The Farm

Overview

Kara Thrace is shot and wakes up in a remote hospital facility on Caprica, and learns that her friendly doctor has his own plans for her future.

Summary

On Caprica

Having reached a base where some survivors of the Cylon attack on the planet have been hiding out, Starbuck, Helo, and two other civilians who are fighting the Cylons (Anders and Sue-Shaun, who were already introduced in the last episode) devise a plan to escape from Caprica, by hijacking one of the Cylon's heavy raider aircraft, located at a airstrip nearby
Starbuck informs the other members of the team that she and Helo will fit as many survivors as possible onto the craft, and when they fly back to the Galactica, they will dispatch a rescue mission to pick up the rest of them
As the team is about to assault the airstrip, they are shot at, and Starbuck suffers a gunshot wound that grazes off her head and gets lodged in her stomach, which causes her to go into unconsiousness
Kara wakes up in a hospital, and is being attended to by a doctor named Simon, who tells her he managed to remove the bullet that was in her chest, and that he tells her that she was the only person brought into the hospital
Starbuck spends the next few days conversing with Simon, who tells her that women who can bear children are a rare thing now that the Cylons destroyed most of Caprica, and that she should consider giving birth to a child
When Kara wakes up the next day, she discovers a large scar across her abdomen, and although Simon tells her the scar was a result of an operation he did to stop some bleeding, Kara doesn't believe him
Kara fakes being unconsious, and when Simon leaves, Kara follows him, and she discovers that he is having a conversation with a copy of Number Six, and that he has removed her ovaries
Starbuck escapes from the hospital, being pursued by Cylon Centurions and the Number Six model, but she is soon rescued by Helo and the rest of the resistance, who take her back to their encampment
Starbuck relates her experiences in the hospital to the rest of the resistance members, and Sharon Valerii then goes on to explain that the Cylons have a genetic flaw which does not allow them to reproduce biologically, and they tried to implant women with human/Cylon embryos, but when that failed, they captured thousands of women, and are holding them in "farms", where they breed new models
Helo, Sharon, and Starbuck manage to capture the Cylon heavy raider with the help of the resistance, and Starbuck promises them that they will come back to rescue them

Questions

Caprica-Boomer says that she knows that Leoben Conoy told Kara she was special during his interrogation aboard the Galactica; how could she have known this? How do the Cylon agents communicate to each other?
Will we see Simon again?
- Is one of the eight Cylon agents hiding in the fleet another Simon model?

Analysis

Notes

The Humano-Cylons cannot reproduce biologically with each other (they can produce more copies of the existing models, but a male and female Cylons cannot reproduce with each other). However, according to the Cylon religion it is a commandment of God that they procreate; "be fruitful and multiply". Therefore, the Cylons began a project to create a hybrid offspring of Humano-Cylons and Humans (who can easily reproduce biologically), basically trying any way they could to find some way to procreate their new race. To this end, the Cylons have created a large number of "Farms": breeding centers filled with captured Human women hooked up to medical equipment, being used as living incubators (a "baby factory"), which basically amounts to medically raping hundreds if not thousands of women. However, it seems that up to this point, the Farms have not been able to successfully produce any hybrid offspring. Trying to understand their failure, the Cylons developed a new theory: the element they were missing was love, and perhaps a hybrid baby conceived in love would succeed. This was the reason why Helo was set up by the Cylons into being trapped in a position where he would fall in love with the copy of Sharon "Boomer" Valerii and have sex with her. The Caprica-Boomer's unborn child is indeed unique: it is the first Human/Cylon hybrid conceived in love, and as a result appears to be the first and only successful hybrid; it seems that no other embryo survived nearly as long as it already has (it is now about five weeks old, since it's conception in "Six Degrees of Separation").
As of the opening credits, the fleet population is now 47,857, a net loss of 4 since "Resistance".
According to Gaeta, this episode takes place "a week" after Apollo docked at Cloud Nine in the last episode, although apparently Adama hasn't been well enough to resume command until very recently.
24 ships, almost a third of the fleet, have left with Roslin for Kobol.
Cally had been put in the brig for 30 days for discharging a firearm without orders. Tyrol actually tried to help get her out immediately, and Adama treated her lightly.
Galactica-Boomer's body is now in the morgue.
Number Six mentioned that "procreation is one of God's commandements" in the first episode, "33".
The Galactica-Boomer was serving aboard the Galactica for two years, which means the Cylons had begun infiltrating Colonial society from at least that long ago. This matches the length of time of Six's affair with Baltar while on Caprica.
Starbuck was the victim of frequent physical abuse as a child; she's suffered many bone fractures in childhood, and all of her fingers have been broken at some point.
It has clearly been established that there are at least 5 remaining Raptors aboard the Galactica.
Caprica-Boomer is aware of Leoben Conoy's interrogation by Starbuck in "Flesh and Bone", even of specific things he said during it.
This episode introduces the 5th confirmed Humano-Cylon, Simon.

Noteworthy Dialogue

Cylons discussion the surgical testing they are performing on Starbuck:

Simon:...pending lab test results on [sample for] ovaries, complete removal will proceed tomorrow. They've lab tested positive and subject will be removed to processing facility for final disposition.

Number Six: Is that regret I hear in your voice, Simon?

Simon: If it is, it certainly is none of your concern.

Explanation of the Human/Cylon hybrid project:

Boomer: They were conducting research, into Human/Cylon breeding programs.

Starbuck:: Human/Cylon?

Helo:: 'Call them "Farms"...your gunshot wound looks fine...

Starbuck:: So "Farms", that's great...what were they going to do, 'knock me up with some Cylon kid?

Boomer: They were going to try to. We haven't been very successful so far.

Anders: Supposedly they can't reproduce...you know, biologically, so they've been trying every which-way to produce offspring.

Starbuck: Why?

Boomer: Procreation. It's one of God's commandments; "be fruitful". We can't fulfill it, we've tried. So we decided--

Starbuck: To rape human women?!

Boomer: You know, if you agreed to bear children it would be voluntary, maybe even set you up with someone you like.

Starbuck: And you two kids? [Helo and Caprica-Boomer]

Boomer: We're different.

Starbuck: What the frak is that supposed to mean?

Helo: They have this theory; maybe the one thing they were missing was love. So Sharon and I...were set up...

Starbuck: To fall in love?! They didn't ask Sue-Shaun if she wanted to fall in love, alright! They put a tube in her, and they hooked her up to a machine!

Boomer: They know who you are, Kara. You're special. Leoben told you that. You have a destiny.

Helo: [pointing out the other scar on Starbuck's lower abdomen] Starbuck what's the second scar?

Starbuck: I don't know. I don't think I want to know now. You know?

Boomer: No.

Anders: Alright, how many women do they have in these "Farms"?

Boomer: Hundreds, maybe thousands. I don't know, I haven't accessed that data.

Official Statements

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Guest Stars

Richard Hatch as Tom Zarek
Rick Worthy as Simon

Writing & Direction

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Production Notes

Series 2 (2005/2006)
Production Number: 2.5
Airdate Order: 5 (of 20)

First Run Air Dates & Releases

UK Airdate: September 2005
US Airdate: August 12th, 2005
DVD Release: Date

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