Exodus, Part I

"Exodus, Part I" An episode of the Re-imagined Series
Episode No.	Season 3, Episode 3
Writer(s)	Bradley Thompson David Weddle
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Director	Félix Enríquez Alcalá
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Production No.	303
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US airdate	2006-10-13
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Population	? survivors
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Precipice	Exodus, Part I	Exodus, Part II
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Overview

The Cylons have begun the brutal crackdown on New Caprica's Resistance movement. Tyrol receives disturbing news from a secret source within Baltar's administration while Colonial detainees face a Cylon firing squad on New Caprica. With time running out for the colonists, Admiral Adama will launch his rescue attempt with only the battlestar Galactica, while his son, Lee, and the battlestar Pegasus remain to protect what is left of the human fleet and continue the search for Earth if the rescue fails.

Summary

• The episode begins with the final moments of "Precipice", with the captured detainees being taken off the trucks. Cally is freed, as the Centurions march up the hill. Cally continues to run as gunfire is heard. Screen goes black, and we see the words "One Hour Earlier".
• Tyrol is frantically talking with Tigh about a list of detainees he received from his source, Cally being among the listed. Tigh snaps him back into sense, saying they have time, and that they can locate the people because they cracked the Cylon's coordinate system.
• Tyrol immediately gets to work, succesfully calculating the location of the execution, and gathers a team to rescue Cally and the others.
• Tyrol's team, including Seelix, is able to catch up with the Cylons, and get in position as Cally is running. Tyrol rushes out and saves Cally, as his team takes out the Centurions meant to execute the detainees. Others injured include some members of the NCP and the one Cavil.
  • At Breeder's Canyon, similar to the scene at the Pergamus Flats, a flashback shows how Marines move into a position to defend the meeting there against a possible attack.

Colonial Marine with an RPG

• Sharon Agathon moves ahead to meet with Anders and the resistance. Sharon links up with Anders, with Centurions ready to ambush them. The Centurions attack, taking out some of the resistance, only to be taken down by a Marine RPG.
• After the attack, a map is recovered from one of the 'skinjobs', showing the hand-drawn map Anders gave to Tigh. Anders immediately suspects Ellen, as she was supposed to burn the map.
• While sleeping, Number Three has a dream where she is standing outside of a tent near some odd rock edifices. The next image is of her holding Hera, but then wakes up suddenly.
• Distraught she visits a human oracle who tells her that Hera is still alive.
• Sharon heads into the Cylon Detention Area to get the launch keys for all the ships that are still planetside. As she's leaving with the keys, she is confronted by Number Three - who immediately recognizes her - saying that her daughter is alive and that the humans lied to her. For her trouble, Sharon wounds the Three saying, "Adama wouldn't lie to me."
• Galactica is given word that the keys have been retrieved, and begins preparations for a jump.

Questions

• Roslin and Zarek seem to have reconciled their differences and become friends. Given the feeling that Roslin will resume the Presidency once humanity has left New Caprica, and that Zarek used to be Baltar's Vice, will he assume the mantle of Vice-President under Laura Roslin?
• A Cavil mentions that he has different sensations after each download. A slight headache after the first and after the third a white hot poker in his skull. Is there damage to the consciousness during each downloading and is there a point where after so many downloads the consciousness is destroyed?
• Are the Gods real? Why are they sending accurate dreams to the Cylons? Why is the oracle helping the Cylons interpret the dreams?
• Why does Doctor Cottle work to heal critically injured cylons instead of just letting them die and be ressurected?
  • The Cylons might want to minimize the trauma of downloading into a new body.
  • Cottle is also a physician, and has taken an oath to do no harm. Allowing a Cylon to die, regardless of the download capability, is breaching this oath through omission of action.

Analysis

• The Number Three that has been having dreams about Hera, saw Sharon Agathon and was able to tell that she was the copy that had been left with Helo on Caprica.

Notes

• There is also a comic called Exodus!, which covers the events of the Original Series' episode, "Saga of a Star World" (Part 2).
• This is the first episode where viewers have seen an oracle. Oracles such as Pythia and Galen Tyrol's mother have been mentioned but not seen.

Re-imagined Series definition: the process of using the FTL engines to make an near-instantaneous apparent faster-than-light transport of a ship from one point in space to another