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== Overview ==
== Overview ==


: ''Overview''
'''Sine Qua Non''' is the confirmed<ref name="thewatcher"/> title of episode 8 of [[season 4 (2008)|season 4]].


== Summary ==  
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* According to [[Michael Taylor]], this episode "features the return of another favorite character, who’s undergone something of a crisis since we last touched base with him… or herOh, and we also look deeply into the character of [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake the dog]]."<ref name="thewatcher"/>
 
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* ''[[w:Sine qua non|Sine qua non]]'' is a Latin phrase meaning "without which it could not be". It is famously used by [[w:Andrew Jackson|Andrew Jackson]], who says the following after receiving an honorary degree from [[w:Havard|Havard]]: "[[w:E pluribus unum|E pluribus unum]], my friends. Sine qua non."
 
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* Who is the "favorite character" that Taylor refers to?
 
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Overview

Sine Qua Non is the confirmed[1] title of episode 8 of season 4.

Summary

  • According to Michael Taylor, this episode "features the return of another favorite character, who’s undergone something of a crisis since we last touched base with him… or her. Oh, and we also look deeply into the character of Jake the dog."[1]

Notes

Analysis

Questions

  • Who is the "favorite character" that Taylor refers to?
  • Given that the Latin phrase sine qua non is a legal term, could the character in question be Romo Lampkin, who is, by most accounts, a "favorite character"?

Official Statements

Noteworthy Dialogue

Guest Stars

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ryan, Maureen (16 November 2007). Answers to your 'Razor' questions and clues about 'Battlestar Galactica's' final season (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). Retrieved on 16 November 2007.