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Battlestar Galactica "He That Believeth in Me" S04E02 Spoilers and Recap

  • In the midst of battle with the Cylons, everything is moving quickly. Bill Adama tries several times to get Tigh's attention, but having just discovered that he is a Cylon, Tigh is distracted. He imagines taking out his gun and shooting Adama.
  • Samuel Anders heads out into combat, but he's afraid that the switch will turn on, and his Cylon nature might take over. Once in combat, he has a confrontation with a Raider that scans him, and shortly after the Cylon fleet retreats and they begin jumping away from the scene.
  • Starbuck's return has everyone in an uproar. She believes she's only been gone for six hours, and is stunned when Lee and Sam tell her she's been gone for two months. Chief Tyrol, Lee Adama, Bill Adama, Tigh, Laura Roslin, and Tory Foster stand by after Chief inspects the ship Kara's returned in, only to discover that the ship Lee saw blow up two months earlier is back in perfect order, and there is no history on the computer to be analyzed.
  • Gaius Baltar discovers that there is an entire underground cult that worships him. When he begins to question his lot in life now, "Head Six" promises him that she has always had a plan for him. He begins spreading Six's message to the community of the One God, convincing them that the "Gods" are false.
  • The four hidden Cylons meet to further analyze their situation and refuse to let go of who they are. When Chief Tyrol argues that "Boomer" had no control over her Cylon nature, Colonel Tigh reminds them all that they know exactly who and what they are, and they can control their actions.
  • Roslin approaches the captive Caprica Six model in the Galactica brig and asks her if she can confirm whether or not Kara Thrace is a Cylon. Six tells her that she tries not to think of the final five, and then says, "The Five are close. I can feel them."
  • When Bill Adama asks Kara how she knows the way to Earth, she explains that it is a feeling inside of her, and with each leap they make away from the course, she loses her grip on it. She begs Adama to believe her and reminds him that he once thought of her as a daughter. She tells him that if he still loves her, then he has to trust her, to which Adama replies, "I can't afford to."
  • Lee and Bill Adama have a heart to heart about their fight during Baltar's trial. Lee admits that the trial and his actions have given him a lot to think about. Bill asks him to come back as the CAG, but Lee turns him down and says he is considering a position within the government. After a pensive moment, Lee asks his father what they would do if it had been Zak (Adama's dead son, Lee's brother) that had come back instead of Starbuck, if they found out Zack had always been a Cylon, wouldn't they love him no matter what?
  • Baltar prays to the One God for the healing of the sick child, Derek. He tells God to take him in the child's place because he has sinned in the worst of ways and the child is innocent. Later that same day while he is in the bathroom shaving he is attacked by a man whose seven year old son was killed by Baltar's police squad on New Caprica. When "Head Six" appears and reminds Baltar that he offered God to take his life in exchange for the boy. She asks him if he meant it and he says "Yes." He begins solemnly willing the man to take his life. He escapes with a razor cut in his neck, and as they return to the community he discovers that the boy Derek has been healed. Everyone is crying about it being a miracle and "Head Six" is shown standing in the background with a smile.
  • Sam and Starbuck talk, and Sam tells her that he would still love her if she turned out to be a Cylon, that being a Cylon wouldn't change who she was. She tells Sam that he's got a bigger heart than she did because if she found out he was a Cylon, she'd put a bullet between his eyes. Moments later they jump again, and the distance between her and Earth affects her deeply. She tells Sam that the only way to fix things is to get to Roslin. She takes out the guards surrounding her, and then knocks Sam out with her gun. We then see Roslin lying in bed sleeping. She wakes when she hears the door, and the final scene finishes with Starbuck holding Roslin at gunpoint.

Battlestar Galactica "Six of One" S04E02 Spoilers and Recap

  • Starbuck has the President Roslin at gunpoint. Starbuck believes she saw Earth and that the ship is going in the wrong direction back home. She gives Roslin the gun and demands Roslin shoot her if she thinks she's a Cylon. Roslin picks up the gun and shoots. Reveal she shoots a picture on the wall. Guards come in and secure Starbuck. She laments that she can no longer hear the "ring" of Earth.
  • The four undercover Cylons meet and discuss how they can find the fifth and final cylon. Tyrol remembers seeing Baltar with the cylon D'Anna in the Temple of the Five back on the algae planet. He believes it may be possible that Baltar has information on the final five, that he may even know who they are. Tigh suggests that Tory use the power of seduction to find out what Baltar knows.
  • The crew throws a good-bye party for Lee Adama.
  • Adama visits Starbuck in her cell and asks her what she was thinking attacking Roslin. She explains her desperation to return to Earth, and that the connection she feels is fading with every jump they make. Adama wants to believe her, but he's afraid. They insult each other. Adama throws Starbuck to the ground by her neck and leaves her screaming "We're going the wrong way!".
  • The Leobens, 6's and Sharons came to the conclusion that the reason the Raiders did not attack the fleet during their last battle was because they believed the Final Five were within the fleet and could not attack them. Because discussing or even thinking about the Final Five is dangerous, Brother Cavil argues against them. He sees the Raiders as being defunct, no longer performing their duties, so they need to be readjusted. The 6's fight against the idea of toying with God's work. When put to a vote, the six different models come to a standstill except for one #8 model, who sides with Cavil, Simon and Doral, creating a never before seen rift in the system.
  • Baltar confronts Tory about spying on him. He describes his sudden connection to the one true God like hearing mysterious, well orchestrated music, which Tory found both spellbinding and terrifying. It sounded all too familiar to how she and the other three cylons found each other. She feels an obvious connection to him and may suspect he's a cylon. While he is talking to Tory, he has his first encounter with the "Head" Baltar that haunts Caprica Six. Later on, Tory and Baltar have sex.
  • Roslin tells Adama that he is being a fool and allowing his feelings for Starbuck to cloud his judgment. He tells her that she is just afraid that she's not really the dying leader that was prophesied, and that her death will amount to nothing in the end. As he leaves, she is stroking her hair in an act of comfort and pulls out a lock, result of the treatment she's been undergoing for cancer.
  • Lee Adama visits Starbuck in her cell. They have a heart felt good-bye and KISS. He whispers to her before her leaves that he believes in her. He goes to the flight deck where the entire crew is there to wish him good-bye.
  • Six urges Cavil and the others to stop lobotomizing the Raiders. When Cavil refuses, Six calls in Centurians who point a gun at Cavil. Cavil orders them away. They will not go. Six gave the Centurians part of their will and higher brain functions back. They are no longer under the total command of Cavil. With their new will and the realization that Cavil has lobotomized the Raiders, the Centurians are incensed. They shoot everyone at the meeting except for Six.
  • Adama secretly releases Starbuck and gives her the "Demetreus", a sewage recycling ship, so she can follow her feeling/calling to find a way back to Earth.


Battlestar Galactica "The Ties That Bind" S04E03 Spoilers and Recap

  • The shows begins with one of the Cavill models downloading after the 6's had them executed by the Centurions. Boomer is there, and she and another Cavill model tell him that the fleet is split. Boomer leans in and touches his face, and then she kisses him, revealing why she sided with them in the recent vote.
  • Cally and Chief Tyrol argue over how little time he's been able to devote to their family. Cally keeps popping antidepressants while trying to care for Nicky alone. Her paranoia continues to grow and as she finds a napkin from Joe's Bar, she walks to the bar with Nicky. She finds Tyrol and Tory talking with their heads close together at a table. Tory touches his arm in comfort as he admits to feeling so confused about who he is inside. Tory tells him she is enjoying the new sensations she is discovering inside herself, how she never liked ambrosia before, but now it tingles inside of her in ways she never imagined before. Cally comes toward them, and starts screaming. As Tyrol jumps up to explain, she throws up all over the floor, and then runs off.
  • Roslin is receiving treatment for her cancer, and as the doctor leaves Admiral Adama sits down beside her and opens a book. He begins reading to her as she cries.
  • Lee gives an acceptance speech about his recent nomination to the Corum. Roslin and Adama stand by as well, and when he finishes his speech the press begins to hound the president about the Demetrius. She puts the question to Adama, and when they ask if the rumor is true that Kara Thrace is leading a mission to Earth, he says, "I don't comment on rumors." Behind the scenes afterwards, Roslin berates him about how she has to keep sticking up for him and lying for him this time around.
  • Aboard the Demetreus, Kara is making the crew crazy with the constant backtracking and jumping. No one is sure what they are really even looking for, and she won't give anyone anything to go on. In her mind she keeps seeing the planets in the solar system with Earth, but she can't find it on any of the maps. Anders asks if there is something else they should know, but she won't give anyone anymore information.
  • When Chief comes to Cally to defend himself, she ignores him. She just tells him she has an appointment with the doctor and to make sure he tells the daycare not to feed Nicky algae mash because he's allergic to it.
  • Cavill boards to confront the 6's and 8's about what happened with the Centurions. He blames himself for what happened because he wouldn't listen, and he is now ready to listen to their demands. The 8's want them to stop lobotomizing the raiders, and the 6's want the D'Anna line unboxed. Cavill promises to take their requests to the others. When 6 tells the Centurions to escort him off the ship, they don't move until she says please.
  • Tom Zarek and Lee Adama discuss Roslin and Admiral Adama's policy of secrecy, and how they never share any information with anyone which makes their democratic system more like a monarchy with complete power in their hands. Zarek asks Lee to look inside himself to find the truth about what needs to be done and then puts a folder marked classified down on the table in front of Lee.
  • Cally goes to see the doctor, and he asks what's been going on at home. She admits that she must be crazy, after all, she practically proposed after Chief broke her jaw. The doctor gives her a refill on her antidepressants and tells her to bring Chief in to have his head examined.
  • On the Demetreus Kara is painting a star system on the wall of the ship when Anders comes in. He tries to talk to her about where they are going, but she makes him admit that he's really there about their relationship. She admits that she only married him because he was safe and stupid enough to go along with things. Then she attacks him, but it ends with her propositioning him to have sex with her and to make her feel like it's the end of the world. After they have sex she tells him that she feels like she's living outside of herself, just observing everything she's been doing but not really fully participating in her life.
  • Cavill tells the 6's and 8's that the majority of the other Cylons think they should unbox the D'Anna model.
  • At the press corum everyone continues to badger Roslin for information about the Demetreus. Lee speaks up on her behalf, telling everyone that it's possible they are just putting out whatever resources they have to find any pathway to Earth, but Roslin shoots him down and tells him she doesn't need a spokesperson. Moments later, Lee interrupts another member and speaks up against the president and how she is using the articles to work to her advantage, but really she is breaking the law with one article in particular. She claims that the article wast not finished, but that they would bring it up at the next meeting. The members of the press are out of control with a want for answers.
  • When the 6's and 8's meet up with the others, they notice the resurrection ship doesn't make the jump. The Brother Cavill fleet forms and attack on them, killing them off and making it impossible for them to resurrect. Boomer realizes that what they are doing is wrong, it's murder and it's immoral. Cavill tells her that their God will watch over them, and Boomer asks what about what they are doing. How will God perceive that, to which Cavill replies they are machines, and have no souls.
  • Cally finds a note in the doorway left for Chief Tyrol. It says to meet at the weapons locker at 13:30 hours. She sneaks down there and spies on their meeting. Chief realizes that Cally might find the note when Tigh mentions it. Tigh brings up what it will do if Cally finds out they are all Cylons, and she drops something, bringing her whereabouts to their attention. They disband, and Tory notices something amiss as she leaves the weapons locker.
  • Chief goes back to their apartment to see Cally, but she won't face him. He starts to promise that things will change, he'll be home with her more often, help her with Nicky. He even says maybe they should have another baby, and then she turns and attacks him. She knocks him out, takes his airlock keys, grabs Nicky and starts walking into the airlock with the intention of killing herself and her son. Tory comes in to comfort and stop her. She tells her that they didn't know they were Cylons, that they weren't evil, they were still who they had always been. She convinces her not to kill herself, and then takes Nicky from her. As soon as she has Nicky in her arms, she knocks Cally down and walks out, sealing her into the airlock. Moments later, she opens the airlock, and Cally is killed. The final scene shows a distraught Chief Tyrol sitting across from Admiral Adama.

Battlestar Galactica "Escape Velocity" S04E04 Spoilers and Recap

  • First Aired: April 25, 2008 10 P.M. EST
  • Cally's funeral in the temple shows a lot of grieving faces, and Chief Tyrol is giving a speech about her life. He quotes the Lords of Kobol and then it shows Roslin and Adama sitting together. She tells him that is what she likes, that service. Adama says that's not his thing. She stresses that she just wants him to know what she likes, hinting a reminder that her death is not far off. As people are leaving the service, Chief reaches out to Tigh, shocking both Tigh and Tory.
  • Tigh visits the imprisoned Caprica Six and as he is talking to her he sees his dead wife, Ellen, in her face. She notes that he comes every day to see her, but doesn't want anything. Is there something she can help with with, something he needs from her, she asks, but he gets angry and leaves in a huff.
  • Tigh and Tory visit Chief Tyrol in his quarters. He is feeling guilty, but Tory tells him he is perfect as he is. He was not made to suffer guilt. Tyrol reminds them that they were supposed to keep being the men they always were. Tigh tells him that what he is feeling is normal and that haunting feeling will never go away, and you can tell that again he is thinking about Ellen and how he killed her for betraying them to the Cylons on New Caprica.
  • Tory visits Gaius Baltar and asks him if God forgives you if you commit a sin. She asks if you become one with God, and are a part of God, if that means you can do no wrong in God's eyes. As they are talking a squad of terrorists calling themselves the Sons of Ares come with weapons swinging. Tory is attacked, but she hides Baltar.
  • Chief is working on a ship, but daydreaming about the past with Cally, when she was first pregnant. Racetrack comes in and asks if he's done messing around, she's got a schedule. He tells her she can go ahead and take the ship out, but it malfunctions and the crew crashes in the hangar.
  • Baltar realizes that he and his followers were attacked because of their belief in the One God.
  • Everyone confronts Chief Tyrol about his mistake, but when he starts to lose his temper, no one wants to blame him. He thinks they are all just feeling sorry for him because of Cally's death.
  • "Head Six" starts working on Baltar about his destiny, and how he needs to make it real. He and his followers need to stand up for their right to pursue their beliefs. He starts leading them all toward the temple, where they break in and begin a fight during a service. Chaos ensues, and it ends with Gaius being led away to the brig. When Roslin and Adama meet at the hospital unit, they discuss Baltar. Adama thinks they should get rid of him altogether and kick him and his followers off of the Galactica, but Roslin wants to keep him close.
  • Tigh returns to visit Caprica Six again and he asks her if she can just turn off her emotions. She tells him, "You talk like we're different, but you know we're not." She starts to tell him about how she isn't just wires and gears, but flesh and blood with veins. They are the same, but he keeps seeing her as Ellen Tigh, not as the Six model.
  • Roslin visits Baltar in the brig and tells him she's watching him. She's dying, but just because she's dying doesn't mean that she will relax on the rules and the laws. She plans to uphold them, and keep her eye close on him. She just isn't in the mood to mess around with or indulge him anymore. She releases him and tells him to keep out of trouble.
  • Adama finds Chief at the bar and sits beside him. He starts to try and comfort him, telling him to take time off if he needs it, or to schedule more hours if that would help, but Chief hears him say something about how hard it must have been on Cally when she found out her husband was a cylon and her baby was some kind of half-human half-cylon monster. It was his imagination, but it sets something off inside him and he loses his temper. He says that Cally wasn't an angel, she wasn't perfect, she wasn't even what he wanted in life, but a lot of people had to settle. Things were crazy, life was too limited and there were so few options. Boomer didn't know what she was, but he loved her anyway, and she was the one he really wanted more than anything, but then she turned out to be a Cylon. Adama tries to calm him down, telling him not to do this, but Chief calls him out and finally Adama tells him he wants him off of his hangar deck. He is to report in the morning at 0800 for reassignment.
  • At a meeting of the chorum representatives with the president Lee calls Laura Roslin out on her plan to pass a resolution against assembly, but it would only apply to Baltar. Everyone starts to worry that the law would spread to others, perhaps even limit their own religious gatherings, and Lee reminds her that they can outvote her if they disagree. She tells them to go ahead and vote, but to never forget what happened the last time Gaius Baltar was in a position of power, how many people suffered and what they might all suffer from his leadership position over a group of blind followers.
  • Caprica Six wakes up in her cell to find Tigh watching over her. She tells him she doesn't want to turn off her emotions or her pain. That is how she learns, it's how she becomes more human herself. She beings talking about how love for a man made her see how much she'd hurt and destroyed and without that love she might never have understood. Tigh only sees her as Ellen, but when she mentions her love for Gaius Baltar, he goes mad and sends everyone out of the observation room so they can have privacy. Once they are alone she tells him that when you're in pain, it's when you learn who you really are.
  • Baltar and a group of his followers return to their quarters to find guards posted outside. The guards tell them there is a limit of fifteen people allowed inside at once and the room is already filled to capacity. "Head Six" urges Baltar to stand up for himself, but he just wants to go to bed. She promises him that nothing bad will come out of it, he'll be fine and soon he can just go to bed. He steps forward and the guard knocks him down.
  • Caprica Six promises Tigh she can help him feel the clarity, and then she starts punching him. She knocks him down and keeps beating him.
  • The guards continue to beat Baltar back, but Six keeps holding him forward, pushing him even against his will, and just as they are knocking him back again Lee Adama comes and tells them that the chorum voted against the right to assembly ban, and that the people can return to their quarters together. Baltar thanks him, but Lee says he didn't do it for him.
  • Roslin is preparing for treatment and Adama is there getting ready to read to her from a book he loved so much he never read the edning. Roslin is stewing over how she keeps coming head to head with Lee. Adama tells her that Lee is just doing what he thinks is right. She muses that he's right, but sometimes the right thing has dangerous consequences. Adama starts to read to her from the book, reminding her that he is about to enter into the parts he's never read. He reads, but then without the book recites the passage from heart. It is a heartfelt passage that seems to echo their relationship history.
  • Caprica Six tells Tigh that she knows what he needs, and then she moves in and begins kissing him.
  • Inside his quarters with Lee and Tory both watching on, Baltar gives a speech about how he is not a priest, in fact he's a man who has done a lot of things horribly wrong, but something in the universe loves him. There is some spark in everyone that he feels is like God, but it's in every one of us. He says that the truth is, we are all perfect just as we are, and God only loves those who are perfect. They are all perfect, just as they are.

Battlestar Galactica "The Road Less Traveled" S04E05 Spoilers and Recap

First aired May 2, 2008, 10 PM EST

  • The Demetrius is 58 Days out. Helo finds Starbuck in her quarters painting. He tells her they need to discuss their upcoming rendezvous with the fleet. She hands him a grid of a star system they have already explored twice. She says the third time's a charm. Helo is obviously worried about her, and she admits she hasn't been sleeping well. He is going out on patrol. Starbuck says she's going to go too.
  • A woman on the Galactica seeks comfort from Baltar, who is giving a talk about the One God and broadcasting it to the fleet. She lost her family during the Cylon attacks on the colonies and she's enraged with everyone responsible. The government, the military, the people who created the Cylons, the cylons, but most of all, she's angry with the Gods. Baltar tells her that the Gods can't be blamed, but not because they weren't listening, because they aren't real.
  • Chief is exercising in his quarters, listening to Baltar's broadcast. He reaches over to turn it off, but Nicky starts to cry. He stops crying as soon as he turns it back off.
  • Athena-Sharon confronts Helo about accepting Starbuck's orders. Everyone on the Demetrius thinks she's lost her mind, and they are starting to really believe she's a Cylon. She takes a viper out on patrol with Hot Dog, and they spot an incoming Cylon raider on the Draedus. Starbuck keeps whispering for a signal. She hears Leoben's voice over the radio. He says that he knew she'd be there searching for him, and that it is time for her to embrace the next level of her destiny. She brings Leoben aboard, and he tells her that her journey can now begin. The Cylons need her help, he says, but not as much as she needs their help. He tells her she needs to jump to the base star and speak to the Hybrid. The Hybrid can tell her things, amazing things. Starbuck has them take Leoben to her quarters.
  • Tory approaches a lamenting Chief on the hangar deck. He is obviously ruminating about the accident, and about Cally's death. Chief tells her that he found out that Cally had been taking anti-depressants medication, which didn't make sense. Why would she kill herself if she was on anti-depressants. Chief could see how Cally would leave him, but never Nicky. Tory presents him with the notion that Cally might have known he was a Cylon. She might have noticed the changes and been afraid. She then starts preaching to him about how God has a plan for them. She tells him that Gaius showed her the truth. Chief tells her she's been spending too much time with Baltar before he walks away.
  • Starbuck is holed up in her quarters with Leoben when Sam returns from scouting. Jealous, Sam breaks in and finds Leoben standing in a familiar position with Starbuck, so he attacks Leoben. Kara insists that the Cylons can help, but Sam has them lock Leoben up. While locked up, Sam comes in and begins interrogating Leoben. Leoben tells Sam that he only wants to help Kara understand her destiny. As Sam is backing away, Leoben says, "Seabucks rule." Then he goes on that he always knew Sam was destined for so much more than playing pyramid. He wasn't just a pretty poster-boy. Leoben goes on that the Cylons have split down the middle, and there are those who embrace their nature battling against those who don't. He proposes that they ally with them and then the Hybrid can show Kara the way to Earth.
  • Sam shares with the crew what he learned from Leoben. Athena-Sharon tells him that they would be crazy to even consider it and that if Starbuck agreed she would be leading them straight into a trap.
  • Baltar and Tory are in bed together. Baltar asks what she hears from Roslin, how well the president is taking his radio broadcast. Tory tells him that she's tried to push the issue, but Roslin doesn't have time for his petty nonsense anymore, and won't waste precious Chorum time on Baltar.
  • Chief listens in live at one of Baltar's speeches. While Baltar is talking Colonel Tigh shows up and tells Chief they need to talk. Tyrol tells Tigh he has nothing to say to him. Tigh tells him to pull himself together or he'll draw attention to himself. Tyrol asks about all of the time Tigh's been spending with the Six model in the brig. Then he says that Tigh said they wouldn't change who they were, but they were changing and it was out of control. He tells Tigh that Tory believes they can lead humanity to salvation, but if there is a god, he's laughing his ass off.
  • Matthias is inspecting Leoben's raider for damage and tracking devices. She comes upon a gas leak that explodes and kills her.
  • Chief attends another one of Baltar's meetings. Baltar begins speaking about how they have all gathered there together because the old ways have failed them. Chief starts to leave, but Baltar calls out to him, and asks if they can set their differences aside. He invites him to come to the floor and take his hand, and says Cally would have wanted that. Chief tells him he's not like Cally. Baltar reaches out again, and tells Chief to take his hand, but Chief goes for his throat instead and while choking Baltar, he screams, "You didn't know her!" He storms off to his quarters and sits raging with a gun. He wants to kill himself, but he can't and he knows it. Something holds him back and then he sees a picture of Cally holding Nicky on New Caprica. This calms him.
  • After the explosion, Starbuck busts into their makeshift brig and attacks Leoben, accusing him of setting her up. He begs her to kill him, it would be just like old tims back on New Caprica. How many times had she killed him then, only this time he wouldn't be able to come back. She asks what he's doing to her. He tells her that all of her life she's hidden from her true nature behind violence, ambrosia and affairs. "You have to make peace with your past because that part of you is gone," he tells her.
  • The crew is in a quandary over Starbuck before she comes in and says a few words about the senselessness of Matthias's death. She then tells them they aren't going to rejoin the fleet. Pike goes crazy and calls Helo out, accusing him of protecting Karay, whom he thinks is a Cylon. Helo knocks him unconscious.
  • Chief is in bed in his quarters looking at a picture of Cally again. Baltar comes to see him and asks the Chief to forgive him. He sits down and goes into a speech about fate and the purpose of everything interfering with plans they all made. He admits that he's committed unconscionable crimes, but has been offered one last chance for redemption. When he finishes his speech and stands up to leave, Chief holds his hand out in forgiveness, and the two of them shake.
  • Athena-Sharon argues with Helo over his decision to follow Starbuck. Everyone thinks they should mutiny, but Helo is wrestling with his conscience over it. Finally Starbuck comes and announces her decision to jump and find the Cylon base ship so she can speak to the Hybrid like Leoben told her to do. Helo tries to talkl her out of it, and when she tells him to arrange to jump he refuses. She relieves him from his duties and turns them over to Gaeta. Gaeta also tells her no. Sam tells them they need to think carefully about what they're doing. Starbuck tells Sam they have thought about it long and hard, all of them. Helo then relieves her of her command.

Battlestar Galactica "Faith" S04E06 Spoilers and Recap

  • First aired May 9, 2008 10 PM EST
  • Kara Struggles against the mutiny, but Helo has her put under arrest and orders the marines to lock her up. As she struggles, Sharon Agathon restrains her and Sam begins to get upset. He reminds them that they are under the command of Lieutenant Thrace, and if they return to the Galactica, they do so as mutineers. Felix Gaeta is instructed to begin setting jump coordinates for the rendezvous with Galactica. Sam grabs a gun and shoots Gaeta in the knee when he won't abort the jump. Chaos ensues and Kara begins working on Gaeta's wound. She stabilizes Gaeta and has him moved to a bunk. She backs up and admits that she never should have ordered the Demetrius back to the fleet, but they should go. They will just be short a raptor. She will take Leoben back to the Cylon Baseship herself. Sam says she won't go alone, he's going too. She then asks Sharon to go with her because Sharon speaks their language and she could warn her against a trap. Helo starts to protest, but Sharon agrees to go. Helo asks how long they can possibly wait to rendezvous with Galactica, and it's only a fifteen hour window. He promises to wait for them for fifteen hours.
  • Tory is in Roslin's office packing her things up. Roslin mentions that Tory has really been doing a great job. They mention that Roslin only has two diloxin treatments left. Overcome with emotion, Roslin starts to cry, and she tells Tory she's really stepped up to the plate and take on so much of the responsiilty.
  • On the Viper, Kara asks Sharon if she'll have to watch her back. Sharon tells her she agreed to come along, that should be enough to reassure her. Pilot Jean Barolay comes aboard and Kara says she wasn't looking for volunteers. Barolay tells Kara she believes in her, and has since the beginning. The viper makes the jump, and Leoben asks, "Can you feel it? God's plan is about to be revealed." As Helo checks on Gaeta, Gaeta makes him promise not to let Cottle take his leg. Returning to the viper, they are searching through the Cylon battlefield for signs of the baseship. Kara can feel the connection again that she associated with earth. She recognizes the scene from the paintings she's been painting, the gas giant, the comet turns out to be a ship in orbit and the three stars turn out to be incoming missiles. Leoben nods, and the missiles hit.
  • When Kara comes to they have are aboard the baseship. Sharon Agathon is checking for damage when she whirls around and comes face to face with several other Sharon models. They tell her she was their inspiration, that she was the first to break away from the divine plan. They failed in trying to be like her because the Sixes were out of control, and they had ruined so much. They ask her to help them put the Sixes in their place. She tells them she won't lead a mutiny against the Sixes, that once you pick your side, you stick with it or you won't have anything, no friends, no family, nothing!
  • As Roslin is receiving her treatment she hears another patient complaining in the next curtain over. She goes to comfort the woman, jokes with her a little and tells her that listening to Baltar will only make it worse. As she starts to turn off the radio the woman goes nut and tells her to get out.
  • On the baseship, the Sixes don't want Kara to see the Hybrid. They think they should just kill them and take their viper and jump drive. They talk about how that isn't an option, and deal their terms. They figure out how to fix their FTL drive by having Sharon Agathon and Starbuck reach into the stream. From the sidelines, Sam's hand hovers over the stream and he's longing to put his hand in. Kara distracts him before he can. As they are working on the ship, a Six model recognizes Jean Barolay from New Caprica and the resistance. She remembers that Barolay murdered her, drowning her without even thinking of her at all. Barolay shows indifference for what she did and the Six model attacks and then kills Barolay. Sam grabs Six and is ready to kill her. Kara doesn't want more trouble, but Athena tells her she can't let them get away with it. The Six model known as Natalie kneels in front of the other Six and listens as she spills out her sorrow over the incident on New Caprica. It was something she'd desperately struggled with since she'd redownloaded. Natalie then kills her and asks if that is enough justice, blood for blood.
  • The woman in sickbay apologizes to Roslin and invites her back. She tells her to come in, she has a gift for her. She gives her a beautiful scarf to hide her hair loss and tells her it's only going to get worse, she should be prepared.
  • Natalie and Leoben take Kara to see the Hybrid, and a Centurion looks on from the side.
  • The woman explains to Roslin why she listens to Baltar. After she found out her cancer was fatal she had an experience in which she was on a ship on a lake and she saw her loved ones on the shore. She felt a presence all aroaund her that said, "Don't be scared, Emily, I am with you. We'll cross over together." She believes that maybe Baltar stumbled onto something, and that there is a power they can't begin to understand.
  • The Hybrid keeps rambling on about ship functions, but she repeats on phrase over and over. Kara doens't get the rambling. Leoben tells her to be patient. The Demetrius shows the clock counting down with only four hours left. Kara tells them it was a waste of time and they should prepare to jump. In order to they have to reboot the hybrid by disconnecting her. A Sharon goes to disconnect her and the Hybrid begins to scream. The Centurion attacks, shooting at the Sharon. The Hybrid grabs Kara and tells her that a dying leader will understand the meaning of the child in the opera house, the three will be used to find the other five who come from the home of the thirteen, and that Kara Thrace is the harbinger of death who will lead them all to their end.
  • Roslin doesn't understand how Baltar can preach about a Cylon God. Emily argues that it makes God feel more concrete, that the gods to her always seemed so silly and unreal. Roslin tells her that the Gods weren't meant to be taken literally, but they were metaphorical. That even her own mother believed that Athena herself should swoop down from the heavens. Her mother was a teacher, everyone loved and respected her, she was a brilliant woman, but Roslin could only think now about how she had withered away from cancer. There were no golden fields of Elysium, only darkness, and her mother had been so scared. Emily tells her it wasn't her mother who was scared, but it was Roslin, and she was still searching. Emily then takes a turn for the worse, and Doc Cottle tells Roslin there is nothing they can do now but make her comfortable.
  • Everyone gathers around the Eight model who was shot by the Centurions. She says, "Athena, you were right, please forgive me." Then Sam kneels down beside her and takes her hand. He tells her it's okay, he is with her, and then she dies. The group figures out that the missing three is D'Anna and that the final five are among the fleet and they must know the way to Earth.
  • Roslin dreams that she and Emily are on a ship together. Emily says, "We're here." Then Roslin sees her on the shore embracing her loved ones. She sees her own mother waiting there for her with open arms, but she tels them she is not ready. She wakes to the sound of Baltar talking about the river that separates this world from the next, and then she opens the curtain to find that Emily is gone, she's passed on.
  • With one minute left the Demetrius prepares to jump back to the fleet. Helo is desperate and frustrated to leave his wife behind. Just as they are about to execute the jump, the Cylon baseship jumps into orbit. It's Athena.
  • Roslin goes to Adama and tells him about her dream. He asks if she really believes in the horse manure Baltar has been peddling. Adama starts reflecting on how great it would be if it were true. All those he'd lost, if he knew he'd see them again. Roslin tells him she's right there with him, and he says that all along he had used Earth as a carrot to lead the fleet and give them hope, but it was her that made him believe in the possibility.

Battlestar Galactica "Guess What's Coming to Dinner" Part 1 S04E07 Spoilers and Recap

  • A reel-to-reel audio tape plays a speech from Gaius Baltar confessing to his listeners that President Laura Roslin has been sharing hallucinogenic visions with two cylons, the cylon known as Athena and the cylon prisoner aboard the Galactica. Lee Adama turns off the tape and tells Roslin if that is true, she owes the public an explanation. Roslin asks him what he would do if everything he ever knew was turned upside down. Lee doesn't care what she says, it doesn't matter, she owes the public an explanation. He asks her if it's true, and she tells him yes, it is true.
  • Aboard the cylon baseship Kara tells Leoben that he put the fate of all the cylons on that ship in her hands. He tells her he knows he made the right choice. The Demetrius prepares to jump back to the Galactica first to alert them not to attack the baseship. The Six model Natalie tells Athena she was just thinking about how beautiful Hera must be. Athena asks how she knows Hera's name. Natalie tells her that Athena was blessed with a child, all the cylons know her name. The Demetrius jumps, but there is an error, and it falters, leaving the baseship to jump alone. The fleet panics and begins jumping to emergency coordinates. The vipers prepare to attack, but Tigh senses something's not right. Adama tells them to start firing, but Tigh has them hold their fire, and moment's later the Demetrius jumps into orbit and confirms that the cylon baseship is under Colonial control.
  • The Galactica sends troops led by Colonel Tigh into the Cylon baseship. Tigh comes face to face with Starbuck, and she tells him that the Cylons are with her. He asks which one shot Gaeta.
  • Aboard the Galactica, the six known as Natalie and a Sharon model explain to Adama and Roslin what happened between the cylons to start their civil war. They explain about D'Anna, why her model was boxed, and how they want to unbox her to find the final five cylon models, who they believe know the way to Earth. They ask Roslin to consider destroying the resurrection ship, explaining that if they did so, the cylons would lose their ability to redownload after death. They want to strike a deal with Adama that they find the final five and then leave the fleet in peace with the five.
  • Adama asks Tigh how he knew about the weapons hold, Tigh says he didn't know, it was just a feeling.
  • Doc Cottle is preparing to amputate Gaeta's leg. Gaeta asks not to be put under because he doesn't want to wake up without his leg. Sam watches from the side as the doctor starts the saw.
  • Helo works on strategy with Roslin and Adama how best to attack the cylon resurrection ship. Roslin realizes that that destroying the resurrection ship will finally make them mortal enemies. Tigh says he wants to blow them all up and just forget about them, an underlying plot to not become exposed as one of the final five. They decide to not tell the cylons they plan to hold the final five until they find earth.
  • The chorum meets and Tom Zarek reads the memo about the president and the fleet's decision to work with the cylons to attack the cylon resurrection facility.
  • The four hidden cylons meet to discuss what will happen when they are exposed. Tyrol thinks they should just let it happen, but Tigh reminds him they won't give any of them medals when they find out they've been cylons all along. Sam can't stop thinking about Gaeta losing his leg, and he talks about how the phantom movement will haunt him forever.
  • Roslin and Tory meet, and Roslin tells Tory she wants her to find out who is behind the rumors of the shared cylon vision. Roslin tells her that she knows Tory is sleeping with Baltar. Tory apologizes for not telling her, and explains that she has found solace in Baltar's preaching, that she wanted to tell her but their friendship... Roslin says frak trust and their friendship. She doesn't care what it takes, but she needs to get to the bottom of Baltar's lies.
  • They cylons believe the humans aren't going to hold up their end of the bargain, so they plan to take hostages and keep them on the baseship until they get the final five. Natalie points out that though they have changed, the humans haven't, and they can't be trusted.
  • There is a beautiful song being sung in the background, it turns out to be Gaeta. Lee is visiting Roslin, who laments that it's a shame that they had to find out that way that Gaeta had such a beautiful voice. Lee tells her that the chorum is considering a vote of no confidence against her, but she refuses to compromise. Lee explains that when he first joined the chorum, he didn't notice how hopeless they all seemed because he was scared, but that he eventually realized it was that hopelessness that helped them survive. He tells her to talk to them, give them something to help out their fears to rest.
  • Tory and Baltar are in bed, but they're not speaking. He asks her what's wrong. S he tells him she knows he's been lying about the president. He starts to talk about how he's not a saint, but that sometimes his desire for vengeance against Roslin pushes him. He admits to her that it is true, and tells her how he knows.
  • Roslin calls the chorum to meet and tels them she is there to ask for their support. She then calls for the cylon Natalie to come in and speak. Natalie talks about how the cylons had changed because they realized during their civil war that what was missing from their life was mortality They needed to die for life to have meaning, mortality was what made them whole.
  • Roslin, Caprica Six and Sharon Agathon are all dreaming of the Opera House and Hera. Athena is chasing Hera when she and Roslin come face to face. They see Six and Baltar take Hera. Athena wakes up to find Hera standing by her bed. Hera smiles and says, "Bye-bye."
  • Roslin is in the hospital ward. Gaeta is singing again. Starbuck stands in the doorway and Roslin tells her she really has to hand it to her if she is a cylon because her whole plan was brilliant. Kara asks Roslin if it's true, if she's really having visions. She repeats what the hybrid told her about the dying leader and the opera house. Roslin asks her how the hybrid knows about her dreams. She wants to know if Kara will help her. Kara says she will.
  • The cylons meet and Natalie tells them they can't go through with their plans. They need to be honest with the humans or they will never gain their trust. Leoben tells her that he will deal with the centurions, if she goes to Adama and takes care of him, but doesn't tell him the truth.
  • Roslin brings Baltar in to meet with her. She explains that she's making him come with her to meet with the hybrid because he has been in her visions as well.
  • Sharon Agathon finds Hera drawing pictures. She asks to see them. Every page is filled with pictures of Six and the number 6, Six with Hera and they are both happy. When she turns around Hera is gone. Sharon starts searching frantically for Hera, and the search merges with the search from the opera house. She comes up on Cheif Tyrol and tells him that Hera is missing He stops what he's doing and starts to help her search.
  • Hera approaches the cylon Natalie and hugs her. Natalie kneels down to talk to her and Sharon approaches. She draws her weapon and tells Natalie to stay away from her daughter. She asks Chief to take Hera out of there, and when Hera is gone, she shoots and kills Natalie.
  • The episode comes to an end as Roslin orders a Sharon model to plug in the hybrid, and then the ship jumps away.

Battlestar Galactica "Sine Qua Non" S04E08 Spoilers and Recap

  • The scene opens on medics rushing the Number Six called Natalie, that Sharon "Athena" Agathon shot, to sickbay. Doc Cottle begins to operate on her wounds, and her focus keeps flashing to an earth-like setting.
  • The chorum are frantically discussing the fact that Laura Roslin is missing, kidnapped by the Cylons. They start to fret that she could be dead. Tom Zarek tells them that the rumors cannot be confirmed because Adama will not take his calls. They believe that the Cylon baseship jumped away because Natalie was shot. Tom Zarek tells them he is taking over as president.
  • Natalie's vision focuses for moments on Doc Cottle, and she keeps reaching her hand out for something in front of her, but she is seeing visions of green trees. Then she dies.
  • Adama asks to see Athena.
  • Lee Adama tells his father that his refusal to speak with Zarek is only fueling chorum suspicion.
  • Athena is brought in to speak with Admiral Adama. He asks her why she sabotaged their plans to help the Cylons with their mission. She tells him that she had a vision that the Six and Gaius Baltar would take Athena away from her, and she had to stop it from happening. Adama reminds her that Athena was lost, and the Six only bent down to talk to her when she approached. He tells her that her actions cost them everything; they put the president and Athena's husband, Helo, in jeopardy. She starts to cry and promises Adama that she will accept any punishment he sees fit, but please don't take her daughter away from her. Adama tells her he's sorry, but the brig is no place for a little girl.
  • Adama and Tigh discuss the possibilities of what could have happened, and Adama realizes that wherever the Cylon resurrection ship is, the missing baseship will likely be as well.
  • Tom Zarek is furious with Lee Adama, who he brought into his job as a representative because he thought it would do him (Zarek) some good, but now Lee is telling him to step down as president. Lee explains that his father will never acknowledge Zarek as president, but the chorum can appoint a new replacement. Zarek obviously doesn't support Lee's idea and tells him "Good luck." In a news broadcast across the fleet Zarek begins slandering the president now that she's gone. Lee reaches over and turns off the radio and then turns around to speak with Romo Lampkin. He's approached Lampkin for legal advice and asks him to help him find a new candidate for the presidency. Lampkin tells him that it is futile, a case not worth taking on, but Lee refuses to back down.
  • Adama asks Tigh to ask the Cylon prisoner Six about the Cylon resurrection hub. Tigh asks her and she tells him that only the hybrids can figure out where the resurrection ship. Tigh gets frustrated and accuses of her lying. She tells him she would never lie to him, that she has never lied to him, and as he sits down beside her, she kneels in front of him. Tigh sees Ellen's face when the Six asks, "Do you love me?" He jumps up as a warning comes over the com about a viper that jumps into orbit, and he grabs her by the throat. On the bridge they can't identify the viper, so Racetrack gets out and inspects the damaged ship. She opens the hatch and finds Pike dead inside. Adama inspects the inside and finds the book he loaned to Roslin. He realizes it was the shuttle that carried her to meet the baseship before it leaped away.
  • Lampkin and Lee are philosophically discussing the psychological ramifications of ambition, and those who are silently ambitious, like Roslin. Despite the fact that she never aimed for the presidency, there is an inner drive in people like her that sees to their ambitions being met. Lampkin looks out the window and notices that the Galactica has jumped away from the rest of the fleet.
  • Exploring the wreckage from the coordinates they retrieved from the returned viper, Tigh confirms radiation signatures, which he believes are proof that they managed to destroy the resurrection hub.
  • The chorum is outraged that the military is bypassing them completely, and leaving the entire fleet unprotected. Lee and Lampkin are still discussing their options, but none of the candidates seem to meet the requirements they wish to set. Lampkin thinks they are all losers.
  • Adama approaches Doc Cottle and asks him how Roslin's absence from treatment will affect her cacner. Cottle tells him that at first it may be a relief for her because the Diloxin really puts the body through hell, but in time the cancer will start to overtake her body. Cottle also tells Adama that he discovered something unusual about the Six they have in custody: she's pregnant!
  • Adama confronts Tigh about all the time he's been spending with the Six, tells him that she's pregnant. Adama asks him how many of the fleets secrets Tigh betrayed to her when she was interrogating him, and they two of them begin to question each other's loyalty, Tigh because of the Six and Adama because of his resounding loyalty to Roslin. The start fighting. Finally exhausted and bloody, the two face each other on the floor where Adama asks him what he's going to do about her. Tigh returns the question, asking what he's going to do about Laura Roslin.
  • Sharon paces the brig humming to herself and crying.
  • Adama tells Starbuck to send out all of her people to find the missing ship. Starbuck tells him that it's a suicide mission, but he tells her he's not asking her, but giving her an order. Romo Lampkin approaches with a form for Adama to sign. Lampkin begins philosophizing the value of life and how it affects one's actions. He points out the Adama that Tom Zarek may not be pefect, but they could do a worse job for a president.
  • Adama tells Lee to relate to the chorum immediately that he has lost his objectivity because of his feelings for Laura Roslin and he is relinquishing his command immediately.
  • Alone in his room, Lampkin is going over the candidate options again and again when he realizes what he knew all along. It was a losing battle because there was only one person who would meet all of their requirements: Lee Adama. Lampkin is on his way out when he comes face to face with Lee, who he tells to savor his victory because he won't get the chance to serve. Lee asks him what he is talking about, and Lampkin pulls a gun on Lee. He starts talking about the failed system, and there being nothing left that can put things right again. He chucks a bag toward Lee, in which are the rotting remains of Lampkin's cat. Lampkin starts talking about his decisions before the destruction of the colonies, how he decided not to go home at the last minute. Lee tells him that he knows about his wife and two daughters, and tells him that his choice wasn't so special, that they had all made choices that sacrificed lives and others.
  • Lee is sworn into the office of the presidency.
  • Adama leaves Tigh in charge of the ship. Tigh tries to protest, reminding him what happened the last time he had to take charge of things when Adama was shot by Boomer. Adama tells Tigh that he's not the same man he was back then. He's not the same man he was since they were on Caprica. He knows he can trust him to do what's right. He then tells Tigh to give Athena her daughter back because they all need their families more than ever.
  • Lampkin visits Lee in his presidential office where there is a dog seated beside him. Lee gives Lampkin the dog to replace his dead cat.
  • Lee stands by watching his father pack his things. He tells him that leaving himself behind in a raptor while the fleet jumps is suicide. Adama tells Lee that he can't live without Laura. As he is about to board his raptor, he approaches Lee and Starbuck. They salute. He says, "Starbuck, what do you hear?" to which she replies, "Nothing but the rain." Adama finishes their favored greeting with, "Grab your gun and bring in the cat."
  • Athena is pacing with Hera in her arms, humming as she holds her daughter closer.
  • Adama stays behind to wait for Laura as the fleet jumps away. He takes out his glasses, puts them on, and opens the book he'd been reading to Laura.


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