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* Why do Cylon spines glow red during the act of sex, and is this seen by their partners?
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== Official Statements ==
== Official Statements ==  


=== Concept and Development ===
=== Cast ===
The producers discuss the intriguing premise of a physical Number Six appearing in the Fleet and the delicate balance of humor and tension in the episode.


{{Quote
* ''[[James Callis]] discusses his approach to portraying [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] in the episode:''
| text = We were all in love with the idea of exploring what would happen if Baltar walked into [[CIC]] and Number Six was there for real. We didn't know what that meant, but there was just something really intriguing about that idea... And we knew the episode was going to have a lot of humor because of Baltar and Number Six.
: '''James Callis:''' "I really wanted to find as many different emotions as I could in this episode. The storyline is actually very serious: Baltar is accused of treason and he's going to get shoved out of an [[airlock]]. What could be more serious than that? But there's a lot of humor in the episode too, which comes out of seeing someone struggle with something really serious that they're not really equipped to deal with."<ref name="companion69">{{cite book|last=Bassom|first=David|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|page=69|publisher=Titan Books}}</ref>
| sign = [[Ronald D. Moore]]
| source = ''Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion'' <ref name="companion68">{{cite book|last=Bassom|first=David|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|page=68|publisher=Titan Books}}</ref>
}}


{{Quote
* ''[[Tricia Helfer]] on distinguishing [[Shelly Godfrey]] from other [[Number Six]] models:''
| text = I thought it was nice to end it on a very disquieting, 'What the hell just happened?' kind of note. You know Shelly was physically there, but I wanted to leave what happened to Shelly a mystery at the end of that episode.
: '''Tricia Helfer:''' "I thought that episode was a great opportunity. After I read the script, I immediately called [[Ronald D. Moore|Ron Moore]] and told him how I wanted to play Shelly Godfrey. I wanted to distinguish her from the [[Messenger Six|Number Six you see with Baltar]] and the Number Six on Caprica by making her a little bit more straightforward and intellectual. She doesn't rely so much on her sensuality. Ron liked the idea and allowed me to do it."<ref name="companion69">{{cite book|last=Bassom|first=David|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|page=69|publisher=Titan Books}}</ref>
| sign = [[Ronald D. Moore]]
| source = Moore on the episode's ending <ref name="companion71">{{cite book|last=Bassom|first=David|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|page=71|publisher=Titan Books}}</ref>
}}


=== Character Portrayal and Seduction Tactics ===
* ''Helfer on Shelly's seduction attempt with [[William Adama|Adama]]:''
[[Tricia Helfer]] and [[Edward James Olmos]] developed specific traits for the "Shelly Godfrey" persona to differentiate her from other Six models.
: '''Helfer:''' "That was fun. It was a different type of seduction scene from what [[Messenger Six|Baltar's Number Six]] would do. Eddie and I both agreed that Shelly should try to appeal more to Adama's emotions and try to get into his mind that way. We discussed how it's often quite hard for a man to have a woman cry in front of him and not feel the desire to protect her, and I think that was what Shelly tried to use to her advantage. But it didn't work."<ref name="companion70">{{cite book|last=Bassom|first=David|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|page=70|publisher=Titan Books}}</ref>


{{Dialogue
* ''Callis on the bathroom scene improvisation:''
| context = [[Tricia Helfer]] on creating the [[Shelly Godfrey]] persona:
: '''Callis:''' "I think the line was originally going to be, 'No more Mr Nice Guy', but 'No more Mr Nice Gaius' just seemed obvious to me. When I first did it, I remember [[David Eick]] looking at me and laughing but then going, 'I'm not sure that's going to work for the audience.' But he went with it in the end, and it's funny!"<ref name="companion71">{{cite book|last=Bassom|first=David|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|page=71|publisher=Titan Books}}</ref>
| lines =
"I wanted to distinguish her from the [[Messenger Six|Number Six you see with Baltar]] and the Number Six on Caprica by making her a little bit more straightforward and intellectual. She doesn't rely so much on her sensuality."


"Eddie and I both agreed that Shelly should try to appeal more to Adama's emotions and try to get into his mind that way. We discussed how it's often quite hard for a man to have a woman cry in front of him and not feel the desire to protect her... But it didn't work."
* ''[[Alessandro Juliani]] on shooting the bathroom scene:''
| source = ''Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion'', pp. 69-70 <ref name="companion69">{{cite book|last=Bassom|first=David|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|page=69|publisher=Titan Books}}</ref>
: '''Juliani:''' "That scene was definitely a highlight of the [[Season 1 (2004-05)|first season]] for me. It was very specific that the camera stayed out the stalls — in fact in the script, it said in block capital letters, 'STAY OUTSIDE THE STALLS'. That obviously was adhered to, which I think contributed to it being so comical. James and I had a very good time shooting it. You can imagine the outtakes from that scene — they hit the cutting room floor, but they made it into our gag reel."<ref name="companion70-71">{{cite book|last=Bassom|first=David|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=70-71|publisher=Titan Books}}</ref>
}}


{{Quote
=== Crew ===
| text = I really wanted to find as many different emotions as I could in this episode. The storyline is actually very serious: Baltar is accused of treason and he's going to get shoved out of an [[airlock]]. [...] But there's a lot of humor in the episode too, which comes out of seeing someone struggle with something really serious that they're not really equipped to deal with.
| sign = [[James Callis]]
| source = Callis on Baltar's emotional range <ref name="companion69" />
}}


=== The Bathroom Scene ===
* ''[[Ronald D. Moore]] on the episode's conception:''
One of the season's most famous comedic sequences involved a complex directorial approach and actor improvisation.
: '''Moore:''' "We were all in love with the idea of exploring what would happen if Baltar walked into [[CIC]] and Number Six was there for real. We didn't know what that meant, but there was just something really intriguing about that idea, and we knew we wanted to do it. We also knew we wanted to do something with Baltar, just because he is such an interesting character. And we knew the episode was going to have a lot of humor because of Baltar and Number Six."<ref name="companion68">{{cite book|last=Bassom|first=David|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|page=68|publisher=Titan Books}}</ref>


{{Dialogue
* ''Moore on defending the bathroom scene:''
| context = On the technical and comedic execution of the bathroom stalls scene:
: '''Moore:''' "I was really adamant about keeping that. The network had its concerns and wanted to cut it at one point, and I was like, 'No! I know how to do this and make it work. Just trust me!' I just saw it in my head. I knew we'd stay outside the stalls and stay on their feet, and that was how it was going to work."<ref name="companion70">{{cite book|last=Bassom|first=David|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|page=70|publisher=Titan Books}}</ref>
| lines =
'''James Callis:''' I think the line was originally going to be, 'No more Mr Nice Guy', but 'No more Mr Nice Gaius' just seemed obvious to me. When I first did it, I remember [[David Eick]] looking at me and laughing but then going, 'I'm not sure that's going to work for the audience.' But he went with it in the end!


'''Alessandro Juliani:''' It was very specific that the camera stayed out the stalls — in fact in the script, it said in block capital letters, 'STAY OUTSIDE THE STALLS'. That obviously was adhered to, which I think contributed to it being so comical.
* ''Moore on the episode's ending:''
: '''Moore:''' "I thought it was nice to end it on a very disquieting, 'What the hell just happened?' kind of note. You know Shelly was physically there, but I wanted to leave what happened to Shelly a mystery at the end of that episode."<ref name="companion71">{{cite book|last=Bassom|first=David|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|page=71|publisher=Titan Books}}</ref>


'''Ronald D. Moore:''' I was really adamant about keeping that. The network had its concerns and wanted to cut it at one point, and I was like, 'No! I know how to do this and make it work. Just trust me!'
* ''[[David Eick]] on director [[Robert Young]]:''
| source = ''Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion'', pp. 70-71 <ref name="companion71">{{cite book|last=Bassom|first=David|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|page=71|publisher=Titan Books}}</ref>
: '''Eick:''' "We had a very interesting experience with Robert Young. He's a very senior film director, who had also never done anything like this before. He brought a very personal, performance-intensive approach to the show."<ref name="companion69">{{cite book|last=Bassom|first=David|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|page=69|publisher=Titan Books}}</ref>
}}
 
=== Production Insights ===
 
{{Quote
| text = We had a very interesting experience with Robert Young. He's a very senior film director, who had also never done anything like this before. He brought a very personal, performance-intensive approach to the show.
| sign = [[David Eick]]
| source = Eick on director [[Robert Young]] <ref name="companion69" />
}}


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


{{Dialogue
* ''[[Gaius Baltar]] to [[William Adama]], confronting the accusation that he may be a traitor:''
| context = [[Gaius Baltar]] to [[William Adama]], confronting the accusation that he may be a traitor:
: '''Gaius Baltar''': And I don't like being accused of participating in [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|the genocide of the human race]] based solely on the [[Shelly Godfrey|word of a woman]] whom I have already indicated to you may well be [[Humanoid Cylon|a Cylon agent]]...I did not conspire with the Cylons. I'm an innocent man who is being convicted in the court of public opinion without trial.
| lines =
'''Gaius Baltar''': And I don't like being accused of participating in [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|the genocide of the human race]] based solely on the [[Shelly Godfrey|word of a woman]] whom I have already indicated to you may well be [[Humanoid Cylon|a Cylon agent]]...
 
'''Gaius Baltar''': I did not conspire with the Cylons. I'm an innocent man who is being convicted in the court of public opinion without trial.
| source = [[Six Degrees of Separation]]
}}
 
{{Dialogue
| context = In [[sickbay]], [[Kara Thrace]] attempts to walk for the first time since sustaining a knee injury on the [[Red Moon]]:
| lines =
'''[[Lee Adama]]''': C'mon Starbuck, you can do it.
 
: ''(Kara Thrace gets out of bed, using it as a support)''
 
'''Lee Adama''': ''(mockingly)'' Ah, that smarts. That smarts. But I. Don't. Care.
 
'''Thrace''': You don't care?
 
'''Lee Adama''': I don't care. Because your pain is my entertainment. ''(hands crutches over to Kara)'' Your Crutches of Death, sir. Use them wisely.
 
'''Thrace''': Shut up.
 
'''Doctor [[Sherman Cottle]]''': It's going to hurt like hell, but it's supposed to.
 
'''Thrace''': ''(wryly)'' Thanks doc.
 
: ''(Thrace starts out, slowly)''
 
'''Lee Adama''': No pain, no gain. No cliché left unturned as Kara Thrace returns to the world of the walking. Can she do it or will she fall on her ass?
 
'''Thrace''': I swear to the Gods that I'm going to beat the crap out of both of you as soon as I get better... ''(pauses, retreats)'' No, I can't.
 
'''Lee Adama''': Yes you can. You did it.
 
'''Thrace''': No I can't. I can't. I can't.
 
'''Cottle''': You're not going to get better lying on your back.
 
'''Thrace''': ''(getting on the bed)'' Oh, frak off.
 
'''Lee Adama''': We'll just take a break for five minutes.
 
'''Thrace''': I don't want to do it again. I want a pill. Now. Please.
 
'''Cottle''': Sorry, but we're weaning you off the magic pills starting today. Besides, I need them for myself.


: ''(Cottle ambles off)''
* ''In [[sickbay]], [[Kara Thrace]] is about to start walking after recovering from her knee injury, sustained in "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]":''
| source = [[Six Degrees of Separation]]
: '''[[Lee Adama]]''': C'mon Starbuck, you can do it.<br/>
}}{{Quote
: (Kara Thrace gets out of bed, using it as a support.)<br/>
| text = No more Mr. Nice Gaius!
: '''Adama''' (mockingly): Ah, that smarts. (walks over to Thrace on crutches) That smarts.  But I. Don't. Care.<br/>
| sign = [[Gaius Baltar]] speaking to [[Shelly Godfrey]] in the [[enlisted head]]
: '''Thrace''': You don't care?<br/>
| source = [[Six Degrees of Separation]]
: '''Adama''': I don't care.  Because your pain is my entertainment. (hands crutches over to Kara)  Your Crutches of Death, sir. Use them wisely.<br/>
}}
: '''Thrace''': Shut up.<br/>
: '''Doctor [[Sherman Cottle]]''': It's going to hurt like hell, but it's supposed to.<br/>
: '''Thrace''': (wryly) Thanks doc.<br/>
: (Thrace starts out, slowly)<br/>
: '''Adama''': No pain, no gain.  No cliché left unturned as Kara Thrace returns to the world of the walking.  Can she do it or will she fall on her ass?<br/>
: '''Thrace''': I swear to the Gods that I'm going to beat the crap out of both of you as soon as I get better... (pauses, retreats) No, I can't.<br/>
: '''Adama''': Yes you can.  You did it.<br/>
: '''Thrace''': No I can't. I can't. I can't.<br/>
: '''Cottle''': You're not going to get better lying on your back.<br/>
: '''Thrace''': (getting on the bed) Oh, frak off.<br/>
: '''Adama''': We'll just take a break for five minutes.<br/>
: '''Thrace''': I don't want to do it again.  I want a pill.  Now.  Please.<br/>
: '''Cottle''':  Sorry, but we're weaning you off the magic pills starting today.  Besides, I need them for myself. (ambles off)


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== Guest stars ==

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