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Battlestar Galactica
"Sacrifice"
TV episode
Written by Anne Cofell Saunders
Directed by Rey Villalobos
Original air date: February 10, 2006
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As rumors and conspiracy theories
about a Cylon on the Galactica run through the press,
events come to a head when a group holds the Cloud 9
hostage in exchange for the delivery and execution of Sharon
Valerii.
Read the summary of the episode at the Battlestar Wiki Site
Didja Know?
The opening titles show the fleet at a population of 49,590.
This is down 3 from the last episode "Scar".
However, 4 Viper pilots died in the storyline of that episode,
Reilly, BB, Jo-Jo, and Beano. Possibly another birth took place
in the fleet to make up for one of the four deaths.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this episode
Sesha Abinell (dies in this episode)
Boomer (photos only, deceased)
Ray Abinell (seen in photos and Sesha's memories
only, deceased)
news broadcaster (unnamed, voice only)
Admiral Adama
President Roslin
Billy Keikeya (dies in this episode)
Caprica-Valerii
Dee
Apollo
Ellen Tigh
Kern Vinson
(dies in this episode)
George Chu
(dies in this episode)
Nelson Page
(dies in this episode)
Colonel Tigh
Petty Officer Sian
Lt. Gaeta
Starbuck
Lt. Terry Burrell
Billy's brother (mentioned only, deceased)
Didja Notice?
As the episode opens, Sesha Abinell has a number of news
articles about the Cylons on her desk and pinned to a post
board. Below are screen grabs where the articles are partially
readable. There is also some all-but-obscured speculation on
Sesha's screen at about the 33-minute
mark
of the repeated Cylon pursuits of the fleet that
occurred in "33". |
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The article "Is Our Food Supply Contaminated by NetroViruses?"
describes NetroViruses as capable of attaching themselves to
certain DNA sequences for pre-programmed purposes. The term "NetroVirus"
is fictitious, but there artificial viruses (actually modified
versions of existing ones) to do such things for medical or
bio-control purposes.
The article "Can Cylons Reproduce?" has a pull-out quote from
Dr. Baltar in it, "Reproduction is merely an extension of the
programming that went into making them."
The article "Cylon Infiltration! What the military is hiding
from you,"
is mostly indecipherable.
Articles pinned to the post board include "What Every Colonial
Should Know About Cylons", "Your Neighbor Could Be a Cylon,
Here's How to Tell", "Dynamics of the Enemy", "The Second Wave
of Cylon Research Underway, a Pan Fleet Initiative Who's Time
Has Come", and "Machines, No Matter How Complicated They Are,
Are Still Machines". There is also an article about Cally's
assassination of Boomer (which occurred in
"Resistance").
After listening to the civilian news broadcast about the
existence of a Cylon prisoner aboard Galactica at 3:22
on the Blu-ray, Admiral Adama wonders how the information leaked
out to the press. He seems to have forgotten that reporter
D'Anna Biers already saw Caprica-Valerii in Galactica's
sickbay in "Final Cut", though she
did not include that information in her documentary. Assuming
for a moment that it was
not Biers, then who did leak the information?
At 8:13 on the Blu-ray, a pair of Colonial shuttles is seen in
the docking bay of Cloud 9.
The pistol wielded by Sesha is a Makarov PM. George Chu wields
an Intratec CAT 9. Nelson Page carries a CZ 52. Kern Vinson
carries a Škorpion vz. 61 submachine gun.
Gaeta reports back to Adama that Sesha's husband was killed when
the Cylons attacked the freighter Greenleaf about 10
weeks ago. The
Greenleaf was previously mentioned in
"Epiphanies".
Starbuck refers to Colonial Marine Burrell as "Gunny", implying
he is a gunnery sergeant, but the episode's ending credits list
him as Lieutenant. Possibly, he has retained the nickname Gunny
by others from habit and respect for his service during his time
at that rank.
At 22:13 on the Blu-ray, a sign in the background identifies the
club aboard Cloud 9 as the Starlight Lounge.
In her disguise as the repair person for the oxygen line, Starbuck
pulls two Vektor CP1 pistols out of her toolbox in the lounge.
After the botched infiltration attempt into the lounge, Starbuck
reports to Adama that two of the marines are probably KIA. KIA
stands for Killed in Action.
Adama can't bring himself to fully trust
Caprica-Valerii's information, despite her reminder that she has
helped save his ship 5 or 6 times.
Caprica-Valerii first assisted the fleet in
"Home" Part 1 and has continued to
advise and assist while still being held in the brig since then.
Adama goes on to say to her, "You know that there
are Cylons within this fleet. You know what they look like. You
know where to find them. If I were to ask you, would you tell me
who they are?" and she responds with "no," which he believes.
But it seems like he would have already asked her that very
question long ago (she's been a prisoner aboard Galactica
for months now), so it would be rather pointless to use it now!
The marines who bring Boomer's body to Sesha at the lounge are
armed with
Beretta CX4 Storm rifles.
Memorable Dialog