Escape Velocity

"Escape Velocity"; An episode of the Re-imagined Series
Episode No.	Season 4, Episode 4
Writer(s)	Jane Espenson
Story by
Director	Edward James Olmos
Assistant Director
Special guest(s)
Production No.	406
Nielsen Rating
US airdate	25 April 2008
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DVD release
Population	39,675 survivors ( 1)
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Overview

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Religious freedom is debated and defended as the messianic Gaius Baltar promotes his belief in one true God.^[1]

Cally Tyrol's full first name is Callandra. The spelling is confirmed in Bear McCreary's blog post for this episode.
A costuming error in the teaser shows Saul Tigh wearing the rank insignia of an admiral. This is noticeable in the scene where Tigh and Tory Foster confront Galen Tyrol in Tyrol's quarters after the ceremony.
Another of the Lords of Kobol is revealed: Asclepius. Asclepius is known to the Colonials as the god of healing.
Unlike "The Ties That Bind", Tom Zarek is not present at the Quorum of Twelve meetings on Colonial One.
Escape velocity is the minimum initial velocity an unaccelerated object needs to escape a body's gravitational field.
Tory Foster confirms that the Final Five are stronger than humans.

Hamish "Skulls" McCall and Margaret "Racetrack" Edmonson have notoriously bad luck with RCS systems on the Raptor that they're assigned to. A previous error with the RCS thrusters also occurs in "Dirty Hands", then attributed to impurities in the tylium fuel.
Galen Tyrol continues to have feelings for Sharon Valerii, as he admits to William Adama and everyone else present in Joe's Bar. Tyrol notes many of Cally's weaknesses, including her nagging, nosy nature (which lead to her demise in "The Ties That Bind"), and grows annoyed at Adama's willingness to turn Cally into an angel, when he believes that she is unworthy of even that. His feelings for Valerii were likely intensified upon knowing that he was a Cylon, which made a possible association with Valerii much more acceptable to him.
Foster continues to embrace her Cylon nature and Baltar's teachings. She tells Tigh and Tyrol to turn off the guilt, that they are perfect and different from humans. Tigh, however, can't turn off his feelings and spends much of the episode wondering if Caprica-Six can.
A part of the book that Adama reads to Roslin, Sea Rider Falcon, has some deeper significance to both of them, just like Love and Bullets in the previous episode: "I wasn't afraid to die. I was afraid of the emptiness inside. I couldn't feel anything. And that's what scared me. You came into my thoughts. I felt them. It felt good."

↑ Episode description was unintentionally accessible on scifi.com until recently. Descriptions were noted on other websites before removed, and editor confirmed them several days ago before removal from scif.com.

"Escape Velocity" An episode of the Re-imagined Series

Episode No.	Season 4, Episode 4
Writer(s)	Jane Espenson
Story by
Director	Edward James Olmos
Assistant Director
Special guest(s)
Production No.	406
Nielsen Rating
US airdate	25 April 2008
CAN airdate	{{{CAN airdate}}}
UK airdate
DVD release
Population	39,675 survivors ( 1)
Additional Info
Episode Chronology
Previous		Next
The Ties That Bind	Escape Velocity	The Road Less Travelled
Related Information
Official Summary
R&D Skit – View
[[IMDB:tt{{{imdb}}}\|IMDb entry]]
Listing of props for this episode
Related Media
			@ BW Media
Promotional Materials

Online Purchasing
Amazon: *Standard Definition* \| *High Definition*
iTunes: [{{{itunes}}} USA]