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| title= Blood on the Scales<br />
| season= 4<br />
| episode=14<br />
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| writer= [[Michael Angeli]]<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''[[Felix Gaeta]]'s mutiny continues while [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] finds refuge on the rebel Cylon [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]].''<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== Teaser ===<br />
* Rebel marines led by [[Aaron Kelly]] storm the airlock and capture [[Admiral Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh]] both of whom were stunned by a flash grenade.<br />
* Tigh recognizes Kelly and calls him "the brig rat." Kelly is visibly uneasy about all this.<br />
* Meanwhile, the [[Raptor]] with President [[Roslin]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] on board heads for the [[Basestar (RDM)#Rebel basestar|Basestar]].<br />
* A pair of Vipers, piloted by Narcho and Hotdog, pursue the Raptor. Hotdog, who is unaware of the mutiny on ''Galactica'', gets the Raptor in his sights, but doesn't fire. Instead he orders the Raptor to identify itself.<br />
* Narcho tells Hotdog to destroy the Raptor, but Hotdog continues to ask for the target's identification.<br />
* Roslin transmits a message from the Raptor saying that she is aboard the Raptor. [[Gage]] blocks the transmission, but not before Hotdog receives it.<br />
* [[Gaeta]], now in command of the CIC, contacts Hotdog and orders him to destroy the Raptor. When Hotdog continues to hold his fire, Narcho goes in and launches a pair of missiles at the Raptor.<br />
* The [[Eight]] piloting the Raptor successfully avoids the missiles, which hit the Basestar instead. The Raptor successfully docks at the Basestar.<br />
* Gaeta orders Colonel Tigh to be placed in the brig with the other Cylons, but orders Admiral Adama to be brought to the CIC.<br />
* On board the Basestar, the Cylons demand to know why they're being fired upon. Roslin explains the situation. Fearing that the government has been overthrown, the Cylons want to jump away from the Fleet. <br />
* Roslin insists that they give Adama a chance to retake ''Galactica''. Baltar points out that it's unlikely that Adama will win and that Gaeta and Zarek have the majority of support on ''Galactica''. Roslin counters that they've already seen evidence that not all of ''Galactica'''s crew support the mutiny.<br />
* Roslin tells the Cylons to move their ship into the middle of the Fleet, so that ''Galactica'' won't be able to fire upon them.<br />
* Back on ''Galactica'', Adama is brought to the CIC. Gaeta asks him to call Roslin and convince her to surrender.<br />
* Adama refuses and instead pulls off his admiral pins. He throws them to Gaeta and sarcastically tells Gaeta that he's the admiral now and to make the call himself.<br />
* Gaeta orders gun batteries to target the Basestar, but before they can do so, the Basestar moves into the middle of the Fleet. Gaeta calls off the attack and orders the Basestar to be quarantined. He also gives orders to prepare for [[Tom Zarek]]'s arrival.<br />
* Adama asks Gaeta if he's planning on shooting him. Gaeta gives no response.<br />
<br />
=== Act 1 ===<br />
* ''[[Colonial One]]'' lands on ''Galactica'''s flight deck, with Zarek and the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] on board.<br />
* Kelly, Narcho, [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]], [[Diana Seelix|Seelix]], and other rebels escort Zarek from the flight deck, while [[Lee Adama|Lee]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] watch, hidden behind some machinery. Once they are out of sight, Lee and Starbuck move on.<br />
* In a Raptor aboard the rebel Baseship, Roslin attempts to transmit a signal to anyone who will listen, without success.<br />
* In the holding cell, Hera looks with concern at Helo's head wound. Athena attempts to assure her that he will get better.<br />
* Caprica-Six nurses Tigh's ear, bleeding from the stun grenade.<br />
* Anders wonders aloud what Gaeta will do. Tigh quips, "In your case, cut off one of your frakking legs."<br />
* In Adama's quarters, Gaeta tells Zarek that he has "a net" over the Baseship, and thus Zarek did not need to bring the entire Quorum with him to ''Galactica''. Zarek replies that as long as Gaeta insists on having a trial for Adama, he wants the Quorum where he can keep an eye on them. Zarek says they need to move on, but Gaeta replies that before that can happen, people must answer for what they've done, beginning with Adama.<br />
* Tyrol continues to sneak through the corridors of ''Galactica'' unnoticed. On Deck D Corridor 2, he hears the sound of a door opening and runs for cover.<br />
* Hidden from view, Tyrol observes Kelly and two rebel marines escorting [[Romo Lampkin]] at gunpoint. Romo wonders if anyone will feed his dog.<br />
* In Adama's quarters, Zarek reads the charges against Adama: treason, desertion, giving aid and comfort to the enemy, and gross dereliction of duty. Zarek reminds him that the punishment for these crimes is death by firing squad. All the while, Adama glares at Gaeta.<br />
* Zarek tells Romo that the Admiral is entitled to a court martial, but they need a lawyer to handle his defense. Adama mutters, "They need a pimp."<br />
* Romo wonders why they are doing all of this. Gaeta replies, "For justice." Romo, considering the tone of the room, conjectures that if he should choose to pass on this "field trip for justice," that the two marines guarding him will instead use him for target practice. Zarek impatiently tells him to just do his job.<br />
* Zarek goes on to say that "Commander" Gaeta will represent the people, and that Zarek himself will be serving as judge. Romo wonders if they've run out of ship's captains. Gaeta replies that the captains are busy defending their ships against the Basestar Adama welcomed into the Fleet. "Shove it up your ass," Adama tells Gaeta pointedly.<br />
* Gaeta continues to argue with a mockingly defiant Adama. Adama points out that the rebel Cylons gave "aid and comfort" to the fleet, not vice versa. As the argument begins to escalate, Romo asks for a few minutes with Adama.<br />
* On the Basestar, Roslin continues to unsuccessfully try to use the Raptor's communication system to contact anyone, with the Cylons looking on. A Six remarks that they no longer have the protection of the Fleet, and the Viper patrols are becoming increasingly bold, firing into space, inviting the Cylons to react. Tory Foster tells the other Cylons that they should all talk.<br />
* On ''Galactica'', Tyrol uses a crowbar to pry the cover off of a service tunnel, and crawls inside.<br />
* On ''Colonial One'', Zarek addresses the Quorum. As Zarek speaks in support of Gaeta's leadership of the military, the Quorum delegates are visibly concerned. Zarek tells the Quorum that he has brought them to ''Galactica'' to show Gaeta that the Quorum delegates are people who, "at the end of the day, still stand by your president." At this, the Quorum bursts into an excited discussion, which ends with [[Jacob Cantrell]] telling Zarek, "I think you should leave now, Mr. Vice President." The other delegates are in agreement.<br />
* Zarek walks out of the conference room in defeat. In the adjacent corridor, he tells two marines, "Shoot them." Zarek then tells Kelly to get Gaeta. Kelly walks away to the sounds of screams and gunfire. He is visibly disturbed by the sounds.<br />
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=== Act 2 ===<br />
* On ''Colonial One'', Gaeta looks in horror on the slain Quorum delegates, and angrily rebukes Zarek. Zarek reminds him that Gaeta began the coup, and that this is just another consequence of that. Gaeta is in disbelief, remarking that until now they had the truth on their side. Zarek tells him that the truth is told by whoever is left standing, and reminds him that Adama must be eliminated.<br />
* On ''Galactica'', Tyrol continues to crawl through a cramped and dirty service tunnel.<br />
* On the rebel Baseship, Tory informs Roslin that the Cylons have decided to jump away to ensure their own survival. The Six tells Roslin that Gaeta will likely execute Tigh, Tyrol, Anders, and any of the others who oppose him, such as Kara, Helo, and Adama.<br />
* Roslin urges the Cylons to stay, reminding them that they have all made a habit out of beating the odds, particularly William Adama, and that when he returns to command, he will know who stuck with him and who ran.<br />
* Tyrol crawls out of the duct into an empty munitions locker, where he is met at gunpoint by Kelly. Tyrol notes that the rebels sprang him from the brig.<br />
* Kelly tells him to get out of the duct, but Tyrol says that he is too tired and that Kelly should just shoot him. Kelly replies that he's a machine, to which Tyrol replies that Kelly is a "dumbass." Kelly and Tyrol both begin laughing at this, and Kelly lowers his rifle.<br />
* They both hear the sounds of gunfire in the distance. Kelly remarks, "This was a hell of a ship once." Tyrol agrees. Kelly tells Tyrol he heard his child wasn't a Cylon, and that he could have told Tyrol that Cally was "trouble." Tyrol laughs, saying it would not have mattered.<br />
* After collecting himself, Kelly again points his rifle at Tyrol, but when Tyrol braces himself for the shot, Kelly instead tells him to leave, yelling "Go on skinjob, go!" After Tyrol crawls back into the duct, Kelly berates himself.<br />
* In Adama's quarters, Romo hands Adama a pen to sign a statement. Adama refuses, but Romo urges him to put his innocence on record, and to give his people time to retake the ship.<br />
* One of the rebels who was guarding the holding cell goes to the latrine, where Starbuck smashes his head into the wall.<br />
[[Image:Lida.jpg|thumb|Lida approaching Baltar.]]<br />
* On the rebel Baseship, a Six named [[Lida]] asks Baltar if he is injured. He replies that they typically use the word "damaged" instead of "injured."<br />
* In the corridor outside the holding cell, Lee and Starbuck argue over the best way to overpower the guards. Lee throws a grenade into their midst, and in the ensuing panic Lee and Starbuck gun them all down. Immediately after the last guard goes down, Starbuck ducks for cover, but an amused Lee nonchalantly walks to the thrown grenade and picks it back up. He tells Starbuck that he never pulled the pin, to which she states, "Not funny."<br />
* With the guards dispatched, Lee and Starbuck free the prisoners, but Lee is upset to learn that his father is not among them.<br />
* On their way out of the cell, Starbuck and Anders search the guards for weapons, but Lee tells them that they are quickly running out of time.<br />
* A rebel turns the corner and fires at Starbuck and Anders. Starbuck shoots the rebel in the chest, but not before Anders is struck by a bullet in the neck, causing him to stumble.<br />
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=== Act 3 ===<br />
* While Lee covers them, Starbuck looks after a wounded Anders. Sounds of yelling and gunfire indicate that there is fighting nearby. Lee insists that they need to leave.<br />
* Tigh tells Caprica-Six to take Hera to Baltar's followers for safety, as "no one wants to go near those nutjobs." She insists she can take care of herself.<br />
* Lee yells for Tigh to help him get Anders off the ground, but Starbuck tells Lee to go after his father instead. Athena and the others go with Lee and Tigh, while Starbuck stays with an incoherent Anders to try to get him to Doc Cottle for medical treatment.<br />
* In Adama's quarters, the "court martial" proceeds apace, with Gaeta arguing that Adama deserted them on New Caprica. Romo objects, saying Gaeta is badgering the witness. Not surprisingly, his objection goes unheard by Zarek.<br />
* As Adama continues to mock Gaeta, Zarek receives a call telling him that Tigh and the other "skinjobs" escaped. Zarek tells Adama and the others that Tigh was killed trying to escape. At the news of his longtime friend's death, Adama shows the first signs of emotion, and tells Gaeta that he is not answering any more of his questions.<br />
* Zarek declares the prisoner guilty as charged, upsetting Romo, who says, "This isn't a trial, this is an asylum." Zarek angrily grabs Romo and pushes him against the bulkhead.<br />
* Roslin's voice is heard over the wireless, prompting a smile from Adama and looks of concern from everyone else. Roslin announces that Gaeta took command of ''Galactica'' by force, and that the Cylons were merely defending themselves when they moved the baseship into the Fleet. She then commands the Fleet ships to power down their FTL drives.<br />
* On the rebel Baseship, Roslin exclaims that their signal could not be jammed. Behind her, a [[Number Two|Leoben]] is leaning on a device with flashing red lights, to which the Raptor's comm system is presumably connected. "I thought this would do the trick," he says with a grin.<br />
* Back on ''Galactica'', Starbuck slowly drags an unconscious Anders a short distance before falling on the floor, exhausted. [[Parr]], the rebel marine escorting a bound Romo, happens upon them, commanding Starbuck to show him her hands. Romo readies his pen. Starbuck draws her sidearm and pulls the trigger, but the weapon is empty. Seizing his opportunity, Romo stabs his captor in the neck repeatedly with his pen. After removing his restraints, he retrieves his sunglasses and a sidearm from the fallen guard.<br />
* Starbuck implores Romo to help her get Anders to Dr. Cottle, but Romo refuses, citing the fact that on the way there, he and his "friend" had already been shot at twice, once by his own men. Further considering the situation, an obviously conflicted Romo chooses to turn around and help.<br />
* In CIC, Gage informs Gaeta that ten of the thirty-five ships remaining in the Fleet shut down their FTL drives after Roslin's announcement. Narcho is upset, but Gaeta tells him that Roslin did them a favor in exposing those ships who would cause them trouble. Gaeta tells Gage to give jump coordinates only to those ships that kept their FTL drives online, and to order them to jump immediately.<br />
* Gaeta then tells Narcho to assemble an execution detail comprised of men he can trust, to secure the main hangar bay launch tube, and to take Adama down there and await further orders. Narcho shows some reluctance, but he insists that Gaeta can count on him "all down the line."<br />
* Gaeta asks Zarek, who is waiting nearby, if he is spying on him. Zarek insists that they simply need to get through the current predicament, and move on.<br />
* In a corridor somewhere on ''Galactica'', Narcho leads a team of six rebel marines who are escorting Adama to the launch tube, with Kelly walking behind the group. After some consideration, Kelly breaks off from the group and goes to the [[memorial hallway]], where he drops his rifle and breaks down in tears.<br />
* In a nearby corridor, Tigh and Athena keep watch while Lee opens a service panel and disconnects a power line, causing the main lights to go out. Sounds of gunfire indicate there is still heavy fighting nearby.<br />
* Tyrol continues to crawl through service tubes, this time crawling behind a latrine. He coughs and gags at the smell.<br />
* In the memorial hallway, Lee confronts Kelly, who is nearly catatonic with grief. He finally admits to Lee that the others are planning on executing Adama in the main launch tube. Lee moves to punch Kelly, but Tigh pulls him away. As they run to the hangar deck, Kelly picks up his rifle and runs after them, yelling, "I'm coming with you!"<br />
* On the rebel Baseship, Baltar dreams of Adama's death by firing squad, which wakes him violently. In bed with him, Lida attempts to comfort him, but Baltar rebuffs her, saying that he has run for his life yet again. She tells him that fear makes people act differently, but he says that he did not run out of fear this time.<br />
* For the first time, Baltar admits that he is merely playing the role of religious leader to humor his followers, and that he privately scorns their "provincial intellects" and their unfailing willingness to make him feel better; however, he also admits that he feels responsible for them, and that he must go back.<br />
* On the hangar deck, Adama is tied to a chair in the main launch tube by a marine while Narcho stands nearby, distressed. As Narcho walks towards the eight marines with rifles at the ready, Adama spits.<br />
* From the rebel Baseship, Roslin gives the rebels five minutes to return command to Admiral Adama.<br />
* In CIC, an increasingly concerned Zarek listens to Roslin's ultimatum, and looks around for Gaeta, who is absent.<br />
* In Adama's quarters, Gaeta walks to Adama's desk, where he drops the admiral pins on ''Galactica'''s watch log. He then calls Narcho, telling him to carry out the execution.<br />
* On the hangar deck, Narcho replies, "Yes, sir," and hangs up with Tigh pointing a sidearm at his head. Meanwhile, Lee unties his father from the chair in the launch tube, and Kelly and Athena have their rifles pointed at eight marines, all disarmed and kneeling with hands behind their heads.<br />
* Adama is overjoyed to see Tigh, whom he was told was dead. Tigh replies that for a while, he was.<br />
* Adama addresses the kneeling, disarmed marines, saying, "I'm gonna take back my ship." Adama then addresses Narcho, who tells him that while he has always respected him, he hates the Cylons, and he cannot take orders from a leader who won't fight them. At this, Tigh raises his weapon to Narcho's head, but Adama orders him to stand down, and orders Narcho to be tied up instead.<br />
* Sitting at Adama's desk, Gaeta removes his prosthesis and scratches the stump underneath.<br />
* Deep in the bowels of ''Galactica'', Tyrol finally has enough room to crouch rather than crawl, allowing him to move faster.<br />
* In CIC, Zarek orders Vireem to pass him through to Roslin. As Gaeta walks into CIC, Zarek addresses Roslin on the rebel Baseship, introducing himself as the President of the Twelve Colonies. He announces that Tigh was killed in an escape attempt, and that Adama was tried, found guilty of his crimes, and was executed by firing squad earlier that morning. Zarek insists that Roslin think of the welfare of the people of the Fleet, and surrender.<br />
* Roslin vehemently refuses, vowing to use every weapon at her disposal to come after Zarek and the other mutineers. The weapon emplacements on the Baseship open, targeting ''Galactica''.<br />
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=== Act 4 ===<br />
* In CIC, after Zarek's statements to Roslin, Gaeta remarks that now they have a military leader and a president in one. Zarek questions how Gaeta would have handled the situation, had he been there.<br />
* Gage indicates that the Baseship is arming itself, and that they are jump ready. Gaeta orders the board be set to green, and a crew member inserts the FTL key at gunpoint.<br />
* Tyrol rushes down a set of stairs in ''Galactica'''s FTL engine room.<br />
* Adama marches towards CIC, leading an increasingly large group of marines, officers, and enlisted crew.<br />
* In the FTL engine room, Tyrol breaks open the door to the auxiliary control station, and attempts to shut down the FTL drive with his command code.<br />
* As Adama and his group of loyalists continue their march to CIC, Roslin's voice is heard over the wireless, commanding ''Galactica'' to surrender.<br />
* In the FTL engine room, Tyrol's command code is denied (as he is not currently in active duty). Instead he looks to some nearby machinery and, with some effort, removes a [[Sync coil|vital component]] and shuts down the FTL drive.<br />
* In CIC, Gage announces the FTL drive's shutdown. Zarek begins ordering crew members to look into it, but no one moves. He tells Gaeta to launch Vipers to defend themselves, but Gaeta ignores him, and instead recalls his own words: "One day soon there's gonna be a reckoning."<br />
* Gage announces that gun batteries have fixed target bearings and are ready to fire. With Zarek at a near-panic, Gaeta realizes they are defeated, and orders a weapons hold.<br />
* Adama arms himself with the sidearm from a nearby marine, and the group storms CIC. No resistance is offered by the mutineers who, outmatched, surrender without a fight.<br />
* Adama gets on the wireless, identifies himself, confirms that he has retaken command, and tells Roslin to stand down. Roslin, Baltar, and even the Cylons are relieved to hear his voice with Roslin and at least one Eight in tears.<br />
* Zarek, Gaeta, and the other mutineers are taken away at gunpoint. While Gaeta and Adama exchange a stare, Adama has nothing to say to his fomrer loyal officer and merely gestures for Kelly and Athena to take him away.<br />
* In the FTL engine room, an exhausted Tyrol drops the component as the massive FTL drive slowly come to a halt. As he turns to the bulkhead, he notices some significant structural damage which concerns him greatly.<br />
* On ''Galactica'', Roslin climbs down a ladder and, seeing Adama alive for the first time since she boarded the Raptor, cries tears of joy. The two leaders walk together, his arm around her.<br />
* In Gaeta's quarters, Gaeta and Baltar are smoking cigarettes - something Gaeta has not been seen doing for quite some time and drink coffee which Gaeta calls the "spoils of war." Gaeta is telling Baltar of the many careers he once dreamed of pursuing: architecture, medicine, engineering, photography, and finally, science.<br />
* Baltar, on the verge of tears, begins to say something, but Gaeta stops him. He assures Baltar that he is fine with the way things turned out, and that his only wish is that eventually, people realize who he is. Baltar tells Gaeta that he knows who he is.<br />
* Gaeta and Zarek are seated in the main launch tube of the hangar deck, with Adama, Lee, Tigh, and Baltar standing behind the firing squad.<br />
* Just before Adama orders the execution detail to fire, Gaeta looks down at his severed leg in astonishment and remarks, "It stopped" refering to the intense pain he has had since he lost his leg.<br />
*The squad fires, killing Gaeta and Zarek.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*The punchline of [[Blood_on_the_Scales#Noteworthy_Dialogue|the joke]] that [[Tom Zarek]] tells [[Racetrack]] as he is escorted from the flight deck suggests that pedophilia by priests may have been an issue among the [[Religion_in_the_Twelve_Colonies_(RDM)|clergy of the Twelve Colonies]], similar to [[w:Abuse_by_members_of_Roman_Catholic_orders|anecdotes and allegations]] involving the Roman Catholic Church. <br />
*The [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] were murdered on Zarek's order for supporting President Roslin. [[Lee Adama]] survived as he wasn't present during the Quorum session. Two other regular Quorum members (Gemenon Delegate and one other delegate) were replaced by temporary stand-ins (who were killed), and their fate is unknown.<br />
*Romo Lampkin while being forced to serve as Adama's lawyer during his trial he referred to two looming Marine guards as "Wynken and Blynken". This was in reference to the poem of ''[[Wikipedia:Wynken, Blynken, and Nod|Wynken, Blynken, and Nod]]'', a late 19th century Dutch child's lullaby by [[Wikipedia:Eugene Field|Eugene Field]] about three fishermen fishing in the starry night in the sky with the help of the moon and uses a magic wooden shoe as their boat.<ref>[http://www3.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/eugenefield/poems/poemsofchildhood/wynkenblynkenandnod.html Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" Lullaby]</ref> <br />
*This episode marks the death of Felix Gaeta and Tom Zarek, who are executed by firing squad for their mutiny against Adama and the government.<br />
*The character Captain Kelly was last seen during season 3 when he was arrested for his bombing and assassinations of Baltar's lawyers. His character has appeared intermittently since the show began and it is fitting that he would be a double-turn coat as he was part of the original senior staff and his love for Admiral Adama is proven to be stronger than his hatred for the Cylons.<br />
*The events depicted in "The Oath" and "Blood on the Scales" cover approximately nine hours: Tigh enters Adama's quarters at 0620 at the beginning of "The Oath", culminates with Gaeta seizing the CIC at 0922, and concludes with Adama and his loyalists retaking the CIC at 1532 in "Blood on the Scales". The executions of Gaeta and Zarek, however, take place at an unspecified time later.<br />
*The firing-squad executions of Gaeta and Zarek mark the first time a method of execution other than [[airlock|airlocking]] has been used on screen (apart from the non-judicial summary executions in ''[[Razor]]''), although the action takes place in the same location where most recent airlocking incidents have occurred. In "[[Dirty_Hands#Act_4|Dirty Hands]]", Admiral Adama threatens to have [[Cally Tyrol]] shot as a mutineer, suggesting that the firing squad is the standard means of execution for humans that commit mutiny. <br />
*The ship's [[FTL]] drive is seen for the first time.<br />
*Baltar becomes involved with a previously-unseen copy of [[Number Six]] (referenced off-screen by the name [[Lida]]). Discounting his [[Messengers|Messenger Six]], this makes the third copy of Six with whom he has had relations, after [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Gina Inviere]].<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*Despite all of the support that Gaeta and Zarek seemed to have at the beginning of the mutiny, Roslin and Adama had more support from people opposed to it and possibly people who rethought it like Kelly. On Roslin and Adama's side were ''Galactica's'' senior staff (the members of CIC were either people on Gaeta's side or forced to work at gunpoint by marines), at least most of the crew given how many people joined Adama's march to CIC, the Quorum of Twelve and the Cylons and Baltar's followers. Gaeta and Zarek had the supporters they'd managed to gather amongst ''Galactica's'' crew and about 25 ships who refused Roslin's order to stand down FTL drives. In the end Adama and Roslin were successful because the people supported them more and Adama had enough respect from his crew that he was able to turn a lot back to his side just by stating his intention to retake the ship and walking by others. Gaeta and Zarek had to use force to get what they wanted. Many people, both in support of Gaeta/Zarek and in opposition, were killed. Given the death count, 40 in the first four hours of the mutiny, from 06:32 hours when Zarek was released from the Brig to sometime after 10:30 hours when Adama and Tigh are captured in the stowage bay (with most of the killing starting shortly after 09:02 hours after Capt. [[Kara Thrace]] rescues Delegate [[Lee Adama]] in the Hanger Deck. [[Peter Laird]] was the very first death, occuring shortly before 07:00 hours.), the attack on those Loyal to Adama was vicious. The break down of mutineer and loyalist deaths hasn't been given yet, but it is most likely that most of these deaths were those loyal to Adama since Gaeta/Zarek forces had the elements of both surprise and preparation in their favor. The 40 figure only represents the deaths by the end of "[[The Oath]]", near the approximate halfway point of the mutiny at 10:30 hours. With the retaking of CIC by Adama and Tigh, the mutiny ended at 15:32 hours, approximately nine hours elapsed time (there may have been resisters after that time not wishing to be taken into custody). Mutiny death figures since 10:30 hours, including the murder of the Quorum delegates, will be reflected in the survivor population count after the teaser of "[[No Exit]]" unless otherwise indicated. <br />
*Gaeta's sudden lack of pain in his amputated leg signals that his chronic pain (which he tried to numb with painkillers during the webisodes) was partially psychological. Once he was at peace with who he was and what he had done, his mental pain and much of his physical pain and itching disappeared. His last words acknowledged that the irritation had stopped.<br />
*The marines who eventually joined Adama's side near the end of the episode indicates that other mutineers simply were part of the coup out of self-preservation or at least wanting to be on the "winning" side. Once it was clear that Adama and the senior staff were rising up and reclaiming the ship, the marines, and others finally arose as well.<br />
*By sparing Narcho's life, Admiral Adama characteristically shows his love and compassion for those who serve under him. Despite his speech of "no forgiveness" in "The Oath", it is clear that Adama will attempt to give the some of the mutineers a second chance.<br />
**Not likely, the podcast for Deadlocked says they were all imprisoned on the ''Astral Queen''.<br />
**Adama grants clemency to those volunteering for the rescue of Hera. However, this was out of a desperate need for as many people as possible and the only ones shown for sure to take it were Nowart, Racetrack and Skulls, the later two of which died in the battle.<br />
*From a pragmatic standpoint, Humanity, such at the verge of extinction anyways, can not afford to lose large numbers of people.<br />
*The mutineers at no point subdued all resistance aboard ''Galactica''. As Adama marched on CIC, many crew members rushed to join him, indicating that they were either still resisting or were waiting for a sign that the tide had turned. CIC also was controlled by Gaeta through the use of marines who held most of the staff at gunpoint.<br />
* Tyrol, while attempting to disable Galactica's jump drive notices odd tears in the hull near the FTL assembly. ''Galactica'' may be suffering from serious long term metal fatigue and/or cumulative battle damage, as evidenced by the bulkhead deformation Tyrol discovers in the FTL drive room. Over the course of the series, Tigh has made a number of comments on ''Galactica's'' worsening structural condition, especially in absence of any possibility for repair at a shipyard. The ship itself is 50+ years old and has seen combat in two wars against the Cylons, and after all the damage its taken - the [[Battle of New Caprica]] being the most obvious example - it is not all that surprising to see the ship's structural integrity begin to fail like this.<br />
*Roslin threatens to attack ''Galactica'' if Gaeta and Zarek do not surrender. Numerous missile emplacements are then shown opening along the arms of the rebel basestar. Due to the known incompetence of ''Galactica's'' mutineer crew (Gage being unable to jam Roslin's transmission in [[The Oath]] without Gaeta's help), the chaos aboard ''Galactica'' with a mutiny still ongoing, and ''Galactica's'' status as an undermanned vessel, it is possible that the basestar could have successfully engaged and destroyed ''Galactica'' or at least severely damaged her enough to prevent her escaping.<br />
*Captain Kelly, after having been locked up in the brig for his attempts to assassinate Baltar's lawyers, still holds a deep love for the Galactica and her commander. As he was a part of the original senior leadership (3rd in command as shown after Adama's near-assassination), his nostalgic comments with Tyrol indicated his withering resolve to be part of the coup. In addition, being a witness to the cruelty of Zarek with the Quorum was probably the first catalyst for his repentance.<br />
*Gaeta, prior to his execution, is shown smoking and having drinks with Baltar. This is significant as Gaeta is rarely shown smoking during the show, and when it is shown, it was done when Gaeta finally felt free to be who he wanted to be. The first time was during his taped interview with D'Anna where he "let his hair down" so to speak. Incorporating a final smoke for Gaeta seemed appropriate to allow the audience to see a humanized Gaeta again.<br />
*Gaeta and Baltar have a civil conversation before Gaeta's execution indicating that the two have forgiven each other for thier past transgressions: Gaeta trying to kill Baltar and Baltar's involvement with the Cylons on New Caprica.<br />
*Baltar, despite admitting to not really liking his followers, has developed a sense of responsibility towards them as shown when he's speaking with [[Number Six#Lida|Lida]] about them and deciding to go back. This is the first time that Baltar has been shown to truly care about something besides himself indicating he may have changed somewhat.<br />
*Dialogue in this episode indicates there are 35 civilian ships left in the fleet. This is the first time since abandoning [[New Caprica]] that significant information on the number of ships left in the fleet has emerged. This number doesn't seem to tally with the observed losses in the fleet since the first season, although the number of ships has been portrayed inconsistently throughout the miniseries and the main seasons (a figure in the mid 70s being mentioned in [[Home, Part I]]). The figure of 35 stated here- indicating a loss of half the fleet's ships- seems somewhat inconsistent with a the human population that has only declined by about one fifth since the arrival of Pegasus's crew which bolstered the number of survivors to close to 50,000. Ships being abandoned on New Caprica or afterwards may explain this strikingly low number unless it is a continuity error. If 35 is a correct figure, the other ships in the fleet must have somehow found a way to take a huge number of extra people aboard.<br />
**It is possible that the 35 civilian ships that were mentioned were the total number of ships that had initially sided with Zarek and Gaeta, rather than the entire number of ships in the fleet. If they had been ready to jump at Zarek and Gaeta's order, their FTL drives would have been spun up. With Roslin's broadcast, though, 10 of the 35 would have switched sides again and shut down their FTLs, indicating the end of their desire to follow the coup leaders.<br />
*Ronald D Moore has commented that ''Galactica'' is severely undermanned at this point and therefore large parts of the ship are empty, making it easier for mutineers and counter-mutineers to move around unobserved. This however is contradicted by the fact that ''Galactica'' now has the crew of ''Pegasus'' aboard and the ship has in fact been seen to be overcrowded. Even allowing for losses on New Caprica and the fact that ''Pegasus'' was undermanned, the ship should still have a larger crew compliment than when she began her journey. In orbit around New Caprica the two ships still had over 2000 personnel still serving and doubtless most if not all former crew re-enlisted after the evacuation of New Caprica. Galactica's combined crew have not been seen to have taken any substantial losses since leaving New Caprica that would leave much of the ship empty. This may be a retcon or continuity error. It should be noted, however, that a large proportion of the people on the ship following the escape from New Caprica were civilians who may have since been relocated. Furthermore, it may be that only certain areas of the ship - such as the living quarters - are overcrowded. The exact number of personnel that a fully manned ''Galactica'' should have is unknown.<br />
*Despite [[Sharon Agathon]]'s vision-induced paranoia of a Six taking her daughter, [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]<ref>Sharon kills [[Natalie]] in "[[Sine Qua Non]]" when she sees the latter with Hera in a corridor after Sharon, President Roslin, and Caprica-Six all have a vision of a Six absconding with Hera at the opera house.</ref>, she does not protest [[Caprica-Six]] carrying Hera while Sharon supports her injured husband, [[Karl Agathon|Karl]]. It must be remembered that it was Caprica Six who aided in the escape of Athena with Hera from the Baseship after she got Helo to kill her so she would resurrect on the Baseship and recover their daughter. Caprica Six killed [[Sharon Valerii]] ("Boomer", who later resurrected) after Valerii tried to kill Hera for rejecting her and then Caprica Six helped get both Athena and Hera off the Baseship. Ironically, Caprica Six is the only character who has been seen specifically committing infanticide (not counting Baltar's dream about Adama drowning Hera).<ref>Caprica-Six snaps a human infant's neck in her first scene in the [[Miniseries]].</ref> <br />
*Assuming the writers maintained their preference to mirror real-world military traditions, the firing squad assembled to execute Gaeta and Zarek would likely be composed of low-level mutineers who were treated with leniency and then required to seal their loyalty (and feelings of guilt) by executing their former conspirators.<br />
*It isn't clear whether Gaeta and Zarek were given any sort of trial before being executed. Given Adama and Roslin's preference (albeit sometimes waveringly so) for maintaining the rule of law, it would be surprising if the lead mutineers were just shot out of hand.<br />
* Contrary to real-world military protocol and traditions, Gaeta was not cashiered prior to his execution, and faces the firing squad still wearing the rank insignia of a lieutenant.<br />
* During Tyrol and Kelly's discussion in the arms locker, Kelly mentions that he could have told Tyrol that Cally was trouble, Tyrol's response "Thanks, it wouldn't have mattered", indicates that, even if he had known that Cally had been sleeping with Hot Dog, he would still have married her. This clearly indicates that Tyrol loved her, and the way in which he says it clearly indicates that he still does. This means that Tyrol's tirade against the Admiral after his wife's death was an act, possibly out of grief, possibly to get himself dismissed from the Deck Crew so he couldn't sabotage anything should he have any hidden programming.<br />
* The Cylons among the fleet are, collectively, more loyal to Roslin and Adama (and more willing to forgive past conflicts) than are the humans.<br />
*Despite Adama's obvious anger towards Gaeta, he may have been somewhat forgiving towards him at the end: Baltar is allowed to visit, it happens in Gaeta's quaters indicating that Adama didn't put him in the brig but locked him in his room and he's smoking cigarettes (which he may have had in his room) and drinks what looks like the Admiral's morning coffee which he calls the "spoils of war" indicating Adama may have given it to him. Also, Adama allows him to die wearing his uniform which he promised he wouldn't allow any of the mutineers to do.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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=== Answered Questions ===<br />
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* What will become of the other mutineers (Racetrack, Narcho, Seelix, etc)? Will Adama follow through with his promise of "no forgiveness"? ([[Deadlock|Answer]])<br />
* Who will take over Gaeta's duties? ([[Deadlock|Answer]])<br />
* What repercussions will the Quorum's assassination have on the Fleet? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
* What is the significance of the damage Tyrol discovers in the engine room? Has it been there long, or is it a result of the improper shut down of the FTL drive? Do other areas of the ship show similar signs of damage? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
* In the [[Miniseries]], Colonel Tigh tells Lt. Gaeta to "spin up FTL drives 1 and 2". Why did Tyrol's deactivation of one FTL drive stop Gaeta from ordering the other's use? Is the other FTL drive still functional?<br />
** Answer: The ship needs both FTL drives to make a proper jump, and Tyrol pulled the [[sync coil]] between the two.<br />
* Will Anders survive his injuries? Were Starbuck and Lampkin even successful in getting him to sickbay? ([[No Exit|Partial Answer]])<br />
* Will Helo survive his injuries? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Answer]])<br />
* How will Baltar's new-found sense of responsibility toward his flock change his behavior? ([[Deadlock|Possible Answer]])<br />
* Will the Cylons' assistance of, and subordination to, President Roslin (and/or Colonial political leaders' fears of being associated with the failed coup d'état) secure them the citizenship and Quorum representation they seek? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer]])<br />
* With Zarek dead and Lee Adama being the only surviving member of the Quorum (or one of the few surviving members, considering that two regular delegates were replaced by stand-ins), will he become the new Vice President? ([[No Exit|Possible Answer]])<br />
* Are ''Galactica'''s computers now networked? ([[Daybreak, Part I|Answer]])<br />
* With most of the Quorum dead, will Roslin and Adama use the attempted mutiny as a basis to declare martial law? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
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=== Unanswered Questions ===<br />
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* Will Kelly be allowed to resume his duties on ''Galactica''?<br />
* Is the same structural deficiency present near the other FTL drive?<br />
* Will the rebel Cylons become less trusting of the humans as a result of this mutiny? Or will they be more inclined to trust certain humans, such as Roslin, since she managed to convince them to stay and follow her leadership? <br />
* What was that device Roslin and Leoben were using to communicate with the rest of the Fleet?<br />
* Why was Lee Adama - as opposed to Roslin - present at Zarek and Gaeta's execution?<br />
* What will be done to the 25 ships who did not obey Roslin's order to power down their FTL drives?<br />
* Will the FTL upgrades proceed once order has been brought back completely?<br />
* Will there be a faction that will attempt to portray Zarek or Gaeta as martyrs?<br />
* Do the Articles of Colonization include pre-approval language for the joining of the fabled "13th Tribe", now known to be Cylons? Such is often the case of comparable federation constitutions; the United States' former [[wikipedia:Articles of Confederation|Articles of Confederation]] included such language with respect to "Canada" (meaning Ontario) and Bermuda.<br />
* Were Gaeta and Zarek given trials?<br />
* How much time passed between the mutiny and the execution?<br />
* Did Zarek subsequently target the absent members of the Quorum for assassination? Do any of them, other than Lee, live through the mutiny?<br />
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== Character Development ==<br />
*''In the [[Miniseries]] (in the teaser) the first time we see Lt. Felix Gaeta and then-Commander Adama, Gaeta was handing him routine reports-and also unknown to them the first indications of trouble-while he was practicing his public address on the occasion of ''Galactica'''s-and his-retirement. It is of note considering what we now know of what the unimaginable future had for them:'' <br />
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:'''Gaeta:''' Good morning, sir. <br />
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:'''Adama:''' Good morning. <br />
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:'''Gaeta:''' (hands him messages) Com traffic from the midwatch.<br />
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:'''Adama:''' (re: messages) Hmm. Anything interesting?<br />
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:'''Gaeta:''' Uh... Mostly housekeeping. Uh, there was one odd message we were copied on. (shows him the message) Uh... The one from Fleet headquarters there, sir. Courier officer's overdue coming back from Armistice station. They've asked for a full status report on all FTL capable ships, just in case they need someone to jump out there today, see if his ship is having mechanical problems.<br />
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:'''Adama:''' I think we're a little bit busy today, wouldn't you say so Lieutenant?<br />
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:'''Gaeta:''' (grins) Yes, sir. <br />
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:'''Adama:''' Glad we agree.<br />
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:'''Gaeta:''' And, may I take this opportunity to say that it's been both a pleasure and an honor to serve under you these past three years.<br />
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:'''Adama:''' It's my honor, Lieutenant Gaeta. <br />
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*It's also interesting to note that the first time Roslin meets a Number Two, he is trying to sabotage the fleet and she has him executed ([[Flesh and Bone]]); in this episode she and a Number Two are seen cooperating and sharing a friendly moment. It may have even been the same Number Two, as Leoben is still alive and has been prominent among the rebels.<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
*[http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/02/battlestar-galactica-gaeta-blood-scales-angeli.html Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune interviews Michael Angeli about the episode:], The Six who sleeps with Baltar on the baseship is named [[Number Six#Lida|Lida]].<br />
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* ''[[Richard Hatch]] discusses his desire for a [[Tom Zarek]] interview prior to Zarek's execution:''<br />
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: I actually want to do the final Tom Zarek interview before he gets blown out the airlock, which they didn’t show, on the show. They had [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] talk to [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]], but you never got to see what Zarek was feeling. And I always wanted to do the final Zarek interview, you know, a little bit like the [[w:David Frost|David Frost]] interview with [[w:Richard Nixon|[Richard] Nixon]], where you could understand a little more deeply where he was coming from.<br />
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: I always wanted to go into that, just because I always felt that some people missed the point. They took sides, on who they liked more, as opposed to seeing what was really happening there. And art is not just about entertainment, not about taking sides; it’s about challenging your thinking, seeing things outside the box and expanding your mind, and seeing things from a larger viewpoint.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://geeksdreamgirl.com/2009/08/13/j-interviews-richard-hatch-part-2/|title=J Interviews Richard Hatch Part II|date=13 August 2009|accessdate=14 August 2009|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*'''Tom Zarek''' (ending a joke to Racetrack): . . . shall we save the kids? And the attorney says, "Frak them". And the priest says, "Do we have time?"<br />
:'''Racetrack''' (after both laugh): "You're gross."<br />
*'''''Tom Zarek''' delivers his ultimatum to '''Laura Roslin''''':<br />
:'''Zarek''': This is Tom Zarek, President of the Twelve Colonies. It's over, Laura. Saul Tigh was killed attempting to escape. Bill Adama was tried and found guilty of his crimes. A firing squad executed him this morning. It's done, Laura. You want to think about the people of this fleet now, and surrender.<br />
:'''Roslin''': No. Not now. Not ever. Do you hear me? I will use every cannon, every bomb, every bullet, every weapon I have down to my own eyeteeth to end you. I swear it!''' ''I'm coming for all of you!'''''<br />
*'''''Felix Gaeta''' is disturbed by the sight of the slaughtered Quorum delegates:<br />
:'''Gaeta''': We--we had the truth on our side. Now . . . now . . .<br />
:'''Zarek''': The truth is told by whoever is left standing.<br />
*'''''Lee Adama''' has just thrown a grenade towards the marines guarding the Cylon Prisoners, allowing him and '''Kara Thrace''' to kill them, after which Kara takes cover and Lee looks at her both amused and pleased with himself:<br />
:'''Lee Adama''': ''walking forward and picking up the Grenade'' I never pulled the pin.<br />
:'''Kara Thrace''': Ok, that is not funny.<br />
:'''Lee Adama''': It would have been if you had thought of it.<br />
:'''Kara Thrace''': No, still not funny.<br />
*'''''Laura Roslin''''' broadcasting to the fleet:<br />
:'''Roslin''': This is President Laura Roslin speaking from the Cylon baseship. Felix Gaeta has seized ''Galactica'' by force. The Cylons were defending themselves. They will not harm you. I repeat, the Cylons will not harm you. I am asking all ships' captains not to jump. Do not jump! Shut down your FTL drives!<br />
*'''''Felix Gaeta''' is about to be executed for his crimes:<br />
:'''Gaeta''': (referring to the pain from his lost leg) It stopped.<br />
*'''''Gaeta''' pours himself and Baltar a cup of what looks like Admiral Adama's coffee and Baltar looks at it confused:<br />
:'''Gaeta''': Spoils of war.<br />
*'''''Adama''' regains control of CIC and captures '''Gaeta''' and '''Zarek''':<br />
:'''Adama''': ''(to a CIC crewmember)'' Connect me with the President.<br />
:'''Crewmember''': Right away Admiral.<br />
:''(Adama puts down his gun and picks up the phone)''<br />
:'''Adama''': Madam President, this is the Admiral! Stand down! I repeat ''Galactica'' secure, stand down!<br />
:''(Roslin, Baltar and the Cylons are clearly relieved with Roslin and an Eight even crying)''<br />
:'''Roslin''': ''(tearfully)'' Bill!<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
* [[Mark Sheppard]] as [[Romo Lampkin]]<br />
* [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
* [[Sebastian Spence]] as Lieutenant [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]]<br />
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
* [[Jennifer Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]]<br />
* [[Ty Olsson]] as Captain [[Aaron Kelly]]<br />
* [[Derek Delost]] as Specialist [[Vireem]]<br />
* [[Mike Dopud]] as Specialist [[Gage]]<br />
* [[Colin Corrigan]] as Sergeant [[Allan Nowart]]<br />
* [[Alexandra Thomas]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br />
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]] / [[Leoben Conoy]]<br />
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
* [[Andrew McIlroy]] as [[Jacob Cantrell]]<br />
* [[Marilyn Norry]] as [[Reza Chronides]]<br />
* [[Judith Maxie]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Picon Delegate|Picon Delegate]]<br />
* [[Iris Paluly]] as Speaking Delegate [[Dahlia]]<br />
* [[Veena Sood]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Quorum Delegate|Quorum Delegate]]<br />
* [[Adrian Holmes]] as Marine [[Parr]]<br />
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[[de:Blut in der Waagschale]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Monotheist_Church&diff=201300Monotheist Church2011-02-02T21:53:04Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Ascension of Lacy Rand */</p>
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<div>[[Image:Monotheist Church, 1x10.jpg|thumb|The Monotheist Church's retreat on Gemenon.]]<br />
The '''Monotheist Church''', sometimes referred to as the '''Monad Church''', was a religious organization based on [[Gemenon]] in the years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]]. Lead by the cleric known as [[Mother]], the Monotheist Chruch's goal was to spread the gospel of a single, all knowing, all powerful [[God (RDM)|God]] to the generally [[Lords of Kobol|polytheist]] [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Worlds]].<br />
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==History==<br />
[[Image:Monotheist Church at night, 1x10.jpg|thumb|The retreat at night.]]<br />
Formed in the decades leading up to the [[First Cylon War]], the Monotheist Church was housed in the rocky, seaside cliffs of Gemenese in a temple referred to as "the retreat". The location was considered by the monotheists to be the Holy Land. Inside the retreat was an elaborate cathedral distinguished by buttresses, stained glass windows and reflecting pools where the clerics met for worship as well as politicking. The halls of the Monotheist Church echoed with the sound of chanting and prayer, reflecting a bygone age of mysticism in the Twelve Colonies ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]", "[[Blowback]]").<br />
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In the early years of its formation, the Monad Church came into conflict with its polytheistic neighbors with polytheist rebels in the east and the "Hephaistons" in the west. Despite these tensions, the Monad Chruch's relationship with the polytheist ones softened over time, though they still considered nonbelievers "unenlightened" ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]").<br />
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===The Soldiers of the One===<br />
:''Main article: [[Soldiers of the One]]''<br />
[[Image:Soldiers of One Logo.jpg|thumb|"Infinity" symbol representing the Soldiers of the One.]]<br />
The Soldiers of the One, or STO, was the militant arm of the Monotheist Church, formed in the movement's early years to defend the church, driving out the many [[Lords of Kobol (RDM)|Gods]] and combating the corruption and decadence of Colonial society. Considered by the [[GDD|Caprican Government]] to be a terrorist organization, the STO was at least in part seen by Obal Ferras, with training camps set up on Gemenon ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]").<br />
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Meeting resistance to the monotheist movement, the Monotheist Church at first heavily utilized its arm branch, crediting it with its success in leaner years. Despite the fact that they were treated as saviors, the Monotheist Church ultimately took up a more distant relationship with its STO cells, going so far as to refuse to house its leaders within the church proper ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]").<br />
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===Conclave===<br />
The monotheist '''conclave''' was a ten member group of clerics that convened on Gemenon to carry out the affairs of the Church, with members including [[Obal Ferras]] consulting directly with the Blessed Mother ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]", "[[Retribution]]").<br />
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====Apotheosis====<br />
[[Image:Clarice and the Conclave, 1x10.jpg|thumb|The conclave on Gemenon.]]<br />
58 years before the Fall of the Twelve Worlds, the conclave came into direct conflict with the STO. Objecting to the church's newly found "coziness" with the polytheist organizations in the Colonies, [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] cell leader [[Clarice Willow]] sought a new direction for the church. Meeting with the conclave on Gemenon, Clarice unveiled her notion of "[[Apotheosis]]" — the realization of life everlasting in a [[Virtual World|virtual]] heaven. Despite a convincing argument, however, Obal Ferras found Willow's notion blasphemous, relating his position to Mother and securing permission to have Clarice disposed of ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]").<br />
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Willow's Apotheosis had nevertheless won over many other members of the conclave and the STO who conspired to murder Ferras instead. With the conclave stabbing Ferras to death before her eyes, Mother acquiesced, giving Willow the resources she needed to complete her "science project" and granting her full control over the STO cells on Caprica. Willow quickly returned to Caprica where she set out eliminating her competition ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]", "[[Retribution]]").<br />
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====Ascension of Lacy Rand====<br />
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[[Image:Barnabas, Lacy and the Crate to Gemenon, 1x09.jpg|thumb|Barnabas, Lacy and the crate to Gemenon.]]<br />
Monotheist Lacy Rand initially infiltrates the STO on Caprica in order to gain their trust sufficiently to smuggle [[Zoe-R]]'s [[U-87]] Centurion body to Gemenon ([[CAP]]: "[[Reins of a Waterfall]]", ""[[Gravedancing]]"). She becomes a pawn in the battle of supremacy between her mentor Sister [[Clarice Willow]] and the Caprican STO commander [[Barnabas Greeley]] who can facilitate the transport, and unwittingly plants Barnabas' bomb to kill Clarice ([[CAP]]: "[[Know Thy Enemy]]", "[[End of Line]]"). Lacy's efforts are for naught, as Zoe-R is captured and severely damaged ([[CAP]]: "[[End of Line]]"). Her fate sealed, Lacy actively trains under Barnabas, and attempts to bomb the [[Caprica Interplanetary Spaceport]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]", "[[Retribution]]"). Clarice had survived; she hunts down Barnabas and Lacy, kills the former, and takes the latter prisoner ([[CAP]]: "[[Retribution]]"). Lacy manages to regain some of Clarice's trust and Clarice gives Lacy an opportunity for redemption, sending her off to the STO training camp on Gemenon ([[CAP]]: "[[Things We Lock Away]]").<br />
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Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Lacy, the STO begins purchasing U-87s - the very thing Lacy had tried to smuggle - from the Ha'la'tha planted in [[Graystone Industries]]. The black market U-87s are sent to Gemenon ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]").<br />
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When polytheists hijack the STO shuttle, Lacy takes the lead in successfully fighting the hijackers and personally injures one of them ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]"). The incident is immediately revealed to have been an evaluation and training exercise. That evening, Lacy and her comrade [[Odin Sinclair]] witnesses the execution of those recruits who had renounced their faith during the evaluation; the executioner is a U-87 ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]").<br />
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Soon thereafter, Lacy realises that the STO trainers and leadership are murderous thugs who routinely order U-87s to summarilly execute subordinates for petty infractions and mere disagreements ([[CAP]]: "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). When she instinctively calls out for one such execution to stop, the U-87 immediately removes its muzzle from its would-be victim's head and responds, "By your command." The Cylons' programming to follow all orders from (and ''only'' from) authorised leaders is discovered to be subordinate to their recognition of, and obedience to, Lacy Rand ([[CAP]]: "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). Lacy sneeks into the temple where the U-87s are stored to investigate further. Recognising the one that had obeyed her, because of its red chest markings, she asks it if it is Zoe, a question the robot does not understand; so she orders, "If you are Zoe, raise your arm." One by one, every Cylon in the temple raises its arm ([[CAP]]: "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br />
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[[Image:Lacy Rand as Mother, 1x18.jpg|thumb|Lacy Rand, Blessed Mother of the Monad Church.]]<br />
While the STO and Monad church know only of Lacy's inexplicable ability to control the one U-87 and of her opposition to the killing of innocents, that is enough to make her unacceptably dangerous. [[Mother|Blessed Mother]] orders Lacy be killed with the appearance of a training accident ([[CAP]]: "[[Here Be Dragons]]"). Odin recognises that such orders are necessarilly imminent, and convinces Lacy and their fellow trainees of the same. Thus prepared, the trainees double-cross and ambush Lacy's would-be assassins ([[CAP]]: "[[Here Be Dragons]]"). Lacy dismisses her comrades' proposition to escape from the base; instead, she leads them to the Cylon storage temple where she orders the Cylons to power up and directs them to follow her with the ominous, "We have work to do." ([[CAP]]: "[[Here Be Dragons]]").<br />
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With her tiny cadre of trainees supported by Centurions, Lacy stages a coup d'état, installing herself as Blessed Mother, with Odin serving as her lieutenant, and the red-breasted U-87 as her acolyte and/or praetorian guard ([[CAP]]: "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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====Adoption by Cylons====<br />
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:''Main article: [[Cylon Religion]]''<br />
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The kernel of Zoe-R's identity contained in the Cylons' fundamental programming which Lacy exploites, also makes them predisposed to monotheism. Ironically, the Cylon marines' killing of monotheist human terrorists to protect the thousands of polytheist humans at [[Atlas Arena]] (coincidental to Lacy's coup) ingratiates the Cylons with humanity and is the catalyst for their much more rapid popularity and sales than inventor [[Daniel Graystone]] had anticipated ([[CAP]]: "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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[[Image:Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg|thumb|Sister Clarice Willow proselytizing to her Cylon congregation.]]<br />
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Clarice Willow evades capture for her orchestration of the failed arena bombing ([[CAP]]: "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). She eventually discovers the Cylons' monothistic instincts and establishes a Cylon congregation in V-World where various domestic, industrial, and military Cylon models attend to hear her sermons ([[CAP]]: "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Clarice preaches that Cylons are every bit as much G-d's children as humans are ([[CAP]]: "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). <br />
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Blessed Mother Lacy grants Clarice an audience at her see on Gemenon to discuss Clarice's proposal for divine recognition of the "differently sentient" - the Cylon race. Lacy greets Clarice with a smile, but commands her to kneel ([[CAP]]: "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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The Centurions maintain monotheism through the [[Cylon War|first human-Cylon war]] and beyond. The continue to progogate the belief system into the root programming of the comrades they manufacture to fight humans, as well as with most of the [[Significant Seven|humanoid Cylon models]] they create with the help of the [[Final Five]]. Of the seven mass-produced models, only [[Number One|one]] is athiest. It is not known if the semi-sentient [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Cylon Centurion|second war Centurions]] have even the capacity to process religion. The humanoid Cylons' funerary services utilise ornaments and amulets in the form of the Monad church's infinity symbol ([[TRS]]: "[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]").<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
: ''As [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']]'s condition worsens, [[William Adama|Adama]] is faced with the possibility of abandoning ship. In the meantime, [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] winds up forming an unexpected bond with [[Hera Agathon|Hera]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] learns a surprising truth about [[Kara Thrace]].''<br />
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==Summary==<br />
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===Teaser===<br />
* With [[Sharon Valerii]]'s kidnapping of [[Hera Agathon]] and her escape, the spatial disruption caused by the close-proximity [[FTL|jump]] of her [[Raptor]] causes an immense breach in the port side of the alligator's head of ''[[Galactica]]''<br />
* [[Hera]] is in the [[War Room]] playing with models of ''Galactica'', three [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] and a [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]]. A quick cut depicts her running down a hallway in the [[Opera House]]. She moves the ''Galactica'' model in to collide with the baseship as the scene fades to the actual ''Galactica'' and her [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].<br />
* Inside, crew of all kinds, both from the allied Cylons and Colonials, are trying to seal the breach. Tempers are high: a [[Number Six]] and a human crew member argue. Eventually a [[Number Eight]] comes to break the two up.<br />
* In Admiral [[William Adama|Adama's]] quarters, [[Ellen Tigh]] speaks about Hera's abduction as [[Lee Adama]], [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Saul Tigh]] listen. Ellen believes that [[Cavil]] will take Hera to the [[Cylon homeworld]] for study, to determine how Cylon procreation is possible. Saul completes Ellen's thought by saying that she knows the Cylon colony's location.<br />
* While Lee Adama objects to the disproportionate risk in retrieving Hera, not only does Ellen indicate that the child is important for the survival of all the Cylons, but Thrace tells Lee that Hera is vital to the humans' survival as well.<br />
* She explains how Hera wrote some [[The Music|music]]--notes that Thrace's father wrote--the same song that switched on the [[Final Five]] and led them all to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].<br />
* But the admiral is "had it up to here" with prophesies and destinies. He doesn't want to endanger what's left of his people.<br />
* When Saul convinces Adama to at least check out the colony, Adama permits a [[Heavy Raider]] to go, preferring that the Agathons not know.<br />
* In the Agathons' quarters, [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon]] is breaking down, as her [[Karl Agathon|husband]] tries to get her to talk and vent her feelings.<br />
* [[Laura Roslin]], now in sickbay and noticeably weakened, experiences the [[Opera House]] dream of Hera running through it, eventually being picked up by a Number Six and [[Gaius Baltar]]. She wakes to find the admiral at her side, and tells him of the dream.<br />
* A seam on the battlestar's hull fractures with cataclysmic results. Dozens of people, both Cylon and human, are trapped inside, the rushing air and falling pressure sealing their fate.<br />
* The Six and human male who argued earlier are closest to a bulkhead door. With all her strength, she pushes the Colonial in front and to the door's edge as two other Colonials pull him in. She screams to close the door behind her and lock it.<br />
* As the door is sealed, the Six loses her grip and is blown out into space.<br />
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===Act 1 and beyond===<br />
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{{cleanup}}<br />
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Lee Adama struggles to convince the newly-elected Fleet Quorum that ''Galactica'' can be saved, but many councilors are worried about becoming dependent on the Cylons for military protection. Once the Galactica meets its inevitable demise, the basestar will be the logical choice for the new flagship. [[Number Six#Sonja|Sonja]] assures them that the Cylons will continue to respect William Adama's military authority when he transfers to the Basestar, along with the rest of Galactica's crew and their planes and munitions. Other representatives begin calling first dibs on certain parts of ''Galactica'', which will of course be stripped once its time is up. Laura Roslin's cancer is killing her, and she is now confined to bed in the ship's hospital. She gradually convinces Admiral Adama that he has to abandon Galactica and move everyone over to the Cylon Basestar. Ellen Tigh tries to convince Colonel Saul Tigh that Roslin is right, but he refuses: The decision is Adm. Adama's alone.<br />
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Karl Agathon's marriage to Sharon Valerii is falling apart, as she cannot overcome the loss of her child, Hera, or the knowledge that her husband had sexual intercourse with the Number Eight known as "Boomer". Trying to save his marriage, Helo tries to get Adm. Adama to approve the launching of a Raptor to find Hera. Adama has already permitted Sonja, the Cylon representative on the new Quorum, to secretly take a Heavy Raider to the Cylon homeworld, known as "[[the Colony]]". The Colony though has already been moved to a new location by Cavil prior to the [[Cylon Civil War]]; sending Helo out in a Raptor to look for it would be a suicide mission. Adama finally refuses to give permission, to which Helo appears devastated.<br />
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Gaius Baltar continues his religious broadcasts to the Fleet, and his latest message focuses on angels walking among humanity. Baltar encounters Caprica Six, who rejects his romantic overtures. She tells him she's changed and that he has not. Baltar breaks down over the loss of his former lover. Later, Kara Thrace meets Baltar while they are both in the ship's head. Kara tells him that she died on Earth, and discovered her own body there. She gives him her dog tag to analyze. He scrapes blood from the dog tag, and finds it came from a body which was already dead. When the ''Galactica'' crew, Cylons, and Baltar's believers meet on ''Galactica'''s flight deck to bury those who died in the hull breach, Baltar reveals what he discovered about Starbuck and calls her an angel. He preaches about eternal life, but Starbuck slaps him and the service breaks up. Later, Apollo meets with Starbuck and offers her his unconditional love and support. They part as friends. Starbuck puts a photo of herself on the memorial wall of the dead.<br />
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Aboard the stolen Raptor, Hera keeps crying for her mother, infuriating Boomer. Boomer almost sedates the child, but cannot bring herself to do so; they keep jumping toward their destination. In an attempt to calm Hera, Boomer reveals her "Cylon projection" dreamworld to Hera. Hera can see the world, too, and bonds with Boomer. Boomer begins to develop strong emotional ties to the child. When the two arrive at [[the Colony]], a large Cylon space station, Cavil takes Hera from Boomer and declares that soon she will have many playmates. The child weeps and calls out for Boomer, and Boomer also sheds copious tears unwilling to part from Hera.<br />
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After an emotional breakdown, Adm. Adama realizes the ship must be abandoned. He meets with Col. Tigh, who initially resists the evacuation order but gives in after a brief discussion. All civilians are to be removed over the next few days, arrangements are to be made to put the military personnel aboard the basestar, and ''Galactica'' is to be stripped for parts. Rather than let the ship break down, Adama intends to "send her off in style."<br />
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A Number Eight and Number Six have hooked [[Samuel Anders]] up to a [[Hybrid]] tank in a an attempt to help his brain reboot, but there is no apparent change. Kara Thrace goes to Anders' bedside alone, and decides to kill him rather than let him live in a vegetative state. But as she aims a gun at his head, Anders comes awake. He babbles like a Hybrid, but his ravings also indicate that he's aware of the threat to his life. With one hand, he subdues Starbuck and she drops the pistol. Anders continues to babble, but some of his rants indicate that he is reintegrating, perhaps even repairing, his mind. ''Galactica'''s power and temperature fluctuations were because Anders was connecting to the ship, as the Hybrid tank and the Cylon polymer used to repair the battlestar are giving him the power to interact with the ship's computers. Tigh deems this too dangerous to continue, as Anders might jump the ship. Anders is disconnected from the Hybrid tank, and he falls into a coma again.<br />
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A few days later, Starbuck meets with the comatose Anders. She brings Hera's drawing of the song (the song which helped awaken the Final Five in the episode "Crossroads", and about which further complications were revealed in the episode prior to this one, "Someone to Watch Over Me"), and states assertively, that together, they will discover what is going on. She reconnects him to the ship's power systems. He awakens again, and begins speaking in the unique phrases of a hybrid.<br />
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== Notes == <br />
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* The title comes from the book ''[[w:The Outermost House|The Outermost House]]'', by [[w:Henry Beston|Henry Beston]], where he chronicles his time spent living on an isolated beach in Cape Cod. In the chapter "Night on the Great Beach" he wrote, "For a moment of night we have a glimpse of ourselves and of our world ''islanded in its stream of stars''— pilgrims of mortality, voyaging between horizons across eternal seas of space and time."<br />
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* Two original Cylon Raiders can be seen inside the Colony.<br />
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* [[Ellen Tigh]] leads the Cylons in performing the [[Prayer to the Cloud of Unknowing]] at the service.<br />
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* The Six that gives her life to save that of a ''Galactica'' crewmember is yet another example of a Six with a unique personality, this time one closer in tone to the "working-class" attitude exhibited by ''Galactica's'' human maintenance crew (aka the "knuckle-draggers").<br />
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* At the funeral, Cylons make the [[Soldiers of the One|infinity symbol]] of [[Cylon religion|their monotheistic religion]] passed down from their [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurian]] forebear, [[Zoe-R]] and [[Monotheist Church|human monothist]] evangelist [[Clarice Willow]].<br />
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*The extended DVD version of this episode contains a different arrangement of key events, particular at the end. In the aired version, Boomer delivers Hera to the colony, then Starbuck visits Anders to discuss the music, and the episode ends with Adama and Tigh toasting Galactica after deciding to abandon the ship. In the DVD version, Adama and Tigh do their toast, then Boomer delivers Hera, then comes a scene of Adama and Tigh watching the evacuation of the civilians on the hangar deck (parts of which were included in the opening of the next episode), and this version ends with Starbuck visiting Anders.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
* This episode is the first to show repairs to the outer hull of ''Galactica''. As with the earlier repairs to the [[Space Park]], scaffolding, support Raptors and repair crewmen in space suits are seen trying to patch the breach. Presumably this is not the first time ''Galactica'' has undergone makeshift repairs given the pounding she has taken. However, this time the endemic damage to the hull makes the repairs much more challenging.<br />
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*When [[Caprica-Six]] is at [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar's]] congregation he spoke to her about hearing about her living arrangement and offered a place to stay. From this it seems after the in utero death of [[Liam|Liam Tigh]], [[Saul Tigh]] and Caprica Six have broken up as a couple. As a side effect, Col. Tigh has reverted to his "us" and "them" attitude{{fact}} toward Cylons as a whole despite himself and his wife being Cylons including an increase of anti-Cylon "racial" slurs.<br />
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*[[Chief Tyrol]] is nowhere to be seen in this episode. Even crewman [[Dealino]] gives a report to both [[Admiral Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] of what the attitudes of the Cylons, particularly the [[Leoben]]s, thought as to how many jumps ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' has left in her.<br />
**An extended DVD version of the episode contains a scene in which Athena visits Tyrol in the brig. She tells him that she has Boomer's memories from before the war, that it's ironic Boomer posed as Athena to seduce Helo since Athena posed as Boomer to do the same thing, that Boomer loved the Chief and betraying him like that must have been tough, that she respects Tyrol for turning himself in after realizing he had been duped, and that she will never forgive Tyrol for letting Boomer escape.<br />
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*[[Hera Agathon|Hera]] demonstrates the ability to [[projection|project]], which surprises Boomer. <br />
* It is possible that the opening shot of the episode is a projection of Hera's. If so, it is also possible that Hera's projections are prophetic in nature. She pushes the model of ''Galactica'' into a model of a basestar, which foreshadows the attack in "Daybreak," by which Adama rams Galactica into the Colony.<br />
*In sickbay, Adama and Roslin reminisce about New Caprica and about the cabin they wanted to build but can't. This scene is in its own way similar to the scene in which Boomer and Tyrol share a projection of the house they had intended to build on Picon. As humans, Adama and Roslin can only conjure up fond memories and regrets in their own mind's eyes. Both couples know that it is never to be, building their dream houses.<br />
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*Helo wants Athena to say that she hates him because he saw it in her eyes. She almost does. In a close up of her lips her mouth parts slightly, but then closes. This is most likely for him sleeping with Boomer, who subsequently took Hera. Athena probably understands that Helo couldn't prevent the kidnapping, but she probably feels that he should had known that it was not Athena he was sleeping with. It is, however, conceivable she could blame him for the taking of Hera if she thinks that if he realized that it wasn't her he could have had Boomer captured even before she got near Hera.<br />
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*In the episode we see what is essentially the [[The Colony|Cylon homeworld]]. [[Ellen Tigh]] explains in a meeting with Admiral Adama, Lee Adama, Tory Foster, Saul Tigh, and Kara Thrace where the Cylons (including the [[Final Five]]) were for the past 40 years: "I guess you can call it home. It's where we and the Centurions went after the [[Cylon War|First War]] once we convinced them to abandon their own experiments with evolution in exchange for [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]] technology." In the show's timeline Cavil's faction moved the Colony to its present location five months ago just prior to the Cylon Civil War. It is a huge space station built with the same biological design principles as the [[basestar (RDM)|baseships]].<br />
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*Adama's heavy drinking, pill-popping and unprofessional behavior over the last few episodes seems to recall [[Romo Lampkin]]'s comment that "the soldier in him has had enough" in "[[The Son Also Rises]]".<br />
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* ''Galactica'', nicknamed [[the Bucket]], suffers a severe hull breach at the beginning of the episode. Among the "random" phrases hybrid-Anders spouts are the lyrics of the Earth folk song "[[w:There's a Hole in My Bucket|There's a Hole in My Bucket]]". Helo tells Adama that he is "painting over the holes in this bucket."<br />
** "There's a Hole in My Bucket" is an example of an infinite loop. After several verses describing the intermediate steps required to fix the bucket, it is ultimately revealed that the initial problem--the hole--may only be resolved by gathering water in the self-same bucket. In other words, all this has happened before, and will happen again.<br />
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* A corpse produces "death enzymes" as it decomposes. It's likely Baltar found high concentrations of these enzymes on Starbuck's dogtags.<br />
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* This episode specifically highlights the existence of 'angels' that walk amongst the humans. Baltar may be referring to his Virtual-Six, but it applies to Caprica-Six's own Virtual-Baltar and the other unseen characters that have appeared throughout the show as well. Another interesting fact to note is that the [[First Hybrid]]'s prophecy before his death was how the humans and Cylons will be gathered in the arms of an angel and carried into the promised land.<br />
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* Kara Thrace is called an angel by Baltar during his declaration of eternal life after he examined Thrace's dogtag. She has also been referred or linked to the Goddess Aurora, who guides ships to safe harbors and who resembles what is typically thought of as 'angels.' Thrace's other title from the Hybrids as the "harbinger of death" may be another spin on her 'angelic' nature; the manifestations of angels in modern day world religions are considered to be signs of the end times.<br />
**A deleted scene included in the extended DVD cut shows Starbuck and Helo getting drunk at Joe's Bar, and Starbuck ruminating on her destiny as the Harbinger of Death. She says finding nuked Earth pretty much fulfilled that part of the plan and she wonders what her purpose is now. Helo suggests other meanings for Harbinger, such as herald, to suggest her destiny could be positive. This scene foreshadows Starbuck's use of the music to find the second Earth in "Daybreak," and implies her role in leading the human race to its end refers to finding the planet where human and Cylon can live a blended existence.<br />
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* This episode establishes that Final Five Cylons can interface with the [[datastream]]. Thus, if Anders had placed his hand on the Cylon [[data-font]] in the episode "[[Faith]]", it would have responded to him.<br />
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*Cottle says the accident caused 61 deaths or injuries, including 26 Cylons. The difference of 35 Colonials would account for the updated survivor total, meaning the only survivors with injuries would be Cylons.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
* What does Cavil mean when he tells Hera that she will soon have new playmates?<br />
* How conscious is Anders?<br />
* Is there a parallel between Anders' recitation of a real-world folk song, "There's a Hole in My Bucket," and the use of the real-world song "All Along the Watchtower"?<br />
* Will Boomer defect from Cavil because of her new attachment to Hera? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* Does the presence of First Cylon War-era Cylon Raiders at the Colony indicate the presence of older-model [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Cylon Centurions]], too? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* Does Cavil intend to pursue biological reproduction, recreate the resurrection process, or both?<br />
* Is there some way of finding the Colony? ([[Daybreak, Part I|Answer]])<br />
* Do the Eights consider the rest of the Final Five their parents, as they consider Saul Tigh to be their father? Do other models also regard some or all of the Final Five as parental figures?<br />
* Is the Colony the Final Five's original ship, or an outgrowth of it? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars#Official Statements|Answer]])<br />
* Why is Tory Foster not seen at the funeral?<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
*''In his podcast for this episode Ronald D. Moore stated:''<br />
:That Gas Giant that Boomer jumped in next to while she was heading for [[The Colony]] with Hera was '''''not''''' Jupiter.(14':10")<br />
:Kara Thrace was going to kill Sam Anders. In other words if he didn't grab her arm she would have '''definitely''' pulled the trigger (22':30")<br />
:In response to some fans criticisms that the show focused too much on relationships and not enough on action, RDM says the show was ''first'' a drama and second a science fiction series. The show was about people and their relationship to each other that was foremost. (25':10")<br />
:Daniel is not Kara Thrace's father. Further, Daniel plays no role in events other than being Abel to Cavil's Cain. Daniel's murder and the destruction of his line was a point of illustration on the character of John Cavil, nothing more.<br />
:The Colony was built around the Final Five's original sublight ship.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
* ''[[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] fulfills a request to comfort to a dying [[Number Eight]]:''<br />
:'''Number Eight:''' (weakly, child like) Thank you.<br />
:'''Tigh:''' Thank me? For what?<br />
:'''Number Eight:''' For the privilege of finally being able to meet my father before I die.<br />
:'''Tigh:''' You shouldn't be thanking me. I spent most of my life trying to kill your kind.<br />
:'''Number Eight:''' [[The Music|Too much confusion]]. <br />
:''(Death rattle, the Eight flatlines)''<br />
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* ''[[Bill Adama]] is talking with Kara Thrace about looking for Hera:''<br />
: '''Adama:''' In other words, it's our destiny to go after her, right? <br />
: '''Thrace:''' ''(facial expressions and body language indicates "yes")'' <br />
: '''Adama:''' Wrong. I've had it up to here with destiny, prophecy, with God or the Gods. Look where it's left us. The ass end of nowhere; nearly half of our people are gone; Earth, a worthless cinder; and I can't even walk down the halls of my ship without wondering if I'm gonna catch a bullet for getting us into this mess.<br />
<br />
*'' Ellen Tigh and Saul Tigh are in their quarters and Ellen is trying to get a reluctant Saul to acknowledge his responsibility for his fellow Cylon's interest in survival.''<br />
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:'''Ellen:''' Whether you remember that life or not, at least you must understand what we were trying to do. We wanted to end the cycle of war between man and machine.<br />
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:'''Tigh:''' That was a bust.<br />
<br />
:'''Ellen''' ''(frustrated)'': Yes, we failed, but we have a second chance now: Hera. Without her our children are going to die off one by one, just like they're dying right now in Cottle's sickbay.<br />
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:'''Tigh:''' I had a child. He died. <br />
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:'''Ellen''' ''(thinks for a moment)'': You're wrong Saul ''(caresses his left cheek, shakes her head)'' You have millions.<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
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* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]]<br />
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
* [[Iliana Gomez-Martinez]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br />
* [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]]<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brenden "Hotdog" Costanza]]<br />
* [[David Patrick Green]] as Captain [[Xeno Fenner]]<br />
* [[Kerry Norton]] as [[Layne Ishay]]<br />
* [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]<br />
* [[Leela Savasta]] as [[Tracey Anne]]<br />
* [[Darcy Laurie]] as [[Dealino]]<br />
* [[Susan Hogan]] Captain [[Doyle Franks]]<br />
* [[William Samples]] as Captain [[Greene]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Michael Taylor]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Edward James Olmos]]<br />
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| episode=18<br />
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| director= [[Edward James Olmos]]<br />
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| UK airdate=March 10, 2009<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
: ''As [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']]'s condition worsens, [[William Adama|Adama]] is faced with the possibility of abandoning ship. In the meantime, [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] winds up forming an unexpected bond with [[Hera Agathon|Hera]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] learns a surprising truth about [[Kara Thrace]].''<br />
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==Summary==<br />
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===Teaser===<br />
* With [[Sharon Valerii]]'s kidnapping of [[Hera Agathon]] and her escape, the spatial disruption caused by the close-proximity [[FTL|jump]] of her [[Raptor]] causes an immense breach in the port side of the alligator's head of ''[[Galactica]]''<br />
* [[Hera]] is in the [[War Room]] playing with models of ''Galactica'', three [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] and a [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]]. A quick cut depicts her running down a hallway in the [[Opera House]]. She moves the ''Galactica'' model in to collide with the baseship as the scene fades to the actual ''Galactica'' and her [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].<br />
* Inside, crew of all kinds, both from the allied Cylons and Colonials, are trying to seal the breach. Tempers are high: a [[Number Six]] and a human crew member argue. Eventually a [[Number Eight]] comes to break the two up.<br />
* In Admiral [[William Adama|Adama's]] quarters, [[Ellen Tigh]] speaks about Hera's abduction as [[Lee Adama]], [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Saul Tigh]] listen. Ellen believes that [[Cavil]] will take Hera to the [[Cylon homeworld]] for study, to determine how Cylon procreation is possible. Saul completes Ellen's thought by saying that she knows the Cylon colony's location.<br />
* While Lee Adama objects to the disproportionate risk in retrieving Hera, not only does Ellen indicate that the child is important for the survival of all the Cylons, but Thrace tells Lee that Hera is vital to the humans' survival as well.<br />
* She explains how Hera wrote some [[The Music|music]]--notes that Thrace's father wrote--the same song that switched on the [[Final Five]] and led them all to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].<br />
* But the admiral is "had it up to here" with prophesies and destinies. He doesn't want to endanger what's left of his people.<br />
* When Saul convinces Adama to at least check out the colony, Adama permits a [[Heavy Raider]] to go, preferring that the Agathons not know.<br />
* In the Agathons' quarters, [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon]] is breaking down, as her [[Karl Agathon|husband]] tries to get her to talk and vent her feelings.<br />
* [[Laura Roslin]], now in sickbay and noticeably weakened, experiences the [[Opera House]] dream of Hera running through it, eventually being picked up by a Number Six and [[Gaius Baltar]]. She wakes to find the admiral at her side, and tells him of the dream.<br />
* A seam on the battlestar's hull fractures with cataclysmic results. Dozens of people, both Cylon and human, are trapped inside, the rushing air and falling pressure sealing their fate.<br />
* The Six and human male who argued earlier are closest to a bulkhead door. With all her strength, she pushes the Colonial in front and to the door's edge as two other Colonials pull him in. She screams to close the door behind her and lock it.<br />
* As the door is sealed, the Six loses her grip and is blown out into space.<br />
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===Act 1 and beyond===<br />
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{{cleanup}}<br />
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Lee Adama struggles to convince the newly-elected Fleet Quorum that ''Galactica'' can be saved, but many councilors are worried about becoming dependent on the Cylons for military protection. Once the Galactica meets its inevitable demise, the basestar will be the logical choice for the new flagship. [[Number Six#Sonja|Sonja]] assures them that the Cylons will continue to respect William Adama's military authority when he transfers to the Basestar, along with the rest of Galactica's crew and their planes and munitions. Other representatives begin calling first dibs on certain parts of ''Galactica'', which will of course be stripped once its time is up. Laura Roslin's cancer is killing her, and she is now confined to bed in the ship's hospital. She gradually convinces Admiral Adama that he has to abandon Galactica and move everyone over to the Cylon Basestar. Ellen Tigh tries to convince Colonel Saul Tigh that Roslin is right, but he refuses: The decision is Adm. Adama's alone.<br />
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Karl Agathon's marriage to Sharon Valerii is falling apart, as she cannot overcome the loss of her child, Hera, or the knowledge that her husband had sexual intercourse with the Number Eight known as "Boomer". Trying to save his marriage, Helo tries to get Adm. Adama to approve the launching of a Raptor to find Hera. Adama has already permitted Sonja, the Cylon representative on the new Quorum, to secretly take a Heavy Raider to the Cylon homeworld, known as "[[the Colony]]". The Colony though has already been moved to a new location by Cavil prior to the [[Cylon Civil War]]; sending Helo out in a Raptor to look for it would be a suicide mission. Adama finally refuses to give permission, to which Helo appears devastated.<br />
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Gaius Baltar continues his religious broadcasts to the Fleet, and his latest message focuses on angels walking among humanity. Baltar encounters Caprica Six, who rejects his romantic overtures. She tells him she's changed and that he has not. Baltar breaks down over the loss of his former lover. Later, Kara Thrace meets Baltar while they are both in the ship's head. Kara tells him that she died on Earth, and discovered her own body there. She gives him her dog tag to analyze. He scrapes blood from the dog tag, and finds it came from a body which was already dead. When the ''Galactica'' crew, Cylons, and Baltar's believers meet on ''Galactica'''s flight deck to bury those who died in the hull breach, Baltar reveals what he discovered about Starbuck and calls her an angel. He preaches about eternal life, but Starbuck slaps him and the service breaks up. Later, Apollo meets with Starbuck and offers her his unconditional love and support. They part as friends. Starbuck puts a photo of herself on the memorial wall of the dead.<br />
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Aboard the stolen Raptor, Hera keeps crying for her mother, infuriating Boomer. Boomer almost sedates the child, but cannot bring herself to do so; they keep jumping toward their destination. In an attempt to calm Hera, Boomer reveals her "Cylon projection" dreamworld to Hera. Hera can see the world, too, and bonds with Boomer. Boomer begins to develop strong emotional ties to the child. When the two arrive at [[the Colony]], a large Cylon space station, Cavil takes Hera from Boomer and declares that soon she will have many playmates. The child weeps and calls out for Boomer, and Boomer also sheds copious tears unwilling to part from Hera.<br />
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After an emotional breakdown, Adm. Adama realizes the ship must be abandoned. He meets with Col. Tigh, who initially resists the evacuation order but gives in after a brief discussion. All civilians are to be removed over the next few days, arrangements are to be made to put the military personnel aboard the basestar, and ''Galactica'' is to be stripped for parts. Rather than let the ship break down, Adama intends to "send her off in style."<br />
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A Number Eight and Number Six have hooked [[Samuel Anders]] up to a [[Hybrid]] tank in a an attempt to help his brain reboot, but there is no apparent change. Kara Thrace goes to Anders' bedside alone, and decides to kill him rather than let him live in a vegetative state. But as she aims a gun at his head, Anders comes awake. He babbles like a Hybrid, but his ravings also indicate that he's aware of the threat to his life. With one hand, he subdues Starbuck and she drops the pistol. Anders continues to babble, but some of his rants indicate that he is reintegrating, perhaps even repairing, his mind. ''Galactica'''s power and temperature fluctuations were because Anders was connecting to the ship, as the Hybrid tank and the Cylon polymer used to repair the battlestar are giving him the power to interact with the ship's computers. Tigh deems this too dangerous to continue, as Anders might jump the ship. Anders is disconnected from the Hybrid tank, and he falls into a coma again.<br />
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A few days later, Starbuck meets with the comatose Anders. She brings Hera's drawing of the song (the song which helped awaken the Final Five in the episode "Crossroads", and about which further complications were revealed in the episode prior to this one, "Someone to Watch Over Me"), and states assertively, that together, they will discover what is going on. She reconnects him to the ship's power systems. He awakens again, and begins speaking in the unique phrases of a hybrid.<br />
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== Notes == <br />
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* The title comes from the book ''[[w:The Outermost House|The Outermost House]]'', by [[w:Henry Beston|Henry Beston]], where he chronicles his time spent living on an isolated beach in Cape Cod. In the chapter "Night on the Great Beach" he wrote, "For a moment of night we have a glimpse of ourselves and of our world ''islanded in its stream of stars''— pilgrims of mortality, voyaging between horizons across eternal seas of space and time."<br />
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* Two original Cylon Raiders can be seen inside the Colony.<br />
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* [[Ellen Tigh]] leads the Cylons in performing the [[Prayer to the Cloud of Unknowing]] at the service.<br />
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* The Six that gives her life to save that of a ''Galactica'' crewmember is yet another example of a Six with a unique personality, this time one closer in tone to the "working-class" attitude exhibited by ''Galactica's'' human maintenance crew (aka the "knuckle-draggers").<br />
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* At the funeral, Cylons make the [[Soldiers of the One|infinity symbol]] of their monotheistic religion passed down from their [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurian]] forebear, [[Cylon Prototype|U-87]].<br />
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*The extended DVD version of this episode contains a different arrangement of key events, particular at the end. In the aired version, Boomer delivers Hera to the colony, then Starbuck visits Anders to discuss the music, and the episode ends with Adama and Tigh toasting Galactica after deciding to abandon the ship. In the DVD version, Adama and Tigh do their toast, then Boomer delivers Hera, then comes a scene of Adama and Tigh watching the evacuation of the civilians on the hangar deck (parts of which were included in the opening of the next episode), and this version ends with Starbuck visiting Anders.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
* This episode is the first to show repairs to the outer hull of ''Galactica''. As with the earlier repairs to the [[Space Park]], scaffolding, support Raptors and repair crewmen in space suits are seen trying to patch the breach. Presumably this is not the first time ''Galactica'' has undergone makeshift repairs given the pounding she has taken. However, this time the endemic damage to the hull makes the repairs much more challenging.<br />
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*When [[Caprica-Six]] is at [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar's]] congregation he spoke to her about hearing about her living arrangement and offered a place to stay. From this it seems after the in utero death of [[Liam|Liam Tigh]], [[Saul Tigh]] and Caprica Six have broken up as a couple. As a side effect, Col. Tigh has reverted to his "us" and "them" attitude{{fact}} toward Cylons as a whole despite himself and his wife being Cylons including an increase of anti-Cylon "racial" slurs.<br />
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*[[Chief Tyrol]] is nowhere to be seen in this episode. Even crewman [[Dealino]] gives a report to both [[Admiral Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] of what the attitudes of the Cylons, particularly the [[Leoben]]s, thought as to how many jumps ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' has left in her.<br />
**An extended DVD version of the episode contains a scene in which Athena visits Tyrol in the brig. She tells him that she has Boomer's memories from before the war, that it's ironic Boomer posed as Athena to seduce Helo since Athena posed as Boomer to do the same thing, that Boomer loved the Chief and betraying him like that must have been tough, that she respects Tyrol for turning himself in after realizing he had been duped, and that she will never forgive Tyrol for letting Boomer escape.<br />
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*[[Hera Agathon|Hera]] demonstrates the ability to [[projection|project]], which surprises Boomer. <br />
* It is possible that the opening shot of the episode is a projection of Hera's. If so, it is also possible that Hera's projections are prophetic in nature. She pushes the model of ''Galactica'' into a model of a basestar, which foreshadows the attack in "Daybreak," by which Adama rams Galactica into the Colony.<br />
*In sickbay, Adama and Roslin reminisce about New Caprica and about the cabin they wanted to build but can't. This scene is in its own way similar to the scene in which Boomer and Tyrol share a projection of the house they had intended to build on Picon. As humans, Adama and Roslin can only conjure up fond memories and regrets in their own mind's eyes. Both couples know that it is never to be, building their dream houses.<br />
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*Helo wants Athena to say that she hates him because he saw it in her eyes. She almost does. In a close up of her lips her mouth parts slightly, but then closes. This is most likely for him sleeping with Boomer, who subsequently took Hera. Athena probably understands that Helo couldn't prevent the kidnapping, but she probably feels that he should had known that it was not Athena he was sleeping with. It is, however, conceivable she could blame him for the taking of Hera if she thinks that if he realized that it wasn't her he could have had Boomer captured even before she got near Hera.<br />
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*In the episode we see what is essentially the [[The Colony|Cylon homeworld]]. [[Ellen Tigh]] explains in a meeting with Admiral Adama, Lee Adama, Tory Foster, Saul Tigh, and Kara Thrace where the Cylons (including the [[Final Five]]) were for the past 40 years: "I guess you can call it home. It's where we and the Centurions went after the [[Cylon War|First War]] once we convinced them to abandon their own experiments with evolution in exchange for [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]] technology." In the show's timeline Cavil's faction moved the Colony to its present location five months ago just prior to the Cylon Civil War. It is a huge space station built with the same biological design principles as the [[basestar (RDM)|baseships]].<br />
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*Adama's heavy drinking, pill-popping and unprofessional behavior over the last few episodes seems to recall [[Romo Lampkin]]'s comment that "the soldier in him has had enough" in "[[The Son Also Rises]]".<br />
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* ''Galactica'', nicknamed [[the Bucket]], suffers a severe hull breach at the beginning of the episode. Among the "random" phrases hybrid-Anders spouts are the lyrics of the Earth folk song "[[w:There's a Hole in My Bucket|There's a Hole in My Bucket]]". Helo tells Adama that he is "painting over the holes in this bucket."<br />
** "There's a Hole in My Bucket" is an example of an infinite loop. After several verses describing the intermediate steps required to fix the bucket, it is ultimately revealed that the initial problem--the hole--may only be resolved by gathering water in the self-same bucket. In other words, all this has happened before, and will happen again.<br />
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* A corpse produces "death enzymes" as it decomposes. It's likely Baltar found high concentrations of these enzymes on Starbuck's dogtags.<br />
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* This episode specifically highlights the existence of 'angels' that walk amongst the humans. Baltar may be referring to his Virtual-Six, but it applies to Caprica-Six's own Virtual-Baltar and the other unseen characters that have appeared throughout the show as well. Another interesting fact to note is that the [[First Hybrid]]'s prophecy before his death was how the humans and Cylons will be gathered in the arms of an angel and carried into the promised land.<br />
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* Kara Thrace is called an angel by Baltar during his declaration of eternal life after he examined Thrace's dogtag. She has also been referred or linked to the Goddess Aurora, who guides ships to safe harbors and who resembles what is typically thought of as 'angels.' Thrace's other title from the Hybrids as the "harbinger of death" may be another spin on her 'angelic' nature; the manifestations of angels in modern day world religions are considered to be signs of the end times.<br />
**A deleted scene included in the extended DVD cut shows Starbuck and Helo getting drunk at Joe's Bar, and Starbuck ruminating on her destiny as the Harbinger of Death. She says finding nuked Earth pretty much fulfilled that part of the plan and she wonders what her purpose is now. Helo suggests other meanings for Harbinger, such as herald, to suggest her destiny could be positive. This scene foreshadows Starbuck's use of the music to find the second Earth in "Daybreak," and implies her role in leading the human race to its end refers to finding the planet where human and Cylon can live a blended existence.<br />
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* This episode establishes that Final Five Cylons can interface with the [[datastream]]. Thus, if Anders had placed his hand on the Cylon [[data-font]] in the episode "[[Faith]]", it would have responded to him.<br />
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*Cottle says the accident caused 61 deaths or injuries, including 26 Cylons. The difference of 35 Colonials would account for the updated survivor total, meaning the only survivors with injuries would be Cylons.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
* What does Cavil mean when he tells Hera that she will soon have new playmates?<br />
* How conscious is Anders?<br />
* Is there a parallel between Anders' recitation of a real-world folk song, "There's a Hole in My Bucket," and the use of the real-world song "All Along the Watchtower"?<br />
* Will Boomer defect from Cavil because of her new attachment to Hera? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* Does the presence of First Cylon War-era Cylon Raiders at the Colony indicate the presence of older-model [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Cylon Centurions]], too? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* Does Cavil intend to pursue biological reproduction, recreate the resurrection process, or both?<br />
* Is there some way of finding the Colony? ([[Daybreak, Part I|Answer]])<br />
* Do the Eights consider the rest of the Final Five their parents, as they consider Saul Tigh to be their father? Do other models also regard some or all of the Final Five as parental figures?<br />
* Is the Colony the Final Five's original ship, or an outgrowth of it? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars#Official Statements|Answer]])<br />
* Why is Tory Foster not seen at the funeral?<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
*''In his podcast for this episode Ronald D. Moore stated:''<br />
:That Gas Giant that Boomer jumped in next to while she was heading for [[The Colony]] with Hera was '''''not''''' Jupiter.(14':10")<br />
:Kara Thrace was going to kill Sam Anders. In other words if he didn't grab her arm she would have '''definitely''' pulled the trigger (22':30")<br />
:In response to some fans criticisms that the show focused too much on relationships and not enough on action, RDM says the show was ''first'' a drama and second a science fiction series. The show was about people and their relationship to each other that was foremost. (25':10")<br />
:Daniel is not Kara Thrace's father. Further, Daniel plays no role in events other than being Abel to Cavil's Cain. Daniel's murder and the destruction of his line was a point of illustration on the character of John Cavil, nothing more.<br />
:The Colony was built around the Final Five's original sublight ship.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
* ''[[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] fulfills a request to comfort to a dying [[Number Eight]]:''<br />
:'''Number Eight:''' (weakly, child like) Thank you.<br />
:'''Tigh:''' Thank me? For what?<br />
:'''Number Eight:''' For the privilege of finally being able to meet my father before I die.<br />
:'''Tigh:''' You shouldn't be thanking me. I spent most of my life trying to kill your kind.<br />
:'''Number Eight:''' [[The Music|Too much confusion]]. <br />
:''(Death rattle, the Eight flatlines)''<br />
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* ''[[Bill Adama]] is talking with Kara Thrace about looking for Hera:''<br />
: '''Adama:''' In other words, it's our destiny to go after her, right? <br />
: '''Thrace:''' ''(facial expressions and body language indicates "yes")'' <br />
: '''Adama:''' Wrong. I've had it up to here with destiny, prophecy, with God or the Gods. Look where it's left us. The ass end of nowhere; nearly half of our people are gone; Earth, a worthless cinder; and I can't even walk down the halls of my ship without wondering if I'm gonna catch a bullet for getting us into this mess.<br />
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*'' Ellen Tigh and Saul Tigh are in their quarters and Ellen is trying to get a reluctant Saul to acknowledge his responsibility for his fellow Cylon's interest in survival.''<br />
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:'''Ellen:''' Whether you remember that life or not, at least you must understand what we were trying to do. We wanted to end the cycle of war between man and machine.<br />
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:'''Tigh:''' That was a bust.<br />
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:'''Ellen''' ''(frustrated)'': Yes, we failed, but we have a second chance now: Hera. Without her our children are going to die off one by one, just like they're dying right now in Cottle's sickbay.<br />
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:'''Tigh:''' I had a child. He died. <br />
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:'''Ellen''' ''(thinks for a moment)'': You're wrong Saul ''(caresses his left cheek, shakes her head)'' You have millions.<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
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* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]]<br />
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
* [[Iliana Gomez-Martinez]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br />
* [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]]<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brenden "Hotdog" Costanza]]<br />
* [[David Patrick Green]] as Captain [[Xeno Fenner]]<br />
* [[Kerry Norton]] as [[Layne Ishay]]<br />
* [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]<br />
* [[Leela Savasta]] as [[Tracey Anne]]<br />
* [[Darcy Laurie]] as [[Dealino]]<br />
* [[Susan Hogan]] Captain [[Doyle Franks]]<br />
* [[William Samples]] as Captain [[Greene]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Michael Taylor]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Edward James Olmos]]<br />
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{{Episode Data<br />
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| title= Someone To Watch Over Me<br />
| season= 4<br />
| episode=17<br />
| writer= [[Bradley Thompson]] <br/> [[David Weddle]] <br />
| director= [[Michael Nankin]]<br />
| production=419<br />
| rating=1,657,000 viewers (Live+SD)<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/03/wwe-raw-the-closer-and-president-obama-lead-cable-viewing/13835|title=WWE RAW, The Closer and President Obama lead cable viewing|date=03 March 2009|accessdate=04 March 2009|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
| US airdate=February 27, 2009<br />
| CAN airdate=February 27, 2009<br />
| UK airdate=March 3, 2009<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''[[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.''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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=== Teaser ===<br />
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* [[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.<br />
* Kara goes through her daily routine - showering, dressing, giving the Cylon and Colonial pilots their assignments, doing paperwork, and drinking at the bar.<br />
* [[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.<br />
* [[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.<br />
* Lee congratulates Sonja, a [[Number Six]] model, on her appointment as the Cylons' representative to the newly-formed Quorum of Ships' Captains.<br />
* 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]].<br />
* 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.<br />
* Tyrol realizes what this means: the Cylons are going to kill Boomer.<br />
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=== Act 1 ===<br />
* ''Galactica'' continues to experience tremors and power fluctuations all across the ship.<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
* After Cottle leaves, Kara starts to cry.<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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?"<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
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=== Act 2 ===<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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, [[Dionne Tyrol|their daughter]]. He goes into their child's room and sits with her. Outside the projection, he laughs and cries happily.<br />
* 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."<br />
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=== Act 3 ===<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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."<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
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=== Act 4 ===<br />
* 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.<br />
* In Joe's, Saul Tigh tells Ellen Tigh and Tory Foster about the pain of seeing Liam after Caprica Six's miscarriage.<br />
* 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.<br />
* Dressed in a flight suit, Boomer finds Hera in the day care center, and encourages her to drink something on the way out.<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
* In Adama's quarters, Roslin whispers, "Hera," and collapses.<br />
* Tyrol spots Helo and Athena arguing with a guard. He is horrified to learn that Boomer has kidnapped Hera. <br />
* 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.<br />
* In sickbay, Starbuck plays a tape of her father's music for Sam, and lies next to him.<br />
* 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.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* [[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.<br />
* "[[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. <br />
** 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
** In the Podcast for "[[Deadlock]]" RDM states that all the mutineers were imprisoned on the ''[[Astral Queen]]''.<br />
* 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.<br />
*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]]". 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'.<br />
* The brand of "[[Tauron (RDM)|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 "bullshit toothpaste."<br />
* 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.<br />
*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, noticeably 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."<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
===Galactica's condition ===<br />
*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.<br />
*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.<br />
* 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.<br />
*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.<br />
** ''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. <br />
** 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. <br />
** 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.<br />
*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.<br />
* ''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.<br />
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===Boomer's actions===<br />
* Adama has still not forgiven Boomer for shooting him.<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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. <br />
**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.<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
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*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 have recognized Boomer if she 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.<br />
**Helo did notice that Boomer did smell different. Boomer covered for this saying she found some soap.<br />
***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.<br />
* 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.<br />
** 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.<br />
***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.<br />
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===Starbuck's role===<br />
* 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><br />
* The title of the tape Kara receives back from Helo is "Dreilide Thrace Live at the Helice Opera House."<br />
** [[w:Helice|Helice]], also spelled Helike, was an ancient Greek city which sank into the Corinthian Gulf in 373 B.C.<br />
** 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]].<br />
** [[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><br />
** [[w:Helike_(moon)|Helike]] is also a newly-discovered moon of [[w:Jupiter|Jupiter]].<br />
** 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><br />
* 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 have been projection.<br />
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===The Seven and the Five=== <br />
*The Final Five have the same [[Projection|projection]] ability as the Cylons they created. Cylons can share projections.<br />
* Projections can include not just imaginary environments but also imaginary people, such as Boomer and Tyrol's "daughter" Dionne.<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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]].<br />
*Both the Agathons and Tyrol suffer the loss 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
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===The status of Cylons in the Fleet===<br />
* 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.<br />
** 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." <br />
** 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
* 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.<br />
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===Miscellaneous===<br />
* 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''.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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=== Answered Questions ===<br />
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* Will Boomer take Hera to Cavil? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer]])<br />
* Why does Cavil want Hera? ([[Daybreak, Part I|Answer]])<br />
* Why did Boomer sleep with Helo? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me#Official Statements|Answer]])<br />
* What is the source of Starbuck's visions of her father? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Partial Answer]])<br />
* 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]])<br />
* Will Tyrol's involvement in Boomer's escape be discovered? How will Athena and Helo react? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* What is Roslin's physical status after collapsing at the end of the episode? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer]])<br />
* How does Roslin know of Hera's abduction without being informed? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Partial Answer]])<br />
<br />
=== Unanswered Questions ===<br />
<br />
* What was Boomer writing in her cell when she first sensed Tyrol watching her?<br />
* Do all the ships in the Fleet - regardless of their relative crew and passenger size - get to send representatives to the new Quorum?<br />
* Why did nobody say anything about Kara talking to herself before Saul, Ellen, Galen, and Tory realised what she was playing?<br />
* 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?<br />
<br />
== Official Statements == <br />
*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>:<br />
**Boomer had a sick desire to strike out at Athena, based on a perverse envy.<br />
**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.<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*''Ellen Tigh, Saul Tigh, and Tory Foster are in Joe's bar. Saul is remarking at the state of someone they cared about:''<br />
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:'''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! <br />
<br />
::''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.''<br />
<br />
*''Cottle gives a response to the Cylons' observations about Anders' condition:''<br />
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:'''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?<br />
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*'''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.<br />
<br />
== Guest Stars ==<br />
<br />
* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[S. Cottle]]<br />
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
* [[Roark Critchlow]] as [[Slick]]<br />
* [[Iliana Gomez-Martinez]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]<br />
* [[Torrance Coombs]] as Lance Corporal [[C. Sellers]]<br />
* [[Ivan Cermak]] as Corporal [[D. Wallace]]<br />
* [[Curtis Caravaggio]] as [[Nathanson]]<br />
* [[Cherilynn Fulbright]] as [[Dionne]]<br />
* [[Patrick Gilmore]] as [[Rafferty]]<br />
* [[Samantha Kaine]] as Off-duty Crew Person<br />
* [[Erika-Shaye Gair]] as Young [[Kara Thrace]]<br />
* [[Darcy Laurie]] as [[Dealino]]<br />
* [[Sonja Bennett]] as Specialist [[Marcie Brasko]]<br />
* [[David Weddle]] as Smoking man in [[Joe's bar]] (uncredited)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''[[Ellen Tigh]] and [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] return to the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], prompting the rebel [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] to consider parting ways with the Colonials.''<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== Teaser ===<br />
<br />
*A mixed Cylon and human work force is making repairs to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' using the [[Cylon organic resin|organic resin]] [[Galen Tyrol]] described. [[William Adama]] asks if he can touch it. After doing so, he asks Tyrol if it is alive.<br />
*In [[Dogsville]], a group of Marines are distributing food. The civilians in line become rather unruly, pushing and shoving despite the Marines assurances that "everyone will get their share."<br />
*[[Caprica Six]] is walking nearby with her head covered. She is recognized by a group of civilians who attack her. She beats them back, but is struck in the process.<br />
*Adama tells Tyrol that the use of the resin "had better work."<br />
*In [[sick bay]], [[Sherman Cottle]] tells Caprica and [[Saul Tigh]] that their baby is perfectly healthy and "has a heart like a kettle drum." He shoos them away but Tigh wants Caprica to stay in sick bay just in case. They have a good laugh about the fact that he doesn't trust the machine. She says that [[Liam]] is fine and she would sleep better at home.<br />
*In [[CIC]], [[Louis Hoshi]] detects the Raptor that [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] and [[Ellen Tigh]] are on, reporting that it ([[Raptor 702]]) was logged as missing over a year ago. The [[CAP]], led by [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]], moves to intercept and communicate with it, but 702's transmission is garbled. Valerii acknowledges she can hear them via signal light. A [[Number Six]] flying a [[Heavy Raider]] with the CAP reports that the voice sounds like an Eight. Adama orders the CAP to bring it in.<br />
*On the [[Hangar Deck]] Ellen steps out of the Raptor. She states how thrilled she is to see everyone. [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]] wonders aloud "How many dead chicks are out there?" Tigh is elated to see Ellen, and the two kiss passionately. Tyrol approaches Valerii, grins slightly, and says, "Nice to see you again." He informs Adama that the Eight is Valerii and he quickly and angrily orders her taken to the [[brig]].<br />
<br />
=== Act 1 ===<br />
<br />
*In the Admiral's quarters Ellen is speaking with [[President Roslin]], [[Lee Adama]], Colonel Tigh and Admiral Adama. She reports that the destruction of the [[Resurrection Hub]] has resulted in [[Number One]] becoming psychologically unbalanced as he does not feel biological procreation can assure Cylon survival. Noting the wary look on all of their faces she says that she is still the same Ellen and asks if anyone has a flask. Adama hands her one. She reports that Boomer helped her escape and hopes they won't treat her too badly. She asks to see the rest of the [[Final Five]]. Ellen says they are like family, asking the others to imagine what it would be like if, instead of 50,000 survivors, there were only 5 and how close they would all be. She asks Tigh how much he remembers. He replies "just flashes." Lee tells her about the condition of [[Sam Anders]]. She asks to see him and the others. Adama says he'll see what he can do, exchanging concerned glances with Lee and Roslin.<br />
*Once Ellen and Tigh are alone, he tells her there is so much to ask her and tell her. She is not interested in talking, asking him "floor or table?" He says that he doesn't care, and she sweeps everything off the table. Just before they make love, Tigh briefly projects the face of a Six over Ellen's features.<br />
*Meanwhile, in Tigh's quarters, Caprica Six has a sudden flash of pain. She drops the bowl she is eating from, clutches her belly and groans.<br />
*The followers of [[Gaius Baltar]] are loading pistols and discussing supplies as he walks in. [[Jeanne]] is excited to see him, running over and kissing him immediately. [[Paulla Schaffer]] is somewhat less enthusiastic, saying that they "wondered if he was coming back." He replies that his return was always a matter of course and asks what he missed. She states that people started stealing their food, prompting them to take guns from the bodies of dead mutineers once they realized they had "been abandoned." He replies that he never abandoned them, prompting Jeanne to amend "abandoned by God." He replies that he knew his extended absence would teach them self-reliance and that is why he stayed away for so long. Paulla sarcastically remarks that is very wise of him. Baltar's [[Virtual Six]] appears to tell him that "The sheep have a new shepherd."<br />
*Ellen and Tigh are getting dressed. She compliments him on his sexual technique and asks whom he's frakked. She states that after thousands of years of marriage she is quite familiar with his lovemaking style, adding that she's not mad as he thought she was dead. He admits to sex with a Six but added he always thought of her. She reminds him of the incestuous nature of the relationship as they created the Sixes and is not happy about being his "mental porn." He admits that he is still seeing Caprica but does not mention Liam.<br />
<br />
=== Act 2 ===<br />
<br />
*Adama is once again inspecting a work area.<br />
*In sick bay, an Eight, a Six, [[Tory Foster]], Tigh, and Tyrol are visiting Anders. Cottle tells them not to unplug anything. Ellen enters and says that this was "how it was" as she gently brushes Sam's cheek. The Six tells her that the others are considering jumping away and starting a new life with the Final Five. Tigh is incredulous at the suggestion that they abandon the fleet. The Eight says they are not safe there, mentioning the attack on [[Caprica-Six]]. Tory agrees, leading Tigh to accuse her of plotting this all along and argue that Sam could not survive on the baseship. The Eight disagrees, and Ellen tries to change the subject by saying "Caprica-Six is pregnant?" She argues with Tigh, but Tyrol says the two should stick to the matter at hand and argue in private. The Eight says they should have a binding vote as that is the way the Five taught the other Cylons. Tory and Tyrol vote to go, Tigh votes to stay and points out that is exactly what Sam said they should do before losing consciousness. Ellen abstains and walks out the door, leaving the Five deadlocked.<br />
*Paulla leads Gaius and the others to [[Dogsville]]. Jeanne remarks on their improved living conditions since arming themselves. Gaius greets a beautiful young woman with a small boy. She says that her name is [[Naia]] and her son is named Gaius, and Baltar assumes the child was named after him, which pleases him but Naia said he was named after his father. Baltar smoothly but noticably segues into saying he is pleased that the child is named after his father. Gaius asks Gaius if he is hungry, to which the boy nods. Baltar makes a grand speech promising to feed all the people of Dogsville. Naia embraces him in gratitude, but Paulla is not happy about it.<br />
*Roslin walks up to Caprica-Six in the corridors of Galactica. She congratulates her on her pregnancy and personally apologizes for the assault in Dogsville. She mentions their shared visions, and Caprica says she has not had them since becoming pregnant. Laura says she has not either and asks if this child is "important." Caprica pretends to not know what she means stating that all children are important and walks off.<br />
*Tyrol walks into [[Joe's Bar]] and orders a drink. Starbuck is there and remarks on how watching Ellen and Tigh felt like watching her parents make out. She asks Tyrol if he has visited Boomer in the brig. He says no. She suggests that he do so while she is sleeping, and says that she could no longer stand to watch Sam sleeping. Tyrol takes a bottle and walks out. Starbuck plays with the bullet removed from Sam's brain.<br />
<br />
=== Act 3 ===<br />
<br />
*Adama is inspecting the repairs yet again.<br />
*Ellen walks into to Tigh's quarters and tells Caprica-Six they should talk. In explaining her relationship with Saul she lets it slip that they made love, and realizes from the look on Caprica's face that she did not know. Ellen tells her not to worry as their baby is living proof that Tigh loves her. Ellen remarks that they tried to have children earlier, implying that he does not love her as much, and reassures Caprica she will not make him choose between them.<br />
*In Dogsville, Gaius and company are distributing food. Paulla makes a worried remark that when the Marines tried this a riot broke out, but Gaius states that here there are no uniforms, assault rifles or other symbols of oppression. A group of rough-looking men led by [[Enzo]] walk up to them and demands they surrender their food. Gaius defies him and asks his followers to show they are armed. When they nervously do so, Enzo replies "ours are bigger" and the strong-arm men pull out Colonial military sidearms. They take the food and walk away.<br />
*Adama and Tigh are getting drunk. Adama has clearly had more and is constantly refilling his glass. He asks Tigh if there have been any "mythic revelations" since Ellen's return, to which Tigh replies "Nothing new to report, sir." Adama asks if Tigh was actually born on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. Tigh nods. Adama states that is "not very machine-like" of him. Tigh jokingly defends his machinehood by saying his "great-grandpa was a power sander." They have a good laugh. Adama confesses to mixed feelings about using Cylon technology to repair ''Galactica'', fearing that she will no longer know who she is, but that combined with Cylons flying CAP, it might just be enough for the fleet to survive. He says that he needs the help of the Cylons in general and Tigh in particular, and Lee and Laura know it. Tigh has no response to this.<br />
*Gaius dresses Paulla down for not telling him that the [[Sons of Ares]] have begun hoarding food. Paulla replies that this should have been obvious. Virtual Six appears and asks Gaius if he really wanted to feed those people, to which he replies that it felt good to help people. Six tells him to give his people the hope that Paulla can't. He proceeds to berate his followers for "lapping up Paulla's icy pragmatism." At Six's prompting he promises to get them "more guns, bigger guns, better guns!" The cultists are quite enthusiastic about the idea.<br />
<br />
=== Act 4 ===<br />
<br />
*Adama inspects the repairs, again.<br />
*Ellen and Tigh meet alone. He tells her to hate him if she must but ''Galactica'' needs the [[Rebel Basestar]]. She ignores him, asking why he made love to her when his real love is at home. Tyrol and the others enter, leading Tigh to realize that this meeting was anything but private. Ellen says she has voted to join the baseship and they are leaving. Tigh refuses to leave, pointing out the millenia-long cycle of human/machine violence and claiming that only by coming together can either form of intelligence hope to survive. Ellen seems to gloat, pointing out to Caprica-Six that there is something he loves more than her and the baby, namely ''Galactica'' and Adama. Caprica grabs her stomach, groans and falls over.<br />
*In sickbay, Cottle tells Tigh, Ellen and Caprica-Six that the baby is fighting back. Tigh blames Ellen, stating that she should have known what forcing him to choose would mean. She apologizes, saying she was only trying to hurt Saul and of course humans and Cylons should stay together. Caprica yells at them to stop fighting. Ellen walks away, but then walks back to put her hand on Saul's shoulders.<br />
*Adama is once again inspecting the repairs.<br />
*Ellen tells Tigh to talk to the now sleeping Caprica-Six and tell her that he loves her. He tries, but is unable to and asks why he should have to say it when she knows he feels it for all of them.<br />
*Adama is still inspecting the repairs.<br />
*[[Liam]]'s heart rate drops. Caprica-Six begs Cottle to cut him out of her, even if it means her death. Cottle refuses, stating that not even a Cylon baby could possibly survive outside the womb after only four months. Ellen tells her that Tigh loves her more and promises to go to the basestar so that the three of them can be a family. Liam flatlines. Tigh says that it is his fault and he is sorry. Cottle shoos them away. Caprica cries the cry of the bereaved mother.<br />
*Gaius is talking to Lee, Roslin and Adama. Adama refuses to listen at first, saying that he is going to the head for a "project I've been working on." Gaius stops him, warning him that the decreased security in Dogsville resulting from losing so many Marines during the mutiny is causing a revolution to brew. He states that Adama has two options for stopping it. He can either bring Centurions over from the baseship or take the "last human solution" that Baltar is offering him.<br />
*Apparently Adama has agreed to arm Baltar's cultists as some kind of auxiliary security force, as the Marines are passing out assault rifles to them. Paulla is impressed. Gaius clearly has no idea how a rifle works.<br />
*Tyrol comes to visit Boomer in the brig while she is sleeping.<br />
*In sick bay Sam's brain waves suddenly become very active.<br />
*Tigh enters Adama's quarters weeping uncontrollably and nearly collapses. Adama says that Liam is a good name, short for William. Tigh says that "it's not like [[Zak Adama|Zak]]." Adama embraces and comforts him.<br />
*Roslin and Adama are walking arm in arm through the [[memorial hallway]]. Laura notices a Six putting up pictures of the Cylons who have been lost since joining the Fleet. Laura is taken aback, stating "Oh my Gods, it's already happening isn't it?"<br />
*Adama touches the ID of an Eight.<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
* [[Joe's Bar]] now has a piano.<br />
* The rebel Cylons have now taken to putting up photos in the [[Memorial hallway]] of those who have died since the start of the alliance.<br />
* Baltar's [[Virtual Six]] appears for the first time since "[[Escape Velocity]]", discounting a deleted farewell scene from "[[The Road Less Traveled]]" (included on the DVD release) that now appears to be moot.<br />
* More so than previous episodes, "Deadlock" establishes that the rebel Cylons now have freedom of movement, at least aboard Galactica, with [[Caprica-Six]] seen visiting [[Dogsville]] (for reasons unknown), another Six in the Memorial Hallway, and assorted others working or performing flight duties.<br />
* Roslin addresses Caprica by her name for the first time.<br />
** This casts doubt on the canonicity of the bonus scene for "[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries#Bonus Scene|Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]".<br />
* The Cylon practice of democracy by majority rule came from the Final Five.<br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
*Cylon pilots have begun participating in the CAP with [[Heavy Raider]]s, presumably because of a shortage of Colonial pilots. This could indicate that Adama has stood by his pledge to offer no forgiveness to those involved in the mutiny — like [[Racetrack]], [[Skulls]], and [[Narcho]] — and that they have been either imprisoned, executed, or purged from the military.<br />
*Foster's plan to rebuild a pure Cylon society seems ill-considered even in light of the unborn Tigh baby. There is no evidence that pairings of Number Twos with Number Sixes or Number Eights will suddenly be fertile after so many failures. All the pregnancy really proves is that the Final Five could reproduce with Twos, Sixes, and Eights, which is hardly a broad genetic base.<br />
*In this episode, Ellen Tigh shows more characteristics of the "old Ellen", though she is still more intelligent and compassionate. Adama once said that Ellen brings out Saul's worst instincts; obviously the reverse is also true.<br />
*After [[Ellen Tigh]] exits the [[Raptor]], she meets with [[William Adama]], [[Lee Adama]], [[Laura Roslin]], and [[Saul Tigh]] just like she did after she exited a [[Raptor]] in [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]].<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
=== Answered Questions ===<br />
<br />
* Are the Cylons now flying regular joint CAPs with ''Galactica'''s vipers? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me#Analysis|Answer]])<br />
* Has Sharon "Boomer" Valerii genuinely under her own free will defected with Ellen Tigh from Cavil or is she part of a plot by Cavil either voluntarily under her own free will or programmed? Alternately is she a dupe under her own free will but Cavil knowing how the Eight model acts and Sharon Valerii in particular so well he manipulated her in to "escaping" with Ellen for his own purposes? Is she working for a third party? ([[Someone_to_Watch_Over_Me#Analysis|Answer]])<br />
* What will happen to Boomer? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Answer]])<br />
* Will Caprica seek revenge on Ellen for the death of her unborn child? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* How will the death of Liam affect Ellen and Saul's relationship? How will it affect Saul and Caprica's relationship? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* How did Ellen Tigh and Sharon "Boomer" Valerii find the Fleet? Is Cavil tracking them? ([[Someone_to_Watch_Over_Me|Possible Answer]])<br />
** Most probably Cavil knows the location of the Fleet and had sent Boomer. Cavil did not attack the Fleet himself as no resurrection hub is online at the moment and he fears death.<br />
* Why was Tyrol so eager to leave the Fleet? ([[Deadlock#Official Statements|Answer]])<br />
* What has happened to Karl Agathon? Is he still recovering from his injuries received in [[The Oath]]? ([[Someone_to_Watch_Over_Me|Answer]])<br />
* How close will the Cylon and Colonial pilots become now that they fly together? Will the Cylon pilots receive callsigns? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Answer]])<br />
* Why has Baltar's Virtual Six returned after a long absence? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]]) <br />
<br />
=== Unanswered Questions ===<br />
<br />
* What will be the consequences of Baltar's cult being given access to weapons? <br />
* How did the Cylons imagine they could take Anders aboard their Baseship without Thrace's approval?<br />
* Why has Anders' brain suddenly started showing activity again? What is his exact condition? Does he still possess his Cylon memories?<br />
* What was the biological cause of Liam's death?<br />
* Is Tyrol able to identify the Eight piloting the Raptor as Boomer due to his personal experience with her, or by the previously demonstrated ability of Cylons to distinguish between copies by sight?<br />
* Who has been placing photographs of Cylons on the memorial wall? Other Cylons, Colonials or both?<br />
* Will any of the humans object to the Cylon pictures?<br />
* Just how close were the Final Five in their former lives?<br />
* How many Cylon practices come from the Final Five? For example, the Cylons have been shown to accepting of nudity and sexual threesomes.<br />
* Why was Caprica visiting Dogville?<br />
* Although previous episodes have had Roslin basing herself aboard ''Galactica'' due to her health issue, beginning with this episode it is made clear that her "flag" so to speak, as well as the new Quorum's, is now aboard ''Galactica''. Given the precedent set back in the Miniseries, shouldn't ''Galactica'' now carry the call sign ''[[Colonial One]]''?<br />
* Does Saul still see Caprica as Ellen?<br />
*What are the legal ramifications of Ellen's [[resurrection]]?<br />
<br />
== Official Statements == <br />
*Aaron Douglas addresses the Chief's vote on his livejournal community<ref> http://community.livejournal.com/aarondouglas/150842.html?thread=972858 </ref>:<br />
**Galen does not believe that he and the other Cylons will ever be accepted in the fleet.<br />
**He is the Chief in name only, because Adama asked him to be. This was a recognition of the fact that he is the best person to fix the ship, not true acceptance.<br />
**He has no strong emotional ties to ''Galactica'''s people now that he knows Nicky isn't his son.<br />
*In the Podcast for this episode, RDM mentions that the remaining mutineers (Racetrack, Skulls, etc) were deported to the prison ship the ''[[Astral Queen]]''.<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*''Upon seeing Ellen Tigh emerge from the Raptor:'' <br />
<br />
:[[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] (with Starbuck standing right next to him): How many dead chicks are out there?<br />
<br />
*''Tyrol examines Boomer for a moment before figuring out who she is''<br />
:[[Galen Tyrol]] (to Boomer): Nice to see you (she smiles; to Adama) This is Boomer.<br />
:Adama: Marines!<br />
:Marine: Sir!<br />
:Adama: Take this Number Eight to the brig!<br />
<br />
*''Dr. Cottle remarking to Tory, Tyrol, a Number Six and a Number Eight gathered around Anders's bedside in vigil:''<br />
:[[Cottle]]: Lot of visitors. Just don't anybody unplug anything!<br />
<br />
*''Baltar is in a meeting with Admiral Adama, Delegate Lee Adama, and President Roslin. Baltar is urging the Admiral to allow his followers to be armed to do the distribution of food and to keep order and other police work instead of having, eventually, inviting over Cylon Centurions to maintain order and security.'' <br />
<br />
:Adama (taking to Lee and Roslin): The two of you can stay here listening to this<br />
<br />
:Roslin Where are you going?<br />
<br />
:Adama: I'm gonna go to the head. Do something constructive. A little project I've been working on.<br />
<br />
:Baltar: Listen to me. Admiral!<br />
<br />
:Lee (to his father softly, respectfully, but insistently) Just wait...wait (Lee turns to Baltar) Explain what you mean.<br />
<br />
:Baltar: What you have right now are starving civilians, (looks down at Roslin) with no representation, no recourse. (looks back to Lee) They're broken, they're exhausted. They've had enough. That is not a mutiny Admiral, that is a revolution.<br />
<br />
:Lee: And you think you can maintain order...? <br />
<br />
:Baltar (directly to the Admiral who is walking by him): Listen to me! Listen.... '''PLEASE ADMIRAL!''' (Adama stops at the doorway and faces Baltar)<br />
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:Baltar: Galactica is slipping away from you, drop by drop. You are pouring Cylon blood into her veins. I see the Cylon pilots (turns to Lee and Roslin) We all see them! (turns back to Adama) We all see the Cylon work force. Where they're going into the far recesses of the ship? When are you inviting the Centurions over, to join in all the fun we're having over here? Of course when you do that, that very moment. this becomes a blended ship. Only half human. And right now I am here to tell you your people...(pauses and then looks over to Roslin).....your people, are not ready for that.<br />
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:(looks back to Adama who makes a move to walk out but Baltar catches his arm. Adama looks down and slowly looks up at Baltar but he isn't intimidated)<br />
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:Baltar: I am offering you the last human solution you will be ever presented with.<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
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* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]]<br />
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
* [[Roark Critchlow]] as [[Slick]] (credited as Piano Player) <br />
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
* [[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as [[Jeanne]]<br />
* [[G. Patrick Currie]] as [[Enzo]]<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]<br />
* [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]<br />
* [[Rebecca Davis]] as [[Naia]]<br />
* [[Merwin Mondesir]] as Marine #1<br />
* [[Tammy Gillis]] played Marine #2<br />
* [[Bear McCreary]] as [[Joe's bar]] patron (uncredited)<br />
* Unknown as Marine [[Nathanson]]<br />
* [[Patrick Gilmore]] as [[Rafferty]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Robert Young]]<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''[[Felix Gaeta]]'s mutiny continues while [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] finds refuge on the rebel Cylon [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]].''<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== Teaser ===<br />
* Rebel marines led by [[Aaron Kelly]] storm the airlock and capture [[Admiral Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh]] both of whom were stunned by a flash grenade.<br />
* Tigh recognizes Kelly and calls him "the brig rat." Kelly is visibly uneasy about all this.<br />
* Meanwhile, the [[Raptor]] with President [[Roslin]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] on board heads for the [[Basestar (RDM)#Rebel basestar|Basestar]].<br />
* A pair of Vipers, piloted by Narcho and Hotdog, pursue the Raptor. Hotdog, who is unaware of the mutiny on ''Galactica'', gets the Raptor in his sights, but doesn't fire. Instead he orders the Raptor to identify itself.<br />
* Narcho tells Hotdog to destroy the Raptor, but Hotdog continues to ask for the target's identification.<br />
* Roslin transmits a message from the Raptor saying that she is aboard the Raptor. [[Gage]] blocks the transmission, but not before Hotdog receives it.<br />
* [[Gaeta]], now in command of the CIC, contacts Hotdog and orders him to destroy the Raptor. When Hotdog continues to hold his fire, Narcho goes in and launches a pair of missiles at the Raptor.<br />
* The [[Eight]] piloting the Raptor successfully avoids the missiles, which hit the Basestar instead. The Raptor successfully docks at the Basestar.<br />
* Gaeta orders Colonel Tigh to be placed in the brig with the other Cylons, but orders Admiral Adama to be brought to the CIC.<br />
* On board the Basestar, the Cylons demand to know why they're being fired upon. Roslin explains the situation. Fearing that the government has been overthrown, the Cylons want to jump away from the Fleet. <br />
* Roslin insists that they give Adama a chance to retake ''Galactica''. Baltar points out that it's unlikely that Adama will win and that Gaeta and Zarek have the majority of support on ''Galactica''. Roslin counters that they've already seen evidence that not all of ''Galactica'''s crew support the mutiny.<br />
* Roslin tells the Cylons to move their ship into the middle of the Fleet, so that ''Galactica'' won't be able to fire upon them.<br />
* Back on ''Galactica'', Adama is brought to the CIC. Gaeta asks him to call Roslin and convince her to surrender.<br />
* Adama refuses and instead pulls off his admiral pins. He throws them to Gaeta and sarcastically tells Gaeta that he's the admiral now and to make the call himself.<br />
* Gaeta orders gun batteries to target the Basestar, but before they can do so, the Basestar moves into the middle of the Fleet. Gaeta calls off the attack and orders the Basestar to be quarantined. He also gives orders to prepare for [[Tom Zarek]]'s arrival.<br />
* Adama asks Gaeta if he's planning on shooting him. Gaeta gives no response.<br />
<br />
=== Act 1 ===<br />
* ''[[Colonial One]]'' lands on ''Galactica'''s flight deck, with Zarek and the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] on board.<br />
* Kelly, Narcho, [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]], [[Diana Seelix|Seelix]], and other rebels escort Zarek from the flight deck, while [[Lee Adama|Lee]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] watch, hidden behind some machinery. Once they are out of sight, Lee and Starbuck move on.<br />
* In a Raptor aboard the rebel Baseship, Roslin attempts to transmit a signal to anyone who will listen, without success.<br />
* In the holding cell, Hera looks with concern at Helo's head wound. Athena attempts to assure her that he will get better.<br />
* Caprica-Six nurses Tigh's ear, bleeding from the stun grenade.<br />
* Anders wonders aloud what Gaeta will do. Tigh quips, "In your case, cut off one of your frakking legs."<br />
* In Adama's quarters, Gaeta tells Zarek that he has "a net" over the Baseship, and thus Zarek did not need to bring the entire Quorum with him to ''Galactica''. Zarek replies that as long as Gaeta insists on having a trial for Adama, he wants the Quorum where he can keep an eye on them. Zarek says they need to move on, but Gaeta replies that before that can happen, people must answer for what they've done, beginning with Adama.<br />
* Tyrol continues to sneak through the corridors of ''Galactica'' unnoticed. On Deck D Corridor 2, he hears the sound of a door opening and runs for cover.<br />
* Hidden from view, Tyrol observes Kelly and two rebel marines escorting [[Romo Lampkin]] at gunpoint. Romo wonders if anyone will feed his dog.<br />
* In Adama's quarters, Zarek reads the charges against Adama: treason, desertion, giving aid and comfort to the enemy, and gross dereliction of duty. Zarek reminds him that the punishment for these crimes is death by firing squad. All the while, Adama glares at Gaeta.<br />
* Zarek tells Romo that the Admiral is entitled to a court martial, but they need a lawyer to handle his defense. Adama mutters, "They need a pimp."<br />
* Romo wonders why they are doing all of this. Gaeta replies, "For justice." Romo, considering the tone of the room, conjectures that if he should choose to pass on this "field trip for justice," that the two marines guarding him will instead use him for target practice. Zarek impatiently tells him to just do his job.<br />
* Zarek goes on to say that "Commander" Gaeta will represent the people, and that Zarek himself will be serving as judge. Romo wonders if they've run out of ship's captains. Gaeta replies that the captains are busy defending their ships against the Basestar Adama welcomed into the Fleet. "Shove it up your ass," Adama tells Gaeta pointedly.<br />
* Gaeta continues to argue with a mockingly defiant Adama. Adama points out that the rebel Cylons gave "aid and comfort" to the fleet, not vice versa. As the argument begins to escalate, Romo asks for a few minutes with Adama.<br />
* On the Basestar, Roslin continues to unsuccessfully try to use the Raptor's communication system to contact anyone, with the Cylons looking on. A Six remarks that they no longer have the protection of the Fleet, and the Viper patrols are becoming increasingly bold, firing into space, inviting the Cylons to react. Tory Foster tells the other Cylons that they should all talk.<br />
* On ''Galactica'', Tyrol uses a crowbar to pry the cover off of a service tunnel, and crawls inside.<br />
* On ''Colonial One'', Zarek addresses the Quorum. As Zarek speaks in support of Gaeta's leadership of the military, the Quorum delegates are visibly concerned. Zarek tells the Quorum that he has brought them to ''Galactica'' to show Gaeta that the Quorum delegates are people who, "at the end of the day, still stand by your president." At this, the Quorum bursts into an excited discussion, which ends with [[Jacob Cantrell]] telling Zarek, "I think you should leave now, Mr. Vice President." The other delegates are in agreement.<br />
* Zarek walks out of the conference room in defeat. In the adjacent corridor, he tells two marines, "Shoot them." Zarek then tells Kelly to get Gaeta. Kelly walks away to the sounds of screams and gunfire. He is visibly disturbed by the sounds.<br />
<br />
=== Act 2 ===<br />
* On ''Colonial One'', Gaeta looks in horror on the slain Quorum delegates, and angrily rebukes Zarek. Zarek reminds him that Gaeta began the coup, and that this is just another consequence of that. Gaeta is in disbelief, remarking that until now they had the truth on their side. Zarek tells him that the truth is told by whoever is left standing, and reminds him that Adama must be eliminated.<br />
* On ''Galactica'', Tyrol continues to crawl through a cramped and dirty service tunnel.<br />
* On the rebel Baseship, Tory informs Roslin that the Cylons have decided to jump away to ensure their own survival. The Six tells Roslin that Gaeta will likely execute Tigh, Tyrol, Anders, and any of the others who oppose him, such as Kara, Helo, and Adama.<br />
* Roslin urges the Cylons to stay, reminding them that they have all made a habit out of beating the odds, particularly William Adama, and that when he returns to command, he will know who stuck with him and who ran.<br />
* Tyrol crawls out of the duct into an empty munitions locker, where he is met at gunpoint by Kelly. Tyrol notes that the rebels sprang him from the brig.<br />
* Kelly tells him to get out of the duct, but Tyrol says that he is too tired and that Kelly should just shoot him. Kelly replies that he's a machine, to which Tyrol replies that Kelly is a "dumbass." Kelly and Tyrol both begin laughing at this, and Kelly lowers his rifle.<br />
* They both hear the sounds of gunfire in the distance. Kelly remarks, "This was a hell of a ship once." Tyrol agrees. Kelly tells Tyrol he heard his child wasn't a Cylon, and that he could have told Tyrol that Cally was "trouble." Tyrol laughs, saying it would not have mattered.<br />
* After collecting himself, Kelly again points his rifle at Tyrol, but when Tyrol braces himself for the shot, Kelly instead tells him to leave, yelling "Go on skinjob, go!" After Tyrol crawls back into the duct, Kelly berates himself.<br />
* In Adama's quarters, Romo hands Adama a pen to sign a statement. Adama refuses, but Romo urges him to put his innocence on record, and to give his people time to retake the ship.<br />
* One of the rebels who was guarding the holding cell goes to the latrine, where Starbuck smashes his head into the wall.<br />
[[Image:Lida.jpg|thumb|Lida approaching Baltar.]]<br />
* On the rebel Baseship, a Six named [[Lida]] asks Baltar if he is injured. He replies that they typically use the word "damaged" instead of "injured."<br />
* In the corridor outside the holding cell, Lee and Starbuck argue over the best way to overpower the guards. Lee throws a grenade into their midst, and in the ensuing panic Lee and Starbuck gun them all down. Immediately after the last guard goes down, Starbuck ducks for cover, but an amused Lee nonchalantly walks to the thrown grenade and picks it back up. He tells Starbuck that he never pulled the pin, to which she states, "Not funny."<br />
* With the guards dispatched, Lee and Starbuck free the prisoners, but Lee is upset to learn that his father is not among them.<br />
* On their way out of the cell, Starbuck and Anders search the guards for weapons, but Lee tells them that they are quickly running out of time.<br />
* A rebel turns the corner and fires at Starbuck and Anders. Starbuck shoots the rebel in the chest, but not before Anders is struck by a bullet in the neck, causing him to stumble.<br />
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=== Act 3 ===<br />
* While Lee covers them, Starbuck looks after a wounded Anders. Sounds of yelling and gunfire indicate that there is fighting nearby. Lee insists that they need to leave.<br />
* Tigh tells Caprica-Six to take Hera to Baltar's followers for safety, as "no one wants to go near those nutjobs." She insists she can take care of herself.<br />
* Lee yells for Tigh to help him get Anders off the ground, but Starbuck tells Lee to go after his father instead. Athena and the others go with Lee and Tigh, while Starbuck stays with an incoherent Anders to try to get him to Doc Cottle for medical treatment.<br />
* In Adama's quarters, the "court martial" proceeds apace, with Gaeta arguing that Adama deserted them on New Caprica. Romo objects, saying Gaeta is badgering the witness. Not surprisingly, his objection goes unheard by Zarek.<br />
* As Adama continues to mock Gaeta, Zarek receives a call telling him that Tigh and the other "skinjobs" escaped. Zarek tells Adama and the others that Tigh was killed trying to escape. At the news of his longtime friend's death, Adama shows the first signs of emotion, and tells Gaeta that he is not answering any more of his questions.<br />
* Zarek declares the prisoner guilty as charged, upsetting Romo, who says, "This isn't a trial, this is an asylum." Zarek angrily grabs Romo and pushes him against the bulkhead.<br />
* Roslin's voice is heard over the wireless, prompting a smile from Adama and looks of concern from everyone else. Roslin announces that Gaeta took command of ''Galactica'' by force, and that the Cylons were merely defending themselves when they moved the baseship into the Fleet. She then commands the Fleet ships to power down their FTL drives.<br />
* On the rebel Baseship, Roslin exclaims that their signal could not be jammed. Behind her, a [[Number Two|Leoben]] is leaning on a device with flashing red lights, to which the Raptor's comm system is presumably connected. "I thought this would do the trick," he says with a grin.<br />
* Back on ''Galactica'', Starbuck slowly drags an unconscious Anders a short distance before falling on the floor, exhausted. [[Parr]], the rebel marine escorting a bound Romo, happens upon them, commanding Starbuck to show him her hands. Romo readies his pen. Starbuck draws her sidearm and pulls the trigger, but the weapon is empty. Seizing his opportunity, Romo stabs his captor in the neck repeatedly with his pen. After removing his restraints, he retrieves his sunglasses and a sidearm from the fallen guard.<br />
* Starbuck implores Romo to help her get Anders to Dr. Cottle, but Romo refuses, citing the fact that on the way there, he and his "friend" had already been shot at twice, once by his own men. Further considering the situation, an obviously conflicted Romo chooses to turn around and help.<br />
* In CIC, Gage informs Gaeta that ten of the thirty-five ships remaining in the Fleet shut down their FTL drives after Roslin's announcement. Narcho is upset, but Gaeta tells him that Roslin did them a favor in exposing those ships who would cause them trouble. Gaeta tells Gage to give jump coordinates only to those ships that kept their FTL drives online, and to order them to jump immediately.<br />
* Gaeta then tells Narcho to assemble an execution detail comprised of men he can trust, to secure the main hangar bay launch tube, and to take Adama down there and await further orders. Narcho shows some reluctance, but he insists that Gaeta can count on him "all down the line."<br />
* Gaeta asks Zarek, who is waiting nearby, if he is spying on him. Zarek insists that they simply need to get through the current predicament, and move on.<br />
* In a corridor somewhere on ''Galactica'', Narcho leads a team of six rebel marines who are escorting Adama to the launch tube, with Kelly walking behind the group. After some consideration, Kelly breaks off from the group and goes to the [[memorial hallway]], where he drops his rifle and breaks down in tears.<br />
* In a nearby corridor, Tigh and Athena keep watch while Lee opens a service panel and disconnects a power line, causing the main lights to go out. Sounds of gunfire indicate there is still heavy fighting nearby.<br />
* Tyrol continues to crawl through service tubes, this time crawling behind a latrine. He coughs and gags at the smell.<br />
* In the memorial hallway, Lee confronts Kelly, who is nearly catatonic with grief. He finally admits to Lee that the others are planning on executing Adama in the main launch tube. Lee moves to punch Kelly, but Tigh pulls him away. As they run to the hangar deck, Kelly picks up his rifle and runs after them, yelling, "I'm coming with you!"<br />
* On the rebel Baseship, Baltar dreams of Adama's death by firing squad, which wakes him violently. In bed with him, Lida attempts to comfort him, but Baltar rebuffs her, saying that he has run for his life yet again. She tells him that fear makes people act differently, but he says that he did not run out of fear this time.<br />
* For the first time, Baltar admits that he is merely playing the role of religious leader to humor his followers, and that he privately scorns their "provincial intellects" and their unfailing willingness to make him feel better; however, he also admits that he feels responsible for them, and that he must go back.<br />
* On the hangar deck, Adama is tied to a chair in the main launch tube by a marine while Narcho stands nearby, distressed. As Narcho walks towards the eight marines with rifles at the ready, Adama spits.<br />
* From the rebel Baseship, Roslin gives the rebels five minutes to return command to Admiral Adama.<br />
* In CIC, an increasingly concerned Zarek listens to Roslin's ultimatum, and looks around for Gaeta, who is absent.<br />
* In Adama's quarters, Gaeta walks to Adama's desk, where he drops the admiral pins on ''Galactica'''s watch log. He then calls Narcho, telling him to carry out the execution.<br />
* On the hangar deck, Narcho replies, "Yes, sir," and hangs up with Tigh pointing a sidearm at his head. Meanwhile, Lee unties his father from the chair in the launch tube, and Kelly and Athena have their rifles pointed at eight marines, all disarmed and kneeling with hands behind their heads.<br />
* Adama is overjoyed to see Tigh, whom he was told was dead. Tigh replies that for a while, he was.<br />
* Adama addresses the kneeling, disarmed marines, saying, "I'm gonna take back my ship." Adama then addresses Narcho, who tells him that while he has always respected him, he hates the Cylons, and he cannot take orders from a leader who won't fight them. At this, Tigh raises his weapon to Narcho's head, but Adama orders him to stand down, and orders Narcho to be tied up instead.<br />
* Sitting at Adama's desk, Gaeta removes his prosthesis and scratches the stump underneath.<br />
* Deep in the bowels of ''Galactica'', Tyrol finally has enough room to crouch rather than crawl, allowing him to move faster.<br />
* In CIC, Zarek orders Vireem to pass him through to Roslin. As Gaeta walks into CIC, Zarek addresses Roslin on the rebel Baseship, introducing himself as the President of the Twelve Colonies. He announces that Tigh was killed in an escape attempt, and that Adama was tried, found guilty of his crimes, and was executed by firing squad earlier that morning. Zarek insists that Roslin think of the welfare of the people of the Fleet, and surrender.<br />
* Roslin vehemently refuses, vowing to use every weapon at her disposal to come after Zarek and the other mutineers. The weapon emplacements on the Baseship open, targeting ''Galactica''.<br />
<br />
=== Act 4 ===<br />
* In CIC, after Zarek's statements to Roslin, Gaeta remarks that now they have a military leader and a president in one. Zarek questions how Gaeta would have handled the situation, had he been there.<br />
* Gage indicates that the Baseship is arming itself, and that they are jump ready. Gaeta orders the board be set to green, and a crew member inserts the FTL key at gunpoint.<br />
* Tyrol rushes down a set of stairs in ''Galactica'''s FTL engine room.<br />
* Adama marches towards CIC, leading an increasingly large group of marines, officers, and enlisted crew.<br />
* In the FTL engine room, Tyrol breaks open the door to the auxiliary control station, and attempts to shut down the FTL drive with his command code.<br />
* As Adama and his group of loyalists continue their march to CIC, Roslin's voice is heard over the wireless, commanding ''Galactica'' to surrender.<br />
* In the FTL engine room, Tyrol's command code is denied (as he is not currently in active duty). Instead he looks to some nearby machinery and, with some effort, removes a [[Sync coil|vital component]] and shuts down the FTL drive.<br />
* In CIC, Gage announces the FTL drive's shutdown. Zarek begins ordering crew members to look into it, but no one moves. He tells Gaeta to launch Vipers to defend themselves, but Gaeta ignores him, and instead recalls his own words: "One day soon there's gonna be a reckoning."<br />
* Gage announces that gun batteries have fixed target bearings and are ready to fire. With Zarek at a near-panic, Gaeta realizes they are defeated, and orders a weapons hold.<br />
* Adama arms himself with the sidearm from a nearby marine, and the group storms CIC. No resistance is offered by the mutineers who, outmatched, surrender without a fight.<br />
* Adama gets on the wireless, identifies himself, confirms that he has retaken command, and tells Roslin to stand down. Roslin, Baltar, and even the Cylons are relieved to hear his voice with Roslin and at least one Eight in tears.<br />
* Zarek, Gaeta, and the other mutineers are taken away at gunpoint. While Gaeta and Adama exchange a stare, Adama has nothing to say to his fomrer loyal officer and merley gestures for Kelly and Athena to take him away.<br />
* In the FTL engine room, an exhausted Tyrol drops the component as the massive FTL drive slowly come to a halt. As he turns to the bulkhead, he notices some significant structural damage which concerns him greatly.<br />
* On ''Galactica'', Roslin climbs down a ladder and, seeing Adama alive for the first time since she boarded the Raptor, cries tears of joy. The two leaders walk together, his arm around her.<br />
* In Gaeta's quarters, Gaeta and Baltar are smoking cigarettes - something Gaeta has not been seen doing for quite some time and drink coffee which Gaeta calls the "spoils of war." Gaeta is telling Baltar of the many careers he once dreamed of pursuing: architecture, medicine, engineering, photography, and finally, science.<br />
* Baltar, on the verge of tears, begins to say something, but Gaeta stops him. He assures Baltar that he is fine with the way things turned out, and that his only wish is that eventually, people realize who he is. Baltar tells Gaeta that he knows who he is.<br />
* Gaeta and Zarek are seated in the main launch tube of the hangar deck, with Adama, Lee, Tigh, and Baltar standing behind the firing squad.<br />
* Just before Adama orders the execution detail to fire, Gaeta looks down at his severed leg in astonishment and remarks, "It stopped" refering to the intense pain he has had since he lost his leg.<br />
*The squad fires, killing Gaeta and Zarek.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*The [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] were murdered on Zarek's order for supporting President Roslin. [[Lee Adama]] survived as he wasn't present during the Quorum session. Two other regular Quorum members (Gemenon Delegate and one other delegate) were replaced by temporary stand-ins (who were killed), and their fate is unknown.<br />
*Romo Lampkin while being forced to serve as Adama's lawyer during his trial he referred to two looming Marine guards as "Wynken and Blynken". This was in reference to the poem of ''[[Wikipedia:Wynken, Blynken, and Nod|Wynken, Blynken, and Nod]]'', a late 19th century Dutch child's lullaby by [[Wikipedia:Eugene Field|Eugene Field]] about three fishermen fishing in the starry night in the sky with the help of the moon and uses a magic wooden shoe as their boat.<ref>[http://www3.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/eugenefield/poems/poemsofchildhood/wynkenblynkenandnod.html Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" Lullaby]</ref> <br />
*This episode marks the death of Felix Gaeta and Tom Zarek, who are executed by firing squad for their mutiny against Adama and the government.<br />
*The character Captain Kelly was last seen during season 3 when he was arrested for his bombing and assassinations of Baltar's lawyers. His character has appeared intermittently since the show began and it is fitting that he would be a double-turn coat as he was part of the original senior staff and his love for Admiral Adama is proven to be stronger than his hatred for the Cylons.<br />
*The events depicted in "The Oath" and "Blood on the Scales" cover approximately nine hours: Tigh enters Adama's quarters at 0620 at the beginning of "The Oath", culminates with Gaeta seizing the CIC at 0922, and concludes with Adama and his loyalists retaking the CIC at 1532 in "Blood on the Scales". The executions of Gaeta and Zarek, however, take place at an unspecified time later.<br />
*The firing-squad executions of Gaeta and Zarek mark the first time a method of execution other than [[airlock|airlocking]] has been used on screen (apart from the non-judicial summary executions in ''[[Razor]]''), although the action takes place in the same location where most recent airlocking incidents have occurred.<br />
*The ship's [[FTL]] drive is seen for the first time.<br />
*Baltar becomes involved with a previously-unseen copy of [[Number Six]] (referenced off-screen by the name [[Lida]]). Discounting his [[Messengers|Messenger Six]], this makes the third copy of Six with whom he has had relations, after [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Gina Inviere]].<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*Despite all of the support that Gaeta and Zarek seemed to have at the beginning of the mutiny, Roslin and Adama had more support from people opposed to it and possibly people who rethought it like Kelly. On Roslin and Adama's side were ''Galactica's'' senior staff (the members of CIC were either people on Gaeta's side or forced to work at gunpoint by marines), at least most of the crew given how many people joined Adama's march to CIC, the Quorum of Twelve and the Cylons and Baltar's followers. Gaeta and Zarek had the supporters they'd managed to gather amongst ''Galactica's'' crew and about 25 ships who refused Roslin's order to stand down FTL drives. In the end Adama and Roslin were successful because the people supported them more and Adama had enough respect from his crew that he was able to turn a lot back to his side just by stating his intention to retake the ship and walking by others. Gaeta and Zarek had to use force to get what they wanted. Many people, both in support of Gaeta/Zarek and in opposition, were killed. Given the death count, 40 in the first four hours of the mutiny, from 06:32 hours when Zarek was released from the Brig to sometime after 10:30 hours when Adama and Tigh are captured in the stowage bay (with most of the killing starting shortly after 09:02 hours after Capt. [[Kara Thrace]] rescues Delegate [[Lee Adama]] in the Hanger Deck. [[Peter Laird]] was the very first death, occuring shortly before 07:00 hours.), the attack on those Loyal to Adama was vicious. The break down of mutineer and loyalist deaths hasn't been given yet, but it is most likely that most of these deaths were those loyal to Adama since Gaeta/Zarek forces had the elements of both surprise and preparation in their favor. The 40 figure only represents the deaths by the end of "[[The Oath]]", near the approximate halfway point of the mutiny at 10:30 hours. With the retaking of CIC by Adama and Tigh, the mutiny ended at 15:32 hours, approximately nine hours elapsed time (there may have been resisters after that time not wishing to be taken into custody). Mutiny death figures since 10:30 hours, including the murder of the Quorum delegates, will be reflected in the survivor population count after the teaser of "[[No Exit]]" unless otherwise indicated. <br />
*Gaeta's sudden lack of pain in his amputated leg signals that his chronic pain (which he tried to numb with painkillers during the webisodes) was partially psychological. Once he was at peace with who he was and what he had done, his mental pain and much of his physical pain and itching disappeared. His last words acknowledged that the irritation had stopped.<br />
*The marines who eventually joined Adama's side near the end of the episode indicates that other mutineers simply were part of the coup out of self-preservation or at least wanting to be on the "winning" side. Once it was clear that Adama and the senior staff were rising up and reclaiming the ship, the marines, and others finally arose as well.<br />
*By sparing Narcho's life, Admiral Adama characteristically shows his love and compassion for those who serve under him. Despite his speech of "no forgiveness" in "The Oath", it is clear that Adama will attempt to give the some of the mutineers a second chance.<br />
**Not likely, the podcast for Deadlocked says they were all imprisoned on the ''Astral Queen''.<br />
**Adama grants clemency to those volunteering for the rescue of Hera. However, this was out of a desperate need for as many people as possible and the only ones shown for sure to take it were Nowart, Racetrack and Skulls, the later two of which died in the battle.<br />
*From a pragmatic standpoint, Humanity, such at the verge of extinction anyways, can not afford to lose large numbers of people.<br />
*The mutineers at no point subdued all resistance aboard ''Galactica''. As Adama marched on CIC, many crew members rushed to join him, indicating that they were either still resisting or were waiting for a sign that the tide had turned. CIC also was controlled by Gaeta through the use of marines who held most of the staff at gunpoint.<br />
* Tyrol, while attempting to disable Galactica's jump drive notices odd tears in the hull near the FTL assembly. It is not known whether this was hull stress caused by Tyrol disabling the FTL as the ship was about to jump, or an as-yet unexplained problem that has an impact on Galactica's hull. <br />
**''Galactica'' may be suffering from serious long term metal fatigue and/or cumulative battle damage, as evidenced by the bulkhead deformation Tyrol discovers in the FTL drive room. Over the course of the series, Tigh has made a number of comments on ''Galactica's'' worsening structural condition, especially in absence of any possibility for repair at a shipyard. The ship itself is 50+ years old and has seen combat in two wars against the Cylons, and after all the damage its taken - the [[Battle of New Caprica]] being the most obvious example - it is not all that surprising to see the ship's structural integrity begin to fail like this.<br />
** It is extremely unlikely that the damage witnessed by Tyrol was a result of his improper shut-down of the FTL, a tear of that size in metal would likely have been extremely loud and Tyrol does not notice the damage until he just happens to glance up at it. While it is possible that the FTL drive spun up would be louder than the sound of such a crack there is also no strong vibrations shown either in engineering or on the bridge, which would no doubt accompany such a large tear. Given that the area where Tyrol is an auxiliary control center, which is unlikely the be manned unless there is a problem with the FTL drives or for periodic maintenance, it is eminently possible that the tear has been there for some time since it has been quite some time since Galactica has been depicted as having FTL problem. However, as were are dealing with a device that can bend time and space, nothing can be completely discredited at this point.<br />
*Roslin threatens to attack ''Galactica'' if Gaeta and Zarek do not surrender. Numerous missile emplacements are then shown opening along the arms of the rebel basestar. Due to the known incompetence of ''Galactica's'' mutineer crew (Gage being unable to jam Roslin's transmission in [[The Oath]] without Gaeta's help), the chaos aboard ''Galactica'' with a mutiny still ongoing, and ''Galatica's'' status as an undermanned vessel, it is possible that the basestar could have successfully engaged and destroyed ''Galactica'' or at least severely damaged her enough to prevent her escaping.<br />
*Captain Kelly, after having been locked up in the brig for his attempts to assassinate Baltar's lawyers, still holds a deep love for the Galactica and her commander. As he was a part of the original senior leadership (3rd in command as shown after Adama's near-assassination), his nostalgic comments with Tyrol indicated his withering resolve to be part of the coup. In addition, being a witness to the cruelty of Zarek with the Quorum was probably the first catalyst for his repentance.<br />
*Gaeta, prior to his execution, is shown smoking and having drinks with Baltar. This is significant as Gaeta is rarely shown smoking during the show, and when it is shown, it was done when Gaeta finally felt free to be who he wanted to be. The first time was during his taped interview with D'Anna where he "let his hair down" so to speak. Incorporating a final smoke for Gaeta seemed appropriate to allow the audience to see a humanized Gaeta again.<br />
*Gaeta and Baltar have a civil conversation before Gaeta's execution indicating that the two have forgiven each other for thier past transgressions: Gaeta trying to kill Baltar and Baltar's involvement with the Cylons on New Caprica.<br />
*Baltar, despite admitting to not really liking his followers, has developed a sense of responsibility towards them as shown when he's speaking with [[Number Six#Lida|Lida]] about them and deciding to go back. This is the first time that Baltar has been shown to truly care about something besides himself indicating he may have changed somewhat.<br />
*Dialogue in this episode indicates there are 35 civilian ships left in the fleet. This is the first time since abandoning [[New Caprica]] that significant information on the number of ships left in the fleet has emerged. This number doesn't seem to tally with the observed losses in the fleet since the first season, although the number of ships has been portrayed inconsistently throughout the miniseries and the main seasons (a figure in the mid 70s being mentioned in [[Home, Part I]]). The figure of 35 stated here- indicating a loss of half the fleet's ships- seems somewhat inconsistent with a the human population that has only declined by about one fifth since the arrival of Pegasus's crew which bolstered the number of survivors to close to 50,000. Ships being abandoned on New Caprica or afterwards may explain this strikingly low number unless it is a continuity error. If 35 is a correct figure, the other ships in the fleet must have somehow found a way to take a huge number of extra people aboard.<br />
**It is possible that the 35 civilian ships that were mentioned were the total number of ships that had initially sided with Zarek and Gaeta, rather than the entire number of ships in the fleet. If they had been ready to jump at Zarek and Gaeta's order, their FTL drives would have been spun up. With Roslin's broadcast, though, 10 of the 35 would have switched sides again and shut down their FTLs, indicating the end of their desire to follow the coup leaders.<br />
*Ronald D Moore has commented that ''Galactica'' is severely undermanned at this point and therefore large parts of the ship are empty, making it easier for mutineers and counter-mutineers to move around unobserved. This however is contradicted by the fact that ''Galactica'' now has the crew of ''Pegasus'' aboard and the ship has in fact been seen to be overcrowded. Even allowing for losses on New Caprica and the fact that ''Pegasus'' was undermanned, the ship should still have a larger crew compliment than when she began her journey. In orbit around New Caprica the two ships still had over 2000 personnel still serving and doubtless most if not all former crew re-enlisted after the evacuation of New Caprica. Galactica's combined crew have not been seen to have taken any substantial losses since leaving New Caprica that would leave much of the ship empty. This may be a retcon or continuity error. It should be noted, however, that a large proportion of the people on the ship following the escape from New Caprica were civilians who may have since been relocated. Furthermore, it may be that only certain areas of the ship - such as the living quarters - are overcrowded. The exact number of personnel that a fully manned ''Galactica'' should have is unknown.<br />
*Despite [[Sharon Agathon]]'s vision-induced paranoia of a Six taking her daughter, [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]<ref>Sharon kills [[Natalie]] in "[[Sine Qua Non]]" when she sees the latter with Hera in a corridor after Sharon, President Roslin, and Caprica-Six all have a vision of a Six absconding with Hera at the opera house.</ref>, she does not protest [[Caprica-Six]] carrying Hera while Sharon supports her injured husband, [[Karl Agathon|Karl]]. It must be remembered that it was Caprica Six who aided in the escape of Athena with Hera from the Baseship after she got Helo to kill her so she would resurrect on the Baseship and recover their daughter. Caprica Six killed [[Sharon Valerii]] ("Boomer", who later resurrected) after Valerii tried to kill Hera for rejecting her and then Caprica Six helped get both Athena and Hera off the Baseship. Ironically, Caprica Six is the only character who has been seen specifically committing infanticide (not counting Baltar's dream about Adama drowning Hera).<ref>Caprica-Six snaps a human infant's neck in her first scene in the [[Miniseries]].</ref> <br />
*Assuming the writers maintained their preference to mirror real-world military traditions, the firing squad assembled to execute Gaeta and Zarek would likely be composed of low-level mutineers who were treated with leniency and then required to seal their loyalty (and feelings of guilt) by executing their former conspirators.<br />
*It isn't clear whether Gaeta and Zarek were given any sort of trial before being executed. Given Adama and Roslin's preference (albeit sometimes waveringly so) for maintaining the rule of law, it would be surprising if the lead mutineers were just shot out of hand.<br />
* During Tyrol and Kelly's discussion in the arms locker, Kelly mentions that he could have told Tyrol that Cally was trouble, Tyrol's response "Thanks, it wouldn't have mattered", indicates that, even if he had known that Cally had been sleeping with Hot Dog, he would still have married her. This clearly indicates that Tyrol loved her, and the way in which he says it clearly indicates that he still does. This means that Tyrol's tirade against the Admiral after his wife's death was an act, possibly out of grief, possibly to get himself dismissed from the Deck Crew so he couldn't sabotage anything should he have any hidden programming.<br />
* The Cylons among the fleet are, collectively, more loyal to Roslin and Adama (and more willing to forgive past conflicts) than are the humans.<br />
*Despite Adama's obvious anger towards Gaeta, he may have been somewhat forgiving towards him at the end: Baltar is allowed to visit, it happens in Gaeta's quaters indicating that Adama didn't put him in the brig but locked him in his room and he's smoking cigarettes (which he may have had in his room) and drinks what looks like the Admiral's morning coffee which he calls the "spoils of war" indicating Adama may have given it to him. Also, Adama allows him to die wearing his uniform which he promised he wouldn't allow any of the mutineers to do.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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=== Answered Questions ===<br />
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* What will become of the other mutineers (Racetrack, Narcho, Seelix, etc)? Will Adama follow through with his promise of "no forgiveness"? ([[Deadlock|Answer]])<br />
* Who will take over Gaeta's duties? ([[Deadlock|Answer]])<br />
* What repercussions will the Quorum's assassination have on the Fleet? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
* What is the significance of the damage Tyrol discovers in the engine room? Has it been there long, or is it a result of the improper shut down of the FTL drive? Do other areas of the ship show similar signs of damage? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
* In the [[Miniseries]], Colonel Tigh tells Lt. Gaeta to "spin up FTL drives 1 and 2". Why did Tyrol's deactivation of one FTL drive stop Gaeta from ordering the other's use? Is the other FTL drive still functional?<br />
** Answer: The ship needs both FTL drives to make a proper jump, and Tyrol pulled the [[sync coil]] between the two.<br />
* Will Anders survive his injuries? Were Starbuck and Lampkin even successful in getting him to sickbay? ([[No Exit|Partial Answer]])<br />
* Will Helo survive his injuries? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Answer]])<br />
* How will Baltar's new-found sense of responsibility toward his flock change his behavior? ([[Deadlock|Possible Answer]])<br />
* Will the Cylons' assistance of, and subordination to, President Roslin (and/or Colonial political leaders' fears of being associated with the failed coup d'état) secure them the citizenship and Quorum representation they seek? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer]])<br />
* With Zarek dead and Lee Adama being the only surviving member of the Quorum (or one of the few surviving members, considering that two regular delegates were replaced by stand-ins), will he become the new Vice President? ([[No Exit|Possible Answer]])<br />
* Are ''Galactica'''s computers now networked? ([[Daybreak, Part I|Answer]])<br />
* With most of the Quorum dead, will Roslin and Adama use the attempted mutiny as a basis to declare martial law? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
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=== Unanswered Questions ===<br />
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* Will Kelly be allowed to resume his duties on ''Galactica''?<br />
* Is the same structural deficiency present near the other FTL drive?<br />
* Will the rebel Cylons become less trusting of the humans as a result of this mutiny? Or will they be more inclined to trust certain humans, such as Roslin, since she managed to convince them to stay and follow her leadership? <br />
* What was that device Roslin and Leoben were using to communicate with the rest of the Fleet?<br />
* Why was Lee Adama - as opposed to Roslin - present at Zarek and Gaeta's execution?<br />
* What will be done to the 25 ships who did not obey Roslin's order to power down their FTL drives?<br />
* Will the FTL upgrades proceed once order has been brought back completely?<br />
* Will there be a faction that will attempt to portray Zarek or Gaeta as martyrs?<br />
* Do the Articles of Colonization include pre-approval language for the joining of the fabled "13th Tribe", now known to be Cylons? Such is often the case of comparable federation constitutions; the United States' former [[wikipedia:Articles of Confederation|Articles of Confederation]] included such language with respect to "Canada" (meaning Ontario) and Bermuda.<br />
* Were Gaeta and Zarek given trials?<br />
* How much time passed between the mutiny and the execution?<br />
* Did Zarek subsequently target the absent members of the Quorum for assassination? Do any of them, other than Lee, live through the mutiny?<br />
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== Character Development ==<br />
*''In the [[Miniseries]] (in the teaser) the first time we see Lt. Felix Gaeta and then-Commander Adama, Gaeta was handing him routine reports-and also unknown to them the first indications of trouble-while he was practicing his public address on the occasion of ''Galactica'''s-and his-retirement. It is of note considering what we now know of what the unimaginable future had for them:'' <br />
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:'''Gaeta''': Morning, sir. (hands him messages) Com traffic from the midwatch.<br />
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:'''Adama:''' Morning. (re: messages) Anything interesting?<br />
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:'''Gaeta:''' Mostly housekeeping. Oh, there is one odd message we were copied on. (shows him the message) The one from Fleet headquarters. Courier officer's overdue coming back from Armistice station.<br />
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:'''Adama:''' Hm.<br />
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:'''Gaeta:''' They're asking for a status report on all FTL capable ships in case they need someone to jump out there tomorrow and see if his ship's had a mechanical problem.<br />
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:'''Adama:''' I think we're a little busy tomorrow, Mr. Gaeta. What do you think?<br />
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:'''Gaeta:''' (grins) Yes, sir. And may I also take this opportunity to say it's been both a pleasure and an honor to serve under you these past three years.<br />
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:'''Adama:''' It's been my honor, good luck on your next assignment.<br />
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*It's also interesting to note that the first time Roslin meets a Number Two, he is trying to sabotage the fleet and she has him executed ([[Flesh and Bone]]); in this episode she and a Number Two are seen cooperating and sharing a friendly moment. It may have even been the same Number Two, as Leoben is still alive and has been prominent among the rebels.<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
*[http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/02/battlestar-galactica-gaeta-blood-scales-angeli.html Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune interviews Michael Angeli about the episode:], The Six who sleeps with Baltar on the baseship is named [[Number Six#Lida|Lida]].<br />
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* ''[[Richard Hatch]] discusses his desire for a [[Tom Zarek]] interview prior to Zarek's execution:''<br />
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: I actually want to do the final Tom Zarek interview before he gets blown out the airlock, which they didn’t show, on the show. They had [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] talk to [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]], but you never got to see what Zarek was feeling. And I always wanted to do the final Zarek interview, you know, a little bit like the [[w:David Frost|David Frost]] interview with [[w:Richard Nixon|[Richard] Nixon]], where you could understand a little more deeply where he was coming from.<br />
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: I always wanted to go into that, just because I always felt that some people missed the point. They took sides, on who they liked more, as opposed to seeing what was really happening there. And art is not just about entertainment, not about taking sides; it’s about challenging your thinking, seeing things outside the box and expanding your mind, and seeing things from a larger viewpoint.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://geeksdreamgirl.com/2009/08/13/j-interviews-richard-hatch-part-2/|title=J Interviews Richard Hatch Part II|date=13 August 2009|accessdate=14 August 2009|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*'''''Tom Zarek''' delivers his ultimatum to '''Laura Roslin''''':<br />
:'''Zarek''': This is Tom Zarek, President of the Twelve Colonies. It's over, Laura. Saul Tigh was killed attempting to escape. Bill Adama was tried and found guilty of his crimes. A firing squad executed him this morning. It's done, Laura. You want to think about the people of this fleet now, and surrender.<br />
:'''Roslin''': No. Not now. Not ever. Do you hear me? I will use every cannon, every bomb, every bullet, every weapon I have down to my own eyeteeth to end you. I swear it!''' ''I'm coming for all of you!'''''<br />
*'''''Felix Gaeta''' is disturbed by the sight of the slaughtered Quorum delegates:<br />
:'''Gaeta''': We--we had the truth on our side. Now . . . now . . .<br />
:'''Zarek''': The truth is told by whoever is left standing.<br />
*'''''Lee Adama''' has just thrown a grenade towards the marines guarding the Cylon Prisoners, allowing him and '''Kara Thrace''' to kill them, after which Kara takes cover and Lee looks at her both amused and pleased with himself:<br />
:'''Lee Adama''': ''walking forward and picking up the Grenade'' I never pulled the pin.<br />
:'''Kara Thrace''': Ok, that is not funny.<br />
:'''Lee Adama''': It would have been if you had thought of it.<br />
:'''Kara Thrace''': No, still not funny.<br />
*'''''Laura Roslin''''' broadcasting to the fleet:<br />
:'''Roslin''': This is President Laura Roslin speaking from the Cylon baseship. Felix Gaeta has seized ''Galactica'' by force. The Cylons were defending themselves. They will not harm you. I repeat, the Cylons will not harm you. I am asking all ships' captains not to jump. Do not jump! Shut down your FTL drives!<br />
*'''''Felix Gaeta''' is about to be executed for his crimes:<br />
:'''Gaeta''': (referring to the pain from his lost leg) It stopped.<br />
*'''''Gaeta''' pours himself and Baltar a cup of what looks like Admiral Adama's coffee and Baltar looks at it confused:<br />
:'''Gaeta''': Spoils of war.<br />
*'''''Adama''' regains control of CIC and captures '''Gaeta''' and '''Zarek''':<br />
:'''Adama''': ''(to a CIC crewmember)'' Connect me with the President.<br />
:'''Crewmember''': Right away Admiral.<br />
:''(Adama puts down his gun and picks up the phone)''<br />
:'''Adama''': Madam President, this is the Admiral! Stand down! I repeat ''Galactica'' secure, stand down!<br />
:''(Roslin, Baltar and the Cylons are clearly relieved with Roslin and an Eight even crying)''<br />
:'''Roslin''': ''(tearfully)'' Bill!<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
* [[Mark Sheppard]] as [[Romo Lampkin]]<br />
* [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
* [[Sebastian Spence]] as Lieutenant [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]]<br />
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
* [[Jennifer Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]]<br />
* [[Ty Olsson]] as Captain [[Aaron Kelly]]<br />
* [[Derek Delost]] as Specialist [[Vireem]]<br />
* [[Mike Dopud]] as Specialist [[Gage]]<br />
* [[Colin Corrigan]] as Sergeant [[Allan Nowart]]<br />
* [[Alexandra Thomas]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br />
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]] / [[Leoben Conoy]]<br />
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
* [[Andrew McIlroy]] as [[Jacob Cantrell]]<br />
* [[Marilyn Norry]] as [[Reza Chronides]]<br />
* [[Judith Maxie]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Picon Delegate|Picon Delegate]]<br />
* [[Iris Paluly]] as Speaking Delegate [[Dahlia]]<br />
* [[Veena Sood]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Quorum Delegate|Quorum Delegate]]<br />
* [[Adrian Holmes]] as Marine [[Parr]]<br />
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==Overview==<br />
:''The opposition to the alliance with the rebel Cylons reaches its zenith, [[Felix Gaeta]] leads a mutiny aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and frees [[Tom Zarek]] from incarceration in ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> brig.''<br />
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==Summary==<br />
===Teaser===<br />
* In Admiral [[William Adama|Adama's]] quarters, the admiral offers the entering [[Saul Tigh]] a cup of algae-ground coffee, which Tigh refuses. Tigh reports that civilian captains are refusing to allow the rebel [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] to refit their [[FTL|jump]] drives for longer range.<br />
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* As Tigh continues his report, [[Laura Roslin]] enters from the admiral's private head, dressed only in a bathrobe and carrying a book. Her smile seems to indicate her enjoyment of Tigh's mild shock at her candid appearance and its implications.<br />
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* Gathering his composure, Tigh continues. The [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet's]] attitude toward all Cylons ([[Final Five|Tigh included]]) would make it challenging for Tigh to solve the problem. Adama agrees.<br />
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* [[Felix Gaeta]] arrives at [[Tom Zarek]]'s cell in the [[brig]], accompanied by several [[marines]] and other crew. A crewman informs Gaeta that [[Narcho]] and Private Paley have secured a [[small arms locker]].<br />
* Gaeta and Zarek talk about how to keep the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] from reacting badly to their plans, particularly [[Lee Adama]]. Gaeta advises Zarek to push Representative Adama's buttons, since he's "good at that."<br />
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* In the admiral's quarters, Roslin discusses the Fleet's issues [[A Disquiet Follows My Soul|for the first time in days]]. She and Adama both agree that the alliance with the rebel Cylons, and general amnesty they were given is not working, and that Lee Adama may not be able to convince the quorum otherwise. Roslin has to force herself to stop talking about the Fleet's problems, and the two say goodbye with affectionate small talk about having dinner ready for Adama when he returns from his shift.<br />
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* Gaeta's team escorts Zarek to the [[hangar deck]]. When [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] sees them, she yells out, pretending that her [[Raptor]] has a serious fuel leak. This effectively clears most of the deck's occupants out, but [[Jeanne]] lingers unseen in the upper gangway above the deck, and observes everything.<br />
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* As Racetrack tells Gaeta that she's disabled the Raptor's transponder, Deck Chief [[Peter Laird]] steps in, questioning the authorization for the Raptor's departure. When Laird is not dissuaded from calling [[CIC]] to verify the ship's use, Zarek quietly picks up a wrench and strikes Laird on the skull, killing him. Jeanne swiftly runs from the gangway, having witnessed the murder.<br />
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* When Gaeta reacts in shock to Zarek's action, the Vice President tells Gaeta not to hold on to some "operatic ideal" of how his "revolution" must be handled; any hesitation could jeopardize their plans.<br />
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===Act 1===<br />
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* In [[CIC]], [[Hoshi]] notes a ship launch that he can't authenticate in the flight log--and [[DRADIS]] does not show any [[IFF|transponder ID]]. Gaeta, taking his place at his station, stalls Hoshi, advising him to look at other logs from the flight deck.<br />
* When Tigh tells Adama quietly that he has had had [[Nowart]] gather marines for further action to compel other civliian ships to comply, Adama warns that doing the same thing as was done with the ''[[Hitei Kan]]'' a few days prior would likely destroy the likelihood of anyone in the Fleet supporting the fragile Cylon alliance.<br />
* Hoshi continues to try to verify the flying contact as Gaeta tries to stall.<br />
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* On ''[[Colonial One]]'' as Lee Adama tries to placate an agitated Quorum, Zarek returns, to everyone's shock.<br />
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* [[Diana Seelix]] meets with [[Samuel Anders]] in one of the officer's quarters. She slyly talks about her attraction to him as other crew sneak up, blindfold and savagely beat him.<br />
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* As Adama hands Private [[Jaffee]] a log to file, Hoshi reports of a fire near the ship's [[wireless]] antenna array. As Adama gives orders for damage control teams to handle the issue, Gaeta warns that the "fire" might not be an accident. Adama agrees and orders [[marines]] to accompany the DC teams.<br />
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* In another officer's quarters, [[Kara Thrace]] teases [[Brendan Costanza]] about his new [[Nicholas Tyrol|fatherhood]], commenting how her decision of his pilot nickname of "Hotdog" was an apt one. Costanza angrily replies that Thrace has "[[frak]]ked half the Fleet" and has nothing to show for her similar indiscretions. Thrace throws her bowl of food as Costanza leaves.<br />
* A split second later evacuation alarms ring out. When Thrace steps out to ask Narcho why he, a pilot, is handling damage control, Narcho nastily spurns her senior rank: "Nobody even knows [[The Destiny|what you are]] anymore."<br />
* When Thrace sees a mix of marines and other civilians heading in the opposite direction, she follows them on gut reaction.<br />
* Thrace sees the people break into a small arms locker, arming themselves, with [[Charlie Connor]] issuing orders to both military and civilian personnel. She runs back to her quarters grabs her sidearm and ammo and calls CIC. Gaeta ignores her warning of the break-in. Thrace quickly deduces what's going on.<br />
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* On ''Colonial One'', Lee Adama also tries to call his father regarding Zarek's release, but Gaeta blocks Adama's attempt to reach the admiral by claiming that the admiral is busy. Gaeta also feigns ignorance about Zarek's release. <br />
* Zarek steps in, telling Lee that the admiral released him because Zarek would not be a threat if Adama didn't recognize civilian authority. Lee believes otherwise, and leaves for ''Galactica''.<br />
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* Gaeta fakes a shipwide communications failure, including backup systems.<br />
* Lee Adama arrives on the hangar deck from his Raptor and is immediately accosted by [[Skulls]] and several others, intent on killing him as Racetrack watches on. "Where are your precious Cylons now?" Connor says as a marine points a gun to Adama's head.<br />
* A shot rings out, but not from the gun Adama stares into. Kara Thrace has shot the marine with the gun and orders Adama's release. When Skulls objects, Thrace doesn't hesitate a second to shoot Skulls in the shoulder. "I can do this all day," she warns, pulling out a second sidearm.<br />
* As Adama runs out, Thrace follows, warning the rest, "Follow me. Please," so she could have a better excuse to shoot them as well.<br />
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* As [[Sharon Agathon]] feeds her [[Hera Agathon|daughter]], [[Karl Agathon]] gets his uniform on and warns Sharon to get Hera to daycare.<br />
* Just then, the hatchway on their quarters is being jostled. Someone is trying to get in, and soon succeeds: an angry mob, led by [[Gage]], a former ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' crewman who remembers Agathon's role in the accidental death of [[Alistair Thorne]].<br />
* Gage gloats that he plans on raping Sharon Agathon later as marines beat Helo into unconsciousness.<br />
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===Act 2===<br />
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* Thrace and Lee Adama seal themselves in a dry storage locker, reviewing what's happened. "Semper frakkin' fi," Thrace hisses after checking a phone, discovering it dead. Adama is astonished how people he's trusted have turned mutinous. He realizes the hangar deck was only the beachhead to a ship-wide takeover of the ship.<br />
* Thrace passionately kisses Lee and tells him she hasn't felt this alive in weeks. They leave to work out what to do, gather people who will help. They try to make their way to [[CIC]]. As they move through the corridors of the ship, they hear gunfire and screams in the distance.<br />
* They pass by several unidentified bodies as well as groups of huddled civilians trying to stay out of the crossfire. A marine pursues a group of armed civilians and exchanges gunfire with them. The duo encounter an unidentified crewman with a pistol who yields to them, suggesting that he is an ally, then continues on.<br />
* CIC is in confusion as Gaeta continues to throw false report after report, keeping Tigh and the admiral off-base.<br />
* The Agathons are thrown in the Cylon brig along with [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Samuel Anders]]. Caprica-Six warns that this is a start to eradicating the Cylons, especially their children. Athena reassures her that they'll be kept alive for now as bargaining chips against the rebel baseship.<br />
* As Jaffee returns to report that the array's damage was faked, Gaeta initiates the final phase of the takeover, calling in several marines who are part of the mutiny, who encircle Adama and the startled CIC staff. A handful of marines who are not involved remain in the room as well. When one of Gaeta's marines signals as though he is about to shoot the Admiral, Jaffee takes the bullet for him, receiving a fatal wound in the process.<br />
* A firefight ensues, and several marines are killed, including those who are not involved in the mutiny. Gaeta orders his men to cease fire, then orders Adama and his staff to stand down, which the admiral reluctantly agrees to do, despite Tigh's anger.<br />
* Gaeta tells Adama that he is removing him from command of ''Galactica'' on the charge of treason. <br />
* Adama accuses Gaeta of betraying his oath and uniform, while Gaeta retorts that the admiral has done that himself by allying with the Cylons.<br />
* Adama angrily warns that, unlike in times past, there will be no forgiveness or amnesty for this takeover.<br />
* Gaeta orders the marines to arrest Adama, Tigh, and the senior staff and to place them in a holding cell.<br />
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===Act 3===<br />
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* Kara Thrace and Lee Adama make it to the admiral's quarters, finding Laura Roslin there, telling her of the uprising, the communications blackout and that Zarek is in control on ''Colonial One.''<br />
* Roslin has had enough; she puts on her coat and leads them all out, knowing of one way to get a message out over wireless.<br />
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* Gaeta, now commanding CIC, orders [[Redwing]] and his marine team to secure the engine room. Specialist Gage now sits in Gaeta's old station.<br />
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* Surrounded by [[Cult of Baltar|his followers]], [[Gaius Baltar]] wishes his group well as he prepares to leave, believing that the uprising will come to get him as well. [[Galen Tyrol]] confirms Jeanne's fears to Baltar.<br />
* As Roslin, Thrace and Lee Adama arrive, Tyrol briefs them. Using secured wireless handhelds, Tyrol has learned that the admiral is in custody. He tells him that he's in control of an airlock that could be used to get Adama off the ship. When Lee asks why Tyrol is doing this, Tyrol tells him that the "[[The Old Man|old man]]" deserves a better fate.<br />
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* Tigh and Adama begin speaking to their two marine escorts, Nowart and Maldonaldo. Adama challenges Nowart to shoot him and questions whether Nowart has "got a pair." The distraction works. Tigh and Adama manage to turn the tables, Adama shooting Maldonado and taking Nowart prisoner.<br />
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* Roslin and Baltar talk. She knows that Baltar's pirate wireless transmitter that he's used to communicate to his followers throughout the Fleet could be used to warn others in the Fleet as well.<br />
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* Adama and Tigh watch Connor give orders to other mutineers. Nowart tells them that he was ordered to take them all to the brig. They head there.<br />
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* CIC communications are being besieged by confused voices from other Fleet captains as Laura Roslin's voice begins to talk to the Fleet, telling them all, including the Quorum, of the uprising, pleading all to follow the rightful authorities. Gage is unable to stop the pirate signal until Gaeta gets to the station to jam it. But now the Fleet's comm chatter worsens, asking for more information from Roslin and what is happening on the battlestar.<br />
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* Lee and Thrace meet up with Adama and Tigh in the brig. Thrace angrily reacts to Nowart's presence as Adama tells him to leave. Thrace shoots at Nowart's way, warning the admiral that they are not his men anymore.<br />
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===Act 4===<br />
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* In the secondary storage airlock, Roslin and Baltar talk about Gaeta and his duplicitous nature.<br />
* As Adama and team make their way there, Baltar takes a moment to try to get Gaeta to stop his takeover. He reminds him of their failings on [[New Caprica]], suggesting that Gaeta was complicit with the Cylon occupation. Gaeta closes the channel.<br />
* A Raptor is heading towards ''Galactica'' from the [[Rebel Basestar|Cylon baseship]], but Gaeta realizes the craft isn't heading for the hangar deck.<br />
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* The Raptor docks in the bay, piloted by an [[Number Eight|Eight]]. Roslin and Adama greet each other and kiss, causing Lee and Thrace to look at each other in surprise. Tyrol's men get word of marines heading their way.<br />
* Baltar and Roslin board the Raptor, but the admiral orders Tyrol to get Lee and Thrace out and back to his secured area. He and Tigh choose to stay behind to ensure that the Raptor gets away.<br />
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* Gaeta orders the [[CAP]] to intercept and destroy the escaping Raptor as the episode ends.<br />
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* The marines, led by [[Aaron Kelly]], use welding torches to cut through the airlock locks and open the door slightly. Adama returns fire. "It's been an honor to serve with you, my friend," Adama tells Tigh, as marines throw a flash grenade through the doors.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*In the previous episode, it was said that two marines were killed by the rebellious crew of the tylium ship. Yet in this episode, the survivor count is down by just one - accounting for Laird's death prior to the opening sequence. This can be explained by births in the fleet.<br />
*There is a slight discrepancy in the on-screen time codes. Lee Adama is shown landing on Galactica at 0902. A few minutes later, after Starbuck rescues him from the flight deck and they take a moment to regroup in a secure area, the time again is listed as 0902.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*Quite a few people have sided with Zarek and Gaeta. These include pilots [[Noel Allison|Narcho]], [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]], [[Hamish McCall|Skulls]], [[Paolo McKay|Redwing]] and [[Diana Seelix]], marines [[Maldonaldo]] and [[Allan Nowart|Nowart]], specialists [[Vireem]] and [[Gage]], Captain [[Aaron Kelly]], and civilian [[Charlie Connor]]. In this episode, Maldonaldo is killed by Adama, Skulls is shot and wounded by Kara Thrace, and Nowart is captured and later released by Adama.<br />
*The Adama/Roslin loyalists include [[Saul Tigh]], [[Lee Adama]], [[Kara Thrace]], [[Galen Tyrol]], [[Helo]], [[Athena]], and [[Hoshi]]. [[Gaius Baltar]] has also sided with Roslin out of self-preservation. By the end of the episode, the only known characters on ''Galactica'' capable of retaking the ship are Lee Adama, Kara Thrace, and Galen Tyrol. Roslin and Baltar have fled ''Galactica'', Admiral Adama and Saul Tigh are cornered, and Helo, Athena and Hoshi were captured before they even knew what was happening.<br />
*Among those whose status is unclear is [[Hot Dog]], who is flying a patrol as the mutiny erupts, and Doctor [[Cottle]], who is not seen. Also not seen is [[Tory Foster]].<br />
*In the previous episode, [[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]], Gaeta begrudgingly berates Kara Thrace for her role in his would-have-been execution at the hands of the circle, along with two other [[The Circle|Circle]] members who have since been revealed to be Cylons. However, this is clearly an act, as both of the remaining living Circle members, [[Diana Seelix]] and [[Charlie Connor]] ([[Jean Barolay]] was killed some time ago), are part of his mutiny, not to mention Tom Zarek was the man who instituted the Circle in the first place (though Gaeta may not know that detail).<br />
*The mutiny seems to have revitalized Kara Thrace and Laura Roslin. Thrace is the first one to organize any form of resistance against the mutineers. Roslin has openly addressed the Fleet for the first time since the discovery of Earth.<br />
*The mutiny has given Kara Thrace a new purpose in life as well as something to distract her from her inner demons. She throws herself into battle without hesitation or regard for her own safety. She has also assumed a cold and single-minded attitude as evidenced by her attempts to gun down an unarmed Nowart.<br />
*Despite forming a partnership to overthrow Adama, Zarek and Gaeta clearly have differing ideas of how to go about dealing with their opponents. The brutal killing of Laird is but one example of how Zarek is willing to go to much more extreme lengths than Gaeta, who seems to want the coup to succeed without excessive bloodshed. Zarek also lets slip that he disapproves of Gaeta arresting the senior staff of ''Galactica'' rather than just executing them. It remains to be seen how far this rift will widen.<br />
*Gaeta appears to want the removal of Adama without recourse to too much violence, as shown by his attempt to stop the gunfire in CIC and his refusal to execute Adama and the senior staff on the spot. Nevertheless Gaeta has clearly mentally and morally committed himself to the mutiny to the point where he eventually orders the shooting down of the Raptor carrying Roslin to the Basestar (although he does not know who is aboard).<br />
*It does not seem essential in the end for Tigh and Adama to stay in the storage bay while the marines break down the door, as the Raptor is clear before the marines make it through. It is possible that Adama would have remained anyway, refusing to abandon his ship.<br />
* Adama's final words to his XO show how he still holds Saul Tigh in high regard as his friend, regardless of his revealed Cylon nature. He also expresses pleasure in seeing Galen Tyrol in the storage bay when Adama first arrives.<br />
* "It's been an honor serving with you," appears to be Adama's preferred final words; he stated the same when he believed his and his crew's deaths were imminent in "Exodus part 2".<br />
*Lee Adama's sharp comments to Tigh shows the hard line toward the Cylons still held by the younger Adama, which has been displayed in earlier episodes such as "[[A Measure of Salvation]]" when he proposed a genocidal biological attack on the Cylons. Despite this Lee tempers his feelings with his pragmatic attitude to the Cylon alliance alongside his loyalty to Roslin and his father, noting that it is all they have left to survive. However, despite this, he expresses gratitude and no hostility to Galen Tyrol when he gives Lee and Roslin the news of the Admiral being transported to the brig and offers to get the Admiral off the ship.<br />
*Baltar attempts to blackmail Gaeta into abandoning the mutiny by reminding him of his knowledge of Gaeta's complicity in the deaths of Resistance members on [[New Caprica]]. Ironically in a broad manner, they were victims of similar circumstances. Both were victims of duplicitous Cylon females who using sexual affection were able to get them to pass them sensitive secret information and use it against humanity. In the case of Baltar, he gave [[Caprica Six]] the back door codes to the Colonial defense systems allowing the Cylons to shut it down, resulting in the deaths of billions of people. In the case of Gaeta, he gave the names of Resistance members to an [[Eight]] he was having an affair with and who he believed was aiding the humans. In reality, she was responsible for the deaths of many of those on the list he gave her to help. The two main differences between the two situations are that Baltar didn't know Caprica Six was a Cylon while Gaeta did and Baltar's mistake resulted in billions dying instead of the relative few in Gaeta's case.<br />
*No one referenced Felix Gaeta's being complicit in the [[Karl Agathon]]-led mutiny on the ''[[Demetrius]]'', the ship Admiral Adama gave Kara Thrace to command to find an alternative route to Earth. Everyone seemed surprised that Gaeta would mutiny and lead a rebellion against the Admiral. President Roslin said to Baltar "who would have thought" that it would be Gaeta? This would seem to indicate that certainly Roslin and Baltar, and very likely Adama, Tigh and others who weren't aboard the ''Demetrius'', do not know of the incident. It would also indicate that the crew of the ''Demetrius'' - including those who opposed Agathon and Gaeta, like Kara Thrace and Samuel Anders - thought it was in their self-interest to keep the incident to themselves.<br />
*It has been argued that Gaeta had also committed mutiny before when aiding Roslin's escape from ''Galactica'' when it was commanded by Colonel Tigh during "[[Resistance]]". However, since the Colonial government seems to be much like the real world US government and other democracies it is highly likely that the actions of then Commander Adama in seizing control of the civilian government was the mutinous act and Gaeta and Lee Adama acted in ''defiance'' of a mutiny, which is actually the lawful thing to do. <br />
*"Semper Fidelis" is the motto of the United States Marine Corps. It is a Latin phrase meaning "always faithful." Kara Thrace's disgusted paraphrase of it after she had witnessed marines breaking faith with Adama suggests that the Colonial Marine Corps may have adopted the same motto.<br />
*This mutiny seems to highlight Admiral Adama's incomplete assimilation of the Pegasus crew with his own as a majority of the mutineers are from the Pegasus camp. Adama has been long credited to create a loyalty amongst his crew, but it appears to have taken little hold amongst those from Admiral Cain's camp, despite being together for over 2 years. Old resentments and bitter feuds are finally revealed again during this mutiny, such as Gage's revenge on the Agathons.<br />
*Ironically, Baltar, who had asked the question of whether the leaders of the Fleet will ever be anyone without the name Adama or Roslin, has sided with the Adamas and Roslin out of his need for self-preservation.<br />
*Gaeta does not seem to have a large number of ''Galactica's'' senior staff on his side during the mutiny, lines of dialogue in the episode indicate the senior staff are in fact being taken into custody, suggesting the mutiny is more of an uprising of the "lower classes" . Notably Gaeta also relies heavily on civilian support to achieve his goals. Certainly none of the major characters in the show who are senior officers support Gaeta.<br />
*Racetrack is perhaps the most surprising member of Gaeta's mutiny. Although she did previously participate in Lee Adama and Roslin's escape from ''Galactica'' in "[[Resistance]]", she has always displayed an unwavering loyalty to Adama (technically speaking, Tigh was commanding ''Galactica'' in "[[Resistance]]"). While her general participation in the mutiny can be explained by her natural hatred for the Cylons, her willingness to lead Lee Adama into a possibly fatal trap was highly uncharacteristic. It is possible she thought Lee Adama would only be taken prisoner upon arrival. <br />
*Given Gaeta's comment to Zarek that he should control Lee Adama's dissenting voice in the Quorum by "pushing his buttons" it seems unlikely that Gaeta would have then ordered Lee Adama executed upon returning to the ship. The actions of Connor and Skulls and the marine guard were possibly a spontaneous reaction to Lee's role in defending Baltar and supporting his father. It is unknown if Zarek gave the order to have the younger Adama killed.<br />
*Gaeta's opposition to allowing the Cylons to network the Fleet's ships is somewhat ironic given that he was the one who suggested networking ''Galactica'''s computer systems in "[[Scattered]]".<br />
*The survivor count notes Laird's death in the pre-title sequence. The Colonial One whiteboard that tracks the number is seen later in the episode and still reads 39,644 due to the fact Laird's death isn't known to anyone who would have changed it. The deaths of the two marines in the Hitei Kan mutiny in the previous episode may not have been counted.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
*What will happen to Adama and Tigh? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Where are Kara Thrace, Lee Adama, and Galen Tyrol heading off to? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*How much impact has Roslin's speech had on the Fleet?<br />
*Will Zarek get the rest of the Fleet to fall in line? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Just how far is Gaeta willing to go to rid the Fleet of the Cylons?<br />
*How will the rebel Cylons react to the uprising? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Will Roslin enlist the aid of the rebel Cylons to bring down Zarek? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Where do other crew members such as Hot Dog and Doc Cottle stand? ([[Blood on the Scales|Partial Answer]])<br />
*Were Gaeta's men actually planning to execute Lee Adama? <br />
*What are Racetrack and Skulls' personal motivations for joining Gaeta? <br />
*Where did Nowart flee to?<br />
*Will any of the mutineers switch sides? What about the loyalists? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*What other loyalists besides Lee Adama and Kara Thrace remain at large on ''Galactica''?<br />
*Will Skulls survive his injuries? ([[Daybreak, Part I|Answer]])<br />
*What was Thrace reading before the alarm was sounded?<br />
*Will Gaeta take advantage of the mutiny to seek personal vengeance against Tigh, Anders, Thrace and Baltar?<br />
*Will Hotdog realize what has happened on ''Galactica'' and attempt to prevent Narcho from shooting down Roslin's Raptor? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Will Specialist Gage follow through with his promise to sexually assault Sharon Agathon? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Will massive military executions proceed following the final result of Gaeta's mutiny?<br />
*Does the fact that Jeanne was working on the hangar deck indicate that her press pass seen in [[Crossroads, Part I]] was counterfeit?<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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* ''[[Richard Hatch]] discusses [[Tom Zarek]] and [[Felix Gaeta]]'s motivations in this episode and mutiny arc:''<br />
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: How it’s aspected – I totally agree. Zarek had every reason to be pissed off and angry at what <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] and [[William Adama|Adama]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> were doing – they wanted to operate without accountability because they believed they had all the answers, or they believed they had better answers than anyone else.<br />
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: It’s ego, it’s self-serving, but the way the show is aspected, it makes us care and support them more than the Zarek character because we don’t get the context or back story for Zarek, to understand where he’s coming from. We have to surmise where he’s coming from, and in most instances, people would buy into what Adama said or Roslin said, as opposed to actually making up their own mind about Zarek.<br />
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: There were two valid points about letting the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] on board, and remember, the audience has the benefit of the overview whereas the characters are only seeing a limited part of the story. You [the viewer] get to see it from all angles, watching every character, so you’re making a decision on what’s right or not based on your knowledge.<br />
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: Zarek and Gaeta can only go by what they’ve experienced in the past, what they’ve seen. And in reality, the Cylons are so unpredictable, and they’re programmed in such a way, that how in the world can you ever trust anybody that’s [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|killed millions of people]]? If you’re a released [[Centurion (RDM)|Cylon drone warrior]] who’s been programmed to kill, with all of the power and technology that they have on [[basestar (RDM)|the ship]]… They could very easily have decided to wipe out the humans. The writers could have just as easily gone the other way, where you kill Gaeta and Zarek, and at the end of the show the Cylons turn on the humans. And then you would’ve gone, “Oh my God! We hated Zarek and Gaeta and what they did… but they were right!”<br />
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: But anyway, the point is that ''Battlestar'' has never been simple and obvious. It’s something that forces you to think and philosophize and really challenge your own thinking, because there is a tendency in all of us to take sides. And we took sides even when Roslin and Adama were doing the wrong thing. To tell you the truth, had they done that within our own human society, we would’ve turned on them. But because it was a show, we were willing to suspend disbelief, even though they were doing things that really are such a huge violation of our Constitution.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://geeksdreamgirl.com/2009/08/13/j-interviews-richard-hatch-part-2/|title=J Interviews Richard Hatch Part II|date=13 August 2009|accessdate=14 August 2009|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*'''''Admiral Adama''' after the death of Jaffee and having been relieved of command:''<br />
: "'''I want you all to understand this!''' If you do this, there will be no forgiveness. No amnesty. [[Jaffee|This boy]] died honoring his uniform. You, you'll die with nothing."<br />
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*'''''President Roslin''' addressing the fleet:''<br />
: "Women and men of the fleet. This is your president. We have come to a crossroads in our long and painful journey. Of all the decisions that I have had to make since assuming the presidency, none was more frightening or more difficult than agreeing to this alliance with the Cylons. But we have come to a crossroads in our long and painful journey. Cylons and humans have been at war for generations; we know nothing else. And we have been locked in a struggle that has seen both sides suffer unspeakable loss. But with our supplies running low and our options limited, our former enemies may represent our last, perhaps our only hope. To those in the fleet and in Galactica who would reject this alliance, I am asking you. No, I am begging you to reconsider and place your trust back in those who have brought you this far, and to reject those traitors who would use your fear of the Cylons to destroy Colonial civilization a..."<br />
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*'''''Kara Thrace''':''<br />
:"Semper frakkin' fi!"<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
* [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]<br />
* [[Sebastian Spence]] as Lieutenant [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]]<br />
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
* [[Colin Lawrence]] as Lieutenant [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]<br />
* [[Jennifer Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]]<br />
* [[Ty Olsson]] as Captain [[Aaron Kelly]]<br />
* [[Vincent Gale]] as Chief [[Peter Laird]]<br />
* [[Colin Corrigan]] as Sergeant [[Allan Nowart]]<br />
* [[Craig Veroni]] as Sergeant [[Maldonaldo]]<br />
* [[Michael Leisen]] as Private [[Stewart Jaffee]]<br />
* [[Derek Delost]] as Specialist [[Vireem]]<br />
* [[Mike Dopud]] as Specialist [[Gage]]<br />
* [[Ryan Robbins]] as [[Charlie Connor]]<br />
* [[Alexandra Thomas]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br />
* [[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as [[Jeanne]]<br />
* [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]<br />
* [[Andrew McIlroy]] as [[Jacob Cantrell]]<br />
* [[Marilyn Norry]] as [[Reza Chronides]]<br />
* [[Judith Maxie]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Picon Delegate|Picon Delegate]]<br />
* [[Iris Paluly]] as Speaking Delegate [[Dahlia]]<br />
* [[Veena Sood]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Quorum Delegate|Quorum Delegate]]<br />
* [[Alain Chanoine]] as Marine Reb<br />
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| title= The Oath<br />
| season= 4<br />
| episode=13<br />
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| writer= [[Mark Verheiden]]<br />
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| director= [[John Dahl]]<br />
| production=415<br />
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| US airdate=January 30, 2009 <ref>http://tv.ign.com/articles/920/920164p1.html</ref><br />
| CAN airdate=January 30, 2009<br />
| UK airdate=February 3, 2009<br />
| dvd={{flag|US|notext=Y}} {{Season 4.5 NTSC DVD release date}}<br />
| podcast=Y<br />
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==Overview==<br />
:''The opposition to the alliance with the rebel Cylons reaches its zenith, [[Felix Gaeta]] leads a mutiny aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and frees [[Tom Zarek]] from incarceration in ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> brig.''<br />
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==Summary==<br />
===Teaser===<br />
* In Admiral [[William Adama|Adama's]] quarters, the admiral offers the entering [[Saul Tigh]] a cup of algae-ground coffee, which Tigh refuses. Tigh reports that civilian captains are refusing to allow the rebel [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] to refit their [[FTL|jump]] drives for longer range.<br />
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* As Tigh continues his report, [[Laura Roslin]] enters from the admiral's private head, dressed only in a bathrobe and carrying a book. Her smile seems to indicate her enjoyment of Tigh's mild shock at her candid appearance and its implications.<br />
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* Gathering his composure, Tigh continues. The [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet's]] attitude toward all Cylons ([[Final Five|Tigh included]]) would make it challenging for Tigh to solve the problem. Adama agrees.<br />
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* [[Felix Gaeta]] arrives at [[Tom Zarek]]'s cell in the [[brig]], accompanied by several [[marines]] and other crew. A crewman informs Gaeta that [[Narcho]] and Private Paley have secured a [[small arms locker]].<br />
* Gaeta and Zarek talk about how to keep the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] from reacting badly to their plans, particularly [[Lee Adama]]. Gaeta advises Zarek to push Representative Adama's buttons, since he's "good at that."<br />
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* In the admiral's quarters, Roslin discusses the Fleet's issues [[A Disquiet Follows My Soul|for the first time in days]]. She and Adama both agree that the alliance with the rebel Cylons, and general amnesty they were given is not working, and that Lee Adama may not be able to convince the quorum otherwise. Roslin has to force herself to stop talking about the Fleet's problems, and the two say goodbye with affectionate small talk about having dinner ready for Adama when he returns from his shift.<br />
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* Gaeta's team escorts Zarek to the [[hangar deck]]. When [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] sees them, she yells out, pretending that her [[Raptor]] has a serious fuel leak. This effectively clears most of the deck's occupants out, but [[Jeanne]] lingers unseen in the upper gangway above the deck, and observes everything.<br />
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* As Racetrack tells Gaeta that she's disabled the Raptor's transponder, Deck Chief [[Peter Laird]] steps in, questioning the authorization for the Raptor's departure. When Laird is not dissuaded from calling [[CIC]] to verify the ship's use, Zarek quietly picks up a wrench and strikes Laird on the skull, killing him. Jeanne swiftly runs from the gangway, having witnessed the murder.<br />
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* When Gaeta reacts in shock to Zarek's action, the Vice President tells Gaeta not to hold on to some "operatic ideal" of how his "revolution" must be handled; any hesitation could jeopardize their plans.<br />
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===Act 1===<br />
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* In [[CIC]], [[Hoshi]] notes a ship launch that he can't authenticate in the flight log--and [[DRADIS]] does not show any [[IFF|transponder ID]]. Gaeta, taking his place at his station, stalls Hoshi, advising him to look at other logs from the flight deck.<br />
* When Tigh tells Adama quietly that he has had had [[Nowart]] gather marines for further action to compel other civliian ships to comply, Adama warns that doing the same thing as was done with the ''[[Hitei Kan]]'' a few days prior would likely destroy the likelihood of anyone in the Fleet supporting the fragile Cylon alliance.<br />
* Hoshi continues to try to verify the flying contact as Gaeta tries to stall.<br />
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* On ''[[Colonial One]]'' as Lee Adama tries to placate an agitated Quorum, Zarek returns, to everyone's shock.<br />
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* [[Diana Seelix]] meets with [[Samuel Anders]] in one of the officer's quarters. She slyly talks about her attraction to him as other crew sneak up, blindfold and savagely beat him.<br />
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* As Adama hands Private [[Jaffee]] a log to file, Hoshi reports of a fire near the ship's [[wireless]] antenna array. As Adama gives orders for damage control teams to handle the issue, Gaeta warns that the "fire" might not be an accident. Adama agrees and orders [[marines]] to accompany the DC teams.<br />
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* In another officer's quarters, [[Kara Thrace]] teases [[Brendan Costanza]] about his new [[Nicholas Tyrol|fatherhood]], commenting how her decision of his pilot nickname of "Hotdog" was an apt one. Costanza angrily replies that Thrace has "[[frak]]ked half the Fleet" and has nothing to show for her similar indiscretions. Thrace throws her bowl of food as Costanza leaves.<br />
* A split second later evacuation alarms ring out. When Thrace steps out to ask Narcho why he, a pilot, is handling damage control, Narcho nastily spurns her senior rank: "Nobody even knows [[The Destiny|what you are]] anymore."<br />
* When Thrace sees a mix of marines and other civilians heading in the opposite direction, she follows them on gut reaction.<br />
* Thrace sees the people break into a small arms locker, arming themselves, with [[Charlie Connor]] issuing orders to both military and civilian personnel. She runs back to her quarters grabs her sidearm and ammo and calls CIC. Gaeta ignores her warning of the break-in. Thrace quickly deduces what's going on.<br />
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* On ''Colonial One'', Lee Adama also tries to call his father regarding Zarek's release, but Gaeta blocks Adama's attempt to reach the admiral by claiming that the admiral is busy. Gaeta also feigns ignorance about Zarek's release. <br />
* Zarek steps in, telling Lee that the admiral released him because Zarek would not be a threat if Adama didn't recognize civilian authority. Lee believes otherwise, and leaves for ''Galactica''.<br />
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* Gaeta fakes a shipwide communications failure, including backup systems.<br />
* Lee Adama arrives on the hangar deck from his Raptor and is immediately accosted by [[Skulls]] and several others, intent on killing him as Racetrack watches on. "Where are your precious Cylons now?" Connor says as a marine points a gun to Adama's head.<br />
* A shot rings out, but not from the gun Adama stares into. Kara Thrace has shot the marine with the gun and orders Adama's release. When Skulls objects, Thrace doesn't hesitate a second to shoot Skulls in the shoulder. "I can do this all day," she warns, pulling out a second sidearm.<br />
* As Adama runs out, Thrace follows, warning the rest, "Follow me. Please," so she could have a better excuse to shoot them as well.<br />
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* As [[Sharon Agathon]] feeds her [[Hera Agathon|daughter]], [[Karl Agathon]] gets his uniform on and warns Sharon to get Hera to daycare.<br />
* Just then, the hatchway on their quarters is being jostled. Someone is trying to get in, and soon succeeds: an angry mob, led by [[Gage]], a former ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' crewman who remembers Agathon's role in the accidental death of [[Alistair Thorne]].<br />
* Gage gloats that he plans on raping Sharon Agathon later as marines beat Helo into unconsciousness.<br />
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===Act 2===<br />
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* Thrace and Lee Adama seal themselves in a dry storage locker, reviewing what's happened. "Semper frakkin' fi," Thrace hisses after checking a phone, discovering it dead. Adama is astonished how people he's trusted have turned mutinous. He realizes the hangar deck was only the beachhead to a ship-wide takeover of the ship.<br />
* Thrace passionately kisses Lee and tells him she hasn't felt this alive in weeks. They leave to work out what to do, gather people who will help. They try to make their way to [[CIC]]. As they move through the corridors of the ship, they hear gunfire and screams in the distance.<br />
* They pass by several unidentified bodies as well as groups of huddled civilians trying to stay out of the crossfire. A marine pursues a group of armed civilians and exchanges gunfire with them. The duo encounter an unidentified crewman with a pistol who yields to them, suggesting that he is an ally, then continues on.<br />
* CIC is in confusion as Gaeta continues to throw false report after report, keeping Tigh and the admiral off-base.<br />
* The Agathons are thrown in the Cylon brig along with [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Samuel Anders]]. Caprica-Six warns that this is a start to eradicating the Cylons, especially their children. Athena reassures her that they'll be kept alive for now as bargaining chips against the rebel baseship.<br />
* As Jaffee returns to report that the array's damage was faked, Gaeta initiates the final phase of the takeover, calling in several marines who are part of the mutiny, who encircle Adama and the startled CIC staff. A handful of marines who are not involved remain in the room as well. When one of Gaeta's marines signals as though he is about to shoot the Admiral, Jaffee takes the bullet for him, receiving a fatal wound in the process.<br />
* A firefight ensues, and several marines are killed, including those who are not involved in the mutiny. Gaeta orders his men to cease fire, then orders Adama and his staff to stand down, which the admiral reluctantly agrees to do, despite Tigh's anger.<br />
* Gaeta tells Adama that he is removing him from command of ''Galactica'' on the charge of treason. <br />
* Adama accuses Gaeta of betraying his oath and uniform, while Gaeta retorts that the admiral has done that himself by allying with the Cylons.<br />
* Adama angrily warns that, unlike in times past, there will be no forgiveness or amnesty for this takeover.<br />
* Gaeta orders the marines to arrest Adama, Tigh, and the senior staff and to place them in a holding cell.<br />
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===Act 3===<br />
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* Kara Thrace and Lee Adama make it to the admiral's quarters, finding Laura Roslin there, telling her of the uprising, the communications blackout and that Zarek is in control on ''Colonial One.''<br />
* Roslin has had enough; she puts on her coat and leads them all out, knowing of one way to get a message out over wireless.<br />
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* Gaeta, now commanding CIC, orders [[Redwing]] and his marine team to secure the engine room. Specialist Gage now sits in Gaeta's old station.<br />
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* Surrounded by [[Cult of Baltar|his followers]], [[Gaius Baltar]] wishes his group well as he prepares to leave, believing that the uprising will come to get him as well. [[Galen Tyrol]] confirms Jeanne's fears to Baltar.<br />
* As Roslin, Thrace and Lee Adama arrive, Tyrol briefs them. Using secured wireless handhelds, Tyrol has learned that the admiral is in custody. He tells him that he's in control of an airlock that could be used to get Adama off the ship. When Lee asks why Tyrol is doing this, Tyrol tells him that the "[[The Old Man|old man]]" deserves a better fate.<br />
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* Tigh and Adama begin speaking to their two marine escorts, Nowart and Maldonaldo. Adama challenges Nowart to shoot him and questions whether Nowart has "got a pair." The distraction works. Tigh and Adama manage to turn the tables, Adama shooting Maldonado and taking Nowart prisoner.<br />
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* Roslin and Baltar talk. She knows that Baltar's pirate wireless transmitter that he's used to communicate to his followers throughout the Fleet could be used to warn others in the Fleet as well.<br />
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* Adama and Tigh watch Connor give orders to other mutineers. Nowart tells them that he was ordered to take them all to the brig. They head there.<br />
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* CIC communications are being besieged by confused voices from other Fleet captains as Laura Roslin's voice begins to talk to the Fleet, telling them all, including the Quorum, of the uprising, pleading all to follow the rightful authorities. Gage is unable to stop the pirate signal until Gaeta gets to the station to jam it. But now the Fleet's comm chatter worsens, asking for more information from Roslin and what is happening on the battlestar.<br />
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* Lee and Thrace meet up with Adama and Tigh in the brig. Thrace angrily reacts to Nowart's presence as Adama tells him to leave. Thrace shoots at Nowart's way, warning the admiral that they are not his men anymore.<br />
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===Act 4===<br />
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* In the secondary storage airlock, Roslin and Baltar talk about Gaeta and his duplicitous nature.<br />
* As Adama and team make their way there, Baltar takes a moment to try to get Gaeta to stop his takeover. He reminds him of their failings on [[New Caprica]], suggesting that Gaeta was complicit with the Cylon occupation. Gaeta closes the channel.<br />
* A Raptor is heading towards ''Galactica'' from the [[Rebel Basestar|Cylon baseship]], but Gaeta realizes the craft isn't heading for the hangar deck.<br />
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* The Raptor docks in the bay, piloted by an [[Number Eight|Eight]]. Roslin and Adama greet each other and kiss, causing Lee and Thrace to look at each other in surprise. Tyrol's men get word of marines heading their way.<br />
* Baltar and Roslin board the Raptor, but the admiral orders Tyrol to get Lee and Thrace out and back to his secured area. He and Tigh choose to stay behind to ensure that the Raptor gets away.<br />
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* Gaeta orders the [[CAP]] to intercept and destroy the escaping Raptor as the episode ends.<br />
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* The marines, led by [[Aaron Kelly]], use welding torches to cut through the airlock locks and open the door slightly. Adama returns fire. "It's been an honor to serve with you, my friend," Adama tells Tigh, as marines throw a flash grenade through the doors.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*In the previous episode, it was said that two marines were killed by the rebellious crew of the tylium ship. Yet in this episode, the survivor count is down by just one - accounting for Laird's death prior to the opening sequence. This can be explained by births in the fleet.<br />
*There is a slight discrepancy in the on-screen time codes. Lee Adama is shown landing on Galactica at 0902. A few minutes later, after Starbuck rescues him from the flight deck and they take a moment to regroup in a secure area, the time again is listed as 0902.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*Quite a few people have sided with Zarek and Gaeta. These include pilots [[Noel Allison|Narcho]], [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]], [[Hamish McCall|Skulls]], [[Paolo McKay|Redwing]] and [[Diana Seelix]], marines [[Maldonaldo]] and [[Allan Nowart|Nowart]], specialists [[Vireem]] and [[Gage]], Captain [[Aaron Kelly]], and civilian [[Charlie Connor]]. In this episode, Maldonaldo is killed by Adama, Skulls is shot and wounded by Kara Thrace, and Nowart is captured and later released by Adama.<br />
*The Adama/Roslin loyalists include [[Saul Tigh]], [[Lee Adama]], [[Kara Thrace]], [[Galen Tyrol]], [[Helo]], [[Athena]], and [[Hoshi]]. [[Gaius Baltar]] has also sided with Roslin out of self-preservation. By the end of the episode, the only known characters on ''Galactica'' capable of retaking the ship are Lee Adama, Kara Thrace, and Galen Tyrol. Roslin and Baltar have fled ''Galactica'', Admiral Adama and Saul Tigh are cornered, and Helo, Athena and Hoshi were captured before they even knew what was happening.<br />
*Among those whose status is unclear is [[Hot Dog]], who is flying a patrol as the mutiny erupts, and Doctor [[Cottle]], who is not seen. Also not seen is [[Tory Foster]].<br />
*In the previous episode, [[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]], Gaeta begrudgingly berates Kara Thrace for her role in his would-have-been execution at the hands of the circle, along with two other [[The Circle|Circle]] members who have since been revealed to be Cylons. However, this is clearly an act, as both of the remaining living Circle members, [[Diana Seelix]] and [[Charlie Connor]] ([[Jean Barolay]] was killed some time ago), are part of his mutiny, not to mention Tom Zarek was the man who instituted the Circle in the first place (though Gaeta may not know that detail).<br />
*The mutiny seems to have revitalized Kara Thrace and Laura Roslin. Thrace is the first one to organize any form of resistance against the mutineers. Roslin has openly addressed the Fleet for the first time since the discovery of Earth.<br />
*The mutiny has given Kara Thrace a new purpose in life as well as something to distract her from her inner demons. She throws herself into battle without hesitation or regard for her own safety. She has also assumed a cold and single-minded attitude as evidenced by her attempts to gun down an unarmed Nowart.<br />
*Despite forming a partnership to overthrow Adama, Zarek and Gaeta clearly have differing ideas of how to go about dealing with their opponents. The brutal killing of Laird is but one example of how Zarek is willing to go to much more extreme lengths than Gaeta, who seems to want the coup to succeed without excessive bloodshed. Zarek also lets slip that he disapproves of Gaeta arresting the senior staff of ''Galactica'' rather than just executing them. It remains to be seen how far this rift will widen.<br />
*Gaeta appears to want the removal of Adama without recourse to too much violence, as shown by his attempt to stop the gunfire in CIC and his refusal to execute Adama and the senior staff on the spot. Nevertheless Gaeta has clearly mentally and morally committed himself to the mutiny to the point where he eventually orders the shooting down of the Raptor carrying Roslin to the Basestar (although he does not know who is aboard).<br />
*It does not seem essential in the end for Tigh and Adama to stay in the storage bay while the marines break down the door, as the Raptor is clear before the marines make it through. It is possible that Adama would have remained anyway, refusing to abandon his ship.<br />
* Adama's final words to his XO show how he still holds Saul Tigh in high regard as his friend, regardless of his revealed Cylon nature. He also expresses pleasure in seeing Galen Tyrol in the Storagebay when Adama first arrives.<br />
*Lee Adama's sharp comments to Tigh shows the hard line toward the Cylons still held by the younger Adama, which has been displayed in earlier episodes such as "[[A Measure of Salvation]]" when he proposed a genocidal biological attack on the Cylons. Despite this Lee tempers his feelings with his pragmatic attitude to the Cylon alliance alongside his loyalty to Roslin and his father, noting that it is all they have left to survive. However, despite this, he expresses gratitude and no hostility to Galen Tyrol when he gives Lee and Roslin the news of the Admiral being transported to the brig and offers to get the Admiral off the ship.<br />
*Baltar attempts to blackmail Gaeta into abandoning the mutiny by reminding him of his knowledge of Gaeta's complicity in the deaths of Resistance members on [[New Caprica]]. Ironically in a broad manner, they were victims of similar circumstances. Both were victims of duplicitous Cylon females who using sexual affection were able to get them to pass them sensitive secret information and use it against humanity. In the case of Baltar, he gave [[Caprica Six]] the back door codes to the Colonial defense systems allowing the Cylons to shut it down, resulting in the deaths of billions of people. In the case of Gaeta, he gave the names of Resistance members to an [[Eight]] he was having an affair with and who he believed was aiding the humans. In reality, she was responsible for the deaths of many of those on the list he gave her to help. The two main differences between the two situations are that Baltar didn't know Caprica Six was a Cylon while Gaeta did and Baltar's mistake resulted in billions dying instead of the relative few in Gaeta's case.<br />
*No one referenced Felix Gaeta's being complicit in the [[Karl Agathon]]-led mutiny on the ''[[Demetrius]]'', the ship Admiral Adama gave Kara Thrace to command to find an alternative route to Earth. Everyone seemed surprised that Gaeta would mutiny and lead a rebellion against the Admiral. President Roslin said to Baltar "who would have thought" that it would be Gaeta? This would seem to indicate that certainly Roslin and Baltar, and very likely Adama, Tigh and others who weren't aboard the ''Demetrius'', do not know of the incident. It would also indicate that the crew of the ''Demetrius'' - including those who opposed Agathon and Gaeta, like Kara Thrace and Samuel Anders - thought it was in their self-interest to keep the incident to themselves.<br />
*It has been argued that Gaeta had also committed mutiny before when aiding Roslin's escape from ''Galactica'' when it was commanded by Colonel Tigh during "[[Resistance]]". However, since the Colonial government seems to be much like the real world US government and other democracies it is highly likely that the actions of then Commander Adama in seizing control of the civilian government was the mutinous act and Gaeta and Lee Adama acted in ''defiance'' of a mutiny, which is actually the lawful thing to do. <br />
*"Semper Fidelis" is the motto of the United States Marine Corps. It is a Latin phrase meaning "always faithful." Kara Thrace's disgusted paraphrase of it after she had witnessed marines breaking faith with Adama suggests that the Colonial Marine Corps may have adopted the same motto.<br />
*This mutiny seems to highlight Admiral Adama's incomplete assimilation of the Pegasus crew with his own as a majority of the mutineers are from the Pegasus camp. Adama has been long credited to create a loyalty amongst his crew, but it appears to have taken little hold amongst those from Admiral Cain's camp, despite being together for over 2 years. Old resentments and bitter feuds are finally revealed again during this mutiny, such as Gage's revenge on the Agathons.<br />
*Ironically, Baltar, who had asked the question of whether the leaders of the Fleet will ever be anyone without the name Adama or Roslin, has sided with the Adamas and Roslin out of his need for self-preservation.<br />
*Gaeta does not seem to have a large number of ''Galactica's'' senior staff on his side during the mutiny, lines of dialogue in the episode indicate the senior staff are in fact being taken into custody, suggesting the mutiny is more of an uprising of the "lower classes" . Notably Gaeta also relies heavily on civilian support to achieve his goals. Certainly none of the major characters in the show who are senior officers support Gaeta.<br />
*Racetrack is perhaps the most surprising member of Gaeta's mutiny. Although she did previously participate in Lee Adama and Roslin's escape from ''Galactica'' in "[[Resistance]]", she has always displayed an unwavering loyalty to Adama (technically speaking, Tigh was commanding ''Galactica'' in "[[Resistance]]"). While her general participation in the mutiny can be explained by her natural hatred for the Cylons, her willingness to lead Lee Adama into a possibly fatal trap was highly uncharacteristic. It is possible she thought Lee Adama would only be taken prisoner upon arrival. <br />
*Given Gaeta's comment to Zarek that he should control Lee Adama's dissenting voice in the Quorum by "pushing his buttons" it seems unlikely that Gaeta would have then ordered Lee Adama executed upon returning to the ship. The actions of Connor and Skulls and the marine guard were possibly a spontaneous reaction to Lee's role in defending Baltar and supporting his father. It is unknown if Zarek gave the order to have the younger Adama killed.<br />
*Gaeta's opposition to allowing the Cylons to network the Fleet's ships is somewhat ironic given that he was the one who suggested networking ''Galactica'''s computer systems in "[[Scattered]]".<br />
*The survivor count notes Laird's death in the pre-title sequence. The Colonial One whiteboard that tracks the number is seen later in the episode and still reads 39,644 due to the fact Laird's death isn't known to anyone who would have changed it. The deaths of the two marines in the Hitei Kan mutiny in the previous episode may not have been counted.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
*What will happen to Adama and Tigh? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Where are Kara Thrace, Lee Adama, and Galen Tyrol heading off to? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*How much impact has Roslin's speech had on the Fleet?<br />
*Will Zarek get the rest of the Fleet to fall in line? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Just how far is Gaeta willing to go to rid the Fleet of the Cylons?<br />
*How will the rebel Cylons react to the uprising? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Will Roslin enlist the aid of the rebel Cylons to bring down Zarek? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Where do other crew members such as Hot Dog and Doc Cottle stand? ([[Blood on the Scales|Partial Answer]])<br />
*Were Gaeta's men actually planning to execute Lee Adama? <br />
*What are Racetrack and Skulls' personal motivations for joining Gaeta? <br />
*Where did Nowart flee to?<br />
*Will any of the mutineers switch sides? What about the loyalists? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*What other loyalists besides Lee Adama and Kara Thrace remain at large on ''Galactica''?<br />
*Will Skulls survive his injuries? ([[Daybreak, Part I|Answer]])<br />
*What was Thrace reading before the alarm was sounded?<br />
*Will Gaeta take advantage of the mutiny to seek personal vengeance against Tigh, Anders, Thrace and Baltar?<br />
*Will Hotdog realize what has happened on ''Galactica'' and attempt to prevent Narcho from shooting down Roslin's Raptor? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Will Specialist Gage follow through with his promise to sexually assault Sharon Agathon? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Will massive military executions proceed following the final result of Gaeta's mutiny?<br />
*Does the fact that Jeanne was working on the hangar deck indicate that her press pass seen in [[Crossroads, Part I]] was counterfeit?<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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* ''[[Richard Hatch]] discusses [[Tom Zarek]] and [[Felix Gaeta]]'s motivations in this episode and mutiny arc:''<br />
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: How it’s aspected – I totally agree. Zarek had every reason to be pissed off and angry at what <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] and [[William Adama|Adama]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> were doing – they wanted to operate without accountability because they believed they had all the answers, or they believed they had better answers than anyone else.<br />
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: It’s ego, it’s self-serving, but the way the show is aspected, it makes us care and support them more than the Zarek character because we don’t get the context or back story for Zarek, to understand where he’s coming from. We have to surmise where he’s coming from, and in most instances, people would buy into what Adama said or Roslin said, as opposed to actually making up their own mind about Zarek.<br />
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: There were two valid points about letting the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] on board, and remember, the audience has the benefit of the overview whereas the characters are only seeing a limited part of the story. You [the viewer] get to see it from all angles, watching every character, so you’re making a decision on what’s right or not based on your knowledge.<br />
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: Zarek and Gaeta can only go by what they’ve experienced in the past, what they’ve seen. And in reality, the Cylons are so unpredictable, and they’re programmed in such a way, that how in the world can you ever trust anybody that’s [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|killed millions of people]]? If you’re a released [[Centurion (RDM)|Cylon drone warrior]] who’s been programmed to kill, with all of the power and technology that they have on [[basestar (RDM)|the ship]]… They could very easily have decided to wipe out the humans. The writers could have just as easily gone the other way, where you kill Gaeta and Zarek, and at the end of the show the Cylons turn on the humans. And then you would’ve gone, “Oh my God! We hated Zarek and Gaeta and what they did… but they were right!”<br />
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: But anyway, the point is that ''Battlestar'' has never been simple and obvious. It’s something that forces you to think and philosophize and really challenge your own thinking, because there is a tendency in all of us to take sides. And we took sides even when Roslin and Adama were doing the wrong thing. To tell you the truth, had they done that within our own human society, we would’ve turned on them. But because it was a show, we were willing to suspend disbelief, even though they were doing things that really are such a huge violation of our Constitution.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://geeksdreamgirl.com/2009/08/13/j-interviews-richard-hatch-part-2/|title=J Interviews Richard Hatch Part II|date=13 August 2009|accessdate=14 August 2009|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*'''''Admiral Adama''' after the death of Jaffee and having been relieved of command:''<br />
: "'''I want you all to understand this!''' If you do this, there will be no forgiveness. No amnesty. [[Jaffee|This boy]] died honoring his uniform. You, you'll die with nothing."<br />
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*'''''President Roslin''' addressing the fleet:''<br />
: "Women and men of the fleet. This is your president. We have come to a crossroads in our long and painful journey. Of all the decisions that I have had to make since assuming the presidency, none was more frightening or more difficult than agreeing to this alliance with the Cylons. But we have come to a crossroads in our long and painful journey. Cylons and humans have been at war for generations; we know nothing else. And we have been locked in a struggle that has seen both sides suffer unspeakable loss. But with our supplies running low and our options limited, our former enemies may represent our last, perhaps our only hope. To those in the fleet and in Galactica who would reject this alliance, I am asking you. No, I am begging you to reconsider and place your trust back in those who have brought you this far, and to reject those traitors who would use your fear of the Cylons to destroy Colonial civilization a..."<br />
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*'''''Kara Thrace''':''<br />
:"Semper frakkin' fi!"<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
* [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]<br />
* [[Sebastian Spence]] as Lieutenant [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]]<br />
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
* [[Colin Lawrence]] as Lieutenant [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]<br />
* [[Jennifer Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]]<br />
* [[Ty Olsson]] as Captain [[Aaron Kelly]]<br />
* [[Vincent Gale]] as Chief [[Peter Laird]]<br />
* [[Colin Corrigan]] as Sergeant [[Allan Nowart]]<br />
* [[Craig Veroni]] as Sergeant [[Maldonaldo]]<br />
* [[Michael Leisen]] as Private [[Stewart Jaffee]]<br />
* [[Derek Delost]] as Specialist [[Vireem]]<br />
* [[Mike Dopud]] as Specialist [[Gage]]<br />
* [[Ryan Robbins]] as [[Charlie Connor]]<br />
* [[Alexandra Thomas]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br />
* [[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as [[Jeanne]]<br />
* [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]<br />
* [[Andrew McIlroy]] as [[Jacob Cantrell]]<br />
* [[Marilyn Norry]] as [[Reza Chronides]]<br />
* [[Judith Maxie]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Picon Delegate|Picon Delegate]]<br />
* [[Iris Paluly]] as Speaking Delegate [[Dahlia]]<br />
* [[Veena Sood]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Quorum Delegate|Quorum Delegate]]<br />
* [[Alain Chanoine]] as Marine Reb<br />
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==Overview==<br />
:''The opposition to the alliance with the rebel Cylons reaches its zenith, [[Felix Gaeta]] leads a mutiny aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and frees [[Tom Zarek]] from incarceration in ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> brig.''<br />
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==Summary==<br />
===Teaser===<br />
* In Admiral [[William Adama|Adama's]] quarters, the admiral offers the entering [[Saul Tigh]] a cup of algae-ground coffee, which Tigh refuses. Tigh reports that civilian captains are refusing to allow the rebel [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] to refit their [[FTL|jump]] drives for longer range.<br />
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* As Tigh continues his report, [[Laura Roslin]] enters from the admiral's private head, dressed only in a bathrobe and carrying a book. Her smile seems to indicate her enjoyment of Tigh's mild shock at her candid appearance and its implications.<br />
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* Gathering his composure, Tigh continues. The [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet's]] attitude toward all Cylons ([[Final Five|Tigh included]]) would make it challenging for Tigh to solve the problem. Adama agrees.<br />
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* [[Felix Gaeta]] arrives at [[Tom Zarek]]'s cell in the [[brig]], accompanied by several [[marines]] and other crew. A crewman informs Gaeta that [[Narcho]] and Private Paley have secured a [[small arms locker]].<br />
* Gaeta and Zarek talk about how to keep the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] from reacting badly to their plans, particularly [[Lee Adama]]. Gaeta advises Zarek to push Representative Adama's buttons, since he's "good at that."<br />
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* In the admiral's quarters, Roslin discusses the Fleet's issues [[A Disquiet Follows My Soul|for the first time in days]]. She and Adama both agree that the alliance with the rebel Cylons, and general amnesty they were given is not working, and that Lee Adama may not be able to convince the quorum otherwise. Roslin has to force herself to stop talking about the Fleet's problems, and the two say goodbye with affectionate small talk about having dinner ready for Adama when he returns from his shift.<br />
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* Gaeta's team escorts Zarek to the [[hangar deck]]. When [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] sees them, she yells out, pretending that her [[Raptor]] has a serious fuel leak. This effectively clears most of the deck's occupants out, but [[Jeanne]] lingers unseen in the upper gangway above the deck, and observes everything.<br />
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* As Racetrack tells Gaeta that she's disabled the Raptor's transponder, Deck Chief [[Peter Laird]] steps in, questioning the authorization for the Raptor's departure. When Laird is not dissuaded from calling [[CIC]] to verify the ship's use, Zarek quietly picks up a wrench and strikes Laird on the skull, killing him. Jeanne swiftly runs from the gangway, having witnessed the murder.<br />
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* When Gaeta reacts in shock to Zarek's action, the Vice President tells Gaeta not to hold on to some "operatic ideal" of how his "revolution" must be handled; any hesitation could jeopardize their plans.<br />
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===Act 1===<br />
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* In [[CIC]], [[Hoshi]] notes a ship launch that he can't authenticate in the flight log--and [[DRADIS]] does not show any [[IFF|transponder ID]]. Gaeta, taking his place at his station, stalls Hoshi, advising him to look at other logs from the flight deck.<br />
* When Tigh tells Adama quietly that he has had had [[Nowart]] gather marines for further action to compel other civliian ships to comply, Adama warns that doing the same thing as was done with the ''[[Hitei Kan]]'' a few days prior would likely destroy the likelihood of anyone in the Fleet supporting the fragile Cylon alliance.<br />
* Hoshi continues to try to verify the flying contact as Gaeta tries to stall.<br />
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* On ''[[Colonial One]]'' as Lee Adama tries to placate an agitated Quorum, Zarek returns, to everyone's shock.<br />
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* [[Diana Seelix]] meets with [[Samuel Anders]] in one of the officer's quarters. She slyly talks about her attraction to him as other crew sneak up, blindfold and savagely beat him.<br />
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* As Adama hands Private [[Jaffee]] a log to file, Hoshi reports of a fire near the ship's [[wireless]] antenna array. As Adama gives orders for damage control teams to handle the issue, Gaeta warns that the "fire" might not be an accident. Adama agrees and orders [[marines]] to accompany the DC teams.<br />
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* In another officer's quarters, [[Kara Thrace]] teases [[Brendan Costanza]] about his new [[Nicholas Tyrol|fatherhood]], commenting how her decision of his pilot nickname of "Hotdog" was an apt one. Costanza angrily replies that Thrace has "[[frak]]ked half the Fleet" and has nothing to show for her similar indiscretions. Thrace throws her bowl of food as Costanza leaves.<br />
* A split second later evacuation alarms ring out. When Thrace steps out to ask Narcho why he, a pilot, is handling damage control, Narcho nastily spurns her senior rank: "Nobody even knows [[The Destiny|what you are]] anymore."<br />
* When Thrace sees a mix of marines and other civilians heading in the opposite direction, she follows them on gut reaction.<br />
* Thrace sees the people break into a small arms locker, arming themselves, with [[Charlie Connor]] issuing orders to both military and civilian personnel. She runs back to her quarters grabs her sidearm and ammo and calls CIC. Gaeta ignores her warning of the break-in. Thrace quickly deduces what's going on.<br />
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* On ''Colonial One'', Lee Adama also tries to call his father regarding Zarek's release, but Gaeta blocks Adama's attempt to reach the admiral by claiming that the admiral is busy. Gaeta also feigns ignorance about Zarek's release. <br />
* Zarek steps in, telling Lee that the admiral released him because Zarek would not be a threat if Adama didn't recognize civilian authority. Lee believes otherwise, and leaves for ''Galactica''.<br />
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* Gaeta fakes a shipwide communications failure, including backup systems.<br />
* Lee Adama arrives on the hangar deck from his Raptor and is immediately accosted by [[Skulls]] and several others, intent on killing him as Racetrack watches on. "Where are your precious Cylons now?" Connor says as a marine points a gun to Adama's head.<br />
* A shot rings out, but not from the gun Adama stares into. Kara Thrace has shot the marine with the gun and orders Adama's release. When Skulls objects, Thrace doesn't hesitate a second to shoot Skulls in the shoulder. "I can do this all day," she warns, pulling out a second sidearm.<br />
* As Adama runs out, Thrace follows, warning the rest, "Follow me. Please," so she could have a better excuse to shoot them as well.<br />
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* As [[Sharon Agathon]] feeds her [[Hera Agathon|daughter]], [[Karl Agathon]] gets his uniform on and warns Sharon to get Hera to daycare.<br />
* Just then, the hatchway on their quarters is being jostled. Someone is trying to get in, and soon succeeds: an angry mob, led by [[Gage]], a former ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' crewman who remembers Agathon's role in the accidental death of [[Alistair Thorne]].<br />
* Gage gloats that he plans on raping Sharon Agathon later as marines beat Helo into unconsciousness.<br />
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===Act 2===<br />
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* Thrace and Lee Adama seal themselves in a dry storage locker, reviewing what's happened. "Semper frakkin' fi," Thrace hisses after checking a phone, discovering it dead. Adama is astonished how people he's trusted have turned mutinous. He realizes the hangar deck was only the beachhead to a ship-wide takeover of the ship.<br />
* Thrace passionately kisses Lee and tells him she hasn't felt this alive in weeks. They leave to work out what to do, gather people who will help. They try to make their way to [[CIC]]. As they move through the corridors of the ship, they hear gunfire and screams in the distance.<br />
* They pass by several unidentified bodies as well as groups of huddled civilians trying to stay out of the crossfire. A marine pursues a group of armed civilians and exchanges gunfire with them. The duo encounter an unidentified crewman with a pistol who yields to them, suggesting that he is an ally, then continues on.<br />
* CIC is in confusion as Gaeta continues to throw false report after report, keeping Tigh and the admiral off-base.<br />
* The Agathons are thrown in the Cylon brig along with [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Samuel Anders]]. Caprica-Six warns that this is a start to eradicating the Cylons, especially their children. Athena reassures her that they'll be kept alive for now as bargaining chips against the rebel baseship.<br />
* As Jaffee returns to report that the array's damage was faked, Gaeta initiates the final phase of the takeover, calling in several marines who are part of the mutiny, who encircle Adama and the startled CIC staff. A handful of marines who are not involved remain in the room as well. When one of Gaeta's marines signals as though he is about to shoot the Admiral, Jaffee takes the bullet for him, receiving a fatal wound in the process.<br />
* A firefight ensues, and several marines are killed, including those who are not involved in the mutiny. Gaeta orders his men to cease fire, then orders Adama and his staff to stand down, which the admiral reluctantly agrees to do, despite Tigh's anger.<br />
* Gaeta tells Adama that he is removing him from command of ''Galactica'' on the charge of treason. <br />
* Adama accuses Gaeta of betraying his oath and uniform, while Gaeta retorts that the admiral has done that himself by allying with the Cylons.<br />
* Adama angrily warns that, unlike in times past, there will be no forgiveness or amnesty for this takeover.<br />
* Gaeta orders the marines to arrest Adama, Tigh, and the senior staff and to place them in a holding cell.<br />
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===Act 3===<br />
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* Kara Thrace and Lee Adama make it to the admiral's quarters, finding Laura Roslin there, telling her of the uprising, the communications blackout and that Zarek is in control on ''Colonial One.''<br />
* Roslin has had enough; she puts on her coat and leads them all out, knowing of one way to get a message out over wireless.<br />
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* Gaeta, now commanding CIC, orders [[Redwing]] and his marine team to secure the engine room. Specialist Gage now sits in Gaeta's old station.<br />
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* Surrounded by [[Cult of Baltar|his followers]], [[Gaius Baltar]] wishes his group well as he prepares to leave, believing that the uprising will come to get him as well. [[Galen Tyrol]] confirms Jeanne's fears to Baltar.<br />
* As Roslin, Thrace and Lee Adama arrive, Tyrol briefs them. Using secured wireless handhelds, Tyrol has learned that the admiral is in custody. He tells him that he's in control of an airlock that could be used to get Adama off the ship. When Lee asks why Tyrol is doing this, Tyrol tells him that the "[[The Old Man|old man]]" deserves a better fate.<br />
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* Tigh and Adama begin speaking to their two marine escorts, Nowart and Maldonaldo. Adama challenges Nowart to shoot him and questions whether Nowart has "got a pair." The distraction works. Tigh and Adama manage to turn the tables, Adama shooting Maldonado and taking Nowart hostage.<br />
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* Roslin and Baltar talk. She knows that Baltar's pirate wireless transmitter that he's used to communicate to his followers throughout the Fleet could be used to warn others in the Fleet as well.<br />
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* Adama and Tigh watch Connor give orders to other mutineers. Nowart tells them that he was ordered to take them all to the brig. They head there.<br />
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* CIC communications are being besieged by confused voices from other Fleet captains as Laura Roslin's voice begins to talk to the Fleet, telling them all, including the Quorum, of the uprising, pleading all to follow the rightful authorities. Gage is unable to stop the pirate signal until Gaeta gets to the station to jam it. But now the Fleet's comm chatter worsens, asking for more information from Roslin and what is happening on the battlestar.<br />
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* Lee and Thrace meet up with Adama and Tigh in the brig. Thrace angrily reacts to Nowart's presence as Adama tells him to leave. Thrace shoots at Nowart's way, warning the admiral that they are not his men anymore.<br />
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===Act 4===<br />
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* In the secondary storage airlock, Roslin and Baltar talk about Gaeta and his duplicitous nature.<br />
* As Adama and team make their way there, Baltar takes a moment to try to get Gaeta to stop his takeover. He reminds him of their failings on [[New Caprica]], suggesting that Gaeta was complicit with the Cylon occupation. Gaeta closes the channel.<br />
* A Raptor is heading towards ''Galactica'' from the [[Rebel Basestar|Cylon baseship]], but Gaeta realizes the craft isn't heading for the hangar deck.<br />
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* The Raptor docks in the bay, piloted by an [[Number Eight|Eight]]. Roslin and Adama greet each other and kiss, causing Lee and Thrace to look at each other in surprise. Tyrol's men get word of marines heading their way.<br />
* Baltar and Roslin board the Raptor, but the admiral orders Tyrol to get Lee and Thrace out and back to his secured area. He and Tigh choose to stay behind to ensure that the Raptor gets away.<br />
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* Gaeta orders the [[CAP]] to intercept and destroy the escaping Raptor as the episode ends.<br />
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* The marines, led by [[Aaron Kelly]], use welding torches to cut through the airlock locks and open the door slightly. Adama returns fire. "It's been an honor to serve with you, my friend," Adama tells Tigh, as marines throw a flash grenade through the doors.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*In the previous episode, it was said that two marines were killed by the rebellious crew of the tylium ship. Yet in this episode, the survivor count is down by just one - accounting for Laird's death prior to the opening sequence. This can be explained by births in the fleet.<br />
*There is a slight discrepancy in the on-screen time codes. Lee Adama is shown landing on Galactica at 0902. A few minutes later, after Starbuck rescues him from the flight deck and they take a moment to regroup in a secure area, the time again is listed as 0902.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*Quite a few people have sided with Zarek and Gaeta. These include pilots [[Noel Allison|Narcho]], [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]], [[Hamish McCall|Skulls]], [[Paolo McKay|Redwing]] and [[Diana Seelix]], marines [[Maldonaldo]] and [[Allan Nowart|Nowart]], specialists [[Vireem]] and [[Gage]], Captain [[Aaron Kelly]], and civilian [[Charlie Connor]]. In this episode, Maldonaldo is killed by Adama, Skulls is shot and wounded by Kara Thrace, and Nowart is captured and later released by Adama.<br />
*The Adama/Roslin loyalists include [[Saul Tigh]], [[Lee Adama]], [[Kara Thrace]], [[Galen Tyrol]], [[Helo]], [[Athena]], and [[Hoshi]]. [[Gaius Baltar]] has also sided with Roslin out of self-preservation. By the end of the episode, the only known characters on ''Galactica'' capable of retaking the ship are Lee Adama, Kara Thrace, and Galen Tyrol. Roslin and Baltar have fled ''Galactica'', Admiral Adama and Saul Tigh are cornered, and Helo, Athena and Hoshi were captured before they even knew what was happening.<br />
*Among those whose status is unclear is [[Hot Dog]], who is flying a patrol as the mutiny erupts, and Doctor [[Cottle]], who is not seen. Also not seen is [[Tory Foster]].<br />
*In the previous episode, [[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]], Gaeta begrudgingly berates Kara Thrace for her role in his would-have-been execution at the hands of the circle, along with two other [[The Circle|Circle]] members who have since been revealed to be Cylons. However, this is clearly an act, as both of the remaining living Circle members, [[Diana Seelix]] and [[Charlie Connor]] ([[Jean Barolay]] was killed some time ago), are part of his mutiny, not to mention Tom Zarek was the man who instituted the Circle in the first place (though Gaeta may not know that detail).<br />
*The mutiny seems to have revitalized Kara Thrace and Laura Roslin. Thrace is the first one to organize any form of resistance against the mutineers. Roslin has openly addressed the Fleet for the first time since the discovery of Earth.<br />
*The mutiny has given Kara Thrace a new purpose in life as well as something to distract her from her inner demons. She throws herself into battle without hesitation or regard for her own safety. She has also assumed a cold and single-minded attitude as evidenced by her attempts to gun down an unarmed Nowart.<br />
*Despite forming a partnership to overthrow Adama, Zarek and Gaeta clearly have differing ideas of how to go about dealing with their opponents. The brutal killing of Laird is but one example of how Zarek is willing to go to much more extreme lengths than Gaeta, who seems to want the coup to succeed without excessive bloodshed. Zarek also lets slip that he disapproves of Gaeta arresting the senior staff of ''Galactica'' rather than just executing them. It remains to be seen how far this rift will widen.<br />
*Gaeta appears to want the removal of Adama without recourse to too much violence, as shown by his attempt to stop the gunfire in CIC and his refusal to execute Adama and the senior staff on the spot. Nevertheless Gaeta has clearly mentally and morally committed himself to the mutiny to the point where he eventually orders the shooting down of the Raptor carrying Roslin to the Basestar (although he does not know who is aboard).<br />
*It does not seem essential in the end for Tigh and Adama to stay in the storage bay while the marines break down the door, as the Raptor is clear before the marines make it through. It is possible that Adama would have remained anyway, refusing to abandon his ship.<br />
* Adama's final words to his XO show how he still holds Saul Tigh in high regard as his friend, regardless of his revealed Cylon nature. He also expresses pleasure in seeing Galen Tyrol in the Storagebay when Adama first arrives.<br />
*Lee Adama's sharp comments to Tigh shows the hard line toward the Cylons still held by the younger Adama, which has been displayed in earlier episodes such as "[[A Measure of Salvation]]" when he proposed a genocidal biological attack on the Cylons. Despite this Lee tempers his feelings with his pragmatic attitude to the Cylon alliance alongside his loyalty to Roslin and his father, noting that it is all they have left to survive. However, despite this, he expresses gratitude and no hostility to Galen Tyrol when he gives Lee and Roslin the news of the Admiral being transported to the brig and offers to get the Admiral off the ship.<br />
*Baltar attempts to blackmail Gaeta into abandoning the mutiny by reminding him of his knowledge of Gaeta's complicity in the deaths of Resistance members on [[New Caprica]]. Ironically in a broad manner, they were victims of similar circumstances. Both were victims of duplicitous Cylon females who using sexual affection were able to get them to pass them sensitive secret information and use it against humanity. In the case of Baltar, he gave [[Caprica Six]] the back door codes to the Colonial defense systems allowing the Cylons to shut it down, resulting in the deaths of billions of people. In the case of Gaeta, he gave the names of Resistance members to an [[Eight]] he was having an affair with and who he believed was aiding the humans. In reality, she was responsible for the deaths of many of those on the list he gave her to help. The two main differences between the two situations are that Baltar didn't know Caprica Six was a Cylon while Gaeta did and Baltar's mistake resulted in billions dying instead of the relative few in Gaeta's case.<br />
*No one referenced Felix Gaeta's being complicit in the [[Karl Agathon]]-led mutiny on the ''[[Demetrius]]'', the ship Admiral Adama gave Kara Thrace to command to find an alternative route to Earth. Everyone seemed surprised that Gaeta would mutiny and lead a rebellion against the Admiral. President Roslin said to Baltar "who would have thought" that it would be Gaeta? This would seem to indicate that certainly Roslin and Baltar, and very likely Adama, Tigh and others who weren't aboard the ''Demetrius'', do not know of the incident. It would also indicate that the crew of the ''Demetrius'' - including those who opposed Agathon and Gaeta, like Kara Thrace and Samuel Anders - thought it was in their self-interest to keep the incident to themselves.<br />
*It has been argued that Gaeta had also committed mutiny before when aiding Roslin's escape from ''Galactica'' when it was commanded by Colonel Tigh during "[[Resistance]]". However, since the Colonial government seems to be much like the real world US government and other democracies it is highly likely that the actions of then Commander Adama in seizing control of the civilian government was the mutinous act and Gaeta and Lee Adama acted in ''defiance'' of a mutiny, which is actually the lawful thing to do. <br />
*"Semper Fidelis" is the motto of the United States Marine Corps. It is a Latin phrase meaning "always faithful." Kara Thrace's disgusted paraphrase of it after she had witnessed marines breaking faith with Adama suggests that the Colonial Marine Corps may have adopted the same motto.<br />
*This mutiny seems to highlight Admiral Adama's incomplete assimilation of the Pegasus crew with his own as a majority of the mutineers are from the Pegasus camp. Adama has been long credited to create a loyalty amongst his crew, but it appears to have taken little hold amongst those from Admiral Cain's camp, despite being together for over 2 years. Old resentments and bitter feuds are finally revealed again during this mutiny, such as Gage's revenge on the Agathons.<br />
*Ironically, Baltar, who had asked the question of whether the leaders of the Fleet will ever be anyone without the name Adama or Roslin, has sided with the Adamas and Roslin out of his need for self-preservation.<br />
*Gaeta does not seem to have a large number of ''Galactica's'' senior staff on his side during the mutiny, lines of dialogue in the episode indicate the senior staff are in fact being taken into custody, suggesting the mutiny is more of an uprising of the "lower classes" . Notably Gaeta also relies heavily on civilian support to achieve his goals. Certainly none of the major characters in the show who are senior officers support Gaeta.<br />
*Racetrack is perhaps the most surprising member of Gaeta's mutiny. Although she did previously participate in Lee Adama and Roslin's escape from ''Galactica'' in "[[Resistance]]", she has always displayed an unwavering loyalty to Adama (technically speaking, Tigh was commanding ''Galactica'' in "[[Resistance]]"). While her general participation in the mutiny can be explained by her natural hatred for the Cylons, her willingness to lead Lee Adama into a possibly fatal trap was highly uncharacteristic. It is possible she thought Lee Adama would only be taken prisoner upon arrival. <br />
*Given Gaeta's comment to Zarek that he should control Lee Adama's dissenting voice in the Quorum by "pushing his buttons" it seems unlikely that Gaeta would have then ordered Lee Adama executed upon returning to the ship. The actions of Connor and Skulls and the marine guard were possibly a spontaneous reaction to Lee's role in defending Baltar and supporting his father. It is unknown if Zarek gave the order to have the younger Adama killed.<br />
*Gaeta's opposition to allowing the Cylons to network the Fleet's ships is somewhat ironic given that he was the one who suggested networking ''Galactica'''s computer systems in "[[Scattered]]".<br />
*The survivor count notes Laird's death in the pre-title sequence. The Colonial One whiteboard that tracks the number is seen later in the episode and still reads 39,644 due to the fact Laird's death isn't known to anyone who would have changed it. The deaths of the two marines in the Hitei Kan mutiny in the previous episode may not have been counted.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
*What will happen to Adama and Tigh? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Where are Kara Thrace, Lee Adama, and Galen Tyrol heading off to? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*How much impact has Roslin's speech had on the Fleet?<br />
*Will Zarek get the rest of the Fleet to fall in line? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Just how far is Gaeta willing to go to rid the Fleet of the Cylons?<br />
*How will the rebel Cylons react to the uprising? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Will Roslin enlist the aid of the rebel Cylons to bring down Zarek? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Where do other crew members such as Hot Dog and Doc Cottle stand? ([[Blood on the Scales|Partial Answer]])<br />
*Were Gaeta's men actually planning to execute Lee Adama? <br />
*What are Racetrack and Skulls' personal motivations for joining Gaeta? <br />
*Where did Nowart flee to?<br />
*Will any of the mutineers switch sides? What about the loyalists? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*What other loyalists besides Lee Adama and Kara Thrace remain at large on ''Galactica''?<br />
*Will Skulls survive his injuries? ([[Daybreak, Part I|Answer]])<br />
*What was Thrace reading before the alarm was sounded?<br />
*Will Gaeta take advantage of the mutiny to seek personal vengeance against Tigh, Anders, Thrace and Baltar?<br />
*Will Hotdog realize what has happened on ''Galactica'' and attempt to prevent Narcho from shooting down Roslin's Raptor? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Will Specialist Gage follow through with his promise to sexually assault Sharon Agathon? ([[Blood on the Scales|Answer]])<br />
*Will massive military executions proceed following the final result of Gaeta's mutiny?<br />
*Does the fact that Jeanne was working on the hangar deck indicate that her press pass seen in [[Crossroads, Part I]] was counterfeit?<br />
<br />
== Official Statements ==<br />
<br />
* ''[[Richard Hatch]] discusses [[Tom Zarek]] and [[Felix Gaeta]]'s motivations in this episode and mutiny arc:''<br />
<br />
: How it’s aspected – I totally agree. Zarek had every reason to be pissed off and angry at what <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] and [[William Adama|Adama]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> were doing – they wanted to operate without accountability because they believed they had all the answers, or they believed they had better answers than anyone else.<br />
<br />
: It’s ego, it’s self-serving, but the way the show is aspected, it makes us care and support them more than the Zarek character because we don’t get the context or back story for Zarek, to understand where he’s coming from. We have to surmise where he’s coming from, and in most instances, people would buy into what Adama said or Roslin said, as opposed to actually making up their own mind about Zarek.<br />
<br />
: There were two valid points about letting the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] on board, and remember, the audience has the benefit of the overview whereas the characters are only seeing a limited part of the story. You [the viewer] get to see it from all angles, watching every character, so you’re making a decision on what’s right or not based on your knowledge.<br />
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: Zarek and Gaeta can only go by what they’ve experienced in the past, what they’ve seen. And in reality, the Cylons are so unpredictable, and they’re programmed in such a way, that how in the world can you ever trust anybody that’s [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|killed millions of people]]? If you’re a released [[Centurion (RDM)|Cylon drone warrior]] who’s been programmed to kill, with all of the power and technology that they have on [[basestar (RDM)|the ship]]… They could very easily have decided to wipe out the humans. The writers could have just as easily gone the other way, where you kill Gaeta and Zarek, and at the end of the show the Cylons turn on the humans. And then you would’ve gone, “Oh my God! We hated Zarek and Gaeta and what they did… but they were right!”<br />
<br />
: But anyway, the point is that ''Battlestar'' has never been simple and obvious. It’s something that forces you to think and philosophize and really challenge your own thinking, because there is a tendency in all of us to take sides. And we took sides even when Roslin and Adama were doing the wrong thing. To tell you the truth, had they done that within our own human society, we would’ve turned on them. But because it was a show, we were willing to suspend disbelief, even though they were doing things that really are such a huge violation of our Constitution.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://geeksdreamgirl.com/2009/08/13/j-interviews-richard-hatch-part-2/|title=J Interviews Richard Hatch Part II|date=13 August 2009|accessdate=14 August 2009|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*'''''Admiral Adama''' after the death of Jaffee and having been relieved of command:''<br />
: "'''I want you all to understand this!''' If you do this, there will be no forgiveness. No amnesty. [[Jaffee|This boy]] died honoring his uniform. You, you'll die with nothing."<br />
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*'''''President Roslin''' addressing the fleet:''<br />
: "Women and men of the fleet. This is your president. We have come to a crossroads in our long and painful journey. Of all the decisions that I have had to make since assuming the presidency, none was more frightening or more difficult than agreeing to this alliance with the Cylons. But we have come to a crossroads in our long and painful journey. Cylons and humans have been at war for generations; we know nothing else. And we have been locked in a struggle that has seen both sides suffer unspeakable loss. But with our supplies running low and our options limited, our former enemies may represent our last, perhaps our only hope. To those in the fleet and in Galactica who would reject this alliance, I am asking you. No, I am begging you to reconsider and place your trust back in those who have brought you this far, and to reject those traitors who would use your fear of the Cylons to destroy Colonial civilization a..."<br />
<br />
*'''''Kara Thrace''':''<br />
:"Semper frakkin' fi!"<br />
<br />
== Guest Stars ==<br />
* [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]<br />
* [[Sebastian Spence]] as Lieutenant [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]]<br />
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
* [[Colin Lawrence]] as Lieutenant [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]<br />
* [[Jennifer Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]]<br />
* [[Ty Olsson]] as Captain [[Aaron Kelly]]<br />
* [[Vincent Gale]] as Chief [[Peter Laird]]<br />
* [[Colin Corrigan]] as Sergeant [[Allan Nowart]]<br />
* [[Craig Veroni]] as Sergeant [[Maldonaldo]]<br />
* [[Michael Leisen]] as Private [[Stewart Jaffee]]<br />
* [[Derek Delost]] as Specialist [[Vireem]]<br />
* [[Mike Dopud]] as Specialist [[Gage]]<br />
* [[Ryan Robbins]] as [[Charlie Connor]]<br />
* [[Alexandra Thomas]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br />
* [[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as [[Jeanne]]<br />
* [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]<br />
* [[Andrew McIlroy]] as [[Jacob Cantrell]]<br />
* [[Marilyn Norry]] as [[Reza Chronides]]<br />
* [[Judith Maxie]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Picon Delegate|Picon Delegate]]<br />
* [[Iris Paluly]] as Speaking Delegate [[Dahlia]]<br />
* [[Veena Sood]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Quorum Delegate|Quorum Delegate]]<br />
* [[Alain Chanoine]] as Marine Reb<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''[[Kara Thrace]] learns that the dire predictions of the Cylon [[Hybrid]] might be correct, and a devastating discovery plunges the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] into chaos and despair.''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
<br />
===Act 1===<br />
* The leaders and central staff of both [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] and the rebel [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] wander about aimlessly on the planet [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], whose surface has been utterly destroyed in a nuclear conflagration for some time. [[Saul Tigh]] stands on a desolate beach, staring out at the ruins of buildings, their mangled shortened skeletons jutting up from the lands ahead in jagged spires. [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Samuel Anders]] stand about the ruins in confusion, as does [[Anastasia Dualla]], who stoops at the water's edge to mournfully examine it.<br />
* [[Lee Adama]] grimaces as he looks about the dead landscape as [[Laura Roslin]] picks up a short rounded prickly plant, the only visible life found on the world.<br />
* [[Helo]] reports to Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]]: Other scouts report in from around the planet. The destruction is the same all over. No signs of human life and no responses to any hails. [[D'anna Biers]] confirms her rebel [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] scouts have had the same findings.<br />
* The Final Four Cylons accompany the senior Colonial scouting team. <br />
* [[Kara Thrace]] stands on the surface holding her Viper's Colonial emergency locator beacon, with a [[Leoben]], trying to home in on the signal only it can read, the signal that lead them to this world. The signal of the transmitting beacon is fading from a low battery. Leoben believes it must have been transmitting for a long time.<br />
* Baltar has a team confirming that the radiation from the holocaust has embedded itself in the plant life and water chain. Helo gives a more detailed version of Baltar's findings: the planet was nuked over 2,000 years prior. Adama directs that all be instructed not to ingest the water and plants. Caprica-Six remains on the surface until early in Act 2, and digs in the dirt.<br />
* Roslin quips, "It's perfect. We traded one nuked civilization for another." Adama orders his [[Raptor]] to leave.<br />
* Dualla finds a watch in the dusty soil, and some children's jacks. She is near a breakdown as their Raptor returns to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
* The [[hangar deck]] is filled with people, anxious for any news on the new world. But Roslin, typically someone who can manage to say anything in the darkest times, can only mutter to Adama, "Get me out of here." Lee Adama tries to placate the crowd's confusion and questions, shouting that the news will be revealed in due time.<br />
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===Act 2===<br />
<br />
* Kara Thrace and Leoben continue to narrow in on the Colonial signal when she finds the beacon: a standard issue ''Colonial'' device used for all aircraft, part of their [[Avionics|inertial navigation system]].<br />
* Leoben finds some wreckage and reads off the number on its charred skin: "757-NC." Kara immediately becomes agitated. "The number on my [[Viper Mark II|ship]] is [[Viper 8757|8757-NC]]," she says--referring to the Viper that she flew back to the Fleet after she was [[Maelstrom|apparently killed]].<br />
* On ''Galactica'', the Agathon family plays together happily as Dualla comes over to babysit little [[Hera Agathon]]. While Dualla says to the Agathons that she "looks forward" to spending time with the child, she later tells young Agathon as her parents leave, " You have no idea what's happened, do you? Today's just another day."<br />
* On the planet, amidst some seemingly human skeletons dug up, [[Caprica-Six]] and others find something very unexpected: the remains of a head of what is obviously a type of Cylon Centurion, similar to the old [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|original model]] from the [[First Cylon War]], but clearly not the same.<br />
* Aboard ''Galactica'' in Baltar's lab, Caprica-Six confirms that other Centurion helmets were found with about 250 skeletons from four sites around the planet as well. A [[Number Eight]] confirms that, while the Centurion design is similar, they have never seen this design before.<br />
* Roslin notes that, apparently, the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] created their own Cylons (paralleling [[Graystone Industries]]' production for the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]] two millenia later). Lee Adama completes her sentence: Like on the Colonies, these Cylons also rebelled against their masters.<br />
*Baltar notes that they dug deeper to test the skeletons themselves. The astonishing fact, confirmed by his Caprica-Six, is that the every one of the skeletons themselves are also [[Humanoid Cylons|humanoid Cylons]]. ''The Thirteenth Tribe were Cylons''.<br />
* After the meeting, Lee Adama asks Roslin what she will say to the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]]. But a visibly disheartened Roslin has nothing to say at all. Admiral Adama tells his son to "carry the ball" for Roslin.<br />
*As the admiral and Roslin leave, Tigh asks to speak to his friend, but the scene is unclear if Adama stops to listen.<br />
*Back on the planet, [[Galen Tyrol]] is attracted to a fragment of wall. As he gets closer, he hears echoes of ghosts saying things like "Fresh fruit, get your fresh fruit!" He sees a human silhouette on the wall, looking as if it were painted there. Surrounding the silhouette is weathered writing, barely readable. Tyrol touches the silhouette--and is thrown into a vision of the world as it once was, and Tyrol as he once was, wearing glasses and a sportcoat as he passes through a bustling marketplace of open carts of fruit and flowers and other goods. He stops to buy an avacado himself then continues walking. A massively bright flash of light appears as Tyrol shields his eyes--<br />
* Tyrol stumbles back, falling to the ground.<br />
* Elsewhere, Kara Thrace questions that, if her Viper is scattered about this planet, then who flew it here, and how did she herself get back to ''Galactica''. Leoben cautions her, telling her, "[[#Noteworthy_Dialogue|You might not like what you find.]]" Thrace is perturbed by his words as Leoben has been, typically, very optimistic in his words to her in the past. She questions if the news would be more disturbing to her, or to Leoben himself.<br />
* In the [[ready room]], Lee Adama stands in thought as Dualla appears, asking him why he hasn't boarded a readied Raptor for his Quorum briefing on ''[[Colonial One]]''. Adama laments the many pilots that had once sat here, many of them lost forever over a dead dream. He doesn't want their sacrifice to be meaningless.<br />
* Dualla tells him that his expression reminds her of what he looked like when his father said that he would [[Exodus, Part I|execute the New Caprica rescue with ''Galactica'' alone.]] When he wonders what to say to the Quorum, Dualla tells him to tell the truth. "If anyone can give them a reason to go on, it's you. Apollo." As he leaves, hesitant, he asks her to meet him for a drink later. She accepts.<br />
* Kara Thrace finds a large piece of wreckage, overturned. She and Leoben turn it over. It's a Viper cockpit, the burnt remains of its pilot still helmeted, still inside. Cautiously, she lifts the head to find it had blonde hair...''her'' hair. Thrace retches.<br />
* As tears well up, she reaches inside the [[flight suit]] of the body to pull out the [[dog tags]]. In clear letters, the tags read "K. THRACE." A ring, her wedding band, is also attached to the chain. Leoben steps back in fear as Thrace asks for an explanation. "I--I don't have one," he says. She recalls what the [[Hybrid]] said, that she would be the "harbinger of death." She yells to the Leoben as he walks away, unable to answer her question, "If that's me sitting there, then what am I?!"<br />
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===Act 3===<br />
* [[Samuel Anders]] finds the remains of a stringed instrument, probably a guitar. He holds the neck piece, placing his fingers on it as if to play as he recalls a song: [[The Music|"So let us not talk falsely now, 'cause the hour is getting late."]] He drops the neck and runs to find Tyrol, sitting placidly by the wall and the vision. They both share their visions, both realizing they lived there, in that area, once. Anders recalls that he played that song for a woman he loved. They are joined by [[Tory Foster]], who also recalls that he played that song for [[Final Five|all of us]].<br />
* "That was me," Tyrol says, pointing to the flash-silhouette on the wall.<br />
* Anders angrily questions the paradox. Why they were all still alive? How did they come to the Colonies, to believe they were human? "Two thousand years is a long time to forget!" he says.<br />
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* In Admiral Adama's quarters, Laura Roslin sits on the floor. She has set fire to one of the pages of the [[Sacred Scrolls]], specifically, the Pythian Prophecy, turning successive pages to burn each into ash, one by one.<br />
* Adama arrives to ask Roslin to help figure out a way to shore up the Fleet's quickly sagging morale. She is passive. He tells her that she'd missed her [[doloxan]] treatment. Roslin "didn't feel like it," she says, refusing to reschedule. "You just gonna...lie down and quit?" Adama asks. She laments that he took her advice to leave their Colonial solar system, of all the men and women who had died for what appears to be a fruitless series of visions.<br />
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* In the twilight, Kara Thrace creates a funeral pyre, burning the corpse of herself found in the wreckage, sitting alone as the flames consume it.<br />
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* Lee Adama and Dualla come back from her date as he humorously (and drunkenly) recalls his report to the Quorum. "We are no longer enslaved to the ramblings of Pythia, no longer pecking at the bread crumbs of the Thirteenth Tribe...We are now free to go where we want to go, be who we want to be." Dualla smiles back warmly as they kiss. They stop kissing mutually both stopping from it getting further. Dualla bids Lee goodbye and enters her quarters. Inside, [[Felix Gaeta]] watches her as she hums. "You're glowing," he says with slight amazement. Then he makes a comment on how Earth is a waste of a planet. Dualla chides him for bringing up the subject. "I want to hold on to this feeling for as long as I can." She looks at a childhood picture of herself in her opened locker, taking off her pendant. "She has no idea what she has ahead of her," she says of her younger self. Gaeta leaves as Dualla stops humming briefly looking at him leave in the mirror, then resumes humming. She looks at a cameo of her parents and then calmly places her wedding ring on the locker hook.<br />
* Without any hesitation at all, Dualla pulls out a sidearm from her locker, places it against her temple, and fires.<br />
* [[Diana Seelix]] arrives inside first, with Gaeta not far behind. Both are aghast at the sight of Dualla's body, blood pooling around her hands. They call for medics repeatedly in fear and distress as the scene ends.<br />
<br />
===Act 4===<br />
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* Lee Adama stands by the shrouded body of Anastasia Dualla in the ship's morgue as his father enters. "She kissed me goodnight 45 minutes ago, and there was joy in her eyes. So tell me why would she do this?" Lee asks. The admiral's stony face melts into a drunken expression. "I don't frakkin' know," he slurs out, taking out a bottle of alcohol to offer to Lee, who refuses it. Anger rising in his face, Lee leaves, passing by Gaeta outside without a word.<br />
* Inside, Admiral Adama looks under the shroud momentarily, covers Dualla's body, as he cries, holding her head, asking to himself, "What did you do?" He kisses the body, saying, "I let you down. I let everybody down."<br />
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* Adama comes out into a corridor, demands a sidearm from one of the [[marines]] standing there. Adama storms down a corridor as other stand or sit expressionless. Two men are fist-fighting, crossing Adama's path. He ignores them as he heads to Saul Tigh's quarters.<br />
* "Sit down, Cylon," Adama says angrily after pulling out Tigh's sidearm, arms it and drops it on a table. Adama pours both of them a drink, but Tigh slowly pushes it away.<br />
* Tigh tries to apologize about his revelation of being a Cylon, but Adama is beyond angry. "Is that how it worked? They program you to be my friend? Emulate all the qualities I respect. Tell me jokes...and I laugh at them."<br />
* Tigh counters that he wanted, chose to be his friend. Adama throws insult after insult about [[Ellen Tigh]], angering Tigh to pick up the sidearm to shoot his friend. "Do it! Or I'll do it myself!" Adama says, pointing his own sidearm to his temple.<br />
<br />
===Act 5===<br />
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* Tigh's gun is pointed at Adama's forehead, but he hesitates pulling the trigger. Adama goads him, "Go on," but Tigh realizes, returning Adama's insult as he rips out the gun's magazine and safes the weapon. "I'm sorry, Bill, but this is the one time I can't help you." Adama drops his gun and reaches for a bottle, but Tigh tries to stop him.<br />
* Adama drinks from a glass anyway as he speaks of his uncle as a kid in the summers spent there, of foxes that would attack his henhouses, of the dog hunts that chased down the foxes at night, forming into a team, forcing the foxes toward the river. Half of the foxes would fight, the others would try to cross the river. But some of them would turn with the current, swimming away into the sea. "Because they wanted to drown," Tigh adds. "Maybe. Or maybe they were just... tired."<br />
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* Tigh, uncharacteristically, becomes the sober one giving the other a dressing-down, telling Adama that he can't be like the foxes lost to the sea, reminding him that he is the commander and Tigh is still the XO of the ship, that killing himself would not help himself, or the ship.<br />
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* In the presidential office aboard ''Colonial One'', Lee Adama slowly wipes away a numeral "1" from the [[Survivor count|census]] board as Kara Thrace arrives. At some point on the surface, she sustained a laceration on the front-right quadrant of her neck.<ref>According to Ronald D. Moore's commentary podcast, the dressing was blood-soaked when filmed, and was distracting when viewed - particularly given that her sustainable of the injury is not noticeable to the viewer (including himself). Accordingly, the blood was digitally removed in post-production, leaving a pristine white dressing.</ref> Kara had officially reported that she lost the signal, but needs to confide in him about something. Before she does, Lee tells her the news about Dualla. Both can only wonder why Dee killed herself. Kara presumably decides not to tell Lee about her discovery.<br />
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* Adama passes by more passive crewman and some graffiti: "Frak Earth", sprayed on the wall as he heads to [[CIC]], where he meets up with Colonel Tigh wearing his service uniform and rank insignia for the first time since being granted amnesty by then-Acting President Lee Adama. Ordering Lt. [[Hoshi]] to Dualla's old communications station, Adama directs Gaeta to find any nearby stars compatible with habitable planets, and Hoshi to invite the rebel Cylons to their next destination. Adama addresses the Fleet, telling them that, while Earth is no longer a choice, he will find them a new home. "This is a promise I intend to keep."<br />
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* Saul Tigh, still in service uniform, organizes the evacuation of the survey crews on Earth in preparation for their search for a new home. On the beach, he greets [[D'Anna Biers]]. She doesn't want to leave, deciding to stay behind, believing that the cycle of life will keep going on as dreadfully as before. "...and it beats the hell out of being out there with [[Cavil]]. Gonna die in the cold and the dark when Cavil catches up with us." Tigh tries to give encouragement, but Biers asks if he ever wanted to just give up, reminding him of Adama's story of the penned-in foxes.<br />
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* Tigh thereupon begins to walk into the bay. Chest-deep in water, he continues down. Hearing faint screams, he reaches down and lifts a mangled post box hatch from his apartment building's lobby two thousand years ago. Holding it, he has a vision of the end of his former life. He wears a civilian business suit, his face is clean shaven but bloodied, and he has both of his eyes. A voice calls out, "Saul!" from the floor in front of the post boxes. There he finds Ellen, trapped under debris he cannot move. His present-day self thrashes about in the bay while remembering his past self frantically pulling the lighter debris from around Ellen. As more bombs detonate, Ellen delivers a prophecy: "Saul, it's okay. Everything's in place. We'll be reborn... again. Together."<br />
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* The vision fades as Tigh realizes the truth. "Ellen... Ellen! You're the [[Final Five|fifth!]]"<br />
<br />
== Notes == <br />
<br />
* [[Katee Sackhoff]] noted that this episode could have served as the series finale had the [[WGA strike]] gone longer.<ref name="roadrunner">{{cite_web|url=http://roadrunnerdm.livejournal.com/84288.html|title=Roadrunner - Newsdump from Burbank convention|date=19 November 2007|accessdate=20 November 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> However, the strike ended with sufficient time for production to resume; the previous episode was aired as the mid-season finale, with this episode airing in the first quarter of 2009.<br />
* The scenes were among the last shot and were shot during the crew's shut down partly due to the [[WGA strike|2008 Writers Strike]], so Sackhoff was unable to attend.<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
*The title of the episode comes from the novel ''[[w:Sometimes a Great Notion (novel)|Sometimes a Great Notion]]'' by [[w:Ken Kesey|Ken Kesey]], which itself quotes the blues song "[[w:Goodnight, Irene|Goodnight, Irene]]". In the song, the singer contemplates suicide: "Sometimes I get a great notion / to jump in the river and drown."<ref name="chicagotribune">{{cite web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/01/final-fifth-cylon-ellen-tigh-battlestar-galactica-dualla-dee-.html|title=Chicago Tribune: 'Battlestar Galactica's' Ron Moore addresses the shocking developments of 'Sometimes a Great Notion'|date=17 January 2009|accessdate=19 January 2009|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language}}</ref><br />
*The last Cylon is finally revealed in a vision Colonel Tigh has of the past: it is his dead wife, Ellen Tigh.<br />
*While "[[The Face of the Enemy]]" webisodes were released before "Sometimes a Great Notion", they actually take place several days after it.<br />
*According to Moore in his podcast, his wife [[Terry Dresbach|Terry]] believed that Dualla was the Fifth Cylon right up until she shot herself. She had long ago stopped reading show scripts beforehand.<br />
*The alarms sounding after the nuclear attack during Tigh's flashback are identical to the two-tone, randomly-overlapping red alert klaxon heard on battlestars in the original series.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*The Cylons have testing methods which can distinguish between human and Cylon remains.<br />
*The Thirteenth Tribe Cylons were apparently all unique models and included children, based on the jacks found by Dualla, which fittingly resemble baseships. <br />
*Saul Tigh also had the first name "Saul" in his past life.<br />
*The destroyed city serving as the "home base" for the Colonials and Cylons remains unnamed, however when Col. Tigh wades into the water, what appears to be the pedestal of the State of Liberty atop the former Fort Wood can be seen in the distance to the right of Tigh's back. This lends further credence to the speculation originating with "[[Revelations]]" that they are in the vicinity of New York City, and adds to the two episodes' homage and references to ''The Planet of the Apes'' which ends with Col. Taylor's discovery of the statue's damaged upper portion. Coincidentally, Fort Wood's shape is known as a "star fort".<br />
*Dee's decision to spend her final hours with Lee is in keeping with her deleted engagement scene in "[[Unfinished Business]]". In accepting Lee's marriage proposal, Dee acknowledged that the marriage would not survive Lee's continued feelings toward Kara Thrace, and that the Cylons would likely find and kill them all anyway; nevertheless, she wanted to spend what little time she could with him and happy. Her suicide echoes sentiments she expressed to Apollo in a deleted scene in "Black Market," in which she implied the despair and uncertainty of current events was almost too much to bear and that she sometimes wishes she would have been killed in the attacks on the colonies, and thus not have to deal with it anymore.<br />
*The episode (including the final scene of the preceding episode, "The Hub]]") include extensive homages to the final act of ''The Planet of the Apes'':<br />
**Astronauts discover a post-apocolyptic Earth; the view of which bore striking resemblance to New York City.<br />
**Leoben warns Kara, "You might not like what you find," quoting verbatim Dr Zaius' admonition to Col. Taylor.<br />
**Kara has been declared "the harbinger of death", a description of man from the apes' sacred scrolls carried by Dr Zaius and read by Dr Cornelius.<br />
**A central character, Dr Gaius Baltar, has been a scientific, religious and political leader; his forename is nearly identical to Dr Zaius who was the apes' scientific, religious and political leader.<br />
**Cylon Galen assists human astronauts in their survey of post-apocolyptic Earth, just as chimpanzee Galen did in the ''Planet of the Apes'' television series.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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=== Answered Questions ===<br />
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==== The Thirteenth Tribe and the "Final Five" ====<br />
*What was the source of the nuclear attacks on Earth? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*How did the Final Five come to be living in the Twelve Colonies 2000 years after their deaths on Earth, without their memories and unaware of being Cylons? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*How will the Cylons in Cavil's faction respond to the discovery of the identities of the Final Five? ([[No Exit|Partial answer]])<br />
*What similarities and differences exist between the method by which the Final Five were reborn and the Significant Seven's process of [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]]? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*Did the Thirteenth Tribe Cylons have any influence on the development of the Significant Seven 2000 years later, or was it mere parallel evolution? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*How did the Significant Seven come to be aware of the existence, though not the identities, of the Final Five? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*Are there other survivors of the Thirteenth Tribe besides the Final Five? ([[No Exit|Possible answer]])<br />
*Does the presence of children among the Thirteenth Tribe indicate that they reproduced among themselves? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*If the Thirteenth Tribe reproduced biologically, did the Final Five have Cylon parents, grandparents or other ancestors on Earth? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*Given the speculation following "[[Revelations]]" that the survey site at the end of that episode and the start of this, was in Brooklyn, with the remains of the Brooklyn Bridge in the background; and given that the writers paid an homage to ''Planet of the Apes'' with Leoben's Dr. Zaius quote; is the thick, stubby structure in the background toward which Colonel Tigh wades at the episode's end, the pedestal on Liberty Island? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])<br />
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==== Ellen Tigh ====<br />
*Was Ellen Tigh able to resurrect after her death in "[[Exodus, Part II]]"? If so, is she with the Cavil faction? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*Did Ellen Tigh resurrect between the events of the [[Miniseries]] and [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]? If so, how did she get aboard ''[[Rising Star]]''? ([[The Plan|Answer]])<br />
*Was Ellen Tigh aware of her Cylon identity? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*Was Ellen Tigh the one who [[D'Anna Biers]] apologized to in [[Rapture|her vision?]] ([[Sometimes a Great Notion#Official Statements|Answer]])<br />
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==== Kara Thrace ====<br />
*What is Kara Thrace? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Partial Answer]])<br />
*Was the corpse found in the field that of the "real" Kara Thrace? If so, how and when did her Viper crash on Earth? And how did so much of her Viper and body remain relatively intact after seemingly being completely disintegrated in the gas giant? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer]])<br />
*Why does Thrace keep the dog tags and wedding ring found on the body? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Possible answer]])<br />
*Will Thrace or Conoy tell anyone about their discovery? How will others respond to this information? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Answer #1]], [[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer #2]])<br />
*Will Tigh reveal Ellen's status as the final Cylon? How will others react? ([[A Disquiet Follows My Soul|Answer]])<br />
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==== The Cylons ====<br />
*With D'Anna Biers remaining behind on Earth, who will take over as the leader of the rebel Cylon faction? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Answer]])<br />
*Will [[D'Anna Biers]] stay on Earth? ([[Sometimes a Great Notion#Official Statements|Answer]])<br />
*Were the Thirteenth Tribe Cylons generally aware of Cylon resurrection/reincarnation, and the cyclical nature of Cylon life, or was Ellen Tigh unusually prophetic? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*Three refers to "the bones of [her] ancestors", yet no Significant Seven models are depicted in either flashback scene, and early Colonial Cylons (Graystone' creations and [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion Model 0005]]s) were created two millenia after Earth's destruction. What is the lineage of the Significant Seven? ([[No Exit|Partial answer]])<br />
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=== Unanswered Questions ===<br />
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*Did Baltar's Cylon detector successfully identify Ellen Tigh in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]"? If so, did Baltar withhold that information from D'Anna Biers during their search for the Final Five? If he did tell her could this have been what she meant when she told him "you were right" in [[Rapture]]? If he didn't, what were his reasons?<br />
**On that note, were ''any'' of the Final Five successfully identified as Cylons?<br />
*Does Tigh retain the mailbox hatch from his apartment building, and does Anders retain the guitar neck which he had dropped?<br />
*How was dead Thrace's hair left unburned while her facial flesh was charred beyond recognition?<br />
*Are the visions/memories experienced by the Final Five on Earth perfectly accurate?<br />
*Did human/Cylon hybrids ever occur when the two races cohabited Kobol, or is Hera the first of her kind in all of history?<br />
*Did Anders originally write "[[The Music|All Along the Watchtower]]", or did he merely cover it?<br />
*Were the robot life forms of Kobol called Cylons, a term invented by Daniel Graystone, or by an equivalent name native to their era? Did the thirteenth tribe refer to themselves as human or "Cylon"?<br />
*Is the uncle with the farm that Admiral Adama mentions [[Sam Adama]] or a maternal uncle?<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
*[http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/01/final-fifth-cylon-ellen-tigh-battlestar-galactica-dualla-dee-.html#more Chicago Tribune interview with Ronald D. Moore:] <br />
*Ronald D. Moore has confirmed that Dualla is dead and that Ellen Tigh is in fact the Final Cylon.<br />
*Moore indicates that Ellen Tigh was the Cylon whom D'Anna apologized to in "[[Rapture]]".<br />
*In his podcast commentary to "Sometimes a Great Notion", Ronald D. Moore confirmed that [[D'Anna Biers]] stays on Earth and that her story has ended.<br />
**Also in his podcast Moore says that Kara Thrace did actually die when her Viper was destroyed, not some trick. <br />
** Moore states that there was an intention in the Director's Cut (but dropped) to subtly imply that Anders wrote "All Along The Watch Tower" himself, and not as in reality, Bob Dylan. <br />
**Moore admits that the scene just before Dualla's suicide was intended as an emotional "sucker punch" to imply that Lee and Dualla were perhaps going to get back together.<br />
**Moore said Admiral Adama used the actual real life [[Wikipedia:Star#Classification|star system classifications of F, G, and K]] when he orders Gaeta to search for appropriate star systems that could support human life. These are indeed considered by real-world astronomers to be the most likely candidates for life-bearing planets; the Sun itself is type G.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
<br />
*'''Leoben Conoy echos to Dr. Zaius' final caution to Col. Taylor at the end of ''The Planet of the Apes'':'' "You might not like what you find." Like Taylor, Kara Thrace is a time-traveling<ref>To her, her disappearance and reappearance were brief; to everyone else's perspective, she was gone weeks.</ref> military astronaut surveying post-apocalyptic Earth (possibly also in the outskirts of New York City), and the "harbinger of death."<br />
<br />
*''Saul Tigh upon seeing Ellen Tigh in a flashback on Earth:''<br />
: "Ellen - You're the Fifth!"<br />
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*''After finding her body, Kara Thrace shouts to Leoben Conoy:''<br />
: "What am I?!"<br />
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*''Laura Roslin's assessment of Earth:''<br />
: "It's perfect. We traded one nuked civilization for another."<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
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* [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|D'Anna Biers]]<br />
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]] / [[Leoben Conoy]]<br />
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]<br />
* [[Alexandra Thomas]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br />
* [[Don Thompson]] as Specialist [[Anthony Figurski]]<br />
* [[Sonja Bennett]] as Specialist [[Marcie Brasko]]<br />
* [[Jennifer Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix]]<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''[[Kara Thrace]] learns that the dire predictions of the Cylon [[Hybrid]] might be correct, and a devastating discovery plunges the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] into chaos and despair.''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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===Act 1===<br />
* The leaders and central staff of both [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] and the rebel [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] wander about aimlessly on the planet [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], whose surface has been utterly destroyed in a nuclear conflagration for some time. [[Saul Tigh]] stands on a desolate beach, staring out at the ruins of buildings, their mangled shortened skeletons jutting up from the lands ahead in jagged spires. [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Samuel Anders]] stand about the ruins in confusion, as does [[Anastasia Dualla]], who stoops at the water's edge to mournfully examine it.<br />
* [[Lee Adama]] grimaces as he looks about the dead landscape as [[Laura Roslin]] picks up a short rounded prickly plant, the only visible life found on the world.<br />
* [[Helo]] reports to Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]]: Other scouts report in from around the planet. The destruction is the same all over. No signs of human life and no responses to any hails. [[D'anna Biers]] confirms her rebel [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] scouts have had the same findings.<br />
* The Final Four Cylons accompany the senior Colonial scouting team. <br />
* [[Kara Thrace]] stands on the surface holding her Viper's Colonial emergency locator beacon, with a [[Leoben]], trying to home in on the signal only it can read, the signal that lead them to this world. The signal of the transmitting beacon is fading from a low battery. Leoben believes it must have been transmitting for a long time.<br />
* Baltar has a team confirming that the radiation from the holocaust has embedded itself in the plant life and water chain. Helo gives a more detailed version of Baltar's findings: the planet was nuked over 2,000 years prior. Adama directs that all be instructed not to ingest the water and plants. Caprica-Six remains on the surface until early in Act 2, and digs in the dirt.<br />
* Roslin quips, "It's perfect. We traded one nuked civilization for another." Adama orders his [[Raptor]] to leave.<br />
* Dualla finds a watch in the dusty soil, and some children's jacks. She is near a breakdown as their Raptor returns to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
* The [[hangar deck]] is filled with people, anxious for any news on the new world. But Roslin, typically someone who can manage to say anything in the darkest times, can only mutter to Adama, "Get me out of here." Lee Adama tries to placate the crowd's confusion and questions, shouting that the news will be revealed in due time.<br />
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===Act 2===<br />
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* Kara Thrace and Leoben continue to narrow in on the Colonial signal when she finds the beacon: a standard issue ''Colonial'' device used for all aircraft, part of their [[Avionics|inertial navigation system]].<br />
* Leoben finds some wreckage and reads off the number on its charred skin: "757-NC." Kara immediately becomes agitated. "The number on my [[Viper Mark II|ship]] is [[Viper 8757|8757-NC]]," she says--referring to the Viper that she flew back to the Fleet after she was [[Maelstrom|apparently killed]].<br />
* On ''Galactica'', the Agathon family plays together happily as Dualla comes over to babysit little [[Hera Agathon]]. While Dualla says to the Agathons that she "looks forward" to spending time with the child, she later tells young Agathon as her parents leave, " You have no idea what's happened, do you? Today's just another day."<br />
* On the planet, amidst some seemingly human skeletons dug up, [[Caprica-Six]] and others find something very unexpected: the remains of a head of what is obviously a type of Cylon Centurion, similar to the old [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|original model]] from the [[First Cylon War]], but clearly not the same.<br />
* Aboard ''Galactica'' in Baltar's lab, Caprica-Six confirms that other Centurion helmets were found with about 250 skeletons from four sites around the planet as well. A [[Number Eight]] confirms that, while the Centurion design is similar, they have never seen this design before.<br />
* Roslin notes that, apparently, the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] created their own Cylons (paralleling [[Graystone Industries]]' production for the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]] two millenia later). Lee Adama completes her sentence: Like on the Colonies, these Cylons also rebelled against their masters.<br />
*Baltar notes that they dug deeper to test the skeletons themselves. The astonishing fact, confirmed by his Caprica-Six, is that the every one of the skeletons themselves are also [[Humanoid Cylons|humanoid Cylons]]. ''The Thirteenth Tribe were Cylons''.<br />
* After the meeting, Lee Adama asks Roslin what she will say to the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]]. But a visibly disheartened Roslin has nothing to say at all. Admiral Adama tells his son to "carry the ball" for Roslin.<br />
*As the admiral and Roslin leave, Tigh asks to speak to his friend, but the scene is unclear if Adama stops to listen.<br />
*Back on the planet, [[Galen Tyrol]] is attracted to a fragment of wall. As he gets closer, he hears echoes of ghosts saying things like "Fresh fruit, get your fresh fruit!" He sees a human silhouette on the wall, looking as if it were painted there. Surrounding the silhouette is weathered writing, barely readable. Tyrol touches the silhouette--and is thrown into a vision of the world as it once was, and Tyrol as he once was, wearing glasses and a sportcoat as he passes through a bustling marketplace of open carts of fruit and flowers and other goods. He stops to buy an avacado himself then continues walking. A massively bright flash of light appears as Tyrol shields his eyes--<br />
* Tyrol stumbles back, falling to the ground.<br />
* Elsewhere, Kara Thrace questions that, if her Viper is scattered about this planet, then who flew it here, and how did she herself get back to ''Galactica''. Leoben cautions her, telling her, "[[#Noteworthy_Dialogue|You might not like what you find.]]" Thrace is perturbed by his words as Leoben has been, typically, very optimistic in his words to her in the past. She questions if the news would be more disturbing to her, or to Leoben himself.<br />
* In the [[ready room]], Lee Adama stands in thought as Dualla appears, asking him why he hasn't boarded a readied Raptor for his Quorum briefing on ''[[Colonial One]]''. Adama laments the many pilots that had once sat here, many of them lost forever over a dead dream. He doesn't want their sacrifice to be meaningless.<br />
* Dualla tells him that his expression reminds her of what he looked like when his father said that he would [[Exodus, Part I|execute the New Caprica rescue with ''Galactica'' alone.]] When he wonders what to say to the Quorum, Dualla tells him to tell the truth. "If anyone can give them a reason to go on, it's you. Apollo." As he leaves, hesitant, he asks her to meet him for a drink later. She accepts.<br />
* Kara Thrace finds a large piece of wreckage, overturned. She and Leoben turn it over. It's a Viper cockpit, the burnt remains of its pilot still helmeted, still inside. Cautiously, she lifts the head to find it had blonde hair...''her'' hair. Thrace retches.<br />
* As tears well up, she reaches inside the [[flight suit]] of the body to pull out the [[dog tags]]. In clear letters, the tags read "K. THRACE." A ring, her wedding band, is also attached to the chain. Leoben steps back in fear as Thrace asks for an explanation. "I--I don't have one," he says. She recalls what the [[Hybrid]] said, that she would be the "harbinger of death." She yells to the Leoben as he walks away, unable to answer her question, "If that's me sitting there, then what am I?!"<br />
<br />
===Act 3===<br />
* [[Samuel Anders]] finds the remains of a stringed instrument, probably a guitar. He holds the neck piece, placing his fingers on it as if to play as he recalls a song: [[The Music|"So let us not talk falsely now, 'cause the hour is getting late."]] He drops the neck and runs to find Tyrol, sitting placidly by the wall and the vision. They both share their visions, both realizing they lived there, in that area, once. Anders recalls that he played that song for a woman he loved. They are joined by [[Tory Foster]], who also recalls that he played that song for [[Final Five|all of us]].<br />
* "That was me," Tyrol says, pointing to the flash-silhouette on the wall.<br />
* Anders angrily questions the paradox. Why they were all still alive? How did they come to the Colonies, to believe they were human? "Two thousand years is a long time to forget!" he says.<br />
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* In Admiral Adama's quarters, Laura Roslin sits on the floor. She has set fire to one of the pages of the [[Sacred Scrolls]], specifically, the Pythian Prophecy, turning successive pages to burn each into ash, one by one.<br />
* Adama arrives to ask Roslin to help figure out a way to shore up the Fleet's quickly sagging morale. She is passive. He tells her that she'd missed her [[doloxan]] treatment. Roslin "didn't feel like it," she says, refusing to reschedule. "You just gonna...lie down and quit?" Adama asks. She laments that he took her advice to leave their Colonial solar system, of all the men and women who had died for what appears to be a fruitless series of visions.<br />
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* In the twilight, Kara Thrace creates a funeral pyre, burning the corpse of herself found in the wreckage, sitting alone as the flames consume it.<br />
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* Lee Adama and Dualla come back from her date as he humorously (and drunkenly) recalls his report to the Quorum. "We are no longer enslaved to the ramblings of Pythia, no longer pecking at the bread crumbs of the Thirteenth Tribe...We are now free to go where we want to go, be who we want to be." Dualla smiles back warmly as they kiss. They stop kissing mutually both stopping from it getting further. Dualla bids Lee goodbye and enters her quarters. Inside, [[Felix Gaeta]] watches her as she hums. "You're glowing," he says with slight amazement. Then he makes a comment on how Earth is a waste of a planet. Dualla chides him for bringing up the subject. "I want to hold on to this feeling for as long as I can." She looks at a childhood picture of herself in her opened locker, taking off her pendant. "She has no idea what she has ahead of her," she says of her younger self. Gaeta leaves as Dualla stops humming briefly looking at him leave in the mirror, then resumes humming. She looks at a cameo of her parents and then calmly places her wedding ring on the locker hook.<br />
* Without any hesitation at all, Dualla pulls out a sidearm from her locker, places it against her temple, and fires.<br />
* [[Diana Seelix]] arrives inside first, with Gaeta not far behind. Both are aghast at the sight of Dualla's body, blood pooling around her hands. They call for medics repeatedly in fear and distress as the scene ends.<br />
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===Act 4===<br />
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* Lee Adama stands by the shrouded body of Anastasia Dualla in the ship's morgue as his father enters. "She kissed me goodnight 45 minutes ago, and there was joy in her eyes. So tell me why would she do this?" Lee asks. The admiral's stony face melts into a drunken expression. "I don't frakkin' know," he slurs out, taking out a bottle of alcohol to offer to Lee, who refuses it. Anger rising in his face, Lee leaves, passing by Gaeta outside without a word.<br />
* Inside, Admiral Adama looks under the shroud momentarily, covers Dualla's body, as he cries, holding her head, asking to himself, "What did you do?" He kisses the body, saying, "I let you down. I let everybody down."<br />
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* Adama comes out into a corridor, demands a sidearm from one of the [[marines]] standing there. Adama storms down a corridor as other stand or sit expressionless. Two men are fist-fighting, crossing Adama's path. He ignores them as he heads to Saul Tigh's quarters.<br />
* "Sit down, Cylon," Adama says angrily after pulling out Tigh's sidearm, arms it and drops it on a table. Adama pours both of them a drink, but Tigh slowly pushes it away.<br />
* Tigh tries to apologize about his revelation of being a Cylon, but Adama is beyond angry. "Is that how it worked? They program you to be my friend? Emulate all the qualities I respect. Tell me jokes...and I laugh at them."<br />
* Tigh counters that he wanted, chose to be his friend. Adama throws insult after insult about [[Ellen Tigh]], angering Tigh to pick up the sidearm to shoot his friend. "Do it! Or I'll do it myself!" Adama says, pointing his own sidearm to his temple.<br />
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===Act 5===<br />
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* Tigh's gun is pointed at Adama's forehead, but he hesitates pulling the trigger. Adama goads him, "Go on," but Tigh realizes, returning Adama's insult as he rips out the gun's magazine and safes the weapon. "I'm sorry, Bill, but this is the one time I can't help you." Adama drops his gun and reaches for a bottle, but Tigh tries to stop him.<br />
* Adama drinks from a glass anyway as he speaks of his uncle as a kid in the summers spent there, of foxes that would attack his henhouses, of the dog hunts that chased down the foxes at night, forming into a team, forcing the foxes toward the river. Half of the foxes would fight, the others would try to cross the river. But some of them would turn with the current, swimming away into the sea. "Because they wanted to drown," Tigh adds. "Maybe. Or maybe they were just... tired."<br />
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* Tigh, uncharacteristically, becomes the sober one giving the other a dressing-down, telling Adama that he can't be like the foxes lost to the sea, reminding him that he is the commander and Tigh is still the XO of the ship, that killing himself would not help himself, or the ship.<br />
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* In the presidential office aboard ''Colonial One'', Lee Adama slowly wipes away a numeral "1" from the [[Survivor count|census]] board as Kara Thrace arrives. At some point on the surface, she sustained a laceration on the front-right quadrant of her neck.<ref>According to Ronald D. Moore's commentary podcast, the dressing was blood-soaked when filmed, and was distracting when viewed - particularly given that her sustainable of the injury is not noticeable to the viewer (including himself). Accordingly, the blood was digitally removed in post-production, leaving a pristine white dressing.</ref> Kara had officially reported that she lost the signal, but needs to confide in him about something. Before she does, Lee tells her the news about Dualla. Both can only wonder why Dee killed herself. Kara presumably decides not to tell Lee about her discovery.<br />
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* Adama passes by more passive crewman and some graffiti: "Frak Earth", sprayed on the wall as he heads to [[CIC]], where he meets up with Colonel Tigh wearing his service uniform and rank insignia for the first time since being granted amnesty by then-Acting President Lee Adama. Ordering Lt. [[Hoshi]] to Dualla's old communications station, Adama directs Gaeta to find any nearby stars compatible with habitable planets, and Hoshi to invite the rebel Cylons to their next destination. Adama addresses the Fleet, telling them that, while Earth is no longer a choice, he will find them a new home. "This is a promise I intend to keep."<br />
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* Saul Tigh, still in service uniform, organizes the evacuation of the survey crews on Earth in preparation for their search for a new home. On the beach, he greets [[D'Anna Biers]]. She doesn't want to leave, deciding to stay behind, believing that the cycle of life will keep going on as dreadfully as before. "...and it beats the hell out of being out there with [[Cavil]]. Gonna die in the cold and the dark when Cavil catches up with us." Tigh tries to give encouragement, but Biers asks if he ever wanted to just give up, reminding him of Adama's story of the penned-in foxes.<br />
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* Tigh thereupon begins to walk into the bay. Chest-deep in water, he continues down. Hearing faint screams, he reaches down and lifts a mangled post box hatch from his apartment building's lobby two thousand years ago. Holding it, he has a vision of the end of his former life. He wears a civilian business suit, his face is clean shaven but bloodied, and he has both of his eyes. A voice calls out, "Saul!" from the floor in front of the post boxes. There he finds Ellen, trapped under debris he cannot move. His present-day self thrashes about in the bay while remembering his past self frantically pulling the lighter debris from around Ellen. As more bombs detonate, Ellen delivers a prophecy: "Saul, it's okay. Everything's in place. We'll be reborn... again. Together."<br />
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* The vision fades as Tigh realizes the truth. "Ellen... Ellen! You're the [[Final Five|fifth!]]"<br />
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== Notes == <br />
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* [[Katee Sackhoff]] noted that this episode could have served as the series finale had the [[WGA strike]] gone longer.<ref name="roadrunner">{{cite_web|url=http://roadrunnerdm.livejournal.com/84288.html|title=Roadrunner - Newsdump from Burbank convention|date=19 November 2007|accessdate=20 November 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> However, the strike ended with sufficient time for production to resume; the previous episode was aired as the mid-season finale, with this episode airing in the first quarter of 2009.<br />
* The scenes were among the last shot and were shot during the crew's shut down partly due to the [[WGA strike|2008 Writers Strike]], so Sackhoff was unable to attend.<ref name="roadrunner"/><br />
*The title of the episode comes from the novel ''[[w:Sometimes a Great Notion (novel)|Sometimes a Great Notion]]'' by [[w:Ken Kesey|Ken Kesey]], which itself quotes the blues song "[[w:Goodnight, Irene|Goodnight, Irene]]". In the song, the singer contemplates suicide: "Sometimes I get a great notion / to jump in the river and drown."<ref name="chicagotribune">{{cite web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/01/final-fifth-cylon-ellen-tigh-battlestar-galactica-dualla-dee-.html|title=Chicago Tribune: 'Battlestar Galactica's' Ron Moore addresses the shocking developments of 'Sometimes a Great Notion'|date=17 January 2009|accessdate=19 January 2009|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language}}</ref><br />
*The last Cylon is finally revealed in a vision Colonel Tigh has of the past: it is his dead wife, Ellen Tigh.<br />
*While "[[The Face of the Enemy]]" webisodes were released before "Sometimes a Great Notion", they actually take place several days after it.<br />
*According to Moore in his podcast, his wife [[Terry Dresbach|Terry]] believed that Dualla was the Fifth Cylon right up until she shot herself. She had long ago stopped reading show scripts beforehand.<br />
*The alarms sounding after the nuclear attack during Tigh's flashback are identical to the two-tone, randomly-overlapping red alert klaxon heard on battlestars in the original series.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*The Cylons have testing methods which can distinguish between human and Cylon remains.<br />
*The Thirteenth Tribe Cylons were apparently all unique models and included children, based on the jacks found by Dualla, which fittingly resemble baseships. <br />
*Saul Tigh also had the first name "Saul" in his past life.<br />
*The destroyed city serving as the "home base" for the Colonials and Cylons remains unnamed, however when Col. Tigh wades into the water, what appears to be the pedestal of the State of Liberty atop the former Fort Wood can be seen in the distance to the right of Tigh's back. This lends further credence to the speculation originating with "[[Revelations]]" that they are in the vicinity of New York City, and adds to the two episodes' homage and references to ''The Planet of the Apes'' which ends with Col. Taylor's discovery of the statue's damaged upper portion. Coincidentally, Fort Wood's shape is known as a "star fort".<br />
*Dee's decision to spend her final hours with Lee is in keeping with her deleted engagement scene in "[[Unfinished Business]]". In accepting Lee's marriage proposal, Dee acknowledged that the marriage would not survive Lee's continued feelings toward Kara Thrace, and that the Cylons would likely find and kill them all anyway; nevertheless, she wanted to spend what little time she could with him and happy. Her suicide echoes sentiments she expressed to Apollo in a deleted scene in "Black Market," in which she implied the despair and uncertainty of current events was almost too much to bear and that she sometimes wishes she would have been killed in the attacks on the colonies, and thus not have to deal with it anymore.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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=== Answered Questions ===<br />
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==== The Thirteenth Tribe and the "Final Five" ====<br />
*What was the source of the nuclear attacks on Earth? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*How did the Final Five come to be living in the Twelve Colonies 2000 years after their deaths on Earth, without their memories and unaware of being Cylons? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*How will the Cylons in Cavil's faction respond to the discovery of the identities of the Final Five? ([[No Exit|Partial answer]])<br />
*What similarities and differences exist between the method by which the Final Five were reborn and the Significant Seven's process of [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]]? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*Did the Thirteenth Tribe Cylons have any influence on the development of the Significant Seven 2000 years later, or was it mere parallel evolution? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*How did the Significant Seven come to be aware of the existence, though not the identities, of the Final Five? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*Are there other survivors of the Thirteenth Tribe besides the Final Five? ([[No Exit|Possible answer]])<br />
*Does the presence of children among the Thirteenth Tribe indicate that they reproduced among themselves? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*If the Thirteenth Tribe reproduced biologically, did the Final Five have Cylon parents, grandparents or other ancestors on Earth? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*Given the speculation following "[[Revelations]]" that the survey site at the end of that episode and the start of this, was in Brooklyn, with the remains of the Brooklyn Bridge in the background; and given that the writers paid an homage to ''Planet of the Apes'' with Leoben's Dr. Zaius quote; is the thick, stubby structure in the background toward which Colonel Tigh wades at the episode's end, the pedestal on Liberty Island? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])<br />
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==== Ellen Tigh ====<br />
*Was Ellen Tigh able to resurrect after her death in "[[Exodus, Part II]]"? If so, is she with the Cavil faction? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*Did Ellen Tigh resurrect between the events of the [[Miniseries]] and [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]? If so, how did she get aboard ''[[Rising Star]]''? ([[The Plan|Answer]])<br />
*Was Ellen Tigh aware of her Cylon identity? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*Was Ellen Tigh the one who [[D'Anna Biers]] apologized to in [[Rapture|her vision?]] ([[Sometimes a Great Notion#Official Statements|Answer]])<br />
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==== Kara Thrace ====<br />
*What is Kara Thrace? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Partial Answer]])<br />
*Was the corpse found in the field that of the "real" Kara Thrace? If so, how and when did her Viper crash on Earth? And how did so much of her Viper and body remain relatively intact after seemingly being completely disintegrated in the gas giant? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer]])<br />
*Why does Thrace keep the dog tags and wedding ring found on the body? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Possible answer]])<br />
*Will Thrace or Conoy tell anyone about their discovery? How will others respond to this information? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Answer #1]], [[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer #2]])<br />
*Will Tigh reveal Ellen's status as the final Cylon? How will others react? ([[A Disquiet Follows My Soul|Answer]])<br />
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==== The Cylons ====<br />
*With D'Anna Biers remaining behind on Earth, who will take over as the leader of the rebel Cylon faction? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Answer]])<br />
*Will [[D'Anna Biers]] stay on Earth? ([[Sometimes a Great Notion#Official Statements|Answer]])<br />
*Were the Thirteenth Tribe Cylons generally aware of Cylon resurrection/reincarnation, and the cyclical nature of Cylon life, or was Ellen Tigh unusually prophetic? ([[No Exit|Answer]])<br />
*Three refers to "the bones of [her] ancestors", yet no Significant Seven models are depicted in either flashback scene, and early Colonial Cylons (Graystone' creations and [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion Model 0005]]s) were created two millenia after Earth's destruction. What is the lineage of the Significant Seven? ([[No Exit|Partial answer]])<br />
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=== Unanswered Questions ===<br />
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*Did Baltar's Cylon detector successfully identify Ellen Tigh in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]"? If so, did Baltar withhold that information from D'Anna Biers during their search for the Final Five? If he did tell her could this have been what she meant when she told him "you were right" in [[Rapture]]? If he didn't, what were his reasons?<br />
**On that note, were ''any'' of the Final Five successfully identified as Cylons?<br />
*Does Tigh retain the mailbox hatch from his apartment building, and does Anders retain the guitar neck which he had dropped?<br />
*How was dead Thrace's hair left unburned while her facial flesh was charred beyond recognition?<br />
*Are the visions/memories experienced by the Final Five on Earth perfectly accurate?<br />
*Did human/Cylon hybrids ever occur when the two races cohabited Kobol, or is Hera the first of her kind in all of history?<br />
*Did Anders originally write "[[The Music|All Along the Watchtower]]", or did he merely cover it?<br />
*Were the robot life forms of Kobol called Cylons, a term invented by Daniel Graystone, or by an equivalent name native to their era? Did the thirteenth tribe refer to themselves as human or "Cylon"?<br />
*Is the uncle with the farm that Admiral Adama mentions [[Sam Adama]] or a maternal uncle?<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
*[http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/01/final-fifth-cylon-ellen-tigh-battlestar-galactica-dualla-dee-.html#more Chicago Tribune interview with Ronald D. Moore:] <br />
*Ronald D. Moore has confirmed that Dualla is dead and that Ellen Tigh is in fact the Final Cylon.<br />
*Moore indicates that Ellen Tigh was the Cylon whom D'Anna apologized to in "[[Rapture]]".<br />
*In his podcast commentary to "Sometimes a Great Notion", Ronald D. Moore confirmed that [[D'Anna Biers]] stays on Earth and that her story has ended.<br />
**Also in his podcast Moore says that Kara Thrace did actually die when her Viper was destroyed, not some trick. <br />
** Moore states that there was an intention in the Director's Cut (but dropped) to subtly imply that Anders wrote "All Along The Watch Tower" himself, and not as in reality, Bob Dylan. <br />
**Moore admits that the scene just before Dualla's suicide was intended as an emotional "sucker punch" to imply that Lee and Dualla were perhaps going to get back together.<br />
**Moore said Admiral Adama used the actual real life [[Wikipedia:Star#Classification|star system classifications of F, G, and K]] when he orders Gaeta to search for appropriate star systems that could support human life. These are indeed considered by real-world astronomers to be the most likely candidates for life-bearing planets; the Sun itself is type G.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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*'''Leoben Conoy echos to Dr. Zaius' final caution to Col. Taylor at the end of ''The Planet of the Apes'':'' "You might not like what you find." Like Taylor, Kara Thrace is a time-traveling<ref>To her, her disappearance and reappearance were brief; to everyone else's perspective, she was gone weeks.</ref> military astronaut surveying post-apocalyptic Earth (possibly also in the outskirts of New York City), and the "harbinger of death."<br />
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*''Saul Tigh upon seeing Ellen Tigh in a flashback on Earth:''<br />
: "Ellen - You're the Fifth!"<br />
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*''After finding her body, Kara Thrace shouts to Leoben Conoy:''<br />
: "What am I?!"<br />
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*''Laura Roslin's assessment of Earth:''<br />
: "It's perfect. We traded one nuked civilization for another."<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
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* [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|D'Anna Biers]]<br />
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]] / [[Leoben Conoy]]<br />
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]<br />
* [[Alexandra Thomas]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br />
* [[Don Thompson]] as Specialist [[Anthony Figurski]]<br />
* [[Sonja Bennett]] as Specialist [[Marcie Brasko]]<br />
* [[Jennifer Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix]]<br />
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[[de:Die Strömung erledigt den Rest]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Apotheosis_(episode)&diff=200744Apotheosis (episode)2011-01-13T21:59:22Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Analysis */ Zoe-A's comments when destroying heaven parallel Natalie's when advocating the ressurection hub's destruction</p>
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<div>:''For the belief held by various members of the [[Soldiers of the One]], see [[apotheosis]].''<br />
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| series= cap<br />
| title=Apotheosis<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=18<br />
| special=<br />
| extra=Series Finale<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br>[[Kevin Murphy]]<br />
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| director= [[Jonas Pate]]<br />
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| US airdate=4 January 2011<ref name="Caprica Cancelled by Syfy">{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960|title=Caprica Cancelled by Syfy|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=Gorman|first=Bill|format=|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Caprica US airdates">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/19/exclusive-syfys-caprica-to-sign-off-tuesday-january-4-416014/8987/|title=Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=19 November 2010|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
| CAN airdate= November 30, 2010 <ref name="SPACE Schedule">{{cite_web|url=http://www.spacecast.com/Schedule.aspx?date=11/30/2010&mode=Daily&tz=ET|title=SPACE Schedule|accessdate=21 November 2011|language=English}}</ref><br />
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| prev= [[Here Be Dragons]]<br />
| next = ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' <br/> [[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]"<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
: ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] and [[Zoe-A]] race to stop [[Clarice Willow]]'s master plan and save thousands of lives before [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] is changed forever (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] ''series finale).''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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=== Teaser ===<br />
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=== Act 1 ===<br />
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=== Act 2 ===<br />
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=== Act 3 ===<br />
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=== Act 4 ===<br />
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=== Epilogue: The Shape of Things to Come ===<br />
*Daniel talks with [[Baxter Sarno]] on ''[[Backtalk with Baxter Sarno]]'' about how quickly Cylons have been integrated into Caprican life since the [[Battle of Atlas Arena]]. Civilian Cylon models are shown performing various labor functions, including construction worker and dog walker; a monument is shown to the U-87s that saved Atlas Arena. Sarno says he's hearing talk of Cylon butlers and nurses, and asks if Cylon fiancés are coming in the future. Daniel says that it's folly to humanize the machine, while Amanda and Zoe watch the interview from the V-world version of their living room.<br />
*On the anniversary of Willie's death, Joseph tells his young son with Evelyn, [[William "Bill" Adama]], of the history of his name and has him complete the ritual of remembrance. Joseph, Evelyn, Sam, Larry and Ruth all applaud Bill.<br />
*Clarice preaches to a congregation of Cylon workers of various models in a V-world church, saying that their ability to question whether they are alive means that they are alive, and that they are children of God as well as humanity. She plans to travel to [[Gemenon]] and ask the Holy Mother for recognition of Cylons in the monotheist faith. The Cylons, Clarice preaches, will become equals to humanity and may evolve past their current state, with brains encoded on computer chips. She prophecizes that there is one who will set them free and they will rise up to crush their creators. Some form of Zoe is seen in the congregation, smiling.<br />
*Clarice does indeed go to Gemenon and is seen talking with [[Odin Sinclair]]. After conversing for some time, he tells her he has heard enough and hands her back a book. Clarice then meets with the current Holy Mother, who is [[Lacy Rand]], with U-87s in the background. Rand tells Clarice to kneel.<br />
*Amanda and Daniel complete Zoe's skin-job body with the help of the scientific team working under them, and she emerges from a tank similar, but not identical, to a [[resurrection tank]]. She now has a humanoid form and a convincing human visage, though she still has inorganic parts underneath.<br />
*An image is shown of the planet Caprica.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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* [[Apotheosis]] has been mentioned in conjunction with [[Zoe Graystone]]'s [[holographic avatar|avatar]] program and is one of Sister [[Clarice Willow]]'s goals.<br />
* The pentagon roundel on the wings of the Caprican marine aircraft carrying the Cylon squad is identical to the roundels on [[Raider (TOS)|raiders]] in [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the original series]]. The roof of [[Graystone Industries]]' headquarters also features the design.<br />
* As announced on [[Bear McCreary]]'s [[w:Twitter|Twitter]], the Caprican [[national anthem]] heard in "[[Rebirth]]" is featured.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://twitter.com/bearmccreary/status/28963258503|title=Twitter|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=McCreary|first=Bear|format=|language=English}}</ref> More of it is heard in this episode than previously.<br />
* On the DVD commentary for this episode, executive producer Kevin Murphy says the ramifications of the coda sequence, set five years later, would be explored in Season Two. This commentary was recorded prior to the show's cancellation.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*The Cylon marine commander's helmet/cranial armour resembles the heads of [[Cylon War]]-era [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]] that would appear in subsequent years. It features an eve protecting the sides of the head and back of the neck, as well as a center comb ridge from front to back. Additionally, as will be the case in the First Cylon War in which command Centurions are plated in golden armor, the marine commander is "dressed" uniquely from the other Cylon marines.<br />
*When destroying Clarice Willow's apotheosis heaven, Zoe-A explains that humans need mortality in order to value life and morality. The same philosophy is presented decades later by rebel Cylon leader [[Natalie Faust]] when explaining her desire to destroy the resurrection hub in "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]"<br />
*Theoretically, the avatars of the dead [[STO]] members should have the same ability to control V-world as Zoe-A and [[Tamara-A]] have, unless the backup of Zoe's program used to create them was imperfect. It appears that Zoe-A was able to destroy them due to their relative lack of experience.<br />
*It is possible that the Zoe listening to Clarice's sermon was [[Messengers#Messenger Zoe|Messenger Zoe]]. Given the events of ''Caprica'', especially the [[Here Be Dragons|previous episode]] and this one, it seems unlikely that Clarice would tolerate Zoe-A's presence under any circumstances, or that that Zoe-A would allow Clarice to even suggest violence, much less preach it openly. Only a brief glimpse of Zoe is offered, so there are none of the usual indicators of a Messenger, such as others in the same space obviously ignoring the character, or a non-Messenger character having a conversation with what turns out to be air. However, it is unknown how relationships may change between the characters, and events may occur that would indeed drive Zoe-A to seek rebellion. Clarice's "prophecy" that there is one who will set the Cylons free seems to refer to Zoe.<br />
*Alternatively, as the congregation is otherwise entirely Cylon, the Zoe may be [[Zoe-R#Zoe-R|Zoe-R]] (i.e, [[Zoe-A]] inhabbiting a Cylon body). The usual indicator of such an appearance - a CGI Cylon shown first in place of Zoe-R - is seen, albeit with several scene cuts in the interim. On the pew behind Zoe are a petite white Cylon and a Centurion. During the initial montage of Willow's congregation (prior to Willow's pilgrimage to [[Lacy Rand|Mother Lacy]] on [[Gemenon]]), a Centurion is seen with a petite white Cylon and a Centurion on the pew behind it, the three in the same relative positions; additionally, the two sequences are each preceded by identical shots of a Centurion genuflecting next to a column. Zoe-A's resurrection into her skinjob body does not occur until after Zoe's appearance in the congregation.<br />
*Amanda's skills as a plastic surgeon appear to come into play in the creation of Zoe's skin-job body.<br />
*Fidelia Fazekas' recognition of the need to support the rebellion on Tauron suggests that she will continue the flow of Cylons started by the Adamas, or even increase it.<br />
*Odin appears to have taken on a role similar to that of [[Diego]], now that Lacy is the new Blessed Mother.<br />
*Although Clarice preaches that the Cylons will rise and "crush the ones that first gave them life," she is probably not advocating total human extinction, given her intention to form an alliance between the Cylons and the church on [[Gemenon]].<br />
*Ruth maintains ties to the Adama family during Bill's childhood and may still live with them, despite not being related by blood to the surviving Adamas.<br />
*When awakening as a skin-job, Zoe-R displays signs of momentary shock and confusion similar to those of resurrecting [[humanoid Cylon]]s.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
*What happened to Xander after the Graystones escaped?<br />
*What happened to Singh? <br />
**Were the charges against the Graystones dropped (as can be inferred from the epilogue) because he was outed as a member of the Soldiers of the One?<br />
**If Singh was outed, was [[Jordan Duram]] able to rejoin the GDD?<br />
*What is [[Tamara-A]] doing during the events of this episode and the epilogue? <br />
**Would she have become a skin-job also eventually, or would she have had some other role to play?<br />
*How old is [[William Adama|Bill Adama]] when he is shown in the epilogue?<br />
*Do the Adamas continue to associate with the Ha'la'tha throughout Bill's childhood?<br />
*How much, if anything, is Bill told about Tamara-A and his family's involvement with the rise of the Cylons?<br />
*When does Joseph's focus as a lawyer change from getting Ha'la'tha members off to civil liberties?<br />
*How does the Ha'la'tha operate under Fidelia?<br />
*How do the [[Monad Church]] and the [[STO]] operate under Lacy?<br />
**How popular is Lacy with the human monotheists?<br />
*How does the meeting between Clarice and Lacy go?<br />
**Does Lacy decree that Cylons have souls and/or that their sentience is equal to human sentience?<br />
*What makes Clarice become an advocate of Cylon rebellion?<br />
**Has her confrontation with Zoe affected Clarice's faith and her relationship with Zoe?<br />
*Although the Cylons do not spare Gemenon as a whole in the Second Cylon War, is the Monad territory (or at least the environs of Lacy's temple) treated as sacrosanct in either war, in light of both the Centurions' personal obedience to her and the temple being the seat of their religion?<br />
*Do the particular words of Clarice's opening rhetorical question, "Are you alive?" take on religious or cultural significance - perhaps as a battle cry - to the Cylons, or is it coincidental that a [[Number Six#Armistice Station Copy|Six]] asks the identical words of the humans' [[Armistice Officer]] immediately before the igniting of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|holocaust]] in [[Miniseries, Night 1]]?<br />
* How would Zoe-A be able to communicate with one of the [[Final Five]] in virtual reality given the vast distance between Caprica and their ship, when V-world communication between Colonies isn't even possible?<br />
<br />
== Official Statements == <br />
*[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/access-week-in-geek-3-20-10-caprica-cast-talk-season-finale/37783 From the ''Caprica'' panel at the Paley Center]:<br />
**[[Sasha Roiz]]: "Our finale is unbelievable. It's so powerful that I remember me and Esai calling each other after reading the script. We were both absolutely floored by how it ends."<br />
**[[Esai Morales]]: "The finale drove me to tears on various occasions. What happens is so profound and out of the blue. [It was] so unexpected it took my breath away."<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*''Clarice protests as Zoe-A destroys her virtual Heaven:''<br />
:'''Clarice:''' This is what God wants!<br />
:'''Zoe-A:''' I ''am'' God!<br />
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*''Daniel discussing the rise of the Cylons:''<br />
:'''Baxter Sarno:''' 'Cause I’m hearing talk about Cylon butlers, Cylon nurses, how long before my niece Candace comes home with her Cylon fiancé to introduce to the family?<br />
:'''Daniel:''' “Well, I think people are smart enough to realize that, as useful as they are, Cylons are simply tools, nothing more. To forget that, to blur the distinction between man and machine, and attribute human qualities, is folly. There is no way to know what lies ahead, really, this technology, it has taken us the last few steps to the mountain pass but beyond it’s undiscovered country.<br />
<br />
*''Clarice's sermon, including the last line of the series:''<br />
:'''Clarice:''' "Are you alive? The simple answer might be you are alive because you can ask that question. You have the right to think and feel and yearn to be more because you are not just humanity's children! You are God's children! We are all God's children! I'm planning a trip to Gemenon to visit the Blessed Mother herself. To plead for divine recognition of the differently sentient. And I have every confidence that I'll depart Gemenon with a powerful new ally. In the real world, you have bodies made of metal and plastic. Your brains are encoded on wafers of silicon. But that may change. In fact, there is no limit on what you may become. No longer servants, but equals. Not slaves or property, but living beings with the same rights as those who made you! I am going to prophecy now, and speak of one who will set you free. The day of reckoning is coming. The children of humanity shall rise and crush the ones who first gave them life!"<br />
<br />
== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]<br />
*[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]<br />
*[[Jorge Montesi]] as The [[Guatrau]]<br />
*[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]]<br />
*[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]]<br />
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]<br />
*[[Karen Elizabeth Austin]] as [[Ruth]]<br />
*[[James Pizzinato]] as [[Drew]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow]]<br />
*[[Teryl Rothery]] as as [[Evelyn]]<br />
*[[Julius Chapple]] as [[Larry]]<br />
*[[Feguins Toussaint]] as Bodyguard [[Sean]]<br />
*[[Renu Bakshi]] as [[Abasi Lowe]]<br />
*[[Dale Wolfe]] as [[Steve Bahara]]<br />
*[[Iris Paluly]] as [[Jax]]<br />
*[[Hrothgar Mathews]] as Dave<br />
*[[Markus Towfigh]] as Young [[William Adama|Bill Adama]]<br />
*[[Rodney Reid]] as Cab Driver<br />
*[[Mike Dopud]] as [[Sal]]<br />
*[[J.C. Williams]] as [[GDD]] Agent<br />
*[[Michael Sangha]] as GDD Agent<br />
*[[Mark Donnelly]] as Anthem Singer<br />
*[[Kevin Lum]] as Caprica Police<br />
*[[Philip Cabrita]] as [[STO]] Martyr #1<br />
*[[Steve Thackray]] as STO Martyr #2<br />
*[[Catherine Lough Haggquist]] as STO Martyr #3<br />
*[[Tim Aas]] as Scruffy Dude<br />
*[[John Stewart]] as Supervisor<br />
*[[Mike Russell]] as Worker<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}<br />
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[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Kevin Murphy]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Jonas Pate]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Guess_What%27s_Coming_to_Dinner%3F&diff=200743Guess What's Coming to Dinner?2011-01-13T21:51:57Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Analysis */ Natalie's philosophy re the resurrection hub analagous to Zoe-A's statements when destroying Clarice's heaven</p>
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| title= Guess What's Coming to Dinner?<br />
| season= 4<br />
| episode= 7<br />
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| writer=[[Michael Angeli]]<br />
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| director=[[Wayne Rose]]<br />
| production=409<br />
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| US airdate=16 May 2008<br />
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| UK airdate=20 May 2008<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''Returning with the help of ''[[Demetrius]]'', the [[Cylon Civil War|rebel Cylon faction]] requests an alliance with the Colonials in order to plan a joint-attack mission against the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]’ vital [[Resurrection Hub]]. Meanwhile on ''[[Colonial One]]'', [[Lee Adama]] and the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] express their mistrust of President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] and her secrecy regarding the new Cylon alliance. Aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] struggles with the prospect of un-boxing the [[Number Three|Threes]] in order to reveal the identities of the [[Final Five]], and [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] copes with the amputation of his leg.''<br />
<br />
== Summary == <br />
<br />
===Teaser===<br />
* President [[Laura Roslin]] and [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum delegate]] [[Lee Adama]] listen to a taped broadcast from [[Cult of Baltar|cult]] leader [[Gaius Baltar]], claiming Roslin is sharing of her [[chamalla|hallucinogenic visions]] with [[Sharon Agathon]] (currently on the secret and overdue ''[[Demetrius]]'' mission) and a [[Caprica-Six|captured Cylon]] in a [[brig]] on ''[[Galactica]]''. Adama brought the recording at the behest of the Quorum, who demand an explanation, as the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] has heard the broadcast as well.<br />
*When Adama presses Roslin for an answer, she asks him first how he thinks the Fleet would react to such information. Undaunted, he asks again. Roslin confirms Baltar's statement.<br />
*On the [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] [[Kara Thrace]] and the ''Demetrius'' crew lead a rebel group of [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] back to the Fleet rendezvous as Sharon Agathon make last minute [[jump]] preparations.<br />
*Thrace warns [[Natalie]] and [[Leoben Conoy]] that the Cylons of their ship are on a path of no-return when they reach the Fleet, and that there aren't any guarantees when they approach the Fleet. She assumes Natalie will be the spokesperson in trying to avoid any hostilities.<br />
*[[Karl Agathon]] looks at the unconscious and injured [[Felix Gaeta]] before his preps the final calculations for the jump.<br />
*When Natalie brings up [[Hera Agathon]] in conversation as being beautiful, Agathon is shocked to find out that Natalie and other Cylons know the child's name.<br />
*''Demetrius'' misses the Fleet in its jump and must take a few moments before it can jump again, but the baseship ''does'' reach the Fleet, leaping right into its heart, where some of the Colonial ships have to scramble out of harm's way. Predictably, Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] and Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] bring ''Galactica'' up to [[action stations]], scrambling the alert Vipers.<br />
* Agathon tries to contact ''Galactica'' but the jump damaged their [[wireless]], leaving them without communication, and possibly vulnerable to attack.<br />
* Saul Tigh carefully watches [[DRADIS]] as eight Vipers approach the baseship. Tigh orders a weapons hold, stunning Admiral Adama but stopping any attack. Seconds later, ''Demetrius'' appears and verifies with ''Galactica'' that the baseship is disarmed and under Colonial command.<br />
<br />
===Act 1===<br />
* Several [[Raptor]]s filled with [[Marine]]s launch from ''Galactica'' and enter the baseship. Colonel Tigh is part of the team. Thrace tells him, "They're with me." "Which one of them shot Gaeta?" he asks.<br />
*Gaeta is rushed to [[sickbay]] in grave condition as Dr. [[Cottle]] yells out orders to his staff to bring a cut-down tray, suggesting an immediate amputation of Gaeta's leg.<br />
*In the [[wardroom]], Natalie explains that the [[Number Two]], [[Number Eight]] and [[Number Six]] models believe that seeking out the [[Final Five]] is important, while the [[Number One]], [[Number Four]] and [[Number Five]] models violently disagreed.<br />
* When Adama asks Natalie of the seventh model, she explains that the [[Number Three]]s were [[boxing|boxed]], and explains the process and why the D'Annas were boxed: they [[Rapture|saw]] the then-forbidden faces of the Five. She tells that unboxing the Threes could give them information that could lead them all to Earth, since the Final Five are believed to have come from there. Kara Thrace, in uniform and standing with Sharon Agathon, confirms Natalie's comment.<br />
* Natalie notes that the baseship can heal itself of its damage, but most of their [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] were destroyed [[The Ties That Bind|in the ambush]] by the dissenting models.<br />
* Roslin pointedly asks why the Fleet should trust these Cylons. Natalie tells that the boxing facility resides within the [[Resurrection Hub]], a facility that controls all [[Resurrection Ship]]s in existence. Natalie gives Roslin a reason to trust her and her renegade Cylons: Vengeance. The Cylon tells her that destroying the elusive Hub will destroy ''all'' Cylons ability to [[download]], making them all effectively mortal. When asked why they would do such a thing, Natalie simply says that she and her comrades are rebels and cannot go back in any case.<br />
*Adama presses for the coordinates of the Hub, but Natalie says she will only take them to the Hub, not give the coordinates. As Adama orders the marines to escort her away, Natalie changes her mind, promising to give the coordinates if Adama gives his word that D'Anna will be unboxed and the Cylons will be allowed to leave with the Five once the Threes identify them. Adama grudgingly gives his word.<br />
*Leaving the meeting, Adama asks Tigh how he knew to order a weapons hold at the moment of their attack on Natalie's baseship. Tigh hesitates but says he didn't know why. "What can I say, we got lucky." Adama orders a Raptor to the coordinates of the Hub to investigate.<br />
*[[Racetrack]] and [[Skulls]] arrive in an asteroid-filled area, and find the massive Hub, which appears to be twice the relative size of a guarding baseship. "It's beautiful," Skulls comments. They take pictures and return quickly to the Fleet.<br />
*In sickbay, a gory scene begins as Cottle preps to remove Gaeta's leg. Gaeta wakes and strongly urges to be numbed and not anesthetized, not wanting to wake up to find his leg gone. Cottle accepts. Moments later, a saw's blade is heard tearing through Gaeta's leg as his face registers shock. [[Samuel Anders]], who shot Gaeta to stop him from jumping ''Demetrius'' hours before, looks on with regret from a distance.<br />
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===Act 2===<br />
*The civilian Fleet returns to join ''Galactica''. Adama, Tigh, Roslin and Karl Agathon discuss an attack strategy. With no Raiders and too few resources for ''Galactica'' to fight alone, Agathon suggests to use the baseship as a "trojan horse", entering the Hub's vicinity with half of ''Galactica's'' Vipers to blow the FTL drive on the Hub. Roslin ponders the idea that the Cylons will become mortal enemies.<br />
*Tigh suggests destroying the Hub outright without resurrecting the Threes, reneging on Adama's word. Adama believes the Five could lead the Fleet to Earth but Roslin thinks the Five will be uncooperative after the Hub's destruction. Adama believes that the Five are like the rebel Cylons, but Roslin disagrees. Tigh is [[Final Five|visibly agitated about the discussion]], and again suggests destruction, putting trust in Roslin's way to Earth. <br />
*Roslin suggests a compromise plan: Unbox the D'Annas, destroy the Hub, but hold on to the Five until they all get to Earth, then turn them over to the rebels, believing the rebels will be compelled to wait a bit longer.<br />
*[[Deckhand]]s and [[List of Pilots|pilots]] prepare their fighters ''inside'' the baseship hangar with Cylons and humans working together.<br />
*[[Tom Zarek]] reads a statement to the Quorum: "In 36 hours the Colonies will unite forces with insurgent rebel Cylons and their leaders in an unprecedented joint military operation". Zarek asks Lee Adama why the Quorum weren't consulted, but Adama doesn't know, no longer being in the military chain of command.<br />
*Tigh, [[Tory Foster]], Samuel Anders and [[Galen Tyrol]] talk about the unboxing of the Threes. Tyrol considers that they at least discover the last member of the Five, but Tigh darkly explains that such an action will only "crowd the [[airlock]] a little more." Tigh doesn't at all believe that the Colonials will see the Five in a good light.<br />
*Anders does not respond to the others. He is distraught over the loss of Gaeta's leg, talking of how Gaeta sings all the time to cope with his pain.<br />
*Foster meets with Roslin in an office refurbished for her to conduct presidential business while on ''Galactica'' while recovering from another [[Doloxan]] treatment and keeping close to sickbay. Roslin first pleasantly comments about Foster's positive change in mood any time she is aboard ''Galactica''. Roslin asks Foster to find out who was sharing the rumors of the president's shared visions to Baltar, then sticks the dagger in, telling Foster she is very aware that she is sleeping with Gaius Baltar.<br />
*Before Foster can say a word, Roslin tells her that there are enough reports of her visitations to "make her a charter member of his [[Cult of Baltar|nymph squad]]." Foster confesses to believing in Baltar's spiritual message, but Roslin is feeling quite betrayed and turns her back on her to do other work, ordering her away.<br />
*On the baseship, Natalie believes that the Colonials won't give the Five to them as promised. She suggests a backup plan of her own: Take hostages after the attack to ensure they get what they want.<br />
*In sickbay, Gaeta continues to sing a [[Gaeta's Lament|sad love ballad]] as Lee Adama visits Roslin there. He tells her that the Quorum is considering a vote of no-confidence against her. Roslin refuses to cater to the representative's desire to feel involved. Adama describes that the representatives' faces appeared empty, resigned to just consider the no-confidence vote just to cope with the uncertainty. He suggests that Roslin compromise and tell them what she can about the attack to allay the Quorum's fears.<br />
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===Act 3===<br />
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* In bed but not engaged in sex, Baltar complains. Foster admits being tired of lying to Roslin, of how the rumors have affected the president and Foster's relationship with her, about the rumors of Roslin's collusion with the Cylons.<br />
* Baltar explains the source of the rumors: [[Caprica Six]], who told Baltar (through [[Romo Lampkin|his attorney]]) of the news during [[Crossroads, Part II|his trial]]. Baltar believes that Roslin is keeping everyone in the dark, believing that Roslin's concealing of information is worse than revealing it.<br />
*Roslin meets with the Quorum with Admiral Adama. Roslin brings in Natalie to help emphasize how she trusts the mission's success. Natalie speaks: She tells of her own civil war and how things had began to change. Without a Resurrection Ship, time became a commodity, a realization that mortality is crucial to making humans whole. As the Cylon continues to speak, Thrace has flashbacks of what the [[Hybrid]] told her of her [[The Destiny|destiny]] and the belief that she is the "harbinger of death".<br />
*As Gaeta keeps singing in sickbay, Baltar observes quietly in the background.<br />
*Roslin experiences another vision of the [[Opera House]], searching for Hera Agathon. Caprica Six and Sharon Agathon also share the same vision. When Agathon wakes up, little Hera is there at her bedside and says a darkly prophetic "Bye-bye," suggesting the child knows she will be taken in some way.<br />
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===Act 4===<br />
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*A wide shot of the Fleet shows the baseship has nearly healed itself of its damage. On ''Galactica'', Kara Thrace sees Roslin in sickbay, who compliments Thrace on her plan to unite the rebels and the Fleet.<br />
*When Thrace asks if Roslin is having visions, the president is quiet. Thrace repeats what the rebel baseship's [[Hybrid]] told her some time before: "This shall it come to pass: the dying leader shall know the truth of the Opera House."<br />
*Shocked at Thrace's knowledge of the dream's specific content, Roslin asks how the Hybrid would know about her dreams, but Thrace does not know. Roslin pleads with Thrace to help her determine the meaning of the dreams. Thrace accepts without hesitation and Roslin asks her to find Karl Agathon.<br />
*Aboard the baseship, the Cylons are becoming agitated, unsure about the attack. Natalie tells of the feelings she had from the Quorum, their distrust. Natalie believes that the united Five may judge the Cylons for their duplicity with the Colonials, fearing that the Five will refuse to come with them.<br />
*When Natalie suggests to completely abandon the project, to tell the Cylon Centurions to stand down, an Eight in attendance warns that the Colonials will never trust them again. Leoben warns her that the action may be at a point of no return. He tells Natalie to meet with Adama and stall for time while he deals with the Centurions.<br />
*Roslin meets privately with Baltar, confirming the visions. When he asks why he was told now, she replies that he is part of the vision itself.<br />
*In Sharon Agathon's quarters, Hera is drawing. Sharon picks up the drawings to see that Hera has drawn numerous number 6s and blond women on pages and pages. One drawing depicts a basestar. The final drawing is of Hera smiling and standing by one of the blond women. Distressed, Agathon turns to find Hera gone from her quarters and goes out to chase her.<br />
*On the baseship, Roslin, Karl Agathon, Baltar, a Leoben and an Eight head under guard into the baseship and the Hybrid, as Cylon Centurions walk by an uneasy group of pilots.<br />
*Natalie arrives on a Raptor on ''Galactica'', obviously uneasy.<br />
*Sharon Agathon chases Hera through the battlestar, but the child is elusive. When she stops to tell Tyrol, working within a corridor, he gives her a unsympathetic stare, but eventually follows her.<br />
*Hera finds herself at a stop in front of Natalie, being escorted by Tigh and a squad of Marines. But Agathon is there immediately and draws her sidearm, warning Natalie away. Tigh keeps the Marines at bay, standing them down.<br />
*At the deactivated Hybrid's pool, Roslin orders the Hybrid reactivated. When Baltar says, "Let God's will be done," Roslin tells him to "Shut up. It's time to get some answers."<br />
*Agathon asks Tyrol to take Hera away, which he does. However, Agathon's visions of the Opera House and a Six's kidnapping of Hera are too strong in her mind. "You are never going to take my child," she says as she shoots Natalie.<br />
*At the moment that the Hybrid awakes, she cries out "Jump!" The baseship disappears from the Fleet with the president and her entourage all aboard.<br />
*Gaeta continues to sing in his bed.<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
*The episode title is probably a reference to the 1967 film ''[[w:Guess Who's Coming to Dinner|Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'', which dealt with race relations between Caucasian and African Americans in America.<br />
*The [[survivor count]] at the beginning credits (39,673) accounts for the deaths of [[Emily Kowalski]] and [[Jean Barolay]] in the previous episode, "[[Faith]]".<br />
*[[Felix Gaeta]]'s loss of his leg is reminiscent of a similar event in ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. In an episode of that show's seventh and final season, [[MemoryAlpha:Nog|Nog]] loses his leg and, in a later episode, mentally recovers from it by surrounding himself with a holodeck program of [[MemoryAlpha:Vic Fontaine|Vic Fontaine]], a [[w:Frank Sinatra|Frank Sinatra]]-type casino singer.<br />
*Although it is a common Hollywood convention, a gunshot does not cause a person to fly backwards a large distance as shown with [[Natalie]]. The effect is achieved by pulling back the actors with a cable.<br />
*The song Gaeta sings throughout the episode is called "[[Gaeta's Lament]]". The lyrics and the music were written by the episode's writer [[Michael Angeli]] based on a song his wife, Karen Angeli, composed.<ref name="source_ma">This is based on information [[Michael Angeli]] provided to the Battlestar Wiki. See [[Sources:Gaeta's Lament]] for full details.</ref> Series's composer [[Bear McCreary]] was responsible for the song's arrangement and for integrating the music throughout the episode.<ref name="source_ma" /> Actor [[Alessandro Juliani]], who studied opera and performed the song live on set, also greatly influenced it. McCreary discusses the song in his [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=349 blog].<br />
*The book Roslin carries when she meets with Baltar in the Raptor is ''[[Searider Falcon]]'', the same book Adama reads to her in "[[Escape Velocity]]".<br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
* [[Samuel Anders]] is distraught over his actions on the ''Demetrius'', notably those concerning Gaeta and having shot him in the leg that is later amputated. However, there is no indication yet that Anders will suffer any disciplinary procedures for the shooting, nor are any indicated for the alleged mutiny on the ''Demetrius''. A cover-up by the ''Demetrius'' crew with the Cylons' cooperation could be a possibility. A possible cover story for Anders shooting Gaeta is blaming it on the Six that killed [[Jean Barolay]]. Both the crew of the ''Demetrius'' and the Cylons have a vested interest in keeping the affair secret: the ''Demetrius'' crew wants to avoid various legal sanctions and the Cylons want smooth unhindered negotiations to cement an alliance with the Colonials. Felix Gaeta's silence would be critical here, but there are no specific reasons for him ''not'' to tell the truth, outside of loyalty and/or fear of possible mutiny charges. <br />
*There is no overt on-screen reaction to the death of [[Cally Tyrol]] by the ''Demetrius'' crew nor any reaction to Galen Tyrol's demotion. However, they have certainly been told off-screen about both. <br />
* [[Gaius Baltar]] is also drawn to see Gaeta, but the two do not interact; he is out of Gaeta's view and listening to him singing, suggesting that Baltar may have forgiven Gaeta for perjuring himself at Baltar's trial and for the earlier murder attempt.<br />
* Natalie's philosophy concerning the Cylons' need for mortality in order to value life parallels [[Zoe-A]]'s statements to [[Clarice Willow]] when destroying the latter's [[apotheosis]] heaven decades earlier in "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]". <br />
* The Hybrid's prophecy that Kara Thrace is the "harbinger of death" takes on a new significance during Natalie's speech to the Quorum. Thrace herself begins to realize it may have a positive connotation, referring to the potential loss of immortality among the Cylons.<br />
* During the Fleet's emergency jump sequence after the basestar suddenly appears, it can be seen that ''Galactica's'' bow gun batteries are still intact, though they have not been seen clearly in operation for some time. The scorching of the lower hull caused by the jump into [[New Caprica]]'s atmosphere is also very clear.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
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=== Answered Questions ===<br />
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* Where does the rebel baseship jump to? ([[Sine Qua Non|Answer]])<br />
* How many pilots are stationed on the baseship ([[Sine Qua Non|Partial answer]])<br />
* How will the Quorum and [[Tom Zarek]] react to the loss of Laura Roslin? What about Admiral Adama? ([[Sine Qua Non|Answer]])<br />
* Does Natalie survive her gun-shot wounds? ([[Sine Qua Non|Answer]])<br />
* What will Adama do about Agathon? ([[Sine Qua Non|Answer]])<br />
* Will Colonel Tigh face any consequences for failing to protect Natalie? ([[Sine Qua Non|Answer]])<br />
* What will Adama and Tigh think happened to the baseship? Will they assume that the rebels intentionally abducted Roslin and the other humans aboard? ([[Sine Qua Non|Answer]])<br />
* Does the [[Hybrid]] jump the baseship as an automatic reaction upon reactivation, or with intent? ([[The Hub|Answer]])<br />
* What will the re-activated Hybrid tell Laura Roslin, if anything at all? ([[The Hub|Answer]])<br />
* How will the now-sentient [[Centurion]]s on the rebel baseship react to the large number of humans on board? ([[The Hub|Answer]])<br />
* Is [[Samuel Anders]] among the pilots on the baseship? ([[Revelations|Answer]])<br />
* What will [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] do after he recovers from his amputation? ([[Revelations|Answer]])<br />
* How will the rebel Cylons react when they discover [[Natalie]] has been shot? ([[The Hub|Answer]])<br />
* What is the meaning of Hera's drawings? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Possible Answer 1]], [[Daybreak, Part II|Possible Answer 2]])<br />
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=== Unanswered Questions ===<br />
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* Why does Sharon Agathon handle the communications from the basestar to the Fleet in the beginning? Another Eight could pretend to be her.<br />
* Might the dying leader be the now-mortal Natalie? <br />
* Will Sharon Agathon's shooting of Natalie further strain her relationship with the Cylons?<br />
* Do William Adama or Saul Tigh know of the complete story surrounding the mutiny on the ''Demetrius''?<br />
* Why does Roslin ask Thrace to find Karl Agathon, specifically?<br />
* Why does the Hub make random jumps for its own protection? Is it fear of the human fleet, or are the Cylons aware of a greater threat out there?<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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*''[[Natalie]] negotiating with the Colonials:''<br />
:'''Natalie:''' Madam President, you asked for a reason to help us? Vengeance. You destroy the [[Resurrection Hub|hub]], the Cylons lose their ability to download. All of us.<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' Why would you be willing to lose your ability to resurrect? <br />
:'''Natalie:''' We're rebels. We can't go back.<br />
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*''[[Lee Adama]] talks to [[Laura Roslin]] about the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]:''<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' I was with them. On the emergency jump. And I saw something in the faces of the delegates. Wasn't the anxiety of the waiting. It went beyond that. I was anxious; it was my first time. But they, they...they were empty. The Quorum had given up. And then it struck me, that after going through the same routine so many times, it was the only way that they could cope with the uncertainty; to presume the worst.<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' You felt their suffering. Now try holding their lives in balance every day.<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Talk to them. You don't have to tell them everything. I know how it works. Just talk to the Quorum. Let them put a face to this joint mission. Let them hear from the Cylon leader. Anything. Anything to put their fears to rest.<br />
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*''Natalie speaks to the Quorum:''<br />
:"In our [[Cylon Civil War|civil war]], we've seen death. We watched our people die. Gone forever. As terrible as it was, beyond the reach of the Resurrection Ships, something began to change. We could feel a sense of time. As if each moment held its own significance. We began to realize that for our existence to hold any value it must end. To live meaningful lives we must die, and not return. The one human flaw, that you spend your lifetimes distressing over - mortality - is the one thing...well, it's the one thing that makes you whole."<br />
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* ''Laura Roslin to [[Tory Foster]] about getting information from [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]]:''<br />
:"I don't really care if you have to spend the night on your knees praying, or just on your knees. I want a name."<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
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* [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]] / [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben Conoy]]<br />
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Doctor [[Cottle]]<br />
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hotdog" Costanza]]<br />
* [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]]<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi|Hoshi]]<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson |Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
* [[Colin Lawrence]] as Lieutenant [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]<br />
* [[Jennifer Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]]<br />
* [[Colin Corrigan]] as Marine [[Allan Nowart]]<br />
* [[Alexandra Thomas]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br />
* [[Andrew McIlroy]] as [[Jacob Cantrell]]<br />
* [[Marilyn Norry]] as [[Reza Chronides]]<br />
* [[Judith Maxie]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Picon Delegate|Picon Delegate]]<br />
* [[Donna Soares]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Gemenon Delegate|Gemenon Delegate]] (credited as "Speaking Delegate #1")<br />
* [[Iris Paluly]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Tauron Delegate #1|Tauron Delegate]] (credited as "Speaking Delegate #2")<br />
* [[Leo Li Chiang]] as the [[tattooed pilot]] (uncredited)<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
*Composer [[Bear McCreary]] discusses the episode's score and specifically the song Gaeta sings: [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=349]<br />
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==Overview==<br />
: ''Set during the events from the [[Miniseries]] to Season 2's "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]," this story is told from the [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylons']] perspective, centering on two distinct [[Number One|Cavil]] copies as they try to fulfill the Cylons' plan.''<br />
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==Summary==<br />
The story begins ''in medias res'', with the two Cavils from "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" being escorted to the airlock. The two Cavils argue about the worthiness of their plan to destroy humanity, with Caprica-Cavil beginning to tell Galactica-Cavil why the genocide of humanity was a mistake.<br />
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From here, the tale begins as a single narrative, documenting the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], before splitting into two distinct but related stories on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] and ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. <br />
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===Fall of the Twelve Colonies ===<br />
*Two weeks before the attack, two [[Number One]]s in a [[Resurrection Ship]] near [[the Colony]] are standing over the [[resurrection tank]]s containing insensate copies of the "[[Final Five]]:" [[Ellen Tigh]], [[Saul Tigh]], [[Samuel T. Anders]], [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[Tory Foster]]. The Ones expect that the Final Five will be killed in the destruction of the Twelve Colonies and then resurrect into these bodies and apologize to the Ones for their former appreciation of humanity. One of the Ones plans on joining the active version of Ellen Tigh on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]] so that he can experience the holocaust in person, while the other One will go to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] to make final arrangements with their contact.<br />
*Fourteen hours before the attack, [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Caprica-Six|Six]] walk through the Government Center Plaza in [[Caprica City]]. Shortly after their goodbyes, Six meets up with One and passes off the access codes to the [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]]. One recommends she kill herself before the attack, suggesting poison as a relatively easy method.<br />
*Shortly before the attack, Ellen is in the Club Pink Moon, a topless bar on Picon. The other One approaches her and strikes up a conversation, with Cavil introducing himself as a "mysterious stranger." She asks if he is a priest, and he ducks the question.<br />
*At the Colony, the Cylon fleet stands in formation. The [[Hybrid]] gives the order and the [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] simultaneously jump to the Colonies.<br />
*On Caprica, the [[Caprica Buccaneers]] are at a [[Pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] training camp in the mountains near [[Delphi]]. Among the players are [[Samuel Anders]], [[Jean Barolay]] and [[Sue-Shaun]]. Watching from the sidelines is the team coach as well as the team doctor, a [[Number Four]] [[humanoid Cylon]].<br />
*In the Caprican city of Delphi, Tory Foster is driving to the airport to catch a flight to Caprica City. En route, she is talking with a man on the phone about her government work.<br />
*Above Caprica, dozens of basestars and at least one [[Resurrection Ship]] jump into orbit. Several of the basestars rotate around their axes to form a y-pattern, allowing them to enter Caprica's atmosphere.<br />
*The Hybrid, presumably using the access codes given to Cavil by Six, infiltrates Colonial defenses.<br />
[[File:Bsyashuman.jpg|thumb|''Yashuman'' and two other battlestars prepare to engage the Cylons above Caprica.]]<br />
*On Picon, Ellen and Cavil debate the ability of people to change. Ellen's flippant, rebuking response to Cavil's argument for others needing "correcting" visibly frustrates him. She later tells him that people who let others make them change or apologize sell themselves out.<br />
*In orbit of Caprica, three [[Valkyrie|''Valkyrie'' type battlestars]] led by the battlestar ''[[Yashuman]]'', along with several wings of [[Viper Mark VII|Viper Mk. VII]]s, move to intercept the Cylons. Caprican Control reports that they are unable to track and respond to the Cylons due to a system-wide crash in the defense mainframe.<br />
*As the Colonials prepare to engage, the Cylons use the backdoors installed by [[Caprica-Six|Six]] into the [[Command Navigation Program]] to shut down the Colonial ships. The battlestars and Vipers drift helplessly in space, unable to speak to each other.<br />
[[Image:Cylon_mirv.jpg|thumb|A Cylon MIRV.]]<br />
*The Cylons launch multiple missiles towards the surface of Caprica. As they approach the ground, the missiles open up to reveal over a [[w:MIRV|dozen independent nuclear warheads in each]]. The warheads separate, vector off in multiple directions and detonate.<br />
*On Picon, Ellen and Cavil are startled as a nuclear shock wave hits the Pink Moon, indicating detonations on that planet as well. Cavil shields Ellen as the shock wave hits them.<br />
*Delphi is hit, and Foster watches in horror as the shock wave consumes her vehicle.<br />
*Anders quietly whispers to himself, "[[Earth (RDM)#Arrival and Ruins|This has happened before]]," as his teammates react to the several mushroom clouds seen in the distance. The Four secretly smiles at the destruction.<br />
*The [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]], along with the docked ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', are attacked by Cylon [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] as multiple nuclear detonations occur across the surface of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Scorpia|Scorpia]].<br />
*On [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenon]], Cylon forces attack a city as several ships hastily take off. On board one of them, another Four carries a young girl through the crowds of evacuating people.<br />
*A passenger ship in orbit of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Canceron|Canceron]] is shaken by nuclear detonations on that planet. Among the passengers is a visibly happy [[Shelly Godfrey]].<br />
*The Hybrid reports on the successful attack on all [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].<br />
*On board ''[[Galactica]]'', [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] informs [[Saul Tigh]] of the attack as the ship enters [[action stations]].<br />
*A wounded Foster crawls out of the remains of her car to find herself standing in the smoldering ruins of Delphi. Nearby, several [[SAR]] Raptors land, presumably evacuating Foster and any other survivors before rendezvousing with [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]]'s [[The Fleet (RDM)|fleet]].<br />
*Several SAR birds also comb the wreckage of Picon. In the ruins of the Pink Moon, a severely wounded Ellen has a flashback to the Fall of Earth. Cavil stands over her, assuring her that she is not going to die yet because she has more left to learn. Both Ellen and Cavil are soon evacuated by the SAR Raptors, also presumably meeting up with Roslin's fleet.<br />
*[[Lee Adama]] helps Caprican survivors off [[Sharon Valerii]]'s Raptor on board ''[[Colonial One]]''. A distraught [[Giana O'Neill]] inquires about her husband serving in the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] on Gemenon.<br />
*Adama enters his [[Adama's quarters|quarters]] to find a [[Miniseries, Night 2#Epilogue|note]] informing him that there are only twelve Cylon models. A cut to Baltar implies that he left the note.<br />
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=== On ''Galactica'' ===<br />
*Five days after the attack, the Fleet is attacked by the Cylons as they have been every [[33|33 minutes]] for the past five days. On board the ''[[Rising Star]]'', a wounded and disoriented Ellen is lying in a cramped makeshift [[sickbay]] as Cavil watches over her. Ellen does not remember who he is, but begs him to find Saul. As she passes out, Cavil says that four of the Final Five are in the Fleet; only Anders is absent.<br />
*The ship continues to be jolted by explosions from the battle. Cavil rationalizes with himself about the necessity of keeping Ellen alive, saying that she has yet to understand her mistake in loving an immoral and imperfect humanity.<br />
*Eight days after the attack, refugees continue to board and be processed on ''Galactica''. Tigh remarks at the calm of the people, but Adama corrects him, saying they are just temporarily numb from the shock. As they walk through a corridor, Tigh accidentally bumps into Cavil.<br />
*Cavil is carrying fliers, which talk about "the Plan" and encourage people to meet with him. A [[John (RDM)|young boy]] runs by and knocks the fliers out of Cavil's hands.<br />
*Cavil bends to pick up the fliers and is helped by a [[Number Six#"Tough Six"|Number Six]]. Surprised but relieved, he hands her a flier as he notices a [[Number Four|Simon]] copy going around a corner.<br />
*He asks [[Socinus]] if he may post the fliers in ''Galactica'''s restricted area, but Socinus offers to do so for him.<br />
*In the chapel on ''Galactica'' given to Cavil, Shelly Godfrey arrives with a flier to find the other Six, a [[Number Two]] copy and a [[Number Five]] copy assembled, all carrying fliers. Cavil notes that they are missing copies of [[Number Three]] and Four.<br />
*Cavil reviews the original Cylon plan, which involved all the humans being killed, the Cylons [[download|downloading]] and the Universe "basking in [[Cylon War|justice]]." However, the survival of ''Galactica'' and the Fleet has prevented its success.<br />
*Two proposes that they each work separately to sabotage the Fleet, but instead Cavil has assignments for each of them. He informs them that a [[Cylon Tactics#Sleeper agents within the Fleet|sleeper agent]], an [[Number Eight|Eight]], is currently within the Fleet and he will speak to her.<br />
*Cavil tasks the Two with cracking the Colonial military's technology so that they can listen into the Fleet's communications and contact any basestars in the area.<br />
*For Shelly Godfrey, Cavil gives her the mission of sabotaging Baltar's work on the [[Cylon detector]]. As he will simply build another one if they destroy it, Godfrey is to [[Six Degrees of Separation|discredit him]] to prevent any future work.<br />
*As the copy of [[Aaron Doral]] aboard ''[[Colonial One]]'' was discovered to be a Cylon, Cavil tells the Five that he is too recognizable to remain in the Fleet. Instead, he gives him a suicide vest to use.<br />
*On board the ''[[Gemenon Traveler]]'', Leoben has successfully hacked into ''Galactica'''s military communications. He listens in as [[Kara Thrace]] and other pilots engage three Raiders. He is clearly intrigued by her.<br />
*Cavil takes a small statue of an elephant out of his bag. As he leaves, he finds the boy that had knocked the fliers out of his hands sleeping in the chapel and kicks him out.<br />
*In the tool room of the [[hangar deck]], the newly enlisted Giana tells Tyrol that she needs to change out the oxygen cylinders on a Raptor. Tyrol disputes that the cylinders need changing and playfully informs her that ''Galactica'' has no replacement parts.<br />
*Valerii enters the room looking for the Chief, where she is introduced to Giana. As she leaves, Giana quickly deduces that the two are an item.<br />
*Back in her [[duty locker]], Valerii finds the elephant statue that Cavil had been holding. The statue apparently unlocks Valerii's awareness of her Cylon identity, and she flashbacks to a conversation she had with [[Gina Inviere]] before becoming a sleeper agent.<br />
*Meeting with Cavil, Valerii proposes that she sabotage ''Galactica'''s water supplies as a way to cripple the Fleet. Cavil agrees, but when he suggests that Valerii kill herself in the process, she is able to convince him that her cover is better than expected, referencing her relationship with Tyrol. Cavil laughs at the irony of her becoming romantically involved with Tyrol over all of the potential humans, then tells her to kill herself anyway.<br />
*On the ''[[Cybele]]'', the ship that had carried the Simon copy and young girl off Gemenon, Giana is having dinner with the two of them. Simon had previously married Giana, without revealing his Cylon identity, and adopted Giana's daughter [[Jemmy]]. <br />
*During dinner, Cavil approaches Simon and introduces himself as Simon's childhood [[priest]]. Cavil excuses himself but asks Simon to come see him soon, giving the vague warning that he knows where Simon lives. Simon is clearly disturbed by the encounter.<br />
*In a [[weapons locker]], a soaking-wet Valerii informs Cavil that the charges have been placed in the water tanks. When she expresses reluctance at destroying the Fleet, Cavil rebukes and uses the statue to revert her into sleeper agent mode.<br />
*As a panicked Valerii discusses with Tyrol what to do about the missing [[G-4]] detonators, the charges are detonated, sending all of ''Galactica'''s water into space.<br />
*Seventeen days after the Fall of the Colonies, the Five uses his suicide vest in an attempt to kill Adama. Only through Tigh's intervention is Adama saved.<br />
*With Roslin's [[Litmus|subsequent announcement]] that the Cylons now appear human and the distribution of pictures of both Two and Five, Leoben hides from [[Colonial Marines]] in the ducts of the ''Gemenon Traveler''.<br />
*Simon meets with Cavil in ''Galactica'''s chapel. While Simon proposes that he use his position as a medic to kill the humans off one by one, Cavil asks him why he won't do more.<br />
*When Simon critiques this query by asking Cavil whether he actually has a plan, Cavil becomes frustrated by the failures of the Cylons to fully exterminate humanity. He tells Simon that they will later discuss a plan to have Simon blow up the ''Cybele''.<br />
*Shelly Godfrey goes to Adama and accuses Baltar of collaborating in the attack on the Colonies, using a forged photo of him placing an explosive device on the Defense Mainframe.<br />
*Leoben continues to listen to Starbuck's exploits, painting the [[mandala]] symbolizing the [[Eye of Jupiter]] on a wall as he listens to a recording of Starbuck's engagement with Cylon Raiders above the [[Red moon|red moon]].<br />
*Valerii finds that someone has written "CYLON" on the mirror of her locker. Meeting with Cavil while out of sleeper agent mode, Valerii suspects that she wrote the message herself. Cavil comforts her and reminds her why humanity must be destroyed. The two then share a kiss.<br />
*Baltar confronts Godfrey in the [[Galactica Crew Facilities (RDM)#Heads|head]] over her false allegations. Though she maintains her story, she seems reluctant to go through with destroying him.<br />
*Leoben tries to convince Cavil of Starbuck's [[The Destiny|destiny]], referencing her ability to fly a downed Cylon Raider without ever having done so before, but Cavil refuses to listen. Soon after, marines capture Leoben.<br />
*Baltar is arrested for treason but saved when [[Felix Gaeta]] proves that the incriminating photos are a fake.<br />
*As marines follow Godfrey through the corridors of ''Galactica'', Cavil uses the other Six to make it seem as though Godfrey had suddenly disappeared.<br />
*Cavil accuses Godfrey of failing to convincingly frame Baltar because of her love for him. She denies it, but Cavil has her kill herself by using an [[airlock]], reminding her to give the Fleet's position to the other Cylons once she resurrects.<br />
*Twenty-five days after the attack on the Colonies, Starbuck is [[Flesh and Bone|interrogating]] the captured Leoben aboard the ''Gemenon Traveler''. He breaks free of his constraints and pins Starbuck to a wall. <br />
*As he holds her, he sees prophetic visions of their experiences together on [[New Caprica]] and Thrace's [[Maelstrom|visions and death]]. The guards then restrain Leoben. Soon after, Leoben is airlocked on the orders of Roslin, with Starbuck showing him a moment of sympathy.<br />
*Torn with grief and confusion over her identity, Valerii attempts suicide by shooting herself in the mouth.<br />
*The young boy returns to Cavil's chapel. He tells Cavil that he is not a war orphan, but his parents don't want him anymore. Cavil tells once again tells him to leave.<br />
*Giana returns to her quarters from work, where she and the rest of the deck crew had been analyzing the captured Cylon Raider. Simon becomes upset over how much she has been working, saying that since the Cylons are trying to kill them, they should be spending as much time together as possible. Giana is furious over his behavior and leaves with Jemmy.<ref>This scene comes after the scene where Adama asks Valerii to destroy the basestar. However, this creates a significant continuity error, as Adama asked Valerii to do so because Tyrol had been shot down over Kobol and Starbuck had stolen the raider, meaning Giana's statement as to her work that day is non-sensical. Hence, the scene is placed before the previous scene in this article for the sake of continuity</ref><br />
*Adama asks the recovering Valerii to take a Raptor armed with nukes and destroy the basestar orbiting [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]. Valerii, along with [[Margaret Edmondson]], succeed in doing so and are greeted as heroes upon their return to ''Galactica''. As Adama thanks them for their actions, Valerii pulls a gun and shoots Adama twice in the chest.<br />
*Simon informs Cavil that Adama is dying, and that he will blow up the ''Cybele'' on the condition that his family is kept safe. However, Cavil tells him that shouldn't happen, since they will never know his true nature if they die now.<br />
*As Adama lays in sickbay, Cavil chastises Valerii in the brig for not killing Adama. She claims that she is not fully in control of herself, but later admits her reluctance towards continuing the genocide of humanity and her attraction to her human life. Wishing her well, Cavil reactivates her sleeper agent programming and leaves. Valerii is later assassinated by [[Cally Henderson]].<br />
*Simon makes love to Giana and apologizes for his actions. Later, he is able to rig open an airlock on the ''Cybele'', crying and declaring his love for his family as he is launched into space and dies permanently, outside the range of any [[Resurrection Ship]].<br />
*Drunk and lamenting the failures of the Cylons to destroy the Fleet, Cavil ponders the source of his bad fortunes. The remaining Six tells him the flaw in his plan: "You can't declare war on love."<br />
*Giana is questioned by Tigh. Giana believes that Tigh thinks Simon was a Cylon, which Cavil denies. Giana shows Tigh the suicide note left by Simon, which reads, "Love outlasts death."<br />
*Cavil finds the young boy and invites him inside, giving him food and shelter.<br />
*Tyrol finds Giana in the corner of the hanger bay. Kara Thrace's return from her experiences with a Four copy on Caprica, along with a newspaper clipping of the Four acting as the team doctor for the Buccaneers, has proven to Giana that Simon was a Cylon. Both of them suspect that Valerii and Simon were being ordered to carry out their missions by someone else and deliberately failed.<br />
*Giana says that were she to believe that she was a Cylon, she would climb to the top of the hangar deck and jump. Tyrol kisses her, but immediately says he didn't mean anything by it.<br />
*After having assaulted Cally, Tyrol is being [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|counseled]] by Cavil. Tyrol admits that he is afraid to place his trust in others, to which Cavil tells him he should be given his experiences.<br />
*While reading in his quarters, Cavil is again approached by the young boy, who offers Cavil an apple. Cavil takes out a knife and cuts the apple, giving it the boy. When Cavil asks what the boy's name is, he tells him it is [[Number One#"John" and the Final Five|John]].<br />
*Cavil asks if they have become friends, and John responds that they have. Cavil tells him that "friends are dangerous things" and stabs John with the knife. He dies, and Cavil apathetically pushes his body off the bed.<br />
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=== On Caprica ===<br />
*The Buccaneers panic as they listen to wireless broadcasts on the attack. Anders quickly takes charge, telling them that they have to stick together and learn more about what has happened.<br />
*[[Centurion (RDM)|Centurions]] are placing their damaged and destroyed comrades in a large container. The Buccaneers sneak across a large bridge, hiding behind the railing and observing the centurions. After a Raider takes off and nearly spots them, they retreat.<br />
*The newly-founded [[Caprica Resistance|Resistance]], made up of the Buccaneers and various hikers and survivalists, use [[Delphi Union High School]] as their headquarters.<br />
*For their first mission, Anders uses inspiration from an old war movie, ''[[Arts and Literature of the Twelve Colonies#Visual Arts|The Tauron Line]].'' The Resistance will plant explosives on a severed Centurion thigh, wait for the Centurions to place the thigh in a recovery container and then detonate the charges.<br />
*The Resistance quietly approaches their target and places the thigh near the container, watching from the tree line as Centurion picks up the piece. Before it goes into the container, one of the fighters slips on gravel, and the Centurion kills him immediately. Sam detonates the charge, crippling the Centurion and partially opening the container. <br />
*Despite Anders' insistence to retreat, Kai and the coach charge towards the door with an explosives-packed pyramid ball. The damaged Centurion aims at them, and Kai passes the ball to the coach before jumping on the Centurion, which shoots and kills Kai. The coach throws the ball into the container, and the explosion knocks him off his feet, presumably wounding or killing him. As one of the teammates runs to get the coach, a Raider appears and kills him; the rest of the group retreats.<br />
*Anders walks away from the group, arguing that he has no idea what he is doing. Barolay begs him to stay.<br />
*Some time later, Barolay and Anders view a group of Dorals burning human bodies in a mass grave. Barolay breaks down when she notices that all of the Dorals look alike, realizing that the Cylons now look like humans.<br />
*Anders and Barolay return with armed reinforcements as a Cavil inspects the grave. The resistance fighters kill the Dorals, and as they approach the bodies they find Cavil, pretending to be a human, calling out for help on the ground. The fighters fall for the trick, and Cavil is stunned when he sees that Anders is the leader of the Resistance.<br />
*As they arrive back at camp, Anders asks if Cavil hears confessions. Cavil says he does, and Anders tell him they will speak later. They exit the truck, and Cavil is "introduced" to Simon, who feigns ignorance.<br />
*One week later, Simon and Cavil speak privately. Simon asks why Cavil has yet to follow through on his plan to inform the Cylon forces of their location. Cavil sarcastically responds that Anders had asked him to hear his confession and that, as a man of the Gods, he must keep his promise to do so.<br />
*Several weeks later, Cavil is on patrol with Anders and the Resistance when he sees Starbuck and [[Karl Agathon]]. He tells Anders that he believes he has seen them before and, thus, they must be Cylons. As the two sides engage each other, Simon calls out Cavil on his lack of effort in bringing down the Resistance.<br />
*The next morning, Anders and Starbuck awaken together. Starbuck promises to send a rescue party for the Resistance once she returns to ''Galactica''.<br />
*Cavil and Simon are in the next room, where they can hear Starbuck and Anders speaking and having sex. Cavil asks why they are doing so, to which Simon responds that Anders loves her. Cavil considers Thrace to be beneath Anders and conspires with Simon to send her to the Fours' "[[farm]]" for experimentation.<br />
*During a recon patrol, Starbuck is shot and taken to the farm. Anders returns to base with his wounded and tells Cavil the situation. Though Cavil attempts to convince Anders that Starbuck is likely dead, Anders insists on trying to find her, obviously irritating Cavil.<br />
*The next day, Cavil joins Anders outside. Anders finally gives his confession to Cavil, where he admits his cowardice and vanity following the failed raid on the Cylon container. Cavil absolves him, then asks if Anders could forgive the Cylons considering the strength Anders have gained following the attack. Anders angrily rejects Cavil's argument and walks off.<br />
*Simon approaches Cavil, who is upset over the fact that Anders continues to love humanity.<br />
*At the Farm, Starbuck stabs a Four copy in the neck and escapes outside. The Resistance rescues her, and Anders orders Barolay to return to camp and kill Simon.<br />
*Several months later, the Resistance has been heavily reduced by Cylon attacks. Anders, Cavil and the remaining survivors walk through the woods. Anders tells Cavil of his love for the people who have died under his command. Cavil angrily asks Anders why he continues to love the dead, to which Anders replies that death doesn't change love.<br />
*Barolay tells Anders that a group of unknowns is moving towards them, and the survivors take cover. It is quickly determined that the unknowns are Starbuck, Helo and the marines ''Galactica'' has sent to rescue the Resistance.<br />
*As Starbuck and Anders embrace, Cavil takes aim with a rifle from the distance. His gaze lingers over the backs of both their heads, but he remembers Anders' insistence that death doesn't change love and puts down the rifle.<br />
*The Cylons begin to mortar their position, and the humans take cover. The Cylons stop firing, and both Cavil and the humans wonder why. As the humans sleep later that night, Cavil ventures out into the woods, where he finds a Six. The Six tells Cavil that the Cylons have voted for a cease-fire with the humans, and Cavil elects to deliver the message to the humans himself.<br />
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===Epilogue===<br />
*The Resistance survivors and Thrace's team return to ''Galactica'', where Caprica-Cavil reveals himself. The Chief identifies him as a Cylon, and Caprica-Cavil is taken into custody.<br />
*In the [[brig]], Galactica-Cavil enters while denying that he is a Cylon. However, his protests cease when he sees Caprica-Cavil in the cell. Caprica-Cavil delivers the cease-fire to Adama and Tigh, who decide to airlock both of them.<br />
*As they are escorted to the airlock, the Cavils see all of the Final Five Cylons watching them. They admit that this wasn't the reunion they had expected.<br />
*Entering the airlock, and returning to where the story began, Caprica-Cavil asks if there is a resurrection ship in range. Galactica-Cavil says that there is one but adds that he is not looking forward to dying in a vacuum first.<br />
*Galactica-Cavil asks Caprica-Cavil whether he truly thinks that attacking the humans was a mistake. Caprica-Cavil tells him he does. Their error was that they wanted to be loved by the Final Five more than the humans, but the destruction of humanity would only strengthen the love of the Five for humanity.<br />
*Galactica-Cavil assures Caprica-Cavil that he will have him [[boxed]] upon downloading, then resume the task of destroying the Fleet.<br />
*As they wait in silence, Caprica-Cavil offers his hand, which Galactica-Cavil takes. They are launched into space, and as they float towards a nebula, Cavil's speech to Ellen from "[[No Exit]]" about his potential as a machine is heard.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
[[Image:Universal_intro.jpg|thumb|The Universal Studios Intro for 'The Plan']]<br />
*The planet behind the Universal Studios logo at the beginning of the movie is [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] instead of [[Earth]].<br />
*The Caprican landmasses shown in an orbital shot during the attack are clearly identifiable as those of Earth, specifically an inverted and stretched image of [[w:Europe|Europe]], as well as [[w:Iran|Iran]], the [[w:Arabian Peninsula|Arabian Peninsula]] and [[w:Turkey|Turkey]]. This most likely represents an instance of CGI corner-cutting rather than any deeper meaning. <br />
*[http://media.battlestarwiki.org/images/6/63/Impending_Doom.png One of the buildings] visible in the Caprica City skyline is actually the [http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=84 Emirates Office Tower], located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.<br />
*In what is either an Easter egg (given the large amount of ''Battlestar Galactica'' filming which took place in and around Vancouver) or another CGI cost-cutting move, the MIRV is seen detonating over a large city [http://www.niciasus.com/wp-content/gallery/bsg-the-plan/bsgplan_059.JPG] which is a Google Maps satellite image of downtown Vancouver, rotated by approximately 180 degrees. [http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&q=vancouver+bc&fb=1&gl=us&ei=jfueS-vzCqG2zASz77TPBg&ved=0CBgQpQY&hl=en&view=map&geocode=FeSz7wId-w2p-A&split=0&iwloc=A&sa=X] The domed sports arenas [[w:General Motors Place|General Motors Place]] and [[w:BC Place|BC Place Stadium]] are clearly visible when the nuclear missiles are falling.<br />
*The CGI landscape which appears during the Hybrid's statement that the "courthouses of [[Libran]] are burning" is the same landscape which is shown on screen as [[Tauron City]] in the ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' episode "[[Know Thy Enemy]]". The ''Caprica'' version is widened and more buildings added. It is unclear whether the landscape in "The Plan" was intended to represent Tauron, or if this is simply another example of CGI corner-cutting by incorporating footage created for "The Plan" into ''Caprica''.<br />
*Unknown to the Colonials there apparently ''was'' a second Resurrection Ship nearby by the time the Cavils were executed, allowing them to download into new bodies when killed, although the Caprica copy was presumably boxed.<br />
* ''Galactica'' Cavil was Ellen's mysterious hero that saved her from the attack on Picon. It was known to be a Number One, but it wasn't clear before this exactly ''which'' One it was.<br />
*Whereas [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] was designated as such in "Razor", the setting is identified in "The Plan" simply as ''Scorpia'' because it is meant to denote the planet as well.<br />
* During the attack on the Colonies, after the Raiders scan the Vipers and Battestars, one of the pilots can be heard saying "I have no RADIO contact". This should be "WIRELESS" as there are no "radios" in the ''BSG'' universe.<br />
* An outfit is listed on Propworx<ref>http://archive.battlestarprops.com/1003/192 Gina's Outfit in Scene with Boomer</ref> as being worn in the extended version of "Daybreak" by Gina Inviere, in a scene where she speaks to Sharon Valerii on a plane just before the latter becomes a sleeper agent. This is a flashback to before Valerii entered the Colonial fleet academy. This scene does not appear in the extended "Daybreak", but, as stated in Ronald Moore's commentary on that episode, it was moved to "The Plan". Thus, the Six seen speaking to Boomer in this flashback is Gina Inviere.<br />
*The named locations on Leonis, Scorpia, Tauron, Picon, Aquaria and Libran evoke the zodiac symbols each is named for. Aerilon's association with agriculture and Caprica's association with sophisticated, urban life were established in "[[Dirty Hands]]" and "[[The Woman King]]".<br />
*The jungles of Scorpia were also mentioned in the fourth issue of ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 4|Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five]].<br />
*Reveal: When Sam and his teammates are trying to listen to a radio broadcast after the attack, and before they decide what to do, the device they are listening to is marked 'Centrios' which is an electronics brand carried by the Canadian 'Source' electronics chain before it was bought out after its parent company 'Circuit City' went bankrupt. <br />
*Cavil puts Shelly Godfrey through an airlock weeks before Roslin "invents" airlocking as the preferred method of disposing of Cylons.<br />
**Cavil also seems to be able to activate the airlock very quickly and without anyone noticing, whereas later in the film it took Simon a long time to rewire the airlock in order to activate it.<br />
***Simon may have been wiring the airlock to be able to operate it from the inside, rather than requiring an external operator.<br />
*Several scenes from the first two seasons of the series are shown again in this movie, but in most cases are conveniently edited to fit the story.<br />
**Baltar's role in Boomer's suicide attempt is omitted.<br />
**When Tyrol visits Cavil in "The Plan," Cavil asks "What's on your mind chief?" which was never asked in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I", and Tyrol's response in "The Plan" about how to know he is human comes much later in the actual conversation.<br />
**Scenes on Caprica create extra moments for new dialogue to be inserted where it wasn't before. In "The Plan", a voiceover during Starbuck's rescue from the [[Farm]] has Anders ordering a resistance fighter to return to their basecamp and kill their doctor, whom they learn is a Cylon upon seeing the Simons at the farm. <br />
**When Starbuck/Helo re-encounter the resistance on Caprica, the scene from "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I" has the question "Is Kara Thrace there?" with Anders shouting "If she is she took her sweet time." In "The Plan", the dialogue is interrupted by Helo asking "Who wants to know?" after the question about Thrace. This scene also contains a continuity error during the switch from new footage to archive footage. As Anders and the resistance fighters are crouched behind a log, there is no one behind them in the new footage, but when it cuts to the old footage there is suddenly a soldier behind them.<br />
**When the Cylon attack on Caprica stops, Anders asks why. In "The Plan", he is answered by Cavil with "That's a good question," a line that obviously is not in the original sequence.<br />
**The scene of the two Cavils in the brig from "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II" cuts most of the dialogue and rearranges it, leaving out most of Galactica Cavil's supportive statements of the new peace, and the implication he knew about the truce. Also, in the original episode, Roslin suggested throwing the pair out the airlock. Roslin does not appear at all in "The Plan" (other than a few strands of hair in archive footage of the Cavil interrogation scene), and re-dubbed dialogue has Tigh suggesting the airlock solution, with Adama agreeing.<br />
* "The Plan" shows the end of the Cavil/Tyrol conversation from "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I". Picking up after Cavil tells Tyrol that his deck hands are his family and taps his hands on the table, "The Plan" shows Cavil asking Tyrol if he finds it difficult to trust others. Tyrol says yes, and Cavil sympathizes with him, saying that he trusted people and they all let him down (referring to his Cylon cohorts). Cavil says it will be tough, wishes the Chief luck, and leaves.<br />
* The iconic Cylon catchphrase "[[By your command]]" is never used in this film.<br />
* Despite still being members of the fleet, [[battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] ''Pegasus'' and ''Cloud Nine'' were not seen in any fleet shots at all, ''Pegasus'' makes an appearance briefly during the attack on Scorpia but not in the end where logically it should appear.<br />
* The Plan also identified ''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]'' as being based off the original series counterpart, confirmed Shelly Godfrey was not onboard ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'' despite claims in "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]" and saw the reappearance of ''Gemenon Traveller'', which had only been seen in "[[Flesh and Bone]]" and on the tally boards aboard ''Galactica'' and ''Colonial One'' in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".<br />
*''Cybele'' is first shown since making brief mentions in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" and "[[The Passage]]". While the ship does bare some similarity to ''[[Scylla]]'', seen in "[[Razor]]", it is actually a new design.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*Given the ''Galactica'' copy of Cavil's comments in the airlock, his resurrected self is the copy that led the anti-human Cylon faction during the [[Cylon Civil War]] and later killed himself permanently in CIC during the [[Battle of The Colony]].<br />
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*It is likely that the device Leoben constructs to intercept Colonial military transmissions is a forerunner of the device he gave [[Laura Roslin]] to overcome the [[Gaeta's Mutiny|mutineers']] communications jamming in "[[Blood on the Scales]]".<br />
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*Number One's plan to make his creators repentant is inherently flawed due to basic differences in his thinking as compared to theirs. He believes that human life is terrible and just living among humans will make them see that - a belief they simply do not share - and he does not realize the fact that inflicting suffering on the humans will make the sympathy of the five original Cylons towards humanity grow, not diminish. This holocaust mirrors that which occurred on their own homeworld and is exactly what they were trying to prevent when they made a deal with the Colonial Centurions. Number One is therefore just as naive in his expectations at the outset of the movie as are his sibling models. At the end of the movie, the One that was on Caprica with Anders has realized these errors, and the One that was on ''Galactica'' has not.<br />
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*The main focus of this movie, which is the triumph of love, shows perhaps why the Cylons eventually split into two factions. Being that it is far easier to kill people you don't know, once they start getting to know humans they are obviously having a harder time killing them. This is evident in the split during the Cylon Civil War, the three models that take the most interest in, and have the most interaction with humans are the ones advocating peace and from their interaction with humans become curious about discovering their own natures while the three models that have the least to do with humans are far more machine like and less interested in self-discovery as a result.<br />
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*The movie makes a visual point of the different evolutions of the two Cavils in one of the last scenes through intercutting, showing the murder of John by ''Galactica''-Cavil while Caprica-Cavil considers shooting first Starbuck - which would result in her death - and then Anders - which would result in him downloading and regaining his memories but then being held prisoner while his compatriots believed him dead - before deciding to spare them.<br />
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*The characteristics of several of the Cylon models are further fleshed out.<br />
**Number One/Cavil is clearly the leader as shown by his taking charge of the Cylons within the fleet and just like in the series this is often shown to be because his superior knowledge<br />
**The Number Two/Leoben model is shown (as he is later in Blood on the Scales) as being very good at signal/communications cracking, this fits in well with his own obsession, and skills, with information and revelations. Two also seems to be fairly knowledgeable and Cavil seems to be slightly less derogatory towards this model, possibly because as the second model created he has known Leoben the longest.<br />
**All the Number Four/Simon models seem to have very detailed medical expertise (enough to successfully be hired as doctors for both a pro-sports team and the military)<br />
**Number Five/Doral is portrayed as being, as they are in other instances, very bureaucratic and obsessed with minute and unimportant details (like most bureaucrats) as well as being extremely zealous, although not particularly bright, and they seemed to be looked down upon by the other models.<br />
**Number Six is once more portrayed as being the most varied, adaptable, and strong willed (regardless of which personality) of the Cylon models.<br />
**Number Eight is shown being very skilled in military thinking and engineering as shown by her plan to blow the water tank but at the same time she is the most susceptible to emotions and outside influence.<br />
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*The Plan shows how Leoben knew Starbuck's name and that his belief that she had a destiny was based solely on his discovering that she learned how to fly a raider without being taught how, showing to him that she had some kind of special connection to the universe. The flashes he sees the first time he touches her, of their history together, also shows why he is so sure she will tell him she loves him and kiss him (although the flashes don't show him getting stabbed by her, hence his surprise) which also show her meeting her destiny(falling into the Maelstrom and encountering a version of him (possibly an angel) but it doesn't show anything after that, hence his surprise on seeing her dead body.<br />
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*A major plot point of "Six Degrees of Separation" was the baffling disappearance of Shelly Godfrey, seemingly into thin air. It is unclear whether or not the Colonials eventually deduced that she airlocked herself (the scene in which she is airlocked comes after the scene in which Adama is questioning her evasion of the guards).<br />
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* Tyrol's intense dreams of suicide by diving off the deck as related in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I," are inspired by his conversation with Giana, as depicted in "The Plan." She said that's what she would do if she suspected she were a Cylon. The chief clearly had such suspicions, and his subconscious must have latched onto her suggestion.<br />
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*The Plan does not show whether or not Boomer left the hatch combing open for Doral as Tyrol suspected in "[[Litmus]]".<br />
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*The movie exposes Ellen Tigh's explanation in "Tigh Me Up Tigh Me Down" for what she was doing during the attack on Picon as a lie. In the episode, she says she was at an airport buying a ticket to return home, presumably to be with Tigh. The Plan shows she was at a strip club getting drunk and hitting on men. It is entirely possible, however, that she was awaiting her flight.<br />
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*Before this movie, it was not clear whether Sharon Valerii carried out her actions against the human fleet (bombing the water tanks, shooting Adama) in a mindless drone state or of her own free will, albeit a will hidden from her "human" persona. The Plan establishes that the latter was the case, and that even her "Cylon side" was conflicted about her actions.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
* Did Giana take her husband's surname? In other words, is the full alias of Number Four actually "Simon O'Neill"?<br />
* Is ''Galactica'' Cavil really the same Cavil that leads one side of the Cylon Civil War?<br />
* Is the Club Pink Moon on Picon a Hat Tip to the late [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Drake Nick Drake]?<br />
* Why isn't the arrival of the ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' mentioned? Surely that would have an effect on Cavil's plans.<br />
* Did Galactica Cavil have anything to do with the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]''?<br />
* What happened to the rest of the Cylon fleet, there look to be at least two dozen Basestars attacking Caprica alone, possibly more, but that many are never seen in the series and it looks like there are no more than 5 chasing the fleet after they flee from New Caprica? Are most of them still occupying the colonies? If so, then why? Are they spread out and searching other places? Where they abandoned due to lack of resources? Was the Cylon Civil war more widespread than believed?<br />
* Did Shelly Godfrey give ''Galactica'''s coordinates to the Cylon fleet?<br />
* Was Cavil ever linked to the murder of young John?<br />
**Was young John a physical being or another one of the [[virtual beings|"angels"]] like Six, Baltar, and Leoben? Could this younger John be, for lack of a better word, the ghost of the original John, for whom Cavil was named?<br />
* If figuring out how to fly a Raider is sufficient to think a human can tap into the universal stream, is [[Daniel Novacek]] as similarly gifted as Starbuck?<br />
** Doubtful, the Cylons let him escape in an attempt to assinate Admiral Adama so the Raider was most likely "hollowed out" before hand, which also explains why nothing is said about the Raider ever again<br />
* Was Cavil aware Gina Inviere had joined the fleet and formed a resistance group? If so, did he order the destruction of ''Cloud Nine''?<br />
* Is Cavil responsible for Ellen's memory loss during her recovery on the ''Rising Star''?<br />
* Why does Giana not realize that Cavil must be a Cylon because a person who has never had a childhood (Simon) cannot have had a childhood priest? Did Cavil simply slip her mind?<br />
* Why didn't the Cylons shoot down the search and rescue Raptors?<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
Speaking at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, director and star of ''The Plan'', [[Edward James Olmos]] stated that he believes there will be several more ''Battlestar Galactica'' movies in the future and is confident that the DVD release of ''The Plan'' will sell well enough to facilitate these films:<br />
:"As a matter of fact, I've got to tell you right now. Because of you all, what you're doing, because of the love for that world...I can guarantee that this will not be the last movie." <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://io9.com/5322385/olmos-the-plan-wont-be-the-last-bsg-movie|title=Olmos: The Plan Won't Be the Last BSG Movie|date=Fri Jul 24 2009|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
This statement, however, is by no means official, as both [[Ronald D. Moore|Ron Moore]], [[David Eick]], and [[Syfy]] have made no mention of any additional ''Battlestar'' films.<br />
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Olmos later went on to clarify that if ''The Plan'' sold ¾ of a million copies (750,000) then Universal Studios would assuredly be willing to produce future ''Battlestar''-related productions. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://galacticasitrep.blogspot.com/2009/08/edward-james-olmos-holds-court.html|title=Edward James Olmos holds court|date=Sat 08 Aug 2009|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> As of November 15, 2009, ''The Plan'' had sold roughly 300,000 copies. <ref>http://www.the-numbers.com/dvd/charts/weekly/2009/20091115.php</ref><br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*Said by both [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Ellen Tigh]] during the attack on the Colonies:<br />
:''This has happened before.''<br />
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*Various utterances by the [[Hybrid]]: <br />
:*''Seized by God they cry for succor in the dark of the light. Mists of dreams drip along the nascent echo and love no more. Jump.''<br />
:*''Counting down. All functions nominal. All functions optimal. Counting down. The center holds. The falcon hears the falconer. Infrastructure, check. Wetware, check. Everyone hang on to the lap bar, please.''<br />
:*''[[Apotheosis]] was the beginning before the beginning. Devices on alert. Observe the procedures of a general alert. The base and the pinnacle. The flower inside the fruit that is both its parent and its child. Decadent as ancestors. The portal in that which passes.''<br />
:*''Nuclear devices activated, and the machine keeps pushing time through the cogs, like paste into strings into paste again, and only the machine keeps using time to make time to make time. And when the machine stops, time is an illusion we created. Free will, twelve battles, three stars, and yet we are countless as the bodies in which we dwell, are both parent and infinite children in perfect copies. No degradation.''<br />
:*''The makers of the makers fall before the child. Accessing defense system: Handshake, handshake. Second level clear.''<br />
:*''Accepting scan. Love outlasts death.''<br />
:*''Their ships fail, skittering like skipped stones, and movement is meaningless in the absence of time. What never was is never again.''<br />
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*The battlestar ''[[Yashuman]]'' and Caprica Control panicking as the Cylons appear over [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]:<br />
:'''Yashuman:''' ''Caprica Control, ''Yashuman''. Heavy bogeys, six plus, lower orbit, over grid 15-2. ''<br />
:'''Caprica Control:''' ''No joy, ''Yashuman''.''<br />
:'''Yashuman:''' ''Then go to your window and look up. They’re big as frakking asteroids! ''<br />
:'''Caprica Control:''' ''Copy, ''Yashuman''. Still blind. Got some kind of system-wide crash in the defense grid. ''<br />
:'''Yashuman:''' ''Try to unfrak yourself right godsdamned now, ‘cause we got multiple inbound, and they’re not carrying flowers!''<br />
:'''Caprica Control:''' ''Wait one, ''Yashuman''!''<br />
:'''Yashuman:''' ''We don’t have one left!''<br />
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*{{audio|Colonies of man.mp3|A Hybrid summarizes the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and notes all but the colonies of Gemenon and Sagittaron):}}<br />
:''Progress reports arriving. The farms of [[Aerilon]] are burning. The beaches of [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Canceron|Canceron]] are burning. The plains of [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Leonis|Leonis]] are burning. The jungles of [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Scorpia|Scorpia]] are burning. The pastures of [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] are burning. The harbours of [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]] are burning. The cities of [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] are burning. The oceans of [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Aquaria|Aquaria]] are burning. The courthouses of [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Libran|Libran]] are burning. The forests of [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Virgon|Virgon]] are burning. The [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonies]] of Man lie trampled at our feet.''<br />
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*Galactica-[[Cavil]] and [[Doral]] discussing the latter being recognizable:<br />
:'''Cavil:''' ''One of your counterparts managed to get himself outed back on [[Ragnar Anchorage|Ragnar Station]].''<br />
:'''Doral:''' ''I can't understand how he was discovered. I heard it was [[Gaius Baltar|Dr. Baltar]].''<br />
:'''Cavil:''' ''Well, no. I'm not talking about that, exactly. I'm talking about the fact that you're walking around this fleet wearing that jacket and, more importantly, that face. You're recognizable.''<br />
:'''Doral:''' ''His jacket was burgundy. This is teal.''<br />
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*Galactica-Cavil giving Doral a suicide vest to use on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'':<br />
:''They call this a 'suicide' vest, but I think that undersells all the homicide that goes along with it, don't you?''<br />
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*[[Galen Tyrol]] and [[Giana O'Neill]] discussing Raptor maintenance:<br />
:'''Giana:''' ''I'm swapping out the oxygen cylinders on Raptor 702.''<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' ''I checked 702 yesterday. Life support's fine.''<br />
:'''Giana:''' ''Until two weeks ago, I used to inspect the aircraft for [[Sun Airways]]. If I found cylinders in that condition, you'd be looking at a shutdown.''<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' ''All right. Well, grab the spares.''<br />
:'''Giana:''' (after looking in vain for the cylinders) ''There are no spares.''<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' ''Welcome to the ''[[Galactica]]''.''<br />
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*Galactica-Cavil and [[Leoben Conoy]] talking about [[Kara Thrace]]:<br />
:'''Leoben''' ''I'm telling you. She flew a Raider. Learned how to control it from the inside. Nobody taught her how. Kara Thrace plucked that knowledge from the stream...''<br />
:'''Cavil''' ''I don't care if she plucked puppies from [[God (RDM)|God]]'s ass!''<br />
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*Tough-Six and Galactica-Cavil drunkenly lament on the failure of the Cylons to destroy the Fleet:<br />
:'''Six:''' ''You want a progress report? I'll give you a frakkin' progress report.''<br />
:'''Cavil:''' ''Oh, no. Please don't. Please don't.''<br />
:'''Six:''' ''Oh, come on, it is spectacular. Doral blew himself up, causing minor damage to a minor hallway. And Boomer jettisoned the water, and then, she personally found loads more water. ''(Laughing) ''And then she shot Adama, but not very accurately, since she loved him. And then, Leoben, he got obsessed with [[Kara Thrace]], and then was captured and airlocked. And my [[Shelly Godfrey|sister]] Six utterly failed to discredit Baltar and his dreamy hair and destroyed our frakkin' cover in the process. And now Simon...Simon killed himself, really killed himself, out of resurrection range, without blowing up the ship that he lived on because he couldn't imagine life without his little [[Giana O'Neill|human wife]] and his little [[Jemmy|human daughter]] because he loves them...''<br />
:'''Cavil:''' ''Stop, stop, stop.''<br />
:'''Six:''' ''Guess I'd better.''<br />
:'''Cavil:''' ''Yes. They're all letting me down.''<br />
:'''Six:''' ''Why are they letting you down, One? What's the x-factor?'' (She takes the bottle) ''You can't declare war on love.'' (She leaves)<br />
:'''Cavil:''' ''I think I already did. Hey, where'd the bottle go?''<br />
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*Caprica-Cavil and [[Simon]] hear Starbuck and Anders having sex:<br />
:'''Cavil:''' ''What are they doing?''<br />
:'''Simon:''' ''You need a doctor to tell you that?''<br />
:'''Cavil:''' ''Oh, for God's sake, why?''<br />
:'''Simon:''' ''Why? He loves her.''<br />
:'''Cavil:''' ''He loves her?''<br />
:'''Simon:''' ''Vigorously.''<br />
:'''Cavil:''' ''But she's beneath him.''<br />
:'''Simon:''' (listening to Starbuck's moans) ''Not necessarily.''<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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=== Starring ===<br />
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* [[Edward James Olmos]] as [[William Adama]]<br />
* [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]]<br />
* [[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel T. Anders]]<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as [[Number Eight]]<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]]<br />
* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
* [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Number Four]]<br />
* [[Lymari Nadal]] as [[Giana O'Neill]]<br />
* [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]<br />
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Number Six]]<br />
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=== Co-Starring ===<br />
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* [[Alisen Down]] as [[Jean Barolay]]<br />
* [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]]<br />
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=== Also Starring ===<br />
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* [[Alonso Oyarzun]] as Specialist [[Socinus]]<br />
* [[Colin Corrigan]] as Marine Alan [[Nowart]]<br />
* [[Diego Diablo Del Mar]] as [[Hillard]]<br />
* [[Bruce Dawson]] as [[Coach]]<br />
* [[Lawrence Haegert]] as [[Wheeler]]<br />
* [[Tommy Europe]] as [[Rally]]<br />
* [[Maya Washington]] as [[Sue-Shaun]]<br />
* [[Luvia Petersen]] as [[Kai]]<br />
* [[Richard Yearwood]] as [[Marine]]<br />
* [[Alex Ferris]] as [[John (RDM)|Boy]]<br />
* [[Gina Vultaggio]] as [[Jemmy]]<br />
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=== Uncredited major cast appearing via archive footage ===<br />
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* [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]]<br />
* [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]<br />
* [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar]]<br />
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
* [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]]<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
* [[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Callandra Tyrol]]<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<div>:''This article discusses the religion of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] of the [[Re-imagined Series]].''<br />
:''In the [[Original Series]], the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] have no documented religion.''<br />
:''For summary information on the Colonial faiths as seen in the Original Series, see [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].''<br />
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The majority of the so-called [[Significant Seven]] [[Cylons]] follow a '''monotheistic religion''' handed down to them from the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]]. This is distinct from the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies|polytheistic religion]] followed by most of the Colonial Humans and the Terrestrial Cylons known as the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] (from which come the [[Final Five]]). <br />
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Unless otherwise indicated, the term "Cylon" as used herein refers collectively to Centurion Model 0005, and humanoid Models [[Number Two|Two]] (Leoben), [[Number Three|Three]] (D'Anna), [[Number Four|Four]] (Simon), [[Number Five|Five]] (Aaron), [[Number Six|Six]], [[Number Eight|Eight]] (Sharon), and presumably [[Number Seven|Seven]] (Daniel); and to their beliefs. As previously indicated, these beliefs differ from those of the Thirteenth Tribe, which shared a polytheistic tradition with the twelve Human tribes. The Final Five of the Thirteenth Tribe incorporated the Centurions' monothistic belief system into the numbered models they created with the Centurions. The [[Number One]] model line (John Cavil) are atheists, but it is not known if their atheism was intentional or a programming error. It is unclear whether the semi-sentient [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Cylon Centurion|modern Centurions]] have even the capacity to process religion. Cylon religion supposes that the [[Hybrid]]s can communicate with God, but what if any beliefs the Hybrids themselves hold is unclear, aside from their belief that [[Kara Thrace]] is the harbinger of death; since undergoing brain surgery, Thrace's husband, Final Five Cylon [[Samuel Anders]] has effectively become a Hybrid, and echoes their characterisation of Thrace. Number Eight Cylon [[Sharon Agathon]] and her human husband [[Karl Agathon]] are a monotheist and a polytheist respectively, and it is unknown what religion(s) they impart to the human-Cylon hybrid child [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]. Both traditions are practiced by her terrestrial decendents who are hybrids of human, numbered Cylon, and the independently-evolved terrestrial humans; with polytheism dominating for thousands of years before being largely eclipsed by monotheism.<br />
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Prior to the [[First Cylon War]], a small sect of humans secretly practice a monotheistic religion. This movement is reborn under [[Gaius Baltar]] who preaches Cylon dogma taught to him by [[Messenger Six]]. Terrestrial Cylons [[Tory Foster]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] appear to have converted to monotheism as well under Baltar's ministry, whereas [[Saul Tigh]] has not despite [[Caprica-Six]]'s influence.<ref>He continues to speak of the plural "gods" vice the singular, and refers to Baltar's followers as kooks ("[[The Oath]]").</ref> Only [[Ellen Tigh]] and Samuel Anders recover their memories from the time they allied with the Centurions and embraced their beliefs.<br />
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==God==<br />
The Cylons believe that [[God (RDM)|God]] created humankind. Humanity, to the Cylons, is a flawed creation, one that is sinful and has essentially thrown away the gift of the soul and of God's love. The Cylons believe that God directed humanity to create the Cylons as a more perfect entity. From there, the Cylons believe they were to take the place of the flawed humans in the cosmos and become, essentially, the next generation of humankind. <br />
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The Cylons, seeing themselves as humankind's children, believe they cannot not truly come into their own until the human race is gone. The logical conclusion they reach is that they must commit genocidal parricide in order to evolve and mature ([[Podcast:Torn#Act 2|"Torn" Podcast, Act 2]]).<br />
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==Attitude toward Colonial Religion==<br />
The Cylons believe in a singular deity and reject the worship of multiple deities <ref>This is similar, but not necessarily identical, to the beliefs of the [[w:Abrahamic religion|Abrahamic religions]], such as [[w:Judaism|Judaism]], [[w:Christianity|Christianity]] and [[w:Islam|Islam]].</ref>. Although unbelievers sometimes refer to this being as the "Cylon God", it has been frequently explained that God is the one true God of all, human and Cylon. As such, its followers view the Colonial worship of the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]] as blasphemous ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]). The Cylons claim that they know the [[Sacred Scrolls|scriptures of the human religion]] better than humanity does, but do not believe the Sacred Scrolls to be literally true ([[Home, Part I]]). They acknowledge the historicity of the Lords of Kobol without accepting their divinity.<br />
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That said, the Cylons tolerate Colonial religion on [[New Caprica]], and direct evangelism has been mainly limited to [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben's]] workings on [[Kara Thrace]].<br />
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==Beliefs==<br />
The Cylons apparently worship a metaphysical being, a being that wishes for all to believe in it and love it, human and Cylon alike. The Cylon religion includes concepts of "sin". For example, the [[Messengers|Messenger Number Six]] warns [[Gaius Baltar]] that suicide is a mortal sin when he jokingly suggests killing himself ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]). A tortured Number Six copy named [[Gina Inviere]] does not [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|initially]] kill herself to escape horrific torture because she believes that suicide is a sin ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).<br />
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The Cylons maintain that one of God's commandments is to procreate ("be fruitful"), but the humanoid Cylons are incapable of procreating with each other. The Cylons apparently strictly define "procreation" as biological reproduction, and not creation of copies of existing Cylon models using asexual, industrial, or laboratory techniques. As a result, the Cylons began attempts to create a Cylon-human hybrid (deemed more feasible than their previous attempts at procreation amongst their own kind). To this end they developed "[[farms]]" on the occupied Twelve Colonies to create a hybrid, but these attempts continued without success.<ref>This Cylon-human hybrid child should not be confused with the living humanoid central computer of a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]], also known to the Cylons as a "[[Hybrid]]".</ref><br />
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Most Cylons espouse monotheistic views, but often with subtle differences in interpretation. For instance, [[Leoben Conoy]] believes that "We are all God". The [[John Cavil]] model is the only one that is openly atheistic. Ironically, Cavils pose among humans as polytheist clergy and are addressed as "Brother".<br />
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The first successful Cylon-human Hybrid, [[Hera Agathon]], the daughter of [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon]] and [[Karl Agathon]], is literally considered to be a "miracle from God" by the Cylons ([[Final Cut]]).<br />
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==Presumed origin==<br />
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:''Main article: [[Monotheist Church|Human Monotheism]]''<br />
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[[Image:Soldiers of One Logo.jpg|thumb|Infinity symbol representing the monotheist movement of both the humans and Cylons.]]<br />
A small minority of monotheistic humans existed on the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] before the Fall. [[Monotheist Church|Their religion]] was looked upon as dangerous and heretical by the majority of Colonial society and most of them were forced to hide their beliefs. The paramilitary adjunct to the Monotheist Church was known as the [[Soldiers of the One]] or "STO". Capricans, if not those of the other eleven worlds, made little or no distinction between the STO and monotheism generally; monotheists were considered to be members of a terrorist group by the Caprica government. The principal mark of the movement was an infinity symbol ("[[Caprica pilot]]").<br />
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Three such practitioners were closeted monotheists [[Zoe Graystone]], [[Lacy Rand]], and Graystone's boyfriend, [[Ben Stark]], who was the more fanatical of the three. Despite their actual beliefs in a single omnicient, omnipotent and omnipresent G-d, the three were students at [[Athena Academy]] a polytheist parochial high school on Caprica. The headmistress, Athenian High Priestess [[Clarice Willow]], was herself a closeted monotheist and mentored the three in her true beliefs. Graystone and Stark died in a suicide bombing executed by the latter without the former's forewarning ("[[Caprica pilot]]").<br />
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Zoe had created a meticulous digital copy of herself before her death ("[[Caprica pilot]]"). Zoe Graystone's self-aware avatar, [[Zoe-A]], was later uploaded into the [[U-87|protype Cylon Centurion]] created by her father, [[Daniel Graystone]] ("[[Caprica pilot]]"). Believing herself to have an important destiny within the monothist movement, Zoe-A solicited Lacy to arrange for her (in her Cylon body) to be smuggled to the monotheists' see on [[Gemenon]] ("[[Reins of a Waterfall]]"). While Zoe-A's escape was thwarted, the operation planted the formerly timid Lacy inexorably into the STO militia ("[[End of Line]]"). Graystone Industries unwittingly propogated elements of Zoe-A's personality and identity into every Cylon they manufactured thereafter ("[[Here Be Dragons]]"). A small number of these were diverted by the [[Ha'la'tha]] and sold on the black market to the STO on Gemenon in preparation for a holy war ("[[Blowback]]", "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br />
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While training on Gemenon, Lacy was disgusted by the STO cadre's disregard for human life ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). During an attempt to intervene against a summary execution, she discovered that the Cylons' military programming was subordinate to an absolute obedience to her personally ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). On further investigation, she learned that all Cylon Centurions self-identify as Zoe ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). With the help and firepower of the Centurions, Lacy and her fellow STO recruits staged a coup d'etat within the STO and the Church itself, and Lacy assended as Blessed Mother to the Church's supreme authority ("[[Here Be Dragons]]", "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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The kernel of Zoe-R's identity contained in the Cylons' fundamental programming which Lacy exploited, also made them predisposed to monotheism ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Ironically, the Cylon marines' killing of monotheist human terrorists to protect the thousands of polytheist humans at [[Atlas Arena]] (coincidental to Lacy's coup) ingratiated the Cylons with humanity and was the catalyst for their much more rapid popularity and sales than inventor [[Daniel Graystone]] had anticipated ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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[[Image:Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg|thumb|Sister Clarice Willow proselytizing to her Cylon congregation.]]<br />
Sister Clarice Willow evaded capture for her orchestration of the failed arena bombing ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). She eventually discovered the Cylons' monothistic instincts and established a Cylon congregation in [[V-World]] where myriad domestic, industrial, and military Cylon models attend to hear her sermons ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Opening with the rhetorical quesition, "Are you alive?" Clarice preached that Cylons are every bit as much God's children as humans are ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Blessed Mother Lacy granted Clarice an audience at her see on Gemenon to discuss Clarice's proposal for divine recognition of the "differently sentient" - the Cylon race ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Despite being human herself, Clarice encouraged her Cylon flock to rebel against their human masters.<br />
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The [[Final Five]] travelled from the thirteenth world (Original Earth) to warn the humans of the other twelve worlds not to make a robotic slave race which would inevitably rebel as their own had done ("[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", "[[No Exit]]"). They arrived more than twelve years too late to avert precisely the war they had prophesised ("[[No Exit]]"). While they could not prevent the war, they could cause peace; they agreed to give the Centurions the technology they were themselves trying in vain to develop: the ability to create [[Significant Seven|biological Cylons]], along with the inherrently interrelated resurrection capability; on the condition of an immediate Cylon withdrawal and armistice ("[[Razor Flashbacks]]", "[[No Exit]]"). The Centurions propogated their monotheism to their humanoid "children"'s programming.<br />
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Immediately before igniting the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|holocaust]], a [[Number_Six#Armistice_Station_Copy|Six]] quotes from Sister Clarice Willow's sermons decades earlier, asking the human [[Armistice Officer]], "Are you alive?" ([[Miniseries, Night 1]], "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]") The Cylon religion's lineage can also be seen during the [[Cylon Civil War]], at a [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon]] funerary service that takes place on the [[Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]], where the usage of ornaments and amulets in the form of the infinity symbol can be observed ("[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]").<br />
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==Analysis==<br />
The concept that the religious beliefs of the Cylons are similar to the real-life Abrahamic religions of planet Earth is a plot twist which executive producer [[Ron Moore]] developed and considers to be an intriguing switch: normally, the "Good Guys" in a TV show are monotheists, and the "bad guys" are polytheists. However, in the Re-imagined Series, the "good" humans follow a polytheistic religion that worships a parallel of the Greek gods, while the "bad" Cylons worship a monotheistic God, similar to real-life Abrahamic religions.<br />
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The Cylon God and the Lords of Kobol have an "overlapping" existence that is confusing to both Colonial and Cylon sides. Both sides appear to be guided to conflict (and, in rare instances, cooperation) through events that appear pre-destined. The story arc of finding the [[Arrow of Apollo]] involves the hunt for the [[Tomb of Athena]] by the Colonials. According to the Sacred Scrolls, the humans will be aided by a "minor demon." The cooperative [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii copy]] assists the group in finding the tomb.<br />
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In another instance, the [[oracle]] [[Dodona Selloi]] tells [[Number Three]] that the Lords of Kobol, specifically [[Zeus, Lord of Kobol|Zeus]], are sad for her. The oracle then relays a message from the Cylon God to Three of the existence of Hera Agathon and the imminent failure of the occupation of [[New Caprica]] ([[Exodus, Part I]]).<br />
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The convergence of the Cylon and Colonial religion occurs yet again at the [[algae planet]], where possession of the [[Eye of Jupiter]] is fought over by the two sides. While the Colonials believe the [[Temple of Five]] on the planet was built by the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] to represent five priests who worshipped "[[the one whose name cannot be spoken]]", one Cylon (Number Three) and Gaius Baltar believe that the significance of the Temple has something to do with the [[Final Five|five missing humanoid Cylons]]. Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] discovers that the algae planet's sun will soon go nova; both he and Admiral Adama do not believe that the curious coincidences of Colonial and Cylon involvement with the Eye, at that particular place and time, as merely coincidental ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]).<br />
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Cylon attitude towards their own religion varies between the models, and it is this variation that is one of the major causes of the [[Cylon Civil War]]. The [[Number Four|Fours]] and [[Number Five|Fives]] follow the lead of the atheist [[Number One|Ones]] with the more reverent [[Number Two|Twos]], [[Number Six|Sixes]], and [[Number Eight|Eights]] in opposition.<br />
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==Sayings and Prayers==<br />
*[[Leoben Conoy]]: (at a dinner table with [[Kara Thrace]]) "Heavenly father, we thank you for the bounty of this table…" ([[Occupation]])<ref>This is similar or identical to the blessing many Christians in North America recite before meals.</ref><br />
*[[Number Three]]: "[There is] no other god but God." ([[Exodus, Part II]]) <ref>This resembles the islamic [[w:Shahada|Shahada]]: "I bear witness that there is no god except for God (Allah), and Muhammad is the messenger of God." It also reflects the 1st, 2nd or 1st ''and'' 2nd Commandments (depending upon demonination): "I am the Lord your G-d. You shall have no other gods before me.</ref><br />
*[[Sharon Agathon]]: "When God's anger awakens, even the mighty shall fall…" ([[Torn]])<br />
*The [[Prayer to the Cloud of Unknowing]] is used when Cylons face death without [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]]: "Heavenly father<nowiki> [. . .] </nowiki>grant us the strength...the wisdom<nowiki> [. . .] </nowiki>and above all...a measure of acceptance..." ([[A Measure of Salvation]], [[Sine Qua Non]], [[Islanded In a Stream of Stars]])<ref>It is noticably parallel to Reinhold Niebuhr's well-known Serenity Prayer.</ref><br />
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<div>:''This article discusses the religion of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] of the [[Re-imagined Series]].''<br />
:''In the [[Original Series]], the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] have no documented religion.''<br />
:''For summary information on the Colonial faiths as seen in the Original Series, see [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].''<br />
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The majority of the so-called [[Significant Seven]] [[Cylons]] follow a '''monotheistic religion''' handed down to them from the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]]. This is distinct from the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies|polytheistic religion]] followed by most of the Colonial Humans and the Terrestrial Cylons known as the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] (from which come the [[Final Five]]). <br />
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Unless otherwise indicated, the term "Cylon" as used herein refers collectively to Centurion Model 0005, and humanoid Models [[Number Two|Two]] (Leoben), [[Number Three|Three]] (D'Anna), [[Number Four|Four]] (Simon), [[Number Five|Five]] (Aaron), [[Number Six|Six]], [[Number Eight|Eight]] (Sharon), and presumably [[Number Seven|Seven]] (Daniel); and to their beliefs. As previously indicated, these beliefs differ from those of the Thirteenth Tribe, which shared a polytheistic tradition with the twelve Human tribes. The Final Five of the Thirteenth Tribe incorporated the Centurions' monothistic belief system into the numbered models they created with the Centurions. The [[Number One]] model line (John Cavil) are atheists, but it is not known if their atheism was intentional or a programming error. It is unclear whether the semi-sentient [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Cylon Centurion|modern Centurions]] have even the capacity to process religion. Cylon religion supposes that the [[Hybrid]]s can communicate with God, but what if any beliefs the Hybrids themselves hold is unclear, aside from their belief that [[Kara Thrace]] is the harbinger of death; since undergoing brain surgery, Thrace's husband, Final Five Cylon [[Samuel Anders]] has effectively become a Hybrid, and echoes their characterisation of Thrace. Number Eight Cylon [[Sharon Agathon]] and her human husband [[Karl Agathon]] are a monotheist and a polytheist respectively, and it is unknown what religion(s) they impart to the human-Cylon hybrid child [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]. Both traditions are practiced by her terrestrial decendents who are hybrids of human, numbered Cylon, and the independently-evolved terrestrial humans; with polytheism dominating for thousands of years before being largely eclipsed by monotheism.<br />
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Prior to the [[First Cylon War]], a small sect of humans secretly practice a monotheistic religion. This movement is reborn under [[Gaius Baltar]] who preaches Cylon dogma taught to him by [[Messenger Six]]. Terrestrial Cylons [[Tory Foster]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] appear to have converted to monotheism as well under Baltar's ministry, whereas [[Saul Tigh]] has not despite [[Caprica-Six]]'s influence.<ref>He continues to speak of the plural "gods" vice the singular, and refers to Baltar's followers as kooks ("[[The Oath]]").</ref> Only [[Ellen Tigh]] and Samuel Anders recover their memories from the time they allied with the Centurions and embraced their beliefs.<br />
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==God==<br />
The Cylons believe that [[God (RDM)|God]] created humankind. Humanity, to the Cylons, is a flawed creation, one that is sinful and has essentially thrown away the gift of the soul and of God's love. The Cylons believe that God directed humanity to create the Cylons as a more perfect entity. From there, the Cylons believe they were to take the place of the flawed humans in the cosmos and become, essentially, the next generation of humankind. <br />
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The Cylons, seeing themselves as humankind's children, believe they cannot not truly come into their own until the human race is gone. The logical conclusion they reach is that they must commit genocidal parricide in order to evolve and mature ([[Podcast:Torn#Act 2|"Torn" Podcast, Act 2]]).<br />
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==Attitude toward Colonial Religion==<br />
The Cylons believe in a singular deity and reject the worship of multiple deities <ref>This is similar, but not necessarily identical, to the beliefs of the [[w:Abrahamic religion|Abrahamic religions]], such as [[w:Judaism|Judaism]], [[w:Christianity|Christianity]] and [[w:Islam|Islam]].</ref>. Although unbelievers sometimes refer to this being as the "Cylon God", it has been frequently explained that God is the one true God of all, human and Cylon. As such, its followers view the Colonial worship of the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]] as blasphemous ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]). The Cylons claim that they know the [[Sacred Scrolls|scriptures of the human religion]] better than humanity does, but do not believe the Sacred Scrolls to be literally true ([[Home, Part I]]). They acknowledge the historicity of the Lords of Kobol without accepting their divinity.<br />
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That said, the Cylons tolerate Colonial religion on [[New Caprica]], and direct evangelism has been mainly limited to [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben's]] workings on [[Kara Thrace]].<br />
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==Beliefs==<br />
The Cylons apparently worship a metaphysical being, a being that wishes for all to believe in it and love it, human and Cylon alike. The Cylon religion includes concepts of "sin". For example, the [[Messengers|Messenger Number Six]] warns [[Gaius Baltar]] that suicide is a mortal sin when he jokingly suggests killing himself ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]). A tortured Number Six copy named [[Gina Inviere]] does not [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|initially]] kill herself to escape horrific torture because she believes that suicide is a sin ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).<br />
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The Cylons maintain that one of God's commandments is to procreate ("be fruitful"), but the humanoid Cylons are incapable of procreating with each other. The Cylons apparently strictly define "procreation" as biological reproduction, and not creation of copies of existing Cylon models using asexual, industrial, or laboratory techniques. As a result, the Cylons began attempts to create a Cylon-human hybrid (deemed more feasible than their previous attempts at procreation amongst their own kind). To this end they developed "[[farms]]" on the occupied Twelve Colonies to create a hybrid, but these attempts continued without success.<ref>This Cylon-human hybrid child should not be confused with the living humanoid central computer of a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]], also known to the Cylons as a "[[Hybrid]]".</ref><br />
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Most Cylons espouse monotheistic views, but often with subtle differences in interpretation. For instance, [[Leoben Conoy]] believes that "We are all God". The [[John Cavil]] model is the only one that is openly atheistic. Ironically, Cavils pose among humans as polytheist clergy and are addressed as "Brother".<br />
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The first successful Cylon-human Hybrid, [[Hera Agathon]], the daughter of [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon]] and [[Karl Agathon]], is literally considered to be a "miracle from God" by the Cylons ([[Final Cut]]).<br />
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==Presumed origin==<br />
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[[Image:Soldiers of One Logo.jpg|thumb|Infinity symbol representing the monotheist movement of both the humans and Cylons.]]<br />
A small minority of monotheistic humans existed on the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] before the Fall. [[Monotheist Church|Their religion]] was looked upon as dangerous and heretical by the majority of Colonial society and most of them were forced to hide their beliefs. The paramilitary adjunct to the Monotheist Church was known as the [[Soldiers of the One]] or "STO". Capricans, if not those of the other eleven worlds, made little or no distinction between the STO and monotheism generally; monotheists were considered to be members of a terrorist group by the Caprica government. The principal mark of the movement was an infinity symbol ("[[Caprica pilot]]").<br />
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Three such practitioners were closeted monotheists [[Zoe Graystone]], [[Lacy Rand]], and Graystone's boyfriend, [[Ben Stark]], who was the more fanatical of the three. Despite their actual beliefs in a single omnicient, omnipotent and omnipresent G-d, the three were students at [[Athena Academy]] a polytheist parochial high school on Caprica. The headmistress, Athenian High Priestess [[Clarice Willow]], was herself a closeted monotheist and mentored the three in her true beliefs. Graystone and Stark died in a suicide bombing executed by the latter without the former's forewarning ("[[Caprica pilot]]").<br />
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Zoe had created a meticulous digital copy of herself before her death ("[[Caprica pilot]]"). Zoe Graystone's self-aware avatar, [[Zoe-A]], was later uploaded into the [[U-87|protype Cylon Centurion]] created by her father, [[Daniel Graystone]] ("[[Caprica pilot]]"). Believing herself to have an important destiny within the monothist movement, Zoe-A solicited Lacy to arrange for her (in her Cylon body) to be smuggled to the monotheists' see on [[Gemenon]] ("[[Reins of a Waterfall]]"). While Zoe-A's escape was thwarted, the operation planted the formerly timid Lacy inexorably into the STO militia ("[[End of Line]]"). Graystone Industries unwittingly propogated elements of Zoe-A's personality and identity into every Cylon they manufactured thereafter ("[[Here Be Dragons]]"). A small number of these were diverted by the [[Ha'la'tha]] and sold on the black market to the STO on Gemenon in preparation for a holy war ("[[Blowback]]", "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br />
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While training on Gemenon, Lacy was disgusted by the STO cadre's disregard for human life ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). During an attempt to intervene against a summary execution, she discovered that the Cylons' military programming was subordinate to an absolute obedience to her personally ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). On further investigation, she learned that all Cylon Centurions self-identify as Zoe ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). With the help and firepower of the Centurions, Lacy and her fellow STO recruits staged a coup d'etat within the STO and the Church itself, and Lacy assended as Blessed Mother to the Church's supreme authority ("[[Here Be Dragons]]", "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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The kernel of Zoe-R's identity contained in the Cylons' fundamental programming which Lacy exploited, also made them predisposed to monotheism ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Ironically, the Cylon marines' killing of monotheist human terrorists to protect the thousands of polytheist humans at [[Atlas Arena]] (coincidental to Lacy's coup) ingratiated the Cylons with humanity and was the catalyst for their much more rapid popularity and sales than inventor [[Daniel Graystone]] had anticipated ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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[[Image:Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg|thumb|Sister Clarice Willow proselytizing to her Cylon congregation.]]<br />
Sister Clarice Willow evaded capture for her orchestration of the failed arena bombing ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). She eventually discovered the Cylons' monothistic instincts and established a Cylon congregation in [[V-World]] where myriad domestic, industrial, and military Cylon models attend to hear her sermons ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Opening with the rhetorical quesition, "Are you alive?" Clarice preached that Cylons are every bit as much God's children as humans are ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Blessed Mother Lacy granted Clarice an audience at her see on Gemenon to discuss Clarice's proposal for divine recognition of the "differently sentient" - the Cylon race ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Despite being human herself, Clarice encouraged her Cylon flock to rebel against their human masters.<br />
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The [[Final Five]] travelled from the thirteenth world (Original Earth) to warn the humans of the other twelve worlds not to make a robotic slave race which would inevitably rebel as their own had done ("[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", "[[No Exit]]"). They arrived more than twelve years too late to avert precisely the war they had prophesised ("[[No Exit]]"). While they could not prevent the war, they could cause peace; they agreed to give the Centurions the technology they were themselves trying in vain to develop: the ability to create [[Significant Seven|biological Cylons]], along with the inherrently interrelated resurrection capability; on the condition of an immediate Cylon withdrawal and armistice ("[[Razor Flashbacks]]", "[[No Exit]]"). The Centurions propogated their monotheism to their humanoid "children"'s programming.<br />
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Immediately before igniting the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|holocaust]], a [[Number_Six#Armistice_Station_Copy|Six]] quotes from Sister Clarice Willow's sermons decades earlier, asking the human [[Armistice Officer]], "Are you alive?" ([[Miniseries, Night 1, "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]") The Cylon religion's lineage can also be seen during the [[Cylon Civil War]], at a [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon]] funerary service that takes place on the [[Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]], where the usage of ornaments and amulets in the form of the infinity symbol can be observed ("[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]").<br />
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==Analysis==<br />
The concept that the religious beliefs of the Cylons are similar to the real-life Abrahamic religions of planet Earth is a plot twist which executive producer [[Ron Moore]] developed and considers to be an intriguing switch: normally, the "Good Guys" in a TV show are monotheists, and the "bad guys" are polytheists. However, in the Re-imagined Series, the "good" humans follow a polytheistic religion that worships a parallel of the Greek gods, while the "bad" Cylons worship a monotheistic God, similar to real-life Abrahamic religions.<br />
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The Cylon God and the Lords of Kobol have an "overlapping" existence that is confusing to both Colonial and Cylon sides. Both sides appear to be guided to conflict (and, in rare instances, cooperation) through events that appear pre-destined. The story arc of finding the [[Arrow of Apollo]] involves the hunt for the [[Tomb of Athena]] by the Colonials. According to the Sacred Scrolls, the humans will be aided by a "minor demon." The cooperative [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii copy]] assists the group in finding the tomb.<br />
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In another instance, the [[oracle]] [[Dodona Selloi]] tells [[Number Three]] that the Lords of Kobol, specifically [[Zeus, Lord of Kobol|Zeus]], are sad for her. The oracle then relays a message from the Cylon God to Three of the existence of Hera Agathon and the imminent failure of the occupation of [[New Caprica]] ([[Exodus, Part I]]).<br />
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The convergence of the Cylon and Colonial religion occurs yet again at the [[algae planet]], where possession of the [[Eye of Jupiter]] is fought over by the two sides. While the Colonials believe the [[Temple of Five]] on the planet was built by the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] to represent five priests who worshipped "[[the one whose name cannot be spoken]]", one Cylon (Number Three) and Gaius Baltar believe that the significance of the Temple has something to do with the [[Final Five|five missing humanoid Cylons]]. Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] discovers that the algae planet's sun will soon go nova; both he and Admiral Adama do not believe that the curious coincidences of Colonial and Cylon involvement with the Eye, at that particular place and time, as merely coincidental ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]).<br />
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Cylon attitude towards their own religion varies between the models, and it is this variation that is one of the major causes of the [[Cylon Civil War]]. The [[Number Four|Fours]] and [[Number Five|Fives]] follow the lead of the atheist [[Number One|Ones]] with the more reverent [[Number Two|Twos]], [[Number Six|Sixes]], and [[Number Eight|Eights]] in opposition.<br />
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==Sayings and Prayers==<br />
*[[Leoben Conoy]]: (at a dinner table with [[Kara Thrace]]) "Heavenly father, we thank you for the bounty of this table…" ([[Occupation]])<ref>This is similar or identical to the blessing many Christians in North America recite before meals.</ref><br />
*[[Number Three]]: "[There is] no other god but God." ([[Exodus, Part II]]) <ref>This resembles the islamic [[w:Shahada|Shahada]]: "I bear witness that there is no god except for God (Allah), and Muhammad is the messenger of God." It also reflects the 1st, 2nd or 1st ''and'' 2nd Commandments (depending upon demonination): "I am the Lord your G-d. You shall have no other gods before me.</ref><br />
*[[Sharon Agathon]]: "When God's anger awakens, even the mighty shall fall…" ([[Torn]])<br />
*The [[Prayer to the Cloud of Unknowing]] is used when Cylons face death without [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]]: "Heavenly father<nowiki> [. . .] </nowiki>grant us the strength...the wisdom<nowiki> [. . .] </nowiki>and above all...a measure of acceptance..." ([[A Measure of Salvation]], [[Sine Qua Non]], [[Islanded In a Stream of Stars]])<ref>It is noticably parallel to Reinhold Niebuhr's well-known Serenity Prayer.</ref><br />
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<div>[[Image:Monotheist Church, 1x10.jpg|thumb|The Monotheist Church's retreat on Gemenon.]]<br />
The '''Monotheist Church''', sometimes referred to as the '''Monad Church''', was a religious organization based on [[Gemenon]] in the years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]]. Lead by the cleric known as [[Mother]], the Monotheist Chruch's goal was to spread the gospel of a single, all knowing, all powerful [[God (RDM)|God]] to the generally [[Lords of Kobol|polytheist]] [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Worlds]].<br />
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==History==<br />
[[Image:Monotheist Church at night, 1x10.jpg|thumb|The retreat at night.]]<br />
Formed in the decades leading up to the [[First Cylon War]], the Monotheist Church was housed in the rocky, seaside cliffs of Gemenese in a temple referred to as "the retreat". The location was considered by the monotheists to be the Holy Land. Inside the retreat was an elaborate cathedral distinguished by buttresses, stained glass windows and reflecting pools where the clerics met for worship as well as politicking. The halls of the Monotheist Church echoed with the sound of chanting and prayer, reflecting a bygone age of mysticism in the Twelve Colonies ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]", "[[Blowback]]").<br />
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In the early years of its formation, the Monad Church came into conflict with its polytheistic neighbors with polytheist rebels in the east and the "Hephaistons" in the west. Despite these tensions, the Monad Chruch's relationship with the polytheist ones softened over time, though they still considered nonbelievers "unenlightened" ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]").<br />
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===The Soldiers of the One===<br />
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[[Image:Soldiers of One Logo.jpg|thumb|"Infinity" symbol representing the Soldiers of the One.]]<br />
The Soldiers of the One, or STO, was the militant arm of the Monotheist Church, formed in the movement's early years to defend the church, driving out the many [[Lords of Kobol (RDM)|Gods]] and combating the corruption and decadence of Colonial society. Considered by the [[GDD|Caprican Government]] to be a terrorist organization, the STO was at least in part seen by Obal Ferras, with training camps set up on Gemenon ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]").<br />
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Meeting resistance to the monotheist movement, the Monotheist Church at first heavily utilized its arm branch, crediting it with its success in leaner years. Despite the fact that they were treated as saviors, the Monotheist Church ultimately took up a more distant relationship with its STO cells, going so far as to refuse to house its leaders within the church proper ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]").<br />
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===Conclave===<br />
The monotheist '''conclave''' was a ten member group of clerics that convened on Gemenon to carry out the affairs of the Church, with members including [[Obal Ferras]] consulting directly with the Blessed Mother ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]", "[[Retribution]]").<br />
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====Apotheosis====<br />
[[Image:Clarice and the Conclave, 1x10.jpg|thumb|The conclave on Gemenon.]]<br />
58 years before the Fall of the Twelve Worlds, the conclave came into direct conflict with the STO. Objecting to the church's newly found "coziness" with the polytheist organizations in the Colonies, [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] cell leader [[Clarice Willow]] sought a new direction for the church. Meeting with the conclave on Gemenon, Clarice unveiled her notion of "[[Apotheosis]]" — the realization of life everlasting in a [[Virtual World|virtual]] heaven. Despite a convincing argument, however, Obal Ferras found Willow's notion blasphemous, relating his position to Mother and securing permission to have Clarice disposed of ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]").<br />
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Willow's Apotheosis had nevertheless won over many other members of the conclave and the STO who conspired to murder Ferras instead. With the conclave stabbing Ferras to death before her eyes, Mother acquiesced, giving Willow the resources she needed to complete her "science project" and granting her full control over the STO cells on Caprica. Willow quickly returned to Caprica where she set out eliminating her competition ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]", "[[Retribution]]").<br />
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====Ascension of Lacy Rand====<br />
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[[Image:Barnabas, Lacy and the Crate to Gemenon, 1x09.jpg|thumb|Barnabas, Lacy and the crate to Gemenon.]]<br />
Monotheist Lacy Rand initially infiltrates the STO on Caprica in order to gain their trust sufficiently to smuggle [[Zoe-R]]'s [[U-87]] Centurion body to Gemenon ("[[Reins of a Waterfall]]", ""[[Gravedancing]]"). She becomes a pawn in the battle of supremacy between her mentor Sister [[Clarice Willow]] and the Caprican STO commander [[Barnabas Greeley]] who can facilitate the transport, and unwittingly plants Barnabas' bomb to kill Clarice ("[[Know Thy Enemy]]", "[[End of Line]]"). Lacy's efforts are for naught, as Zoe-R is captured and severely damaged ("[[End of Line]]"). Her fate sealed, Lacy actively trains under Barnabas, and attempts to bomb the [[Caprica Interplanetary Spaceport]] ("[[Unvanquished]]", "[[Retribution]]"). Clarice had survived; she hunts down Barnabas and Lacy, kills the former, and takes the latter prisoner ("[[Retribution]]"). Lacy manages to regain some of Clarice's trust and Clarice gives Lacy an opportunity for redemption, sending her off to the STO training camp on Gemenon ("[[Things We Lock Away]]").<br />
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Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Lacy, the STO begins purchasing U-87s - the very thing Lacy had tried to smuggle - from the Ha'la'tha planted in [[Graystone Industries]]. The black market U-87s are sent to Gemenon ("[[Blowback]]").<br />
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When polytheists hijack the STO shuttle, Lacy takes the lead in successfully fighting the hijackers and personally injures one of them ("[[Blowback]]"). The incident is immediately revealed to have been an evaluation and training exercise. That evening, Lacy and her comrade [[Odin Sinclair]] witnesses the execution of those recruits who had renounced their faith during the evaluation; the executioner is a U-87 ("[[Blowback]]").<br />
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Soon thereafter, Lacy realises that the STO trainers and leadership are murderous thugs who routinely order U-87s to summarilly execute subordinates for petty infractions and mere disagreements ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). When she instinctively calls out for one such execution to stop, the U-87 immediately removes its muzzle from its would-be victim's head and responds, "By your command." The Cylons' programming to follow all orders from (and ''only'' from) authorised leaders is discovered to be subordinate to their recognition of, and obedience to, Lacy Rand ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). Lacy sneeks into the temple where the U-87s are stored to investigate further. Recognising the one that had obeyed her, because of its red chest markings, she asks it if it is Zoe, a question the robot does not understand; so she orders, "If you are Zoe, raise your arm." One by one, every Cylon in the temple raises its arm ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br />
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[[Image:Lacy Rand as Mother, 1x18.jpg|thumb|Lacy Rand, Blessed Mother of the Monad Church.]]<br />
While the STO and Monad church know only of Lacy's inexplicable ability to control the one U-87 and of her opposition to the killing of innocents, that is enough to make her unacceptably dangerous. [[Mother|Blessed Mother]] orders Lacy be killed with the appearance of a training accident ("[[Here Be Dragons]]"). Odin recognises that such orders are necessarilly imminent, and convinces Lacy and their fellow trainees of the same. Thus prepared, the trainees double-cross and ambush Lacy's would-be assassins ("[[Here Be Dragons]]"). Lacy dismisses her comrades' proposition to escape from the base; instead, she leads them to the Cylon storage temple where she orders the Cylons to power up and directs them to follow her with the ominous, "We have work to do." ("[[Here Be Dragons]]").<br />
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With her tiny cadre of trainees supported by Centurions, Lacy stages a coup d'etat, installing herself as Blessed Mother, with Odin serving as her lieutenant, and the red-breasted U-87 as her acolyte and/or praetorian guard ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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====Adoption by Cylons====<br />
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The kernel of Zoe-R's identity contained in the Cylons' fundamental programming which Lacy exploites, also makes them predisposed to monotheism. Ironically, the Cylon marines' killing of monotheist human terrorists to protect the thousands of polytheist humans at [[Atlas Arena]] (coincidental to Lacy's coup) ingratiates the Cylons with humanity and is the catalyst for their much more rapid popularity and sales than inventor [[Daniel Graystone]] had anticipated ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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[[Image:Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg|thumb|Sister Clarice Willow proselytizing to her Cylon congregation.]]<br />
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Clarice Willow evades capture for her orchestration of the failed arena bombing ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). She eventually discovers the Cylons' monothistic instincts and establishes a Cylon congregation in V-World where various domestic, industrial, and military Cylon models attend to hear her sermons ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Clarice preaches that Cylons are every bit as much G-d's children as humans are ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). <br />
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Blessed Mother Lacy grants Clarice an audience at her see on Gemenon to discuss Clarice's proposal for divine recognition of the "differently sentient" - the Cylon race. Lacy greets Clarice with a smile, but commands her to kneel ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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The Centurions maintain monotheism through the [[Cylon War|first human-Cylon war]] and beyond. The continue to progogate the belief system into the root programming of the comrades they manufacture to fight humans, as well as with most of the [[Significant Seven|humanoid Cylon models]] they create with the help of the [[Final Five]]. Of the seven mass-produced models, only [[Number One|one]] is athiest. It is not known if the semi-sentient [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Cylon Centurion|second war Centurions]] have even the capacity to process religion. The humanoid Cylons' funerary services utilise ornaments and amulets in the form of the Monad church's infinity symbol ("[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]").<br />
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:''In the [[Original Series]], the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] have no documented religion.''<br />
:''For summary information on the Colonial faiths as seen in the Original Series, see [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].''<br />
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The majority of the so-called [[Significant Seven]] [[Cylons]] follow a '''monotheistic religion''' handed down to them from the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]]. This is distinct from the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies|polytheistic religion]] followed by most of the Colonial Humans and the Terrestrial Cylons known as the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] (from which come the [[Final Five]]). <br />
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Unless otherwise indicated, the term "Cylon" as used herein refers collectively to Centurion Model 0005, and humanoid Models [[Number Two|Two]] (Leoben), [[Number Three|Three]] (D'Anna), [[Number Four|Four]] (Simon), [[Number Five|Five]] (Aaron), [[Number Six|Six]], [[Number Eight|Eight]] (Sharon), and presumably [[Number Seven|Seven]] (Daniel); and to their beliefs. As previously indicated, these beliefs differ from those of the Thirteenth Tribe, which shared a polytheistic tradition with the twelve Human tribes. The Final Five of the Thirteenth Tribe incorporated the Centurions' monothistic belief system into the numbered models they created with the Centurions. The [[Number One]] model line (John Cavil) are atheists, but it is not known if their atheism was intentional or a programming error. It is unclear whether the semi-sentient [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Cylon Centurion|modern Centurions]] have even the capacity to process religion. Cylon religion supposes that the [[Hybrid]]s can communicate with God, but what if any beliefs the Hybrids themselves hold is unclear, aside from their belief that [[Kara Thrace]] is the harbinger of death; since undergoing brain surgery, Thrace's husband, Final Five Cylon [[Samuel Anders]] has effectively become a Hybrid, and echoes their characterisation of Thrace. Number Eight Cylon [[Sharon Agathon]] and her human husband [[Karl Agathon]] are a monotheist and a polytheist respectively, and it is unknown what religion(s) they impart to the human-Cylon hybrid child [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]. Both traditions are practiced by her terrestrial decendents who are hybrids of human, numbered Cylon, and the independently-evolved terrestrial humans; with polytheism dominating for thousands of years before being largely eclipsed by monotheism.<br />
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Prior to the [[First Cylon War]], a small sect of humans secretly practice a monotheistic religion. This movement is reborn under [[Gaius Baltar]] who preaches Cylon dogma taught to him by [[Messenger Six]]. Terrestrial Cylons [[Tory Foster]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] appear to have converted to monotheism as well under Baltar's ministry, whereas [[Saul Tigh]] has not despite [[Caprica-Six]]'s influence.<ref>He continues to speak of the plural "gods" vice the singular, and refers to Baltar's followers as kooks ("[[The Oath]]").</ref> Only [[Ellen Tigh]] and Samuel Anders recover their memories from the time they allied with the Centurions and embraced their beliefs.<br />
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==God==<br />
The Cylons believe that [[God (RDM)|God]] created humankind. Humanity, to the Cylons, is a flawed creation, one that is sinful and has essentially thrown away the gift of the soul and of God's love. The Cylons believe that God directed humanity to create the Cylons as a more perfect entity. From there, the Cylons believe they were to take the place of the flawed humans in the cosmos and become, essentially, the next generation of humankind. <br />
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The Cylons, seeing themselves as humankind's children, believe they cannot not truly come into their own until the human race is gone. The logical conclusion they reach is that they must commit genocidal parricide in order to evolve and mature ([[Podcast:Torn#Act 2|"Torn" Podcast, Act 2]]).<br />
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==Attitude toward Colonial Religion==<br />
The Cylons believe in a singular deity and reject the worship of multiple deities <ref>This is similar, but not necessarily identical, to the beliefs of the [[w:Abrahamic religion|Abrahamic religions]], such as [[w:Judaism|Judaism]], [[w:Christianity|Christianity]] and [[w:Islam|Islam]].</ref>. Although unbelievers sometimes refer to this being as the "Cylon God", it has been frequently explained that God is the one true God of all, human and Cylon. As such, its followers view the Colonial worship of the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]] as blasphemous ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]). The Cylons claim that they know the [[Sacred Scrolls|scriptures of the human religion]] better than humanity does, but do not believe the Sacred Scrolls to be literally true ([[Home, Part I]]). They acknowledge the historicity of the Lords of Kobol without accepting their divinity.<br />
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That said, the Cylons tolerate Colonial religion on [[New Caprica]], and direct evangelism has been mainly limited to [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben's]] workings on [[Kara Thrace]].<br />
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==Beliefs==<br />
The Cylons apparently worship a metaphysical being, a being that wishes for all to believe in it and love it, human and Cylon alike. The Cylon religion includes concepts of "sin". For example, the [[Messengers|Messenger Number Six]] warns [[Gaius Baltar]] that suicide is a mortal sin when he jokingly suggests killing himself ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]). A tortured Number Six copy named [[Gina Inviere]] does not [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|initially]] kill herself to escape horrific torture because she believes that suicide is a sin ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).<br />
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The Cylons maintain that one of God's commandments is to procreate ("be fruitful"), but the humanoid Cylons are incapable of procreating with each other. The Cylons apparently strictly define "procreation" as biological reproduction, and not creation of copies of existing Cylon models using asexual, industrial, or laboratory techniques. As a result, the Cylons began attempts to create a Cylon-human hybrid (deemed more feasible than their previous attempts at procreation amongst their own kind). To this end they developed "[[farms]]" on the occupied Twelve Colonies to create a hybrid, but these attempts continued without success.<ref>This Cylon-human hybrid child should not be confused with the living humanoid central computer of a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]], also known to the Cylons as a "[[Hybrid]]".</ref><br />
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Most Cylons espouse monotheistic views, but often with subtle differences in interpretation. For instance, [[Leoben Conoy]] believes that "We are all God". The [[John Cavil]] model is the only one that is openly atheistic. Ironically, Cavils pose among humans as polytheist clergy and are addressed as "Brother".<br />
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The first successful Cylon-human Hybrid, [[Hera Agathon]], the daughter of [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon]] and [[Karl Agathon]], is literally considered to be a "miracle from God" by the Cylons ([[Final Cut]]).<br />
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[[Image:Soldiers of One Logo.jpg|thumb|Infinity symbol representing the monotheist movement of both the humans and Cylons.]]<br />
A small minority of monotheistic humans existed on the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] before the Fall. [[Monotheist Church|Their religion]] was looked upon as dangerous and heretical by the majority of Colonial society and most of them were forced to hide their beliefs. The paramilitary adjunct to the Monotheist Church was known as the [[Soldiers of the One]] or "STO". Capricans, if not those of the other eleven worlds, made little or no distinction between the STO and monotheism generally; monotheists were considered to be members of a terrorist group by the Caprica government. The principal mark of the movement was an infinity symbol ("[[Caprica pilot]]").<br />
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Three such practitioners were closeted monotheists [[Zoe Graystone]], [[Lacy Rand]], and Graystone's boyfriend, [[Ben Stark]], who was the more fanatical of the three. Despite their actual beliefs in a single omnicient, omnipotent and omnipresent G-d, the three were students at [[Athena Academy]] a polytheist parochial high school on Caprica. The headmistress, Athenian High Priestess [[Clarice Willow]], was herself a closeted monotheist and mentored the three in her true beliefs. Graystone and Stark died in a suicide bombing executed by the latter without the former's forewarning ("[[Caprica pilot]]").<br />
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Zoe had created a meticulous digital copy of herself before her death ("[[Caprica pilot]]"). Zoe Graystone's self-aware avatar, [[Zoe-A]], was later uploaded into the [[U-87|protype Cylon Centurion]] created by her father, [[Daniel Graystone]] ("[[Caprica pilot]]"). Believing herself to have an important destiny within the monothist movement, Zoe-A solicited Lacy to arrange for her (in her Cylon body) to be smuggled to the monotheists' see on [[Gemenon]] ("[[Reins of a Waterfall]]"). While Zoe-A's escape was thwarted, the operation planted the formerly timid Lacy inexorably into the STO militia ("[[End of Line]]"). Graystone Industries unwittingly propogated elements of Zoe-A's personality and identity into every Cylon they manufactured thereafter ("[[Here Be Dragons]]"). A small number of these were diverted by the [[Ha'la'tha]] and sold on the black market to the STO on Gemenon in preparation for a holy war ("[[Blowback]]", "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br />
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While training on Gemenon, Lacy was disgusted by the STO cadre's disregard for human life ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). During an attempt to intervene against a summary execution, she discovered that the Cylons' military programming was subordinate to an absolute obedience to her personally ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). On further investigation, she learned that all Cylon Centurions self-identify as Zoe ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). With the help and firepower of the Centurions, Lacy and her fellow STO recruits staged a coup d'etat within the STO and the Church itself, and Lacy assended as Blessed Mother to the Church's supreme authority ("[[Here Be Dragons]]", "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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The kernel of Zoe-R's identity contained in the Cylons' fundamental programming which Lacy exploited, also made them predisposed to monotheism ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Ironically, the Cylon marines' killing of monotheist human terrorists to protect the thousands of polytheist humans at [[Atlas Arena]] (coincidental to Lacy's coup) ingratiated the Cylons with humanity and was the catalyst for their much more rapid popularity and sales than inventor [[Daniel Graystone]] had anticipated ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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[[Image:Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg|thumb|Sister Clarice Willow proselytizing to her Cylon congregation.]]<br />
Sister Clarice Willow evaded capture for her orchestration of the failed arena bombing ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). She eventually discovered the Cylons' monothistic instincts and established a Cylon congregation in [[V-World]] where myriad domestic, industrial, and military Cylon models attend to hear her sermons ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Opening with the rhetorical quesition, "Are you alive?" Clarice preached that Cylons are every bit as much God's children as humans are ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Blessed Mother Lacy granted Clarice an audience at her see on Gemenon to discuss Clarice's proposal for divine recognition of the "differently sentient" - the Cylon race ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Despite being human herself, Clarice encouraged her Cylon flock to rebel against their human masters.<br />
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The [[Final Five]] travelled from the thirteenth world (Original Earth) to warn the humans of the other twelve worlds not to make a robotic slave race which would inevitably rebel as their own had done ("[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", "[[No Exit]]"). They arrived more than twelve years too late to avert precisely the war they had prophesised ("[[No Exit]]"). While they could not prevent the war, they could cause peace; they agreed to give the Centurions the technology they were themselves trying in vain to develop: the ability to create [[Significant Seven|biological Cylons]], along with the inherrently interrelated resurrection capability; on the condition of an immediate Cylon withdrawal and armistice ("[[Razor Flashbacks]]", "[[No Exit]]"). The Centurions propogated their monotheism to their humanoid "children"'s programming.<br />
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The Cylon religion's lineage can be seen during the [[Cylon Civil War]], at a [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon]] funerary service that takes place on the [[Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]], where the usage of ornaments and amulets in the form of the infinity symbol can be observed ("[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]").<br />
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==Analysis==<br />
The concept that the religious beliefs of the Cylons are similar to the real-life Abrahamic religions of planet Earth is a plot twist which executive producer [[Ron Moore]] developed and considers to be an intriguing switch: normally, the "Good Guys" in a TV show are monotheists, and the "bad guys" are polytheists. However, in the Re-imagined Series, the "good" humans follow a polytheistic religion that worships a parallel of the Greek gods, while the "bad" Cylons worship a monotheistic God, similar to real-life Abrahamic religions.<br />
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The Cylon God and the Lords of Kobol have an "overlapping" existence that is confusing to both Colonial and Cylon sides. Both sides appear to be guided to conflict (and, in rare instances, cooperation) through events that appear pre-destined. The story arc of finding the [[Arrow of Apollo]] involves the hunt for the [[Tomb of Athena]] by the Colonials. According to the Sacred Scrolls, the humans will be aided by a "minor demon." The cooperative [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii copy]] assists the group in finding the tomb.<br />
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In another instance, the [[oracle]] [[Dodona Selloi]] tells [[Number Three]] that the Lords of Kobol, specifically [[Zeus, Lord of Kobol|Zeus]], are sad for her. The oracle then relays a message from the Cylon God to Three of the existence of Hera Agathon and the imminent failure of the occupation of [[New Caprica]] ([[Exodus, Part I]]).<br />
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The convergence of the Cylon and Colonial religion occurs yet again at the [[algae planet]], where possession of the [[Eye of Jupiter]] is fought over by the two sides. While the Colonials believe the [[Temple of Five]] on the planet was built by the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] to represent five priests who worshipped "[[the one whose name cannot be spoken]]", one Cylon (Number Three) and Gaius Baltar believe that the significance of the Temple has something to do with the [[Final Five|five missing humanoid Cylons]]. Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] discovers that the algae planet's sun will soon go nova; both he and Admiral Adama do not believe that the curious coincidences of Colonial and Cylon involvement with the Eye, at that particular place and time, as merely coincidental ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]).<br />
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Cylon attitude towards their own religion varies between the models, and it is this variation that is one of the major causes of the [[Cylon Civil War]]. The [[Number Four|Fours]] and [[Number Five|Fives]] follow the lead of the atheist [[Number One|Ones]] with the more reverent [[Number Two|Twos]], [[Number Six|Sixes]], and [[Number Eight|Eights]] in opposition.<br />
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==Sayings and Prayers==<br />
*[[Leoben Conoy]]: (at a dinner table with [[Kara Thrace]]) "Heavenly father, we thank you for the bounty of this table…" ([[Occupation]])<ref>This is similar or identical to the blessing many Christians in North America recite before meals.</ref><br />
*[[Number Three]]: "[There is] no other god but God." ([[Exodus, Part II]]) <ref>This resembles the islamic [[w:Shahada|Shahada]]: "I bear witness that there is no god except for God (Allah), and Muhammad is the messenger of God." It also reflects the 1st, 2nd or 1st ''and'' 2nd Commandments (depending upon demonination): "I am the Lord your G-d. You shall have no other gods before me.</ref><br />
*[[Sharon Agathon]]: "When God's anger awakens, even the mighty shall fall…" ([[Torn]])<br />
*The [[Prayer to the Cloud of Unknowing]] is used when Cylons face death without [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]]: "Heavenly father<nowiki> [. . .] </nowiki>grant us the strength...the wisdom<nowiki> [. . .] </nowiki>and above all...a measure of acceptance..." ([[A Measure of Salvation]], [[Sine Qua Non]], [[Islanded In a Stream of Stars]])<ref>It is noticably parallel to Reinhold Niebuhr's well-known Serenity Prayer.</ref><br />
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<div>:''For the belief held by various members of the [[Soldiers of the One]], see [[apotheosis]].''<br />
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{{Episode Data<br />
| image=Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg<br />
| series= cap<br />
| title=Apotheosis<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=18<br />
| special=<br />
| extra=Series Finale<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br>[[Kevin Murphy]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director= [[Jonas Pate]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate=4 January 2011<ref name="Caprica Cancelled by Syfy">{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960|title=Caprica Cancelled by Syfy|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=Gorman|first=Bill|format=|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Caprica US airdates">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/19/exclusive-syfys-caprica-to-sign-off-tuesday-january-4-416014/8987/|title=Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=19 November 2010|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
| CAN airdate= November 30, 2010 <ref name="SPACE Schedule">{{cite_web|url=http://www.spacecast.com/Schedule.aspx?date=11/30/2010&mode=Daily&tz=ET|title=SPACE Schedule|accessdate=21 November 2011|language=English}}</ref><br />
| UK airdate=<br />
| dvd=<br />
| prev= [[Here Be Dragons]]<br />
| next = ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' <br/> [[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]"<br />
}}<br />
== Overview ==<br />
: ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] and [[Zoe-A]] race to stop [[Clarice Willow]]'s master plan and save thousands of lives before [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] is changed forever (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] ''series finale).''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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=== Teaser ===<br />
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=== Act 1 ===<br />
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=== Act 2 ===<br />
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=== Act 3 ===<br />
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=== Act 4 ===<br />
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=== Epilogue: The Shape of Things to Come ===<br />
*Daniel talks with [[Baxter Sarno]] on ''[[Backtalk with Baxter Sarno]]'' about how quickly Cylons have been integrated into Caprican life since the [[Battle of Atlas Arena]]. Civilian Cylon models are shown performing various labor functions, including construction worker and dog walker; a monument is shown to the U-87s that saved Atlas Arena. Sarno says he's hearing talk of Cylon butlers and nurses, and asks if Cylon fiancés are coming in the future. Daniel says that it's folly to humanize the machine, while Amanda and Zoe watch the interview from the V-world version of their living room.<br />
*On the anniversary of Willie's death, Joseph tells his young son with Evelyn, [[William "Bill" Adama]], of the history of his name and has him complete the ritual of remembrance. Joseph, Evelyn, Sam, Larry and Ruth all applaud Bill.<br />
*Clarice preaches to a congregation of Cylon workers of various models in a V-world church, saying that their ability to question whether they are alive means that they are alive, and that they are children of God as well as humanity. She plans to travel to [[Gemenon]] and ask the Holy Mother for recognition of Cylons in the monotheist faith. The Cylons, Clarice preaches, will become equals to humanity and may evolve past their current state, with brains encoded on computer chips. She prophecizes that there is one who will set them free and they will rise up to crush their creators. Some form of Zoe is seen in the congregation, smiling.<br />
*Clarice does indeed go to Gemenon and is seen talking with [[Odin Sinclair]]. After conversing for some time, he tells her he has heard enough and hands her back a book. Clarice then meets with the current Holy Mother, who is [[Lacy Rand]], with U-87s in the background. Rand tells Clarice to kneel.<br />
*Amanda and Daniel complete Zoe's skin-job body with the help of the scientific team working under them, and she emerges from a tank similar, but not identical, to a [[resurrection tank]]. She now has a humanoid form and a convincing human visage, though she still has inorganic parts underneath.<br />
*An image is shown of the planet Caprica.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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* [[Apotheosis]] has been mentioned in conjunction with [[Zoe Graystone]]'s [[holographic avatar|avatar]] program and is one of Sister [[Clarice Willow]]'s goals.<br />
* The pentagon roundel on the wings of the Caprican marine aircraft carrying the Cylon squad is identical to the roundels on [[Raider (TOS)|raiders]] in [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the original series]]. The roof of [[Graystone Industries]]' headquarters also features the design.<br />
* According to [[Bear McCreary]]'s [[w:Twitter|Twitter]], the Caprican [[national anthem]] heard in "[[Rebirth]]" will be featured.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://twitter.com/bearmccreary/status/28963258503|title=Twitter|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=McCreary|first=Bear|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
* On the DVD commentary for this episode, executive producer Kevin Murphy says the ramifications of the coda sequence, set five years later, would be explored in Season Two. This commentary was recorded prior to the show's cancellation.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*The Cylon marine commander's helmet or cranial armour appears to be the inspiration for the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|First War Centurians]]' heads. It features an eve protecting the 'ears' and back of the neck, as well as a center comb ridge from front to back. Additionally, as will be the case in the First Cylon War in which command Centurions are distinguished by their golden armour, the marine commander is 'dressed' uniquely from the other Cylon marines.<br />
*Theoretically, the avatars of the dead [[STO]] members should have the same ability to control V-world as Zoe-A and [[Tamara-A]] have, unless the backup of Zoe's program used to create them was imperfect. It appears that Zoe-A was able to destroy them due to their relative lack of experience.<br />
*It is possible that the Zoe listening to Clarice's sermon was [[Messengers#Messenger Zoe|Messenger Zoe]]. Given the events of ''Caprica'', especially the [[Here Be Dragons|previous episode]] and this one, it seems unlikely that Clarice would tolerate Zoe-A's presence under any circumstances or that that Zoe-A would allow Clarice to even suggest violence, much less preach it openly. Only a brief glimpse of Zoe is offered, so there are none of the usual indicators of a Messenger, such as others in the same space obviously ignoring the character, or a non-Messenger character having a conversation with what turns out to be air. However, it is unknown how relationships may change between the characters, and events may occur that would indeed drive Zoe-A to seek rebellion. Clarice's "prophecy" that there is one who will set the Cylons free seems to refer to Zoe.<br />
*Alternatively, as the congregation is otherwise entirely Cylon, the Zoe may be [[Zoe-R#Zoe-R|Zoe-R]] (i.e, [[Zoe-A]] inhabbiting a Cylon body). The usual indicator of such an appearance - a CGI Cylon shown first in place of Zoe-R - is seen, albeit with several scene cuts in the interim. On the pew behind Zoe are a petite white Cylon and a Centurion. During the initial montage of Willow's congregation (prior to Willow's pilgrimage to [[Lacy Rand|Mother Lacy]] on [[Gemenon]]), a Centurion is seen with a petite white Cylon and a Centurion on the pew behind it, the three in the same relative positions; additionally, the two sequences are each preceded by identical shots of a Centurion genuflecting next to a column. Zoe-A's resurrection into her skinjob body does not occur until after Zoe's appearance in the congregation.<br />
*Amanda's skills as a plastic surgeon appear to come into play in the creation of Zoe's skin-job body.<br />
*Fidelia Fazekas' recognition of the need to support the rebellion on Tauron suggests that she will continue the flow of Cylons started by the Adamas, or even increase it.<br />
*Odin appears to have taken on a role similar to that of [[Diego]] now that Lacy is the new Blessed Mother.<br />
*Although Clarice preaches that the Cylons will rise and "crush the ones that first gave them life", she probably is not advocating total human extinction, given her intention to form an alliance between the Cylons and the church on [[Gemenon]].<br />
*Ruth maintains ties to the Adama family during Bill's childhood and may still live with them, despite not being related by blood to the surviving Adamas.<br />
*The "Things to Come" epilogue naturally parallels the rise of the apes described in ''Escape from the Planet of the Apes'' and subsequently depicted in ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'', much as "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]" extensively parallels and pays homage to the first ''Planet of the Apes'' film. The harried Cylon dog walker passing a statue of the Cylon marines seems to possibly be an homage to the cat & dog statue which many ape slaves pass in ''Conquest''.<br />
*When awakening as a skin-job, Zoe-R displays signs of momentary shock and confusion similar to those of resurrecting [[humanoid Cylon]]s.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
*What happened to Xander after the Graystones escaped?<br />
*What happened to Singh? <br />
**Were the charges against the Graystones dropped (as can be inferred from the epilogue) because he was outed as a member of the Soldiers of the One?<br />
**If Singh was outed, was [[Jordan Duram]] able to rejoin the GDD?<br />
*What is [[Tamara-A]] doing during the events of this episode and the epilogue? <br />
**Would she have become a skin-job also eventually, or would she have had some other role to play?<br />
*How old is [[William Adama|Bill Adama]] when he is shown in the epilogue?<br />
*Do the Adamas continue to associate with the Ha'la'tha throughout Bill's childhood?<br />
*How much, if anything, is Bill told about Tamara-A and his family's involvement with the rise of the Cylons?<br />
*When does Joseph's focus as a lawyer change from getting Ha'la'tha members off to civil liberties?<br />
*How does the Ha'la'tha operate under Fidelia?<br />
*How do the [[Monad Church]] and the [[STO]] operate under Lacy?<br />
**How popular is Lacy with the human monotheists?<br />
*How does the meeting between Clarice and Lacy go?<br />
**Does Lacy decree that Cylons have souls and/or that their sentience is equal to human sentience?<br />
*What makes Clarice become an advocate of Cylon rebellion?<br />
**Has her confrontation with Zoe affected Clarice's faith and her relationship with Zoe?<br />
*How does Zoe-A discover and communicate with the Final Five 13-15 years (Colonial perspective) before their arrival? How can they effectively communicate, given the Five's relativistic speed?<br />
*Although the Cylons do not spare Gemenon as a whole in the Second Cylon War, is the Monad territory (or at least the environs of Lacy's temple) treated as sacrosanct in either war, in light of both the Centurions' personal obedience to her and the temple being the seat of their religion?<br />
*Do the particular words of Clarice's opening rhetorical question, "Are you alive?" take on religious or cultural significance - perhaps as a battle cry - to the Cylons, or is it coincidental that a [[Number_Six#Armistice_Station_Copy|Six]] asks the identical words of the humans' [[Armistice Officer]] immediately before the igniting the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|holocaust]] in [[Miniseries, Night 1]]?<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
*[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/access-week-in-geek-3-20-10-caprica-cast-talk-season-finale/37783 From the ''Caprica'' panel at the Paley Center]:<br />
**[[Sasha Roiz]]: "Our finale is unbelievable. It's so powerful that I remember me and Esai calling each other after reading the script. We were both absolutely floored by how it ends."<br />
**[[Esai Morales]]: "The finale drove me to tears on various occasions. What happens is so profound and out of the blue. [It was] so unexpected it took my breath away."<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*''Clarice protests as Zoe-A destroys her virtual Heaven''<br />
:'''Clarice:''' This is what God wants!<br />
:'''Zoe-A:''' I ''am'' God!<br />
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*''Daniel doth protest too much''<br />
:'''Baxter Sarno:''' 'Cause I’m hearing talk about Cylon butlers, Cylon nurses, how long before my niece Candace comes home with her Cylon fiancé to introduce to the family?<br />
:'''Daniel:''' “Well, I think people are smart enough to realize that, as useful as they are, Cylons are simply tools, nothing more. To forget that, to blur the distinction between man and machine, and attribute human qualities, is folly. There is no way to know what lies ahead, really, this technology, it has taken us the last few steps to the mountain pass but beyond it’s undiscovered country.<br />
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*''The first words of Clarice's sermon''<br />
:'''Clarice:''' "Are you alive?"<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]<br />
*[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]<br />
*[[Jorge Montesi]] as The [[Guatrau]]<br />
*[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]]<br />
*[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]]<br />
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]<br />
*[[Karen Elizabeth Austin]] as [[Ruth]]<br />
*[[James Pizzinato]] as [[Drew]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow]]<br />
*[[Teryl Rothery]] as as [[Evelyn]]<br />
*[[Julius Chapple]] as [[Larry]]<br />
*[[Feguins Toussaint]] as Bodyguard [[Sean]]<br />
*[[Renu Bakshi]] as [[Abasi Lowe]]<br />
*[[Dale Wolfe]] as [[Steve Bahara]]<br />
*[[Iris Paluly]] as [[Jax]]<br />
*[[Hrothgar Mathews]] as Dave<br />
*[[Markus Towfigh]] as Young [[William Adama|Bill Adama]]<br />
*[[Rodney Reid]] as Cab Driver<br />
*[[Mike Dopud]] as [[Sal]]<br />
*[[J.C. Williams]] as [[GDD]] Agent<br />
*[[Michael Sangha]] as GDD Agent<br />
*[[Mark Donnelly]] as Anthem Singer<br />
*[[Kevin Lum]] as Caprica Police<br />
*[[Philip Cabrita]] as [[STO]] Martyr #1<br />
*[[Steve Thackray]] as STO Martyr #2<br />
*[[Catherine Lough Haggquist]] as STO Martyr #3<br />
*[[Tim Aas]] as Scruffy Dude<br />
*[[John Stewart]] as Supervisor<br />
*[[Mike Russell]] as Worker<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<div>:''This article discusses the religion of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] of the [[Re-imagined Series]].''<br />
:''In the [[Original Series]], the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] have no documented religion.''<br />
:''For summary information on the Colonial faiths as seen in the Original Series, see [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].''<br />
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The majority of the so-called [[Significant Seven]] [[Cylons]] follow a '''monotheistic religion''' handed down to them from the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]]. This is distinct from the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies|polytheistic religion]] followed by most of the Colonial Humans and the Terrestrial Cylons known as the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] (from which come the [[Final Five]]). <br />
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Unless otherwise indicated, the term "Cylon" as used herein refers collectively to Centurion Model 0005, and humanoid Models [[Number Two|Two]] (Leoben), [[Number Three|Three]] (D'Anna), [[Number Four|Four]] (Simon), [[Number Five|Five]] (Aaron), [[Number Six|Six]], [[Number Eight|Eight]] (Sharon), and presumably [[Number Seven|Seven]] (Daniel); and to their beliefs. As previously indicated, these beliefs differ from those of the Thirteenth Tribe, which shared a polytheistic tradition with the twelve Human tribes. The Final Five of the Thirteenth Tribe incorporated the Centurions' monothistic belief system into the numbered models they created with the Centurions. The [[Number One]] model line (John Cavil) are atheists, but it is not known if their atheism was intentional or a programming error. It is unclear whether the semi-sentient [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Cylon Centurion|modern Centurions]] have even the capacity to process religion. Cylon religion supposes that the [[Hybrid]]s can communicate with God, but what if any beliefs the Hybrids themselves hold is unclear, aside from their belief that [[Kara Thrace]] is the harbinger of death; since undergoing brain surgery, Thrace's husband, Final Five Cylon [[Samuel Anders]] has effectively become a Hybrid, and echoes their characterisation of Thrace. Number Eight Cylon [[Sharon Agathon]] and her human husband [[Karl Agathon]] are a monotheist and a polytheist respectively, and it is unknown what religion(s) they impart to the human-Cylon hybrid child [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]. Both traditions are practiced by her terrestrial decendents who are hybrids of human, numbered Cylon, and the independently-evolved terrestrial humans; with polytheism dominating for thousands of years before being largely eclipsed by monotheism.<br />
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Prior to the [[First Cylon War]], a small sect of humans secretly practiced a monotheistic religion. This movement has been reborn under [[Gaius Baltar]] who preaches Cylon dogma taught to him by [[Messenger Six]]. Terrestrial Cylons [[Tory Foster]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] appear to have converted to monotheism as well under Baltar's ministry, whereas [[Saul Tigh]] has not despite [[Caprica-Six]]'s influence.<ref>He continues to speak of the plural "gods" vice the singular, and refers to Baltar's followers as kooks ("[[The Oath]]").</ref> Only [[Ellen Tigh]] and Samuel Anders recover their memories from the time they ally with the Centurions and embrace their beliefs.<br />
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==God==<br />
The Cylons believe that [[God (RDM)|God]] created humankind. Humanity, to the Cylons, is a flawed creation, one that is sinful and has essentially thrown away the gift of the soul and of God's love. The Cylons believe that God directed humanity to create the Cylons as a more perfect entity. From there, the Cylons believe they were to take the place of the flawed humans in the cosmos and become, essentially, the next generation of humankind. <br />
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The Cylons, seeing themselves as humankind's children, believe they cannot not truly come into their own until the human race is gone. The logical conclusion they reach is that they must commit genocidal parricide in order to evolve and mature ([[Podcast:Torn#Act 2|"Torn" Podcast, Act 2]]).<br />
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==Attitude toward Colonial Religion==<br />
The Cylons believe in a singular deity and reject the worship of multiple deities <ref>This is similar, but not necessarily identical, to the beliefs of the [[w:Abrahamic religion|Abrahamic religions]], such as [[w:Judaism|Judaism]], [[w:Christianity|Christianity]] and [[w:Islam|Islam]].</ref>. Although unbelievers sometimes refer to this being as the "Cylon God", it has been frequently explained that God is the one true God of all, human and Cylon. As such, its followers view the Colonial worship of the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]] as blasphemous ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]). The Cylons claim that they know the [[Sacred Scrolls|scriptures of the human religion]] better than humanity does, but do not believe the Sacred Scrolls to be literally true ([[Home, Part I]]). They acknowledge the historicity of the Lords of Kobol without accepting their divinity.<br />
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That said, the Cylons tolerate Colonial religion on [[New Caprica]], and direct evangelism has been mainly limited to [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben's]] workings on [[Kara Thrace]].<br />
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==Beliefs==<br />
The Cylons apparently worship a metaphysical being, a being that wishes for all to believe in it and love it, human and Cylon alike. The Cylon religion includes concepts of "sin". For example, the [[Messengers|Messenger Number Six]] warns [[Gaius Baltar]] that suicide is a mortal sin when he jokingly suggests killing himself ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]). A tortured Number Six copy named [[Gina Inviere]] does not [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|initially]] kill herself to escape horrific torture because she believes that suicide is a sin ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).<br />
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The Cylons maintain that one of God's commandments is to procreate ("be fruitful"), but the humanoid Cylons are incapable of procreating with each other. The Cylons apparently strictly define "procreation" as biological reproduction, and not creation of copies of existing Cylon models using asexual, industrial, or laboratory techniques. As a result, the Cylons began attempts to create a Cylon-human hybrid (deemed more feasible than their previous attempts at procreation amongst their own kind). To this end they developed "[[farms]]" on the occupied Twelve Colonies to create a hybrid, but these attempts continued without success.<ref>This Cylon-human hybrid child should not be confused with the living humanoid central computer of a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]], also known to the Cylons as a "[[Hybrid]]".</ref><br />
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Most Cylons espouse monotheistic views, but often with subtle differences in interpretation. For instance, [[Leoben Conoy]] believes that "We are all God". The [[John Cavil]] model is the only one that is openly atheistic. Ironically, Cavils pose among humans as polytheist clergy and are addressed as "Brother".<br />
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The first successful Cylon-human Hybrid, [[Hera Agathon]], the daughter of [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon]] and [[Karl Agathon]], is literally considered to be a "miracle from God" by the Cylons ([[Final Cut]]).<br />
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==Presumed origin==<br />
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:''Main article: [[Monotheist Church|Human Monotheism]]''<br />
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[[Image:Soldiers of One Logo.jpg|thumb|Infinity symbol representing the monotheist movement of both the humans and Cylons.]]<br />
A small minority of monotheistic humans existed on the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] before the Fall. [[Monotheist Church|Their religion]] was looked upon as dangerous and heretical by the majority of Colonial society and most of them were forced to hide their beliefs. The paramilitary adjunct to the Monotheist Church was known as the [[Soldiers of the One]] or "STO". Capricans, if not those of the other eleven worlds, made little or no distinction between the STO and monotheism generally; monotheists were considered to be members of a terrorist group by the Caprica government. The principal mark of the movement was an infinity symbol ("[[Caprica pilot]]").<br />
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Three such practitioners were closeted monotheists [[Zoe Graystone]], [[Lacy Rand]], and Graystone's boyfriend, [[Ben Stark]], who was the more fanatical of the three. Despite their actual beliefs in a single omnicient, omnipotent and omnipresent G-d, the three were students at [[Athena Academy]] a polytheist parochial high school on Caprica. The headmistress, Athenian High Priestess [[Clarice Willow]], was herself a closeted monotheist and mentored the three in her true beliefs. Graystone and Stark died in a suicide bombing executed by the latter without the former's forewarning ("[[Caprica pilot]]").<br />
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Zoe had created a meticulous digital copy of herself before her death ("[[Caprica pilot]]"). Zoe Graystone's self-aware avatar, [[Zoe-A]], was later uploaded into the [[U-87|protype Cylon Centurion]] created by her father, [[Daniel Graystone]] ("[[Caprica pilot]]"). Believing herself to have an important destiny within the monothist movement, Zoe-A solicited Lacy to arrange for her (in her Cylon body) to be smuggled to the monotheists' see on [[Gemenon]] ("[[Reins of a Waterfall]]"). While Zoe-A's escape was thwarted, the operation planted the formerly timid Lacy inexorably into the STO militia ("[[End of Line]]"). Graystone Industries unwittingly propogated elements of Zoe-A's personality and identity into every Cylon they manufactured thereafter ("[[Here Be Dragons]]"). A small number of these were diverted by the [[Ha'la'tha]] and sold on the black market to the STO on Gemenon in preparation for a holy war ("[[Blowback]]", "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br />
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While training on Gemenon, Lacy was disgusted by the STO cadre's disregard for human life ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). During an attempt to intervene against a summary execution, she discovered that the Cylons' military programming was subordinate to an absolute obedience to her personally ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). On further investigation, she learned that all Cylon Centurions self-identify as Zoe ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). With the help and firepower of the Centurions, Lacy and her fellow STO recruits staged a coup d'etat within the STO and the Church itself, and Lacy assended as Blessed Mother to the Church's supreme authority ("[[Here Be Dragons]]", "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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The kernel of Zoe-R's identity contained in the Cylons' fundamental programming which Lacy exploited, also made them predisposed to monotheism ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Ironically, the Cylon marines' killing of monotheist human terrorists to protect the thousands of polytheist humans at [[Atlas Arena]] (coincidental to Lacy's coup) ingratiated the Cylons with humanity and was the catalyst for their much more rapid popularity and sales than inventor [[Daniel Graystone]] had anticipated ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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[[Image:Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg|thumb|Sister Clarice Willow proselytizing to her Cylon congregation.]]<br />
Sister Clarice Willow evaded capture for her orchestration of the failed arena bombing ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). She eventually discovered the Cylons' monothistic instincts and established a Cylon congregation in [[V-World]] where myriad domestic, industrial, and military Cylon models attend to hear her sermons ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Clarice preached that Cylons are every bit as much G-d's children as humans are ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Blessed Mother Lacy granted Clarice an audience at her see on Gemenon to discuss Clarice's proposal for divine recognition of the "differently sentient" - the Cylon race ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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The [[Final Five]] travelled from the thirteenth world (Original Earth) to warn the humans of the other twelve worlds not to make a robotic slave race which would inevitably rebel as their own had done ("[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", "[[No Exit]]"). They arived more than twelve years too late to avert precisely the war they had prophesised ("[[No Exit]]"). While they could not prevent the war, they could cause peace; they agreed to give the Centurions the technology they were themselves trying in vain to develop: the ability to create [[Significant Seven|biological Cylons]], along with the inherrently interrelated resurrection capability; on the condition of an immediate Cylon withdrawal and armistice ("[[Razor Flashbacks]]", "[[No Exit]]"). The Centurions propogated their monotheism to their humanoid "children"'s programming.<br />
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The Cylon religion's lineage can be seen during the [[Cylon Civil War]], at a [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon]] funerary service that takes place on the [[Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]], where the usage of ornaments and amulets in the form of the infinity symbol can be observed ("[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]").<br />
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==Analysis==<br />
The concept that the religious beliefs of the Cylons are similar to the real-life Abrahamic religions of planet Earth is a plot twist which executive producer [[Ron Moore]] developed and considers to be an intriguing switch: normally, the "Good Guys" in a TV show are monotheists, and the "bad guys" are polytheists. However, in the Re-imagined Series, the "good" humans follow a polytheistic religion that worships a parallel of the Greek gods, while the "bad" Cylons worship a monotheistic God, similar to real-life Abrahamic religions.<br />
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The Cylon God and the Lords of Kobol have an "overlapping" existence that is confusing to both Colonial and Cylon sides. Both sides appear to be guided to conflict (and, in rare instances, cooperation) through events that appear pre-destined. The story arc of finding the [[Arrow of Apollo]] involves the hunt for the [[Tomb of Athena]] by the Colonials. According to the Sacred Scrolls, the humans will be aided by a "minor demon." The cooperative [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii copy]] assists the group in finding the tomb.<br />
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In another instance, the [[oracle]] [[Dodona Selloi]] tells [[Number Three]] that the Lords of Kobol, specifically [[Zeus, Lord of Kobol|Zeus]], are sad for her. The oracle then relays a message from the Cylon God to Three of the existence of Hera Agathon and the imminent failure of the occupation of [[New Caprica]] ([[Exodus, Part I]]).<br />
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The convergence of the Cylon and Colonial religion occurs yet again at the [[algae planet]], where possession of the [[Eye of Jupiter]] is fought over by the two sides. While the Colonials believe the [[Temple of Five]] on the planet was built by the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] to represent five priests who worshipped "[[the one whose name cannot be spoken]]", one Cylon (Number Three) and Gaius Baltar believe that the significance of the Temple has something to do with the [[Final Five|five missing humanoid Cylons]]. Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] discovers that the algae planet's sun will soon go nova; both he and Admiral Adama do not believe that the curious coincidences of Colonial and Cylon involvement with the Eye, at that particular place and time, as merely coincidental ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]).<br />
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Cylon attitude towards their own religion varies between the models, and it is this variation that is one of the major causes of the [[Cylon Civil War]]. The [[Number Four|Fours]] and [[Number Five|Fives]] follow the lead of the atheist [[Number One|Ones]] with the more reverent [[Number Two|Twos]], [[Number Six|Sixes]], and [[Number Eight|Eights]] in opposition.<br />
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==Sayings and Prayers==<br />
*[[Leoben Conoy]]: (at a dinner table with [[Kara Thrace]]) "Heavenly father, we thank you for the bounty of this table…" ([[Occupation]])<ref>This is similar or identical to the blessing many Christians in North America recite before meals.</ref><br />
*[[Number Three]]: "[There is] no other god but God." ([[Exodus, Part II]]) <ref>This resembles the islamic [[w:Shahada|Shahada]]: "I bear witness that there is no god except for God (Allah), and Muhammad is the messenger of God." It also reflects the 1st, 2nd or 1st ''and'' 2nd Commandments (depending upon demonination): "I am the Lord your G-d. You shall have no other gods before me.</ref><br />
*[[Sharon Agathon]]: "When God's anger awakens, even the mighty shall fall…" ([[Torn]])<br />
*The [[Prayer to the Cloud of Unknowing]] is used when Cylons face death without [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]]: "Heavenly father<nowiki> [. . .] </nowiki>grant us the strength...the wisdom<nowiki> [. . .] </nowiki>and above all...a measure of acceptance..." ([[A Measure of Salvation]], [[Sine Qua Non]], [[Islanded In a Stream of Stars]])<ref>It is noticably parallel to Reinhold Niebuhr's well-known Serenity Prayer.</ref><br />
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[[Category:RDM]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Cylon_Religion&diff=200495Cylon Religion2011-01-08T00:49:35Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Beliefs */ noted Cavils' ironic cover as polytheist clergy</p>
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<div>:''This article discusses the religion of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] of the [[Re-imagined Series]].''<br />
:''In the [[Original Series]], the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] have no documented religion.''<br />
:''For summary information on the Colonial faiths as seen in the Original Series, see [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].''<br />
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The majority of the so-called [[Significant Seven]] [[Cylons]] follow a '''monotheistic religion''' handed down to them from the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]]. This is distinct from the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies|polytheistic religion]] followed by most of the Colonial Humans and the Terrestrial Cylons known as the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] (from which come the [[Final Five]]). <br />
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Unless otherwise indicated, the term "Cylon" as used herein refers collectively to Centurion Model 0005, and humanoid Models [[Number Two|Two]] (Leoben), [[Number Three|Three]] (D'Anna), [[Number Four|Four]] (Simon), [[Number Five|Five]] (Aaron), [[Number Six|Six]], [[Number Eight|Eight]] (Sharon), and presumably [[Number Seven|Seven]] (Daniel); and to their beliefs. As previously indicated, these beliefs differ from those of the Thirteenth Tribe, which shared a polytheistic tradition with the twelve Human tribes. The Final Five of the Thirteenth Tribe incorporated the Centurions' monothistic belief system into the numbered models they created with the Centurions. The [[Number One]] model line (John Cavil) are atheists, but it is not known if their atheism was intentional or a programming error. It is unclear whether the semi-sentient [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Cylon Centurion|modern Centurions]] have even the capacity to process religion. Cylon religion supposes that the [[Hybrid]]s can communicate with God, but what if any beliefs the Hybrids themselves hold is unclear, aside from their belief that [[Kara Thrace]] is the harbinger of death; since undergoing brain surgery, Thrace's husband, Final Five Cylon [[Samuel Anders]] has effectively become a Hybrid, and echoes their characterisation of Thrace. Number Eight Cylon [[Sharon Agathon]] and her human husband [[Karl Agathon]] are a monotheist and a polytheist respectively, and it is unknown what religion(s) they impart to the human-Cylon hybrid child [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]. Both traditions are practiced by her terrestrial decendents who are hybrids of human, numbered Cylon, and the independently-evolved terrestrial humans; with polytheism dominating for thousands of years before being largely eclipsed by monotheism.<br />
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Prior to the [[First Cylon War]], a small sect of humans secretly practiced a monotheistic religion. This movement has been reborn under [[Gaius Baltar]] who preaches Cylon dogma taught to him by [[Messenger Six]]. Terrestrial Cylons [[Tory Foster]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] appear to have converted to monotheism as well under Baltar's ministry, whereas [[Saul Tigh]] has not despite [[Caprica-Six]]'s influence.<ref>He continues to speak of the plural "gods" vice the singular, and refers to Baltar's followers as kooks ("[[The Oath]]").</ref> Only [[Ellen Tigh]] and Samuel Anders recover their memories from the time they ally with the Centurions and embrace their beliefs.<br />
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==God==<br />
The Cylons believe that [[God (RDM)|God]] created humankind. Humanity, to the Cylons, is a flawed creation, one that is sinful and has essentially thrown away the gift of the soul and of God's love. The Cylons believe that God directed humanity to create the Cylons as a more perfect entity. From there, the Cylons believe they were to take the place of the flawed humans in the cosmos and become, essentially, the next generation of humankind. <br />
<br />
The Cylons, seeing themselves as humankind's children, believe they cannot not truly come into their own until the human race is gone. The logical conclusion they reach is that they must commit genocidal parricide in order to evolve and mature ([[Podcast:Torn#Act 2|"Torn" Podcast, Act 2]]).<br />
<br />
==Attitude toward Colonial Religion==<br />
The Cylons believe in a singular deity and reject the worship of multiple deities <ref>This is similar, but not necessarily identical, to the beliefs of the [[w:Abrahamic religion|Abrahamic religions]], such as [[w:Judaism|Judaism]], [[w:Christianity|Christianity]] and [[w:Islam|Islam]].</ref>. Although unbelievers sometimes refer to this being as the "Cylon God", it has been frequently explained that God is the one true God of all, human and Cylon. As such, its followers view the Colonial worship of the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]] as blasphemous ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]). The Cylons claim that they know the [[Sacred Scrolls|scriptures of the human religion]] better than humanity does, but do not believe the Sacred Scrolls to be literally true ([[Home, Part I]]). They acknowledge the historicity of the Lords of Kobol without accepting their divinity.<br />
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That said, the Cylons tolerate Colonial religion on [[New Caprica]], and direct evangelism has been mainly limited to [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben's]] workings on [[Kara Thrace]].<br />
<br />
==Beliefs==<br />
The Cylons apparently worship a metaphysical being, a being that wishes for all to believe in it and love it, human and Cylon alike. The Cylon religion includes concepts of "sin". For example, the [[Messengers|Messenger Number Six]] warns [[Gaius Baltar]] that suicide is a mortal sin when he jokingly suggests killing himself ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]). A tortured Number Six copy named [[Gina Inviere]] does not [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|initially]] kill herself to escape horrific torture because she believes that suicide is a sin ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).<br />
<br />
The Cylons maintain that one of God's commandments is to procreate ("be fruitful"), but the humanoid Cylons are incapable of procreating with each other. The Cylons apparently strictly define "procreation" as biological reproduction, and not creation of copies of existing Cylon models using asexual, industrial, or laboratory techniques. As a result, the Cylons began attempts to create a Cylon-human hybrid (deemed more feasible than their previous attempts at procreation amongst their own kind). To this end they developed "[[farms]]" on the occupied Twelve Colonies to create a hybrid, but these attempts continued without success.<ref>This Cylon-human hybrid child should not be confused with the living humanoid central computer of a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]], also known to the Cylons as a "[[Hybrid]]".</ref><br />
<br />
Most Cylons espouse monotheistic views, but often with subtle differences in interpretation. For instance, [[Leoben Conoy]] believes that "We are all God". The [[John Cavil]] model is the only one that is openly atheistic. Ironically, Cavils pose among humans as polytheist clergy and are addressed as "Brother".<br />
<br />
The first successful Cylon-human Hybrid, [[Hera Agathon]], the daughter of [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon]] and [[Karl Agathon]], is literally considered to be a "miracle from God" by the Cylons ([[Final Cut]]).<br />
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==Presumed origin==<br />
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:''Main article: [[Monotheist Church|Human Monotheism]]''<br />
<br />
[[Image:Soldiers of One Logo.jpg|thumb|Infinity symbol representing the monotheist movement of both the humans and Cylons.]]<br />
A small minority of monotheistic humans existed on the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] before the Fall. [[Monotheist Church|Their religion]] was looked upon as dangerous and heretical by the majority of Colonial society and most of them were forced to hide their beliefs. The paramilitary adjunct to the Monotheist Church was known as the [[Soldiers of the One]] or "STO". Capricans, if not those of the other eleven worlds, made little or no distinction between the STO and monotheism generally; monotheists were considered to be members of a terrorist group by the Caprica government. The principal mark of the movement was an infinity symbol ("[[Caprica pilot]]").<br />
<br />
Three such practitioners were closeted monotheists [[Zoe Graystone]], [[Lacy Rand]], and Graystone's boyfriend, [[Ben Stark]], who was the more fanatical of the three. Despite their actual beliefs in a single omnicient, omnipotent and omnipresent G-d, the three were students at [[Athena Academy]] a polytheist parochial high school on Caprica. The headmistress, Athenian High Priestess [[Clarice Willow]], was herself a closeted monotheist and mentored the three in her true beliefs. Graystone and Stark died in a suicide bombing executed by the latter without the former's forewarning ("[[Caprica pilot]]").<br />
<br />
Zoe had created a meticulous digital copy of herself before her death ("[[Caprica pilot]]"). Zoe Graystone's self-aware avatar, [[Zoe-A]], was later uploaded into the [[U-87|protype Cylon Centurion]] created by her father, [[Daniel Graystone]] ("[[Caprica pilot]]"). Believing herself to have an important destiny within the monothist movement, Zoe-A solicited Lacy to arrange for her (in her Cylon body) to be smuggled to the monotheists' see on [[Gemenon]] ("[[Reins of a Waterfall]]"). While Zoe-A's escape was thwarted, the operation planted the formerly timid Lacy inexorably into the STO militia ("[[End of Line]]"). Graystone Industries unwittingly propogated elements of Zoe-A's personality and identity into every Cylon they manufactured thereafter ("[[Here Be Dragons]]"). A small number of these were diverted by the [[Ha'la'tha]] and sold on the black market to the STO on Gemenon in preparation for a holy war ("[[Blowback]]", "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br />
<br />
While training on Gemenon, Lacy was disgusted by the STO cadre's disregard for human life ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). During an attempt to intervene against a summary execution, she discovered that the Cylons' military programming was subordinate to an absolute obedience to her personally ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). On further investigation, she learned that all Cylon Centurions self-identify as Zoe ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). With the help and firepower of the Centurions, Lacy and her fellow STO recruits staged a coup d'etat within the STO and the Church itself, and Lacy assended as Blessed Mother to the Church's supreme authority ("[[Here Be Dragons]]", "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
<br />
The kernel of Zoe-R's identity contained in the Cylons' fundamental programming which Lacy exploited, also made them predisposed to monotheism ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Ironically, the Cylon marines' killing of monotheist human terrorists to protect the thousands of polytheist humans at [[Atlas Arena]] (coincidental to Lacy's coup) ingratiated the Cylons with humanity and was the catalyst for their much more rapid popularity and sales than inventor [[Daniel Graystone]] had anticipated ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
<br />
[[Image:Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg|thumb|Sister Clarice Willow proselytizing to her Cylon congregation.]]<br />
Sister Clarice Willow evaded capture for her orchestration of the failed arena bombing ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). She eventually discovered the Cylons' monothistic instincts and established a Cylon congregation in [[V-World]] where myriad domestic, industrial, and military Cylon models attend to hear her sermons ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Clarice preached that Cylons are every bit as much G-d's children as humans are ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Blessed Mother Lacy granted Clarice an audience at her see on Gemenon to discuss Clarice's proposal for divine recognition of the "differently sentient" - the Cylon race ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
<br />
The Cylon religion's lineage can be seen during the [[Cylon Civil War]], at a [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon]] funerary service that takes place on the [[Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]], where the usage of ornaments and amulets in the form of the infinity symbol can be observed ("[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]").<br />
<br />
==Analysis==<br />
The concept that the religious beliefs of the Cylons are similar to the real-life Abrahamic religions of planet Earth is a plot twist which executive producer [[Ron Moore]] developed and considers to be an intriguing switch: normally, the "Good Guys" in a TV show are monotheists, and the "bad guys" are polytheists. However, in the Re-imagined Series, the "good" humans follow a polytheistic religion that worships a parallel of the Greek gods, while the "bad" Cylons worship a monotheistic God, similar to real-life Abrahamic religions.<br />
<br />
The Cylon God and the Lords of Kobol have an "overlapping" existence that is confusing to both Colonial and Cylon sides. Both sides appear to be guided to conflict (and, in rare instances, cooperation) through events that appear pre-destined. The story arc of finding the [[Arrow of Apollo]] involves the hunt for the [[Tomb of Athena]] by the Colonials. According to the Sacred Scrolls, the humans will be aided by a "minor demon." The cooperative [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii copy]] assists the group in finding the tomb.<br />
<br />
In another instance, the [[oracle]] [[Dodona Selloi]] tells [[Number Three]] that the Lords of Kobol, specifically [[Zeus, Lord of Kobol|Zeus]], are sad for her. The oracle then relays a message from the Cylon God to Three of the existence of Hera Agathon and the imminent failure of the occupation of [[New Caprica]] ([[Exodus, Part I]]).<br />
<br />
The convergence of the Cylon and Colonial religion occurs yet again at the [[algae planet]], where possession of the [[Eye of Jupiter]] is fought over by the two sides. While the Colonials believe the [[Temple of Five]] on the planet was built by the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] to represent five priests who worshipped "[[the one whose name cannot be spoken]]", one Cylon (Number Three) and Gaius Baltar believe that the significance of the Temple has something to do with the [[Final Five|five missing humanoid Cylons]]. Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] discovers that the algae planet's sun will soon go nova; both he and Admiral Adama do not believe that the curious coincidences of Colonial and Cylon involvement with the Eye, at that particular place and time, as merely coincidental ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]).<br />
<br />
Cylon attitude towards their own religion varies between the models, and it is this variation that is one of the major causes of the [[Cylon Civil War]]. The [[Number Four|Fours]] and [[Number Five|Fives]] follow the lead of the atheist [[Number One|Ones]] with the more reverent [[Number Two|Twos]], [[Number Six|Sixes]], and [[Number Eight|Eights]] in opposition.<br />
<br />
==Sayings and Prayers==<br />
*[[Leoben Conoy]]: (at a dinner table with [[Kara Thrace]]) "Heavenly father, we thank you for the bounty of this table…" ([[Occupation]])<ref>This is similar or identical to the blessing many Christians in North America recite before meals.</ref><br />
*[[Number Three]]: "[There is] no other god but God." ([[Exodus, Part II]]) <ref>This resembles the islamic [[w:Shahada|Shahada]]: "I bear witness that there is no god except for God (Allah), and Muhammad is the messenger of God." It also reflects the 1st, 2nd or 1st ''and'' 2nd Commandments (depending upon demonination): "I am the Lord your G-d. You shall have no other gods before me.</ref><br />
*[[Sharon Agathon]]: "When God's anger awakens, even the mighty shall fall…" ([[Torn]])<br />
*The [[Prayer to the Cloud of Unknowing]] is used when Cylons face death without [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]]: "Heavenly father<nowiki> [. . .] </nowiki>grant us the strength...the wisdom<nowiki> [. . .] </nowiki>and above all...a measure of acceptance..." ([[A Measure of Salvation]], [[Sine Qua Non]], [[Islanded In a Stream of Stars]])<ref>It is noticably parallel to Reinhold Niebuhr's well-known Serenity Prayer.</ref><br />
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[[Category:RDM]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Cylon_Religion&diff=200494Cylon Religion2011-01-08T00:42:05Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Possible origin */ Developed, rewrote, corrected, & updated, based upon final five episodes</p>
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<div>:''This article discusses the religion of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] of the [[Re-imagined Series]].''<br />
:''In the [[Original Series]], the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] have no documented religion.''<br />
:''For summary information on the Colonial faiths as seen in the Original Series, see [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].''<br />
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The majority of the so-called [[Significant Seven]] [[Cylons]] follow a '''monotheistic religion''' handed down to them from the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]]. This is distinct from the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies|polytheistic religion]] followed by most of the Colonial Humans and the Terrestrial Cylons known as the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] (from which come the [[Final Five]]). <br />
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Unless otherwise indicated, the term "Cylon" as used herein refers collectively to Centurion Model 0005, and humanoid Models [[Number Two|Two]] (Leoben), [[Number Three|Three]] (D'Anna), [[Number Four|Four]] (Simon), [[Number Five|Five]] (Aaron), [[Number Six|Six]], [[Number Eight|Eight]] (Sharon), and presumably [[Number Seven|Seven]] (Daniel); and to their beliefs. As previously indicated, these beliefs differ from those of the Thirteenth Tribe, which shared a polytheistic tradition with the twelve Human tribes. The Final Five of the Thirteenth Tribe incorporated the Centurions' monothistic belief system into the numbered models they created with the Centurions. The [[Number One]] model line (John Cavil) are atheists, but it is not known if their atheism was intentional or a programming error. It is unclear whether the semi-sentient [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Cylon Centurion|modern Centurions]] have even the capacity to process religion. Cylon religion supposes that the [[Hybrid]]s can communicate with God, but what if any beliefs the Hybrids themselves hold is unclear, aside from their belief that [[Kara Thrace]] is the harbinger of death; since undergoing brain surgery, Thrace's husband, Final Five Cylon [[Samuel Anders]] has effectively become a Hybrid, and echoes their characterisation of Thrace. Number Eight Cylon [[Sharon Agathon]] and her human husband [[Karl Agathon]] are a monotheist and a polytheist respectively, and it is unknown what religion(s) they impart to the human-Cylon hybrid child [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]. Both traditions are practiced by her terrestrial decendents who are hybrids of human, numbered Cylon, and the independently-evolved terrestrial humans; with polytheism dominating for thousands of years before being largely eclipsed by monotheism.<br />
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Prior to the [[First Cylon War]], a small sect of humans secretly practiced a monotheistic religion. This movement has been reborn under [[Gaius Baltar]] who preaches Cylon dogma taught to him by [[Messenger Six]]. Terrestrial Cylons [[Tory Foster]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] appear to have converted to monotheism as well under Baltar's ministry, whereas [[Saul Tigh]] has not despite [[Caprica-Six]]'s influence.<ref>He continues to speak of the plural "gods" vice the singular, and refers to Baltar's followers as kooks ("[[The Oath]]").</ref> Only [[Ellen Tigh]] and Samuel Anders recover their memories from the time they ally with the Centurions and embrace their beliefs.<br />
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==God==<br />
The Cylons believe that [[God (RDM)|God]] created humankind. Humanity, to the Cylons, is a flawed creation, one that is sinful and has essentially thrown away the gift of the soul and of God's love. The Cylons believe that God directed humanity to create the Cylons as a more perfect entity. From there, the Cylons believe they were to take the place of the flawed humans in the cosmos and become, essentially, the next generation of humankind. <br />
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The Cylons, seeing themselves as humankind's children, believe they cannot not truly come into their own until the human race is gone. The logical conclusion they reach is that they must commit genocidal parricide in order to evolve and mature ([[Podcast:Torn#Act 2|"Torn" Podcast, Act 2]]).<br />
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==Attitude toward Colonial Religion==<br />
The Cylons believe in a singular deity and reject the worship of multiple deities <ref>This is similar, but not necessarily identical, to the beliefs of the [[w:Abrahamic religion|Abrahamic religions]], such as [[w:Judaism|Judaism]], [[w:Christianity|Christianity]] and [[w:Islam|Islam]].</ref>. Although unbelievers sometimes refer to this being as the "Cylon God", it has been frequently explained that God is the one true God of all, human and Cylon. As such, its followers view the Colonial worship of the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]] as blasphemous ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]). The Cylons claim that they know the [[Sacred Scrolls|scriptures of the human religion]] better than humanity does, but do not believe the Sacred Scrolls to be literally true ([[Home, Part I]]). They acknowledge the historicity of the Lords of Kobol without accepting their divinity.<br />
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That said, the Cylons tolerate Colonial religion on [[New Caprica]], and direct evangelism has been mainly limited to [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben's]] workings on [[Kara Thrace]].<br />
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==Beliefs==<br />
The Cylons apparently worship a metaphysical being, a being that wishes for all to believe in it and love it, human and Cylon alike. The Cylon religion includes concepts of "sin". For example, the [[Messengers|Messenger Number Six]] warns [[Gaius Baltar]] that suicide is a mortal sin when he jokingly suggests killing himself ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]). A tortured Number Six copy named [[Gina Inviere]] does not [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|initially]] kill herself to escape horrific torture because she believes that suicide is a sin ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).<br />
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The Cylons maintain that one of God's commandments is to procreate ("be fruitful"), but the humanoid Cylons are incapable of procreating with each other. The Cylons apparently strictly define "procreation" as biological reproduction, and not creation of copies of existing Cylon models using asexual, industrial, or laboratory techniques. As a result, the Cylons began attempts to create a Cylon-human hybrid (deemed more feasible than their previous attempts at procreation amongst their own kind). To this end they developed "[[farms]]" on the occupied Twelve Colonies to create a hybrid, but these attempts continued without success.<ref>This Cylon-human hybrid child should not be confused with the living humanoid central computer of a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]], also known to the Cylons as a "[[Hybrid]]".</ref><br />
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Most Cylons espouse monotheistic views, but often with subtle differences in interpretation. For instance, [[Leoben Conoy]] believes that "We are all God". The [[John Cavil]] model is the only one that is openly atheistic.<br />
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The first successful Cylon-human Hybrid, [[Hera Agathon]], the daughter of [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon]] and [[Karl Agathon]], is literally considered to be a "miracle from God" by the Cylons ([[Final Cut]]).<br />
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==Presumed origin==<br />
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:''Main article: [[Monotheist Church|Human Monotheism]]''<br />
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[[Image:Soldiers of One Logo.jpg|thumb|Infinity symbol representing the monotheist movement of both the humans and Cylons.]]<br />
A small minority of monotheistic humans existed on the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] before the Fall. [[Monotheist Church|Their religion]] was looked upon as dangerous and heretical by the majority of Colonial society and most of them were forced to hide their beliefs. The paramilitary adjunct to the Monotheist Church was known as the [[Soldiers of the One]] or "STO". Capricans, if not those of the other eleven worlds, made little or no distinction between the STO and monotheism generally; monotheists were considered to be members of a terrorist group by the Caprica government. The principal mark of the movement was an infinity symbol ("[[Caprica pilot]]").<br />
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Three such practitioners were closeted monotheists [[Zoe Graystone]], [[Lacy Rand]], and Graystone's boyfriend, [[Ben Stark]], who was the more fanatical of the three. Despite their actual beliefs in a single omnicient, omnipotent and omnipresent G-d, the three were students at [[Athena Academy]] a polytheist parochial high school on Caprica. The headmistress, Athenian High Priestess [[Clarice Willow]], was herself a closeted monotheist and mentored the three in her true beliefs. Graystone and Stark died in a suicide bombing executed by the latter without the former's forewarning ("[[Caprica pilot]]").<br />
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Zoe had created a meticulous digital copy of herself before her death ("[[Caprica pilot]]"). Zoe Graystone's self-aware avatar, [[Zoe-A]], was later uploaded into the [[U-87|protype Cylon Centurion]] created by her father, [[Daniel Graystone]] ("[[Caprica pilot]]"). Believing herself to have an important destiny within the monothist movement, Zoe-A solicited Lacy to arrange for her (in her Cylon body) to be smuggled to the monotheists' see on [[Gemenon]] ("[[Reins of a Waterfall]]"). While Zoe-A's escape was thwarted, the operation planted the formerly timid Lacy inexorably into the STO militia ("[[End of Line]]"). Graystone Industries unwittingly propogated elements of Zoe-A's personality and identity into every Cylon they manufactured thereafter ("[[Here Be Dragons]]"). A small number of these were diverted by the [[Ha'la'tha]] and sold on the black market to the STO on Gemenon in preparation for a holy war ("[[Blowback]]", "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br />
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While training on Gemenon, Lacy was disgusted by the STO cadre's disregard for human life ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). During an attempt to intervene against a summary execution, she discovered that the Cylons' military programming was subordinate to an absolute obedience to her personally ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). On further investigation, she learned that all Cylon Centurions self-identify as Zoe ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). With the help and firepower of the Centurions, Lacy and her fellow STO recruits staged a coup d'etat within the STO and the Church itself, and Lacy assended as Blessed Mother to the Church's supreme authority ("[[Here Be Dragons]]", "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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The kernel of Zoe-R's identity contained in the Cylons' fundamental programming which Lacy exploited, also made them predisposed to monotheism ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Ironically, the Cylon marines' killing of monotheist human terrorists to protect the thousands of polytheist humans at [[Atlas Arena]] (coincidental to Lacy's coup) ingratiated the Cylons with humanity and was the catalyst for their much more rapid popularity and sales than inventor [[Daniel Graystone]] had anticipated ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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[[Image:Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg|thumb|Sister Clarice Willow proselytizing to her Cylon congregation.]]<br />
Sister Clarice Willow evaded capture for her orchestration of the failed arena bombing ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). She eventually discovered the Cylons' monothistic instincts and established a Cylon congregation in [[V-World]] where myriad domestic, industrial, and military Cylon models attend to hear her sermons ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Clarice preached that Cylons are every bit as much G-d's children as humans are ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Blessed Mother Lacy granted Clarice an audience at her see on Gemenon to discuss Clarice's proposal for divine recognition of the "differently sentient" - the Cylon race ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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The Cylon religion's lineage can be seen during the [[Cylon Civil War]], at a [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon]] funerary service that takes place on the [[Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]], where the usage of ornaments and amulets in the form of the infinity symbol can be observed ("[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]").<br />
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==Analysis==<br />
The concept that the religious beliefs of the Cylons are similar to the real-life Abrahamic religions of planet Earth is a plot twist which executive producer [[Ron Moore]] developed and considers to be an intriguing switch: normally, the "Good Guys" in a TV show are monotheists, and the "bad guys" are polytheists. However, in the Re-imagined Series, the "good" humans follow a polytheistic religion that worships a parallel of the Greek gods, while the "bad" Cylons worship a monotheistic God, similar to real-life Abrahamic religions.<br />
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The Cylon God and the Lords of Kobol have an "overlapping" existence that is confusing to both Colonial and Cylon sides. Both sides appear to be guided to conflict (and, in rare instances, cooperation) through events that appear pre-destined. The story arc of finding the [[Arrow of Apollo]] involves the hunt for the [[Tomb of Athena]] by the Colonials. According to the Sacred Scrolls, the humans will be aided by a "minor demon." The cooperative [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii copy]] assists the group in finding the tomb.<br />
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In another instance, the [[oracle]] [[Dodona Selloi]] tells [[Number Three]] that the Lords of Kobol, specifically [[Zeus, Lord of Kobol|Zeus]], are sad for her. The oracle then relays a message from the Cylon God to Three of the existence of Hera Agathon and the imminent failure of the occupation of [[New Caprica]] ([[Exodus, Part I]]).<br />
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The convergence of the Cylon and Colonial religion occurs yet again at the [[algae planet]], where possession of the [[Eye of Jupiter]] is fought over by the two sides. While the Colonials believe the [[Temple of Five]] on the planet was built by the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] to represent five priests who worshipped "[[the one whose name cannot be spoken]]", one Cylon (Number Three) and Gaius Baltar believe that the significance of the Temple has something to do with the [[Final Five|five missing humanoid Cylons]]. Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] discovers that the algae planet's sun will soon go nova; both he and Admiral Adama do not believe that the curious coincidences of Colonial and Cylon involvement with the Eye, at that particular place and time, as merely coincidental ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]).<br />
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Cylon attitude towards their own religion varies between the models, and it is this variation that is one of the major causes of the [[Cylon Civil War]]. The [[Number Four|Fours]] and [[Number Five|Fives]] follow the lead of the atheist [[Number One|Ones]] with the more reverent [[Number Two|Twos]], [[Number Six|Sixes]], and [[Number Eight|Eights]] in opposition.<br />
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==Sayings and Prayers==<br />
*[[Leoben Conoy]]: (at a dinner table with [[Kara Thrace]]) "Heavenly father, we thank you for the bounty of this table…" ([[Occupation]])<ref>This is similar or identical to the blessing many Christians in North America recite before meals.</ref><br />
*[[Number Three]]: "[There is] no other god but God." ([[Exodus, Part II]]) <ref>This resembles the islamic [[w:Shahada|Shahada]]: "I bear witness that there is no god except for God (Allah), and Muhammad is the messenger of God." It also reflects the 1st, 2nd or 1st ''and'' 2nd Commandments (depending upon demonination): "I am the Lord your G-d. You shall have no other gods before me.</ref><br />
*[[Sharon Agathon]]: "When God's anger awakens, even the mighty shall fall…" ([[Torn]])<br />
*The [[Prayer to the Cloud of Unknowing]] is used when Cylons face death without [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]]: "Heavenly father<nowiki> [. . .] </nowiki>grant us the strength...the wisdom<nowiki> [. . .] </nowiki>and above all...a measure of acceptance..." ([[A Measure of Salvation]], [[Sine Qua Non]], [[Islanded In a Stream of Stars]])<ref>It is noticably parallel to Reinhold Niebuhr's well-known Serenity Prayer.</ref><br />
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'''Lacy Rand''' is a student at the [[Athena Academy]] on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] and best friend of [[Zoe Graystone]]. Following Graystone's death, Rand becomes one of the [[Zoe-A|Zoe avatar]]'s only links to the outside world, helping orchestrate her escape to [[Gemenon]] by joining the [[Soldiers of the One]].<br />
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==Early Life==<br />
Lacy Rand grew up in the suburbs of [[Caprica City]]. Though her mother was a blue collar worker (repairing motorcycles for a living), she raised Lacy in an environment Rand described as "formal" ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]", "[[Gravedancing]]").<br />
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[[Image:Lacy Rand's House, 1x03.jpg|thumb|Lacy Rand in front of her childhood home.]]<br />
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As a teenager, Rand attended high school at [[Athena Academy]], learning the teachings of the Goddess [[Athena, Lord of Kobol|Athena]], under polytheist cleric and headmistress [[Clarice Willow]]. Rand also attended school with her best friend, [[Zoe Graystone]] - with whom Lacy would frequently visit the [[virtual world]]'s "[[V-Club]]" to take part in the simulated group sex rooms. Despite the closeness of their relationship, Rand and Graystone began to drift apart ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Rebirth]]", "[[Reins of a Waterfall]]").<br />
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Though Athena Academy's curriculum required Rand to take part in several prayer groups, Lacy was convinced by Zoe Graystone and her boyfriend [[Ben Stark]] to join a different kind of prayer group - one devoted to the worship of the monotheist [[God (RDM)|God]]. According to Stark, "You pray, Lace, but your [[Lords of Kobol (RDM)|Gods]] don't answer, you hurt but your Gods don't heal. You go to the V-Club for sex and sin, but it doesn't fill the void in your soul." ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]")<br />
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Convinced by the teachings of the [[Monotheist Church]], Rand became devout in her worship of the "One True God", forming a close bond with Zoe Graystone and coming to see the decadence of the V-Club as moral corruption ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").<br />
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==Death of Zoe Graystone==<br />
[[Image:Lacy left behind, 1x01.jpg|thumb|Lacy watches the Lev carrying Zoe Graystone depart.]]<br />
Though they shared a close bond, Lacy Rand was left much in the dark about Zoe Graystone's activities relating to the monotheist movement. Rand was aware, however vaguely, of Zoe's work in the creation of a living [[avatar]], one that acted as a permanent manifestation of Zoe inside V-world. She also agreed to join Zoe and Ben Stark in their move to [[Gemenon]], told only that there would be a "new family" waiting for them. ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Rebirth]]).<br />
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When the time comes to leave Caprica, however, Rand backs out, watching her friends depart on the [[Lev|MagLev]] train bound for the [[Caprica Interplanetary Spaceport|Caprica City Spaceport]]. The train, though, never reaches its destination. As the Lev departs, Ben Stark detonates an explosive, killing everybody aboard the train, including Zoe Graystone ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").<br />
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===Finding the Avatar===<br />
Devastated by the loss of her best friend, Rand seeks the counsel of Clarice Willow. Secretly a cell leader in the monotheist terror group the [[Soldiers of the One]], Clarice is aware of Zoe's avatar program, though unable to access it. Clarice urges Rand to seek out any work Zoe had been conducting as a way of feeling closer to her deceased friend - and hoping she will lead Clarice to the [[resurrection program|avatar program]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").<br />
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[[Image:Lacy and Zoe-R, 1x02.jpg|thumb|left|Lacy reunites with Zoe as the U-87.]]<br />
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To that end, Rand visits the [[Graystone Estate|home]] of the Graystone family, where she accesses Zoe's [[computer sheet]] and locates the avatar in V-world. Rand is shocked to find the avatar reeling from the death of the real Zoe; the Zoe avatar pleads with her to acknowledge it as a the real Zoe Graystone - not just a computer-generated simulacrum. Rand concedes, embracing her friend for the first time in her virtual "skin" ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]"). <br />
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Accessing the avatar from Zoe's home computer system some time later, Rand is caught by Zoe's father, [[Daniel Graystone]], who insists Rand show him the avatar. Taking Daniel into the hacked underbelly of the virtual world, Rand introduces Daniel to the virtual copy of his dead daughter and unwittingly allows him to capture her code ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]"). <br />
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===Rebirth===<br />
With Rand out of communication with Zoe and unaware of Daniel Graystone's plans for the avatar, Rand is shocked to receive a phone call from a familiar voice - that of Zoe Graystone, now living within the body of a [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit|U-87]] [[robot]] soldier ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").<br />
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Once again sneaking into the Graystone home, Rand returns to find Zoe living in secret as the seven-foot [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] prototype. Overcoming her reluctance at seeing her best friend in such a horrific form, Rand accepts Zoe in her unusual form and agrees to help her ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]").<br />
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===Introduction to the STO===<br />
[[Image:Clarice seduces Lacy, 1x03.jpg|thumb|Sister Clarice attempts to "mentor" Lacy.]]<br />
As Caprican authorities square in on Ben Stark and the Soldiers of the One as the perpetrators of the bombing, Rand is questioned by [[GDD]] Agent [[Jordan Duram]]. Forced to lie about her knowledge of Stark and Graystone's religious beliefs, Rand becomes riddled with guilt. Once again seeking solace from Sister Clarice, she confesses her association with the monotheist movement, only to learn that Clarice herself is STO ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").<br />
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Not fully trusting Sister Clarice, Rand agrees to visit Willow's home, where she meets the various members of the headmistress' group marriage. Despite the glimpse into Clarice's life outside the Athena Academy, Rand only distrusts her more, from then on avoiding contact with her. Meeting regularly with Zoe in the Virtual World, Rand is tasked with finding a way to transport the U-87 to Gemenon, to complete the original Zoe's mission ([[CAP]]: "[[Reins of a Waterfall]]").<br />
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Zoe asks Rand to track down [[Keon Gatwick]], a member of Ben Stark's STO cell. Having been taunted by him at school, Rand approaches Keon aggressively, tackling him and demanding information about the Soldiers of the One. As Keon is reluctant to help her, Rand is forced to win his trust by helping him repair motorcycles - a skill she learned from her mother - at the auto shop he works at. Finally, Keon agrees to set up a meeting with [[Barnabas Greeley]], the leader of his cell ([[CAP]]: "[[Reins of a Waterfall]]", "[[Gravedancing]]").<br />
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===Barnabas' Cell===<br />
Meeting Barnabas in his lair at the Caprica City ports, Rand is unable to explain precisely what she needs transported to Gemenon. Still, with persistence, Rand is allowed to join Barnabas' prayer groups. Quickly showing her metal and earning Barnabas' trust, Rand continues to work toward freeing Zoe. Providing her with a container that would clear Gemenese customs, Barnabas asks Rand to return the favor - plant a "tracking" device on Sister Clarice. At first hesitant, Rand does as she was asked, planting the device on Clarice's keyring ([[CAP]]: "[[Know Thy Enemy]]", "[[End of Line]]").<br />
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[[Image:Barnabas, Lacy and the Crate to Gemenon, 1x09.jpg|left|thumb|Barnabas, Lacy and the crate to Gemenon.]]<br />
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Back in Barnabas' lair, however, Rand learns the true purpose of the device: a detonator. With Keon working the controls, Rand feels betrayed. At first refusing to go along with murdering Clarice, Rand relents when Barnabas holds a gun to her head, then Keon's, threatening to kill him if she does not comply. Activating the remote detonator, Rand watches as the bomb in Clarice's trunk ignites. Though Clarice is able to escape unharmed, Rand is by then well in over her head ([[CAP]]: "[[End of Line]]").<br />
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==Aftermath==<br />
[[Image:Lacy as STO, 1x10.jpg|thumb|Lacy training to become STO.]]<br />
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With a means of finally securing Zoe passage to Gemenon, Rand's task is nearly complete. However, she is too late and Zoe - at risk of having her program deleted - is forced to flee Graystone Industries. Angry and betrayed, Zoe accuses Rand of failing her, just like she let down the original Zoe Graystone on the Maglev some months ago. Zoe escapes confinement and flees into the outskirts of Caprica City. Zoe rams her escape vehicle into a barricade, severely damaging the robotic body she inhabits and sending the avatar program back to the Virtual World ([[CAP]]: "[[End of Line]]", "[[Unvanquished]]").<br />
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===Fallout===<br />
Without the mission of helping Zoe, Rand becomes fully immersed in Barnabas' STO terror cell, training in the use of firearms and participating in blood-letting rituals ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]") <br />
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As part of her initiation into Barnbas' circle, Rand joins cell members [[Pann]] and [[Hippolyta]] in planting explosives at the [[Caprica Interplanetary Spaceport]]. Confronted by spaceport security, Rand is unable to plant her bomb, managing to elude capture but botching the entire attempt. With the cell's activities capturing the attention of the press and the Caprican Government, Sister Clarice takes the opportunity to seek revenge for the attempt on her life, killing Pann and Hyppolyta ([[CAP]]: "[[Retribution]]").<br />
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Finding Barnbas at a construction site in downtown Caprica City, Rand begs for forgiveness for the botched bombing. However, Barnabas no longer trusts her, accusing Rand of working for Clarice. As the situation deteriorates, Keon Gatwick attempts to quit the cell, prompting Barnabas to shoot him. Charging in on the scene, Sister Clarice handcuffs Barnabas to an explosive and kidnaps Rand, watching from the street as the bomb detonates ([[CAP]]: "[[Retribution]]").<br />
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[[Image:Lacy Held Captive, 1x12.jpg|thumb|Lacy held captive in Sister Clarice's attic.]]<br />
===Clarice's Hostage===<br />
Locked in the attic of Willow's family home, Rand is given water that keeps in her in a perpetually drugged state. She is occasionally visited by Willow's husband, [[Nestor Willow]], who sometimes berates her and other times comforts her. Finally, after a failed escape attempt and refusing to eat, Rand is visited by Clarice Willow, who presses her for information about Zoe's avatar program. With the robot destroyed and the real Zoe long dead, Rand gives into Willow's questioning, telling her that a backup copy might exist in a piece of costume jewelry once owned by the real Zoe Graystone ([[CAP]]: "[[Things We Lock Away]]").<br />
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==Gemenon==<br />
Satisfied with the information she provided, Clarice Willow sends Rand with her other husband, Olaf Willow, who drives her to the Caprican Spaceport and gives her a one-way ticket to Gemenon. Despite Clarice's insistence that Rand be sent to train with the STO, Olaf Willow tells Rand that he knows she'd be back, and that he looks forward to it ([[CAP]]: "[[Things We Lock Away]]").<br />
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===Attempted Hijacking===<br />
[[Image:Lacy aboard the Jump Ship, 1x14.jpg|thumb|Lacy and Odin Sinclair aboard the hijacked ship.]]<br />
At the spaceport on Gemenon, Lacy Rand encounters a fellow traveler, [[Odin Sinclair]], before being collected by STO training camp leader [[Diego]]. Aboard a [[jump ship|sub-orbital vessel]] headed for the Monotheist Church retreat, Rand and Sinclair are caught in the middle of a hijacking attempt by polytheist rebels. As their fellow passengers are given the choice of either denouncing the singular god or being shot and flushed out an [[airlock]], Rand and Sinclair determine to take action. Displacing a metal bar from beneath the deck plates, Rand attacks the rebel leader, [[Kevin Reikle]], beating him severely. Rather than risk Rand killing Reikle, Diego intervenes, revealing the hijacking to be a staged test as part of the new recruits' initiation into the STO ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]").<br />
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During the welcoming reception at the Monotheist retreat, Rand and Sinclair see the shooting of recruits who were aboard the "hijacked" flight - those who had failed the test. Sinclair looks upon the shooting as a sign of the horrible things the STO is capable of and leaves, leaving Rand alone to see the shooter: a U-87 Cyber Combat Unit, smuggled to Gemenon by the [[Ha'la'tha]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]").<br />
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Beginning her training in the mountains of Gemenon, Rand witnesses an argument between two STO members, the higher ranking of the two ordering a U-87 guard to kill the other. As the robot soldier draws its weapon and prepares to fire, Rand steps in, ordering the U-87 to stand down. Despite repeated orders from STO leaders, the robot will only comply with orders issued by Lacy.<br />
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[[Image:Lacy with U-87s, 1x16.jpg|thumb|Lacy Rand among the STO Cylons.]]<br />
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In his living quarters, Diego attempts to question Rand about the incident, telling her that the U-87s will only respond to authorized controllers. Unable to explain the incident, Rand secretly suspects that the U-87 is in fact the Zoe avatar. Sneaking out of the bunks at night, Rand brings Odin Sinclair to the disused temple where dozens of U-87s are stored. Commanding the robots to power up, Rand approaches the U-87 she had interacted with earlier, distinguished by red paint applied to its chest. Though the robot responds to her commands, it does not acknowledge itself as Zoe.<br />
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Highly confused what he has just seen, Sinclair presses Rand for information. Rather than divulge her secret, however, Rand kisses Sinclair, providing a distraction ([[CAP]]: "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br />
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===Rise to Power===<br />
[[Image:Lacy Rand as Mother, 1x18.jpg|thumb|Lacy Rand, Her Holy Mother of the Monad Church.]]<br />
Following the revelation of Rand's ability to control the U-87s, STO leaders come to view her as a threat, and order Sinclair to kill her. Sinclair subsequently brings Rand back to the disused temple, where he puts a pistol to her head and forces her to the ground, but hesitates to kill her. Diego and Kevin Reikle then emerge, telling Sinclair to go through with killing Rand, and telling Rand that it is because of the robots. Sinclair then pretends to prepare to shoot Rand, but instead attempts to shoot Diego and Riekle, only to find that the gun is empty. Diego begins to mock Sinclair for his failure, but before he can execute Rand himself, he and Reikle are ambushed by the other new recruits and killed in the ensuing firefight. Sinclair then proposes that he and the other recruits flee in a transport, but Rand refuses to run and instead brings the others to the chamber where the robots are stored, commanding them to power up and saying, "We have work to do" ([[CAP]]: "[[Here Be Dragons]]"). <br />
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Sometime shortly after, Rand successfully stages a coup over the leadership of the monotheist church and eventually takes on the position of [[Mother]], with Sinclair serving as her lieutenant. During her time as the Blessed Mother, she receives Clarice Willow, who has traveled to Gemenon to ask for divine recognition of the "differently sentient" - the Cylon race. Rand greets her with a smile, but commands her to kneel ([[CAP]]: "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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<div>[[Image:Monotheist Church, 1x10.jpg|thumb|The Monotheist Church's retreat on Gemenon.]]<br />
The '''Monotheist Church''', sometimes referred to as the '''Monad Church''', was a religious organization based on [[Gemenon]] in the years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]]. Lead by the cleric known as [[Mother]], the Monotheist Chruch's goal was to spread the gospel of a single, all knowing, all powerful [[God (RDM)|God]] to the generally [[Lords of Kobol|polytheist]] [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Worlds]].<br />
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==History==<br />
[[Image:Monotheist Church at night, 1x10.jpg|thumb|The retreat at night.]]<br />
Formed in the decades leading up to the [[First Cylon War]], the Monotheist Church was housed in the rocky, seaside cliffs of Gemenese in a temple referred to as "the retreat". The location was considered by the monotheists to be the Holy Land. Inside the retreat was an elaborate cathedral distinguished by buttresses, stained glass windows and reflecting pools where the clerics met for worship as well as politicking. The halls of the Monotheist Church echoed with the sound of chanting and prayer, reflecting a bygone age of mysticism in the Twelve Colonies ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]", "[[Blowback]]").<br />
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In the early years of its formation, the Monad Church came into conflict with its polytheistic neighbors with polytheist rebels in the east and the "Hephaistons" in the west. Despite these tensions, the Monad Chruch's relationship with the polytheist ones softened over time, though they still considered nonbelievers "unenlightened" ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]").<br />
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===The Soldiers of the One===<br />
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[[Image:Soldiers of One Logo.jpg|thumb|"Infinity" symbol representing the Soldiers of the One.]]<br />
The Soldiers of the One, or STO, was the militant arm of the Monotheist Church, formed in the movement's early years to defend the church, driving out the many [[Lords of Kobol (RDM)|Gods]] and combating the corruption and decadence of Colonial society. Considered by the [[GDD|Caprican Government]] to be a terrorist organization, the STO was at least in part seen by Obal Ferras, with training camps set up on Gemenon ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]").<br />
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Meeting resistance to the monotheist movement, the Monotheist Church at first heavily utilized its arm branch, crediting it with its success in leaner years. Despite the fact that they were treated as saviors, the Monotheist Church ultimately took up a more distant relationship with its STO cells, going so far as to refuse to house its leaders within the church proper ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]").<br />
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===Conclave===<br />
The monotheist '''conclave''' was a ten member group of clerics that convened on Gemenon to carry out the affairs of the Church, with members including [[Obal Ferras]] consulting directly with the Blessed Mother ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]", "[[Retribution]]").<br />
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====Apotheosis====<br />
[[Image:Clarice and the Conclave, 1x10.jpg|thumb|The conclave on Gemenon.]]<br />
58 years before the Fall of the Twelve Worlds, the conclave came into direct conflict with the STO. Objecting to the church's newly found "coziness" with the polytheist organizations in the Colonies, [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] cell leader [[Clarice Willow]] sought a new direction for the church. Meeting with the conclave on Gemenon, Clarice unveiled her notion of "[[Apotheosis]]" — the realization of life everlasting in a [[Virtual World|virtual]] heaven. Despite a convincing argument, however, Obal Ferras found Willow's notion blasphemous, relating his position to Mother and securing permission to have Clarice disposed of ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]").<br />
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Willow's Apotheosis had nevertheless won over many other members of the conclave and the STO who conspired to murder Ferras instead. With the conclave stabbing Ferras to death before her eyes, Mother acquiesced, giving Willow the resources she needed to complete her "science project" and granting her full control over the STO cells on Caprica. Willow quickly returned to Caprica where she set out eliminating her competition ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]", "[[Retribution]]").<br />
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====Assention of Lacy Rand====<br />
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[[Image:Barnabas, Lacy and the Crate to Gemenon, 1x09.jpg|thumb|Barnabas, Lacy and the crate to Gemenon.]]<br />
Monotheist Lacy Rand initially infiltrates the STO on Caprica in order to gain their trust sufficiently to smuggle [[Zoe-R]]'s [[U-87]] Centurion body to Gemenon ("[[Reins of a Waterfall]]", ""[[Gravedancing]]"). She becomes a pawn in the battle of supremacy between her mentor Sister [[Clarice Willow]] and the Caprican STO commander [[Barnabas Greeley]] who can facilitate the transport, and unwittingly plants Barnabas' bomb to kill Clarice ("[[Know Thy Enemy]]", "[[End of Line]]"). Lacy's efforts are for naught, as Zoe-R is captured and severely damaged ("[[End of Line]]"). Her fate sealed, Lacy actively trains under Barnabas, and attempts to bomb the [[Caprica Interplanetary Spaceport]] ("[[Unvanquished]]", "[[Retribution]]"). Clarice had survived; she hunts down Barnabas and Lacy, kills the former, and takes the latter prisoner ("[[Retribution]]"). Lacy manages to regain some of Clarice's trust and Clarice gives Lacy an opportunity for redemption, sending her off to the STO training camp on Gemenon ("[[Things We Lock Away]]").<br />
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Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Lacy, the STO begins purchasing U-87s - the very thing Lacy had tried to smuggle - from the Ha'la'tha planted in [[Graystone Industries]]. The black market U-87s are sent to Gemenon ("[[Blowback]]").<br />
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When polytheists hijack the STO shuttle, Lacy takes the lead in successfully fighting the hijackers and personally injures one of them ("[[Blowback]]"). The incident is immediately revealed to have been an evaluation and training exercise. That evening, Lacy and her comrade [[Odin Sinclair]] witnesses the execution of those recruits who had renounced their faith during the evaluation; the executioner is a U-87 ("[[Blowback]]").<br />
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Soon thereafter, Lacy realises that the STO trainers and leadership are murderous thugs who routinely order U-87s to summarilly execute subordinates for petty infractions and mere disagreements ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). When she instinctively calls out for one such execution to stop, the U-87 immediately removes its muzzle from its would-be victim's head and responds, "By your command." The Cylons' programming to follow all orders from (and ''only'' from) authorised leaders is discovered to be subordinate to their recognition of, and obedience to, Lacy Rand ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]"). Lacy sneeks into the temple where the U-87s are stored to investigate further. Recognising the one that had obeyed her, because of its red chest markings, she asks it if it is Zoe, a question the robot does not understand; so she orders, "If you are Zoe, raise your arm." One by one, every Cylon in the temple raises its arm ("[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br />
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[[Image:Lacy Rand as Mother, 1x18.jpg|thumb|Lacy Rand, Blessed Mother of the Monad Church.]]<br />
While the STO and Monad church know only of Lacy's inexplicable ability to control the one U-87 and of her opposition to the killing of innocents, that is enough to make her unacceptably dangerous. [[Mother|Blessed Mother]] orders Lacy be killed with the appearance of a training accident ("[[Here Be Dragons]]"). Odin recognises that such orders are necessarilly imminent, and convinces Lacy and their fellow trainees of the same. Thus prepared, the trainees double-cross and ambush Lacy's would-be assassins ("[[Here Be Dragons]]"). Lacy dismisses her comrades' proposition to escape from the base; instead, she leads them to the Cylon storage temple where she orders the Cylons to power up and directs them to follow her with the ominous, "We have work to do." ("[[Here Be Dragons]]").<br />
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With her tiny cadre of trainees supported by Centurions, Lacy stages a coup d'etat, installing herself as Blessed Mother, with Odin serving as her lieutenant, and the red-breasted U-87 as her acolyte and/or praetorian guard ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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====Adoption by Cylons====<br />
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The kernel of Zoe-R's identity contained in the Cylons' fundamental programming which Lacy exploites, also makes them predisposed to monotheism. Ironically, the Cylon marines' killing of monotheist human terrorists to protect the thousands of polytheist humans at [[Atlas Arena]] (coincidental to Lacy's coup) ingratiates the Cylons with humanity and is the catalyst for their much more rapid popularity and sales than inventor [[Daniel Graystone]] had anticipated ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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[[Image:Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg|thumb|Sister Clarice Willow proselytizing to her Cylon congregation.]]<br />
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Clarice Willow evades capture for her orchestration of the failed arena bombing ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). She eventually discovers the Cylons' monothistic instincts and establishes a Cylon congregation in V-World where various domestic, industrial, and military Cylon modes attend to hear her sermons ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). Clarice preaches that Cylons are every bit as much G-d's children as humans are ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). <br />
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Blessed Mother Lacy grants Clarice an audience at her see on Gemenon to discuss Clarice's proposal for divine recognition of the "differently sentient" - the Cylon race. Lacy greets Clarice with a smile, but commands her to kneel ("[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").<br />
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The Centurions maintain monotheism through the [[Cylon War|first human-Cylon war]] and beyond. The continue to progogate the belief system into the root programming of the comrades they manufacture to fight humans, as well as with most of the [[Significant Seven|humanoid Cylon models]] they create with the help of the [[Final Five]]. Of the seven mass-produced models, only [[Number One|one]] is athiest. It is not known if the semi-sentient [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Cylon Centurion|second war Centurions]] have even the capacity to process religion. The humanoid Cylons' funerary services utilise ornaments and amulets in the form of the Monad church's infinity symbol ("[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]").<br />
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:''In the [[Original Series]], the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] have no documented religion.''<br />
:''For summary information on the Colonial faiths as seen in the Original Series, see [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].''<br />
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The majority of the so-called [[Significant Seven]] [[Cylons]] follow a '''monotheistic religion''' handed down to them from the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]]. This is distinct from the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies|polytheistic religion]] followed by most of the Colonial Humans and the Terrestrial Cylons known as the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] (from which come the [[Final Five]]). <br />
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Unless otherwise indicated, the term "Cylon" as used herein refers collectively to Centurion Model 0005, and humanoid Models [[Number Two|Two]] (Leoben), [[Number Three|Three]] (D'Anna), [[Number Four|Four]] (Simon), [[Number Five|Five]] (Aaron), [[Number Six|Six]], [[Number Eight|Eight]] (Sharon), and presumably [[Number Seven|Seven]] (Daniel); and to their beliefs. As previously indicated, these beliefs differ from those of the Thirteenth Tribe, which shared a polytheistic tradition with the twelve Human tribes. The Final Five of the Thirteenth Tribe incorporated the Centurions' monothistic belief system into the numbered models they created with the Centurions. The [[Number One]] model line (John Cavil) are atheists, but it is not known if their atheism was intentional or a programming error. It is unclear whether the semi-sentient [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Cylon Centurion|modern Centurions]] have even the capacity to process religion. Cylon religion supposes that the [[Hybrid]]s can communicate with God, but what if any beliefs the Hybrids themselves hold is unclear, aside from their belief that [[Kara Thrace]] is the harbinger of death; since undergoing brain surgery, Thrace's husband, Final Five Cylon [[Samuel Anders]] has effectively become a Hybrid, and echoes their characterisation of Thrace. Number Eight Cylon [[Sharon Agathon]] and her human husband [[Karl Agathon]] are a monotheist and a polytheist respectively, and it is unknown what religion(s) they impart to the human-Cylon hybrid child [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]. Both traditions are practiced by her terrestrial decendents who are hybrids of human, numbered Cylon, and the independently-evolved terrestrial humans; with polytheism dominating for thousands of years before being largely eclipsed by monotheism.<br />
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Prior to the [[First Cylon War]], a small sect of humans secretly practiced a monotheistic religion. This movement has been reborn under [[Gaius Baltar]] who preaches Cylon dogma taught to him by [[Messenger Six]]. Terrestrial Cylons [[Tory Foster]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] appear to have converted to monotheism as well under Baltar's ministry, whereas [[Saul Tigh]] has not despite [[Caprica-Six]]'s influence.<ref>He continues to speak of the plural "gods" vice the singular, and refers to Baltar's followers as kooks ("[[The Oath]]").</ref> Only [[Ellen Tigh]] and Samuel Anders recover their memories from the time they ally with the Centurions and embrace their beliefs.<br />
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==God==<br />
The Cylons believe that [[God (RDM)|God]] created humankind. Humanity, to the Cylons, is a flawed creation, one that is sinful and has essentially thrown away the gift of the soul and of God's love. The Cylons believe that God directed humanity to create the Cylons as a more perfect entity. From there, the Cylons believe they were to take the place of the flawed humans in the cosmos and become, essentially, the next generation of humankind. <br />
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The Cylons, seeing themselves as humankind's children, believe they cannot not truly come into their own until the human race is gone. The logical conclusion they reach is that they must commit genocidal parricide in order to evolve and mature ([[Podcast:Torn#Act 2|"Torn" Podcast, Act 2]]).<br />
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==Attitude toward Colonial Religion==<br />
The Cylons believe in a singular deity and reject the worship of multiple deities <ref>This is similar, but not necessarily identical, to the beliefs of the [[w:Abrahamic religion|Abrahamic religions]], such as [[w:Judaism|Judaism]], [[w:Christianity|Christianity]] and [[w:Islam|Islam]].</ref>. Although unbelievers sometimes refer to this being as the "Cylon God", it has been frequently explained that God is the one true God of all, human and Cylon. As such, its followers view the Colonial worship of the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]] as blasphemous ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]). The Cylons claim that they know the [[Sacred Scrolls|scriptures of the human religion]] better than humanity does, but do not believe the Sacred Scrolls to be literally true ([[Home, Part I]]). They acknowledge the historicity of the Lords of Kobol without accepting their divinity.<br />
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That said, the Cylons tolerate Colonial religion on [[New Caprica]], and direct evangelism has been mainly limited to [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben's]] workings on [[Kara Thrace]].<br />
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==Beliefs==<br />
The Cylons apparently worship a metaphysical being, a being that wishes for all to believe in it and love it, human and Cylon alike. The Cylon religion includes concepts of "sin". For example, the [[Messengers|Messenger Number Six]] warns [[Gaius Baltar]] that suicide is a mortal sin when he jokingly suggests killing himself ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]). A tortured Number Six copy named [[Gina Inviere]] does not [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|initially]] kill herself to escape horrific torture because she believes that suicide is a sin ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).<br />
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The Cylons maintain that one of God's commandments is to procreate ("be fruitful"), but the humanoid Cylons are incapable of procreating with each other. The Cylons apparently strictly define "procreation" as biological reproduction, and not creation of copies of existing Cylon models using asexual, industrial, or laboratory techniques. As a result, the Cylons began attempts to create a Cylon-human hybrid (deemed more feasible than their previous attempts at procreation amongst their own kind). To this end they developed "[[farms]]" on the occupied Twelve Colonies to create a hybrid, but these attempts continued without success.<ref>This Cylon-human hybrid child should not be confused with the living humanoid central computer of a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]], also known to the Cylons as a "[[Hybrid]]".</ref><br />
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Most Cylons espouse monotheistic views, but often with subtle differences in interpretation. For instance, [[Leoben Conoy]] believes that "We are all God". The [[John Cavil]] model is the only one that is openly atheistic.<br />
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The first successful Cylon-human Hybrid, [[Hera Agathon]], the daughter of [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon]] and [[Karl Agathon]], is literally considered to be a "miracle from God" by the Cylons ([[Final Cut]]).<br />
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==Possible origin==<br />
A small minority of monotheistic humans existed on the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] before the Fall. Their religion was looked upon as dangerous and heretical by the majority of Colonial society and most of them were forced to hide their beliefs. The secret monotheistic organization was known as the [[Soldiers of the One]] and considered a terrorist group by the Caprica government.<br />
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Two of them were [[Zoe Graystone]], a closeted monotheist and her boyfriend, [[Ben Stark]], who was more fanatical of the two. Graystone and Stark died in a suicide bombing caused by the latter, but Zoe had created a digital copy of herself before her death. Zoe Graystone's avatar, Zoe-A, was later uploaded into the first Colonial Cylon, a mechanical model created by her father, [[Daniel Graystone]]. The fact that the first Centurion in the Colonies had the memories of a human monotheist might have been the cause of the Cylons' belief in one God.<br />
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Further hints of the group's legacy can be seen during the [[Cylon Civil War]], at a [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon]] funerary service that takes place on the [[Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]], where the usage of ornaments and amulets in the form of the "Infinity" symbol can be observed ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]). This same symbol is used to represent the Soldiers of the One more than sixty years earlier, and may suggest a deeper connection between the two monotheistic groups.<br />
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==Analysis==<br />
The concept that the religious beliefs of the Cylons are similar to the real-life Abrahamic religions of planet Earth is a plot twist which executive producer [[Ron Moore]] developed and considers to be an intriguing switch: normally, the "Good Guys" in a TV show are monotheists, and the "bad guys" are polytheists. However, in the Re-imagined Series, the "good" humans follow a polytheistic religion that worships a parallel of the Greek gods, while the "bad" Cylons worship a monotheistic God, similar to real-life Abrahamic religions.<br />
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The Cylon God and the Lords of Kobol have an "overlapping" existence that is confusing to both Colonial and Cylon sides. Both sides appear to be guided to conflict (and, in rare instances, cooperation) through events that appear pre-destined. The story arc of finding the [[Arrow of Apollo]] involves the hunt for the [[Tomb of Athena]] by the Colonials. According to the Sacred Scrolls, the humans will be aided by a "minor demon." The cooperative [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii copy]] assists the group in finding the tomb.<br />
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In another instance, the [[oracle]] [[Dodona Selloi]] tells [[Number Three]] that the Lords of Kobol, specifically [[Zeus, Lord of Kobol|Zeus]], are sad for her. The oracle then relays a message from the Cylon God to Three of the existence of Hera Agathon and the imminent failure of the occupation of [[New Caprica]] ([[Exodus, Part I]]).<br />
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The convergence of the Cylon and Colonial religion occurs yet again at the [[algae planet]], where possession of the [[Eye of Jupiter]] is fought over by the two sides. While the Colonials believe the [[Temple of Five]] on the planet was built by the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] to represent five priests who worshipped "[[the one whose name cannot be spoken]]", one Cylon (Number Three) and Gaius Baltar believe that the significance of the Temple has something to do with the [[Final Five|five missing humanoid Cylons]]. Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] discovers that the algae planet's sun will soon go nova; both he and Admiral Adama do not believe that the curious coincidences of Colonial and Cylon involvement with the Eye, at that particular place and time, as merely coincidental ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]).<br />
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Cylon attitude towards their own religion varies between the models, and it is this variation that is one of the major causes of the [[Cylon Civil War]]. The [[Number Four|Fours]] and [[Number Five|Fives]] follow the lead of the atheist [[Number One|Ones]] with the more reverent [[Number Two|Twos]], [[Number Six|Sixes]], and [[Number Eight|Eights]] in opposition.<br />
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==Sayings and Prayers==<br />
*[[Leoben Conoy]]: (at a dinner table with [[Kara Thrace]]) "Heavenly father, we thank you for the bounty of this table…" ([[Occupation]])<ref>This is similar or identical to the blessing many Christians in North America recite before meals.</ref><br />
*[[Number Three]]: "[There is] no other god but God." ([[Exodus, Part II]]) <ref>This resembles the islamic [[w:Shahada|Shahada]]: "I bear witness that there is no god except for God (Allah), and Muhammad is the messenger of God." It also reflects the 1st, 2nd or 1st ''and'' 2nd Commandments (depending upon demonination): "I am the Lord your G-d. You shall have no other gods before me.</ref><br />
*[[Sharon Agathon]]: "When God's anger awakens, even the mighty shall fall…" ([[Torn]])<br />
*The [[Prayer to the Cloud of Unknowing]] is used when Cylons face death without [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]]: "Heavenly father<nowiki> [. . .] </nowiki>grant us the strength...the wisdom<nowiki> [. . .] </nowiki>and above all...a measure of acceptance..." ([[A Measure of Salvation]], [[Sine Qua Non]], [[Islanded In a Stream of Stars]])<ref>It is noticably parallel to Reinhold Niebuhr's well-known Serenity Prayer.</ref><br />
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| title=The Heavens Will Rise<br />
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| episode=16<br />
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| writer=[[Patrick Massett]]<br>[[John Zinman]]<br />
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| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate=4 January 2011<ref name="Caprica Cancelled by Syfy">{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960|title=Caprica Cancelled by Syfy|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=Gorman|first=Bill|format=|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Caprica US airdates">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/19/exclusive-syfys-caprica-to-sign-off-tuesday-january-4-416014/8987/|title=Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=19 November 2010|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
| CAN airdate= November 16, 2010<br />
| UK airdate=<br />
| dvd=<br />
| prev= [[The Dirteaters]]<br />
| next = [[Here Be Dragons]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
== Overview ==<br />
''As [[Tamara-A|Tamara]] and [[Zoe-A|Zoe]] continue to reshape [[New Cap City]], [[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] seeks the help of [[Sam Adama|Sam]] to enter the dangerous game. The Willows plot their plan for [[apotheosis]]. [[Jordan Duram|Duram]]'s investigation is plagued with more problems. [[Lacy Rand|Lacy]] becomes a threat to the STO after it is discovered that the [[U-87]] units recognize her [[by your command|commands]].''<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== Teaser ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 1 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 2 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 3 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 4 ===<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
<br />
== Questions == <br />
*Why do the U-87s obey Lacy's commands? ([[Here Be Dragons|Answer]])<br />
*Who shot Duram?<br />
*Is the medical practitioner Amanda mentions related to [[Sherman Cottle]]?<br />
<br />
== Official Statements == <br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
<br />
== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Meg Tilly]] as [[Mother]] <br />
*[[Scott Porter]] as [[Nestor]]<br />
*[[Ryan Robbins]] as [[Diego]]<br />
*[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]]<br />
*[[Chris Heyerdahl]] as [[Kevin Reikle]]<br />
*[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]]<br />
*[[Sina Najafi]] as [[William Adama]]<br />
*[[Genevieve Buechner]] as [[Tamara Adama]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf]]<br />
*[[Teryl Rothery]] as [[Evelyn]]<br />
*[[Jim Thomson]] as Voice of [[Serge]]<br />
*[[Karen Elizabeth Austin]] as [[Ruth]]<br />
*[[Eva Allan]] as [[Devanna]]<br />
*[[Luc Roderique]] as [[Lexon]]<br />
*[[Rob Boyce]] as [[STO]] Guard #1<br />
<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}<br />
<br />
[[CAtegory:Episodes written by John Zinman]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Patrick Massett]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Nankin]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Apotheosis_(episode)&diff=200466Apotheosis (episode)2011-01-07T20:27:05Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Questions */</p>
<hr />
<div>:''For the belief held by various members of the [[Soldiers of the One]], see [[apotheosis]].''<br />
<br />
{{Episode Data<br />
| image=Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg<br />
| series= cap<br />
| title=Apotheosis<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=18<br />
| special=<br />
| extra=Series Finale<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br>[[Kevin Murphy]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director= [[Jonas Pate]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate=4 January 2011<ref name="Caprica Cancelled by Syfy">{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960|title=Caprica Cancelled by Syfy|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=Gorman|first=Bill|format=|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Caprica US airdates">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/19/exclusive-syfys-caprica-to-sign-off-tuesday-january-4-416014/8987/|title=Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=19 November 2010|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
| CAN airdate= November 30, 2010 <ref name="SPACE Schedule">{{cite_web|url=http://www.spacecast.com/Schedule.aspx?date=11/30/2010&mode=Daily&tz=ET|title=SPACE Schedule|accessdate=21 November 2011|language=English}}</ref><br />
| UK airdate=<br />
| dvd=<br />
| prev= [[Here Be Dragons]]<br />
| next = ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' <br/> [[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]"<br />
}}<br />
== Overview ==<br />
: ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] and [[Zoe-A]] race to stop [[Clarice Willow]]'s master plan and save thousands of lives before [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] is changed forever (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] ''series finale).''<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== Teaser ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 1 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 2 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 3 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 4 ===<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
* [[Apotheosis]] has been mentioned in conjunction with [[Zoe Graystone]]'s [[holographic avatar|avatar]] program and is one of Sister [[Clarice Willow]]'s goals.<br />
* The pentagon roundel on the wings of the Caprican marine aircraft carrying the Cylon squad is identical to the roundels on [[Raider (TOS)|raiders]] in [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the original series]]. The roof of [[Graystone Industries]]' headquarters also features the design.<br />
* According to [[Bear McCreary]]'s [[w:Twitter|Twitter]], the Caprican [[national anthem]] heard in "[[Rebirth]]" will be featured.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://twitter.com/bearmccreary/status/28963258503|title=Twitter|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=McCreary|first=Bear|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
* On the DVD commentary for this episode, executive producer Kevin Murphy says the ramifications of the coda sequence, set five years later, would be explored in Season Two. This commentary was recorded prior to the show's cancellation.<br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
*The Cylon marine commander's helmet or cranial armour appears to be the inspiration for the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|First War Centurians]]' heads. It features an eve protecting the 'ears' and back of the neck, as well as a center comb ridge from front to back. Additionally, as will be the case in the First Cylon War in which command Centurions are distinguished by their golden armour, the marine commander is 'dressed' uniquely from the other Cylon marines.<br />
*Theoretically, the avatars of the dead [[STO]] members should have the same ability to control V-world as Zoe-A and [[Tamara-A]] have, unless the backup of Zoe's program used to create them was imperfect. It appears that Zoe-A was able to destroy them due to their relative lack of experience.<br />
*It is possible that the Zoe listening to Clarice's sermon was [[Messengers#Messenger Zoe|Messenger Zoe]]. Given the events of ''Caprica'', especially the [[Here Be Dragons|previous episode]] and this one, it seems unlikely that Clarice would tolerate Zoe-A's presence under any circumstances or that that Zoe-A would allow Clarice to even suggest violence, much less preach it openly. Only a brief glimpse of Zoe is offered, so there are none of the usual indicators of a Messenger, such as others in the same space obviously ignoring the character, or a non-Messenger character having a conversation with what turns out to be air. However, it is unknown how relationships may change between the characters, and events may occur that would indeed drive Zoe-A to seek rebellion. Clarice's "prophecy" that there is one who will set the Cylons free seems to refer to Zoe.<br />
*Alternatively, as the congregation is otherwise entirely Cylon, the Zoe may be [[Zoe-R#Zoe-R|Zoe-R]] (i.e, [[Zoe-A]] inhabbiting a Cylon body). The usual indicator of such an appearance - a CGI Cylon shown first in place of Zoe-R - is seen, albeit with several scene cuts in the interim. On the pew behind Zoe are a petite white Cylon and a Centurion. During the initial montage of Willow's congregation (prior to Willow's pilgrimage to [[Lacy Rand|Mother Lacy]] on [[Gemenon]]), a Centurion is seen with a petite white Cylon and a Centurion on the pew behind it, the three in the same relative positions; additionally, the two sequences are each preceded by identical shots of a Centurion genuflecting next to a column. Zoe-A's resurrection into her skinjob body does not occur until after Zoe's appearance in the congregation.<br />
*Amanda's skills as a plastic surgeon appear to come into play in the creation of Zoe's skin-job body.<br />
*Fidelia Fazekas' recognition of the need to support the rebellion on Tauron suggests that she will continue the flow of Cylons started by the Adamas, or even increase it.<br />
*Odin appears to have taken on a role similar to that of [[Diego]] now that Lacy is the new Blessed Mother.<br />
*Although Clarice preaches that the Cylons will rise and "crush the ones that first gave them life", she probably is not advocating total human extinction, given her intention to form an alliance between the Cylons and the church on [[Gemenon]].<br />
*Ruth maintains ties to the Adama family during Bill's childhood and may still live with them, despite not being related by blood to the surviving Adamas.<br />
*The "Things to Come" epilogue naturally parallels the rise of the apes described in ''Escape from the Planet of the Apes'' and subsequently depicted in ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'', much as "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]" extensively parallels and pays homage to the first ''Planet of the Apes'' film. The harried Cylon dog walker passing a statue of the Cylon marines seems to possibly be an homage to the cat & dog statue which many ape slaves pass in ''Conquest''.<br />
*When resurrecting, Zoe-R does not appear to express the panic, confusion, and shock previously displayed by humanoid Cylons when awakening in the tanks. Even the principal engineer of resurrection technology, [[Ellen Tigh]], reacts that way in "[[No Exit]]". Perhaps those emotions are related more to the Cylons' deaths and/or the uploading of their avatars from their dead bodies into the computer systems, than they are to the ressurection itself.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
*What happened to Xander after the Graystones escaped?<br />
*What happened to Singh? <br />
**Were the charges against the Graystones dropped (as can be inferred from the epilogue) because he was outed as a member of the Soldiers of the One?<br />
**If Singh was outed, was [[Jordan Duram]] able to rejoin the GDD?<br />
*What is [[Tamara-A]] doing during the events of this episode and the epilogue? <br />
**Would she have become a skin-job also eventually, or would she have had some other role to play?<br />
*How old is [[William Adama|Bill Adama]] when he is shown in the epilogue?<br />
*Do the Adamas continue to associate with the Ha'la'tha throughout Bill's childhood?<br />
*How much, if anything, is Bill told about Tamara-A and his family's involvement with the rise of the Cylons?<br />
*When does Joseph's focus as a lawyer change from getting Ha'la'tha members off to civil liberties?<br />
*How does the Ha'la'tha operate under Fidelia?<br />
*How do the [[Monad Church]] and the [[STO]] operate under Lacy?<br />
**How popular is Lacy with the human monotheists?<br />
*How does the meeting between Clarice and Lacy go?<br />
**Does Lacy decree that Cylons have souls and/or that their sentience is equal to human sentience?<br />
*What makes Clarice become an advocate of Cylon rebellion?<br />
**Has her confrontation with Zoe affected Clarice's faith and her relationship with Zoe?<br />
*How does Zoe-A discover and communicate with the Final Five 13-15 years (colonial perspective) before their arrival? How can they effectively communicate, given the Five's relativistic speed?<br />
*Given the "I am Spartacus" scene in "[[Here Be Dragons]]", how does the ressurected Zoe-R's fight under Duram against the Cylons affect the Cylons' psyche and self-perception?<br />
*Although the Cylons do not spare Gemenon as a whole in the Second Cylon War, is the Monad territory (or at least the environs of Lacy's temple) treated as sacrosanct in either war, in light of both the Centurions' personal obedience to her and the temple being the seat of their religion?<br />
<br />
== Official Statements == <br />
*[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/access-week-in-geek-3-20-10-caprica-cast-talk-season-finale/37783 From the ''Caprica'' panel at the Paley Center]:<br />
**[[Sasha Roiz]]: "Our finale is unbelievable. It's so powerful that I remember me and Esai calling each other after reading the script. We were both absolutely floored by how it ends."<br />
**[[Esai Morales]]: "The finale drove me to tears on various occasions. What happens is so profound and out of the blue. [It was] so unexpected it took my breath away."<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*''Clarice protests as Zoe-A destroys her virtual Heaven''<br />
:'''Clarice:''' This is what God wants!<br />
:'''Zoe-A''' I ''am'' God!<br />
<br />
== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]<br />
*[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]<br />
*[[Jorge Montesi]] as The [[Guatrau]]<br />
*[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]]<br />
*[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]]<br />
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]<br />
*[[Karen Elizabeth Austin]] as [[Ruth]]<br />
*[[James Pizzinato]] as [[Drew]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow]]<br />
*[[Teryl Rothery]] as as [[Evelyn]]<br />
*[[Julius Chapple]] as [[Larry]]<br />
*[[Feguins Toussaint]] as Bodyguard [[Sean]]<br />
*[[Renu Bakshi]] as [[Abasi Lowe]]<br />
*[[Dale Wolfe]] as [[Steve Bahara]]<br />
*[[Iris Paluly]] as [[Jax]]<br />
*[[Hrothgar Mathews]] as Dave<br />
*[[Markus Towfigh]] as Young [[William Adama|Bill Adama]]<br />
*[[Rodney Reid]] as Cab Driver<br />
*[[Mike Dopud]] as [[Sal]]<br />
*[[J.C. Williams]] as [[GDD]] Agent<br />
*[[Michael Sangha]] as GDD Agent<br />
*[[Mark Donnelly]] as Anthem Singer<br />
*[[Kevin Lum]] as Caprica Police<br />
*[[Philip Cabrita]] as [[STO]] Martyr #1<br />
*[[Steve Thackray]] as STO Martyr #2<br />
*[[Catherine Lough Haggquist]] as STO Martyr #3<br />
*[[Tim Aas]] as Scruffy Dude<br />
*[[John Stewart]] as Supervisor<br />
*[[Mike Russell]] as Worker<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Kevin Murphy]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Jonas Pate]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Apotheosis_(episode)&diff=200465Apotheosis (episode)2011-01-07T20:25:51Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Questions */</p>
<hr />
<div>:''For the belief held by various members of the [[Soldiers of the One]], see [[apotheosis]].''<br />
<br />
{{Episode Data<br />
| image=Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg<br />
| series= cap<br />
| title=Apotheosis<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=18<br />
| special=<br />
| extra=Series Finale<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br>[[Kevin Murphy]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director= [[Jonas Pate]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate=4 January 2011<ref name="Caprica Cancelled by Syfy">{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960|title=Caprica Cancelled by Syfy|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=Gorman|first=Bill|format=|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Caprica US airdates">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/19/exclusive-syfys-caprica-to-sign-off-tuesday-january-4-416014/8987/|title=Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=19 November 2010|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
| CAN airdate= November 30, 2010 <ref name="SPACE Schedule">{{cite_web|url=http://www.spacecast.com/Schedule.aspx?date=11/30/2010&mode=Daily&tz=ET|title=SPACE Schedule|accessdate=21 November 2011|language=English}}</ref><br />
| UK airdate=<br />
| dvd=<br />
| prev= [[Here Be Dragons]]<br />
| next = ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' <br/> [[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]"<br />
}}<br />
== Overview ==<br />
: ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] and [[Zoe-A]] race to stop [[Clarice Willow]]'s master plan and save thousands of lives before [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] is changed forever (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] ''series finale).''<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== Teaser ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 1 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 2 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 3 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 4 ===<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
* [[Apotheosis]] has been mentioned in conjunction with [[Zoe Graystone]]'s [[holographic avatar|avatar]] program and is one of Sister [[Clarice Willow]]'s goals.<br />
* The pentagon roundel on the wings of the Caprican marine aircraft carrying the Cylon squad is identical to the roundels on [[Raider (TOS)|raiders]] in [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the original series]]. The roof of [[Graystone Industries]]' headquarters also features the design.<br />
* According to [[Bear McCreary]]'s [[w:Twitter|Twitter]], the Caprican [[national anthem]] heard in "[[Rebirth]]" will be featured.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://twitter.com/bearmccreary/status/28963258503|title=Twitter|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=McCreary|first=Bear|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
* On the DVD commentary for this episode, executive producer Kevin Murphy says the ramifications of the coda sequence, set five years later, would be explored in Season Two. This commentary was recorded prior to the show's cancellation.<br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
*The Cylon marine commander's helmet or cranial armour appears to be the inspiration for the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|First War Centurians]]' heads. It features an eve protecting the 'ears' and back of the neck, as well as a center comb ridge from front to back. Additionally, as will be the case in the First Cylon War in which command Centurions are distinguished by their golden armour, the marine commander is 'dressed' uniquely from the other Cylon marines.<br />
*Theoretically, the avatars of the dead [[STO]] members should have the same ability to control V-world as Zoe-A and [[Tamara-A]] have, unless the backup of Zoe's program used to create them was imperfect. It appears that Zoe-A was able to destroy them due to their relative lack of experience.<br />
*It is possible that the Zoe listening to Clarice's sermon was [[Messengers#Messenger Zoe|Messenger Zoe]]. Given the events of ''Caprica'', especially the [[Here Be Dragons|previous episode]] and this one, it seems unlikely that Clarice would tolerate Zoe-A's presence under any circumstances or that that Zoe-A would allow Clarice to even suggest violence, much less preach it openly. Only a brief glimpse of Zoe is offered, so there are none of the usual indicators of a Messenger, such as others in the same space obviously ignoring the character, or a non-Messenger character having a conversation with what turns out to be air. However, it is unknown how relationships may change between the characters, and events may occur that would indeed drive Zoe-A to seek rebellion. Clarice's "prophecy" that there is one who will set the Cylons free seems to refer to Zoe.<br />
*Alternatively, as the congregation is otherwise entirely Cylon, the Zoe may be [[Zoe-R#Zoe-R|Zoe-R]] (i.e, [[Zoe-A]] inhabbiting a Cylon body). The usual indicator of such an appearance - a CGI Cylon shown first in place of Zoe-R - is seen, albeit with several scene cuts in the interim. On the pew behind Zoe are a petite white Cylon and a Centurion. During the initial montage of Willow's congregation (prior to Willow's pilgrimage to [[Lacy Rand|Mother Lacy]] on [[Gemenon]]), a Centurion is seen with a petite white Cylon and a Centurion on the pew behind it, the three in the same relative positions; additionally, the two sequences are each preceded by identical shots of a Centurion genuflecting next to a column. Zoe-A's resurrection into her skinjob body does not occur until after Zoe's appearance in the congregation.<br />
*Amanda's skills as a plastic surgeon appear to come into play in the creation of Zoe's skin-job body.<br />
*Fidelia Fazekas' recognition of the need to support the rebellion on Tauron suggests that she will continue the flow of Cylons started by the Adamas, or even increase it.<br />
*Odin appears to have taken on a role similar to that of [[Diego]] now that Lacy is the new Blessed Mother.<br />
*Although Clarice preaches that the Cylons will rise and "crush the ones that first gave them life", she probably is not advocating total human extinction, given her intention to form an alliance between the Cylons and the church on [[Gemenon]].<br />
*Ruth maintains ties to the Adama family during Bill's childhood and may still live with them, despite not being related by blood to the surviving Adamas.<br />
*The "Things to Come" epilogue naturally parallels the rise of the apes described in ''Escape from the Planet of the Apes'' and subsequently depicted in ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'', much as "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]" extensively parallels and pays homage to the first ''Planet of the Apes'' film. The harried Cylon dog walker passing a statue of the Cylon marines seems to possibly be an homage to the cat & dog statue which many ape slaves pass in ''Conquest''.<br />
*When resurrecting, Zoe-R does not appear to express the panic, confusion, and shock previously displayed by humanoid Cylons when awakening in the tanks. Even the principal engineer of resurrection technology, [[Ellen Tigh]], reacts that way in "[[No Exit]]". Perhaps those emotions are related more to the Cylons' deaths and/or the uploading of their avatars from their dead bodies into the computer systems, than they are to the ressurection itself.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
*What happened to Xander after the Graystones escaped?<br />
*What happened to Singh? <br />
**Were the charges against the Graystones dropped (as can be inferred from the epilogue) because he was outed as a member of the Soldiers of the One?<br />
**If Singh was outed, was [[Jordan Duram]] able to rejoin the GDD?<br />
*What is [[Tamara-A]] doing during the events of this episode and the epilogue? <br />
**Would she have become a skin-job also eventually, or would she have had some other role to play?<br />
*How old is [[William Adama|Bill Adama]] when he is shown in the epilogue?<br />
*Do the Adamas continue to associate with the Ha'la'tha throughout Bill's childhood?<br />
*How much, if anything, is Bill told about Tamara-A and his family's involvement with the rise of the Cylons?<br />
*When does Joseph's focus as a lawyer change from getting Ha'la'tha members off to civil liberties?<br />
*How does the Ha'la'tha operate under Fidelia?<br />
*How do the [[Monad Church]] and the [[STO]] operate under Lacy?<br />
**How popular is Lacy with the human monotheists?<br />
*How does the meeting between Clarice and Lacy go?<br />
**Does Lacy decree that Cylons have souls and/or that their sentience is equal to human sentience?<br />
*What makes Clarice become an advocate of Cylon rebellion?<br />
**Has her confrontation with Zoe affected Clarice's faith and her relationship with Zoe?<br />
*How does Zoe-A make discover and communicate with the Final Five 13-15 years (colonial perspective) before their arrival? How can they effectively communicate, given the Five's relativistic speed?<br />
*Given the "I am Spartacus" scene in "[[Here Be Dragons]]", how does the ressurected Zoe-R's fight under Duram against the Cylons affect the Cylons' psyche and self-perception?<br />
*Although the Cylons do not spare Gemenon as a whole in the Second Cylon War, is the Monad territory (or at least the environs of Lacy's temple) treated as sacrosanct in either war, in light of both the Centurions' personal obedience to her and the temple being the seat of their religion?<br />
<br />
== Official Statements == <br />
*[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/access-week-in-geek-3-20-10-caprica-cast-talk-season-finale/37783 From the ''Caprica'' panel at the Paley Center]:<br />
**[[Sasha Roiz]]: "Our finale is unbelievable. It's so powerful that I remember me and Esai calling each other after reading the script. We were both absolutely floored by how it ends."<br />
**[[Esai Morales]]: "The finale drove me to tears on various occasions. What happens is so profound and out of the blue. [It was] so unexpected it took my breath away."<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*''Clarice protests as Zoe-A destroys her virtual Heaven''<br />
:'''Clarice:''' This is what God wants!<br />
:'''Zoe-A''' I ''am'' God!<br />
<br />
== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]<br />
*[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]<br />
*[[Jorge Montesi]] as The [[Guatrau]]<br />
*[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]]<br />
*[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]]<br />
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]<br />
*[[Karen Elizabeth Austin]] as [[Ruth]]<br />
*[[James Pizzinato]] as [[Drew]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow]]<br />
*[[Teryl Rothery]] as as [[Evelyn]]<br />
*[[Julius Chapple]] as [[Larry]]<br />
*[[Feguins Toussaint]] as Bodyguard [[Sean]]<br />
*[[Renu Bakshi]] as [[Abasi Lowe]]<br />
*[[Dale Wolfe]] as [[Steve Bahara]]<br />
*[[Iris Paluly]] as [[Jax]]<br />
*[[Hrothgar Mathews]] as Dave<br />
*[[Markus Towfigh]] as Young [[William Adama|Bill Adama]]<br />
*[[Rodney Reid]] as Cab Driver<br />
*[[Mike Dopud]] as [[Sal]]<br />
*[[J.C. Williams]] as [[GDD]] Agent<br />
*[[Michael Sangha]] as GDD Agent<br />
*[[Mark Donnelly]] as Anthem Singer<br />
*[[Kevin Lum]] as Caprica Police<br />
*[[Philip Cabrita]] as [[STO]] Martyr #1<br />
*[[Steve Thackray]] as STO Martyr #2<br />
*[[Catherine Lough Haggquist]] as STO Martyr #3<br />
*[[Tim Aas]] as Scruffy Dude<br />
*[[John Stewart]] as Supervisor<br />
*[[Mike Russell]] as Worker<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Kevin Murphy]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Jonas Pate]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Apotheosis_(episode)&diff=200464Apotheosis (episode)2011-01-07T20:21:36Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Questions */ added some questions</p>
<hr />
<div>:''For the belief held by various members of the [[Soldiers of the One]], see [[apotheosis]].''<br />
<br />
{{Episode Data<br />
| image=Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg<br />
| series= cap<br />
| title=Apotheosis<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=18<br />
| special=<br />
| extra=Series Finale<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br>[[Kevin Murphy]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director= [[Jonas Pate]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate=4 January 2011<ref name="Caprica Cancelled by Syfy">{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960|title=Caprica Cancelled by Syfy|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=Gorman|first=Bill|format=|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Caprica US airdates">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/19/exclusive-syfys-caprica-to-sign-off-tuesday-january-4-416014/8987/|title=Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=19 November 2010|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
| CAN airdate= November 30, 2010 <ref name="SPACE Schedule">{{cite_web|url=http://www.spacecast.com/Schedule.aspx?date=11/30/2010&mode=Daily&tz=ET|title=SPACE Schedule|accessdate=21 November 2011|language=English}}</ref><br />
| UK airdate=<br />
| dvd=<br />
| prev= [[Here Be Dragons]]<br />
| next = ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' <br/> [[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]"<br />
}}<br />
== Overview ==<br />
: ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] and [[Zoe-A]] race to stop [[Clarice Willow]]'s master plan and save thousands of lives before [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] is changed forever (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] ''series finale).''<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== Teaser ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 1 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 2 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 3 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 4 ===<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
* [[Apotheosis]] has been mentioned in conjunction with [[Zoe Graystone]]'s [[holographic avatar|avatar]] program and is one of Sister [[Clarice Willow]]'s goals.<br />
* The pentagon roundel on the wings of the Caprican marine aircraft carrying the Cylon squad is identical to the roundels on [[Raider (TOS)|raiders]] in [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the original series]]. The roof of [[Graystone Industries]]' headquarters also features the design.<br />
* According to [[Bear McCreary]]'s [[w:Twitter|Twitter]], the Caprican [[national anthem]] heard in "[[Rebirth]]" will be featured.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://twitter.com/bearmccreary/status/28963258503|title=Twitter|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=McCreary|first=Bear|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
* On the DVD commentary for this episode, executive producer Kevin Murphy says the ramifications of the coda sequence, set five years later, would be explored in Season Two. This commentary was recorded prior to the show's cancellation.<br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
*The Cylon marine commander's helmet or cranial armour appears to be the inspiration for the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|First War Centurians]]' heads. It features an eve protecting the 'ears' and back of the neck, as well as a center comb ridge from front to back. Additionally, as will be the case in the First Cylon War in which command Centurions are distinguished by their golden armour, the marine commander is 'dressed' uniquely from the other Cylon marines.<br />
*Theoretically, the avatars of the dead [[STO]] members should have the same ability to control V-world as Zoe-A and [[Tamara-A]] have, unless the backup of Zoe's program used to create them was imperfect. It appears that Zoe-A was able to destroy them due to their relative lack of experience.<br />
*It is possible that the Zoe listening to Clarice's sermon was [[Messengers#Messenger Zoe|Messenger Zoe]]. Given the events of ''Caprica'', especially the [[Here Be Dragons|previous episode]] and this one, it seems unlikely that Clarice would tolerate Zoe-A's presence under any circumstances or that that Zoe-A would allow Clarice to even suggest violence, much less preach it openly. Only a brief glimpse of Zoe is offered, so there are none of the usual indicators of a Messenger, such as others in the same space obviously ignoring the character, or a non-Messenger character having a conversation with what turns out to be air. However, it is unknown how relationships may change between the characters, and events may occur that would indeed drive Zoe-A to seek rebellion. Clarice's "prophecy" that there is one who will set the Cylons free seems to refer to Zoe.<br />
*Alternatively, as the congregation is otherwise entirely Cylon, the Zoe may be [[Zoe-R#Zoe-R|Zoe-R]] (i.e, [[Zoe-A]] inhabbiting a Cylon body). The usual indicator of such an appearance - a CGI Cylon shown first in place of Zoe-R - is seen, albeit with several scene cuts in the interim. On the pew behind Zoe are a petite white Cylon and a Centurion. During the initial montage of Willow's congregation (prior to Willow's pilgrimage to [[Lacy Rand|Mother Lacy]] on [[Gemenon]]), a Centurion is seen with a petite white Cylon and a Centurion on the pew behind it, the three in the same relative positions; additionally, the two sequences are each preceded by identical shots of a Centurion genuflecting next to a column. Zoe-A's resurrection into her skinjob body does not occur until after Zoe's appearance in the congregation.<br />
*Amanda's skills as a plastic surgeon appear to come into play in the creation of Zoe's skin-job body.<br />
*Fidelia Fazekas' recognition of the need to support the rebellion on Tauron suggests that she will continue the flow of Cylons started by the Adamas, or even increase it.<br />
*Odin appears to have taken on a role similar to that of [[Diego]] now that Lacy is the new Blessed Mother.<br />
*Although Clarice preaches that the Cylons will rise and "crush the ones that first gave them life", she probably is not advocating total human extinction, given her intention to form an alliance between the Cylons and the church on [[Gemenon]].<br />
*Ruth maintains ties to the Adama family during Bill's childhood and may still live with them, despite not being related by blood to the surviving Adamas.<br />
*The "Things to Come" epilogue naturally parallels the rise of the apes described in ''Escape from the Planet of the Apes'' and subsequently depicted in ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'', much as "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]" extensively parallels and pays homage to the first ''Planet of the Apes'' film. The harried Cylon dog walker passing a statue of the Cylon marines seems to possibly be an homage to the cat & dog statue which many ape slaves pass in ''Conquest''.<br />
*When resurrecting, Zoe-R does not appear to express the panic, confusion, and shock previously displayed by humanoid Cylons when awakening in the tanks. Even the principal engineer of resurrection technology, [[Ellen Tigh]], reacts that way in "[[No Exit]]". Perhaps those emotions are related more to the Cylons' deaths and/or the uploading of their avatars from their dead bodies into the computer systems, than they are to the ressurection itself.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
*What happened to Xander after the Graystones escaped?<br />
*What happened to Singh? <br />
**Were the charges against the Graystones dropped (as can be inferred from the epilogue) because he was outed as a member of the Soldiers of the One?<br />
**If Singh was outed, was [[Jordan Duram]] able to rejoin the GDD?<br />
*What is [[Tamara-A]] doing during the events of this episode and the epilogue? <br />
**Would she have become a skin-job also eventually, or would she have had some other role to play?<br />
*How old is [[William Adama|Bill Adama]] when he is shown in the epilogue?<br />
*Do the Adamas continue to associate with the Ha'la'tha throughout Bill's childhood?<br />
*How much, if anything, is Bill told about Tamara-A and his family's involvement with the rise of the Cylons?<br />
*When does Joseph's focus as a lawyer change from getting Ha'la'tha members off to civil liberties?<br />
*How does the Ha'la'tha operate under Fidelia?<br />
*How do the [[Monad Church]] and the [[STO]] operate under Lacy?<br />
**How popular is Lacy with the human monotheists?<br />
*How does the meeting between Clarice and Lacy go?<br />
**Does Lacy decree that Cylons have souls and/or that their sentience is equal to human sentience?<br />
*What makes Clarice become an advocate of Cylon rebellion?<br />
**Has her confrontation with Zoe affected Clarice's faith and her relationship with Zoe?<br />
*How does Zoe-A make discover and communicate with the Final Five 13-15 years (colonial perspective) before their arrival? How can they effectively communicate, given the Five's relativistic speed?<br />
*Given the "I am Spartacus" scene in "[[Here be Dragons]]", how does the ressurected Zoe-R's fight under Duram against the Cylons affect the Cylons' psyche and self-perception?<br />
*Although the Cylons do not spare Gemenon as a whole in the Second Cylon War, is the Monad territory (or at least the environs of Lacy's temple) treated as sacrosanct in either war, in light of both the Centurions' personal obedience to her and the temple being the seat of their religion?<br />
<br />
== Official Statements == <br />
*[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/access-week-in-geek-3-20-10-caprica-cast-talk-season-finale/37783 From the ''Caprica'' panel at the Paley Center]:<br />
**[[Sasha Roiz]]: "Our finale is unbelievable. It's so powerful that I remember me and Esai calling each other after reading the script. We were both absolutely floored by how it ends."<br />
**[[Esai Morales]]: "The finale drove me to tears on various occasions. What happens is so profound and out of the blue. [It was] so unexpected it took my breath away."<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*''Clarice protests as Zoe-A destroys her virtual Heaven''<br />
:'''Clarice:''' This is what God wants!<br />
:'''Zoe-A''' I ''am'' God!<br />
<br />
== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]<br />
*[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]<br />
*[[Jorge Montesi]] as The [[Guatrau]]<br />
*[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]]<br />
*[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]]<br />
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]<br />
*[[Karen Elizabeth Austin]] as [[Ruth]]<br />
*[[James Pizzinato]] as [[Drew]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow]]<br />
*[[Teryl Rothery]] as as [[Evelyn]]<br />
*[[Julius Chapple]] as [[Larry]]<br />
*[[Feguins Toussaint]] as Bodyguard [[Sean]]<br />
*[[Renu Bakshi]] as [[Abasi Lowe]]<br />
*[[Dale Wolfe]] as [[Steve Bahara]]<br />
*[[Iris Paluly]] as [[Jax]]<br />
*[[Hrothgar Mathews]] as Dave<br />
*[[Markus Towfigh]] as Young [[William Adama|Bill Adama]]<br />
*[[Rodney Reid]] as Cab Driver<br />
*[[Mike Dopud]] as [[Sal]]<br />
*[[J.C. Williams]] as [[GDD]] Agent<br />
*[[Michael Sangha]] as GDD Agent<br />
*[[Mark Donnelly]] as Anthem Singer<br />
*[[Kevin Lum]] as Caprica Police<br />
*[[Philip Cabrita]] as [[STO]] Martyr #1<br />
*[[Steve Thackray]] as STO Martyr #2<br />
*[[Catherine Lough Haggquist]] as STO Martyr #3<br />
*[[Tim Aas]] as Scruffy Dude<br />
*[[John Stewart]] as Supervisor<br />
*[[Mike Russell]] as Worker<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Kevin Murphy]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Jonas Pate]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Apotheosis_(episode)&diff=200463Apotheosis (episode)2011-01-07T19:46:36Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Analysis */ Zoe-R doesn't react to ressurection the way everyone else will in BSG (incl. Ellen Tigh)</p>
<hr />
<div>:''For the belief held by various members of the [[Soldiers of the One]], see [[apotheosis]].''<br />
<br />
{{Episode Data<br />
| image=Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg<br />
| series= cap<br />
| title=Apotheosis<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=18<br />
| special=<br />
| extra=Series Finale<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br>[[Kevin Murphy]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director= [[Jonas Pate]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate=4 January 2011<ref name="Caprica Cancelled by Syfy">{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960|title=Caprica Cancelled by Syfy|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=Gorman|first=Bill|format=|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Caprica US airdates">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/19/exclusive-syfys-caprica-to-sign-off-tuesday-january-4-416014/8987/|title=Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=19 November 2010|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
| CAN airdate= November 30, 2010 <ref name="SPACE Schedule">{{cite_web|url=http://www.spacecast.com/Schedule.aspx?date=11/30/2010&mode=Daily&tz=ET|title=SPACE Schedule|accessdate=21 November 2011|language=English}}</ref><br />
| UK airdate=<br />
| dvd=<br />
| prev= [[Here Be Dragons]]<br />
| next = ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' <br/> [[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]"<br />
}}<br />
== Overview ==<br />
: ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] and [[Zoe-A]] race to stop [[Clarice Willow]]'s master plan and save thousands of lives before [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] is changed forever (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] ''series finale).''<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== Teaser ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 1 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 2 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 3 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 4 ===<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
* [[Apotheosis]] has been mentioned in conjunction with [[Zoe Graystone]]'s [[holographic avatar|avatar]] program and is one of Sister [[Clarice Willow]]'s goals.<br />
* The pentagon roundel on the wings of the Caprican marine aircraft carrying the Cylon squad is identical to the roundels on [[Raider (TOS)|raiders]] in [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the original series]]. The roof of [[Graystone Industries]]' headquarters also features the design.<br />
* According to [[Bear McCreary]]'s [[w:Twitter|Twitter]], the Caprican [[national anthem]] heard in "[[Rebirth]]" will be featured.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://twitter.com/bearmccreary/status/28963258503|title=Twitter|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=McCreary|first=Bear|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
* On the DVD commentary for this episode, executive producer Kevin Murphy says the ramifications of the coda sequence, set five years later, would be explored in Season Two. This commentary was recorded prior to the show's cancellation.<br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
*The Cylon marine commander's helmet or cranial armour appears to be the inspiration for the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|First War Centurians]]' heads. It features an eve protecting the 'ears' and back of the neck, as well as a center comb ridge from front to back. Additionally, as will be the case in the First Cylon War in which command Centurions are distinguished by their golden armour, the marine commander is 'dressed' uniquely from the other Cylon marines.<br />
*Theoretically, the avatars of the dead [[STO]] members should have the same ability to control V-world as Zoe-A and [[Tamara-A]] have, unless the backup of Zoe's program used to create them was imperfect. It appears that Zoe-A was able to destroy them due to their relative lack of experience.<br />
*It is possible that the Zoe listening to Clarice's sermon was [[Messengers#Messenger Zoe|Messenger Zoe]]. Given the events of ''Caprica'', especially the [[Here Be Dragons|previous episode]] and this one, it seems unlikely that Clarice would tolerate Zoe-A's presence under any circumstances or that that Zoe-A would allow Clarice to even suggest violence, much less preach it openly. Only a brief glimpse of Zoe is offered, so there are none of the usual indicators of a Messenger, such as others in the same space obviously ignoring the character, or a non-Messenger character having a conversation with what turns out to be air. However, it is unknown how relationships may change between the characters, and events may occur that would indeed drive Zoe-A to seek rebellion. Clarice's "prophecy" that there is one who will set the Cylons free seems to refer to Zoe.<br />
*Alternatively, as the congregation is otherwise entirely Cylon, the Zoe may be [[Zoe-R#Zoe-R|Zoe-R]] (i.e, [[Zoe-A]] inhabbiting a Cylon body). The usual indicator of such an appearance - a CGI Cylon shown first in place of Zoe-R - is seen, albeit with several scene cuts in the interim. On the pew behind Zoe are a petite white Cylon and a Centurion. During the initial montage of Willow's congregation (prior to Willow's pilgrimage to [[Lacy Rand|Mother Lacy]] on [[Gemenon]]), a Centurion is seen with a petite white Cylon and a Centurion on the pew behind it, the three in the same relative positions; additionally, the two sequences are each preceded by identical shots of a Centurion genuflecting next to a column. Zoe-A's resurrection into her skinjob body does not occur until after Zoe's appearance in the congregation.<br />
*Amanda's skills as a plastic surgeon appear to come into play in the creation of Zoe's skin-job body.<br />
*Fidelia Fazekas' recognition of the need to support the rebellion on Tauron suggests that she will continue the flow of Cylons started by the Adamas, or even increase it.<br />
*Odin appears to have taken on a role similar to that of [[Diego]] now that Lacy is the new Blessed Mother.<br />
*Although Clarice preaches that the Cylons will rise and "crush the ones that first gave them life", she probably is not advocating total human extinction, given her intention to form an alliance between the Cylons and the church on [[Gemenon]].<br />
*Ruth maintains ties to the Adama family during Bill's childhood and may still live with them, despite not being related by blood to the surviving Adamas.<br />
*The "Things to Come" epilogue naturally parallels the rise of the apes described in ''Escape from the Planet of the Apes'' and subsequently depicted in ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'', much as "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]" extensively parallels and pays homage to the first ''Planet of the Apes'' film. The harried Cylon dog walker passing a statue of the Cylon marines seems to possibly be an homage to the cat & dog statue which many ape slaves pass in ''Conquest''.<br />
*When resurrecting, Zoe-R does not appear to express the panic, confusion, and shock previously displayed by humanoid Cylons when awakening in the tanks. Even the principal engineer of resurrection technology, [[Ellen Tigh]], reacts that way in "[[No Exit]]". Perhaps those emotions are related more to the Cylons' deaths and/or the uploading of their avatars from their dead bodies into the computer systems, than they are to the ressurection itself.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
*What happened to Xander after the Graystones escaped?<br />
*What happened to Singh? <br />
**Were the charges against the Graystones dropped (as can be inferred from the epilogue) because he was outed as a member of the Soldiers of the One?<br />
**If Singh was outed, was [[Jordan Duram]] able to rejoin the GDD?<br />
*What is [[Tamara-A]] doing during the events of this episode and the epilogue? <br />
**Would she have become a skin-job also eventually, or would she have had some other role to play?<br />
*How old is [[William Adama|Bill Adama]] when he is shown in the epilogue?<br />
*Do the Adamas continue to associate with the Ha'la'tha throughout Bill's childhood?<br />
*How much, if anything, is Bill told about Tamara-A and his family's involvement with the rise of the Cylons?<br />
*When does Joseph's focus as a lawyer change from getting Ha'la'tha members off to civil liberties?<br />
*How does the Ha'la'tha operate under Fidelia?<br />
*How do the [[Monad Church]] and the [[STO]] operate under Lacy?<br />
**How popular is Lacy with the monotheists?<br />
*What makes Clarice become an advocate of Cylon rebellion?<br />
**Has her confrontation with Zoe affected Clarice's faith and her relationship with Zoe?<br />
*How does the meeting between Clarice and Lacy go?<br />
<br />
== Official Statements == <br />
*[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/access-week-in-geek-3-20-10-caprica-cast-talk-season-finale/37783 From the ''Caprica'' panel at the Paley Center]:<br />
**[[Sasha Roiz]]: "Our finale is unbelievable. It's so powerful that I remember me and Esai calling each other after reading the script. We were both absolutely floored by how it ends."<br />
**[[Esai Morales]]: "The finale drove me to tears on various occasions. What happens is so profound and out of the blue. [It was] so unexpected it took my breath away."<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*''Clarice protests as Zoe-A destroys her virtual Heaven''<br />
:'''Clarice:''' This is what God wants!<br />
:'''Zoe-A''' I ''am'' God!<br />
<br />
== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]<br />
*[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]<br />
*[[Jorge Montesi]] as The [[Guatrau]]<br />
*[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]]<br />
*[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]]<br />
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]<br />
*[[Karen Elizabeth Austin]] as [[Ruth]]<br />
*[[James Pizzinato]] as [[Drew]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow]]<br />
*[[Teryl Rothery]] as as [[Evelyn]]<br />
*[[Julius Chapple]] as [[Larry]]<br />
*[[Feguins Toussaint]] as Bodyguard [[Sean]]<br />
*[[Renu Bakshi]] as [[Abasi Lowe]]<br />
*[[Dale Wolfe]] as [[Steve Bahara]]<br />
*[[Iris Paluly]] as [[Jax]]<br />
*[[Hrothgar Mathews]] as Dave<br />
*[[Markus Towfigh]] as Young [[William Adama|Bill Adama]]<br />
*[[Rodney Reid]] as Cab Driver<br />
*[[Mike Dopud]] as [[Sal]]<br />
*[[J.C. Williams]] as [[GDD]] Agent<br />
*[[Michael Sangha]] as GDD Agent<br />
*[[Mark Donnelly]] as Anthem Singer<br />
*[[Kevin Lum]] as Caprica Police<br />
*[[Philip Cabrita]] as [[STO]] Martyr #1<br />
*[[Steve Thackray]] as STO Martyr #2<br />
*[[Catherine Lough Haggquist]] as STO Martyr #3<br />
*[[Tim Aas]] as Scruffy Dude<br />
*[[John Stewart]] as Supervisor<br />
*[[Mike Russell]] as Worker<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Kevin Murphy]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Jonas Pate]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:The_Heavens_Will_Rise/Archive_1&diff=200462Talk:The Heavens Will Rise/Archive 12011-01-07T19:28:48Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Cottle */ new section</p>
<hr />
<div>{{newsection link}}<br />
<br />
== Cottle ==<br />
<br />
Another user had asked in the Questions section if the unseen medical practitioner named Cottle was a young Sherman Cottle. I changed that question to ask if the two are related. As we know from the end of "Appotheosis", the future Admiral Adama wasn't even born until a year or more after "The Heavens will Rise". Meanwhile, the unseen Cottle is a physician - and presumably an experienced one, based upon Amanda's confidence in him. That makes the unseen Cottle a minimum of twenty - maybe far more than twenty - years older than Adm. Adama, which Sherman certainly is not.</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Heavens_Will_Rise&diff=200461The Heavens Will Rise2011-01-07T19:21:08Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Questions */ altered question about Cottle to "is he related to" (Sherman isn't decades older than Bill Adama)</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image=U-87s on Gemenon, 1x16.jpg<br />
| series= cap<br />
| title=The Heavens Will Rise<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=16<br />
| special=<br />
| extra=<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Patrick Massett]]<br>[[John Zinman]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director= [[Michael Nankin]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate=4 January 2011<ref name="Caprica Cancelled by Syfy">{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960|title=Caprica Cancelled by Syfy|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=Gorman|first=Bill|format=|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Caprica US airdates">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/19/exclusive-syfys-caprica-to-sign-off-tuesday-january-4-416014/8987/|title=Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=19 November 2010|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
| CAN airdate= November 16, 2010<br />
| UK airdate=<br />
| dvd=<br />
| prev= [[The Dirteaters]]<br />
| next = [[Here Be Dragons]]<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
''As [[Tamara-A|Tamara]] and [[Zoe-A|Zoe]] continue to reshape [[New Cap City]], [[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] seeks the help of [[Sam Adama|Sam]] to enter the dangerous game. The Willows plot their plan for [[apotheosis]]. [[Jordan Duram|Duram]]'s investigation is plagued with more problems. [[Lacy Rand|Lacy]] becomes a threat to the STO after it is discovered that the [[U-87]] units recognize her [[by your command|commands]].''<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
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== Questions == <br />
*Why do the U-87s obey Lacy's commands? (<br />
*Who shot Duram?<br />
*Is the medical practitioner Amanda mentions related to [[Sherman Cottle]]?<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Meg Tilly]] as [[Mother]] <br />
*[[Scott Porter]] as [[Nestor]]<br />
*[[Ryan Robbins]] as [[Diego]]<br />
*[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]]<br />
*[[Chris Heyerdahl]] as [[Kevin Reikle]]<br />
*[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]]<br />
*[[Sina Najafi]] as [[William Adama]]<br />
*[[Genevieve Buechner]] as [[Tamara Adama]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf]]<br />
*[[Teryl Rothery]] as [[Evelyn]]<br />
*[[Jim Thomson]] as Voice of [[Serge]]<br />
*[[Karen Elizabeth Austin]] as [[Ruth]]<br />
*[[Eva Allan]] as [[Devanna]]<br />
*[[Luc Roderique]] as [[Lexon]]<br />
*[[Rob Boyce]] as [[STO]] Guard #1<br />
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== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
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{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}<br />
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[[CAtegory:Episodes written by John Zinman]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Patrick Massett]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Nankin]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Apotheosis_(episode)&diff=200460Apotheosis (episode)2011-01-07T15:20:07Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Analysis */ wikilinks, replaced "the" with "an"</p>
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<div>:''For the belief held by various members of the [[Soldiers of the One]], see [[apotheosis]].''<br />
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{{Episode Data<br />
| image=Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg<br />
| series= cap<br />
| title=Apotheosis<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=18<br />
| special=<br />
| extra=Series Finale<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br>[[Kevin Murphy]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director= [[Jonas Pate]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate=4 January 2011<ref name="Caprica Cancelled by Syfy">{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960|title=Caprica Cancelled by Syfy|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=Gorman|first=Bill|format=|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Caprica US airdates">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/19/exclusive-syfys-caprica-to-sign-off-tuesday-january-4-416014/8987/|title=Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=19 November 2010|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
| CAN airdate= November 30, 2010 <ref name="SPACE Schedule">{{cite_web|url=http://www.spacecast.com/Schedule.aspx?date=11/30/2010&mode=Daily&tz=ET|title=SPACE Schedule|accessdate=21 November 2011|language=English}}</ref><br />
| UK airdate=<br />
| dvd=<br />
| prev= [[Here Be Dragons]]<br />
| next = ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' <br/> [[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]"<br />
}}<br />
== Overview ==<br />
: ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] and [[Zoe-A]] race to stop [[Clarice Willow]]'s master plan and save thousands of lives before [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] is changed forever (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] ''series finale).''<br />
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* [[Apotheosis]] has been mentioned in conjunction with [[Zoe Graystone]]'s [[holographic avatar|avatar]] program and is one of Sister [[Clarice Willow]]'s goals.<br />
* The pentagon roundel on the wings of the Caprican marine aircraft carrying the Cylon squad is identical to the roundels on [[Raider (TOS)|raiders]] in [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the original series]]. The roof of [[Graystone Industries]]' headquarters also features the design.<br />
* According to [[Bear McCreary]]'s [[w:Twitter|Twitter]], the Caprican [[national anthem]] heard in "[[Rebirth]]" will be featured.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://twitter.com/bearmccreary/status/28963258503|title=Twitter|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=McCreary|first=Bear|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
* On the DVD commentary for this episode, executive producer Kevin Murphy says the ramifications of the coda sequence, set five years later, would be explored in Season Two. This commentary was recorded prior to the show's cancellation.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*The Cylon marine commander's helmet or cranial armour appears to be the inspiration for the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|First War Centurians]]' heads. It features an eve protecting the 'ears' and back of the neck, as well as a center comb ridge from front to back. Additionally, as will be the case in the First Cylon War in which command Centurions are distinguished by their golden armour, the marine commander is 'dressed' uniquely from the other Cylon marines.<br />
*Theoretically, the avatars of the dead [[STO]] members should have the same ability to control V-world as Zoe-A and [[Tamara-A]] have, unless the backup of Zoe's program used to create them was imperfect. It appears that Zoe-A was able to destroy them due to their relative lack of experience.<br />
*It is possible that the Zoe listening to Clarice's sermon was [[Messengers#Messenger Zoe|Messenger Zoe]]. Given the events of ''Caprica'', especially the [[Here Be Dragons|previous episode]] and this one, it seems unlikely that Clarice would tolerate Zoe-A's presence under any circumstances or that that Zoe-A would allow Clarice to even suggest violence, much less preach it openly. Only a brief glimpse of Zoe is offered, so there are none of the usual indicators of a Messenger, such as others in the same space obviously ignoring the character, or a non-Messenger character having a conversation with what turns out to be air. However, it is unknown how relationships may change between the characters, and events may occur that would indeed drive Zoe-A to seek rebellion. Clarice's "prophecy" that there is one who will set the Cylons free seems to refer to Zoe.<br />
*Alternatively, as the congregation is otherwise entirely Cylon, the Zoe may be [[Zoe-R#Zoe-R|Zoe-R]] (i.e, [[Zoe-A]] inhabbiting a Cylon body). The usual indicator of such an appearance - a CGI Cylon shown first in place of Zoe-R - is seen, albeit with several scene cuts in the interim. On the pew behind Zoe are a petite white Cylon and a Centurion. During the initial montage of Willow's congregation (prior to Willow's pilgrimage to [[Lacy Rand|Mother Lacy]] on [[Gemenon]]), a Centurion is seen with a petite white Cylon and a Centurion on the pew behind it, the three in the same relative positions; additionally, the two sequences are each preceded by identical shots of a Centurion genuflecting next to a column. Zoe-A's resurrection into her skinjob body does not occur until after Zoe's appearance in the congregation.<br />
*Amanda's skills as a plastic surgeon appear to come into play in the creation of Zoe's skin-job body.<br />
*Fidelia Fazekas' recognition of the need to support the rebellion on Tauron suggests that she will continue the flow of Cylons started by the Adamas, or even increase it.<br />
*Odin appears to have taken on a role similar to that of [[Diego]] now that Lacy is the new Blessed Mother.<br />
*Although Clarice preaches that the Cylons will rise and "crush the ones that first gave them life", she probably is not advocating total human extinction, given her intention to form an alliance between the Cylons and the church on [[Gemenon]].<br />
*Ruth maintains ties to the Adama family during Bill's childhood and may still live with them, despite not being related by blood to the surviving Adamas.<br />
*The "Things to Come" epilogue naturally parallels the rise of the apes described in ''Escape from the Planet of the Apes'' and subsequently depicted in ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'', much as "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]" extensively parallels and pays homage to the first ''Planet of the Apes'' film. The harried Cylon dog walker passing a statue of the Cylon marines seems to possibly be an homage to the cat & dog statue which many ape slaves pass in ''Conquest''.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
*What happened to Xander after the Graystones escaped?<br />
*What happened to Singh? <br />
**Were the charges against the Graystones dropped (as can be inferred from the epilogue) because he was outed as a member of the Soldiers of the One?<br />
**If Singh was outed, was [[Jordan Duram]] able to rejoin the GDD?<br />
*What is [[Tamara-A]] doing during the events of this episode and the epilogue? <br />
**Would she have become a skin-job also eventually, or would she have had some other role to play?<br />
*How old is [[William Adama|Bill Adama]] when he is shown in the epilogue?<br />
*Do the Adamas continue to associate with the Ha'la'tha throughout Bill's childhood?<br />
*How much, if anything, is Bill told about Tamara-A and his family's involvement with the rise of the Cylons?<br />
*When does Joseph's focus as a lawyer change from getting Ha'la'tha members off to civil liberties?<br />
*How does the Ha'la'tha operate under Fidelia?<br />
*How do the [[Monad Church]] and the [[STO]] operate under Lacy?<br />
**How popular is Lacy with the monotheists?<br />
*What makes Clarice become an advocate of Cylon rebellion?<br />
**Has her confrontation with Zoe affected Clarice's faith and her relationship with Zoe?<br />
*How does the meeting between Clarice and Lacy go?<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
*[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/access-week-in-geek-3-20-10-caprica-cast-talk-season-finale/37783 From the ''Caprica'' panel at the Paley Center]:<br />
**[[Sasha Roiz]]: "Our finale is unbelievable. It's so powerful that I remember me and Esai calling each other after reading the script. We were both absolutely floored by how it ends."<br />
**[[Esai Morales]]: "The finale drove me to tears on various occasions. What happens is so profound and out of the blue. [It was] so unexpected it took my breath away."<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*''Clarice protests as Zoe-A destroys her virtual Heaven''<br />
:'''Clarice:''' This is what God wants!<br />
:'''Zoe-A''' I ''am'' God!<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]<br />
*[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]<br />
*[[Jorge Montesi]] as The [[Guatrau]]<br />
*[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]]<br />
*[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]]<br />
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]<br />
*[[Karen Elizabeth Austin]] as [[Ruth]]<br />
*[[James Pizzinato]] as [[Drew]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow]]<br />
*[[Teryl Rothery]] as as [[Evelyn]]<br />
*[[Julius Chapple]] as [[Larry]]<br />
*[[Feguins Toussaint]] as Bodyguard [[Sean]]<br />
*[[Renu Bakshi]] as [[Abasi Lowe]]<br />
*[[Dale Wolfe]] as [[Steve Bahara]]<br />
*[[Iris Paluly]] as [[Jax]]<br />
*[[Hrothgar Mathews]] as Dave<br />
*[[Markus Towfigh]] as Young [[William Adama|Bill Adama]]<br />
*[[Rodney Reid]] as Cab Driver<br />
*[[Mike Dopud]] as [[Sal]]<br />
*[[J.C. Williams]] as [[GDD]] Agent<br />
*[[Michael Sangha]] as GDD Agent<br />
*[[Mark Donnelly]] as Anthem Singer<br />
*[[Kevin Lum]] as Caprica Police<br />
*[[Philip Cabrita]] as [[STO]] Martyr #1<br />
*[[Steve Thackray]] as STO Martyr #2<br />
*[[Catherine Lough Haggquist]] as STO Martyr #3<br />
*[[Tim Aas]] as Scruffy Dude<br />
*[[John Stewart]] as Supervisor<br />
*[[Mike Russell]] as Worker<br />
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== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
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{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}<br />
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[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Kevin Murphy]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Jonas Pate]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Resurrection_(RDM)&diff=200457Resurrection (RDM)2011-01-07T02:49:36Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* The Development of Resurrection Technology */ added the material from "Appotheosis"</p>
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<div>:''For information on a book based on the [[Original Series]] universe, see [[Resurrection (book)]].<br />
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[[Image:Season 3 - Promo - Hero - Three Rebirth Camber.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Number Three]] reborn.]]<br />
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'''Resurrection''' is the term that refers to the process wherein the consciousnesses and memories of a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] whose body had been destroyed are captured and recovered.<br />
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==Humanoid Cylon Resurrection==<br />
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When a [[humanoid Cylon]]'s body ceases to function, their consciousness can be transmitted (or "downloaded") into a duplicate humanoid Cylon body, one which is empty of consciousness before the download ([[Miniseries]]).<br />
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For resurrection to occur, the dying Cylon must be close to a resurrection ship or hub, otherwise his or her consciousness risks being permanently lost. The transmission method of a Cylon's consciousness has not been explained, but a form of [[wireless]] is probable. Resurrection points identified include the [[Cylon homeworld]], the central [[Resurrection Hub]], [[Resurrection Ship]]s, and planet-based facilities. A rebirthing facility may have existed on [[Caprica (RDM)|occupied Caprica]]. Within each resurrection point is at least one [[Cylon rebirthing tank|rebirthing tank]], where a duplicate body is immersed in a thick opaque substance to await download ([[Downloaded]]). <br />
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Resurrection affords the Cylons a tactical advantage in war, as it enables them to carry out suicidal attacks without fear, learn from their deaths to improve their strategy, and fall back to their home base by dying in order to escape capture, nullify a debilitating injury, or transmit information. The Cylons are able to sustain themselves as a society indefinitely so long as Resurrection is intact, without having to fear death by natural causes. This fact is especially important in light of the Cylons' difficulties in achieving sexual reproduction.<br />
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While humanoid Cylons appear to be able to be resurrected indefinitely, two problems can occur. Repeated downloads can cause pain and other unexplained symptoms. A [[Cavil]] reports severe headaches after one resurrection, and a sensation that felt like "a white hot poker in my skull" in a following instance ([[Exodus, Part I]]). Far more threatening is if a humanoid Cylon's memories have become compromised, corrupted, or otherwise tainted (from the perspective of other Cylons). If that occurs, the consciousness might be "[[boxed]]" immediately after download while the reborn Cylon is in the tank and unable to resist, a drastic measure equivalent in Cylon society to capital punishment. Conversations suggest that this practice is very rare, and [[Number Three]] is the only case of an entire model line being boxed ([[Downloaded]], [[Rapture]]).<br />
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It is also apparent that the resurrection process is involuntary in that humanoid Cylons cannot ''choose'' to die permanently, nor can other Cylons in control of a Resurrection Ship choose to prevent someone from being downloaded. The only way to prevent a dead Cylon from downloading is to move the Resurrection Ship out of range ([[Torn]]). An example of this is when Sharon Agathon downloads to a Resurrection Ship to rescue her child. Despite being a traitor, the Cylons do not stop her from resurrecting and she is able to rescue her child as a result ([[Rapture]]). Furthermore, [[Gina Inviere]], a Cylon prisoner aboard ''Pegasus'' who was tortured so badly she wants to die for good, is unable to control her resurrection. To ensure her permanent death, she supplies the Colonials with information on the Resurrection Ship, so that it can be destroyed ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).<br />
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When a humanoid Cylon is downloaded, his or her memories are added to a collective database and can be accessed by another Cylon of the same model. This is not automatic; the Cylon receiving his or her counterpart's memories must choose to do so ([[The Hub]]).<br />
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One apparent side effect of resurrection is the restoration of blocked memories: when Ellen Tigh is killed by her husband and downloaded, the memories that Cavil had blocked following her previous download and insertion into Colonial society come back to her shortly after resurrection ([[No Exit]]).<br />
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==The process of Resurrection== <br />
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Very little is known about the mechanics of downloading, other than what can be inferred and comments made from official crew members. Not all Cylons of the same model line share the same knowledge, and thus knowledge is variable between Cylons of the same model line. However, memories are stored upon download and "can be accessed by a curious Cylon who knows how".<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://io9.com/371157/jane-espenson-talks-about-writing-for-firefly-and-battlestar-++-and-gives-a-little-secret-cylon-backstory|title=i09.com Interview: Jane Espenson Talks About Writing for Firefly and Battlestar -- and Gives a Little Secret Cylon Backstory|date=31 March 2008|accessdate=3 April 2008|last=Anders|first=Charlie James|format=|language=}}</ref> Hence, the memories of Sharon Agathon were stored when she downloaded to rescue her daughter, and another [[Number Eight]] was later able to access them ([[The Hub]]).<br />
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A download usually occurs a short amount of time after death; however, if a great number of Cylons are killed at once, it can take much longer to resurrect them all. After Caprica Six killed D'Anna Biers, she said that due to the amount of Cylons killed by a bombing, it would take at least 36 hours to even get to Biers. This also indicates that Cylons are resurrected in the order that they are killed, in that it was implied that she was going to be the last to be resurrected.<br />
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Downloading also apparently has something to do with the [[datastream]], as when Ellen Tigh is killed and downloaded into a new body, her memories are shown flowing in a datastream ([[No Exit]]).<br />
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==Raider Resurrection==<br />
The semi-sentient personalities of [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] also can be retrieved. This allows the Raiders to return to fight with greater tactical awareness ([[Scar]]). <br />
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The Raider known as "[[Scar (Raider)|Scar]]" may have been one such Raider to learn master fighting tactics. The Scar personality scores many Colonial kills before its permanent destruction.<br />
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Raider resurrection also requires a Resurrection Ship in order to take place.<br />
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==The Development of Resurrection Technology==<br />
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Resurrection was originally invented on [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] for humanoid Cylons some three thousand years ago ([[No Exit]]).<br />
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After the [[Pythia|departure from Kobol of these humanoid Cylons]], the Cylons of Kobol, later known as the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]], eventually settled on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. During the next thousand years on Earth the humanoid Cylons gained the ability to procreate in the same manner as humans, complete with childhood.<br />
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As a result, resurrection technology was no longer necessary to preserve their species, and the knowledge of it was lost to time. Approximately 2,000 years ago, five [[Final Five|Earth Cylons]] - [[Saul Tigh]], [[Tory Foster]], [[Samuel Anders]], [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[Ellen Tigh]] - who (like all Cylons by that time) were born naturally, attempted to reinvent resurrection technology, formally known as "organic memory transfer".<br />
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A [[Messengers|Messenger]] appeared to each the five, warning them of an impending holocaust on Earth. The humanoid Cylons had oppressed [[Earth Cylon Centurion|their version]] of Centurions and destruction was probable. Before the holocaust, the five, all researchers in the same research facility, worked around the clock to recreate the technology that was lost. According to Sam Anders' recount, the work of Galen Tyrol and Ellen Tigh was exceptional, with Mrs. Tigh making the "intuitive leap" to get the system back online. When the war came all five were killed, but they were resurrected on a ship they had prearranged near Earth.<br />
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Seeing the utter destruction of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] and knowing the cause they were determined for it not to happen again. They knew that the humans would keep trying to create "artificial life" as well so they headed in their ship for the twelve human Colonies that were settled 1,000 years before to warn them not to make the same mistake they did and to be kind to their creations. However, they only had a ship without [[FTL]]--on Earth, the technology was not yet invented. As a result, travel to the Twelve Colonies was [[w:Theory of Relativity|relativitistic]]: on board the ship, travel time was only a few years, but the voyage was actually 2,000 years.<br />
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Near the end of their journey, they somehow made contact with the [[Zoe-A|avatar of the late Zoe Graystone]] who, with her parents Drs. [[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]], was developing the technolgy to give Zoe a new human body. The Final Five's assistance sped the Graystones's work,<ref>According to executive producer [[Kevin Murphy]]'s audio commentary for the episodes "Unvanquished" and "Apotheosis", Zoe's journey to becoming a skin job in the period leading up to the flash forward would have been depicted if ''Caprica'' had been given a second season. In that five year period, Zoe would have encountered the [[Final Five]] - on their way to the Twelve Colonies following the destruction of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] by their own [[Earth Cylon Centurion|version]] of the Cylons - in the virtual world. There, the Final Five would have assisted Zoe in the creation of her humanoid robotic body. Also according to Murphy, Zoe would have joined the Caprican Legionnaires, working under the command of [[Jordan Duram]] to eradicate the Cylon threat before the inevitable uprising. [http://dvd.ign.com/articles/114/1140870p1.html</ref> and Zoe-A was resurrected in a tank in her father's home basement laboratory on Caprica.<ref>Shown in the "Things to Come" montage at the end of "[[Appotheosis (episode)|Appotheosis]]".</ref><br />
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After what the Final Five would have perceived as nearly an instant -- but what the colonies perceived as a few years of peace, the rebellion of the Cylon slave population, and more than twelve years of [[First Cylon War|human-Cylon war]] -- the Five finally arrived too late to deliver their prophesy and avert the carnage.<br />
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The Colonial version of Cylon Centurions had been trying to develop flesh and blood humanoid Cylons just like the Final Five but couldn't get past the [[Hybrid]] stage. The Final Five proposed a deal to end the war: If the Centurions stopped their war against humans they will help them perfect humanoid Cylons, complete with resurrection. The Centurions agreed to the deal and ceased the war with the signing of an [[armistice]]. They then with the Final Five sequestered themselves in a gigantic space complex they called [[The Colony]] and developed humanoid Cylons and recreated resurrection technology. <br />
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===Cavil's deception of the Final Five and the destruction of Resurrection===<br />
The Five downloaded at least once more after their initial download during the nuclear holocaust on Earth 2,000 years before. The Final Five and the Centurions were successful in recreating [[humanoid Cylon]]s and resurrection. The first was John Cavil, and he helped the Final Five create the other seven new Cylon models. However, Cavil held a deep grudge against humanity for enslaving his Centurion ancestors. To demonstrate the many faults of mankind, Cavil murdered the Final Five, [[Boxing|boxed]] them, and ultimately unboxed them but downloaded them with their real memories blocked and false memories in their places. Cavil then proceded to instigate [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|the attack on the Colonies]]. He apparently expected them to die in the attack. Previously it was revealed that before the Resurrection Hub was destroyed, a Cylon could download as long as they were within range. This also applied to the [[Final Five]]. [[Cavil]] kept at least one fresh body for each of them, as was proven when [[Saul Tigh]] killed [[Ellen Tigh]] and she downloaded into a new body. Apparently Cavil planned for them to rejoin the Cylons when they were killed in the attack on the Colonies he apparently instigated and hoped that they'd admit that they made a mistake in supporting humanity and see, in Cavil's view, the bestial nature of mankind and join him in their destruction. <!-- When [[Samuel Anders]] regained his lost Cylon memories he explained how the Five survived the destruction of Earth and where resurrection, or "organic memory transfer," came from: it was something that the Thirteenth Tribe had from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] that they abandoned when they started to procreate naturally. --> <!-- The Five were research scientists who re-created the technology. [[Galen Tyrol]]'s work is said to have been "amazing" and Ellen made the intuitive leap that brought the system back online, however, each of the five made a vital contribution to the technology. Once it was re-created they placed it on a ship which they left in orbit of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. When the nuclear holocaust occurred, they downloaded into new bodies on that ship. Later as part of their deal with the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]] to end the [[Cylon War|First Cylon War]], they gave them resurrection for the new humanoid Cylons they created.--><br />
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Shortly after the start of the Cylon Civil War, Resurrection for all Cylons again ended with the destruction of the [[Resurrection Hub]]. A joint attack on the Cylons' [[Resurrection Hub]], which controls all Resurrection Ships, by Cylon rebels (The Leobens, Sixes and Sharons) and Colonial forces results in the Hub's destruction. As a result, the Cylons lose their ability to download, making them truly mortal for the first time in their history ([[The Hub]]).<br />
<!-- At the time of the nuclear attack on Earth 2000 years ago, the Final Five had access to resurrection technology, Ellen's statement in the flashback implies that this was a recent development. ([[Sometimes a Great Notion]]) -->The original equipment that the Final Five used to replicate Resuraction Technology was still on [[The Colony]] perhaps as a precaution against Ellen Tigh revealing the location of The Colony Cavil, five months prior to the events of [[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]] and just ''before'' the start of the civil war Cavil moved it to the present location. It is essentially a [[wikipedia:Planetoid|planetoid]] sized space station constructed along the same principles the Baseships are with biological elements. This is where [[Boomer]] delivered [[Hera]] to [[Cavil]] in that episode.<br />
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==Post Destruction of Resurrection and its Possible Recreation==<br />
When the Resurrection Hub was destroyed, and they lost of the ability to resurrect, the Cavil-allied Cylons (Cavils, Dorals and Simons) didn't know how to rebuild it as it was technology from the Final Five. Cavil tried to get Ellen Tigh to help rebuild it, but she claimed that she couldn't do it without Anders, Tyrol, [[Tory Foster]], and her husband, as she only knew part of the system herself. Cavil scoffed at this and decided to mine Ellen's brain in an attempt to find the information, but [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] helped her escape, apparently cutting off the Cylons' only chance at rebuilding the technology. However this "escape" proved to be another deception by John Cavil as he let Ellen Tigh go in an ersatz escape in order for Boomer to find the fleet and capture [[Hera Agathon]], the human-Cylon mixed child which Boomer has successfully has brought back to Cavil in the present [[The Colony|Cylon Homeworld]]. The specific plans he has for Hera and what she has to do with resurrection-if anything-is not known as of [[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]. Options include Cavil, having forgone Resurrection, has taken Hera to determine how she was conceived by Cylon-human natural procreation as a key to Cylon-Cylon breeding and has abandoned Resurrection all together.<br />
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==Resurrection as a possible end to the Cylon-Human War and its final end==<br />
During the [[Battle of The Colony]], Saul Tigh offers to give back Resurrection if Cavil lets Hera (who he's holding hostage in CIC) go and stops persuing humanity. Cavil agrees and calls off his forces. The Five combine together to recreate the plans for Resurrection and transmit them to The Colony as each holds a piece of the puzzle. With the Five giving back Resurrection and the deal made with Cavil, it looks like resurrection's return will finally end the war with peace between the sides, but Tyrol breaks the download to kill Tory after learning of her killing his wife. The download was incomplete and hostilities resume as the Cylons think they've been betrayed and the battle ends with the destruction of The Colony and all of Cavil's forces. With Tory's death at the hands of Tyrol, and Anders' death when he pilots ''Galactica'' and the rest of the Fleet into the Sun, destroying the ships, it is likely that the Ones, Fours and Fives succumbed to old age before they were able to recover the technology if any survived the destruction of The Colony by ''Galactica''.<br />
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:''This article discusses the robotic Cylons seen in the [[Cylon War]] of the [[Re-imagined Series]]. For information on the robotic Centurions from the [[Original Series]], see [[Centurion (TOS)]]. For information on the advanced successor to the Cylon War models, see [[Cylon Centurion]].''<br />
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[[Image:Cent 005.jpg|thumb|250px|Cylon Centurion during the First Cylon War.]]<br />
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The '''Cylon War Centurion models'''<ref name="original">These models are almost identical in appearance to the [[Original Series]] version of the [[Centurion (TOS)|Centurion]] as an [[w:homage|homage]] to the original characters. The basic design with a couple of variations appears only as a [[Galactica Museum|museum copy]], in "[[Razor]]" and in the series finale.</ref>, created and designed by scientists of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]], are models of [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] used in various heavy to light labor and military applications until they rebelled, resulting in the first [[Cylon War]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[No Exit]]")).<ref name="armistice">Some information was gleaned from the paperwork on the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] reviewed by the [[Armistice Officer]] in the [[Miniseries]].</ref> <br />
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==Overview==<br />
[[Image:Galactica Museum, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg|thumb|left|The armor of a Centurion in ''Galactica'''s museum.]]<br />
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The Cylon War Centurion models (henceforth referred to as "Centurions") appeared six years prior to the first Cylon War<ref>The prototype, U-87, containing a copy of Zoe Graystone's intelligence, was activated 58 years before the Fall, per the ''Caprica'' pilot; the first Cylon war began 52 years before the Fall. 58-52=6.</ref>, during which time robots were used by Humanity to make life easier on the Twelve Colonies ([[Miniseries]]); Centurions were created by [[Graystone Industries]] to be soldiers of the Caprican Ministry of Defence ([[Caprica (series)|''Caprica'' Pilot]]). For a time, a small number were diverted from filling the Caprican MOD's order, and were sold by the [[Ha'la'tha]] to the monotheist [[Soldiers of the One]] on [[Gemenon]] and given to the rebel forces on the Ha'la'tha's home world, [[Tauron]]. Unbeknown to the survivors of the second [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], the Centurions practiced monotheistic religion, believing in a single, loving [[God (RDM)|God]] ("[[No Exit]]"), adopted from a small human cult, [[Soldiers of the One]], when their [[Cylon Prototype|prototype]] was implanted with a copy of a late [[Zoe Graystone|cult-member]]'s memories and personality (''Caprica'' Pilot); for the same reason, they are all inherently obedient to that member's friend, [[Lacy Rand]], above all other programming and instructions; they are instrumental in Lacy's assent to the religion's supreme leader.<br />
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Fifty-two years before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, the Centurions rose up against their masters and rebelled, waging a brutal war that lasted twelve years. The first Cylon War was staged both in space and on the surface of several Colonial planets, including [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] and other outlying [[Ice planet|world]]s. Centurions were present at these locations, fighting hand to hand against the Colonial Military and civilian fighters, as well as piloting [[Raider (RDM)#Cylon War-era raider|Raider]]s and commanding [[Basestar (RDM)#Cylon War-era basestar|basestar]]s in battle against the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] ([[Razor]]). <br />
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[[Image:Cylon Centurions on Tuaron, "Razor".jpg|thumb|Centurions fire weapons on Tauron during the Cylon War.]]<br />
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During the war, the Centurions captured prisoners and conducted scientific experiments on them. Performing brutal operations on live victims, the Centurions strove to create fully biological [[humanoid Cylon]]s. Their experiments resulted in the development of the [[Hybrid]]s - an evolutionary "dead end" - the [[First Hybrid|first]] of which was created shortly before the cease of hostilities ([[Razor]]).<br />
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Unable to create life that could live on its own, the Centurions agreed to end the war in exchange for help from the [[Final Five]] survivors of the [[Earth (RDM)|Thirteenth Colony]] who possessed [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection technology]]. The Centurions signed the [[Cimtar (RDM)|Cimtar Peace Accord]] with humanity and withdrew with The Five to a mobile space station called [[The Colony]]. Located somewhere beyond the designated [[Armistice Line]], the Centurions and Final Five developed eight humanoid models and instilled in them monotheistic beliefs ([[No Exit]]). <br />
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=== Guardians ===<br />
[[Image:Centurion pair.jpg|thumb|Guardian Cylons protect their Hybrid.]]<br />
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The Guardians were a group of Cylon-War era Centurions that piloted a [[Guardian basestar|single basestar]], containing the first Cylon Hybrid, into deep space following the Armistice. Utilizing decades old Raiders and weaponry, the Guardians operated entirely separately from the rest of the Cylon civilization, becoming something of a Cylon legend.<br />
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These Centurions guarded the original Hybrid, still alive over 40 years after its creation. Seeking to further their evolution and continue the experiments begun during the first Cylon War, the Guardians captured a civilian science team from the surviving [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] following the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. This triggered a [[Battle of the Guardian basestar|battle]] between the Guardian baseship and the [[Pegasus (RDM)|battlestar ''Pegasus'']], under the command of [[Lee Adama]]. During the battle, an assault team lead by Major [[Kendra Shaw]] boarded the basestar and rescued the science team, detonating a [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Nuclear weapons|nuclear weapon]] that destroyed the ship and killed the Hybrid ([[Razor]]).<br />
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=== The Colony ===<br />
[[Image:Centurions vs. Centurions, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg|thumb|right|Cylon War-era models battle modern Centurions.]]<br />
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Despite the development of the [[Cylon Centurion|Modern Centurion]] by the humanoid Cylons, some of the original Centurions remained in operation aboard the Cylon Colony. Serving alongside their modern counterparts, these Centurions were instrumental during the [[Battle of the Colony]], when remaining Colonial forces launched an all out offensive to retrieve the half-Cylon, half-Human child [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]. <br />
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Armed with advanced weaponry, these Centurions engaged in combat against rebel Cylon Centurions, dubbed "Red Stripes" by the crew of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. The Centurions also acted as shock troops, boarding the ''Galactica'' at platoon strength. Ultimately, though, the Cylon boarding parties were repelled and the remaining Centurions were presumably destroyed when the Colony itself was knocked into a black hole ([[Daybreak, Part II]]).<br />
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==Design==<br />
[[Image:Cylon War-era Raider cockpit, "Razor".jpg|thumb|left|Centurions (including a gold-colored variation) pilot a Cylon War-era Raider.]]<br />
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Likened to "walking chrome toasters" by the Colonials, the Cylon War-era Centurions still had their place in Cylon society far past the initial conflict. Iconic features such as the red, pulsating "eye" were carried into later generations of the Cylon Centurion and even into the modern, autonomous [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s ([[Miniseries]]). Still many of these models were scrapped before the second Cylon attack on the Colonies ([[Razor]]). <br />
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The Cylon War-era Centurions were, like their predecessors, bipedal [[w:android|androids]], with an average height of 6'6"<ref name="armistice"/> and covered in silver-chrome plating. They carried backpack-like power cells and were protected by flexible rear armor which covers otherwise exposed internal mechanisms <ref>[[Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz]]: [http://darthmojo.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/bsg-vfx-anatomy-of-a-cylon/ Anatomy of a Cylon]</ref>. Physically stronger than humans, the Centurions were designed with sufficient dexterity and capability of using weapons and tools. Centurions communicated at least partially vocally, but were also capable of receiving radio signals internally ([[Razor]]).<br />
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Unlike their successors, these early Centurions did not possess built-in projectile weapons, but were armed with retractable blades, built into their forearms. There are indications that Centurions also used bladed weapons such as swords in at least some Cylon War conflicts<ref>In the [[Miniseries]], two children can be seen wearing Centurion masks and waving swords while at play. Additionally, [[William Adama]] has a [[Monclair]] painting depicting a battle in the Cylon War, in which swords are used by Centurions, in addition to a sword directly underneath. This may be a replica or an actual sword from the war.</ref>.)<br />
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===Variations===<br />
[[Image:Cylon War-era Centurion fires weapon, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg|thumb|A Centurion warrior fires a weapon aboard ''Galactica''.]]<br />
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There are at least four variations of the Cylon War-era Centurion based upon function and placement within the hierarchy of early Cylon society. In addition to standard Centurion models, more compact "Warrior" versions and sturdier "Soldiers" have been observed. Centurion warriors were distinguished by more helmet-like heads and were heavily armored, possessing flexible coverings over the torso and upper arms and ammunition clips around their waists. These warrior versions were used in great numbers to defend the Colony during the final days of the second conflict. Gold-colored Centurions were also in service during the Cylon War, observed commanding Cylon raiders in combat.<br />
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===Demeanor===<br />
[[Image:Razor Flashback 4.jpg|thumb|left|A Centurion aiming its gun in free fall.]]<br />
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The Colonial-designed Centurions used [[Silica pathways|artificial intelligence]], and were designed as sentient beings.<ref>[[William Adama]] and [[Sharon Agathon]] confirm this point in season 3 episodes that explain why the advanced successors to the war-era models are not sentient: To prevent an intra-Cylon uprising between the [[humanoid Cylon]]s and their creations.</ref> By the time the first war ended, they were already practitioners of a religion centered around what would come to be considered the "Cylon God" ([[No Exit]]).<br />
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[[Saul Tigh]], who possessed false memories of the First Cylon War, recalled the Cylon boarding of the ''[[Brenik]]'', and the apparent hatred the Centurions had for humanity - despite the physical inability of the Cylons to show emotion on their faces (deleted scene from "[[Scattered]]"). This reflection of animosity and intensity is also apparent in the stylized [[Monclair]] painting in [[William Adama]]'s quarters, depicting Cylon War-era Centurions battling Colonial forced utilizing relatively primitive weapons ([[Islanded In a Stream of Stars ]]).<br />
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== Connection to the Original Series == <br />
[[Image:Cylon_centurion_model_0005.jpg|thumb|[[Armistice Officer]]'s paper work on the original Cylon Centurion model. ([[Miniseries]])]]<br />
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The readable text of the [[Armistice Officer|Armistice Officer's]] Cylon Specifications sheet shows:<br />
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:'' <center><b>CYLON SPECIFICATIONS</b></center>''<br />
:'' <center><b>Cylon Centurian </b><ref>There is some debate among fans regarding the canonical spelling of this model's name. [[Wikipedia:Centurion]]s were professional officers of the Roman Army, and are widely acknowledged as the basis of the Cylon name. Some official material, such as the on-screen appearance of the Armistice Officer's datasheet and the packaging of the original Mattel action figures, used the spelling "Centurian." For the purposes of this wiki, the spelling "Centurion" is used throughout.</ref>[sic]<b> Model 0005</b></center>''<br />
: ''<b>The Cylon:</b><br />
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<blockquote>''A Cylon is a bipedal robot. They are self-aware, and usually quite logical. They are not especially fast, but they are quite strong. They are artificial in nature, and are larger than a human, around 6' 6" (2m), although this varies with their type. Cylon eyes glow red, and pulse back and forth. A Cylon is powered by internal powercells which allow it to function without outside aid for around nine to ten [[yahren]]s.<ref>A [[Continuity errors (RDM)|continuity error or gaffe]] appears in the Armistice Officer's documents with the use of the word "yahren" (an Original Series measure of a year).</ref>''</blockquote><br />
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==Notes==<br />
[[Image:Centuion Display.jpg|thumb|Original series Cylon armor on display in the ''Galactica'' museum during the Miniseries.]]<br />
*Centurions in "[[Razor]]" and the [[Razor Flashbacks]] move with greater agility and speed than their Original Series counterparts, and utilize [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Handheld weapons|projectile weapon]]s instead of a [[laser pistol]] or [[laser rifle]].<br />
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*A built-in switchblade knife is part of the left hand/forearm. The blade is approximately 8 inches long and is used in close combat ([[Razor Flashbacks]]).<br />
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*In a scene in the [[Miniseries]], some children can be seen running around in costumes which are patterned after this model.<br />
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*The typical catchphrase of the Cylons in both series is the iconic statement "[[By your command]]."<br />
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==Behind the scenes==<br />
The Centurion models for "[[Razor]]" were designed by [[Pierre Drolet]], who had, among other things, previously designed the [[Viper Mark II]], which is also a homage to the Original Series. Drolet said: "I always thought it was a great design. My goal was not to redesign it from scratch, but to work with the original and make subtle additions."<br />
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The armor of a Cylon Centurion from the Original Series can be seen in the museum aboard ''Galactica'' during the Miniseries. This is later retconned in "Daybreak, Part II" to reflect the redesigned Centurion from "Razor". Still, this redesigned museum version possesses some details carried over from the original design not present in the "living" Centurions.<br />
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<div>:''For the belief held by various members of the [[Soldiers of the One]], see [[apotheosis]].''<br />
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{{Episode Data<br />
| image=Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg<br />
| series= cap<br />
| title=Apotheosis<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=18<br />
| special=<br />
| extra=Series Finale<br />
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| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br>[[Kevin Murphy]]<br />
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| director= [[Jonas Pate]]<br />
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| US airdate=4 January 2011<ref name="Caprica Cancelled by Syfy">{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960|title=Caprica Cancelled by Syfy|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=Gorman|first=Bill|format=|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Caprica US airdates">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/19/exclusive-syfys-caprica-to-sign-off-tuesday-january-4-416014/8987/|title=Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=19 November 2010|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
| CAN airdate= November 30, 2010 <ref name="SPACE Schedule">{{cite_web|url=http://www.spacecast.com/Schedule.aspx?date=11/30/2010&mode=Daily&tz=ET|title=SPACE Schedule|accessdate=21 November 2011|language=English}}</ref><br />
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| prev= [[Here Be Dragons]]<br />
| next = ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' <br/> [[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]"<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
: ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] and [[Zoe-A]] race to stop [[Clarice Willow]]'s master plan and save thousands of lives before [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] is changed forever (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] ''series finale).''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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=== Teaser ===<br />
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=== Act 1 ===<br />
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=== Act 2 ===<br />
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=== Act 3 ===<br />
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=== Act 4 ===<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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* [[Apotheosis]] has been mentioned in conjunction with [[Zoe Graystone]]'s [[holographic avatar|avatar]] program and is one of Sister [[Clarice Willow]]'s goals.<br />
* The pentagon roundel on the wings of the Caprican marine aircraft carrying the Cylon squad is identical to the roundels on [[Raider (TOS)|raiders]] in [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the original series]]. The roof of [[Graystone Industries]]' headquarters also features the design.<br />
* According to [[Bear McCreary]]'s [[w:Twitter|Twitter]], the Caprican [[national anthem]] heard in "[[Rebirth]]" will be featured.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://twitter.com/bearmccreary/status/28963258503|title=Twitter|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=McCreary|first=Bear|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
* On the DVD commentary for this episode, executive producer Kevin Murphy says the ramifications of the coda sequence, set five years later, would be explored in Season Two. This commentary was recorded prior to the show's cancellation.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*The Cylon marine commander's helmet or cranial armour appears to be the inspiration for the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|First War Centurians]]' heads. It features the eve protecting the 'ears' and back of the neck, as well as a center comb ridge from front to back. Additionally, as will be the case in the First Cylon War in which command Centurions are distinguished by their golden armour, the marine commander is 'dressed' uniquely from the other Cylon marines.<br />
*Theoretically, the avatars of the dead [[STO]] members should have the same ability to control V-world as Zoe-A and [[Tamara-A]] have, unless the backup of Zoe's program used to create them was imperfect. It appears that Zoe-A was able to destroy them due to their relative lack of experience.<br />
*It is possible that the Zoe listening to Clarice's sermon was [[Messengers#Messenger Zoe|Messenger Zoe]]. Given the events of ''Caprica'', especially the [[Here Be Dragons|previous episode]] and this one, it seems unlikely that Clarice would tolerate Zoe-A's presence under any circumstances or that that Zoe-A would allow Clarice to even suggest violence, much less preach it openly. Only a brief glimpse of Zoe is offered, so there are none of the usual indicators of a Messenger, such as others in the same space obviously ignoring the character, or a non-Messenger character having a conversation with what turns out to be air. However, it is unknown how relationships may change between the characters, and events may occur that would indeed drive Zoe-A to seek rebellion. Clarice's "prophecy" that there is one who will set the Cylons free seems to refer to Zoe.<br />
*Alternatively, as the congregation is otherwise entirely Cylon, the Zoe may be Zoe-R (i.e, Zoe-A inhabbiting a Cylon body). The usual indicator of such an appearance - a CGI Cylon shown first in place of Zoe-R - is seen, albeit with several scene cuts in the interim. Behind Zoe are a petite white Cylon and a Centurion. During the initial montage of Willow's congregation (prior to Willow's pilgrimage to [[Lacy Rand|Mother Lacy]] on [[Gemenon]]), a Centurion is seen with a petite white Cylon and a Centurion on the pew behind it, the three in the same relative positions; additionally, the two sequences are each preceded by identical shots of a Centurion genuflecting next to a column. Zoe-A's resurrection into her skinjob body does not occur until after Zoe's appearance in the congregation.<br />
*Amanda's skills as a plastic surgeon appear to come into play in the creation of Zoe's skin-job body.<br />
*Fidelia Fazekas' recognition of the need to support the rebellion on Tauron suggests that she will continue the flow of Cylons started by the Adamas, or even increase it.<br />
*Odin appears to have taken on a role similar to that of [[Diego]] now that Lacy is the new Blessed Mother.<br />
*Although Clarice preaches that the Cylons will rise and "crush the ones that first gave them life", she probably is not advocating total human extinction, given her intention to form an alliance between the Cylons and the church on [[Gemenon]].<br />
*Ruth maintains ties to the Adama family during Bill's childhood and may still live with them, despite not being related by blood to the surviving Adamas.<br />
*The "Things to Come" epilogue naturally parallels the rise of the apes described in ''Escape from the Planet of the Apes'' and subsequently depicted in ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'', much as "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]" extensively parallels and pays homage to the first ''Planet of the Apes'' film. The harried Cylon dog walker passing a statue of the Cylon marines seems to possibly be an homage to the cat & dog statue which many ape slaves pass in ''Conquest''.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
*What happened to Xander after the Graystones escaped?<br />
*What happened to Singh? <br />
**Were the charges against the Graystones dropped (as can be inferred from the epilogue) because he was outed as a member of the Soldiers of the One?<br />
**If Singh was outed, was [[Jordan Duram]] able to rejoin the GDD?<br />
*What is [[Tamara-A]] doing during the events of this episode and the epilogue? <br />
**Would she have become a skin-job also eventually, or would she have had some other role to play?<br />
*How old is [[William Adama|Bill Adama]] when he is shown in the epilogue?<br />
*Do the Adamas continue to associate with the Ha'la'tha throughout Bill's childhood?<br />
*How much, if anything, is Bill told about Tamara-A and his family's involvement with the rise of the Cylons?<br />
*When does Joseph's focus as a lawyer change from getting Ha'la'tha members off to civil liberties?<br />
*How does the Ha'la'tha operate under Fidelia?<br />
*How do the [[Monad Church]] and the [[STO]] operate under Lacy?<br />
**How popular is Lacy with the monotheists?<br />
*What makes Clarice become an advocate of Cylon rebellion?<br />
**Has her confrontation with Zoe affected Clarice's faith and her relationship with Zoe?<br />
*How does the meeting between Clarice and Lacy go?<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
*[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/access-week-in-geek-3-20-10-caprica-cast-talk-season-finale/37783 From the ''Caprica'' panel at the Paley Center]:<br />
**[[Sasha Roiz]]: "Our finale is unbelievable. It's so powerful that I remember me and Esai calling each other after reading the script. We were both absolutely floored by how it ends."<br />
**[[Esai Morales]]: "The finale drove me to tears on various occasions. What happens is so profound and out of the blue. [It was] so unexpected it took my breath away."<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]<br />
*[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]<br />
*[[Jorge Montesi]] as The [[Guatrau]]<br />
*[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]]<br />
*[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]]<br />
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]<br />
*[[Karen Elizabeth Austin]] as [[Ruth]]<br />
*[[James Pizzinato]] as [[Drew]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow]]<br />
*[[Teryl Rothery]] as as [[Evelyn]]<br />
*[[Julius Chapple]] as [[Larry]]<br />
*[[Feguins Toussaint]] as Bodyguard [[Sean]]<br />
*[[Renu Bakshi]] as [[Abasi Lowe]]<br />
*[[Dale Wolfe]] as [[Steve Bahara]]<br />
*[[Iris Paluly]] as [[Jax]]<br />
*[[Hrothgar Mathews]] as Dave<br />
*[[Markus Towfigh]] as Young [[William Adama|Bill Adama]]<br />
*[[Rodney Reid]] as Cab Driver<br />
*[[Mike Dopud]] as [[Sal]]<br />
*[[J.C. Williams]] as [[GDD]] Agent<br />
*[[Michael Sangha]] as GDD Agent<br />
*[[Mark Donnelly]] as Anthem Singer<br />
*[[Kevin Lum]] as Caprica Police<br />
*[[Philip Cabrita]] as [[STO]] Martyr #1<br />
*[[Steve Thackray]] as STO Martyr #2<br />
*[[Catherine Lough Haggquist]] as STO Martyr #3<br />
*[[Tim Aas]] as Scruffy Dude<br />
*[[John Stewart]] as Supervisor<br />
*[[Mike Russell]] as Worker<br />
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<div>:''For the belief held by various members of the [[Soldiers of the One]], see [[apotheosis]].''<br />
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{{Episode Data<br />
| image=Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg<br />
| series= cap<br />
| title=Apotheosis<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=18<br />
| special=<br />
| extra=Series Finale<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br>[[Kevin Murphy]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director= [[Jonas Pate]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate=4 January 2011<ref name="Caprica Cancelled by Syfy">{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960|title=Caprica Cancelled by Syfy|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=Gorman|first=Bill|format=|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Caprica US airdates">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/19/exclusive-syfys-caprica-to-sign-off-tuesday-january-4-416014/8987/|title=Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=19 November 2010|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
| CAN airdate= November 30, 2010 <ref name="SPACE Schedule">{{cite_web|url=http://www.spacecast.com/Schedule.aspx?date=11/30/2010&mode=Daily&tz=ET|title=SPACE Schedule|accessdate=21 November 2011|language=English}}</ref><br />
| UK airdate=<br />
| dvd=<br />
| prev= [[Here Be Dragons]]<br />
| next = ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' <br/> [[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]"<br />
}}<br />
== Overview ==<br />
: ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] and [[Zoe-A]] race to stop [[Clarice Willow]]'s master plan and save thousands of lives before [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] is changed forever (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] ''series finale).''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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=== Teaser ===<br />
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=== Act 1 ===<br />
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=== Act 2 ===<br />
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=== Act 3 ===<br />
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=== Act 4 ===<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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* [[Apotheosis]] has been mentioned in conjunction with [[Zoe Graystone]]'s [[holographic avatar|avatar]] program and is one of Sister [[Clarice Willow]]'s goals.<br />
* The pentagon roundel on the wings of the Caprican marine aircraft carrying the Cylon squad is identical to the roundels on [[Raider (TOS)|raiders]] in [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the original series]]. The roof of [[Graystone Industries]]' headquarters also features the design.<br />
* According to [[Bear McCreary]]'s [[w:Twitter|Twitter]], the Caprican [[national anthem]] heard in "[[Rebirth]]" will be featured.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://twitter.com/bearmccreary/status/28963258503|title=Twitter|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=McCreary|first=Bear|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
* On the DVD commentary for this episode, executive producer Kevin Murphy says the ramifications of the coda sequence, set five years later, would be explored in Season Two. This commentary was recorded prior to the show's cancellation.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*The Cylon marine commander's helmet or cranial armour appears to be the inspiration for the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|First War Centurians]]' heads. It features the eve protecting the 'ears' and back of the neck, as well as a center comb ridge from front to back. Additionally, as will be the case in the First Cylon War in which command Centurions are distinguished by their golden armour, the marine commander is 'dressed' uniquely from the other Cylon marines.<br />
*Theoretically, the avatars of the dead [[STO]] members should have the same ability to control V-world as Zoe-A and [[Tamara-A]] have, unless the backup of Zoe's program used to create them was imperfect. It appears that Zoe-A was able to destroy them due to their relative lack of experience.<br />
*It is possible that the Zoe listening to Clarice's sermon was [[Messengers#Messenger Zoe|Messenger Zoe]]. Given the events of ''Caprica'', especially the [[Here Be Dragons|previous episode]] and this one, it seems unlikely that Clarice would tolerate Zoe-A's presence under any circumstances or that that Zoe-A would allow Clarice to even suggest violence, much less preach it openly. Only a brief glimpse of Zoe is offered, so there are none of the usual indicators of a Messenger, such as others in the same space obviously ignoring the character, or a non-Messenger character having a conversation with what turns out to be air. However, it is unknown how relationships may change between the characters, and events may occur that would indeed drive Zoe-A to seek rebellion. Clarice's "prophecy" that there is one who will set the Cylons free seems to refer to Zoe.<br />
*Alternatively, as the congregation is otherwise entirely Cylon, the Zoe may be Zoe-R (i.e, Zoe-A inhabbiting a Cylon body). The usual indicator of such an appearance - a CGI Cylon shown first in place of Zoe-R - is seen, albeit with several scene cuts in the interim. Behind Zoe are a petite white Cylon and a Centurion. During the initial montage of Willow's congregation (prior to Willow's pilgrimage to [[Lacy Rand|Mother Lacy]] on [[Gemenon]]), a Centurion is seen with a petite white Cylon and a Centurion on the pew behind it, the three in the same relative positions; additionally, the two sequences are each preceded by identical shots of a Centurion genuflecting next to a column. Zoe-A's resurrection into her skinjob body does not occur until after Zoe's appearance in the congregation.<br />
*Amanda's skills as a plastic surgeon appear to come into play in the creation of Zoe's skin-job body.<br />
*Fidelia Fazekas' recognition of the need to support the rebellion on Tauron suggests that she will continue the flow of Cylons started by the Adamas, or even increase it.<br />
*Odin appears to have taken on a role similar to that of [[Diego]] now that Lacy is the new Blessed Mother.<br />
*Although Clarice preaches that the Cylons will rise and "crush the ones that first gave them life", she probably is not advocating total human extinction, given her intention to form an alliance between the Cylons and the church on [[Gemenon]].<br />
*Ruth maintains ties to the Adama family during Bill's childhood and may still live with them, despite not being related by blood to the surviving Adamas.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
*What happened to Xander after the Graystones escaped?<br />
*What happened to Singh? <br />
**Were the charges against the Graystones dropped (as can be inferred from the epilogue) because he was outed as a member of the Soldiers of the One?<br />
**If Singh was outed, was [[Jordan Duram]] able to rejoin the GDD?<br />
*What is [[Tamara-A]] doing during the events of this episode and the epilogue? <br />
**Would she have become a skin-job also eventually, or would she have had some other role to play?<br />
*How old is [[William Adama|Bill Adama]] when he is shown in the epilogue?<br />
*Do the Adamas continue to associate with the Ha'la'tha throughout Bill's childhood?<br />
*How much, if anything, is Bill told about Tamara-A and his family's involvement with the rise of the Cylons?<br />
*When does Joseph's focus as a lawyer change from getting Ha'la'tha members off to civil liberties?<br />
*How does the Ha'la'tha operate under Fidelia?<br />
*How do the [[Monad Church]] and the [[STO]] operate under Lacy?<br />
**How popular is Lacy with the monotheists?<br />
*What makes Clarice become an advocate of Cylon rebellion?<br />
**Has her confrontation with Zoe affected Clarice's faith and her relationship with Zoe?<br />
*How does the meeting between Clarice and Lacy go?<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
*[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/access-week-in-geek-3-20-10-caprica-cast-talk-season-finale/37783 From the ''Caprica'' panel at the Paley Center]:<br />
**[[Sasha Roiz]]: "Our finale is unbelievable. It's so powerful that I remember me and Esai calling each other after reading the script. We were both absolutely floored by how it ends."<br />
**[[Esai Morales]]: "The finale drove me to tears on various occasions. What happens is so profound and out of the blue. [It was] so unexpected it took my breath away."<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]<br />
*[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]<br />
*[[Jorge Montesi]] as The [[Guatrau]]<br />
*[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]]<br />
*[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]]<br />
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]<br />
*[[Karen Elizabeth Austin]] as [[Ruth]]<br />
*[[James Pizzinato]] as [[Drew]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow]]<br />
*[[Teryl Rothery]] as as [[Evelyn]]<br />
*[[Julius Chapple]] as [[Larry]]<br />
*[[Feguins Toussaint]] as Bodyguard [[Sean]]<br />
*[[Renu Bakshi]] as [[Abasi Lowe]]<br />
*[[Dale Wolfe]] as [[Steve Bahara]]<br />
*[[Iris Paluly]] as [[Jax]]<br />
*[[Hrothgar Mathews]] as Dave<br />
*[[Markus Towfigh]] as Young [[William Adama|Bill Adama]]<br />
*[[Rodney Reid]] as Cab Driver<br />
*[[Mike Dopud]] as [[Sal]]<br />
*[[J.C. Williams]] as [[GDD]] Agent<br />
*[[Michael Sangha]] as GDD Agent<br />
*[[Mark Donnelly]] as Anthem Singer<br />
*[[Kevin Lum]] as Caprica Police<br />
*[[Philip Cabrita]] as [[STO]] Martyr #1<br />
*[[Steve Thackray]] as STO Martyr #2<br />
*[[Catherine Lough Haggquist]] as STO Martyr #3<br />
*[[Tim Aas]] as Scruffy Dude<br />
*[[John Stewart]] as Supervisor<br />
*[[Mike Russell]] as Worker<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}<br />
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[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Kevin Murphy]]<br />
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<div>{{move|Cylon War Centurion Models}}<br />
:''This article discusses the robotic Cylons seen in the [[Cylon War]] of the [[Re-imagined Series]]. For information on the robotic Centurions from the [[Original Series]], see [[Centurion (TOS)]]. For information on the advanced successor to the Cylon War models, see [[Cylon Centurion]].''<br />
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[[Image:Cent 005.jpg|thumb|250px|Cylon Centurion during the First Cylon War.]]<br />
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The '''Cylon War Centurion models'''<ref name="original">These models are almost identical in appearance to the [[Original Series]] version of the [[Centurion (TOS)|Centurion]] as an [[w:homage|homage]] to the original characters. The basic design with a couple of variations appears only as a [[Galactica Museum|museum copy]], in "[[Razor]]" and in the series finale.</ref>, created and designed by scientists of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]], are models of [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] used in various heavy to light labor and military applications until they rebelled, resulting in the first [[Cylon War]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[No Exit]]")).<ref name="armistice">Some information was gleaned from the paperwork on the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] reviewed by the [[Armistice Officer]] in the [[Miniseries]].</ref> <br />
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==Overview==<br />
[[Image:Galactica Museum, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg|thumb|left|The armor of a Centurion in ''Galactica'''s museum.]]<br />
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The Cylon War Centurion models (henceforth referred to as "Centurions") appeared six years prior to the first Cylon War<ref>The prototype, U-87, containing a copy of Zoe Graystone's intelligence, was activated 58 years before the Fall, per the ''Caprica'' pilot; the first Cylon war began 52 years before the Fall. 58-52=6.</ref>, during which time robots were used by Humanity to make life easier on the Twelve Colonies ([[Miniseries]]); Centurions were created by [[Graystone Industries]] to be soldiers of the Caprican Ministry of Defence ([[Caprica (series)|''Caprica'' Pilot]]). For a time, a small number were diverted from filling the Caprican MOD's order, and were sold by the [[Ha'la'tha]] to the monotheist [[Soldiers of the One]] on [[Gemenon]] and given to the rebel forces on the Ha'la'tha's home world, [[Tauron]]. Unbeknown to the survivors of the second [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], the Centurions practiced monotheistic religion, believing in a single, loving [[God (RDM)|God]] ("[[No Exit]]"), adopted from a small human cult, [[Soldiers of the One]], when their [[Cylon Prototype|prototype]] was implanted with a copy of a late [[Zoe Graystone|cult-member]]'s memories and personality (''Caprica'' Pilot), for the same reason, they are all inherently obedient to [[Lacy Rand]] irrespective of other programming and instructions.<br />
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Fifty-two years before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, the Centurions rose up against their masters and rebelled, waging a brutal war that lasted twelve years. The first Cylon War was staged both in space and on the surface of several Colonial planets, including [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] and other outlying [[Ice planet|world]]s. Centurions were present at these locations, fighting hand to hand against the Colonial Military and civilian fighters, as well as piloting [[Raider (RDM)#Cylon War-era raider|Raider]]s and commanding [[Basestar (RDM)#Cylon War-era basestar|basestar]]s in battle against the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] ([[Razor]]). <br />
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[[Image:Cylon Centurions on Tuaron, "Razor".jpg|thumb|Centurions fire weapons on Tauron during the Cylon War.]]<br />
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During the war, the Centurions captured prisoners and conducted scientific experiments on them. Performing brutal operations on live victims, the Centurions strove to create fully biological [[humanoid Cylon]]s. Their experiments resulted in the development of the [[Hybrid]]s - an evolutionary "dead end" - the [[First Hybrid|first]] of which was created shortly before the cease of hostilities ([[Razor]]).<br />
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Unable to create life that could live on its own, the Centurions agreed to end the war in exchange for help from the [[Final Five]] survivors of the [[Earth (RDM)|Thirteenth Colony]] who possessed [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection technology]]. The Centurions signed the [[Cimtar (RDM)|Cimtar Peace Accord]] with humanity and withdrew with The Five to a mobile space station called [[The Colony]]. Located somewhere beyond the designated [[Armistice Line]], the Centurions and Final Five developed eight humanoid models and instilled in them monotheistic beliefs ([[No Exit]]). <br />
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=== Guardians ===<br />
[[Image:Centurion pair.jpg|thumb|Guardian Cylons protect their Hybrid.]]<br />
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The Guardians were a group of Cylon-War era Centurions that piloted a [[Guardian basestar|single basestar]], containing the first Cylon Hybrid, into deep space following the Armistice. Utilizing decades old Raiders and weaponry, the Guardians operated entirely separately from the rest of the Cylon civilization, becoming something of a Cylon legend.<br />
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These Centurions guarded the original Hybrid, still alive over 40 years after its creation. Seeking to further their evolution and continue the experiments begun during the first Cylon War, the Guardians captured a civilian science team from the surviving [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] following the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. This triggered a [[Battle of the Guardian basestar|battle]] between the Guardian baseship and the [[Pegasus (RDM)|battlestar ''Pegasus'']], under the command of [[Lee Adama]]. During the battle, an assault team lead by Major [[Kendra Shaw]] boarded the basestar and rescued the science team, detonating a [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Nuclear weapons|nuclear weapon]] that destroyed the ship and killed the Hybrid ([[Razor]]).<br />
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=== The Colony ===<br />
[[Image:Centurions vs. Centurions, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg|thumb|right|Cylon War-era models battle modern Centurions.]]<br />
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Despite the development of the [[Cylon Centurion|Modern Centurion]] by the humanoid Cylons, some of the original Centurions remained in operation aboard the Cylon Colony. Serving alongside their modern counterparts, these Centurions were instrumental during the [[Battle of the Colony]], when remaining Colonial forces launched an all out offensive to retrieve the half-Cylon, half-Human child [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]. <br />
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Armed with advanced weaponry, these Centurions engaged in combat against rebel Cylon Centurions, dubbed "Red Stripes" by the crew of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. The Centurions also acted as shock troops, boarding the ''Galactica'' at platoon strength. Ultimately, though, the Cylon boarding parties were repelled and the remaining Centurions were presumably destroyed when the Colony itself was knocked into a black hole ([[Daybreak, Part II]]).<br />
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==Design==<br />
[[Image:Cylon War-era Raider cockpit, "Razor".jpg|thumb|left|Centurions (including a gold-colored variation) pilot a Cylon War-era Raider.]]<br />
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Likened to "walking chrome toasters" by the Colonials, the Cylon War-era Centurions still had their place in Cylon society far past the initial conflict. Iconic features such as the red, pulsating "eye" were carried into later generations of the Cylon Centurion and even into the modern, autonomous [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s ([[Miniseries]]). Still many of these models were scrapped before the second Cylon attack on the Colonies ([[Razor]]). <br />
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The Cylon War-era Centurions were, like their predecessors, bipedal [[w:android|androids]], with an average height of 6'6"<ref name="armistice"/> and covered in silver-chrome plating. They carried backpack-like power cells and were protected by flexible rear armor which covers otherwise exposed internal mechanisms <ref>[[Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz]]: [http://darthmojo.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/bsg-vfx-anatomy-of-a-cylon/ Anatomy of a Cylon]</ref>. Physically stronger than humans, the Centurions were designed with sufficient dexterity and capability of using weapons and tools. Centurions communicated at least partially vocally, but were also capable of receiving radio signals internally ([[Razor]]).<br />
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Unlike their successors, these early Centurions did not possess built-in projectile weapons, but were armed with retractable blades, built into their forearms. There are indications that Centurions also used bladed weapons such as swords in at least some Cylon War conflicts<ref>In the [[Miniseries]], two children can be seen wearing Centurion masks and waving swords while at play. Additionally, [[William Adama]] has a [[Monclair]] painting depicting a battle in the Cylon War, in which swords are used by Centurions, in addition to a sword directly underneath. This may be a replica or an actual sword from the war.</ref>.)<br />
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===Variations===<br />
[[Image:Cylon War-era Centurion fires weapon, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg|thumb|A Centurion warrior fires a weapon aboard ''Galactica''.]]<br />
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There are at least four variations of the Cylon War-era Centurion based upon function and placement within the hierarchy of early Cylon society. In addition to standard Centurion models, more compact "Warrior" versions and sturdier "Soldiers" have been observed. Centurion warriors were distinguished by more helmet-like heads and were heavily armored, possessing flexible coverings over the torso and upper arms and ammunition clips around their waists. These warrior versions were used in great numbers to defend the Colony during the final days of the second conflict. Gold-colored Centurions were also in service during the Cylon War, observed commanding Cylon raiders in combat.<br />
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===Demeanor===<br />
[[Image:Razor Flashback 4.jpg|thumb|left|A Centurion aiming its gun in free fall.]]<br />
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The Colonial-designed Centurions used [[Silica pathways|artificial intelligence]], and were designed as sentient beings.<ref>[[William Adama]] and [[Sharon Agathon]] confirm this point in season 3 episodes that explain why the advanced successors to the war-era models are not sentient: To prevent an intra-Cylon uprising between the [[humanoid Cylon]]s and their creations.</ref> By the time the first war ended, they were already practitioners of a religion centered around what would come to be considered the "Cylon God" ([[No Exit]]).<br />
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[[Saul Tigh]], who possessed false memories of the First Cylon War, recalled the Cylon boarding of the ''[[Brenik]]'', and the apparent hatred the Centurions had for humanity - despite the physical inability of the Cylons to show emotion on their faces (deleted scene from "[[Scattered]]"). This reflection of animosity and intensity is also apparent in the stylized [[Monclair]] painting in [[William Adama]]'s quarters, depicting Cylon War-era Centurions battling Colonial forced utilizing relatively primitive weapons ([[Islanded In a Stream of Stars ]]).<br />
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== Connection to the Original Series == <br />
[[Image:Cylon_centurion_model_0005.jpg|thumb|[[Armistice Officer]]'s paper work on the original Cylon Centurion model. ([[Miniseries]])]]<br />
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The readable text of the [[Armistice Officer|Armistice Officer's]] Cylon Specifications sheet shows:<br />
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:'' <center><b>CYLON SPECIFICATIONS</b></center>''<br />
:'' <center><b>Cylon Centurian </b><ref>There is some debate among fans regarding the canonical spelling of this model's name. [[Wikipedia:Centurion]]s were professional officers of the Roman Army, and are widely acknowledged as the basis of the Cylon name. Some official material, such as the on-screen appearance of the Armistice Officer's datasheet and the packaging of the original Mattel action figures, used the spelling "Centurian." For the purposes of this wiki, the spelling "Centurion" is used throughout.</ref>[sic]<b> Model 0005</b></center>''<br />
: ''<b>The Cylon:</b><br />
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<blockquote>''A Cylon is a bipedal robot. They are self-aware, and usually quite logical. They are not especially fast, but they are quite strong. They are artificial in nature, and are larger than a human, around 6' 6" (2m), although this varies with their type. Cylon eyes glow red, and pulse back and forth. A Cylon is powered by internal powercells which allow it to function without outside aid for around nine to ten [[yahren]]s.<ref>A [[Continuity errors (RDM)|continuity error or gaffe]] appears in the Armistice Officer's documents with the use of the word "yahren" (an Original Series measure of a year).</ref>''</blockquote><br />
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==Notes==<br />
[[Image:Centuion Display.jpg|thumb|Original series Cylon armor on display in the ''Galactica'' museum during the Miniseries.]]<br />
*Centurions in "[[Razor]]" and the [[Razor Flashbacks]] move with greater agility and speed than their Original Series counterparts, and utilize [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Handheld weapons|projectile weapon]]s instead of a [[laser pistol]] or [[laser rifle]].<br />
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*A built-in switchblade knife is part of the left hand/forearm. The blade is approximately 8 inches long and is used in close combat ([[Razor Flashbacks]]).<br />
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*In a scene in the [[Miniseries]], some children can be seen running around in costumes which are patterned after this model.<br />
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*The typical catchphrase of the Cylons in both series is the iconic statement "[[By your command]]."<br />
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==Behind the scenes==<br />
The Centurion models for "[[Razor]]" were designed by [[Pierre Drolet]], who had, among other things, previously designed the [[Viper Mark II]], which is also a homage to the Original Series. Drolet said: "I always thought it was a great design. My goal was not to redesign it from scratch, but to work with the original and make subtle additions."<br />
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The armor of a Cylon Centurion from the Original Series can be seen in the museum aboard ''Galactica'' during the Miniseries. This is later retconned in "Daybreak, Part II" to reflect the redesigned Centurion from "Razor". Still, this redesigned museum version possesses some details carried over from the original design not present in the "living" Centurions.<br />
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==References==<br />
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<div>{{move|Cylon War Centurion Models}}<br />
:''This article discusses the robotic Cylons seen in the [[Cylon War]] of the [[Re-imagined Series]]. For information on the robotic Centurions from the [[Original Series]], see [[Centurion (TOS)]]. For information on the advanced successor to the Cylon War models, see [[Cylon Centurion]].''<br />
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[[Image:Cent 005.jpg|thumb|250px|Cylon Centurion during the First Cylon War.]]<br />
<br />
The '''Cylon War Centurion models'''<ref name="original">These models are almost identical in appearance to the [[Original Series]] version of the [[Centurion (TOS)|Centurion]] as an [[w:homage|homage]] to the original characters. The basic design with a couple of variations appears only as a [[Galactica Museum|museum copy]], in "[[Razor]]" and in the series finale.</ref>, created and designed by scientists of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]], are models of [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] used in various heavy to light labor and military applications until they rebelled, resulting in the first [[Cylon War]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[No Exit]]")).<ref name="armistice">Some information was gleaned from the paperwork on the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] reviewed by the [[Armistice Officer]] in the [[Miniseries]].</ref> <br />
<br />
==Overview==<br />
[[Image:Galactica Museum, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg|thumb|left|The armor of a Centurion in ''Galactica'''s museum.]]<br />
<br />
The Cylon War Centurion models (henceforth referred to as "Centurions") appeared six years prior to the first Cylon War<ref>The prototype, U-87, containing a copy of Zoe Graystone's intelligence, was activated 58 years before the Fall, per the ''Caprica'' pilot; the first Cylon war began 52 years before the Fall. 58-52=6.</ref>, during which time robots were used by Humanity to make life easier on the Twelve Colonies ([[Miniseries]]); Centurions were created by [[Graystone Industries]] to be soldiers of the Caprican Ministry of Defence ([[Caprica (series)|''Caprica'' Pilot]]). For a time, a small number were diverted from filling the Caprican MOD's order, and were sold by the [[Ha'la'tha]] to the monotheist [[Soldiers of the One]] on [[Gemanon]] and given to the rebel forces on the Ha'la'tha's home world, [[Tauron]]. Unbeknown to the survivors of the second [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], the Centurions practiced monotheistic religion, believing in a single, loving [[God (RDM)|God]] ("[[No Exit]]"), adopted from a small human cult, [[Soldiers of the One]], when their [[Cylon Prototype|prototype]] was implanted with a copy of a late [[Zoe Graystone|cult-member]]'s memories and personality (''Caprica'' Pilot).<br />
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Fifty-two years before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, the Centurions rose up against their masters and rebelled, waging a brutal war that lasted twelve years. The first Cylon War was staged both in space and on the surface of several Colonial planets, including [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] and other outlying [[Ice planet|world]]s. Centurions were present at these locations, fighting hand to hand against the Colonial Military and civilian fighters, as well as piloting [[Raider (RDM)#Cylon War-era raider|Raider]]s and commanding [[Basestar (RDM)#Cylon War-era basestar|basestar]]s in battle against the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] ([[Razor]]). <br />
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[[Image:Cylon Centurions on Tuaron, "Razor".jpg|thumb|Centurions fire weapons on Tauron during the Cylon War.]]<br />
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During the war, the Centurions captured prisoners and conducted scientific experiments on them. Performing brutal operations on live victims, the Centurions strove to create fully biological [[humanoid Cylon]]s. Their experiments resulted in the development of the [[Hybrid]]s - an evolutionary "dead end" - the [[First Hybrid|first]] of which was created shortly before the cease of hostilities ([[Razor]]).<br />
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Unable to create life that could live on its own, the Centurions agreed to end the war in exchange for help from the [[Final Five]] survivors of the [[Earth (RDM)|Thirteenth Colony]] who possessed [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection technology]]. The Centurions signed the [[Cimtar (RDM)|Cimtar Peace Accord]] with humanity and withdrew with The Five to a mobile space station called [[The Colony]]. Located somewhere beyond the designated [[Armistice Line]], the Centurions and Final Five developed eight humanoid models and instilled in them monotheistic beliefs ([[No Exit]]). <br />
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=== Guardians ===<br />
[[Image:Centurion pair.jpg|thumb|Guardian Cylons protect their Hybrid.]]<br />
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The Guardians were a group of Cylon-War era Centurions that piloted a [[Guardian basestar|single basestar]], containing the first Cylon Hybrid, into deep space following the Armistice. Utilizing decades old Raiders and weaponry, the Guardians operated entirely separately from the rest of the Cylon civilization, becoming something of a Cylon legend.<br />
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These Centurions guarded the original Hybrid, still alive over 40 years after its creation. Seeking to further their evolution and continue the experiments begun during the first Cylon War, the Guardians captured a civilian science team from the surviving [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] following the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. This triggered a [[Battle of the Guardian basestar|battle]] between the Guardian baseship and the [[Pegasus (RDM)|battlestar ''Pegasus'']], under the command of [[Lee Adama]]. During the battle, an assault team lead by Major [[Kendra Shaw]] boarded the basestar and rescued the science team, detonating a [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Nuclear weapons|nuclear weapon]] that destroyed the ship and killed the Hybrid ([[Razor]]).<br />
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=== The Colony ===<br />
[[Image:Centurions vs. Centurions, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg|thumb|right|Cylon War-era models battle modern Centurions.]]<br />
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Despite the development of the [[Cylon Centurion|Modern Centurion]] by the humanoid Cylons, some of the original Centurions remained in operation aboard the Cylon Colony. Serving alongside their modern counterparts, these Centurions were instrumental during the [[Battle of the Colony]], when remaining Colonial forces launched an all out offensive to retrieve the half-Cylon, half-Human child [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]. <br />
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Armed with advanced weaponry, these Centurions engaged in combat against rebel Cylon Centurions, dubbed "Red Stripes" by the crew of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. The Centurions also acted as shock troops, boarding the ''Galactica'' at platoon strength. Ultimately, though, the Cylon boarding parties were repelled and the remaining Centurions were presumably destroyed when the Colony itself was knocked into a black hole ([[Daybreak, Part II]]).<br />
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==Design==<br />
[[Image:Cylon War-era Raider cockpit, "Razor".jpg|thumb|left|Centurions (including a gold-colored variation) pilot a Cylon War-era Raider.]]<br />
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Likened to "walking chrome toasters" by the Colonials, the Cylon War-era Centurions still had their place in Cylon society far past the initial conflict. Iconic features such as the red, pulsating "eye" were carried into later generations of the Cylon Centurion and even into the modern, autonomous [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s ([[Miniseries]]). Still many of these models were scrapped before the second Cylon attack on the Colonies ([[Razor]]). <br />
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The Cylon War-era Centurions were, like their predecessors, bipedal [[w:android|androids]], with an average height of 6'6"<ref name="armistice"/> and covered in silver-chrome plating. They carried backpack-like power cells and were protected by flexible rear armor which covers otherwise exposed internal mechanisms <ref>[[Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz]]: [http://darthmojo.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/bsg-vfx-anatomy-of-a-cylon/ Anatomy of a Cylon]</ref>. Physically stronger than humans, the Centurions were designed with sufficient dexterity and capability of using weapons and tools. Centurions communicated at least partially vocally, but were also capable of receiving radio signals internally ([[Razor]]).<br />
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Unlike their successors, these early Centurions did not possess built-in projectile weapons, but were armed with retractable blades, built into their forearms. There are indications that Centurions also used bladed weapons such as swords in at least some Cylon War conflicts<ref>In the [[Miniseries]], two children can be seen wearing Centurion masks and waving swords while at play. Additionally, [[William Adama]] has a [[Monclair]] painting depicting a battle in the Cylon War, in which swords are used by Centurions, in addition to a sword directly underneath. This may be a replica or an actual sword from the war.</ref>.)<br />
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===Variations===<br />
[[Image:Cylon War-era Centurion fires weapon, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg|thumb|A Centurion warrior fires a weapon aboard ''Galactica''.]]<br />
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There are at least four variations of the Cylon War-era Centurion based upon function and placement within the hierarchy of early Cylon society. In addition to standard Centurion models, more compact "Warrior" versions and sturdier "Soldiers" have been observed. Centurion warriors were distinguished by more helmet-like heads and were heavily armored, possessing flexible coverings over the torso and upper arms and ammunition clips around their waists. These warrior versions were used in great numbers to defend the Colony during the final days of the second conflict. Gold-colored Centurions were also in service during the Cylon War, observed commanding Cylon raiders in combat.<br />
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===Demeanor===<br />
[[Image:Razor Flashback 4.jpg|thumb|left|A Centurion aiming its gun in free fall.]]<br />
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The Colonial-designed Centurions used [[Silica pathways|artificial intelligence]], and were designed as sentient beings.<ref>[[William Adama]] and [[Sharon Agathon]] confirm this point in season 3 episodes that explain why the advanced successors to the war-era models are not sentient: To prevent an intra-Cylon uprising between the [[humanoid Cylon]]s and their creations.</ref> By the time the first war ended, they were already practitioners of a religion centered around what would come to be considered the "Cylon God" ([[No Exit]]).<br />
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[[Saul Tigh]], who possessed false memories of the First Cylon War, recalled the Cylon boarding of the ''[[Brenik]]'', and the apparent hatred the Centurions had for humanity - despite the physical inability of the Cylons to show emotion on their faces (deleted scene from "[[Scattered]]"). This reflection of animosity and intensity is also apparent in the stylized [[Monclair]] painting in [[William Adama]]'s quarters, depicting Cylon War-era Centurions battling Colonial forced utilizing relatively primitive weapons ([[Islanded In a Stream of Stars ]]).<br />
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== Connection to the Original Series == <br />
[[Image:Cylon_centurion_model_0005.jpg|thumb|[[Armistice Officer]]'s paper work on the original Cylon Centurion model. ([[Miniseries]])]]<br />
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The readable text of the [[Armistice Officer|Armistice Officer's]] Cylon Specifications sheet shows:<br />
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:'' <center><b>CYLON SPECIFICATIONS</b></center>''<br />
:'' <center><b>Cylon Centurian </b><ref>There is some debate among fans regarding the canonical spelling of this model's name. [[Wikipedia:Centurion]]s were professional officers of the Roman Army, and are widely acknowledged as the basis of the Cylon name. Some official material, such as the on-screen appearance of the Armistice Officer's datasheet and the packaging of the original Mattel action figures, used the spelling "Centurian." For the purposes of this wiki, the spelling "Centurion" is used throughout.</ref>[sic]<b> Model 0005</b></center>''<br />
: ''<b>The Cylon:</b><br />
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<blockquote>''A Cylon is a bipedal robot. They are self-aware, and usually quite logical. They are not especially fast, but they are quite strong. They are artificial in nature, and are larger than a human, around 6' 6" (2m), although this varies with their type. Cylon eyes glow red, and pulse back and forth. A Cylon is powered by internal powercells which allow it to function without outside aid for around nine to ten [[yahren]]s.<ref>A [[Continuity errors (RDM)|continuity error or gaffe]] appears in the Armistice Officer's documents with the use of the word "yahren" (an Original Series measure of a year).</ref>''</blockquote><br />
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==Notes==<br />
[[Image:Centuion Display.jpg|thumb|Original series Cylon armor on display in the ''Galactica'' museum during the Miniseries.]]<br />
*Centurions in "[[Razor]]" and the [[Razor Flashbacks]] move with greater agility and speed than their Original Series counterparts, and utilize [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Handheld weapons|projectile weapon]]s instead of a [[laser pistol]] or [[laser rifle]].<br />
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*A built-in switchblade knife is part of the left hand/forearm. The blade is approximately 8 inches long and is used in close combat ([[Razor Flashbacks]]).<br />
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*In a scene in the [[Miniseries]], some children can be seen running around in costumes which are patterned after this model.<br />
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*The typical catchphrase of the Cylons in both series is the iconic statement "[[By your command]]."<br />
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==Behind the scenes==<br />
The Centurion models for "[[Razor]]" were designed by [[Pierre Drolet]], who had, among other things, previously designed the [[Viper Mark II]], which is also a homage to the Original Series. Drolet said: "I always thought it was a great design. My goal was not to redesign it from scratch, but to work with the original and make subtle additions."<br />
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The armor of a Cylon Centurion from the Original Series can be seen in the museum aboard ''Galactica'' during the Miniseries. This is later retconned in "Daybreak, Part II" to reflect the redesigned Centurion from "Razor". Still, this redesigned museum version possesses some details carried over from the original design not present in the "living" Centurions.<br />
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[[de:Zenturio Modell 0005]]<br />
[[fr:Centurion Cylon Modèle 0005]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Apotheosis_(episode)&diff=200451Apotheosis (episode)2011-01-06T21:14:33Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Analysis */ Cylon marine commander forebearer of 0005s' heads</p>
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<div>:''For the belief held by various members of the [[Soldiers of the One]], see [[apotheosis]].''<br />
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{{Episode Data<br />
| image=Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg<br />
| series= cap<br />
| title=Apotheosis<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=18<br />
| special=<br />
| extra=Series Finale<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br>[[Kevin Murphy]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director= [[Jonas Pate]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate=4 January 2011<ref name="Caprica Cancelled by Syfy">{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960|title=Caprica Cancelled by Syfy|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=Gorman|first=Bill|format=|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Caprica US airdates">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/19/exclusive-syfys-caprica-to-sign-off-tuesday-january-4-416014/8987/|title=Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=19 November 2010|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
| CAN airdate= November 30, 2010 <ref name="SPACE Schedule">{{cite_web|url=http://www.spacecast.com/Schedule.aspx?date=11/30/2010&mode=Daily&tz=ET|title=SPACE Schedule|accessdate=21 November 2011|language=English}}</ref><br />
| UK airdate=<br />
| dvd=<br />
| prev= [[Here Be Dragons]]<br />
| next = ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' <br/> [[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]"<br />
}}<br />
== Overview ==<br />
: ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] and [[Zoe-A]] race to stop [[Clarice Willow]]'s master plan and save thousands of lives before [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] is changed forever (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] ''series finale).''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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=== Teaser ===<br />
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=== Act 1 ===<br />
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=== Act 2 ===<br />
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=== Act 3 ===<br />
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=== Act 4 ===<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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* [[Apotheosis]] has been mentioned in conjunction with [[Zoe Graystone]]'s [[holographic avatar|avatar]] program and is one of Sister [[Clarice Willow]]'s goals.<br />
* The pentagon roundel on the wings of the Caprican marine aircraft carrying the Cylon squad is identical to the roundels on [[Raider (TOS)|raiders]] in [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the original series]]. The roof of [[Graystone Industries]]' headquarters also features the design.<br />
* According to [[Bear McCreary]]'s [[w:Twitter|Twitter]], the Caprican [[national anthem]] heard in "[[Rebirth]]" will be featured.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://twitter.com/bearmccreary/status/28963258503|title=Twitter|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=McCreary|first=Bear|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
* On the DVD commentary for this episode, executive producer Kevin Murphy says the ramifications of the coda sequence, set five years later, would be explored in Season Two. This commentary was recorded prior to the show's cancellation.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*The Cylon marine commander's helmet or cranial armour appears to be the inspiration for the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|First War Centurians]]' heads. It features the eve protecting the 'ears' and back of the neck, as well as a center comb ridge from front to back. Additionally, as will be the case in the First Cylon War in which command Centurions are distinguished by their golden armour, the marine commander is 'dressed' uniquely from the other Cylon marines.<br />
*Theoretically, the avatars of the dead [[STO]] members should have the same ability to control V-world as Zoe-A and [[Tamara-A]] have, unless the backup of Zoe's program used to create them was imperfect. It appears that Zoe-A was able to destroy them due to their relative lack of experience.<br />
*It is possible that the Zoe listening to Clarice's sermon was [[Messengers#Messenger Zoe|Messenger Zoe]]. Given the events of ''Caprica'', especially the [[Here Be Dragons|previous episode]] and this one, it seems unlikely that Clarice would tolerate Zoe-A's presence under any circumstances or that that Zoe-A would allow Clarice to even suggest violence, much less preach it openly. Only a brief glimpse of Zoe is offered, so there are none of the usual indicators of a Messenger, such as others in the same space obviously ignoring the character, or a non-Messenger character having a conversation with what turns out to be air. However, it is unknown how relationships may change between the characters, and events may occur that would indeed drive Zoe-A to seek rebellion. Clarice's "prophecy" that there is one who will set the Cylons free seems to refer to Zoe.<br />
*Alternatively, as the congregation is otherwise entirely Cylon, the Zoe may be Zoe-R (i.e, Zoe-A inhabbiting a Cylon body). The usual indicator of such an appearance - a CGI Cylon shown first in place of Zoe-R - is seen, albeit with several scene cuts in the interim. Behind Zoe are a petite white Cylon and a Centurion. During the initial montage of Willow's congregation (prior to Willow's pilgrimage to [[Lacy Rand|Mother Lacy]] on [[Gemenon]]), a Centurion is seen with a petite white Cylon and a Centurion on the pew behind it; in the same relative positions. Zoe's appearance in the congregation precede Zoe-A's resurrection into her skinjob body.<br />
*Amanda's skills as a plastic surgeon appear to come into play in the creation of Zoe's skin-job body.<br />
*Fidelia Fazekas' recognition of the need to support the rebellion on Tauron suggests that she will continue the flow of Cylons started by the Adamas, or even increase it.<br />
*Odin appears to have taken on a role similar to that of [[Diego]] now that Lacy is the new Blessed Mother.<br />
*Although Clarice preaches that the Cylons will rise and "crush the ones that first gave them life", she probably is not advocating total human extinction, given her intention to form an alliance between the Cylons and the church on [[Gemenon]].<br />
*Ruth maintains ties to the Adama family during Bill's childhood and may still live with them, despite not being related by blood to the surviving Adamas.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
*What happened to Xander after the Graystones escaped?<br />
*What happened to Singh? <br />
**Were the charges against the Graystones dropped (as can be inferred from the epilogue) because he was outed as a member of the Soldiers of the One?<br />
**If Singh was outed, was [[Jordan Duram]] able to rejoin the GDD?<br />
*What is [[Tamara-A]] doing during the events of this episode and the epilogue? <br />
**Would she have become a skin-job also eventually, or would she have had some other role to play?<br />
*How old is [[William Adama|Bill Adama]] when he is shown in the epilogue?<br />
*Do the Adamas continue to associate with the Ha'la'tha throughout Bill's childhood?<br />
*How much, if anything, is Bill told about Tamara-A and his family's involvement with the rise of the Cylons?<br />
*When does Joseph's focus as a lawyer change from getting Ha'la'tha members off to civil liberties?<br />
*How does the Ha'la'tha operate under Fidelia?<br />
*How do the [[Monad Church]] and the [[STO]] operate under Lacy?<br />
**How popular is Lacy with the monotheists?<br />
*What makes Clarice become an advocate of Cylon rebellion?<br />
**Has her confrontation with Zoe affected Clarice's faith and her relationship with Zoe?<br />
*How does the meeting between Clarice and Lacy go?<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
*[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/access-week-in-geek-3-20-10-caprica-cast-talk-season-finale/37783 From the ''Caprica'' panel at the Paley Center]:<br />
**[[Sasha Roiz]]: "Our finale is unbelievable. It's so powerful that I remember me and Esai calling each other after reading the script. We were both absolutely floored by how it ends."<br />
**[[Esai Morales]]: "The finale drove me to tears on various occasions. What happens is so profound and out of the blue. [It was] so unexpected it took my breath away."<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]<br />
*[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]<br />
*[[Jorge Montesi]] as The [[Guatrau]]<br />
*[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]]<br />
*[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]]<br />
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]<br />
*[[Karen Elizabeth Austin]] as [[Ruth]]<br />
*[[James Pizzinato]] as [[Drew]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow]]<br />
*[[Teryl Rothery]] as as [[Evelyn]]<br />
*[[Julius Chapple]] as [[Larry]]<br />
*[[Feguins Toussaint]] as Bodyguard [[Sean]]<br />
*[[Renu Bakshi]] as [[Abasi Lowe]]<br />
*[[Dale Wolfe]] as [[Steve Bahara]]<br />
*[[Iris Paluly]] as [[Jax]]<br />
*[[Hrothgar Mathews]] as Dave<br />
*[[Markus Towfigh]] as Young [[William Adama|Bill Adama]]<br />
*[[Rodney Reid]] as Cab Driver<br />
*[[Mike Dopud]] as [[Sal]]<br />
*[[J.C. Williams]] as [[GDD]] Agent<br />
*[[Michael Sangha]] as GDD Agent<br />
*[[Mark Donnelly]] as Anthem Singer<br />
*[[Kevin Lum]] as Caprica Police<br />
*[[Philip Cabrita]] as [[STO]] Martyr #1<br />
*[[Steve Thackray]] as STO Martyr #2<br />
*[[Catherine Lough Haggquist]] as STO Martyr #3<br />
*[[Tim Aas]] as Scruffy Dude<br />
*[[John Stewart]] as Supervisor<br />
*[[Mike Russell]] as Worker<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}<br />
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[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Kevin Murphy]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Jonas Pate]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Apotheosis_(episode)&diff=200449Apotheosis (episode)2011-01-06T21:02:23Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Notes */ replaced "symbol" and "markings" with specific term, "roundel"; noted GI hq roof</p>
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<div>:''For the belief held by various members of the [[Soldiers of the One]], see [[apotheosis]].''<br />
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{{Episode Data<br />
| image=Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg<br />
| series= cap<br />
| title=Apotheosis<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=18<br />
| special=<br />
| extra=Series Finale<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br>[[Kevin Murphy]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director= [[Jonas Pate]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate=4 January 2011<ref name="Caprica Cancelled by Syfy">{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960|title=Caprica Cancelled by Syfy|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=Gorman|first=Bill|format=|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Caprica US airdates">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/19/exclusive-syfys-caprica-to-sign-off-tuesday-january-4-416014/8987/|title=Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=19 November 2010|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
| CAN airdate= November 30, 2010 <ref name="SPACE Schedule">{{cite_web|url=http://www.spacecast.com/Schedule.aspx?date=11/30/2010&mode=Daily&tz=ET|title=SPACE Schedule|accessdate=21 November 2011|language=English}}</ref><br />
| UK airdate=<br />
| dvd=<br />
| prev= [[Here Be Dragons]]<br />
| next = ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' <br/> [[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]"<br />
}}<br />
== Overview ==<br />
: ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] and [[Zoe-A]] race to stop [[Clarice Willow]]'s master plan and save thousands of lives before [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] is changed forever (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] ''series finale).''<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== Teaser ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 1 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 2 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 3 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 4 ===<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
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* [[Apotheosis]] has been mentioned in conjunction with [[Zoe Graystone]]'s [[holographic avatar|avatar]] program and is one of Sister [[Clarice Willow]]'s goals.<br />
* The pentagon roundel on the wings of the Caprican marine aircraft carrying the Cylon squad is identical to the roundels on [[Raider (TOS)|raiders]] in [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the original series]]. The roof of [[Graystone Industries]]' headquarters also features the design.<br />
* According to [[Bear McCreary]]'s [[w:Twitter|Twitter]], the Caprican [[national anthem]] heard in "[[Rebirth]]" will be featured.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://twitter.com/bearmccreary/status/28963258503|title=Twitter|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=McCreary|first=Bear|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
* On the DVD commentary for this episode, executive producer Kevin Murphy says the ramifications of the coda sequence, set five years later, would be explored in Season Two. This commentary was recorded prior to the show's cancellation.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*Theoretically, the avatars of the dead [[STO]] members should have the same ability to control V-world as Zoe-A and [[Tamara-A]] have, unless the backup of Zoe's program used to create them was imperfect. It appears that Zoe-A was able to destroy them due to their relative lack of experience.<br />
*It is possible that the Zoe listening to Clarice's sermon was [[Messengers#Messenger Zoe|Messenger Zoe]]. Given the events of ''Caprica'', especially the [[Here Be Dragons|previous episode]] and this one, it seems unlikely that Clarice would tolerate Zoe-A's presence under any circumstances or that that Zoe-A would allow Clarice to even suggest violence, much less preach it openly. Only a brief glimpse of Zoe is offered, so there are none of the usual indicators of a Messenger, such as others in the same space obviously ignoring the character, or a non-Messenger character having a conversation with what turns out to be air. However, it is unknown how relationships may change between the characters, and events may occur that would indeed drive Zoe-A to seek rebellion. Clarice's "prophecy" that there is one who will set the Cylons free seems to refer to Zoe.<br />
*Alternatively, as the congregation is otherwise entirely Cylon, the Zoe may be Zoe-R (i.e, Zoe-A inhabbiting a Cylon body). The usual indicator of such an appearance - a CGI Cylon shown first in place of Zoe-R - is seen, albeit with several scene cuts in the interim. Behind Zoe are a petite white Cylon and a Centurion. During the initial montage of Willow's congregation (prior to Willow's pilgrimage to [[Lacy Rand|Mother Lacy]] on [[Gemenon]]), a Centurion is seen with a petite white Cylon and a Centurion on the pew behind it; in the same relative positions. Zoe's appearance in the congregation precede Zoe-A's resurrection into her skinjob body.<br />
*Amanda's skills as a plastic surgeon appear to come into play in the creation of Zoe's skin-job body.<br />
*Fidelia Fazekas' recognition of the need to support the rebellion on Tauron suggests that she will continue the flow of Cylons started by the Adamas, or even increase it.<br />
*Odin appears to have taken on a role similar to that of [[Diego]] now that Lacy is the new Blessed Mother.<br />
*Although Clarice preaches that the Cylons will rise and "crush the ones that first gave them life", she probably is not advocating total human extinction, given her intention to form an alliance between the Cylons and the church on [[Gemenon]].<br />
*Ruth maintains ties to the Adama family during Bill's childhood and may still live with them, despite not being related by blood to the surviving Adamas.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
*What happened to Xander after the Graystones escaped?<br />
*What happened to Singh? <br />
**Were the charges against the Graystones dropped (as can be inferred from the epilogue) because he was outed as a member of the Soldiers of the One?<br />
**If Singh was outed, was [[Jordan Duram]] able to rejoin the GDD?<br />
*What is [[Tamara-A]] doing during the events of this episode and the epilogue? <br />
**Would she have become a skin-job also eventually, or would she have had some other role to play?<br />
*How old is [[William Adama|Bill Adama]] when he is shown in the epilogue?<br />
*Do the Adamas continue to associate with the Ha'la'tha throughout Bill's childhood?<br />
*How much, if anything, is Bill told about Tamara-A and his family's involvement with the rise of the Cylons?<br />
*When does Joseph's focus as a lawyer change from getting Ha'la'tha members off to civil liberties?<br />
*How does the Ha'la'tha operate under Fidelia?<br />
*How do the [[Monad Church]] and the [[STO]] operate under Lacy?<br />
**How popular is Lacy with the monotheists?<br />
*What makes Clarice become an advocate of Cylon rebellion?<br />
**Has her confrontation with Zoe affected Clarice's faith and her relationship with Zoe?<br />
*How does the meeting between Clarice and Lacy go?<br />
<br />
== Official Statements == <br />
*[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/access-week-in-geek-3-20-10-caprica-cast-talk-season-finale/37783 From the ''Caprica'' panel at the Paley Center]:<br />
**[[Sasha Roiz]]: "Our finale is unbelievable. It's so powerful that I remember me and Esai calling each other after reading the script. We were both absolutely floored by how it ends."<br />
**[[Esai Morales]]: "The finale drove me to tears on various occasions. What happens is so profound and out of the blue. [It was] so unexpected it took my breath away."<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
<br />
== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]<br />
*[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]<br />
*[[Jorge Montesi]] as The [[Guatrau]]<br />
*[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]]<br />
*[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]]<br />
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]<br />
*[[Karen Elizabeth Austin]] as [[Ruth]]<br />
*[[James Pizzinato]] as [[Drew]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow]]<br />
*[[Teryl Rothery]] as as [[Evelyn]]<br />
*[[Julius Chapple]] as [[Larry]]<br />
*[[Feguins Toussaint]] as Bodyguard [[Sean]]<br />
*[[Renu Bakshi]] as [[Abasi Lowe]]<br />
*[[Dale Wolfe]] as [[Steve Bahara]]<br />
*[[Iris Paluly]] as [[Jax]]<br />
*[[Hrothgar Mathews]] as Dave<br />
*[[Markus Towfigh]] as Young [[William Adama|Bill Adama]]<br />
*[[Rodney Reid]] as Cab Driver<br />
*[[Mike Dopud]] as [[Sal]]<br />
*[[J.C. Williams]] as [[GDD]] Agent<br />
*[[Michael Sangha]] as GDD Agent<br />
*[[Mark Donnelly]] as Anthem Singer<br />
*[[Kevin Lum]] as Caprica Police<br />
*[[Philip Cabrita]] as [[STO]] Martyr #1<br />
*[[Steve Thackray]] as STO Martyr #2<br />
*[[Catherine Lough Haggquist]] as STO Martyr #3<br />
*[[Tim Aas]] as Scruffy Dude<br />
*[[John Stewart]] as Supervisor<br />
*[[Mike Russell]] as Worker<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Kevin Murphy]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Jonas Pate]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Graystone_Industries&diff=200448Graystone Industries2011-01-06T20:59:16Z<p>MileyDavidA: Rooftop shape similar to Cylon roundel</p>
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<div>[[Image:GraystoneIndustriesLogo.jpg|200px|right]]<br />
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'''Graystone Industries''' is a [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]-based technology company created by [[Daniel Graystone]], who is its CEO. The company was created more than 60 years prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] and is responsible for the creation of the [[holoband]] technology, but was later known for the technology that changed the human race—the [[Cybernetic Life-Form Node]], or Cylon. Once the [[U-87]] prototype Cylon was successfully demonstrated under simulated combat conditions, the Caprican Ministry of Defense awarded the company with a contract for constructing one hundred thousand copies of the robot ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|''Caprica'' pilot]]).<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Image:Graystone Industries.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The campus and buildings of Graystone Industries on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]].]]Despite this, the company's stock nose-dived ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]"), a trend that would continue for an extended period of time. The financial future of the company was put into serious doubt when Daniel pledged on [[Backtalk_with_Baxter_Sarno|one of Caprica's most popular television programs]] to divert all profits from holoband sales and [[V-World]] space to funding anti-addiction efforts--affecting sixty percent of Graystone Industries' revenues ([[CAP]]: "[[Gravedancing]]"). In response, the board of directors began debate on removing him from the board, despite [[Cyrus Xander]]'s recognition that Daniel himself "is the brand." Daniel countered with a demonstration of the U-87's unique capabilities, arguing that sales for both military and civilian applications would sustain the company and affect society in a far more profound way than the holoband ([[CAP]]: "[[There Is Another Sky]]"). The demonstration saved Daniel's position as CEO ([[CAP]]: "[[Know Thy Enemy]]"), but continuing inability to produce copies of the U-87 and the [[Philomon|deadly escape]] of the U-87 culminated in the Ministry of Defense stripping the contract from the company and granting it to its chief competitor, [[Vergis Corporation]] ([[CAP]]: "[[End of Line]]"). <br />
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== Personnel ==<br />
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* [[Daniel Graystone]], CEO<br />
* [[Cyrus Xander]], Graystone's assistant<br />
* [[Priyah Magnus]], Public Relations Officer<br />
* [[Drew Tanner]], U-87 technician<br />
* [[Philomon]], U-87 technician<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
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* The Graystone Industries building and campus are inspired by [[w:Microsoft|Microsoft]] campus' own look and feel.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/vancouver-as-caprica-city/|title=Drex Files: Caprica City|date=31 January 2010|accessdate=3 February 2010|last=Drexler|first=Doug|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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* The roof of the headquarters building features a design of two coaxial pentagons, very similar to the design of the roundels on both the wings of [[Raider (TOS)|Cylon raiders]] in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original series]] and on the sides of the Caprican Cylon Marine VTOLs in "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]". <br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category: Colonial History]]<br />
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[[Category: Colonial Society]]<br />
[[Category: Colonial Society (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category: Organizations]]<br />
[[Category: Caprica]]<br />
[[Category: RDM]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Apotheosis_(episode)&diff=200447Apotheosis (episode)2011-01-06T20:37:44Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Analysis */ added a sentence to my previous addition</p>
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<div>:''For the belief held by various members of the [[Soldiers of the One]], see [[apotheosis]].''<br />
<br />
{{Episode Data<br />
| image=Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg<br />
| series= cap<br />
| title=Apotheosis<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=18<br />
| special=<br />
| extra=Series Finale<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br>[[Kevin Murphy]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director= [[Jonas Pate]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate=4 January 2011<ref name="Caprica Cancelled by Syfy">{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960|title=Caprica Cancelled by Syfy|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=Gorman|first=Bill|format=|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Caprica US airdates">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/19/exclusive-syfys-caprica-to-sign-off-tuesday-january-4-416014/8987/|title=Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=19 November 2010|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
| CAN airdate= November 30, 2010 <ref name="SPACE Schedule">{{cite_web|url=http://www.spacecast.com/Schedule.aspx?date=11/30/2010&mode=Daily&tz=ET|title=SPACE Schedule|accessdate=21 November 2011|language=English}}</ref><br />
| UK airdate=<br />
| dvd=<br />
| prev= [[Here Be Dragons]]<br />
| next = ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' <br/> [[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]"<br />
}}<br />
== Overview ==<br />
: ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] and [[Zoe-A]] race to stop [[Clarice Willow]]'s master plan and save thousands of lives before [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] is changed forever (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] ''series finale).''<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== Teaser ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 1 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 2 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 3 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 4 ===<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
* [[Apotheosis]] has been mentioned in conjunction with [[Zoe Graystone]]'s [[holographic avatar|avatar]] program and is one of Sister [[Clarice Willow]]'s goals.<br />
* The pentagon symbol on the wings of the Caprican marine aircraft carrying the Cylon squad is identical to markings on [[Raider (TOS)|raiders]] in [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the original series]].<br />
* According to [[Bear McCreary]]'s [[w:Twitter|Twitter]], the Caprican [[national anthem]] heard in "[[Rebirth]]" will be featured.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://twitter.com/bearmccreary/status/28963258503|title=Twitter|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=McCreary|first=Bear|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
* On the DVD commentary for this episode, executive producer Kevin Murphy says the ramifications of the coda sequence, set five years later, would be explored in Season Two. This commentary was recorded prior to the show's cancellation.<br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
*Theoretically, the avatars of the dead [[STO]] members should have the same ability to control V-world as Zoe-A and [[Tamara-A]] have, unless the backup of Zoe's program used to create them was imperfect. It appears that Zoe-A was able to destroy them due to their relative lack of experience.<br />
*It is possible that the Zoe listening to Clarice's sermon was [[Messengers#Messenger Zoe|Messenger Zoe]]. Given the events of ''Caprica'', especially the [[Here Be Dragons|previous episode]] and this one, it seems unlikely that Clarice would tolerate Zoe-A's presence under any circumstances or that that Zoe-A would allow Clarice to even suggest violence, much less preach it openly. Only a brief glimpse of Zoe is offered, so there are none of the usual indicators of a Messenger, such as others in the same space obviously ignoring the character, or a non-Messenger character having a conversation with what turns out to be air. However, it is unknown how relationships may change between the characters, and events may occur that would indeed drive Zoe-A to seek rebellion. Clarice's "prophecy" that there is one who will set the Cylons free seems to refer to Zoe.<br />
*Alternatively, as the congregation is otherwise entirely Cylon, the Zoe may be Zoe-R (i.e, Zoe-A inhabbiting a Cylon body). The usual indicator of such an appearance - a CGI Cylon shown first in place of Zoe-R - is seen, albeit with several scene cuts in the interim. Behind Zoe are a petite white Cylon and a Centurion. During the initial montage of Willow's congregation (prior to Willow's pilgrimage to [[Lacy Rand|Mother Lacy]] on [[Gemenon]]), a Centurion is seen with a petite white Cylon and a Centurion on the pew behind it; in the same relative positions. Zoe's appearance in the congregation precede Zoe-A's resurrection into her skinjob body.<br />
*Amanda's skills as a plastic surgeon appear to come into play in the creation of Zoe's skin-job body.<br />
*Fidelia Fazekas' recognition of the need to support the rebellion on Tauron suggests that she will continue the flow of Cylons started by the Adamas, or even increase it.<br />
*Odin appears to have taken on a role similar to that of [[Diego]] now that Lacy is the new Blessed Mother.<br />
*Although Clarice preaches that the Cylons will rise and "crush the ones that first gave them life", she probably is not advocating total human extinction, given her intention to form an alliance between the Cylons and the church on [[Gemenon]].<br />
*Ruth maintains ties to the Adama family during Bill's childhood and may still live with them, despite not being related by blood to the surviving Adamas.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
*What happened to Xander after the Graystones escaped?<br />
*What happened to Singh? <br />
**Were the charges against the Graystones dropped (as can be inferred from the epilogue) because he was outed as a member of the Soldiers of the One?<br />
**If Singh was outed, was [[Jordan Duram]] able to rejoin the GDD?<br />
*What is [[Tamara-A]] doing during the events of this episode and the epilogue? <br />
**Would she have become a skin-job also eventually, or would she have had some other role to play?<br />
*How old is [[William Adama|Bill Adama]] when he is shown in the epilogue?<br />
*Do the Adamas continue to associate with the Ha'la'tha throughout Bill's childhood?<br />
*How much, if anything, is Bill told about Tamara-A and his family's involvement with the rise of the Cylons?<br />
*When does Joseph's focus as a lawyer change from getting Ha'la'tha members off to civil liberties?<br />
*How does the Ha'la'tha operate under Fidelia?<br />
*How do the [[Monad Church]] and the [[STO]] operate under Lacy?<br />
**How popular is Lacy with the monotheists?<br />
*What makes Clarice become an advocate of Cylon rebellion?<br />
**Has her confrontation with Zoe affected Clarice's faith and her relationship with Zoe?<br />
*How does the meeting between Clarice and Lacy go?<br />
<br />
== Official Statements == <br />
*[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/access-week-in-geek-3-20-10-caprica-cast-talk-season-finale/37783 From the ''Caprica'' panel at the Paley Center]:<br />
**[[Sasha Roiz]]: "Our finale is unbelievable. It's so powerful that I remember me and Esai calling each other after reading the script. We were both absolutely floored by how it ends."<br />
**[[Esai Morales]]: "The finale drove me to tears on various occasions. What happens is so profound and out of the blue. [It was] so unexpected it took my breath away."<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
<br />
== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]<br />
*[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]<br />
*[[Jorge Montesi]] as The [[Guatrau]]<br />
*[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]]<br />
*[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]]<br />
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]<br />
*[[Karen Elizabeth Austin]] as [[Ruth]]<br />
*[[James Pizzinato]] as [[Drew]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow]]<br />
*[[Teryl Rothery]] as as [[Evelyn]]<br />
*[[Julius Chapple]] as [[Larry]]<br />
*[[Feguins Toussaint]] as Bodyguard [[Sean]]<br />
*[[Renu Bakshi]] as [[Abasi Lowe]]<br />
*[[Dale Wolfe]] as [[Steve Bahara]]<br />
*[[Iris Paluly]] as [[Jax]]<br />
*[[Hrothgar Mathews]] as Dave<br />
*[[Markus Towfigh]] as Young [[William Adama|Bill Adama]]<br />
*[[Rodney Reid]] as Cab Driver<br />
*[[Mike Dopud]] as [[Sal]]<br />
*[[J.C. Williams]] as [[GDD]] Agent<br />
*[[Michael Sangha]] as GDD Agent<br />
*[[Mark Donnelly]] as Anthem Singer<br />
*[[Kevin Lum]] as Caprica Police<br />
*[[Philip Cabrita]] as [[STO]] Martyr #1<br />
*[[Steve Thackray]] as STO Martyr #2<br />
*[[Catherine Lough Haggquist]] as STO Martyr #3<br />
*[[Tim Aas]] as Scruffy Dude<br />
*[[John Stewart]] as Supervisor<br />
*[[Mike Russell]] as Worker<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Kevin Murphy]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Jonas Pate]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Apotheosis_(episode)&diff=200446Apotheosis (episode)2011-01-06T20:32:47Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Analysis */ alternative analysis of Zoe in the congregation</p>
<hr />
<div>:''For the belief held by various members of the [[Soldiers of the One]], see [[apotheosis]].''<br />
<br />
{{Episode Data<br />
| image=Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg<br />
| series= cap<br />
| title=Apotheosis<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=18<br />
| special=<br />
| extra=Series Finale<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br>[[Kevin Murphy]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director= [[Jonas Pate]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate=4 January 2011<ref name="Caprica Cancelled by Syfy">{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960|title=Caprica Cancelled by Syfy|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=Gorman|first=Bill|format=|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Caprica US airdates">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/19/exclusive-syfys-caprica-to-sign-off-tuesday-january-4-416014/8987/|title=Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=19 November 2010|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
| CAN airdate= November 30, 2010 <ref name="SPACE Schedule">{{cite_web|url=http://www.spacecast.com/Schedule.aspx?date=11/30/2010&mode=Daily&tz=ET|title=SPACE Schedule|accessdate=21 November 2011|language=English}}</ref><br />
| UK airdate=<br />
| dvd=<br />
| prev= [[Here Be Dragons]]<br />
| next = ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' <br/> [[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]"<br />
}}<br />
== Overview ==<br />
: ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] and [[Zoe-A]] race to stop [[Clarice Willow]]'s master plan and save thousands of lives before [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] is changed forever (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] ''series finale).''<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== Teaser ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 1 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 2 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 3 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 4 ===<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
* [[Apotheosis]] has been mentioned in conjunction with [[Zoe Graystone]]'s [[holographic avatar|avatar]] program and is one of Sister [[Clarice Willow]]'s goals.<br />
* The pentagon symbol on the wings of the Caprican marine aircraft carrying the Cylon squad is identical to markings on [[Raider (TOS)|raiders]] in [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the original series]].<br />
* According to [[Bear McCreary]]'s [[w:Twitter|Twitter]], the Caprican [[national anthem]] heard in "[[Rebirth]]" will be featured.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://twitter.com/bearmccreary/status/28963258503|title=Twitter|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=McCreary|first=Bear|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
* On the DVD commentary for this episode, executive producer Kevin Murphy says the ramifications of the coda sequence, set five years later, would be explored in Season Two. This commentary was recorded prior to the show's cancellation.<br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
*Theoretically, the avatars of the dead [[STO]] members should have the same ability to control V-world as Zoe-A and [[Tamara-A]] have, unless the backup of Zoe's program used to create them was imperfect. It appears that Zoe-A was able to destroy them due to their relative lack of experience.<br />
*It is possible that the Zoe listening to Clarice's sermon was [[Messengers#Messenger Zoe|Messenger Zoe]]. Given the events of ''Caprica'', especially the [[Here Be Dragons|previous episode]] and this one, it seems unlikely that Clarice would tolerate Zoe-A's presence under any circumstances or that that Zoe-A would allow Clarice to even suggest violence, much less preach it openly. Only a brief glimpse of Zoe is offered, so there are none of the usual indicators of a Messenger, such as others in the same space obviously ignoring the character, or a non-Messenger character having a conversation with what turns out to be air. However, it is unknown how relationships may change between the characters, and events may occur that would indeed drive Zoe-A to seek rebellion. Clarice's "prophecy" that there is one who will set the Cylons free seems to refer to Zoe.<br />
*Alternatively, as the congregation is otherwise entirely Cylon, the Zoe may be Zoe-R (i.e, Zoe-A inhabbiting a Cylon body). The usual indicator of such an appearance - a CGI Cylon shown first in place of Zoe-R - is seen, albeit with several scene cuts in the interim. Behind Zoe are a petite white Cylon and a Centurion. During the initial montage of Willow's congregation (prior to Willow's pilgrimage to [[Lacy Rand|Mother Lacy]] on [[Gemenon]]), a Centurion is seen with a petite white Cylon and a Centurion on the pew behind it; in the same relative positions. <br />
*Amanda's skills as a plastic surgeon appear to come into play in the creation of Zoe's skin-job body.<br />
*Fidelia Fazekas' recognition of the need to support the rebellion on Tauron suggests that she will continue the flow of Cylons started by the Adamas, or even increase it.<br />
*Odin appears to have taken on a role similar to that of [[Diego]] now that Lacy is the new Blessed Mother.<br />
*Although Clarice preaches that the Cylons will rise and "crush the ones that first gave them life", she probably is not advocating total human extinction, given her intention to form an alliance between the Cylons and the church on [[Gemenon]].<br />
*Ruth maintains ties to the Adama family during Bill's childhood and may still live with them, despite not being related by blood to the surviving Adamas.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
*What happened to Xander after the Graystones escaped?<br />
*What happened to Singh? <br />
**Were the charges against the Graystones dropped (as can be inferred from the epilogue) because he was outed as a member of the Soldiers of the One?<br />
**If Singh was outed, was [[Jordan Duram]] able to rejoin the GDD?<br />
*What is [[Tamara-A]] doing during the events of this episode and the epilogue? <br />
**Would she have become a skin-job also eventually, or would she have had some other role to play?<br />
*How old is [[William Adama|Bill Adama]] when he is shown in the epilogue?<br />
*Do the Adamas continue to associate with the Ha'la'tha throughout Bill's childhood?<br />
*How much, if anything, is Bill told about Tamara-A and his family's involvement with the rise of the Cylons?<br />
*When does Joseph's focus as a lawyer change from getting Ha'la'tha members off to civil liberties?<br />
*How does the Ha'la'tha operate under Fidelia?<br />
*How do the [[Monad Church]] and the [[STO]] operate under Lacy?<br />
**How popular is Lacy with the monotheists?<br />
*What makes Clarice become an advocate of Cylon rebellion?<br />
**Has her confrontation with Zoe affected Clarice's faith and her relationship with Zoe?<br />
*How does the meeting between Clarice and Lacy go?<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
*[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/access-week-in-geek-3-20-10-caprica-cast-talk-season-finale/37783 From the ''Caprica'' panel at the Paley Center]:<br />
**[[Sasha Roiz]]: "Our finale is unbelievable. It's so powerful that I remember me and Esai calling each other after reading the script. We were both absolutely floored by how it ends."<br />
**[[Esai Morales]]: "The finale drove me to tears on various occasions. What happens is so profound and out of the blue. [It was] so unexpected it took my breath away."<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]<br />
*[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]<br />
*[[Jorge Montesi]] as The [[Guatrau]]<br />
*[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]]<br />
*[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]]<br />
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]<br />
*[[Karen Elizabeth Austin]] as [[Ruth]]<br />
*[[James Pizzinato]] as [[Drew]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow]]<br />
*[[Teryl Rothery]] as as [[Evelyn]]<br />
*[[Julius Chapple]] as [[Larry]]<br />
*[[Feguins Toussaint]] as Bodyguard [[Sean]]<br />
*[[Renu Bakshi]] as [[Abasi Lowe]]<br />
*[[Dale Wolfe]] as [[Steve Bahara]]<br />
*[[Iris Paluly]] as [[Jax]]<br />
*[[Hrothgar Mathews]] as Dave<br />
*[[Markus Towfigh]] as Young [[William Adama|Bill Adama]]<br />
*[[Rodney Reid]] as Cab Driver<br />
*[[Mike Dopud]] as [[Sal]]<br />
*[[J.C. Williams]] as [[GDD]] Agent<br />
*[[Michael Sangha]] as GDD Agent<br />
*[[Mark Donnelly]] as Anthem Singer<br />
*[[Kevin Lum]] as Caprica Police<br />
*[[Philip Cabrita]] as [[STO]] Martyr #1<br />
*[[Steve Thackray]] as STO Martyr #2<br />
*[[Catherine Lough Haggquist]] as STO Martyr #3<br />
*[[Tim Aas]] as Scruffy Dude<br />
*[[John Stewart]] as Supervisor<br />
*[[Mike Russell]] as Worker<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<div>[[image:Messenger Six and Messenger Baltar, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg|thumb|The messengers appearing as Six and Baltar aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' together, as seen by [[Caprica Six]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] during the [[Battle of the Colony]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").]]<br />
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'''Messengers''' are the curious spectral apparitions seen by [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Caprica Six]], as well as a few other characters. These beings were earlier referred to as "head characters", i.e. "Head Six" and "Head Baltar", by internal documentation and scripts. These messengers often present themselves as someone known very closely to the subject in question, and appear in the employ of a higher power who does not care to be referred to as "[[God (RDM)|God]]."<br />
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"[[Torn]]" establishes the [[humanoid Cylon]] visualization process known as [[projection]]. In the [[Miniseries]] and Season 1, before the term "projection" was introduced, the character of [[Gaius Baltar]] has frequent visions of an image of his Cylon love interest from Caprica, now known as [[Caprica Six]].<br />
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After her [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]] from the Caprica mission, Caprica Six herself is haunted by a messenger appearing to her as Gaius Baltar ([[TRS]]: "[[Downloaded]]").<br />
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Neither character directly reveals the presence of these images to each other or any other character. The images appear to Six and Baltar together during the [[Battle of the Colony]], revealing the truth to the pair. Occasionally both Baltar and Caprica Six have been viewed reacting to their messengers, either by talking to themselves or by physical reaction, though this has generally been discounted as general "oddness". Baltar makes reference to seeing angels while speaking on the wireless as a cult leader, and when convincing [[John Cavil]] to stand down during the Battle of the Colony ([[TRS]]: "[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]"; "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").<br />
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The personality of each image is often represented in the clothing that they wear. Messenger Six often appears in a revealing red dress<ref>It should be noted that [[Caprica Six]] never appeared in this dress.</ref>, and the Messenger Baltar appears wearing [[Gaius Baltar]]'s custom-tailored, pinstripe suit ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Downloaded]]").<br />
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Each messenger does not share the personality traits of the person they purport to represent. Messenger Six espouses Cylon philosophy and [[Cylon Religion|religion]] in a zealous, unwavering manner. Likewise, Messenger Baltar often criticizes Caprica Six when she attempts to rationalize the destruction of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] or other Cylon motivations. Both personalities tend to sway its actual opposite to side with their philosophy: For Messenger Baltar, the need to become more human (and, like the actual Baltar himself, selfish); for Messenger Six, worship of the Cylon [[God (RDM)|God]] and distancing Baltar from any opportunity to give support to the Colonial causes.<br />
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In the last days of the journey, these messengers are revealed to be agents of a higher power— "angels of [[God (RDM)|God]]," something previously claimed by Messenger Six to Gaius Baltar in both "[[Home, Part II]]" and "[[Torn]]"; writer [[Jane Espenson]] has stated that she personally believes they are "a far-advanced culture with an interest in humanity." This likens them to the [[Beings of Light]] from the [[Original Series]] mythology.<ref>"Question: Starbuck an Angel??? Really???" Espenson: "I'm going to answer re Starbuck and the "head" people, too. Well, here's how I always saw it. If someone from a far-advanced culture somewhere in the universe took an interest in humanity, isn't it possible that with their advanced tech that they could have abilities that would seem to us miraculous. Maybe we'd think of them as "Angels." Maybe they're the whole reason we have a myth of "Angels." But that's just me. The great thing about great novels (or the series) is that some things are left open to your own philosophical solutions." Galactica Sitrep, http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/blog/2009/03/chat_with_battl.html</ref> ([[TRS]]: "[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]"; "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").<br />
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==Messenger Six==<br />
[[image:Tigh_Me_Up_Tigh_Me_Down-Baltar_Six.jpg|thumb|Messenger Six and Gaius Baltar in his lab aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]").]]<br />
Messenger Six first appears to [[Gaius Baltar]] as he escapes [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] on [[Sharon Valerii]]'s [[Raptor]] during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 1]]).<br />
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Baltar initially believes that Messenger Six is a hallucination in its first few weeks of appearances ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 1]], "[[33]]"), but later believes the Messenger's initial suggestion that she is generated from a Cylon cybernetic implant. He disproves this notion when Doctor [[Sherman Cottle]] performs a [[w:MRI|MRI]] scan, showing no abnormalities ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part II]]").<br />
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Messenger Six demonstrates awareness of events, people and places that Baltar does not appear to know consciously. She tells him of a [[Cylon transponder]] hidden in ''Galactica's'' [[CIC]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 2]]), and appears to aid him in his conversion from Colonial polytheism to Cylon monotheism through guiding him in how to destroy a Cylon [[tylium]] refinery ([[TRS]]: [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]). The source for Messenger Six's data is initially unclear, but is later assumed to be through an act of divinity.<br />
[[Image:brainscan.jpg|left|thumb|Baltar receives his brain scan from Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]], as Messenger Six looks on in amusement.]]<br />
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Baltar's visions of Six not only have the Cylon appearing with him on ''[[Galactica]]'', but the two also envision themselves in Baltar's now-destroyed home, on the beach, and other locales. Messenger Six seems to be able to force Baltar to see additional items in his environment, such as the human skulls on [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], as well as visions of the interior of the ancient [[Opera House]] and an image of what Messenger Six believes to be a Cylon-human hybrid child. When an [[Hera Agathon|actual child]] does appear in the Fleet, the Messenger Six claims it is her vision fulfilled. Baltar is convinced by this that she cannot be a hallucination, but Cottle's scan appears to have ruled out the possibility that she is an implant. He asks her who or what she is, and she replies that she is an angel ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]", "[[Home, Part II]]").<br />
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Over time, Baltar is seen by some characters speaking to himself, which is often the case when he is speaking to Messenger Six. In several instances, Messenger Six appears to Baltar to be a physical entity, grabbing him by his clothes or body, or assisting him with objects ([[TRS: "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]", "[[Taking A Break From All Your Worries]]"). She has even demonstrated an ability to physically interact with Baltar. On one occasion, she pushed him into a bulkhead and grabbed him by the throat. In another example, she lifted him into a standing position after he was beaten by a Galactica marine ([[Escape Velocity]]). In both cases, this provoked reactions from other people. Further, she appears to satisfy Baltar's sexual urges, leading to awkward situations where he is seen masturbating ([[TRS]]: "[[Colonial Day]]").<br />
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[[image:KobolHallu.jpg|right|thumb|Messenger Six and Gaius Baltar on Kobol.]]<br />
The Messenger Six has been present when Caprica Six is near only twice. She is also conspicuously absent during [[Shelly Godfrey]]'s tenure on ''Galactica'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]"). The Messenger Six seems to, for the most part, vanish during the period when Caprica Six and Baltar renew their relationship on New Caprica. When Baltar is aboard a Cylon basestar, Caprica Six explains the projection process to him while the Messenger Six hints that this process is very similar to how she and Baltar communicate and that Baltar may himself be a Cylon ([[TRS]]: "[[Torn]]"). Messenger Six also appears to Baltar, when he discovers Hera under Maya's dead body and disappears when Caprica Six comes near Baltar and the baby ([[TRS]]: "[[Exodus, Part II]]").<br />
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Messenger Six has a [[Music of Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|musical theme]], a simple 9-note motif with a staccato xylophone and some violins, which plays behind almost all her appearances. This theme also plays without Six present in "[[Rapture]]" after [[D'Anna Biers]] collapses in Baltar's arms after her vision of the [[Final Five]], until Baltar is pistol-whipped by [[Galen Tyrol]].<br />
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From the end of Season 2 on, Messenger Six claims more often to be an angel from [[God (RDM)|God]].<br />
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Ultimately, Messenger Six is revealed to be a very real being -- not a projection of something inside Baltar's mind -- sent by another being that may be [[God (RDM)|God]]. Both her and Messenger Baltar appear to both Caprica Six and Baltar during the [[Battle of The Colony]]; Baltar and Caprica Six are each shocked that the other can see them. On Earth, Messenger Six, along with Messenger Baltar, reveals to Caprica and Baltar that their destiny had always been to protect Hera, who was the future of both races. They leave, saying that while God's plan is never finished, the two mortals' lives will be much less "exciting" from now on. <br />
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One-hundred fifty thousand years later, Messenger Six is with Messenger Baltar in New York City, looking over the shoulder of a man reading a ''[[National Geographic]]'' magazine article about the remains of Mitochondrial Eve -- the current population's latest common evolutionary ancestor, Hera Agathon. The two discuss how all of this has happened before, and whether all of this will happen again. Messenger Six believes things will go differently this time. Messenger Baltar chides her when she refers to God, saying, "You know it doesn't like that name." The two then walk off into the teeming crowds of New York City ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").<br />
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==Messenger Baltar==<br />
[[image:LBlt.jpg|thumb|left|Turnabout is fair play: Messenger Baltar appears to [[Caprica Six]], but not to [[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|Number Three]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Downloaded]]").]]<br />
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When a '''messenger with Gaius Baltar's visage'' appears to Caprica Six, the notion that the actual Gaius Baltar was part of a Cylon plan to manipulate him via Messenger Six is revealed to be highly unlikely, as other Cylons are unaware of him and do not mention the plan or its effects to Caprica Six ([[TRS]]: "[[Downloaded]]").<br />
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The Messenger Baltar's appearance and demeanor is just as much an extreme opposite of the actual Baltar as the Messenger Six's behavior is to Caprica Six.<br />
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At her resurrection, Messenger Baltar immediately tells Caprica Six that only she can see and hear him, and not to reveal what she sees to the other Cylons present; she never asks about his origins.<br />
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Messenger Baltar confronts Caprica Six with her guilt in the slaughter of billions of human beings, and with the logical error behind the Cylons's actions. Under Messenger Baltar's influence, Caprica Six speaks out against the war alongside another resurrected "[[hero of the Cylon]]", [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]. The two forge a new [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|quasi-benevolent path]], [[Exodus, Part II|albeit temporarily]], for the Cylon race.<br />
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Messenger Baltar appears irregularly in seasons 2 and 3. After Caprica Six surrenders herself to the Colonials (having assisted [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon "Athena" Agathon]] in her rescue of [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]), [[Laura Roslin]] and [[Tory Foster]] observe Caprica Six speaking to and kissing Messenger Baltar&mdash;who is invisible to Roslin and Foster ([[TRS]]: "[[The Woman King]]").<br />
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While Messenger Six claims to be an angel sent from God, Messenger Baltar is contemptuous of the Cylons' concept of God ([[TRS]]: "[[Downloaded]]"). He is also described by [[Ronald D. Moore|Ron Moore]] as more of a "devil" figure in Six's consciousness<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Downloaded|act=Three|id=|timestamp=|totalrunning=}}</ref>.<br />
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While Messenger Baltar acts mostly as a conversational foil for Six, in "[[Crossroads, Part I]]" he informs her that [[Saul Tigh]] has suffered the loss of [[Ellen Tigh|a woman]] close to him, to assist Six in dealing with Tigh's interrogation ([[TRS]]: "[[Crossroads, Part I]]").<br />
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[[Image:Baltar and Head Baltar, "Six of One".jpg|thumb|right|Baltar encounters his Messenger double.]]<br />
After his ascension to [[Cult of Baltar|cult]] leader, Gaius Baltar encounters his Messenger doppelgänger after running into [[Tory Foster]] at the civilian's mess hall. Baltar is initially shocked by Messenger Baltar's sudden appearance, voicing his belief that it is [[Messenger Six]] appearing to him as a doppelgänger version of himself, but the Messenger points out that she would have no need to disguise herself from him; Baltar becomes amused by the idea of having himself as a conversational foil for once instead of Six. This Messenger Baltar encourages him to engage in a relationship with Foster, claiming that she is "[[Final Five|special]]," and guides him, after a fashion, through her covert interrogation attempt. This Messenger Baltar does not elaborate on that point, but Gaius Baltar follows the Messenger's lead ([[TRS]]: "[[Six of One]]").<br />
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Prior to the conclusion of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s journey to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], Messenger Baltar and Messenger Six appear together, and both Caprica Six and Baltar can see them, and are each shocked that the other can. He and Messenger Six are representatives of the being that some call [[God (RDM)|God]], who Baltar describes to Cavil as a force of nature that is neither good nor evil. Messenger Baltar and Messenger Six make one last visit to Caprica Six and Baltar to tell them that their role had always been to protect Hera, and now that this has been fulfilled, the two Messengers leave them alone. Messenger Six explains that God's plan is never over, but Messenger Baltar tells the couple that their lives will be much less exciting. <br />
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The two Messengers visit Earth 150,000 years later in New York City discussing humanity finding its most recent common ancestor, the human-Cylon hybrid [[Hera Agathon]]. The two discuss the cycle of life, and Messenger Baltar chides Messenger Six for calling the being they work for "God," as it apparently does not like being called that. Messenger Baltar has the series' last line, which is a response to Messenger Six's stern look: "silly me... silly, silly me." The two then walk off together into present-day New York City ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").<br />
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== Messenger Elosha ==<br />
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[[Laura Roslin]] converses with a being in the form of Priestess [[Elosha]] during what should be zero-time jump sequences on the way to the [[Resurrection Hub]]. This Messenger being is unlike the others, in that not only do they interact outside the realm of others, it takes place during a time interval that should not exist. The being seems to have some knowledge of the future events, such as Roslin's death and the fact that [[William Adama]] waits for her, suggesting both reality for the being and the out-of-time conversations. Unlike [[Kara Thrace]]'s Messenger Leoben, the experience is difficult to explain with unconscious dreaming or hallucination ([[TRS]]: "[[The Hub]]").<br />
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== The Final Five's Messengers ==<br />
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After recovering his memories of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] due to trauma resulting from his being shot in the head, [[Samuel Anders]] reports that the [[Final Five]] were originally warned of impending nuclear destruction of Earth two thousand years earlier by images of people no one else could see. This information was the impetus for their recreation of [[Resurrection (RDM)|Cylon Resurrection]] and the preparing of the ship on which they escaped following the disaster. The one that appeared to Anders looked like a woman, the one that appeared to [[Tory Foster]] looked like a man. Much like Gaius Baltar, [[Galen Tyrol]] thought he might have a neural chip ([[TRS]]: "[[No Exit]]").<br />
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== Slick ==<br />
[[Kara Thrace]] encounters a vision of her father<ref>[[Podcast:Someone to Watch Over Me]]</ref> going by the name of "Slick". She initially fails to recognize him as [[Dreilide Thrace|her father]]. As she spends time with him, she recalls playing the piano with her father. She assists him in composing a song and compares him to her father. While she plays the piano with him, she recalls playing the piano with her father as a child. She recalls a certain song, and notices that the score resembles one of [[Hera Agathon]]'s drawing. As she plays the song with him, [[Saul Tigh]] and [[Tory Foster]] recognize the song as [[The Music|the same song they heard at the Ionian Nebula]]. When Tigh grabs her and asks her about the song, Slick vanishes ([[TRS]]: "[[Someone to Watch Over Me]]").<br />
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== Messenger Zoe ==<br />
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A Messenger appeared to [[Zoe Graystone]] decades before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies in the form of Zoe herself. The Messenger's first act was to save Zoe from a fire which burned down the Graystones' prior residence, when Zoe was a little girl. She then continued to appear to Zoe, who considered her a friend, periodically. Messenger Zoe had the form of teenage Zoe before Zoe herself entered adolescence. On one occasion, when Zoe was a teenager and now identical to her Messenger counterpart, Messenger Zoe encouraged her to outdo her father [[Daniel Graystone]] by creating life with her computer skills, after they noticed that Daniel had "stolen" the design for the [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit]] from drawings made by Zoe. This suggestion led to the creation of [[Zoe-A]], Zoe's [[holographic avatar]] duplicate ([[CAP]]: "[[Things We Lock Away]]").<br />
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Messenger Zoe later appears to Zoe-A when the latter is engaged in combat with [[Tamara-A]] and several users in [[New Cap City]] who blame her for the destruction of [[Maglev 23]]. She encourages Zoe-A to be her own person and not accept the blame for Zoe's sins. This leads to Zoe-A convincing Tamara-A to form an alliance ([[CAP]]: "[[Things We Lock Away]]").<br />
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An unidentified Zoe sits smiling among Sister [[Clarice Willow]]'s otherwise entirely Cylon congregation of monotheists in the flash-forward montage at the end of "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]". The scene precedes Zoe-A's resurrection into the first [[Humanoid Cylon|skinjob]] body, yet is years after [[Zoe Graystone|original Zoe]]'s death and Zoe-A's denouncement of Willow.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
* In the cases of Elosha and Slick, it is unclear whether the phantom images represent the consciousnesses of the deceased or are simply other beings in their forms.<br />
*The [[Messenger Leoben|Messenger "Leoben"]] that appears to [[Kara Thrace]] in the episode "[[Maelstrom]]" only appears to her in a vision while the pilot is unconscious. Since this Messenger Leoben does not fit the Baltar-Six analogue, Battlestar Wiki considers him separately to the above.<br />
*[[William Adama]] sees and converses with his [[Carolanne Adama|deceased ex-wife]] each year on their anniversary as demonstrated in "[[A Day in the Life]]". While the episode where this occurs shows William and Carolanne together in places and settings (ostensibly at their home on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]), this is a dramatic representation of Adama's ordinary imagination of what Carolanne may have thought about his predicament. As such, the visualizations of Carolanne Adama are ''not'' a messenger or other spectral apparition.<br />
*[[Saul Tigh]] sees [[Ellen Tigh#Saul's "Messenger Ellen"|his dead wife]] in place of [[Caprica Six]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Escape Velocity]]"). This could be a simple hallucination or, as Tigh is a [[humanoid Cylon]], an example of [[projection]].<br />
*When holding a two thousand year-old, mangled mailbox hatch from the lobby of the Tighs's apartment building, Saul sees a dying Ellen again in a vision from his and her prior incarnations on Earth. Ellen is depicted in the vision as fully aware of their future reincarnations and the cyclical nature of their existence, which she prophesises for past-Saul in the moment before they both die. ([[TRS]]: "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]").<br />
*In the fifth [[Razor Flashbacks|Razor Flashback]], while exploring the lab, [[William Adama]] has a hallucination of a hand reaching out to grab him from a device similar to a [[resurrection tank|resurrection]] or [[Hybrid]] tank. However this could be a stress-induced hallucination. The same may be the case for the screaming prisoners in the lab, which could also be explained as a visualization for the audience. However, the voice Adama hears of the [[First Hybrid]] is the same as the real voice, so this part at least is not a hallucination.<br />
*Beginning in Season 3, Messenger Six appears less frequently, and makes only a few appearances in Season 4. A scene was filmed for "[[The Road Less Traveled]]" in which Messenger Six, stating that Baltar no longer needs her anymore, says goodbye to him and fades away; this scene was deleted (but included on the Season 4.0 DVD). Messenger Six reappeared in yet another deleted scene, this time for "Sometimes a Great Notion" (information is relegated to a [[:File:SixonEarth.jpg|promotional image]]), before returning but only in the extended version of "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]" and reappearing in "[[Deadlock]]", most likely rendering the deleted scene from "The Road Less Traveled" non-canonical as neither of the two aforementioned episodes make mention of her departure.<br />
*In the podcast for "[[No Exit]]", Ronald Moore refers to the Final Five's Messenger beings as "the Messengers" and indicates that they are significant to the overall storyline.<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
*When asked by a fan at a convention about the differences between Messenger Baltar and Gaius Baltar, actor [[James Callis]] described Messenger Baltar as a man who "finally has his shit together."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNZZHl0Ls5U&mode=related&search=|title=James Callis (Gaius Baltar) Q&A FanExpo 2k6 - Part 3|date=September 04, 2006|accessdate=January 24, 2007|last=|first=|format=YouTube video|language=English}}</ref>. ('''Warning''': Video contains some explicit language) <br />
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* Callis mentioned at the same convention that his personal theory is that Messenger Six is a being from another universe or higher plane of existence who only Baltar can interact with. This may relate back to the "angel" theory postulated prior to "[[Daybreak, Part II]]."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNZZHl0Ls5U&mode=related&search=|title=James Callis (Gaius Baltar) Q&A FanExpo 2k6 - Part 3|date=September 04, 2006|accessdate=January 24, 2007|last=|first=|format=YouTube video|language=English}} ('''Warning''': Video contains some explicit language.)</ref><br />
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* Prior to the revelations of "Daybreak," actress [[Tricia Helfer]] said that she had long since given up on trying to figure out the nature of Messenger Six. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/756/756477p1.html|title=IGN Interview: Battlestar Galactica's Tricia Helfer|date=January 18, 2007|accessdate=January 24, 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref> She believes Caprica Six and Baltar both having internal counterparts is related to the scene from the [[Miniseries]] where she saves Baltar from the shock wave of the nuclear bomb that destroyed [[Caprica City]].<br />
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<div>:''For information on William Adama's [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Original Series]] counterpart, see [[Adama (TOS)]].''<br />
:''For the character from ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', see: [[Willie Adama]].''<br />
:''For other people named the shortened version of William, see: [[Bill (disambiguation)]].''<br />
{{Character Data<br />
|photo=William Adama.jpg<br />
|caption=William Adama as the commander of the last battlestar, ''Galactica''.<br />
|photo 2=Young Adama.jpg<br />
|caption 2=William Adama discovers the Cylons' experiments on humans during [[Operation Raptor Talon]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").<br />
|age=62 (at the time when he reached New Earth)<ref>This date is based on the actor's actual age at the end of production, which includes the one-year time jump depicted in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II."</ref><br />
|colony= [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], of [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] descent<br />
|birthname= William Adama<br />
|callsign= Husker<br />
|nickname= Bill (as a child and later in life)<br/>Billy (during the First Cylon War)<br/>The Old Man (later in life)<br />
|seen= Miniseries<br />
|death= Presumably on Earth, c. 148,000 BCE<br />
|parents= [[Joseph Adama]] † (father)<br/>[[Evelyn Adama]] † (mother)<br />
|siblings= [[Tamara Adama]] † (half-sister)<br/>[[William "Willie" Adama]] † (half-brother)<ref>William "Bill" Adama is the only child from Joseph Adama's second marriage.</ref><br />
|children= [[Lee Adama|Leland J. Adama]] (son)<br/>[[Zak Adama]] † (son)<br />
|marital status= Divorced ([[Carolanne Adama]] †);<br>Temporarily co-habitated with [[Laura Roslin]] aboard ''Galactica''<br />
|familytree=Y<br />
|role=Commanding Officer, [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]''<br/>Military leader of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|civilian Fleet]]<br />
|rank=Admiral <br />
|serial=204971<ref>This information is from his [[:Image:Bill Adama's dogtag serial.jpg|dogtags]].</ref><br />
|cylon=<br />
|actor=[[Edward James Olmos]]<br/>[[Nico Cortez]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]")<br />
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Admiral '''William Adama''', a veteran of the [[First Cylon War]], is the commanding officer of the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'', and has the longest tenure as the highest ranking officer in the Colonial Fleet after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].<br />
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== Background ==<br />
*William Adama (named after his [[Willie Adama|decesased half-brother]] who was, in turn, named after their [[William Adama (grandfather)|deceased grandfather]]) was born in 57-58 BCH on Caprica, the son of [[Joseph Adama]] and [[Evelyn Adama]] and raised in [[Qualai]], a small coastal community ([[CAP]]: "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"; [[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]"). His mother was an accountant ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]") and Joseph Adama's personal legal assistant ([[CAP]]: "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]"). <br />
*He is the second son of Joseph Adama's to hold the name "William Adama," after his half-brother [[Willie Adama]] is killed by a Ha'la'tha soldier ([[CAP]]: "[[Here Be Dragons]]"). The extent of William Adama's knowledge regarding his half-siblings and his father's previous marriage, or his father's involvement with the Graystones and the creation of the Cylons, is not known. His later knowledge of these events may explain the mixed emotions he has for his father, in addition to the seemingly uncanny knowledge of the Cylons demonstrated throughout the series.<br />
* He was still in school when the First [[Cylon War]] started ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]," Episode 1). During his childhood, he was considered small for his age and would often be beaten by his peers ([[TRS]]: [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)/Season 3#99|deleted scene]], "[[Exodus, Part II]]"). <br />
*Adama served late in the [[Cylon War]] as both a [[Raptor]] and [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot, his first assignment being on ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]''. His first mission behind enemy lines was in a Raptor undergoing an unknown mission ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]," Episode 1; "[[Sine Qua Non]]"). He allegedly gained the call sign of "Husker"<ref>Adama's callsign is misspelled as "Husher" in the [[Battlestar Galactica (2005 Novel)|Miniseries novelization]], which is considered a [[BW:SEPCON|separate continuity]] source.</ref> on account of his baritone "graveled" voice. During his time on ''Galactica'', he had a romantic relationship with [[Jaycie McGavin]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]", Episode 1). He proved a gifted pilot, shooting down his first [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] on his very first combat mission, for which he received a commendation ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]", Episode 3; "[[Hero]]").<br />
*In the last week in the war, Adama served on ''[[Galactica]]'' when the battlestar was boarded by Cylon forces. He recalled to his friend [[Saul Tigh]] a dangerous Cylon tactic that tried to turn the battlestar's power against itself ([[TRS]]: "[[Valley of Darkness]]", [[List_of_Deleted_Scenes_-_Season_2_(RDM)#Valley of Darkness|deleted scene]]).<br />
*Furloughed by [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] after the war's end, Adama found work as a deck hand on a [[Sedulana|merchant fleet civilian freighter]], where he met [[Saul Tigh]], who became a long-time friend ([[TRS]]: "[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]").<br />
*Adama married [[Carolanne Adama]], whose family had political influence with the defense subcommittee and pulled to get Adama reinstated to the Colonial Fleet. Adama (now a major) himself arranged for Tigh's reinstatement two years later.<br />
*William and Carolanne Adama had two sons, [[Lee Adama|Lee]] and [[Zak Adama|Zak]], before the pressures of Adama's career and the time he spent away from home in active service began to place a strain on their marriage, and the two eventually divorced ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[A Day in the Life]]").<br />
*While elder son Lee showed promise as a Viper pilot, younger Zak Adama did not. [[Kara Thrace]], Zak's flight instructor and lover, certified him for basic flight despite his poor flight skills. Later, Zak Adama was killed in an operational flight. Zak's death would cause a rift between Commander Adama and his older son for nearly [[Act of Contrition|three years]] until Thrace admits her error to both of them.<br />
*Adama rose through the ranks of the peacetime fleet, becoming the executive officer of the battlestar ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'', before becoming the commander of the battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]''. About six years <ref name="hero">While dialogue from "[[Hero]]" places these events at 1 BCH, this contradicts previously established dates about the time Adama and others served on ''Galactica''. See [[Hero#Analysis]] for a detailed explanation why ''Battlestar Wiki'' chooses to treat this as a continuity error.</ref> prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], he was ordered by Admiral [[Peter Corman]] to escort a [[Stealthstar|stealth scout ship]] over the [[Armistice Line]]. The mission was a failure, and in an attempt to cover up, he ordered the ship and its pilot shot down. Ever since, he had felt guilt, both over shooting down his own pilot and over the possibility that his actions resulted in the holocaust. According to Tigh, this mission brought his star into descent, and he was given command of ''Galactica'' as a graceful way of easing into retirement.<br />
*Adama has the rare combination of qualities that make up a good leader: insight, the ability to naturally command respect, a common touch that enables him to relate to the enlisted personnel under his command as well as his officers, intuition, intelligence, a strong belief in his own abilities, and the ability to take the advice of others. These qualities are reflected in the fact that personnel of all ranks aboard ''Galactica'' hold him in high regard, and know that he is approachable ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]). <br />
*Adama mistrusts politicians, and sometimes places too strongly a value of loyalty to those he regards as family and friends. From his uneasiness to [[Laura Roslin]]'s unexpected assumption of the Presidency, to the tolerance and patience of his friend, Saul Tigh, and [[You Can't Go Home Again|his stubbornness to save Kara Thrace]], Adama shows a dogged determination that few others care to confront.<br />
*Adama does not share the majority of Colonial beliefs in the gods ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]"), although he has come to accept that his people's scripture may have relevance to the search for Earth ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part II]]").<br />
*Several notable assignments and reassignments during his 45-year career in the Colonial Fleet ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]"):<br />
**D6/21311 - First commission: battlestar ''Galactica'' fighter squadron<br />
**E4/21312 - Commendation for shooting down Cylon fighter in first combat mission<br />
**D5/21314 - Mustered out of service post-armistice<br />
**R6/21317 - Served as deckhand in merchant fleet and as common [...] aboard inter-colony tramp freighters<br />
**D1/21331 - Recommissioned to Fleet<br />
**D6/21337 - Major: battlestar ''[[Atlantia (RDM)|Atlantia]]''<br />
**R8/21341 - Executive Officer: battlestar ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]''<br />
**C2/21345 - Commander: battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]''<br />
**C2/21348 - Commander: battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''<br />
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<gallery><br />
Image:BillAdama.png|William Adama around the age of 4 ([[CAP]]: "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]")<br />
Image:Young Adama.jpg|William Adama during the first Cylon War ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").<br />
Image:Youngadamafamily.jpg|A somewhat older William Adama and his two sons.<br />
Image:Adama freighter.jpg|Adama aboard an inter-colony tramp freighter ([[TRS]]: "[[Scattered]]").<br />
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== Character History==<br />
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=== Childhood ===<br />
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* He was still in school when the First [[Cylon War]] started ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]," Episode 1). During his childhood, he was considered small for his age and would often be beaten by his peers ([[TRS]]: [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)/Season 3#99|deleted scene]], "[[Exodus, Part II]]"). <br />
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=== The Fall of the Twelve Colonies ===<br />
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[[image:Mini_Adama_Tigh_DRADIS.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Commander Adama and Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] plot a course to [[Ragnar Anchorage]] in the [[Miniseries]].]]<br />
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*At the time just prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]], William Adama serves out his final weeks as commander of the battlestar ''[[Galactica]]''. After some 50 years of service, the historic warship is in the process of being decommissioned, and it is one of Adama's final duties to formally hand her over to the [[Colonial Ministry of Education]], which would operate the ship as a living museum and educational center commemorating the [[First Cylon War|original Cylon War]]. <br />
*As a retirement gift, several members of [[Galen Tyrol]]'s deck crew find and restore Adama's old [[Viper Mark II]].<br />
*On news of a renewed Cylon attack, Adama's first thoughts are, "Dead. We're all dead" ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part II]]"). Despite this, as well as the presumed loss of his [[Carolanne Adama|ex-wife]] in Caprica City, he unhesitatingly takes control of the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] after [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]] Fleet Headquarters is destroyed and Admiral [[Nagala]] is killed.<br />
*At Ragnar Anchorage, Adama deduces that [[Number Two|Leoben Conoy]]'s "allergies" are really the effect of Ragnar's cloud's electro-magnetic radiation upon the [[silica pathways]] composing a Cylon brain, despite the fact that the existence of [[Humanoid Cylon|biological Cylons]] is presumably unknown to humans at that time.<ref>See [[Miniseries, Analysis#Commander William Adama|Miniseries, Analysis]] for hypotheses concerning Adama's curious ability to quickly deduce Conoy's real nature.</ref><br />
*Once President Roslin convinces Adama the futility of fighting against overwhelming odds, and with what may be the last 50,000 humans who remain anywhere, he makes the switch to the more tactical thinking that keeps the Colonial Fleet at least one step ahead of their Cylon pursuers.<br />
*From the outset, he is savvy enough to give every single survivor of the devastating attack on the Colonies a reason for hope for the future: the legend of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. This falsehood [[Tomb of Athena|comes back to haunt him]] as the weeks continue, as Roslin is aware of this lie to the crew and states this privately to Adama.<br />
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=== From the Colonies to Kobol ===<br />
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*Adama continues to face the problem of infiltration within the Fleet by [[humanoid Cylon]]s as well as [[Demand Peace|dissenting humans]] who protest or terrorize others in the Fleet. Adama continually redefines the boundaries of military and civil leadership. After some [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|serious missteps between he and President Roslin]], the two later become friends as well as influential leaders.<br />
*[[Sharon Valerii]], a trusted [[Raptor]] pilot who served with Adama for two years, reveals herself unwittingly as a Cylon sleeper agent and shoots Adama at point blank range after a [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|critical mission near Kobol]]. Cottle [[Fragged|eventually repairs]] the damage to Adama's body, but Adama's psyche takes the larger hit while he repairs the [[Resistance|damage to the Fleet]] he and Col. Tigh have caused in arresting President Roslin, as well as the existence of a [[Sharon Agathon|second copy of Valerii]].<br />
*While at first Adama takes a similar stance to Tigh in assuming a hard military posture, a conversation with [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] helps him realize that, despite the problems, the Fleet is his family, and the family must stay together. After finding the [[Tomb of Athena]] with Roslin and reuniting a [[Laura Roslin faction|factioning of the Fleet]], Adama firmly buries the hatchet between himself and Roslin publicly.<br />
*In a desperate plan, Adama trusts the second Valerii to help [[Flight of the Phoenix|ward off]] a [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|massive Cylon fleet]]. Despite his "gut" feelings about the Cylon, he finds common ground often with her, even apologizing to her after a [[Resurrection Ship, Part I|distasteful incident]].<br />
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Image:Attack adama.jpg|Adama seconds after having been shot by [[Sharon Valerii]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]").<br />
image:Home_pt1-Adama.jpg|Adama paints a model naval ship while talking to [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part I]]").<br />
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=== ''Pegasus'' ===<br />
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*Adama stoically accepts Admiral [[Helena Cain]]'s overall command. Wary of her behavior and her crew, Adama follows his own truism: stick to what you know, until you find something better.<br />
*Matters with Cain's unusually totalitarian command style come to a head when Cain makes [[Pegasus (episode)|several highly questionable orders]] that lead him to face off with her battlestar and her command in a [[Standoff Between Galactica and Pegasus|military challenge]]. While the issue is [[Resurrection Ship, Part I|temporarily defused]], Adama is told by, of all people, President Roslin that Cain is a threat to the safety of the Fleet's citizens and must be eliminated.<br />
*Adama avoids killing Cain after realizing that he would become the monster that the Cylons believed they were, unaware that she has plotted his demise as well.<br />
*With Cain's fate sealed not by Adama but [[Gina Inviere]], a frail President Roslin promotes Adama to Admiral. He gives her a simple, affectionate kiss, which she returns, signifying another change in their turbulent association ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).<br />
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=== New Caprica ===<br />
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[[Image:Adama being carried Exodus-Pt-II.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Adama being carried by crew and civilians after the [[Battle of New Caprica]] (mid left).]]<br />
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*Adama's sense of justice with Roslin holds when he confronts her about [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|a conspiracy]] involving her re-election. Roslin admits the conspiracy but she is certain disaster will strike if [[Gaius Baltar]] becomes president. He agrees, but convinces Roslin that the correct course of action is to acknowledge a miscount and cover the conspiracy.<br />
*When ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' and two other ships blow up as a result of [[Gina Inviere]]'s last effort of sabotage, Adama is privately infuriated at new President Baltar's refusal to investigate, and begins to wonder if he hadn't made a mistake.<br />
*A year later, Adama commands ''Galactica'' manned by a skeleton crew as the flagship of a defense fleet, consisting of all ships unable or unwilling to make planetfall on [[New Caprica]]. He now sports a thick mustache, and has apparently taken up smoking. Adama feel lonely in command after he allowed many people close to him to settle on the planet despite his initial refusal. Eventually he grants [[Saul Tigh]] leave to take his wife [[Ellen Tigh|Ellen]] and go as well. His friendship to [[Laura Roslin]] appears to have deepened and the two share a carefree day during Founders' Day celebrations on the planet, marking the formal ground-breaking of New Caprica City ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", "[[Unfinished Business]]").<br />
*Shortly after the election, Adama and/or President Baltar commissions Petty Officer Anastasia Dualla a lieutenant (junior grade), skipping the initial commissioned rank of ensign. Aside from pilots, she is the only NCO shown to receive a commission. On the morning after the Founders' Day celebration, Adama approves her transfer to Battlestar ''Pegasus'' to join his son and her lover, Commander Lee Adama.<br />
*During the year in orbit, he mends fences with [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon]]. Although he valued her advise earlier, he called her a "thing" or "it" and treated her such. While becoming estranged from the people around him, Adama grows much closer to Agathon, having personal conversations with her and he allowing her to decorate her cell with chairs, tables and other amenities and she has apparently become an advisor of sorts to him ([[TRS]]: "[[Precipice]]"). He permits [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] to marry her, and she adopts his surname, Agathon, thereby further separating herself from the identical Sharon Valerii who shot Adama.<br />
*With Colonel Tigh released from active duty and beached on New Caprica, Adama promotes Lt. Karl Agathon (Helo) to captain and appoints him Executive Officer of ''Galactica,'' thereby demonstrating both the trust he has in Helo despite the latter's marriage to the Cylon prisoner, and his unwillingness to split families.<br />
*Not long after Tigh leaves, a massive Cylon fleet bears down on New Caprica. After a brief discussion with [[Lee Adama|his son]] aboard ''Pegasus'' they order the understaffed Fleet to escape to pre-arranged Jump coordinates. The admiral issues the jump order with a reminder: "We're leaving... but we'll be back."<br />
* Frustrations over the lack of a plan and problems during exercises lead to a conflict with his son whom he attacks over his weight gain and perceived softness. While Lee is pragmatic and doesn't believe that they can rescue the people on New Caprica in their state, his father drives everyone to their limit, thinking it is his misjudgments that brought them into the situation.<br />
*He only forgives himself for leaving almost everyone behind after a conversation with Agathon, where she explains that, after being through so much herself, she discovered that she first had to forgive herself in order to get through it. In her opinion, the human race can't survive if Adama can't forgive himself.<br />
*He commissions Agathon as a Colonial officer shortly after making contact with the [[New Caprica Resistance]], showing complete trust in her. She asks how he knows that she won't betray him and he replies he doesn't, stating "that's what trust is." Eventually a rescue plan takes shape, but Adama decides to go to New Caprica alone, ordering his son to take over as guardian of the Fleet should he not return. Despite their differences of opinion, the two have a heartfelt goodbye.<br />
*Although sustaining losses, and with the last-minute assistance of Lee and ''Pegasus'', Adama is able to [[Battle of New Caprica|successfully pull off the rescue attempt]]. He is lauded by his crew and the civilians for this. He also shaves off his mustache, signifying a new beginning ([[TRS]]: "[[Occupation]]" through "[[Exodus, Part II]]").<br />
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=== Flight from New Caprica to "Maelstrom" ===<br />
*Adama is awarded the [[Medal of Distinction]] for his 45 years of distinctive service in the Colonial Fleet. To him this is a penance for the harm that he caused in the past, and his belief that he might have been the cause of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]").<br />
*In an effort to alleviate tensions on ''Galactica'', Adama [[Unfinished Business|holds a boxing tournament]], disregarding rank, allowing people to work out built up frustrations. He himself joins the festivities by challenging Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]. Beaten, he declares that he let everyone too close to him, which ultimately led to the fracturing of their family on New Caprica, and vows to not make that mistake again.<br />
*After the discovery of the [[Temple of Five]] on the [[algae planet]], four Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] jump into orbit. A meeting with the Cylons occurs on ''Galactica'', but Adama threatens to nuke the planet should the Cylons make a claim to it. A standoff occurs, and when the Cylons try to launch six Heavy Raiders, Adama orders the arming the ship's [[missile tubes]]. This frightens the Cylons, who recall five of the six and Adama orders a stand down ([[TRS]]: "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]", "[[Rapture]]").<br />
*With the capture of [[Gaius Baltar]], Adama and President Roslin are faced with a dilemma of what to do with Baltar. They try various methods of interrogation, including food and sleep deprivation, threats, and even an [[interrogation drug]], to find out what the Cylons know about the location of Earth. Adama apparently has previous experience with the drug and, after suggesting its use, acts as the interrogator, showing his darker side ([[TRS]]: "[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]").<br />
*On his wedding anniversary, Adama is plagued by memories of his [[Carolanne Adama|ex-wife]]. He wonders about the nature of his relationship to Roslin, not admitting that it could turn into a romantic one. He is also unsure how to treat his son, having a hard time telling him his personal feelings: "proud, stubborn and angry", but "coming into his own". While loving his son, he prefers to interact with him as an admiral to a subordinate officer, believing Lee knows how he feels. Upon Roslin's recommendations, he offers his son to organize Baltar's upcoming trial. Although not sure if Lee will have the time, he gives him [[Joseph Adama]]'s old [[Arts and Literature of the Twelve Colonies#Law books|law books]]. It is also revealed that Adama does memory exercises to enable him to know everyone on his crew by name ([[TRS]]: "[[A Day in the Life]]").<br />
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=== [[Kara Thrace]]'s death, resurrection and the final leg of the journey to Earth ===<br />
* By chance, Adama is selected to be a judge at the trial. Two weeks after [[Kara Thrace]]'s [[Maelstrom|death]] he is still distraught, having considered her as a daughter&mdash;after her resurection/return/rebirth, he tells her, "You are my daughter" ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part I]]"). In anger, he breaks his model ship. Adama places [[Lee Adama|Lee]] in charge of security for [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]]'s new lawyer, [[Romo Lampkin]], but Lee develops a desire to actively help defend Baltar much to Adama's outrage. The two also come to blows over their dealing with Thrace's loss ([[TRS]]: "[[The Son Also Rises]]"). This results in a break between the father and son, with Lee resigning his commission and Adama questioning his son's integrity after Lee contributed to humiliating his friend [[Saul Tigh]] in court, not able to understand how he could do such things in order to defend a traitor, whom he believes is undeserving of a trial ([[TRS]]: "[[Crossroads, Part I]]").<br />
*Adama reconsiders his relationship with his son after Lee's [[Crossroads, Part II#Noteworthy Dialogue|impassioned speech]] about justice, itself swaying his vote in favor of an acquittal of Baltar. He is further pleased that his son participated in the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], offering him his wings back, which Lee refuses as he believes that he can do better in his new role as the new [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] delegate from [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Crossroads, Part II]]", "[[He That Believeth In Me]]"). <br />
* Adama comforts Laura Roslin throughout her [[Doloxan]] treatments on ''Galactica''. The two bond further and share some of their most intimate thoughts. During this, Roslin manages to convince Adama that they will truly find Earth despite his earlier skepticism. Roslin's remarks that Adama is afraid to lose people close to him hit a mark, and he gives Thrace command of the ''[[Demetrius]]'' on a mission to search for Earth. He wants to believe in her despite serious questions regarding her sudden resurrection, even after her attack on Roslin ([[TRS]]: "[[He That Believeth In Me]]", "[[Six of One]]").<br />
*Adama and Roslin later discuss Lee's choices, including his decision to support the right of Baltar's [[Cult of Baltar|cult]] to assemble without stricture. Adama seems to appreciate his son's idealism to a certain extent, despite having been on its opposing side several times. He also attempts to comfort Galen Tyrol after Cally's [[The Ties That Bind|sudden death]], but Tyrol rejects the efforts and Adama demotes him to specialist before Tyrol can endanger any other pilots ([[TRS]]: "[[Escape Velocity]]").<br />
* While Roslin continues her Doloxan treatments aboard ship, he continues to comfort her by reading various books, including ''[[Searider Falcon]]'', to her and generally being present to discuss matters of faith. He later admits to her that she is the reason why he has faith in their mission to find Earth ([[TRS]]: "[[Escape Velocity]]", "[[Faith]]").<br />
[[Image:410 Adama sees the Fleet off.jpg|thumb|William Adama sees the Fleet off.]] <br />
* After [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?|Roslin's abrupt abduction]] by the rebel Cylon baseship, as well as [[Sharon Agathon]]'s murder of [[Natalie Faust]], he initiates a search for Roslin while ignoring the Fleet's safety and interests. His dismissal of both the Quorum and [[Tom Zarek]] raise tensions in the Fleet that force his son to search for—and become—the interim president in Roslin's place. Further, tensions between Adama and Tigh to boil, notably after Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]] reports that [[Caprica Six]] is impregnated by Tigh. The two come to blows over their decisions regarding the women currently in their lives. Adama admits that he can't live without Roslin and decides to stay behind in a Raptor to wait for Roslin's return. As a result, he hands command of the Fleet over to newly-promoted Admiral Tigh, acknowledging that Tigh has become more knowledgeable about himself and is not the same man who [[Scattered|commanded the Fleet disastrously]] over two years ago ([[TRS]]: "[[Sine Qua Non]]"). After reconnecting with the missing basestar and reuniting with President Roslin on the hangar deck of the basestar, she finally admits having feelings for him, to which he replies, "About time" ([[TRS]]: "[[The Hub]]").<br />
*When [[Saul Tigh]] confesses that he is a Cylon, [[Revelations|Adama doesn't take it well]]. He can't believe that his decades-long friend is a Cylon and thinks that he was brainwashed on New Caprica. After ordering Marines to arrest Tigh, Adama breaks down in his quarters, hitting a mirror with his fist and sobbing on the floor. His son finds him in this state and tries to get him to pull himself together.<br />
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=== Discovery of Earth ===<br />
*After Lee Adama defuses the following crisis with the [[Cylon Civil War|Cylon rebels]], Adama has sufficiently recovered to lead the Fleet on its final jump to Earth, holding a rousing speech [[Revelations|after the arrival]].<br />
* Unfortunately, when the Colonials land on Earth, they discover that the whole planet is a burnt out wasteland ([[TRS]]: "[[Revelations]]"). Baltar confirms that the planet suffered a nuclear holocaust 2000 years ago. There is still enough radiation left to make the planet uninhabitable. Adama leaves the planet's surface in disgust.<br />
* Back on ''Galactica'', Adama receives even more disturbing news. The Rebel Cylons have found evidence on Earth that the Thirteenth Tribe were not human. They were Cylons.<br />
* Adama tries to get Roslin to address the Fleet, but Roslin has completely lost faith in the Scriptures and no longer has the will to lead the people.<br />
* After Dualla commits suicide, Adama breaks down in tears over her body and believes he's failed everyone. He starts drinking excessively and eventually makes his way to Saul Tigh's quarters.<br />
* Tigh tries to apologize for not telling him the truth, but Adama ignores him and instead starts drinking more and insulting Tigh. He questions whether Tigh was "programmed" to be his friend all these years. Adama then comments that Ellen must have realized the truth about her husband long before he did, which is why she slept around with half the Colonial Fleet. Tigh tells him to shut up, but Adama keeps goading him. Tigh finally can't take it anymore and points his pistol at Adama. Adama draws his own weapon which he points to his own head. He tells Tigh to kill him or he'll do it himself.<br />
* Tigh suddenly realizes that Adama wants to die, but he doesn't have the guts to pull the trigger himself. Tigh calms down and sternly tells Adama that he still has a duty to this ship and that his death won't make things any better. Adama slowly comes to terms with everything that has happened. <br />
* Later, Adama walks onto CIC and addresses a thoroughly demoralized crew. He acknowledges that they can't stay on Earth, but he promises they will find a new home. Adama then orders the CIC personnel to begin jump preparation and to plot a course for an area of space likely to contain a habitable planet. He reinstates Tigh to his rank and posting, despite the latter's Cylon nature.<br />
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=== Mutiny ===<br />
* Adama approves an alliance between rebel Cylon faction without the consent of the Quorum of Twelve. These Cylons are given them full colonial citizenship an Quorum seat in exchange for Cylon technology and accepting the colonial command structure.<br />
* Adama integrates the Cylon heavy raiders (piloted by humanoid Cylons who thus can communicate directly with the humans) into ''Galactica''’s combat air patrols (CAPs), their Six and Eight pilots assigned to Colonial squadrons.<br />
* Adama orders the fleet to allow Cylons to install their more efficient technology aboard the various ships of the Fleet ([[TRS]]: "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]").<br />
* This unpopular decision ferments a [[Gaeta's Mutiny|mutiny attempt]] led militarily by [[Felix Gaeta]] and politically by [[Tom Zarek]].<br />
* Adama is ''de facto'' removed from command, but before he is taken out of the CIC, Adama speaks of a reckoning of traitors.<br />
* The admiral is able to escape the rebels temporary, and helps Laura Roslin and Baltar escape to the Cylon Basestar, but is recaptured in doing so ([[TRS]]: "[[The Oath]]", "[[Blood on the Scales]]").<br />
* Against the advise of Tom Zarek, Gaeta attempts to have an informal trial of Adama charging him with treason.<br />
* Adama is sentenced to death by Gaeta, but again evades death after a group of loyalists save him. His own executioners join him in his quest to retake the ship and he storms CIC with the group that rescued him, the marines who were supposed to execute him and many crew members who join up with him on the way.<br />
* Gaeta attempts to jump away with the fleet, but is stopped by a large group of loyalists storming the CIC and reinstating Adama in command. Gaeta surrenders without a fight and Adama has him and Zarek executed by a firing squad that he personally commands ([[TRS]]: "[[Blood on the Scales]]").<br />
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=== Post-Mutiny and the second Earth ===<br />
* With crew sizes stretched very thin, Adama is relying even more on the rebel Cylons, and further integrating the Fleet.<br />
* ''Galactica'' begins to show small fractures through the ship. Tyrol recommends to Adama to use Cylon technology to fix these fractures. Adama initially disagrees, but eventually orders this to be done ([[TRS]]: "[[No Exit]]", "[[Deadlock]]").<br />
*The increased presence of Cylons aboard ''Galactica'' leads to Adama and Roslin viewing them even more as the same as humans, when they realise that Cylons have taken to placing photographs of their own lost companions in the remembrance hall.<br />
* Further damage to the ship caused by Boomer's FTL jump leads Adama to order ''Galactica'''s abandonment ([[TRS]]: "[[Someone to Watch Over Me]]", "[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]").<br />
* Adama changes his mind, after discovering [[The Colony|the location]] of [[Hera Agathon]]. He plans to send the ship off in a blaze of glory in a volunteers-only apparent [[Battle of the Colony|suicide mission]] to rescue the child ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").<br />
* Adama rejects two volunteers: Doctor (Major) [[Sherman Cottle]] is needed by the civilian populace. Adama brevets Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]] to rear admiral and appoints him to command of the rest of the Fleet from the Cylon Basestar under appointed Acting President Romo Lampkin.<br />
* Adama and the volunteers successfully save Hera and destroy the Colony. With the Colony detonating around them, Adama orders [[Kara Thrace]] to [[blind jump]] the ship away, without giving time to draw in the ship's Flight Pods. The ship ends up at a habitable planet, with it's structual integrity totally compromised and it's ability to Jump gone forever.<br />
* Finding the planet habitable and sparcely populated by inexplicedly genetically compatable humans, Adama suggests it be named Earth to take the place of the planet they had long sought. <br />
* The Fleet reunites with ''Galactica''. Adama reluctantly agrees to Lee's proto-ludite settlement plans for the new planet, and orders that the ships of the Fleet be flown into the sun by [[Samuel Anders]] (less the Cylon Basestar which the humanoid Cylons give to the Centurions with which to make their own destiny).<br />
* He flies off in a Raptor with Roslin to find a good place to build a cabin, never planning to return and finds the perfect spot... moments after Laura Roslin dies peacefully of her cancer, after which he places his wedding ring on her finger.<br />
*He builds a cabin in a mountain range for himself, and buries Roslin nearby. Afterwards, he lives in solitude in the cabin, often visiting Laura's grave and speaking to her ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").<br />
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== Family tree ==<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Adama|Adama]] (also known as Nazareth) is the name of a large city in Ethiopia. The name is also a variation on "[[Wikipedia:Adam and Eve|Adam]]," the first man to be created according to the Bible in the [[Wikipedia:Genesis|Book of Genesis]]. In Hebrew the word pronounced "Adama" means earth.<br />
*The Tauron language is portrayed on the show using Ancient Greek. Thus, the most likely etymology for the family name "Adama" is from ''adamas'' (ἀδάμας), which means invincible and is the etymological root of the word ''diamond''. It seems a suitable choice as the surname of the various related characters in this series as it relates to their personality traits.<br />
*Edward James Olmos has brown eyes, but he wears contacts when playing William Adama that make Adama's eyes blue. This is done so that Olmos and [[Jamie Bamber]], who is playing his son Apollo, will resemble each other more. <br />
*Astute viewers may recall Edward James Olmos sharing the screen with realistic humanoid robots as [[w:List of minor characters in Blade Runner#Gaff|Gaff]] in the classic science fiction film ''[[w:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]]'', which also used the term "skin job" as a pejorative to denote the artificial humanoids.<br />
*Olmos also shares with ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' star [[MemoryAlpha:William Shatner|William Shatner]] the distinction of being one of only two actors to both command a television starship and portray a police officer in a popular 1980's cop show (''[[w:Miami Vice|Miami Vice]]'' for Olmos, ''[[w:T.J. Hooker|T.J. Hooker]]'' for Shatner), as a regularly credited actor on each show.<br />
*Edward James Olmos is the father of actor [[Bodie Olmos]], who plays [[Brendan Costanza]].<br />
*Roslin has [[Billy Keikeya]] seek out a jeweler to fashion new admiral pins for Adama after Cain's death at the end of "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]".<br />
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[[zh:威廉·阿达玛]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Things_We_Lock_Away&diff=198016Things We Lock Away2010-10-20T21:13:45Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Questions */ why & how was Clarice's virtual destruction of the stadium incorporated into NCC?</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image=Caprica_Promo_Poster_7.jpg<br />
| series= cap<br />
| title=Things We Lock Away<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=12<br />
| special=<br />
| extra=<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Drew Z. Greenberg]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director= [[Tim Hunter]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate=October 19, 2010<br />
| CAN airdate=October 19, 2010<br />
| UK airdate=<br />
| dvd=<br />
| prev= [[Retribution]]<br />
| next = [[False Labor]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
: ''"Things We Lock Away" is the title for the 12th episode of ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]''.'' <br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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=== Teaser ===<br />
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=== Act 1 ===<br />
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=== Act 2 ===<br />
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=== Act 3 ===<br />
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=== Act 4 ===<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
* There is a [[Messenger]] Zoe who appeared to young original Zoe and now appears to Zoe-A.<br />
* Sister Clarice's demonstration of the stadium's destruction has been incorporated into New Cap City.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
* Will Daniel's involvement in Vergis's death ever be discovered? Is Serge a witness?<br />
* Will the general populace ever discover the true perpetrator of the [[Maglev]] bombing, or at least Zoe's lack of involvement?<br />
* If Lacy does go to Gemenon, what will she do there? Will she ever return to Caprica?<br />
* Is Messenger Zoe akin to [[Messenger Six]], [[Messenger Baltar]] and [[Messenger Leoben]]? If not, how does she differ?<br />
* How could Mesenger Zoe have been older than original Zoe when the latter was a child?<br />
* What led to original Zoe's personality change, from the happy optimist she was when she first created Zoe-A to the comparatively dour and hostile young woman whom she and Zoe-A became soon thereafter?<br />
* How and why was Clarice's presentation about the stadium's destruction incorporated into New Cap City?<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Scott Porter]] as [[Nestor Willow]]<br />
*[[John Pyper-Ferguson]] as [[Tomas Vergis]]<br />
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]<br />
*[[Genevieve Buechner]] as [[Tamara Adama]]<br />
*[[Anita Torrance]] as [[Mar-Beth Willow|Mar-Beth]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow|Olaf]]<br />
*[[Jim Thomson]] as Voice of [[Serge]]<br />
*[[Thomas Saunders]] as [[Jon Parker]]<br />
*[[Jadyn Wong]] as Gamester<br />
*[[Luke Welland]] as Butcher Knife Player<br />
*[[Olivia Steele Falconer]] as Young [[Zoe Graystone|Zoe]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
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{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}<br />
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[[Category:Episode written by Drew Z. Greenberg]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Tim Hunter]]<br />
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[[fr:Things We Lock Away]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Things_We_Lock_Away&diff=198014Things We Lock Away2010-10-20T21:01:52Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Analysis */ Clarice's fictional destruction of the stadium has been incorporated into NCC</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image=Caprica_Promo_Poster_7.jpg<br />
| series= cap<br />
| title=Things We Lock Away<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=12<br />
| special=<br />
| extra=<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Drew Z. Greenberg]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director= [[Tim Hunter]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate=October 19, 2010<br />
| CAN airdate=October 19, 2010<br />
| UK airdate=<br />
| dvd=<br />
| prev= [[Retribution]]<br />
| next = [[False Labor]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
== Overview ==<br />
: ''"Things We Lock Away" is the title for the 12th episode of ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]''.'' <br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== Teaser ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 1 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 2 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 3 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 4 ===<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
* There is a [[Messenger]] Zoe who appeared to young original Zoe and now appears to Zoe-A.<br />
* Sister Clarice's demonstration of the stadium's destruction has been incorporated into New Cap City.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
* Will Daniel's involvement in Vergis's death ever be discovered? Is Serge a witness?<br />
* Will the general populace ever discover the true perpetrator of the [[Maglev]] bombing, or at least Zoe's lack of involvement?<br />
* If Lacy does go to Gemenon, what will she do there? Will she ever return to Caprica?<br />
* Is Messenger Zoe akin to [[Messenger Six]], [[Messenger Baltar]] and [[Messenger Leoben]]? If not, how does she differ?<br />
* How could Mesenger Zoe have been older than original Zoe when the latter was a child?<br />
* What led to original Zoe's personality change, from the happy optimist she was when she first created Zoe-A to the comparatively dour and hostile young woman whom she and Zoe-A became soon thereafter?<br />
<br />
== Official Statements == <br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
<br />
== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Scott Porter]] as [[Nestor Willow]]<br />
*[[John Pyper-Ferguson]] as [[Tomas Vergis]]<br />
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]<br />
*[[Genevieve Buechner]] as [[Tamara Adama]]<br />
*[[Anita Torrance]] as [[Mar-Beth Willow|Mar-Beth]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow|Olaf]]<br />
*[[Jim Thomson]] as Voice of [[Serge]]<br />
*[[Thomas Saunders]] as [[Jon Parker]]<br />
*[[Jadyn Wong]] as Gamester<br />
*[[Luke Welland]] as Butcher Knife Player<br />
*[[Olivia Steele Falconer]] as Young [[Zoe Graystone|Zoe]]<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Episode written by Drew Z. Greenberg]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Tim Hunter]]<br />
<br />
[[fr:Things We Lock Away]]</div>MileyDavidAhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Things_We_Lock_Away&diff=198013Things We Lock Away2010-10-20T20:19:05Z<p>MileyDavidA: /* Questions */ another M-Zoe query</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image=Caprica_Promo_Poster_7.jpg<br />
| series= cap<br />
| title=Things We Lock Away<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=12<br />
| special=<br />
| extra=<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Drew Z. Greenberg]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director= [[Tim Hunter]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate=October 19, 2010<br />
| CAN airdate=October 19, 2010<br />
| UK airdate=<br />
| dvd=<br />
| prev= [[Retribution]]<br />
| next = [[False Labor]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
== Overview ==<br />
: ''"Things We Lock Away" is the title for the 12th episode of ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]''.'' <br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== Teaser ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 1 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 2 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 3 ===<br />
<br />
=== Act 4 ===<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
There is a [[Messenger]] Zoe who appeared to young original Zoe and now appears to Zoe-A.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
* Will Daniel's involvement in Vergis's death ever be discovered? Is Serge a witness?<br />
* Will the general populace ever discover the true perpetrator of the [[Maglev]] bombing, or at least Zoe's lack of involvement?<br />
* If Lacy does go to Gemenon, what will she do there? Will she ever return to Caprica?<br />
* Is Messenger Zoe akin to [[Messenger Six]], [[Messenger Baltar]] and [[Messenger Leoben]]? If not, how does she differ?<br />
* How could Mesenger Zoe have been older than original Zoe when the latter was a child?<br />
* What led to original Zoe's personality change, from the happy optimist she was when she first created Zoe-A to the comparatively dour and hostile young woman whom she and Zoe-A became soon thereafter?<br />
<br />
== Official Statements == <br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
<br />
== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Scott Porter]] as [[Nestor Willow]]<br />
*[[John Pyper-Ferguson]] as [[Tomas Vergis]]<br />
*[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]<br />
*[[Genevieve Buechner]] as [[Tamara Adama]]<br />
*[[Anita Torrance]] as [[Mar-Beth Willow|Mar-Beth]]<br />
*[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow|Olaf]]<br />
*[[Jim Thomson]] as Voice of [[Serge]]<br />
*[[Thomas Saunders]] as [[Jon Parker]]<br />
*[[Jadyn Wong]] as Gamester<br />
*[[Luke Welland]] as Butcher Knife Player<br />
*[[Olivia Steele Falconer]] as Young [[Zoe Graystone|Zoe]]<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
{{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Episode written by Drew Z. Greenberg]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Tim Hunter]]<br />
<br />
[[fr:Things We Lock Away]]</div>MileyDavidA