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== Overview == | |||
''As Tamara and Zoe continue to reshape New Cap City, Daniel Graystone seeks the help of Sam Adama to enter the dangerous game | ''As Tamara and Zoe continue to reshape New Cap City, Daniel Graystone seeks the help of Sam Adama to enter the dangerous game. The Willows move closer to apotheosis. Jordan Duram's investigation is plagued with more problems. Lacy Rand becomes a threat to the STO after it is discovered that the U-87 units recognize her commands.'' | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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=== Teaser === | === Teaser === | ||
*From a turret atop their newly made castle, [[Tamara-A]] and [[Zoe-A]] survey with satisfaction the forested mountains that they have created inside the [[New Cap City]] game. Tamara wishes to add one more detail, and with a simple squeeze of her hand, the forest echoes with the faraway screeches of [[Dragonfighters_of_Kobol|dragons]]. | *From a turret atop their newly made castle, [[Tamara-A]] and [[Zoe-A]] survey with satisfaction the forested mountains that they have created inside the [[New Cap City]] game. Tamara wishes to add one more detail, and with a simple squeeze of her hand, the forest echoes with the faraway screeches of [[Dragonfighters_of_Kobol|dragons]]. | ||
*With [[Amanda Graystone]] at his side, [[Daniel Graystone]] searches for the two girls in New Cap City by tracing the alterations they have been making to the game. Amanda argues that she should be the first to approach Zoe, since she had a nasty fight with the [[Zoe_Graystone|original flesh and blood Zoe Graystone]] the day before their daughter was [[Metropolitan_Levitation_Mass_Transit|killed in the terrorist bombing of a commuter train]]. Daniel counters that he had done worse, [[Ghosts_in_the_Machine#Act_2|torturing the avatar of Zoe with her fear of fire]] when he believed that she was hiding inside the prototype [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit|U-87 combat robot]]. Amanda slaps him across the face, but allows him to locate the girls in a sea of code. Using a backdoor access that is a regular feature of all [[V-World]] software, Daniel snatches one of them without warning and pulls her into a private space. Daniel dons a [[holoband]] and enters. | *With [[Amanda Graystone]] at his side, [[Daniel Graystone]] searches for the two girls in New Cap City by tracing the alterations they have been making to the game. Amanda argues that she should be the first to approach Zoe, since she had a nasty fight with the [[Zoe_Graystone|original flesh and blood Zoe Graystone]] the day before their daughter was [[Metropolitan_Levitation_Mass_Transit|killed in the terrorist bombing of a commuter train]]. Daniel counters that he had done worse, [[Ghosts_in_the_Machine#Act_2|torturing the avatar of Zoe with her fear of fire]] when he believed that she was hiding inside the prototype [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit|U-87 combat robot]]. Amanda slaps him across the face, but allows him to locate the girls in a sea of code. Using a backdoor access that is a regular feature of all [[V-World]] software, Daniel snatches one of them without warning and pulls her into a private space. Daniel dons a [[holoband]] and enters. | ||
*He speaks calmly with a terrified Tamara, who ignores his request to see Zoe and only begs to be let go. Her persists until he hears Zoe greeting him. He turns and sees her waiting. Daniel relaxes, but suddenly Zoe attacks him with a dagger hidden behind her back | *He speaks calmly with a terrified Tamara, who ignores his request to see Zoe and only begs to be let go. Her persists until he hears Zoe greeting him. He turns and sees her waiting. Daniel relaxes, but suddenly Zoe attacks him with a dagger hidden behind her back. He throws off his holoband and re-enters the real world, clutching at his chest. | ||
=== Act 1 === | === Act 1 === | ||
*Daniel recovers from the attack, but informs Amanda that he is now shut out of his back door and must use a standard portal into New Cap City--and just like everyone else, he has only one life in the game. Amanda tries to find the positive in the situation, but she is interrupted by a text message from [[Jordan Duram]] insisting that they meet. Before leaving, she tells her husband about her involvement in Duram's plan to expose [[Clarice Willow]] and her family as members of the [[Soldiers of the One|STO]] terrorist group. | *Daniel recovers from the attack, but informs Amanda that he is now shut out of his back door and must use a standard portal into New Cap City--and just like everyone else, he has only one life in the game. Amanda tries to find the positive in the situation, but she is interrupted by a text message from [[Jordan Duram]] insisting that they meet. Before leaving, she tells her husband about her involvement in Duram's plan to expose [[Clarice Willow]] and her family as members of the [[Soldiers of the One|STO]] terrorist group. | ||
*Duram is surprised that Amanda told Daniel about their work, but he quickly moves on to his reason for the meeting in a public park: he has been suspended from the [[Global Defense Department]] and the organization has been "[[Gara Singh|compromised at the highest level]]." Nevertheless, he wants to keep pushing ahead with the investigation. He gives Amanda a rigged holoband for her to switch with Clarice's band. Amanda is reluctant, with the Willows being more cautious than ever in the wake of [[Mar-Beth Willow]]'s [[Blowback#Act_4|disappearance]]. Jordan begs her to do it, fearing that something terrible is about to take place. | *Duram is surprised that Amanda told Daniel about their work, but he quickly moves on to his reason for the meeting in a public park: he has been suspended from the [[Global Defense Department]] and the organization has been "[[Gara Singh|compromised at the highest level]]." Nevertheless, he wants to keep pushing ahead with the investigation. He gives Amanda a rigged holoband for her to switch with Clarice's band. Amanda is reluctant, with the Willows being more cautious than ever in the wake of [[Mar-Beth Willow]]'s [[Blowback#Act_4|disappearance]]. Jordan begs her to do it, fearing that something terrible is about to take place. | ||
*Inside a V-World recreation of [[Atlas Arena]], noisy spectators eagerly await the day's game as a young suicide bomber calmly sits and plants an explosive underneath her seat. Standing off to one side, Clarice and one of her husbands, [[Nestor Willow|Nestor]], discuss the placement of their martyrs throughout the stadium and how their initial blasts will trigger additional bombs, collapsing the entire structure. Removing their holobands and returning to their house, they discuss other aspects of the plot with [[Olaf Willow]]. [[Holographic avatar|Scanned avatars]] of the martyrs will be activated inside a new virtual heaven immediately after their deaths, and press releases about the goal of [[apotheosis]] will go out thirty days after the bombing. Nestor begins to express doubt about the plan. He observes that their heaven is not a true afterlife for the martyrs and that their avatars are nothing more than "showmanship." Despite Olaf's defense of the martyrs' sacrifice, Nestor goes on to question whether Clarice actually represents the will of [[God (RDM)|God]]. In response, Clarice offers Nestor an additional ticket to the game at the arena. Nestor backs off, unwilling to die for his faith. | *Inside a V-World recreation of [[Atlas Arena]], noisy spectators eagerly await the day's game as a young suicide bomber calmly sits and plants an explosive underneath her seat. Standing off to one side, Clarice and one of her husbands, [[Nestor Willow|Nestor]], discuss the placement of their martyrs throughout the stadium and how their initial blasts will trigger additional bombs, collapsing the entire structure. Removing their holobands and returning to their house, they discuss other aspects of the plot with [[Olaf Willow]]. [[Holographic avatar|Scanned avatars]] of the martyrs will be activated inside a new virtual heaven immediately after their deaths, and press releases about the goal of [[apotheosis]] will go out thirty days after the bombing. Nestor begins to express doubt about the plan. He observes that their heaven is not a true afterlife for the martyrs and that their avatars are nothing more than "showmanship." Despite Olaf's defense of the martyrs' sacrifice, Nestor goes on to question whether Clarice actually represents the will of [[God (RDM)|God]]. In response, Clarice offers Nestor an additional ticket to the game at the arena. Nestor backs off, unwilling to die for his faith. | ||
*On [[The_Twelve_Colonies_of_Kobol#Gemenon|Gemenon]], [[Lacy Rand]] and other STO recruits listen as praetor [[Kevin Reikle]] lectures on the design and use of a weapon. A disturbance outside their tent distracts the recruits and they spot one of their own, [[Lexon]], getting into an escalating confrontation with an officer over a breach of protocol. The officer forces Lexon to his knees and calls out to a nearby U-87 robot to shoot him. As it complies and walks toward them, Rand ignores [[Odin Sinclair]] urging her to ignore the incident and runs outside, yelling at them to stop. Surprising everyone, the robot stops and responds to Rand, "[[By_your_command#Re-imagined_Series.2FCaprica_usage|By your command]]." The officer tells it to resume and it does, until Rand yells once again. The [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] obeys, but this time it refuses to accept | *On [[The_Twelve_Colonies_of_Kobol#Gemenon|Gemenon]], [[Lacy Rand]] and other STO recruits listen as praetor [[Kevin Reikle]] lectures on the design and use of a weapon. A disturbance outside their tent distracts the recruits and they spot one of their own, [[Lexon]], getting into an escalating confrontation with an officer over a breach of protocol. The officer forces Lexon to his knees and calls out to a nearby U-87 robot to shoot him. As it complies and walks toward them, Rand ignores [[Odin Sinclair]] urging her to ignore the incident and runs outside, yelling at them to stop. Surprising everyone, the robot stops and responds to Rand, "[[By_your_command#Re-imagined_Series.2FCaprica_usage|By your command]]." The officer tells it to resume and it does, until Rand yells once again. The [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] obeys, but this time it refuses to accept the officer's shouted orders. | ||
=== Act 2 === | === Act 2 === | ||
*One of the STO's top leaders, [[Diego]], questions Rand about the incident. Although he is relieved that a good soldier like Lexon was not lost, he reminds her that discipline is paramount in their ranks. Rand wonders aloud why they need to rely on killing those who fail rather than inspiring proper behavior. Diego dismisses her suggestion, but before he allows her to leave, he asks how she was able to subvert the U-87's programming and take control. She answers truthfully that she does not know, but suggests that the robot might have a sense of decency. | *One of the STO's top leaders, [[Diego]], questions Rand about the incident. Although he is relieved that a good soldier like Lexon was not lost, he reminds her that discipline is paramount in their ranks. Rand wonders aloud why they need to rely on killing those who fail rather than inspiring proper behavior. Diego dismisses her suggestion, but before he allows her to leave, he asks how she was able to subvert the U-87's programming and take control. She answers truthfully that she does not know, but suggests that the robot might have a sense of decency. | ||
*[[Samuel Adama|Sam Adama]] arrives at the [[Goldie's]] betting parlor in [[Little Tauron]] and starts to read a newspaper when he is interrupted by a welcome surprise--[[Fidelia Fazekas]]. The two hug and they begin chatting about her early release from prison, and about Sam's brother [[Joseph Adama|Joseph]] and how he has been coping since the loss of his family members in the commuter train bombing. Sam also apologies to her for the circumstances that led to her being in jail, and Fazekas accepts it. As she leaves, Sam spots Daniel walking across the street toward Goldie's. | *[[Samuel Adama|Sam Adama]] arrives at the [[Goldie's]] betting parlor in [[Little Tauron]] and starts to read a newspaper when he is interrupted by a welcome surprise--[[Fidelia Fazekas]]. The two hug and they begin chatting about her early release from prison, and about Sam's brother [[Joseph Adama|Joseph]] and how he has been coping since the loss of his family members in the commuter train bombing. Sam also apologies to her for the circumstances that led to her being in jail, and Fazekas accepts it. As she leaves, Sam spots Daniel walking across the street toward Goldie's. | ||
*In the privacy of the kitchen, Sam quickly tells him to stop coming, otherwise it will arouse suspicion about [[The_Dirteaters#Act_2|their new arrangement]]. Daniel tells him that the avatars of Tamara and Zoe are alive in V-World and that he needs Sam's help reaching them. Sam is offended at the implication that he is "hired muscle." When Daniel explains his plan to bring both avatars into the real world by building humanlike bodies for them, Sam is angered and tells him that those things in V-World are not real. Daniel pleads that he needs to reunite his family. | *In the privacy of the kitchen, Sam quickly tells him to stop coming, otherwise it will arouse suspicion about [[The_Dirteaters#Act_2|their new arrangement]]. Daniel tells him that the avatars of Tamara and Zoe are alive in V-World and that he needs Sam's help reaching them. Sam is offended at the implication that he is "hired muscle." When Daniel explains his plan to bring both avatars into the real world by building humanlike bodies for them, Sam is angered and tells him that those things in V-World are not real. Daniel pleads that he needs to reunite his family. | ||
*Amanda sneaks into the Willows' workspace inside their house undetected, and swaps Clarice's holoband for Duram's fake. Back in the park, she delivers the band to Duram, who urges her to avoid Willow completely and to stay inconspicuous for a while. Amanda senses that he is holding something back, and he relents: Mar-Beth is dead, the result of Duram's attempt to protect Amanda. She is shocked that an innocent mother who had just given birth was sacrificed by him. All that Duram can do is speculate that the baby would have grown up to be a terrorist like its family, and assures Amanda that she has been invaluable to the security of | *Amanda sneaks into the Willows' workspace inside their house undetected, and swaps Clarice's holoband for Duram's fake. Back in the park, she delivers the band to Duram, who urges her to avoid Willow completely and to stay inconspicuous for a while. Amanda senses that he is holding something back, and he relents: Mar-Beth is dead, the result of Duram's attempt to protect Amanda. She is shocked that an innocent mother who had just given birth was sacrificed by him. All that Duram can do is speculate that the baby would have grown up to be a terrorist like its family, and assures Amanda that she has been invaluable to the security of [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]. Amanda walks away as Duram is lost in thought. Suddenly, a gunshot cracks through the park, and Duram tumbles down a hill. Amanda runs to him and uses her scarf to stop him from bleeding, but she sees no sign of the shooter. | ||
=== Act 3 === | === Act 3 === | ||
=== Act 4 === | === Act 4 === | ||
=== Act 5 === | === Act 5 === | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Analysis == | == Analysis == | ||
== Questions == | == Questions == | ||
*Is the medical practitioner Amanda mentions | *Why do the U-87s obey Lacy's commands? | ||
*Who shot Duram? | |||
*Is the medical practitioner Amanda mentions related to [[Sherman Cottle]]? | |||
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== Official Statements == | == Official Statements == | ||
== Noteworthy Dialogue == | == Noteworthy Dialogue == | ||
*''Duram praises Amanda for her work against the Willows as she walks away in shock:'' | *''Duram praises Amanda for her work against the Willows as she walks away in shock:'' | ||
:'''Duram:''' You've done a great service for the people of Caprica. (''Mumbling sadly to himself'') You've done a great service for the people of Caprica. | :'''Duram:''' You've done a great service for the people of Caprica. (''Mumbling sadly to himself'') You've done a great service for the people of Caprica. | ||
== Guest Stars == | == Guest Stars == | ||
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*[[Ryan Robbins]] as [[Diego]] | *[[Ryan Robbins]] as [[Diego]] | ||
*[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]] | *[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Chris Heyerdahl]] as [[Kevin Reikle]] | ||
*[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]] | *[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]] | ||
*[[Sina Najafi]] as [[William "Willie" Adama|William Adama]] | *[[Sina Najafi]] as [[William "Willie" Adama|William Adama]] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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{{Episode | {{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}} | ||
[[CAtegory:Episodes written by John Zinman]] | [[CAtegory:Episodes written by John Zinman]] | ||
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