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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
:''The Colonial fleet makes a "harrowing" journey. [[Kat]] plays a vital role in the success or failure of the "Passage" through space. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/battlestar-galactica-2003/the-passage/episode/821402/summary.html |title=The passage }}</ref>''
Starvation threatens the population after the food-processing systems become contaminated, but the Fleet is cut off from a food source by the intense radiation put out by a huge star cluster. ''Galactica's'' pilots must guide the civilian vessels on a dangerous journey directly through the radiation.
:Starvation threatens the Colonial fleet after the food-processing machines become contaminated; D'Anna and Baltar explore metaphysical matters. - ''TV Guide''


== Summary ==  
== Summary ==  


== Questions ==
== Questions ==
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
*A [[Straits of Madagon|perilous journey]] by the [[The Fleet (TOS)|"rag-tag" Fleet]] in the [[Original Series]], where pilots are also critical to the Fleet's safety, appears in its series premiere, "[[Saga of a Star World]]."  
*A [[Straits of Madagon|perilous journey]] by the [[The Fleet (TOS)|"rag-tag" Fleet]] in the [[Original Series]], where pilots are also critical to the Fleet's safety, appears in its series premiere, "[[Saga of a Star World]]."  
*According to an [http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/4175/58/ interview] with executive producer [[David Eick]], this episode is not quite a standalone, not quite an arc episode:  it sets up/leads into the mid-season finale in episode 10.
*"The Passage" was written by ''Galactica'' newcomer [[Jane Espenson]].  The episode episode arose when the show brought in Dr. [[Kevin Grazier]], a scientist from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who talked about how one would navigate through space; how one would figure out how to get from one point in the universe to, for example, Earth. Grazier's talk prompted the story at the heart of Espenson's episode.
**This is similar to how "[[Colonial Day]]" led up to "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]" in Season 1, "[[Downloaded]]" led up to "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]", and (to an extent) "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" introduced elements for "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]".
*According to [[Bradley Thompson]] in an interview with the [http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/07/a_few_battlesta.html#more Chicago Tribune website], episode 9 "The Passage" is written by ''Galactica'' newcomer [[Jane Espenson]].  According to the interview:
:"Espenson’s episode arose when the show brought in Dr. [[Kevin Grazier]], a scientist from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who talked about how one would navigate through space; how one would figure out how to get from one point in the universe to, for example, Earth. Grazier's talk prompted the story at the heart of Espenson's episode."
*According to Ron Moore's blog (see "Official Statements", below), this episode "deals with a harrowing voyage of the rag-tag fleet and focuses on Kat."
*Bradley Thompson [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques#Luciana Carro: Casting; pronunciation of her name; Kat in "Final Cut"|has confirmed]] that viewers will learn more about Kat in this episode.


== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

Revision as of 14:35, 9 December 2006

The Passage
"The Passage"
An episode of the Re-imagined Series
Episode No. Season 3, Episode 10
Writer(s) Jane Espenson
Story by
Director Michael Nankin
Assistant Director
Special guest(s)
Production No. 310
Nielsen Rating
US airdate USA 2006-12-08
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UK airdate UK
DVD release
Population 41,420 survivors
Additional Info
Episode Chronology
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Overview

Starvation threatens the population after the food-processing systems become contaminated, but the Fleet is cut off from a food source by the intense radiation put out by a huge star cluster. Galactica's pilots must guide the civilian vessels on a dangerous journey directly through the radiation.

Summary

Questions

Analysis

Notes

  • A perilous journey by the "rag-tag" Fleet in the Original Series, where pilots are also critical to the Fleet's safety, appears in its series premiere, "Saga of a Star World."
  • "The Passage" was written by Galactica newcomer Jane Espenson. The episode episode arose when the show brought in Dr. Kevin Grazier, a scientist from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who talked about how one would navigate through space; how one would figure out how to get from one point in the universe to, for example, Earth. Grazier's talk prompted the story at the heart of Espenson's episode.

Noteworthy Dialogue

  • Adama and Tigh discuss the food shortage
Adama: I hear they're still eating paper. Is that true?
Tigh: No. Paper shortage.

Official Statements

In Ron Moore's blog on July 27th, 2006:

"We were pretty excited to have Jane too. I actually took Jane's first pitch way back in my early days at Star Trek and I had the pleasure of buying what turned out to be her first sale. I hadn't seen her since, but I'd followed her career from afar and was very proud to see her do so well. Turns out that Jane was a huge fan of Galactica and really wanted to do a script for us, so we jumped on the chance. I think we're all hoping that we could get her on staff at some point in the future, but we'll have to wait and see how everything shakes out for Season Four -- and whether she's even available, she's very much in demand these days. Her episode this year is "The Passage" (originally Ep 9) and deals with a harrowing voyage of the rag-tag fleet and focuses on Kat."

Guest Stars

References