Collaborators

"Collaborators" An episode of the Re-imagined Series
Episode No.	Season 3, Episode 5
Writer(s)	Mark Verheiden
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Director	Michael Rymer
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Production No.	305
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US airdate	2006-10-27
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Population	41,435 survivors
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Exodus, Part II	Collaborators	Torn
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Overview

The Circle, a secret tribunal on Galactica, decides the fate of Jammer and other Colonials who aided the Cylons during the occupation of New Caprica.

Summary

On Galactica

• James Lyman is brought before The Circle. He is found guilty of treason, the punishment for which is death. Despite his pleas and an attempt to convince Galen Tyrol to spare him, for Lyman freed Cally Tyrol from the Cylon death squad (Precipice), The Circle carries out Lyman's punishment and ejects him from the Galactica by depressurizing the launch tube they lock him in.
• After Lyman's execution, Tyrol talks to his wife about how she escaped. While she claims to not have thought about the incident since, she tells him that she thinks one "of those goons" set her free.
• Laura Roslin on Colonial one talks with Tom Zarek and questions what he will do. Zarek plans to reconvene the Quorum of Twelve, put Roslin's name in for nomination to vice president and then step down returning the presidency to her. She assumes for this act he wants something, and all he asks is to not be left on the outside. To reward him for his actions on standing up to Gaius Baltar on New Caprica she promises him the Vice Presidency.
• Felix Gaeta enters the still damaged CIC to help with repairs to communication and Tigh sees him and vocally demands for him to leave since he was a collaborator. Helo annouces he's here on the Admiral's orders, but Tigh continues to protest loudly until Admiral Adama appears and takes him out of the room to talk to him about resting so he will be ready, something that Tigh thinks he doesn't need.
• The Circle reconvines and mentions they have a three day time limit to dole out justice and begins reviewing possible collaborators and voting on guilt or innocence of treason. Eventually they come to the file on Gaeta and four of the members voting for guilty and Anders refusing to vote on lack of actual hard evidence of him being guilty. Chief Tyrol refuses to vote if they do not have a sixth to even them out.
• In the mess hall Gaeta is treated as persona non grata and left to eat alone until Kara Thrace comes to sit at his table and begins to talk to him, kindly at first, before digging into him for not doing anything to help her or the insurgency. Gaeta counters by bringing up his status as the inside man, mentioning the dog dish being flipped over being his signal.
• Lee and Bill Adama are talking about the status and Lee brings up the fact that over the past few days 13 people have just disappeared after being confirmed as survivors of the Exodus.
• The Circle brings in Kara to be the replacement sixth vote of the jury and she looks at the file on Gaeta and after just seeing the list votes guilty leaving Chief Tyrol as the only hold out. Anders comes in and requests time to his wife. The scene then splits between the other members of the circle trying to convince Tyrol that Gaeta is guilty and Anders trying to explain that this isn't justice but Kara rebuffs him saying that she feels like she has to hurt someone for what happened to her and if he stays near her it will be him. The Chief eventually folds and votes guilty.
• Gaeta is captured and brought to a launch tube where he is informed of his conviction, told that this is an official trial under authority from the President of the Colonies, and that if he has anything to say to explain himself to say it now. He says he explained already and won't beg for his life. This seems to bring Kara to a point where she starts to abuse him telling him to beg while taunting him with the idea that he was an informer for the insurgency through the dog bowl signal. Something the Chief remembers and uses that fact to convince the other members of the Circle that Gaeta isn't guilty of treason and was the secret source in the Baltar Adminstration.
• Laura Roslin is re-inaugurated as the President of the Twelve Colonies, and issues a decree of amnesty against all alleged collaborators, after it is revealed that former President Tom Zarek authorized the trials and sentences conducted by the Circle in an attempt to protect Roslin from having to deal with public treason trials which could destroy the unity of the fleet through causing a witch hunt.
• Still outcast, Gaeta is reinstated in the Colonial Fleet. In the mess hall, Tyrol later dines with Gaeta after Roslin issues her decree. Both eat in silence as the other crew members are taken aback by the act.

On a Basestar

• Gaius seems to be on Colonial One sitting in a chair in front of Tigh, Roslin, and Admeral Adama as they talk about how there was little he could do with the situation he had on New Caprica and that he is forgiven with Chip Six appearing and saying they are being to lenient with him and talking about his betrayal of the human race and Admiral Adama actually seems to hear her. Laura Roslin begins to tell Gaius how much she wants him in a provactive manner and he relizes its a dream and wakes up as she kisses him. Baltar finds himself naked on a red couch inside an unrecognizable room. When a Centurion guard appears at the doorway, Baltar realizes that he has nowhere to go and finds that he only has a robe to wear. It is revealed that he is onboard a Cylon Basestar, one of several others that are guarding a new Resurrection Ship.

• A Number Three comes to visit Baltar and tells him that he has been out for 3 days and offers him a bottle of pills. She then explains that his presence on the basestar has caused a conflict between seven of the models. With three voting for him to be allowed to remain, while three vote for him to be removed. The only model that hasn't come to a consensus are the Sixes.

• A Six, heavily implied to be Caprica Six, comes to visit Baltar and explains how much she gave up for him while he tries to convice her that she is more then just a Cylon and that she loves him. That she needs him before she walks out noting that after she is gone that he needs her too, and that he should have started with that.

Questions

• Will there be another organization in the Fleet that will continue where The Circle left off?
• What of Lee Adama, Anastasia Adama and other officers of Pegasus? How will these redundacies be dealt with?
• Why is Charlie Connor aboard Galactica? Outside of The Circle, what was his purpose on Galactica, seeing as he is not a past crew member?
• Has Samuel Anders become a member of Galactica's crew, or is he only allowed onboard because of his relationship with Kara?
• Will any of The Circle's members or Zarek face charges, or will they be pardoned by Roslin's government for what they had done?
• Now that the Cylons seem to have accepted Gaius Baltar, at least begrudgingly, what will happen to him?
• What happened to those who were left behind on New Caprica?
• Why are the Tyrols being allowed to keep their baby with them aboard Galactica?

Analysis

• Lee mentioned that he lost "half a stone" reffering to his weight. A stone is a unit of weight used mostly in the United Kingdom and Ireland that is equivalent to 14 pounds.
• Galactica's living spaces and hallways appear much more crowded than in the first two seasons, reflecting the expanded size of her crew.
• The exterior of Galactica is visibly damaged, from the Battle of New Caprica.
• Cally is back on active duty.

Notes

• This episode marks the resumption of the Survivor count. There has been a net loss of 8,115 people since the beginning of "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
  • Survivor Count for this episode is 41,435.
• Laura Roslin resumes the Presidency in this episode.

Noteworthy Dialogue

Lee Adama: I've got a date with a jump rope. Hey, I've lost half a stone.

William Adama: Keep jumpin'.