Occupation
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| "Occupation" An episode of the Re-imagined Series | |||
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| Episode No. | Season 3, Episode 1 | ||
| Writer(s) | Ronald D. Moore | ||
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| Director | Sergio Mimica-Gezzan | ||
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| Special guest(s) | Amanda Plummer as Oracle Selloi | ||
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| US airdate |  2006-10-06
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| Population | ? survivors | ||
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| Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II | Occupation | Precipice | |
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Overview
- In an interview with the Seattle Times, Ron Moore has confirmed that the first episode of season three will not take place immediately after the previous season finale (like "Scattered" did), but skip ahead a few more months to when the Cylon occupation is in full swing, and an insurgency has already developed.
- According to an interview with Ron Moore from May 31st, Amanda Plummer will guest star in the season 3 premiere.
- According to series composer Bear McCreary's official website blog, the first two episodes of season 3 will premiere back-to-back as a two hour TV movie
- This was further confirmed in Ron Moore's blog on July 27th, 2006:
- "As it currently stands, we will be opening Season Three with a two-hour premiere of what were originally two stand-alone episodes, "Occupation" and "Precipice" ("Occuprice," as it were) then resume airing normal one hours with "Exodus, Part I"."
- "Occupation" and "Precipice" are now one "super episode": "Occupation" is "Episode 1", and "Precipice" is "Episode 1.5", followed by "Exodus, Part I", which is considered to be "Episode 2", and so on for all subsequent episodes.
- According to Ron Moore at the BSG Comic-Con panel, "Occupation" takes place 4 months after the Cylon occupation began at the end of "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
Summary
The human oracle Selloi Dedona tells the Cylon Model Number Three that Hera, the half-human, half-Cylon offspring of Helo and Caprica-Sharon did not die shortly after birth, as was widely thought.