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A recon patrol, lead by Bojay, scouts for possible threats to the Fleet. They subsequently encounter odd balls of light, which herald a larger ship made from light that overtakes the patrol and seems to incapacitate them.
Meanwhile, the unsuspecting survivors of the Fleet watch the game of Triad played by Boomer, Starbuck, Apollo and a fourth individual.
After the game, Boomer comments that he would like to beat Starbuck and Apollo just once. As they are ready to go shower and get some drinks, Colonel Tigh informs them that there is an emergency meeting in the War Room.
Adama tells Sheba, Apollo and Starbuck that Bojay's patrol went missing, and that a seismic event occurred just around the time they disappeared. Despite Apollo's misgivings on having Sheba on the mission—as she is still dealing with the loss of her father, Cain, and Pegasus—they leave to investigate.
Tigh tells Adama that he doesn't like the implications of the seismic report; the activity is too sudden for a core tremor and he postulates that it could be the result of four Vipers impacting simultaneously—or exploding while all four were on the ground.
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Apollo and his team come across a habitable red planet. Sheba questions why the planet is lifeless. Apollo speculates that it is possible no one from the Colonies made it out "this far."
As they begin landing, Sheba comments that the color of the vegetation is red. Starbuck notices that there is an impact crater that could mean something large hit the area.
They come across the crater and the wreckage of a ship. When they try to investigate, they are told to stop by an unscathed humanoid man.
The man claims that the radion levels are too high. When questioned, he tells them that he can help them and that the ship was destroyed by the "Great Powers" (not Cylons).
At the man's request, the trio leave the perimeter of the crater, as the sight discomforts him. He also replies that there are no others like him on the planet.
Apollo attempts to scan the survivor, finding that his scanner does not work. The man claims that the radion field is too strong, rendering the scanner useless.
Starbuck and Apollo discuss the survivor they rescued. Apollo questions how the man could survive without a mark on him.
Meanwhile, Sheba is talking to the man, who claims to be weary and drained of energy. When offered food, he claims that it is not food that he needs.
Apollo questions the survivor. The man does not know how he survived. There were people on the ship, which leads to him questioning them.
The man offers to help them, claiming that his knowledge of the universe is "infinite." He grows more concerned, commenting that they'd better "be going."
The three warriors discuss what they should do with him. Sheba votes to bring him to the Fleet. Apollo airs his concerns, stating that he may be a spy planted by those who caused the disappearance of the patrol. Starbuck convinces Apollo that if they keep an eye on him, he shouldn't be able to do any damage.
Apollo and Sheba inform the survivor that they'll bring him along. As they walk along, balls of light fly overhead. Sheba and Apollo are unable to bear the sound. The man is not fazed, claiming that they'd better hurry, as "They" were searching for him.
Patrick Macnee as Count Iblis
They bring Iblis back to Galactica, where he is introduced to a skeptical Colonel Tigh. Apollo offers that he would be glad to give Tigh a quick debriefing.
Sheba escorts Iblis to the Life Station so that Iblis can recuperate.
Starbuck and Apollo talk to Adama, where Apollo comments that Iblis was being evasive and, as such, was not trustworthy. Adama orders that Iblis be given a full working over, including a cranial probe and psycho-electron recall.
Sheba offers Iblis a quick energon treatment and hyper-nutrients. Iblis states that he does not know whether or not Colonial technology is "destructive" to him. Instead, he convinces her to show him Galactica.
Sheba takes Iblis to Core Command, where equipment in his proximity begins to malfunction.
Tigh informs Adama that Iblis and Sheba have just left Core Command. Adama is furious, demanding to see them at once.
Coincidentally, Iblis tells Sheba that he wants to see Adama, claiming that he heard the name while they were on the bridge.
Adama orders that Sheba, Apollo and Starbuck remain in one place. They elect to go to the Officer's Club.
Iblis tells Adama about his enemies in vague terms, that they are infinite and "beyond comprehension." He then tells Adama of Earth, and that it has seen great rises and falls. Iblis tells Adama that they will go there, if that is their wish, and that they would be safe under his leadership.
Apollo and Starbuck visit Salik and Cassiopeia in the Life Sciences Center. There they discover that no scan made of Iblis could tell whether or not he was human. Salik suggests that they visit Wilker, after Apollo puts forth that Iblis may be an android.
On an Agro Ship, Iblis tells Sheba that the quest that burns truly closest to her heart is finding her father, Cain, and Pegasus. Iblis tells her that everyone can read one another, it just "needs time and experience." He promises that should Sheba open her heart to him, all things would be possible.
On Core Command, Adama and Tigh now see the balls of light. According to Athena, they're present, but they do not stay long enough to register on the sensors. After being bombarded by communications traffic, Adama informs the Fleet that the lights are not a threat and, in essence, to discontinue their messages.
Wilker tells Apollo and Starbuck that constructing a life-like android is plausible, but there would be ways to tell; he is interrupted by the alert klaxon.
On the Agro Ship, Iblis tells Sheba that, despite their light, "they" (the balls of light) conceal "everlasting darkness." He also reveals that she will see her father again, shocking her and attempting to gain her trust.
Scrambled as a "precautionary intercept," Brie and Greenbean pursue the lights, only to disappear themselves.
Adama receives the news of Red Squadron's disappearance—influencing his decision have Blue Squadron return at once.
Adama questions Starbuck and Apollo regarding the lights, and Apollo suspects that Iblis is hiding what he knows about them.
Sheba takes Iblis to Rising Star, showing him the Triad courts. She asks him what games he plays, and he answers that he only plays games of life and death. Sheba has a sense of foreboding at this comment.
Apollo and Starbuck arrive and order Iblis to return with them to Galactica. Sheba is offended, and Iblis threatens Apollo with death should he ever dare threaten him again.
Iblis is brought before the Quorum. When the council expresses doubts about his superior powers, he moves a statue with telekinesis.
As further proof, he asks for three tests of his powers, to be determined by the Quorum. His only stipulation is that they not ask for the return of the missing pilots, as those events happened in the past and are outside of his control. Should he pass the tests, he will assume leadership of the Fleet.
Baltar's basestar encounters the mysterious lights. Baltar fears that it might be a new Colonial technology, but Lucifer hopes that is the case. The alternative, he points out, is an unaccounted for powerful force for them to have to consider.
Sheba shows Iblis to the Gemini. He promises food to the hungry, in exchange for their allegiance. When they promise to follow him, reports come in from the Agro Ship that the plants are bearing a remarkable amount of fruit.
Adama reflects in his journal, still holding some reservations about trusting Iblis.
Apollo approaches Adama, wondering if Iblis may have powers like that of the Lords of Kobol. Adama notes that Iblis has asked for submission, rather than demanding it. Could this element of choice mean Iblis is a god?
The Quorum has decided on two of the three tests. They ask for their enemy to be delivered to them, and for an accurate course to Earth. Iblis agrees to immediately carry out the first test.
Baltar has been broken by the pressure of the Beings of Light hovering near the basestar, and orders Lucifer to contact Galactica to discuss terms.
The Fleet is astonished by the news. Blue Squadron escorts Baltar's lone Raider to Galactica, delivering their enemy to them as Iblis had promised.
Word of the mysterious stranger has swept through the fleet. His promises are giving our people their first real hope. And yet his presence, his unwillingness to submit to routine medical procedures, leaves me with grave doubts about his integrity or his ability to fulfill his bold promises. However, another major disappointment in the lives of our beleaguered survivors might spell the end of our journey or my ability to maintain order. The possibility of hope must be sustained.
Though our pilots have been missing for a secton, spirits throughout the fleet remain inordinately high due to the presence of Count Iblis and his nightly feats of magic and promise. Is he our deliverer? Or... I don't know which way to turn.
This is an event unlike any we've experienced since the destruction of our civilization. Baltar's ship has reached our quadrant and is being intercepted by an elite squadron which will escort the treasonous instrument of our holocaust directly into our hands. Words is spreading like sunbursts through every corner of the fleet. It is a jubilation unprecedented as Baltar is brought before the Council of Twelve. It is just as Count Iblis promised. Our enemy has been delivered.
This is one of the few episodes that does not make use of the "There are those who believe..." opening narration, in its stead a preview of the episode is shown instead.
According to Adama, Iblis' promises have given people "the first real hope they've had in a quarter yahren", which may indicate how long their journey has taken since the Battle of Cimtar.
This episode marks the first appearance of the Triad game.
The hand grasping / group spinning sequence during the Triad game was influenced by Herb Jefferson Jr., Dirk Benedict, and Richard Hatch when they would stand together prior to shooting. As they were their own stand-ins, they thumb wrestled to pass the time.
It was commonly assumed that the wreckage was that of the Pegasus. Suffice it to say, it isn't.
Kirk Alyn, who portrays the Gemonese Man, is far better known as the first man who played Superman on screen.
This episode features the last appearance of Lucifer.
Some outdoor scenes and some inside shots were taken from the World Expo 67 site in Montreal, Quebec. The French monument (now the Montreal Casino today) is visible, as well as the the geodesic United States monument in one shot.
War of the Gods, Part I is a mysterious, brooding episode of the Original Series, which is a change in tone from earlier episodes. Drawing from several sources, including Christian and Mormon religious traditions, and paying homage to the excitement around UFOs generated by such films as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, WOTG expands our understanding of Galactica universe, and suggests the fight between the Cylons and the Colonials may be part of a large spiritual battle on a cosmic scale. The casting choice of Patrick Macnee, familiar to TV audiences as Steed from The Avengers series, as the enigmatic villain Count Iblis, is a brilliant one, and the over the top dialogue and manner of the Count are portrayed with a serious demeanor which creates believable tension. As with Commander Cain of a few episodes previous, Macnee's Iblis is a large enough figure to challenge the authority of Adama, and the best scenes in the episode are the ones that feature Adama and Iblis in conflict. WOTG manages to take the story arc to the next level, and changes the perception of what, in fact, the underlying resolution of the story may entail.
The introduction of the psycho-electron recall technology begs the question of why Adama, or even Apollo, never used this technology on themselves in order to remember the finer details from the inscriptions relating to Earth's journey in the Tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol. It should be noted that the Marvel comic book series, starting from The Memory Machine, deals with this plot point.
In the teaser, Bojay tells the pilots to do a Four-Point Peel-Off as the Ship of Lights overtakes them. However, there are fiveVipers, which are seen in the teaser. However, according to Adama, there were four Vipers in the patrol despite the fact we saw five. Thus, we can assume the writers meant there to be four Vipers, but footage that had five Vipers was reused.
The opening shot of Galactica and the subsequent appearance of the Triad game leads the audience to believe that the game is being held on Galactica. In later episodes, such as in "Murder on the Rising Star", Triad tournaments are held on the Rising Star. However, it is also possible that both Galactica and Rising Star have facilities for triad.
The so-called gold team, consisting of Starbuck and Apollo, are wearing red-orange suits.
When the trio of Warriors come across the crater with the wreckage of the massive ship, the footage is not captured through a red filter.
Starbuck has gone to Caprica. Adama insists Roslin must stand down as President. When she refuses, he is forced to deal with that situation while simultaneously adapting the plan to rid themselves of the Cylon baseship over Kobol.
Adama requests her resignation as President. Roslin refuses. He states he is terminating her presidency. When she bluffs that the press is recording the conversation, he hangs up.
He isolates Colonial One using the CAP to physically isolate it, and by jamming all communications from it. He then orders Colonel Tigh and Lee Adama to set-up a strike force to take Colonial One.
Visiting Boomer in sickbay, Adama asks her to fly a dangerous mission: take a Raptor fitted with a Cylon IFF transponder, jump to the Cylon baseship orbiting Kobol and drop a nuclear bomb into its landing bay before jumping clear.
Roslin refuses Adama's final request to yield and her security team ready themselves for an assault.
The strike team flies to an isolated Colonial One aboard two Raptors, lead by Tigh and Lee Adama, and they start cutting their way into the ship.
A confrontation ensues between Colonial forces and Roslin's security. It is broken only when Lee Adama sides with his conscience, and turns on Tigh. Afraid of a bloodbath, Roslin surrenders and Lee Adama is arrested.
Roslin is returned to Galactica after the failed standoff and is placed in the brig, while Lee Adama is in irons in CIC for mutiny.
Boomer and Racetrack arrive in CIC following the success of the attack on the baseship near Kobol, and as he thanks them, Boomer shoots Adama twice in the chest at point blank range, seriously wounding him.
Raptor 1 has crashed down on Kobol and is on fire, as the crew struggle to get out and remove the bodies of the dead and injured, Baltar becomes trapped by fire in the back of the vehicle.
Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo tries to help him, but Baltar is too terrified to move. Six appears and gives Baltar the strength to escape by giving the impression she is helping him out of the ship.
As they get clear, the ship explodes, and Baltar wanders into the long grass before collapsing, as the rest of the crew start checking on their injured.
Boomer's Raptor makes it through the Cylon perimeter around the baseship situated above Kobol, but the bomb release mechanism fails, forcing them to land inside the basestar and attempt a manual separation of the bomb.
While there, Boomer encounters a number of her "sisters". While she tries to claim she is human, they inform her she cannot escape destiny.
After she leaves on the Raptor, her "sisters" make no attempt to disarm or remove the bomb. The baseship is destroyed in a massive nuclear explosion.
On Kobol, Baltar recognises Six "saved" him, and she takes him to see exactly why he has been chosen by God, and she walks him towards the ruined Opera House.
Entering it, he is shown the "face of things to come," apparently a baby in a crib, the "first of the new generation of God's children" - and he is to be their protector.
They have discussed the fact that she is a Cylon (rather than a Cylon-created human clone as Helo suggested (TRS: "Colonial Day").
She reveals her relationship with him is important as it brings the Cylons closer to God. She also reveals she is pregnant.
Starbuck completes her long-range jump and arrives over Caprica. Passing through Cylon lines, she sets down in Delphi and heads for the museum.
Locating the Arrow of Apollo she is confronted by Six and a fight ensues in which Starbuck is initially badly beaten, before a last-minute rush sends them both over a landing, killing Six.
Helo comes to Starbuck's aid, and she panics when she sees Valerii, immediately realizing that Valerii is a Cylon. Helo stops Starbuck from shooting her, citing that she's pregnant.
There are now 47,887 survivors in the Fleet, a net loss of 10 since "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I".
Cylon vessels are indeed capable of very long-range jumps. The disorienting effects of the jump on humans is amplified greatly to the point where even those tolerant of jump disorientation are affected.
Delphi was once a cultural center on Caprica, and apparently held a lot of historical and religious artifacts.
Cylon basestars appear bio-mechanical, like Raiders.
"Water" shows five operational Raptors dispatched by Adama to survey local star systems for water bearing planets. This episode reveals Galactica had at least one more: one is destroyed over Kobol, one crashes on Kobol; three take part in the raid on Colonial One and one simultaneously carries a nuclear warhead to the Cylon basestar, making the total number of Raptors shown so far six.
The use of IFF transponders by the Cylons is an indirect nod to the Original Series, in which Apollo and Starbuck use an IFF-type device to identify their Raider to Colonial forces when they launch an attack on a Cylon Basestar (The Hand of God (TOS)).
According to Ron Moore's podcast, during the Starbuck/Number Six fight in the Delphi Museum, Katee Sackhoff and Tricia Helfer themselves actually perform the entire fight scene, with no stunt doubles.
The term, the shape of things to come, comes from the novel of the same title written by H.G. Wells in 1933.[1]
Caprica-Sharon is indeed pregnant; love and desire were the keys to Cylon procreation with her and Helo.
That Baltar sees into the future is clear: but is the child he sees the product of Helo's relationship with Valerii, or his own (future) relationship with a corporeal Six? On the one hand, much of what is seen points to the child being born of Valerii: she admits her condition to Helo (and thus opens the door to him remaining on Caprica with her while Starbuck returns to Galactica with the Arrow) and the Cylons were apparently aiming for her to become pregnant by Helo (or at least, Doral and Six showed no surprise when she reported her lovemaking with him). But Six's words to Baltar as she prepares him to see the future are interesting: “You are the guardian and protector of a new generation of God's children,” – a somewhat neutral explanation that comes before she smiles, catches her breath and adds, “The first member of our family will be with us soon, Gaius.” This could be a reference to the fact that Valerii is pregnant; however the shift to the possessive “our family” and “with us” could be seen to indicate the child could be Baltar’s own. And again, how much more of an effective guardian and protector will Baltar be, if he is in fact protecting his own offspring, rather than that of another Cylon / human relationship? And if this is the case, where does that leave the Valerii / Helo relationship?
This episode reveals some more about Number Six: if the offspring on the crib she sees with Baltar is that of Valerii and Helo, then it would more or less confirm that she is in contact with corporeal Cylons elsewhere – how else would she know of the developing Valerii / Helo situation otherwise as it started after her “death”?
Similarly, it is interesting to note the degree of savagery involved in the beating Six gives Starbuck. In many respects, it mirrors the beating she gave Valerii in "Litmus"; at the time, the viciousness she showed seemed to be linked to the jealousy evident between her and Valerii. Six has been affected by Baltar’s reaction to sleeping with Starbuck (Kobol’s Last Gleaming, Part I). Could the physical beating Starbuck receives be a manifestation of the jealousy she feels for what happened on Galactica, transmitted to her corporeal sister?
How will the Fleet react once word of Roslin’s arrest breaks through the communications blackout Galactica inflicted on Colonial One? What can the civilians do? In many respects Adama holds all the cards – or would, were he in a fit condition. His ship is the key to the protection of the Fleet, and she is pretty much unassailable. Therefore, it is hard to see anyone stepping too far out of line when it comes to making major decisions. But within the civilian community, it is hard not to see repercussions: Roslin has been arrested; Baltar is missing, possibly dead. (Answer)
Who is available to take the civilian reins? Wallace Gray (TRS: "Colonial Day")? Tom Zarek ("Bastille Day," "Colonial Day")? Is it a coincidence that not too long before, at the Quorum of Twelve, Zarek himself raised the spectre of a military coup – and that is more-or-less what they now have on their hands?
If the Cylons understand the significance of the Arrow of Apollo (and by extension, the Tomb of Athena), why don't they use them themselves to find Earth?
Are the Cylons genuinely interested in finding Earth, or has it simply been a means to bring them to Kobol? (Future Answer)
Why didn't the sound of Starbuck's Raider landing attract Helo's attention sooner? He is across the road from the museum, and so should have seen it touch down, or seen Starbuck climb the steps to the museum.
How does Six know Starbuck's name so readily? Is this a pointer to her being in communication with her "sister" in Baltar's head? Or having been in communication with Conoy (TRS: "Flesh and Bone")?
Did Boomer sabotage the bomb release mechanism, thus forcing herself into landing on the baseship?
Why doesn't Racetrack raise concerns about Boomer's ability to survive in a vacuum on their return to Galactica (although there is no indication that there was a vacuum outside)? (Answer)
Is there a breathable atmosphere inside Cylon basestars? (Answer)
Why do the Eights do nothing to stop the nuke? Or do the Cylons sacrifice the baseship intentionally for the attempt on Adama?
I think he's his own man. I think he's a natural leader, but I don't think he's realised that yet. We are exploring it.
At the end of the first season he's on his own again. I mean, he's always been an isolated figure in the first place because he doesn't really belong on the Galactica. He doesn't even intend to be there but then the end of the world sort of catches him on the hop and that's where he has to make a start. He cuts a role out for himself as the "CAG," something he perhaps wasn't intending to do.
And I think he comes into his own gradually. He surprises himself. But then again, at the end of the first season he disobeys an order, so that's basically burned all his bridges that he had with the crew of the Galactica.
So he's a lone thinker in many respects, but I think more and more you'll see him start to come out with true leadership qualities. [2]
Jamie Bamber on Lee Adama's evolution from this episode into the second season:
The difference fundamentally is that one moment in "Kobol's Last Gleaming" when he finally realizes that he's sense (sic) of duty and responsibility can and must extend beyond the military hierarchy and include his own conscience and the law. The moment he turns his weapon on his superior. And that that is not wrong.
As a result he finds himself behind bars, in exile, out of uniform and essentially orphaned, but through all this he finds out who he really is and he trusts it. Suddenly, with his father dying, he sees people turn to him for leadership and that brings a realization that he must rise to the occasion and he does so through trusting his own judgment. He is surprised that his mutinous act aboard Colonial One has not marginalized him in the Fleet; just the opposite—it has actually highlighted him as a man of conscience, capable of impossibly difficult decisions. [3]
Commander Adama: Congratulations to both of you. You carried out a very difficult and dangerous mission, and you did it...despite any...personal misgivings you may or may not have had...and for that I'm very proud. Thank you.
Racetrack: Thank you, sir.
Boomer: Thank you, sir. (pulls out a gun and shoots Adama in the chest)
In the Opera House on Kobol:
Gaius Baltar: I don't understand.
Number Six: Life has a melody, Gaius. A rhythm of notes that become your existence once played in harmony with God's plan. It's time to do your part and realize your destiny.
Gaius Baltar: Which is what, exactly?
Number Six: You are the guardian and protector of the new generation of God's children. The first member of our family will be with us soon, Gaius. It's time to make your choice.
Gaius Baltar: But I don't understand what you're talking about. Really, I don't understand-
Number Six: Come. See the face of the shape of things to come.
On the Colonial One:
Colonel Tigh: Madam President, no one needs to get hurt here.
Laura Roslin: Then why don't you get off my ship, Colonel.
Colonel Tigh: I'm placing you under arrest.
Lee Adama: No...no, we're not doing this.
Colonel Tigh: I'm in command here, Captain.
Lee Adama: Colonel, this is wrong!
Colonel Tigh: You're relieved! Fall back. Madam President, I would-
Lee Adama: (pulls a gun on Tigh) Men, lay down your weapons.
Colonel Tigh: Have you lost your frakking mind?
Lee Adama: Colonel, tell these Marines to fall back!
Colonel Tigh: This is mutiny. You know that.
Lee Adama: Yes I do, but you can tell my father that I'm listening to my instincts, and my instincts tell me that we cannot sacrifice our democracy just because the President makes a bad decision.
Sam Adama's attempts to aid anti-government rebels on Tauron create new conflicts on Caprica. Amanda Graystone tries to get closer to the Willow family. Daniel Graystone struggles to create a realistic avatar of his wife. Joseph Adama and Evelyn build their relationship.
In the morning, the Adama household bustles with activity as Evelyn and Joseph Adama prepare for work. Sam and his husband Larry enter, and Sam immediately turns on the television to CapTV news about the new uprising against Tauron dictator Andreas Phaulkon. Ruth encourages young Willie Adama to pay attention, since his father and uncle Joseph and Sam both endured the same kind of violence from the Tauron regime when they were his age. Larry suddenly shuts off the TV, disgusted that Sam is investing so much time and income on supporting the rebels. A moment later, Evelyn and Ruth are alone in the kitchen, and Ruth encourages Evelyn to spend time with Joseph this evening, even offering to visit a friend so that they can be alone.
In the kitchen of the Graystone Estate, Daniel talks about his problems recreating his daughter Zoe's avatar program with Amanda. Amanda is unusually sweet and seductive with him. Daniel removes his holoband and leaves the virtual world reconstruction of the Estate and the avatar of Amanda, returning to his real--and empty--home.
In a television commercial, a mother and herchildren weep at the wake for their deceased husband and father, a soldier in the Caprican military, until he walks into the room smiling and hugging everyone. Daniel Graystone steps in front of the camera and introduces the audience to Grace by Graystone Industries, a service that promises escape from the loss of death by creating v-world avatars of loved ones. The real Daniel is unequivocally unhappy with the commercial, starting with the fact that Cyrus Xander and others appropriated Daniel's own digital avatar for the spot without his prior consent. At the other end of the table, the Guatrau overrides him, saying the commercial is "sweet" and recommending that it be re-shot with the real Daniel.
Mar-Beth Willow is becoming increasingly unhappy with Amanda Graystone's presence. She dismisses her with a menial errand after Amanda expresses surprise at Mar-Beth not receiving any professional medical support for her pregnancy, and then confronts Clarice about the danger of keeping "Terror Mom" as a house guest. She goes on to ask Clarice if she is ready to continue exposing their family to this and other increasingly hazardous risks. Clarice answers only that it is all "God's will," and she hopes God will not ask her for a sacrifice that will truly endanger the family. Mar-Beth points out how God's will and Clarice's will seem to have become the same thing recently.
Sam talks privately with Joseph in a Graystone Industries meeting room about his nightmares of the civil war. When he complains that Larry cannot understand why he is so driven to send money to the rebels--something that even Evelyn is doing--Joseph presses him. Sam admits to smuggling small arms to Tauron, without the Gautrau's knowledge. Joseph points out that Larry knows the repercussions Sam could face for these activities, and that he should be grateful someone who loves him deeply is trying to protect him. Standing off to the side of the room, Evelyn hears everything Joseph is saying.
In a public park, Amanda is surprised when Global Defense Department agent Jordan Duram appears. She confesses that she is making little progress in begin accepted by the Willow family. Duram urges her to go faster, acting only on a gut instinct that they are losing precious time.
Driving a hearse into an alleyway, Sam and a Ha'la'tha colleague, Demos, stop behind a city maintenance truck. A black car pulls up behind them, pinning them in. The maintenance workers suddenly point guns at the hearse as a group of armed men step out of the car.
The leader of the armed Tauron men, Atreus, orders Sam and Demos out of the vehicle and inspects the contents of the coffin in the back of the hearse: a cache of assorted firearms. He gut punches Sam and has Demos shot dead when he attempts to intervene, and puts a pistol to Sam's head. Sam defiantly yells at him to do it, and Atreus pulls the trigger. Nothing happens. Atreus simply says, "Whoops, I'm out," and warns Sam about "your Guatrau" intruding on his weapons smuggling trade before withdrawing.
Returning to the v-world estate, Daniel chats with the Amanda avatar about work, but she distracts him with talk about vacations. He plays along and pulls up photographs of a family camping trip on Zoe's ninth birthday. As the conversation moves into personal memories, the Amanda program visibly adjusts and tries to continue, but she is only capable of lifting entries from Zoe's journal. Daniel pushes her to actually recall the trip, and she seemingly begins to remember making love on the beach at night. This inspires Daniel in a new direction based on a wider social networking approach that draws on shared experiences, but Amanda moves closer and insists on giving him pleasure. He relents.
The Guatrau confronts Sam in a back room of Goldie's about the encounter with Atreus, upset by Sam acting without his permission and challenging Atreus' rightful control of the business. Sam's only defense is that the cause of helping their people's struggle on Tauron called for any action necessary. The Guatrau informs him that since he acted alone, he must resolve the problem alone and demonstrate to Atreus that he will not passively accept Demos' death. He goes on to tell Sam that the issue needs to be addressed by the end of the day, or he will have Sam tortured and killed.
Daniel apologies to Xander for his attitude in the meeting earlier, but Xander needs to speak with him about another issue: time cards indicating that Graystone Industries is now running an unauthorized third shift, and shipping and receiving paperwork without appropriate data. Daniel's best guess is the Ha'la'tha illegally selling holobands. He asks Xander to use the surveillance system to learn something more specific.
Mar-Beth directly confronts Amanda about her apparent disapproval of the family's way of life, and tells her to leave. Amanda grudgingly agrees, but pauses to say that she is jealous of them. She reveals that being pregnant with Zoe was an accident, and that it had taken a long time before Amanda could truly accept and unconditionally love her daughter. She even suspects that Zoe's rebelliousness was partially influenced by Amanda's ambivalence. Compared to her own life, the energy and chaos and love of the Willow house was a moment of pure joy, and Amanda thanks Mar-Beth for the privilege of having been able to share in it.
Sam looks for Joseph around the Graystone Industries offices, without any luck. He pauses as his attention is drawn to schematics for the U-87 Cyber Combat Unit left on a tabletop.
On a quiet and isolated maintenance ledge overlooking Caprica City, Daniel discovers Joseph smoking, and starts to leave before Joseph invites him to stay. Daniel lights his own cigarette and says that the two of them might have become friends if circumstances had developed differently, the first in a long series of wrong turns since the maglev bombing. Now, Daniel is trying to go back to where he was before all of this started. Joseph tells him that it is not possible to go back; instead, Daniel needs someone who can see the kind of person he used to be and forgive him for what has been done and said since then. Daniel asks if Joseph's wife used to fill that role for him. Joseph bluntly states that Shannon Adama was just that kind of person, before Daniel's daughter killed her in the bombing.
Atreus, his crew, and a number of female guests celebrate their earlier victory at a high rise club and bar. Atreus confidently announces that his campaign to topple the Guatrau from control of the Caprican underworld is well underway, when they notice an unannounced elevator making its way up. The crew is armed and ready when the elevator door opens and a U-87 steps out and surveys the room. The Cylon pulls a pair of heavy machine guns from its back and fires. It takes down its opposition within seconds, wounding Atreus and slaughtering everyone else without suffering any significant damage. When Sam enters the room, Atreus offers all of his merchandise to him. Sam gratefully accepts before taunting Atreus, putting a pistol to his head, and pulling the trigger. Nothing happens. Sam says, "Whoops, I'm out," eliciting a laugh from Atreus and a smile from Sam, before he turns to the U-87 and asks, "How about you?" Without hesitation, the Cylon reloads and kills Atreus. Sam studies it for a moment and asks about some of its other military capabilities.
Daniel pours drinks for himself and a more distant and skeptical Amanda, thanks her for coming, and attempts to continue the conversation they began weeks earlier by confessing that the Zoe avatar was the reason he had an advanced processor stolen from Tomas Vergis. He informs Amanda about his involvement with the Ha'la'tha and Vergis' death in the very room where they are standing. Amanda is initially unwilling to forgive him even when Daniel tells her it was all part of his attempt to return things to the way they used to be, but she abruptly changes her mind and holds him. Daniel laughs at her willingness to accept "half-truths." Losing his patience, he lashes out at the improved Amanda avatar for not challenging him and leaving him forever, the way the real world Amanda would rightfully do to him. The avatar derezzes and fails. In the real world, Daniel smashes his holoband in frustration.
Sam appeals to the Guatrau to send U-87s to the rebels on Tauron. The Guatrau expresses skepticism about whether a victorious and principled rebel government would maintain business ties; the Ha'la'tha, from his perspective, endures and thrives by not becoming involved in politics. The Guatrau grows harsher and accuses Sam of being obsessed with the old world and forgetting that his home is on Caprica. Before leaving, he extends his hand to Sam, demanding a show of loyalty. Sam gives it, but his feelings have obviously not changed.
Life on Caprica goes on: Samuel dwells on a photograph of his parents while Larry sleeps, Daniel fixes his broken holoband, Joseph and Evelyn make love, and Mar-Beth delivers her newborn with her spouses surrounding her. Amanda hands the baby to Mar-Beth, and Clarice says a prayer over the child.
On a park bench the following day, Duram asks Amanda how she managed to get closer to the Willow family. She only says that she lied. Duram commends her.
The very day after this episode first aired, Syfy announced that it would not be renewing the series for a second season. The subsequent five episodes were then pushed back to 2011 airdates. Foreshadowing this, Syfy did not air the preview for the next episode at the conclusion of this episode as normal.
Atreus and his thugs hold up Sam Adama in front of Downtown Community Court?
During the scene in which Atreus and his thugs search Sam Adama's hearse, Vancouver's Downtown Community Court can be seen. This is likely a mistake given the criminal activity and proximity to a court, or it could signify the degree of power and impunity that the Ha'la'tha enjoy in contemporary Caprican society.
Baxter Sarno: So I tried to play this holoband game, New Cap City. I held up a liquor store and I rolled a guy in an alley. If I do it three more times, I'll have enough money to actually buy the game and play it.
The Guatrau suggests a change to the Grace commercial using Daniel Graystone's avatar:
Guatrau: Then may I suggest that you re-shoot it. And this time use the actual Dr. Graystone. After all, there's no substitute for the real thing.
Under orders from Sam Adama, a U-87 finishes its efficient elimination of rival gangsters:
Daniel talks with Joseph about finding redemption:
Daniel: It's like every decision I've made since the bombing has been a wrong turn. By now, I've made so many of them I'm not sure I even know how to get back.
Joseph: Get back to where?
Daniel: To who I was, or who I thought I was.
Joseph: You can't do that alone. You may need somebody. You need someone who can see the man you were inside the man you've become and forgive you.
Original Series definition: a contact sport, similar to football or basketball (see: triad)
Re-imagined Series definition: in military parlance, directive to continue the attack; otherwise used to refer to journalists (TRS: "Maelstrom")
Re-imagined Series definition: the process of using the FTL engines to make an near-instantaneous apparent faster-than-light transport of a ship from one point in space to another
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