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Age	ca. 30
Colony	Caprica
Birthplace	{{{birthplace}}}
Birth Name	Leland Joseph Adama
Birth Date	c. 26 BCH (74YR)
Callsign	Apollo
Nickname	{{{nickname}}}
Introduced	Miniseries
Last Appearance	[[{{{lastseen}}}]]
Death	Unknown causes, presumably on Earth, c. 148,000 BCE
Parents	William Adama (father) Carolanne Adama † (mother)
Step-Parents	{{{step_parents}}}
Siblings	Zak Adama †
Children	Unnamed unborn child with Gianne (presumed deceased)
Marital Status	Widowed from estranged wife Anastasia Dualla †
Family Tree	View
Role	Proto-Luddite advocate on Earth; Acting President of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol; Caprican Delegate to the Quorum of Twelve; Commander of Battlestar Pegasus; Galactica CAG
Rank	Major (ret.)
Serial Number	318742
Portrayed by	Jamie Bamber
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Leland Joseph Adama, commonly known as Lee Adama or by his callsign, "Apollo", is a former Colonial Fleet Reserve officer who becomes the Caprican delegate to the Quorum of Twelve, then later the interim President of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol. He is the sole surviving son of William Adama.

Lee Adama's relationship with his father had always been strained, culminating with a fracture after the death of his younger brother, Zak, two years before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. Various attempts at reconciliation occur over the following years, but even these produce conflict as Lee attempts step outside his father's shadow.

After the Fall, he is appointed Galactica CAG. He is later promoted to executive officer, then commander of Pegasus. After Pegasus's destruction, he resumes being Galactica CAG until he resigns from the Colonial Fleet to aid in Romo Lampkin's defense of Gaius Baltar.

During the post-Fall events, he has romantic relationships with Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, Shevon, and Anastasia Dualla, the latter whom he marries months after the discovery of New Caprica. His defense of Baltar, coupled with previous marital issues surrounding Thrace, contribute to his eventual, final split from Dualla.

Biographical Notes

Background

Lee Adama is the elder son of Carolanne and William Adama. He and his his younger brother, Zak, were raised largely by his mother on Caprica following his parents' divorce when he was eight.

As a child, Adama often visited his grandfather, Joseph Adama, and read the law books in his study; he often followed his grandfather's cases, never understanding why Joseph Adama defended the worst of humanity ^{(TRS: "The Son Also Rises")}.

Despite his father's estrangement from the family, Adama followed in his footsteps and joined the Colonial military after college, graduating third in his class at the military academy and applying to flight school.

In flight school, Adama proved himself a gifted and natural pilot, hampered only by his tendency to over-intellectualize, a trait instilled by his mother who encouraged him to read widely and think freely, such as reading the banned texts by the renegade Tom Zarek while at college ^{(TRS: "Bastille Day")}.

After flight school, Adama was promoted to lieutenant and was assigned to pilot the Viper Mark VII. He was also introduced to Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, a flight instructor who had become involved with Zak. The three frequently spent time together, and Adama and Thrace formed a friendship ^{(TRS: "Miniseries")}.

Brother's Death

Two years prior to the Fall, Zak died while on a routine Viper mission, the cause attributed to pilot error. However, Lee Adama chose to blame the mishap on his father, believing Zak had been pushed by him into following his footsteps ^{(TRS: "Miniseries")}.

Estranged from his father, Lee sought to build a career apart from William Adama. This decision placed a heavy strain on his friendship with Kara Thrace, who got assigned to Galactica.

Adama spent much time on Caprica and was engaged to a woman named Gianne. When she told him she was pregnant with their child, he ran from her due to his own family issues. Before he could speak with her again he received orders to take part in Galactica's decommissioning ceremony ^{(TRS: "Black Market")}.

Despite having a natural knack for piloting, acceptance to test pilot school and being "well on his way to commanding a battlestar someday," Adama tells Frank Bruno at the Caprica Transfer Station that he is considering leaving the Colonial Fleet, as he is disinterested in achieving dreams that were his father's alone (TRS: "Razor," deleted scene).

First Meeting with Kara Thrace

In the series finale "Daybreak, Part II," flashbacks reveal that Lee's first meeting with Kara Thrace was far more intense than previously known, as she had been dating Zak Adama at the time. Late into the night after the dinner, an immediate, powerful chemistry between the two, with Kara daring Lee to make love to her on her dining room table. However, before they could act on their mutual attraction, the crash of a glass partially awakens Zak, causing them to realize what they were doing. They shake hands and say goodbye, with the moment serving as the foundation for their complex relationship throughout the series ^{(TRS: "Daybreak, Part I" and "Daybreak, Part II")}.

This encounter also introduces the symbolic pigeon that becomes trapped in Lee's apartment after this visit. According to composer Bear McCreary, throughout the finale this pigeon represents Kara's spirit and Lee's love for her—the more he tries to capture it, the further away it flies, until finally he must let it go. The pigeon serves as a metaphor for their entire relationship: the harder Lee tries to hold onto Kara, the more elusive she becomes.

Adama reunites with both his father and Kara Thrace at Galactica's decommissioning and conversion into a living museum and educational center of the Cylon War. As a part of the ceremonies, Lee Adama grudgingly participates in a final Viper flyby salute, doing little to hide his true feelings from the moment he arrives on the battlestar. Matters are not helped when he discovers he will fly in the restored Viper Mark II his father flew during the Cylon War ^{(TRS: "Miniseries" and "Razor Flashbacks")}.

Things worsen after the PR official aboard Galactica, Aaron Doral, sees Captain Adama's presence on Galactica as a major PR opportunity and has Adama and his father pose for pictures together. Immediately following this, Adama confronts his father over his brother's death, venting two years' worth of anger and belief that his father was responsible for the loss of his brother.

Surprise Cylon Attack

Following the decommissioning ceremony, Lee Adama departs Galactica, acting as an unofficial escort for Colonial Heavy 798, the official transport for Secretary of Education Laura Roslin, who represented President Adar at the ceremony. Midway through their return to Caprica, Adama and the crew of Colonial Heavy 798 hear of the Cylon attacks on the Twelve Colonies, and soon find themselves under direct attack, which he is able to thwart. Adama quickly becomes one of Laura Roslin's unofficial advisers, aiding her in her self-appointed rescue mission. Adama's annoyance of his father's old Viper comes back to haunt him when Boomer, returning from her unexpected rescue mission on Caprica and disastrous attack on two Cylon Raiders, notes to him that other Vipers and other modern Colonial spacecraft like his Mark VII were easily destroyed by Cylon attacks.

Adama again saves Colonial Heavy 798 from a nuclear missile attack with a failed experiment he toyed with in War College, using EMP coils kept in the cargo hold to make it look like the ship has been destroyed. He supports Roslin in her rescue efforts, persuading her to lead the FTL-capable ships to follow Galactica to Ragnar Anchorage.

As the ranking pilot aboard Galactica, and despite his relative inexperience, Adama finds himself appointed CAG by Colonel Saul Tigh.

Apollo leads a Viper squadron in the Battle of Ragnar Anchorage, keeping the Cylon Raiders at bay while the civilian Fleet jumps to safety. His ship is badly damaged during in the battle, and is about to be destroyed by a Cylon missile when the missile is intercepted and shot by Starbuck's highly-accurate marksmanship. His Viper eventually loses power as the battle draws to a close and Galactica is preparing to retreat. Starbuck saves him with a crazy idea and her flying skills, bringing them back to Galactica shortly before the battlestar jumps away.

Special Advisor

Adama and President Roslin shake hands after appointment as military advisor ^{(TRS: "Water")}.

Adama's work as Roslin's "special advisor" to further help her understand military matters does not sit well with his father, who is still harboring some reservations about Roslin ^{(TRS: "Bastille Day")}.

In the weeks following the Cylon attack, Adama finds time to re-evaluate his relationship with his father - due in no small part to Starbuck's admission of her involvement in Zak's acceptance as a fighter pilot and his subsequent death. Father and son grow somewhat closer - even standing shoulder-to-shoulder when Starbuck is missing in action and both going to great lengths to save her ^{(TRS: "You Can't Go Home Again")}. Even so, Adama's former self-doubts and moodiness are not easily overcome and sometimes come back to haunt him when he is tasked to fill a role that others are unsure he can manage. As a Viper pilot, Adama is able to escape from Starbuck's shadow, proving himself capable in unconventional and skilled flying in the Battle for the Tylium Asteroid ^{(TRS: "The Hand of God")}.

After the tylium asteroid mission, Adama matures enormously, emerging from his shell as a somewhat disillusioned officer and becomes a practical leader who now comfortably straddles his responsibilities as CAG of Galactica with his duties as advisor to Roslin. With few issues with either Roslin or his father, Adama demonstrates his maturity particularly well in his handling of security arrangements for the initial meeting of Roslin's Quorum of Twelve aboard the luxury liner Cloud 9 ^{(TRS: "Colonial Day")}.

The Inner Conflicts at Kobol

Eventually, Adama's beliefs in the need for democratic representation and civil government brings him in direct conflict with orders given him by his father. During the arrest of Laura Roslin following her interference with military operations, Captain Adama draws his gun on Colonel Tigh in a direct act of mutiny, protesting his father's removal of Roslin from office. Arrested together with Roslin, Adama watches helplessly in CIC as Lieutenant Valerii shoots his father at point blank range, seriously wounding him (TRS: "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II").

Adama is temporarily furloughed by Colonel Tigh so that he can continue to carry out his duties. For a time, Commander Adama's initiative lives on through his son. Young Adama leads a fight with Cylons to buy time for Galactica to find its proper bearings to the civilian Fleet ^{(TRS: "Scattered")}, and leads a team of Marines to stop Cylon Centurions that boarded the ship ^{(TRS: "Valley of Darkness")}. After that, Adama continues his initiative and leads a SAR mission with two Raptors to retrieve a stranded survey team on the surface of Kobol ^{(TRS: "Fragged")}.

Adama's desire to let democracy work without overt military action comes to a head once more as he plots, with a handful of others, to free Roslin and smuggle her away from Galactica ^{(TRS: "Resistance" and "Resistance")}. Before he leaves, he apologizes to his unconscious Commander Adama at his bedside for what he is about to do: Leave with Roslin and a faction of ships to search for data on Earth on Kobol. Commander Adama begins to awaken just as young Adama leaves his side.

On Astral Queen, Adama is so happy to see Kara Thrace has returned safely from Caprica with the Arrow of Apollo that he hugs and also impulsively kisses her, pleasantly surprising Thrace. Moments later, as the Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii enters, Adama instantly grabs the known humanoid Cylon in anger and would have killed her if Helo and Roslin did not intervene.

Adama and Kara Thrace speak aboard Astral Queen ^{(TRS: "Home, Part I")}.

Later, with their military protocols and attitudes temporarily relaxed, Adama playfully teases the brooding Kara Thrace by stealing a pyramid ball she took as a keepsake from her time with Anders on Caprica. He returns the ball after sensing her depressed mood and tells her that he would be happy to listen to what was on her mind. In the same conversation, he lets it slip out that he loves Thrace. Amused, Thrace cheers up a bit and teases Adama, telling him that there are no take-backs on what he said ^{(TRS: "Home, Part I")}.

Adama and Thrace join President Roslin and her other supporters on their quest to find the Tomb of Athena on Kobol. When Cylon Centurions ambush the group along an ancient trail, Adama and Thrace work well together in the fight, complementing each other for their fine shooting.

Adama's reunion with his recovered father on Kobol further mends the wounds between them, both politically and personally. Like Captain Adama had done on Queen, his father reacts violently to the existence of a another copy of Valerii, leaving Captain Adama in the awkward position of defending her from his father. In the virtual planetarium created by the Tomb of Athena, Adama is the party member that completes the mystery of interpreting how to use the constellations as viewed from Earth to make a flight path. He spots the Lagoon Nebula in the sky where the Scorpius constellation resided, a celestial body known to the Colonials which gives them a reference point to navigate to Earth. His father confirms Adama's observation, noting that the nebula is far away from their current location at Kobol.

After the Fleet's reunification, Lee Adama is fully restored to flight status and his position as the CAG ^{(TRS: "Final Cut")}. Apollo doubts that Tyrol could successfully complete a prototype fighter later known as the Blackbird, but in the end aids in its first test flight with Starbuck. Around this time, Adama begins to develop an attraction to Anastasia Dualla ^{(TRS: "Flight of the Phoenix")}.

Reassignment

Apollo is on CAP when the battlestar Pegasus reunites with Galactica and is one of the first to see it up close. Soon afterwards, friction develops between Adama and the CAG of Pegasus, Captain Cole Taylor. Taylor feels that Adama's pilots are undisciplined and implies that Adama has his position through his father's influence. Taylor recommends that Adama have his pilots focus on keeping a "killcount" of Raiders to encourage competition between his pilots, while Adama stresses that his first priority is to make sure that all of his pilots merely survive another day.

To Adama's shock, Admiral Helena Cain re-assigns him and Lt. Thrace to Pegasus, under Taylor's command. Cain believes that having Commander Adama's son in the role of CAG was a mistake that has clouded Commander Adama's judgment, as young Adama has been insubordinate and even mutinous in the past. For an upcoming scouting mission against the Cylon fleet following them, Taylor orders Adama to perform the humiliating task of co-piloting a Raptor. Annoyed, Adama orders Starbuck to take the Blackbird and perform the mission alone. When Commander Adama and Admiral Cain turn on each other, Apollo is away in Taylor's Raptor on his recon mission ^{(TRS: "Pegasus")}.

As the two battlestar commanders begin sparring with Vipers, Pegasus orders Taylor to relieve Adama of duty. Taylor pulls his sidearm and takes away Adama's. Now weaponless and with nothing more to do than to ride along, Adama asks permission to head to the rear of the Raptor. While Taylor is busy, Adama secretly communicates with Starbuck over wireless text messages. This gives away her position to the Fleet, who think her to be a Cylon Raider. When the Vipers are ordered to disengage and pursue her instead, Starbuck manages to identify herself before things get out of hand.

Cain feels that persecuting young Adama for authorizing Thrace's mission would be odd since she is promoting Thrace for her work on her recon mission. Thrace successfully returns Adama to flight status, but demoted to lieutenant ^{(TRS: "Resurrection Ship, Part II")}.

Battle of the Resurrection Ship

While Thrace plans an assault on the Resurrection Ship and the two basestars defending it, she tells Adama that his father has ordered her to kill Cain after the battle, and asks Adama to watch her back. Outraged, Adama confronts his father with this, shocked to learn it was President Roslin's idea. Thrace assigns Adama the specific task of disabling the Resurrection Ship's FTL drive by sneaking up on it in the Blackbird and destroying it with a precision missile strike. Apollo succeeds, but the Blackbird collides with a Raptor. Apollo is able to eject, but the Blackbird is destroyed. Alive, but not unscathed, Apollo floats in space watching the battle take place around him. A tear in his flight suit leaves him almost out of air. While having the means to stop the leak, he is overcome with a sense of sadness and nihilism, having learned that the two persons closest to him, Roslin and his father, resort to assassination to solve their conflict with Cain. Although hearing Dualla over the wireless, he decides to let go and die, but is found by a SAR Raptor and resuscitated. Adama becomes despondent and distant from his friends and family after his near-death experience. In the pilot's locker room, Thrace tells Adama "Let's just be glad that we both came back alive, alright?" to which Adama responds "That's just it, Kara, I didn't want to make it back alive" ^{(TRS: "Resurrection Ship, Part II")}.

The Black Market

After President Roslin is saved from her illness, she begins trying to put down the Fleet's black market. New Pegasus commander Jack Fisk is soon murdered, leaving the elder Adama (now an Admiral) to assign his son to investigate. With his association with prostitute Shevon and her daughter Paya on Cloud 9, Anastasia Dualla asks where the relationship between the two of them is heading. After he hesitates, Dualla takes it to mean it is over. Rushing to help Shevon after her call for help, the captain is ambushed by Phelan's men. Waking up from the attack, he finds the Fisk's murder weapon, and the body of Fisk's murderer.

With some help from Tom Zarek, unwilling to accept the neatly-wrapped up case of Fisk's murderer or the missing Shevon, Adama finds the black market's main ship, Prometheus. He finds Paya and other children locked in a storage room. He confronts Phelan, who tells him a black market is necessary, since some supplies may never reach needy people any other way. After Phelan admits running a child prostitution ring, Adama shoots Phelan, and tells his bodyguards that the market can continue operations, unless it keeps holding back essential medicines, begins killing, or returns to child prostitution.

Shevon refuses to see Adama anymore, realizing that Adama has tried to use her and Paya as replacements in his mind for his lost fiancé Gianne and their unborn child, saying that she can never be her ^{(TRS: "Black Market")}.

Friendly Fire

While on leave to Cloud 9 with Dualla, a group of terrorists seize a bar and demand the second copy of Sharon Valerii for execution, while they hold hostage approximately a dozen people, including Dualla, Billy Keikeya, Ellen Tigh and Adama. The captain secretly sabotages the bar's carbon dioxide sensors to appear as if it were leaking atmosphere. The sabotage enables Captain Thrace to enter the bar and gather intelligence on the situation, but her cover is blown by Ellen Tigh, and she is forced to draw her weapons. One shot accidentally hits Adama in the chest. After escaping, Thrace breaks down crying for having shot her friend; Dualla is able to care for Adama long enough for him to survive to Galactica's sickbay, and later sits at his bedside while he recovers. Thrace watches, but is unsure what to do and leaves ^{(TRS: "Sacrifice")}.

A Worthy Command

Adama finds himself promoted to Major and assigned to Pegasus. He is assigned to the ship by Admiral Adama to assess Pegasus's crew and the the new commander Barry Garner, the ship's former Chief Engineer.

His relationship with Dualla has become intimate following his promotion and recovery. Kara Thrace, still Pegasus CAG, soon comes to blows with Garner is confined to her quarters. When visiting her, Adama chides her for her behavior, stating that he is sick of cleaning up after her all the time. He confronts her about the friendly fire incident, resulting in a moment of uncomfortable silence, before the talk returns to business.

Against orders from Admiral Adama, Garner takes Pegasus in to search for two Raptors missing during a recon mission into a binary star system. His impulsive and unwise efforts result in the battlestar's ambush by three Cylon basestars. With the FTL drive damaged after successive nuclear missile strikes, Garner relegates command to Major Adama and heads below to help in FTL repairs. After a moment's hesitation, Adama orders the forward guns to fire on the nearest basestar, critically damaging the basestar and forcing its retreat, while commanding the battlestar's fighters (led by Starbuck) to guard embattled areas damaged from nuclear pummeling. Adama's attack buys time for Commander Garner to repair the FTL drive, enabling Pegasus to escape back to the Fleet and relative safety.

Admiral Adama debriefs his son, who gave Garner a lot of credit for saving the ship, despite their disagreements. When asked about Garner's flaws, Lee says that he only knew machines, while command is about people. His father tells him to keep that in mind and gives him command of Pegasus, together with a promotion to commander; possibly giving him his old rank insignia ^{(TRS: "The Captain's Hand")}.

Sometime later, Adama wishes Thrace good luck in rescuing Samuel Anders and the rest of the resistance group on Caprica, despite his clear personal feelings towards her. After Thrace and Anders' return, Adama attempts to introduce himself politely, but is hampered by the couple's amorous and highly drunken behavior. When Thrace gives a rude comment, Adama bows out the area, beginning a quiet but palpable rift in their friendship ^{(TRS: "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II")}.

Lee Adama in command of Pegasus ^{(TRS: "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II")}.

On New Caprica

Four months later, Commander Adama and his XO, Lieutenant Dualla, are granted shore leave to attend a groundbreaking ceremony on the surface of New Caprica. After the ensuing party, with Dualla and Anders gone, Adama sleeps with Kara Thrace and suggests they break up with their respective partners. Thrace and Adama declare their love for each other, and he assumes that she has agreed to their plan. He wakes up alone the next morning only to find out that Thrace has just married Anders. The rift between Adama and Thrace has widened ever larger. Hurt, he proposes to Dualla, who accepts ^{(TRS: "Unfinished Business")}.

Another eight months later, a year after the settlement, a half-manned Pegasus is still orbiting New Caprica. Commander Adama has gained a considerable amount of weight in the intervening year. He is in the process of deciding whether or not to supply Kara Thrace with antibiotics for pneumonia-afflicted Anders when Dualla spots a massive Cylon fleet jumping into the nebula. Adama and his father briefly discuss their course of action; young Adama argues for an immediate emergency jump. Reluctantly, the Admiral orders the orbiting remains of the Fleet, whose population consists of around two thousand citizens, to escape, thus leaving New Caprica to the Cylons for the time being ^{(TRS: "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II")}.

Battle of New Caprica and Destruction of Pegasus

Commander Adama and his father get into a disagreement over whether or not a rescue mission should be mounted to New Caprica. Lee believes that it would end with the destruction of both Galactica and Pegasus, leaving the pitiful remnants of the Fleet at the mercy of the Cylons. Lee also objects to the Admiral's decision to reinstate Sharon "Athena" Agathon as a Colonial Fleet officer to act as liaison between the New Caprica resistance and Galactica. These disagreements lead to heated arguments between the two, prompting Admiral Adama to make a comment about Lee's weight by calling him a "fatass" and saying he has grown "soft" in the past year ^{(TRS: "Occupation" and "Precipice")}. Due to his son's objections, Admiral Adama decides to take Galactica to rescue the people on New Caprica alone. He gives his son orders to wait 18 hours for his return; if he does not return by then, Lee is to resume the search for Earth with what is left of the civilian fleet. Despite their disagreement, the two have a heartfelt goodbye. Lee tries to talk his father out of the plan and explain himself, but the older Adama stops him. Instead the two embrace and the Admiral gives his son full military honors when departing Galactica ^{(TRS: "Exodus, Part I")}.

Lee is certain that his father will not return, and he is conflicted between his duty to protect the civilians and his duty to his father. His wife's attempt at reassurance only serve to heighten his guilt. Leaving his ship's Vipers behind to protect the civilians, he takes Pegasus to assist Galactica, fully aware that he may very well be on a suicide mission. He joins the battle just in time, saving his father's ship from certain destruction. Immediately destroying one basestar after exiting the jump, Adama uses Pegasus to draw fire, giving Galactica time to escape. This action damages Pegasus beyond repair. Adama orders the crew to evacuate and the ship's batteries to be set on autofire. He is the last person to leave the CIC, thanking the ship as he departs. The small crew evacuates on Raptors just as Pegasus rams a basestar, destroying itself in the process ^{(TRS: "Exodus, Part II")}.

The Commander and his crew transfer to the last remaining battlestar, Galactica. Dissatisfied with his round appearance, he had also taken up a rigid exercise regimen and starts losing weight rapidly ^{(TRS: "Collaborators")}.

The Second Exodus

Lee Adama back as a major in the role of Galactica's CAG ^{(TRS: "Torn")}.

As of the episode "Torn," Lee has returned to the role of Galactica's CAG, with the rank of Major. When a dying basestar is discovered in the Lion's Head Nebula, Adama leads a team of Marines on it and captures several humanoid Cylons. After Doctor Cottle discovers that they are infected with a virus lethal to the Cylons, Adama advocates to use the prisoners as biological weapons in an attempt to exterminate the Cylons. The plan is approved but ultimately fails due to the intervention of Karl "Helo" Agathon, who sabotages the mission ^{(TRS: "A Measure of Salvation")}.

When Bulldog arrives on Galactica, Admiral Adama tells Lee about the mission they executed together, and how he believes it has led to the Cylon holocaust. Lee blames the admiralty instead, saying they wanted to provoke a war ^{(TRS: "Hero")}.

After most of the Fleet has arrived safely on the algae planet following a harrowing journey, Adama leads the food harvesting operations on the surface. Fourteen days into the harvesting mission, he meets with Kara Thrace and once again suggests they divorce their respective spouses. Thrace refuses to divorce and Adama refuses to cheat on his wife, deadlocking their relationship. When the Temple of Five is found on the planet and the Cylons show up, Adama is ordered to protect the temple from the Cylons, destroying it if necessary. He orders Starbuck to scout the terrain in her Raptor, which gets shot down by Centurions. After having sent Dualla to rescue Starbuck, the Major and his team attempt an ambush against a group of Centurions passing through a valley towards the temple. The ambush fails, and Adama orders to retreat and the temple to be blown. When trying to do so, he and his team witness the algae planet's star going supernova, and realize that the nova is in fact the Eye of Jupiter. After the Cylon fleet has jumped away to escape the destruction of the planetary system, the ground team is picked up by a rescue party ("The Eye of Jupiter," "Rapture").

Later Adama is treated by his friend Galen Tyrol to a little surprise: A number of crew have created a bar, on the starboard hangar deck, complete with a Pyramid arcade game and an old Viper Mark II hanging above for atmosphere. Tyrol and Adama have a drink as they discuss their marital problems; Tyrol and his wife Cally have had an argument that has apparently left him "in the doghouse". Adama is reluctant to interact with his wife, as his uncertainty over his love of Kara Thrace continues to fight with him. Adama returns to his quarters, quite drunk, to find Dualla still awake and doing some work, apparently drinking some type of alcohol. She tries to confirm if they are still going to have dinner later that day as Lee dozes off, leaving Dualla disappointed. Later on Adama and Dualla have an argument about Kara Thrace and the future of their marriage. Dualla says that she married Adama because she loved him, choosing to have him for as long as he or Kara Thrace would let him. She resigns herself to her marriage's failure and tells Adama that she will not stand in his way if he were to choose Thrace over her. Dualla then leaves. Thrace and Adama meet privately. When Thrace asks Adama if he loves her and would be with her if she were to leave Anders, Adama equivocates, remembering Thrace's fickleness after he declared his love a year before. Thrace leaves him to think about the situation.

Lee Adama drinking in Joe's Bar ^{(TRS: "Taking a Break From All Your Worries")}.

Adama returns to the bar and drinks more, toying with his wedding band. He asks Chief Tyrol if he ever thought about what his future with Boomer would have been like, or had any regrets. With a quick drink, Tyrol replies in the negative. Adama stumbles back to his quarters, losing his wedding band somewhere in Galactica's corridors. Lee Adama and his wife meet in Joe's Bar. Adama, having since found his lost wedding ring, confesses that he loves Dualla and how dedicated she has been to him, never realizing how much he needed her affection. As the two embrace, Adama tries to avoid looking across the bar at Kara Thrace and Anders. Thrace returns the glance before Adama breaks it off ^{(TRS: "Taking a Break From All Your Worries")}.

Death of a Lover and Friend

During refueling operations over a gas giant, Kara Thrace becomes mentally unstable, having hallucinations about Leoben and her alleged destiny. When she refuses to fly another mission, Adama has a friendly talk with her. After all that happened two are back where they started; Thrace being the screwup pilot and Adama having to clean up after her as CAG. He also tells her that his relationship with Dee is better than ever. Adama offers to fly as her wingman to calm her. While on CAP, Starbuck sees a Cylon Heavy Raider and goes on alert, joined by Adama. However, from the vantage point of Adama, Thrace's Viper malfunctions and is drawn into the vortex of a storm. He gets sketchy information from Thrace when she says "I'll see you on the other side." Her Viper explodes, and Adama struggles to escape the vortex ^{(TRS: "Maelstrom")}.

He is badly shaken by her death, as evidenced by his lack of concentration as CAG, confusing people and mission details. He is also shaken by a story told by Romo Lampkin. Eventually, he begins the healing process with Samuel Anders by putting Thrace's picture into the memorial hallway ^{(TRS: "The Son Also Rises")}.

The Trial of Gaius Baltar

President Roslin recommends that Major Adama be put in charge of the proceedings of the trial of Gaius Baltar. However, due to the pressures that he is under, Adama declines the position (despite his interest in law as a child). As a token of his affection, Admiral Adama gives Lee his grandfather's Caprican Law Code books ^{(TRS: "A Day in the Life")}. Later, his father places Adama in charge of security for Baltar's lawyer, Romo Lampkin, claiming that he trusts him, but also pulling him off his duties of CAG after he shows that Thrace's death affects his job performance. While following Lampkin around, Adama develops a desire to help Lampkin defend Baltar. His father is not pleased with this idea, but allows him to do so ^{(TRS: "The Son Also Rises")}.

After Adama contributes to humiliating Colonel Tigh in court, he and his father have a falling out, which leads to Lee's resignation from the Colonial Fleet and him becoming a civilian. Adama also learns that President Roslin has resumed taking chamalla, which he confronts her about in court, trying to discredit her credibility. Roslin pleads with him to not pursue his line of questioning, but he forces her to admit that her cancer has returned. Disappointed in Adama, she recollects times when the two were friends and she called him "Captain Apollo". After that, his wife packs her belongings in preparation for leaving Adama. She says that he should not have confronted the President, and that he was supporting a legal system that was trying to let a murderer walk. She leaves him alone, with him crying that she doesn't understand him ^{(TRS: "Crossroads, Part I")}.

In an unusual move, Adama takes the stand himself and delivers a passionate speech in defense of Baltar. He points out a string of incidents, some involving himself, where people were forgiven for serious crimes, and defends those decisions, arguing that humanity is not a real civilization anymore. Adama thinks that executing Baltar for actions that he couldn't really prevent is not justice, and that Baltar is just the Fleet's scapegoat for everyone's misdeeds and failures on New Caprica. The speech plays a major role in Baltar's subsequent acquittal. When Romo Lampkin leaves Adama after their victory, he leaves behind his cane, which he used after being injured in an attempt on his life, and walks normally, thus showing how he manipulated both Adama and the court. Ultimately, Adama's sense of justice has once again placed him at odds with his father, but this time he has alienated Roslin and his wife as well, leaving him seemingly alone.

A New Beginning

The Adamas attempt to reconcile after Baltar's trial ^{(TRS: "He That Believeth in Me")}.

As Cylon forces converges on the Fleet in the Ionian Nebula, Adama unofficially returns to duty and mans a Viper. Unexpectedly, he encounters Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, whom he believed dead ^{(TRS: "Crossroads, Part II")}. Adama and Thrace join the ensuing battle and help to defend the civilian ships from the Cylons. When Thrace returns to Galactica, Adama is glad to see her again and believes her story to a certain degree, whereas most others are is distrustful and suspect a Cylon trap.

His father offers him his pilot wings back, and thus his commission, but Adama declines, saying that he felt the need for a change for some time, and that Baltar's trial was just the trigger. He thinks that he can gain a position in the Colonial government and make a contribution there ^{(TRS: "He That Believeth in Me")}.

Tom Zarek nominates Adama as the Caprican delegate on the Quorum of Twelve. Adama is seen off Galactica with a party in the rec room and an official ceremony on the hangar deck, where many of the crew salute him and wish him good luck. He embraces Dualla and tells her that she "got the house," implying that their breakup is final ^{(TRS: "Six of One")}. Zarek appointed Adama because of his dedication to finding the truth during the Baltar trial, and because he wants Adama to fight against some of Roslin's proposed changes to the justice system, that are undemocratic in his eyes. Although in public, Roslin claims to have forgiven Adama and to admire his convictions, she snubs him by refusing to meet him and openly teases him about his inexperience in a Quorum session ^{(TRS: "The Ties That Bind")}.

Adama once again shows his idealism when Baltar's new cult violently clashes with other religious groups in the Fleet. Whereas Roslin wants to shut down the group and pleads to the Quorum to retroactively sign off an emergency measure that restricts their right of assembly, Adama and Reza Chronides think that they are doing nothing blasphemous and illegal. The Quorum eventually decides to rescind Roslin's decision. Roslin later tells his father, that she thinks that Adama maybe be right, but that he is too idealistic and doesn't understand the pragmatism that is sometimes necessary in politics ^{(TRS: "Escape Velocity")}.

Following the unexplained disappearance of Laura Roslin on a rebel Cylon baseship ^{(TRS: "Guess What's Coming to Dinner?")}, Adama leads a search for an interim president, knowing that his father would never support an administration under Tom Zarek. Despite consulting Romo Lampkin on a list of 47 candidates, it is Lampkin who ultimately decides that Adama should be the interim president; Adama thanks Lampkin by offering Jake as a pet to replace the loss of Faye Lampkin's cat, Lance.

Even with his ascension to the presidency, Adama is unable to dissuade his father from stepping down as military leader, or his father's personal search for Roslin—a mission that Adama believes to be nothing short of suicide ^{(TRS: "Sine Qua Non")}.

When the rebel basestar returns, having destroyed the Resurrection Hub, Adama is faced with a standoff with the rebels who hold Galactica's Viper pilots and Roslin hostage to force him to give up the Final Five. Adama refuses and prepares to airlock Tigh, Tyrol and Anders to force the Cylons to stop even with the threat of the Fleet being nuked in retaliation. After Kara finds the way to Earth, Adama ends the standoff and shares the information with the Cylons, granting the Cylons a general amnesty. This ends the standoff and together the humans and rebel Cylons jump to Earth. Adama is so excited by their arrival that he jumps on the map table and cheers. Unfortunatly, Earth turns out to be a deserted nuclear wasteland and after briefly reuniting with him, Dee kills herself in despair. (TRS: Revelations, Someone to Watch Over Me)

When Adama finds out that his father apparently released Tom Zarek and he is unable to reach him, Adama travels to Galactica to demand an explanation and falls into a trap led by Charlie Connor as part of Gaeta's Mutiny. Adama is nearly executed, but Kara saves him at the last moment, having grown suspisous of the goings on. The two travel through the ship and find Tyrol who tells them to get Adama to the Secondary Storage Airlock and he can get him off the ship. Adama and Kara find Roslin and let her know what's going on and lead her to Baltar's cult where she makes a radio broadcast about the mutiny. They then hook up with his father and Colonel Tigh who manage to escape and lead them to the airlock where a Cylon Raptor arrives to take Adama and Roslin away. While Roslin and Baltar go, Admiral Adama, Lee, Tyrol, Kara and Colonel Tigh stay behind to retake the ship with Tigh and Admiral Adama defending the airlock while Lee and Kara head back into the ship. Adama and Kara later rescue Tigh, Caprica-Six, Anders, Athena and Hera, but Kara stays behind when Anders gets shot. The group finds Aaron Kelly who joins them and leads them to Admiral Adama just in time to stop his execution. Joined by Adama's firing squad and more loyal crew as they go on, the group marches to CIC as Roslin uses the rebel baseship to try to force the rebels surrender. After Gaeta orders a weapons hold, Adama and the others storm CIC and retake it without a fight, ending the mutiny. (TRS: The Oath, Blood on the Scales)

No Exit

After the failed coup d'état, in which Lee is the sole Quorum delegate not killed in the massacre ordered by Tom Zarek, President Laura Roslin puts Lee in charge of forming a new Quorum. Lee proposes the idea of making the new Quorum based not upon the individual Colonies but upon ships in the Fleet, as he reasons that the people are no longer defined by their Colonies but by their ships. Roslin approves of the idea and tells Lee that while she will remain President in title, she wants him to do the "heavy lifting" from then on ^{(TRS: "No Exit")}. Given this, its likely that Roslin has made him her new Vice President after the execution of Tom Zarek for his coup.

Lee is shown to have taken on the Presidential duties since then such as meeting with the new Quorum of Ship's Captains and organizing the stripping of Galactica which is hard for him as he loves the ship. When Admiral Adama calls for volunteers for a final mission, Lee is the first to volunteer despite it being likely one-way.

Assault on the Colony

While planning the mission, Lee re-dons the service uniform of a major (distinguished by its collar piping), but omits rank insignia.

Galactica launches its attack on the Colony and rams right into it. Lee leads a team of Colonial Marines and Rebel Centurions into the Colony from through its breach their staging point at Galactica's bow. They fight their way past Cavil's forces and eventually link up with Kara Thrace and her team, who have rescued Hera Agathon. The two groups head back to Galactica, but are followed by Cavil and his forces. Lee runs into Baltar and Caprica-Six who are helping to repel the boarding parties. Lee and his men provide cover fire for Kara, Helo, Athena and Hera to make their way to safety.

New Earth

After Galactica jumps to the coordinates Kara Thrace provides, Lee is one of the first people to land on the lush, habitable planet the Colonials eventually decide to call "Earth". They discover that primitive human tribes have already evolved on the new Earth. Lee makes a radical suggestion: The Colonials will abandon their ships and most of their technology and start new lives using only essential supplies and the planet's resources. They will also teach the native humans about language and culture, but not about technology. This will hopefully prevent Humanity from repeating the same mistakes it made on Kobol and the Twelve Colonies. Surprisingly, this idea is well received.

Final Goodbye

Later, Lee and Kara say their final goodbyes to Adama, who has decided to live alone for the remainder of his life. After Adama departs in a Raptor, Kara tells Lee that she is also leaving. She doesn't know where she's going, but she knows that her job here is done.

In their final conversation, Kara tells Lee: "I just know that I am done here. I've completed my journey...and it feels good." She also says: "Today is the first day of the rest of your life, Lee." When Lee describes his desire to explore and climb mountains, he briefly turns away to look at the scenery. When he turns back around, Kara is nowhere in sight. Realizing what Kara meant when she said she was leaving, Lee bids Kara goodbye for the last time and promises that she won't be forgotten.

The symbolic pigeon from their first meeting appears one final time in Lee's memory as he realizes Kara is truly gone—representing how he must finally let her spirit go, just as the bird flew away when he stopped trying to capture it. According to composer Bear McCreary, this moment represents the resolution of their relationship: "the more he tries, the further away she flies until finally he must let her go."

Family tree

William Adama Sr. †

Isabelle Adama †

Larry

Sam Adama

Evelyn Adama

Joseph Adama

Shannon Adama †

Carolanne Adama †

William "Bill" Adama

Tamara Adama †

William "Willie" Adama †

Zak Adama †

Lee Adama

Anastasia Dualla †

Character Conception and Development

Creator Ronald D. Moore envisioned Lee Adama as a more complex and realistic character than his Original Series counterpart. A core element of this new take was Adama's strained relationship with his father, which Moore felt was more true-to-life than the "pat and easy" father-son dynamic in the original show. Moore wanted Lee to have a "complicated relationship with the uniform he wears."

Actor Jamie Bamber described Lee as a "complex human being who has a lot of issues, and always struggles to come up with the right solutions to the problems and dilemmas he faces." He noted that Lee's arc in the first season is driven by his attempt to fit into the new, post-apocalyptic environment, serving as CAG while navigating his difficult relationships with his father, Kara Thrace, and Laura Roslin.

While Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell were hand-picked for their roles, the rest of the characters were cast by audition. Among those in the running for the role of Apollo was Farscape and Stargate SG-1 star Ben Browder.

Notes

• From Ronald D. Moore's scifi.com blog entry of January 19, 2005:

In my first draft of the mini, Lee Adama had just been accepted into test pilot school on Caprica and was not currently assigned to any battlestar. Presumably, he had been posted to at least a couple of battlestar Air Groups in his career, as well as several ground assignments as well. This isn't canon yet, however, and I'm currently thinking of changing some elements of his specific backstory as I work on storylines for Season Two. Overall, I'd say Lee was striving (perhaps too hard) to blaze a different path for himself in the fleet from that of his father. I don't think Lee ever saw himself as a battlestar commander and was looking for a different way to make his mark.

• The caption under Apollo's name in "Final Cut" list him as "CFR". In the podcast, Ron Moore explaines that this stands for "Colonial Fleet Reserves"; and that Apollo was a reserve officer because he wasn't sure what he was doing with his life and if he was going to pursue a full career in the Colonial Fleet.
• According to Jamie Bamber, Adama's official character biography states that "Lee is never so happy as when he's in his kitchen cooking."
• Jamie Bamber is the husband of actress Kerry Norton, who portrays Layne Ishay, the paramedic from "Scattered" and "Taking a Break From All Your Worries".
• Bamber, who is British, plays Lee Adama with an American accent (presumably to more closely match Edward James Olmos').
• Bamber is a natural blond, but his hair is dyed brown to better resemble Olmos.
• Admiral William Adama names his son to succeed him as commander of Galactica in his resignation letter ^{(TRS: "Hero")} indicating how close they have become prior to the events of Gaius Baltar's trial.
• Lee Adama's watch is a Nixon Scout.
• Lee Adama's Colonial Fleet ID tag is marked "L. Adama/ser 318742. (Quantum Mechanix ID Replica)
• The original script leaked online for "A Day in the Life" featured flashbacks to the Adamas' family life, in one of which Lee pointed out to his father that he had been born four months after the wedding, implying that Bill and Carolanne rushed into marriage because of pregnancy. While this was removed from the aired episode, it would help explain his negative reaction to learning Gianne was pregnant, per "Black Market".
• In the series finale, the symbolic pigeon that appears throughout Lee's flashbacks represents Kara's spirit and their love. According to composer Bear McCreary, the pigeon serves as a metaphor: the more Lee tries to capture it, the further away it flies, until finally he must let it go—mirroring his relationship with Kara throughout the series.

References

External Links

• Creator:Bamber on Apollo article at Scifipedia, the SciFi.com Encyclopedia.

Preceded by: Jackson "Ripper" Spencer	Commander, Air Group, Galactica	Succeeded by: Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
Preceded by: Barry Garner	Commanding Officer of the battlestar Pegasus	Succeeded by: None Ship destroyed
Preceded by: Louanne "Kat" Katraine	Commander, Air Group, Galactica	Succeeded by: Karl "Helo" Agathon
Preceded by: Cowen	Caprican delegate to the Quorum of Twelve	Succeeded by: Unknown Possibly vacant
Preceded by: Tom Zarek	President of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol (interim)	Succeeded by: Laura Roslin
Preceded by: Unknown Possibly vacant	Caprican delegate to the Quorum of Twelve	Succeeded by: None Quorum of Twelve dissolved
Preceded by: Tom Zarek	Vice-President of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol	Succeeded by: None Colonial government dissolved

Brother
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Brother is a Cylon
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Zac in the separate continuity

Lieutenant Zac is an inexperienced Colonial Warrior and Viper pilot assigned to Galactica, which is commanded by his father, Commander Adama. He is the youngest of Adama's and Ila's children; his older siblings, Apollo and Athena, are also assigned to Galactica.

Despite the lack of experience, Zac has received high marks at the academy, which outstripped even his father's (deleted scene, "Saga of a Star World").

Zac works with Starbuck to convince his brother, Apollo, that Starbuck was too ill to go on patrol, suggesting that Zac take patrol instead. Apollo sees through the ruse and allows Zac to come anyway.

On patrol with his brother as Blue Flight Two, Apollo discovers several Cylon tankers within a cloud body near the lunar body of Cimtar, which soon leads to a fight with Cylon Raiders.

Zac's Viper is damaged and unable to keep up with his brother. Zac encourages Apollo to go ahead to warn the battlestar fleet of the massive Cylon fighter squadron.

Zac's fighter falls behind as he is chased by the Cylons. While in sight of the battlestar fleet but with no Vipers scrambled to assist, despite Commander Adama's pleas for fleet defensive measures to President Adar, Zac's Viper is destroyed. This makes him the first known casualty of the decisive, genocidal attack on the Twelve Colonies ^{(TOS: "Saga of a Star World")}.

Zac's Viper is destroyed short of the Colonial Fleet at Cimtar:

Adar: (noting the bright explosion of Zac's fighter) What was that?

Adama: That was my son, Mr. President.

—Battle of Cimtar, "Saga of a Star World"

Tie-in Material Information

• According to Encyclopedia Galactica (a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979):

6535-6570: Zaccariah's lifespan, born in yahren 6535 and killed during the Final Destruction in yahren 6570, making him 35 yahrens old at the time of his death.

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Notes

• Zac's rank of lieutenant, despite a lack of any real flight experience, may be explained by his high marks at the academy, which are revealed in a deleted scene.
• After his brief appearance in the Battlestar Galactica pilot, actor Rick Springfield enjoyed stardom in the 1980s in the soap opera General Hospital as well as a recording career. His most popular songs are "Jessie's Girl" and "Don't Talk to Strangers."

References

 

Subjects: Saga of a Star World

Number One

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Brother is a Final Five Cylon
Brother is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Brother is an Original Series Cylon

"Number One" is the first of eight humanoid Cylon models created by the Final Five for the Centurions following the first Cylon war.

One of the Number Ones, prior to being discovered among the Fleet, posed as Brother Cavil, a member of the Colonial clergy. However, contrary to his assumed role, he did not share the other Cylons' religious beliefs and frequently mocked them.

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The Final Five referred to him as John, for he was created in the image of Ellen Tigh's biological father, John.

Galactica Copy a.k.a. "F-Cavil"

Post-Fall

On Galactica, Cavil provides counsel for Chief Tyrol after Tyrol's maddened attack against Cally Henderson. Cavil identifies the source of Tyrol's anxiety as arising from the fear that he could be a Cylon sleeper agent. This Cavil seems to be personally very familiar with Tyrol and is apparently aware that Henderson harbors romantic feelings for him ^{(TRS: "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I")}. (Later analysis of Cavil's nature, from behavior in season 3 and 4 episodes, suggests that Cavil's comments were aimed to incite torment in Tyrol.)

A somewhat eccentric figure, Cavil is a surprisingly harsh critic of prayer for a Brother, but claims to have been preaching "longer than you [Tyrol] have been sucking down oxygen" ^{(TRS: "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I")}.

Despite his cynicism, Cavil prays with Laura Roslin for her re-election to the presidency to be successful. When Tyrol deduces the Caprica copy of him as a Cylon, Cavil is thrown in the brig along with his copy claiming right up until he sees the Caprica copy that he isn't a Cylon at which time he drops the act. He is later ejected through an airlock along with his copy.

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On the way to his execution, he finds himself in a corridor surrounded by the unknowing Final Five and muses for a moment on the irony of the situation.

When asked by his copy if there's a Resurrection Ship waiting for them, he confirms that and is disgusted with his copy's change of mind about humanity and plans to have him boxed. Cavil reveals once he resurrects he plans to start the complete destruction of humanity and holds hands with his copy as they're blown out into space through the launch tube by Admiral Adama himself ^{(TRS: "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II" and "The Plan")}.

Pre-Fall

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This copy is first seen on a Resurrection Ship with another copy (possibly the Caprica copy) looking at the empty new bodies of the Final Five. The two believe that the Five will be killed in the Colonies destruction and will download and apologize. This Cavil decides to go and be with Ellen when it happens. He encounters her in a bar on Picon and is upset to realize that she hasn't changed. When she asks for his name, he refuses to give it to her saying that he's just a mysterious stranger. When the attack happens, Cavil huddles with Ellen and while both survive the nuclear blast, Ellen is severely hurt. Cavil decides to keep her alive as she hasn't learned her lesson and escorts her to Rising Star. There he sits beside her bed as the Cylons chase and attack the Fleet every 33 minutes and muses on how four of the Five are in the Fleet but Anders isn't. Cavil admits that keeping her alive like this is cruel but shows no remorse. Cavil later installs himself as a clergyman on Galactica and hands out pamphlets about "the plan" to lure any other Cylons to him. He ends up with two Sixes (one being Shelly Godfrey), a Two and a Five and is disappointed that there are no Threes or Fours, although Godfrey claims to have seen a Four in the Fleet. Cavil assumes leadership of the group and takes control of their sleeper agent. Cavil's group repeatedly fails and he is forced at one point to airlock Shelly Godfrey and is pissed that Boomer failed to kill Adama. This copy also deals with a young boy named John who is unwanted by his parents and takes a liking to Cavil after running into him in a corridor. Cavil initially rebuffs him, but apparently grows either somewhat sympathetic to, or intrigued by, him and lets him into his chapel and feeds him. Cavil takes care of John for an unknown amount of time, but after finally learning John's name and that John considers them friends, Cavil murders him saying "friends are a dangerous thing to have" and shows no remorse for it (TRS: "The Plan").

Caprica Copy a.k.a. C-Cavil

Caprican Cavil

A copy of this model infiltrates Samuel Anders' resistance group on Caprica and uses his cover as a priest to ingratiate himself directly with Anders. He co-ordinates with a Number Four copy who is posing as the team doctor for the Caprica Buccaneers and undermines the resistance's morale. During his time with the resistance he counsels Anders and listens to his confessions of self-doubt and cowardice. He also learns of Anders' love for his human companions and for the people he has lost and slowly comes to the realization that the Cylons' attack on the Colonies was a grave error, as the Final Five would continue to love humanity and mourn them even if they were extinct. This is reinforced when Cavil is presented with an opportunity to kill Kara Thrace and Anders, but instead shows them mercy and allows them to reunite. Cavil comes to regret the actions of the Cylons and expresses his relief when a Number Six arrives shortly after Thrace's SAR landing and informs him of the new truce between Cylon and man, despite also being informed that his model voted against it. He decides to go to Galactica and act as the envoy of the truce, telling them that the Cylons had left the Colonies. Upon his arrival aboard Galactica he is identified as a Cylon by Chief Tyrol and detained. Cavil admits to being a Cylon and says "take me to your leader" ^{(TRS: "The Plan")}.

Due to this copy's discovery, the Fleet copy is arrested as well and thrown in Galactica's brig. Caprica-Cavil informs President Roslin and Admiral Adama that the Cylons have realized that they made two mistakes: the attack on the Colonies and the pursuit of the Fleet, so both the occupation of the Colonies and the Cylon pursuit of the humans are now over. After receiving the message, Roslin orders that both Cavils be airlocked ^{(TRS: "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II")}.

Like his Fleet counterpart, the Caprica copy also expresses doubt in the active involvement of divine forces in the real world, although he focuses his contempt on the Cylon religion. He says that "There is no God," something that the Ones have been telling the other Cylons for years, though he acknowledges that God's existence or nonexistence can't actually be proven. Based on his conversation with the Fleet copy, this viewpoint appears to be shared across the entire model.

While in the airlock awaiting execution, this Cavil engages in a debate with Galactica's Cavil regarding his epiphany. He tries to enlighten his more cynical brother to his revelation, but is rebuked and scorned. The Galactica Cavil promises to have him boxed for his radical heresy, yet still takes his hand when he offers it seconds before being flushed into the void. While Galactica Cavil closes his eyes, this copy does not and meets his fate with eyes wide open ^{(TRS: "The Plan")}. If he did download and get boxed, his conciousness was presumably destroyed when the Resurrection Hub was destroyed. ^{(TRS: "The Hub")}

New Caprica Copies

A Cavil on New Caprica

At least two Ones are present in the invasion fleet on New Caprica ^{(TRS: "Occupation" and "Precipice")}. They have some authority over humans in detention, as Ellen Tigh is able to use sexual favors to bribe another into releasing Saul Tigh. This was a self-serving ruse; after a second sexual encounter, a One admits to Ellen that Saul was released in order to give the Cylon authorities a way of tracking and putting down the New Caprica Resistance ^{(TRS: "Precipice")}.

It turns out that these liasons were highly Oedipal in nature. Not only does was Cavil modeled after Ellen's father, he is technically her "son," though only Cavil knew the extent of their relationship at the time. Though he appears to have no qualms about it when it happens, Ellen later makes a pointed reference to it, using it as a barb to belittle Cavil and he expresses a tactful amount of shame and frustration about it ^{(TRS: "No Exit")}.

Two copies are also involved in the Cylon leaders' discussions, such as whether to kill Gaius Baltar.

Another copy also acts as a type of liaison between the NCP and their Cylon masters. He gives Jammer the list of Colonials to detain, and later accompanies the NCP to the site of a mass execution of Colonial detainees ^{(TRS: "Occupation")}.

The NCP liaison version is critically wounded during an attack by the Resistance movement. One is left with a bullet wound to the stomach and is left to die after the detainees are liberated. He resorts to suicide by severing his carotid artery with a spent casing. He downloads into a new body for the third time; an experience that, as he explains, is similar to having a white hot poker slammed through his skull ^{(TRS: "Exodus, Part I")}.

Shortly before her death, Ellen Tigh describes the One she seduced as the one "in charge" of the Detention Facility ^{(TRS: "Exodus, Part II")}.

Basestar Command Copies

Cylon Diplomat

After the Cylon fleet arrives at the algae planet, a Cylon negotiation team negotiates a meeting on Galactica, which consists of Gaius Baltar, Boomer, a Number Three, and a Number One. The One ad-libs during the discussion, personally suggesting that the Cylons will hand over Baltar to the Colonials as part of the negotiation ("to sweeten the pot").

Later, a One (likely the same one) argues that they should destroy Galactica now and be rid of them for good. He thinks it does not matter if the Cylons find Earth in five days or five thousand years, saying that they can last forever, whereas the Colonials cannot. He concludes that Admiral Adama's threat to launch nuclear weapons at the temple is a bluff, even as Galactica prepares its missile launchers. After Adama fails to back down, One agrees to the consensus to recall the Heavy Raiders and is angry when all but one returns, saying that they have to "do something" about the Threes and their defiance (TRS: "The Eye of Jupiter, Rapture").

A copy accompanies D'Anna Biers and Baltar to the Temple of Five to look for clues on Earth's location. He helps disarm the G-4 detonators and becomes angry when Biers wants to find out the identities of the Final Five, insisting that it is forbidden. When Biers does not relent, Cavil points a gun at her, but before he can shoot, Baltar kills him from behind with an abandoned Colonial pistol. ^{(TRS: "Rapture")}

Another copy greets Number Three when she resurrects on a Resurrection Ship and informs her of the decision to box her model. She replies that someday he will know the truth of the Final Five like she does just before he removes the device storing her consciousness. Other Cavils are shown boxing other Number Threes all over the room in the Resurrection Ship ^{(TRS: "Rapture")}.

Faction Leader Copy

Owing to the identical nature of the Ones, the singular copy referred to below may actually be several different copies. Furthermore this copy could be the same as one discussed above, although there is no particular indication this is the case.

In "Six of One" a Number One model, consistently referred to as "Cavil," despite the egalitarian and democratic principles of Cylon command, exudes an definite sense of assumed authority. As of such, he appears to be the de facto leader of one side of the schism between the Cylons, composed of Ones, Fours, Fives, and Sharon Valerii, opposed to the Twos, Sixes and Eights loyal to Natalie. His is among the first blood shed in the Cylon Civil War, as Natalie has the self-aware Centurions (a concept Cavil is horrified by) attack. He initially appears to be forgiving, negotiating generous terms of truce with the rebels, although this is turns out to be a ploy for a devastating ambush, one which he justifies: "they started it".

Cavil is in a sexual relationship with Valerii, although the nature of it is odd, he condescendingly refers to her as his "pet Eight" ^{(TRS: "The Hub")}. He has been holding Ellen Tigh prisoner ever since she was killed by her husband and resurrected ^{(TRS: "No Exit")}.

This copy is killed by Number Three after he un-boxes her to try to convince her to get the rebels to stop. She breaks his neck when she learns of the attack on the Hub, believing that he won't have time to resurrect before it is destroyed ^{(TRS: "The Hub")}.

It is likely that she was wrong, as Boomer brings a kidnapped Hera to a Number One which seems to be the same Cavil. He may have had to time to resurrect before the Hub was destroyed contrary to what D'Anna thought. It is equally possible that this is a different copy entirely, as they seem to share similar personalities. Regardless, this copy, alongside a Simon, runs many tests on the child. ^{(TRS: "Islanded in a Stream of Stars")}.

He is later seen with Boomer and Hera in The Colony, and remarks upon how Hera "holds the key to their survival somewhere in her genetic code". ^{(TRS: "Daybreak, Part I")}

During the attack on The Colony, Cavil invades Galactica CIC to take back Hera Agathon. He agrees to hand her over to the Colonials in exchange for the secret of Resurrection, and backs down. His trademark sarcasm surfaces when he is impatient with the Final Five, saying they're "keeping two civilizations waiting". When Tyrol attacks and kills Tory Foster, he takes this as a sign of aggression, attacking the Colonials. When his attack fails, he swears and puts a gun in his mouth, committing suicide. Many other Number One copies died with him when The Colony falls into the black hole it was orbiting and is destroyed. ^{(TRS: "Daybreak, Part II")}

"John" and the Final Five

After the Final Five contacted the Centurions circa 40 BCH (60YR), they agreed to create humanoid Cylons and share resurrection technology with them in exchange for an end to the Cylon War. The first humanoid Cylon created by the Final Five was "John," named after and created in the likeness of Ellen Tigh's biological father. He was "treasured" by the Five, and even assisted them in the creation of the other seven models ^{(TRS: "No Exit")}.

John grew intensely jealous of Daniel, the seventh model, because Daniel was emotionally favored by Ellen. John sabotaged the Sevens' genetic code and amniotic fluid, wiping out the entire line permanently.

He later trapped the Final Five in a room, suffocated them, and boxed them before they could be resurrected fully. Eventually, he resurrected them one at a time but obscured their original memories, gave them false ones, and planted each of them "like a Boomer" among the humans in an effort to teach them a lesson about their foolish appreciation for humans. This plan backfires when The Five become even more sympathetic towards the Colonials, a fate that is eventually sealed with the destruction of the Resurrection Hub. Without The Hub, The Five can no longer regain their original memories, thus remaining Colonials and enemies with John. Although The Five still unconsciously possess their lost memories, if any of The Five were to die then the knowledge needed to recreate resurrection technology would be lost forever.

John also corrupted the memories of his six surviving "sibling" models to remove from them the knowledge of the Final Five's identities and programmed them not to think about the matter, though they still knew that another five models were extant. John pretended to know no more about the Five than his fellows did, insisting that the imperative not to seek them out came from the "original programmers" ^{(TRS: "Six of One")}. John was extremely contemptuous of many of the human traits the Five gave him. He eliminated his need for sleep and dreaming by rewriting his own software, having previously suffered from night sweats and dreams in which he was being pursued through yellow mists by dog-faced boys.

Analysis

In "Occupation" and "Precipice," the Ones are the most outwardly sadistic and cruel to humans, appearing to take pleasure (or at least a noticeable level of amusement) in their own acts of psychological and physical cruelty. They are even described by one of their creators, Ellen Tigh, as being sadists. The Ones like toying with the idea of liquidating the human population on New Caprica as a solution to the Resistance, to "perhaps a more manageable number. Say, less than a thousand."

The Ones are described as being driven by base emotions, principally anger and jealousy ^{(TRS: "No Exit")}. They try to hide behind a facade of genial yet sarcastic superiority, but when situations move beyond their control they often lash out in rage, abandoning any pretense of civility. The Ones are a vindictive model; even their creators do not escape their anger and wrath. They specifically torture the Final Five psychologically and physically as a means of exacting "justice" for perceived slights against them. In conversation with the other Cylons, Ones are vocal and callous proponents of harsh measures against the New Caprica Resistance and are strong advocates of mass executions.

Though apparently atheistic, the first two known copies of this model pose as clergy, possibly as an intentional mockery of religion on their part. The Cavils on New Caprica often speak of "God" sarcastically when among other Cylons but seem to recognize the pragmatic aspects of religion, referring to the Cylon "plan" as "God's Plan." The Cavil who lead the main Cylon faction against the rebel faction is also implied to possess more personal knowledge than other Cylons as the nature of the Cylon god and possibly the Final Five. He plays a "gatekeeper" role, and refers to "God" as "the voice of reason."

With the Cylons apparently occupying New Caprica at the end of the Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II, it appears that the Ones on Galactica are either lying about the Cylon change of heart or the Cylon plans changed after the second Number One was captured on Galactica.

"Exodus, Part I" reveals that a Number One unit, the leader of the execution squad intercepted by the Resistance and who died there (his third death), experienced increasing head pain with each resurrection.

Several comments Number One makes in the episode "The Ties That Bind" indicate that he has some deeper knowledge of the Centurions than the rest of the Cylons do. This is because the Ones are the eldest of the eight Colonial-era humanoid Cylons, the first to be created by the Final Five. They played a key role in helping the Five create both their seven brother and sister models and the advanced Centurions and Raiders.

Given his conversations with Ellen Tigh in "No Exit" and his reaction to the defiance of the Threes, it seems that Cavil is the driving force behind the boxing of the Threes. While he claims to them--and presumably to the other Cylon models--that it needed to be done in response to their rejection of the consensus command of the Cylons, it is clearly an effort to keep the identities of the Final Five from being exposed.

Notes

• The word cavil is a noun and verb involving an irrelevant or trivial point made during an argument or discussion; synonyms include quibble and carp. (Dictionary Reference)
• Cavil's first name, John, was unknowingly and mistakenly revealed by a crew member in the David Eick Video Blog long before the airing of No Exit, in March/April of 2008. (Who Do You Love?)
• Cavil's numerical designation isn't revealed until the episode "Six of One" in Season Four and his given name "John" is not revealed until "No Exit" (unless counting the mistake by the crew in the David Eick Video Blog), also of Season Four.
• Cavil is also revealed in "No Exit" to have been, among other things, the anonymous stranger who placed an unconscious Ellen Tigh aboard the Rising Star during the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. His copy on Caprica was a member of Sam's resistance fighters, which is why his sudden appearance in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II" was not remarked on with surprise.
• In "The Plan," the two primary Cavils are denoted as "F-Cavil" (for "Fleet Cavil") and "C-Cavil" (for "Caprica Cavil") in the script.

References

Iblis' brother

This article has a separate continuity. This article is in the Richard Hatch Novelizations separate continuity, which is related to the Original Series. Be sure that your contributions to this article reflect the characters and events specific to this continuity only.

Iblis' brother (name unknown) was an ancient Lord of Kobol and Council Head of the House of Kobol, serving as a distant ancestor to Adama and his children. His relationship with his younger brother—the man who would become Count Iblis—defined one of the most significant schisms in human history, ultimately leading to the creation of the House of Iblis and the Cylon race.

Early Life and Relationship with Iblis

The elder brother and Iblis shared a deep and powerful love in their youth, as profound as the bond Apollo felt for Starbuck. Both brothers were in line to replace the retiring elder and assume the position of Council Head of the House of Kobol, representing the leadership of humanity's most advanced bloodline.

Despite their close bond, a fundamental difference existed between the brothers. While Iblis was a scientific genius who pursued knowledge through experimentation and technological achievement, the elder brother possessed wisdom, charisma, and strength of character that their father valued more highly. This disparity in their father's regard became a source of intense jealousy for Iblis, who felt his scientific accomplishments never received the respect they deserved.

The elder brother continued to best Iblis in every possible way throughout their lives, despite Iblis' repeated attempts to outdo him. From Iblis' biased and corrupted point of view, their parents had always favored his brother, never affording Iblis the recognition his achievements warranted.

Appointment as Council Head

The final blow to the brothers' relationship came when the elder brother was awarded the position of Council Head of the House of Kobol. This appointment, which Iblis viewed as the ultimate insult, drove him to plot in dark secrecy something almost unheard of on Kobol—the murder of his own brother.

The new Council Head discovered his brother's murder plot, revealing both his wisdom and his access to the mental abilities characteristic of the Lords of Kobol. Even after learning of the assassination conspiracy, the Council Head was willing to forgive his brother, demonstrating the depth of his love and the compassion that had made him worthy of leadership. However, the council itself forced him to discipline Iblis, as the crime was too serious to overlook regardless of their fraternal bond.

Discipline of Iblis and the Schism

The Council Head's discipline of his brother marked the beginning of the great schism within the House of Kobol. After being censured by the other Lords, Iblis broke ranks entirely. A portion of the population fell prey to Iblis' sharp tongue and devious wit, becoming his followers in what would become the House of Iblis.

The Council Head later discovered that Iblis had been conducting horrific experiments—work so terrible that the Lords of Kobol were forbidden to discuss what he had done. These discoveries left the Kobollians with no choice but to take more severe action against Iblis and his followers.

Role in Iblis' Exile

Generations after the founding of the House of Iblis, the Kobollian forefathers—following the precedent set by the Council Head's original discipline—cast Iblis and his followers out of the House of Kobol entirely. They were exiled to the most hostile and uninhabitable planet in the galaxy, Cylon, where they were expected to die.

While the sources do not explicitly state whether the original Council Head was still alive at the time of this final exile, the decision reflected the principles he had established—that certain crimes against the House of Kobol could not be tolerated, even when perpetrated by one's own brother.

Legacy

The Council Head's lineage continued through the millennia as the pure-blooded line of the House of Kobol. His descendants ruled Caprica for millennia until the Cylons came, with his bloodline eventually passing through many generations to Adama and his children Apollo, Athena, and Zac.

The Council Head's decision to discipline his brother—despite his love and willingness to forgive—established a precedent that certain principles transcended even familial bonds. His choice demonstrated the fundamental difference between the two brothers: one sought wisdom and placed the good of humanity above personal ambition, while the other pursued power and harbored resentment that eventually consumed him entirely.

The conflict between the two brothers echoed across millennia. Iblis sought revenge against the Council Head's descendants, viewing Apollo and Athena as "the last of the direct descendants of the House of Kobol" who must die "to avenge the deaths of millions of my tribe." This statement revealed that Iblis' vendetta was not merely against his brother personally, but against the entire lineage that stemmed from him—a blood feud spanning countless generations.

Character and Philosophy

The Council Head embodied the ideals of the House of Kobol—wisdom over mere knowledge, compassion over pride, and the good of humanity over personal ambition. His wisdom, charisma, and strength of character made him the natural choice for leadership, representing the values that the Lords of Kobol had cultivated through millennia of meditation, concentration, and inner vision.

His willingness to forgive his brother even after discovering a murder plot demonstrated extraordinary compassion, yet his acceptance of the council's decision to discipline Iblis showed his understanding that leadership sometimes required painful choices for the greater good. This balance—between personal mercy and necessary justice—reflected the sophistication of Kobollian philosophy and the burden of leadership within the House of Kobol.

The Council Head's legacy lived on not only through his bloodline but through the principles he upheld. Where his brother chose to corrupt the genetic code of an entire species and breed hatred into the Cylons, the Council Head's descendants continued the work of the Lords of Kobol—seeking to improve themselves and aid their less evolved counterparts across the universe.

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