Someone to Watch Over Me

"Someone To Watch Over Me" An episode of the Re-imagined Series
Episode No.	Season 4, Episode 17
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Production No.	419
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US airdate	February 27, 2009
CAN airdate	February 27, 2009
UK airdate	March 3, 2009
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Overview

Starbuck discovers a hidden musical ability that bears a mysterious significance to the final five Cylons, and her tune is found to have a connection with three-year-old human-Cylon hybrid Hera. The president authorizes Boomer's release from the Brig so she can stand trial for treason on the Cylon Base Ship.

Summary

Notes

• Lee Adama only appears in a scene or two.
• Someone To Watch Over Me is the name of a song composed by George and Ira Gershwin, and featured in the musical Oh, Kay! A major theme of the song is the need to find love and acceptance.
  • There was also an episode of Star Trek: Voyager named for the song, in which it is performed at the end by The Doctor.

Analysis

• The Cylons seem to have officially joined the fleet as they now have the representation they wanted on the new Quorum in the form of a Six named Sonja. It is also confirmed that Cylon and Colonial pilots are performing joint CAPs.
• Ellen's escape from Cavil seems to have been orchestrated between him and Boomer in order to get her on Galactica so she could kidnap Hera.
• It would appear that while Cavil was willing to let Ellen go in order to obtain Hera, members of the Final Five are still of some value to him, as evidenced by Boomer's offer for Tyrol to go with her.
• The Final Five have the same projection ability as the Cylons they created. Cylons can share projections with each other.
• Projections can include not just imaginary environments but also imaginary people, such as Boomer and Tyrol's "daughter" Dionne.
• Galactica is in very bad shape from the metal fatigue in the hull. It's so bad that Tyrol says that all the organic resin could do is buy a little more time but not too much from the looks of it. The ship is dying of old age and there's nothing anyone can do save it completely. The damage of Boomer created during her escape has now doubt worsened the ship's condition.
• Adama has still not forgiven Boomer for shooting him.
• Boomer seduces Helo by pretending to be Athena. This is ironic seeing how on Caprica, Athena seduced Helo by pretending to be Boomer.
• Boomer's seduction of Helo - in the presence of Athena - may have been motivated by a desire to exact revenge on Athena for having effectively taken over her old life on Galactica.

Questions

• Is Boomer taking Hera to Cavil, and if so, is she of value to him in and of herself or will he ransom her for the Final Five to rebuild resurrection? Or is Boomer working alone or for a third party?
• Is the Eight switched with Boomer by Tyrol dead, or merely injured?
  • Probably merely injured. It is doubtful Tyrol would have gone so far as to actually kill another Eight to save Boomer. Furthermore, if the Eight had been dead, Tyrol's trickery would have been discovered more quickly.
• What is Roslin's physical status?
• What connection is there between Roslin's collapse and Hera's kidnapping?
• If Tyrol had gone with Boomer, would Cavil have opened his brain as he threatened to do with Ellen?
• Did Boomer sleep with Helo merely to maintain her pretense, because she was attracted to him, or to intentionally hurt Athena?
• What is the source of the "Slick" image Starbuck has been seeing?
• How did Starbuck and Hera arrive at a piano version of the same melody originally played by Anders on a guitar on Earth?
• Could Starbuck's father have been Daniel, the "artistic" Number Seven model?
• Could Starbuck be a reincarnation of the woman that Anders played the song for on Earth?
• Will Eight's idea of plugging Anders into the datastream lead anywhere?
• Will Tyrol's involvement in Boomer's escape be figured out? Will he confess?
• If Tyrol's treachery does come to light, how will others react?
• Do all the ships in the Fleet - regardless of their relative crew and passenger size - get to send representatives to the new Quorum? (This is similar to the situation the Founding Fathers faced when trying to decide if state representation in Congress should be based on individual state population or restricted to the same number of representatives per state).

Guest Stars

• Kate Vernon as Ellen Tigh
• Donnelly Rhodes as Dr. S. Cottle
• Rekha Sharma as Tory Foster
• Roark Critchlow as Piano Player