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"Six of One"; An episode of the Re-imagined Series
Episode No.	Season 4, Episode 2
Writer(s)	Michael Angeli
Story by
Director	Anthony Hemingway
Assistant Director
Special guest(s)
Production No.	404
Nielsen Rating
US airdate	11 April 2008
CAN airdate	{{{CAN airdate}}}
UK airdate
DVD release
Population	39,676 survivors ( 22)
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Overview

The Cylons are bitterly divided over how to deal with the Cylon Raiders, who refuse to attack the Colonial Fleet because of the recent detection of the Final Five within said Fleet. Meanwhile, Admiral Adama and crew send Lee Adama off into his new life as a member of the Quorum of Twelve, and Adama has to deal with the possibility that Kara Thrace may very well be right about her knowing how to get to Earth.

Summary

On Galactica

On a basestar

Notes

The episode title is possibly a play on a common idiom "Six of one, half a dozen of the other", indicating equivalence.
This is the first appearance of Natalie, a Number Six who is the leader of a faction advocating a search for the Final Five.
This episode reveals three model numbers: the Cavils are Number Ones, the Leoben Conoys are Number Twos, and the Simons are Number Fours.
Interestingly enough, all the numbers for the Significant Seven are consecutive, until they reach Number Eight. Thus Number Seven, and Numbers Nine through Twelve are not revealed.
Raiders are capable of independent thought, unlike Centurions, whose higher brain functions are prevented by an telencephalic inhibitor. Natalie and her supporters remove these from the Centurions after the vote turns against them.
According to Cavil, there are millions of copies of each Cylon model.
The picture Roslin shoots was taken at the ceremony to award Adama the Medal of Distinction in the episode "Hero".

Analysis

Questions

Is the Virtual Baltar that Gaius Baltar sees the same as Caprica-Six's Virtual Baltar?
Now that the telencephalic inhibitors have been removed from the Centurions, and they've attacked three of the Significant Seven, will they turn on the rest of their Cylon masters?
Will Kara Thrace truly lead the Demetrius to Earth?
Other than Karl Agathon, who else will be accompanying Thrace on Demetrius?
What will occur when Number One, as well as the two Fours and Fives, resurrect?
Will Tory Foster fall under Baltar's spell?
Why was Foster crying during intercourse with Baltar?
Do the Ones truly believe that the Final Five are not with the human fleet, as Cavil claims? Is this what the Fours and Fives believe?
Which of the remaining Cylon model numbers belong to which members of the Final Five?
Why are the Centurions designed such that they can have higher brain functions if not for the telencephalic inhibitors?

Official Statements

Noteworthy Dialogue

Cavil about the Hybrid:

"The Hybrid is always telling us something. They are supposed to maintain operations on each ship. Not vomit metaphysics."

Lee Adama holding a "speech" during his retirement party while knocking down ambrosia shots with each sentence:

Adama: To Galactica! To the men and women of Galactica! To the Admiral. Who commands the men and women of Galactica! To our sweethearts, husbands and wives. (more quiet) To absent friends.

Gaius Baltar to Tory Foster:

Baltar: It seems that God has chosen me to, eh, sing his song.

Foster: A song?

Baltar: Music? Did you say music?

Foster: No.

Baltar: Yeah, you know, it's funny. It's a lot like that. It's like the distant chaos of an orchestra tuning up, and then somebody waves a magic wand. And all of those notes start to slide into place. The grotesque, screeching cacophony becomes a single melody.

Laura Roslin and William Adama talking about Kara Thrace, miracles and loss:

Roslin: You want to talk about miracles? On the very same day that a very pale doctor informed me that I had terminal cancer, most of humanity was annihilated and I survived, and by some mathematical absurdity I became president, and then my cancer disappeared long enough for us to find a way to Earth. You can call it whatever you want. And now, I'm dying:

Adama: Don't talk that way.

Roslin: Bill, you gotta face this. My life is coming to an end soon enough and I'm not going to apologize to you for not trusting her. And I'm not...I'm not gonna trust her with the fate of this fleet. You are so buckled up inside. You can't take any more loss. Your son's leaving, this, me, I know it.

Adama: Noone's going anywhere.

Roslin: (laughs) Oh gods. Here's the truth. This is what's going on. You want to believe Kara. You would rather want to be wrong about her and face your own demise than risk losing her again.

Adama: You can stay in the room, but get out of my head. (stands up and pours himself another drink)

Roslin: You're so afraid to live alone.

Adama: And you're afraid to die that way. You're afraid you're not the dying leader you thought you were. Or that your death may be as meaningless as everyone else's. (leaves)

Roslin: (Notices that her hair begins to fall out due to the diloxin treatments and breaks down crying)

Admiral Adama sending Kara Thrace off to find Earth:

Thrace: So you think I'm right?

Adama: Maybe. Maybe not. But I know she is. The president. She's been right all along. I'm tired of losing. I'm tired of turning away from the things I want to believe in, and I believe you when you say, that you'll die before you stop trying. And I won't lose you again.

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+''[[Cavil]]'' about the [[Hybrid]]:''
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+:"The Hybrid is always telling us something. They are supposed to maintain operations on each ship. Not vomit [[Hybrid utterances|metaphysics]]."
-     :'''Person 1:''' Question
-     :'''Person 2:''' Reply
-     :'''Person 1:''' Statement
-     and so on, and so on...
+''[[Lee Adama]] holding a "speech" during his retirement party while knocking down [[ambrosia]] shots with each sentence:''
+:'''Adama:''' To ''Galactica''! To the men and women of ''Galactica''! To the Admiral. Who commands the men and women of ''Galactica''! To our sweethearts, husbands and wives. (more quiet) To absent friends.
-     Remember, indent lines by typing the colon -- : -- to create proper breaks.
+''[[Gaius Baltar]] to [[Tory Foster]]:''
-     Otherwise everything will run together.
+:'''Baltar:''' It seems that God has chosen me to, eh, sing his song.
--->
+:'''Foster:''' A song?
+:'''Baltar:''' Music? Did you say music?
+:'''Foster:''' No.
+:'''Baltar:''' Yeah, you know, it's funny. It's a lot like that. It's like the distant chaos of an orchestra tuning up, and then somebody waves a magic wand. And all of those notes start to slide into place. The grotesque, screeching cacophony becomes a single melody.
+''[[Laura Roslin]] and [[William Adama]] talking about Kara Thrace, miracles and loss:''
+:'''Roslin:''' You want to talk about miracles? On the very same day that a very pale doctor informed me that I had terminal cancer, most of humanity was annihilated and I survived, and by some mathematical absurdity I became president, and then my cancer disappeared long enough for us to find a way to Earth. You can call it whatever you want. And now, I'm dying:
+:'''Adama:''' Don't talk that way.
+:'''Roslin:''' Bill, you gotta face this. My life is coming to an end soon enough and I'm not going to apologize to you for not trusting [[Kara Thrace|her]]. And I'm not...I'm not gonna trust her with the fate of this fleet. You are so buckled up inside. You can't take any more loss. Your son's leaving, this, me, I know it.
+:'''Adama:''' Noone's going anywhere.
+:'''Roslin:''' (laughs) Oh gods. Here's the truth. This is what's going on. You want to believe Kara. You would rather want to be wrong about her and face your own demise than risk losing her again.
+:'''Adama:''' You can stay in the room, but get out of my head. (stands up and pours himself another drink)
+:'''Roslin:''' You're so afraid to live alone.
+:'''Adama:''' And you're afraid to die that way. You're afraid you're not the [[Sacred Scrolls|dying leader]] you thought you were. Or that your death may be as meaningless as everyone else's. (leaves)
+:'''Roslin:''' (Notices that her hair begins to fall out due to the [[diloxin]] treatments and breaks down crying)
+''Admiral Adama sending [[Kara Thrace]] off to find Earth:''
+:'''Thrace:''' So you think I'm right?
+:'''Adama:''' Maybe. Maybe not. But I know she is. The president. She's been right all along. I'm tired of losing. I'm tired of turning away from the things I want to believe in, and I believe you when you say, that you'll die before you stop trying. And I won't lose you again.
 == Guest Stars ==

"Six of One" An episode of the Re-imagined Series

Episode No.	Season 4, Episode 2
Writer(s)	Michael Angeli
Story by
Director	Anthony Hemingway
Assistant Director
Special guest(s)
Production No.	404
Nielsen Rating
US airdate	11 April 2008
CAN airdate	{{{CAN airdate}}}
UK airdate
DVD release
Population	39,676 survivors ( 22)
Additional Info
Episode Chronology
Previous		Next
He That Believeth In Me	Six of One	The Ties That Bind
Related Information
Official Summary
R&D Skit – View
IMDb entry
Listing of props for this episode
Related Media
			@ BW Media
Promotional Materials
Watch this episode's promo (on-wiki)
Online Purchasing
Amazon: *Standard Definition* \| *High Definition*
iTunes: [{{{itunes}}} USA]