The Passage
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| "The Passage" An episode of the Re-imagined Series | |||
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| Episode No. | Season 3, Episode 10 | ||
| Writer(s) | Jane Espenson | ||
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| Director | Michael Nankin | ||
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| Production No. | 310 | ||
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| US airdate |  2006-12-08
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| CAN airdate |  {{{CAN airdate}}}
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| Population | 41,420 survivors | ||
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| Unfinished Business | The Passage | The Eye of Jupiter | |
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Overview
Starvation threatens the population after the food-processing systems become contaminated, but the Fleet is cut off from a food source by the intense radiation put out by a huge star cluster. Galactica's pilots must guide the civilian vessels on a dangerous journey directly through the radiation.
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Notes
- A perilous journey by the "rag-tag" Fleet in the Original Series, where pilots are also critical to the Fleet's safety, appears in its series premiere, "Saga of a Star World."
- "The Passage" was written by Galactica newcomer Jane Espenson. The episode episode arose when the show brought in Dr. Kevin Grazier, a scientist from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who talked about how one would navigate through space; how one would figure out how to get from one point in the universe to, for example, Earth. Grazier's talk prompted the story at the heart of Espenson's episode.
Noteworthy Dialogue
- Adama and Tigh discuss the food shortage
- Adama: I hear they're still eating paper. Is that true?
- Tigh: No. Paper shortage.
Official Statements
In Ron Moore's blog on July 27th, 2006:
- "We were pretty excited to have Jane too. I actually took Jane's first pitch way back in my early days at Star Trek and I had the pleasure of buying what turned out to be her first sale. I hadn't seen her since, but I'd followed her career from afar and was very proud to see her do so well. Turns out that Jane was a huge fan of Galactica and really wanted to do a script for us, so we jumped on the chance. I think we're all hoping that we could get her on staff at some point in the future, but we'll have to wait and see how everything shakes out for Season Four -- and whether she's even available, she's very much in demand these days. Her episode this year is "The Passage" (originally Ep 9) and deals with a harrowing voyage of the rag-tag fleet and focuses on Kat."
Guest Stars
- Luciana Carro as Lieutenant Louanne "Kat" Katraine