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* After her apparent death in "[[Maelstrom]]", Kara's personal belongings were auctioned off. Helo has managed to get them all back for her. However, the only thing Kara is interested in is her father's music tape. | * After her apparent death in "[[Maelstrom]]", Kara's personal belongings were auctioned off. Helo has managed to get them all back for her. However, the only thing Kara is interested in is her father's music tape. | ||
* Some of the music played by the mysterious piano player is from the original series. [[Numian's 3rd Sonata]], Second Movement, is in fact from the opening dialogue of the classic series ("There are those who believe that life here, began out there..."). This is not the first time music from the original series has shown up (i.e. the [[Colonial Anthem]]), and lends to the idea that 'everything has happened before, and will happen again'. | * Some of the music played by the mysterious piano player is from the original series. [[Numian's 3rd Sonata]], Second Movement, is in fact from the opening dialogue of the classic series ("There are those who believe that life here, began out there..."). This is not the first time music from the original series has shown up (i.e. the [[Colonial Anthem]]), and lends to the idea that 'everything has happened before, and will happen again'. | ||
* The brand of toothpaste offered as a prize to the pilots is called "Felgercarb," a word used in the original series to mean "shit." In essence, Kara is offering the pilot who finds a new planet "shit toothpaste." | |||
== Analysis == | == Analysis == | ||
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| "Someone To Watch Over Me" An episode of the Re-imagined Series | |||
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| Episode No. | Season 4, Episode 17 | ||
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| Production No. | 419 | ||
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| US airdate |  February 27, 2009 [1]
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| CAN airdate |  February 27, 2009
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| UK airdate |  March 3, 2009
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| Population | 39,556 survivors ( )
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| Deadlock | Someone To Watch Over Me | Islanded in a Stream of Stars | |
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Overview
Starbuck discovers a hidden musical ability that bears a mysterious significance to the final five Cylons, and her tune is found to have a connection with three-year-old human-Cylon hybrid Hera. The president authorizes Boomer's release from the Brig so she can stand trial for treason on the Cylon Base Ship.[2]
Summary
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Notes
- Gaius Baltar does not appear in this episode.
- Someone To Watch Over Me is the name of a song composed by George and Ira Gershwin, and featured in the musical Oh, Kay! A major theme of the song is the need to find love and acceptance.
- There was also an episode of Star Trek: Voyager named for the song, in which it is performed at the end by The Doctor.
- Weeks have passed since the end of the mutiny, as evidenced by Cottle's comment about how long Anders' EKG readings have remained steady.
- After her apparent death in "Maelstrom", Kara's personal belongings were auctioned off. Helo has managed to get them all back for her. However, the only thing Kara is interested in is her father's music tape.
- Some of the music played by the mysterious piano player is from the original series. Numian's 3rd Sonata, Second Movement, is in fact from the opening dialogue of the classic series ("There are those who believe that life here, began out there..."). This is not the first time music from the original series has shown up (i.e. the Colonial Anthem), and lends to the idea that 'everything has happened before, and will happen again'.
- The brand of toothpaste offered as a prize to the pilots is called "Felgercarb," a word used in the original series to mean "shit." In essence, Kara is offering the pilot who finds a new planet "shit toothpaste."
Analysis
- The Cylons seem to have officially joined the Fleet as they now have the representation they wanted on the new Quorum in the form of a Six named Sonja. It is also confirmed that Cylon and Colonial pilots are performing joint CAPs.
- This is most clearly seen when Athena staggers into the briefing room and Helo orders one of the Six's to go get the medics, the Six unhesitatingly responds "Yes, Sir".
- It has been unclear whether Karl Agathon is still the Commander Air Group (CAG) of Galactica or Kara Thrace officially takes over the CAG as Agathon used to join important staff meetings with Adama & Tigh in previous episodes. However, this episode clearly shows that Thrace is now serving as the CAG of Galactica.
- Ellen's escape from Cavil seems to have been orchestrated between him and Boomer in order to get Boomer on Galactica so she could kidnap Hera.
- It would appear that while Cavil was willing to let Ellen go in order to obtain Hera, members of the Final Five are still of some value to him, as evidenced by Boomer's offer for Tyrol to go with her.
- The Final Five have the same projection ability as the Cylons they created. Cylons can share projections with each other.
- Projections can include not just imaginary environments but also imaginary people, such as Boomer and Tyrol's "daughter" Dionne.
- Galactica is in very bad shape from the metal fatigue in the hull. It's so bad that Tyrol says that all the Cylon organic resin could do is buy a little more time, but not too much from the looks of it. The ship is dying of old age and there's nothing anyone can do save it completely. The damage Boomer created during her escape has no doubt worsened the ship's condition.
- Adama has still not forgiven Boomer for shooting him.
- Boomer has gone from being a conflicted sleeper agent to being a willing infiltrator and saboteur on Galactica.
- Boomer seduces Helo by pretending to be Athena. This is ironic seeing how on Caprica, Athena seduced Helo by pretending to be Boomer.
- Boomer's seduction of Helo - in the presence of Athena - may have been motivated by a desire to exact revenge on Athena for having effectively taken over her old life on Galactica'.'
- The Final Five, Hera Agathon, and Kara Thrace are all somehow connected to each other by The Music. Also possibly connected via the song is Kara's mysterious father.
- The mysterious piano player is Kara's father, which can be concluded by his sudden disappearance and by the flashbacks with both Kara and her father playing the piano when she was little. These flashbacks mirror the exact same movements done by Captain Thrace and the piano player.[3]
Questions
- Is Boomer taking Hera to Cavil, and if so, is she of value to him in and of herself or will he ransom her for the Final Five to rebuild resurrection? Or is Boomer working alone or for a third party? (Answer)
- Is the Eight switched with Boomer by Tyrol dead, or merely injured?
- Probably merely injured. It is doubtful Tyrol would have gone so far as to actually kill another Eight to save Boomer. Furthermore, if the Eight had been dead, Tyrol's trickery would have been discovered more quickly.
- What is Roslin's physical status?
- What connection is there between Roslin's collapse and Hera's kidnapping?
- If Tyrol had gone with Boomer, would Cavil have opened his brain as he threatened to do with Ellen?
- Did Boomer sleep with Helo merely to maintain her pretense, because she was attracted to him, or to intentionally hurt Athena? (Answer)
- What is the source of the "Slick" image Starbuck has been seeing? Is he a variation of Kara's Inner Leoben from "Maelstrom"?
- How did Starbuck and Hera arrive at a piano version of the same melody originally played by Anders on a guitar on Earth?
- Will Eight's idea of plugging Anders into the datastream lead anywhere?
- Will Tyrol's involvement in Boomer's escape be figured out? Will he confess?
- If Tyrol's treachery does come to light, how will others react?
- Do all the ships in the Fleet - regardless of their relative crew and passenger size - get to send representatives to the new Quorum? (This is similar to the situation the Framers of the United States Constitution faced when trying to decide if state representation in Congress should be based on individual state population or restricted to the same number of representatives per state).
- Did Boomer intentionally jump so close to Galactica in order to further damage the already weakened ship? Is this a prelude to an attack on the Fleet by Cavil's forces?
Official Statements
- Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune interviews David Weddle and Bradley Thompson[4]:
- Boomer had a sick desire to strike out at Athena.
- Boomer's escape with Ellen was staged so that she could kidnap Hera. She intended to just use the Chief, but their interactions did awaken feelings she thought were dead.
Noteworthy Dialogue
Guest Stars
- Kate Vernon as Ellen Tigh
- Donnelly Rhodes as Dr. S. Cottle
- Rekha Sharma as Tory Foster
- Roark Critchlow as Piano Player
References