Summary
As the new season opens a montage treats us to a glimpse
of several characters’ lives. We see Starbuck living
in what appears to be a nice apartment, but looking nearly
catatonic. Ellen Tigh is seen in the throes of passion
with someone (who is revealed to be one of the Cavil model
Cylons). We then see Tigh in a prison cell, with a bandage
over one eye being questioned by another Cavil model Cylon.
It turns out that Ellen is sleeping with a Cylon to facilitate
Tigh’s release. During this time Tyrol and Anders
are both wiring a bomb that destroys a Cylon raider.
In Starbucks’s apartment a Leoben model Cylon is
fixing dinner, giving her a healthy meal. She just sits
and stares at him silently, until she asks for a knife
and he comes around the table cutting her steak. After
the “insurgents’” bomb goes off Loeben
returns to the table only to have Starbuck stab him through
the neck, and after he falls to the ground she stabs him
again in the chest. He tells her he will see her again.
She wipes the blood on her hand on the floor and calmly
returns to the table where she begins to eat her meal,
daintily dabbing her mouth with the napkin.
A meeting of the high command Cylons has some believing
that violence is the only way to keep the humans under
control while Caprica Six and Boomer still insist it is
contrary to the reason they left the humans alive. They
are having this discussion in front of Baltar who has become
a prisoner of his own office.
We then cut to former President Roslin who is writing
in a journal about the past four months spent under Cylon
occupation. She talks about the resistance and that while
they may seem inconsequential sometimes the boost in morale
is terrific. She says that the insurgents have an informer
inside the government that is passing down important information.
Tigh then goes to meet for Tyrol and Anders for the first
time since he has been released. He congratulates them
on the bomb the set off during his release and Tyrol brings
out the information the inside source has given them. The
New Caprica Police, a squad of humans that is going to
be charged with taking care of security is about to graduate,
and President Baltar will be at the ceremony. Considering
all the New Caprica Police and Baltar to be traitors Tigh
decides this will be their next target. They are also monitoring
for a Raptor that Tigh and Tyrol believe is in orbit awaiting
a signal from them.
A new model of Leoben returns home, telling Starbuck that
this will continue as long as it has to, despite the fact
that she has killed him 5 times. He says he merely wants
what is best for her and that despite what she may think
he loves her and that God means for them to be together.
On Galactica the Viper pilots are running some military
training and Adama insists they stay in space to practice
for the 17th run in a row. A still pudgy Apollo hears the
order and goes to confront his father after one of the
vipers is damaged and they have to return to dock. Apollo
says that the pilots are not doing well because they have
been out in space too long. Adama tells Apollo that is
they can’t run the mission alone there is no way
that they can do it in battle. He then accuses his son
of being to soft, mentally and physically. When Apollo
returns home his new wife, Dualla tells him the same thing,
that he has lost his edge, that he was a soldier that needed
a war.
During a Pyramid game Tigh and Tyrol talk about the ethics
of war, and Tyrol believes that Tigh is beginning to cross
a line. Duck, one of Galactica’s Viper pilots has
volunteered for a suicide bombing of the New Caprica Police
graduation. Anders asks Duck if he intends to go through
with it, and he does.
On Galactica Admiral Adama shares a moment with Boomer,
who has become his closest friend on the ship. No longer
able to relate to his son, Adama confides and trusts in
Boomer, who wants to know if Adama feels guilty for leaving
the planet’s population behind.
As the insurgents manage to contact the raptor that Adama
has posted above New Caprica President Baltar decides that
he will not be attending the graduation. Gaeta, now an
aid to the President, is also the insurgents’ secret
informer and rushes out to tell Tyrol and Tigh that Baltar
will not be at the ceremony.
With the new found connection to Galactica Tigh tells
Tyrol to call off the bombing only if they find out that
Baltar will not be at the ceremony. Gaeta attempts to get
them the information in time, but Duck manages to crash
and successfully bomb the ceremony.
End “Occupation”
After Duck’s bombing of the New Caprica Police the
Cylon occupation force begins a crackdown n on human security.
Roslin is being held in a detention center and President
Baltar confronts her, asking her to help him condemn the
suicide bombings. While Roslin does not agree with Tigh’s
tactics she refuses to work with him.
Meanwhile the New Caprica Police prepare to go on their
first assignment, with Jammer as one of their leaders.
While Tyrol, Tigh and Anders wait for their newest communiqué from
Galactica the police raid the camps taking Cally with them.
As Galactica prepares to go on the offensive Apollo tells
his father that it may just be better to leave New Caprica
behind and start fresh with the 2,000 humans that are still
with the fleet.
While Starbuck sits in her apartment Leoben returns with
a surprise. Apparently while Starbuck was in “The
Farm” one of her ovaries was harvested, and a human/
Cylon child was born. Leoben has brought KC to meet her
mother, and Starbuck wants nothing to do with her.
Jammer asks “Galactica Boomer” if there is
anything she can do to help Cally, and she visits the later
in her cell. Boomer says she is happy for Cally and Tyrol.
However, the only thing Cally wants from Boomer is to be
released.
When Roslin tries to talk Tigh down from launching any
more suicide attacks he refuses, and soon another bombing
occurs. Gaeta is also trying to get information about Cally
for Tyrol. Tyrol tells Jammer that all collaborators like
Gaeta will be made examples of when the war is over.
The Cylon government is growing weary of the attacks.
Almost all of their “ruling” council decides
that an execution of everyone in the detention cells and
will be undertaken. They force Baltar’s cooperation
by killing “Caprica Six” right in front of
him. Baltar has become a prison of his own office and nearly
refuses and only complies because he will be killed by
one of the Cylons if he doesn’t.
In Starbuck apartment KC is running around doing little
kid things are Starbuck seems genuinely disgusted by her.
When Starbuck goes to the bathroom to collect herself she
hears a thud. KC has fallen down the stairs and hurt herself.
Among the new detainees are Roslin and Tom Zarek who are
being rounded into the trucks when Gaeta finds out about
the order that Baltar has signed.
Ellen Tigh is again sleeping with the Cavil Cylon as he
praises her prowess. She said it was her prowess that helped
release her husband, but Cavil has other ideas. The Cylons
know that Tigh is the leader of the resistance and demand
that Ellen bring them some useful information or else Colonel
Tigh will be brought back to detention and come out missing
more than an eye.
On Galactica Boomer is being reinstated into the fleet.
While some still have misgivings about having a Cylon amongst
them both Adama and Helo feel that she is trustworthy and
up to the challenge.
Ellen comes in when Tigh, Tyrol and Anders are having
a meeting about the most important meeting the insurgency
will ever have (convenient, no?). When Ellen is burning
the written information she hides part of it under her
shirt to give to Cavil.
The truckloads of detainees are stopped and Cavil insists
that they get out and stretch their legs.
In the hospital Starbuck and Leoben watch over KC. Starbuck
prays and squeezes Leoben’s hand as KC opens her
eyes.
Anders is leading a group of insurgents through the forest
when they meet with a landed raptor, being commanded by
Boomer. Then, they are ambushed. The Cylons are using the
information that Ellen gave them.
In the mass of detainees Jammer finds Cally and cuts her
bonds loose and tells her to run. As Cally moves through
the forest centurions march over the hills and aim at the
prisoners. Zarek pushes Roslin behind him as we only hear
the shots as the episode fades to black.
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