Summary
The episode opens with a delusional (as always) Baltar
sitting on a sunny beach with Six. Six tells him that he
should use his time on the base star as a learning experience;
that he should learn all he can about the Cylons. She tells
him that Cylon psychology is based on perception… how
they choose to see the world around him, and that he chooses
to see her. He tells her that he thinks she is either some
part of Caprica Six or a damaged part of his mind. But
she tells him that she is an angel sent from God.
A slow montage shows that Baltar may be losing his grip
on reality while secluded away in the hold of the base
star. The D'Anna Biers model (Three) tells him that ship
is a big ecosystem and they are all part of it. But Three
and Caprica Six are there for a reason; they want to know
what Baltar knows about the location of Earth.
Baltar quickly reveals how he reviewed star charts for
Adama and Roslin after Three says that it's a shame he
has no knowledge, because it would have been reason to
keep him alive a bit longer. The Cylons are now looking
for Earth, having decided it to be their new home.
On Galactica the Viper squadrons are performing some exercises
and new maneuvers. Starbuck is flying like her old self;
reckless and dangerous. She slams into another Viper and
the exercise is over. Apollo tells her that if she wants
to kill herself she should watch out for everyone else.
Apollo grounds Starbuck, saying that she is done flying.
In Tigh's bunk he is having hallucinations of his wife's
voice, berating him for what he did. Not true hallucinations,
but rather a mother scolding her son. The guilt is consuming
him.
Little Kacey comes to visit Starbuck. What begins as cute
as the little girl wants to see her surrogate mother quickly
degenerates into something ugly. Starbuck tells the child's
mother not to come around, in a not-so-nice tone. While
understandable because of the hell that the Cylons put
her through with Kacey, Starbuck going off on the mother
was just kind of mean. But again, understandable.
A scene in the gym shows Helo with No-Longer-Fat Apollo.
After an obviously vigorous workout Apollo tells Helo to
never let him get like that again.
We get to see Gaeta reconstructing Baltar's work to find
Earth. He tells Roslin and Adama that they can trust the
work that Baltar did because he wanted to find Earth for
himself. He tells about how he has reconstructed the work
from the scrolls that Baltar was translating.
On the base star Caprica Six tells Baltar that they have
sent ships to investigate the same pulsars that Gaeta just
told the President about. Caprica Six further explains
projection to Baltar, saying that while he sees a hallway
she sees a forest.
Baltar talks with his projected Six, noting the similarity
between his hallucinations and projections. She tells him
that it might not be a coincidence and he wonders if he
might be a Cylon.
Racetrack says she wants to keep flying with "Boomer" but "Boomer" thinks
that her call sign was another person, that she's not really
Boomer. Helo asks the mess hall for suggestions for a new
name, and amongst the light-hearted jeers of Cylon related
names (Chrome Dome, Titanium) Hot Dog yells out Athena,
which becomes her new call sign.
Tigh comes into the mess hall and gravitates to Starbuck,
and they start to ridicule the civilians that are on the
ship, but when the people that stayed behind on Galactica
start to join in Tigh and Starbuck tell them they don't
know the misery they lived in.
On the base star Caprica Six tells Baltar that finding
the Hera and giving his data on Earth's location is helping
impress the other models. Baltar then asks about the other
5 Cylon models that he hasn't seen. Six tells him that
she can't talk about that.
They are interrupted and told that the ship they sent
to Baltar's location has lost contact. It turns out it
has been infected by a disease. The Cylons explain to Baltar
that if an infected Cylon dies and is resurrected then
the disease could possibly spread through their whole race.
The Cylons don't wish to risk infection by getting on the
ships themselves and the disease caused Centurions to shut
down. Baltar volunteers to go, prompted by his imaginary
Six.
On Galactica Tigh and Starbuck are getting drunk, saying
things like trust is good in theory but you can't trust
too many people. Tigh talks about watching those he thought
he knew switch sides.
Helo and Adama talk about the "speeches" that
Starbuck and Tigh have been giving and they become afraid
that too many people may be following them into dissent.
On the base star Baltar meets the "hybrid"… a
human looking Cylon that is connected to the entire ship.
They "are" the base ship, according to Caprica
Six.
On the infected base ship Baltar sees bodies everywhere,
some sick and some already dead. Baltar finds a huge mysterious
device that doesn't look to be made by Cylons. A dying
Six tells Baltar that device was found at the coordinates,
and is what is killing everyone. The Six tells Baltar that
she thinks he did it on purpose to kill them all. She becomes
delusional and irate, and Baltar strangles her. He doesn't
tell the base ship about what he found.
The Cylons debate about finding a cure, destroying the
ship and even go so far as to consider killing Baltar.
Three commands that the ship jumps, and the hybrid makes
some sort of noise, apparently objecting to that course.
Baltar still insists that he saw nothing of consequence
on the ship.
On Galactica Adama confronts Starbuck and Tigh in the
pilots' room. Adama takes Starbuck's sidearm and loads
it, telling one of them to shoot him. After neither does
it he calls them both cowards and tells them to leave the
pilot's alone. When Starbuck tries to talk back he knocks
her chair over saying that she is no longer like a daughter
to him.
Adama then tells Tigh that he is full of hatred and that
he is no longer the man he knew. He tells him to go into
his quarters and not come out until he is the man that
he was. Tigh tells him that that man no longer exists and
that he won't be seen again.
In the washroom Starbuck pulls out her knife and cuts
her beautiful long flowing hair… alas. As Tigh sits
in his room drinking Starbuck goes to visit Kacey.
As Racetrack and Athena find the pulsars they also find
the dying base ship….
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