Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II

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"Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II" An episode of the Re-imagined Series
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Summary

Part two of a two-part season finale. The election campaign comes to a close and Baltar is the apparent winner. Unsatisfied with the outcome, Roslin conspires with Col. Tigh and Dualla to rig the election result to keep him out of power. When Kara, Sharon and Helo return from their rescue mission with Anders and his resistance fighters, Cheif Tyrol is shocked to find that one of the people to step off a Raptor is Brother Cavil, the preist who just helped him with his spiritual troubles. Meanwhile Gina and Demand Peace plot to use the nuclear device given to them by Baltar on a horrific target: Cloud Nine.

Source: The Patriot Resource

The season finale, "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II", will be a 90 minute special according to a release from Scifi Channel (which was previously attempted for "Pegasus", but dropped). The Scifi release goes on to describe the episode:

"With the presidential campaigning in full swing, the election's outcome hinges upon a core debate -- whether or not to abandon the search for Earth when the Galactica crew discovers a habitable planet. When the election begins to swing in favor of Baltar (James Callis) -- a man whom Roslin is convinced is a Cylon collaborator -- the incumbent president must decide whether or not to take drastic measures for the greater good.

Things become even further complicated when the Cylons, led by Caprica Six (Tricia Helfer) and Sharon (Grace Park), find the planet and offer humanity a stunning proposal of peace." Gateworld

Notes

• Ron Moore's podcast for episode 13, Epiphanies, states that the Nuke given to Gina will come back in this episode, to the benefit of the Cylons.
• In RDM's podcast for the previous episode, he said that in early drafts of this special 90 minute long episode, the writers actually tried to make it a 2 hour special, but this was soon dropped (these times are including commercials).

Official Statements

Fom the official site (http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/): When Baltar wins the vote, Roslin considers stealing the election because she believes he is a Cylon collaborator.

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Guest Stars

• Richard Hatch as Tom Zarek
• Dean Stockwell as Brother Cavil
• Michael Trucco as Samuel Anders
• Kate Vernon as Ellen Tigh
• Donnelly Rhodes as Dr. Cottle
• Callum Keith Rennie as Leoben Conoy

Production Notes

• Series 2 (2005 / 2006)
• Production Number: 2.20
• Airdate Order: 20 (of 20)

First Run Air Dates & Releases

• UK Airdate: Date
• US Airdate: Date
• DVD Release (UK): Date
• DVD Release (US): Date
• Nielsen Rating: X.X million households, XXX share

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