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== Overview == | |||
: ''The prospect of a truce between the [[The Fleet (RDM)|remnants of humanity]] and the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]s encourages [[Kara Thrace]] to trust an old enemy.'' | : ''The prospect of a truce between the [[The Fleet (RDM)|remnants of humanity]] and the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]s encourages [[Kara Thrace]] to trust an old enemy.'' | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
=== On ''Galactica'' === | === On ''Galactica'' === | ||
=== On ''Demetrius'' === | : ''Please note that this is a '''roughed-in''' version of the summary. It's a bit facetious, obviously, and possibly inaccurate. Feel free to edit this and the following section mercilessly.'' | ||
* [[Gaius Baltar]] listens to the whiny laments of [[Phoebe]]: she lost her two kids on [[Picon (RDM)|Picon]], as well as her husband, during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. She is angered by the fact that all this happened and that the [[Lords of Kobol (RDM)|Gods]] did nothing to spite the people who were responsible for the attack: the politicians, the programmers, the corporations... basically anyone and everyone. Baltar, surrounded by his [[Cult of Baltar|cultist groupies]], makes a speech (which is both recorded and broadcast over the [[wireless]]) about how the Gods didn't come to their aid not because they didn't want to, but because the Lords of Kobol don't exist. | |||
* Sometime in the episode, Baltar gets some sugar from [[Tory Foster]]. | |||
* During another one of Baltar's sermons, a shaved-head [[Galen Tyrol]] is listening to Baltar's broadcasts. He turns it off. [[Nicholas Tyrol]] begins crying, and so he turns on the drivel. The baby stops crying. Good parenting! | |||
* Tyrol visits the [[launch tube]], where Foster finds him. Tyrol doesn't believe that [[Callandra Tyrol|the shriek]] would abandon Nicholas, particularly since she was on some serious anti-depressants. Foster tries to convince Tyrol otherwise. | |||
* Later, Tyrol hears another of Baltar's crappy podcasts and heads down to the commune. There he listens, but he is pulled aside by Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], who scowls and scoffs Tyrol for not getting over Cally's death quickly. Given the one-eyed stare of scowling, Tyrol is told that he needs to get over Cally's death before they are outed as [[Final Five|skinjobs]]. Tyrol retorts that Tigh's been shacking up with [[Caprica-Six]], which places the smack-down that [[w:ECW|ECW]] would be in envy of. | |||
* Baltar calls out Tyrol, saying that he's sorry for his loss. Tyrol goes batshit, saying that Baltar's a scumbag and that, for some reason, Cally liked him and his [[My Triumphs, My Mistakes|crappy book]]. But all Baltar cares about is giving Tyrol a handshake. | |||
* Baltar tries to gives Tyrol a handshake. Tyrol instead grabs his throat, until the groupies manage to break that manly bond. | |||
* Tyrol runs back to his quarters and tries to pull a [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] on himself. He begins cradling his head, possibly feeling the smoothness of it. However, possibly distracted by the stubble on his head, doesn't pull a Boomer and merely lays on his bunk until Baltar, hidden in a shawl or some other piece of blanket-like clothing, comes to his quarters. During this, Baltar makes a speech and Tyrol forgives him. | |||
=== On the ''Demetrius'' === | |||
* On day 58 of their mission, [[Kara Thrace]] unexpectedly decides to join the [[Combat Air Patrol]], although this usually is beyond her duty as captain. With [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]] as her wingman, Thrace (in [[Diana Seelix|Seelix]]'s Viper) encounters a heavily damaged [[Heavy Raider]] that just appeared on their [[DRADIS]]. Both are unsure of what course of action to take, until [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben Conoy]] hails them over the [[wireless]], offering them a truce between Cylons and humans and a chance for Thrace to | * On day 58 of their mission, [[Kara Thrace]] unexpectedly decides to join the [[Combat Air Patrol]], although this usually is beyond her duty as captain. With [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]] as her wingman, Thrace (in [[Diana Seelix|Seelix]]'s Viper) encounters a heavily damaged [[Heavy Raider]] that just appeared on their [[DRADIS]]. Both are unsure of what course of action to take, until [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben Conoy]] hails them over the [[wireless]], offering them a truce between Cylons and humans and a chance for Thrace to fulfill her "journey". | ||
* After allowing the Heavy Raider to dock, Conoy tells Thrace that the ones he left behind on the [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] need her help, but also that the [[Hybrid]] can help them. Although the crew doesn't find any explosives or tracking devices in the Raider, they are suspicious of Conoy. | * After allowing the Heavy Raider to dock, Conoy tells Thrace that the ones he left behind on the [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] need her help, but also that the [[Hybrid]] can help them. Although the crew doesn't find any explosives or tracking devices in the Raider, they are suspicious of Conoy. | ||
* However, Thrace has Conoy escorted to her quarters, where he aims to help her until [[Samuel Anders]] sees how | * However, Thrace has Conoy escorted to her quarters, where he aims to help her until [[Samuel Anders]] sees how close they are physically and assaults Conoy. He fights with him until the Marines drag Conoy away to lock him up in a closet. | ||
* Anders visits Conoy there to ask him what he wants from Thrace. He tells Anders that he wants to understand her [[The Destiny|destiny]], which Anders doesn't consider good enough. Conoy replies that it is good enough for Thrace and that Anders might have | *Anders visits Conoy there to ask him what he wants from Thrace. He tells that Anders that he wants to understand her [[The Destiny|destiny]], which Anders doesn't consider good enough. Conoy replies that it is good enough for Thrace and that Anders might have own an destiny, beyond his relatively inconsequential life as a [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] player. He also repeats his offer of a truce and that they can find Earth, the "promised land", together. | ||
* On the bridge, | * On the bridge, [[Sharon Agathon]] and others express their concern that Thrace cannot be trusted, and that they have to meet up with the Fleet to refuel. Moreover, Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] made it clear that if the ship didn't return by then, they would be considered lost. | ||
* | * [[Karl Agathon]] defends Starbuck's authority, but out of concern orders a more thorough for tracking devices and other potential issues. Sergeant [[Erin Mathias|Mathias]] dons a spacesuit and conducts an inspection of the hull, but is blown away and killed after the reactor on the ship goes critical. | ||
* After her death, Thrace makes a speech to the ship's crew in the mess hall, saying that sometimes people die senseless deaths, but that she is responsible for Mathias's death and has to live with it. She | * After her death, Thrace makes a speech to the ship's crew in the mess hall, saying that sometimes people die senseless deaths, but that she is responsible for Mathias's death and has to live with it. She it trying to concede that she may have been a bad and difficult to deal with captain, but can't find the words. [[Felix Gaeta]] tries to come to her aid, by telling her that the rendezvous coordinates with the Fleet have been laid in, but Thrace against insists to meet with Conoy's basestar. | ||
* At this, [[Eammon Pike]] becomes openly hostile and riles everyone up against Thrace's order, believing that her course of action will get them killed | * At this, [[Eammon Pike]] becomes openly hostile and riles everyone up against Thrace's order, believing that her course of action will get them killed too. Captain Agathon offers him a chance to walk away, but when Pike continues, he pistol whips him into unconsciousness. | ||
* Later, on the bridge, she orders the crew to spin up the [[FTL]] drives and prepare to jump to the [[Cylon Civil War|Cylon | * Later, on the bridge, she orders the crew to spin up the [[FTL]] drives and prepare to jump to the [[Cylon Civil War|Cylon rebel]]'s basestar. Captain Agathon refuses, which leads her to promote Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] to be her new XO, who refuses to carry out the order as well. Agathon then officially relieves Thrace of command, citing the [[Colonial Military Code]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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:The common interpretation is that one may be rewarded greatly by choosing a more difficult path than the one used by the crowd. The phrase may also have had a religious meaning for Frost, alluding to [http://www.newadvent.org/bible/mat007.htm Matthew 7,12-14], which mentions a broad gate leading to destruction and a narrow gate leading to salvation. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://local.google.com/answers/threadview?id=426710|title=Google Answers: Origin of "road less travelled"}}</ref> | :The common interpretation is that one may be rewarded greatly by choosing a more difficult path than the one used by the crowd. The phrase may also have had a religious meaning for Frost, alluding to [http://www.newadvent.org/bible/mat007.htm Matthew 7,12-14], which mentions a broad gate leading to destruction and a narrow gate leading to salvation. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://local.google.com/answers/threadview?id=426710|title=Google Answers: Origin of "road less travelled"}}</ref> | ||
* The survivor count increases by one, meaning that at least one child has been born in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. | * The survivor count increases by one, meaning that at least one child has been born in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. | ||
* It has been 58 days since the end of "[[Six of One]], | * It has been 58 days since the end of "[[Six of One]]", when Kara Thrace is given the command of the ''[[Demetrius]]''. | ||
* Gunnery Sergeant [[Erin Mathias|Mathias]] | * Gunnery Sergeant [[Erin Mathias|Mathias]]'s first name, Erin, is spoken for the first time on screen. | ||
* Neither [[William Adama]] nor [[Laura Roslin]] appear in this episode. In both cases, this is [[Central character absences (RDM)| | * Neither [[William Adama]] nor [[Laura Roslin]] appear in this episode. In both cases, this is [[Central character absences (RDM)|unprecendented]]. | ||
== Analysis == | == Analysis == | ||
*Instead of using his demotion as a wakeup call, Tyrol has slipped further into despair and even contemplates to kill himself. That he has completely shaven his head might also be an indicator of his state of mind. | |||
* Instead of using his demotion as a wakeup call, | |||
* Earlier resenting Baltar's presumption of believing what Tyrol's dead wife Cally would want, Tyrol strangles Baltar after ignoring his hand to shake. After Tyrol's suicide effort Baltar visits him in his quarters to apologize and Tyrol accepts Baltar's handshake. In light of Tyrol's resentment, and even hatred, towards Baltar displayed in other episodes, it seems more likely that Tyrol forgives Baltar for offending him in this one instance, but not for all his sins as Baltar may intend. | * Earlier resenting Baltar's presumption of believing what Tyrol's dead wife Cally would want, Tyrol strangles Baltar after ignoring his hand to shake. After Tyrol's suicide effort Baltar visits him in his quarters to apologize and Tyrol accepts Baltar's handshake. In light of Tyrol's resentment, and even hatred, towards Baltar displayed in other episodes, it seems more likely that Tyrol forgives Baltar for offending him in this one instance, but not for all his sins as Baltar may intend. | ||
== Questions == | == Questions == | ||
* Does Conoy sense that Anders is a fellow Cylon? | |||
* How will the situation on the ''Demetrius'' be resolved? | |||
* How will the situation on the ''Demetrius'' be resolved? | * Will Galen Tyrol begin to associate with Baltar? | ||
* If yes, will Baltar have a positive influence on Tyrol and help him to overcome his grief or uncertainty about being a Cylon? | |||
* What have Tigh and Caprica-Six been doing recently? | |||
* Will Galen Tyrol begin to associate with Baltar? | |||
* If yes | |||
* Why does Baltar's broadcast appear to soothe Nicholas Tyrol? | * Why does Baltar's broadcast appear to soothe Nicholas Tyrol? | ||
== Official Statements == | == Official Statements == | ||
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== Noteworthy Dialogue == | == Noteworthy Dialogue == | ||
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== Guest Stars == | == Guest Stars == | ||
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as Specialist [[Galen Tyrol]] | |||
* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] | |||
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]] | * [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]] | ||
* [[Michael Trucco]] as Ensign [[Samuel Anders]] | |||
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] | |||
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hotdog" Costanza]] | * [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hotdog" Costanza]] | ||
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] | |||
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]] | * [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]] | ||
* [[Eileen Pedde]] as Gunnery Sergeant [[Erin Mathias]] | * [[Eileen Pedde]] as Gunnery Sergeant [[Erin Mathias]] | ||
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* [[Alisen Down]] as [[Jean Barolay]] | * [[Alisen Down]] as [[Jean Barolay]] | ||
* [[Lori Triolo]] as [[Phoebe]] | * [[Lori Triolo]] as [[Phoebe]] | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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