The Eye of Jupiter
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- For the artifact contained within The Temple of Five see Eye of Jupiter
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| "The Eye of Jupiter" An episode of the Re-imagined Series | |||
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| Episode No. | Season 3, Episode 11 | ||
| Writer(s) | Mark Verheiden | ||
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| Director | Michael Rymer | ||
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| US airdate |  December 15, 2006
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Overview
- The crew of Galactica makes a stop at the barren Algae planet. [1]
- The Temple of Five is discovered, leading to a standoff between the Cylons and the Colonials over the Eye of Jupiter. Also: the Cylons bring news about Sharon's baby. - TV Guide
Logline: The possible discovery of the Eye of Jupiter on the algae planet leads to a deadly stand-off, as the Cylons and humans risk all for a chance to find the way to Earth.
While working on the algae planet, Tyrol (Aaron Douglas) discovers the Temple of Five, reputed to be the home of the Eye of Jupiter, which will guide the ones who discover it to Earth. His report is intercepted by the Cylons, who request a meeting with Adama (Edward James Olmos) and Laura (Mary McDonnell). Their proposal: let us have the Eye and we will let you leave unharmed. Adama's counter-proposal: make any move to take the Eye and we'll nuke the planet.
The Cylons bring another piece of news: Sharon (Grace Park) and Helo's (Tahmoh Penikett) baby is alive, but not well. Sharon is initially skeptical, but when Adama confirms that Laura hid the baby at her school, she and Helo begin to make plans to rescue her.
As the standoff continues, tensions rise in both camps. On the Cylon baseship, D'Anna's (Lucy Lawless) sense that she and Baltar (James Callis) share a destiny that might not include the others sows dissension, while on the algae planet, efforts to protect the Eye are complicated by Lee's simmering affair with Kara (Katee Sackhoff), especially since Lee (Jamie Bamber) is counting on Anders (Michael Trucco), Kara's husband, to rally the civilians to the cause. Then the Cylons launch a flight of raiders, bound for the algae planet, forcing Adama to show he's not bluffing. [2]
Summary
Questions
- Will Adama go through with his plan to nuke the planet?
- Did Starbuck survive the crash of her Raptor?
- What is the Eye of Jupiter?
- How much truth is there to Ander's claim of Kara's chronic infidelity ("You think you're the first?")?
- How will Athena and Helo knowing their child is still alive affect their relationship with Adama?
- How will Adama finding out Hera is still alive affect his relationship with Roslin?
- Is there a connection between the Temple of the Five and the five missing Cylon models?
- Who or what is "The One Whose Name Cannot Be [Told(?)]" whom the Five supposedly follow? Is this a reference to the Jealous God?
- What are the "sins" of the Five that the Hybrid speaks of?
- What consequences will Number Three's actions have within the Cylon society?
- What is the Fleet doing without the presence of Galactica?
- Will there be further confrontations between the two "Sharon Valerii"-type Eight models, as seen in the passageway tirade between Boomer and Athena?
- Were the Cylons really willing to hand Baltar over to the Fleet?
- When did Boomer go over to the Cylons' way of thinking? In this episode she clearly doesn't seem to think of herself as human anymore like she did in "Downloaded".
Analysis
- At least eighteen people perished as a result of navigating through the radiation field of the star cluster.
- This episode ends the debate whether Admiral Adama knew about President Roslin's secret plan to hide Hera (Downloaded, Exodus, Part I) -- he did not know.
- Caprica-Six and D'Anna's dialogue indicates that they have been intimate with each other as well as with Baltar.
- Coincidence (and destiny / predestination) seems to be a major theme with this episode: the humans & Cylons show up at the planet at the same time; the temple is discovered by Tyrol, son of a priest who revered this place; the planet is orbiting a star that will go nova within days; etc.
Notes
- Writer Jane Espenson revealed that this episode was originally titled "Eye of Zeus."[3]
- This episode, whose teaser clocks in at just over 11 minutes, has the longest teaser of any episode thus far, narrowly beating out that of "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I".
- Outdoor sequences of the algae planet were filmed near Kamloops, British Columbia [1].
Noteworthy Dialogue
- Baltar and Internal-Six discuss boarding the Galactica:
- Six: Feels like old times, doesn't it?
- Baltar: Can't believe how much I actually missed this place.
- Six: You know you can't return. They'd toss you out the nearest airlock and then throw a party.
- Lee and Kara, discussing contingency plans:
- Kara: Can I make a suggestion you won't like?
- Lee: Do you make any other kind?
- The Hybrid, giving more obscure prophecy:
- Hybrid: The five lights of the apocalypse rising, struggling towards the light... sins revealed only to those who enter the temple... only to the chosen one... the chosen one... the chosen one...
- Three: The Five await me. Gaius, I'm so close to knowing the truth!
Official Statements
Jane Espenson discusses the original name for "The Eye of Jupiter" and references to it in "The Passage:"
- "When I wrote this episode, the upcoming episode was already well along, and it was called "Eye of Zeus." So all the dialogue in my episode reflected that. It got changed to Jupiter later, and I don't know why. It's always hard to get names to legally clear. All you need is one guy named Zeus who lives in North Hollywood and Standards and Practices is all over you to change the name. (deadpan) That's probably what happened."[3]
Guest Stars
- Michael Hogan as Colonel Saul Tigh
- Tahmoh Penikett as Captain Karl Agathon
- Aaron Douglas as Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol
- Nicki Clyne as Cally Henderson Tyrol
- Kandyse McClure as Lieutenant Anastasia Dualla
- Alessandro Juliani as Lieutenant Felix Gaeta
- Brad Dryborough as Lieutenant Hoshi
- Michael Trucco as Samuel Anders
- Alisen Down as Jean Barolay
- Eileen Pedde as Gunnery Seargant Mathias
- Diego Diablo Del Mar as Hillard
- Lucy Lawless as D'Anna Biers (Number Three)
- Dean Stockwell as Cavil
- Callum Keith Rennie as Leoben Conoy
- Tiffany Lyndall-Knight as the Hybrid
- Aleks Paunovic as Sergeant Fischer
References
- ↑ The Eye of Jupiter (backup available on Archive.org) (in English).
- ↑ TV Guide Exclusive (backup available on Archive.org) (in English).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 McDuffee, Keith (11 November 2006). TV Squad: Jane Espenson on post-The Passage questions (backup available on Archive.org) . Retrieved on 11 November 2006.