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The Ties That Bind

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| title= The Ties That Bind
| season= 4
| episode= 3
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| writer=[[Michael Taylor]]
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| director=[[Michael Nankin]]
| production=405
| rating= 1.1
| US airdate=18 April 2008
| CAN airdate=18 April 2008
| UK airdate=22 April 2008
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== Overview ==
:''[[Kara Thrace]] leads a [[Demetrius|ship]] in her search for [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], while ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> crew deals with political and marital issues. On the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] side, the [[Significant Seven]]'s solidarity is challenged.

== Summary ==

=== On ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and the Colonial Fleet ===
* [[Cally Tyrol]], waking from [[Nicholas Tyrol|her son's]] cries, has dreams recalling arguments with her husband, [[Galen Tyrol|Galen]], of apparently finding herself spending more time alone with her child and Galen avoiding her through work or other activity. In one scene she is taking medication, perhaps to help her sleep, or to fight depression.
* The dark room is unkempt, and medication and baby formula bottles are stacked on a table.
* When Cally Tyrol realizes that Nicky is actually crying, she comforts him and returns him to his crib. She calls [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]], apparently to try to find her husband with no luck. She finds a napkin for [[Joe's bar]] in his clothing.
* At the bar, Galen Tyrol and [[Tory Foster]] are drinking [[ambrosia]] and other spirits. Galen laments that, before [[Final Five|their revelation]], he knew what he was: husband, crew chief, and father. Now, his identity is taking a beating.
* Foster flirts with Galen as Cally walks holding her son in a dreamy state (presumably drug related) to Joe's Bar. Cally's distorted vision believes she sees Foster touching Galen's arm seductively. Entering the bar, Cally angrily yells at Galen as he tries to explain. Angry and hurt, Cally takes her son and leaves the bar as Foster looks on, still drinking and not the least upset that she might have caused the Tyrol's strife.
*In [[sickbay]], Dr. [[Cottle]] administers to [[Laura Roslin]] another [[Doloxan]] treatment, noting that the drug's nausea should go away in an hour.
* As Roslin tries to relax on the bed, [[William Adama]] sits by her bedside and begins to read from a book to her, ''[[Love and Bullets]]'' by Nick Taylo, apparently a detective mystery novel.
* The book's passages of a character's lost love appear to reflect through Adama as he gazes at Roslin while he completes the passage: "From the moment I open my eyes, she's in my blood, bittersweet, tinged with regret. I'll never be free of her, nor do I want to be. For she is what I am, all that is, should always be."
* The scene shifts to a press conference on ''[[Colonial One]]'' where [[Lee Adama]] accepts appointment to the [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] seat to the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]]. Vice President [[Tom Zarek]] is also in attendance.
*The press asks about questions of loyalty between Lee Adama and his role in the [[Gaius Baltar]] trial, which Roslin dismisses.
* Reporter [[Playa Palacios]] asks about the whereabouts of the ''[[Demetrius]]'', missing now three weeks, Roslin defers the question to Admiral Adama, who cryptically explains that the ship is on a military mission. When [[Sekou Hamilton]] asks if [[Kara Thrace]] was made captain of that ship, Adama dismisses that as rumor.
*Roslin quickly ends the press conference. In her office, Roslin tells Adama she is surprised that the press took as long to ask about the ''Demetrius'' as they did. When Adama tells Roslin he think the issue will "blow over," Roslin disagrees. Not told of the mission, Roslin is angered that she may have to help Adama cover the true mission of the ship for a long time. Adama explains that he had to give Thrace a chance and himself a chance to believe in the [[Maelstrom|presumed-dead]] pilot, but Roslin only says, "Apparently." Adama leaves her office in silence.
*Galen Tyrol tries to explain to Cally that he and Tory Foster aren't having an affair, but Cally all but ignores him, telling him to drop their son off to the day care area and to ask the caregivers not to feed Nicky any of the [[Algae planet|algae mash]] as she thinks Nicky is allergic. Frustrated by Cally's avoidance of the subject, he slams his fist down on the table, upsetting his son, and tries to comfort him.
*On ''Colonial One'', Lee Adama is in a conference room for the Quorum meeting. Spotting the nameplate for Caprica, he tentatively sits down. Tom Zarek arrives, his mood dark. When Adama tells Zarek that he wanted to see Roslin to discuss some projects that [[Cowen]], his predecessor as Caprican delegate, had before she died, Zarek counters, explaining that, like himself, Roslin is keeping Adama on the sidelines. Zarek believes that Roslin does not forgive and forget easily. When Adama asks Zarek why he nominated him for the Quorum's side, Zarek tells him that it was because Adama stood up to defend Baltar and confront Roslin, he believed Adama would make an effective ally.
*Zarek feels that Roslin's increasingly secretive nature, by refusing to allow meetings to be recorded, is a sign of a larger issue, despite claiming to Adama that he remains loyal to Roslin. When Adama tells Zarek that he won't be giving a repeat of his work in Baltar's trial to undermine Roslin, saying that having a "benevolent tyrant" is better than the opposite, Zarek strongly disagrees. He asks Adama to trust him to aid in his fight to uncover the secrets that Roslin hides. He leaves a classified folder with Adama and leaves.
*In sickbay, Cally Tyrol asks for another sedative and for sleep, but Cottle objects, not wanting to turn his sickbay into an "[[opium den]]." He asks about her family life, which Cally tells all is not well since reaching the [[Ionian Nebula]].
*Cottle does side with Cally about her husband's problems, asking her to bring him in for examination. Cally smiles at Cottle's "tough love" stance but Cottle warns that she might actually be imagining things as her fatigue and drug use could be influencing her thoughts. Cally counters that she might, indeed be crazy, considering she married a man who [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|once broke her jaw]]. When Cottle asks if that was the last time that Galen had attacked Cally, she responds that she'd wished that he'd do so again (taking Cottle's cigarette from his hand and taking a drag), if only for her to gauge what Galen really felt about her. Cottle tells her to get some rest.
*On ''Colonial One'', the Quorum meeting continues. [[Sagittaron]] Quorum delegate [[Jacob Cantrell]] strongly questions Roslin about the ''Demetrius'' mission, which she defers to answer out of matters of security. Others are visibly upset with Roslin's answer and of each other when Roslin tries to steer the meeting back to other matters of the floor while Zarek, acting as the chair of the meeting, tries to establish order.
*Lee Adama speaks out, trying to calm the others through inferring, based on his own military experience, that the president and Admiral Adama are exploring all possible routes to Earth. The Quorum audibly relaxes at Adama's words, but Roslin sees Adama as trying to be her "spokesperson" and chastises him. She directs Cantrell to continue with his discussion on medical supplies.
* Lee Adama calls a point of order, which Zarek uses to compels Contrell to yield the floor for Adama to speak. Adama brings up Executive Order 112, which would concentrate more executive power. The Quorum angrily erupts when Roslin tries to bury the issue.
*On ''Galactica'', Cally Tyrol sadly recalls her good times with her husband. She kisses her son and goes to close a door when she sees a note stuck in the door that tells her to meet at Weapons Locker 1701D.
* When Cally arrives, she finds her husband, [[Saul Tigh]] and Tory Foster entering. She opens a maintenance panel, tiny and dangerous, and enters to listen in on the conversation.
*What Cally hears shocks her more than the suggestion that her husband is having an affair. Tigh had left the note to meet at the weapons locker for Galen, and suddenly realizes that Cally could have intercepted the note. Tigh warns of the complications if Cally discovered that her husband was a Cylon.
* Cally's shock knocks a metal plate, which tumbles noisily down the ship's interior, a series of pipes and conduits that run dangerously deep from where Cally is standing. The others in the room halt their discussion for a moment before leaving. Cally escapes the tunnel and runs back to her quarters, but Foster leaves and notices that the maintenance panel was ajar.
* Cally is back in her quarters, visibly upset, when her husband returns.
* He tries to apologize, tell Cally that the affair never happened, and that his commitment to his family is paramount. But Cally believes that Galen used her to have a hybrid child and strikes him with a wrench, knocking him unconscious. She takes her son and leaves but not before taking a key from Galen's pocket.
* Walking through the corridors to the [[hangar deck]], Cally (still holding Nicky) enters a [[launch tube]]. She looks at the stars through a window, then opens a maintenance door. Inserting the key she took from Galen, Cally activates the launch tube airlock. Tory Foster arrives, and approaches Cally and Nicky.
* Cally closes the launch tube airlock door, sealing them inside. Foster tries to reason with Cally, asking her to think about what she's about to do to herself and to her child. Foster explains that they only recently found out they were Cylons, and that they are still the same people, and that they are as scared and confused as everyone else. Cally breaks down and collapses on her knees, apologizing to Nicky for what she was about to do to him. Foster comforts Cally and takes Nicky in her arms, then suddenly strikes Cally with surprising strength, knocking her to the deck and putting her in a daze.
* Foster retrieves the launch tube key and exits the launch tube, Nicky in her arms. When Cally comes to, she finds herself alone trapped in the airlock, and Tory inside the launch control booth. Tory uses the key to activate the launch controls and opens the outer airlock door, sending Cally to her death in open space.
* Admiral Adama breaks the news of Cally's death to a motionless, silent Tyrol.

=== On the ''[[Demetrius]]'' ===
* On day 22 of the mission, ''Demetrius'' continues on its mission to find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], with as many as four [[Viper Mark II]] fighters magnetically locked onto its top hull.
* Inside, Kara Thrace appears frustrated as she pores through star charts and other navigation data, trying to gain her fix on the direction of Earth. [[Felix Gaeta]] enters the room as Thrace tells him of a decision.
* In a mess hall on the dark, dirty ship, [[Diana Seelix]] asks in frustration what they are looking for in deep space. A pilot named [[Eammon Pike|Pike]], looking at the centerfold of ''[[Nymph]]'' magazine, explains that they are searching for a gas giant with rings orbiting a trinary star cluster with a comet. Seelix angrily retorts that the search is more like a "[[frak|cluster-frak]]" to her when [[Helo]] admonishes her.
* [[Sharon Agathon]] and [[Samuel Anders]] are also in the room.
* Some of the group complains that Thrace's repeated course corrections are pointless. When Pike says that he thinks ''Galactica'' is hounding them in secret, waiting for Thrace to show her "true colors" as a Cylon, Anders defends her. When the mood darkens more, Helo orders everyone to be quiet.
*Thrace is quietly approaching, listening to the conversation from above the mess hall deck, and soon yells for Helo to talk to him. Anders looks above him to Thrace (standing on steel mesh decking) and asks if there is more that she can tell them about their destination, but Thrace coldly admonishes him by rank for asking. Thrace gives Helo new [[FTL]] coordinates.
*Anders meets with Thrace, as she paints what she has seen on a bulkhead. Anders complains that she needs to open up more about the mission with the rest of the crew, but Thrace disagrees. Reminding her that some of them volunteered for the mission, Thrace steers Anders's concerns to that of their failed marriage. Anders joins their marital arm tattoos, trying to remind her of what is real. Thrace angrily tells Anders that she married him only because he was a safe choice and he was naive enough to do so.
*The two exchange more words. Thrace explains to Anders that she's not the same woman he married. He pushes her into a bunk as their anger dissolves into sex.
*After sex, Thrace questions that she and Anders's marriage was real. She questions how her feelings, her perceptions of her past, as if she were watching it from another "alien" body far away. Ander's face suggests comprehension about [[Final Five|feeling unsure of identity]].

=== On the [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s ===
* On a [[Resurrection Ship]], a [[Number One]] is [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrected]]. Another One tells his confused brother that he was shot by one of their own [[Cylon Centurion]]s. [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] is there with him.
* The first Number One wants to return to his baseship, but the second One tells him that he has been effectively kicked off from his own ship in a type of coup. Boomer apologizes that her swing vote to enforce the [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]] "reconfiguration" failed, and kisses him deeply.
*On the same baseship where the Centurions shot several [[humanoid Cylon]]s for their part in the Raider reconfiguration, a Number One returns to the conference room where a Centurion is busily cleaning up the mess caused by their shootout.
*The Number One tries to understand why [[Natalie]] shifted power, suggesting to reunify the group. Natalie explains that the Raiders were only a symptom of a larger problem: Cavil's [[Rapture|earlier pressure]] on the group to [[box]] all [[Number Three]]s. Natalie says that mere unification of the [[Significant Seven|seven]] is not enough. She and the Eights at the table tell Number One that unification with the [[Final Five]] is the desired goal. Natalie wants all the Threes unboxed and work on unifying with the Five to begin.
*Cavil dislikes the idea of resuming the D'Anna's "messianic quest" that seemed to lead the remaining Cylons to this juncture, but agrees to bring Natalie's case to the other models. Natalie orders a Centurion to escort Cavil off the ship, but it hesitates until she says, "please." Cavil warns her that removing the [[inhibitor]]s from the Centurions has caused a bigger problem than Natalie realizes.
*Later, two Number Ones tell Natalie and two Number Eights the result of the vote: The consensus is to unbox the Threes, although Cavil/One remains against the idea.
*An Eight tries to solicit the Ones' support since his side was outvoted, but Natalie agrees with the Ones that the vote does not give Natalie's side the right to change the feelings of the Ones and create more discord.
* Cavil/One tells Natalie that the Threes' consciousness is being downloaded at the central [[Resurrection Hub]] and can be resurrected at a server node six jumps away. Still harboring bad feelings about the decision, the two sides agree to stay on different baseships as they make their way back to hear of the Threes' discovery on the [[algae planet]].
* Cylon baseships controlled by Cavil join the rest of the fleet at their destination, but without the [[Resurrection Ship]]. The newly-arrived baseships break formation and surround Natalie's baseships, then launch [[Battle of the Trinary Star System|an attack]].
* On Cavil's baseship, Boomer worries that murder, permanent killing of their own kind without chance of resurrection is wrong. Cavil says coldly that God will watch over the dying Cylons' immortal souls. When Boomer questions who will watch over their souls, Cavil says, "We're machines, dear. We don't have souls."

== Notes ==

* This episode sees no net loss of life in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], with the exception of [[Cally Tyrol]]'s death later in this episode, reducing the overall survivor count to 39,675.
* The alphanumeric designation of the [[weapons locker]], 1701D, is a ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' reference. 1701-D is the registry number for the ''[[MemoryAlpha:USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS Enterprise]]'' from that series, which [[Ronald D. Moore]] formerly worked on. Further, Michael Taylor did write for the ''Star Trek'' franchise alongside Moore on ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]''.
*Like "[[He That Believeth In Me]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]", this episode's title is derived from Christian traditions; [[w:Blessed Be the Tie that Binds|Blessed Be the Tie that Binds]] is a Protestant hymn celebrating the unity that comes from love.
* Prior to the episode airing, [[Michael Taylor]] stated: "we say 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}} </ref>
* The script was being written while "[[Razor]]" was still in pre-production.<ref name="thewatcher"/>
* For the first time since the second season, the journalist [[Sekou Hamilton]] makes an appearance.
* The Fleet still subsists on the food collected on the [[algae planet]], as evidenced by Cally Tyrol's suspicion that her son may be allergic to it.
* When Cally enters the launch tube 06, she looks a side window and sees stars where one would expect to see launch tube 07. This is inconsistent with the known layout of the flight pods. The launch tubes are internal and perpendicular to the length of the flight pods, so it would be impossible to see stars from a side portal in the tube. However, when she exits the tube, the scene shows open space to the right of the the launch tube.
*Thrace has the [[Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn|Aurora]] figure she gave to Adama in "[[Maelstrom]]" on her desk and plays with it in her frustration. According to the [[Podcast:The Ties That Bind#Act 1|podcast]] for the episode, a scene where Adama gives her back the figurine in "[[Six of One]]" was cut for time. A scene where she and Gaeta discuss Aurora was also cut from this episode.
*Since a scene was deleted from "[[Six of One]]" in which this was indicated in dialogue, the scene in which [[Boomer]] kisses the revived [[Cavil]] is the first explicit indication that a romance exists between the two (explaining, in lieu of the deleted scene, why she broke ranks to vote with him). This is the first time two of the "Significant Seven" have been shown in such an embrace.
*A deleted scene (included on the DVD release of Season 4.0) shows Galen Tyrol strangling Cally to death in her bed. Snippets from the scene -- but not the strangling -- appear in the final episode. It's unclear whether this is a vision of Galen's (similar to Tigh imagining himself shooting Adama), or if this was considered as an alternate death for Cally. The scene, as shown, does not resolve the issue either way.

== Analysis ==

=== General ===
[[Image:Orion belt.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Orion's belt. [[:Image:Orion belt highlighted.jpg|View Highlighted Version]].]]
* The constellation [[w:Orion (constellation)|Orion]] appears in this episode by mistake<ref>Revealed by [[Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz]] in his [http://darthmojo.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/my-god-it-full-of-the-wrong-stars/ blog post].</ref>. It is clearly visible in the background of the basestars shortly before Cavil's ships begin to attack, and may be visible when Cally looks out the window in the launch tube shortly before she is confronted by Foster. This would indicate that both fleets are relatively close to Earth. However, for them to see Orion in the same two-dimensional configuration as from Earth, they would have to be within a few light years of Sol and in a relatively narrow corridor between it and Orion.
* The ringed gas giant [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] claims to have seen is shown in this episode, bearing a striking resemblance to [[w:Jupiter|Jupiter]].
* Once again no one notices the use of a [[Launch tube (RDM)|launch tube]]. It is hard to believe that such a critical system is not monitored, especially at night when the hangar deck is deserted.
* When learning that her husband is a Cylon, Cally remembers seeing him cutting his finger and licking off the blood. Tyrol may have done this to convince himself that he is human. The drop of blood hitting the floor is the same image used as a framing device in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]" to signify the connection between Tyrol and Boomer.

=== Characters ===

* The scene with Adama sitting down next to Roslin and beginning to read a murder mystery to her is a throwback to their common love for the genre that was established back in "[[Water]]". In that particular episode, Adama gives Roslin the novel ''[[Dark Day]]'' as a gift because it was one of the novels that she had wanted to read but never found the time to. With Roslin's probable death looming in this particular season, it appears that Adama has determined to aid Roslin in reading her favorite genre before she passes away.
* Although in public [[Laura Roslin]] claims to have forgiven [[Lee Adama]], and even to admire his convictions, she apparently still holds a grudge for how he treated her during Baltar's trial. She refuses to see him to discuss political issues, and later snubs him in a Quorum session where she ribs on his inexperience.
* During the episode, [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Galen Tyrol's beating of his wife]] is mentioned as when he displayed pure emotion towards Cally. Tyrol's attack was based on his fear of being a Cylon, and Cally suffered because she interrupted his mental suicide. Ironically, it is now Cally who savagely bludgeons Galen because he really is a Cylon. The beating also makes way for her murder-suicide decision with her son.
* Another parallel drawn from "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]" in regards to the Tyrols can be seen in that then and now, it was Galen's apology that triggers Cally to release her true feelings towards him, whether it was love or hatred. In the former, her love was finally allowed to be expressed, in the latter, the rage that built up during the episode was released.
* Based on "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I", it was Cally's love and forgiveness towards Galen that enabled him to forgive himself and move on as a "human being." With her death, a crucial anchor in his life is gone, which may indicate an upcoming deterioration of his mental state as he now knows that he is a Cylon.
* Cally plans to blow herself and Nicky into space, something that she experienced but survived in "[[A Day in the Life]]". This may indicate that she believes, on the basis of her earlier experience, that it would be relatively quick and painless for both of them. It seems unlikely that she would choose what she felt would be a particularly unpleasant death, especially for her son.

=== The Quorum of Twelve ===

* The episode shows a lot about the Quorum of Twelve and about the state of fleet politics in general. The Quorum meeting is reminiscent in format of [[w:Question Time|Question Time]], a tradition of many parliamentary systems including that of the United Kingdom and Canada.
**The rowdiness and backtalk of the Quorum in particular is reminiscent of Prime Minister's Questions. However, unlike in Prime Minister's Questions or similar Question Time periods in real life parliaments, President Roslin makes some attempt at directing the meeting, rather than adopting the defensive posture the British Prime Minister is placed into. This suggests either a stronger constitutional role for the president or a further consolidation of power by Roslin.
** The Quorum is also, at least at this point, a non-partisan body. While parliaments and legislatures in real life are divided along party lines, there is no sign of this here. In particular, while government backbenchers usually ask flattering questions in contrast to the more challenging questions posed by the opposition, Adama is openly chastised by Roslin for attempting to ask an easy question.
* The absence of [[Sarah Porter]], [[Marshall Bagot]], [[Robin Wenutu]], and others from the first post-[[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]] [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] can be attributed to the destruction of ''[[Cloud 9]]'' by [[Gina Inviere]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" or events leading up to the [[Second Exodus]]. After the Second Exodus, the current Quorum is sworn in by then-President [[Tom Zarek]] in "[[Collaborators]]", before said Quorum can ratify Roslin as his vice president and perform the presidential switch-a-roo that gives Roslin the presidency.

=== The Cylons ===

* Cavil and Boomer apparently have some sort of relationship. This was hinted at in the previous episode, when she dances lightly attired in front of him, but unclear.
* The force with which Tory hits Cally indicates that the Final Five possess the Cylons' superhuman strength and if they possess this trait it is likely that the have other, physical Cylon traits as well.
* Foster also seems to be calmer, cooler, and more calculating than in the recent past. She appears to be more accepting of her Cylon nature than the others.

== Questions ==

=== Answered Questions ===

* Are all of the "renegade" Cylon baseships destroyed? ([[The Road Less Traveled|Answer]])
* Does Natalie escape? ([[Faith|Answer]])
* Now that power has shifted to the more aggressive models, will the Cylon renew their attacks on the humans, or will the stress and distraction of the Cylon civil war protect the human fleet for the time being? ([[Sine Qua Non|Possible answer]])
* Will Cally's death be declared as another execution that went unnoticed, such as those performed by the [[Circle]]? ([[Escape Velocity|Answer #1]], [[The Road Less Traveled|#2]])
* Will Boomer abandon Cavil's side now that he has resorted to lethal measures against Natalie's faction? ([[The Hub|Possible answer]])
* Will the renegade models be boxed? ([[The Hub|Possible answer]])
* How will Tyrol handle being a single parent? ([[Escape Velocity|Possible answer]])
* Are Foster's actions indicating a gradual shifting of her allegiance from the humans to the Cylons? ([[Revelations|Answer]])
* What will Tyrol do should he discover that it was Foster who ejected Cally into space? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])
* Does the vague warning given by Cavil to Natalie about removing the inhibitors hint towards a Centurion rebellion against the humanoid Cylons? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])
* Has [[Hera Agathon|Hera]] been left in foster care by her parents? If so, who have they found to look after her? ([[Sometimes a Great Notion|Future Answer]])
* What is Foster's true motivation for killing Cally Tyrol? ([[Revelations|Possible Answer 1]], [[No Exit|Possible Answer 2]])

=== Unanswered Questions ===
* Is the execution of the Sixes, Eights, and Twos limited to the Cylon fleet or does it also stretch to the Cylon homeworld?
* For those allergic to the algae mash, like [[Nicholas Tyrol]], what alternative foodstuffs are available?

== Official Statements ==
*[[Mark Verheiden]] on the episode:
**"Regarding the parallels with "[[Maelstrom]]." [and the sex scene with [[Leoben]]] I asked writer [[Michael Taylor]] if it was intentional and he says "no." Regarding Kara, she remembers everything from "Maelstrom" up to the explosion. So yes, she remembers her vision about her Mom."
**"[[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] is the resident expert in star charts and the like, so he's a natural addition to a search mission. As to whether he volunteered or was ordered, I don't think we really discussed it that much. But Gaeta certainly wants to find Earth as much as anyone." <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/04/21/battlestar-galactica-interview-mark-verheiden-on-starbucks-relationships-and-cylon-motives/|title=Battlestar Galactica Interview: Mark Verheiden on Starbuck's Relationships and Cylon Motives}}</ref>

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

*''[[William Adama]] reads the opening of ''[[Love and Bullets]]'':''
:"It started like it always did. With a body. This one was in the river, and I could tell she had once been beautiful, but this bullet and fast current had taken away from her. All we are, or that we think we are, all that we are certain about, is taken away from us. When you've worked the streets and seen what I've seen, you become more and more convinced of it every day. [[Caprica City]] has been my teacher, my mistress. From the moment I opened my eyes, she is in my blood, like cheap wine. Bitter and sweet, tinged with regret. I'll never be free of her, nor do I wanna be, for she is what I am. All that is, should always be."

*''[[Tom Zarek]] and [[Lee Adama]] about [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]]'s leadership:''
:'''Adama:''' Well, sometimes a benevolent tyrant is exactly what you need.
:'''Zarek:''' No. A tyrant craves power for its own sake. And all Laura wants is to save us all.

*''[[Samuel Anders]] confronts [[Kara Thrace]]:''
:'''Anders:''' You know, some of us actually volunteered for this mission.
:'''Thrace:''' "Some" meaning you. Because that's what this is about, Sam. You know what the deal is, with us, with our marriage? It didn't make much sense to begin with. Makes even less now.
:'''Anders:''' I don't buy that. I don't think you believe a single, frakking word you're saying. You're just scared. You see that, mhh? You see [[Arts and Literature of the Twelve Colonies#Kara Thrace .26 Samuel Anders|this]]? Remember those? You remember when we got 'em? That's what's real, ok. That's part of who we are. That is a part of what ''you'' are, whether you will admit it or not.
:'''Thrace:''' Dumb motherfrakker. I only married you because it was safe and it was easy, Sam. And you were just pathetic enough to go along with it. So get the frak out! (She shoves him out) Sam, get out! Get out! Leave, come on! Get out! (Anders takes her by the arms and holds her. They are almost kissing.) I don't want to fight, Sam. I wanna frak. You don't get it, do you? I'm not the same girl you married. All I wanna do right now is frak. Really frak, like it's the end of the world and nothing else matters. So come on, Sam, make me feel something. I dare you.
:(Anders shoves her away, then gives her a second shove onto the bunk bed.)

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally Henderson Tyrol]]
* [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Doctor [[Sherman Cottle]]
* [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
* [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]]
* [[Jennifer Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]]
* [[Christina Schild]] as [[Playa Palacios]]
* [[Biski Gugushe]] as [[Sekou Hamilton]]
* [[Finn R. Devitt]] as [[Nicholas Tyrol]] (credited as "Baby Nicky")
* [[Andrew McIlroy]] as [[Jacob Cantrell]]
* [[Judith Maxie]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Picon Delegate|Picon Delegate]]
* [[Donna Soares]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Gemenon Delegate|Gemenon Delegate]] (credited as "Speaking Delegate #1")
* [[Iris Paluly]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Tauron Delegate #1|Tauron Delegate]] (credited as "Speaking Delegate #2")
* [[Ryan McDonell]] as Lieutenant [[Eammon Pike|Eammon "Gonzo" Pike]]
* [[Marilyn Norry]] as [[Reza Chronides]]
* [[Leo Li Chiang]] as the [[tattooed pilot]] (uncredited)

== External Links ==
*Composer [[Bear McCreary]] on the episode's score: http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=245

== References ==
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Gravedancing

2010-03-21T23:06:24Z

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== Overview ==
: ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] readies himself for his appearance on ''[[Backtalk with Baxter Sarno]]''. The [[Global Defense Department|GDD]] carry out searches on the [[Athena Academy]] and the Graystone home. [[Sam Adama|Sam]] waits patiently for his moment to kill [[Amanda Graystone|Amanda]], but [[Joseph Adama|Joseph]] is slowly overcome with regret for calling in the hit on her.''

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

* Somewhere in [[Caprica City]], a closed and empty [[Holo Cafe]] is bombed. Three hours later, Director [[Gara Singh]] and Agent [[Jordan Durham]] discuss the bombing, believing it to be either copycats or [[Soldiers of the One]]. During the conversation, Durham preens himself on obtaining a warrant from the [[Inter-Colonial Court]] on [[Libran]], whereby they are not only permitted to search the [[Graystone Estate]], but also the lockers that [[Zoe Graystone]] may have used at the [[Athena Academy]]. Singh gives his blessing on making the school search a media spectacle, but stresses that Durham should make the search "tasteful."
* At the Willow home, [[Desiree Willow|Desiree]], [[Nestor Willow|Nestor]], [[Olaf Willow|Olaf]] and [[Clarice Willow]] awaken in the morning. As Nestor and Clarice start to be intimate, Clarice receives a call on her cellphone. She abruptly leaves the bedroom, leaving the rest of her partners to wonder what just happened.
* Out on the steps of a building, Clarice Willow "accidentally" bumps into another man, taking out an [[e-sheet]] from the man's pocket. On it she types in "GDD RAID COMING," sends the message, and disposes of the e-sheet in a trash can.
* [[Keon Gatwick]] receives Willow's message at Athena Academy and removes his detonators and explosives, throwing them into his bag. Just as he finishes, Agent Durham and various GDD agents are followed by reporters and Sister Willow. Durham announces that they are executing a search, and GDD agents begin cutting off locks and force students to empty their packs.
* During the raid, [[Lacy Rand]] approaches Gatwick and asks him to follow her shortly after she leaves, so that they may talk. Instead, he chooses to walk away, leaving her behind.
* At the Graystone Estate, [[Daniel Graystone]] reviews the list of talking points for the ''[[Backtalk with Baxter Sarno]]'' show. Daniel discusses how best to divorce his [[Zoe Graystone|late daughter]] from the [[holoband]] technology with [[Priyah Magnus]] and [[Cyrus Xander]], but is not pleased with calling his daughter troubled. [[Amanda Graystone]] briskly walks by, leading Daniel to note of her displeasure with his appearance on Sarno's show; Xander asks if she'll make another scene that'll contradict Daniel's statement, leading Daniel to assure him that this will not be the case.
* When talking to Magnus, he very directly notes that the holoband wasn't the problem, thus earning her praise. They continue the pow-wow.
* Outside across the river from the house, [[Sam Adama]] watches via bincoulars the ongoings inside the Graystone Estate from inside his car. He receives a phone call from [[Joseph Adama]], who asks why Amanda was not killed yet. He tells his brother about Graystone's visitors and asks how much of a bloodbath Joseph would desire. Joseph quickly backtracks, realizing that he doesn't want one; Sam asks Joseph if he still wants Amanda killed. Joseph assures him that this is still his desire; Sam tells his brother to have patience and ends the conversation.

=== Act 1 ===

* In the hallway, Sister [[Clarice Willow]] promises her students that the [[GDD]]'s search will not happen again, and gives her students leave to return home for the day. After the students leave, she collapses to the floor and begins hitting a nearby locker as she screams in rage.
* [[Daniel Graystone]] enters their bedroom, telling [[Amanda Graystone|his wife]] that [[Priyah Magnus]] and [[Cyrus Xander]] have left for the studio. As Daniel looks for his suit jacket, he and his wife emotionally quarrel over "dancing" over "Zoe's grave" by going on Sarno's show. He reminds her that he's only doing it because of her actions in [[Apollo Park]], wherein she opened a dialogue to greater [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]. She appeals to him to say that they are going through a difficult time right now, but he points out that such a thing "doesn't play," much to her disgust. He storms out after noting that they are not parents.
* In Daniel's lab, [[Zoe-R]] accesses the [[virtual world]] trying to get [[Lacy Rand]]. Zoe finds herself in the [[V-Club]], and de-rezes when [[Philomon]] begins running his diagnostics. He notes that the robot needs a name.
* Backstage of Sarno's show, Magnus and Xander continue to coach Daniel on what he should say, while [[Rebecca]] the makeup artist works on hiding most of Daniel's injuries from his encounter with [[Sam Adama]]. He wants to smoke, as he finds the thought of going on television nauseating, but Rebecca is insistent that he not smoke. After bribing her through an offer of a thousand [[cubit]]s, Rebecca permits him to smoke.
* At the Adama apartment, [[Ruth]] calls out [[William Adama]] on not going to school. Willie claims that he was with Uncle Sam, and asks if that's a problem. Ruth notes that this isn't a problem, but he shouldn't tell his father. She notes that on Tauron males are considered men at 13, and therefore capable of making their own decisions; she notes that whenever Joseph sees him, he shouldn't be angry. As Willie sits in a chair and is about to watch television, Ruth takes the remote from his hand and directly asks him what he wants to be right now. He tells her that he wants to take the job offered to kids, where they work inside the locker room of the [[pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] players. During the conversation, Willie notes that his dad knows the owner, but they do not appear to be friends any more. She scoffs the comment, noting that one gets the best things from enemies, "because they're scared of you." Ruth adds that Sam can look into it, as he can get things done, and returns the remote to the now contemplative Willie.
* Still sitting on a cliff overlooking the [[Graystone Estate]], Sam sees Amanda going to the kitchen. Much to his chagrin, he receives a phone call from Joseph; he exasperatedly tells Joseph that he'll have to live with the murder of Amanda. During the phone call, he sees a group of GDD agents and civilian reporters barge into the mansion, much to Amanda's shock. Joseph is shocked at this development.
* Inside the mansion, Agent [[Jordan Durham]] tells the press to remain outside. Amid Amanda's protests, Durham serves her their warrant, noting that they will only search the residence and stay away from Daniel's lab. He tries to talk her down, noting that all they want to do is find out who turned her daughter into a bomber.

=== Act 2 ===

* Agent [[Jordan Durham]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] are in [[Zoe Graystone]]'s former room as the GDD agents begin tearing it apart. As one of the agents extracts a cello from the room, she asks that they be careful with it; Durham reiterates this desire to the agent in question. Amanda brings up the necessity of the search, and Durham notes that he'd like to find out who brainwashed her into believing a "moral dictator named 'God'" or who blew up a [[#Teaser|Caprican business]]. Agent [[Youngblood]] discovers the infinity pendant in the jewelry box; Amanda quickly notes that she placed it there, after it was [[Rebirth|given to her]] by [[Natalie Stark]]. During the conversation, Durham notes that if they have to take apart Zoe's life to put other terrorists behind bars, then he's all right by that. Amanda tries to find out Durham's personal motivations, to which he replies that he lost everybody on that train.
* [[Lacy Rand]] goes to [[Keon Gatwick]]'s place of employment, [[Bike Kitchen]], to follow up on how she can get [[Zoe-R|Zoe's package]] to [[Gemenon]]. Gatwick replies that it is out of his control and, amidst her recrimination that he shouldn't have scampered away during the GDD search, tries to get her to leave by claiming that he has a pressing project that needs to be completed. She offers to help, as she has picked up technical expertise from her mother, who is a mechanic. Gatwick offers his concern about someone seeing them together, but she seems unconcerned.
* [[Gara Singh]] and Durham review the results of the search; Singh is displeased at the lack of terrorist paraphernalia. Durham wants to go further, wanting to engage in electronic and telecommunication surveillance of those at the school. Durham assumes that other students were turned as well, and that they'll be able to find out who turned the kids there. Singh agrees to this surveillance on the condition that, should Durham be wrong, Durham takes the blame. Durham agrees.
* In Daniel's lab, [[Philomon]] runs a diagnostic on [[Zoe-R]]'s motor control, resulting in odd dancing between Zoe-R and Philomon. During this, Zoe-R seems to express feelings for Philomon, even if the robot is incapable of expressing them.
* Youngblood brings in printouts of the last of the [[e-sheet]]s from the students, as they do not have an up-to-date computer system to process them. Durham has her look for messages sent around 6 A.M. and assumes that it was a group-send to the student body. Frustrated, he upheaves a stack of papers, and expresses his frustration over having [[Ben Stark]] and then letting him go. He quickly clarifies his frustration for her, saying that everyone became complacent and that they all share the responsibility for the bombing. She then asks if they're all responsible for the bad wheat crop on [[Aerilon]]. Durham shifts the conversation to Youngblood's interest and dedication in the investigation, to which she replies that the [[Gemenese]] scum who lure "good [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] kids into a killer cult" deserves to be destroyed.
* [[Ruth]] chops up meat as she tells [[Joseph Adama]] that she bought [[William Adama|Willie]] the Tauron equivalent of jacks, seeing as Joseph threw out his "fancy games." She morbidly jokes that they are bones from Tauron children who lost at jacks, although she later notes that they are bones from chicken feet. Joseph sees a commercial for Daniel Graystone's appearance on ''[[Backtalk with Baxter Sarno]]''. Ruth notes that Daniel is the man that Joseph doesn't like, and Joseph promises that he'll be dealt with soon enough. Ruth is pleased at this, noting that the "dead don't really die until their death is avenged," noting that both their daughters are caught between life and death.
* [[Baxter Sarno]] begins taping that night's show with a self-described "horrible monologue" that includes jokes about bombing "figuratively." Backstage, Daniel begins popping some pills and eyedrops into his eyes, for he is anxious and delays his entrance on the stage in order to collect himself. As Daniel walks on stage, Amanda barges backstage and tells Xander that the GDD just searched their estate, and that there are things that Daniel is wrong about. Sarno and Daniel begin talking, Daniel makes a joke about his [[solstice]] wish being for "free publicity," which bombs. Daniel is uncomfortable on stage, asking if the cup in front of him has water, which leads to Sarno joking about finding stuff that is "stronger." Sarno then goes in for the kill, beginning to broach the topic of Amanda's statement and how Zoe was connected to the lev bombing. Daniel claims that she was troubled (much to Amanda's chagrin), and tries to explain it when Sarno cuts him off, and goes into the issue of the holoband and the virtual world. Daniel deflects this claim by saying that Zoe didn't like the holoband and that she would actually agree with Sarno's many talking points. She barges on stage after Sarno makes a crack about the holoband making her want to "blow things up," and Sarno takes the opportunity to welcome Amanda on stage and then breaks for commercial.

=== Act 3 ===

* On stage after the commercial break, [[Amanda Graystone]] declares that both [[Daniel Graystone]] and [[Baxter Sarno]] are wrong. After making a joke about his previous attempts at marriages, Sarno apologizes and allows her to continue. She says that [[Zoe Graystone]] wasn't crazy, but very angry, defiant, and rebellious, and Amanda asks him to point out any teenager that didn't act the same way. The conversation turns to Zoe being "morally blank," noting that the [[virtual world]] is a poor teacher; Daniel counters that Zoe would actually agree with Sarno on that, and notes that it is "exactly how the [[STO]] got to her." After explaining that she saw things in the virtual world that troubled her—ritual sacrifices, games like ''[[New Cap City]]'', and other lurid things, he reveals that he talked to her. When pressed on this by his wife, Daniel reveals that he created an [[avatar]] of her. Daniel agrees that the very fact is disturbing, and notes that he wanted to understand his child—like other parents in the world.
* As Daniel explains why he created the avatar of Zoe, [[Sam Adama]] is stopped by an assistant en route back stage. The assistant happens to be [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]], which he sees by the tattoo on her hand; after speaking to her in Tauronese, she gives him her security badge and walks away.
* On stage, Daniel says that technology may, in fact, be a problem. Backstage, [[Priyah Magnus]] and [[Cyrus Xander]] do not react well to the direction the conversation is taking. Daniel admits that they—meaning his company—believed they would be able to control the content in the [[virtual world]], but admits that they have failed, given that the "temptation to hack the code is too great." When asked about a solution to this problem, Daniel admits that he doesn't know, but notes that for any beneficial change, one must take away the profit motive. He brings up the point of the legalization of drugs and then, in that vein, states that they will no longer make profit from the licensing of legal spaces of [[virtual world]] and, with his wife, notes that any profit from the holoband technology will go into a foundation for children to get the "right experiences."
* Backstage, Magnus notes that the move is a great public relations act, however Xander disagrees, noting that the holoband licensing accounts for 60% of [[Graystone Industries]]'s net. On stage, Daniel reiterates his pledge and asks Caprica to hold him to it. This results in applause from the audience, as Sarno offers his genuine surprise while crediting Amanda for a great save.
* At the Adama apartment, [[Ruth]] asks [[Joseph Adama]] about Amanda's appearance. He notes that she shouldn't be there, and Ruth expresses her desire to kill Amanda with her hands and sleep well every night.
* Daniel and Amanda part ways, as Daniel needs to talk to his people. As Daniel heads off, Sam introduces himself as Sarno's driver and offers to take her home, if she'd like. She happily agrees.

=== Act 4 ===

* [[Sam Adama]] drives [[Amanda Graystone]]; they do not converse, allowing the music to fill the air.
* At the [[Bike Kitchen]], [[Keon Gatwick]] and [[Lacy Rand]] celebrate the successful repair of a motorbike. She asks him if he had anything in his locker and whether or not he received a warning, a subject that he is reticent to discuss. She pleads with him to get her and [[Zoe-R|Zoe's package]] to [[Gemenon]], and he notes that the only one who can get her any help within the STO is [[Barnabus Greeley]]. She thanks him.
* Amanda asks about Sam's tattoos, and he reveals that he is Tauron and, as he reveals the reasons why a Tauron might get a tattoo, she tells him that she can get rid a few of of his mistakes via plastic surgery. He notes that it wouldn't be real. She becomes aware that they're not going the right way to her residence. He remains silent.
* At the apartment, [[Joseph Adama]] frets. He begins leaving texts to Sam, telling him not to kill Amanda. He then calls [[Larry]], and asks Larry to get Sam to call him as soon as possible. [[Ruth]] watches on.
* In the car, Amanda tells him that they're going the wrong way. He claims that there is an accident on the throughway, and tells her that he knows a shortcut through [[Little Tauron]]. He assures her that there are good people there, and they are not nosy. Sam touches on the subject of the bombing; he reveals that he lost his [[Shannon Adama|sister-in-law]] and [[Tamara Adama|niece]] in the bombing. Amanda grows increasingly concerned for her safety, after he says that all they can do is find balance, to "even things out." He goes on to explain that he believes that Tamara would "make us all proud."
* Joseph awakens from his sleep at the dinner table, finding Sam washing up in the kitchen; Sam claims that Larry hates it when he comes home bloody. After Joseph questions him about the deed being done, Sam replies in the affirmative. Sam goes on to explain how he murdered Amanda at the kitchen of [[Connie]]'s restaurant. After leading him on for some time, Sam tells him he didn't kill her, but went through the motions of scaring her a bit to teach Joseph a lesson about yanking him around. Sam assures a distraught, questioning Joseph that he didn't kill her, revealing that he doesn't turn off his phone for other people call him; he notes that he received 60 text messages. He reveals that he's frakking with his brother, because he knew that Joseph couldn't go through with it, calling him a "[[frak]]kin' [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] in a [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] body."
* At the Willow residence, Sister [[Clarice Willow]] watches a recording of [[Daniel Graystone]]'s appearance on ''[[Backtalk with Baxter Sarno]]'', where Daniel reveals that he created an [[avatar]] of [[Zoe Graystone]]. [[Nestor Willow]] enters and she reveals that every time she watches the recording, she gets something out of it.
* At the [[Graystone Estate]], Daniel and Amanda discuss his revelation regarding the avatar. He claims that it is a simple avatar made from a photo. She asks him why he did it and why he didn't talk to her about it earlier, and they both snuggle, saying how much they miss their daughter. They joke about their appearance on ''Sarno'', saying how rich, disgusting, and ridiculous they are.

== Notes ==
*[[Jordan Durham]] notes that the [[Soldiers of the One]] have been dormant for 10 years prior to the bombing of [[Maglev 23]].
*As [[Philomon]] cycles through music selections in Daniel's lab, the [[Colonial Anthem]] is briefly heard.
*Ruth's quip that Tauron males are considered men at 13 is odd as it does not match up with Willie Adama's age, which is 11.
*The source music for ''[[Backtalk with Baxter Sarno]]'', such as the opening theme and the walkout music heard when Daniel walks onto the set, is the same source music heard at the dance at the end of "[[Colonial Day]]."
*Several mentions are made during the episode to [[Willie]]'s set of [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] jacks. This may be an indirect reference to "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]," where [[Anastasia Dualla]] discovers a set of jacks buried among the ruins on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].
*Sister [[Clarice Willow|Clarice Willows]] phone is a Nokia.

== Analysis ==
*The public's deep suspicion of the [[Holoband]] as discussed on ''Backtalk With Baxter Sarno'' is mirrored in real life Earth over worries of the Holoband's presumed predecessor in the Colonies, the Internet. Much of the same issues of parental control, the youth losing its way on it due to, as the adult public sees it, nefarious forces are much the same as the public worries of the net on Earth in [[wikipedia:First World|First World]] Nations, particularly with [[wikipedia:social networking|social networking]] sites. This phenomenon is called a [[wikipedia:Moral panic|Moral Panic]] when a new powerful trend that generates anxiety in a population, mostly among the middle age adult and older as they worry as to the effect on the new cultural touchstone on children, teenagers and young adults; in particular adolescents. Past Moral Panics have included video games in the 1980's through the early 21st century, [[wikipedia:Hip Hop Music|Hip Hop Music]], in particular [[wikipedia:Gangsta Rap|Gangsta Rap]] in the 1990's, Skateboarding in the 1970's, [[wikipedia:Rock 'n Roll|Rock 'n Roll]] music in the 1950's and 1960's, Comic books in the 1950's. Such panics sometimes involved congressional investigations such as The [[wikipedia:United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency|United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency]] in early 1954 to investigate the Comic Book industry over what it saw as very violent content of detective and horror comic books. This lead to the voluntary adoption of the industry created [[wikipedia:Comics Code Authority|Comics Code Authority]] to police itself. Then the Congressional investigations of content in video games deemed to have a violent content in 1993. As with the Comic Book industry in the 1950's such concerns led the video game industry to adopt voluntary ratings rankings of video games such as the [[wikipedia:ESRB|ESRB]] rating system in the United States and Canada, as well as the [[wikipedia:PEGI|PEGI]] rating system in Europe to placate public and governmental concerns and to head off actual governmental regulation (congressional attempts failed due to First Amendment issues). [[Daniel Graystone]] at the spur of the moment pledged to take the profit motive out of using the holoband in response to public suspicion that it was somehow the holoband, which seems overwhelmingly "populated" by teenagers that caused Graystone's "troubled" daughter to blow up the commuter train. Graystone pointed out that it was because her daughter saw lack of moral direction on the Holoband that lead her to join the STO, not that it caused her to lack moral direction.
* [[Daniel Graystone]]'s lie regarding the [[Zoe-A|Zoe avatar]]'s abilities will undoubtedly cause further strain between the Graystones.
* [[Joseph Adama]]'s unwillingness to go through with the hit on [[Amanda Graystone]] is further indication of a loss of direction, and his lack of dealing with his grief. This is addressed in "[[There is Another Sky]]."
* [[Lacy Rand]]'s character is becoming increasingly fleshed out over the past few episodes, from her economic situation to her willingness to help [[Zoe-R]] go to [[Gemenon (RDM)|Gemenon]]. Her continued persistence has lead to various relationships, including an awkward bond between herself and [[Clarice Willow]], and an equally odd relationship between herself and Keon Gatwick, whom she has apparently never truly interacted with before. During her time at [[Bike Kitchen]], she expresses a willingness to engage in a relationship with [[Keon Gatwick]], and seems to express affection to him after promising to bring her desire up to [[Barnabus Greeley]], thus leading to an awkward moment between them.

== Questions ==

* Will [[Barnabus Greeley]] help [[Lacy Rand]] deliver [[Zoe Graystone]]'s "[[Zoe-R|package]]" to [[Gemenon]]? ([[Know Thy Enemy|Partial answer]])
* What exactly is on Gemenon?
* How will [[Daniel Graystone]]'s promise to make [[holoband]] access free affect the company? What are the possible repercussions to Daniel's hold over the company? ([[There Is Another Sky|Partial answer]])
* Will [[Philomon]] ever discover that the [[U-87]] contains Zoe's avatar?
* What is [[Jordan Durham]]'s personal stake in hunting down the [[Soldiers of the One]], assuming there is one?
* How involved are [[Clarice Willow]]'s various husbands and wives in the STO? ([[Know Thy Enemy|Partial answer]])

== Official Statements ==

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

* ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] quarrel over Daniel's necessity to appear on ''[[Backtalk with Baxter Sarno]]'':''
: '''Amanda Graystone''': Look, can't you go out there and say that this is a very sad time for our family, and that we need time to process?
: '''Daniel Graystone''': It just doesn't play. The car should be here by now. [[Serge]]?
: '''Amanda''': '''''"Just doesn't play?!"'' Doesn't play?''' Did you actually hear what you just said? It won't play?
: '''Daniel''': I don't have time for this—
: '''Amanda''': You sound like [[Cyrus Xander|Cyrus]]. "It just won't play," Daniel?
: '''Daniel''': I'm about to go on international television.
: '''Amanda''': We're not company spokespeople, we're parents!
: '''Daniel''': Parents? Actually, no, we're not.

* ''[[Ruth]] imparts unique advice to young [[William Adama]]:''
: '''Ruth:''' You think you only get things from friends? You get the best things from ''enemies'', because they're ''scared'' of you.

* ''Ruth on her rage against Amanda:''
: '''Ruth''': I could kill her with my hands. Sleep well every night. Couldn't [[Joseph Adama|you]]?

* ''Daniel talks about the [[holoband]] and [[V-World]]:''
: '''Daniel Graystone''': We thought we could control the content on V-World, especially for kids, but we've failed. Clearly. I think the temptation to hack the code is too great.
: '''[[Baxter Sarno]]''': Then what is your solution?
: '''Daniel''': I don't know.
: '''Sarno:''' Think out loud.
: '''Daniel''': I don't know. I... For there to be any beneficial change you'd have to take away the profit motive. Like when we legalized drugs, for instance.
: '''Sarno''': Ok. That's a good point. You're also talking about something that took decades of pretty violent arguing back and forth in...
: '''Daniel''': Well, why not? Why couldn't we try it?
: '''Sarno''': But this is a huge leap you're talking about.
: '''Daniel''': Graystone Industries will no longer charge for licensing of any legal spaces and any profit we make off the bands will go to some charity...
: '''Amanda Graystone''': Or foundation that we can create...
: '''Daniel''': ... for young people to find the right experiences and the right values.

* ''[[Sam Adama]] tells [[Joe Adama]] some monumental news:''
: '''Joseph Adama''': Sam?
: '''Sam Adama''': [washing up at the sink] Hey, [[Larry]] hates it when I come home bloody.
: '''Joseph''': [softly] Did you do it?
: '''Sam''': Can't hear you over the water.
: '''Joseph''': ''Is it done?''
: '''Sam''': Yeah, it's done. Why do you think I'm washing up, huh? She was getting a little, uh... A-po-play-ktay in the car. Didn't want a fight in a closed space so... I ordered her out of the car, said we were having engine trouble. Told her to go inside this restaurant... [[Connie]]'s place, remember? Used to go there in high school.
: '''Joseph''': I know Connie's place.
: '''Sam''': Yeah. Sent her inside, right? [sees the jacks made of bone on the table] Jacks, nice... and she notices right away that there's no one inside. Could've called ahead just in case. So... we're standing the front with the knives, tsfa-gi-dess... yeah.
: '''Joseph''': [[Frak]].
: '''Sam''': She tries to get out back to the alley, but it's locked.
: '''Joseph''': You killed her in the kitchen?
: '''Sam''': Well, the stuff they spray at crime scenes can't tell the difference between animal blood and human blood.
: '''Joseph''': You really did it.
: '''Sam''': No, I'm messing with you to teach you a lesson about yanking me around like this.
: '''Joseph''': Wait... what?
: '''Sam''': Hmm?
: '''Joseph''': Are you... Was that sarcastic?
: '''Sam''': What do you think?
: '''Joseph''': ''I can't tell, Sam! Stop frakkin' around—'''did you kill her?'''''
: '''Sam''': I don't turn off my phone, Yusef. I've got other people who call me, you know. So yeah, I got your like 60 text messages... I didn't kill her. Scared her a bit... but she's getting a lot of that right now.
: '''Joseph''': You were frakkin' with me.
: '''Sam''': Oh yeah, I'm frakkin' with you, because I knew you couldn't go through with it. Frakkin' [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] in a [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] body.

* ''Amanda and Daniel jokingly discuss their appearance on ''Backtalk'':''
: '''Amanda Graystone''': Wanna watch TV? Graystones are on ''Sarno'' tonight.
: '''Daniel Graystone''': [chuckles]
: '''Amanda''': I heard they were really good.
: '''Daniel''': I'm so sick of them. They're everywhere.
: '''Amanda''': Awful...
: '''Daniel''': Rich...
: '''Amanda''': Disgusting...
: '''Daniel''': ... ridiculous people.

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Scott Porter]] as [[Nestor Willow]]
*[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]
*[[Kendall Cross]] as [[Youngblood]]
*[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]
*[[Luciana Carro]] as [[Priyah Magnus]]
*[[Alex Arsenault]] as [[Philomon]]
*[[Karen Austin]] as [[Ruth]]
*[[Sina Najafi]] as [[William Adama]]
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]
*[[Jim Thomson]] as Voice of [[Serge]]
*[[Liam Sproule]] as [[Keon Gatwick]]
*[[Françoise Yip]] as [[Desiree Willow]]
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow]]
*[[Feguins Toussaint]] as Bodyguard [[Sean]]
*[[Rebecca Lee]] as [[Rebecca]] (credited as "Makeup Artist")
*[[Maggie Ma]] as Crew Member
*[[Scott Patey]] as Comic
*[[Riel Hahn]] as Stage Manager
*[[Conrad Whitaker]] as Businessman

== References ==

{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]
[[Category:Episodes with story by Jane Espenson]]
[[Category:Episodes with story by Michael Angeli]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Watkins]]

Gravedancing

2010-03-21T22:56:25Z

Dvd-junkie: /* Notes */

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== Overview ==
: ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] readies himself for his appearance on ''[[Backtalk with Baxter Sarno]]''. The [[Global Defense Department|GDD]] carry out searches on the [[Athena Academy]] and the Graystone home. [[Sam Adama|Sam]] waits patiently for his moment to kill [[Amanda Graystone|Amanda]], but [[Joseph Adama|Joseph]] is slowly overcome with regret for calling in the hit on her.''

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

* Somewhere in [[Caprica City]], a closed and empty [[Holo Cafe]] is bombed. Three hours later, Director [[Gara Singh]] and Agent [[Jordan Durham]] discuss the bombing, believing it to be either copycats or [[Soldiers of the One]]. During the conversation, Durham preens himself on obtaining a warrant from the [[Inter-Colonial Court]] on [[Libran]], whereby they are not only permitted to search the [[Graystone Estate]], but also the lockers that [[Zoe Graystone]] may have used at the [[Athena Academy]]. Singh gives his blessing on making the school search a media spectacle, but stresses that Durham should make the search "tasteful."
* At the Willow home, [[Desiree Willow|Desiree]], [[Nestor Willow|Nestor]], [[Olaf Willow|Olaf]] and [[Clarice Willow]] awaken in the morning. As Nestor and Clarice start to be intimate, Clarice receives a call on her cellphone. She abruptly leaves the bedroom, leaving the rest of her partners to wonder what just happened.
* Out on the steps of a building, Clarice Willow "accidentally" bumps into another man, taking out an [[e-sheet]] from the man's pocket. On it she types in "GDD RAID COMING," sends the message, and disposes of the e-sheet in a trash can.
* [[Keon Gatwick]] receives Willow's message at Athena Academy and removes his detonators and explosives, throwing them into his bag. Just as he finishes, Agent Durham and various GDD agents are followed by reporters and Sister Willow. Durham announces that they are executing a search, and GDD agents begin cutting off locks and force students to empty their packs.
* During the raid, [[Lacy Rand]] approaches Gatwick and asks him to follow her shortly after she leaves, so that they may talk. Instead, he chooses to walk away, leaving her behind.
* At the Graystone Estate, [[Daniel Graystone]] reviews the list of talking points for the ''[[Backtalk with Baxter Sarno]]'' show. Daniel discusses how best to divorce his [[Zoe Graystone|late daughter]] from the [[holoband]] technology with [[Priyah Magnus]] and [[Cyrus Xander]], but is not pleased with calling his daughter troubled. [[Amanda Graystone]] briskly walks by, leading Daniel to note of her displeasure with his appearance on Sarno's show; Xander asks if she'll make another scene that'll contradict Daniel's statement, leading Daniel to assure him that this will not be the case.
* When talking to Magnus, he very directly notes that the holoband wasn't the problem, thus earning her praise. They continue the pow-wow.
* Outside across the river from the house, [[Sam Adama]] watches via bincoulars the ongoings inside the Graystone Estate from inside his car. He receives a phone call from [[Joseph Adama]], who asks why Amanda was not killed yet. He tells his brother about Graystone's visitors and asks how much of a bloodbath Joseph would desire. Joseph quickly backtracks, realizing that he doesn't want one; Sam asks Joseph if he still wants Amanda killed. Joseph assures him that this is still his desire; Sam tells his brother to have patience and ends the conversation.

=== Act 1 ===

* In the hallway, Sister [[Clarice Willow]] promises her students that the [[GDD]]'s search will not happen again, and gives her students leave to return home for the day. After the students leave, she collapses to the floor and begins hitting a nearby locker as she screams in rage.
* [[Daniel Graystone]] enters their bedroom, telling [[Amanda Graystone|his wife]] that [[Priyah Magnus]] and [[Cyrus Xander]] have left for the studio. As Daniel looks for his suit jacket, he and his wife emotionally quarrel over "dancing" over "Zoe's grave" by going on Sarno's show. He reminds her that he's only doing it because of her actions in [[Apollo Park]], wherein she opened a dialogue to greater [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]. She appeals to him to say that they are going through a difficult time right now, but he points out that such a thing "doesn't play," much to her disgust. He storms out after noting that they are not parents.
* In Daniel's lab, [[Zoe-R]] accesses the [[virtual world]] trying to get [[Lacy Rand]]. Zoe finds herself in the [[V-Club]], and de-rezes when [[Philomon]] begins running his diagnostics. He notes that the robot needs a name.
* Backstage of Sarno's show, Magnus and Xander continue to coach Daniel on what he should say, while [[Rebecca]] the makeup artist works on hiding most of Daniel's injuries from his encounter with [[Sam Adama]]. He wants to smoke, as he finds the thought of going on television nauseating, but Rebecca is insistent that he not smoke. After bribing her through an offer of a thousand [[cubit]]s, Rebecca permits him to smoke.
* At the Adama apartment, [[Ruth]] calls out [[William Adama]] on not going to school. Willie claims that he was with Uncle Sam, and asks if that's a problem. Ruth notes that this isn't a problem, but he shouldn't tell his father. She notes that on Tauron males are considered men at 13, and therefore capable of making their own decisions; she notes that whenever Joseph sees him, he shouldn't be angry. As Willie sits in a chair and is about to watch television, Ruth takes the remote from his hand and directly asks him what he wants to be right now. He tells her that he wants to take the job offered to kids, where they work inside the locker room of the [[pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] players. During the conversation, Willie notes that his dad knows the owner, but they do not appear to be friends any more. She scoffs the comment, noting that one gets the best things from enemies, "because they're scared of you." Ruth adds that Sam can look into it, as he can get things done, and returns the remote to the now contemplative Willie.
* Still sitting on a cliff overlooking the [[Graystone Estate]], Sam sees Amanda going to the kitchen. Much to his chagrin, he receives a phone call from Joseph; he exasperatedly tells Joseph that he'll have to live with the murder of Amanda. During the phone call, he sees a group of GDD agents and civilian reporters barge into the mansion, much to Amanda's shock. Joseph is shocked at this development.
* Inside the mansion, Agent [[Jordan Durham]] tells the press to remain outside. Amid Amanda's protests, Durham serves her their warrant, noting that they will only search the residence and stay away from Daniel's lab. He tries to talk her down, noting that all they want to do is find out who turned her daughter into a bomber.

=== Act 2 ===

* Agent [[Jordan Durham]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] are in [[Zoe Graystone]]'s former room as the GDD agents begin tearing it apart. As one of the agents extracts a cello from the room, she asks that they be careful with it; Durham reiterates this desire to the agent in question. Amanda brings up the necessity of the search, and Durham notes that he'd like to find out who brainwashed her into believing a "moral dictator named 'God'" or who blew up a [[#Teaser|Caprican business]]. Agent [[Youngblood]] discovers the infinity pendant in the jewelry box; Amanda quickly notes that she placed it there, after it was [[Rebirth|given to her]] by [[Natalie Stark]]. During the conversation, Durham notes that if they have to take apart Zoe's life to put other terrorists behind bars, then he's all right by that. Amanda tries to find out Durham's personal motivations, to which he replies that he lost everybody on that train.
* [[Lacy Rand]] goes to [[Keon Gatwick]]'s place of employment, [[Bike Kitchen]], to follow up on how she can get [[Zoe-R|Zoe's package]] to [[Gemenon]]. Gatwick replies that it is out of his control and, amidst her recrimination that he shouldn't have scampered away during the GDD search, tries to get her to leave by claiming that he has a pressing project that needs to be completed. She offers to help, as she has picked up technical expertise from her mother, who is a mechanic. Gatwick offers his concern about someone seeing them together, but she seems unconcerned.
* [[Gara Singh]] and Durham review the results of the search; Singh is displeased at the lack of terrorist paraphernalia. Durham wants to go further, wanting to engage in electronic and telecommunication surveillance of those at the school. Durham assumes that other students were turned as well, and that they'll be able to find out who turned the kids there. Singh agrees to this surveillance on the condition that, should Durham be wrong, Durham takes the blame. Durham agrees.
* In Daniel's lab, [[Philomon]] runs a diagnostic on [[Zoe-R]]'s motor control, resulting in odd dancing between Zoe-R and Philomon. During this, Zoe-R seems to express feelings for Philomon, even if the robot is incapable of expressing them.
* Youngblood brings in printouts of the last of the [[e-sheet]]s from the students, as they do not have an up-to-date computer system to process them. Durham has her look for messages sent around 6 A.M. and assumes that it was a group-send to the student body. Frustrated, he upheaves a stack of papers, and expresses his frustration over having [[Ben Stark]] and then letting him go. He quickly clarifies his frustration for her, saying that everyone became complacent and that they all share the responsibility for the bombing. She then asks if they're all responsible for the bad wheat crop on [[Aerilon]]. Durham shifts the conversation to Youngblood's interest and dedication in the investigation, to which she replies that the [[Gemenese]] scum who lure "good [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] kids into a killer cult" deserves to be destroyed.
* [[Ruth]] chops up meat as she tells [[Joseph Adama]] that she bought [[William Adama|Willie]] the Tauron equivalent of jacks, seeing as Joseph threw out his "fancy games." She morbidly jokes that they are bones from Tauron children who lost at jacks, although she later notes that they are bones from chicken feet. Joseph sees a commercial for Daniel Graystone's appearance on ''[[Backtalk with Baxter Sarno]]''. Ruth notes that Daniel is the man that Joseph doesn't like, and Joseph promises that he'll be dealt with soon enough. Ruth is pleased at this, noting that the "dead don't really die until their death is avenged," noting that both their daughters are caught between life and death.
* [[Baxter Sarno]] begins taping that night's show with a self-described "horrible monologue" that includes jokes about bombing "figuratively." Backstage, Daniel begins popping some pills and eyedrops into his eyes, for he is anxious and delays his entrance on the stage in order to collect himself. As Daniel walks on stage, Amanda barges backstage and tells Xander that the GDD just searched their estate, and that there are things that Daniel is wrong about. Sarno and Daniel begin talking, Daniel makes a joke about his [[solstice]] wish being for "free publicity," which bombs. Daniel is uncomfortable on stage, asking if the cup in front of him has water, which leads to Sarno joking about finding stuff that is "stronger." Sarno then goes in for the kill, beginning to broach the topic of Amanda's statement and how Zoe was connected to the lev bombing. Daniel claims that she was troubled (much to Amanda's chagrin), and tries to explain it when Sarno cuts him off, and goes into the issue of the holoband and the virtual world. Daniel deflects this claim by saying that Zoe didn't like the holoband and that she would actually agree with Sarno's many talking points. She barges on stage after Sarno makes a crack about the holoband making her want to "blow things up," and Sarno takes the opportunity to welcome Amanda on stage and then breaks for commercial.

=== Act 3 ===

* On stage after the commercial break, [[Amanda Graystone]] declares that both [[Daniel Graystone]] and [[Baxter Sarno]] are wrong. After making a joke about his previous attempts at marriages, Sarno apologizes and allows her to continue. She says that [[Zoe Graystone]] wasn't crazy, but very angry, defiant, and rebellious, and Amanda asks him to point out any teenager that didn't act the same way. The conversation turns to Zoe being "morally blank," noting that the [[virtual world]] is a poor teacher; Daniel counters that Zoe would actually agree with Sarno on that, and notes that it is "exactly how the [[STO]] got to her." After explaining that she saw things in the virtual world that troubled her—ritual sacrifices, games like ''[[New Cap City]]'', and other lurid things, he reveals that he talked to her. When pressed on this by his wife, Daniel reveals that he created an [[avatar]] of her. Daniel agrees that the very fact is disturbing, and notes that he wanted to understand his child—like other parents in the world.
* As Daniel explains why he created the avatar of Zoe, [[Sam Adama]] is stopped by an assistant en route back stage. The assistant happens to be [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]], which he sees by the tattoo on her hand; after speaking to her in Tauronese, she gives him her security badge and walks away.
* On stage, Daniel says that technology may, in fact, be a problem. Backstage, [[Priyah Magnus]] and [[Cyrus Xander]] do not react well to the direction the conversation is taking. Daniel admits that they—meaning his company—believed they would be able to control the content in the [[virtual world]], but admits that they have failed, given that the "temptation to hack the code is too great." When asked about a solution to this problem, Daniel admits that he doesn't know, but notes that for any beneficial change, one must take away the profit motive. He brings up the point of the legalization of drugs and then, in that vein, states that they will no longer make profit from the licensing of legal spaces of [[virtual world]] and, with his wife, notes that any profit from the holoband technology will go into a foundation for children to get the "right experiences."
* Backstage, Magnus notes that the move is a great public relations act, however Xander disagrees, noting that the holoband licensing accounts for 60% of [[Graystone Industries]]'s net. On stage, Daniel reiterates his pledge and asks Caprica to hold him to it. This results in applause from the audience, as Sarno offers his genuine surprise while crediting Amanda for a great save.
* At the Adama apartment, [[Ruth]] asks [[Joseph Adama]] about Amanda's appearance. He notes that she shouldn't be there, and Ruth expresses her desire to kill Amanda with her hands and sleep well every night.
* Daniel and Amanda part ways, as Daniel needs to talk to his people. As Daniel heads off, Sam introduces himself as Sarno's driver and offers to take her home, if she'd like. She happily agrees.

=== Act 4 ===

* [[Sam Adama]] drives [[Amanda Graystone]]; they do not converse, allowing the music to fill the air.
* At the [[Bike Kitchen]], [[Keon Gatwick]] and [[Lacy Rand]] celebrate the successful repair of a motorbike. She asks him if he had anything in his locker and whether or not he received a warning, a subject that he is reticent to discuss. She pleads with him to get her and [[Zoe-R|Zoe's package]] to [[Gemenon]], and he notes that the only one who can get her any help within the STO is [[Barnabus Greeley]]. She thanks him.
* Amanda asks about Sam's tattoos, and he reveals that he is Tauron and, as he reveals the reasons why a Tauron might get a tattoo, she tells him that she can get rid a few of of his mistakes via plastic surgery. He notes that it wouldn't be real. She becomes aware that they're not going the right way to her residence. He remains silent.
* At the apartment, [[Joseph Adama]] frets. He begins leaving texts to Sam, telling him not to kill Amanda. He then calls [[Larry]], and asks Larry to get Sam to call him as soon as possible. [[Ruth]] watches on.
* In the car, Amanda tells him that they're going the wrong way. He claims that there is an accident on the throughway, and tells her that he knows a shortcut through [[Little Tauron]]. He assures her that there are good people there, and they are not nosy. Sam touches on the subject of the bombing; he reveals that he lost his [[Shannon Adama|sister-in-law]] and [[Tamara Adama|niece]] in the bombing. Amanda grows increasingly concerned for her safety, after he says that all they can do is find balance, to "even things out." He goes on to explain that he believes that Tamara would "make us all proud."
* Joseph awakens from his sleep at the dinner table, finding Sam washing up in the kitchen; Sam claims that Larry hates it when he comes home bloody. After Joseph questions him about the deed being done, Sam replies in the affirmative. Sam goes on to explain how he murdered Amanda at the kitchen of [[Connie]]'s restaurant. After leading him on for some time, Sam tells him he didn't kill her, but went through the motions of scaring her a bit to teach Joseph a lesson about yanking him around. Sam assures a distraught, questioning Joseph that he didn't kill her, revealing that he doesn't turn off his phone for other people call him; he notes that he received 60 text messages. He reveals that he's frakking with his brother, because he knew that Joseph couldn't go through with it, calling him a "[[frak]]kin' [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] in a [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] body."
* At the Willow residence, Sister [[Clarice Willow]] watches a recording of [[Daniel Graystone]]'s appearance on ''[[Backtalk with Baxter Sarno]]'', where Daniel reveals that he created an [[avatar]] of [[Zoe Graystone]]. [[Nestor Willow]] enters and she reveals that every time she watches the recording, she gets something out of it.
* At the [[Graystone Estate]], Daniel and Amanda discuss his revelation regarding the avatar. He claims that it is a simple avatar made from a photo. She asks him why he did it and why he didn't talk to her about it earlier, and they both snuggle, saying how much they miss their daughter. They joke about their appearance on ''Sarno'', saying how rich, disgusting, and ridiculous they are.

== Notes ==
*[[Jordan Durham]] notes that the [[Soldiers of the One]] have been dormant for 10 years prior to the bombing of [[Maglev 23]].
*As [[Philomon]] cycles through music selections in Daniel's lab, the [[Colonial Anthem]] is briefly heard.
*Ruth's quip that Tauron males are considered men at 13 is odd as it does not match up with Willie Adama's age, which is 11.
*The source music for ''[[Backtalk with Baxter Sarno]]'', such as the opening theme and the walkout music heard when Daniel walks onto the set, is the same source music heard at the dance at the end of "[[Colonial Day]]."
*Several mentions are made during the episode to [[Willie]]'s set of [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] jacks. This may be an indirect reference to "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]," where [[Anastasia Dualla]] discovers a set of jacks buried among the ruins on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].
*Sister [[Clarice Willow|Clarice Willows]] phone is a Nokia.

== Analysis ==
*The public's deep suspicion of the [[Holoband]] as discussed on ''Backtalk With Baxter Sarno'' is mirrored in real life Earth over worries of the Holoband's presumed predecessor in the Colonies, the Internet. Much of the same issues of parental control, the youth losing its way on it due to, as the adult public sees it, nefarious forces are much the same as the public worries of the net on Earth in [[wikipedia:First World|First World]] Nations, particularly with [[wikipedia:social networking|social networking]] sites. This phenomena is called a [[wikipedia:Moral panic|Moral Panic]] when a new powerful trend that generates anxiety in a population, mostly among the middle age adult and older as they worry as to the effect on the new cultural touchstone on children, teenagers and young adults; in particular adolescents. Past Moral Panics have included video games in the 1980's through the early 21st century, [[wikipedia:Hip Hop Music|Hip Hop Music]], in particular [[wikipedia:Gangsta Rap|Gangsta Rap]] in the 1990's, Skateboarding in the 1970's, [[wikipedia:Rock 'n Roll|Rock 'n Roll]] music in the 1950's and 1960's, Comic books in the 1950's. Such panics sometimes involved congressional investigations such as The [[wikipedia:United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency|United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency]] in early 1954 to investigate the Comic Book industry over what it saw as very violent content of detective and horror comic books. This lead to the voluntary adoption of the industry created [[wikipedia:Comics Code Authority|Comics Code Authority]] to police itself. Then the Congressional investigations of content in video games deemed to have a violent content in 1993. As with the Comic Book industry in the 1950's such concerns led the video game industry to adopt voluntary ratings rankings of video games such as the [[wikipedia:ESRB|ESRB]] rating system in the United States and Canada, as well as the [[wikipedia:PEGI|PEGI]] rating system in Europe to placate public and governmental concerns and to head off actual governmental regulation (congressional attempts failed due to First Amendment issues). [[Daniel Graystone]] at the spur of the moment pledged to take the profit motive out of using the holoband in response to public suspicion that it was somehow the holoband, which seems overwhelmingly "populated" by teenagers that caused Graystone's "troubled" daughter to blow up the commuter train. Graystone pointed out that it was because her daughter saw lack of moral direction on the Holoband that lead her to join the STO, not that it caused her to lack moral direction.
* [[Daniel Graystone]]'s lie regarding the [[Zoe-A|Zoe avatar]]'s abilities will undoubtedly cause further strain between the Graystones.
* [[Joseph Adama]]'s unwillingness to go through with the hit on [[Amanda Graystone]] is further indication of a loss of direction, and his lack of dealing with his grief. This is addressed in "[[There is Another Sky]]."
* [[Lacy Rand]]'s character is becoming increasingly fleshed out over the past few episodes, from her economic situation to her willingness to help [[Zoe-R]] go to [[Gemenon (RDM)|Gemenon]]. Her continued persistence has lead to various relationships, including an awkward bond between herself and [[Clarice Willow]], and an equally odd relationship between herself and Keon Gatwick, whom she has apparently never truly interacted with before. During her time at [[Bike Kitchen]], she expresses a willingness to engage in a relationship with [[Keon Gatwick]], and seems to express affection to him after promising to bring her desire up to [[Barnabus Greeley]], thus leading to an awkward moment between them.

== Questions ==

* Will [[Barnabus Greeley]] help [[Lacy Rand]] deliver [[Zoe Graystone]]'s "[[Zoe-R|package]]" to [[Gemenon]]? ([[Know Thy Enemy|Partial answer]])
* What exactly is on Gemenon?
* How will [[Daniel Graystone]]'s promise to make [[holoband]] access free affect the company? What are the possible repercussions to Daniel's hold over the company? ([[There Is Another Sky|Partial answer]])
* Will [[Philomon]] ever discover that the [[U-87]] contains Zoe's avatar?
* What is [[Jordan Durham]]'s personal stake in hunting down the [[Soldiers of the One]], assuming there is one?
* How involved are [[Clarice Willow]]'s various husbands and wives in the STO? ([[Know Thy Enemy|Partial answer]])

== Official Statements ==

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

* ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] quarrel over Daniel's necessity to appear on ''[[Backtalk with Baxter Sarno]]'':''
: '''Amanda Graystone''': Look, can't you go out there and say that this is a very sad time for our family, and that we need time to process?
: '''Daniel Graystone''': It just doesn't play. The car should be here by now. [[Serge]]?
: '''Amanda''': '''''"Just doesn't play?!"'' Doesn't play?''' Did you actually hear what you just said? It won't play?
: '''Daniel''': I don't have time for this—
: '''Amanda''': You sound like [[Cyrus Xander|Cyrus]]. "It just won't play," Daniel?
: '''Daniel''': I'm about to go on international television.
: '''Amanda''': We're not company spokespeople, we're parents!
: '''Daniel''': Parents? Actually, no, we're not.

* ''[[Ruth]] imparts unique advice to young [[William Adama]]:''
: '''Ruth:''' You think you only get things from friends? You get the best things from ''enemies'', because they're ''scared'' of you.

* ''Ruth on her rage against Amanda:''
: '''Ruth''': I could kill her with my hands. Sleep well every night. Couldn't [[Joseph Adama|you]]?

* ''Daniel talks about the [[holoband]] and [[V-World]]:''
: '''Daniel Graystone''': We thought we could control the content on V-World, especially for kids, but we've failed. Clearly. I think the temptation to hack the code is too great.
: '''[[Baxter Sarno]]''': Then what is your solution?
: '''Daniel''': I don't know.
: '''Sarno:''' Think out loud.
: '''Daniel''': I don't know. I... For there to be any beneficial change you'd have to take away the profit motive. Like when we legalized drugs, for instance.
: '''Sarno''': Ok. That's a good point. You're also talking about something that took decades of pretty violent arguing back and forth in...
: '''Daniel''': Well, why not? Why couldn't we try it?
: '''Sarno''': But this is a huge leap you're talking about.
: '''Daniel''': Graystone Industries will no longer charge for licensing of any legal spaces and any profit we make off the bands will go to some charity...
: '''Amanda Graystone''': Or foundation that we can create...
: '''Daniel''': ... for young people to find the right experiences and the right values.

* ''[[Sam Adama]] tells [[Joe Adama]] some monumental news:''
: '''Joseph Adama''': Sam?
: '''Sam Adama''': [washing up at the sink] Hey, [[Larry]] hates it when I come home bloody.
: '''Joseph''': [softly] Did you do it?
: '''Sam''': Can't hear you over the water.
: '''Joseph''': ''Is it done?''
: '''Sam''': Yeah, it's done. Why do you think I'm washing up, huh? She was getting a little, uh... A-po-play-ktay in the car. Didn't want a fight in a closed space so... I ordered her out of the car, said we were having engine trouble. Told her to go inside this restaurant... [[Connie]]'s place, remember? Used to go there in high school.
: '''Joseph''': I know Connie's place.
: '''Sam''': Yeah. Sent her inside, right? [sees the jacks made of bone on the table] Jacks, nice... and she notices right away that there's no one inside. Could've called ahead just in case. So... we're standing the front with the knives, tsfa-gi-dess... yeah.
: '''Joseph''': [[Frak]].
: '''Sam''': She tries to get out back to the alley, but it's locked.
: '''Joseph''': You killed her in the kitchen?
: '''Sam''': Well, the stuff they spray at crime scenes can't tell the difference between animal blood and human blood.
: '''Joseph''': You really did it.
: '''Sam''': No, I'm messing with you to teach you a lesson about yanking me around like this.
: '''Joseph''': Wait... what?
: '''Sam''': Hmm?
: '''Joseph''': Are you... Was that sarcastic?
: '''Sam''': What do you think?
: '''Joseph''': ''I can't tell, Sam! Stop frakkin' around—'''did you kill her?'''''
: '''Sam''': I don't turn off my phone, Yusef. I've got other people who call me, you know. So yeah, I got your like 60 text messages... I didn't kill her. Scared her a bit... but she's getting a lot of that right now.
: '''Joseph''': You were frakkin' with me.
: '''Sam''': Oh yeah, I'm frakkin' with you, because I knew you couldn't go through with it. Frakkin' [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] in a [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] body.

* ''Amanda and Daniel jokingly discuss their appearance on ''Backtalk'':''
: '''Amanda Graystone''': Wanna watch TV? Graystones are on ''Sarno'' tonight.
: '''Daniel Graystone''': [chuckles]
: '''Amanda''': I heard they were really good.
: '''Daniel''': I'm so sick of them. They're everywhere.
: '''Amanda''': Awful...
: '''Daniel''': Rich...
: '''Amanda''': Disgusting...
: '''Daniel''': ... ridiculous people.

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Scott Porter]] as [[Nestor Willow]]
*[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]
*[[Kendall Cross]] as [[Youngblood]]
*[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]
*[[Luciana Carro]] as [[Priyah Magnus]]
*[[Alex Arsenault]] as [[Philomon]]
*[[Karen Austin]] as [[Ruth]]
*[[Sina Najafi]] as [[William Adama]]
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]
*[[Jim Thomson]] as Voice of [[Serge]]
*[[Liam Sproule]] as [[Keon Gatwick]]
*[[Françoise Yip]] as [[Desiree Willow]]
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow]]
*[[Feguins Toussaint]] as Bodyguard [[Sean]]
*[[Rebecca Lee]] as [[Rebecca]] (credited as "Makeup Artist")
*[[Maggie Ma]] as Crew Member
*[[Scott Patey]] as Comic
*[[Riel Hahn]] as Stage Manager
*[[Conrad Whitaker]] as Businessman

== References ==

{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]
[[Category:Episodes with story by Jane Espenson]]
[[Category:Episodes with story by Michael Angeli]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Watkins]]

Reins of a Waterfall

2010-03-21T07:00:33Z

Dvd-junkie: /* Analysis */

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== Overview ==

: ''Daniel Graystone attempts damage control in light of [[Amanda Graystone|his wife]]'s false revelation that [[Zoe Graystone|their daughter]] was one of the suicide bombers of [[Lev|Maglev 23]]. Meanwhile, [[Joseph Adama]] continues his pursuit of seeing the [[Tamara-A|Tamara]] [[avatar]] again while [[William Adama|Willie Adama]] and [[Sam Adama]] continue to bond.''

{{expansion}}
== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

=== Act 1 ===

=== Act 2 ===

=== Act 3 ===

=== Act 4 ===

== Notes ==
*[[Luciana Carro]], who played [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot Captain [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]] in the [[Re-imagined Series]], plays Daniel Graystone's Public Relations officer [[Priyah Magnus]]. She joins various other actors from the Re-imagined Series in different ''Caprica'' roles, including [[Michael Eklund]] ([[Prosna]] from the [[Miniseries]] and [[Waylon]] in "[[Rebirth]]"), [[Christian Tessier]] (Viper jock [[Tucker Clellan|Tucker "Duck" Clellan]] in the Re-imagined Series and [[Ha'la'tha]] gangster [[Francis]] in this episode), and [[Nimet Kanji]] ([[Candace Myson]] from "[[Litmus]]" and [[Natalie Stark]] in "Rebirth").

== Analysis ==
*Sam Adama and his husband [[Larry]] have decided not to have children, at least not at this time because of Sam's "occupation." It is not conducive to having children. Ironically Larry is right considering how Sam is corrupting his nephew William into a life of crime.
*Caprica, and perhaps the other 11 Worlds as well, has a Juvenile Curfew Law. No minor is to be on the street after 10pm. This is the cause that had Ben Stark picked up by the GDD. In modern day Earth in some jurisdictions there are [http://public.findlaw.com/civil-rights/curfew-laws/juvenile-curfew-laws-examples.html Juvenile Curfew Laws] in some localities to maintain the general peace and to combat juvenile crime. Presumably Caprica have them for the same reasons. Civil Liberties organizations in the United States such as the [[w:American Civil Liberties Union|American Civil Liberties Union]] (ACLU) are [http://public.findlaw.com/civil-rights/curfew-laws/juvenile-curfew-laws-legal-challenges.html generally against] such laws, both on general principles that it violates the [[w:First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] of the [[w:United States Constitution|Constitution of the United States]] and in particulars that they are unfairly enforced due to vagueness, lack of exemptions and sometimes are racially discriminatory. It is not known todate if Caprican Civil Liberties advocates oppose such laws. One non US example of curfew laws is Russia [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/30/2556594.htm?section=justin passing a law] in 2009 allowing localities to pass curfew laws against juveniles. One important difference between Caprica and real life America is that the [[Global Defense Department]] (GDD) help enforce these curfew laws. In the US curfew laws are strictly a municipal and county creations. The State and Federal government do not enact or enforce these laws. On Caprica their "national" police force have a hand in enforcing these laws, the equivalent of the FBI or the [[w:United States Department of Homeland Security|United States Homeland Security]] doing so on Earth.
**It is possible that GDD was only questioning Ben due to the wiring and detonators discovered in his possession, making him a possible security risk (which he was given his affiliation with the [[Soldiers of the One]] terrorist organization).
*It is possible that [[Gara Singh]], Director of the GDD, sanctions the destruction of evidence if he believes it could hold the Department in a bad light. He did criticize Agent Youngblood for alleged incompetence about not destroying a misfiled and forgotten interrogation tape of her questioning [[Ben Stark]] after he was picked up on Aprilus 9th, YR41 for a curfew violation and found with what could be interpreted as bomb making materials (Stark explained it away as [[w:model rocketry|model rocketry]] components) nearly a year prior to the attack. Singh was concerned that if it came out it could had been portrayed in the press with 20/20 hindsight as GDD incompetence in letting one of the bombers go instead of holding him and perhaps saving many lives. To an outside observer his comment about her not even being competent enough to destroy the tape saving herself and the Department embarrassment could had been taken as sarcasm. However, as soon as Singh left Agent [[Jordan Durham]] and Youngblood's presence Durham did exactly that, destroyed the tape. This seem to indicate that Singh is willing to sanction acts like this because Durham did not express any concern about not being able to producing the tape in the future if Singh or any other GDD or government official asked for it nor did Agent Youngblood object. This could be taken as another example of the corruption of the Government on either Caprica in particular or the other 11 Worlds as a whole.
* [[Baxter Sarno]] is similar in form and style to real-life talkshow hosts like [[w:David Letterman|David Letterman]] or [[w:Jay Leno|Jay Leno]]. However, Priyah's statement that he is a major news source for young people even though he's a comedian is likely a reference to [[w:Jon Stewart (comedian)|Jon Stewart]] and ''[[w:The Daily Show|The Daily Show]]'', which have also been cited as [http://dailyuw.com/blog/2007/05/21/college-students-prefer-the-daily-show-to-real-ne/ a common source of news for young people].

== Questions ==
* The documentation in the ''Battlestar Galactica'' episode "[[Hero]]" gave William Adama's parents as Joseph and Evelyn Adama. Does this mean that Joseph will marry his assistant Evelyn?
* What will become of the Tamara avatar? Will she realize she is no longer in real space? ([[There Is Another Sky|Answer]])
* Is there actually a model rocket club at Athena Academy?
* Is Sister Clarice aware of these STO meetings Ben and Keon attended that were not held by her?
* How factionalized are the STO? ([[Know Thy Enemy|Partial answer]])
* What is "apotheosis"? Is it a plan for immortality via virtual avatars? ([[Know Thy Enemy|Answer]])
* What views of apotheosis are there other than Clarice's?

== Official Statements ==

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
*''Daniel Graystone is sparing in a boxing ring as he discusses with Cyrus (who was outside the ring) the PR disaster his wife Amanda public confession caused the business:''
:'''Daniel Graystone:''' Scandals are sunburns Cyrus; they fade.
:'''Cyrus:''' "--or they give you cancer."
*''The Graystone's situation has become grist for the late night comedian's mill:''
:'''Baxter Sarno''': Big news in the publishing world today. Daniel Graystone is revising his autobiography. A lot of you know it as ''The Man Who Could See The Future''. It is now going to be titled ''Wow, I Didn't See That Coming''.
*''In a renewed sense of grief and anger over not being able to contact the avatar of his dead daughter Tamara, he gives Sam a veiled but still chillingly clear order:''
:'''Joseph Adama''' [to Sam]: Daniel Graystone lost his daughter, right? I lost my daughter and my wife. [thoughtful pause] Balance it out.

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]
*[[Avan Jogia]] as [[Ben Stark]]
*[[Kendall Cross]] as [[Youngblood]]
*[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]
*[[Luciana Carro]] as [[Priyah Magnus]]
*[[Sina Najafi]] as [[William Adama]]
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]
*[[Genevieve Buechner]] as [[Tamara Adama]]
*[[Jim Thomson]] as Voice of [[Serge]]
*[[Liam Sproule]] as [[Keon Gatwick|Keon]]
*[[Renu Bakshi]] as [[Abasi Lowe]]
*[[Dale Wolfe]] as [[Steve Bahara]]
*[[Paul Perri]] as Judge [[Maximum]]
*[[Teryl Rothery]] as [[Evelyn]]
*[[Julius Chapple]] as [[Larry]]
*[[Katie Keating]] as Prefect [[Caston]]
*[[Sarah Afful]] as Angry Woman
*[[Lynn Colliar]] as [[Delice Jackson]]
*[[Christian Tessier]] as [[Francis]]
*[[Lee Tichon]] as [[Kalil]]
*[[Kristian Haas]] as [[Paulie]]
*[[Sheldon Yamkovy]] as Protester
*[[Dawn Chubai]] as Reporter
*[[Elfina Y. Luk]] as Reporter
*[[Shane Sweet]] as Student
*[[Warren Stroka]] as Man on Street

== References ==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Michael Angeli]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Ronald D. Moore]]

Reins of a Waterfall

2010-03-21T06:58:50Z

Dvd-junkie: /* Analysis */

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== Overview ==

: ''Daniel Graystone attempts damage control in light of [[Amanda Graystone|his wife]]'s false revelation that [[Zoe Graystone|their daughter]] was one of the suicide bombers of [[Lev|Maglev 23]]. Meanwhile, [[Joseph Adama]] continues his pursuit of seeing the [[Tamara-A|Tamara]] [[avatar]] again while [[William Adama|Willie Adama]] and [[Sam Adama]] continue to bond.''

{{expansion}}
== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

=== Act 1 ===

=== Act 2 ===

=== Act 3 ===

=== Act 4 ===

== Notes ==
*[[Luciana Carro]], who played [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot Captain [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]] in the [[Re-imagined Series]], plays Daniel Graystone's Public Relations officer [[Priyah Magnus]]. She joins various other actors from the Re-imagined Series in different ''Caprica'' roles, including [[Michael Eklund]] ([[Prosna]] from the [[Miniseries]] and [[Waylon]] in "[[Rebirth]]"), [[Christian Tessier]] (Viper jock [[Tucker Clellan|Tucker "Duck" Clellan]] in the Re-imagined Series and [[Ha'la'tha]] gangster [[Francis]] in this episode), and [[Nimet Kanji]] ([[Candace Myson]] from "[[Litmus]]" and [[Natalie Stark]] in "Rebirth").

== Analysis ==
*Sam Adama and his husband [[Larry]] have decided not to have children, at least not at this time because of Sam's "occupation." It is not conducive to having children. Ironically Larry is right considering how Sam is corrupting his nephew William into a life of crime.
*Caprica, and perhaps the other 11 Worlds as well, has a Juvenile Curfew Law. No minor is to be on the street after 10pm. This is the cause that had Ben Stark picked up by the GDD. In modern day Earth in some jurisdictions there are [http://public.findlaw.com/civil-rights/curfew-laws/juvenile-curfew-laws-examples.html Juvenile Curfew Laws] in some localities to maintain the general peace and to combat juvenile crime. Presumably Caprica have them for the same reasons. Civil Liberties organizations in the United States such as the [[w:American Civil Liberties Union|American Civil Liberties Union]] (ACLU) are [http://public.findlaw.com/civil-rights/curfew-laws/juvenile-curfew-laws-legal-challenges.html generally against] such laws, both on general principles that it violates the [[w:First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] of the [[w:United States Constitution|Constitition of the United States]] and in particulars that they are unfairly enforced due to vagueness, lack of exemptions and sometimes are racially discriminatory. It is not known todate if Caprican Civil Liberties advocates oppose such laws. One non US example of curfew laws is Russia [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/30/2556594.htm?section=justin passing a law] in 2009 allowing localities to pass curfew laws against juveniles. One important difference between Caprica and real life America is that the [[Global Defense Department]] (GDD) help enforce these curfew laws. In the US curfew laws are strictly a municipal and county creations. The State and Federal government do not enact or enforce these laws. On Caprica their "national" police force have a hand in enforcing these laws, the equivalent of the FBI or the [[w:United States Department of Homeland Security|United States Homeland Security]] doing so on Earth.
**It is possible that GDD was only questioning Ben due to the wiring and detonators discovered in his possession, making him a possible security risk (which he was given his affiliation with the [[Soldiers of the One]] terrorist organization).
*It is possible that [[Gara Singh]], Director of the GDD, sanctions the destruction of evidence if he believes it could hold the Department in a bad light. He did criticize Agent Youngblood for alleged incompetence about not destroying a misfiled and forgotten interrogation tape of her questioning [[Ben Stark]] after he was picked up on Aprilus 9th, YR41 for a curfew violation and found with what could be interpreted as bomb making materials (Stark explained it away as [[w:model rocketry|model rocketry]] components) nearly a year prior to the attack. Singh was concerned that if it came out it could had been portrayed in the press with 20/20 hindsight as GDD incompetence in letting one of the bombers go instead of holding him and perhaps saving many lives. To an outside observer his comment about her not even being competent enough to destroy the tape saving herself and the Department embarrassment could had been taken as sarcasm. However, as soon as Singh left Agent [[Jordan Durham]] and Youngblood's presence Durham did exactly that, destroyed the tape. This seem to indicate that Singh is willing to sanction acts like this because Durham did not express any concern about not being able to producing the tape in the future if Singh or any other GDD or government official asked for it nor did Agent Youngblood object. This could be taken as another example of the corruption of the Government on either Caprica in particular or the other 11 Worlds as a whole.
* [[Baxter Sarno]] is similar in form and style to real-life talkshow hosts like [[w:David Letterman|David Letterman]] or [[w:Jay Leno|Jay Leno]]. However, Priyah's statement that he is a major news source for young people even though he's a comedian is likely a reference to [[w:Jon Stewart (comedian)|Jon Stewart]] and ''[[w:The Daily Show|The Daily Show]]'', which have also been cited as [http://dailyuw.com/blog/2007/05/21/college-students-prefer-the-daily-show-to-real-ne/ a common source of news for young people].

== Questions ==
* The documentation in the ''Battlestar Galactica'' episode "[[Hero]]" gave William Adama's parents as Joseph and Evelyn Adama. Does this mean that Joseph will marry his assistant Evelyn?
* What will become of the Tamara avatar? Will she realize she is no longer in real space? ([[There Is Another Sky|Answer]])
* Is there actually a model rocket club at Athena Academy?
* Is Sister Clarice aware of these STO meetings Ben and Keon attended that were not held by her?
* How factionalized are the STO? ([[Know Thy Enemy|Partial answer]])
* What is "apotheosis"? Is it a plan for immortality via virtual avatars? ([[Know Thy Enemy|Answer]])
* What views of apotheosis are there other than Clarice's?

== Official Statements ==

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
*''Daniel Graystone is sparing in a boxing ring as he discusses with Cyrus (who was outside the ring) the PR disaster his wife Amanda public confession caused the business:''
:'''Daniel Graystone:''' Scandals are sunburns Cyrus; they fade.
:'''Cyrus:''' "--or they give you cancer."
*''The Graystone's situation has become grist for the late night comedian's mill:''
:'''Baxter Sarno''': Big news in the publishing world today. Daniel Graystone is revising his autobiography. A lot of you know it as ''The Man Who Could See The Future''. It is now going to be titled ''Wow, I Didn't See That Coming''.
*''In a renewed sense of grief and anger over not being able to contact the avatar of his dead daughter Tamara, he gives Sam a veiled but still chillingly clear order:''
:'''Joseph Adama''' [to Sam]: Daniel Graystone lost his daughter, right? I lost my daughter and my wife. [thoughtful pause] Balance it out.

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]
*[[Avan Jogia]] as [[Ben Stark]]
*[[Kendall Cross]] as [[Youngblood]]
*[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]
*[[Luciana Carro]] as [[Priyah Magnus]]
*[[Sina Najafi]] as [[William Adama]]
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]
*[[Genevieve Buechner]] as [[Tamara Adama]]
*[[Jim Thomson]] as Voice of [[Serge]]
*[[Liam Sproule]] as [[Keon Gatwick|Keon]]
*[[Renu Bakshi]] as [[Abasi Lowe]]
*[[Dale Wolfe]] as [[Steve Bahara]]
*[[Paul Perri]] as Judge [[Maximum]]
*[[Teryl Rothery]] as [[Evelyn]]
*[[Julius Chapple]] as [[Larry]]
*[[Katie Keating]] as Prefect [[Caston]]
*[[Sarah Afful]] as Angry Woman
*[[Lynn Colliar]] as [[Delice Jackson]]
*[[Christian Tessier]] as [[Francis]]
*[[Lee Tichon]] as [[Kalil]]
*[[Kristian Haas]] as [[Paulie]]
*[[Sheldon Yamkovy]] as Protester
*[[Dawn Chubai]] as Reporter
*[[Elfina Y. Luk]] as Reporter
*[[Shane Sweet]] as Student
*[[Warren Stroka]] as Man on Street

== References ==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Michael Angeli]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Ronald D. Moore]]

Rising Star (TRS)

2010-03-20T06:18:18Z

Dvd-junkie: It' not the Sol's sun. Sol is the Earth's sun.

:''This article is about the Rising Star as seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] version , see [[Rising Star (TOS)]].''

{{Ship Data
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| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian
| ftl= Yes
| role= Medical Transport
| status= Destroyed; flown into a sun upon reaching [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] ([[Daybreak, Part II]])
}}

The '''''Rising Star''''' is a medical transport and is the location of the first birth of a Colonial since the [[Cylon attack]] ([[33]]).

[[Ellen Tigh]] is placed aboard a MEDEVAC Raptor hailing from the vessel by a copy of the Humanoid Cylon known as [[Number One|John Cavil]] shortly before it departs from Picon during the [[Cylon attack]] ("[[No Exit]]", "[[The Plan]]"). She slips in and out of consciousness aboard the ship for three weeks and is attended to (and cryptically mocked by) Cavil before [[William Adama]] locates her ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]). She later procures a day-long stay there for her husband and herself, where she apparently meant for him to meet with agents of [[Tom Zarek]] ([[Colonial Day]]).

''[[Galactica]]'s'' chief medical officer, Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]], is aboard the ''Rising Star'' at the time of the attempted assassination of Commander Adama ([[Scattered]]).

The ship's name is notably absent on the [[:Image:Tally chalkboard.jpg|voting tally board]] on ''Galactica'' and the voting tally whiteboard on ''[[Colonial One]]'' ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).

The ''Rising Star'' would survive the exodus from [[New Caprica]], passage through the star cluster to the [[algae planet]] and the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]] before it would be flown in the sun after the discovery of Earth ([[Daybreak, Part II]]).

== Notes ==
[[Image:Rising-star00.jpeg|thumb|150px|an image of the ''Rising star'' from the Original Series]]
* A ship that looks like the ''[[Rising Star (TOS)|Rising Star]]'' from the Original Series can be seen in shots of the Fleet beginning with the episode "[[Escape Velocity]]." Another vessel of the same design appears in "[[Razor]]" as part of ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s civilian fleet. "The Plan" is the first time the design was explicitly linked with the ''Rising Star'' in the reimagined series.

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User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.

2009-12-18T18:59:35Z

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== Military Ranks ==

Just a few concluding remarks I don't blame you for what you did, where I in your position I would have done the same thing. The reason I didn't respond to Serenity's first post was because until yesterday I had been unable to figure out how. As far as fear of retribution, I've never really been involved with a wiki before so I wasn't really sure what to expect and was kind of intimidated. I appreciate you're addressing my issues. Not only did it help me understand why things were happening the way they were, but it also made me feel like my input was welcome and that was all I was asking for. I am anxious to see any clarification you can offer in the weeks ahead because I find this a rather fascinating topic.

Thanks again for the clarification. {{unsigned|Grandmaester314}}

== BG S4.1 in Latin America ==

In Latin America, Season Four of Battlestar Galactica airs on Saturdays and Sundays on [http://www.canalspace.tv Space].

== Dynamic Page List ==

Hi, I just checked all feature about BW and I didn't see the Dynamic Page List feature. Do you plan one day to install it because it's very useful?--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 20:32, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
: Perhaps. I'll talk with [[User:Shane|Shane]] about this. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 21:08, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

=== Examples ===

Here are some examples I made for the Stargate Wiki FR:

* To see minor characters:
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:LigneMineurs Automatic generation of a line with five stamps] using DPL with entry of the series, the season, and the first article sorted.
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Personnages_Universe/Mineurs/Saison_Un/Page_1 Automatic generation of minor characters for the first page] with automatic sort by last name
**[http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Personnages_Universe/Mineurs/Saison_Un Automatic creation of minor character stamps page links] with automatic image update and automatic update of the first and the last character name of this page.
* To see objects:
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Ligne Automatic generation of a line]. All you juste have to do is to put the correct category.
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Armes Autogeneration of a page] with the famous lines.
* To resume objects in a bottom navigation bar:
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Divers Nav bar] automaticaly updated (put the right category)

All you have to do with this kind or templates is to put the right category and DPL (with a purge) will do the rest. The main purpose of DPL is to avoid editing when the database can do the stuff for you. You don't have to edit an article or a template to update with new article of the same category. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:28, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

== What about RFA and RFB for French BW ? ==

Hi Joe,

I'm on the verge to edit the policy for the french version of [[BW:RFA|Request for Admninship]] and [[BW:RFB|Request for Bureaucratship]]. I need your help for this two policies.
# Do I just translate the English version with the same vote system than the main site?
# Do I have to do it in another way?
# Is the principle of request the same than the main site?
Thanks for answering.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:25, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

: If you have any suggestions as to improve the policies in question, then that would work well. Until the French wiki has more contributors, I don't think the RFA and RFB are really going to work all that well, and so administrators are promoted on a case-by-case basis as determined by you, me, and Shane. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 13:10, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

:: Until I design or translate all the templates needed and the main page, I think there will not be a lot of contributors. The main problem is the lack of French and French-speaking people who speak English fluently. French people are not very confortable with English, so it's very difficult for them to contribute unless they have seen the show and are fans. With your agreement, I will just create one page for RFA and RFB with the statement you said above (Shane, you and me).<br/>FYI, all the episodes of the [[Re-Imagined Series]] have been aired in France, and have been released in DVD format (I just saw the Season 4 Part 2 Set yesterday in a supermarket) . --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:22, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

::: Understandable. And, yes, this works for me. I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank you for all of your hard work! It is certainly appreciated! :D -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:21, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

:::: Thanks for encouraging. ;-) -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 17:50, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

== Wiki Store (FR) and iTunes (FR) ==

Hi again,

I can see on the Support section of the sidebar many links to affiliates (like Amazon and iTunes). Can I (or not) create similar links to french Amazon and iTunes store with french official stuff from ''Battlestar Galactica'' Franchise? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 18:06, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

: I'll have to look into it. So don't worry about it for now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 19:18, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
:: OK. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 20:15, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

== German Battlestarwiki ==

For days, I have been trying to access the german Battlestarwiki - without success. Is it offline? Under maintenance?--[[User:Dvd-junkie|Dvd-junkie]] 17:01, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

: I'm checking into it. I'll let you know when it's back online. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:05, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

: It's back up. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:22, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

::Thank you!--[[User:Dvd-junkie|Dvd-junkie]] 18:59, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.

2009-12-18T17:01:30Z

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Stories for Season Two of the Original Series

2009-11-18T03:30:46Z

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There were many stories that were proposed for a '''second season of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]'''. A majority of them were in [[Glen Larson]]'s [[Battlestar Galactica: Year Two proposal|proposal]] for a second season of the series, before it was canceled (and resurrected, in a different fashion, in ''[[Galactica 1980]]'').

== The Return of the Pegasus ==

Lieutenant [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] reports to the bridge, notifying them that the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] are approaching ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' so rapidly that they don't have time to prepare an effective defense. [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]], [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Sheba]] are ready to launch. Starbuck objects to Sheba going on the mission, much to Sheba's chagrin; Apollo overrules him and they launch. In the battle, Sheba dies and the battle seems all but lost when Colonial [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]]s from ''[[Pegasus (TOS)|Pegasus]]'' turn the tide.

After leading ''Pegasus'' to the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]], they discover that [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]]'s entire body has been engulfed in flames. Adama's hands have also been burned, in attempting to smother the fire that consumed Athena's body. Starbuck and [[Cassiopeia]] bring Athena's body to the [[life center]] and place her in a polar-thermal unit. While treating Adama, Cassiopeia informs him that medication and pain-killers will keep Athena alive, however it will take extensive plastic surgery to repair Athena's face.

While suffering one tragedy, Adama must face another. His son, consumed with guilt over Sheba's death, wishes to step down as [[Blue Squadron (TOS)|Blue Squadron]]'s commander. To complicate matters, a guilt-ridden Adama wishes to step down as the leader of the Fleet, and wishes to place that trust in Commander Cain.

However, Apollo himself doubts Cain, noting that Cain has changed since their [[The Living Legend, Part II|last encounter]]. These doubts are completely dispelled by [[Renata]], Cain's executive officer. Her manner is described as "warm, almost subserviant [sic] and she knows how to make men feel important". Apollo believes that he has one mission in his life, and that is to "shield her and protect her from any possible harm", culminating to a heated disagreement between Apollo and Starbuck: Apollo accuses Starbuck of being a poor sport after Starbuck tells him of all the faults with ''Pegasus'' and Cain.

Starbuck explores the ship to assuage his suspicions, finding a "labrynth [sic] of intrigue and strange 'goings on' that combines the best of the suspense world from [[w:Alfred Hitchcock|[Alfred] Hitchock]] to ''[[w:Coma (film)|Coma]]''" with ''Pegasus'' crew members being moved in and out of a "strange series of labs". Starbuck discovers that the crew members are all being converted into Cylon androids: as Cain himself has become. Starbuck rushes to tell Apollo, who has inadvertently told Renata of Starbuck's "foolish defense mechanism".

Renata asks after Starbuck's whereabouts, which Apollo furnishes. She notifies the crew of a "dangerous intruder" aboard ship and reveals that she is an "android" that is half-human, half-machine: a new breed of Cylon. In a typical clichéd fashion, she reveals the fact that she and the android the Colonials believe to be Commander Cain are going to destroy the Fleet once and for all.

After this is revealed, she tries to garrote Apollo in a move "faster than the speed of light", but he is able to break the wire with his hand in an "equally abrupt karate chop". While his hand is injured, he disarms her of the [[laser pistol (TOS)|laser pistol]]. With Starbuck's help, they cast Renata into space, since she cannot be killed by normal means.

Apollo and Starbuck fight hand-to-hand to the [[launch bay]], where they help defend ''Galactica'' from the "subverted intelligence cells of the legendary Commander Cain".

=== Questions ===

* How did the Cylons manage to infiltrate ''Pegasus''? Was this a result of the [[Battle of Gamoray]]?
* What happened to Colonel [[Tolan]]?

== A Woman's Power ==

With [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]]'s appearance "restored through long and painstaking hours of plastic surgery and skin grafts" by both [[Cassiopeia]] and Lieutenant [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]], she appears "prettier than before, but her looks are quite different". However, her body is badlyscarred and she thus resorts to clothing to cover the rest of her body.

[[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] meets with the male members of his crew, handing out duty assignments and promoting [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] to Captain of [[Blue Squadron (TOS)|Blue Squadron]]. The women, on the other hand, are organizing a campaign to change the way the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]] has been run. Tired of war and its ill-effects, they want to achieve peace: to do this, they decide they will "withhold their favors and dispense with their domestic and fleet duties until peace is finally achieved".

Once more, Athena is asked by her fellow women to lead a meeting aboard ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'', which she more than willingly accepts. As they debate this with themselves, activity within the Fleet has come to a standstill.

A furious Adama storms into Athena's meeting, notes the fact that they live in a militant society thanks to the Cylons, and lays down his ultimatum: resume their duties or be jailed. The women refuse and the movement's leaders are subsequently jailed, including Athena.

However, one of the leaders succeeds in extricating herself from the cell and, with a bomb strapped to her body, runs to the [[Core Command|bridge]], despite Athena's protestations.

The unnamed bomb-strapping woman makes it to the bridge, demanding that all prisoners be released. Additionally, she demands that the ships and provisions be relinquished for the purpose of getting their supporters away from the Fleet. Otherwise, she will destroy the bridge and cripple ''Galactica''.

Apollo decides to speak to his sister, who explains the situation to her and inevitably convinces Athena to overcome her anger at what happened to her. She does so, admitting that her support for the women's cause was out of bitterness and anger, and convinces both sides to work together.

=== Questions ===

* In what capacity is Cassiopeia involved in this movement?
* Where exactly do these women believe they will go?

== Island in the Sky ==

During a routine mission, Captain [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] find themselves stuck on a "tiny barren planet with an incredibly strong gravitational pull". While they manage to land their [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]]s on the ground, they immediately discover that they cannot move or live on the planet, until they are aided by humans equipped with a "protective aura about them" that shields them from the adverse gravity.

Starbuck and Apollo find themselves ushered to a beautiful valley with "green trees, brilliantly-colored flowers and a sparking blue river". Protected from the adverse gravity, the [[Warrior]]s try to communicate with their saviors, only to find that they are a docile people who reply with smiles and "strange, changing songs".

Ushered to a small village that is "dominated by a handsome alabaster palace", they are presented to Prince [[Choi-Ling]] and Princess [[Quoi-Ling]], both beautiful, Oriental-looking humans that appear to be only nineteen yahren. Quoi-Ling warmly welcomes them to the planet, but her brother does not share her same welcomeness.

In the resulting time on the planet, Apollo falls in love with Quoi-Ling and has easily resigned himself to the fact that they'll never leave. On the other hand, Starbuck finds himself unchallenged and seeks to understand where they are. In asking around, he discovers that the inhabitants of the strange paradise are outcasts from [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]] and that the Lings know Earth's coordinates.

Through "his humor and guile", Starbuck learns how to counteract the field and their "dark secret ... one which even the most trusting will not reveal".

Starbuck convinces Apollo that they must leave; Apollo desires to take Quoi-Ling with him. Quoi-Ling reveals that such a thing is not possible, since she is nearly a thousand-yahren old and will die after leaving. Apollo and Starbuck regard this claim with disbelief, the latter believing that it's a trick to prevent them from leaving.

Having learned of their plans, Choi-Ling orders their imprisonment. However, this imprisonment is short-lived, as they escape with the help of Quoi-Ling. They reach their Vipers and leave the planet, taking Quoi-Ling with them. True to her claim, she rapidly ages and dies.

=== Questions ===

* Why do the Warriors need the Lings' knowledge of Earth's coordinates, given the events of "[[War of the Gods, Part II]]"?
* Why are they outcasts from Earth?

== The Bad and the Brave ==

A devastating battle finds both ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' and a [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] [[baseship (TOS)|baseship]] retreating from battle to repair their damaged ships.

To worsen matters, the battle resulted in damage to the [[Orphan Ship]], which crashes on a small, tropical planet. After locating the ship, [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] is appalled that the baseship has also sought this planet as refuge to repair the ship.

To rescue the children, [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and three [[Warrior]]s equipped with armed turboscooters (the [[turbine]], which is better known as the "turbocycle" from ''[[Galactica 1980]]'') go to the planet. With the turboscooters, the Warriors are able to hamper the Cylons' efforts to repair their ships using guerrilla tactics.

Seeing this as successful, Starbuck desires to press on with the attacks, much to Athena's chagrin. Athena believes that Starbuck's grandstanding jeopardizes the children's lives. However, Starbuck finds that he cannot, for if the Cylons repair the basestar, it may spell doom for the entire Fleet.

== A Plague in Space ==

Cassiopeia finds herself treating a young crew member who exhibits puzzling symptoms. The crew member, brought to the [[Life Station]] by [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]], experiences swelling of the glands in his neck, a raging fever, and severe muscle cramps in the extremities. Unable to determine the cause of these symptoms, she instead treats the symptoms themselves.

Still curious about the cause, she pours through the medical knowledge in her library, where she discovers that a disease of a similar nature once existed on [[Kobol (TOS)|Kobol]]. The disease, a combination of the [[w:black plague|black plague]] and [[w:cholera|cholera]], appears to have spread throughout the ship. Despite her quarantine of the crew member, another man was found dead in his bed, and [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]] develops the sickness.

At [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]]'s behest, Boomer takes blood samples from everyone aboard and discovers that disease is spreading... and that Cassiopeia is Patient Zero.

== A Queen's Ransom ==

''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' needs to replace her [[solenium crystal]]s, which are crucial to navigation. [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] are ordered to investigate the planet, [[Sirenus]], a planet that has these crystals. With a mining party of twenty men, they discover a female-dominated civilization where men are treated like slaves, who perform the menial work. While this civilization is cooperative and peaceful, the society's balance is overturned by the miners who incite the males to demand equal rights, and revolt as a result.

''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> men are ordered off Sirenus and its "lovely leader", [[Areola]], holds the crystals. She uses these crystals to make a bargain: she will provide the crystals to ''Galactica'' in exchange for Starbuck, who wants him to be one of her concubines.

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Cylon History

2009-11-18T01:10:05Z

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:''For information on the [[Original Series]] Cylons, see [[Cylons (TOS)]].''

{{RDM cylons series}}

Over 52 years prior to [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|the destruction of the Colonies]], the humans of the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] reveled in their advanced technology, from which came their creation, the Cylons, a race of sentient machines. However, over 4,000 years ago, ancient Cylons existed on [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]].

==Ancient Cylons==
Some 4,000 years prior to the events depicted in the [[Miniseries]], the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]], an early generation of humanoid Cylons that originated from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] colonized the [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. With them there was also a distinct model of [[Earth Cylon Centurion|robotic Cylon]], of which only the buried helmet has been seen. Roughly 2000 years later, Earth's civilization was wiped out by nuclear war between mechanical and humanoid Cylons. There were only five known survivors, who would come to be known as the [[Final Five]]. These survivors were researchers involved in the recent rediscovery of [[resurrection (RDM)|resurrection technology]], who anticipated the attack and resurrected aboard a ship which they had prepared. They then began the approximately 2000 years long sublight journey to the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] in order to prevent the [[Cylon War]].

==First Cylons in the Twelve Colonies==
The first Cylons in the Twelve Colonies were created by [[Daniel Graystone]], a brilliant [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] computer scientist.

[[image:u-87.jpeg | thumb | The [[U-87]] is an early Cylon-Prototype ]]

Graystone's daughter [[Zoe Graystone|Zoe]] died in a suicide bombing. After learning that his daughter uploaded her personality into an online avatar before her death, Graystone decided to recreate Zoe as a robot, using technology stolen from his [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] competitor, [[Tomas Vergis]], with the help of [[Joseph Adama]], whose wife and daughter also died in the same explosion. Zoe-A, the holographic avatar, was downloaded into a robot brain, and thus became Zoe-R, the first cybernetic life-form node, or Cylon. This Cylon had a roughly anthropomorphic outline but was an obvious and heavy-set robot, without any likeness to Zoe's human body, though Zoe retained her voice in this form. Graystone also created a digitized version of [[Tamara Adama]], but her father was appalled by its existential confusion and decided to repent his actions.

Cylons were being constructed for the purpose of performing tasks no human desired to do. The Cylons were used in hazardous work, including wars between the colonies (before the [[Articles of Colonization]], most or all colonies were sovereign states).

==The Cylon War==

Then the day came when the servants turned against their masters, and the [[Cylon War]] began. Humans responded by unifying their Colonies into a federal republic (with the Articles of Colonization) and building [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] and military craft such as the one-manned [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] fighter ([[Miniseries]]) and the workhorse, multi-function craft called the [[Raptor]] to combat the Cylons ([[Razor Flashbacks]]). To date, no reason has been offered as to how or why the Cylons rebelled.

The war lasted twelve and a half years, with the Colonies, [[Battle of Tauron|such as]] [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]], close to a fall. However, an armistice was declared, resulting in the the Cylons' departure from the Colonial worlds in search of [[Cylon homeworld|a home]] of their own.

==The Transition==
During the Cylon War, Cylons secretly made the first steps developing [[Humanoid Cylon|new models]] that were organic in nature and essentially identical to humans. The first step in their evolution from pure machines to organic beings was known as the "[[First Hybrid|Hybrid]]." Other [[hybrid]]s were later created to control [[Basestar (RDM)|baseships]] before the experiments were abandoned ([[Razor]]).

Before the Cylons were able to develop independent humanoid models, the [[Final Five]] arrived, offering both resurrection technology and their assistance in creating organic Cylon models in exchange for an end to the war against the colonies.

The Five then set about creating new organic humanoid Cylon models. The first of these organic models was John, later known as [[Number One]] and Brother Cavil, patterned and named after [[Ellen Tigh|Ellen]]'s father. He assisted in the development of the other seven models. John, jealous over the attention Ellen paid to Daniel, the original [[Number Seven]], contaminated the amniotic fluid in which the Number Seven copies were being grown and corrupted the model's genetic formula. The fate of Daniel prototype is unknown; Anders states simply that "Daniel died." Bitter over the limitations of his organic body and obsessed with vengeance against humanity, Cavil then killed the Final Five and boxed them, later resurrecting them with false memories and sending them to the twelve colonies. It can be inferred that he is responsible for programming the other six models to avoid thinking of the Final Five. ([[No Exit]])

At some point, the Cylons revised the original Cylon robotic soldier, the sentient [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]], into a [[Cylon Centurion|more agile and dangerous version]]. Unlike the original version, however, the new Centurion is silent and is [[Telencephalic inhibitor|artificially inhibited]] from being fully self-aware, as the humanoid Cylons wanted to prevent these updated creations from forming an intra-Cylon uprising that mirrored their war with the humans ([[Exodus, Part I]]).

==Returning Home==
The Cylons, realizing that the Colonial forces would likely be too strong to engage in a direct military action, devised an elaborate plan to infiltrate the Colonial ships' [[CNP|operating system software]], leaving a backdoor that could be exploited to disable any Colonial ship with its own programming. The plan was successful; the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Colonial Fleet was destroyed]], the Colonies themselves subjected to nuclear bombardment, and humanity was all but wiped out, except for a handful of survivors on the Colonies in outlying areas as well as [[The Fleet (RDM)|caravan of space-dwelling humans]] that eventually escaped the Colonial star system.

The Cylons continued to pursue the remnants of the Colonies, believing that humans would always seek vengeance against them ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

==The Faith and Reproduction==
:''Main article: [[Cylon Religion]]''

The Cylons followed the [[Cylon Religion|monotheistic religion]] of the human-built [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]], which was programmed into them by the [[Final Five]] ([[No Exit]]). Among other tenets, their faith calls for the Cylons to reproduce biologically as part of their mandate to replace humanity. However, as Cylon-Cylon reproduction was believed to be impossible, the Cylons occupied many of the devastated human worlds themselves, killing any surviving humans or pressing them into service in [[farms]], centers that harvest genetic material and fertilize human women with Cylon DNA in the hopes of creating Cylon-human hybrid children. The farms, however, proved to be unsuccessful, so the Cylons attempted to emotionally bond a humanoid Cylon with a human, hoping that love would generate the desired result ([[The Farm]]).

The experiment was successful, but was soon out of the Cylons' control (for a time). The conception and birth of a Cylon-human hybrid, [[Hera Agathon]], the child of [[Sharon Agathon|a rebellious Number Eight]] and [[Karl Agathon]], was born in the safety of the Colonial [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].

==Mixed Successes==

The Cylons almost succeeded in sending the Colonials into chaos when [[Sharon Valerii|one agent]] nearly killed Commander [[William Adama]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). For reasons unknown, the Cylons did not press their tactical advantage at [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], having underestimated Kobol's importance to the Colonials and their search for information on the path to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].

Cylon forces continued to track and attack the Colonials for months, keeping the few humanoid Cylons in the human fleet reinforced with a [[Resurrection Ship]], used to resurrect the consciousnesses of killed agents, and gaining vital intelligence on the humans. Complicating the Cylons' plans, the Colonials gained sufficient water and fuel resources ("[[Water]]", "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]") and reunited with a second battlestar, ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' (which had conducted hit-and-run operations against Cylon installations and forces before discovering ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''). The Cylons suffered a major setback when the Colonial battlestars [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship|combined for an offensive action]] that all but destroyed a Cylon fleet, including a Resurrection Ship. Without the Resurrection Ship, the Cylon battle tactic changed for a time to ambushes and traps ("[[Scar]]", "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

==Benevolent Dictators==

Two humanoid Cylons, both "[[Hero of the Cylon|Heroes of the Cylon]]" for their undercover work among the Colonials, but now influenced by their affection for humanity, convinced the Cylon majority that the genocide and occupation of the Colonies was wrong. With this change in philosophy, the Cylons abandoned the Colonies and went out in search of the Colonials.

The Colonials eluded the Cylons for over a year by finding a hidden [[New Caprica|habitable world]] and colonizing it. The planet was located inside a nebula that masked its presence, but a [[Gina|nuclear detonation within the Colonial fleet]] left a marker for the Cylons to follow. The Cylons eventually found New Caprica and, in overwhelming numbers, made themselves the "caretakers" of the trapped colonists, occupying the colony and forcing the humans to surrender under the threat of annihilation ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).

For approximately 138 days, the Colonials were subject to Cylon rule. The Cylons ostensibly wanted to cooperate with the humans and even help them in some areas such as agriculture, medicine and power generation. However, they also severely restricted many freedoms, which leds to a human [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance movement]] that struck back violently. The Cylons in turn increased their oppression, arresting, torturing and killing hundreds of people. Eventually ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus,'' which escaped New Caprica as the Cylon fleet arrived, managed to [[Battle of New Caprica|rescue]] the approximately 38,000 humans on New Caprica, but at great cost. This ended the experiment in human/Cylon relations, with some models are more determined than ever to deal with mankind once and for all (''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]'' through "[[Exodus, Part II]]")

==The Race to Earth==
:''Main article: [[Earth (RDM)]]''

The Cylons abandoned New Caprica as well, retrieving the Cylon-hybrid baby from the planet by happenstance, and turned their attention to the same objective as the Colonials: finding Earth. Using the research of [[Gaius Baltar]] (who resided with the Cylon fleet at the time), the Cylons located the [[Lion's Head Nebula]]. A scouting basestar found an [[Lion's Head beacon|ancient beacon]] in the area, verifying that the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] did pass through the area on their way to Earth. But the Cylon scout ship met with disaster; the probe was [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|contaminated with a pathogen]] that, while benign to humans, infects, deactivates or kills all Cylons, their ships, and their entities ([[Torn]]).

The Cylon fleet, which also includes a second Resurrection Ship, abandoned the scouts and cut off further communication, believing that the virus could replicate through their resurrection process. The Cylon scout ship eventually self-destructed and the Cylons managed to prevent the infection from spreading, although, unknown to the Cylons, the Colonials gained a critical biological warfare option ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).

The [[Number Three]] units exhibited strange behavior in attempting to ascertain the identities of the [[Final Five]] Cylon models, as they had seen in visions prior to a model being resurrected. At the [[algae planet]], while the Cylon majority attempted to gain information on the location of Earth by way of the [[Eye of Jupiter]], the Threes' ulterior motive to seek knowledge of the [[Final Five]] disturbed the collective status quo and command consensus of the Cylon majority to the point where all Three models were [[boxing|boxed]] for their aberrant behavior ([[Rapture]])

==The Final Five==
:''Main article: [[Final Five]]''

Unknown to either the Cylon or Colonial commanders and leaders, four Colonials exhibited strange behavior that ultimately brought them to come to the discovery that they are Cylons. [[Saul Tigh]], [[Galen Tyrol]], [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Tory Foster]] were the only crewmembers that could hear a [[The Music|strange melody]] that drew them to meet each other in a room on ''Galactica'', shortly after the Fleet arrived at the Ionian nebula. The nature of these particular Cylon models, especially given Saul Tigh's existence as a decorated veteran of the Cylon War, was unclear and likely fundamentally different from other humanoid Cylons.

During the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula|ensuing battle]], one [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]] identified Anders as a Cylon, which caused all Raiders to break off the battle and forced the Cylon fleet to retreat. Because of this, a [[Number One]] decided to lobotomize the Raiders to prevent such insubordination in the future. This decision was opposed by a faction, led by [[Natalie]], who advocated the search for the Final Five and who desired to unbox [[Number Three]] to learn what she found at the Temple of Five. The disagreement between these factions led to a [[Cylon Civil War|violent conflict]] between the humanoid models.

The Cylon Colony has been destroyed, and the remaining rebel Cylons arrive on the second Earth.

==The Parent Trap==
In the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], an [[w:Oedipus complex|Oedipus theme]] exists between the creations (Cylons) turning on their creators (Colonials). The [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid Cylons]] themselves draw the analogy of children murdering their parents:

[[Image:Parents have to die.jpg|thumb|right|"But parents have to die. It's the only way children come into their own."]]
* [[Number Six]]: "Humanity's children are returning home... today." ([[Miniseries]])
* [[Number Five]]: "But parents have to die. It's the only way children come into their own." ([[Bastille Day]])

Oedipus is the tragic character of Sophocles' play ''Oedipus Rex''. Without realizing it until much later, Oedipus murdered his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta, with whom he had several children, just as the Cylons had tried to do in the [[farms]].

All the Significant Seven models view each other as "siblings".

==Notes==
* The retaliatory nature of sentient machines against humanity is a popular [[Themes in Battlestar Galactica (RDM)#Themes compared to those in other media|theme]] in science fiction.

==Cylon Evolution Tree==
{{Cylon evolution tree}}

==References==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Cylon History

2009-11-18T00:10:16Z

Dvd-junkie: /* Ancient Cylons */

:''For information on the [[Original Series]] Cylons, see [[Cylons (TOS)]].''

{{RDM cylons series}}

Over 52 years prior to [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|the destruction of the Colonies]], the humans of the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] reveled in their advanced technology, from which came their creation, the Cylons, a race of sentient machines. However, over 4,000 years ago, ancient Cylons existed on [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]].

==Ancient Cylons==
Some 4,000 years prior to the events depicted in the [[Miniseries]], the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]], an early generation of humanoid Cylons that originated from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] colonized the [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. With them there was also a distinct model of [[Earth Cylon Centurion|robotic Cylon]], of which only the buried helmet has been seen. Roughly 2000 years later, Earth's civilization was wiped out by nuclear war between mechanical and humanoid Cylons. There were only five known survivors, who would come to be known as the [[Final Five]]. These survivors were researchers involved in the recent rediscovery of [[resurrection (RDM)|resurrection technology]], who anticipated the attack and resurrected aboard a ship which they had prepared. They then began the approximately 2000 years long sublight journey to the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] in order to prevent the [[Cylon War]].

==First Cylons in the Twelve Colonies==
The first Cylons in the Twelve Colonies were created by [[Daniel Graystone]], a brilliant [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] computer scientist.

[[image:u-87.jpeg | thumb | The [[U-87]] is an early Cylon-Prototype ]]

Graystone's daughter [[Zoe Graystone|Zoe]] died in a suicide bombing. After learning that his daughter uploaded her personality into an online avatar before her death, Graystone decided to recreate Zoe as a robot, using technology stolen from his [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] competitor, [[Tomas Vergis]], with the help of [[Joseph Adama]], whose wife and daughter also died in the same explosion. Zoe-A, the holographic avatar, was downloaded into a robot brain, and thus became Zoe-R, the first cybernetic life-form node, or Cylon. This Cylon had a roughly anthropomorphic outline but was an obvious and heavy-set robot, without any likeness to Zoe's human body, though Zoe retained her voice in this form. Graystone also created a digitized version of [[Tamara Adama]], but her father was appalled by its existential confusion and decided to repent his actions.

Cylons were being constructed for the purpose of performing tasks no human desired to do. The Cylons were used in hazardous work, including wars between the colonies (before the [[Articles of Colonization]], most or all colonies were sovereign states).

==The Cylon War==

Then the day came when the servants turned against their masters, and the [[Cylon War]] began. Humans responded by unifying their Colonies into a federal republic (with the Articles of Colonization) and building [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] and military craft such as the one-manned [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] fighter ([[Miniseries]]) and the workhorse, multi-function craft called the [[Raptor]] to combat the Cylons ([[Razor Flashbacks]]). To date, no reason has been offered as to how or why the Cylons rebelled.

The war lasted twelve and a half years, with the Colonies, [[Battle of Tauron|such as]] [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]], close to a fall. However, an armistice was declared, resulting in the the Cylons' departure from the Colonial worlds in search of [[Cylon homeworld|a home]] of their own.

==The Transition==
During the Cylon War, Cylons secretly made the first steps developing [[Humanoid Cylon|new models]] that were organic in nature and essentially identical to humans. The first step in their evolution from pure machines to organic beings was known as the "[[First Hybrid|Hybrid]]." Other [[hybrid]]s were later created to control [[Basestar (RDM)|baseships]] before the experiments were abandoned ([[Razor]]).

Before the Cylons were able to develop independent humanoid models, the [[Final Five]] arrived, offering both resurrection technology and their assistance in creating organic Cylon models in exchange for an end to the war against the colonies.

The Five then set about creating new organic humanoid Cylon models. The first of these organic models was John, later known as [[Number One]] and Brother Cavil, patterned and named after [[Ellen Tigh|Ellen]]'s father. He assisted in the development of the other seven models. John, jealous over the attention Ellen paid to Daniel, the original [[Number Seven]], contaminated the amniotic fluid in which the Number Seven copies were being grown and corrupted the model's genetic formula. The fate of Daniel prototype is unknown; Anders states simply that "Daniel died." Bitter over the limitations of his organic body and obsessed with vengeance against humanity, Cavil then killed the Final Five and boxed them, later resurrecting them with false memories and sending them to the twelve colonies. It can be inferred that he is responsible for programming the other six models to avoid thinking of the Final Five. ([[No Exit]])

At some point, the Cylons revised the original Cylon robotic soldier, the sentient [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]], into a [[Cylon Centurion|more agile and dangerous version]]. Unlike the original version, however, the new Centurion is silent and is mechanically inhibited from being fully self-aware, as the humanoid Cylons wanted to prevent these updated creations from forming an intra-Cylon uprising that mirrored their war with the humans ([[Exodus, Part I]]).

==Returning Home==
The Cylons, realizing that the Colonial forces would likely be too strong to engage in a direct military action, devised an elaborate plan to infiltrate the Colonial ships' [[CNP|operating system software]], leaving a backdoor that could be exploited to disable any Colonial ship with its own programming. The plan was successful; the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Colonial Fleet was destroyed]], the Colonies themselves subjected to nuclear bombardment, and humanity was all but wiped out, except for a handful of survivors on the Colonies in outlying areas as well as [[The Fleet (RDM)|caravan of space-dwelling humans]] that eventually escaped the Colonial star system.

The Cylons continued to pursue the remnants of the Colonies, believing that humans would always seek vengeance against them ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

==The Faith and Reproduction==
:''Main article: [[Cylon Religion]]''

The Cylons followed the [[Cylon Religion|monotheistic religion]] of the human-built [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]], which was programmed into them by the [[Final Five]] ([[No Exit]]). Among other tenets, their faith calls for the Cylons to reproduce biologically as part of their mandate to replace humanity. However, as Cylon-Cylon reproduction was believed to be impossible, the Cylons occupied many of the devastated human worlds themselves, killing any surviving humans or pressing them into service in [[farms]], centers that harvest genetic material and fertilize human women with Cylon DNA in the hopes of creating Cylon-human hybrid children. The farms, however, proved to be unsuccessful, so the Cylons attempted to emotionally bond a humanoid Cylon with a human, hoping that love would generate the desired result ([[The Farm]]).

The experiment was successful, but was soon out of the Cylons' control (for a time). The conception and birth of a Cylon-human hybrid, [[Hera Agathon]], the child of [[Sharon Agathon|a rebellious Number Eight]] and [[Karl Agathon]], was born in the safety of the Colonial [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].

==Mixed Successes==

The Cylons almost succeeded in sending the Colonials into chaos when [[Sharon Valerii|one agent]] nearly killed Commander [[William Adama]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). For reasons unknown, the Cylons did not press their tactical advantage at [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], having underestimated Kobol's importance to the Colonials and their search for information on the path to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].

Cylon forces continued to track and attack the Colonials for months, keeping the few humanoid Cylons in the human fleet reinforced with a [[Resurrection Ship]], used to resurrect the consciousnesses of killed agents, and gaining vital intelligence on the humans. Complicating the Cylons' plans, the Colonials gained sufficient water and fuel resources ("[[Water]]", "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]") and reunited with a second battlestar, ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' (which had conducted hit-and-run operations against Cylon installations and forces before discovering ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''). The Cylons suffered a major setback when the Colonial battlestars [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship|combined for an offensive action]] that all but destroyed a Cylon fleet, including a Resurrection Ship. Without the Resurrection Ship, the Cylon battle tactic changed for a time to ambushes and traps ("[[Scar]]", "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

==Benevolent Dictators==

Two humanoid Cylons, both "[[Hero of the Cylon|Heroes of the Cylon]]" for their undercover work among the Colonials, but now influenced by their affection for humanity, convinced the Cylon majority that the genocide and occupation of the Colonies was wrong. With this change in philosophy, the Cylons abandoned the Colonies and went out in search of the Colonials.

The Colonials eluded the Cylons for over a year by finding a hidden [[New Caprica|habitable world]] and colonizing it. The planet was located inside a nebula that masked its presence, but a [[Gina|nuclear detonation within the Colonial fleet]] left a marker for the Cylons to follow. The Cylons eventually found New Caprica and, in overwhelming numbers, made themselves the "caretakers" of the trapped colonists, occupying the colony and forcing the humans to surrender under the threat of annihilation ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).

For approximately 138 days, the Colonials were subject to Cylon rule. The Cylons ostensibly wanted to cooperate with the humans and even help them in some areas such as agriculture, medicine and power generation. However, they also severely restricted many freedoms, which leds to a human [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance movement]] that struck back violently. The Cylons in turn increased their oppression, arresting, torturing and killing hundreds of people. Eventually ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus,'' which escaped New Caprica as the Cylon fleet arrived, managed to [[Battle of New Caprica|rescue]] the approximately 38,000 humans on New Caprica, but at great cost. This ended the experiment in human/Cylon relations, with some models are more determined than ever to deal with mankind once and for all (''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]'' through "[[Exodus, Part II]]")

==The Race to Earth==
:''Main article: [[Earth (RDM)]]''

The Cylons abandoned New Caprica as well, retrieving the Cylon-hybrid baby from the planet by happenstance, and turned their attention to the same objective as the Colonials: finding Earth. Using the research of [[Gaius Baltar]] (who resided with the Cylon fleet at the time), the Cylons located the [[Lion's Head Nebula]]. A scouting basestar found an [[Lion's Head beacon|ancient beacon]] in the area, verifying that the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] did pass through the area on their way to Earth. But the Cylon scout ship met with disaster; the probe was [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|contaminated with a pathogen]] that, while benign to humans, infects, deactivates or kills all Cylons, their ships, and their entities ([[Torn]]).

The Cylon fleet, which also includes a second Resurrection Ship, abandoned the scouts and cut off further communication, believing that the virus could replicate through their resurrection process. The Cylon scout ship eventually self-destructed and the Cylons managed to prevent the infection from spreading, although, unknown to the Cylons, the Colonials gained a critical biological warfare option ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).

The [[Number Three]] units exhibited strange behavior in attempting to ascertain the identities of the [[Final Five]] Cylon models, as they had seen in visions prior to a model being resurrected. At the [[algae planet]], while the Cylon majority attempted to gain information on the location of Earth by way of the [[Eye of Jupiter]], the Threes' ulterior motive to seek knowledge of the [[Final Five]] disturbed the collective status quo and command consensus of the Cylon majority to the point where all Three models were [[boxing|boxed]] for their aberrant behavior ([[Rapture]])

==The Final Five==
:''Main article: [[Final Five]]''

Unknown to either the Cylon or Colonial commanders and leaders, four Colonials exhibited strange behavior that ultimately brought them to come to the discovery that they are Cylons. [[Saul Tigh]], [[Galen Tyrol]], [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Tory Foster]] were the only crewmembers that could hear a [[The Music|strange melody]] that drew them to meet each other in a room on ''Galactica'', shortly after the Fleet arrived at the Ionian nebula. The nature of these particular Cylon models, especially given Saul Tigh's existence as a decorated veteran of the Cylon War, was unclear and likely fundamentally different from other humanoid Cylons.

During the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula|ensuing battle]], one [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]] identified Anders as a Cylon, which caused all Raiders to break off the battle and forced the Cylon fleet to retreat. Because of this, a [[Number One]] decided to lobotomize the Raiders to prevent such insubordination in the future. This decision was opposed by a faction, led by [[Natalie]], who advocated the search for the Final Five and who desired to unbox [[Number Three]] to learn what she found at the Temple of Five. The disagreement between these factions led to a [[Cylon Civil War|violent conflict]] between the humanoid models.

The Cylon Colony has been destroyed, and the remaining rebel Cylons arrive on the second Earth.

==The Parent Trap==
In the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], an [[w:Oedipus complex|Oedipus theme]] exists between the creations (Cylons) turning on their creators (Colonials). The [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid Cylons]] themselves draw the analogy of children murdering their parents:

[[Image:Parents have to die.jpg|thumb|right|"But parents have to die. It's the only way children come into their own."]]
* [[Number Six]]: "Humanity's children are returning home... today." ([[Miniseries]])
* [[Number Five]]: "But parents have to die. It's the only way children come into their own." ([[Bastille Day]])

Oedipus is the tragic character of Sophocles' play ''Oedipus Rex''. Without realizing it until much later, Oedipus murdered his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta, with whom he had several children, just as the Cylons had tried to do in the [[farms]].

All the Significant Seven models view each other as "siblings".

==Notes==
* The retaliatory nature of sentient machines against humanity is a popular [[Themes in Battlestar Galactica (RDM)#Themes compared to those in other media|theme]] in science fiction.

==Cylon Evolution Tree==
{{Cylon evolution tree}}

==References==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Talk:Miniseries, Night 2/Archive 1

2009-11-11T23:26:01Z

Dvd-junkie: /* "Night"? */

==Major Revision Complete==

In keeping the miniseries to fit the episode summaries, I have revised this article with the larger details of the episodes, breaking it down by the events from each night as it was aired in the U.S. The analysis has been removed from both, as most of it has been answered or discussed in the series article, [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)]]. Any links to [[Miniseries]] will redirect to [[Miniseries, Night 1]]. The questions section is shortened to the central questions generated by the miniseries only, and minimizes discussion of regular series names and events to keep the article from becoming confusing to new viewers (although most links are updated to their current article). --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 15:30, 25 October 2006 (CDT)

== Opening or closing credits ==

I recently moved a few names in the cast section based on the opening credits. But then I took noticed of the closing credits and noticed that this is where the original order came from. I'm not reverting because I'm still not sure which is right (or rather, less wrong). However, I'd assume that the opening credits, per most films, would consist of the stars, which makes my edit the best option. But of course, there are other forces working, so what's the concensus? --[[User:Mars|Mars]] 22:03, 19 December 2006 (CST)

== "12 Models" note ==

Do we know (or have any theories) as to who placed the note saying there are only 12 cylon models in Adama's quarters? --[[User:Rapturous|Rapturous]] 07:53, 22 October 2007 (CDT)
: RDM re-indicated recently that he believes that it was Baltar who left the note, which makes sense seeing as Six told him that there were twelve models. I don't have a link on me, but a google search should turn something up.-- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New'']</sup> 08:01, 22 October 2007 (CDT)
::I always thought it was pretty obvious that is was Baltar after being told by Six. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 08:11, 22 October 2007 (CDT)
:::Yeah, I don't know why that's such a big question. It has to be Baltar. He got the info from Six and said that he's on noone's side. So while he doesn't openly support mankind, leaving a note is in his own interest. Sure, it's not openly said, but rather obvious. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 10:57, 22 October 2007 (CDT)

== "Night"? ==

Is "Night" supposed to be the miniseries title? Where does it say so? I haven't been able to corroborate this.--[[User:Dvd-junkie|Dvd-junkie]] 12:21, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

: Night is not an official part of the title. The "Miniseries" articles are split up between "Night 1" and "Night 2," because the Miniseries originally aired over two nights. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 13:25, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

::Following the usual naming conventions, shouldn't the articles be properly titled "Miniseries, '''Part''' I" and "'''Part''' II"?--[[User:Dvd-junkie|Dvd-junkie]] 15:23, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

:::The Miniseries is unusual in that it is one complete entity (and has only one production number) split over two nights. This is unlike a two-part episode (like "Kobol's Last Gleaming," for instance) that was treated by the production staff as two different episodes with two different production numbers. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 19:30, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

::::Still, it's an odd title. It isn't even a title. On the other hand, the original series pilot isnt't titled "Saga Of A Star World, pre Camp Davis breaking news" and "Saga Of A Star World, post Camp Davis breaking news" (or "Saga Of A Star World, Parts I through III" since it was split after its first airing). Why does the article have to be split at all? Since it is one entity, why not merge the articles and simply mention that it was split for airing?--[[User:Dvd-junkie|Dvd-junkie]] 23:26, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Miniseries, Night 2/Archive 1

2009-11-11T15:23:20Z

Dvd-junkie: /* "Night"? */

Talk:Miniseries, Night 2/Archive 1

2009-11-11T12:21:36Z

Dvd-junkie: /* "Night"? */ new section

Talk:Miniseries, Night 1/Archive 1

2009-11-11T12:18:03Z

Dvd-junkie: /* "Night"? */ new section

:''For previous discussions, [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Miniseries%2C_Night_1&oldid=58598 see this archive.]

==Major Revision Complete==

In keeping the miniseries to fit the episode summaries, I have revised this article with the larger details of the episodes, breaking it down by the events from each night as it was aired in the U.S. The analysis has been removed from both, as most of it has been answered or discussed in the series article, [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)]]. Any links to [[Miniseries]] will redirect to [[Miniseries, Night 1]]. The questions section is shortened to the central questions generated by the miniseries only, and minimizes discussion of regular series names and events to keep the article from becoming confusing to new viewers (although most links are updated to their current article). --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 15:29, 25 October 2006 (CDT)

==Main Fight==

When Helo and Sharon are fleeing from the missles to Caprica, their Dradis pops up with multiple formations of various Cylon and Colonial signals and they say "I think we've found the main fight". Can anyone make out what the markings on the Dradis say? They might show Squadron designations or even ship names. [[User:Commander Mazien|Commander Mazien]] 19:16, 1 December 2006 (CST)
: I'll look into grabbing a cap, if one avails itself to me, though I honestly doubt it. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:55, 1 December 2006 (CST)
: Update: Unfortunately, all I was able to make out on the DRADIS displays were "Enemy Squadron" and "Viper Squadron". Nothing unique to warrant an article. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:11, 1 December 2006 (CST)

Thanks anyway. [[User:Commander Mazien|Commander Mazien]] 05:46, 2 December 2006 (CST)

== Cast section ==

Whilst [[Miniseries, Night 2]] has a [[Miniseries, Night 2#Cast|cast section]], where's this article's? [[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 11:51, 13 October 2007 (CDT)
:The Miniseries is really one three-hour show, even if you can clearly tell the break point. Two cast sections would be unnecessary duplication. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 11:57, 13 October 2007 (CDT)

== Theatrical Version ==
I DVR'ed the HD version of the Miniseries on UniversalHD back in July and just recently watched it (my life as been crazy). It is introduced as the "theatrical version" with a TV-14 rating. I didn't really see any difference with it than the DVD version. Did anyone else view this version? --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 13:04, 12 December 2007 (CST)

== "Night"? ==

Is "Night" supposed to be the miniseries title? Where does it say so? I haven't been able to corroborate this.--[[User:Dvd-junkie|Dvd-junkie]] 12:18, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Someone to Watch Over Me

2009-11-10T22:49:30Z

Dvd-junkie: Undo revision 188647 by Shane (Talk)

{{Concision Fairy}}

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== Overview ==
:''[[Kara Thrace]] rediscovers a memory of a [[The Music|musical piece]] taught by [[Dreilide Thrace|her father]], while [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] awaits her fate at the hands of the Colonials and the rebel Cylons, who want to execute her for treason.''

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

* [[Kara Thrace]] gets out of her bunk and opens her locker. Looking in the mirror, she momentarily sees the image of her own corpse found on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] in the reflection. Disturbed, Kara takes out the bloodstained dog tags recovered from the corpse and stares at them, silently brooding to herself.
* Kara goes through her daily routine - showering, dressing, giving the Cylon and Colonial pilots their assignments, doing paperwork, and drinking at the bar.
* [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]] is still searching for a habitable planet. ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' is now experiencing frequent power losses and plumbing disruptions due to the ongoing repair work.
* [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] informs [[Admiral Adama]], [[Lee Adama]], and [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] that the repairs and the Cylon organic substance will buy the ship a few more jumps, but not many. The admiral states that he isn't ready to give up just yet.
* Lee congratulates Sonja, a [[Number Six]] model, on her appointment as the Cylons' representative to the newly-formed Quorum of Ships' Captains.
* Sonja makes a formal request that Boomer be returned to the Cylons. When Adama starts to protest that Boomer tried to kill him, Sonja explains that they don't want Boomer set free. They want to try Boomer for treason, as she sided with [[Cavil]] in the [[Cylon Civil War]].
* When Lee asks what will happen to Boomer if she's convicted, Sonja says that with the loss of their ability to resurrect, the Cylons can now implement capital punishment.
* Tyrol realizes what this means: the Cylons are going to kill Boomer.

=== Act 1 ===
* ''Galactica'' continues to experience tremors and power fluctuations all across the ship.
* Kara, Doc Cottle, and the Cylons are observing Anders, who is still not conscious despite showing brain activity. Cottle has no explanation for any of this.
* When the Cylons theorize that Anders' brain is "rebooting," Cottle tells them that he does not want to hear their "quack" ideas. He also tells Kara that it is time to "move on" with her life.
* After Cottle leaves, Kara starts to cry.
* In Joe's Bar, Kara complains to the piano player about performing "the same lame-ass song" over and over. He counters, saying that he has been in the process of composing for four days, and that his music is meant to bring beauty to a terrible existence. Kara reacts angrily, asking him rhetorically whether his music stopped one bomb during the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies.
* Human and Cylon workers are struggling to repair ''Galactica''. Tyrol looks up from his own work and stares at a Cylon Eight. He recalls moments spent with Boomer, good and bad. In his mind, he asks, "How many of us ended up with the people we really wanted to be with?"
* Kara visits Helo's quarters, who surprises her with a box of Kara's belongings, found and bought and stolen back over the past few months since her return. She takes only one item from the box, a cassette tape labeled "Dreilide Thrace Live at the Helice Opera House." Before Kara leaves, Hera hands her a crayon drawing of stars.
* Tyrol visits Boomer in the reinforced brig reserved for Cylons. The two look at each other tentatively for a moment before beginning to talk. Boomer explains New Caprica as a "way to set things right" with Tyrol after her shooting of William Adama. They both admit thinking about one another on a daily basis. Boomer puts her hand on the glass. Tyrol reaches out--and is instantly transported to the house they had planned to build on Picon after mustering out of the Colonial Fleet. Tyrol is confused and angered by the illusion, disconnects from Boomer, and runs away.

=== Act 2 ===
* On another night, Kara listens to Slick play again. She applauds his work, and offers him a mix of praise and criticism. She perceives the music as conveying a sense of loss, of trying to catch someone who is moving away too fast.
* Tyrol asks for help from the Five to save Boomer from execution. They refuse, with Ellen Tigh telling him that they will not set themselves up as gods for the rebel Cylons.
* Later, Tyrol visits Boomer again. She tells him that the house in her projection was a "secret retreat" that she built in her mind and visited on a daily basis after being shot by [[Cally]]. The two talk about the extensive plans they had made for building the house; Boomer calls the Chief's planning "obsessive," but he describes them as "thorough." He reaches through the wire mesh, and Boomer places her hand to the glass. Tyrol looks around the house, appreciates it and Boomer's company--and then finds signs of a child, their daughter. He goes into their child's room and sits with her. Outside the projection, he laughs and cries happily.
* Back in the bar, Slick announces that the first movement is finished. He starts the second, with Kara accusing him of stealing material from Nomion's 3rd Sonata. She sits with Slick, talking about her father teaching her to play the piano and her pleasant memories of the experience, particularly a song that made her "happy and sad at the same time."

=== Act 3 ===
* The flight deck is completely empty, except for Starbuck (wearing a [[flight suit]]) and a blond girl playing a piano. Starbuck slowly approaches the girl from behind, places a hand on her sholder, and turns her around. Instead of the girl's face, she sees her own burned remains--and bolts awake, covered in sweat.
* Holding her recovered dog tags, Starbuck tells Slick about the experience of finding her body on Earth. Slick claims to be unable to answer her questions. She goes on to say that the search for Earth gave her clarity and focus, but since discovering the planet and abandoning it, she feels lost again. Slick tells her that sometimes "lost is where you need to be."
* Tyrol pleads with Roslin for Boomer's life. Roslin abruptly tells him to stop, reminding him that Boomer preys on personal feelings, and that by asking for a personal favor from her, Tyrol is doing the same thing. She signs the order turning Boomer over to the rebel Cylons, and curtly dismisses him.
* At one of the repair sites, Tyrol stares at an Eight who is busy applying the Cylon resin. He grabs a wrench. The lights go out, and mixed in with the sounds of people yelling is a heavy thump.
* Slick hits a wall in his composing. Starbuck and Slick talk about him leaving his family because his wife wanted him to quit music. Starbuck scolds him for ditching his family just like her own father did.
* Tyrol helps the guards in the Cylon brig to reactivate the security cameras following the blackout. It appears that Boomer is sleeping, and remained asleep through the entire incident.
* Slick assures Starbuck that her father left her something valuable: the ability to play the piano. At first, Starbuck refuses to play, but she is coaxed by Slick to play a few hesitant notes. She tears up, stops playing, and asks him to play. He agrees to play if she does.
* In the locker room, Athena finishes washing up when an Eight walks in. She believes it is someone assigned to fixing the shower, but then she turns to face the Eight and instantly recognizes her: "Boomer." Before Athena can do anything else, Boomer punches her in the face. Athena's head hits the sink hard and she falls to the floor. Boomer continues to pummel her.
**Apparently, Tyrol swapped the Eight that he had incapacitated at the repair site with Boomer.

=== Act 4 ===
* Boomer finishes washing blood off her hands when Helo comes into the locker room. She tries to pull away when Helo suggests an intimate moment before she leaves on her recon mission, but she eventually gives in. Boomer and Helo continue having sex. In a stall, Athena, bound and gagged, slowly comes back to consciousness and sees the two through the slightly opened door.
* In Joe's, Saul Tigh tells Ellen Tigh and Tory Foster about the pain of seeing Liam after Caprica Six's miscarriage.
* Slick realizes where Starbuck's hesitant music is going and writes a few notes. Starbuck realizes that his notes line up perfectly with the stars in Hera' drawing. The two resume playing, and the music flows more confidently. Saul, Ellen, and Tory stop their conversation and listen to the music.
* Dressed in a flight suit, Boomer finds Hera in the day care center, and encourages her to drink something on the way out.
* Tyrol helps Boomer to lift a box onto a waiting raptor. She tries convincing him to come, but her turns her down, assuring her that they will meet again in the future.
* Slick and Starbuck play the music faster and stronger--until it becomes The Music. Once the piece is finished, the three who were listening to Starbuck appear next to her demand to know how she was able to play it. She tells them it was something she had learned as a child. Slick is nowhere to be seen.
* As Helo gives a briefing on combat tactics, Athena, bloddied and weak, crawls into the room. She tells Helo what happened. Helo orders the others to get medical help and to contact CIC. He tries to comfort Athena, but she yells in anguish and hits him.
* Boomer waits for departure clearance in the port flight pod. Suspecting that she has been caught, she starts the raptor's engines. Adama threatens to shoot her down, but she warns him that he will not be willing to fire on a raptor carrying Hera. As she spools up the raptor's FTL, Adama orders the flight pods retracted. She launches, racing toward the narrowing gap and clearing it, but clipping the raptor in the process. She jumps away close to ''Galactica'''s hull. The jump rips a hole in the battlestar, shakes the ship violently, and triggers power outages and explosions seemingly everywhere.
* In Adama's quarters, Roslin whispers, "Hera," and collapses.
* Tyrol spots Helo and Athena arguing with a guard. He is horrified to learn that Boomer has kidnapped Hera.
* In the day care center, Ellen tells Saul that her escape from [[Cavil]] had been a ploy, nothing more than a way of getting Boomer close enough to abduct Hera. They wonder aloud about how Hera and the music, and whether Sam can help.
* In sickbay, Starbuck plays a tape of her father's music for Sam, and lies next to him.
* The Chief runs frantically through ''Galactica''. In the projected version of the house built by Boomer, he runs through all the rooms, and finds no one.

== Notes ==
* [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Caprica-Six]] do not appear in this episode. As with the previous episode, [[Lee Adama]] appears in only a couple of scenes.
* "[[Wikipedia:Someone to Watch Over Me (song)|Someone To Watch Over Me]]" is the name of a song composed by [[Wikipedia:George Gershwin|George]] and [[Wikipedia:Ira Gershwin|Ira Gershwin]], and featured in the musical [[Wikipedia:Oh, Kay!|''Oh, Kay!'']] A major theme of the song is the need to find love and acceptance, something [[Sharon Valerii]], [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[Kara Thrace]] are all seeking in their own ways.
** There was also an episode of [[w:Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek: Voyager]] named for the song, in which it is performed at the end by The Doctor.
* Weeks have passed since the end of [[Gaeta's Mutiny|the mutiny]], as evidenced by [[Cottle]]'s comment about how long Anders' EEG readings have remained steady, and Starbuck's comment about how long she has repeated the same mission briefing.
* Starbuck acknowledges, in her address to the other pilots, that the mutiny has "thinned our numbers". This, combined with the apparent absence of pilots such as [[Margaret Edmonson]] and [[Diana Seelix]], confirms their involvement in the mutiny did not go unpunished, although exactly what that punishment is remains unknown.
** In the Podcast for "[[Deadlock]]" RDM states that all the mutineers were imprisoned on the [[Astral Queen]].
* After her apparent death in "[[Maelstrom]]", Kara's personal belongings were auctioned off. Helo has managed to get them all back for her. However, the only thing Kara is interested in is the tape of her father's music.
* Some of the music played by the mysterious piano player is from the original series. [[Numian's 3rd Sonata]], Second Movement, is in fact from the opening dialogue of the classic series ("There are those who believe that life here, began out there..."), and the original [[Cylon]] musical cue is derived from that tune as well. This is not the first time music from the original series has shown up (i.e. the [[Colonial Anthem]]), and lends to the idea that everything 'has happened before, and will happen again'.
* The brand of "[[The_Twelve_Colonies_%28RDM%29#Tauron|Tauron]] toothpaste" offered as a prize to the pilots is called "[[Felgercarb (RDM)|Felgercarb]]," a word used in the [[Original Series]] to mean "shit." Tauron comes from Taurus the bull. In essence, Kara is offering the pilot who finds a new planet "bullshittoothpaste".
* The collection of named [[Number Six]] models expands with the addition of [[Sonja]], who becomes the first Cylon to be elected to the Fleet's reconstituted Quorum.
*When Tyrol visits and talks to Boomer for the first time in the Brig, during the conversation Boomer calls Tyrol "Galen" for the first time, at least publicly and on screen. In past episodes, both Boomer and Athena usually referred to their significant others with their callsigns/titles. For Athena, it was always referring to Agathon as Helo. For Boomer, it was always referring to Tyrol as Chief. Athena was the first of the two to break that tradition, noticeable after the two married. Boomer's shared projection with Tyrol and their imaginary marriage may be the reason why she ceased calling him solely "Chief."
*The seven notes that Slick plays over and over again after completing his 1st movement — identified by Kara as "[[Nomion's 3rd Sonata]], second movement" — was actually used in the [[Original Series]] as the somewhat sinister sounding fanfare of the "Exploration Theme" which served as the intro to [[Saga of a Star World]].

== Analysis ==
===Galactica's condition ===
*FTL jumps appear to create spatial distortions that can seriously strain a ships hull. Although bad hull damage does not necessarily prevent a ship from jumping (as has been seen many times before in the seasons, for example ''Pegasus'' - which jumped after being hit by three nuclear missiles in [[The Captain's Hand]]) the threat to ''Galactica'' has been compounded by the added riddling of the entire aged superstructure with microfractures. Tigh expresses concern that a jump within the flight pod will seriously strain the internal integrity of the ship. Boomer's FTL jump does eventually appear to cause a chain reaction of hull collapses along ''Galactica's'' port side, a side visibly weakened by Cylon attack, and suffering general aging in the 50+ year old ship's structure.
*The port side of ''Galactica'' which suffers damage in this episode has been seen specifically to suffer major stress before now- particularly during the [[Battle of New Caprica]] when it was mentioned that explosive decompressions were imminent in that section. That side of the ship also saw the port water tank blow out in [[Water]]-as well as damage from a nuclear explosion incurred during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] though these seemed to be repaired it no doubt contributed to the area's hull fatigue.
* Many individuals express fears of the damage an FTL jump can do to ''Galactica'', implying FTL jumps place serious strains on a ships hull — or even the hull of a ship nearby and a degree of hull integrity is important to allow a ship to continue jumping for continued periods. This appears quite a new phenomenon in the canon of the show and was not mentioned in previous seasons, though it of course makes for a convenient plot concept now. Before this ships have frequently been seen jumping and exiting a jump close to each other in the series with seemingly no ill effects — though it is possible Boomer's Raptor was much closer to Galactica's hull than has ever been seen before. In the episode [[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]] the tylium ship jumped whilst surrounded by Raptors and Vipers and no ship seemed to suffer damage, although they were knocked back and sent tumbling. It should be made clear that smaller objects are proportionally stronger and that smaller objects should feel much less shear in the wash of another nearby ship jumping. It is also possible the stress of by being caught in the FTL field of another vessel rather than that caused by a vessels own, properly configured FTL drive is more powerful and dangerous.
*Given that ''Galactica'' has jumped hundreds of times whilst damaged before now, it is not explained why no damage has occurred before given it is assumed damage will be guaranteed by an unplanned jump in this episode. In the miniseries ''Galactica'' suffered a nuke hit and yet jumped several times later. Also despite falling through the atmosphere of New Caprica ''Galactica'' was able to execute an FTL jump despite the severe strains on the hull. Fears of FTL stress were not mentioned.
** ''Galactica'' has probably been taking damage over the years from multiple jumps and suffering combat damage. That's how the microfractures developed. It's just that the extent of the damage has not become apparent until now.
** It is in part because of those actions, the atomic strikes and it jumping and falling though into a planet's gravity well and its atmosphere is why ''Galactic''a is suffering from massive metal fatigue, in addition to normal wear and tear of a 50+ year old ship and the fact that she hasn't had a major or even minor overhaul in years even before the the attack on the Colonies has taken their toll. In addition as discovered by Chief Tyrol the builders of ''Galactica'' "cut corners" with the building specifications of the ship. If the ''Galactica'' was able to retire on schedule these issues of "substandard" construction wouldn't have come up.
** Further to the point above about small craft being subject to less 'shear', it stands to reason that the size of the disturbance created by a ship executing a jump might be proportional to the size of the ship itself. A large vessel such as the tylium ship may create a widespread but relatively smooth disturbance, so the nearby Raptors would have been like corks bobbing as a wave passed. Conversely, a small vessel such as a Raptor might create a localised but very sharp distortion that poses more risk of damage to a large ship close to it.
*The age of ''Galactica'''s FTL drive might explain why the ship's hull integrity is taxed so badly by her FTL drive - more modern drives might not cause so much stress, and might explain why other Fleet ships and the rebel basestar can continue to jump despite the damage their hulls have taken.
* ''Galactica'' is in very bad shape from the metal fatigue in the hull. It's so bad that Tyrol says that all the [[Cylon organic resin]] could do is buy a little more time, but not too much from the looks of it, and that the ship might only be capable of a few more FTL jumps, if that. The ship is dying of old age and abuse and there's nothing anyone can do save it completely. The damage Boomer created during her escape has no doubt worsened the ship's condition.

===Boomer's actions===
* Adama has still not forgiven Boomer for shooting him.
* Ellen's escape from Cavil seems to have been orchestrated between him and Boomer in order to get Boomer on ''Galactica'' so she could kidnap Hera according to Ellen's speculation to her husband Saul Tigh.
* It would appear that while Cavil was willing to let Ellen go in order to obtain Hera, members of the [[Final Five]] are still of some value to him, as evidenced by Boomer's offer for Tyrol to go with her.
**It is more likely that Boomer genuinely wanted him to come with her because she truly loves him. Bringing him back to John Cavil-if that is where she is headed-would be of no use to him because as Ellen stated he would need all Five of the Finals to recreate Resurrection. In addition to her rekindled love, she has seen-or at least heard about-that it is possible for a Final Five Cylon to mate and have offspring with a "Standard Model" like herself even if Caprica-Six's pregnancy by Saul Tigh failed, so the possibility of a family which she shared with Tyrol in her projection, was open to her.
* Boomer has gone from being a conflicted sleeper agent to being a willing infiltrator and saboteur on ''Galactica''. With her rekindled love for Tyrol, she may be again conflicted.
* The Cylons want Boomer tried for treason, with execution being a possible outcome, because her actions are linked to the permanent deaths of thousands of Cylons when she sided against her model in the [[Cylon Civil War]]. This parallels the Colonial Fleet's own desire to try [[Gaius Baltar]] for siding against humanity and collaborating with the Cylons on New Caprica.

*It is very possible-but not certain-that the Cylon ability to recognize individual Cylons despite them looking exactly like each other (most of the time, the Sixes seem to have the most variants in hair color and use of makeup, both voluntary actions) relies on actually looking at the individual. In the lavatory where Sharon "Boomer" Valerii severely beats Sharon "Athena" Agathon, Athena initially mistook Boomer as a generic Eight when she saw her in the reflection of a mirror. It was after she stood up, turned around and looked directly at Boomer did Athena recognize her as Boomer. Admittedly however, it is possible that she would had recognized Boomer if she still only watched her in the reflection. Still, she said a full sentence while she looked at her in the mirror-"Great, I hope you are here to fix the frakkin' shower!"-but instantly recognized Boomer the exact moment she saw her directly and not reflected. Perhaps they also need to look the other Cylon square in the eyes, which is what Tyrol does in "[[Deadlock]]" before identifying Boomer.
**Helo did notice that Boomer did smell different. Boomer covered for this saying she found some soap.
***Helo said she smell good not different an she was washing her hands at the time. However there is a relevance to Helo mentioning her smell. In a scene from [[Litmus]] Tyrol and Boomer were in bed together shortly after engaging in intercourse. He said to her: "Sometimes at work I try to conjure up what your face looks like...Curve of your lips.....The way your hair falls. How you smell." Helo as just noted told Boomer she smelled good just before they had sex.
* Boomer has sex with [[Helo]] by pretending to be [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]] after he mistook her for his wife and he insisted after she tried to leave, but then enthusiastically let him believe she was Athena and willingly had sex with him. This is ironic, as Athena originally seduced Helo on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], by pretending to be Boomer.
** Boomer's willingness to have sex with Agathon - in the presence of Athena - was motivated by a desire to exact revenge on Athena for having effectively taken over her old life on ''Galactica'' according to the show writers.
***Though she initially hesitated, a knowing glance to the corner where Athena was hidden, is the clue to her decision to defile Athena's relationship with Helo.

===Starbuck's role===
* The mysterious piano player is [[Dreilide Thrace|Kara's father]], which can be concluded by his sudden disappearance and by the flashbacks with both Kara and her father playing the piano when she was little. These flashbacks mirror the exact same movements done by Captain Thrace and the piano player.<ref>http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=1598</ref>
* The title of the tape Kara receives back from Helo is "Dreilide Thrace Live at the Helice Opera House."
** [[w:Helice|Helice]], also spelled Helike, was an ancient Greek city which sank into the Corinthian Gulf in 373 B.C.
** Helice was the ancient Greek name <ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/620003/Ursa-Major</ref> for the constellation [[w:Ursa Major|Ursa Major]] (the Great Bear). <i>Helice</i> in Greek means "to spin" or "to turn"; it is the root of the modern word <i>helix</i>. Ursa Major revolves around [[w:Polaris|Polaris]], the Pole Star, hence the name. This may be a reference to the spinning of the [[maelstrom]] Kara flew into before her ship was destroyed, and it could also refer to the [[mandala]] found on the wall of her apartment and the [[Temple of Five]].
** [[w:Helike_(mythology)|Helice/Helike]] was also the name of a nymph in Greek mythology who nursed the infant [[Zeus]], along with another nymph, Melissa (which name itself means "honey" or "honey bee"). <ref>http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/UrsaMajor.html</ref>
** [[w:Helike_(moon)|Helike]] is also a newly-discovered moon of [[w:Jupiter|Jupiter]].
** However, the appearance of the word <i>Helice</i> in the show may simply be a tongue-in-cheek reference to [[Bear McCreary]]'s heavy involvement with this episode -- Ursa Major, and McCreary, both being "The Great Bear."<ref>http://tvbacon.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/battlestar-galactica-someone-to-watch-over-me-live-at-the-helice-opera-house/</ref>
* It is possible that Starbuck also has the ability of Projection and she projected the Piano Player beside her when she played a section of "All Along the Watchtower" from the drawing Hera made, which turned out to be musical notation. She, from her POV, was playing a long side of him but when Saul Tigh, Ellen Tigh, and Tory Foster confronted her about where she learned to play that music he was gone. Perhaps it was just standard human daydreaming, or a [[Virtual beings|Virtual being]], but it could had been projection.

===The Seven and the Five===
*The Final Five have the same [[Projection|projection]] ability as the Cylons they created. Cylons can share projections.
* Projections can include not just imaginary environments but also imaginary people, such as Boomer and Tyrol's "daughter" Dionne.
* It also appears that projections might be a form of persistent environment -- similar to real-life virtual worlds such as [[w:Second Life|Second Life]], as Tyrol re-enters Boomer's projection after she escapes with Hera, as if expecting to find her and Dionne still in there.
* The Final Five, [[Hera Agathon]], and [[Kara Thrace]] are all somehow connected to each other by [[The Music]]. Also possibly connected via the song is Kara's [[Dreilide Thrace|mysterious father]].
*Both the Agathons and Tyrol suffer the lost of a daughter: Hera and Tyrol's imaginary daughter from his and Boomer's shared projection; both taken by Boomer. Hera actually, Tyrol's symbolically in Tyrol's solo projection. Both Athena and Tyrol suffer great grief and display it: Athena's primal howls and beating her arm against Helo's back in rage/despair; Tyrol's sinking to his knees and burying his head in his arms in his child's empty room in his projection. Helo initially took the situation stoically but in the previews for the next episode "[[Islanded In a Stream of Stars]]," it appears the emotional toll over the loss of his daughter is telling on Helo when Adama, presumably taking about Hera, says-uncharacteristically-"get over it" to a disheveled Helo.
* Ellen Tigh has the same reaction to hearing The Music as her husband and Tory Foster. She, of course, remembers hearing Sam Anders play the song on Earth.

===The status of Cylons in the Fleet===
* The Cylons seem to have officially joined the Fleet as they now have the representation they wanted on the new Quorum in the form of a Six named Sonja. It is also confirmed that Cylon and Colonial pilots are performing joint [[CAP]]s.
** This is most clearly seen when Athena staggers into the briefing room and Helo orders one of the Sixes to go get the medics, the Six unhesitatingly responds "Yes, Sir". Several Sixes and Eights are also seen attending Starbuck's "toothpaste briefing."
** The rebel Cylon pilots do not appear to have been commissioned into the Colonial military, as they wear Cylon flight suits without insignia and none is addressed by rank.
* Many of the Sixes and Eights appear to use their model numbers as surnames, and are referred to and addressed as "Six" or "Eight". They do not yet appear to have been given individual call-signs. For example, at the toothpaste briefing, Starbuck states that "Six has the color assignments and recognition codes," (not, for instance, "''This'' Six..." or "The Six in the front row..."), and the Six in question casually raises her hand for the pilots behind her to see. Likewise, Helo addresses one as "Six" when ordering her to fetch a medic.
* Despite integrating allied flight command (at least among manned Heavy Raiders), being represented in the Quorum, and subordinating their Basestar weapons control to President Roslin ("[[Blood on the Scales]]"), the Rebel Cylons have retained some sovereignty and are thus entitled to extradite Sharon "Boomer" Valerii and try her for treason under Cylon law.
* Cylon law does not prohibit punishments to be enacted ''ex post facto''. Sonja explains that a death penalty provision would have been meaningless prior to the destruction of the hub, yet they intend to execute Boomer if she is found guilty for the treason she is accused of committing prior to the hub's destruction.

===Miscellaneous===
* It has been unclear whether Karl Agathon is still the [[Commander Air Group]] (CAG) of Galactica or Kara Thrace officially takes over the CAG as Agathon used to join important staff meetings with Adama & Tigh in previous episodes. However, this episode clearly shows that Thrace is now serving as the CAG of Galactica.

== Questions ==
* Will Boomer take Hera to Cavil? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer]])
* Why does Cavil want Hera? ([[Daybreak, Part I|Answer]])
* What was Boomer writing in her cell when she first sensed Tyrol watching her?
* Why did Boomer sleep with Helo? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me#Official Statements|Answer]])
* What is the source of Starbuck's visions of her father? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Partial Answer]])
* How did Starbuck and Hera arrive at a piano version of the same [[The Music|melody]] originally played by Anders on a guitar on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Partial Answer]])
* Will Tyrol's involvement in Boomer's escape be discovered? How will Athena and Helo react? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])
* Do all the ships in the Fleet - regardless of their relative crew and passenger size - get to send representatives to the new Quorum?
* What is Roslin's physical status after collapsing at the end of the episode? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer]])
* How does Roslin know of Hera's abduction without being informed? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Partial Answer]])
* Why did nobody say anything about Kara talking to herself before Saul, Ellen, Galen, and Tory realised what she was playing?
* If FTL drives cause spacial distortions with the potential to significantly damage ships, then why hasn't the FTL drive been weaponized by either side?

== Official Statements ==
*Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune interviews David Weddle and Bradley Thompson<ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/02/battlestar-galactica-starbuck-boomer-someone-to-watch-over-me-.html</ref>:
**Boomer had a sick desire to strike out at Athena, based on a perverse envy.
**Boomer's escape with Ellen was staged so that she could kidnap Hera. She intended to just use the Chief, but their interactions did awaken feelings she thought were dead.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
*''Ellen Tigh, Saul Tigh, and Tory Foster are in Joe's bar. Saul is remarking at the state of someone they cared about:''

:'''Saul''': Cottle was right, I should've never insisted on seeing him. His eyes were open! I wasn't ready for that. The little guy was looking right at me!

::''Saul was not talking about Anders (in a coma with his eyes open) but the body of his dead son Liam that was delivered stillborn after he died in utero but whose corpse he insisted on seeing.''

*''Cottle gives a response to the Cylons' observations about Anders' condition:''

:'''Cottle''': The last thing we need is you jerking our chains with a lot of quack ideas. So why don't you take them someplace else?

*'''Slick''' ''(to Starbuck)'': Listen. It may feel like hell, but sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[S. Cottle]]
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
* [[Roark Critchlow]] as [[Slick]]
* [[Iliana Gomez-Martinez]] as [[Hera Agathon]]
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]
* [[Torrance Coombs]] as Lance Corporal [[C. Sellers]]
* [[Ivan Cermak]] as Corporal [[D. Wallace]]
* [[Curtis Caravaggio]] as [[Nathanson]]
* [[Cherilynn Fulbright]] as [[Dionne]]
* [[Patrick Gilmore]] as [[Rafferty]]
* [[Samantha Kaine]] as Off-duty Crew Person
* [[Erika-Shaye Gair]] as Young [[Kara Thrace]]
* [[Darcy Laurie]] as [[Dealino]]
* [[Sonja Bennett]] as Specialist [[Marcie Brasko]]
* [[David Weddle]] as Smoking man in [[Joe's bar]] (uncredited)

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== Overview ==
:''[[Kara Thrace]] rediscovers a memory of a [[The Music|musical piece]] taught by [[Dreilide Thrace|her father]], while [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] awaits her fate at the hands of the Colonials and the rebel Cylons, who want to execute her for treason.''

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

* [[Kara Thrace]] gets out of her bunk and opens her locker. Looking in the mirror, she momentarily sees the image of her own corpse found on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] in the reflection. Disturbed, Kara takes out the bloodstained dog tags recovered from the corpse and stares at them, silently brooding to herself.
* Kara goes through her daily routine - showering, dressing, giving the Cylon and Colonial pilots their assignments, doing paperwork, and drinking at the bar.
* [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]] is still searching for a habitable planet. ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' is now experiencing frequent power losses and plumbing disruptions due to the ongoing repair work.
* [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] informs [[Admiral Adama]], [[Lee Adama]], and [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] that the repairs and the Cylon organic substance will buy the ship a few more jumps, but not many. The admiral states that he isn't ready to give up just yet.
* Lee congratulates Sonja, a [[Number Six]] model, on her appointment as the Cylons' representative to the newly-formed Quorum of Ships' Captains.
* Sonja makes a formal request that Boomer be returned to the Cylons. When Adama starts to protest that Boomer tried to kill him, Sonja explains that they don't want Boomer set free. They want to try Boomer for treason, as she sided with [[Cavil]] in the [[Cylon Civil War]].
* When Lee asks what will happen to Boomer if she's convicted, Sonja says that with the loss of their ability to resurrect, the Cylons can now implement capital punishment.
* Tyrol realizes what this means: the Cylons are going to kill Boomer.

=== Act 1 ===
* ''Galactica'' continues to experience tremors and power fluctuations all across the ship.
* Kara, Doc Cottle, and the Cylons are observing Anders, who is still not conscious despite showing brain activity. Cottle has no explanation for any of this.
* When the Cylons theorize that Anders' brain is "rebooting," Cottle tells them that he does not want to hear their "quack" ideas. He also tells Kara that it is time to "move on" with her life.
* After Cottle leaves, Kara starts to cry.
* In Joe's Bar, Kara complains to the piano player about performing "the same lame-ass song" over and over. He counters, saying that he has been in the process of composing for four days, and that his music is meant to bring beauty to a terrible existence. Kara reacts angrily, asking him rhetorically whether his music stopped one bomb during the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies.
* Human and Cylon workers are struggling to repair ''Galactica''. Tyrol looks up from his own work and stares at a Cylon Eight. He recalls moments spent with Boomer, good and bad. In his mind, he asks, "How many of us ended up with the people we really wanted to be with?"
* Kara visits Helo's quarters, who surprises her with a box of Kara's belongings, found and bought and stolen back over the past few months since her return. She takes only one item from the box, a cassette tape labeled "Dreilide Thrace Live at the Helice Opera House." Before Kara leaves, Hera hands her a crayon drawing of stars.
* Tyrol visits Boomer in the reinforced brig reserved for Cylons. The two look at each other tentatively for a moment before beginning to talk. Boomer explains New Caprica as a "way to set things right" with Tyrol after her shooting of William Adama. They both admit thinking about one another on a daily basis. Boomer puts her hand on the glass. Tyrol reaches out--and is instantly transported to the house they had planned to build on Picon after mustering out of the Colonial Fleet. Tyrol is confused and angered by the illusion, disconnects from Boomer, and runs away.

=== Act 2 ===
* On another night, Kara listens to Slick play again. She applauds his work, and offers him a mix of praise and criticism. She perceives the music as conveying a sense of loss, of trying to catch someone who is moving away too fast.
* Tyrol asks for help from the Five to save Boomer from execution. They refuse, with Ellen Tigh telling him that they will not set themselves up as gods for the rebel Cylons.
* Later, Tyrol visits Boomer again. She tells him that the house in her projection was a "secret retreat" that she built in her mind and visited on a daily basis after being shot by [[Cally]]. The two talk about the extensive plans they had made for building the house; Boomer calls the Chief's planning "obsessive," but he describes them as "thorough." He reaches through the wire mesh, and Boomer places her hand to the glass. Tyrol looks around the house, appreciates it and Boomer's company--and then finds signs of a child, their daughter. He goes into their child's room and sits with her. Outside the projection, he laughs and cries happily.
* Back in the bar, Slick announces that the first movement is finished. He starts the second, with Kara accusing him of stealing material from Numian's 3rd Sonata. She sits with Slick, talking about her father teaching her to play the piano and her pleasant memories of the experience, particularly a song that made her "happy and sad at the same time."

=== Act 3 ===
* The flight deck is completely empty, except for Starbuck (wearing a [[flight suit]]) and a blond girl playing a piano. Starbuck slowly approaches the girl from behind, places a hand on her sholder, and turns her around. Instead of the girl's face, she sees her own burned remains--and bolts awake, covered in sweat.
* Holding her recovered dog tags, Starbuck tells Slick about the experience of finding her body on Earth. Slick claims to be unable to answer her questions. She goes on to say that the search for Earth gave her clarity and focus, but since discovering the planet and abandoning it, she feels lost again. Slick tells her that sometimes "lost is where you need to be."
* Tyrol pleads with Roslin for Boomer's life. Roslin abruptly tells him to stop, reminding him that Boomer preys on personal feelings, and that by asking for a personal favor from her, Tyrol is doing the same thing. She signs the order turning Boomer over to the rebel Cylons, and curtly dismisses him.
* At one of the repair sites, Tyrol stares at an Eight who is busy applying the Cylon resin. He grabs a wrench. The lights go out, and mixed in with the sounds of people yelling is a heavy thump.
* Slick hits a wall in his composing. Starbuck and Slick talk about him leaving his family because his wife wanted him to quit music. Starbuck scolds him for ditching his family just like her own father did.
* Tyrol helps the guards in the Cylon brig to reactivate the security cameras following the blackout. It appears that Boomer is sleeping, and remained asleep through the entire incident.
* Slick assures Starbuck that her father left her something valuable: the ability to play the piano. At first, Starbuck refuses to play, but she is coaxed by Slick to play a few hesitant notes. She tears up, stops playing, and asks him to play. He agrees to play if she does.
* In the locker room, Athena finishes washing up when an Eight walks in. She believes it is someone assigned to fixing the shower, but then she turns to face the Eight and instantly recognizes her: "Boomer." Before Athena can do anything else, Boomer punches her in the face. Athena's head hits the sink hard and she falls to the floor. Boomer continues to pummel her.
**Apparently, Tyrol swapped the Eight that he had incapacitated at the repair site with Boomer.

=== Act 4 ===
* Boomer finishes washing blood off her hands when Helo comes into the locker room. She tries to pull away when Helo suggests an intimate moment before she leaves on her recon mission, but she eventually gives in. Boomer and Helo continue having sex. In a stall, Athena, bound and gagged, slowly comes back to consciousness and sees the two through the slightly opened door.
* In Joe's, Saul Tigh tells Ellen Tigh and Tory Foster about the pain of seeing Liam after Caprica Six's miscarriage.
* Slick realizes where Starbuck's hesitant music is going and writes a few notes. Starbuck realizes that his notes line up perfectly with the stars in Hera' drawing. The two resume playing, and the music flows more confidently. Saul, Ellen, and Tory stop their conversation and listen to the music.
* Dressed in a flight suit, Boomer finds Hera in the day care center, and encourages her to drink something on the way out.
* Tyrol helps Boomer to lift a box onto a waiting raptor. She tries convincing him to come, but her turns her down, assuring her that they will meet again in the future.
* Slick and Starbuck play the music faster and stronger--until it becomes The Music. Once the piece is finished, the three who were listening to Starbuck appear next to her demand to know how she was able to play it. She tells them it was something she had learned as a child. Slick is nowhere to be seen.
* As Helo gives a briefing on combat tactics, Athena, bloddied and weak, crawls into the room. She tells Helo what happened. Helo orders the others to get medical help and to contact CIC. He tries to comfort Athena, but she yells in anguish and hits him.
* Boomer waits for departure clearance in the port flight pod. Suspecting that she has been caught, she starts the raptor's engines. Adama threatens to shoot her down, but she warns him that he will not be willing to fire on a raptor carrying Hera. As she spools up the raptor's FTL, Adama orders the flight pods retracted. She launches, racing toward the narrowing gap and clearing it, but clipping the raptor in the process. She jumps away close to ''Galactica'''s hull. The jump rips a hole in the battlestar, shakes the ship violently, and triggers power outages and explosions seemingly everywhere.
* In Adama's quarters, Roslin whispers, "Hera," and collapses.
* Tyrol spots Helo and Athena arguing with a guard. He is horrified to learn that Boomer has kidnapped Hera.
* In the day care center, Ellen tells Saul that her escape from [[Cavil]] had been a ploy, nothing more than a way of getting Boomer close enough to abduct Hera. They wonder aloud about how Hera and the music, and whether Sam can help.
* In sickbay, Starbuck plays a tape of her father's music for Sam, and lies next to him.
* The Chief runs frantically through ''Galactica''. In the projected version of the house built by Boomer, he runs through all the rooms, and finds no one.

== Notes ==
* [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Caprica-Six]] do not appear in this episode. As with the previous episode, [[Lee Adama]] appears in only a couple of scenes.
* "[[Wikipedia:Someone to Watch Over Me (song)|Someone To Watch Over Me]]" is the name of a song composed by [[Wikipedia:George Gershwin|George]] and [[Wikipedia:Ira Gershwin|Ira Gershwin]], and featured in the musical [[Wikipedia:Oh, Kay!|''Oh, Kay!'']] A major theme of the song is the need to find love and acceptance, something [[Sharon Valerii]], [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[Kara Thrace]] are all seeking in their own ways.
** There was also an episode of [[w:Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek: Voyager]] named for the song, in which it is performed at the end by The Doctor.
* Weeks have passed since the end of [[Gaeta's Mutiny|the mutiny]], as evidenced by [[Cottle]]'s comment about how long Anders' EEG readings have remained steady, and Starbuck's comment about how long she has repeated the same mission briefing.
* Starbuck acknowledges, in her address to the other pilots, that the mutiny has "thinned our numbers". This, combined with the apparent absence of pilots such as [[Margaret Edmonson]] and [[Diana Seelix]], confirms their involvement in the mutiny did not go unpunished, although exactly what that punishment is remains unknown.
** In the Podcast for "[[Deadlock]]" RDM states that all the mutineers were imprisoned on the [[Astral Queen]].
* After her apparent death in "[[Maelstrom]]", Kara's personal belongings were auctioned off. Helo has managed to get them all back for her. However, the only thing Kara is interested in is the tape of her father's music.
* Some of the music played by the mysterious piano player is from the original series. [[Numian's 3rd Sonata]], Second Movement, is in fact from the opening dialogue of the classic series ("There are those who believe that life here, began out there..."), and the original [[Cylon]] musical cue is derived from that tune as well. This is not the first time music from the original series has shown up (i.e. the [[Colonial Anthem]]), and lends to the idea that everything 'has happened before, and will happen again'.
* The brand of "[[The_Twelve_Colonies_%28RDM%29#Tauron|Tauron]] toothpaste" offered as a prize to the pilots is called "[[Felgercarb (RDM)|Felgercarb]]," a word used in the [[Original Series]] to mean "shit." Tauron comes from Taurus the bull. In essence, Kara is offering the pilot who finds a new planet "bullshittoothpaste".
* The collection of named [[Number Six]] models expands with the addition of [[Sonja]], who becomes the first Cylon to be elected to the Fleet's reconstituted Quorum.
*When Tyrol visits and talks to Boomer for the first time in the Brig, during the conversation Boomer calls Tyrol "Galen" for the first time, at least publicly and on screen. In past episodes, both Boomer and Athena usually referred to their significant others with their callsigns/titles. For Athena, it was always referring to Agathon as Helo. For Boomer, it was always referring to Tyrol as Chief. Athena was the first of the two to break that tradition, noticeable after the two married. Boomer's shared projection with Tyrol and their imaginary marriage may be the reason why she ceased calling him solely "Chief."
*The seven notes that Slick plays over and over again after completing his 1st movement — identified by Kara as "[[Nomion's 3rd Sonata]], second movement" — was actually used in the [[Original Series]] as the somewhat sinister sounding fanfare of the "Exploration Theme" which served as the intro to [[Saga of a Star World]].

== Analysis ==
===Galactica's condition ===
*FTL jumps appear to create spatial distortions that can seriously strain a ships hull. Although bad hull damage does not necessarily prevent a ship from jumping (as has been seen many times before in the seasons, for example ''Pegasus'' - which jumped after being hit by three nuclear missiles in [[The Captain's Hand]]) the threat to ''Galactica'' has been compounded by the added riddling of the entire aged superstructure with microfractures. Tigh expresses concern that a jump within the flight pod will seriously strain the internal integrity of the ship. Boomer's FTL jump does eventually appear to cause a chain reaction of hull collapses along ''Galactica's'' port side, a side visibly weakened by Cylon attack, and suffering general aging in the 50+ year old ship's structure.
*The port side of ''Galactica'' which suffers damage in this episode has been seen specifically to suffer major stress before now- particularly during the [[Battle of New Caprica]] when it was mentioned that explosive decompressions were imminent in that section. That side of the ship also saw the port water tank blow out in [[Water]]-as well as damage from a nuclear explosion incurred during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] though these seemed to be repaired it no doubt contributed to the area's hull fatigue.
* Many individuals express fears of the damage an FTL jump can do to ''Galactica'', implying FTL jumps place serious strains on a ships hull — or even the hull of a ship nearby and a degree of hull integrity is important to allow a ship to continue jumping for continued periods. This appears quite a new phenomenon in the canon of the show and was not mentioned in previous seasons, though it of course makes for a convenient plot concept now. Before this ships have frequently been seen jumping and exiting a jump close to each other in the series with seemingly no ill effects — though it is possible Boomer's Raptor was much closer to Galactica's hull than has ever been seen before. In the episode [[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]] the tylium ship jumped whilst surrounded by Raptors and Vipers and no ship seemed to suffer damage, although they were knocked back and sent tumbling. It should be made clear that smaller objects are proportionally stronger and that smaller objects should feel much less shear in the wash of another nearby ship jumping. It is also possible the stress of by being caught in the FTL field of another vessel rather than that caused by a vessels own, properly configured FTL drive is more powerful and dangerous.
*Given that ''Galactica'' has jumped hundreds of times whilst damaged before now, it is not explained why no damage has occurred before given it is assumed damage will be guaranteed by an unplanned jump in this episode. In the miniseries ''Galactica'' suffered a nuke hit and yet jumped several times later. Also despite falling through the atmosphere of New Caprica ''Galactica'' was able to execute an FTL jump despite the severe strains on the hull. Fears of FTL stress were not mentioned.
** ''Galactica'' has probably been taking damage over the years from multiple jumps and suffering combat damage. That's how the microfractures developed. It's just that the extent of the damage has not become apparent until now.
** It is in part because of those actions, the atomic strikes and it jumping and falling though into a planet's gravity well and its atmosphere is why ''Galactic''a is suffering from massive metal fatigue, in addition to normal wear and tear of a 50+ year old ship and the fact that she hasn't had a major or even minor overhaul in years even before the the attack on the Colonies has taken their toll. In addition as discovered by Chief Tyrol the builders of ''Galactica'' "cut corners" with the building specifications of the ship. If the ''Galactica'' was able to retire on schedule these issues of "substandard" construction wouldn't have come up.
** Further to the point above about small craft being subject to less 'shear', it stands to reason that the size of the disturbance created by a ship executing a jump might be proportional to the size of the ship itself. A large vessel such as the tylium ship may create a widespread but relatively smooth disturbance, so the nearby Raptors would have been like corks bobbing as a wave passed. Conversely, a small vessel such as a Raptor might create a localised but very sharp distortion that poses more risk of damage to a large ship close to it.
*The age of ''Galactica'''s FTL drive might explain why the ship's hull integrity is taxed so badly by her FTL drive - more modern drives might not cause so much stress, and might explain why other Fleet ships and the rebel basestar can continue to jump despite the damage their hulls have taken.
* ''Galactica'' is in very bad shape from the metal fatigue in the hull. It's so bad that Tyrol says that all the [[Cylon organic resin]] could do is buy a little more time, but not too much from the looks of it, and that the ship might only be capable of a few more FTL jumps, if that. The ship is dying of old age and abuse and there's nothing anyone can do save it completely. The damage Boomer created during her escape has no doubt worsened the ship's condition.

===Boomer's actions===
* Adama has still not forgiven Boomer for shooting him.
* Ellen's escape from Cavil seems to have been orchestrated between him and Boomer in order to get Boomer on ''Galactica'' so she could kidnap Hera according to Ellen's speculation to her husband Saul Tigh.
* It would appear that while Cavil was willing to let Ellen go in order to obtain Hera, members of the [[Final Five]] are still of some value to him, as evidenced by Boomer's offer for Tyrol to go with her.
**It is more likely that Boomer genuinely wanted him to come with her because she truly loves him. Bringing him back to John Cavil-if that is where she is headed-would be of no use to him because as Ellen stated he would need all Five of the Finals to recreate Resurrection. In addition to her rekindled love, she has seen-or at least heard about-that it is possible for a Final Five Cylon to mate and have offspring with a "Standard Model" like herself even if Caprica-Six's pregnancy by Saul Tigh failed, so the possibility of a family which she shared with Tyrol in her projection, was open to her.
* Boomer has gone from being a conflicted sleeper agent to being a willing infiltrator and saboteur on ''Galactica''. With her rekindled love for Tyrol, she may be again conflicted.
* The Cylons want Boomer tried for treason, with execution being a possible outcome, because her actions are linked to the permanent deaths of thousands of Cylons when she sided against her model in the [[Cylon Civil War]]. This parallels the Colonial Fleet's own desire to try [[Gaius Baltar]] for siding against humanity and collaborating with the Cylons on New Caprica.

*It is very possible-but not certain-that the Cylon ability to recognize individual Cylons despite them looking exactly like each other (most of the time, the Sixes seem to have the most variants in hair color and use of makeup, both voluntary actions) relies on actually looking at the individual. In the lavatory where Sharon "Boomer" Valerii severely beats Sharon "Athena" Agathon, Athena initially mistook Boomer as a generic Eight when she saw her in the reflection of a mirror. It was after she stood up, turned around and looked directly at Boomer did Athena recognize her as Boomer. Admittedly however, it is possible that she would had recognized Boomer if she still only watched her in the reflection. Still, she said a full sentence while she looked at her in the mirror-"Great, I hope you are here to fix the frakkin' shower!"-but instantly recognized Boomer the exact moment she saw her directly and not reflected. Perhaps they also need to look the other Cylon square in the eyes, which is what Tyrol does in "[[Deadlock]]" before identifying Boomer.
**Helo did notice that Boomer did smell different. Boomer covered for this saying she found some soap.
***Helo said she smell good not different an she was washing her hands at the time. However there is a relevance to Helo mentioning her smell. In a scene from [[Litmus]] Tyrol and Boomer were in bed together shortly after engaging in intercourse. He said to her: "Sometimes at work I try to conjure up what your face looks like...Curve of your lips.....The way your hair falls. How you smell." Helo as just noted told Boomer she smelled good just before they had sex.
* Boomer has sex with [[Helo]] by pretending to be [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]] after he mistook her for his wife and he insisted after she tried to leave, but then enthusiastically let him believe she was Athena and willingly had sex with him. This is ironic, as Athena originally seduced Helo on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], by pretending to be Boomer.
** Boomer's willingness to have sex with Agathon - in the presence of Athena - was motivated by a desire to exact revenge on Athena for having effectively taken over her old life on ''Galactica'' according to the show writers.
***Though she initially hesitated, a knowing glance to the corner where Athena was hidden, is the clue to her decision to defile Athena's relationship with Helo.

===Starbuck's role===
* The mysterious piano player is [[Dreilide Thrace|Kara's father]], which can be concluded by his sudden disappearance and by the flashbacks with both Kara and her father playing the piano when she was little. These flashbacks mirror the exact same movements done by Captain Thrace and the piano player.<ref>http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=1598</ref>
* The title of the tape Kara receives back from Helo is "Dreilide Thrace Live at the Helice Opera House."
** [[w:Helice|Helice]], also spelled Helike, was an ancient Greek city which sank into the Corinthian Gulf in 373 B.C.
** Helice was the ancient Greek name <ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/620003/Ursa-Major</ref> for the constellation [[w:Ursa Major|Ursa Major]] (the Great Bear). <i>Helice</i> in Greek means "to spin" or "to turn"; it is the root of the modern word <i>helix</i>. Ursa Major revolves around [[w:Polaris|Polaris]], the Pole Star, hence the name. This may be a reference to the spinning of the [[maelstrom]] Kara flew into before her ship was destroyed, and it could also refer to the [[mandala]] found on the wall of her apartment and the [[Temple of Five]].
** [[w:Helike_(mythology)|Helice/Helike]] was also the name of a nymph in Greek mythology who nursed the infant [[Zeus]], along with another nymph, Melissa (which name itself means "honey" or "honey bee"). <ref>http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/UrsaMajor.html</ref>
** [[w:Helike_(moon)|Helike]] is also a newly-discovered moon of [[w:Jupiter|Jupiter]].
** However, the appearance of the word <i>Helice</i> in the show may simply be a tongue-in-cheek reference to [[Bear McCreary]]'s heavy involvement with this episode -- Ursa Major, and McCreary, both being "The Great Bear."<ref>http://tvbacon.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/battlestar-galactica-someone-to-watch-over-me-live-at-the-helice-opera-house/</ref>
* It is possible that Starbuck also has the ability of Projection and she projected the Piano Player beside her when she played a section of "All Along the Watchtower" from the drawing Hera made, which turned out to be musical notation. She, from her POV, was playing a long side of him but when Saul Tigh, Ellen Tigh, and Tory Foster confronted her about where she learned to play that music he was gone. Perhaps it was just standard human daydreaming, or a [[Virtual beings|Virtual being]], but it could had been projection.

===The Seven and the Five===
*The Final Five have the same [[Projection|projection]] ability as the Cylons they created. Cylons can share projections.
* Projections can include not just imaginary environments but also imaginary people, such as Boomer and Tyrol's "daughter" Dionne.
* It also appears that projections might be a form of persistent environment -- similar to real-life virtual worlds such as [[w:Second Life|Second Life]], as Tyrol re-enters Boomer's projection after she escapes with Hera, as if expecting to find her and Dionne still in there.
* The Final Five, [[Hera Agathon]], and [[Kara Thrace]] are all somehow connected to each other by [[The Music]]. Also possibly connected via the song is Kara's [[Dreilide Thrace|mysterious father]].
*Both the Agathons and Tyrol suffer the lost of a daughter: Hera and Tyrol's imaginary daughter from his and Boomer's shared projection; both taken by Boomer. Hera actually, Tyrol's symbolically in Tyrol's solo projection. Both Athena and Tyrol suffer great grief and display it: Athena's primal howls and beating her arm against Helo's back in rage/despair; Tyrol's sinking to his knees and burying his head in his arms in his child's empty room in his projection. Helo initially took the situation stoically but in the previews for the next episode "[[Islanded In a Stream of Stars]]," it appears the emotional toll over the loss of his daughter is telling on Helo when Adama, presumably taking about Hera, says-uncharacteristically-"get over it" to a disheveled Helo.
* Ellen Tigh has the same reaction to hearing The Music as her husband and Tory Foster. She, of course, remembers hearing Sam Anders play the song on Earth.

===The status of Cylons in the Fleet===
* The Cylons seem to have officially joined the Fleet as they now have the representation they wanted on the new Quorum in the form of a Six named Sonja. It is also confirmed that Cylon and Colonial pilots are performing joint [[CAP]]s.
** This is most clearly seen when Athena staggers into the briefing room and Helo orders one of the Sixes to go get the medics, the Six unhesitatingly responds "Yes, Sir". Several Sixes and Eights are also seen attending Starbuck's "toothpaste briefing."
** The rebel Cylon pilots do not appear to have been commissioned into the Colonial military, as they wear Cylon flight suits without insignia and none is addressed by rank.
* Many of the Sixes and Eights appear to use their model numbers as surnames, and are referred to and addressed as "Six" or "Eight". They do not yet appear to have been given individual call-signs. For example, at the toothpaste briefing, Starbuck states that "Six has the color assignments and recognition codes," (not, for instance, "''This'' Six..." or "The Six in the front row..."), and the Six in question casually raises her hand for the pilots behind her to see. Likewise, Helo addresses one as "Six" when ordering her to fetch a medic.
* Despite integrating allied flight command (at least among manned Heavy Raiders), being represented in the Quorum, and subordinating their Basestar weapons control to President Roslin ("[[Blood on the Scales]]"), the Rebel Cylons have retained some sovereignty and are thus entitled to extradite Sharon "Boomer" Valerii and try her for treason under Cylon law.
* Cylon law does not prohibit punishments to be enacted ''ex post facto''. Sonja explains that a death penalty provision would have been meaningless prior to the destruction of the hub, yet they intend to execute Boomer if she is found guilty for the treason she is accused of committing prior to the hub's destruction.

===Miscellaneous===
* It has been unclear whether Karl Agathon is still the [[Commander Air Group]] (CAG) of Galactica or Kara Thrace officially takes over the CAG as Agathon used to join important staff meetings with Adama & Tigh in previous episodes. However, this episode clearly shows that Thrace is now serving as the CAG of Galactica.

== Questions ==
* Will Boomer take Hera to Cavil? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer]])
* Why does Cavil want Hera? ([[Daybreak, Part I|Answer]])
* What was Boomer writing in her cell when she first sensed Tyrol watching her?
* Why did Boomer sleep with Helo? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me#Official Statements|Answer]])
* What is the source of Starbuck's visions of her father? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Partial Answer]])
* How did Starbuck and Hera arrive at a piano version of the same [[The Music|melody]] originally played by Anders on a guitar on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Partial Answer]])
* Will Tyrol's involvement in Boomer's escape be discovered? How will Athena and Helo react? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])
* Do all the ships in the Fleet - regardless of their relative crew and passenger size - get to send representatives to the new Quorum?
* What is Roslin's physical status after collapsing at the end of the episode? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer]])
* How does Roslin know of Hera's abduction without being informed? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Partial Answer]])
* Why did nobody say anything about Kara talking to herself before Saul, Ellen, Galen, and Tory realised what she was playing?
* If FTL drives cause spacial distortions with the potential to significantly damage ships, then why hasn't the FTL drive been weaponized by either side?

== Official Statements ==
*Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune interviews David Weddle and Bradley Thompson<ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/02/battlestar-galactica-starbuck-boomer-someone-to-watch-over-me-.html</ref>:
**Boomer had a sick desire to strike out at Athena, based on a perverse envy.
**Boomer's escape with Ellen was staged so that she could kidnap Hera. She intended to just use the Chief, but their interactions did awaken feelings she thought were dead.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
*''Ellen Tigh, Saul Tigh, and Tory Foster are in Joe's bar. Saul is remarking at the state of someone they cared about:''

:'''Saul''': Cottle was right, I should've never insisted on seeing him. His eyes were open! I wasn't ready for that. The little guy was looking right at me!

::''Saul was not talking about Anders (in a coma with his eyes open) but the body of his dead son Liam that was delivered stillborn after he died in utero but whose corpse he insisted on seeing.''

*''Cottle gives a response to the Cylons' observations about Anders' condition:''

:'''Cottle''': The last thing we need is you jerking our chains with a lot of quack ideas. So why don't you take them someplace else?

*'''Slick''' ''(to Starbuck)'': Listen. It may feel like hell, but sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[S. Cottle]]
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
* [[Roark Critchlow]] as [[Slick]]
* [[Iliana Gomez-Martinez]] as [[Hera Agathon]]
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]
* [[Torrance Coombs]] as Lance Corporal [[C. Sellers]]
* [[Ivan Cermak]] as Corporal [[D. Wallace]]
* [[Curtis Caravaggio]] as [[Nathanson]]
* [[Cherilynn Fulbright]] as [[Dionne]]
* [[Patrick Gilmore]] as [[Rafferty]]
* [[Samantha Kaine]] as Off-duty Crew Person
* [[Erika-Shaye Gair]] as Young [[Kara Thrace]]
* [[Darcy Laurie]] as [[Dealino]]
* [[Sonja Bennett]] as Specialist [[Marcie Brasko]]
* [[David Weddle]] as Smoking man in [[Joe's bar]] (uncredited)

== References ==
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Someone to Watch Over Me

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== Overview ==
:''[[Kara Thrace]] rediscovers a memory of a [[The Music|musical piece]] taught by [[Dreilide Thrace|her father]], while [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] awaits her fate at the hands of the Colonials and the rebel Cylons, who want to execute her for treason.''

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

* [[Kara Thrace]] gets out of her bunk and opens her locker. Looking in the mirror, she momentarily sees the image of her own corpse found on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] in the reflection. Disturbed, Kara takes out the bloodstained dog tags recovered from the corpse and stares at them, silently brooding to herself.
* Kara goes through her daily routine - showering, dressing, giving the Cylon and Colonial pilots their assignments, doing paperwork, and drinking at the bar.
* [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]] is still searching for a habitable planet. ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' is now experiencing frequent power losses and plumbing disruptions due to the ongoing repair work.
* [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] informs [[Admiral Adama]], [[Lee Adama]], and [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] that the repairs and the Cylon organic substance will buy the ship a few more jumps, but not many. The admiral states that he isn't ready to give up just yet.
* Lee congratulates Sonja, a [[Number Six]] model, on her appointment as the Cylons' representative to the newly-formed Quorum of Ships' Captains.
* Sonja makes a formal request that Boomer be returned to the Cylons. When Adama starts to protest that Boomer tried to kill him, Sonja explains that they don't want Boomer set free. They want to try Boomer for treason, as she sided with [[Cavil]] in the [[Cylon Civil War]].
* When Lee asks what will happen to Boomer if she's convicted, Sonja says that with the loss of their ability to resurrect, the Cylons can now implement capital punishment.
* Tyrol realizes what this means: the Cylons are going to kill Boomer.

=== Act 1 ===
* ''Galactica'' continues to experience tremors and power fluctuations all across the ship.
* Kara, Doc Cottle, and the Cylons are observing Anders, who is still not conscious despite showing brain activity. Cottle has no explanation for any of this.
* When the Cylons theorize that Anders' brain is "rebooting," Cottle tells them that he does not want to hear their "quack" ideas. He also tells Kara that it is time to "move on" with her life.
* After Cottle leaves, Kara starts to cry.
* In Joe's Bar, Kara complains to the piano player about performing "the same lame-ass song" over and over. He counters, saying that he has been in the process of composing for four days, and that his music is meant to bring beauty to a terrible existence. Kara reacts angrily, asking him rhetorically whether his music stopped one bomb during the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies.
* Human and Cylon workers are struggling to repair ''Galactica''. Tyrol looks up from his own work and stares at a Cylon Eight. He recalls moments spent with Boomer, good and bad. In his mind, he asks, "How many of us ended up with the people we really wanted to be with?"
* Kara visits Helo's quarters, who surprises her with a box of Kara's belongings, found and bought and stolen back over the past few months since her return. She takes only one item from the box, a cassette tape labeled "Dreilide Thrace Live at the Helice Opera House." Before Kara leaves, Hera hands her a crayon drawing of stars.
* Tyrol visits Boomer in the reinforced brig reserved for Cylons. The two look at each other tentatively for a moment before beginning to talk. Boomer explains New Caprica as a "way to set things right" with Tyrol after her shooting of William Adama. They both admit thinking about one another on a daily basis. Boomer puts her hand on the glass. Tyrol reaches out--and is instantly transported to the house they had planned to build on Picon after mustering out of the Colonial Fleet. Tyrol is confused and angered by the illusion, disconnects from Boomer, and runs away.

=== Act 2 ===
* On another night, Kara listens to Slick play again. She applauds his work, and offers him a mix of praise and criticism. She perceives the music as conveying a sense of loss, of trying to catch someone who is moving away too fast.
* Tyrol asks for help from the Five to save Boomer from execution. They refuse, with Ellen Tigh telling him that they will not set themselves up as gods for the rebel Cylons.
* Later, Tyrol visits Boomer again. She tells him that the house in her projection was a "secret retreat" that she built in her mind and visited on a daily basis after being shot by [[Cally]]. The two talk about the extensive plans they had made for building the house; Boomer calls the Chief's planning "obsessive," but he describes them as "thorough." He reaches through the wire mesh, and Boomer places her hand to the glass. Tyrol looks around the house, appreciates it and Boomer's company--and then finds signs of a child, their daughter. He goes into their child's room and sits with her. Outside the projection, he laughs and cries happily.
* Back in the bar, Slick announces that the first movement is finished. He starts the second, with Kara accusing him of stealing material from Numian's 3rd Sonata. She sits with Slick, talking about her father teaching her to play the piano and her pleasant memories of the experience, particularly a song that made her "happy and sad at the same time."

=== Act 3 ===
* The flight deck is completely empty, except for Starbuck (wearing a [[flight suit]]) and a blond girl playing a piano. Starbuck slowly approaches the girl from behind, places a hand on her sholder, and turns her around. Instead of the girl's face, she sees her own burned remains--and bolts awake, covered in sweat.
* Holding her recovered dog tags, Starbuck tells Slick about the experience of finding her body on Earth. Slick claims to be unable to answer her questions. She goes on to say that the search for Earth gave her clarity and focus, but since discovering the planet and abandoning it, she feels lost again. Slick tells her that sometimes "lost is where you need to be."
* Tyrol pleads with Roslin for Boomer's life. Roslin abruptly tells him to stop, reminding him that Boomer preys on personal feelings, and that by asking for a personal favor from her, Tyrol is doing the same thing. She signs the order turning Boomer over to the rebel Cylons, and curtly dismisses him.
* At one of the repair sites, Tyrol stares at an Eight who is busy applying the Cylon resin. He grabs a wrench. The lights go out, and mixed in with the sounds of people yelling is a heavy thump.
* Slick hits a wall in his composing. Starbuck and Slick talk about him leaving his family because his wife wanted him to quit music. Starbuck scolds him for ditching his family just like her own father did.
* Tyrol helps the guards in the Cylon brig to reactivate the security cameras following the blackout. It appears that Boomer is sleeping, and remained asleep through the entire incident.
* Slick assures Starbuck that her father left her something valuable: the ability to play the piano. At first, Starbuck refuses to play, but she is coaxed by Slick to play a few hesitant notes. She tears up, stops playing, and asks him to play. He agrees to play if she does.
* In the locker room, Athena finishes washing up when an Eight walks in. She believes it is someone assigned to fixing the shower, but then she turns to face the Eight and instantly recognizes her: "Boomer." Before Athena can do anything else, Boomer punches her in the face. Athena's head hits the sink hard and she falls to the floor. Boomer continues to pummel her.
**Apparently, Tyrol swapped the Eight that he had incapacitated at the repair site with Boomer.

=== Act 4 ===
* Boomer finishes washing blood off her hands when Helo comes into the locker room. She tries to pull away when Helo suggests an intimate moment before she leaves on her recon mission, but she eventually gives in. Boomer and Helo continue having sex. In a stall, Athena, bound and gagged, slowly comes back to consciousness and sees the two through the slightly opened door.
* In Joe's, Saul Tigh tells Ellen Tigh and Tory Foster about the pain of seeing Liam after Caprica Six's miscarriage.
* Slick realizes where Starbuck's hesitant music is going and writes a few notes. Starbuck realizes that his notes line up perfectly with the stars in Hera' drawing. The two resume playing, and the music flows more confidently. Saul, Ellen, and Tory stop their conversation and listen to the music.
* Dressed in a flight suit, Boomer finds Hera in the day care center, and encourages her to drink something on the way out.
* Tyrol helps Boomer to lift a box onto a waiting raptor. She tries convincing him to come, but her turns her down, assuring her that they will meet again in the future.
* Slick and Starbuck play the music faster and stronger--until it becomes The Music. Once the piece is finished, the three who were listening to Starbuck appear next to her demand to know how she was able to play it. She tells them it was something she had learned as a child. Slick is nowhere to be seen.
* As Helo gives a briefing on combat tactics, Athena, bloddied and weak, crawls into the room. She tells Helo what happened. Helo orders the others to get medical help and to contact CIC. He tries to comfort Athena, but she yells in anguish and hits him.
* Boomer waits for departure clearance in the port flight pod. Suspecting that she has been caught, she starts the raptor's engines. Adama threatens to shoot her down, but she warns him that he will not be willing to fire on a raptor carrying Hera. As she spools up the raptor's FTL, Adama orders the flight pods retracted. She launches, racing toward the narrowing gap and clearing it, but clipping the raptor in the process. She jumps away close to ''Galactica'''s hull. The jump rips a hole in the battlestar, shakes the ship violently, and triggers power outages and explosions seemingly everywhere.
* In Adama's quarters, Roslin whispers, "Hera," and collapses.
* Tyrol spots Helo and Athena arguing with a guard. He is horrified to learn that Boomer has kidnapped Hera.
* In the day care center, Ellen tells Saul that her escape from [[Cavil]] had been a ploy, nothing more than a way of getting Boomer close enough to abduct Hera. They wonder aloud about how Hera and the music, and whether Sam can help.
* In sickbay, Starbuck plays a tape of her father's music for Sam, and lies next to him.
* The Chief runs frantically through ''Galactica''. In the projected version of the house built by Boomer, he runs through all the rooms, and finds no one.

== Notes ==
* [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Caprica-Six]] do not appear in this episode. As with the previous episode, [[Lee Adama]] appears in only a couple of scenes.
* "[[Wikipedia:Someone to Watch Over Me (song)|Someone To Watch Over Me]]" is the name of a song composed by [[Wikipedia:George Gershwin|George]] and [[Wikipedia:Ira Gershwin|Ira Gershwin]], and featured in the musical [[Wikipedia:Oh, Kay!|''Oh, Kay!'']] A major theme of the song is the need to find love and acceptance, something [[Sharon Valerii]], [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[Kara Thrace]] are all seeking in their own ways.
** There was also an episode of [[w:Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek: Voyager]] named for the song, in which it is performed at the end by The Doctor.
* Weeks have passed since the end of [[Gaeta's Mutiny|the mutiny]], as evidenced by [[Cottle]]'s comment about how long Anders' EEG readings have remained steady, and Starbuck's comment about how long she has repeated the same mission briefing.
* Starbuck acknowledges, in her address to the other pilots, that the mutiny has "thinned our numbers". This, combined with the apparent absence of pilots such as [[Margaret Edmonson]] and [[Diana Seelix]], confirms their involvement in the mutiny did not go unpunished, although exactly what that punishment is remains unknown.
** In the Podcast for "[[Deadlock]]" RDM states that all the mutineers were imprisoned on the [[Astral Queen]].
* After her apparent death in "[[Maelstrom]]", Kara's personal belongings were auctioned off. Helo has managed to get them all back for her. However, the only thing Kara is interested in is the tape of her father's music.
* Some of the music played by the mysterious piano player is from the original series. [[Numian's 3rd Sonata]], Second Movement, is in fact from the opening dialogue of the classic series ("There are those who believe that life here, began out there..."), and the original [[Cylon]] musical cue is derived from that tune as well. This is not the first time music from the original series has shown up (i.e. the [[Colonial Anthem]]), and lends to the idea that everything 'has happened before, and will happen again'.
* The brand of "[[The_Twelve_Colonies_%28RDM%29#Tauron|Tauron]] toothpaste" offered as a prize to the pilots is called "[[Felgercarb (RDM)|Felgercarb]]," a word used in the [[Original Series]] to mean "shit." Tauron comes from Taurus the bull. In essence, Kara is offering the pilot who finds a new planet "bullshittoothpaste".
* The collection of named [[Number Six]] models expands with the addition of [[Sonja]], who becomes the first Cylon to be elected to the Fleet's reconstituted Quorum.
*When Tyrol visits and talks to Boomer for the first time in the Brig, during the conversation Boomer calls Tyrol "Galen" for the first time, at least publicly and on screen. In past episodes, both Boomer and Athena usually referred to their significant others with their callsigns/titles. For Athena, it was always referring to Agathon as Helo. For Boomer, it was always referring to Tyrol as Chief. Athena was the first of the two to break that tradition, noticeable after the two married. Boomer's shared projection with Tyrol and their imaginary marriage may be the reason why she ceased calling him solely "Chief."
*The seven notes that Slick plays over and over again after completing his 1st movement — identified by Kara as "[[Nomion's 3rd Sonata]], second movement" — was actually used in the [[Original Series]] as the somewhat sinister sounding fanfare of the "Exploration Theme" which served as the intro to [[Saga Of A Star World]].

== Analysis ==
===Galactica's condition ===
*FTL jumps appear to create spatial distortions that can seriously strain a ships hull. Although bad hull damage does not necessarily prevent a ship from jumping (as has been seen many times before in the seasons, for example ''Pegasus'' - which jumped after being hit by three nuclear missiles in [[The Captain's Hand]]) the threat to ''Galactica'' has been compounded by the added riddling of the entire aged superstructure with microfractures. Tigh expresses concern that a jump within the flight pod will seriously strain the internal integrity of the ship. Boomer's FTL jump does eventually appear to cause a chain reaction of hull collapses along ''Galactica's'' port side, a side visibly weakened by Cylon attack, and suffering general aging in the 50+ year old ship's structure.
*The port side of ''Galactica'' which suffers damage in this episode has been seen specifically to suffer major stress before now- particularly during the [[Battle of New Caprica]] when it was mentioned that explosive decompressions were imminent in that section. That side of the ship also saw the port water tank blow out in [[Water]]-as well as damage from a nuclear explosion incurred during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] though these seemed to be repaired it no doubt contributed to the area's hull fatigue.
* Many individuals express fears of the damage an FTL jump can do to ''Galactica'', implying FTL jumps place serious strains on a ships hull — or even the hull of a ship nearby and a degree of hull integrity is important to allow a ship to continue jumping for continued periods. This appears quite a new phenomenon in the canon of the show and was not mentioned in previous seasons, though it of course makes for a convenient plot concept now. Before this ships have frequently been seen jumping and exiting a jump close to each other in the series with seemingly no ill effects — though it is possible Boomer's Raptor was much closer to Galactica's hull than has ever been seen before. In the episode [[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]] the tylium ship jumped whilst surrounded by Raptors and Vipers and no ship seemed to suffer damage, although they were knocked back and sent tumbling. It should be made clear that smaller objects are proportionally stronger and that smaller objects should feel much less shear in the wash of another nearby ship jumping. It is also possible the stress of by being caught in the FTL field of another vessel rather than that caused by a vessels own, properly configured FTL drive is more powerful and dangerous.
*Given that ''Galactica'' has jumped hundreds of times whilst damaged before now, it is not explained why no damage has occurred before given it is assumed damage will be guaranteed by an unplanned jump in this episode. In the miniseries ''Galactica'' suffered a nuke hit and yet jumped several times later. Also despite falling through the atmosphere of New Caprica ''Galactica'' was able to execute an FTL jump despite the severe strains on the hull. Fears of FTL stress were not mentioned.
** ''Galactica'' has probably been taking damage over the years from multiple jumps and suffering combat damage. That's how the microfractures developed. It's just that the extent of the damage has not become apparent until now.
** It is in part because of those actions, the atomic strikes and it jumping and falling though into a planet's gravity well and its atmosphere is why ''Galactic''a is suffering from massive metal fatigue, in addition to normal wear and tear of a 50+ year old ship and the fact that she hasn't had a major or even minor overhaul in years even before the the attack on the Colonies has taken their toll. In addition as discovered by Chief Tyrol the builders of ''Galactica'' "cut corners" with the building specifications of the ship. If the ''Galactica'' was able to retire on schedule these issues of "substandard" construction wouldn't have come up.
** Further to the point above about small craft being subject to less 'shear', it stands to reason that the size of the disturbance created by a ship executing a jump might be proportional to the size of the ship itself. A large vessel such as the tylium ship may create a widespread but relatively smooth disturbance, so the nearby Raptors would have been like corks bobbing as a wave passed. Conversely, a small vessel such as a Raptor might create a localised but very sharp distortion that poses more risk of damage to a large ship close to it.
*The age of ''Galactica'''s FTL drive might explain why the ship's hull integrity is taxed so badly by her FTL drive - more modern drives might not cause so much stress, and might explain why other Fleet ships and the rebel basestar can continue to jump despite the damage their hulls have taken.
* ''Galactica'' is in very bad shape from the metal fatigue in the hull. It's so bad that Tyrol says that all the [[Cylon organic resin]] could do is buy a little more time, but not too much from the looks of it, and that the ship might only be capable of a few more FTL jumps, if that. The ship is dying of old age and abuse and there's nothing anyone can do save it completely. The damage Boomer created during her escape has no doubt worsened the ship's condition.

===Boomer's actions===
* Adama has still not forgiven Boomer for shooting him.
* Ellen's escape from Cavil seems to have been orchestrated between him and Boomer in order to get Boomer on ''Galactica'' so she could kidnap Hera according to Ellen's speculation to her husband Saul Tigh.
* It would appear that while Cavil was willing to let Ellen go in order to obtain Hera, members of the [[Final Five]] are still of some value to him, as evidenced by Boomer's offer for Tyrol to go with her.
**It is more likely that Boomer genuinely wanted him to come with her because she truly loves him. Bringing him back to John Cavil-if that is where she is headed-would be of no use to him because as Ellen stated he would need all Five of the Finals to recreate Resurrection. In addition to her rekindled love, she has seen-or at least heard about-that it is possible for a Final Five Cylon to mate and have offspring with a "Standard Model" like herself even if Caprica-Six's pregnancy by Saul Tigh failed, so the possibility of a family which she shared with Tyrol in her projection, was open to her.
* Boomer has gone from being a conflicted sleeper agent to being a willing infiltrator and saboteur on ''Galactica''. With her rekindled love for Tyrol, she may be again conflicted.
* The Cylons want Boomer tried for treason, with execution being a possible outcome, because her actions are linked to the permanent deaths of thousands of Cylons when she sided against her model in the [[Cylon Civil War]]. This parallels the Colonial Fleet's own desire to try [[Gaius Baltar]] for siding against humanity and collaborating with the Cylons on New Caprica.

*It is very possible-but not certain-that the Cylon ability to recognize individual Cylons despite them looking exactly like each other (most of the time, the Sixes seem to have the most variants in hair color and use of makeup, both voluntary actions) relies on actually looking at the individual. In the lavatory where Sharon "Boomer" Valerii severely beats Sharon "Athena" Agathon, Athena initially mistook Boomer as a generic Eight when she saw her in the reflection of a mirror. It was after she stood up, turned around and looked directly at Boomer did Athena recognize her as Boomer. Admittedly however, it is possible that she would had recognized Boomer if she still only watched her in the reflection. Still, she said a full sentence while she looked at her in the mirror-"Great, I hope you are here to fix the frakkin' shower!"-but instantly recognized Boomer the exact moment she saw her directly and not reflected. Perhaps they also need to look the other Cylon square in the eyes, which is what Tyrol does in "[[Deadlock]]" before identifying Boomer.
**Helo did notice that Boomer did smell different. Boomer covered for this saying she found some soap.
***Helo said she smell good not different an she was washing her hands at the time. However there is a relevance to Helo mentioning her smell. In a scene from [[Litmus]] Tyrol and Boomer were in bed together shortly after engaging in intercourse. He said to her: "Sometimes at work I try to conjure up what your face looks like...Curve of your lips.....The way your hair falls. How you smell." Helo as just noted told Boomer she smelled good just before they had sex.
* Boomer has sex with [[Helo]] by pretending to be [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]] after he mistook her for his wife and he insisted after she tried to leave, but then enthusiastically let him believe she was Athena and willingly had sex with him. This is ironic, as Athena originally seduced Helo on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], by pretending to be Boomer.
** Boomer's willingness to have sex with Agathon - in the presence of Athena - was motivated by a desire to exact revenge on Athena for having effectively taken over her old life on ''Galactica'' according to the show writers.
***Though she initially hesitated, a knowing glance to the corner where Athena was hidden, is the clue to her decision to defile Athena's relationship with Helo.

===Starbuck's role===
* The mysterious piano player is [[Dreilide Thrace|Kara's father]], which can be concluded by his sudden disappearance and by the flashbacks with both Kara and her father playing the piano when she was little. These flashbacks mirror the exact same movements done by Captain Thrace and the piano player.<ref>http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=1598</ref>
* The title of the tape Kara receives back from Helo is "Dreilide Thrace Live at the Helice Opera House."
** [[w:Helice|Helice]], also spelled Helike, was an ancient Greek city which sank into the Corinthian Gulf in 373 B.C.
** Helice was the ancient Greek name <ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/620003/Ursa-Major</ref> for the constellation [[w:Ursa Major|Ursa Major]] (the Great Bear). <i>Helice</i> in Greek means "to spin" or "to turn"; it is the root of the modern word <i>helix</i>. Ursa Major revolves around [[w:Polaris|Polaris]], the Pole Star, hence the name. This may be a reference to the spinning of the [[maelstrom]] Kara flew into before her ship was destroyed, and it could also refer to the [[mandala]] found on the wall of her apartment and the [[Temple of Five]].
** [[w:Helike_(mythology)|Helice/Helike]] was also the name of a nymph in Greek mythology who nursed the infant [[Zeus]], along with another nymph, Melissa (which name itself means "honey" or "honey bee"). <ref>http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/UrsaMajor.html</ref>
** [[w:Helike_(moon)|Helike]] is also a newly-discovered moon of [[w:Jupiter|Jupiter]].
** However, the appearance of the word <i>Helice</i> in the show may simply be a tongue-in-cheek reference to [[Bear McCreary]]'s heavy involvement with this episode -- Ursa Major, and McCreary, both being "The Great Bear."<ref>http://tvbacon.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/battlestar-galactica-someone-to-watch-over-me-live-at-the-helice-opera-house/</ref>
* It is possible that Starbuck also has the ability of Projection and she projected the Piano Player beside her when she played a section of "All Along the Watchtower" from the drawing Hera made, which turned out to be musical notation. She, from her POV, was playing a long side of him but when Saul Tigh, Ellen Tigh, and Tory Foster confronted her about where she learned to play that music he was gone. Perhaps it was just standard human daydreaming, or a [[Virtual beings|Virtual being]], but it could had been projection.

===The Seven and the Five===
*The Final Five have the same [[Projection|projection]] ability as the Cylons they created. Cylons can share projections.
* Projections can include not just imaginary environments but also imaginary people, such as Boomer and Tyrol's "daughter" Dionne.
* It also appears that projections might be a form of persistent environment -- similar to real-life virtual worlds such as [[w:Second Life|Second Life]], as Tyrol re-enters Boomer's projection after she escapes with Hera, as if expecting to find her and Dionne still in there.
* The Final Five, [[Hera Agathon]], and [[Kara Thrace]] are all somehow connected to each other by [[The Music]]. Also possibly connected via the song is Kara's [[Dreilide Thrace|mysterious father]].
*Both the Agathons and Tyrol suffer the lost of a daughter: Hera and Tyrol's imaginary daughter from his and Boomer's shared projection; both taken by Boomer. Hera actually, Tyrol's symbolically in Tyrol's solo projection. Both Athena and Tyrol suffer great grief and display it: Athena's primal howls and beating her arm against Helo's back in rage/despair; Tyrol's sinking to his knees and burying his head in his arms in his child's empty room in his projection. Helo initially took the situation stoically but in the previews for the next episode "[[Islanded In a Stream of Stars]]," it appears the emotional toll over the loss of his daughter is telling on Helo when Adama, presumably taking about Hera, says-uncharacteristically-"get over it" to a disheveled Helo.
* Ellen Tigh has the same reaction to hearing The Music as her husband and Tory Foster. She, of course, remembers hearing Sam Anders play the song on Earth.

===The status of Cylons in the Fleet===
* The Cylons seem to have officially joined the Fleet as they now have the representation they wanted on the new Quorum in the form of a Six named Sonja. It is also confirmed that Cylon and Colonial pilots are performing joint [[CAP]]s.
** This is most clearly seen when Athena staggers into the briefing room and Helo orders one of the Sixes to go get the medics, the Six unhesitatingly responds "Yes, Sir". Several Sixes and Eights are also seen attending Starbuck's "toothpaste briefing."
** The rebel Cylon pilots do not appear to have been commissioned into the Colonial military, as they wear Cylon flight suits without insignia and none is addressed by rank.
* Many of the Sixes and Eights appear to use their model numbers as surnames, and are referred to and addressed as "Six" or "Eight". They do not yet appear to have been given individual call-signs. For example, at the toothpaste briefing, Starbuck states that "Six has the color assignments and recognition codes," (not, for instance, "''This'' Six..." or "The Six in the front row..."), and the Six in question casually raises her hand for the pilots behind her to see. Likewise, Helo addresses one as "Six" when ordering her to fetch a medic.
* Despite integrating allied flight command (at least among manned Heavy Raiders), being represented in the Quorum, and subordinating their Basestar weapons control to President Roslin ("[[Blood on the Scales]]"), the Rebel Cylons have retained some sovereignty and are thus entitled to extradite Sharon "Boomer" Valerii and try her for treason under Cylon law.
* Cylon law does not prohibit punishments to be enacted ''ex post facto''. Sonja explains that a death penalty provision would have been meaningless prior to the destruction of the hub, yet they intend to execute Boomer if she is found guilty for the treason she is accused of committing prior to the hub's destruction.

===Miscellaneous===
* It has been unclear whether Karl Agathon is still the [[Commander Air Group]] (CAG) of Galactica or Kara Thrace officially takes over the CAG as Agathon used to join important staff meetings with Adama & Tigh in previous episodes. However, this episode clearly shows that Thrace is now serving as the CAG of Galactica.

== Questions ==
* Will Boomer take Hera to Cavil? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer]])
* Why does Cavil want Hera? ([[Daybreak, Part I|Answer]])
* What was Boomer writing in her cell when she first sensed Tyrol watching her?
* Why did Boomer sleep with Helo? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me#Official Statements|Answer]])
* What is the source of Starbuck's visions of her father? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Partial Answer]])
* How did Starbuck and Hera arrive at a piano version of the same [[The Music|melody]] originally played by Anders on a guitar on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Partial Answer]])
* Will Tyrol's involvement in Boomer's escape be discovered? How will Athena and Helo react? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])
* Do all the ships in the Fleet - regardless of their relative crew and passenger size - get to send representatives to the new Quorum?
* What is Roslin's physical status after collapsing at the end of the episode? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer]])
* How does Roslin know of Hera's abduction without being informed? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Partial Answer]])
* Why did nobody say anything about Kara talking to herself before Saul, Ellen, Galen, and Tory realised what she was playing?
* If FTL drives cause spacial distortions with the potential to significantly damage ships, then why hasn't the FTL drive been weaponized by either side?

== Official Statements ==
*Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune interviews David Weddle and Bradley Thompson<ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/02/battlestar-galactica-starbuck-boomer-someone-to-watch-over-me-.html</ref>:
**Boomer had a sick desire to strike out at Athena, based on a perverse envy.
**Boomer's escape with Ellen was staged so that she could kidnap Hera. She intended to just use the Chief, but their interactions did awaken feelings she thought were dead.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
*''Ellen Tigh, Saul Tigh, and Tory Foster are in Joe's bar. Saul is remarking at the state of someone they cared about:''

:'''Saul''': Cottle was right, I should've never insisted on seeing him. His eyes were open! I wasn't ready for that. The little guy was looking right at me!

::''Saul was not talking about Anders (in a coma with his eyes open) but the body of his dead son Liam that was delivered stillborn after he died in utero but whose corpse he insisted on seeing.''

*''Cottle gives a response to the Cylons' observations about Anders' condition:''

:'''Cottle''': The last thing we need is you jerking our chains with a lot of quack ideas. So why don't you take them someplace else?

*'''Slick''' ''(to Starbuck)'': Listen. It may feel like hell, but sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[S. Cottle]]
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
* [[Roark Critchlow]] as [[Slick]]
* [[Iliana Gomez-Martinez]] as [[Hera Agathon]]
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]
* [[Torrance Coombs]] as Lance Corporal [[C. Sellers]]
* [[Ivan Cermak]] as Corporal [[D. Wallace]]
* [[Curtis Caravaggio]] as [[Nathanson]]
* [[Cherilynn Fulbright]] as [[Dionne]]
* [[Patrick Gilmore]] as [[Rafferty]]
* [[Samantha Kaine]] as Off-duty Crew Person
* [[Erika-Shaye Gair]] as Young [[Kara Thrace]]
* [[Darcy Laurie]] as [[Dealino]]
* [[Sonja Bennett]] as Specialist [[Marcie Brasko]]
* [[David Weddle]] as Smoking man in [[Joe's bar]] (uncredited)

== References ==
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Someone to Watch Over Me

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== Overview ==
:''[[Kara Thrace]] rediscovers a memory of a [[The Music|musical piece]] taught by [[Dreilide Thrace|her father]], while [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] awaits her fate at the hands of the Colonials and the rebel Cylons, who want to execute her for treason.''

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

* [[Kara Thrace]] gets out of her bunk and opens her locker. Looking in the mirror, she momentarily sees the image of her own corpse found on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] in the reflection. Disturbed, Kara takes out the bloodstained dog tags recovered from the corpse and stares at them, silently brooding to herself.
* Kara goes through her daily routine - showering, dressing, giving the Cylon and Colonial pilots their assignments, doing paperwork, and drinking at the bar.
* [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]] is still searching for a habitable planet. ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' is now experiencing frequent power losses and plumbing disruptions due to the ongoing repair work.
* [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] informs [[Admiral Adama]], [[Lee Adama]], and [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] that the repairs and the Cylon organic substance will buy the ship a few more jumps, but not many. The admiral states that he isn't ready to give up just yet.
* Lee congratulates Sonja, a [[Number Six]] model, on her appointment as the Cylons' representative to the newly-formed Quorum of Ships' Captains.
* Sonja makes a formal request that Boomer be returned to the Cylons. When Adama starts to protest that Boomer tried to kill him, Sonja explains that they don't want Boomer set free. They want to try Boomer for treason, as she sided with [[Cavil]] in the [[Cylon Civil War]].
* When Lee asks what will happen to Boomer if she's convicted, Sonja says that with the loss of their ability to resurrect, the Cylons can now implement capital punishment.
* Tyrol realizes what this means: the Cylons are going to kill Boomer.

=== Act 1 ===
* ''Galactica'' continues to experience tremors and power fluctuations all across the ship.
* Kara, Doc Cottle, and the Cylons are observing Anders, who is still not conscious despite showing brain activity. Cottle has no explanation for any of this.
* When the Cylons theorize that Anders' brain is "rebooting," Cottle tells them that he does not want to hear their "quack" ideas. He also tells Kara that it is time to "move on" with her life.
* After Cottle leaves, Kara starts to cry.
* In Joe's Bar, Kara complains to the piano player about performing "the same lame-ass song" over and over. He counters, saying that he has been in the process of composing for four days, and that his music is meant to bring beauty to a terrible existence. Kara reacts angrily, asking him rhetorically whether his music stopped one bomb during the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies.
* Human and Cylon workers are struggling to repair ''Galactica''. Tyrol looks up from his own work and stares at a Cylon Eight. He recalls moments spent with Boomer, good and bad. In his mind, he asks, "How many of us ended up with the people we really wanted to be with?"
* Kara visits Helo's quarters, who surprises her with a box of Kara's belongings, found and bought and stolen back over the past few months since her return. She takes only one item from the box, a cassette tape labeled "Dreilide Thrace Live at the Helice Opera House." Before Kara leaves, Hera hands her a crayon drawing of stars.
* Tyrol visits Boomer in the reinforced brig reserved for Cylons. The two look at each other tentatively for a moment before beginning to talk. Boomer explains New Caprica as a "way to set things right" with Tyrol after her shooting of William Adama. They both admit thinking about one another on a daily basis. Boomer puts her hand on the glass. Tyrol reaches out--and is instantly transported to the house they had planned to build on Picon after mustering out of the Colonial Fleet. Tyrol is confused and angered by the illusion, disconnects from Boomer, and runs away.

=== Act 2 ===
* On another night, Kara listens to Slick play again. She applauds his work, and offers him a mix of praise and criticism. She perceives the music as conveying a sense of loss, of trying to catch someone who is moving away too fast.
* Tyrol asks for help from the Five to save Boomer from execution. They refuse, with Ellen Tigh telling him that they will not set themselves up as gods for the rebel Cylons.
* Later, Tyrol visits Boomer again. She tells him that the house in her projection was a "secret retreat" that she built in her mind and visited on a daily basis after being shot by [[Cally]]. The two talk about the extensive plans they had made for building the house; Boomer calls the Chief's planning "obsessive," but he describes them as "thorough." He reaches through the wire mesh, and Boomer places her hand to the glass. Tyrol looks around the house, appreciates it and Boomer's company--and then finds signs of a child, their daughter. He goes into their child's room and sits with her. Outside the projection, he laughs and cries happily.
* Back in the bar, Slick announces that the first movement is finished. He starts the second, with Kara accusing him of stealing material from Numian's 3rd Sonata. She sits with Slick, talking about her father teaching her to play the piano and her pleasant memories of the experience, particularly a song that made her "happy and sad at the same time."

=== Act 3 ===
* The flight deck is completely empty, except for Starbuck (wearing a [[flight suit]]) and a blond girl playing a piano. Starbuck slowly approaches the girl from behind, places a hand on her sholder, and turns her around. Instead of the girl's face, she sees her own burned remains--and bolts awake, covered in sweat.
* Holding her recovered dog tags, Starbuck tells Slick about the experience of finding her body on Earth. Slick claims to be unable to answer her questions. She goes on to say that the search for Earth gave her clarity and focus, but since discovering the planet and abandoning it, she feels lost again. Slick tells her that sometimes "lost is where you need to be."
* Tyrol pleads with Roslin for Boomer's life. Roslin abruptly tells him to stop, reminding him that Boomer preys on personal feelings, and that by asking for a personal favor from her, Tyrol is doing the same thing. She signs the order turning Boomer over to the rebel Cylons, and curtly dismisses him.
* At one of the repair sites, Tyrol stares at an Eight who is busy applying the Cylon resin. He grabs a wrench. The lights go out, and mixed in with the sounds of people yelling is a heavy thump.
* Slick hits a wall in his composing. Starbuck and Slick talk about him leaving his family because his wife wanted him to quit music. Starbuck scolds him for ditching his family just like her own father did.
* Tyrol helps the guards in the Cylon brig to reactivate the security cameras following the blackout. It appears that Boomer is sleeping, and remained asleep through the entire incident.
* Slick assures Starbuck that her father left her something valuable: the ability to play the piano. At first, Starbuck refuses to play, but she is coaxed by Slick to play a few hesitant notes. She tears up, stops playing, and asks him to play. He agrees to play if she does.
* In the locker room, Athena finishes washing up when an Eight walks in. She believes it is someone assigned to fixing the shower, but then she turns to face the Eight and instantly recognizes her: "Boomer." Before Athena can do anything else, Boomer punches her in the face. Athena's head hits the sink hard and she falls to the floor. Boomer continues to pummel her.
**Apparently, Tyrol swapped the Eight that he had incapacitated at the repair site with Boomer.

=== Act 4 ===
* Boomer finishes washing blood off her hands when Helo comes into the locker room. She tries to pull away when Helo suggests an intimate moment before she leaves on her recon mission, but she eventually gives in. Boomer and Helo continue having sex. In a stall, Athena, bound and gagged, slowly comes back to consciousness and sees the two through the slightly opened door.
* In Joe's, Saul Tigh tells Ellen Tigh and Tory Foster about the pain of seeing Liam after Caprica Six's miscarriage.
* Slick realizes where Starbuck's hesitant music is going and writes a few notes. Starbuck realizes that his notes line up perfectly with the stars in Hera' drawing. The two resume playing, and the music flows more confidently. Saul, Ellen, and Tory stop their conversation and listen to the music.
* Dressed in a flight suit, Boomer finds Hera in the day care center, and encourages her to drink something on the way out.
* Tyrol helps Boomer to lift a box onto a waiting raptor. She tries convincing him to come, but her turns her down, assuring her that they will meet again in the future.
* Slick and Starbuck play the music faster and stronger--until it becomes The Music. Once the piece is finished, the three who were listening to Starbuck appear next to her demand to know how she was able to play it. She tells them it was something she had learned as a child. Slick is nowhere to be seen.
* As Helo gives a briefing on combat tactics, Athena, bloddied and weak, crawls into the room. She tells Helo what happened. Helo orders the others to get medical help and to contact CIC. He tries to comfort Athena, but she yells in anguish and hits him.
* Boomer waits for departure clearance in the port flight pod. Suspecting that she has been caught, she starts the raptor's engines. Adama threatens to shoot her down, but she warns him that he will not be willing to fire on a raptor carrying Hera. As she spools up the raptor's FTL, Adama orders the flight pods retracted. She launches, racing toward the narrowing gap and clearing it, but clipping the raptor in the process. She jumps away close to ''Galactica'''s hull. The jump rips a hole in the battlestar, shakes the ship violently, and triggers power outages and explosions seemingly everywhere.
* In Adama's quarters, Roslin whispers, "Hera," and collapses.
* Tyrol spots Helo and Athena arguing with a guard. He is horrified to learn that Boomer has kidnapped Hera.
* In the day care center, Ellen tells Saul that her escape from [[Cavil]] had been a ploy, nothing more than a way of getting Boomer close enough to abduct Hera. They wonder aloud about how Hera and the music, and whether Sam can help.
* In sickbay, Starbuck plays a tape of her father's music for Sam, and lies next to him.
* The Chief runs frantically through ''Galactica''. In the projected version of the house built by Boomer, he runs through all the rooms, and finds no one.

== Notes ==
* [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Caprica-Six]] do not appear in this episode. As with the previous episode, [[Lee Adama]] appears in only a couple of scenes.
* "[[Wikipedia:Someone to Watch Over Me (song)|Someone To Watch Over Me]]" is the name of a song composed by [[Wikipedia:George Gershwin|George]] and [[Wikipedia:Ira Gershwin|Ira Gershwin]], and featured in the musical [[Wikipedia:Oh, Kay!|''Oh, Kay!'']] A major theme of the song is the need to find love and acceptance, something [[Sharon Valerii]], [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[Kara Thrace]] are all seeking in their own ways.
** There was also an episode of [[w:Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek: Voyager]] named for the song, in which it is performed at the end by The Doctor.
* Weeks have passed since the end of [[Gaeta's Mutiny|the mutiny]], as evidenced by [[Cottle]]'s comment about how long Anders' EEG readings have remained steady, and Starbuck's comment about how long she has repeated the same mission briefing.
* Starbuck acknowledges, in her address to the other pilots, that the mutiny has "thinned our numbers". This, combined with the apparent absence of pilots such as [[Margaret Edmonson]] and [[Diana Seelix]], confirms their involvement in the mutiny did not go unpunished, although exactly what that punishment is remains unknown.
** In the Podcast for "[[Deadlock]]" RDM states that all the mutineers were imprisoned on the [[Astral Queen]].
* After her apparent death in "[[Maelstrom]]", Kara's personal belongings were auctioned off. Helo has managed to get them all back for her. However, the only thing Kara is interested in is the tape of her father's music.
* Some of the music played by the mysterious piano player is from the original series. [[Numian's 3rd Sonata]], Second Movement, is in fact from the opening dialogue of the classic series ("There are those who believe that life here, began out there..."), and the original [[Cylon]] musical cue is derived from that tune as well. This is not the first time music from the original series has shown up (i.e. the [[Colonial Anthem]]), and lends to the idea that everything 'has happened before, and will happen again'.
* The brand of "[[The_Twelve_Colonies_%28RDM%29#Tauron|Tauron]] toothpaste" offered as a prize to the pilots is called "[[Felgercarb (RDM)|Felgercarb]]," a word used in the [[Original Series]] to mean "shit." Tauron comes from Taurus the bull. In essence, Kara is offering the pilot who finds a new planet "bullshittoothpaste".
* The collection of named [[Number Six]] models expands with the addition of [[Sonja]], who becomes the first Cylon to be elected to the Fleet's reconstituted Quorum.
*When Tyrol visits and talks to Boomer for the first time in the Brig, during the conversation Boomer calls Tyrol "Galen" for the first time, at least publicly and on screen. In past episodes, both Boomer and Athena usually referred to their significant others with their callsigns/titles. For Athena, it was always referring to Agathon as Helo. For Boomer, it was always referring to Tyrol as Chief. Athena was the first of the two to break that tradition, noticeable after the two married. Boomer's shared projection with Tyrol and their imaginary marriage may be the reason why she ceased calling him solely "Chief."

== Analysis ==
===Galactica's condition ===
*FTL jumps appear to create spatial distortions that can seriously strain a ships hull. Although bad hull damage does not necessarily prevent a ship from jumping (as has been seen many times before in the seasons, for example ''Pegasus'' - which jumped after being hit by three nuclear missiles in [[The Captain's Hand]]) the threat to ''Galactica'' has been compounded by the added riddling of the entire aged superstructure with microfractures. Tigh expresses concern that a jump within the flight pod will seriously strain the internal integrity of the ship. Boomer's FTL jump does eventually appear to cause a chain reaction of hull collapses along ''Galactica's'' port side, a side visibly weakened by Cylon attack, and suffering general aging in the 50+ year old ship's structure.
*The port side of ''Galactica'' which suffers damage in this episode has been seen specifically to suffer major stress before now- particularly during the [[Battle of New Caprica]] when it was mentioned that explosive decompressions were imminent in that section. That side of the ship also saw the port water tank blow out in [[Water]]-as well as damage from a nuclear explosion incurred during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] though these seemed to be repaired it no doubt contributed to the area's hull fatigue.
* Many individuals express fears of the damage an FTL jump can do to ''Galactica'', implying FTL jumps place serious strains on a ships hull — or even the hull of a ship nearby and a degree of hull integrity is important to allow a ship to continue jumping for continued periods. This appears quite a new phenomenon in the canon of the show and was not mentioned in previous seasons, though it of course makes for a convenient plot concept now. Before this ships have frequently been seen jumping and exiting a jump close to each other in the series with seemingly no ill effects — though it is possible Boomer's Raptor was much closer to Galactica's hull than has ever been seen before. In the episode [[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]] the tylium ship jumped whilst surrounded by Raptors and Vipers and no ship seemed to suffer damage, although they were knocked back and sent tumbling. It should be made clear that smaller objects are proportionally stronger and that smaller objects should feel much less shear in the wash of another nearby ship jumping. It is also possible the stress of by being caught in the FTL field of another vessel rather than that caused by a vessels own, properly configured FTL drive is more powerful and dangerous.
*Given that ''Galactica'' has jumped hundreds of times whilst damaged before now, it is not explained why no damage has occurred before given it is assumed damage will be guaranteed by an unplanned jump in this episode. In the miniseries ''Galactica'' suffered a nuke hit and yet jumped several times later. Also despite falling through the atmosphere of New Caprica ''Galactica'' was able to execute an FTL jump despite the severe strains on the hull. Fears of FTL stress were not mentioned.
** ''Galactica'' has probably been taking damage over the years from multiple jumps and suffering combat damage. That's how the microfractures developed. It's just that the extent of the damage has not become apparent until now.
** It is in part because of those actions, the atomic strikes and it jumping and falling though into a planet's gravity well and its atmosphere is why ''Galactic''a is suffering from massive metal fatigue, in addition to normal wear and tear of a 50+ year old ship and the fact that she hasn't had a major or even minor overhaul in years even before the the attack on the Colonies has taken their toll. In addition as discovered by Chief Tyrol the builders of ''Galactica'' "cut corners" with the building specifications of the ship. If the ''Galactica'' was able to retire on schedule these issues of "substandard" construction wouldn't have come up.
** Further to the point above about small craft being subject to less 'shear', it stands to reason that the size of the disturbance created by a ship executing a jump might be proportional to the size of the ship itself. A large vessel such as the tylium ship may create a widespread but relatively smooth disturbance, so the nearby Raptors would have been like corks bobbing as a wave passed. Conversely, a small vessel such as a Raptor might create a localised but very sharp distortion that poses more risk of damage to a large ship close to it.
*The age of ''Galactica'''s FTL drive might explain why the ship's hull integrity is taxed so badly by her FTL drive - more modern drives might not cause so much stress, and might explain why other Fleet ships and the rebel basestar can continue to jump despite the damage their hulls have taken.
* ''Galactica'' is in very bad shape from the metal fatigue in the hull. It's so bad that Tyrol says that all the [[Cylon organic resin]] could do is buy a little more time, but not too much from the looks of it, and that the ship might only be capable of a few more FTL jumps, if that. The ship is dying of old age and abuse and there's nothing anyone can do save it completely. The damage Boomer created during her escape has no doubt worsened the ship's condition.

===Boomer's actions===
* Adama has still not forgiven Boomer for shooting him.
* Ellen's escape from Cavil seems to have been orchestrated between him and Boomer in order to get Boomer on ''Galactica'' so she could kidnap Hera according to Ellen's speculation to her husband Saul Tigh.
* It would appear that while Cavil was willing to let Ellen go in order to obtain Hera, members of the [[Final Five]] are still of some value to him, as evidenced by Boomer's offer for Tyrol to go with her.
**It is more likely that Boomer genuinely wanted him to come with her because she truly loves him. Bringing him back to John Cavil-if that is where she is headed-would be of no use to him because as Ellen stated he would need all Five of the Finals to recreate Resurrection. In addition to her rekindled love, she has seen-or at least heard about-that it is possible for a Final Five Cylon to mate and have offspring with a "Standard Model" like herself even if Caprica-Six's pregnancy by Saul Tigh failed, so the possibility of a family which she shared with Tyrol in her projection, was open to her.
* Boomer has gone from being a conflicted sleeper agent to being a willing infiltrator and saboteur on ''Galactica''. With her rekindled love for Tyrol, she may be again conflicted.
* The Cylons want Boomer tried for treason, with execution being a possible outcome, because her actions are linked to the permanent deaths of thousands of Cylons when she sided against her model in the [[Cylon Civil War]]. This parallels the Colonial Fleet's own desire to try [[Gaius Baltar]] for siding against humanity and collaborating with the Cylons on New Caprica.

*It is very possible-but not certain-that the Cylon ability to recognize individual Cylons despite them looking exactly like each other (most of the time, the Sixes seem to have the most variants in hair color and use of makeup, both voluntary actions) relies on actually looking at the individual. In the lavatory where Sharon "Boomer" Valerii severely beats Sharon "Athena" Agathon, Athena initially mistook Boomer as a generic Eight when she saw her in the reflection of a mirror. It was after she stood up, turned around and looked directly at Boomer did Athena recognize her as Boomer. Admittedly however, it is possible that she would had recognized Boomer if she still only watched her in the reflection. Still, she said a full sentence while she looked at her in the mirror-"Great, I hope you are here to fix the frakkin' shower!"-but instantly recognized Boomer the exact moment she saw her directly and not reflected. Perhaps they also need to look the other Cylon square in the eyes, which is what Tyrol does in "[[Deadlock]]" before identifying Boomer.
**Helo did notice that Boomer did smell different. Boomer covered for this saying she found some soap.
***Helo said she smell good not different an she was washing her hands at the time. However there is a relevance to Helo mentioning her smell. In a scene from [[Litmus]] Tyrol and Boomer were in bed together shortly after engaging in intercourse. He said to her: "Sometimes at work I try to conjure up what your face looks like...Curve of your lips.....The way your hair falls. How you smell." Helo as just noted told Boomer she smelled good just before they had sex.
* Boomer has sex with [[Helo]] by pretending to be [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]] after he mistook her for his wife and he insisted after she tried to leave, but then enthusiastically let him believe she was Athena and willingly had sex with him. This is ironic, as Athena originally seduced Helo on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], by pretending to be Boomer.
** Boomer's willingness to have sex with Agathon - in the presence of Athena - was motivated by a desire to exact revenge on Athena for having effectively taken over her old life on ''Galactica'' according to the show writers.
***Though she initially hesitated, a knowing glance to the corner where Athena was hidden, is the clue to her decision to defile Athena's relationship with Helo.

===Starbuck's role===
* The mysterious piano player is [[Dreilide Thrace|Kara's father]], which can be concluded by his sudden disappearance and by the flashbacks with both Kara and her father playing the piano when she was little. These flashbacks mirror the exact same movements done by Captain Thrace and the piano player.<ref>http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=1598</ref>
* The title of the tape Kara receives back from Helo is "Dreilide Thrace Live at the Helice Opera House."
** [[w:Helice|Helice]], also spelled Helike, was an ancient Greek city which sank into the Corinthian Gulf in 373 B.C.
** Helice was the ancient Greek name <ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/620003/Ursa-Major</ref> for the constellation [[w:Ursa Major|Ursa Major]] (the Great Bear). <i>Helice</i> in Greek means "to spin" or "to turn"; it is the root of the modern word <i>helix</i>. Ursa Major revolves around [[w:Polaris|Polaris]], the Pole Star, hence the name. This may be a reference to the spinning of the [[maelstrom]] Kara flew into before her ship was destroyed, and it could also refer to the [[mandala]] found on the wall of her apartment and the [[Temple of Five]].
** [[w:Helike_(mythology)|Helice/Helike]] was also the name of a nymph in Greek mythology who nursed the infant [[Zeus]], along with another nymph, Melissa (which name itself means "honey" or "honey bee"). <ref>http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/UrsaMajor.html</ref>
** [[w:Helike_(moon)|Helike]] is also a newly-discovered moon of [[w:Jupiter|Jupiter]].
** However, the appearance of the word <i>Helice</i> in the show may simply be a tongue-in-cheek reference to [[Bear McCreary]]'s heavy involvement with this episode -- Ursa Major, and McCreary, both being "The Great Bear."<ref>http://tvbacon.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/battlestar-galactica-someone-to-watch-over-me-live-at-the-helice-opera-house/</ref>
* It is possible that Starbuck also has the ability of Projection and she projected the Piano Player beside her when she played a section of "All Along the Watchtower" from the drawing Hera made, which turned out to be musical notation. She, from her POV, was playing a long side of him but when Saul Tigh, Ellen Tigh, and Tory Foster confronted her about where she learned to play that music he was gone. Perhaps it was just standard human daydreaming, or a [[Virtual beings|Virtual being]], but it could had been projection.

===The Seven and the Five===
*The Final Five have the same [[Projection|projection]] ability as the Cylons they created. Cylons can share projections.
* Projections can include not just imaginary environments but also imaginary people, such as Boomer and Tyrol's "daughter" Dionne.
* It also appears that projections might be a form of persistent environment -- similar to real-life virtual worlds such as [[w:Second Life|Second Life]], as Tyrol re-enters Boomer's projection after she escapes with Hera, as if expecting to find her and Dionne still in there.
* The Final Five, [[Hera Agathon]], and [[Kara Thrace]] are all somehow connected to each other by [[The Music]]. Also possibly connected via the song is Kara's [[Dreilide Thrace|mysterious father]].
*Both the Agathons and Tyrol suffer the lost of a daughter: Hera and Tyrol's imaginary daughter from his and Boomer's shared projection; both taken by Boomer. Hera actually, Tyrol's symbolically in Tyrol's solo projection. Both Athena and Tyrol suffer great grief and display it: Athena's primal howls and beating her arm against Helo's back in rage/despair; Tyrol's sinking to his knees and burying his head in his arms in his child's empty room in his projection. Helo initially took the situation stoically but in the previews for the next episode "[[Islanded In a Stream of Stars]]," it appears the emotional toll over the loss of his daughter is telling on Helo when Adama, presumably taking about Hera, says-uncharacteristically-"get over it" to a disheveled Helo.
* Ellen Tigh has the same reaction to hearing The Music as her husband and Tory Foster. She, of course, remembers hearing Sam Anders play the song on Earth.

===The status of Cylons in the Fleet===
* The Cylons seem to have officially joined the Fleet as they now have the representation they wanted on the new Quorum in the form of a Six named Sonja. It is also confirmed that Cylon and Colonial pilots are performing joint [[CAP]]s.
** This is most clearly seen when Athena staggers into the briefing room and Helo orders one of the Sixes to go get the medics, the Six unhesitatingly responds "Yes, Sir". Several Sixes and Eights are also seen attending Starbuck's "toothpaste briefing."
** The rebel Cylon pilots do not appear to have been commissioned into the Colonial military, as they wear Cylon flight suits without insignia and none is addressed by rank.
* Many of the Sixes and Eights appear to use their model numbers as surnames, and are referred to and addressed as "Six" or "Eight". They do not yet appear to have been given individual call-signs. For example, at the toothpaste briefing, Starbuck states that "Six has the color assignments and recognition codes," (not, for instance, "''This'' Six..." or "The Six in the front row..."), and the Six in question casually raises her hand for the pilots behind her to see. Likewise, Helo addresses one as "Six" when ordering her to fetch a medic.
* Despite integrating allied flight command (at least among manned Heavy Raiders), being represented in the Quorum, and subordinating their Basestar weapons control to President Roslin ("[[Blood on the Scales]]"), the Rebel Cylons have retained some sovereignty and are thus entitled to extradite Sharon "Boomer" Valerii and try her for treason under Cylon law.
* Cylon law does not prohibit punishments to be enacted ''ex post facto''. Sonja explains that a death penalty provision would have been meaningless prior to the destruction of the hub, yet they intend to execute Boomer if she is found guilty for the treason she is accused of committing prior to the hub's destruction.

===Miscellaneous===
* It has been unclear whether Karl Agathon is still the [[Commander Air Group]] (CAG) of Galactica or Kara Thrace officially takes over the CAG as Agathon used to join important staff meetings with Adama & Tigh in previous episodes. However, this episode clearly shows that Thrace is now serving as the CAG of Galactica.

== Questions ==
* Will Boomer take Hera to Cavil? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer]])
* Why does Cavil want Hera? ([[Daybreak, Part I|Answer]])
* What was Boomer writing in her cell when she first sensed Tyrol watching her?
* Why did Boomer sleep with Helo? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me#Official Statements|Answer]])
* What is the source of Starbuck's visions of her father? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Partial Answer]])
* How did Starbuck and Hera arrive at a piano version of the same [[The Music|melody]] originally played by Anders on a guitar on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Partial Answer]])
* Will Tyrol's involvement in Boomer's escape be discovered? How will Athena and Helo react? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])
* Do all the ships in the Fleet - regardless of their relative crew and passenger size - get to send representatives to the new Quorum?
* What is Roslin's physical status after collapsing at the end of the episode? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer]])
* How does Roslin know of Hera's abduction without being informed? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Partial Answer]])
* Why did nobody say anything about Kara talking to herself before Saul, Ellen, Galen, and Tory realised what she was playing?
* If FTL drives cause spacial distortions with the potential to significantly damage ships, then why hasn't the FTL drive been weaponized by either side?

== Official Statements ==
*Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune interviews David Weddle and Bradley Thompson<ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/02/battlestar-galactica-starbuck-boomer-someone-to-watch-over-me-.html</ref>:
**Boomer had a sick desire to strike out at Athena, based on a perverse envy.
**Boomer's escape with Ellen was staged so that she could kidnap Hera. She intended to just use the Chief, but their interactions did awaken feelings she thought were dead.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
*''Ellen Tigh, Saul Tigh, and Tory Foster are in Joe's bar. Saul is remarking at the state of someone they cared about:''

:'''Saul''': Cottle was right, I should've never insisted on seeing him. His eyes were open! I wasn't ready for that. The little guy was looking right at me!

::''Saul was not talking about Anders (in a coma with his eyes open) but the body of his dead son Liam that was delivered stillborn after he died in utero but whose corpse he insisted on seeing.''

*''Cottle gives a response to the Cylons' observations about Anders' condition:''

:'''Cottle''': The last thing we need is you jerking our chains with a lot of quack ideas. So why don't you take them someplace else?

*'''Slick''' ''(to Starbuck)'': Listen. It may feel like hell, but sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[S. Cottle]]
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
* [[Roark Critchlow]] as [[Slick]]
* [[Iliana Gomez-Martinez]] as [[Hera Agathon]]
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]
* [[Torrance Coombs]] as Lance Corporal [[C. Sellers]]
* [[Ivan Cermak]] as Corporal [[D. Wallace]]
* [[Curtis Caravaggio]] as [[Nathanson]]
* [[Cherilynn Fulbright]] as [[Dionne]]
* [[Patrick Gilmore]] as [[Rafferty]]
* [[Samantha Kaine]] as Off-duty Crew Person
* [[Erika-Shaye Gair]] as Young [[Kara Thrace]]
* [[Darcy Laurie]] as [[Dealino]]
* [[Sonja Bennett]] as Specialist [[Marcie Brasko]]
* [[David Weddle]] as Smoking man in [[Joe's bar]] (uncredited)

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Someone to Watch Over Me

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== Overview ==
:''[[Kara Thrace]] rediscovers a memory of a [[The Music|musical piece]] taught by [[Dreilide Thrace|her father]], while [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] awaits her fate at the hands of the Colonials and the rebel Cylons, who want to execute her for treason.''

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

* [[Kara Thrace]] gets out of her bunk and opens her locker. Looking in the mirror, she momentarily sees the image of her own corpse found on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] in the reflection. Disturbed, Kara takes out the bloodstained dog tags recovered from the corpse and stares at them, silently brooding to herself.
* Kara goes through her daily routine - showering, dressing, giving the Cylon and Colonial pilots their assignments, doing paperwork, and drinking at the bar.
* [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]] is still searching for a habitable planet. ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' is now experiencing frequent power losses and plumbing disruptions due to the ongoing repair work.
* [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] informs [[Admiral Adama]], [[Lee Adama]], and [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] that the repairs and the Cylon organic substance will buy the ship a few more jumps, but not many. The admiral states that he isn't ready to give up just yet.
* Lee congratulates Sonja, a [[Number Six]] model, on her appointment as the Cylons' representative to the newly-formed Quorum of Ships' Captains.
* Sonja makes a formal request that Boomer be returned to the Cylons. When Adama starts to protest that Boomer tried to kill him, Sonja explains that they don't want Boomer set free. They want to try Boomer for treason, as she sided with [[Cavil]] in the [[Cylon Civil War]].
* When Lee asks what will happen to Boomer if she's convicted, Sonja says that with the loss of their ability to resurrect, the Cylons can now implement capital punishment.
* Tyrol realizes what this means: the Cylons are going to kill Boomer.

=== Act 1 ===
* ''Galactica'' continues to experience tremors and power fluctuations all across the ship.
* Kara, Doc Cottle, and the Cylons are observing Anders, who is still not conscious despite showing brain activity. Cottle has no explanation for any of this.
* When the Cylons theorize that Anders' brain is "rebooting," Cottle tells them that he does not want to hear their "quack" ideas. He also tells Kara that it is time to "move on" with her life.
* After Cottle leaves, Kara starts to cry.
* In Joe's Bar, Kara complains to the piano player about performing "the same lame-ass song" over and over. He counters, saying that he has been in the process of composing for four days, and that his music is meant to bring beauty to a terrible existence. Kara reacts angrily, asking him rhetorically whether his music stopped one bomb during the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies.
* Human and Cylon workers are struggling to repair ''Galactica''. Tyrol looks up from his own work and stares at a Cylon Eight. He recalls moments spent with Boomer, good and bad. In his mind, he asks, "How many of us ended up with the people we really wanted to be with?"
* Kara visits Helo's quarters, who surprises her with a box of Kara's belongings, found and bought and stolen back over the past few months since her return. She takes only one item from the box, a cassette tape labeled "Dreilide Thrace Live at the Helice Opera House." Before Kara leaves, Hera hands her a crayon drawing of stars.
* Tyrol visits Boomer in the reinforced brig reserved for Cylons. The two look at each other tentatively for a moment before beginning to talk. Boomer explains New Caprica as a "way to set things right" with Tyrol after her shooting of William Adama. They both admit thinking about one another on a daily basis. Boomer puts her hand on the glass. Tyrol reaches out--and is instantly transported to the house they had planned to build on Picon after mustering out of the Colonial Fleet. Tyrol is confused and angered by the illusion, disconnects from Boomer, and runs away.

=== Act 2 ===
* On another night, Kara listens to Slick play again. She applauds his work, and offers him a mix of praise and criticism. She perceives the music as conveying a sense of loss, of trying to catch someone who is moving away too fast.
* Tyrol asks for help from the Five to save Boomer from execution. They refuse, with Ellen Tigh telling him that they will not set themselves up as gods for the rebel Cylons.
* Later, Tyrol visits Boomer again. She tells him that the house in her projection was a "secret retreat" that she built in her mind and visited on a daily basis after being shot by [[Cally]]. The two talk about the extensive plans they had made for building the house; Boomer calls the Chief's planning "obsessive," but he describes them as "thorough." He reaches through the wire mesh, and Boomer places her hand to the glass. Tyrol looks around the house, appreciates it and Boomer's company--and then finds signs of a child, their daughter. He goes into their child's room and sits with her. Outside the projection, he laughs and cries happily.
* Back in the bar, Slick announces that the first movement is finished. He starts the second, with Kara accusing him of stealing material from Numian's 3rd Sonata. She sits with Slick, talking about her father teaching her to play the piano and her pleasant memories of the experience, particularly a song that made her "happy and sad at the same time."

=== Act 3 ===
* The flight deck is completely empty, except for Starbuck (wearing a [[flight suit]]) and a blond girl playing a piano. Starbuck slowly approaches the girl from behind, places a hand on her sholder, and turns her around. Instead of the girl's face, she sees her own burned remains--and bolts awake, covered in sweat.
* Holding her recovered dog tags, Starbuck tells Slick about the experience of finding her body on Earth. Slick claims to be unable to answer her questions. She goes on to say that the search for Earth gave her clarity and focus, but since discovering the planet and abandoning it, she feels lost again. Slick tells her that sometimes "lost is where you need to be."
* Tyrol pleads with Roslin for Boomer's life. Roslin abruptly tells him to stop, reminding him that Boomer preys on personal feelings, and that by asking for a personal favor from her, Tyrol is doing the same thing. She signs the order turning Boomer over to the rebel Cylons, and curtly dismisses him.
* At one of the repair sites, Tyrol stares at an Eight who is busy applying the Cylon resin. He grabs a wrench. The lights go out, and mixed in with the sounds of people yelling is a heavy thump.
* Slick hits a wall in his composing. Starbuck and Slick talk about him leaving his family because his wife wanted him to quit music. Starbuck scolds him for ditching his family just like her own father did.
* Tyrol helps the guards in the Cylon brig to reactivate the security cameras following the blackout. It appears that Boomer is sleeping, and remained asleep through the entire incident.
* Slick assures Starbuck that her father left her something valuable: the ability to play the piano. At first, Starbuck refuses to play, but she is coaxed by Slick to play a few hesitant notes. She tears up, stops playing, and asks him to play. He agrees to play if she does.
* In the locker room, Athena finishes washing up when an Eight walks in. She believes it is someone assigned to fixing the shower, but then she turns to face the Eight and instantly recognizes her: "Boomer." Before Athena can do anything else, Boomer punches her in the face. Athena's head hits the sink hard and she falls to the floor. Boomer continues to pummel her.
**Apparently, Tyrol swapped the Eight that he had incapacitated at the repair site with Boomer.

=== Act 4 ===
* Boomer finishes washing blood off her hands when Helo comes into the locker room. She tries to pull away when Helo suggests an intimate moment before she leaves on her recon mission, but she eventually gives in. Boomer and Helo continue having sex. In a stall, Athena, bound and gagged, slowly comes back to consciousness and sees the two through the slightly opened door.
* In Joe's, Saul Tigh tells Ellen Tigh and Tory Foster about the pain of seeing Liam after Caprica Six's miscarriage.
* Slick realizes where Starbuck's hesitant music is going and writes a few notes. Starbuck realizes that his notes line up perfectly with the stars in Hera' drawing. The two resume playing, and the music flows more confidently. Saul, Ellen, and Tory stop their conversation and listen to the music.
* Dressed in a flight suit, Boomer finds Hera in the day care center, and encourages her to drink something on the way out.
* Tyrol helps Boomer to lift a box onto a waiting raptor. She tries convincing him to come, but her turns her down, assuring her that they will meet again in the future.
* Slick and Starbuck play the music faster and stronger--until it becomes The Music. Once the piece is finished, the three who were listening to Starbuck appear next to her demand to know how she was able to play it. She tells them it was something she had learned as a child. Slick is nowhere to be seen.
* As Helo gives a briefing on combat tactics, Athena, bloddied and weak, crawls into the room. She tells Helo what happened. Helo orders the others to get medical help and to contact CIC. He tries to comfort Athena, but she yells in anguish and hits him.
* Boomer waits for departure clearance in the port flight pod. Suspecting that she has been caught, she starts the raptor's engines. Adama threatens to shoot her down, but she warns him that he will not be willing to fire on a raptor carrying Hera. As she spools up the raptor's FTL, Adama orders the flight pods retracted. She launches, racing toward the narrowing gap and clearing it, but clipping the raptor in the process. She jumps away close to ''Galactica'''s hull. The jump rips a hole in the battlestar, shakes the ship violently, and triggers power outages and explosions seemingly everywhere.
* In Adama's quarters, Roslin whispers, "Hera," and collapses.
* Tyrol spots Helo and Athena arguing with a guard. He is horrified to learn that Boomer has kidnapped Hera.
* In the day care center, Ellen tells Saul that her escape from [[Cavil]] had been a ploy, nothing more than a way of getting Boomer close enough to abduct Hera. They wonder aloud about how Hera and the music, and whether Sam can help.
* In sickbay, Starbuck plays a tape of her father's music for Sam, and lies next to him.
* The Chief runs frantically through ''Galactica''. In the projected version of the house built by Boomer, he runs through all the rooms, and finds no one.

== Notes ==
* [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Caprica-Six]] do not appear in this episode. As with the previous episode, [[Lee Adama]] appears in only a couple of scenes.
* "[[Wikipedia:Someone to Watch Over Me (song)|Someone To Watch Over Me]]" is the name of a song composed by [[Wikipedia:George Gershwin|George]] and [[Wikipedia:Ira Gershwin|Ira Gershwin]], and featured in the musical [[Wikipedia:Oh, Kay!|''Oh, Kay!'']] A major theme of the song is the need to find love and acceptance, something [[Sharon Valerii]], [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[Kara Thrace]] are all seeking in their own ways.
** There was also an episode of [[w:Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek: Voyager]] named for the song, in which it is performed at the end by The Doctor.
* Weeks have passed since the end of [[Gaeta's Mutiny|the mutiny]], as evidenced by [[Cottle]]'s comment about how long Anders' EEG readings have remained steady, and Starbuck's comment about how long she has repeated the same mission briefing.
* Starbuck acknowledges, in her address to the other pilots, that the mutiny has "thinned our numbers". This, combined with the apparent absence of pilots such as [[Margaret Edmonson]] and [[Diana Seelix]], confirms their involvement in the mutiny did not go unpunished, although exactly what that punishment is remains unknown.
** In the Podcast for "[[Deadlock]]" RDM states that all the mutineers were imprisoned on the [[Astral Queen]].
* After her apparent death in "[[Maelstrom]]", Kara's personal belongings were auctioned off. Helo has managed to get them all back for her. However, the only thing Kara is interested in is the tape of her father's music.
* Some of the music played by the mysterious piano player is from the original series. [[Numian's 3rd Sonata]], Second Movement, is in fact from the opening dialogue of the classic series ("There are those who believe that life here, began out there..."), and the original [[Cylon]] musical cue is derived from that tune as well. This is not the first time music from the original series has shown up (i.e. the [[Colonial Anthem]]), and lends to the idea that everything 'has happened before, and will happen again'.
* The brand of "[[The_Twelve_Colonies_%28RDM%29#Tauron|Tauron]] toothpaste" offered as a prize to the pilots is called "[[Felgercarb (RDM)|Felgercarb]]," a word used in the [[Original Series]] to mean "shit." Tauron comes from Taurus the bull. In essence, Kara is offering the pilot who finds a new planet "bullshittoothpaste".
* The collection of named [[Number Six]] models expands with the addition of [[Sonja]], who becomes the first Cylon to be elected to the Fleet's reconstituted Quorum.
*When Tyrol visits and talks to Boomer for the first time in the Brig, during the conversation Boomer calls Tyrol "Galen" for the first time, at least publicly and on screen. In past episodes, both Boomer and Athena usually referred to their significant others with their callsigns/titles. For Athena, it was always referring to Agathon as Helo. For Boomer, it was always referring to Tyrol as Chief. Athena was the first of the two to break that tradition, noticeable after the two married. Boomer's shared projection with Tyrol and their imaginary marriage may be the reason why she ceased calling him solely "Chief."

== Analysis ==
===Galactica's condition ===
*FTL jumps appear to create spatial distortions that can seriously strain a ships hull. Although bad hull damage does not necessarily prevent a ship from jumping (as has been seen many times before in the seasons, for example ''Pegasus'' - which jumped after being hit by three nuclear missiles in [[The Captain's Hand]]) the threat to ''Galactica'' has been compounded by the added riddling of the entire aged superstructure with microfractures. Tigh expresses concern that a jump within the flight pod will seriously strain the internal integrity of the ship. Boomer's FTL jump does eventually appear to cause a chain reaction of hull collapses along ''Galactica's'' port side, a side visibly weakened by Cylon attack, and suffering general aging in the 50+ year old ship's structure.
*The port side of ''Galactica'' which suffers damage in this episode has been seen specifically to suffer major stress before now- particularly during the [[Battle of New Caprica]] when it was mentioned that explosive decompressions were imminent in that section. That side of the ship also saw the port water tank blow out in [[Water]]-as well as damage from a nuclear explosion incurred during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] though these seemed to be repaired it no doubt contributed to the area's hull fatigue.
* Many individuals express fears of the damage an FTL jump can do to ''Galactica'', implying FTL jumps place serious strains on a ships hull–or even the hull of a ship nearby and a degree of hull integrity is important to allow a ship to continue jumping for continued periods. This appears quite a new phenomenon in the canon of the show and was not mentioned in previous seasons, though it of course makes for a convenient plot concept now. Before this ships have frequently been seen jumping and exiting a jump close to each other in the series with seemingly no ill effects- though it is possible Boomer's Raptor was much closer to Galactica's hull than has ever been seen before. In the episode [[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]] the tylium ship jumped whilst surrounded by Raptors and Vipers and no ship seemed to suffer damage, although they were knocked back and sent tumbling. It should be made clear that smaller objects are proportionally stronger and that smaller objects should feel much less shear in the wash of another nearby ship jumping. It is also possible the stress of by being caught in the FTL field of another vessel rather than that caused by a vessels own, properly configured FTL drive is more powerful and dangerous.
*Given that ''Galactica'' has jumped hundreds of times whilst damaged before now, it is not explained why no damage has occurred before given it is assumed damage will be guaranteed by an unplanned jump in this episode. In the miniseries ''Galactica'' suffered a nuke hit and yet jumped several times later. Also despite falling through the atmosphere of New Caprica ''Galactica'' was able to execute an FTL jump despite the severe strains on the hull. Fears of FTL stress were not mentioned.
** ''Galactica'' has probably been taking damage over the years from multiple jumps and suffering combat damage. That's how the microfractures developed. It's just that the extent of the damage has not become apparent until now.
** It is in part because of those actions, the atomic strikes and it jumping and falling though into a planet's gravity well and its atmosphere is why ''Galactic''a is suffering from massive metal fatigue, in addition to normal wear and tear of a 50+ year old ship and the fact that she hasn't had a major or even minor overhaul in years even before the the attack on the Colonies has taken their toll. In addition as discovered by Chief Tyrol the builders of ''Galactica'' "cut corners" with the building specifications of the ship. If the ''Galactica'' was able to retire on schedule these issues of "substandard" construction wouldn't have come up.
** Further to the point above about small craft being subject to less 'shear', it stands to reason that the size of the disturbance created by a ship executing a jump might be proportional to the size of the ship itself. A large vessel such as the tylium ship may create a widespread but relatively smooth disturbance, so the nearby Raptors would have been like corks bobbing as a wave passed. Conversely, a small vessel such as a Raptor might create a localised but very sharp distortion that poses more risk of damage to a large ship close to it.
*The age of ''Galactica'''s FTL drive might explain why the ship's hull integrity is taxed so badly by her FTL drive - more modern drives might not cause so much stress, and might explain why other Fleet ships and the rebel basestar can continue to jump despite the damage their hulls have taken.
* ''Galactica'' is in very bad shape from the metal fatigue in the hull. It's so bad that Tyrol says that all the [[Cylon organic resin]] could do is buy a little more time, but not too much from the looks of it, and that the ship might only be capable of a few more FTL jumps, if that. The ship is dying of old age and abuse and there's nothing anyone can do save it completely. The damage Boomer created during her escape has no doubt worsened the ship's condition.

===Boomer's actions===
* Adama has still not forgiven Boomer for shooting him.
* Ellen's escape from Cavil seems to have been orchestrated between him and Boomer in order to get Boomer on ''Galactica'' so she could kidnap Hera according to Ellen's speculation to her husband Saul Tigh.
* It would appear that while Cavil was willing to let Ellen go in order to obtain Hera, members of the [[Final Five]] are still of some value to him, as evidenced by Boomer's offer for Tyrol to go with her.
**It is more likely that Boomer genuinely wanted him to come with her because she truly loves him. Bringing him back to John Cavil-if that is where she is headed-would be of no use to him because as Ellen stated he would need all Five of the Finals to recreate Resurrection. In addition to her rekindled love, she has seen-or at least heard about-that it is possible for a Final Five Cylon to mate and have offspring with a "Standard Model" like herself even if Caprica-Six's pregnancy by Saul Tigh failed, so the possibility of a family which she shared with Tyrol in her projection, was open to her.
* Boomer has gone from being a conflicted sleeper agent to being a willing infiltrator and saboteur on ''Galactica''. With her rekindled love for Tyrol, she may be again conflicted.
* The Cylons want Boomer tried for treason, with execution being a possible outcome, because her actions are linked to the permanent deaths of thousands of Cylons when she sided against her model in the [[Cylon Civil War]]. This parallels the Colonial Fleet's own desire to try [[Gaius Baltar]] for siding against humanity and collaborating with the Cylons on New Caprica.

*It is very possible-but not certain-that the Cylon ability to recognize individual Cylons despite them looking exactly like each other (most of the time, the Sixes seem to have the most variants in hair color and use of makeup, both voluntary actions) relies on actually looking at the individual. In the lavatory where Sharon "Boomer" Valerii severely beats Sharon "Athena" Agathon, Athena initially mistook Boomer as a generic Eight when she saw her in the reflection of a mirror. It was after she stood up, turned around and looked directly at Boomer did Athena recognize her as Boomer. Admittedly however, it is possible that she would had recognized Boomer if she still only watched her in the reflection. Still, she said a full sentence while she looked at her in the mirror-"Great, I hope you are here to fix the frakkin' shower!"-but instantly recognized Boomer the exact moment she saw her directly and not reflected. Perhaps they also need to look the other Cylon square in the eyes, which is what Tyrol does in "[[Deadlock]]" before identifying Boomer.
**Helo did notice that Boomer did smell different. Boomer covered for this saying she found some soap.
***Helo said she smell good not different an she was washing her hands at the time. However there is a relevance to Helo mentioning her smell. In a scene from [[Litmus]] Tyrol and Boomer were in bed together shortly after engaging in intercourse. He said to her: "Sometimes at work I try to conjure up what your face looks like...Curve of your lips.....The way your hair falls. How you smell." Helo as just noted told Boomer she smelled good just before they had sex.
* Boomer has sex with [[Helo]] by pretending to be [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]] after he mistook her for his wife and he insisted after she tried to leave, but then enthusiastically let him believe she was Athena and willingly had sex with him. This is ironic, as Athena originally seduced Helo on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], by pretending to be Boomer.
** Boomer's willingness to have sex with Agathon - in the presence of Athena - was motivated by a desire to exact revenge on Athena for having effectively taken over her old life on ''Galactica'' according to the show writers.
***Though she initially hesitated, a knowing glance to the corner where Athena was hidden, is the clue to her decision to defile Athena's relationship with Helo.

===Starbuck's role===
* The mysterious piano player is [[Dreilide Thrace|Kara's father]], which can be concluded by his sudden disappearance and by the flashbacks with both Kara and her father playing the piano when she was little. These flashbacks mirror the exact same movements done by Captain Thrace and the piano player.<ref>http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=1598</ref>
* The title of the tape Kara receives back from Helo is "Dreilide Thrace Live at the Helice Opera House."
** [[w:Helice|Helice]], also spelled Helike, was an ancient Greek city which sank into the Corinthian Gulf in 373 B.C.
** Helice was the ancient Greek name <ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/620003/Ursa-Major</ref> for the constellation [[w:Ursa Major|Ursa Major]] (the Great Bear). <i>Helice</i> in Greek means "to spin" or "to turn"; it is the root of the modern word <i>helix</i>. Ursa Major revolves around [[w:Polaris|Polaris]], the Pole Star, hence the name. This may be a reference to the spinning of the [[maelstrom]] Kara flew into before her ship was destroyed, and it could also refer to the [[mandala]] found on the wall of her apartment and the [[Temple of Five]].
** [[w:Helike_(mythology)|Helice/Helike]] was also the name of a nymph in Greek mythology who nursed the infant [[Zeus]], along with another nymph, Melissa (which name itself means "honey" or "honey bee"). <ref>http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/UrsaMajor.html</ref>
** [[w:Helike_(moon)|Helike]] is also a newly-discovered moon of [[w:Jupiter|Jupiter]].
** However, the appearance of the word <i>Helice</i> in the show may simply be a tongue-in-cheek reference to [[Bear McCreary]]'s heavy involvement with this episode -- Ursa Major, and McCreary, both being "The Great Bear."<ref>http://tvbacon.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/battlestar-galactica-someone-to-watch-over-me-live-at-the-helice-opera-house/</ref>
* It is possible that Starbuck also has the ability of Projection and she projected the Piano Player beside her when she played a section of "All Along the Watchtower" from the drawing Hera made, which turned out to be musical notation. She, from her POV, was playing a long side of him but when Saul Tigh, Ellen Tigh, and Tory Foster confronted her about where she learned to play that music he was gone. Perhaps it was just standard human daydreaming, or a [[Virtual beings|Virtual being]], but it could had been projection.

===The Seven and the Five===
*The Final Five have the same [[Projection|projection]] ability as the Cylons they created. Cylons can share projections.
* Projections can include not just imaginary environments but also imaginary people, such as Boomer and Tyrol's "daughter" Dionne.
* It also appears that projections might be a form of persistent environment -- similar to real-life virtual worlds such as [[w:Second Life|Second Life]], as Tyrol re-enters Boomer's projection after she escapes with Hera, as if expecting to find her and Dionne still in there.
* The Final Five, [[Hera Agathon]], and [[Kara Thrace]] are all somehow connected to each other by [[The Music]]. Also possibly connected via the song is Kara's [[Dreilide Thrace|mysterious father]].
*Both the Agathons and Tyrol suffer the lost of a daughter: Hera and Tyrol's imaginary daughter from his and Boomer's shared projection; both taken by Boomer. Hera actually, Tyrol's symbolically in Tyrol's solo projection. Both Athena and Tyrol suffer great grief and display it: Athena's primal howls and beating her arm against Helo's back in rage/despair; Tyrol's sinking to his knees and burying his head in his arms in his child's empty room in his projection. Helo initially took the situation stoically but in the previews for the next episode "[[Islanded In a Stream of Stars]]," it appears the emotional toll over the loss of his daughter is telling on Helo when Adama, presumably taking about Hera, says-uncharacteristically-"get over it" to a disheveled Helo.
* Ellen Tigh has the same reaction to hearing The Music as her husband and Tory Foster. She, of course, remembers hearing Sam Anders play the song on Earth.

===The status of Cylons in the Fleet===
* The Cylons seem to have officially joined the Fleet as they now have the representation they wanted on the new Quorum in the form of a Six named Sonja. It is also confirmed that Cylon and Colonial pilots are performing joint [[CAP]]s.
** This is most clearly seen when Athena staggers into the briefing room and Helo orders one of the Sixes to go get the medics, the Six unhesitatingly responds "Yes, Sir". Several Sixes and Eights are also seen attending Starbuck's "toothpaste briefing."
** The rebel Cylon pilots do not appear to have been commissioned into the Colonial military, as they wear Cylon flight suits without insignia and none is addressed by rank.
* Many of the Sixes and Eights appear to use their model numbers as surnames, and are referred to and addressed as "Six" or "Eight". They do not yet appear to have been given individual call-signs. For example, at the toothpaste briefing, Starbuck states that "Six has the color assignments and recognition codes," (not, for instance, "''This'' Six..." or "The Six in the front row..."), and the Six in question casually raises her hand for the pilots behind her to see. Likewise, Helo addresses one as "Six" when ordering her to fetch a medic.
* Despite integrating allied flight command (at least among manned Heavy Raiders), being represented in the Quorum, and subordinating their Basestar weapons control to President Roslin ("[[Blood on the Scales]]"), the Rebel Cylons have retained some sovereignty and are thus entitled to extradite Sharon "Boomer" Valerii and try her for treason under Cylon law.
* Cylon law does not prohibit punishments to be enacted ''ex post facto''. Sonja explains that a death penalty provision would have been meaningless prior to the destruction of the hub, yet they intend to execute Boomer if she is found guilty for the treason she is accused of committing prior to the hub's destruction.

===Miscellaneous===
* It has been unclear whether Karl Agathon is still the [[Commander Air Group]] (CAG) of Galactica or Kara Thrace officially takes over the CAG as Agathon used to join important staff meetings with Adama & Tigh in previous episodes. However, this episode clearly shows that Thrace is now serving as the CAG of Galactica.

== Questions ==
* Will Boomer take Hera to Cavil? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer]])
* Why does Cavil want Hera? ([[Daybreak, Part I|Answer]])
* What was Boomer writing in her cell when she first sensed Tyrol watching her?
* Why did Boomer sleep with Helo? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me#Official Statements|Answer]])
* What is the source of Starbuck's visions of her father? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Partial Answer]])
* How did Starbuck and Hera arrive at a piano version of the same [[The Music|melody]] originally played by Anders on a guitar on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Partial Answer]])
* Will Tyrol's involvement in Boomer's escape be discovered? How will Athena and Helo react? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])
* Do all the ships in the Fleet - regardless of their relative crew and passenger size - get to send representatives to the new Quorum?
* What is Roslin's physical status after collapsing at the end of the episode? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer]])
* How does Roslin know of Hera's abduction without being informed? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Partial Answer]])
* Why did nobody say anything about Kara talking to herself before Saul, Ellen, Galen, and Tory realised what she was playing?
* If FTL drives cause spacial distortions with the potential to significantly damage ships, then why hasn't the FTL drive been weaponized by either side?

== Official Statements ==
*Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune interviews David Weddle and Bradley Thompson<ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/02/battlestar-galactica-starbuck-boomer-someone-to-watch-over-me-.html</ref>:
**Boomer had a sick desire to strike out at Athena, based on a perverse envy.
**Boomer's escape with Ellen was staged so that she could kidnap Hera. She intended to just use the Chief, but their interactions did awaken feelings she thought were dead.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
*''Ellen Tigh, Saul Tigh, and Tory Foster are in Joe's bar. Saul is remarking at the state of someone they cared about:''

:'''Saul''': Cottle was right, I should've never insisted on seeing him. His eyes were open! I wasn't ready for that. The little guy was looking right at me!

::''Saul was not talking about Anders (in a coma with his eyes open) but the body of his dead son Liam that was delivered stillborn after he died in utero but whose corpse he insisted on seeing.''

*''Cottle gives a response to the Cylons' observations about Anders' condition:''

:'''Cottle''': The last thing we need is you jerking our chains with a lot of quack ideas. So why don't you take them someplace else?

*'''Slick''' ''(to Starbuck)'': Listen. It may feel like hell, but sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[S. Cottle]]
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
* [[Roark Critchlow]] as [[Slick]]
* [[Iliana Gomez-Martinez]] as [[Hera Agathon]]
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]
* [[Torrance Coombs]] as Lance Corporal [[C. Sellers]]
* [[Ivan Cermak]] as Corporal [[D. Wallace]]
* [[Curtis Caravaggio]] as [[Nathanson]]
* [[Cherilynn Fulbright]] as [[Dionne]]
* [[Patrick Gilmore]] as [[Rafferty]]
* [[Samantha Kaine]] as Off-duty Crew Person
* [[Erika-Shaye Gair]] as Young [[Kara Thrace]]
* [[Darcy Laurie]] as [[Dealino]]
* [[Sonja Bennett]] as Specialist [[Marcie Brasko]]
* [[David Weddle]] as Smoking man in [[Joe's bar]] (uncredited)

== References ==
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