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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image=4x10 - Revelations - Promo 1.jpg<br />
| title= Revelations<br />
| season= 4<br />
| episode= 10<br />
| forumthread= 1300<br />
| extra=Mid-Season Cliffhanger<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Bradley Thompson]] <br/><br />
[[David Weddle]] <br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| production=412<br />
| rating=1.8<br />
| US airdate=13 June 2008<br />
| CAN airdate=13 June 2008<br />
| UK airdate=17 June 2008<br />
| dvd=<br />
| oldpopulation= 39673<br />
| population=39665<br />
| prev= [[The Hub]]<br />
| next= [[Sometimes a Great Notion]]<br />
| imdb=0993911<br />
}} <br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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: ''Led by [[Number Three]], the band of rebel Cylons hold President Roslin and ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> pilots hostage while attempting to lure the "Watchtower Four" out of hiding. Meanwhile, [[Kara Thrace]]'s Viper may hold a previously undiscovered clue to finding [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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=== Teaser ===<br />
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*[[Lee Adama]] is in [[William Adama|William Adama's]] quarters, looking up an illustration of the Temple of [[Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn|Aurora]] on Earth, as described by [[Pythia]]. [[Kara Thrace]] walks in an greets him, and they briefly discuss the temple, and the absence of William Adama and [[Laura Roslin]]. Lee comments on how both he and Tigh are intimidated by Adama's chair. Thrace talks about how [[Leoben Conoy|Leoben]] stated that, for children to reach their full potential, their parents have to die.<br />
*In the [[Basestar command|basestar control room]], Roslin, William Adama, [[D'Anna Biers]] and Leoben discuss the plans to return the [[Final Five]]. Biers mentions that there are only four in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] and refuses to provide answers when Roslin questions her about the fifth's location. When Adama asks for their names, she expresses skepticism, suggesting that the Colonials may kill them. Roslin points out that the Colonials need them because they know the way to Earth, while Leoben recommends co-operation and D'Anna refutes him, citing the [[Exodus, Part II|failure]] of [[Occupation|co-operation]] on [[New Caprica]].<br />
*Biers announces that she will hold the Colonials on the ship hostage until the Final Four are safely aboard the basestar. When a standoff between the Colonials and the Centurions ensues, Roslin tells Adama to stand down and he repeats the order to the other pilots. Three tells Adama to accompany her to ''[[Galactica]]'' on a Raptor. He initially refuses, but Roslin tells him to go. She embraces him and whispers in his ear that if the Cylons get the four, they get [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], and he can't allow that to happen, even if he has to destroy the basestar with them aboard.<br />
*In [[CIC]], [[Felix Gaeta]] - having returned to duty despite still having problems with his [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner|amputated leg]] - accidentally knocks over a bottle of pills. [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] helps him by picking up the pill bottle. Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] asks Gaeta if he wishes to be relieved, but he declines and takes a drink to numb the pain.<br />
*Gaeta then announces the arrival of the rebel baseship and that a Raptor launched from it. On the [[hangar deck]], Adama and Three step out of the Raptor. [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[Samuel Anders]] look on from the catwalk, wondering whether Three can or will identify them. While William Adama greets his son, Three steps off the Raptor and looks at each of the Final Four.<br />
*William Adama and Biers explain the situation. Biers claims that she is already in contact with the four, that they would come to her willingly and that all the Fleet needs to do is not interfere with shuttle traffic. The Adamas agree to her terms. As Three is about to leave, [[Tory Foster]] steps forward, asking to bring Roslin her medication and see if she is alright. Knowing that she wants to defect, Tigh tries to prevent her from going by saying that they shouldn't give the Cylons more hostages, but he is overruled by the Adamas.<br />
*In the Adama's quarters, William and Lee Adama, Tigh and Thrace discuss a plan to rescue the hostages. The admiral mentions Roslin's recommendation, but tells his son that it is his call. President Adama agrees.<br />
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=== Act 1 ===<br />
*In the [[Situation Room]], [[Sharon Agathon]] and Kara Thrace officially present their rescue plan. Tigh expresses skepticism at the expected high losses of boarding the basestar, saying there have to be other options. Thrace sarcastically comments that the four could just give themselves up.<br />
*On the basestar, Foster is led to the control room. Three announces that one of the Final Five has arrived. [[Number Two|Leoben]] expresses doubt, but Three attests that she saw her in her vision. Foster smiles as the Cylons gather around her in amazement.<br />
*In another room, Roslin bandages [[Gaius Baltar]], who thanks her for not killing him, but Roslin confesses that she told Adama to destroy the basestar should the Cylons get the four. Foster walks in with a [[Number Six|Six]], greeting them and bringing Roslin her medication. Roslin thanks her, and asks how she was able to do so, and Foster says that she came with Three to be with her people. Baltar attests that he subconsciously knew, that she was one of the Final Five. When asked if she had any idea, Roslin says no, and Foster tells her it might be worth pondering other things she has been wrong about, then starts to walk out. Roslin tells her to stop, and asks her to convince Three to release the hostages. Foster coldly replies that she's done taking orders from her.<br />
*A body flies out of the baseship. In CIC, Lee Adama receives a transmission from Three, who announces that there has been a change of plans. She has executed the first hostage and will continue to execute hostages every quarter hour until they have the four. Adama tries to reason with her, telling her that she did not giving them a chance and that they are co-operating, but Dualla states that Three has terminated the transmission. As a result, Adama authorizes the rescue mission and to destroy the baseship should it fail<br />
*On the hangar deck, as the pilots and deck crew prepare for the mission, Tyrol begins hearing the [[The Music|strange music]] again, heavily distorted by screeching and static. In a [[pilot ready rooms|pilot ready room]], as Starbuck and Athena brief the pilots, Anders likewise hears the music, as does Foster on the basestar.<br />
*On ''Galactica'' Anders, Tigh and Tyrol are drawn to [[Starbuck's Viper]]. Tyrol suggests that something about the Viper has changed, and Anders suggests they get Starbuck. Tigh agrees, then walks out.<br />
*Tigh walks into William Adama's office, telling him to scrub the mission. When asked if he has another option instead, Tigh confesses that he has known that he is a Cylon since the [[Ionian nebula]]. Adama expresses doubt and can't believe that his decade-long friend could by a Cylon. He suggests that Tigh could have been brainwashed on [[New Caprica]] and says they should see Doctor [[Cottle]]. Tigh says that he should have killed himself when he found out and suggests that Three will back down if he is used as a hostage.<br />
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=== Act 2 ===<br />
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*As [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marines]] escort Tigh through the hallways, William Adama suffers a nervous breakdown. He rampages through his office, smashes his fist into a mirror and drinks heavily. As Adama cries, his son finds him and tries to comfort him. Adama says that he can't kill Tigh and Lee tells him that he will handle it.<br />
*In a [[Launch tube (RDM)|launch tube]], Lee Adama interrogates Tigh, demanding to know who the other Cylons are. From the control room, [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] announces that D'Anna Biers is on the line. Adama threatens to kill Tigh if she harms one of the hostages, and says that she has ten minutes before he kills him. From Tigh he again demands the identities of the rest of the Final Four in order to save the Fleet.<br />
*Around [[Starbuck's Viper]], Thrace expresses doubt about Anders and Tyrol's suspicion regarding the Viper. Marines come in and arrest Anders and Tyrol. When Thrace asks what's going on, Sergeant [[Brandy Harder|Harder]] replies that they are Cylons. Shocked, Thrace questions Anders, who confirms that it is true. As he is dragged away, Anders insists that something is different about the Viper.<br />
*On the basestar, an [[Number Eight|Eight]] and two [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] force the captured pilots down a hallway. [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] tells the pilots to fall back, and the Eight threatens to shoot them if they don't keep moving.<br />
*Anders and Tyrol are brought into the launch tube to join Tigh. Lee Adama orders Dualla to get the baseship on the line again.<br />
*On the hangar deck, Thrace climbs into her Viper's cockpit.<br />
*On the baseship, Roslin and Baltar hear the hostages and Centurions. A [[Number Two|Two]] walks in and Roslin asks what's going on. The Two says that Three is about to start executing more hostages. When Roslin requests that she be taken to Three, Baltar insists that she won't listen to her, and that he be taken instead, because he was with her when she had the vision in the [[Temple of Five]]. Roslin agrees.<br />
*Lee Adama tells Three that he has Anders and Tyrol in the airlock, and demands that she stand down.<br />
*Thrace begins activating her Viper's systems.<br />
*Tory Foster tells Three that she knows Adama and that he will back down if pressure. Three orders to target nuclear weapons on the civilian fleet when Baltar walks in and begins begins talking to her.<br />
*Thrace continues activating her electronics and suddenly detects a signal with one instrument.<br />
*Baltar argues that coercion won't work with Lee Adama because he is too similar to his father, while Foster argues that he is bluffing.<br />
*Dualla tells Adama that the baseship's nuclear missiles have gone hot. Both conclude that the Fleet couldn't spool up their [[FTL|jump drives]] quickly enough to escape before the Cylons fire. Adama orders that everyone except Tigh be removed from the tube.<br />
*On the basestar, Baltar suggests that [[God (RDM)|God]] may have brought Three back for a different purpose, to end the conflict peacefully. She argues that the Colonials will never forgive the Cylons for [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|what they did to the Twelve Colonies]], and gives the order to proceed.<br />
*As the launch tube door closes, Thrace runs through the ship.<br />
*Baltar argues to Three that brute force did not work for the Cylons on [[New Caprica]] or the [[algae planet]], and that it will not work now.<br />
*Adama asks Dualla for the key and begins the process of de-pressurizing the launch tube.<br />
*An Eight announces that they have weapons lock on the Colonial ships.<br />
*Tigh tells Adama to stop hesitating and flush the airlock. As Adama is about to push the button, Thrace runs in, telling Adama to stop. She says that the Cylons just gave them [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].<br />
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=== Act 3 ===<br />
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*Lee Adama sits in Starbuck's Viper, recognizing a Colonial emergency locator signal, and notes that no other [[wireless]] in the Fleet is picking it up. Thrace argues to a skeptical Adama that it must be a signal from Earth, insisting that some higher power is orchestrating events for a purpose and wants the Colonials to find Earth with the Cylons.<br />
*Thrace, Lee Adama, the Final Four, Number Three, Marines and Centurions stand around the Viper and an Eight sits inside. They discuss the signal. Adama says that he decided to share the information with the Cylons rather than jump away, because it would only lead to another confrontation down the road. He argues that peace is possible and says that he has granted the Final Four an amnesty. Three agrees to release the hostages.<br />
*Adama shows his father the location of Earth, asking for orders. Roslin walks in and says she wants to see him pick up the first fistful of earth. He walks away saying that he'll be back. Lee Adama talks to Roslin about stepping down, and she praises him on resolving the crisis, saying the Fleet will need that kind of leadership in the years to come.<br />
*Admiral Adama returns in uniform, saying they should find Earth. His son says that he has been working on a recon mission with Thrace. Admiral Adama replies that everyone should go together, that they don't have anywhere else to go, and that the alliance will fall apart if they hesitate too long. In his view, they need to [[List of terms (RDM)#hard six|roll the hard six]].<br />
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=== Act 4 ===<br />
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*In the CIC, Dualla announces that the Fleet is ready to jump. Admiral Adama tells Roslin that they wouldn't have made it without her and asks her to give the order. She does so. Dualla counts down and the Fleet jumps. <br />
*The entire Fleet - now including the rebel basestar - successfully jumps. Adama tells Gaeta to take his time with confirming their location. After some seconds, Gaeta announces that the [[Tomb of Athena|constellations]] match. The Fleet has jumped into orbit of a blue/white planet - Earth.<br />
*Adama makes a speech to the whole Fleet, announcing that they have arrived at Earth. All over ''Galactica'' and throughout the Fleet people rejoice ecstatically.<br />
*A detachment of Vipers, [[Raptors]], [[Heavy Raider]]s, [[Cylon freighter (RDM)|Cylon freighters]], as well as several civilian ships fly towards the surface.<br />
*On Earth, Adama lifts up a handful of soil. Someone next to him reads the dirt with a [[w:Geiger counter|Geiger counter]]. The soil is irradiated. Laura Roslin stands next to Adama, disappointed. Number Three is stunned.<br />
*Many others, including [[Karl Agathon|Karl]] and [[Sharon Agathon]], Gaius Baltar, Lee Adama, Kara Thrace, the Final Four, and the Cylons are on the surface as well, walking and standing around on a riverbank near the ruins of a city, which was apparently destroyed. The mood is dismal, with everyone probably wondering what happened to Earth and what they will do next.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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* This episode is the mid-season cliffhanger for the first ten episodes of [[Season 4 (2008-09)|Season 4]]. The conclusion to the cliffhanger, "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", will not air until 2009.<br />
* The episode was given an advance screening in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 11th, in order to draw attention for the upcoming Emmy Award nominations. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://syfyportal.com/news425104.html|title='Battlestar Galactica' Hosting Free Screening In L.A.}}</ref><br />
* As D'Anna Biers executes one prisoner during the course of the episode, the population of the Fleet when it arrives at Earth is 39,664, not counting the as yet unknown number of copies of the four Significant Seven Cylon models who have now joined them.<br />
* The page from the [[Book of Pythia]] depicting the Temple of Aurora is the same two page spread used to represent the [[City of the Gods]] on [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] from "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]".<br />
* The rhythm of the beacon signal matches the rhythm of [[the Music]].<br />
*It remains to be seen if the rebel Cylons will be counted in the Survivor Count now they have joined the Fleet. So far only Sharon Agathon, arguably a rebel Cylon herself, has been counted despite never being considered a human.<br />
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== Analysis == <br />
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=== General ===<br />
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*The survivor count drops by 8 from the previous episode. Allowing for the fact that Pike's death has been counted already and assuming no deaths in the Fleet, these eight Colonial deaths occur as a result of the [[Battle of the Resurrection Hub]]. Two of these casualties at least seem to be Viper pilots given the wrecked Vipers seen derelict at the battle site ([[Sine Qua Non]]). Pike's ECO is also one of the dead. However a possible continuity error occurs in the count between the episodes "Sine Qua Non" and "The Hub", as the episodes take place concurrently, yet the population drops by one in between (possibly Pike's death).<br />
* When Thrace says to Lee Adama (while he is looking at the drawing of the Temple of Aurora) "We'll get there, and walk those halls together", Adama says "Yeah, pretty to think so." This could be a reference to the last line of Ernest Hemingway's ''[[w:The Sun Also Rises|The Sun Also Rises]]'' when Jake Barnes says "Yeah, isn't it pretty to think so?" about the idea that he and Brett Ashley could have been in love.<br />
*There is one flaw in Three's hostage plan: It is not explained how she believes the Final Four would be able to make it onto her basestar without being detained first by the Colonials. One of them could always be taken as a hostage by the Colonials as a counter-move.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
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* D'Anna Biers holding the Colonial personnel hostage isn't aimed so much as to President Adama and the government, as it is to the remaining three of the Final Four who choose to remain behind. When Foster moves to defect under the guise of giving Roslin her medicine, Colonel Tigh speaks up to prevent her from going. This earns Tigh and the other two who refuse to come forward Biers's enmity and she begins killing their crew mates until they join the Cylons.<br />
* Roslin's plan to hold Number Three and her knowledge to herself is shown to have already failed at the start of this episode. Three has already made it clear she will not co-operate and is walking freely around the basestar. The plan was never likely to succeed given that the Colonials on the rebel basestar are totally outnumbered and cut off from the Fleet. In fact, Roslin and Adama's decision to double cross the Cylons ([[Guess What's Coming To Dinner?]]) may well have precipitated the entire hostage crisis, as the rebels decided to return to their original plan only after learning that the Colonials have no intention of turning over the Final Five.<br />
* [[Tory Foster]] actively advises Number Three in her test of wills with Lee Adama, pressing for more aggressive tactics. She appears to be embracing her Cylon nature, including the antagony towards mankind. In doing so, she parallels the origins of the Cylon War, rebelling against those she had earlier served.<br />
* [[Sharon Agathon]] appears to have been released from the [[brig]] despite her shooting of [[Natalie]], although there is no explicit on screen explanation given for this. Her involvement in planning the rescue mission could be part of her parole, or it is possible Roslin confirmed to Admiral Adama that they have been experiencing and sharing powerful visions that have affected their behavior. Curiously, this is not the first time that the Agathons have escaped severe punishment for potentially mutinous actions. It is also in Admiral Adama's character to be forgiving of the actions of the officers and crew, most notably Kara Thrace, if there is compelling reason.<br />
* Admiral Adama has apparently reassigned [[Galen Tyrol]] to the hangar deck. In previous episodes Tyrol often worked in other areas of the ship. This may be another example of Adama's forbearance toward his crew. However, he has not as yet restored Tyrol's old rank. Instead, [[Peter Laird]] is shown as the chief of the deck, having likely occupied that position since Tyrol's demotion.<br />
**This is Laird's first chronological appearance since "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]". He appeared in "[[Razor]]" in flashback scenes, and was mentioned as an active deckhand in "[[Sine Qua Non]]".<br />
* The Six walking up to Saul Tigh on Earth appears to be [[Caprica-Six]]. This indicates that Adama's general amnesty extends to her as well and that she is free to join the Cylon rebels on their baseship; a fact that is confirmed by [[Mark Verheiden]] in [http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/06/18/battlestar-galactica-interview-mark-verheiden-on-cylon-amnesty-and-finding-earth/?cid=9445 this] interview.<br />
* With the destruction of the Hub, D'Anna Biers becomes the closest a Cylon has come to being human —- along with mortality, she, as the last of her model, is unique in all the universe.<br />
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=== Earth ===<br />
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* One of the first visual cues that [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] lacks a widespread, technologically advanced civilization comes in the establishing shots of the planet when the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] arrives in orbit. The night side of the planet is steeped in total darkness, whereas the city lights of an inhabited planet with an industrialized civilization would be clearly visible on its night side, as seen in this [http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/earth_night.jpg composite satellite photograph] of the Earth at night.<br />
* How Earth came to the state which the Fleet finds it in is uncertain. Given that the landing party tests the soil with a [[wikipedia:Geiger counter|Geiger counter]], and the ruins they come across appear to be from a nuclear blast, it is likely that some nuclear event occurred on Earth. Together with the clear remnants of a modern civilization, this means that the series is set in the future and not the past (This is only true if the show is not set in an alternate universe).<br />
* Assuming that a nuclear event was responsible for the current condition of Earth, it appears that it happened a considerable number of years, if not decades or hundreds of years, ago. Less than a week after the Cylon bombardment, the planet [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] had turned yellowish-brown from dust blasted into the atmosphere, creating a [[w:nuclear winter|nuclear winter]] ([[33]]). Nine months later, someone on Caprica would have still seen yellow skies ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]). Although the soil of Earth at the landing site is radioactive, the skies are a natural foggy/cloudy gray, and the view from orbit is of a blue-white world.<br />
* The area the landing party arrives at appears to be the [[Wikipedia:Brooklyn|Brooklyn]] side of [[w:New York City|New York City]]. The landing party is next to a broad river and across that river to the left is a wide bay. The other shore appears to be the edge of Lower Manhattan with a destroyed skyline of buildings. The camera pans to the right over what is ostensibly the [[w:East River|East River]] until the last two seconds of the episode, where at the far right edge of the screen stands a wrecked structure with which appears to be a heavily abbreviated roadway. It appears to be the East Tower (Brooklyn side) of the [[w:Brooklyn Bridge|Brooklyn Bridge]]. However, it should be noted that the information on this is incomplete. For instance, many speculations as to the gas giant that [[Kara Thrace]] sees in her journey from Earth (as first explained in "[[He That Believeth In Me]]") claimed that the giant was [[w:Jupiter|Jupiter]], when this was [[Faith|later disproved]].<br />
**In what may be a coincidence, not far from the Eastern approaches to the real-life Brooklyn Bridge in [[Wikipedia:Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn, New York]] and close to the northern shore of the [[w:borough|borough]], there is a building owned by the [[Wikipedia:The Jehovah's Witnesses|Jehovah's Witnesses]]. It is called "[http://www.kelebekler.com/cesnur/txt/sedewts.jpg The Watchtower]". The relevance is that the song that the Final Four heard is actually ''[[Wikipedia:All Along the Watchtower|All Along the Watchtower]]'' by Bob Dylan. Further, the building is [http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=watchtower&near=Brooklyn,+NY&fb=1&t=h&ll=40.702879,-73.994551&spn=0.003221,0.00559&z=17 situated very near if not the exact place] the landing party stands at. However, while the precise area of where they landed is still ambiguous, Ronald D. Moore's [http://media.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/412/bsg_ep412_FULL.mp3 podcast of this episode] does hint that it could be New York City. More directly, by way of conversation, he says outright the structure at the right side edge of the screen during the episode's last two to three seconds is definitely a bridge.<br />
**The filming location was on [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&ll=49.013815,-123.039697&t=h&z=16 Centennial Beach in Tsawwassen], south of Vancouver.<ref>http://13thcolony.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/bsg-set-damaged-in-windstorm/</ref><ref>http://bloginhood.blogspot.com/2008/01/look-what-else-washed-up-on-beach-more.html</ref> <br />
* The landing area actually appears to be the Temple of [[Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn|Aurora]], thus bookending the episode. When the episode begins, [[Lee Adama]] is looking up an illustration of the Temple in [[Pythia]]'s book. It shows a dome structure near a body of water. As the episode closes on Earth, the landing party appears to be at the ruins of a domed structure by a body of water, as described by the illustration.<br />
* Throughout this episode, Earth when seen from orbit is largely obscured by cloud masses and shadows. Unlike the view of the North American continent presented at the end of "[[Crossroads, Part II]]", none of the landmasses in view can be easily identified.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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* Is [[Number Three]] honest in her claim that there are only four of the Final Five in the [[Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]? If so, where is the fifth and last Cylon? If she's lying, is it because she still harbors distrust for her compatriots and the humans? <br />
*Is the fifth Cylon amongst those held on the basestar?<br />
* What happened to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]?<br />
* What condition is the rest of Earth in?<br />
* Was Earth in the same condition the last time Thrace was there?<br />
* Will the other Cylons find the Fleet and the rebels, as well as Earth? If so, will they finish [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|what they]] [[Cylon Civil War|started]]? Or will they surrender?<br />
* Does the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] still exist? If so, where are they now? Or was there never a Thirteenth Tribe at all?<br />
* Is Pythia's book literally accurate history or metaphors for real historical events places and things or totally false?<br />
* Will the Colonials and their Cylon allies settle on Earth, or will they move on in hopes of finding a more suitable planet?<br />
* Will Tigh, Anders, and Tyrol continue their duties on ''Galactica'' despite having been exposed as Cylons? Or will their hatred of the Cylons persist?<br />
* Now that his brief presidency has come to an end, will Lee Adama resume his duties on the Quorum? If not, what will his new role be?<br />
* Will Caprica Six join the rebels or pursue further relations with Baltar or Tigh?<br />
* In what year do the Colonials arrive on Earth?<br />
* Who or what was responsible, intentionally or not, for the apparent holocaust on Earth? <br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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*''[[Jane Espenson]] about the writing and her reaction to it:''<br />
:"Holy cow, I love this episode beyond the saying of it, and 'thank you' to the fans who have been going out of their way to tell all of us that, too. Adama's reaction to the reveal was stunning -- my gods -- and Starbuck-- her face said it all. A thunderclap. Simply beautiful. You wouldn't want more and you can't imagine less. I'm stating the obvious when I say that a more labored reaction would've attenuated the emotions, given the characters a chance to gather themselves before the big blow that was to come, which certainly would be a mistake. [...] I think the *real* reactions are yet to come, just like in life. The beauty of this episode is in its urgency, in the tumbling breathless slide that lands us on that grim gray unfamiliar beach"<br />
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:"And -- oh -- that haunting devastated city there, with the massive ruined temple and our people trying to find their footing in a strange dead city I did not recognize... that image just kills me. Every time I watch this episode, I well up with hope, and it lasts right up through that handful of soil, and then the radiation counter breaks my heart all over again."<br />
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:"[[David Weddle|David]] and [[Bradley Thompson|Bradley]] (David Weddle and Bradley Thompson, our writers) did an excellent job throughout this rocketsled of an episode - the writing had to be so delicate, precise and emotional... and they also did such a good job doing little things like dealing with the fallout from my episode the previous week. Baltar saying he loves living is such a gem of a moment among a cascade of gems -- thanks for that, David and Brad! And then, of course, the big stuff starts happening and never ever lets up." <ref name"espenson">{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/16/jane-espenson-on-battlestar-galacticas-mid-season-finale/|title=TVGuide: Jane Espenson on Battlestar Galactica's mid-season finale}}</ref><br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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*''[[William Adama]] has a nervous breakdown after learning that his best friend of 30 years, [[Saul Tigh]], is a Cylon, and having him arrested to be executed. [[Lee Adama|His son]] finds him and drags his father's sobbing form to a bulkhead where he cradles his father from behind.''<br />
:'''William Adama:''' [Crying, sobbing, despair...] <br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' [voice quavering]: Dad, listen... No one suspected, no one! Not with his record. Not what he did on New Caprica. His eye... What happened to his wife... Come on, let's get up. <br />
:'''William:''' What have I done? [breathlessly] All of the people I've sent to die? For what? For what?!<br />
:'''Lee:''' [quietly] For Earth...<br />
:'''William:''' [angrily]: There is no Earth. [sobs] It is a frakkin' joke! There is no Earth! [sobs] <br />
:'''Lee:''' Okay dad, listen to me... [firmer and takes his father face between his hands] Listen to me!! Pull it together!!<br />
:'''William:''' I can't...<br />
:'''Lee''' [frustrated]: Yes, you can! Come on!<br />
:'''William:''' I can't...<br />
:'''Lee:''' [frustrated] Yes, you ca...<br />
:'''William:''' I can't... I can't kill him... I can't kill the bastard! I can't...<br />
:'''Lee:''' Okay, okay, dad. [he cradles his father's face]<br />
:'''William:''' I can't...<br />
:'''Lee:''' It's... It's gonna be okay... It's gonna be okay... I'll... I'll take care of it. I'll take care of it [kisses his father's forehead].<br />
<br />
*''[[Tory Foster]] to [[Laura Roslin]] after confessing that she is a Cylon:''<br />
:'''Foster:''' You had no idea, did you?<br />
:'''Roslin:''' No.<br />
:'''Foster:''' Might be worth pondering what else you've been wrong about.<br />
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*''Upon confirmation of their position in orbit of Earth, [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]] makes an announcement to the Fleet:''<br />
:"Crew of ''Galactica''. People of the fleet. This is Admiral Adama. Three years ago I promised to lead you to a new home. We've endured a difficult journey, we've all lost, we've all suffered, and the truth is I questioned whether this day would ever come. But today our journey is at an end. We have arrived, at Earth."<br />
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*''Laura Roslin observes the vacant ruins on Earth:''<br />
:"Earth..."<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
* [[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]<br />
* [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]]<br />
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]] / [[Leoben Conoy]]<br />
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as Lieutenant [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
* [[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as [[Jeanne]]<br />
* [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]<br />
* [[Finn R. Devitt]] as [[Nicholas Tyrol]] (credited as "Baby Nicky")<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Hoshi]]<br />
* [[Alexandra Thomas]] as [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]<br />
* [[Heather Doerksen]] as Sergeant [[Brandy Harder]]<br />
* [[Leo Li Chiang]] as [[Tattooed pilot]] (uncredited)<br />
* [[Vincent Gale]] as [[Peter Laird]]<br />
* [[Don Thompson]] as Specialist [[Anthony Figurski]]<br />
* [[Sonja Bennett]] as Specialist [[Marcie Brasko]]<br />
* [[Barry Nerling]] as [[Unnamed Galactica and Pegasus crew (RDM)#Adama's Corporal|Adama's Corporal]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
*Composer [[Bear McCreary]] on the episode's score: [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=396]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[ms:Revelations]]</div>ArchEnemyhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Revelations&diff=165071Revelations2008-07-04T06:38:29Z<p>ArchEnemy: /* Earth */</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image=4x10 - Revelations - Promo 1.jpg<br />
| title= Revelations<br />
| season= 4<br />
| episode= 10<br />
| forumthread= 1300<br />
| extra=Mid-Season Cliffhanger<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Bradley Thompson]] <br/><br />
[[David Weddle]] <br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| production=412<br />
| rating=1.8<br />
| US airdate=13 June 2008<br />
| CAN airdate=13 June 2008<br />
| UK airdate=17 June 2008<br />
| dvd=<br />
| oldpopulation= 39673<br />
| population=39665<br />
| prev= [[The Hub]]<br />
| next= [[Sometimes a Great Notion]]<br />
| imdb=0993911<br />
}} <br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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: ''Led by [[Number Three]], the band of rebel Cylons hold President Roslin and ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> pilots hostage while attempting to lure the "Watchtower Four" out of hiding. Meanwhile, [[Kara Thrace]]'s Viper may hold a previously undiscovered clue to finding [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].''<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== Teaser ===<br />
<br />
*[[Lee Adama]] is in [[William Adama|William Adama's]] quarters, looking up an illustration of the Temple of [[Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn|Aurora]] on Earth, as described by [[Pythia]]. [[Kara Thrace]] walks in an greets him, and they briefly discuss the temple, and the absence of William Adama and [[Laura Roslin]]. Lee comments on how both he and Tigh are intimidated by Adama's chair. Thrace talks about how [[Leoben Conoy|Leoben]] stated that, for children to reach their full potential, their parents have to die.<br />
*In the [[Basestar command|basestar control room]], Roslin, William Adama, [[D'Anna Biers]] and Leoben discuss the plans to return the [[Final Five]]. Biers mentions that there are only four in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] and refuses to provide answers when Roslin questions her about the fifth's location. When Adama asks for their names, she expresses skepticism, suggesting that the Colonials may kill them. Roslin points out that the Colonials need them because they know the way to Earth, while Leoben recommends co-operation and D'Anna refutes him, citing the [[Exodus, Part II|failure]] of [[Occupation|co-operation]] on [[New Caprica]].<br />
*Biers announces that she will hold the Colonials on the ship hostage until the Final Four are safely aboard the basestar. When a standoff between the Colonials and the Centurions ensues, Roslin tells Adama to stand down and he repeats the order to the other pilots. Three tells Adama to accompany her to ''[[Galactica]]'' on a Raptor. He initially refuses, but Roslin tells him to go. She embraces him and whispers in his ear that if the Cylons get the four, they get [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], and he can't allow that to happen, even if he has to destroy the basestar with them aboard.<br />
*In [[CIC]], [[Felix Gaeta]] - having returned to duty despite still having problems with his [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner|amputated leg]] - accidentally knocks over a bottle of pills. [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] helps him by picking up the pill bottle. Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] asks Gaeta if he wishes to be relieved, but he declines and takes a drink to numb the pain.<br />
*Gaeta then announces the arrival of the rebel baseship and that a Raptor launched from it. On the [[hangar deck]], Adama and Three step out of the Raptor. [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[Samuel Anders]] look on from the catwalk, wondering whether Three can or will identify them. While William Adama greets his son, Three steps off the Raptor and looks at each of the Final Four.<br />
*William Adama and Biers explain the situation. Biers claims that she is already in contact with the four, that they would come to her willingly and that all the Fleet needs to do is not interfere with shuttle traffic. The Adamas agree to her terms. As Three is about to leave, [[Tory Foster]] steps forward, asking to bring Roslin her medication and see if she is alright. Knowing that she wants to defect, Tigh tries to prevent her from going by saying that they shouldn't give the Cylons more hostages, but he is overruled by the Adamas.<br />
*In the Adama's quarters, William and Lee Adama, Tigh and Thrace discuss a plan to rescue the hostages. The admiral mentions Roslin's recommendation, but tells his son that it is his call. President Adama agrees.<br />
<br />
=== Act 1 ===<br />
*In the [[Situation Room]], [[Sharon Agathon]] and Kara Thrace officially present their rescue plan. Tigh expresses skepticism at the expected high losses of boarding the basestar, saying there have to be other options. Thrace sarcastically comments that the four could just give themselves up.<br />
*On the basestar, Foster is led to the control room. Three announces that one of the Final Five has arrived. [[Number Two|Leoben]] expresses doubt, but Three attests that she saw her in her vision. Foster smiles as the Cylons gather around her in amazement.<br />
*In another room, Roslin bandages [[Gaius Baltar]], who thanks her for not killing him, but Roslin confesses that she told Adama to destroy the basestar should the Cylons get the four. Foster walks in with a [[Number Six|Six]], greeting them and bringing Roslin her medication. Roslin thanks her, and asks how she was able to do so, and Foster says that she came with Three to be with her people. Baltar attests that he subconsciously knew, that she was one of the Final Five. When asked if she had any idea, Roslin says no, and Foster tells her it might be worth pondering other things she has been wrong about, then starts to walk out. Roslin tells her to stop, and asks her to convince Three to release the hostages. Foster coldly replies that she's done taking orders from her.<br />
*A body flies out of the baseship. In CIC, Lee Adama receives a transmission from Three, who announces that there has been a change of plans. She has executed the first hostage and will continue to execute hostages every quarter hour until they have the four. Adama tries to reason with her, telling her that she did not giving them a chance and that they are co-operating, but Dualla states that Three has terminated the transmission. As a result, Adama authorizes the rescue mission and to destroy the baseship should it fail<br />
*On the hangar deck, as the pilots and deck crew prepare for the mission, Tyrol begins hearing the [[The Music|strange music]] again, heavily distorted by screeching and static. In a [[pilot ready rooms|pilot ready room]], as Starbuck and Athena brief the pilots, Anders likewise hears the music, as does Foster on the basestar.<br />
*On ''Galactica'' Anders, Tigh and Tyrol are drawn to [[Starbuck's Viper]]. Tyrol suggests that something about the Viper has changed, and Anders suggests they get Starbuck. Tigh agrees, then walks out.<br />
*Tigh walks into William Adama's office, telling him to scrub the mission. When asked if he has another option instead, Tigh confesses that he has known that he is a Cylon since the [[Ionian nebula]]. Adama expresses doubt and can't believe that his decade-long friend could by a Cylon. He suggests that Tigh could have been brainwashed on [[New Caprica]] and says they should see Doctor [[Cottle]]. Tigh says that he should have killed himself when he found out and suggests that Three will back down if he is used as a hostage.<br />
<br />
=== Act 2 ===<br />
<br />
*As [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marines]] escort Tigh through the hallways, William Adama suffers a nervous breakdown. He rampages through his office, smashes his fist into a mirror and drinks heavily. As Adama cries, his son finds him and tries to comfort him. Adama says that he can't kill Tigh and Lee tells him that he will handle it.<br />
*In a [[Launch tube (RDM)|launch tube]], Lee Adama interrogates Tigh, demanding to know who the other Cylons are. From the control room, [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] announces that D'Anna Biers is on the line. Adama threatens to kill Tigh if she harms one of the hostages, and says that she has ten minutes before he kills him. From Tigh he again demands the identities of the rest of the Final Four in order to save the Fleet.<br />
*Around [[Starbuck's Viper]], Thrace expresses doubt about Anders and Tyrol's suspicion regarding the Viper. Marines come in and arrest Anders and Tyrol. When Thrace asks what's going on, Sergeant [[Brandy Harder|Harder]] replies that they are Cylons. Shocked, Thrace questions Anders, who confirms that it is true. As he is dragged away, Anders insists that something is different about the Viper.<br />
*On the basestar, an [[Number Eight|Eight]] and two [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] force the captured pilots down a hallway. [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] tells the pilots to fall back, and the Eight threatens to shoot them if they don't keep moving.<br />
*Anders and Tyrol are brought into the launch tube to join Tigh. Lee Adama orders Dualla to get the baseship on the line again.<br />
*On the hangar deck, Thrace climbs into her Viper's cockpit.<br />
*On the baseship, Roslin and Baltar hear the hostages and Centurions. A [[Number Two|Two]] walks in and Roslin asks what's going on. The Two says that Three is about to start executing more hostages. When Roslin requests that she be taken to Three, Baltar insists that she won't listen to her, and that he be taken instead, because he was with her when she had the vision in the [[Temple of Five]]. Roslin agrees.<br />
*Lee Adama tells Three that he has Anders and Tyrol in the airlock, and demands that she stand down.<br />
*Thrace begins activating her Viper's systems.<br />
*Tory Foster tells Three that she knows Adama and that he will back down if pressure. Three orders to target nuclear weapons on the civilian fleet when Baltar walks in and begins begins talking to her.<br />
*Thrace continues activating her electronics and suddenly detects a signal with one instrument.<br />
*Baltar argues that coercion won't work with Lee Adama because he is too similar to his father, while Foster argues that he is bluffing.<br />
*Dualla tells Adama that the baseship's nuclear missiles have gone hot. Both conclude that the Fleet couldn't spool up their [[FTL|jump drives]] quickly enough to escape before the Cylons fire. Adama orders that everyone except Tigh be removed from the tube.<br />
*On the basestar, Baltar suggests that [[God (RDM)|God]] may have brought Three back for a different purpose, to end the conflict peacefully. She argues that the Colonials will never forgive the Cylons for [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|what they did to the Twelve Colonies]], and gives the order to proceed.<br />
*As the launch tube door closes, Thrace runs through the ship.<br />
*Baltar argues to Three that brute force did not work for the Cylons on [[New Caprica]] or the [[algae planet]], and that it will not work now.<br />
*Adama asks Dualla for the key and begins the process of de-pressurizing the launch tube.<br />
*An Eight announces that they have weapons lock on the Colonial ships.<br />
*Tigh tells Adama to stop hesitating and flush the airlock. As Adama is about to push the button, Thrace runs in, telling Adama to stop. She says that the Cylons just gave them [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].<br />
<br />
=== Act 3 ===<br />
<br />
*Lee Adama sits in Starbuck's Viper, recognizing a Colonial emergency locator signal, and notes that no other [[wireless]] in the Fleet is picking it up. Thrace argues to a skeptical Adama that it must be a signal from Earth, insisting that some higher power is orchestrating events for a purpose and wants the Colonials to find Earth with the Cylons.<br />
*Thrace, Lee Adama, the Final Four, Number Three, Marines and Centurions stand around the Viper and an Eight sits inside. They discuss the signal. Adama says that he decided to share the information with the Cylons rather than jump away, because it would only lead to another confrontation down the road. He argues that peace is possible and says that he has granted the Final Four an amnesty. Three agrees to release the hostages.<br />
*Adama shows his father the location of Earth, asking for orders. Roslin walks in and says she wants to see him pick up the first fistful of earth. He walks away saying that he'll be back. Lee Adama talks to Roslin about stepping down, and she praises him on resolving the crisis, saying the Fleet will need that kind of leadership in the years to come.<br />
*Admiral Adama returns in uniform, saying they should find Earth. His son says that he has been working on a recon mission with Thrace. Admiral Adama replies that everyone should go together, that they don't have anywhere else to go, and that the alliance will fall apart if they hesitate too long. In his view, they need to [[List of terms (RDM)#hard six|roll the hard six]].<br />
<br />
=== Act 4 ===<br />
<br />
*In the CIC, Dualla announces that the Fleet is ready to jump. Admiral Adama tells Roslin that they wouldn't have made it without her and asks her to give the order. She does so. Dualla counts down and the Fleet jumps. <br />
*The entire Fleet - now including the rebel basestar - successfully jumps. Adama tells Gaeta to take his time with confirming their location. After some seconds, Gaeta announces that the [[Tomb of Athena|constellations]] match. The Fleet has jumped into orbit of a blue/white planet - Earth.<br />
*Adama makes a speech to the whole Fleet, announcing that they have arrived at Earth. All over ''Galactica'' and throughout the Fleet people rejoice ecstatically.<br />
*A detachment of Vipers, [[Raptors]], [[Heavy Raider]]s, [[Cylon freighter (RDM)|Cylon freighters]], as well as several civilian ships fly towards the surface.<br />
*On Earth, Adama lifts up a handful of soil. Someone next to him reads the dirt with a [[w:Geiger counter|Geiger counter]]. The soil is irradiated. Laura Roslin stands next to Adama, disappointed. Number Three is stunned.<br />
*Many others, including [[Karl Agathon|Karl]] and [[Sharon Agathon]], Gaius Baltar, Lee Adama, Kara Thrace, the Final Four, and the Cylons are on the surface as well, walking and standing around on a riverbank near the ruins of a city, which was apparently destroyed. The mood is dismal, with everyone probably wondering what happened to Earth and what they will do next.<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
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* This episode is the mid-season cliffhanger for the first ten episodes of [[Season 4 (2008-09)|Season 4]]. The conclusion to the cliffhanger, "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", will not air until 2009.<br />
* The episode was given an advance screening in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 11th, in order to draw attention for the upcoming Emmy Award nominations. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://syfyportal.com/news425104.html|title='Battlestar Galactica' Hosting Free Screening In L.A.}}</ref><br />
* As D'Anna Biers executes one prisoner during the course of the episode, the population of the Fleet when it arrives at Earth is 39,664, not counting the as yet unknown number of copies of the four Significant Seven Cylon models who have now joined them.<br />
* The page from the [[Book of Pythia]] depicting the Temple of Aurora is the same two page spread used to represent the [[City of the Gods]] on [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] from "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]".<br />
* The rhythm of the beacon signal matches the rhythm of [[the Music]].<br />
*It remains to be seen if the rebel Cylons will be counted in the Survivor Count now they have joined the Fleet. So far only Sharon Agathon, arguably a rebel Cylon herself, has been counted despite never being considered a human.<br />
<br />
== Analysis == <br />
<br />
=== General ===<br />
<br />
*The survivor count drops by 8 from the previous episode. Allowing for the fact that Pike's death has been counted already and assuming no deaths in the Fleet, these eight Colonial deaths occur as a result of the [[Battle of the Resurrection Hub]]. Two of these casualties at least seem to be Viper pilots given the wrecked Vipers seen derelict at the battle site ([[Sine Qua Non]]). Pike's ECO is also one of the dead. However a possible continuity error occurs in the count between the episodes "Sine Qua Non" and "The Hub", as the episodes take place concurrently, yet the population drops by one in between (possibly Pike's death).<br />
* When Thrace says to Lee Adama (while he is looking at the drawing of the Temple of Aurora) "We'll get there, and walk those halls together", Adama says "Yeah, pretty to think so." This could be a reference to the last line of Ernest Hemingway's ''[[w:The Sun Also Rises|The Sun Also Rises]]'' when Jake Barnes says "Yeah, isn't it pretty to think so?" about the idea that he and Brett Ashley could have been in love.<br />
*There is one flaw in Three's hostage plan: It is not explained how she believes the Final Four would be able to make it onto her basestar without being detained first by the Colonials. One of them could always be taken as a hostage by the Colonials as a counter-move.<br />
<br />
=== Characters ===<br />
<br />
* D'Anna Biers holding the Colonial personnel hostage isn't aimed so much as to President Adama and the government, as it is to the remaining three of the Final Four who choose to remain behind. When Foster moves to defect under the guise of giving Roslin her medicine, Colonel Tigh speaks up to prevent her from going. This earns Tigh and the other two who refuse to come forward Biers's enmity and she begins killing their crew mates until they join the Cylons.<br />
* Roslin's plan to hold Number Three and her knowledge to herself is shown to have already failed at the start of this episode. Three has already made it clear she will not co-operate and is walking freely around the basestar. The plan was never likely to succeed given that the Colonials on the rebel basestar are totally outnumbered and cut off from the Fleet. In fact, Roslin and Adama's decision to double cross the Cylons ([[Guess What's Coming To Dinner?]]) may well have precipitated the entire hostage crisis, as the rebels decided to return to their original plan only after learning that the Colonials have no intention of turning over the Final Five.<br />
* [[Tory Foster]] actively advises Number Three in her test of wills with Lee Adama, pressing for more aggressive tactics. She appears to be embracing her Cylon nature, including the antagony towards mankind. In doing so, she parallels the origins of the Cylon War, rebelling against those she had earlier served.<br />
* [[Sharon Agathon]] appears to have been released from the [[brig]] despite her shooting of [[Natalie]], although there is no explicit on screen explanation given for this. Her involvement in planning the rescue mission could be part of her parole, or it is possible Roslin confirmed to Admiral Adama that they have been experiencing and sharing powerful visions that have affected their behavior. Curiously, this is not the first time that the Agathons have escaped severe punishment for potentially mutinous actions. It is also in Admiral Adama's character to be forgiving of the actions of the officers and crew, most notably Kara Thrace, if there is compelling reason.<br />
* Admiral Adama has apparently reassigned [[Galen Tyrol]] to the hangar deck. In previous episodes Tyrol often worked in other areas of the ship. This may be another example of Adama's forbearance toward his crew. However, he has not as yet restored Tyrol's old rank. Instead, [[Peter Laird]] is shown as the chief of the deck, having likely occupied that position since Tyrol's demotion.<br />
**This is Laird's first chronological appearance since "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]". He appeared in "[[Razor]]" in flashback scenes, and was mentioned as an active deckhand in "[[Sine Qua Non]]".<br />
* The Six walking up to Saul Tigh on Earth appears to be [[Caprica-Six]]. This indicates that Adama's general amnesty extends to her as well and that she is free to join the Cylon rebels on their baseship; a fact that is confirmed by [[Mark Verheiden]] in [http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/06/18/battlestar-galactica-interview-mark-verheiden-on-cylon-amnesty-and-finding-earth/?cid=9445 this] interview.<br />
* With the destruction of the Hub, D'Anna Biers becomes the closest a Cylon has come to being human —- along with mortality, she, as the last of her model, is unique in all the universe.<br />
<br />
=== Earth ===<br />
<br />
* One of the first visual cues that [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] lacks a widespread, technologically advanced civilization comes in the establishing shots of the planet when the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] arrives in orbit. The night side of the planet is steeped in total darkness, whereas the city lights of an inhabited planet with an industrialized civilization would be clearly visible on its night side, as seen in this [http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/earth_night.jpg composite satellite photograph] of the Earth at night.<br />
* How Earth came to the state which the Fleet finds it in is uncertain. Given that the landing party tests the soil with a [[wikipedia:Geiger counter|Geiger counter]], and the ruins they come across appear to be from a nuclear blast, it is likely that some nuclear event occurred on Earth. Together with the clear remnants of a modern civilization, this means that the series is set in the future and not the past (barring that it isn't set in an alternate universe).<br />
* Assuming that a nuclear event was responsible for the current condition of Earth, it appears that it happened a considerable number of years, if not decades or hundreds of years, ago. Less than a week after the Cylon bombardment, the planet [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] had turned yellowish-brown from dust blasted into the atmosphere, creating a [[w:nuclear winter|nuclear winter]] ([[33]]). Nine months later, someone on Caprica would have still seen yellow skies ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]). Although the soil of Earth at the landing site is radioactive, the skies are a natural foggy/cloudy gray, and the view from orbit is of a blue-white world.<br />
* The area the landing party arrives at appears to be the [[Wikipedia:Brooklyn|Brooklyn]] side of [[w:New York City|New York City]]. The landing party is next to a broad river and across that river to the left is a wide bay. The other shore appears to be the edge of Lower Manhattan with a destroyed skyline of buildings. The camera pans to the right over what is ostensibly the [[w:East River|East River]] until the last two seconds of the episode, where at the far right edge of the screen stands a wrecked structure with which appears to be a heavily abbreviated roadway. It appears to be the East Tower (Brooklyn side) of the [[w:Brooklyn Bridge|Brooklyn Bridge]]. However, it should be noted that the information on this is incomplete. For instance, many speculations as to the gas giant that [[Kara Thrace]] sees in her journey from Earth (as first explained in "[[He That Believeth In Me]]") claimed that the giant was [[w:Jupiter|Jupiter]], when this was [[Faith|later disproved]].<br />
**In what may be a coincidence, not far from the Eastern approaches to the real-life Brooklyn Bridge in [[Wikipedia:Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn, New York]] and close to the northern shore of the [[w:borough|borough]], there is a building owned by the [[Wikipedia:The Jehovah's Witnesses|Jehovah's Witnesses]]. It is called "[http://www.kelebekler.com/cesnur/txt/sedewts.jpg The Watchtower]". The relevance is that the song that the Final Four heard is actually ''[[Wikipedia:All Along the Watchtower|All Along the Watchtower]]'' by Bob Dylan. Further, the building is [http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=watchtower&near=Brooklyn,+NY&fb=1&t=h&ll=40.702879,-73.994551&spn=0.003221,0.00559&z=17 situated very near if not the exact place] the landing party stands at. However, while the precise area of where they landed is still ambiguous, Ronald D. Moore's [http://media.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/412/bsg_ep412_FULL.mp3 podcast of this episode] does hint that it could be New York City. More directly, by way of conversation, he says outright the structure at the right side edge of the screen during the episode's last two to three seconds is definitely a bridge.<br />
**The filming location was on [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&ll=49.013815,-123.039697&t=h&z=16 Centennial Beach in Tsawwassen], south of Vancouver.<ref>http://13thcolony.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/bsg-set-damaged-in-windstorm/</ref><ref>http://bloginhood.blogspot.com/2008/01/look-what-else-washed-up-on-beach-more.html</ref> <br />
* The landing area actually appears to be the Temple of [[Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn|Aurora]], thus bookending the episode. When the episode begins, [[Lee Adama]] is looking up an illustration of the Temple in [[Pythia]]'s book. It shows a dome structure near a body of water. As the episode closes on Earth, the landing party appears to be at the ruins of a domed structure by a body of water, as described by the illustration.<br />
* Throughout this episode, Earth when seen from orbit is largely obscured by cloud masses and shadows. Unlike the view of the North American continent presented at the end of "[[Crossroads, Part II]]", none of the landmasses in view can be easily identified.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
* Is [[Number Three]] honest in her claim that there are only four of the Final Five in the [[Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]? If so, where is the fifth and last Cylon? If she's lying, is it because she still harbors distrust for her compatriots and the humans? <br />
*Is the fifth Cylon amongst those held on the basestar?<br />
* What happened to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]?<br />
* What condition is the rest of Earth in?<br />
* Was Earth in the same condition the last time Thrace was there?<br />
* Will the other Cylons find the Fleet and the rebels, as well as Earth? If so, will they finish [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|what they]] [[Cylon Civil War|started]]? Or will they surrender?<br />
* Does the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] still exist? If so, where are they now? Or was there never a Thirteenth Tribe at all?<br />
* Is Pythia's book literally accurate history or metaphors for real historical events places and things or totally false?<br />
* Will the Colonials and their Cylon allies settle on Earth, or will they move on in hopes of finding a more suitable planet?<br />
* Will Tigh, Anders, and Tyrol continue their duties on ''Galactica'' despite having been exposed as Cylons? Or will their hatred of the Cylons persist?<br />
* Now that his brief presidency has come to an end, will Lee Adama resume his duties on the Quorum? If not, what will his new role be?<br />
* Will Caprica Six join the rebels or pursue further relations with Baltar or Tigh?<br />
* In what year do the Colonials arrive on Earth?<br />
* Who or what was responsible, intentionally or not, for the apparent holocaust on Earth? <br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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*''[[Jane Espenson]] about the writing and her reaction to it:''<br />
:"Holy cow, I love this episode beyond the saying of it, and 'thank you' to the fans who have been going out of their way to tell all of us that, too. Adama's reaction to the reveal was stunning -- my gods -- and Starbuck-- her face said it all. A thunderclap. Simply beautiful. You wouldn't want more and you can't imagine less. I'm stating the obvious when I say that a more labored reaction would've attenuated the emotions, given the characters a chance to gather themselves before the big blow that was to come, which certainly would be a mistake. [...] I think the *real* reactions are yet to come, just like in life. The beauty of this episode is in its urgency, in the tumbling breathless slide that lands us on that grim gray unfamiliar beach"<br />
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:"And -- oh -- that haunting devastated city there, with the massive ruined temple and our people trying to find their footing in a strange dead city I did not recognize... that image just kills me. Every time I watch this episode, I well up with hope, and it lasts right up through that handful of soil, and then the radiation counter breaks my heart all over again."<br />
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:"[[David Weddle|David]] and [[Bradley Thompson|Bradley]] (David Weddle and Bradley Thompson, our writers) did an excellent job throughout this rocketsled of an episode - the writing had to be so delicate, precise and emotional... and they also did such a good job doing little things like dealing with the fallout from my episode the previous week. Baltar saying he loves living is such a gem of a moment among a cascade of gems -- thanks for that, David and Brad! And then, of course, the big stuff starts happening and never ever lets up." <ref name"espenson">{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/16/jane-espenson-on-battlestar-galacticas-mid-season-finale/|title=TVGuide: Jane Espenson on Battlestar Galactica's mid-season finale}}</ref><br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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*''[[William Adama]] has a nervous breakdown after learning that his best friend of 30 years, [[Saul Tigh]], is a Cylon, and having him arrested to be executed. [[Lee Adama|His son]] finds him and drags his father's sobbing form to a bulkhead where he cradles his father from behind.''<br />
:'''William Adama:''' [Crying, sobbing, despair...] <br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' [voice quavering]: Dad, listen... No one suspected, no one! Not with his record. Not what he did on New Caprica. His eye... What happened to his wife... Come on, let's get up. <br />
:'''William:''' What have I done? [breathlessly] All of the people I've sent to die? For what? For what?!<br />
:'''Lee:''' [quietly] For Earth...<br />
:'''William:''' [angrily]: There is no Earth. [sobs] It is a frakkin' joke! There is no Earth! [sobs] <br />
:'''Lee:''' Okay dad, listen to me... [firmer and takes his father face between his hands] Listen to me!! Pull it together!!<br />
:'''William:''' I can't...<br />
:'''Lee''' [frustrated]: Yes, you can! Come on!<br />
:'''William:''' I can't...<br />
:'''Lee:''' [frustrated] Yes, you ca...<br />
:'''William:''' I can't... I can't kill him... I can't kill the bastard! I can't...<br />
:'''Lee:''' Okay, okay, dad. [he cradles his father's face]<br />
:'''William:''' I can't...<br />
:'''Lee:''' It's... It's gonna be okay... It's gonna be okay... I'll... I'll take care of it. I'll take care of it [kisses his father's forehead].<br />
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*''[[Tory Foster]] to [[Laura Roslin]] after confessing that she is a Cylon:''<br />
:'''Foster:''' You had no idea, did you?<br />
:'''Roslin:''' No.<br />
:'''Foster:''' Might be worth pondering what else you've been wrong about.<br />
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*''Upon confirmation of their position in orbit of Earth, [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]] makes an announcement to the Fleet:''<br />
:"Crew of ''Galactica''. People of the fleet. This is Admiral Adama. Three years ago I promised to lead you to a new home. We've endured a difficult journey, we've all lost, we've all suffered, and the truth is I questioned whether this day would ever come. But today our journey is at an end. We have arrived, at Earth."<br />
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*''Laura Roslin observes the vacant ruins on Earth:''<br />
:"Earth..."<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
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* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
* [[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]<br />
* [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]]<br />
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]] / [[Leoben Conoy]]<br />
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as Lieutenant [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
* [[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as [[Jeanne]]<br />
* [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]<br />
* [[Finn R. Devitt]] as [[Nicholas Tyrol]] (credited as "Baby Nicky")<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Hoshi]]<br />
* [[Alexandra Thomas]] as [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]<br />
* [[Heather Doerksen]] as Sergeant [[Brandy Harder]]<br />
* [[Leo Li Chiang]] as [[Tattooed pilot]] (uncredited)<br />
* [[Vincent Gale]] as [[Peter Laird]]<br />
* [[Don Thompson]] as Specialist [[Anthony Figurski]]<br />
* [[Sonja Bennett]] as Specialist [[Marcie Brasko]]<br />
* [[Barry Nerling]] as [[Unnamed Galactica and Pegasus crew (RDM)#Adama's Corporal|Adama's Corporal]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
*Composer [[Bear McCreary]] on the episode's score: [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=396]<br />
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:''Presently set to air in the United States in March of 2008<ref>This is stated in a trailer for the fourth season that aired during "[[Razor]]".</ref>; this is the final season of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]<br />
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== Story ==<br />
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=== General ===<br />
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* A two hour television movie, called "[[Razor]]" set during the events of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]] aired on November 24, 2007. It is a framing story set after the destruction of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', but is largely told via flashbacks to a time prior to "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" during [[Helena Cain]]'s command.<br />
* According to [[Katee Sackhoff]], the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] will find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] <ref name="ign-sackhoff"/>. Ron Moore also says, that Earth will be found and that there is a good chance of finding out in what state the planet is, but is being deliberately vague <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648062/battlestar_galactica_ronald_moore_talks_about_earth.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: Ronald Moore talks about Earth|date=13 July 2007|accessdate=13 July 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
* Moore indicated that he will make his directorial debut in the second half of this season,<ref name="latimes"/> although this is uncertain in lieu of the Writers Guild of America strike.<br />
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=== Character developments ===<br />
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* [[Katee Sackhoff]] is signed for this season <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/03/qa_with_battlestar_showrunner.php|title=Q&A with "Battlestar" Showrunner Ron Moore: On the Return of Starbuck, Falling Ratings and 'Caprica' Prequel|date=26 March 2007|accessdate=18 June 2007|last=Hibberd|first=James|format=|language=}}</ref>. Additionally, Sackhoff herself mentions that her character is neither an illusion <ref name="ign-sackhoff">{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/797/797776p1.html|title=Katee Sackhoff Talks Battlestar and Bionic Woman|date=19 June 2007|accessdate=21 June 2007|last=Goldman|first=Eric|format=|language=}}</ref> nor a Cylon. Although Sackhoff later mentions that Thrace ''believes'' she is a Cylon. Thrace also has a lot of material with [[Laura Roslin]] and the "Cylon ladies".<ref name="roadrunner">{{cite_web|url=http://roadrunnerdm.livejournal.com/84288.html|title=Roadrunner - Newsdump from Burbank convention|date=19 November 2007|accessdate=20 November 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* The third episode of season four, "[[The Ties That Bind]]", will feature a "goodbye to another longtime character, though who that is and the manner of his or her departure should come as a surprise."<ref name="thewatcher">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/11/answers-to-your.html|title=Answers to your 'Razor' questions and clues about 'Battlestar Galactica's' final season|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=16 November 2007|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* [[Mark Sheppard]] has said that he will reprise his role as [[Romo Lampkin]], but not for many episodes <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/battlestar_blog/688838.html|title=Livejournal - Info from Mark Sheppard|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
*[[Nana Visitor]], known to genre viewers as [[MemoryAlpha:Kira Nerys|Kira Nerys]] on ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', will appear in the episode "[[Faith]]". She is playing a cancer patient named Emily who meets Laura Roslin in ''Galactica'''s sickbay. The two bond and eventually discuss matters of morality and faith. All of Visitor's scenes are with Mary McDonnell <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/09/battlestar-ga-1.html|title='Battlestar Galactica' gets a Visitor|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>. <br />
*According to reports from ComicCon and a radio show, Lee Adama will grow a beard and do more civilian things, Chief Tyrol will shave his head, and Admiral Adama will fly a Viper <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.watchingbsg.com/hairy-spoilers-for-bsgs-fourth-season/|title=Hairy Spoilers for BSG’s Fourth Season|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
* Despite the Viper scene in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]", Lee Adama will not be returning to ''Galactica'''s ranks, but instead continue his own path as a civilian.<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
*According to a Season 4 promo, [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] will return to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and try to lead the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonials]] to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], but she is said to be a Cylon and is not taken seriously.<br />
* Taylor mentions that [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake the dog]] will make a return this season.<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* Taylor assured fans that the romantic polygon between [[Lee Adama]]-[[Anastasia Dualla]]-[[Kara Thrace]]-[[Samuel Anders]] was "pretty thoroughly" put to bed in [[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season 3]] and will not be revisited again.<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* As for Dualla, Taylor claimed that: "I think Dee is someone who wears more of her character on the surface. She’s basically a pretty straightforward, upbeat character, someone who says what’s on her mind and is honest about what she’s feeling. And maybe in the context of the show that makes her a bit less dark and tortured, and perhaps less compelling, than a character such as, say, her romantic nemesis in said polygon: Kara. However, I think we may find that even a personality such as Dee’s has its dark side. ‘Nuff said for now."<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* [[Ellen Tigh]] will return this season, but she is not the final Cylon, and most of her scenes will be in the form of flashbacks as [[Saul Tigh]] attempts to deal with his actions on [[New Caprica]] in light of his self-revelation as a member of the [[Final Five]].<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
* Sackhoff mentioned that "[[Revelations]]" could act as the series finale were the strike to continue for an inordinate amount of time, if need be.<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
* [[Jamie Bamber]] apparently slipped on the fact that Thrace's and [[Leoben Conoy]]'s scenes in "Revelations", which are apparently set in a forest, are set on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
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=== Cylon developments ===<br />
* Moore indicated that the last of the [[Final Five]] will be revealed this season.<ref name="latimes"/><br />
* MediaBlvd Magazine reports that an early Season 4 episode will deal with a violent rebellion by [[Centurion]]s against their [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid masters]], after some Centurions regain the intelligence that they lost through the enslavement by the humanoid models.<ref name="latimes"/><ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/Magazine-Home/mbnews7224329329.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: Secrets from the Set|date=26 March 2007|accessdate=4 July 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
* [[Number Three]], played by [[Lucy Lawless]], will return for 2 or 3 episodes around episode 10, as revealed at [[w:Comic-Con International|ComicCon]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/808/808978p1.html|title=SDCC 07: Battlestar Galactica Gets Lawless|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>. In addition, she and [[Laura Roslin]] will have a face-to-face scene as "there is a lot more contact" between the Cylons and the humans.<ref name="lawless">{{cite_web|url=http://ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=2445|title=Lucy Lawless Teases iF Magazine About Her Return to ''Battlestar Galactica''|date=30 October 2007|accessdate=30 October 2007|last=Elliot|first=Sean|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* Additionally [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] will, in Taylor's words, "be back, big time!"<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
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== Notes==<br />
* Moore indicates that this season begins the "third act in the three-act structure where we're all moving towards the finale and the climax of all these different plot lines. In my head there's two chapters to go in the story and those can be of varying lengths." <ref name="mtv">{{cite_web|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1556508/story.jhtml|title=MTV Movie News: 'Battlestar Galactica' Producer Talks Movie(s?), Possible Conclusion|date=6 April 2007|accessdate=8 April 2007|last=Jacks|first=Brian|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* On Friday, June 1st 2007 the SciFi Channel issued a statement saying that Season 4 is going to be the final season. Ending the series with the upcoming 22-episode fourth season was a creative decision made by the show's executive producers [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[David Eick]]. SciFi executive VP of original programming Mark Stern said the channel's brass "respect the producers' decision to end the series." <ref name="bsgending">{{cite_web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=41709&type=0|title=SciFi Wire: Battlestar Ending Next Season|date=|accessdate=1 June 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* It is unclear if the season will be split into two halves of 10 episodes each with a hiatus in between. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/battlestar-galactica/battlestar-galactica-season-4-13102.aspx|title=Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Not Starting Until April 2008|date=14 November 2007|accessdate=14 November 2007|last=Papel|first=Simon|format=|language=}}<br />
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* After filming all producible scripts, the production went dark on 16 November 2007 due to the WGA strike.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i9eeb82f00f69cdfdc26e5f3ae9858546|title=Strike shutters 'Bionic,' 'Battlestar' up north|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=16 November 2007|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
===Stars===<br />
* [[Edward James Olmos]] as [[William Adama]]<br />
* [[Mary McDonnell]] as [[Laura Roslin]]<br />
* [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]<br />
* [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]]<br />
* [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar|Gaius Baltar]]<br />
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Number Six]]<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as [[Number Eight|Sharon Agathon/Number Eight]]<br />
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===Co-stars===<br />
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* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]] <br />
* [[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally Tyrol]]<br />
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
* [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]]/[[D'Anna Biers]]<br />
<!-- We can assume, but we're not sure... * [[Leah Cairns]] as [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] --><br />
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==Production Crew==<br />
===Producers===<br />
* [[Ronald D. Moore]] - Developer / Executive Producer / Writer<br />
* [[David Eick]] - Executive Producer<br />
* [[Toni Graphia]] - Co-Executive Producer / Writer<br />
* [[Harvey Frand]] - Producer<br />
* [[Glen A. Larson]] - Consulting Producer<br />
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===Directors & Writing Staff===<br />
: ''To view the list of all the directors and staff, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Crew#Directors|Battlestar Galactica Crew Guide]] page.''<br />
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==Episodes==<br />
: ''To view the list of episodes, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Episode Guide - Season 4 Guide|Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide]] page.''<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
*[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=40133 Official SciFi.com Release]<br />
* ''[[Ronald D. Moore]] discusses planning the season:''<br />
: It will be a serialized show to an extent. I think what we talked about with the network — because their concern is the drop-off in viewers and giving too many hurdles for new viewers to overcome to watch the show — we're always going to try to provide at least an episodic quality to each show. Even though there are plotlines that are ongoing over the course of the whole season, we'll try to give you something in each episode that you can hold on to that starts and stops within that episode.<ref name="ew rdm">{{cite_web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20036782_20037403_20015932_2,00.html|title=Four-ward, Cylons: RONALD D MOORE|date=|accessdate=31 May 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* ''Moore discusses the Final Five:''<br />
: Well, you can see from the end of the third season that they all sort of are still the same people. They're still the same characters. They didn't switch over and become robots suddenly. So essentially you're going to see an extension of that initial moment where they try to figure out what does this mean to them. If they're Cylons, when did that begin? What are their true backstories and what are they meant to do? What are they supposed to do? Are they dangerous to each other? Are they dangerous to the ship? Do they trust any of the people around them? Should they keep the secret only among themselves? That's essentially where their storylines are going to pick up.<ref name="crave">{{cite_web|url=http://www.craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648062/battlestar_galactica_ronald_moore_talks_about_earth.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: Ronald Moore talks about Earth|date=13 June 2007|accessdate=15 June 2007|last=Topel|first=Fred|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* ''Moore discusses ending the series:''<br />
: Yeah, I mean, the burden [in breaking 20 episodes for this season] then became okay, now we have a great deal to wrap up and bring resolution to and we wanted to pay off a lot of things and we wanted to tie up a lot of loose threads. It felt like we had more than enough to get to where we were going to, whereas usually when you're facing the 20 episode order, it's like, "Okay, whew, we need 20 of these? Where are we going to get 20 of these?" You have to start breaking it down into smaller, bite sized chunks and move yourself along. This time, it was almost like, "Okay, let's make sure we've got enough time to get everywhere we need to go."<ref name="crave"/><br />
* ''[[Katee Sackhoff]] tells what she can about this final season:''<br />
: We will find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. And [my character, [[Kara Thrace]] is] not a figment of people's imaginations.<ref name="ign-sackhoff"/><br />
* ''Sackhoff discusses ending the series:''<br />
: I'm happy about it. It is a choice that was made by us. The rug was not pulled out from underneath us. We're going out on a high, with our heads held high. We made the choice and we're going to be able to decide our end and our fate, instead of [having to] wrap it up as fast as we possibly can because we've been cancelled. And it was a smart thing to go out on a high. And you know, this is my fourth series. I think I've done more television than anyone else on the show, except maybe Eddie [James Olmos], because of Miami Vice. He's right there with me! But I've done s**tloads of television, and every single show the rug is pulled from out underneath you, and you're going, "What do I do now?" And this is such a great opportunity to wrap it up, say everything you want to say in your character, and put it to bed.<ref name="ign-sackhoff"/><br />
* ''[[David Weddle]] on the fourth season:''<br />
: [[Bradley Thompson|Brad]] and I wrote the [[He That Believeth In Me|opening episode]] of year four and we were up in [[w:Vancouver|Vancouver]] for its pre-production and some of the first few days of filming. The revelation at the end of [[Season 3 (2006-07)|last season]] of our [[Final Five#Four Revealed, and their nature|four Cylons]] who didn't know they were Cylons has once again upset all the chess pieces. So the big challenges starting out this season are how do you play those characters going forward and track their emotional development, or unravelling as the case may be, in a way that's organic as well as genuine and not contrived. Also, as most people know, Starbuck reappeared in the final seconds of last year's finale, so there's also the question of how to deal with that character going forward. There are going to be lots of twists and turns this year. You're going to see our characters wrestling with tormenting problems and experiencing, perhaps, some rather jaw-dropping changes and evolutions. All the dynamics that you may have become used to on the Galactica ship itself will be in flux and we think, and hope, that's going to be tremendously fun to watch.<ref name>"Writes of Passage" <u>Cult Times</u> #144. August 26, 2007: 23.</ref><br />
* ''[[Lucy Lawless]] on the cast and crew reaction behind the scenes:''<br />
: Things seem great actually; far more comfortable than we did on ''[[w:Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]]'' at this stage, but maybe it hasn’t hit them or maybe it’s an easy adjustment because there are so many of them and several of them are working on ''[[w:Bionic Woman (2007 TV series)|Bionic Woman]]''. The mood is really great. I’m surprised how comfortable they are. Halfway through the last season of ''Xena'', the cast tended to get snappish with one another, and I think it was just anxiety of not knowing where your mortgage payments were coming from. I think the writers’ strike is probably of more significance at this moment; than the end of the show. I don’t think it’s quite real to them yet.<ref name="lawless"/><br />
* ''[[Michael Taylor]] discusses homosexuality in this season:''<br />
: In Season 4, ''Battlestar'' will be the gayest show on television. Forget [[Final Five|secret Cylons]], all our characters will be revealed to be gay. We will even see gay Centurions and gay [[daggit]]s. Actually, the daggits will object to the use of that term and will insist on simply being called dogs. And Season 4 will indeed see the return of a [[Jake (New Caprica)|favorite dog]], though not necessarily a gay dog… but, um, what was the question again?<br />
: Oh, right: Will we see more gay folks on ''Galactica'' [this] season. Well, to take a more serious tack, I think part of the point about [[Helena Cain|Cain]]’s and [[Gina]]’s relationship is that the fact that they had a same-sex relationship was no big deal. I think we started from the idea of wanting to explore whether Cain’s anger and revulsion at Gina, so evident in her first appearance in [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season Two]]’s “[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]],” had a personal component. And the idea that Cain had had an intimate relationship with Gina quickly came to mind. It made Gina’s betrayal that much more devastating for her.<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* ''[[Jamie Bamber]] on the series' ending its run:''<br />
: Inevitably it changes the vibe because there's suddenly a horizon you can see, and we all have personal lives, and coming up to Vancouver for some of us is quite a schlep. Knowing it's the last time changes everything, so yea, it's a different deal.<br />
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:There's also a real peace of mind that comes with the fact that we're gonna get to finish the story—the story's always begged an ending—and we get to give it to you, so there's a lot of excitement and anticipation attached to that.<br />
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:It feels like every moment that passes is gone forever now, like the last performance of a play on the last night...you know...you start off with your monologue in the first scene and you know when you finish it that's the last time you'll ever do it. There's a nostalgia that goes with every conscious moment.<ref name="acedmag">{{cite_web|url=http://acedmagazine.com/content/view/677/1/|title=ACED Magazine: Battlestar Galactica: Cast Interviews|date=24 November 2007|accessdate=25 November 2007|last=Bensoussan|first=Jenna|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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==Summary==<br />
:''Presently set to air in the United States in March of 2008<ref>This is stated in a trailer for the fourth season that aired during "[[Razor]]".</ref>; this is the final season of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]"<br />
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== Story ==<br />
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=== General ===<br />
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* A two hour television movie, called "[[Razor]]" set during the events of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]] aired on November 24, 2007. It is a framing story set after the destruction of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', but is largely told via flashbacks to a time prior to "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" during [[Helena Cain]]'s command.<br />
* According to [[Katee Sackhoff]], the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] will find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] <ref name="ign-sackhoff"/>. Ron Moore also says, that Earth will be found and that there is a good chance of finding out in what state the planet is, but is being deliberately vague <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648062/battlestar_galactica_ronald_moore_talks_about_earth.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: Ronald Moore talks about Earth|date=13 July 2007|accessdate=13 July 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
* Moore indicated that he will make his directorial debut in the second half of this season,<ref name="latimes"/> although this is uncertain in lieu of the Writers Guild of America strike.<br />
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=== Character developments ===<br />
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* [[Katee Sackhoff]] is signed for this season <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/03/qa_with_battlestar_showrunner.php|title=Q&A with "Battlestar" Showrunner Ron Moore: On the Return of Starbuck, Falling Ratings and 'Caprica' Prequel|date=26 March 2007|accessdate=18 June 2007|last=Hibberd|first=James|format=|language=}}</ref>. Additionally, Sackhoff herself mentions that her character is neither an illusion <ref name="ign-sackhoff">{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/797/797776p1.html|title=Katee Sackhoff Talks Battlestar and Bionic Woman|date=19 June 2007|accessdate=21 June 2007|last=Goldman|first=Eric|format=|language=}}</ref> nor a Cylon. Although Sackhoff later mentions that Thrace ''believes'' she is a Cylon. Thrace also has a lot of material with [[Laura Roslin]] and the "Cylon ladies".<ref name="roadrunner">{{cite_web|url=http://roadrunnerdm.livejournal.com/84288.html|title=Roadrunner - Newsdump from Burbank convention|date=19 November 2007|accessdate=20 November 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* The third episode of season four, "[[The Ties That Bind]]", will feature a "goodbye to another longtime character, though who that is and the manner of his or her departure should come as a surprise."<ref name="thewatcher">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/11/answers-to-your.html|title=Answers to your 'Razor' questions and clues about 'Battlestar Galactica's' final season|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=16 November 2007|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* [[Mark Sheppard]] has said that he will reprise his role as [[Romo Lampkin]], but not for many episodes <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/battlestar_blog/688838.html|title=Livejournal - Info from Mark Sheppard|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
*[[Nana Visitor]], known to genre viewers as [[MemoryAlpha:Kira Nerys|Kira Nerys]] on ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', will appear in the episode "[[Faith]]". She is playing a cancer patient named Emily who meets Laura Roslin in ''Galactica'''s sickbay. The two bond and eventually discuss matters of morality and faith. All of Visitor's scenes are with Mary McDonnell <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/09/battlestar-ga-1.html|title='Battlestar Galactica' gets a Visitor|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>. <br />
*According to reports from ComicCon and a radio show, Lee Adama will grow a beard and do more civilian things, Chief Tyrol will shave his head, and Admiral Adama will fly a Viper <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.watchingbsg.com/hairy-spoilers-for-bsgs-fourth-season/|title=Hairy Spoilers for BSG’s Fourth Season|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
* Despite the Viper scene in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]", Lee Adama will not be returning to ''Galactica'''s ranks, but instead continue his own path as a civilian.<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
*According to a Season 4 promo, [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] will return to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and try to lead the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonials]] to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], but she is said to be a Cylon and is not taken seriously.<br />
* Taylor mentions that [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake the dog]] will make a return this season.<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* Taylor assured fans that the romantic polygon between [[Lee Adama]]-[[Anastasia Dualla]]-[[Kara Thrace]]-[[Samuel Anders]] was "pretty thoroughly" put to bed in [[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season 3]] and will not be revisited again.<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* As for Dualla, Taylor claimed that: "I think Dee is someone who wears more of her character on the surface. She’s basically a pretty straightforward, upbeat character, someone who says what’s on her mind and is honest about what she’s feeling. And maybe in the context of the show that makes her a bit less dark and tortured, and perhaps less compelling, than a character such as, say, her romantic nemesis in said polygon: Kara. However, I think we may find that even a personality such as Dee’s has its dark side. ‘Nuff said for now."<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* [[Ellen Tigh]] will return this season, but she is not the final Cylon, and most of her scenes will be in the form of flashbacks as [[Saul Tigh]] attempts to deal with his actions on [[New Caprica]] in light of his self-revelation as a member of the [[Final Five]].<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
* Sackhoff mentioned that "[[Revelations]]" could act as the series finale were the strike to continue for an inordinate amount of time, if need be.<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
* [[Jamie Bamber]] apparently slipped on the fact that Thrace's and [[Leoben Conoy]]'s scenes in "Revelations", which are apparently set in a forest, are set on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
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=== Cylon developments ===<br />
* Moore indicated that the last of the [[Final Five]] will be revealed this season.<ref name="latimes"/><br />
* MediaBlvd Magazine reports that an early Season 4 episode will deal with a violent rebellion by [[Centurion]]s against their [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid masters]], after some Centurions regain the intelligence that they lost through the enslavement by the humanoid models.<ref name="latimes"/><ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/Magazine-Home/mbnews7224329329.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: Secrets from the Set|date=26 March 2007|accessdate=4 July 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
* [[Number Three]], played by [[Lucy Lawless]], will return for 2 or 3 episodes around episode 10, as revealed at [[w:Comic-Con International|ComicCon]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/808/808978p1.html|title=SDCC 07: Battlestar Galactica Gets Lawless|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>. In addition, she and [[Laura Roslin]] will have a face-to-face scene as "there is a lot more contact" between the Cylons and the humans.<ref name="lawless">{{cite_web|url=http://ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=2445|title=Lucy Lawless Teases iF Magazine About Her Return to ''Battlestar Galactica''|date=30 October 2007|accessdate=30 October 2007|last=Elliot|first=Sean|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* Additionally [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] will, in Taylor's words, "be back, big time!"<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
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== Notes==<br />
* Moore indicates that this season begins the "third act in the three-act structure where we're all moving towards the finale and the climax of all these different plot lines. In my head there's two chapters to go in the story and those can be of varying lengths." <ref name="mtv">{{cite_web|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1556508/story.jhtml|title=MTV Movie News: 'Battlestar Galactica' Producer Talks Movie(s?), Possible Conclusion|date=6 April 2007|accessdate=8 April 2007|last=Jacks|first=Brian|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* On Friday, June 1st 2007 the SciFi Channel issued a statement saying that Season 4 is going to be the final season. Ending the series with the upcoming 22-episode fourth season was a creative decision made by the show's executive producers [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[David Eick]]. SciFi executive VP of original programming Mark Stern said the channel's brass "respect the producers' decision to end the series." <ref name="bsgending">{{cite_web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=41709&type=0|title=SciFi Wire: Battlestar Ending Next Season|date=|accessdate=1 June 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* It is unclear if the season will be split into two halves of 10 episodes each with a hiatus in between. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/battlestar-galactica/battlestar-galactica-season-4-13102.aspx|title=Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Not Starting Until April 2008|date=14 November 2007|accessdate=14 November 2007|last=Papel|first=Simon|format=|language=}}<br />
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* After filming all producible scripts, the production went dark on 16 November 2007 due to the WGA strike.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i9eeb82f00f69cdfdc26e5f3ae9858546|title=Strike shutters 'Bionic,' 'Battlestar' up north|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=16 November 2007|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
===Stars===<br />
* [[Edward James Olmos]] as [[William Adama]]<br />
* [[Mary McDonnell]] as [[Laura Roslin]]<br />
* [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]<br />
* [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]]<br />
* [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar|Gaius Baltar]]<br />
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Number Six]]<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as [[Number Eight|Sharon Agathon/Number Eight]]<br />
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===Co-stars===<br />
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* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]] <br />
* [[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally Tyrol]]<br />
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
* [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]]/[[D'Anna Biers]]<br />
<!-- We can assume, but we're not sure... * [[Leah Cairns]] as [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] --><br />
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==Production Crew==<br />
===Producers===<br />
* [[Ronald D. Moore]] - Developer / Executive Producer / Writer<br />
* [[David Eick]] - Executive Producer<br />
* [[Toni Graphia]] - Co-Executive Producer / Writer<br />
* [[Harvey Frand]] - Producer<br />
* [[Glen A. Larson]] - Consulting Producer<br />
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===Directors & Writing Staff===<br />
: ''To view the list of all the directors and staff, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Crew#Directors|Battlestar Galactica Crew Guide]] page.''<br />
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==Episodes==<br />
: ''To view the list of episodes, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Episode Guide - Season 4 Guide|Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide]] page.''<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
*[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=40133 Official SciFi.com Release]<br />
* ''[[Ronald D. Moore]] discusses planning the season:''<br />
: It will be a serialized show to an extent. I think what we talked about with the network — because their concern is the drop-off in viewers and giving too many hurdles for new viewers to overcome to watch the show — we're always going to try to provide at least an episodic quality to each show. Even though there are plotlines that are ongoing over the course of the whole season, we'll try to give you something in each episode that you can hold on to that starts and stops within that episode.<ref name="ew rdm">{{cite_web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20036782_20037403_20015932_2,00.html|title=Four-ward, Cylons: RONALD D MOORE|date=|accessdate=31 May 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* ''Moore discusses the Final Five:''<br />
: Well, you can see from the end of the third season that they all sort of are still the same people. They're still the same characters. They didn't switch over and become robots suddenly. So essentially you're going to see an extension of that initial moment where they try to figure out what does this mean to them. If they're Cylons, when did that begin? What are their true backstories and what are they meant to do? What are they supposed to do? Are they dangerous to each other? Are they dangerous to the ship? Do they trust any of the people around them? Should they keep the secret only among themselves? That's essentially where their storylines are going to pick up.<ref name="crave">{{cite_web|url=http://www.craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648062/battlestar_galactica_ronald_moore_talks_about_earth.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: Ronald Moore talks about Earth|date=13 June 2007|accessdate=15 June 2007|last=Topel|first=Fred|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* ''Moore discusses ending the series:''<br />
: Yeah, I mean, the burden [in breaking 20 episodes for this season] then became okay, now we have a great deal to wrap up and bring resolution to and we wanted to pay off a lot of things and we wanted to tie up a lot of loose threads. It felt like we had more than enough to get to where we were going to, whereas usually when you're facing the 20 episode order, it's like, "Okay, whew, we need 20 of these? Where are we going to get 20 of these?" You have to start breaking it down into smaller, bite sized chunks and move yourself along. This time, it was almost like, "Okay, let's make sure we've got enough time to get everywhere we need to go."<ref name="crave"/><br />
* ''[[Katee Sackhoff]] tells what she can about this final season:''<br />
: We will find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. And [my character, [[Kara Thrace]] is] not a figment of people's imaginations.<ref name="ign-sackhoff"/><br />
* ''Sackhoff discusses ending the series:''<br />
: I'm happy about it. It is a choice that was made by us. The rug was not pulled out from underneath us. We're going out on a high, with our heads held high. We made the choice and we're going to be able to decide our end and our fate, instead of [having to] wrap it up as fast as we possibly can because we've been cancelled. And it was a smart thing to go out on a high. And you know, this is my fourth series. I think I've done more television than anyone else on the show, except maybe Eddie [James Olmos], because of Miami Vice. He's right there with me! But I've done s**tloads of television, and every single show the rug is pulled from out underneath you, and you're going, "What do I do now?" And this is such a great opportunity to wrap it up, say everything you want to say in your character, and put it to bed.<ref name="ign-sackhoff"/><br />
* ''[[David Weddle]] on the fourth season:''<br />
: [[Bradley Thompson|Brad]] and I wrote the [[He That Believeth In Me|opening episode]] of year four and we were up in [[w:Vancouver|Vancouver]] for its pre-production and some of the first few days of filming. The revelation at the end of [[Season 3 (2006-07)|last season]] of our [[Final Five#Four Revealed, and their nature|four Cylons]] who didn't know they were Cylons has once again upset all the chess pieces. So the big challenges starting out this season are how do you play those characters going forward and track their emotional development, or unravelling as the case may be, in a way that's organic as well as genuine and not contrived. Also, as most people know, Starbuck reappeared in the final seconds of last year's finale, so there's also the question of how to deal with that character going forward. There are going to be lots of twists and turns this year. You're going to see our characters wrestling with tormenting problems and experiencing, perhaps, some rather jaw-dropping changes and evolutions. All the dynamics that you may have become used to on the Galactica ship itself will be in flux and we think, and hope, that's going to be tremendously fun to watch.<ref name>"Writes of Passage" <u>Cult Times</u> #144. August 26, 2007: 23.</ref><br />
* ''[[Lucy Lawless]] on the cast and crew reaction behind the scenes:''<br />
: Things seem great actually; far more comfortable than we did on ''[[w:Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]]'' at this stage, but maybe it hasn’t hit them or maybe it’s an easy adjustment because there are so many of them and several of them are working on ''[[w:Bionic Woman (2007 TV series)|Bionic Woman]]''. The mood is really great. I’m surprised how comfortable they are. Halfway through the last season of ''Xena'', the cast tended to get snappish with one another, and I think it was just anxiety of not knowing where your mortgage payments were coming from. I think the writers’ strike is probably of more significance at this moment; than the end of the show. I don’t think it’s quite real to them yet.<ref name="lawless"/><br />
* ''[[Michael Taylor]] discusses homosexuality in this season:''<br />
: In Season 4, ''Battlestar'' will be the gayest show on television. Forget [[Final Five|secret Cylons]], all our characters will be revealed to be gay. We will even see gay Centurions and gay [[daggit]]s. Actually, the daggits will object to the use of that term and will insist on simply being called dogs. And Season 4 will indeed see the return of a [[Jake (New Caprica)|favorite dog]], though not necessarily a gay dog… but, um, what was the question again?<br />
: Oh, right: Will we see more gay folks on ''Galactica'' [this] season. Well, to take a more serious tack, I think part of the point about [[Helena Cain|Cain]]’s and [[Gina]]’s relationship is that the fact that they had a same-sex relationship was no big deal. I think we started from the idea of wanting to explore whether Cain’s anger and revulsion at Gina, so evident in her first appearance in [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season Two]]’s “[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]],” had a personal component. And the idea that Cain had had an intimate relationship with Gina quickly came to mind. It made Gina’s betrayal that much more devastating for her.<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* ''[[Jamie Bamber]] on the series' ending its run:''<br />
: Inevitably it changes the vibe because there's suddenly a horizon you can see, and we all have personal lives, and coming up to Vancouver for some of us is quite a schlep. Knowing it's the last time changes everything, so yea, it's a different deal.<br />
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:There's also a real peace of mind that comes with the fact that we're gonna get to finish the story—the story's always begged an ending—and we get to give it to you, so there's a lot of excitement and anticipation attached to that.<br />
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:It feels like every moment that passes is gone forever now, like the last performance of a play on the last night...you know...you start off with your monologue in the first scene and you know when you finish it that's the last time you'll ever do it. There's a nostalgia that goes with every conscious moment.<ref name="acedmag">{{cite_web|url=http://acedmagazine.com/content/view/677/1/|title=ACED Magazine: Battlestar Galactica: Cast Interviews|date=24 November 2007|accessdate=25 November 2007|last=Bensoussan|first=Jenna|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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==Summary==<br />
:''Presently set to air in the United States in March of 2008<ref>This is stated in a trailer for the fourth season that aired during "[[Razor]]".</ref>; this is the final season of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], where the last of the [[Final Five]] is revealed.'' ''The fourth season will also be the 3rd and final part of a 3 part story, with beginning, middle, and end.''<br />
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== Story ==<br />
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=== General ===<br />
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* A two hour television movie, called "[[Razor]]" set during the events of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]] is slated to air on November 24, 2007. It has a framing story set after the destruction of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', but will be largely told via flashbacks to a time prior to "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" during [[Helena Cain]]'s command.<br />
* According to [[Katee Sackhoff]], the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] will find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] <ref name="ign-sackhoff"/>. Ron Moore also says, that Earth will be found and that there is a good chance of finding out in what state the planet is, but is being deliberately vague <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648062/battlestar_galactica_ronald_moore_talks_about_earth.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: Ronald Moore talks about Earth|date=13 July 2007|accessdate=13 July 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
* Moore indicated that he will make his directorial debut in the second half of this season,<ref name="latimes"/> although this is uncertain in lieu of the Writers Guild of America strike.<br />
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=== Character developments ===<br />
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* [[Katee Sackhoff]] is signed for this season <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/03/qa_with_battlestar_showrunner.php|title=Q&A with "Battlestar" Showrunner Ron Moore: On the Return of Starbuck, Falling Ratings and 'Caprica' Prequel|date=26 March 2007|accessdate=18 June 2007|last=Hibberd|first=James|format=|language=}}</ref>. Additionally, Sackhoff herself mentions that her character is neither an illusion <ref name="ign-sackhoff">{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/797/797776p1.html|title=Katee Sackhoff Talks Battlestar and Bionic Woman|date=19 June 2007|accessdate=21 June 2007|last=Goldman|first=Eric|format=|language=}}</ref> nor a Cylon. Although Sackhoff later mentions that Thrace ''believes'' she is a Cylon. Thrace also has a lot of material with [[Laura Roslin]] and the "Cylon ladies".<ref name="roadrunner">{{cite_web|url=http://roadrunnerdm.livejournal.com/84288.html|title=Roadrunner - Newsdump from Burbank convention|date=19 November 2007|accessdate=20 November 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* The third episode of season four, "[[The Ties That Bind]]", will feature a "goodbye to another longtime character, though who that is and the manner of his or her departure should come as a surprise."<ref name="thewatcher">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/11/answers-to-your.html|title=Answers to your 'Razor' questions and clues about 'Battlestar Galactica's' final season|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=16 November 2007|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* [[Mark Sheppard]] has said that he will reprise his role as [[Romo Lampkin]], but not for many episodes <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/battlestar_blog/688838.html|title=Livejournal - Info from Mark Sheppard|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
*[[Nana Visitor]], known to genre viewers as [[MemoryAlpha:Kira Nerys|Kira Nerys]] on ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', will appear in the episode "[[Faith]]". She is playing a cancer patient named Emily who meets Laura Roslin in ''Galactica'''s sickbay. The two bond and eventually discuss matters of morality and faith. All of Visitor's scenes are with Mary McDonnell <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/09/battlestar-ga-1.html|title='Battlestar Galactica' gets a Visitor|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>. <br />
*According to reports from ComicCon and a radio show, Lee Adama will grow a beard and do more civilian things, Chief Tyrol will shave his head, and Admiral Adama will fly a Viper <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.watchingbsg.com/hairy-spoilers-for-bsgs-fourth-season/|title=Hairy Spoilers for BSG’s Fourth Season|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
* Despite the Viper scene in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]", Lee Adama will not be returning to ''Galactica'''s ranks, but instead continue his own path as a civilian.<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
*According to a Season 4 promo, [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] will return to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and try to lead the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonials]] to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], but she is said to be a Cylon and is not taken seriously.<br />
* Taylor mentions that [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake the dog]] will make a return this season.<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* Taylor assured fans that the romantic polygon between [[Lee Adama]]-[[Anastasia Dualla]]-[[Kara Thrace]]-[[Samuel Anders]] was "pretty thoroughly" put to bed in [[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season 3]] and will not be revisited again.<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* As for Dualla, Taylor claimed that: "I think Dee is someone who wears more of her character on the surface. She’s basically a pretty straightforward, upbeat character, someone who says what’s on her mind and is honest about what she’s feeling. And maybe in the context of the show that makes her a bit less dark and tortured, and perhaps less compelling, than a character such as, say, her romantic nemesis in said polygon: Kara. However, I think we may find that even a personality such as Dee’s has its dark side. ‘Nuff said for now."<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* [[Ellen Tigh]] will return this season, but she is not the final Cylon, and most of her scenes will be in the form of flashbacks as [[Saul Tigh]] attempts to deal with his actions on [[New Caprica]] in light of his self-revelation as a member of the [[Final Five]].<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
* Sackhoff mentioned that "[[Revelations]]" could act as the series finale were the strike to continue for an inordinate amount of time, if need be.<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
* [[Jamie Bamber]] apparently slipped on the fact that Thrace's and [[Leoben Conoy]]'s scenes in "Revelations", which are apparently set in a forest, are set on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
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=== Cylon developments ===<br />
* Moore indicated that the last of the [[Final Five]] will be revealed this season.<ref name="latimes"/><br />
* MediaBlvd Magazine reports that an early Season 4 episode will deal with a violent rebellion by [[Centurion]]s against their [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid masters]], after some Centurions regain the intelligence that they lost through the enslavement by the humanoid models.<ref name="latimes"/><ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/Magazine-Home/mbnews7224329329.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: Secrets from the Set|date=26 March 2007|accessdate=4 July 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
* [[Number Three]], played by [[Lucy Lawless]], will return for 2 or 3 episodes around episode 10, as revealed at [[w:Comic-Con International|ComicCon]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/808/808978p1.html|title=SDCC 07: Battlestar Galactica Gets Lawless|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>. In addition, she and [[Laura Roslin]] will have a face-to-face scene as "there is a lot more contact" between the Cylons and the humans.<ref name="lawless">{{cite_web|url=http://ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=2445|title=Lucy Lawless Teases iF Magazine About Her Return to ''Battlestar Galactica''|date=30 October 2007|accessdate=30 October 2007|last=Elliot|first=Sean|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* Additionally [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] will, in Taylor's words, "be back, big time!"<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
<br />
== Notes==<br />
* Moore indicates that this season begins the "third act in the three-act structure where we're all moving towards the finale and the climax of all these different plot lines. In my head there's two chapters to go in the story and those can be of varying lengths." <ref name="mtv">{{cite_web|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1556508/story.jhtml|title=MTV Movie News: 'Battlestar Galactica' Producer Talks Movie(s?), Possible Conclusion|date=6 April 2007|accessdate=8 April 2007|last=Jacks|first=Brian|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* On Friday, June 1st 2007 the SciFi Channel issued a statement saying that Season 4 is going to be the final season. Ending the series with the upcoming 22-episode fourth season was a creative decision made by the show's executive producers [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[David Eick]]. SciFi executive VP of original programming Mark Stern said the channel's brass "respect the producers' decision to end the series." <ref name="bsgending">{{cite_web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=41709&type=0|title=SciFi Wire: Battlestar Ending Next Season|date=|accessdate=1 June 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* According to the [[Soundtrack (Season 3)|press release for the third season soundtrack]] released by [[La-La Land Records]], the fourth season [[He That Believeth In Me|premiere]] was slated to air on Friday, January 11, 2008 on the US SciFi Channel. However, a spokesperson for the SciFi Channel issued a denial regarding the date to SyFy Portal's Michael Hinman, stating only that the show will premiere only in "early 2008" and that it was "not in January".<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.syfyportal.com/news424324.html|title=Still No Date Set For BSG Premiere|date=19 October 2007|accessdate=19 October 2007|last=Hinman|first=Michael|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* It is unclear if the season will be split into two halves of 10 episodes each with a hiatus in between. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/battlestar-galactica/battlestar-galactica-season-4-13102.aspx|title=Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Not Starting Until April 2008|date=14 November 2007|accessdate=14 November 2007|last=Papel|first=Simon|format=|language=}}<br />
</ref><br />
* After filming all producible scripts, the production went dark on 16 November 2007 due to the WGA strike.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i9eeb82f00f69cdfdc26e5f3ae9858546|title=Strike shutters 'Bionic,' 'Battlestar' up north|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=16 November 2007|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Cast==<br />
===Stars===<br />
* [[Edward James Olmos]] as [[William Adama]]<br />
* [[Mary McDonnell]] as [[Laura Roslin]]<br />
* [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]<br />
* [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]]<br />
* [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar|Gaius Baltar]]<br />
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Number Six]]<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as [[Number Eight|Sharon Agathon/Number Eight]]<br />
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===Co-stars===<br />
<!-- We have no confirmation on any of these yet. <br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]] <br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
* [[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally]]<br />
--><br />
<br />
==Production Crew==<br />
===Producers===<br />
* [[Ronald D. Moore]] - Developer / Executive Producer / Writer<br />
* [[David Eick]] - Executive Producer<br />
* [[Toni Graphia]] - Co-Executive Producer / Writer<br />
* [[Harvey Frand]] - Producer<br />
* [[Glen A. Larson]] - Consulting Producer<br />
<br />
===Directors & Writing Staff===<br />
: ''To view the list of all the directors and staff, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Crew#Directors|Battlestar Galactica Crew Guide]] page.''<br />
<br />
==Episodes==<br />
: ''To view the list of episodes, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Episode Guide - Season 4 Guide|Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide]] page.''<br />
<br />
== Official Statements ==<br />
*[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=40133 Official SciFi.com Release]<br />
* ''[[Ronald D. Moore]] discusses planning the season:''<br />
: It will be a serialized show to an extent. I think what we talked about with the network — because their concern is the drop-off in viewers and giving too many hurdles for new viewers to overcome to watch the show — we're always going to try to provide at least an episodic quality to each show. Even though there are plotlines that are ongoing over the course of the whole season, we'll try to give you something in each episode that you can hold on to that starts and stops within that episode.<ref name="ew rdm">{{cite_web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20036782_20037403_20015932_2,00.html|title=Four-ward, Cylons: RONALD D MOORE|date=|accessdate=31 May 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* ''Moore discusses the Final Five:''<br />
: Well, you can see from the end of the third season that they all sort of are still the same people. They're still the same characters. They didn't switch over and become robots suddenly. So essentially you're going to see an extension of that initial moment where they try to figure out what does this mean to them. If they're Cylons, when did that begin? What are their true backstories and what are they meant to do? What are they supposed to do? Are they dangerous to each other? Are they dangerous to the ship? Do they trust any of the people around them? Should they keep the secret only among themselves? That's essentially where their storylines are going to pick up.<ref name="crave">{{cite_web|url=http://www.craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648062/battlestar_galactica_ronald_moore_talks_about_earth.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: Ronald Moore talks about Earth|date=13 June 2007|accessdate=15 June 2007|last=Topel|first=Fred|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* ''Moore discusses ending the series:''<br />
: Yeah, I mean, the burden [in breaking 20 episodes for this season] then became okay, now we have a great deal to wrap up and bring resolution to and we wanted to pay off a lot of things and we wanted to tie up a lot of loose threads. It felt like we had more than enough to get to where we were going to, whereas usually when you're facing the 20 episode order, it's like, "Okay, whew, we need 20 of these? Where are we going to get 20 of these?" You have to start breaking it down into smaller, bite sized chunks and move yourself along. This time, it was almost like, "Okay, let's make sure we've got enough time to get everywhere we need to go."<ref name="crave"/><br />
* ''[[Katee Sackhoff]] tells what she can about this final season:''<br />
: We will find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. And [my character, [[Kara Thrace]] is] not a figment of people's imaginations.<ref name="ign-sackhoff"/><br />
* ''Sackhoff discusses ending the series:''<br />
: I'm happy about it. It is a choice that was made by us. The rug was not pulled out from underneath us. We're going out on a high, with our heads held high. We made the choice and we're going to be able to decide our end and our fate, instead of [having to] wrap it up as fast as we possibly can because we've been cancelled. And it was a smart thing to go out on a high. And you know, this is my fourth series. I think I've done more television than anyone else on the show, except maybe Eddie [James Olmos], because of Miami Vice. He's right there with me! But I've done s**tloads of television, and every single show the rug is pulled from out underneath you, and you're going, "What do I do now?" And this is such a great opportunity to wrap it up, say everything you want to say in your character, and put it to bed.<ref name="ign-sackhoff"/><br />
* ''[[David Weddle]] on the fourth season:''<br />
: [[Bradley Thompson|Brad]] and I wrote the [[He That Believeth In Me|opening episode]] of year four and we were up in [[w:Vancouver|Vancouver]] for its pre-production and some of the first few days of filming. The revelation at the end of [[Season 3 (2006-07)|last season]] of our [[Final Five#Four Revealed, and their nature|four Cylons]] who didn't know they were Cylons has once again upset all the chess pieces. So the big challenges starting out this season are how do you play those characters going forward and track their emotional development, or unravelling as the case may be, in a way that's organic as well as genuine and not contrived. Also, as most people know, Starbuck reappeared in the final seconds of last year's finale, so there's also the question of how to deal with that character going forward. There are going to be lots of twists and turns this year. You're going to see our characters wrestling with tormenting problems and experiencing, perhaps, some rather jaw-dropping changes and evolutions. All the dynamics that you may have become used to on the Galactica ship itself will be in flux and we think, and hope, that's going to be tremendously fun to watch.<ref name>"Writes of Passage" <u>Cult Times</u> #144. August 26, 2007: 23.</ref><br />
* ''[[Lucy Lawless]] on the cast and crew reaction behind the scenes:''<br />
: Things seem great actually; far more comfortable than we did on ''[[w:Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]]'' at this stage, but maybe it hasn’t hit them or maybe it’s an easy adjustment because there are so many of them and several of them are working on ''[[w:Bionic Woman (2007 TV series)|Bionic Woman]]''. The mood is really great. I’m surprised how comfortable they are. Halfway through the last season of ''Xena'', the cast tended to get snappish with one another, and I think it was just anxiety of not knowing where your mortgage payments were coming from. I think the writers’ strike is probably of more significance at this moment; than the end of the show. I don’t think it’s quite real to them yet.<ref name="lawless"/><br />
* ''[[Michael Taylor]] discusses homosexuality in this season:''<br />
: In Season 4, ''Battlestar'' will be the gayest show on television. Forget [[Final Five|secret Cylons]], all our characters will be revealed to be gay. We will even see gay Centurions and gay [[daggit]]s. Actually, the daggits will object to the use of that term and will insist on simply being called dogs. And Season 4 will indeed see the return of a [[Jake (New Caprica)|favorite dog]], though not necessarily a gay dog… but, um, what was the question again?<br />
: Oh, right: Will we see more gay folks on ''Galactica'' [this] season. Well, to take a more serious tack, I think part of the point about [[Helena Cain|Cain]]’s and [[Gina]]’s relationship is that the fact that they had a same-sex relationship was no big deal. I think we started from the idea of wanting to explore whether Cain’s anger and revulsion at Gina, so evident in her first appearance in [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season Two]]’s “[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]],” had a personal component. And the idea that Cain had had an intimate relationship with Gina quickly came to mind. It made Gina’s betrayal that much more devastating for her.<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* ''[[Jamie Bamber]] on the series' ending its run:''<br />
: Inevitably it changes the vibe because there's suddenly a horizon you can see, and we all have personal lives, and coming up to Vancouver for some of us is quite a schlep. Knowing it's the last time changes everything, so yea, it's a different deal.<br />
<br />
:There's also a real peace of mind that comes with the fact that we're gonna get to finish the story—the story's always begged an ending—and we get to give it to you, so there's a lot of excitement and anticipation attached to that.<br />
<br />
:It feels like every moment that passes is gone forever now, like the last performance of a play on the last night...you know...you start off with your monologue in the first scene and you know when you finish it that's the last time you'll ever do it. There's a nostalgia that goes with every conscious moment.<ref name="acedmag">{{cite_web|url=http://acedmagazine.com/content/view/677/1/|title=ACED Magazine: Battlestar Galactica: Cast Interviews|date=24 November 2007|accessdate=25 November 2007|last=Bensoussan|first=Jenna|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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==Summary==<br />
:''Presently set to air in the United States in March of 2008<ref>This is stated in a trailer for the fourth season that aired during "[[Razor]]".</ref>; this is the final season of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], where the last of the [[Final Five]] is revealed.'' ''This will aslo be the 3rd and final part of a 3 part story, beginning, middle, and end.''<br />
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== Story ==<br />
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=== General ===<br />
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* A two hour television movie, called "[[Razor]]" set during the events of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]] is slated to air on November 24, 2007. It has a framing story set after the destruction of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', but will be largely told via flashbacks to a time prior to "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" during [[Helena Cain]]'s command.<br />
* According to [[Katee Sackhoff]], the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] will find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] <ref name="ign-sackhoff"/>. Ron Moore also says, that Earth will be found and that there is a good chance of finding out in what state the planet is, but is being deliberately vague <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648062/battlestar_galactica_ronald_moore_talks_about_earth.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: Ronald Moore talks about Earth|date=13 July 2007|accessdate=13 July 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
* Moore indicated that he will make his directorial debut in the second half of this season,<ref name="latimes"/> although this is uncertain in lieu of the Writers Guild of America strike.<br />
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=== Character developments ===<br />
<br />
* [[Katee Sackhoff]] is signed for this season <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/03/qa_with_battlestar_showrunner.php|title=Q&A with "Battlestar" Showrunner Ron Moore: On the Return of Starbuck, Falling Ratings and 'Caprica' Prequel|date=26 March 2007|accessdate=18 June 2007|last=Hibberd|first=James|format=|language=}}</ref>. Additionally, Sackhoff herself mentions that her character is neither an illusion <ref name="ign-sackhoff">{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/797/797776p1.html|title=Katee Sackhoff Talks Battlestar and Bionic Woman|date=19 June 2007|accessdate=21 June 2007|last=Goldman|first=Eric|format=|language=}}</ref> nor a Cylon. Although Sackhoff later mentions that Thrace ''believes'' she is a Cylon. Thrace also has a lot of material with [[Laura Roslin]] and the "Cylon ladies".<ref name="roadrunner">{{cite_web|url=http://roadrunnerdm.livejournal.com/84288.html|title=Roadrunner - Newsdump from Burbank convention|date=19 November 2007|accessdate=20 November 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* The third episode of season four, "[[The Ties That Bind]]", will feature a "goodbye to another longtime character, though who that is and the manner of his or her departure should come as a surprise."<ref name="thewatcher">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/11/answers-to-your.html|title=Answers to your 'Razor' questions and clues about 'Battlestar Galactica's' final season|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=16 November 2007|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* [[Mark Sheppard]] has said that he will reprise his role as [[Romo Lampkin]], but not for many episodes <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/battlestar_blog/688838.html|title=Livejournal - Info from Mark Sheppard|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
*[[Nana Visitor]], known to genre viewers as [[MemoryAlpha:Kira Nerys|Kira Nerys]] on ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', will appear in the episode "[[Faith]]". She is playing a cancer patient named Emily who meets Laura Roslin in ''Galactica'''s sickbay. The two bond and eventually discuss matters of morality and faith. All of Visitor's scenes are with Mary McDonnell <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/09/battlestar-ga-1.html|title='Battlestar Galactica' gets a Visitor|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>. <br />
*According to reports from ComicCon and a radio show, Lee Adama will grow a beard and do more civilian things, Chief Tyrol will shave his head, and Admiral Adama will fly a Viper <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.watchingbsg.com/hairy-spoilers-for-bsgs-fourth-season/|title=Hairy Spoilers for BSG’s Fourth Season|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
* Despite the Viper scene in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]", Lee Adama will not be returning to ''Galactica'''s ranks, but instead continue his own path as a civilian.<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
*According to a Season 4 promo, [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] will return to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and try to lead the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonials]] to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], but she is said to be a Cylon and is not taken seriously.<br />
* Taylor mentions that [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake the dog]] will make a return this season.<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* Taylor assured fans that the romantic polygon between [[Lee Adama]]-[[Anastasia Dualla]]-[[Kara Thrace]]-[[Samuel Anders]] was "pretty thoroughly" put to bed in [[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season 3]] and will not be revisited again.<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* As for Dualla, Taylor claimed that: "I think Dee is someone who wears more of her character on the surface. She’s basically a pretty straightforward, upbeat character, someone who says what’s on her mind and is honest about what she’s feeling. And maybe in the context of the show that makes her a bit less dark and tortured, and perhaps less compelling, than a character such as, say, her romantic nemesis in said polygon: Kara. However, I think we may find that even a personality such as Dee’s has its dark side. ‘Nuff said for now."<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* [[Ellen Tigh]] will return this season, but she is not the final Cylon, and most of her scenes will be in the form of flashbacks as [[Saul Tigh]] attempts to deal with his actions on [[New Caprica]] in light of his self-revelation as a member of the [[Final Five]].<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
* Sackhoff mentioned that "[[Revelations]]" could act as the series finale were the strike to continue for an inordinate amount of time, if need be.<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
* [[Jamie Bamber]] apparently slipped on the fact that Thrace's and [[Leoben Conoy]]'s scenes in "Revelations", which are apparently set in a forest, are set on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
<br />
=== Cylon developments ===<br />
* Moore indicated that the last of the [[Final Five]] will be revealed this season.<ref name="latimes"/><br />
* MediaBlvd Magazine reports that an early Season 4 episode will deal with a violent rebellion by [[Centurion]]s against their [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid masters]], after some Centurions regain the intelligence that they lost through the enslavement by the humanoid models.<ref name="latimes"/><ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/Magazine-Home/mbnews7224329329.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: Secrets from the Set|date=26 March 2007|accessdate=4 July 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
* [[Number Three]], played by [[Lucy Lawless]], will return for 2 or 3 episodes around episode 10, as revealed at [[w:Comic-Con International|ComicCon]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/808/808978p1.html|title=SDCC 07: Battlestar Galactica Gets Lawless|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>. In addition, she and [[Laura Roslin]] will have a face-to-face scene as "there is a lot more contact" between the Cylons and the humans.<ref name="lawless">{{cite_web|url=http://ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=2445|title=Lucy Lawless Teases iF Magazine About Her Return to ''Battlestar Galactica''|date=30 October 2007|accessdate=30 October 2007|last=Elliot|first=Sean|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* Additionally [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] will, in Taylor's words, "be back, big time!"<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
<br />
== Notes==<br />
* Moore indicates that this season begins the "third act in the three-act structure where we're all moving towards the finale and the climax of all these different plot lines. In my head there's two chapters to go in the story and those can be of varying lengths." <ref name="mtv">{{cite_web|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1556508/story.jhtml|title=MTV Movie News: 'Battlestar Galactica' Producer Talks Movie(s?), Possible Conclusion|date=6 April 2007|accessdate=8 April 2007|last=Jacks|first=Brian|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* On Friday, June 1st 2007 the SciFi Channel issued a statement saying that Season 4 is going to be the final season. Ending the series with the upcoming 22-episode fourth season was a creative decision made by the show's executive producers [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[David Eick]]. SciFi executive VP of original programming Mark Stern said the channel's brass "respect the producers' decision to end the series." <ref name="bsgending">{{cite_web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=41709&type=0|title=SciFi Wire: Battlestar Ending Next Season|date=|accessdate=1 June 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* According to the [[Soundtrack (Season 3)|press release for the third season soundtrack]] released by [[La-La Land Records]], the fourth season [[He That Believeth In Me|premiere]] was slated to air on Friday, January 11, 2008 on the US SciFi Channel. However, a spokesperson for the SciFi Channel issued a denial regarding the date to SyFy Portal's Michael Hinman, stating only that the show will premiere only in "early 2008" and that it was "not in January".<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.syfyportal.com/news424324.html|title=Still No Date Set For BSG Premiere|date=19 October 2007|accessdate=19 October 2007|last=Hinman|first=Michael|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* It is unclear if the season will be split into two halves of 10 episodes each with a hiatus in between. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/battlestar-galactica/battlestar-galactica-season-4-13102.aspx|title=Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Not Starting Until April 2008|date=14 November 2007|accessdate=14 November 2007|last=Papel|first=Simon|format=|language=}}<br />
</ref><br />
* After filming all producible scripts, the production went dark on 16 November 2007 due to the WGA strike.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i9eeb82f00f69cdfdc26e5f3ae9858546|title=Strike shutters 'Bionic,' 'Battlestar' up north|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=16 November 2007|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Cast==<br />
===Stars===<br />
* [[Edward James Olmos]] as [[William Adama]]<br />
* [[Mary McDonnell]] as [[Laura Roslin]]<br />
* [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]<br />
* [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]]<br />
* [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar|Gaius Baltar]]<br />
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Number Six]]<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as [[Number Eight|Sharon Agathon/Number Eight]]<br />
<br />
===Co-stars===<br />
<!-- We have no confirmation on any of these yet. <br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]] <br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
* [[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally]]<br />
--><br />
<br />
==Production Crew==<br />
===Producers===<br />
* [[Ronald D. Moore]] - Developer / Executive Producer / Writer<br />
* [[David Eick]] - Executive Producer<br />
* [[Toni Graphia]] - Co-Executive Producer / Writer<br />
* [[Harvey Frand]] - Producer<br />
* [[Glen A. Larson]] - Consulting Producer<br />
<br />
===Directors & Writing Staff===<br />
: ''To view the list of all the directors and staff, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Crew#Directors|Battlestar Galactica Crew Guide]] page.''<br />
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==Episodes==<br />
: ''To view the list of episodes, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Episode Guide - Season 4 Guide|Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide]] page.''<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
*[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=40133 Official SciFi.com Release]<br />
* ''[[Ronald D. Moore]] discusses planning the season:''<br />
: It will be a serialized show to an extent. I think what we talked about with the network — because their concern is the drop-off in viewers and giving too many hurdles for new viewers to overcome to watch the show — we're always going to try to provide at least an episodic quality to each show. Even though there are plotlines that are ongoing over the course of the whole season, we'll try to give you something in each episode that you can hold on to that starts and stops within that episode.<ref name="ew rdm">{{cite_web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20036782_20037403_20015932_2,00.html|title=Four-ward, Cylons: RONALD D MOORE|date=|accessdate=31 May 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* ''Moore discusses the Final Five:''<br />
: Well, you can see from the end of the third season that they all sort of are still the same people. They're still the same characters. They didn't switch over and become robots suddenly. So essentially you're going to see an extension of that initial moment where they try to figure out what does this mean to them. If they're Cylons, when did that begin? What are their true backstories and what are they meant to do? What are they supposed to do? Are they dangerous to each other? Are they dangerous to the ship? Do they trust any of the people around them? Should they keep the secret only among themselves? That's essentially where their storylines are going to pick up.<ref name="crave">{{cite_web|url=http://www.craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648062/battlestar_galactica_ronald_moore_talks_about_earth.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: Ronald Moore talks about Earth|date=13 June 2007|accessdate=15 June 2007|last=Topel|first=Fred|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* ''Moore discusses ending the series:''<br />
: Yeah, I mean, the burden [in breaking 20 episodes for this season] then became okay, now we have a great deal to wrap up and bring resolution to and we wanted to pay off a lot of things and we wanted to tie up a lot of loose threads. It felt like we had more than enough to get to where we were going to, whereas usually when you're facing the 20 episode order, it's like, "Okay, whew, we need 20 of these? Where are we going to get 20 of these?" You have to start breaking it down into smaller, bite sized chunks and move yourself along. This time, it was almost like, "Okay, let's make sure we've got enough time to get everywhere we need to go."<ref name="crave"/><br />
* ''[[Katee Sackhoff]] tells what she can about this final season:''<br />
: We will find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. And [my character, [[Kara Thrace]] is] not a figment of people's imaginations.<ref name="ign-sackhoff"/><br />
* ''Sackhoff discusses ending the series:''<br />
: I'm happy about it. It is a choice that was made by us. The rug was not pulled out from underneath us. We're going out on a high, with our heads held high. We made the choice and we're going to be able to decide our end and our fate, instead of [having to] wrap it up as fast as we possibly can because we've been cancelled. And it was a smart thing to go out on a high. And you know, this is my fourth series. I think I've done more television than anyone else on the show, except maybe Eddie [James Olmos], because of Miami Vice. He's right there with me! But I've done s**tloads of television, and every single show the rug is pulled from out underneath you, and you're going, "What do I do now?" And this is such a great opportunity to wrap it up, say everything you want to say in your character, and put it to bed.<ref name="ign-sackhoff"/><br />
* ''[[David Weddle]] on the fourth season:''<br />
: [[Bradley Thompson|Brad]] and I wrote the [[He That Believeth In Me|opening episode]] of year four and we were up in [[w:Vancouver|Vancouver]] for its pre-production and some of the first few days of filming. The revelation at the end of [[Season 3 (2006-07)|last season]] of our [[Final Five#Four Revealed, and their nature|four Cylons]] who didn't know they were Cylons has once again upset all the chess pieces. So the big challenges starting out this season are how do you play those characters going forward and track their emotional development, or unravelling as the case may be, in a way that's organic as well as genuine and not contrived. Also, as most people know, Starbuck reappeared in the final seconds of last year's finale, so there's also the question of how to deal with that character going forward. There are going to be lots of twists and turns this year. You're going to see our characters wrestling with tormenting problems and experiencing, perhaps, some rather jaw-dropping changes and evolutions. All the dynamics that you may have become used to on the Galactica ship itself will be in flux and we think, and hope, that's going to be tremendously fun to watch.<ref name>"Writes of Passage" <u>Cult Times</u> #144. August 26, 2007: 23.</ref><br />
* ''[[Lucy Lawless]] on the cast and crew reaction behind the scenes:''<br />
: Things seem great actually; far more comfortable than we did on ''[[w:Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]]'' at this stage, but maybe it hasn’t hit them or maybe it’s an easy adjustment because there are so many of them and several of them are working on ''[[w:Bionic Woman (2007 TV series)|Bionic Woman]]''. The mood is really great. I’m surprised how comfortable they are. Halfway through the last season of ''Xena'', the cast tended to get snappish with one another, and I think it was just anxiety of not knowing where your mortgage payments were coming from. I think the writers’ strike is probably of more significance at this moment; than the end of the show. I don’t think it’s quite real to them yet.<ref name="lawless"/><br />
* ''[[Michael Taylor]] discusses homosexuality in this season:''<br />
: In Season 4, ''Battlestar'' will be the gayest show on television. Forget [[Final Five|secret Cylons]], all our characters will be revealed to be gay. We will even see gay Centurions and gay [[daggit]]s. Actually, the daggits will object to the use of that term and will insist on simply being called dogs. And Season 4 will indeed see the return of a [[Jake (New Caprica)|favorite dog]], though not necessarily a gay dog… but, um, what was the question again?<br />
: Oh, right: Will we see more gay folks on ''Galactica'' [this] season. Well, to take a more serious tack, I think part of the point about [[Helena Cain|Cain]]’s and [[Gina]]’s relationship is that the fact that they had a same-sex relationship was no big deal. I think we started from the idea of wanting to explore whether Cain’s anger and revulsion at Gina, so evident in her first appearance in [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season Two]]’s “[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]],” had a personal component. And the idea that Cain had had an intimate relationship with Gina quickly came to mind. It made Gina’s betrayal that much more devastating for her.<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* ''[[Jamie Bamber]] on the series' ending its run:''<br />
: Inevitably it changes the vibe because there's suddenly a horizon you can see, and we all have personal lives, and coming up to Vancouver for some of us is quite a schlep. Knowing it's the last time changes everything, so yea, it's a different deal.<br />
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:There's also a real peace of mind that comes with the fact that we're gonna get to finish the story—the story's always begged an ending—and we get to give it to you, so there's a lot of excitement and anticipation attached to that.<br />
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:It feels like every moment that passes is gone forever now, like the last performance of a play on the last night...you know...you start off with your monologue in the first scene and you know when you finish it that's the last time you'll ever do it. There's a nostalgia that goes with every conscious moment.<ref name="acedmag">{{cite_web|url=http://acedmagazine.com/content/view/677/1/|title=ACED Magazine: Battlestar Galactica: Cast Interviews|date=24 November 2007|accessdate=25 November 2007|last=Bensoussan|first=Jenna|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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==Summary==<br />
:''Presently set to air in the United States in March of 2008<ref>This is stated in a trailer for the fourth season that aired during "[[Razor]]".</ref>; this is the final season of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], where the last of the [[Final Five]] is revealed.'' This will aslo be the 3rd and final part of a 3 part story, beginning, middle, and end.<br />
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== Story ==<br />
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=== General ===<br />
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* A two hour television movie, called "[[Razor]]" set during the events of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]] is slated to air on November 24, 2007. It has a framing story set after the destruction of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', but will be largely told via flashbacks to a time prior to "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" during [[Helena Cain]]'s command.<br />
* According to [[Katee Sackhoff]], the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] will find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] <ref name="ign-sackhoff"/>. Ron Moore also says, that Earth will be found and that there is a good chance of finding out in what state the planet is, but is being deliberately vague <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648062/battlestar_galactica_ronald_moore_talks_about_earth.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: Ronald Moore talks about Earth|date=13 July 2007|accessdate=13 July 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
* Moore indicated that he will make his directorial debut in the second half of this season,<ref name="latimes"/> although this is uncertain in lieu of the Writers Guild of America strike.<br />
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=== Character developments ===<br />
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* [[Katee Sackhoff]] is signed for this season <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/03/qa_with_battlestar_showrunner.php|title=Q&A with "Battlestar" Showrunner Ron Moore: On the Return of Starbuck, Falling Ratings and 'Caprica' Prequel|date=26 March 2007|accessdate=18 June 2007|last=Hibberd|first=James|format=|language=}}</ref>. Additionally, Sackhoff herself mentions that her character is neither an illusion <ref name="ign-sackhoff">{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/797/797776p1.html|title=Katee Sackhoff Talks Battlestar and Bionic Woman|date=19 June 2007|accessdate=21 June 2007|last=Goldman|first=Eric|format=|language=}}</ref> nor a Cylon. Although Sackhoff later mentions that Thrace ''believes'' she is a Cylon. Thrace also has a lot of material with [[Laura Roslin]] and the "Cylon ladies".<ref name="roadrunner">{{cite_web|url=http://roadrunnerdm.livejournal.com/84288.html|title=Roadrunner - Newsdump from Burbank convention|date=19 November 2007|accessdate=20 November 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* The third episode of season four, "[[The Ties That Bind]]", will feature a "goodbye to another longtime character, though who that is and the manner of his or her departure should come as a surprise."<ref name="thewatcher">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/11/answers-to-your.html|title=Answers to your 'Razor' questions and clues about 'Battlestar Galactica's' final season|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=16 November 2007|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* [[Mark Sheppard]] has said that he will reprise his role as [[Romo Lampkin]], but not for many episodes <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/battlestar_blog/688838.html|title=Livejournal - Info from Mark Sheppard|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
*[[Nana Visitor]], known to genre viewers as [[MemoryAlpha:Kira Nerys|Kira Nerys]] on ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', will appear in the episode "[[Faith]]". She is playing a cancer patient named Emily who meets Laura Roslin in ''Galactica'''s sickbay. The two bond and eventually discuss matters of morality and faith. All of Visitor's scenes are with Mary McDonnell <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/09/battlestar-ga-1.html|title='Battlestar Galactica' gets a Visitor|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>. <br />
*According to reports from ComicCon and a radio show, Lee Adama will grow a beard and do more civilian things, Chief Tyrol will shave his head, and Admiral Adama will fly a Viper <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.watchingbsg.com/hairy-spoilers-for-bsgs-fourth-season/|title=Hairy Spoilers for BSG’s Fourth Season|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
* Despite the Viper scene in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]", Lee Adama will not be returning to ''Galactica'''s ranks, but instead continue his own path as a civilian.<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
*According to a Season 4 promo, [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] will return to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and try to lead the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonials]] to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], but she is said to be a Cylon and is not taken seriously.<br />
* Taylor mentions that [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake the dog]] will make a return this season.<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* Taylor assured fans that the romantic polygon between [[Lee Adama]]-[[Anastasia Dualla]]-[[Kara Thrace]]-[[Samuel Anders]] was "pretty thoroughly" put to bed in [[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season 3]] and will not be revisited again.<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* As for Dualla, Taylor claimed that: "I think Dee is someone who wears more of her character on the surface. She’s basically a pretty straightforward, upbeat character, someone who says what’s on her mind and is honest about what she’s feeling. And maybe in the context of the show that makes her a bit less dark and tortured, and perhaps less compelling, than a character such as, say, her romantic nemesis in said polygon: Kara. However, I think we may find that even a personality such as Dee’s has its dark side. ‘Nuff said for now."<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* [[Ellen Tigh]] will return this season, but she is not the final Cylon, and most of her scenes will be in the form of flashbacks as [[Saul Tigh]] attempts to deal with his actions on [[New Caprica]] in light of his self-revelation as a member of the [[Final Five]].<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
* Sackhoff mentioned that "[[Revelations]]" could act as the series finale were the strike to continue for an inordinate amount of time, if need be.<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
* [[Jamie Bamber]] apparently slipped on the fact that Thrace's and [[Leoben Conoy]]'s scenes in "Revelations", which are apparently set in a forest, are set on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
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=== Cylon developments ===<br />
* Moore indicated that the last of the [[Final Five]] will be revealed this season.<ref name="latimes"/><br />
* MediaBlvd Magazine reports that an early Season 4 episode will deal with a violent rebellion by [[Centurion]]s against their [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid masters]], after some Centurions regain the intelligence that they lost through the enslavement by the humanoid models.<ref name="latimes"/><ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/Magazine-Home/mbnews7224329329.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: Secrets from the Set|date=26 March 2007|accessdate=4 July 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
* [[Number Three]], played by [[Lucy Lawless]], will return for 2 or 3 episodes around episode 10, as revealed at [[w:Comic-Con International|ComicCon]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/808/808978p1.html|title=SDCC 07: Battlestar Galactica Gets Lawless|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>. In addition, she and [[Laura Roslin]] will have a face-to-face scene as "there is a lot more contact" between the Cylons and the humans.<ref name="lawless">{{cite_web|url=http://ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=2445|title=Lucy Lawless Teases iF Magazine About Her Return to ''Battlestar Galactica''|date=30 October 2007|accessdate=30 October 2007|last=Elliot|first=Sean|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* Additionally [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] will, in Taylor's words, "be back, big time!"<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
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== Notes==<br />
* Moore indicates that this season begins the "third act in the three-act structure where we're all moving towards the finale and the climax of all these different plot lines. In my head there's two chapters to go in the story and those can be of varying lengths." <ref name="mtv">{{cite_web|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1556508/story.jhtml|title=MTV Movie News: 'Battlestar Galactica' Producer Talks Movie(s?), Possible Conclusion|date=6 April 2007|accessdate=8 April 2007|last=Jacks|first=Brian|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* On Friday, June 1st 2007 the SciFi Channel issued a statement saying that Season 4 is going to be the final season. Ending the series with the upcoming 22-episode fourth season was a creative decision made by the show's executive producers [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[David Eick]]. SciFi executive VP of original programming Mark Stern said the channel's brass "respect the producers' decision to end the series." <ref name="bsgending">{{cite_web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=41709&type=0|title=SciFi Wire: Battlestar Ending Next Season|date=|accessdate=1 June 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* According to the [[Soundtrack (Season 3)|press release for the third season soundtrack]] released by [[La-La Land Records]], the fourth season [[He That Believeth In Me|premiere]] was slated to air on Friday, January 11, 2008 on the US SciFi Channel. However, a spokesperson for the SciFi Channel issued a denial regarding the date to SyFy Portal's Michael Hinman, stating only that the show will premiere only in "early 2008" and that it was "not in January".<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.syfyportal.com/news424324.html|title=Still No Date Set For BSG Premiere|date=19 October 2007|accessdate=19 October 2007|last=Hinman|first=Michael|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* It is unclear if the season will be split into two halves of 10 episodes each with a hiatus in between. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/battlestar-galactica/battlestar-galactica-season-4-13102.aspx|title=Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Not Starting Until April 2008|date=14 November 2007|accessdate=14 November 2007|last=Papel|first=Simon|format=|language=}}<br />
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* After filming all producible scripts, the production went dark on 16 November 2007 due to the WGA strike.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i9eeb82f00f69cdfdc26e5f3ae9858546|title=Strike shutters 'Bionic,' 'Battlestar' up north|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=16 November 2007|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
===Stars===<br />
* [[Edward James Olmos]] as [[William Adama]]<br />
* [[Mary McDonnell]] as [[Laura Roslin]]<br />
* [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]<br />
* [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]]<br />
* [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar|Gaius Baltar]]<br />
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Number Six]]<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as [[Number Eight|Sharon Agathon/Number Eight]]<br />
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===Co-stars===<br />
<!-- We have no confirmation on any of these yet. <br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]] <br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
* [[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally]]<br />
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==Production Crew==<br />
===Producers===<br />
* [[Ronald D. Moore]] - Developer / Executive Producer / Writer<br />
* [[David Eick]] - Executive Producer<br />
* [[Toni Graphia]] - Co-Executive Producer / Writer<br />
* [[Harvey Frand]] - Producer<br />
* [[Glen A. Larson]] - Consulting Producer<br />
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===Directors & Writing Staff===<br />
: ''To view the list of all the directors and staff, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Crew#Directors|Battlestar Galactica Crew Guide]] page.''<br />
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==Episodes==<br />
: ''To view the list of episodes, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Episode Guide - Season 4 Guide|Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide]] page.''<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
*[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=40133 Official SciFi.com Release]<br />
* ''[[Ronald D. Moore]] discusses planning the season:''<br />
: It will be a serialized show to an extent. I think what we talked about with the network — because their concern is the drop-off in viewers and giving too many hurdles for new viewers to overcome to watch the show — we're always going to try to provide at least an episodic quality to each show. Even though there are plotlines that are ongoing over the course of the whole season, we'll try to give you something in each episode that you can hold on to that starts and stops within that episode.<ref name="ew rdm">{{cite_web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20036782_20037403_20015932_2,00.html|title=Four-ward, Cylons: RONALD D MOORE|date=|accessdate=31 May 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* ''Moore discusses the Final Five:''<br />
: Well, you can see from the end of the third season that they all sort of are still the same people. They're still the same characters. They didn't switch over and become robots suddenly. So essentially you're going to see an extension of that initial moment where they try to figure out what does this mean to them. If they're Cylons, when did that begin? What are their true backstories and what are they meant to do? What are they supposed to do? Are they dangerous to each other? Are they dangerous to the ship? Do they trust any of the people around them? Should they keep the secret only among themselves? That's essentially where their storylines are going to pick up.<ref name="crave">{{cite_web|url=http://www.craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648062/battlestar_galactica_ronald_moore_talks_about_earth.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: Ronald Moore talks about Earth|date=13 June 2007|accessdate=15 June 2007|last=Topel|first=Fred|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
* ''Moore discusses ending the series:''<br />
: Yeah, I mean, the burden [in breaking 20 episodes for this season] then became okay, now we have a great deal to wrap up and bring resolution to and we wanted to pay off a lot of things and we wanted to tie up a lot of loose threads. It felt like we had more than enough to get to where we were going to, whereas usually when you're facing the 20 episode order, it's like, "Okay, whew, we need 20 of these? Where are we going to get 20 of these?" You have to start breaking it down into smaller, bite sized chunks and move yourself along. This time, it was almost like, "Okay, let's make sure we've got enough time to get everywhere we need to go."<ref name="crave"/><br />
* ''[[Katee Sackhoff]] tells what she can about this final season:''<br />
: We will find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. And [my character, [[Kara Thrace]] is] not a figment of people's imaginations.<ref name="ign-sackhoff"/><br />
* ''Sackhoff discusses ending the series:''<br />
: I'm happy about it. It is a choice that was made by us. The rug was not pulled out from underneath us. We're going out on a high, with our heads held high. We made the choice and we're going to be able to decide our end and our fate, instead of [having to] wrap it up as fast as we possibly can because we've been cancelled. And it was a smart thing to go out on a high. And you know, this is my fourth series. I think I've done more television than anyone else on the show, except maybe Eddie [James Olmos], because of Miami Vice. He's right there with me! But I've done s**tloads of television, and every single show the rug is pulled from out underneath you, and you're going, "What do I do now?" And this is such a great opportunity to wrap it up, say everything you want to say in your character, and put it to bed.<ref name="ign-sackhoff"/><br />
* ''[[David Weddle]] on the fourth season:''<br />
: [[Bradley Thompson|Brad]] and I wrote the [[He That Believeth In Me|opening episode]] of year four and we were up in [[w:Vancouver|Vancouver]] for its pre-production and some of the first few days of filming. The revelation at the end of [[Season 3 (2006-07)|last season]] of our [[Final Five#Four Revealed, and their nature|four Cylons]] who didn't know they were Cylons has once again upset all the chess pieces. So the big challenges starting out this season are how do you play those characters going forward and track their emotional development, or unravelling as the case may be, in a way that's organic as well as genuine and not contrived. Also, as most people know, Starbuck reappeared in the final seconds of last year's finale, so there's also the question of how to deal with that character going forward. There are going to be lots of twists and turns this year. You're going to see our characters wrestling with tormenting problems and experiencing, perhaps, some rather jaw-dropping changes and evolutions. All the dynamics that you may have become used to on the Galactica ship itself will be in flux and we think, and hope, that's going to be tremendously fun to watch.<ref name>"Writes of Passage" <u>Cult Times</u> #144. August 26, 2007: 23.</ref><br />
* ''[[Lucy Lawless]] on the cast and crew reaction behind the scenes:''<br />
: Things seem great actually; far more comfortable than we did on ''[[w:Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]]'' at this stage, but maybe it hasn’t hit them or maybe it’s an easy adjustment because there are so many of them and several of them are working on ''[[w:Bionic Woman (2007 TV series)|Bionic Woman]]''. The mood is really great. I’m surprised how comfortable they are. Halfway through the last season of ''Xena'', the cast tended to get snappish with one another, and I think it was just anxiety of not knowing where your mortgage payments were coming from. I think the writers’ strike is probably of more significance at this moment; than the end of the show. I don’t think it’s quite real to them yet.<ref name="lawless"/><br />
* ''[[Michael Taylor]] discusses homosexuality in this season:''<br />
: In Season 4, ''Battlestar'' will be the gayest show on television. Forget [[Final Five|secret Cylons]], all our characters will be revealed to be gay. We will even see gay Centurions and gay [[daggit]]s. Actually, the daggits will object to the use of that term and will insist on simply being called dogs. And Season 4 will indeed see the return of a [[Jake (New Caprica)|favorite dog]], though not necessarily a gay dog… but, um, what was the question again?<br />
: Oh, right: Will we see more gay folks on ''Galactica'' [this] season. Well, to take a more serious tack, I think part of the point about [[Helena Cain|Cain]]’s and [[Gina]]’s relationship is that the fact that they had a same-sex relationship was no big deal. I think we started from the idea of wanting to explore whether Cain’s anger and revulsion at Gina, so evident in her first appearance in [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season Two]]’s “[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]],” had a personal component. And the idea that Cain had had an intimate relationship with Gina quickly came to mind. It made Gina’s betrayal that much more devastating for her.<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
* ''[[Jamie Bamber]] on the series' ending its run:''<br />
: Inevitably it changes the vibe because there's suddenly a horizon you can see, and we all have personal lives, and coming up to Vancouver for some of us is quite a schlep. Knowing it's the last time changes everything, so yea, it's a different deal.<br />
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:There's also a real peace of mind that comes with the fact that we're gonna get to finish the story—the story's always begged an ending—and we get to give it to you, so there's a lot of excitement and anticipation attached to that.<br />
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:It feels like every moment that passes is gone forever now, like the last performance of a play on the last night...you know...you start off with your monologue in the first scene and you know when you finish it that's the last time you'll ever do it. There's a nostalgia that goes with every conscious moment.<ref name="acedmag">{{cite_web|url=http://acedmagazine.com/content/view/677/1/|title=ACED Magazine: Battlestar Galactica: Cast Interviews|date=24 November 2007|accessdate=25 November 2007|last=Bensoussan|first=Jenna|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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If you're old enough, you might have seen the original 1978 ''[[Original Series|Battlestar Galactica]]'' and ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' way back when. But did you know there is a new series out there?<br />
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The new ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' created and produced by [[Ronald D. Moore]], has been the talk of the town on sci-fi websites and entertainment magazines alike. It is a "[[Wikipedia:Reboot_%28continuity%29|reboot]]" of the two previous series, but maintains its own story line with a darker tone and rich characterizations, action and intrigue.<br />
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As the series prepares for its fourth and final season, the "re-imagined" ''Battlestar Galactica'' has captivated us and inspired us to think outside of the box. ''Battlestar Galactica'' airs on the [[Sci Fi Channel]] in the United States. The series is also aired on Space Channel in Canada.</div>ArchEnemyhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Propulsion_in_the_Re-imagined_Series&diff=121051Propulsion in the Re-imagined Series2007-05-07T03:36:03Z<p>ArchEnemy: </p>
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:''For information on the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series']] modes of propulsion, see [[Propulsion (TOS)]].''<br />
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In the [[Re-imagined Series]], propulsion is managed with the fuel [[tylium]]. Ships can travel at [[Propulsion in the Re-imagined Series#Sublight propulsion|'''sublight speeds''']], or, when trying to escape (or chase) either vessels, they can employ apparent '''faster-than-light''' (or '''"FTL"''') engines.<br />
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[[Image:FTL1.jpg|thumb|250px|right|FTL jump]]<br />
==Faster than Light Travel==<br />
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''FTL'' is a acronym for '''F'''aster-'''T'''han-'''L'''ight. The term refers to a means of interstellar propulsion utilized by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] and the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonials]]. A common shorthand term for FTL travel is '''"jumping"'''.<br />
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The FTL drive makes interstellar travel possible for both the Colonials and [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]. No longer confined to their own home solar system, the Cylons managed to avoid Colonial interference for 40 years after the [[Cylon War]] and establish their own home-world. However, not all ships &mdash; from small to large &mdash; are outfitted with these drives ([[Miniseries]]). <br />
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It is likely that FTL drives are not commonplace on many civilian ships because of the costs involved in using and maintaining the drive and the amount of [[tylium|fuel]] available. For some civilian ships that travel comparatively short distances between some destinations, such as the ill-fated [[Botanical Cruiser]], FTL may simply be impractical or unnecessary.<br />
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The technology behind FTL systems is such that, providing the relevant data is known, ships can jump with a high degree of accuracy, allowing ships to rendezvous in space and even "park" in a synchronous orbit directly above a given point on a planet's surface ([[Miniseries]]). Proper FTL use even enables vessels to arrive in crowded areas, such as the middle of an asteroid field or other ships, without the risk of collision and damage ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]).<br />
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No specific information on the technology of an FTL drive has been given in the Miniseries or regular series. We know only that ''Galactica'' has two FTL drives<ref>Dialogue from Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] to Lt. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] instructs the tactical officer to "spin up FTL drives 1 and 2" in the [[Miniseries]].</ref>, and that other smaller or civilian ships have a single drive. We also know from dialogue that the FTL drives on ''Galactica'' are "spun up", suggesting the application of electromagnetic or rotational principles. Similarly it may be just a turn of phrase.<br />
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FTL jump drives can be used ''within'' an atmosphere. This Colonial tactic is used often to evade Cylon detection. While [[Raptor]]s primarily perform these kind of jumps, Admiral [[William Adama]] performs a daring intra-atmosphere jump at approximately 100,000 feet altitude with ''[[Galactica]]'' during the [[Battle of New Caprica]] to evade immediate Cylon detection. The battlestar jumps back to space a few hundred feet above the planet's surface after its Viper deployment. When ''Galactica'' jumps, the clouds surrounding it and the re-entry fires consuming its hull are "sucked" into the vacuum created by the sudden loss of mass. A sonic boom is also heard afterward ([[Exodus, Part II]]).<br />
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=== Colonial Limitations ===<br />
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* Colonial FTL systems are not small-scale, and cannot be installed into vehicles such as the [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]. They can, however, be used on vehicles the size of a [[Raptor]], which is limited to brief, short-distance jumps. Raptors can make a sequence of short FTL "hops" in a row, to reach the same destination as a capital ship with a full-sized FTL drive ([[Miniseries]]). <br />
* Colonial FTL systems cannot be used multiple times over a long period of time, for they are prone to breakdown after excessive, repetitive use ([[33]]).<br />
* FTL jumps can apparently induce nausea or discomfort in some people, such as [[Cally]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]").<br />
* When "jumping" the Colonial drive systems are limited in size; this defines the maximum size to which a colonial vessel can be built (hence the need for certain [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] to retract their landing pods and reduce their overall cross-section prior to a jump ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]", etc.).<br />
* Colonial FTL systems appear to be a holdover from the [[History of the Twelve Colonies#Exodus|Exodus]] from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], and their current designs have been developed to meet the needs of jumping between the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], and their outposts in other star systems. Colonial FTL capabilities have defined limits, referred to as the [[Red Line]], beyond which jumps may not be possible / could result in damage to a vessel's drive system / lead to navigational inaccuracies that might put the ship at risk.<br />
* Navigators must be careful to plan FTL jump paths in order to keep a safe distance from planets or other large objects ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]).<br />
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Knowing the limitations of their own FTL drives, a team apparently led by Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] successfully refitted a [[Raptor]] with the navigational computer from a captured [[Heavy Raider]] (presumably the one used by [[Kara Thrace]] to return from Caprica in "[[Home, Part I]]"). They later use its improved jump plots (with the aid of the cooperative copy of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]) to coordinate a squadron of Raptors to fly back to Caprica for a rescue mission to retrieve a [[Caprica Resistance|team of resistance fighters there]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]). Despite the accuracy of the advanced Cylon FTL technology and Valerii's aid in marking the jumps, three Raptors do not complete the mission. One obtains corrupted jump data and finds itself within a nebula and a undiscovered [[New Caprica|habitable planet]], and is forced to return to the Fleet. The other Raptors also get corrupted coordinates and materializes inside a nearby mountain on the final intra-atmosphere jump to Caprica, with the loss of ship and crew.<br />
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=== Cylon Advantages in FTL ===<br />
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* Cylon FTL systems can be manufactured on a smaller scale to their Colonial equivalent, thus allowing the [[Cylon Raider]] to be outfitted with an FTL drive. ([[Miniseries]]).<br />
* Cylon FTL drive systems are far more efficient than their Colonial equivalent. Tests with the Raider captured by the [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]) demonstrated that the drive could enable the Raider to jump directly from the vicinity of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] back to [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]) - a jump completed by Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] during her search for the [[Arrow of Apollo]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).<br />
* That superiority however does not stem directly from the FTL drives, but mainly from the superior Cylon navigation system, resulting in more accurate jump calculations. Colonial vessels interfaced with a Cylon computer can increase their jump range by a factor greater than ten ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]).<br />
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Given that the Cylons left Colonial space to find their own planet, it is possible that their longer-range FTL capability was created in response to a desire to be able to cover the distance between their homeworld and those of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] with a single jump.<br />
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The Cylons may also be capable of [[faster-than-light communication]].<br />
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==Background to FTL in the Re-imagined Series==<br />
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In establishing the series the creators of the [[Re-imagined|new Battlestar Galactica]] determined to keep everything within the show very "[[Naturalistic science fiction|natural]]". This means steering away from the standard clichés of television science-fiction: no bumpy-head aliens, no remarkable technology such as matter/anti-matter conversion, etc. So how is the concept of faster-than-light travel possible within this precept?<br />
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===Underpinning Theories===<br />
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[[Image:Wormhole-demo.png|thumb|FTL: "Folding Space" (credit: Wikipedia)]]<br />
The FTL drive technology used within the [[Re-imagined Series]] appears to be based on the use of [[Wikipedia:Superstring Theory|Superstring Theory]] and [[Wikipedia:M-Theory|M-Theory]] that essentially enable the "jump drive" systems to "fold" space, reducing the distance between any two points by creating a "corridor" through space that links them together (essentially forming a wormhole, or Einstein-Rosen Bridge). Such "corridors" are allowed by the general theory of relativity; what [[Wikipedia:M-Theory|M-Theory]] does is provide a way to change the topology of space-time dynamically.<br />
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The use of such Wormholes is based on the tenet that space is curved. Hence the term "[[Wikipedia:Wormhole|wormhole]]", which arises from the analogy that space can be seen as an apple. A worm can travel from one side of the apple to the other in two ways:<br />
* By crawling over the surface, or<br />
* By burrowing through the apple (creating a "wormhole").<br />
Obviously, the second option is considerably shorter than the first.<br />
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===Relativistic Acceleration===<br />
A key point concerning the use of wormholes within the new ''Battlestar Galactica'' is that they do not break the fundamental limiting factor of our universe: the speed of light. Vessels in ''Battlestar Galactica'' do not accelerate to faster-than-light velocities. Rather, they use the wormhole to reduce the distance to their destination, thus giving the ''impression'' of faster-than-light travel. <br />
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However, the FTL jumps in the series do allow information to be sent faster than light can send it, which results in a violation of causality within the special theory of relativity. (ie. If event A comes before B from one viewpoint, there will be other equally valid viewpoints where event B takes place before A.) Causality is not violated by FTL in a universe that has a special fixed reference frame, however this contradicts current understanding.<br />
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This is the reason why FTL jumps are virtually instantaneous within episodes. It also means that the only ''direct'' form of propulsion available for vessels is generated by their [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight drive systems]]<ref>In turn, this is why vessels exiting from a jump are traveling at the same velocity as when they committed to the jump ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]," and other episodes).</ref>.<br />
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===Feasibility===<br />
While the use of wormholes in this manner is not currently possible, work is progressing on superstring and M-Theory which may make the creation of wormholes possible in the future. The limiting factor is the ability to generate negative energy densities, which are allowed (though severely restricted) by quantum mechanics. As such, the use of such systems again meets one of the stated desires of the the producers of the new Battlestar Galactica: not to rely on the "traditional" trappings of science-fiction that require exotic science and technology. Theoretical physicist [[Wikipedia:Kip Thorne|Kip Thorne]] has carried out extensive research into wormholes, and helped develop a scientifically-consistent means of wormhole travel used by [[Wikipedia:Carl Sagan|Carl Sagan]] in his novel [[Wikipedia:Contact (novel)|"Contact"]] which bears a remarkable similarity to the technology employed within Battlestar Galactica.<br />
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==Sublight propulsion==<br />
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In the Re-imagined Series, all ships have some manner of sublight flight ability. Sublight propulsion is convenient for intra-solar system travel (such as to or from the planets that comprise the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]]), but cannot be used for travel outside of a solar system as the time to arrive at a destination may exceed the fuel supply of the ship or the lifetime of the crew that fly the ship.<br />
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Many of the ships of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] are capable of landing on and taking off from planets, such as New Caprica. ''Galactica'' is never seen doing this, and its large mass might prohibit planetary landings altogether, but it employs sublight engines for normal spaceflight. Few of the ships appear to have extremely large propellant tanks as would be required for rocketry as it is presently understood, in spite of having aft-mounted thrusters. However, this might be explained by the properties of the [[tylium]] fuel. Especially smaller vessels employ rocketry-based [[Navigation in the Re-imagined Series|RCS thrusters]] for small course adjustments.<br />
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Vipers are equipped with a thrust reversal system to counteract or arrest their forward momentum ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]). No such mechanism exists on capital ships, but such vessels might turn by 180° to decelerate.<br />
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Cylons [[Basestar (RDM)|baseships]] don't have any nozzles or show any external sources for their propulsion ability. It is possible that force fields of the [[Gravity_in_the_Re-imagined_Series|artificial gravity]] generators are be the source of the sublight propulsion. <br />
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Both Colonial and Cylon missiles used in combat appear to be rockets, leaving a trail of gas behind them.<br />
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The law of conservation of momentum requires that any propulsion system which adds momentum to a spacecraft or missile involves an equal amount of momentum be imparted in the opposite direction to something else, such as a reaction mass like rocket fuel, or possibly large masses like planets through use of a force field.<br />
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<div>Signed 52 years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|events that ultimately destroy almost all humanity]], the '''Articles of Colonization'''<ref>The Articles of Colonization are the Colonial equivalent to the American [[Wikipedia: Articles of Confederation|Articles of Confederation]] (the predecessor to the [[Wikipedia: US Constitution|US Constitution]]), [[Wikipedia: U.N. Charter| U.N. Charter]] and [[Wikipedia: Universal Declaration of Human Rights|Universal Declaration of Human Rights]].</ref> formed the united government of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]].<br />
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This event was apparently in response to the [[Cylon War]] to unite against a common enemy.<ref>Source: [[Ron D. Moore|Ron D. Moore's]] official blog, [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/04/index.html#a000025 April 11, 2005.]</ref> Before the Articles, each colony appeared to behave more as a sovereign nation, and fought between each other.<br />
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The anniversary of the signing of the Articles is the [[Colonial Day (holiday)|Colonial Day holiday]] ([[Colonial Day]]).<br />
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==Article 21==<br />
Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] invokes the 21st Article of Colonization while being interrogated by Colonel [[Tigh|Saul Tigh]] after being rescued from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).<br />
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:''Under the [[Wikipedia: U.S. Constitution|U.S. Constitution]], a number of Tyrol's constitutionally protected civil liberties were being violated, among them''<br />
:*[[Wikipedia:Article_One_%28United_States_Constitution%29|Article One]], section nine, guaranteeing the writ of [[Wikipedia:habeas corpus|habeas corpus]].<br />
:*''The due process clauses of the [[Wikipedia:Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Due_process|5th]] and [[Wikipedia:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Section_1.|14th]] amendments.''<br />
:*''The various provisions of the [[Wikipedia:Sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution|6th Amendment]] guaranteeing a speedy, public trial by jury.''<br />
:''Article 21 could conceivably provide protection to any number of these.''<br />
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==Article 23==<br />
Chief Tyrol invokes the 23rd Article to avoid testifying against himself during the investigation into how [[Aaron Doral]] got aboard ''[[Galactica]]'' and accessed the munitions stores ([[Litmus]]).<br />
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:''This is similar to the rights protected by the [[Wikipedia:Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Self-incrimination|self-incrimination clause]] of the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.''<br />
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==Other Articles==<br />
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Although the above details the only named articles mentioned in the [[Re-imagined Series]], there are further hints as to protected rights included. <br />
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The right to a trial with representation before a jury seems to be guaranteed. When disapproving of the decision of then-President [[Tom Zarek]] to form the [[Circle]], a form of war crimes tribunal. [[Laura Roslin]] states that everyone has the right to a trial before a jury of one's peers. In a separate statement Roslin refers to the right to representation at a trial ([[Collaborators]]).<br />
Whether these are two separate rights quoted from the Articles or just natural extensions of a more general right to a fair trial as in the sixth Amendment to the [[Wikipedia: U.S. Constitution|U.S. Constitution]] is unknown.<br />
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The trial of [[Gaius Baltar]] in the two-part episode "[[Crossroads, Part I|Crossroads]]" showed other levels of jurisprudence. In Baltar's trial, a five-member tribunal was used as judge and jury. Numerous legal maneuvers were displayed that paralleled American practices.<br />
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Then-President {Laura Roslin} says that abortion was legal under the artciles of colonization before the cylon attack so it is still legal now. [(The Captians Hand)]<br />
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