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Battlestar Galactica
"Epiphanies"
TV episode
Written by Joel Anderson Thompson
Directed by Rod Hardy
Original air date: January 20, 2006
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While President Roslin lies at
death’s door, succumbing to the cancer, a coalition of
anti-military Cylon sympathizers begins a campaign of sabotage
within the fleet.
Read the summary of the episode at the Battlestar Wiki
site
Didja Know?
The opening titles show the fleet at a population of 49,598,
down six from "Resurrection Ship" Part 2.
Gina Inviere killed a Pegasus marine and Admiral Cain
in that episode, plus we may assume that four people died during
the attack against the Cylon fleet, which is actually a very
light fatality count for such a huge battle!
The
Pegasus does not appear in any shot in the
entire episode. Even
external shots of the fleet in space do not depict her!
Characters appearing or mentioned in this episode
President Roslin
Caprica doctor (in Roslin's memories only, presumed deceased)
Billy Keikeya
Naylin Stans (in Roslin's memories only,
presumed deceased)
Richard Adar
(in Roslin's memories only, presumed deceased)
Baltar
Number Six
(in Roslin's memories only)
Dr. Cottle
Starbuck
Dee
Kat
Racetrack
Chief Tyrol
Cally
Admiral Adama
Caprica Valerii
Head Six
Helo
Colonel Tigh
Apollo
Asha Janik
Royan Jahee
Gina Inviere
Didja Notice?
The flashback to Laura Roslin's cancer diagnosis on Caprica at
the beginning of the episode tells us that it occurred 189 days
ago.
When Baltar sees Head Six again after some time, he states that
it has been weeks. This suggests the episode takes place at
least two weeks after the events of
"Resurrection Ship" Part 2.
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The pamphlets of the Demand Peace movement found in Asha
Janik's quarters read (in part): |
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DEMAND PEACE--A MANIFESTO TO NEGOTIATE AN END TO THE
SLAUGHTER |
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OUR CAUSE WILL SAVE MANKIND
Commander Adama would have you believe that he will save
us. But can one man save the future of all mankind?
Clearly, the task is too great for a warrior, it demands
the perspective of a statesman and a historian. In
short, a democratic council. Is this what we have?
Despite lip service to the processes of democracy the
truth is...
WE BELIEVE
1. Only open dialogue can save mankind.
2. The military is the servant, not the master, of the
fleet.
3. The Cylons will respond to reasonable dialogue.
4. Democracy is the key to responsible decision making
for the future of mankind.
5. Man and Cylons can coexist is peace.
6. We are at the dawn of a new beginning for mankind.
7. The enemies of peace are the enemies of mankind.
(The rest is not quite legible in the camera movements
of the scene, though Tigh and Apollo quote from the
pamphlet: "Do not be afraid, we are not terrorists,
but we will not sit back while Adama's war machine
continues to press us into cruel and futile conflict,"
and "Our demonstrations worked. News is already
spreading across the fleet.") |
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| The logo on the flyer for the Demand
Peace movement appears to be called "The Flying Man",
according to the literature. Note also, that the
pamphlets still refer to Adama as "Commander", even
though he has been an admiral for at least a couple
weeks now. Possibly, the literature was printed before
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Apollo states that Demand Peace member
Asha Janik was a maintenance worker from the ship Greenleaf
in the fleet. The Greenleaf later appears in a few more
episodes of the series.
Janik's portable library reader contains information about the
Daru Mozu, a tylium refinery ship that was introduced
in
"Serve and Protect".
Gina's bodyguard at 23:53 on the
Blu-ray is armed with a
Beretta
CX4 Storm rifle, also widely seen as a standard weapon of the
Colonial marines throughout the series.
During her seeming death-throes from cancer, President Roslin
has memory/visions of Baltar and Number Six (whom Roslin knows
as
the Cylon called Shelly Godfrey) kissing in Caprica City shortly before
the Cylon attack on the Colonies. It may have been these
previously unrecalled memories that made her convinced that
Baltar was in some way involved with the fall of the Colonies,
as she stated to him in
"Six Degrees of
Separation".
At 41:34 on the Blu-ray, a couple of Colonial shuttles can be
seen in the Cloud Nine's docking bay.
At the end of the episode, Baltar gives Gina the nuclear warhead
he received for his Cylon testing process in
"Bastille Day". The radiation
symbols seen on the device are the same as those seen in
"Act of Contrition".
Notes from the audio commentary by Ron Moore on the
Blu-ray release
Ron Moore remarks that they have Gina Inviere wearing glasses in
her hideout on Cloud Nine as her "Clark Kent" disguise so no one
will recognize that she was the same Cylon model as Shelly Godfrey!
Unanswered Questions
When Baltar finds that Gina Inviere has apparently become a
leader of the Demand Peace movement in the fleet, he asks, "Do
they have any idea what you are?" and she responds, "Of course
not, even their dedication has limits." But haven't the pictures
of all known humanoid Cylons been spread through the fleet,
including those of the Number Six model? I guess the "Clark Kent
glasses" disguise is really working!
Memorable Dialog
