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=== Act 1  ===
=== Act 1  ===
*Amanda experiences another vision of chasing her brother through a hospital corridor, never catching him.  In her living room, she uses a window tile to view blurry photographs taken with her cellphone at the memorial site.  None of them show any sign of Darius.
*Thorean, now in the New Cap City persona of Heracles, leads Joseph through an underground tunnel.  He is unsure that Tamara stayed in New Cap City, but Joseph is certain that she did, trusting that she would stay in one place until found.  They pause, and Heracles warns Joseph that no amount of hacking or disguise can circumvent New Cap City's cardinal rule: if a person is killed in the game, they are permanently barred from it for life.  Explosions and gunfire from above stop them from going up to street level.
*Amanda is browsing through the stalls of street vendors when she hears a car crash.  She runs toward the crash and offers to help, but another doctor reaches the victim first.  When she turns away, she spots Darius.  She chases after him with no luck, until she runs into a dead end.  Next to her, she notices a poster advertising the Caprica City Museum of Contemporary Art, featuring a painting of a covered bridge in a forest.  She takes the poster.  Before leaving, she gives herself a dose of prescription pills.
*Clarice wraps a ribbon around an expensive bottle of liquor.  Her husband [[Olaf Willow]] tells her that [[Desiree_Willow|Desiree]] will be upset with the expense.  Clarice counters that because Amanda is Zoe's mother and because she sees people who are not there, Clarice must listen to her for the word of God.
*Heracles and Joseph carefully emerge from a subway stairway onto the daytime streets of New Cap City.  A bomb goes off near them.  Joseph wonders why they cannot just fly to their destination instead of walking.  For a moment, Heracles humors him, then calls him an idiot for not realizing that New Cap City is a non-fantasy game--in other words, if people cannot fly under their own power in the real world, it is impossible here, too.  An airship fires a round near them, and they proceed as cautiously as possible.  Three helicopter-like aircraft that had been escorting the airship move in the same direction as Joseph and Heracles.


=== Act 2  ===
=== Act 2  ===

Revision as of 02:18, 30 June 2010

The Imperfections of Memory
"The Imperfections of Memory"
An episode of the Caprica Series
Episode No. Season 1, Episode 7
Writer(s) Matthew B. Roberts
Story by
Director Wayne Rose
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US airdate USA March 12, 2010
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Overview

To continue her goal of obtaining Zoe's avatar, Clarice carries on her friendship with Amanda who is being haunted by visions of her dead brother. Heracles guides Joseph through the hazards of New Cap City. Zoe and Lacy continues their respective efforts to get the U-87 to Gemenon while Daniel is still being pressured by Vergis to sell the Caprica Buccaneers to help work on the meta-cognitive processor.


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Summary

Teaser

  • From a hazy first-person point of view, someone in bare feet and a hospital gown is chasing after a young man through a hospital corridor. In her bed, Amanda Graystone suddenly wakes. She goes into her purse and retrieves an envelope from the Delphi Convalescent Institute.
  • Clarice Willow is woken by one of her husbands, Olaf Willow. Olaf and Nestor have finished reviewing the information stolen from Daniel Graystone's computer, and found that the Zoe avatar had been downloaded from the computer. Clarice believes that Daniel knows where it is now. She decides to meet Amanda at the memorial to the Maglev bombing victims, and to give her some emotional support.
  • Workers are collecting personal items from the memorial, relocating them to a permanent shelter at Apollo Park. Amanda grows indignant, telling one of the workers that these items cannot be moved. Clarice joins her. As the workers withdraw in frustration, Amanda spots the young man from her dream in the crowd. She snaps a picture before being whisked away by Clarice. In Amanda's car, she confesses to Clarice that she saw "someone"--her deceased brother Darius.
  • Zoe calls Lacy and insists that they meet immediately in the VIP room of the V-Club. She tells Lacy that Clarice accessed Daniel's computer. Lacy needs more time to prepare delivery of the U-87 to Gemenon. Zoe grows angry wth Lacy for letting her down again--and Lacy quickly corrects her by saying she has never let her, the avatar, down.
  • In an alleyway behind a restaurant, Tad Thorean is working when he is ordered to tell a man in a suit not to loiter. The man turns around--Joseph Adama pushes Thorean back into the alleyway and demands to be taken into New Cap City to find his daughter, Tamara. Thorean relents, and the two of them don holobands and enter v-world.

Act 1

  • Amanda experiences another vision of chasing her brother through a hospital corridor, never catching him. In her living room, she uses a window tile to view blurry photographs taken with her cellphone at the memorial site. None of them show any sign of Darius.
  • Thorean, now in the New Cap City persona of Heracles, leads Joseph through an underground tunnel. He is unsure that Tamara stayed in New Cap City, but Joseph is certain that she did, trusting that she would stay in one place until found. They pause, and Heracles warns Joseph that no amount of hacking or disguise can circumvent New Cap City's cardinal rule: if a person is killed in the game, they are permanently barred from it for life. Explosions and gunfire from above stop them from going up to street level.
  • Amanda is browsing through the stalls of street vendors when she hears a car crash. She runs toward the crash and offers to help, but another doctor reaches the victim first. When she turns away, she spots Darius. She chases after him with no luck, until she runs into a dead end. Next to her, she notices a poster advertising the Caprica City Museum of Contemporary Art, featuring a painting of a covered bridge in a forest. She takes the poster. Before leaving, she gives herself a dose of prescription pills.
  • Clarice wraps a ribbon around an expensive bottle of liquor. Her husband Olaf Willow tells her that Desiree will be upset with the expense. Clarice counters that because Amanda is Zoe's mother and because she sees people who are not there, Clarice must listen to her for the word of God.
  • Heracles and Joseph carefully emerge from a subway stairway onto the daytime streets of New Cap City. A bomb goes off near them. Joseph wonders why they cannot just fly to their destination instead of walking. For a moment, Heracles humors him, then calls him an idiot for not realizing that New Cap City is a non-fantasy game--in other words, if people cannot fly under their own power in the real world, it is impossible here, too. An airship fires a round near them, and they proceed as cautiously as possible. Three helicopter-like aircraft that had been escorting the airship move in the same direction as Joseph and Heracles.

Act 2

Act 3

Act 4

Notes

Analysis

  • It seems clear now that Zoe-A is deliberately seducing, rather than simply courting, Philomon, with her goal evidently being to use him as a means to escape Graystone's lab. However, Lacy's question regarding Philomon's attractiveness indicates she thinks that's not the only reason Zoe is approaching the roboticist.
  • Zoe-A and Lacy clearly differ on whether the latter has disappointed the former yet, underlining some tensions between the two. Lacy indicates she hasn't, because that Zoe-A isn't Zoe and so her sudden refusal to board the maglev doesn't count. Zoe-A, however, seems to believe that she really is Zoe, if only in personality, an idea well in line with Sister Clarice's theory of apotheosis. On the other hand, had Lacy not refused to board the maglev, she would be dead and unable to help Zoe-A.
  • During the drug binge at the Dive, Clarice let her monotheism slip, as noted by Amanda Graystone who questioned which god she was talking about when she said "God." It is unclear if Amanda suspects Sister Clarice's true allegiances, but it is clear that Clarice is in danger of breaking her cover.
  • While an interesting theory and one that would theoretically explain why the MCP has not yet been successfully copied, Zoe-A's explanation to Philomon about letting a program "grow" rather than building seemingly contradicts several points. Notably, of course, is Zoe-A's very existence - Zoe-A is repeatedly described to be a perfect copy of Zoe Graystone, rather than simply an imitation or look-alike. In this case, making an identical copy of her shouldn't be impossible, which Zoe-A's statements and later Philomon's reiterations of such to Daniel seem to imply. A possible explanation exists in the Significant Eight, in which each individual of a particular model line are all theoretically one personality, but who in practice tend to act very differently (particularly the Sixes). Zoe-A might also mean some kind of controlled growth that is distinct from a line by line copy, as Daniel has been attempting.

Questions

  • Is there any weight to Clarice's theory that God is speaking to her through Amanda and Zoe? Could this be evidence of a higher power at work, just as the Messengers influence events during and after the Fall?
  • Following on from this question, could there be a connection between Amanda's visions of her brother and the apparitions that appear to people in the Fleet sixty years later?
  • Does Clarice's belief that a person seeing others who aren't there is evidence of divine intervention indicate that she has read about prior appearances of the Messengers?
  • How will Daniel go about testing his theory that Zoe-A is in the U-87?
  • Is Zoe-A a "perfect" copy of Zoe Graystone, as both she and Daniel seem to believe? Or is there an underlying difference, as Lacy seems to? Similarly, is Tamara-A a perfect copy of Tamara Adama?
  • Is there any attraction at all on Zoe-A's part towards Philomon or is she simply using him to escape?
  • Will Philomon's proposed method (based on Zoe-A's suggestion) of AI development work in solving the MCP problem?
  • Is Amanda genuinely attracted to Clarice (or vice versa)? If so, will either of them act on this?
  • Is the V-World a precursor to, or in any way related to Cylon Projection?

Official Statements

Well that was the best part of playing Emmanuelle! That, and the boots of course. (giggles) Esai and I hit it off right away, from the first day we met on set—we have always had a really wonderful rapport with one another. He was kind and incredibly warm, and so very much fun to play around with. And there is nothing more satisfying than playing the role of a strong, empowered female, who gets to kick the butts of minion men! Esai was full of advice and opinions until the camera started rolling, and then it was me kicking him into gear![1]

Noteworthy Dialogue

Amanda: Do you remember that old saying? "All this has happened before, and all this will happen again"?

Guest Stars

References

  1. ↑ The Caprica Times' Exclusive Interview: Leah Gibson (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). (28 April 2010). Retrieved on 3 May 2010.
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