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Post by larocque6689 on Jan 7, 2005 18:36:03 GMT -5
PART TWO ACT ONE
In the first two acts of Part Two there's an entire battle sequence that does not show up in the filmed version, where Mark II Vipers are engaged in a battle with three Cylon fighters. Here's part of Kara's radio chatter:
"All right, listen up. I think I figured something out here. That beam thing they tried to hit us with last time? I think that's what they've been using to knock out Colonial defenses. But for some reason, it's not working against these old Vipers. I don't know why and I don't care. All that matters is we've got a level playing field out here now."
ACT TWO
One of the Cylon fighters makes it through and is heading straight for the Galactica. "The bomb bay doors OPEN as before, and FIVE nuclear-tipped MISSILES drop down. We see A CLOUD OF FUEL pour out of Galactica's stern VENTS. The nuclear missiles are just heading out of the bomb bay when a SINGLE BURST of ENERGY shoots out from the right stern thruster of Galactica and IGNITES the entire CLOUD of FUEL. There's no time for the Cylon fighter to react and it's IMMOLATED along with the missiles."
There's additional deleted dialog after Sharon's Raptor lands on Colonial One. Laura asks Sharon and Baltar what the situation is on Kobol. Sharon: "From what I could see, the Cylons appear to be systematically targeting every population center surface for nuclear attack. I doubt there's a city over a hundred thousand people left at this point." Laura: "Doctor, am I correct in assuming that an attack of this magnitude will trigger a world-wide nuclear winter?" Baltar: "Yes. Fallout clouds are drifting across the major continents and altering weather patterns around the globe even as we speak."
There's deleted dialog between Aaron Doral and Boxey, asking him his name and offering him something to eat.
ACT THREE
There's deleted dialog between Tyrol, Leoben and Adama. Tyrol is looking for new weapons coils to replace the ones they detonated earlier. Leoben tells them there may be a problem because "coils like that would fetch quite a price on the open market... that's why I'm here, you know? To scavenge equipment, sell it, make a nice profit... They're in one of loading bays, I was getting ready to bring them aboard my ship."
There's a scene in the script but not in the filmed version with Sharon and Boxey in the Raptor. Boxey asks if she has kids and she replies "no". "Do you want kids?" "I've thought about it, but... I can't have children." "Why not?" "I... don't know, actually. I mean, I've never been told by a doctor or anything, but... somehow I've always just known... in my heart... that I can't have children." She promises Boxey she will come back from her mission.
There's deleted Adama/Leoben dialog where Leoben claims "I almost joined the military... Failed the entrance exam though. Didn't get much sleep the night before and my girlfriend had just dumped me." Shortly thereafter a crane collapses along with a heavy suspended pallet. In the filmed version, it was a loose explosive device that fell off a platform and detonated.
ACT FOUR
In the script the trapped Adama asks if the coils were damaged. In the filmed version he instructs Tyrol's team to fetch bullets and equipment.
There's additional deleted Leoben dialog, where he tells Adama "we'll have to take the ring around to the next spoke, go down to the central axis, then go back up the spoke to the cargo bay."
There's a deleted scene where a Tauranian refinery vessel (filled with Tylium) is directed to Colonial One by Sharon's Raptor. The script notes the presence of Mark VII Vipers "cruising through the area, guarding the fugitive fleet." Laura refers to them in deleted dialog on the Agroship. "If you've looked out the dome, you've probably seen the Vipers which have joined us. They'll help protect us against further attack."
In deleted dialog aboard Colonial One, Lee advises bringing the Mark VII Vipers on board Colonial One and "conserve them until we know how to protect them," because "the Cylons have a way of just... shutting them down." He tells Laura that according to Sharon, "the Cylons are starting to send sensor drones throughout the solar system, looking for survivor ships." Laura hypothesizes that they are "mopping up" because they've already finished military operations on Kobol (Caprica). According to Laura, the Education ministry's census listed the human population at 12,254,197,512.
More dialog was deleted after Laura admits she has cancer. Billy: "I know... Earlier, you know when you were in the bathroom... you got a message from a Doctor Westin asking when you wanted to set an appointment. He's one of the leading oncologists in the world. So I figured..." There's another deleted coffee reference, when Billy asks Laura, "Can I get you anything?" "Coffee. As sweet as you can make it."
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Post by larocque6689 on Jan 7, 2005 18:35:22 GMT -5
ACT THREE
In the meeeting between Lee and and his father, he refers to Commander Adama pulling strings to get Zak into flight school. "You didn't call your buddy Commander Erdwell on the board?" Yet another coffee reference did not make it in the filmed version. "Can I get you anything? We make a truly awful cup of coffee."
In deleted dialogue with Number Six, Baltar admits that by letting her poke around in the defence mainframe he broke "about twenty statutes in the process." Number Six: "You are the very definition of a sinner." Baltar: "Guilty as charged."
Adama's decommission speech is introduced by Elosha who is described as wizened 80-year old priest. In the series the role is played by Lorena Gale, an older female. In the script Adama states "It was the Cylons that were flawed. But the truth is... we're the flawed creation. We're the ones that tried to manufacture life and make it serve us." A version of this was actually filmed and featured in early advertising trailers but later dropped from the final cut. In the first draft Kara/Starbuck joins Lee/Apollo and Jolly in the flyby.
The last dawn on Caprica ("an average day") is described. "SHOP KEEPERS open up their stores... POLICEMEN take a report at a crime scene... CONSTRUCTION WORKERS setting up their equipment... A MAN jogging down by the river..."
Dialog between Baltar and Number Six at his apartment has been deleted after she tells him to "spare me your feigned self-awareness and remorse." This includes such lines as "God wants children to grow and develop on their own. He wants them to reach their full potential. And so it is that parents must die. But parents who stand in the way of God's plan, who defy his will... they must be struck down."
After Laura's transport heads back to Kobol (Caprica), there's a deleted scene between Adama and Kara in the hallway. "Their relationship is warm, easy -- like father and daughter." He asks her if Zak was cut out to be a pilot or not. "He was good. Okay? I taught basic flight. And I passed him. So he must've had something on the ball. Otherwise I wouldn't have passed him. Right?" In the filmed version Kara was still in the brig, so the scene never took place.
The DVD features a deleted scene of a ceremony where Adama "silences the guns of Galactica," ejects weapons coils into space and implodes them. Excising this scene resulted in later references to weapons coils being removed altogether or changed to other references. For example, at Ragnar Anchorage, Adama is looking for "bullets and equipment" instead of replacement weapons coils.
ACT FOUR
In the script, the CIC "is not a Trekkian bridge of neat lines and soft pastels, this is a working facility where men and women sit in chairs for too long, jury-rig broken consoles with tape and wire, and drink way too much coffee."
During the Cylon attack, Adama refers to "an attack on our homes". This was changed to "our homeworlds", again to reflect the change to twelve homeworlds from one. Deleted from the script are Adama's instructions for his XO "to find a new set of weapon coils." Adama's line to Dualla "Pass the word for Lieutenant Thrace" (to restore flight duty) was changed to "get Kara Thrace out of the brig."
One deleted scene involves Baltar boarding a passenger liner at a space terminal, but its engines are shut down just as it is ready for take-off because a "massive power disruption has just hit the traffic control system." Baltar leaves the ship and spots Number Six. "I can't leave." "I know." "That your doing?" "No. That wasn't my job." "What was your job?" "We should discuss this later."
Here are descriptions of Caprica City in the wake of the first mushroom cloud. "The Shopkeeper reacts to the FLASH... The Policemen reacts... The Construction workers react... The jogger reacts..." The spaceport terminal windows are "BLOWN OUT in a shower of GLASS". Caprica City is consumed "by a BLINDING WHITE LIGHT. The flash recedes, forms a BALL of FIRE, then rises into a tower MUSHROOM CLOUD as a fifty-megaton thermonuclear weapon detonates over the city. " In the film version we only see mushroom clouds from space with muffled noise.
ACT FIVE
After Adama says "mourn the dead later" the script describes an "eerie quiet" throughout the ship "as people avoid conversation, try not to think about what just happened. Someone drops a coffee mug and it shatters." The shattered cup is not in the filmed version.
After Boomer tells Helo they have "enough inertia to make it to Kobol's ionosphere" is Helo's deleted line "I think we can officially stop calling you a Rook now."
There's more description of Caprica City's destruction. "We MOVE through the devastated city, finding it littered with rubble, drifting clouds of DUST and debris. And bodies. Hundreds of bodies, including the Shopkeeper, the Policemen, the Construction workers, the jogger..."
Jack is the name given to the person who informs Laura of the Preisdent's unconditional surrender. As he is speaking, he is actually shown on Caprica in the script, "standing in a room with blown-out windows, dust everywhere. The windows look out onto a STREET where there's a continuous RAIN OF DUST and debris. PEOPLE are shellshocked, coughing, trying to find their way to safety."
ACT SIX
This act opens up with a deleted scene that shows up on the DVD release. Lee's Viper is being chased by a Cylon missile as he heads towards the canyons of the Trevor Moon. He notices that it is a Viper training range and takes the Viper into a tunnel opening, turns the Viper around while inside, shoots the missile, and then exits out the other end of a tunnel. The result of this sequence is that the Viper is out of fuel. The main element of this scene (Lee flying into a tunnel) was used in the episode "The Hand of God".
There is an additional deleted scene on the DVD release showing Tyrol's crew preparing Kara's Viper ready for take-off.
ACT SEVEN
Several lines of Dualla dialog were deleted -- she has a head wound as a result of the missile impact against the ship. Tyrol's "40 seconds" speech to Adama aboard the bridge is a later insertion, and not in the first draft. There are subsequent references questioning the correctness of Tigh's decision to vent the departments, however none of them appear up in the filmed version.
There's more deleted dialog referring to Lee's moon sequence. Lee asks Laura how she knew where to look for him. "You had to go somewhere, Kobol was too far, and the nearest celestial body was the Trevor moon."
In the script, Helo and Sharon land the Raptor on an "abandoned emergency airstrip somewhere outside of Caprica City." As the mob approaches, an explosion "sends up a MOUND of DIRT and ROCK into the air. The MOB of people STOPS as the DEBRIS rains down on them." In the filmed version they land in an open field and there is no explosion.
ACT EIGHT
Ther first draft of the script does not indicate the presence of Number Six in the crowd during the lottery sequence on Kobol (Caprica).
There are several lines of deleted dialog between Tigh and Adama prior to the decision to plot a hyperlight jump. Tigh: "Thought the Ragnar Anchorage was scrapped." Adama: "Should've been. Budget cuts kept the Ministry from getting out there and taking it apart." "Nice to see budget cuts helping for a change. It's supposed to be a royal bitch to anchor a ship there." "One of the reasons they decided to scrap it." The filmed version refers to "50 pallets of Class B warheads and all the missiles and small arms we need" where the script originally refers to "three Class B weapons coils in cryo-storage."
Tigh comments that there are "probably rats living in the FTL relays." Adama replies "Hope not. Hate the smell of burned rat."
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Post by larocque6689 on Jan 7, 2005 18:35:05 GMT -5
The Pilot Episode - First Draft versus Final Version Created by John Larocque on January 7, 2005 Last revised: January 7, 2005
This document highlights differences between the first draft of the Battlestar Galactica pilot episode script by Ron Moore (written some time in 2002), and the version that aired on the SciFi Channel in December 2003.
PART ONE ACT ONE
This is the significantly longer text describing the human/Cylon war which begins Part I:
"The Cylons were created by Man. They were the product of a desire to make life easier on the planet Kobol. At first, they were simple robots. Toys. Conversation pieces at parties for the rich and trendy. The Cylons became more advanced. Began to work the mines. Do the hard and dangerous work Man no longer wished to do. And when the people of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol decided to war against each other, the Cylons began to do their fighting and killing for them too. The Cylons were the greatest soldiers the planet had ever seen. Smart. Fast. Deadly. They made decisions without waiting for orders.
"And then the day came when the Cylons decided to kill their masters. The Twelve Colonies rallied together for the first time in centuries. Betrayed by their own technology, they fought the Cylons with weapons that didn't rely on computers. After a long and bloody struggle, the war finally ended. An armistice was declared. The Cylons left Kobol for another world to call their own. A remote space station was built where Cylon and Human could meet and maintain diplomatic relations. Every month, the Colonials send an officer. The Cylons send no one. No one has seen or heard from the Cylons in over forty years."
In the first draft of the script there is only one planet, Kobol, on which there are twelve nations or Colonies. In subsequent drafts the twelve Colonies were restored as separate planets, as a result of a conversation between Ron Moore and a fan of the original series. Thus the film version now substitutes "twelve Colonies" for "planet Kobol", and events taking place on the planet Kobol actually take place on Caprica.
According to the audio commentary on the DVD, a more elaborate version of the opening scene was filmed, featuring the Armistice officer aging over a period of years at his job. They had also planned to show this officer eating an apple for lunch, which was intended to signify that the Colonials lived on a world like our own. This was discarded in place of the current truncated version.
In the script Number Six "looks to be in her twenties, with long flowing raven-black hair, drop-dead looks and a perfect body. Her every move, every gesture is smooth and precise. Her eyes are keenly intelligent." Later on in the script she described on Kobol (Caprica) as having "Carrie Moss Matrix hair." However, in the series Tricia Helfer's character is actually blonde.
In the script, Kara's morning jog includes the lines "Whaddya hear?" "Nothin' but the rain." "Then grab your gun and pull the cat out" This was a nonsense line (pseudo-Marine) that the special effects people later requested be re-used in the Viper battle sequence in Part II. In the filmed version the line reads "Grab your gun, and bring in the cat."
Tyrol is described as "in his late thirties, rugged, with the worn look of a man who's spent a lifetime working in and around big machines." The production team cast Aaron Douglas in the role, resulting in a redefinition of the Tyrol character to reflect a younger age.
In Baltar's interview at the television station, the script notes the presence of Number Six who is watching it in an offstage area. "The Woman glances away from the monitor as a STAGEHAND goes to a small craft-service table and makes himself a cup of coffee. She watches him carefully, intently, focusing on every single move as he pours the cup, puts in cream... The man takes a sip of his coffee, then leaves it on the table before going. Her gaze goes to his abandoned coffee.... [she] picks up the coffee, inhales the smell deeply... then takes a sip... rolls the liquid around in her mouth... smiles to herself and then puts the coffee cup back." This is not in the filmed version.
In the script, there is a longer discussion between Laura Roslin and Doctor Westin on Caprica. In the film version, she's told she has a malignant tumor and the rest of the dialog is drowned out by ship noise, with the scene ending with the Colonial transport taking off. This is followed by excerpts of a scene on the Colonial Transport originally intended for Act 3 where Laura is sobbing in the bathroom for a few moments. The final cut of the bathroom scene takes only a few seconds, though apparently it is prolonged in an earlier "rough cut" of the pilot. Billy's introduction to Laura in Act 1 does not appear in the film version.
At the end of Act I is the controversial baby-killing scene, which was written to add more menace to the Cylons, and in particular, Number Six's character. It first appeared in the second draft of the script.
ACT TWO
"In what will become a signature stylistic element of our series, we open this Act with a MULTIPLE SPLIT SCREEN format." The production ultimately discarded use of split screens.
The script describes Sharon as "the squadron rookie... she's less sure of herself than the other pilots, more vulnerable." Sharon's "unsteady, herky-jerky" landing of the Raptor was deleted from the film version and shows up as a bonus on the DVD. Additionally, references in the script to Sharon being a "rook" by Tyrol (and later Helo) are also absent. Sharon's landing is followed by Sharon and Tyrol arguing, and then finally embracing in the storage locker.
This is followed by another deleted scene between Cally, Socinus and Prosna (also a bonus on the DVD) describing reactions to Tyrol's fraternising with Sharon. Cally: "The groping lamp is on in the tool shed." Socinus: "This is outta control. The chief lost his mind or something?" Prosna: "Yeah. He's just sleeping with the division officer. What's wrong with that?" Another deleted scene featured on the DVD is the latter half of Billy and Dualla's first meeting in the officer's unisex bathroom.
There are differences between the script and filmed version of Tigh's meeting in Adama's quarters. In the script, Tigh tells Adama that Kara's flight status was revoked ("Just a friendly game that got out of hand"). He also claimed his estranged wife was "sleeping with half the population of Geminon while I'm away." In the filmed version Tigh wanted to press charges, and that Kara was to be put in the brig for striking a superior officer. He also admitted he provoked Kara by first kicking her under the table. In the script, Adama is sipping coffee, but in the flimed version he's not drinking anything. In the filmed version this scene takes place immediately following the card game in Act I.
In the first draft, Kara joins the CAG meeting even though she wasn't supposed to be there. The script notes that "the insolence doesn't go unnoticed by the CAG." Kara sits down next to Lee Adama, which is the first encounter between the two. In the film version, Kara is not present at the CAG meeting.
The lines that are spoken in the brig in the filmed version originally took place between Lee and Kara at the end of this meeting. Kara makes it clear in the first draft that she sides with Lee's father. Kara: "I was there, you weren't, and what happened to Zak was an accident. That's it." Lee: "He got to you. I can't believe it. He actually got to you." Kara: "Look, when Zak died, I lost it. Okay? I was done. Probably would've ended up back in Picon driving a truck. The Old Man brought me here, said go be a pilot. Put me back on my feet." Lee: "I'm not looking for a fight with you." Kara: "You go up against Commander Adama, you've got one anyway." Lee: "And Zak actually wanted to marry you. Now here you are siding with the man who basically killed him."
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Post by larocque6689 on Jan 15, 2005 9:25:37 GMT -5
I don't have a problem. Keep in mind, the credits thing is an ongoing update. And I corrected a number of episode dates, so those are things that will be passed along as we get further along into the season.
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Post by larocque6689 on Jan 13, 2005 18:58:58 GMT -5
I've added in credits for the episode Colonial Day.
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Post by larocque6689 on Jan 3, 2005 20:42:13 GMT -5
Here's a quick episode guide I put together. It's closely based on the actual credits of the show and what I could find on upcoming episodes.
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Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide Created by John Larocque on December 23, 2004 Episode descriptions reprinted from Gateworld Last revised: January 20, 2005
Cast: Edward James Olmos (Commander William Adama) Mary McDonnell (Laura Roslin) Katee Sackhoff (Lieutenant Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace) Jamie Bamber (Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama) James Callis (Doctor Gaius Baltar) Tricia Helfer (Number Six) Grace Park (Lieutenant J.G. Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii)
Michael Hogan (Colonel Paul Tigh) Aaron Douglas (Chief Petty Officer Tyrol) Tahmoh Penikett (Lieutenant Karl 'Helo' Agathon) Kandyse McClure (Petty Officer 2nd Dualla) Paul Campbell (Billy Keikeya) Alessandro Juliani (Lieutenant Gaeta) Samuel Witwer (Crashdown) Nicki Clyne (Crewman Specialist Cally)
Credits: Producer: Harvey Frand Executive Producer: Ronald D. Moore, David Eick Consulting Producer: Glen A. Larson Associate Producer: Paul M. Leonard Director of Photography: Stephen McNutt Editors: Dany Cooper, Jacques Gravett Creator: Glen A. Larson Story Editors: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson Music: Richard Gibbs, Bear McCreary Production Designer: Richard Hudolin Co-Executive Producer: Toni Graphia Production Management: Ron E. French Production Coordinator: Cara Rogers Line Producer: Ron E. French Staff Writer: Carla Robinson Developer: Ronald D. Moore Visual Effects Supervisor: Gary Hutzel Main Title Theme: Richard Gibbs
Episodes "Battlestar Galactica" (The 4-hour 2-part pilot episode) Written by: Ronald D. Moore and Christopher Eric James, based on a teleplay by Glen A Larson Directed by: Michael Rymer US Airdate: December 8-9, 2003 UK Airdate: October 14-15 Cast: Callum Keith Rennie (Leoben Conoy), Matthew Bennett (Aaron Doral), Lorena Gale (Priest Elosha), Barclay Hope (Transport Pilot), Connor Widdows (Boxey), John Mann (Captain Jackson 'Ripper' Spencer, Commander Air Group), Michael Eklund (Crewman Specialist Prosna), Haili Page (Cami), Alonso Oyarzun (Crewman Specialist Socinus), Ty Olsson (Captain Kelly, Landing Signal Officer), Ron Blecker (Launch Officer), Ryan Robbins (Colonel [Boxey's Father]), Tim Henry (Doctor Westin), Kwesi Ameyaw (Agro Ship Captain), Brenda McDonald (Old Woman), Suleka Mathews (Kellan Brody), Erin Karpluk (Boxey's Aunt), Jenn Griffin (Woman #1 on Transport Ship), B.J. Harrison (Woman #2 on Transport Ship), Moneca Delain (Blonde Woman), Zahf Paroo (Man), Robert Lewis (Man #1 on Transport Ship), Denzel Sinclaire (Man #2 on Transport Ship), Nadine Wright (Chantara), Michael Soltis (Chantara's Husband), Fred Keating (Junior Reporter), Lymari Nadal (Gina), Biski Gugushe (Pilot #1), Nahanni Arntzen (Pilot #2), Nigel Vonas (Pilot #3), Ryan Nelson (Pilot #4)
This is the pilot episode of the new Sci-Fi Channel series which aired nearly a year before the first episode of Season 1. A Cylon sneak attack on the Twelve Homeworlds destroys the human race. The survivors regroup and head out into space, led by the last surviving Battlestar Galactica under its commander Adama. A special edited three-hour version of the pilot aired on NBC on January 8, 2005.
Episode #101: 33 Written by: Ronald D. Moore Directed by: Michael Rymer US Airdate: January 14, 2005 UK Airdate: October 18, 2004 Guest cast: Alonso Oyarzun (Crewman Specialist Socinus)
Exhausted, and only thirty-three minutes after coming out of a "jump", the fleet is attacked by the Cylons and must determine how they are being tracked.
Episode #102: Water Written by: Ronald D. Moore Directed by: Marita Grabiak US Airdate: January 14, 2005 UK Airdate: Oct 25, 2004
Boomer wakes up with a bag full of explosives, and no memory of why she has them, or where or what she was doing the night before, or why she's all wet.
Episode #103: Bastille Day Written by: Toni Graphia Directed by: Allan Kroeker US Airdate: January 21, 2005 UK Airdate: November 1, 2004 Guest cast: Connor Widdows (Boxey), Richard Hatch (Tom Zarek), Alonso Oyarzun (Crewman Specialist Socinus), Pat Adrien Dorval (Wilkiens), Ron Selmour (Seabourne), Matthew Bennett (Aaron Doral), Brett Stait (Mason), Graham Young (Marine #1), Curtis Hicks (Marine #2), Colby Johannson (Ryan 'Flat-Top' Cisco)
A political prisoner and leader of a dissident movement takes members of the Galactica crew hostage in a bid for freedom, and demands that a new President be duly elected.
Episode #104: Act of Contrition Written by: Bradley Thompson and David Weddle Directed by: Rod K. Hardy US Airdate: January 28, 2005 UK Airdate: November 8, 2004 Guest cast: Lorena Gale (Priest Elosha), Donnelly Rhodes (Doctor Cottle), Jill Teed (Sergeant Hadrian), Tobias Mehler (Zak Adama), Colby Johannson (Ryan 'Flat Top' Cisco), Bill Weilen (Caprica Cleric), Bodie Olmos (Costanza / Hot Dog), Luciana Carro (Katraine / Kat), Terry Chen (Perry / Chuckles)
A deadly accident on the hangar deck forces the Galactica to draft inexperienced pilots to fly Vipers -- and brings up painful memories for Kara and Lee.
Episode #105: You Can't Go Home Again Written by: Carla Robinson Directed by: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan US Airdate: February 4, 2005 UK Airdate: November 15, 2004 Guest cast: Donnelly Rhodes (Doctor Cottle), Alonso Oyarzun (Crewman Specialist Socinus), Bodie Olmos (Costanza / Hot Dog)
When Kara is hit by enemy fire and goes missing, Lee and Adama stir controversy by conducting a search that uses the fleet's precious resources.
Episode #106: Litmus Written by: Jeff Vlaming Directed by: Rod K. Hardy US Airdate: February 11, 2005 UK Airdate: November 22, 2004 Guest cast: Donnelly Rhodes (Doctor Cottle), Jill Teed (Sergeant Hadrian), Dominic Zamprogna, Alonso Oyarzun (Crewman Specialist Socinus), Bodie Olmos (Costanza / Hot Dog), Matthew Bennett (Aaron Doral), Christina Schild (Playa Kohn), Raahul Singh (Kimmit), Shaw Madson (Marine Corporal), Nimet Kanji (Candace Myson - Tribunal), Biski Gugushe (Reporter #1), Morris Chapdelaine (Reporter #2)
A Cylon attack on board the Galactica reveals that the enemy agents can be indistinguishable from humans, prompting a tribunal inquiry that puts Valerii and Tyrol on the spot.
Episode #107: Six Degrees of Separation Written by: Michael Angeli Directed by: Robert M. Young US Airdate: February 18, 2005 UK Airdate: November 29, 2004 Guest cast: Tricia Helfer (Shelley Godfrey), Donnelly Rhodes (Doctor Cottle), Christina Schild (Journalist - Playa), Biski Gugushe (Journalist - Eick)
Number Six shows up on board the Galactica posing as someone else, prompting a crisis for Baltar when she accuses him of being a traitor.
Episode #108: Flesh and Bone Written by: Toni Graphia Directed by: Brad Turner US Airdate: February 25, 2005 UK Airdate: December 6, 2004 Guest cast: Callum Keith Rennie (Leoben Conoy), Matthew Bennett (Aaron Doral), Christina Schild (Playa Kohn), Eric Breker (Gemenon Captain), Biski Gugushe (Hamilton)
Kara is ordered to interrogate a Cylon prisoner, who claims that he has hidden a bomb on board the Galactica.
Episode #109: Tigh Me Up Tigh Me Down (aka Secrets and Lies) Written by: Jeff Vlaming Directed by: Edward James Olmos US Airdate: UK Airdate: December 13, 2004 Guest cast: Kate Vernon (Ellen Tigh), Matthew Bennett (Aaron Doral), Alex Green (Deckhand)
Colonel Tigh is stunned when his wife miraculously turns up in the fleet, having escaped the Cylon attack and wishing to reconcile.
Episode #110: The Hand of God Written by: David Weddle and Bradley Thompson Directed by: Jeff Woolnoug US Airdate: UK Airdate: January 3, 2005 Guest cast: Lorena Gale (Priest Elosha), Cailin Stadnyk (Ensign Davis), Bodie Olmos (Costanza / Hot Dog), Luciana Carro (Katraine), Terry Chen (Perry / Chuckles), Christina Schild (Playa Kohn), Biski Gugushe (Hamilton), Paul Cummings (Pilot / Fireball), Camille Sullivan (Pilot / Stepchild)
The Galactica launches a daring attack on a Cylon base.
Episode #111: Colonial Day Written by: Carla Robinson Directed by: Jonas J. Pete US Airdate: UK Airdate: January 10, 2005 Guest cast: Richard Hatch (Tom Zarek), Kate Vernon (Ellen Tigh), Robert Wisden (Wallace Gray), David Kaye (James McManus), Alex Zahara (Valance), Patrick Gallagher, Malcolm Stewart, Cailin Stadnyk (Ensign Davis), Christina Schild (Playa Palacios), Biski Gugushe (Sekou Hamilton), James Ashcroft (Spectator #1), Patricia Idlette (Sarah Porter), Mario Battista (Gardener)
The impending election of a new Vice President gives activist Tom Zarek an opportunity to make a move for political power.
Episode #112: Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 1 Written by: Ronald D. Moore, based on a story by David Eick Directed by: Micahel Rymer US Airdate: UK Airdate: January 17, 2005 Guest cast: Lorena Gale (Priest Elosha), Donnelly Rhodes (Doctor Cottle), Alonso Oyarzun (Crewman Specialist Socinus), Bodie Olmos (Costanza / Hot Dog), Stephen Spender (Pilot), James Bell (ECO)
The fleet discovers the planet Kobol.
Episode #113: Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2 Written by: Ronald D. Moore, based on a story by David Eick Directed by: Micahel Rymer US Airdate: UK Airdate: January 24, 2005 Guest cast:
Cylon raiders shoot down a Raptor from the Galactica over Kobol.
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Post by larocque6689 on Jan 6, 2005 0:22:41 GMT -5
That's right - God through his chosen agents the Cylons and in particular Number Six, Baltar and President Roslin ( ??) are leading Man to Kobol, as prophecied by Leoben.
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Post by larocque6689 on Jan 3, 2005 22:33:53 GMT -5
I can't say I was thrilled with the kind of role that Richard played, but I was impressed with how good he was. And I've seen Richard in a lot of embarassing roles over the years. This is his best acting in a long time. He'd be an asset to the new series.
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Post by larocque6689 on Jan 3, 2005 21:15:08 GMT -5
I've long suspected Hatch's ascention to the presidency (shades of Nelson Mandela) as a story possibility. KR may remember some older threads at other boards where I've commented on this.
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Post by larocque6689 on Jan 6, 2005 23:44:27 GMT -5
If you have the DVD, go to the deleted scene with the unfinished F/X of Lee's Viper entering the atmosphere of the Trevor moon as a missile is chasing after him. There's a very good description of this scene in the first draft of the RDM script. The script describes Lee's Viper entering a tunnel, which was originally part of a Colonial Viper training facility. While in the tunnel, he then reverses the Viper and flies backwards, shoots down a Cylon missile, and then finally exits himself out the other end. In this unfinished scene, the sequence leaves Lee's Viper out of fuel.
According to the producers in the DVD commentary, they had planned to use this sequence in another episode.
Guess what. They finally did.
Lee does virtually the same thing thing in "The Hand of God" - that is - flying through a tunnel shaft. It's one of the most exciting sequences in "The Hand of God" and a highlight of the episode.
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Post by larocque6689 on Dec 13, 2004 19:59:53 GMT -5
She asked me to tell Ernest that she posted his reviews. I'm not sure which ones but they would be on that page.
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Post by larocque6689 on Dec 13, 2004 17:47:00 GMT -5
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Post by larocque6689 on Nov 22, 2004 6:57:24 GMT -5
Number Six: It's too bad you won't find out if she's a real blonde.
The situations in this episode stretched credulity. However, this episode had heart and that covers a lot of faults for me.
According to one site, the Caprica/Helo sequence ate up many F/X dollars.
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Post by larocque6689 on Mar 6, 2005 9:47:32 GMT -5
members.tripod.com/john_larocque/tns/archive.htmlI have the deleted scenes described in detail. There's a transcript version of the miniseries linked on the main page. "From orgiinal script to the final version" discusses both the draft script (which you can find online) and deleted scenes on the DVD.
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Post by larocque6689 on Jan 26, 2005 23:17:28 GMT -5
Rob Salem of the Toronto Star wrote three paragraphs on Hatch in the new Galactica. It's publicity.
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