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*Formally dressed [[Ha'la'tha]] members gather in a back room of [[Goldie%27s_Off_Track_Betting|Goldie's]] for a ceremony to make [[Joseph Adama]] a full member and to elevate his younger brother [[Samuel Adama|Sam]] to captain. Joseph privately confesses that he feels terrible about this event in light of business ties to the [[Soldiers of the One|STO]] terrorist group and orders to assassinate [[Daniel Graystone]]. Sam blithely dismisses his concerns about Graystone. At that moment, the [[Guatrau]] arrives. He fondly recalls his first encounter with the two when they were boys in a refugee camp, when Sam tried to pick his pocket and Joseph showed his quiet, calculating manner. He kisses both of them and the ceremony begins with the lighting of a ''skivvy malanos'' lamp. | *Formally dressed [[Ha'la'tha]] members gather in a back room of [[Goldie%27s_Off_Track_Betting|Goldie's]] for a ceremony to make [[Joseph Adama]] a full member and to elevate his younger brother [[Samuel Adama|Sam]] to captain. Joseph privately confesses that he feels terrible about this event in light of business ties to the [[Soldiers of the One|STO]] terrorist group and orders to assassinate [[Daniel Graystone]]. Sam blithely dismisses his concerns about Graystone. At that moment, the [[Guatrau]] arrives. He fondly recalls his first encounter with the two when they were boys in a refugee camp, when Sam tried to pick his pocket and Joseph showed his quiet, calculating manner. He kisses both of them and the ceremony begins with the lighting of a ''skivvy malanos'' lamp. | ||
*Thirty years earlier on [[Tauron]], [[William Adama Sr.]] lights a ''skivvy malanos'' on the kitchen table of the Adama family home, and prepares to give young Joseph--"Yoseef" in the Tauron language--a tattoo of manhood. He praises Yoseef's successful learning of prayers and religious texts. After asking Yoseef to find his ceremonial robes, William turns to a sullen-looking Sam and asks him to support his older brother on this day. He assures Sam that he is already a man, and that his time to receive his own mark will come. | *Thirty years earlier on [[Tauron]], [[William Adama Sr.]] lights a ''skivvy malanos'' on the kitchen table of the Adama family home, and prepares to give young Joseph--"Yoseef" in the Tauron language--a tattoo of manhood. He praises Yoseef's successful learning of prayers and religious texts. After asking Yoseef to find his ceremonial robes, William turns to a sullen-looking Sam and asks him to support his older brother on this day. He assures Sam that he is already a man, and that his time to receive his own mark will come. | ||
*[[Isabelle Adama]] enters the kitchen with news that [[Heraclitus]] | *[[Isabelle Adama]] enters the kitchen with news that [[Heraclitus]] troops were arriving, likely as a reprisal for the [[Tauron Civil War|resistance]] blowing up grain silos. William is uncomfortable about the resistance's tactics, while Isabelle sees them as appropriate. The four family members sit at the table, and as the boys' parents warn them against the dangers of the Heracs, William shows them a small vial of [[kapi]], suicide capsules to be used if no other options remain. He tells them that like their own ancestors, it is a point of personal honor for someone to decide for themselves how they would "return to the soil." | ||
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- For the anti-Tauron racial slur, see: dirt eater.
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| "The Dirteaters" An episode of the Caprica Series | |||
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| Episode No. | Season 1, Episode 15 | ||
| Writer(s) | Matthew B. Roberts | ||
| Story by | |||
| Director | John Dahl | ||
| Assistant Director | |||
| Special guest(s) | |||
| Production No. | 115 | ||
| Nielsen Rating | |||
| US airdate |  4 January 2011[1][2]
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| CAN airdate |  November 9, 2010
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| UK airdate | 
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| DVD release | |||
| Population | {{{population}}} survivors | ||
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| Blowback | The Dirteaters | The Heavens Will Rise | |
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| Official Summary | |||
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| Listing of props for this episode | |||
| Related Media | |||
| @ BW Media | |||
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Overview
Summary
- Formally dressed Ha'la'tha members gather in a back room of Goldie's for a ceremony to make Joseph Adama a full member and to elevate his younger brother Sam to captain. Joseph privately confesses that he feels terrible about this event in light of business ties to the STO terrorist group and orders to assassinate Daniel Graystone. Sam blithely dismisses his concerns about Graystone. At that moment, the Guatrau arrives. He fondly recalls his first encounter with the two when they were boys in a refugee camp, when Sam tried to pick his pocket and Joseph showed his quiet, calculating manner. He kisses both of them and the ceremony begins with the lighting of a skivvy malanos lamp.
- Thirty years earlier on Tauron, William Adama Sr. lights a skivvy malanos on the kitchen table of the Adama family home, and prepares to give young Joseph--"Yoseef" in the Tauron language--a tattoo of manhood. He praises Yoseef's successful learning of prayers and religious texts. After asking Yoseef to find his ceremonial robes, William turns to a sullen-looking Sam and asks him to support his older brother on this day. He assures Sam that he is already a man, and that his time to receive his own mark will come.
- Isabelle Adama enters the kitchen with news that Heraclitus troops were arriving, likely as a reprisal for the resistance blowing up grain silos. William is uncomfortable about the resistance's tactics, while Isabelle sees them as appropriate. The four family members sit at the table, and as the boys' parents warn them against the dangers of the Heracs, William shows them a small vial of kapi, suicide capsules to be used if no other options remain. He tells them that like their own ancestors, it is a point of personal honor for someone to decide for themselves how they would "return to the soil."
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Notes
- "Dirt eater" is a derogatory term for a Tauron.
- Joseph is seen for the first time with the lighter that, according to his son William, he always carried with him into court when arguing cases. Nearly sixty years later, William lends the same lighter to his own son for good luck before a key battle (TRS: "The Hand of God").
- Black-and-white film of atrocity victims from the Tauron Civil War is taken (at least in part) from footage of bodies discovered in Nazi concentration camps by Allied forces at the end of World War II[3]
Analysis
- After being gunned down in New Cap City, Olaf complains that he had been working on his avatar inside the game for five years. This puts a minimum age on the game, and possibly approximates the age of holoband technology.
Questions
Official Statements
- From an interview with Scifi Wire:
- Esai Morales: "There's one we unofficially call 'Adama-rama.' It's called 'Dirt Eaters' and it shows the history of my brother (Sasha Roiz) and I on the show, our history when we were little, when he was actually shorter than me."
Noteworthy Dialogue
- Nestor stands alongside Olaf in the Slash & Cut bar in New Cap City, challenging Zoe-A:
- Nestor: You look nothing like Zoe Graystone. Whoever programmed you was a hack.
Guest Stars
- Scott Porter as Nestor Willow
- Peter Wingfield as Gara Singh
- Jorge Montesi as The Guatrau
- Aleks Paunovic as William Adama Sr.
- Elisabeth Rosen as Kolibri
- Sina Najafi as William Adama
- Genevieve Buechner as Tamara Adama
- Panou as Olaf Willow
- Teryl Rothery as Evelyn
- Jim Thomson as Voice of Serge
- Christian Tessier as Francis
- Alison Araya as Isabelle Adama
- Daleal Monjazeb as Young Joseph
- Alexander Kambolis as Young Sam
- Diego Diablo Del Mar as Bartender
- William C. Vaughan as Fan Boy
- Nicola Anderson as GDD Receptionist
- Colin Decker as Herac Soldier
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.
- ↑ Nazi Death Mills