The opening titles show the fleet population at 41,421, up one
from the previous episode
"A Measure of Salvation". The titles are counting Bulldog as
the newest inhabitant of the fleet.
Lt. Gaeta
Dr. Cottle
Dr. Stoffa (mentioned only)
Didja Notice?
At 2:37 on the Blu-ray, we see an old
Colonial document that promotes Saul Tigh to the post of Junior
Executive Officer, signed at Aegoron, Aerion. "Aegoron, Aerion"
is an unknown location, though it may be that Aerion is a typo
of Aerilon (one of the Twelve Colonies).
Seconds later, an old copy of Commander Adama's military
record is seen. The record shows that Adama was born in the
small Caprican coastal town of Qualai. In the
Caprica episode
"Know thy Enemy", Philomon was also shown to have been born
there.
Adama's record also shows he served aboard the
battlestars Atlantia, Columbia, and
Valkyrie before Galactica.
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It seems that Bulldog learned to fly a Cylon Raider as Starbuck
did in "Scar".
At 9:04 on the Blu-ray, Bulldog's real name shows on the
analysis screen as Eugene Novacek rather than the credited
Daniel Novacek. "Eugene" was a name used in an earlier draft of
the script (as well as was "Seamus").
Admiral Adama remarks that Bulldog disappeared about three years
ago (in
"Endings and Beginnings").
At 11:00 on the Blu-ray, Adama
remarks to Bulldog, "You had me worried there for a moment.
I thought maybe the Cylons had beaten the bullshit attitude out
of you." In the original airing of the episode on Sci-Fi,
the line was cut (for use of the word "bullshit").
Bulldog relates that on the basestar on which he was held, the
Cylons started getting really sick, but he seemed to be immune.
That's when he was able to overpower one of his captors and
escape. By the end of this episode, it seems as if the illness must have been faked by the
Cylons, to cash in on the Colonial fleet's knowledge of the
plague that struck the basestar found in
"Torn" and investigated in
"A Measure of Salvation".
In the flashback sequences to Adama's time as commander of the
Valkyrie, he is erroneously shown with admiral's
insignia on his uniform. He was still just a commander then,
only promoted to Admiral in
"Resurrection Ship" Part 2.
The best images of the battlestar
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The Galactica door Number Three runs into is labeled
"End of Line", a hint that we're witnessing her dream, not
reality. The phrase has been used in a Cylon context in a number
of past episodes, particularly in the
Caprica series.
Number Three sees the same opera house in her death vision that
Baltar saw in "Kobol's
Last Gleaming" Part 2 (really the
Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada).
Adama's resignation letter to President Roslin names Apollo to
succeed him as commander of the fleet.
The engraved invitation President Roslin hands Adama at 39:21 on
the Blu-ray reads on the cover, "William Adama, Our Admiral, Our
Leader, Our Friend", and, on the inside, "Join The Presidential
Anointing of the Medal of Distinction to William Adama, For His
45 Years of Courageous Service".
When Colonel Tigh enters Adama's quarters at 42:37 on the
Blu-ray, notice that he is now wearing a plastic eye patch, not
gauze as he did until now since losing his right eye. The more
formal eye patch, in addition to him wearing his uniform again,
may be his way silently indicating to his friend and commander
that he wants to resume his post as XO. Tigh then says, "I could
use a drink," and Adama simply says, "Me too," and pours them
both shots, despite the fact that Adama has tried to get Tigh to
cut down on his drinking; this suggests that Adama is
acknowledging they both have their faults and guilts and is
silently saying, "I missed you, old friend...welcome back."
At the end of the Moore/Eick closing credits joke of the
episode, Moore says, "Back masking" and Eick responds, "Turn Me
on, dead man." This is a reference to the alleged back masking
(reverse-play) of a portion of the 1968 Beatles composition
"Revolution 9", where the lyrics "Number 9", when played in
reverse, seem to say "Turn me on, dead man," (a phrase which
some Beatles fans at the time took to mean that the "missing"
Paul McCartney had died).
Notes from the audio commentary by Ron Moore on the
Blu-ray release
Ron Moore jokingly remarks that Bulldog was assigned to live on
the same ship that Boxey was sent to. In
Sagittarius is Bleeding, Boxey is living on the
Peacemaker.
Notes from the audio commentary by David Eick on the
Blu-ray release
Eick remarks that the scene of Tigh testing his peripheral
vision with a cigarette was inspired by a similar scene in the
1979 film Rocky II, in which the eponymous character was in
danger of losing part, or all, of his eyesight if he continued
boxing.
Notes from the deleted scenes on the
Blu-ray release
Bulldog explains that he found the fleet by jumping to various
coordinates stored in the Raider's navigational computer and he
eventually wound up at the fleet. (This also implies the Cylons
knew where the fleet was already...why didn't they just attack
it?)
Unanswered Questions
How was the Valkyrie able to track the Stealthstar on
DRADIS? If they could track it that way, couldn't the Cylons do
the same?
When Adama later calls for volunteer pilots and crew for the
planned assault against the Cylon Colony in the upcoming "Daybreak" Part 1,
does Bulldog volunteer?