she panics when she sees Valerii, immediately realizing that Valerii is a Cylon. Helo stops Starbuck from shooting her, citing that she's pregnant. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This episode takes place directly after those of "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]" | * This episode takes place directly after those of "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]" | ||
* There are now 47,887 survivors in the Fleet, a net loss of 10 since "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I". | * There are now 47,887 survivors in the Fleet, a net loss of 10 since "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I". | ||
* Cylon vessels are indeed capable of very long-range jumps. The disorienting effects of the jump on humans is amplified greatly to the point where | * Cylon vessels are indeed capable of very long-range jumps. The disorienting effects of the jump on humans is amplified greatly to the point where those tolerant of jump disorientation are affected. | ||
* [[Delphi]] was once a cultural center on Caprica, and apparently held a lot of historical | * [[Delphi]] was once a cultural center on Caprica, and apparently held a lot of historical / religious artifacts | ||
* Cylon basestars appear bio-mechanical, like Raiders | * Cylon basestars appear bio-mechanical, like Raiders | ||
* "[[Water]]" | * In "[[Water]]" it was established that the ''Galactica'' had at least 5 [[Raptor|Raptors]] on board: [[William Adama|Adama]] orders Raptors to survey local star systems for water bearing planets, 5 are dispatched. This episode reveals ''Galactica'' has at least 6: 1 is destroyed over [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], one crashes on Kobol; three take part in the raid on ''[[Colonial One]]'', 1 simultaneously carries a nuclear warhead to the Cylon basestar | ||
*The use of [[IFF]] transponders by the Cylons is an indirect nod to | *The use of [[IFF]] transponders by the Cylons is an indirect nod to [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the original series]], in which [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] use an IFF-type device to identify their [[Cylon Raider (TOS)|Raider]] to Colonial forces when they launch an attack on a Cylon Basestar ([[The Hand of God (TOS)]]) | ||
* | *According to RDM's podcast, during the Starbuck/Number Six fight in the Delphi Museum, Katee Sackhoff and Tricia Helfer themselves actually perform the entire fight scene, with no stunt doubles. | ||
== Analysis == | == Analysis == | ||
*Caprica- | *Caprica-Sharon is indeed pregnant; yes love and procreation were the keys to Cylon desire with her and Helo; yes her true nature would be revealed to her crewmates – if not directly through her actions in shooting Adama, then certainly through Starbuck’s return to the Galactica. While Starbuck is liable to be thrown into the brig on her return, that’s no reason for Tigh and others not to believe claims about Boomer in light of what she has seen on Caprica and what has happened in CIC. | ||
*That | *That he was seeing into the future is clear: but is the child he sees the product of Helo’s relationship with Valerii, or his own (future) relationship with a corporeal Six? On the one hand, much of what is seen points to the child being born of Valerii: she admits her condition to Helo (and thus opens the door to him remaining on Caprica with her while Starbuck returns to the Galactica with the Arrow) and the Cylons were apparently aiming for her to become pregnant by Helo (or at least, Doral and Six showed no surprised when she reported her lovemaking with him). But – Six’s words to Baltar as she prepares him to see the future are interesting: “You are the guardian and protector of a new generation of God’s children,” – a somewhat neutral explanation that comes before she smiles, catches her breath and adds, “The first member of our family will be with us soon, Gaius.” This could be a reference to the fact that Valerii is pregnant; however the shift to the possessive “our family” and “with us” could be seen to indicate the child could be Baltar’s own. And again, how much more of an effective guardian and protector will Baltar be, if he is in fact protecting his own offspring, rather than that of another Cylon / human relationship? And if this is the case, where does that leave the Valerii / Helo relationship? | ||
*This episode reveals some more about Number Six: if the offspring on the crib she sees with Baltar is that of Valerii and | *This episode reveals some more about Number Six: if the offspring on the crib she sees with Baltar is that of Valerii and Helo, then it would more or less confirm that she is in contact with corporeal Cylons elsewhere – how else would she know of the developing Valerii / Helo situation otherwise as it started after her “death”? Similarly, it is interesting to note the degree of savagery involved in the beating Six gives Starbuck. In many respects, it mirrors the beating she gave Valerii in “Litmus”; at the time, the viciousness she showed seemed to be linked to the jealousy evident between her and Valerii. We now know that Six has been affected by Baltar’s reaction to sleeping with Starbuck (“Kobol’s Last Gleaming, Part 1”); could the physical beating Starbuck receives be a manifestation of the jealousy she feels for what happened on the Galactica, transmitted to her corporeal sister? | ||
*How will the fleet react once word of Roslin’s arrest breaks through the communications blackout the Galactica inflicted on Colonial One? What can the civilians do? In many respects Adama holds all the cards – or would do, were he in a fit condition. His ship is the key to the protection of the fleet, and she is pretty much unassailable. Therefore, it is hard to see anyone stepping too far out of line when it comes to making major decisions: where the fleet will go, what it will do, etc. But within the civilian community, it is hard not to see repercussions: Roslin has been arrested; Baltar is missing, possibly dead. Who is available to take the civil reigns? Wallace Gray ([[Colonial Day]])? Tom Zarek ("[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Colonial Day]]")? Is it a coincidence that not too long before, at the Quorum of Twelve, Zarek himself raised the spectre of a military coup – and that is more-or-less what they now have on their hands? | |||
*How will the | |||
== Questions == | == Questions == | ||
* Are Adama's wounds fatal? ([[Resistance_(episode)|Answer]]) | * Are Adama's wounds fatal? ([[Resistance_(episode)|Answer]]) | ||
* What will be the public reaction when news of [[Laura Roslin|Roslin's]] arrest finally breaks through the communication's embargo? ([[Home, Part I|Answer]]) | * What will be the public reaction when news of [[Laura Roslin|Roslin's]] arrest finally breaks through the communication's embargo? ([[Home, Part I|Answer]]) | ||
* Who will take over as the civil leader with Roslin in the brig and [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] "lost" somewhere on the surface of | * Who will take over as the civil leader with Roslin in the brig and [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] "lost" somewhere on the surface of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]? ([[Fragged|Answer]]) | ||
* How will [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] rise to the demands of command? ([[Fragged|Answer]]) | * How will [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] rise to the demands of command? ([[Fragged|Answer]]) | ||
* What is the baby in the crib? ([[Home, Part II|Answer]]) | * What is the baby in the crib? ([[Home, Part II|Answer]]) | ||
* If the Cylons understand the significance of the Arrow of Apollo (and by extension, the Tomb of Athena), why don't they use them themselves to find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]? | * If the Cylons understand the significance of the Arrow of Apollo (and by extension, the Tomb of Athena), why don't they use them themselves to find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]? | ||
* Are the Cylons genuinely interested in | * Are the Cylons genuinely interested in Earth, or has it simply been a means to bring them to Kobol? ([[Torn|Answer]]) | ||
* Why didn't the sound of | * Why didn't the sound of Starbuck's Raider landing attract Helo's attention sooner? He is across the road from the museum, and so could hardly fail to see it touch down, or see Starbuck climb the steps to the museum itself. | ||
* Why | * How did Six know Starbuck's name so readily? Is this a pointer to her being in communication with her "sister" in Baltar's head? Or having been in communication with Conoy ([[Flesh and Bone]])? | ||
* Did Boomer sabotage the bomb release mechanism, thus forcing herself into landing on the baseship? | |||
* Why didn't [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] raise concerns about [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer's]] ability to survive in a vacuum on their return to ''Galactica'' (although there is no indication that there was a vacuum outside)? ([[Scattered|Answer]]) | |||
*Is there a breathable atmosphere inside Cylon basestars? ([[Torn|Answer]]) | *Is there a breathable atmosphere inside Cylon basestars? ([[Torn|Answer]]) | ||
*Why do the Eights do nothing to stop the nuke? | |||
== Official Statements == | == Official Statements == | ||
* ''Regarding | * ''Regarding [[Lee Adama]] and his development (and setbacks) incurred over the course of [[Season 1 (2004-05)]], as stated by [[Jamie Bamber]]:'' | ||
: I think he's his own man. I think he's a natural leader, but I don't think he's realised that yet. We are exploring it. | : I think he's his own man. I think he's a natural leader, but I don't think he's realised that yet. We are exploring it. | ||
:At the end of the first season he's on his own again. I mean, he's always been an isolated figure in the first place because he doesn't really belong on the '' | :At the end of the first season he's on his own again. I mean, he's always been an isolated figure in the first place because he doesn't really belong on the ''[[Galactica]]''. He doesn't even intend to be there but then the end of the world sort of catches him on the hop and that's where he has to make a start. He cuts a role out for himself as the "[[CAG]]," something he perhaps wasn't intending to do. | ||
:And I think he comes into his own gradually. He surprises himself. But then again, at the end of the first season he disobeys an order, so that's basically burned all his bridges that he had with the crew of the '' | :And I think he comes into his own gradually. He surprises himself. But then again, at the end of the first season he disobeys an order, so that's basically burned all his bridges that he had with the crew of the ''[[Galactica]]''. | ||
:So he's a lone thinker in many respects, but I think more and more you'll see him start to come out with true leadership qualities. <ref name="gateworld">[http://gateworld.net/galactica/articles/bamber01.shtml Gateworld Article on Jamie | :So he's a lone thinker in many respects, but I think more and more you'll see him start to come out with true leadership qualities. <ref name="gateworld">[http://gateworld.net/galactica/articles/bamber01.shtml Gateworld Article on Jamie Banber]</ref> | ||
* ''Jamie Bamber on Lee Adama's evolution from this episode into the second season:'' | * ''Jamie Bamber on Lee Adama's evolution from this episode into the second season:'' | ||
: The difference fundamentally is that one moment in "Kobol's Last Gleaming" when he finally realizes that he's sense (sic) of duty and responsibility can and must extend beyond the [[Colonial Fleet ( | : The difference fundamentally is that one moment in "Kobol's Last Gleaming" when he finally realizes that he's sense (sic) of duty and responsibility can and must extend beyond the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|military hierarchy]] and include his own conscience and the law. The moment he turns his weapon on [[Saul Tigh|his superior]]. And that that is not wrong. | ||
: As a result he finds himself [[brig|behind bars]], in exile, out of uniform and essentially orphaned, but through all this he finds out who he really is and he trusts it. Suddenly, with [[William Adama|his father]] dying, he sees people turn to him for leadership and that brings a realization that he must rise to the occasion and he does so through trusting his own judgment. He is surprised that his mutinous act aboard ''[[Colonial One]]'' has not marginalized him in | : As a result he finds himself [[brig|behind bars]], in exile, out of uniform and essentially orphaned, but through all this he finds out who he really is and he trusts it. Suddenly, with [[William Adama|his father]] dying, he sees people turn to him for leadership and that brings a realization that he must rise to the occasion and he does so through trusting his own judgment. He is surprised that his mutinous act aboard ''[[Colonial One]]'' has not marginalized him in [[the Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]]; just the opposite—it has actually highlighted him as a man of conscience, capable of impossibly difficult decisions. <ref name="inside_bsg_p50">"Inside Battlestar Galactica", <u>Sci-Fi Magazine</u> February 2006: [http://bsgmedia.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10017/0008a1hf.jpg 50]</ref> | ||
== Noteworthy Dialogue == | == Noteworthy Dialogue == | ||
* | * ''When Adama congratulates Boomer for destroying the basestar over Kobol:'' | ||
:'''Commander Adama:''' Congratulations to both of you. You carried out a very difficult and dangerous mission, and you did it...despite any...personal misgivings you may or may not have had...and for that I'm very proud. Thank you. | :'''Commander Adama:''' Congratulations to both of you. You carried out a very difficult and dangerous mission, and you did it...despite any...personal misgivings you may or may not have had...and for that I'm very proud. Thank you. | ||
:'''Racetrack:''' Thank you, sir. | :'''Racetrack:''' Thank you, sir. | ||
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*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]] | *[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]] | ||
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]] | *[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]] | ||
*[[Samuel Witwer]] as | *[[Samuel Witwer]] as [[Crashdown]] | ||
*[[Lorena Gale]] as [[Elosha]] | *[[Lorena Gale]] as [[Elosha]] | ||
*[[Alonso Oyarzun]] as Specialist [[Socinus]] | *[[Alonso Oyarzun]] as Specialist [[Socinus]] | ||
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]] | *[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]] | ||
*[[Jim Shield]] as [[ | *[[Jim Shield]] as [[Karma]] | ||
*[[Warren Christie]] as [[Tarn]] | *[[Warren Christie]] as [[Tarn]] | ||
*[[Jen Halley]] as [[Diana Seelix]] | *[[Jen Halley]] as [[Diana Seelix]] | ||
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] | *[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] | ||
==References== | |||
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[[fr | [[es:El Último Resplandor de Kobol, Parte II]] | ||
[[fr:À la recherche de la Terre - 2e partie]] | |||