The surface of the algae planet has a sort of washed-out,
chromatic look to it. This may be a slight homage to the red
planet in
BSG70 where Count Iblis' ship was found crashed in
"War of the Gods"
Part 2, on which the surface had a red tinge to everything.
At 8:28 on the Blu-ray, as Chief Tyrol climbs up to the butte
where the temple is located, part of the local Canadian town of
Kamloops and a highway with cars travelling on it is visible in
the background on the left side of the screen!
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At 10:46 on the Blu-ray, we see that the Temple of Five has some
pentagonal-shaped columns, in keeping with the "Five"
theme and mimicking the Cylon pentagonal symbol seen in
BSG70 (and seen in the design of some Caprican buildings
in "Humanity's
Children" and episodes of
Caprica).
There is also a pentagon shape in the middle of the
starfish-like design on the ceiling. The pentagon shapes
may suggest that the temple was built by the Final Five
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During the Cylons' meeting with President Roslin and Admiral
Adama aboard the Galactica, Number Three seems to state
that the algae planet was the original settlement of the
thirteenth tribe.
Cally refers to her and Chief Tyrol's baby son Nicholas as
Nicky.
Sam remarks that he has been married to Starbuck for a
year-and-a-half.
When Number Three and Baltar visit the Hybrid chamber, the
Hybrid says, "The five lights of the apocalypse rising,
struggling towards the light, sins revealed only to those who
enter the temple, only to the Chosen One."
Sam implies that Starbuck has cheated on their marriage before
her affair with Apollo.
This episode indicates that Adama did not know about Roslin's
plan to hide baby Hera's survival from Athena and Helo.
Notes from the audio commentary by Ron Moore on the
Blu-ray release
The original title of the script of this episode was "The Eye of
Zeus", but they decided "The Eye of Jupiter" sounded better.
"Jupiter" is the Roman name for the ancient Greek god Zeus.
From what it had at the beginning of the series,
the Galactica has acquired a few additional nuclear
warheads from Pegasus.
Unanswered Questions
Why was Chief Tyrol "called" to the Temple of Five on the algae
planet? We're never given an answer, but it may be that he has
suppressed memories of the place as one of the Final Five
Cylons. He is revealed as one of the Final Five in "Crossroads"
Part 2.
