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Lost Planet of the Gods, Part IIGalactica Discovers Earth, Part IIIBastille DayReins of a Waterfall

"Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II" An episode of the Original Series
Episode No.	Season 1, Episode 3
Writer(s)	Glen A. Larson Donald Bellisario
Story by
Director	Christian I. Nyby II
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Production No.	50205
Nielsen Rating
US airdate	1978-10-01
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DVD release	2004-12-28
Population	survivors
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Starbuck is captured by the Cylons while the Fleet continues through the mysterious black void to a fateful rendezvous with the planet Kobol that may hold the secret to the lost thirteenth tribe. But a deadly surprise awaits them on the planet surface.

Summary

• The Fleet continues through the black void. Adama orders the fleet to keep in visual contact with Galactica through the void.

• Apollo and Starbuck visit Boomer in the Life Station and Boomer says thank you.

• Tigh and Adama talk about the void. Adama mentions to Tigh a passage from the Book of the Word about the void and mentions his medallion that is the symbol of Adama's power and of their religion.

• The female warriors gather in the Officer's lounge to discuss their mission. Apollo and Starbuck feel left out and begin discussing domestic duties. Serina notices the two carrying on and asks if they are feeling left out. Apollo sarcastically says they aren't.

• Tigh notifies Adama of a blip on the scanner in quadrant Delta Nine, behind the fleet. Adama sees it and orders a patrol to investigate. The blip is a Cylon Raider awaiting a patrol so they can capture a Colonial Warrior.

• Tigh pulls Apollo and Starbuck for the mission and Serina informs them that she is Apollo's wingman much to Apollo and Tigh's surprise. Starbuck wishes them well but instead of heading back to quarters he heads for the launch bay followed shortly by Apollo and Serina.

• Starbuck launches in Apollo's viper stating to the flight deck officer that he took Apollo's patrol for him. Apollo and Serina launch shortly after. Apollo orders Serina back to Galactica and she refuses. The three venture out together.

• Starbuck ends up going beyond Apollo and Serina's scanner range and is captured by the Cylons.

• On board the basestar Starbuck interacts with Lucifer and lights a match on a Cylon Centurion for his fumarello. Lucifer playfully warns Starbuck it would go well for him if he showed a little respect. Starbuck to his surprise meets Baltar.

• Baltar informs him that there is a change in the Cylon Empire favorable to humans and that he is there as an envoy of peace and will release Starbuck at the right moment.

• Lucifer and Baltar discuss Baltar's scheme to lure the humans into his trap.

• Back on board Galactica Apollo watches the scanners for Starbuck. Serina comforts him and says they should not wait any longer to get sealed and says that Starbuck would understand and approve.

• Adama performs the ceremony, Boxey as the protector gives Serina away. During the ceremony a bright star appears and Adama orders Tigh to scan for a planet in orbit. Apollo asks Adama what it could be and Adama says it could be the planet Kobol.

Apollo and Serina are sealed as Kobol's star comes into view.

• The Colonials land on the surface of the planet, where there are pyramids and ruins. Adama chooses a site for a camp, and posts a guard even though the planet is supposed to be dead.

• Lucifer reports to Baltar that a star has appeared and guided Galactica to a dead planet. Baltar recognizes a chance to spring a trap, and orders Lucifer to prepare his craft. He will go alone, for only he can bring Galactica back to the Imperious Leader.

• Adama, Serina, and Apollo explore the ruins. Adama suspects that it might be Eden, the largest city and the first to fall. Adama recognizes the seal of the Ninth Lord of Kobol. He was the last leader of Kobol before the thirteen tribes went to the stars. Apollo realizes that Adama is hoping to find the location of the thirteenth tribe (and Earth) by looking here.

• The three find the entrance to the Tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol, which bears a warning of death for those that enter. Serina recognizes that Adama's medallion is the same as the seal on the tomb, and it acts as a key to open it.

• They find the bodies of tomb robbers, and then are trapped by bars that descend, but lift when Adama uses his medallion again. They enter a room that appears to contain a sarcophagus.

• Baltar enters through a different door, greeting Adama. Adama lunges at him, trying to strangle the traitor. Apollo pulls him off of Baltar, saying that he should be left to the council.

• Baltar claims that he did not betray the colonies, and that Adama has been slandering him. He says he was trapped between his battlestar and Atlantia, and was tried by the Cylons. He claims that he was spared to lure them into another trap through a message of peace through a new and more benevolent Cylon ruler.

• He claims that the Cylon forces are spread so thin looking for Galactica that the route to the Cylon home world is almost undefended. He says that a single battlestar could bring the Cylon Empire to its knees. He has the means to lead Galactica back to the Cylons as apparent prisoners, in order to launch a devastating counterattack. As proof of his good intentions, he has released Starbuck.

• Adama orders Apollo to remove him. Adama says that safety does not lay behind them, with either Baltar or the Cylons, but somewhere "out there" along the path taken by the thirteenth tribe, who founded Earth.

• Baltar believes that Earth is a myth, but Adama believes it to be real, and believes the key is somewhere in the tomb.

• Back on the basestar, a Centurion reports that the prisoner (Starbuck) has been released. Lucifer (who is now sitting on Baltar's throne) inquires about Baltar, but the Centurion has not heard anything back from him. Lucifer concludes that Baltar's plan has failed. He speculates about the possible power gain he might make if there were a decisive military victory under his leadership.

• Starbuck returns to the camp, much to the joy of Athena. He lets the Colonials know that there is a basestar just outside sensor range, causing Apollo to order the breaking of the camp.

• Apollo brings Baltar back to Adama in the tomb. He informs Adama of the basestar that is just beyond range, suggesting they leave while the star is still dormant and shielding them from sensors. Adama refuses, as he wants to discover the path to Earth. Baltar claims that Earth might be a "myth of half-drunken star voyagers". He claims they must attack the Cylons and seize power.

• The star begins pulsing again, and reflects off of Adama's medallion, causing what appeared to be the tomb to retract revealing a staircase. Baltar rushes down the steps, pursued by Adama, Apollo, and Serina.

• Baltar pries off the lid sarcophagus, despite Apollo and Adama's protests, and seizes the scepter out of the hand of the mummy. He claims not to believe in all that "primitive superstition."

• The room starts shaking and a large stone block seals them into the tomb. Baltar apologizes, claiming that he didn't mean it, but the damage is done. He appeals to Adama to use his power, since the lords are with him, but Adama can do nothing.

• Cylon raiders begin attacking the Colonials on the surface. The female Viper pilots at the camp (as well as Starbuck) get into their Vipers and take off.

• Back on Galactica, the male warriors have recovered from their illness. They are hardly strong enough to stand, but Boomer points that Vipers are flown from the seated position.

• The female warriors begin to fight off the raiders as the male warriors begin to launch from Galactica. A pilot named Gemi is hit by Cylon fire and killed.

• Adama discovers the passages he had been searching for regarding the exodus of the thirteenth tribe in the last days of Kobol. As he gets to the part about where they went, a raider shoots the tomb causing the room to shake.

• A door has been blasted open by the explosion, but the writing has disintegrated. Baltar is pinned under a block of fallen stone.

• The male warriors join the combat, and the Colonials start dealing heavy losses to the raiders.

• Adama, Apollo, and Serina are unable to move the stone that pins Baltar. They are forced to leave Baltar. Adama says that Baltar's Cylon friends have sealed his fate as well as theirs. Baltar threatens to tear Lucifer apart, and claims that he has not heard the last of Baltar.

• The raiders are routed, and the Vipers are recalled to Galactica.

• Starbuck and Dietra encounter Adama, Apollo, and Serina as they exit the tomb. Starbuck reports that they lost some good pilots, and that they should get back to Galactica before reinforcements arrive.

• A Centurion steps out behind some cover and shoots Serina in the back. The Colonials return fire, killing both Centurions, but the damage is done.

• Back aboard Galactica, Boxey is brought to Serina, who is laying on a medical table. Serina admits that she is "going away," but tells Boxey that his father (Apollo) will be there to love him and take care of him.

• Apollo and Serina say their goodbyes in private, and when Apollo emerges from the room Serina is dead.

• Apollo tells Boxey that they'll have Serina's love forever, and that he will make a fine warrior.

• They walk off down the hallway together, holding hands.

Notes

• The original episode title was "The Tombs of Kobol," according to the novelization of this two parter.
• This Original Series story arc may remind Re-imagined Series viewers of the longer story arc involving the new series' version of Kobol, the Sacred Scrolls, the Arrow of Apollo, and the Tomb of Athena.
• It should be noted that "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero" was filmed prior to this episode, and therefore a disconnect in continuity exists.
• In the scene where Tigh is showing Adama the blip on the scanners, Galactica's scanners do not detect the other ships.

Analysis

• Starbuck finds himself to be a third wheel, and does not react well to the situation. His theft of Apollo's Viper and subsequent reckless flying is generally in character for him, but it is surprising that Apollo and Serina (and the rest of the Fleet) give up on him so quickly. There was no "I'm getting my men" from this Adama, nor the search effort for a missing Starbuck.
• Nobody (outside of Apollo) seems to mourn for Starbuck. Everybody seems quite content to go on with the marriage ceremony, which quickly turns into the Kobol discovery expedition. By the time they hit the ground on Kobol everybody seems to have forgotten about Starbuck, until Baltar mentions him being released and he shows up at the camp. Maybe they're better equipped to handle the loss having just survived the destruction of their colonies, but the mood was definitely more somber for Serina's death than it ever was for Starbuck.
• Baltar is exceptionally enigmatic in this episode. Nobody seems to be able to figure out who he is actually trying to betray. In fact, in the end, everybody assumes that Baltar is lying to them. Baltar was supremely confident in his ability to persuade the colonials, and from the sound of it he was charming the female Viper pilots quite effectively. Unfortunately for Baltar, the two people that he needed to believe him, Adama and Lucifer, didn't. Betrayed by Lucifer and abandoned by Adama, Baltar is defeated by his inability to inspire trust in the people that mattered most.
• It's been suggested that Serina's death at the hands of two centurions was "contrived" and an "afterthought" but in point of fact, the two centurions who ambushed them are the centurions who escorted Starbuck to the planet and who presumably were waiting things out on the surface while the battle took place. In that respect, it isn't a contrivance at all.

Questions

• Which side is Baltar really working for? Does he really believe that the Cylons can be toppled by a single battlestar? Or is it merely part of his ruse to get Galactica into Cylon custody?
• Why can't Galactica's scanners pick up the other ships in the Fleet?
• Why does everybody give up hope on Starbuck so quickly? No search patrols or rescue teams?
• Why is Apollo the only person that seems concerned that Starbuck is dead?
• Do members of the Quorum still get issued a seal of the Lords of Kobol? With Baltar's still missing (as he still possesses it), not to mention the ones lost during the Battle of Cimtar (like Adar's), is Adama's the only one left in Colonial hands?
• Will Baltar get rescued? If so, how? (Answer)
• Why doesn't Adama use the psycho-electron recall technology in an attempt to recall the inscriptions in the tomb?

Noteworthy Dialogue

• Apollo asks Boomer how he feels:

Apollo: How do you feel?

Boomer: Awful. But it beats being dead.

• Apollo and Starbuck mockingly make conversation that mimics the conversation of the female Warriors:

Starbuck: Apollo, what do you plan on doing for living quarters after you're married?

Apollo: Oh, well, I am so excited. I just found this place in the Astradon freighter. With a little paint and some nice curtains, it's so cozy!

Starbuck: You always were good with color.

(after the female warriors continue talking in the background)

Apollo: Mmm, you'll never believe what I found. I just found some Valcron in the Tip Barge.

Starbuck: Really? The soft, translucent kind?

Apollo (effeminately): Absolutely stunning!

• Starbuck comments on the interior design of the basestar:

Starbuck: I like the way you haven't gone overboard on furniture.

• Lucifer reacts to Baltar's plan:

Lucifer: This is your plan? To convince the humans that we come bearing the twig of peace?

• Apollo questions Baltar's claim of not being complicit in the holocaust on the Colonies:

Apollo: You're saying you didn't arrange the destruction of our Fleet, our cities, of almost every living thing in the Colonies?

Baltar: Are you completely mad? What sane human being would do a thing like that?

• Adama's rebuttal to Baltar's claim that with one battlestar they can bring the Cylon Empire to its knees:

Adama: Our safety is not behind us. With you or the Cylons. It lies somewhere out there. Along the path taken by the thirteenth tribe. The tribe that colonized the planet Earth.

• Lucifer questions Baltar's motives:

Lucifer: A pity. I'm afraid Baltar's plan has failed–whatever that plan truly was. A pity.

Centurion: His instructions were quite specific–to stand by to escort Galactica back to Cylon.

Lucifer: Yes. The thought that intrigued me was just who was to be whose prisoner.

• Baltar tries to leave:

Baltar: I cannot stay here too long before my machine friends will become nervous and do something rash.

• Boomer reports to Tigh in core command with the rest of Blue Squadron:

Tigh (to Boomer): Lieutenant, obviously you can't even stand.

Boomer: The Viper is flown from the seated position, sir.

• Baltar curses Lucifer after his attack on Kobol, which entombs Baltar in the ruins of the tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol:

Baltar: Lucifer... I'll tear you apart, limb from limb, circuit by circuit, so help me! You have not heard the last of Baltar!

• Omega relays Boomer's report:

Omega: Combat report coming in: "Surprise total. Cylons running. Shall we pursue? Boomer."

Guest Stars

• Jane Seymour as Serina
• George Murdock as Dr. Salik
• Ed Begley Jr. as Greenbean
• Sheila de Windt as Dietra
• Janet Louise Johnson as Brie
• Larry Manetti as Giles
• Jennifer Joseph as 2nd Girl Warrior
• Janet Lynn Curtis as Sorrell
• Millicent Crisp as 3rd Girl Warrior
• Leann Hunley as 1st Girl Warrior (uncredited)
  

"Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III" An episode of the Galactica 1980 series
Episode No.	Season 1, Episode 3
Writer(s)	Glen A. Larson
Story by
Director	Sidney Hayers
Assistant Director
Special guest(s)	Herbert Jefferson Jr as Boomer
Production No.	85510
Nielsen Rating
US airdate	1980-02-10
CAN airdate	{{{CAN airdate}}}
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DVD release
Population	survivors
Additional Info	Script available for download (incomplete) Information Novelization
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Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II	Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III	The Super Scouts, Part I
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A Colonial team, in Earth's past, must work fast to stop a rogue council member from altering Earth's history in Nazi Germany.

Summary

• With time running out, the team splits up. Dillon and Major Stockwell go to sabotage the rocket, while Troy and Jamie Hamilton head into the rocket base bunker to confront Xaviar.

• Reaching the launch pad, Dillon fires on the V-2 just as it takes off with his laser and destroys it.

• Xaviar having failed, comes immediately under suspicion by the Nazis, and is declared to be a spy.

• Troy and Hamilton, who are still disguised as German soldiers, haul Xaviar away.

• With Xaviar captured, the Colonial team and Stockwell now turn their attention to making sure the convoy to Auschwitz is stopped.

• Flying through the air on their motorbikes, Troy and Dillon fire on the German guards, while Stockwell releases the Jewish prisoners.

• Hamilton, realizing where/when they are in history, explains that the Nazis cannot pursue them, since the D-Day landings have begun and the local German units have all been ordered to defend Normandy.

• The time has come to return to 1980, and Stockwell says a sad goodbye to Jamie Hamilton.

• Just as they are approaching the Vipers, Xaviar escapes, activates his invisibility screen, and gets away.

• Returning to 1980, Troy and Dillon land their Vipers in California and proceed to drop off Hamilton at a bus station.

• As the Greyhound bus drives away with Hamilton aboard, a sheriff recognizes Troy and Dillon from a wanted poster.

• The sheriff pursues the duo in his squad car, but the Colonials again escape into the air on their bikes.

• Arriving back at the field where they parked their Vipers, Troy and Dillon discover the ships are being hauled away by the local military and police.

• Troy and Dillon discover this is due to a boy having discovered their Vipers, and go to find young Willy at school.

• Once there, they discover Willy Griffin has been getting beat up for his spreading of tall tales about spaceships by a bully named Tucker.

• Troy and Dillon make a deal: if Willy will tell them where the Vipers have been taken, they will lend him one of their wrist computrons.

• Willy agrees, and uses the computron to go invisible and torment Tucker.

• Having gotten even with the bully, Willy tells the Colonials the location of their ships, and also mentions there was a third Viper, which was the one belonging to Xaviar.

• Colonel Boomer comes to see Adama to bring him up to date on the developments, and Adama has all the Colonial missions to Earth recalled until Xaviar can be located.

• Xaviar, in the meantime, has returned to Los Angeles, and after seeing a UBC news broadcast, determines to go to the studio to look for Doctor Mortinson.

• Xaviar convinces two LAPD officers to give him a lift to UBC.

• Arriving there, Xaviar uses invisibility to lose the officers, who have grown suspicious.

• Xaviar identifies himself to Dr. Mortinson as one of the visitors from space.

• Arriving at Mortinson's beachside home, Xaviar tries to convince the scientist about the benefits of returning to various time periods to change Earth's history.

• Troy and Dillon track down Hamilton at UBC to loop her in on events.

• Hamilton calls Mortinson to warn him about Xaviar, but before Mortinson can react, Xaviar pulls a gun on him.

• Arriving at UBC, Troy and Dillon meet Hamilton, and together they head out to the base where the Vipers are being kept, in hopes of capturing Xaviar.

• Hamilton lures away one of the sentries and Troy and Dillon are able to sneak in. As they do, Xaviar materializes in his own Viper and proceeds to the base's generator to suck up enough power to launch.

• Xaviar spots the Colonials and shoots at them, before putting Troy down with a stunner.

Troy Jamie and Dillon aboard Galactica

• Before Troy can stagger back to his feet, Xaviar takes off, leaving Mortinson behind.

• A dozen sentries are now bearing down on them, but Troy and Dillon dispatch them effortlessly with a few laser stun blasts.

• Dillon jumps into his Viper and discovers Hamilton already in the back seat.

• Launching their ships, Troy and Dillon pursue Xaviar into space, but they open fire too late and Xaviar's Viper enters a timewarp.

• Troy, Dillon and Jamie return to Galactica, and meet with Adama in his quarters.

• Adama reveals that Xaviar has gone to Earth's 18th century to interfere in the history of pre-Revolutionary America.

• Hamilton agrees to help Troy and Dillon with their next mission.

Notes

• Troy, Dillon, and Jamie's time travel adventure in 18th century America was never scripted or produced.
• The scientific advancement of Earth premise was sadly dropped after this episode.
• The various missions into Earth's past—from Moses's obtaining the Ten Commandments to Civil War America—which are depicted in the novelization of the episode are not shown on screen.
• Ted Gehring (the sheriff in patrol car) played Croad in the Battlestar Galactica episode The Long Patrol.
• Jamie's farewell to Troy and Dillon at the bus stop is one of the best moments of the entire series (which isn't saying much).
• The opening title sequence is terrible, composed entirely of stock footage from the original series. It looks like a bunch of sequences sloppily scotch-taped together, which was undoubtedly the case since the show was rushed into production.
• Although Dr. Mortinson is mentioned frequently throughout the series, the character is never seen again.
• Dr. Zee is the only character on either series shown wearing glasses.
• The German portions of this episode take place on June 5, 1944 and the morning of June 6, 1944. The later date is when the Allied offensive known as D-Day begins.
• A band named Ookla The Monk makes a reference to Galactica 1980 in a song called Tommy: "Everything good turns to crap. It turns to crap and I don't mean maybe, just like Galactica 1980. It turns to crap. Crap!"

Questions

• Didn't any of the German officers notice that one of their own was a woman?
• Why didn't Dillon remove Xaviar's wrist computron, thus preventing his ability to escape?
• Why does Troy approach the Viper from the front, knowing full well that he could easily be killed by the Viper's lasers?

Noteworthy Dialogue

• After Dillon stuns Stockwell:

Dillon: Primitives. All alike. What are you going to do with them?

• Dillon looks up the word coffee:

Dillon: "A beverage made from a bean. Usually served hot." (looks at Troy) Troy, they drink beans!

Guest Stars

• Richard Lynch as Xaviar
• Robbie Rist as Doctor Zee
• Robert Reed as Donald Mortinson
• Christopher Stone as Major Stockwell
• Albert Paulsen as General Yodel
• Louis Turenne as Colonel Werner (credited as "German Officer")
• Michael Strong as Smite (credited as Resistance Leader/The Old Man)
• Fred Holliday as Mr. Brooks
• Ted Gehring as Sheriff
• Hank Brandt as Colonel Mason (credited as Air Force Colonel)
• James R. Parkes as Walt Griffin
• Adam Star as Willie Griffin
• Curt Lowens as German Commander
• Duncan MacKenzie as 3rd Guard
• Jonathan Williams as 2nd Guard
• Paul Brown as 4th Guard
• Ray Duke as Newsboy
• Billy Jacoby as Tucker
• Missy Francis as Little Girl
• Doug Hale as Major Grimsley (credited as Air Force Major)
• Wyatt Johnson as Beat Cop #1 (uncredited)
• Charlie Brill as Beat Cop #2 (uncredited)
• Uncredited as Harvey

References

External Links

• Galactica Discovers Earth Part 3 Full Episode on YouTube
• Galactica Discovers Earth review and analysis at Sheba's Galaxy.

"Bastille Day" An episode of the Re-imagined Series
Episode No.	Season 1, Episode 3
Writer(s)	Toni Graphia
Story by
Director	Allan Kroeker
Assistant Director
Special guest(s)	Richard Hatch as Tom Zarek
Production No.	103
Nielsen Rating	2.3
US airdate	2005-01-21
CAN airdate	2005-01-29
UK airdate	2004-11-01
DVD release	20 September 2005 US 28 March 2005 UK
Population	survivors
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After the Fleet finds a source of water to replace that which was lost in sabotage, Galactica and the Fleet face a shortage of manpower to mine it, turning to their prisoner population for help, with unexpected complications.

Summary

In the Fleet

• After Galactica's extensive water supplies are sabotaged ^{(TRS: "Water")}, a source of water is found on a nearby moon—but it is in the form of ice, and must be mined. This will require a crew of around 1,000.
• As that number cannot be spared from Galactica's crew, and it is unlikely civilians will volunteer for the dangerous work, Captain Adama suggests enlisting the help of the prisoners on Astral Queen.
• President Roslin refuses to force the prisoners into the work, so Lee suggests that volunteering prisoners could be awarded points toward earning their freedom.
• The idea does not go over well with Commander Adama, who is already at odds with his son over his new position as "special advisor" to the President.
• However, Roslin decides to send a delegation led by Lee Adama to Astral Queen to put the idea to the prisoners. To address Adama's fears that they might inadvertently release dangerous prisoners into the Fleet's community, Billy Keikeya is selected to go as well and screen the prisoners prior to selection.
• As a further snub to his son, Commander Adama insists that military personnel also go – Anastasia Dualla is "volunteered" by Keikeya to assist in the screening and report directly back to Adama, and Cally Henderson is selected to ensure the chosen prisoners can handle the mining equipment.
• On Astral Queen, Captain Adama outlines the deal to the prisoners, but no one volunteers.
• The nominated leader of the prisoners, whom Billy Keikeya recognizes as the infamous political agitator Tom Zarek from Sagittaron, politely refuses the offer.
• While Dualla and Keikeya argue the merits of Zarek as a "prisoner of conscience" or terrorist, Lee meets with Zarek to try and persuade him to help.
• On Galactica, Commander Adama confronts Gaius Baltar about the Cylon detector. When Adama pushes him, Baltar almost admits he can't actually build it.
• This releases a torrent of anger from Baltar's virtual Six, which terrifies him into submission. She instructs him on what to ask for to make the detector: a nuclear warhead.
• Baltar realizes her instructions will actually work, and Adama agrees to provide the warhead.
• On Astral Queen, Zarek's elaborately orchestrated prison break takes place, and Galactica's delegation is taken hostage.
• With the ship in his control, Zarek broadcasts a message demanding the immediate resignation of President Roslin and her government, claiming that since they were never elected, they do not legitimately represent the people.
• As Zarek uses Lee Adama to try and gain insight into the dynamic between Roslin and Commander Adama, an assault mission consisting of Marines and led by Kara "Starbuck" Thrace is assembled. A crack sharpshooter, Thrace is ordered by Adama to kill Zarek if she gets a clear shot.
• Commander Adama's attempt to negotiate with Zarek is rebuffed. Lee Adama realizes the truth: Zarek wants the commander to send in the troops, believing a bloodbath aboard Queen will bring down Roslin's government through scandal.
• The Marines and Starbuck arrive in Raptors and cut their way into the ship.
• In the cells, a prisoner named Mason attempts to rape Cally Henderson. She bites off a piece of his ear, and he shoots her in retaliation.
• Lee Adama rushes to the cell and puts a sidearm to Zarek's head, giving him a choice: die now, or work with his men to supply the Fleet with water in exchange for control of Astral Queen and a guarantee of future elections.
• The Marines storm the area. Thrace takes a shot at Zarek, but Lee Adama pushes him to safety.
• Roslin and Commander Adama are initially displeased with Lee's arrangement, but he argues that the prisoners, while in control of their ship, are still reliant on the Fleet for supplies, and that under Colonial law, Roslin would have to face elections in seven months anyway.
• Later, Captain Adama tells Roslin he'll vote for her when the time comes. His honesty prompts her to reveal the truth: she has cancer and might not be alive to run for re-election.

On Caprica

• Karl "Helo" Agathon and the Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii reach a relatively undamaged city.
• As they explore, they are observed by a Number Five and a Number Six from a rooftop.
• The two Cylons discuss their heritage as the "children of humanity." While Six expresses regret that humans must be destroyed, the Five is less compassionate, stating that parents must die to allow their children to come into their own.

Notes

Behind the Scenes

According to So Say We All: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Battlestar Galactica, this episode was a pivotal moment for the series as it introduced the character of Tom Zarek, played by Richard Hatch, the star of the Original Series. The writers' room, led by Ronald D. Moore, saw the prison-ship storyline as the "perfect opportunity" to bring Hatch into the new series. The idea was to have the original Apollo play a character who voiced skepticism about the new leadership, creating a meta-narrative that the creative team found "a lot of fun." In the episode's home video-only podcast commentary, Moore elaborated on this, stating he loved the "delicious" irony of having the original Apollo play a character whose role was to say, "Everything about this show is wrong. All of this must be destroyed."

The producers considered the casting a "stunt," enjoying the dynamic of having the "two Apollos" confront each other on screen. The casting choice was initially met with some trepidation by actor Jamie Bamber (Lee Adama), who was "terrified" to work with Hatch, given Hatch's previous outspoken criticism of the reimagining. However, Hatch proved to be a consummate professional. Moore recalls that Hatch arrived at the table read completely "off book" and fully embraced the complex role. Co-executive producer David Eick noted that Hatch, who had been one of the most "vocally opposed" critics of the remake, ultimately became one of its "chief advocates" after joining the cast. Fellow actor James Callis (Gaius Baltar) noted that Hatch, a "prince of a man," relished playing a character so different from himself.

Continuity Notes

• Events here take place 2 days after those of "Water".
• In the Miniseries, Astral Queen is apparently a liner, rather than a prison ship. In the home video release commentary for this episode, Ronald D. Moore explains that the ship's mention in the Miniseries was just a "throwaway line" to establish that there were prisoners in the Fleet. The name itself was a Star Trek homage, and the idea of a full-blown prison riot episode was a natural extension of that initial mention when the writers were planning the series.
  • During a briefing, Billy informs President Roslin that: "The Captain of Astral Queen wants you to know that he has nearly 500 convicted criminals under heavy guard in his cargo hold. They were being transported to a penal station when the attack happened."
  • In the re-cap clip shown at the top of this episode, Keikeya's lines are re-dubbed so that he says, "The Captain of Astral Queen wants you to know that he has 1,500 prisoners under heavy guard."
  • Instead of being taken to a penal station, as in the Miniseries, Lee "Apollo" Adama states that the prisoners were being transferred to Caprica for parole hearings.
  • For the purposes of the increased number of prisoners, Astral Queen becomes a prison ship.
• The Colonials will face a fuel shortage at some point.
• Major Cottle, Galactica's ship doctor, is first mentioned in this episode, although he will not appear until the next episode.
• President Roslin's hair style changes starting with this episode, from the straight-down hairstyle she had since the Miniseries, to the swept-back style which she would sport through the end of Season 2.
• Galactica is referred to by Viper pilots as the "Big G." This mirrors the nickname pilots have given to the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, the "Big E". The introduction of Pegasus would later change this; Galactica would be nicknamed "The Bucket," with Pegasus being nicknamed "The Beast."

Production Notes

• Richard Hatch played the character of Apollo in the Original Series and is the first cast member of the 1978 show to participate in the Re-imagined Series.
• This is one of only two Season 1 episodes to deal extensively with another ship in the Fleet. The other is "Colonial Day, which features Cloud 9 heavily and has few scenes on Galactica. Originally this was planned to happen more often, but building new sets turned out to be much more expensive than anticipated.
• This is the only regular-series episode in which Boxey appears, outside of his appearance in the Miniseries. According to the podcast, when the Miniseries was created, the writers envisioned Boxey as being a major recurring character in most episodes of the series. However, on a case-by-case basis, they found that inserting a child like Boxey did not harmonize with many of the dark scripts on the series, and once the show got underway and found its flow, they simply couldn't think of ways to write him into upcoming scripts. By the beginning of Season 2, they realized they hadn't been using him, and officially decided to simply abandon the character and consciously never tried to use him again.
• Starting with this episode, Cally Henderson started to become a larger character on the series, as noted by Moore and Eick in the podcast (see Official Statements, below). Originally she was supposed to die, but instead they rewrote the scene to give her an attention-getting grittiness and in turn, survival.
• The quip made by Astral Queen's captain, "I'm a bus driver, not a warden," is a homage to the original Star Trek television series. It is similar to Doctor Leonard McCoy's trademark quote, "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer," or whatever fits at the time in the latter portion of the statement.
• The setup for this plot might have been inspired by the TOS episode "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I". In both episodes, a group of criminals was conscripted from a prison ship to work on the icy surface of a hostile planet. A notable difference between the two episodes lies in how the workers were chosen. While the workers in "Bastille Day" were chosen in part for their expendability, the conscripts in "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I" were chosen for their expertise in harsh environments and in demolition work. Also different was the prisoners' motivation to take on the work. In "Bastille Day," the prisoners are offered the possibility of earning their freedom, whereas the prisoners in "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I" were offered nothing overtly other than the fear that the fleet might be destroyed without their services. A number of them take the assignment in the hopes of escaping during the action.
• According to the DVD commentary for the episode, the startling scene when Number Six yells in Baltar's face that "they're going to throw you out of an airlock!" was a visual homage taken from the film "Jacob's Ladder," which has a similar startling close up shot. Tricia Helfer was given scary makeup for the shot, but in such a slight way that it is difficult for the eye to see what's wrong with the shot, but the audience can tell on some level that something's wrong. If you pause during her close-up shot, you can see that she's wearing contact lenses that make her eyes look unnaturally bright, and a mouthpiece of fake teeth which are bent out of shape and unnaturally large.
• The building seen in the first scene with Helo and Sharon is actually the Vancouver Public Library, one of the most recognizable buildings in the city of Vancouver.
• The scene where Lee "Apollo" Adama holds his pistol to a kneeling Tom Zarek is a recreation of Dirty Harry, according to David Eick's comments in the DVD commentary. "That is the 'I know what you're thinking, punk' shot, down to the move, the lens, the distance of the camera away from the actor."
• Bastille Day was helmed by Allan Kroeker, a veteran TV director whose credits include multiple episodes of such series as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise and Roswell.
• Much of the episode was filmed at the disused Port Mann Power Station in Vancouver's Surrey district. This location was transformed into the Astral Queen using a combination of practical sets and CGI set extensions.
• The episode's title was chosen by Toni Graphia because its plotline reminded her of the historic march on the Bastille which triggered the French Revolution in 1789.

Character Development and Casting

• Toni Graphia and Carla Robinson were responsible for naming Tom Zarek. Graphia recalls: "We knew we probably wanted something starting with a 'Z' for his surname, because a 'Z' sounds strong and futuristic. And we wanted him to have a religious-sounding name for his first name, so we looked at a number of Saints' names. His original name was Peter Zarek, but that didn't clear with our legal department. So we changed it to Tom."
• Initially, Tom Zarek was described by Ronald D. Moore as "a Nelson Mandela-style prisoner of conscience" before developing into one of the show's most intriguing and ambiguous characters.
• Richard Hatch had previously declined to make a cameo appearance as the then-male Elosha in the Miniseries, but was intrigued by Moore's description of Zarek and quickly signed on to play the potentially recurring character.

Set Design and Costumes

• Production designer Richard Hudolin designed the prison cells aboard Astral Queen with a specific twist: "The bars aren't a normal size and the prison cells are reminiscent of chicken in cages."
• Costume designer Glenne Campbell explains that the prisoner costumes were based on real-life prison clothing: "The prisoner's costumes are much like the orange coveralls prisoners in transport wear. We changed the color from orange to red because orange was just too close to reality, while deep red gave a good 'danger' signal. Richard Hatch loved wearing it. He said it was the most comfortable costume he'd ever worn!"

Analysis

• The Cylons didn't nuke every city on Caprica, although they did nuke most of them, including Caprica City. Ron Moore and David Eick point out in the home video-only podcast that at first this was a plot expediency, as showing the destruction of every city would have been prohibitively expensive. This production reality led to the story element of Karl "Helo" Agathon questioning why some cities were spared. The answer to this question comes in the episode "Downloaded," when viewers see the Cylons rebuilding and inhabiting a city themselves. The intense radiation exposure killed most humans on Caprica without the necessity of destroying all infrastructure.

• It seems strange that Agathon would be shouting loudly to see if anyone might hear him, as this might draw Cylon attention. However, viewers can't tell how many hours Caprica-Valerii and Agathon might have spent discovering that the city is apparently empty. Moreover, it has only been 12 days since the Cylon attack, and Agathon has no idea how far over Caprica they have spread yet.

• The flight briefing Kara "Starbuck" Thrace gives as acting-CAG seems a bit "out of character" compared to her personality as developed later in the series. She is in full "Top Gun" mode: wearing aviator sunglasses, sporting a cigar, and giving a very irreverent briefing. Actress Katee Sackhoff and the writers have said that after the first few episodes they learned to start adding "more of Katee into Starbuck," and Thrace's characterization is smoothed out further by the middle of the season.

• Another oddity with this scene is that Boxey's presence seems a bit forced. In the podcast commentary, Ron Moore explains that the original concept was for Boxey to form a "family unit" with Galen Tyrol and Sharon Valerii, living with them and acting as a sort of mascot for the pilots. This plot point was abandoned when Sharon's Cylon storyline was accelerated in "Water". The writers considered re-purposing him as an "Artful Dodger" character, but the idea was never developed, leaving his appearance in this scene feeling somewhat out of place.

• At the end of the Miniseries, Saul Tigh chooses to quit drinking. In "33," Commander Adama notes how good it is that Tigh isn't drinking anymore. However, Tigh has a relapse, having a few shots, and is a little tipsy in front of some crewmen (although he is not slurring his speech and stumbling over furniture).

• The notion of Starbuck being a sharpshooter, "best shot in or out of the cockpit" stretches the credibility of these scenes: shooting in a Viper and shooting a sniper rifle are entirely different things. In the podcast, Ron Moore concedes this was a "concession to the form" for dramatic purposes. Rather than introducing a new Marine sniper character the audience had no connection to, they made Starbuck the sniper to heighten the tension and drama of the final sequence, especially since it put her in the position of having her friend Lee Adama's life in her hands. Moore also addressed this in his earlier blog entry of April 11th, 2005, following the episode's airing:

"Kara might be the best shot in the fleet...but being a good shot is far from being a trained sniper. And she missed in that episode, a huge faux-paux for a scout sniper. In addition, she could not have been conducting unit training and sustainment training with the Marines...and fly her Viper.

In the season finale, with the Marine boarding party assaulting into the President's office...her guards would have had to put down their guns..or they would have been shot quickly..or at least physically detained at gunpoint. There is no way a standoff that close would ensue."

I think both comments are well taken and I concede the points. In both instances, we chose to go with the dramatic needs rather than the "real" choices. Making Kara the sniper was simply a way of providing more tension and drama into the final sequence of "Bastille Day" rather than going with a brand-new Marine sniper who the audience would have no investment in or identification with. Likewise, the stand-off aboad [sic] Colonial One would've probably never occured [sic] with real Marines and Secret Service agents, and indeed, early drafts of the script had the final beats playing out on either side of a barricaded hatch that separated the two sides. However, the feeling was that separating Laura et al from Tigh et al dissipated the drama and felt less suspenseful, so we decided to go for the stand-off. It's a judgement call, frankly. We're always striving to keep things as "real" as we can make them, but we are still producing a television series and we're telling a story, so sometimes we bend the rules to make the show more compelling or to avoid awkward scenes that actually slow it down and dissipate the momentum.

Questions

Answered Questions

For answers to the questions in this section, click here.

• Is Tom Zarek genuinely willing to die for his beliefs?
• Can Gaius Baltar really use a nuclear warhead to build a Cylon detector, or does Head Six have some other plan?
• Will elections really be held in seven months?

Unanswered Questions

None yet.

Official Statements

Cast and Crew Commentary

• In the home video release commentary for "Bastille Day," David Eick and Ronald D. Moore talk about Cally Henderson, and how initial drafts had her being killed:

David Eick: Nicki Clyne, who you see here playing Cally, was somebody who in the Miniseries, I remember Michael (Rymer) and I cast just on the basis of her look, 'cause we thought she was really cute, she kind of reminded us of a young Shelley Duvall. [...] she turned out to be so good that we— in launching the series we started talking about ways to involve her and I'm very proud of a moment coming up where she does something rather nasty, that...

Ronald D. Moore: Well she almost died! She was gonna die in the initial drafts of this.

Eick: That's right! He kills her! He rapes and kills her! And they're telling us we're too dark this year.

Moore: Oh, I know. The second season is so much darker. And I don't think they even care. Yeah, Cally, Nicki, I hate to tell ya, but the bullseye was on Nicki here. And I can't even tell you why we decided it was, no I take that back I think it was your note; you said you wanted Cally to fight back and really show some balls in this scene. She bit his ear off...

Eick: I said, "She bites his frakking ear off" and I was totally being...you know, just illustrative! I didn't really mean it!

Moore: And I wrote, "she bites his ear off"!

Eick: "And I got the draft, and she bites his ear off! I was like "that's great!"

Moore: And from that moment on, I think, she really became part of the show. In a real sense, once she had gone through that and survived, and you know Tyrol and the gang come in and see her in the hospital at the end you kind of felt like she is one of the family.

• Nicki Clyne discusses her appearance in the episode:

"They used this mixture of corn syrup and coloring for the blood, which was extremely sticky...I had to squeeze this sponge of icky goo all over myself, and I had it on whole day. I couldn't wipe off the blood for lunchtime and put it back on, because of continuity reasons. So for the entire day I had my shirt completely stuck to me, and my face was all sticky — it wasn't a nice feeling. When I ate my lunch, no one wanted to sit with me. I even forgot I had this guck on me. I was walking around, throwing popcorn in my mouth and everyone was backing off and staring at me. I'm going "Hey, what's your problem?" Then it occurred to me, "Oh yeah, I look like Death! Right. OK!""

• Jamie Bamber on working with Richard Hatch:

"Before I read the script, I had my misgivings because there's always the danger you might be accused of tokenism or doing it as a marketing ploy. Richard had also been quite vocal in his disappointment that we weren't making a continuation of the original show. But once I read the script, all my misgivings were gone. I thought Richard's character was very strong and interesting, and Richard was just lovely to work with. He's a cool guy, and he's very supportive of what we're doing."

• Richard Hatch on working with Bamber:

"Jamie is a terrific actor and I was so grateful that he's such a gracious and nice guy. He plays the character very differently from how I played him. He made it clear to me that he was actually playing Lee Adama, and Apollo was his call sign!"

• Ronald D. Moore on the Apollo name exchange scene:

"It was tricky to get that right. I wanted to make sure it wasn't too overt and stuck out too much, but you kind of want to acknowledge it and deal with it in some way."

• Richard Hatch on the scene where he discusses Apollo's name:

"I found it interesting that I was given those lines to talk about who Apollo is and what that name signifies. I think that was a great way to basically pass the mantle between us."

• Kandyse McClure on the prison set atmosphere:

"It was so creepy being locked in that cage. It was an intense and very eerie environment."

• Nicki Clyne on her character development in the episode:

"I was really happy with that episode. I thought the stuff with Mason was very powerful, and I was very happy that Cally got to show some strength and attitude. I knew she had it in her!"

• Toni Graphia on the decision to save Cally:

"In the first draft of the script, Cally was killed. But several people, including Ron, felt that they didn't want the show to portray any of our female characters as victims, because our women are very strong. So we changed it to Cally fighting back, and I was actually very happy about that."

• Jamie Bamber on Lee Adama's character arc:

"I relished doing that episode because Lee finally gets to stand up on his own two feet. You get an insight into how Lee views the military and civilians, and he gets to do something that's slightly controversial and may not prove to be the best decision in the long term. For those reasons, it is one of my favorite episodes of the season."

Behind-the-Scenes Insights

• Ronald D. Moore on the episode's origins in Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion:

"When we were originally talking about doing a series, the network and studio asked me to give them an idea of the variety of stories we could tell, and one of the things I said we would do was the 'prison riot episode'. I actually mentioned the prison ship in the miniseries specifically so we could do something with it. I saw this episode as an opportunity to really set up the politics of the show. I wanted the audience to know that politics were going to be an important part of the show as it continued."

• Toni Graphia on writing the episode:

"Coming in as the first person to write an episode apart from Ron Moore, I did feel a lot of pressure. Ron is so brilliant and created such an epic piece. Coming in after him, I really wanted to match his voice and do justice to the material."

• On developing Tom Zarek's character:

"We saw Tom Zarek as someone who had created a lot of trouble for the 'right reasons'. He had committed terrorist acts in the name of preventing his colony and his people from being exploited. Zarek is not a moustache-twirling villain. He's a something of a rogue hero, and he's supposed to be very likeable."

• Moore added:

"Tom Zarek is idealistic in his own way. But I think he has more personal ambition than even he would care to admit."

Noteworthy Dialogue

• On choosing sides:

William Adama: Every man has to decide for themselves which side they are on.

Lee "Apollo" Adama: I didn't know we were picking sides. [walks off]

William Adama: That's why you haven't picked one yet.

• On Cylon-occupied Caprica:

Doral: She's good.

Six: So far.

Doral: Jealous?

Six: This all makes me so sad.

Doral: (matter-of-fact) They would have destroyed themselves anyway. They deserve what they got.

Six: We're the children of humanity. That makes them our parents in a sense.

Doral: True - but parents have to die. It's the only way children come into their own.

• Later, aboard Astral Queen, in a broadcast by Tom Zarek:

Tom Zarek: I make these demands not for me....but for you, the people. The survivors of the holocaust and the children of humanity's future. I am Tom Zarek, and this is the first day of a new era.

Guest stars

Credited

• Michael Hogan as Colonel Saul Tigh
• Aaron Douglas as Chief Galen Tyrol
• Tahmoh Penikett as Lieutenant Karl "Helo" Agathon
• Kandyse McClure as Petty Officer Anastasia Dualla
• Paul Campbell as Billy Keikeya
• Alessandro Juliani as Lieutenant Felix Gaeta
• Connor Widdows as Boxey
• Alonso Oyarzun as Specialist Socinus
• Nicki Clyne as Specialist Cally Henderson
• Pat Adrien Dorval as Wilkens
• Ron Selmour as Seaborne
• Matthew Bennett as Aaron Doral
• Brent Stait as Mason
• Graham Young as Marine #1
• Curtis Lee Hicks as Marine #2
• Colby Johannson as Dwight "Flat Top" Saunders

Uncredited

• Scott Nicholson as Starke/Stunt Guard #1 and Stunt Con #6
• Guy Bews as Stunt Guard #1
• Lou Bollo as Stunt Guard #2
• Duane Dickinson as Stunt Guard #3
• Tony Morelli as Stunt Con #1
• Ernest Jackson as Stunt Con #2
• Gaston Howard as Stunt Con #3
• Scott Atea as Stunt Con #4
• Simon Burnett as Stunt Con #5
• Gerald Paets as Stunt Con #7
• Charles Andre as Stunt Marine
• Dave Hospes as Lee "Apollo" Adama (stunt)

References

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Production History

Commentary and Interviews

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Daniel Graystone attempts damage control in light of his wife's false revelation that their daughter was one of the suicide bombers of Maglev 23. Meanwhile, Joseph Adama continues his pursuit to see the Tamara avatar again while Willie and Sam Adama continue to bond.

Summary

Teaser

• Scenes from the Caprican media: Amanda Graystone's "revelation" of her daughter's involvement in the Maglev bombing are replayed on the news, Baxter Sarno mentions in his monologue that V-World hackers are re-creating the bombing before making comments about Daniel Graystone, students at the Athena Academy tell reporters that they were unnerved being in the same school and the same classes with Zoe Graystone, and Amanda is caught on camera leaving Caprica General Hospital as protesters chant "Terror Mom."
• At the hospital, Amanda is walking fast toward her car, but she quickly answers a reporter's question about her employment future by saying that she has resigned from the hospital. Encouraged to share her side of the story with the audience, Amanda pauses long enough to tell the report that they are not interested in the truth. A bottle is thrown, and a shard cuts Amanda's forehead. She speeds away.
• At the Athena Academy, students lead by Caston―including Keon Gatwick―stare at Lacy Rand, harasses her, and make thinly veiled threats. Sister Clarice Willow watches from a distance.
• Daniel spars in the boxing ring at the Red Gloves Gym, an old and run-down facility, while talking with Cyrus Xander. Xander recommends hiring Priyah Magnus as a consultant to address the growing public relations problem. Daniel expresses his distaste for PR, but Xander disagrees, pointing out that Daniel is at this gym rather than in Graystone Industries' facilities precisely because he wants to be seen as a man of the people. Daniel is unmoved.
• As Daniel walks to his car, his driver, Kalil, opens a door--and Sam Adama steps out. He accepts the keys from Kalil. Sam seizes Daniel and brings him to an alley, and proceeds to rough him up for being the parent of a terrorist who killed his niece. Joseph Adama joins them. He kneels next to Daniel and demands to see his daughter's avatar again. Daniel reluctantly agrees to search for the avatar. Joseph promises to call on him again.

Act 1

• Willie walks into a Tauron social club near his apartment building, carrying a box of burritos for sale. He approaches a group of men at a card game, who give him a hard time, even when he tells them about his brief time in jail. Sam pulls him aside and asks what he is doing there so early, telling him that he needs to go to school first for attendance before coming to the club. Sam concocts an excuse for him, hands him a beer, and they drink.
• Daniel limps into his home. Serge starts to play the day's news broadcasts for him before it quickly becomes obvious that it will all be dominated by the fallout from Zoe's alleged involvement in the Maglev 23 bombing, and Daniel orders the stories to be deleted. Serge offers Daniel medical treatment, but he prefers to do it himself in the downstairs lab.
• Evelyn greets Joseph at the courthouse entrance, telling him that he has to wait for a judge who for some reason is upset with him, despite all the appropriate paperwork and "special delivery" for the judge being in order. He asks Evelyn to get him coffee. She reluctantly agrees.
• At the Academy, Clarice Willow makes tea for Lacy, telling her that all the monotheists at the school have to be careful, in order to avoid being linked to the bombing. She asks Lacy to open up to her, the way the Zoe did. Obviously uncomfortable, Lacy excuses herself, claiming to have problems with her classwork.
• In the lab, Amanda finds Daniel. They are immediately worried about the injuries of the other. Amanda tries tending to Daniel's wounds first. While this is happening, Zoe-A watches from inside the U-87. Amanda and Daniel lapse into an argument about Zoe's supposed involvement in the bombing. Daniel eventually accepts Amanda's claim about their daughter's guilt, shocking Zoe-A, but he is still amazed that Amanda admitted this on television. She cries, claiming that it "just happened" and that she is sorry for it. Daniel kisses her tenderly. Eventually, Amanda asks him, "How about a good frak?" Despite his wounds, the two of the carefully start to make love, in front of the U-87.

Act 2

• In the Caprica City offices of the Global Defense Department, Agent Youngblood is pleased to read about Amanda's "confession" in the newspaper, but Jordan Duram pessimistically believes that it only served to scare off other members of Zoe Graystone's supposed cell. Director Gara Singh walks into their office and shows them an old videotape that had been mistakenly filed under "Starke" with an "e": Youngblood's interrogation of Ben Stark a year ago about wires and detonators in his possession that Stark explained as materials for his school's rocketry club, for which Stark had been quickly released. Singh warns them about press repercussions and leaves in frustration. Scared, Youngblood asks Duram what to do next. Duram destroys the videotape and asks rhetorically about the damage that would occur if they did not investigate "Terror Mom" because of bureaucratic road blocks. He dials the Caprica Tribune.
• Joseph continues to wait. Finally, Judge Maximus emerges and leads Joseph to a side room. Maximus asks Joseph if he is willing to let his client, Plexico Amarcord, go to a full jury trial. Joseph is confused and assures him that the "delivery" was made--which makes Maximum furious at the insult of blind drops, rather than being given the dignity of their agreed-upon face-to-face meetings. He notes that Joseph has been sloppy lately, and then doubles his price for cooperation.
• The U-87 connects itself to a holoband and Daniel's computer. In front of her own home, Lacy receives an e-sheet message to meet. She dons a holoband, and finds Zoe-A in Daniel's undecorated V-world entryway. Although Zoe can enter V-world, she cannot remain there, since she is housed inside the robot. Lacy informs her about Clarice's interest in Zoe-A. The original Zoe never showed the avatar to Clarice, so Zoe-A believes it is best to continue to keep the secret. They search for a doorway, find one, and open it, allowing light to pour into the room--revealing Tamara-A, on the floor and confused. Lacy assumes that the girls is "pure avatar," a simple simulation created and stored by Daniel. Zoe recognizes that Tamara is not the avatar of a live holoband user, and that she might be more than just a simulation. Lacy and Zoe lead Tamara through the door.

Act 3

• In the Caprica mediasphere: a news report discusses Zoe Graystone and shares security camera footage of her at the MLMT station in the company of Ben Stark; a business report notes the precipitous drop in Graystone Industries stock following Amanda's statement; protests against the Graystones continue; the Caprica Buccaneers may also be a target of public anger as they prepare for a home game; Sarno makes more jokes about the Graystone family.
• Magnus and Xander tell Daniel about Sarno's success at the expense of the Graystones and the scandal's effect on the holoband, but Daniel is unmoved. He specifically notes Sarno's anti-corporate stance and the mixed success of guests on his show in repairing their own PR problems. Magnus persists, advising him that he would have to talk in length about Zoe on the show, that he would have to present her to the audience as "troubled." Daniel grows indignant, angrily insisting that he would not bring his daughter into the media spotlight. He curtly asks both of them to leave the house.
• In the V-Club, Tamara is stunned and lost. Zoe offers to help, but she rejects their offers, insists that she will be able to find her own way home, and wades into the crowd.
• Clarice locks her bedroom door and connects to the holoband. She enters a small, modest corridor, and opens a door to a small compartment. She sits and lights a candle.
• In the quiet of their private V-Club room, Zoe eats and instructs Lacy to seek out Keon Gatwick, who was a friend of Ben Stark and thus knows about the plan to go to Gemenon. It is now Lacy's responsibility to make sure that Zoe-A is delivered to fellow believers there, but since the avatar has bonded with the U-87, Lacy will have to figure a way to transport the entire robot. Lacy is skeptical, but Zoe-A trusts the intentions of her creator. She goes on to remind Lacy about her cowardice, and tells Lacy that she must see this through.

Act 4

• In the small compartment, Clarice talks to Alvo, who appears as a silhouette behind translucent glass and speaks with a heavily distorted voice. Despite being ordered not to make contact, Clarice wants to report progress in acquiring Zoe-A and thus moving a step closer to apotheosis. Alvo notes that her quest for the avatar has caused her to lose control, leading to the bombing and unwanted exposure for the STO.
• Lacy waits for Keon to walk by, then tackles him to the grass and forces him to confess his membership in STO. However, he is confused by Lacy's claim that Clarice is running the STO cell at the Athena Academy. Keon grudgingly promises to look into how he can help Lacy to make Zoe's delivery to Gemenon.
• Daniel leads Joseph downstairs to the estate lab. Although Daniel did not speak to or see Tamara, he assures Joseph that the program was in the computer as of three hours earlier. They both don holobands, and find nothing. Daniel is confused and apologetic about her absence. On his way out, Joseph tells Daniel that he, too, is sorry.

Act 5

• Singh, Duram, and Youngblood watch Cubits and Pieces coverage of the Caprica Tribune's report of bureaucratic red tape holding up searches of the Graystone residence. Duram gives his partner credit for the idea. Singh happily promises them a search warrant by the following morning.
• Daniel absently listens to further television reports about Zoe, protests, the corporation's stock price drop, and predictions of Graystone Industries' default on almost two billion cubits owed to the Twelve Colony Banking Consortium. Daniel calls Xander and orders him to tell Magnus to arrange an appearance on Sarno.
• At the Adama apartment, Sam is cleaning the dinner table for his husband Larry and Willie, who asks them about why they do not have any children. Neither of them hide the fact that it is due to the violent nature of Sam's job. Joseph comes in and talks to Sam privately: he wants Sam to eliminate Amanda.

Notes

• Luciana Carro, who played Viper pilot Captain Louanne "Kat" Katraine in the Re-imagined Series, plays Daniel Graystone's Public Relations officer Priyah Magnus. She joins various other actors from the Re-imagined Series in different Caprica roles, including Michael Eklund (Prosna from the Miniseries and Waylon in "Rebirth"), Christian Tessier (Viper jock Tucker "Duck" Clellan in the Re-imagined Series and Ha'la'tha gangster Francis in this episode), and Nimet Kanji (Candace Myson from "Litmus" and Natalie Stark in "Rebirth").

Analysis

• Sam Adama and his husband Larry have decided not to have children, at least not at this time because of Sam's "occupation." It is not conducive to having children. Ironically, Larry is right considering how Sam is corrupting his nephew William into a life of crime.
• Caprica, and perhaps the other 11 Worlds as well, has a Juvenile Curfew Law. No minor is to be on the street after 10pm. This is the cause that had Ben Stark picked up by the GDD. In modern day Earth in some jurisdictions there are Juvenile Curfew Laws in some localities to maintain the general peace and to combat juvenile crime. Presumably Caprica have them for the same reasons. Civil Liberties organizations in the United States such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) are generally against such laws, both on general principles that it violates the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States and in particulars that they are unfairly enforced due to vagueness, lack of exemptions and sometimes are racially discriminatory. It is not known todate if Caprican Civil Liberties advocates oppose such laws. One non US example of curfew laws is Russia passing a law in 2009 allowing localities to pass curfew laws against juveniles. One important difference between Caprica and real life America is that the Global Defense Department (GDD) help enforce these curfew laws. In the US curfew laws are strictly a municipal and county creations. The State and Federal government do not enact or enforce these laws. On Caprica their "national" police force have a hand in enforcing these laws, the equivalent of the FBI or the United States Homeland Security doing so on Earth.
  • It is possible that GDD was only questioning Ben due to the wiring and detonators discovered in his possession, making him a possible security risk (which he was given his affiliation with the Soldiers of the One terrorist organization).
• It is possible that Gara Singh, Director of the GDD, sanctions the destruction of evidence if he believes it could hold the Department in a bad light. He did criticize Agent Youngblood for alleged incompetence about not destroying a misfiled and forgotten interrogation tape of her questioning Ben Stark after he was picked up on Aprilus 9th, YR41 for a curfew violation and found with what could be interpreted as bomb making materials (Stark explained it away as model rocketry components) nearly a year prior to the attack. Singh was concerned that if it came out it could had been portrayed in the press with 20/20 hindsight as GDD incompetence in letting one of the bombers go instead of holding him and perhaps saving many lives. To an outside observer his comment about her not even being competent enough to destroy the tape saving herself and the Department embarrassment could had been taken as sarcasm. However, as soon as Singh left Agent Jordan Durham and Youngblood's presence Durham did exactly that, destroyed the tape. This seem to indicate that Singh is willing to sanction acts like this because Durham did not express any concern about not being able to producing the tape in the future if Singh or any other GDD or government official asked for it nor did Agent Youngblood object. This could be taken as another example of the corruption of the Government on either Caprica in particular or the other 11 Worlds as a whole.
• Baxter Sarno is similar in form and style to real-life talkshow hosts like David Letterman or Jay Leno. However, Priyah's statement that he is a major news source for young people even though he's a comedian is likely a reference to Jon Stewart and The Daily Show, which have also been cited as a common source of news for young people.
• Daniel claimed to Joseph that it would be impossible for him to construct another avatar like Tamara's, "no matter how many bones you break," because the program he would need to work from was (he believed) lost along with the Zoe avatar.

Questions

• The documentation in the Battlestar Galactica episode "Hero" gave William Adama's parents as Joseph and Evelyn Adama and stated that Evelyn was an accountant. Does this mean that Joseph will marry his clerk assistant Evelyn? (Answer)
• What will become of the Tamara avatar? Will she realize she is no longer in real space? (Answer)
• Is there actually a model rocket club at Athena Academy?
• Is Sister Clarice aware of these STO meetings Ben and Keon attended that were not held by her?
• How factionalized are the STO? (Partial answer)
• What is "apotheosis"? Is it a plan for immortality via virtual avatars? (Answer)
• What views of apotheosis are there other than Clarice's?
• What is Alvo's true identity? (Answer)

Official Statements

Noteworthy Dialogue

• Daniel Graystone is sparring in a boxing ring as he discusses with Cyrus (who is outside the ring) the PR disaster his wife Amanda's public confession is causing the business:

Daniel Graystone: Scandals are sunburns, Cyrus; they fade.

Cyrus: Or they give you cancer.

• The Graystone's situation has become grist for the late night comedian's mill:

Baxter Sarno: Big news in the publishing world today. Daniel Graystone is revising his autobiography. A lot of you know it as The Man Who Could See The Future. It is now going to be titled Wow, I Didn't See That Coming.

• In a renewed sense of grief and anger over not being able to contact the avatar of his dead daughter Tamara, he gives Sam a veiled but still chillingly clear order:

Joseph Adama [to Sam]: Daniel Graystone lost his daughter, right? I lost my daughter and my wife. [thoughtful pause] Balance it out.

• As Sister Clarice tries to open Lacy to her, Lacy retreats, claiming problems with her astronomy class work:

Lacy Rand: Got a problem with my stars.

Guest Stars

• Patton Oswalt as Baxter Sarno
• Avan Jogia as Ben Stark
• Kendall Cross as Youngblood
• Peter Wingfield as Gara Singh
• Luciana Carro as Priyah Magnus
• Sina Najafi as William Adama
• Hiro Kanagawa as Cyrus Xander
• Genevieve Buechner as Tamara Adama
• Jim Thomson as Voice of Serge
• Liam Sproule as Keon
• Renu Bakshi as Abasi Lowe
• Dale Wolfe as Steve Bahara
• Paul Perri as Judge Maximus
• Teryl Rothery as Evelyn
• Julius Chapple as Larry
• Katie Keating as Prefect Caston
• Sarah Afful as Angry Woman
• Lynn Colliar as Delice Jackson
• Christian Tessier as Francis
• Lee Tichon as Kalil
• Kristian Haas as Paulie
• Sheldon Yamkovy as Protester
• Dawn Chubai as Reporter
• Elfina Y. Luk as Reporter
• Shane Sweet as Student
• Warren Stroka as Man on Street
• Karen Austin as Ruth (uncredited, deleted scene)

References

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