Ghosts in the Machine

"Ghosts in the Machine" An episode of the Caprica Series
Episode No.	Season 1, Episode 8
Writer(s)	Michael Taylor
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Director	Wayne Rose
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US airdate	March 19, 2010
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Overview

Daniel highly suspects that the Zoe avatar he thought was lost is still in the Cylon Prototype, so he puts the robot through a series of tests, hoping that it will lead Zoe to reveal herself to him. Joseph ventures further into the gritty world of New Cap City to find Tamara.

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Summary

Teaser

• In his Caprica City apartment, Joseph Adama is lying on the sofa, wearing a holoband and a computer running on the table next to him. In a tunnel underneath New Cap City, Joseph is dressed in a flashy suit and fedora--better attire for New Cap City than the "businessman special" he was initially scanned in, according to Emmanuelle. She gives him a drug, Amp, intended to enhance is senses and reflexes. Joseph puts a drop of Amp into his eye and feels an instant surge that registers in his real-life body.
• Daniel Graystone reactivates the U-87. He tells the prototype that he is convinced the Zoe avatar is there, in the U-87, but she gives him no indication. Daniel correctly guesses that Zoe is refusing to respond to him. Realizing that she will answer only as the robot, he promises something difficult for her, something that he says will be for the best.

Notes

• The Ghost in the Machine is a non-fiction work by Arthur Koestler. Among its themes are man's tendency towards self-destruction, and that the more primitive parts of the brain (the "ghost in the machine") can override logical functions and are responsible for destructive impulses.
• Ghost in the Machine is the fourth album by The Police, named for and influenced by the book mentioned above. Among the songs contained on the album are "Spirits in the Material World", Demolition Man", and "Rehumanize Yourself". Additionally, the song, "One World (Not Three)" evokes Lacy's and Zoe's conversation in "Rebirth" about Zoe's three selves which Lacy refer to as a trinity.

Analysis

• Cerberus is the first example in the re-imagined continuity of crossdressing.
• Cerberus's riddle to Joseph Adama about parents visiting their sins upon their children is yet another reference to one of the themes from the Re-imagined Series. In the speech given at Galactica's decommissioning ceremony, William Adama uses this line as well.
• As per Cerberus' riddle, Colonial mythology (like Greek mythology) includes a war in which the Gods overthrew their predecessors the Titans. There are parallels to Man overthrowing the Gods and Cylon overthrowing Man.

Noteworthy Dialogue

• Cerberus poses a riddle to Joseph Adama:

Cerberus: As the Gods overthrew the Titans, so has Man overthrown the Gods. But when Man visits his sins upon his children, how shall he be repaid?

• Emmanuelle berates Joseph Adama after a near-fatal encounter with some thugs:

Emmanuelle: Get your pink newbie cheeks out of this game and don't come back in until you've got your frakkin' head on straight!

Joseph Adama: Uh ... B-but my daughter ... I've got to get my daughter ...

Emmanuelle: Yeah, but you're no good to her if you're going to freeze every time some dirtbag shoves a gun in your face. I thought Taurons had bigger stones.

Guest Stars

• John Pyper-Ferguson as Tomas Vergis
• Leah Gibson as Emmanuelle
• Dmitry Chepovetsky as Cerberus
• Phil Granger as Tanner Willow
• Anita Torrance as Mar-Beth Willow
• Panou as Olaf Willow
• Jim Thomson as Voice of Serge
• Jesse Haddock and Johnston Gray as Darius
• Stefan Arngrim as Amphead
• Ron Selmour as Shotgun
• King Lau as Bouncer #2
• Amos Stern as Cigarette Man
• Patrick Sabongui as Weasely Bouncer
• Kailyn Stratton as Six-year-old Zoe Graystone
• Kassandra Kingsborough as Young Amanda Graystone
• Hannah as Caesar the Dog
• Kirstyn Konig as Female Dancer
• Crystal Yuan-Jui Lai as Female Dancer
• Paula Giroday as Female Dancer
• Aryn Savard as Female Dancer
• Christian Vincent as Male Dancer
• Scott Augustine as Male Dancer
• Kenny Mugisha as Male Dancer
• Marco Arimare as Male Dancer

Caprica definition: a being in three different states; Zoe-R considers herself to be a trinity, as she is "Zoe, and the avatar, and the robot" (CAP: "Rebirth")