Resistance (episode)

This page covers the episode "Resistance." For the Resistance itself, see Resistance (movement).

Overview

Riots break out in the fleet over Tigh's declaration of martial law, and a group of Galactica crewmembers led by Lee Adama smuggle Laura Roslin out of the brig and into Tom Zarek's hands. Meanwhile, Kara and Helo fall in with a group of humans who have survived on Caprica and started a resistance movement.

Summary

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Questions

• What will Commander Adama do to resolve the crisis now that he has regained consciousness?
• What will happen to President Roslin, now on the run?
• What will happen to Cally now that she has killed Galactica-Boomer?
• Chief Tyrol mentions that he once served aboard the Battlestar Pegasus: will this be significant if/when the Pegasus is discovered by the Galactica?

Analysis

• Continuing from the events of last episode, "Fragged", Cally has indeed threatened Dr. Baltar with revealing that he killed Crashdown in return for demanding that he help Chief Tyrol.

Notes

• This episode gave no direct indication of its date. All the first season episodes identified the date during their Caprica segments, and the first three episodes of this season have taken place on the same day as Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II. There are a few possible indicators of time elapsed:
  • Tyrol is in a holding cell, and apparently hasn't been there for long.
  • Apollo has been gone from the officer's card game long enough to be missed. His last game was on Day 50.
  • Apollo asks Dualla how his father is doing "this morning", and Dualla's response implies that this is at least the second time he's asked her. His first opportunity to do so would have been on the morning of Day 52, putting this episode at Day 53 at least.
• Galactica Boomer dies in this episode, shot by Cally.
  • Boomer dies in a matter that seems to mirror what happened to Lee Harvey Oswald (the assassin who gunned down U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and who was shot at point blank range by another man named Jack Ruby while being transferred to another prison).
• If Boomer is to believed, there are 8 more Cylons hiding in the Fleet. It has already been established that there are only 12 Cylons models in existence, and four have already been revealed in the Fleet (Shelly Godfrey, Leoben Conoy, Aaron Doral, and now Boomer), so each of the as-yet-unknown models may have a representative copy hiding in the Fleet.
  • Note, however, that there have already been two Dorals, and the Cylons would have no way of predicting which ships would escape with the fleet. It's probably unlikely that there is exactly one of each undiscovered type remaining to be found.
  • Boomer produced this number under extreme duress. It is possible that she simply fabricated it, or that Baltar was relying on "God" to produce it for her, as he himself did in "The Hand of God".
  • Baltar asserted during the scene that Boomer had the information in her subconscious, so this may have been a way of producing it from extreme duress.
• Commander Adama has regained consciousness.
• There is a small resistance movement on Caprica comprising roughly 50 people, and Helo and Starbuck have joined up with them.
• Chief Tyrol has been serving on Battlestars since he was 18. Other Battlestars he has served on include the Columbia, Atlantia, and Pegasus.
• First mention of the Battlestar Pegasus in the re-imagined series.
• Baltar's Six considers the term "Toaster" to be a "racial epithet".
• Apollo can pilot a Raptor. (He brought a pilot along with in "Fragged")
• Cadet "Hot Dog" Constanza is now leading Combat Air Patrols.
• This episode introduces a conspiracy to free Laura Roslin from imprisonment—see Laura Roslin faction for more information.

Statistics

Guest Stars

• Richard Hatch as Tom Zarek
• Kate Vernon as Ellen Tigh
• Donnelly Rhodes as Doctor Cottle

Writing & Direction

• Written by
• Story by
• Teleplay by
• Directed by

Production Notes

• Series 2 (2005/2006)
• Production Number: 2.4
• Airdate Order: 4 (of 20)

First Run Air Dates & Releases

• UK Airdate: September 2005
• US Airdate: August 5th, 2005
• DVD Release: Date

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