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*In the spaceport of a major city on [[The_Twelve_Colonies_of_Kobol#Gemenon|Gemenon]], [[Lacy Rand]] looks around uncertainly, and then | *In the spaceport of a major city on [[The_Twelve_Colonies_of_Kobol#Gemenon|Gemenon]], [[Lacy Rand]] looks around uncertainly, and then walks up to a young man to ask for directions. The two begin a conversation and lie to one another about their reasons for being on the planet, until [[Diego]] approaches them, calls Rand and [[Odin Sinclair]] by name, and leads them to a [[jump ship]] waiting to fly them and other young [[Soldiers of the One]] recruits to the retreat of the [[Monotheist Church]]. | ||
*Sitting among other recruits, the two continue to talk as the jump ship reaches cruise altitude. Rand confesses the doubts she harbors about her monotheist faith, and Sinclair tells her that his parents had him abducted, drugged, and transported to Gemenon for training. Diego steps forward and publicly introduces himself, welcomes them all, and promises that those who survive the ordeal of training will become "warriors of the [[God (RDM)|one true God]]." At that moment, a much larger vessel positions itself above them, fires clamps onto the jump ship, and forcibly reels them in. The recruits scream in fear, and Diego arms himself for battle. The [[Apolli]] invaders quickly lower an airlock seal onto the jump ship, force their way in, and shoot the adult STO soldiers dead. Their [[Kevin Reikle|leader]] speaks to his men in [[Language_in_the_Twelve_Colonies#Other_Languages|Old Gemenese]]. Sinclair whispers a translation to Rand: "The mighty gods are striking back." | *Sitting among other recruits, the two continue to talk as the jump ship reaches cruise altitude. Rand confesses the doubts she harbors about her monotheist faith, and Sinclair tells her that his parents had him abducted, drugged, and transported to Gemenon for training. Diego steps forward and publicly introduces himself, welcomes them all, and promises that those who survive the ordeal of training will become "warriors of the [[God (RDM)|one true God]]." At that moment, a much larger vessel positions itself above them, fires clamps onto the jump ship, and forcibly reels them in. The recruits scream in fear, and Diego arms himself for battle. The [[Apolli]] invaders quickly lower an airlock seal onto the jump ship, force their way in, and shoot the adult STO soldiers dead. Their [[Kevin Reikle|leader]] speaks to his men in [[Language_in_the_Twelve_Colonies#Other_Languages|Old Gemenese]]. Sinclair whispers a translation to Rand: "The mighty gods are striking back." | ||
*[[Amanda Graystone]] peeks through an open door in the Willow house at [[Clarice Willow]], who is talking out loud to someone on a [[holoband]] connection. [[Mar-Beth Willow]] comes up behind Amanda, scares her, and accuses her of spying on her wife. Amanda claims that she suspects Clarice of using [[Purple|drugs]] again, but Mar-Beth does not buy the excuse. | *[[Amanda Graystone]] peeks through an open door in the Willow house at [[Clarice Willow]], who is talking out loud to someone on a [[holoband]] connection. [[Mar-Beth Willow]] comes up behind Amanda, scares her, and accuses her of spying on her wife. Amanda claims that she suspects Clarice of using [[Purple|drugs]] again, but Mar-Beth does not buy the excuse. | ||
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| "Blowback" An episode of the Caprica Series | |||
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| Episode No. | Season 1, Episode 14 | ||
| Writer(s) | Kevin Murphy | ||
| Story by | |||
| Director | Omar Madha | ||
| Assistant Director | |||
| Special guest(s) | |||
| Production No. | 114 | ||
| Nielsen Rating | |||
| US airdate |  4 January 2011[1][2]
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| CAN airdate |  November 2, 2010
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| UK airdate | 
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| DVD release | |||
| Population | {{{population}}} survivors | ||
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Overview
- Lacy Rand's training as a soldier in the STO takes an unexpectedly violent turn. Jordan Duram is pushed to reveal the identity of his confidential informant. The Guatrau becomes a danger to Daniel Graystone—and puts serious doubts into the minds of Sam and Joseph Adama.
Summary
- In the spaceport of a major city on Gemenon, Lacy Rand looks around uncertainly, and then walks up to a young man to ask for directions. The two begin a conversation and lie to one another about their reasons for being on the planet, until Diego approaches them, calls Rand and Odin Sinclair by name, and leads them to a jump ship waiting to fly them and other young Soldiers of the One recruits to the retreat of the Monotheist Church.
- Sitting among other recruits, the two continue to talk as the jump ship reaches cruise altitude. Rand confesses the doubts she harbors about her monotheist faith, and Sinclair tells her that his parents had him abducted, drugged, and transported to Gemenon for training. Diego steps forward and publicly introduces himself, welcomes them all, and promises that those who survive the ordeal of training will become "warriors of the one true God." At that moment, a much larger vessel positions itself above them, fires clamps onto the jump ship, and forcibly reels them in. The recruits scream in fear, and Diego arms himself for battle. The Apolli invaders quickly lower an airlock seal onto the jump ship, force their way in, and shoot the adult STO soldiers dead. Their leader speaks to his men in Old Gemenese. Sinclair whispers a translation to Rand: "The mighty gods are striking back."
- Amanda Graystone peeks through an open door in the Willow house at Clarice Willow, who is talking out loud to someone on a holoband connection. Mar-Beth Willow comes up behind Amanda, scares her, and accuses her of spying on her wife. Amanda claims that she suspects Clarice of using drugs again, but Mar-Beth does not buy the excuse.
- Meanwhile, Clarice meets with Alvo in their regular V-world room and demands that he use his Global Defense Department contacts to retrieve a pin once owned by Zoe Graystone. Alvo pledges to do as she asks.
- GDD director Gara Singh accesses an evidence room late at night, opens a box labeled "Graystone Case," and takes out a pin in the shape of an infinity symbol before replacing the box and leaving just as quietly as he entered.
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Notes
- "Blowback" is a term used for violent, unintended consequences of a covert operation.
- Because the last five episodes of the season were rescheduled by Syfy, this was the first episode to air in Canada before the United States.
- After the cancellation of the Caprica series was announced, the original SyFy timeslot of 10:00 PM EDT Tuesday was filled by the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "A Matter of Time."[3]
Analysis
- When Lacy first meets Odin at the spaceport, she asks, "Do you speak Caprican?" to which Odin replies, "Everyone speaks Caprican", indicating that the power and influence of Caprica have led to its native language being spoken as at least a second language throughout the other colonies. This accords with the fact that every character in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica speaks Caprican, 58 years after these events. The quasi-canon map of the Twelve Colonies lists official languages only for Caprica, Gemenon, Leonis and Tauron, which could mean that Caprican has displaced other languages on the other colonies, or that the production team didn't create a name for each one.
- The "hijackers" speak Old Gemenese, which is similar to Romanian, as established in the re-imagined series movie "Razor". The quasi-canon map of the Twelve Colonies states that Old Gemenese is the official language of Gemenon (obviously, in this case, the word "old" does not mean that it has fallen out of use).
Questions
Official Statements
Noteworthy Dialogue
Guest Stars
- Peter Wingfield as Gara Singh
- Jorge Montesi as The Guatrau
- Ryan Robbins as Diego
- Ryan Kennedy as Odin Sinclair
- Chris Heyerdahl as Kevin Reikle
- Anita Torrance as Mar-Beth Willow
- Panou as Olaf Willow
- Jim Thomson as Voice of Serge
- Eva Allan as Devanna
- Tom McBeath as Agent Alpert
- Calum Worthy as Cass
- James Kirk as Sagittaron Recruit
- Luc Roderique as Dex
- Matthew Smalley as Cadet Recruit #1
References
- ↑ Gorman, Bill (27 October 2010). Caprica Cancelled by Syfy (backup available on Archive.org) . Retrieved on 28 October 2010.
- ↑ Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4 (backup available on Archive.org) . (19 November 2010). Retrieved on 19 November 2010.
- ↑ Schedule | Syfy (backup available on Archive.org) . Retrieved on 29 October 2010.