End of Line

For the Cylon phrase, see: end of line.

"End of Line" An episode of the Caprica Series
Episode No.	Season 1, Episode 9
Writer(s)	Michael Taylor
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Director	Roxann Dawson
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US airdate	March 26, 2010
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Population	{{{population}}} survivors
Additional Info	Season 1.0 / Mid-Season Finale
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Overview

When the demand for the Cylon production is dramatically changed to just a week, Daniel calls the order to clean the MCP, which will destroy the Zoe avatar in the process and forces her to take drastic actions to escape. Barnabas puts Lacy's allegiance to the STO to a test, as Clarice plans a trip to Gemenon. Amanda is haunted by visions of her brother and the allegations made by Vergis against her husband push her to the brink. Emmanuelle finds Tamara so as to finally take Joseph's quest to an end.

Notes

• The phrase "end of line" is used by the Master Control Program (MCP) in the cult film Tron. The acronym "MCP" later finds use in Caprica when discussing the meta-cognitive processor.
• End of line is phrase often spoken by Cylon hybrids.
• "End of line" is also used in various programming languages to signify the end of a line in a program or other computer script.
• Jesse Haddock is credited as Vergis's driver rather than Darius because this was leftover from the original concept of Amanda's visions of her brother. According to David Eick's podcast for "Ghosts in the Machine", it was planned for it to be part of a hoax perpetrated by Vergis who found a look-alike of her brother to drive Amanda insane. However, it was decided instead to portray it as her mental reaction to Zoe's death and all scenes that were filmed to explain it as a ruse were edited out.

Questions

• Will Joseph accept that he will never see Tamara again?
• What will become of Tamara-A in New Cap City?
• Will Joseph learn that Evelyn was Emmanuelle?
• Evelyn and Sam appeared to be working together (and there was the deleted scene where Sam did enter V-World to help Joseph) - did Evelyn contact Sam, or vice versa?
• Is Evelyn involved with the Ha'la'tha?
• Is Evelyn from Tauron or does she merely know the language?
• Will Amanda survive her attempted suicide?
• Will Clarice be involved in what next happens to Amanda?
• What will Clarice do about Barnabas' attempt to kill her?
• How will the STO leadership on Gemenon view Barnabas' actions if they are made known to them?
• Were Nestor and bystanders killed by the car bomb?
• Will Lacy and Keon continue to work for Barnabas now that he has shown a willingness to kill both of them, or will they attempt to escape or oust him?
• Will Zoe-R survive the wrecking of the car she was in?
• Will the GDD recapture Zoe?
• If Zoe is recaptured, what will be done to her?
• How will Philomon's fate and Lacy's apparent inability to help her affect Zoe's attitudes towards humans?
• What is the extent of Vergis and Patel's involvement?
• Will Vergis succeed in securing the defense contract?
• What was Daniel phoned about?

Guest Stars

• Scott Porter as Nestor Willow
• John Pyper-Ferguson as Tomas Vergis
• James Marsters as Barnabas Greeley
• Alex Arsenault as Philo
• Leah Gibson as Emmanuelle
• Jill Teed as Col. Sasha Patel
• Hiro Kanagawa as Cyrus Xander
• Genevieve Buechner as Tamara Adama
• James Pizzinato as Drew
• Liam Sproule as Keon
• Teryl Rothery as Evelyn
• Jim Thomson as Voice of Serge
• Jesse Haddock as Vergis' Driver
• Johnston Gray as Darius
• Zak Santiago as Pann
• Aidan Dee as Hippolyta
• Alan Wong as Soldier at Roadblock

Caprica definition: hardware used by Dr. Daniel Graystone in the integration of the sentient AI that Zoe Graystone created into the U-87, see: MCP (CAP: Pilot).

Caprica definition: a monotheistic terrorist organization in existence for more than a decade prior to 58 BCH (^{(CAP: "Pilot")}, et al).

Caprica definition: a civilian outfit on Caprica in operation prior to the First Cylon War handling large-scale enforcement throughout the colony, akin to the FBI, see: Global Defense Department