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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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.

Summary

Teaser

• On Colonial Highway 5 in the forest, the U-87 is driving a Graystone Industries van while being pursued by Caprican military aircraft.
• Twenty hours early, a CAP news report notes that Graystone Industries stock has dropped another 30% leading to speculation that the increasingly cash-strapped company will be forced to sell off assets.
• In the lab with the U-87, Drew questions Philomon about his relationship with Rachel. Philomon says that he is not bothered by Rachel refusing to let him see her true form. When she does, his feelings for her will mean that her appearance doesn't matter.
• As Drew lights a cigarette, the U-87 instinctively flinches. The two note that the U-87 has not been the same since Daniel's tests with it the previous week. Philomon promises to take care of the robot, which comforts Zoe.
• At Atlas Arena, Cyrus presses Daniel for an answer to Vergis's offer to buy the Buccaneers, which should keep the company afloat for another month. Distraught, Daniel agrees to accept the deal.
• At the docks, Barnabas waits with Keon and two other men for a shipment of arms. Through the mist, Clarice arrives accompanied by an armed Nestor and two other men.
• Clarice tells Barnabas that she has called off the shipment and accuses him of trying to build a power base with the support of other STO cells. He argues that the STO needs to take action and mocks her beliefs in apotheosis before Clarice suddenly pistol-whips him.
• As the groups take aim at each other, Clarice holds a gun to Barnabas' head and threatens to kill him. She then releases him and tells him to back off if he wants to avoid a violent response from her, before her group walks away.

Act 1

• Back on Colonial Highway 5, the military aircraft continue to chase the U-87's van. The aircraft are notified that the vehicle contains a Cylon prototype and are ordered not to engage.
• Seventeen hours earlier, Amanda is sitting in her bedroom. While a documentary about the Pantheon Bridge runs on the television, she looks through news articles about the U-87 defense contract, including speculation regarding Daniel's role in the break-in at the Vergis Corporation.
• Taking pills and lighting a cigarette, she has flashbacks of chasing her brother Darius through the halls of the Delphi Convalescent Institute and of a bloody razor blade.
• She calls Clarice, who is preparing to go to Gemenon. Clarice advises her to talk to Daniel about her feelings over dinner that evening.
• At the docks, Barnabus leads a prayer group of STO members. Dismissing them, he shows Lacy the shipping crate he has acquired for her cargo to Gemenon. It is pre-cleared through customs, but the shipment will have to wait at least a week in order to prevent a search due to a raised threat level.
• Lacy is grateful, but Barnabas demands a favor in return. He gives Lacy a replica of Clarice's keyless entry remote for her car, asking Lacy to switch it out for the authentic one on Clarice's key chain. He tells her it will allow him to track Clarice, and Lacy agrees to do so. Barnabas welcomes her to his cell.

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 a 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? (Possible answer)
• 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