Epiphanies

"Epiphanies" An episode of the Re-imagined Series
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Overview

Admiral William Adama questions whether or not Sharon Valerii's pregnancy should be aborted. Meanwhile Roslin's health declines rapidly as a pro-Cylon peace group attempts to sow civil disobedience within the Fleet.

Summary

• President Laura Roslin is brought on board Galactica. She is near death and has, at best, days to live.
• Captain Kara Thrace and Lieutenant Louanne Katraine are conducting Viper tests. During a test of the Viper's projectile systems, Kat's port turret is destroyed and a piece of it impacts on Thrace's cockpit. Thrace requests priority landing; both Vipers land.
• Cally and CPO Tyrol discover that several rounds of ammunition from the damaged Viper are unusually light and fragile. A round of such ammunition would easily break as the cartridge loaded into the chamber and misfire, leaving the projectile lodged in the barrel. The next round loaded would then have two bullets in front of the propellant charge, and the resulting over-pressure would tear the gun barrel apart. Undoubtedly, someone is trying to sabotage the fleet's military readiness.
• The sabotage investigation quickly leads Lee Adama and Kara Thrace to Asha Janik, one of the recent civilian hirees in Galactica's armory. When they apprehend her, she declares her allegiance to a self-proclaimed pacifist organization that wants peace with the Cylons.
• Vice President Baltar is given the presidential tour by Billy Keikeya in preparation for his assumption of the Presidency. Billy gives Baltar a letter from Roslin to be opened after her death.
• The new peace movement, led by Royan Yaheed, is gaining momentum in the civilian population as people begin to realize that victory against the Cylons is impossible as well as questioning the current military tactic of 'attack-and-retreat'.

On Caprica Prior to the Cylon Attack

• Roslin finds out she has cancer
• Roslin meets with President Adar to discuss a teacher's strike, and his response.
• Roslin meets with the leader of the educational alliance, Lynn Stanz, and strikes an agreement.
• Adar disagrees with Roslin's methods and results, and asks for her resignation.
• Roslin then leaves for Galactica's decommisioning ceremony, telling Adar that "If you want my resignation when I get back, be prepared to fight for it."

Questions

• In the flashbacks in this episode, we learn that Laura Roslin saw Gaius Baltar and Six together prior to the Cylons' all-out attack against the 12 colonies in the miniseries. We also see a picture of Six (the copy of her that posed as "Shelley Godfrey") in the folder marked "Known Cylon Agents." At some point, Roslin is going to come to the realization that she saw Baltar with an enemy agent just prior to the attack. The only question, of course, is when?

Analysis

• At the end, we are shown that the bomb Dr. Baltar gave the resistance was the nuclear warhead he was given to create his Cylon Detector.
• Sharon's baby's blood was used to apparently destroy the cancerous masses in Roslin's system. The procedure to abort Sharon's fetus was not performed.
• The survivor count this episode is 49,598, a net loss of six since Resurrection Ship, Part II. Admiral Cain and the Pegasus marine killed by Gina account for two. Presumably the remaining were pilots or crew lost during the attack on the Resurrection Ship.
• Roslin's affair with Adar was suggested by her comment in the miniseries that "he had a way about him... you just couldn't say 'no' to him."

Notes

• This episode takes place between 189 and 191 days after the Cylon attack on the colonies.
• Lee Adama is once again a Captain, and has been reinstated as Galactica's CAG.
• Gina has apparently become a member of the pro-Cylon resistance. The other members of the resistance are apparently unaware she is a Humano-Cylon.
• Roslin apparently was in an intimate relationship with President Adar.
• Roslin sees Dr. Baltar in an intimate moment with Number Six on Caprica, prior to the attacks.
• The radiation symbol used by the colonials is different from the one used in reality, but is still easily recognizable.

Noteworthy Dialogue

Secretary Roslin: "I'm on my way to the Galactica to represent this administration. If you want my resignation when I get back, be prepared to fight for it."

President Richard Adar: "One of the interesting things about being President, you don't have to explain yourself. To anyone."

• Roslin earlier attributed this saying to Adar in the episode "Flesh and Bone".

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