Ellen is faced with a decision that could
have repercussions for humans and the future of the entire Cylon
race.
Dr. Cottle
Lt. Hoshi
Didja Notice?
Ellen Tigh's return to the Galactica aboard a Raptor
here is in homage to her first appearance in
"Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down".
Ironically, when Ellen Tigh steps out of Boomer's raptor and Hot
Dog remarks, "How many dead chicks are out there?", Starbuck is
standing right next to him.
At 11;17 on the Blu-ray, boxes of hardtack are seen piled in the
lair of the cult of Baltar.
Hardtack
is a simple hard cracker or biscuit food usually made from
flour, water, and salt.
At 21:05 on the Blu-ray, notice at Joe's Bar that a man
in the background
is
playing the piano recently acquired by the bar
behind Starbuck. We only see him in the distance, but it is
clearly the man called Slick in the following episode "Someone
to Watch Over Me" who turns out to be a vision of Starbuck's
father, Dreilide Thrace. In this episode, he is credited only as
"piano player" in the closing credits.
Chief Tyrol orders gin at the bar.
In the bar, Starbuck is seen playing with a spent bullet. This
is the bullet that Doctors Cottle and Gerard removed from Sam's
head in
"No Exit".
At 21:41 on the Blu-ray, the bearded bar patron sitting in the
background behind Starbuck is the series' music composer, Bear
McCreary.
The Sons of Ares leader who takes the food supplies Baltar is
trying to hand out to the refugees in Dogsville is Enzo, who
appeared previously as a drug dealer in
"The Passage".
The rifles Adama's marines hand out to Baltar's followers to
help keep security in Dogsville appear to be mostly the modified
Beretta CX4 Storms often seen in use by the Colonial
marines.
After his baby dies only 4 months in the womb, Colonel Tigh
tells Adama the baby's name was Liam, short for William (as in
his best friend, William Adama).
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When Adama and Roslin discover that the on boarded Cylon
workers are already making use of the memorial wall on
Galactica to post pictures of their own dead,
notice that a couple of the pictures are security and
identification badges and they feature what appears to
be a melded emblem of the Galactica emblem and
a Cylon emblem. |
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Notes from the audio commentary by Ron Moore on the
Blu-ray release
It is stated in the episode itself by Adama that Cylon pilots
flying Heavy Raiders have joined the fleet CAP (combat air
patrol). In the audio commentary, Ron Moore says that there is a
shortage of Colonial pilots due to those who participated in the
recent mutiny now being imprisoned on the Astral Queen.
Early drafts of the script were titled "Drowning Woman", meant to
describe the condition of
Galactica herself before scriptwriter
Jane Espenson changed it. Moore doesn't reveal why
Espenson changed it. Purely speculation on my part, but the
original title could come across as somewhat mocking of the
women-centric subplots of this episode, i.e. Ellen's troubled
reintegration with Saul and the fleet, Caprica Six's problems
with the pregnancy, and Paula's conflict with Baltar for control
of his followers.
Unanswered Questions
How was Boomer able to find the fleet? Does this mean Cavil
knows where the fleet is as well?
