Faith (Battlestar Galactica)
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"Faith" is the eighth episode in the fourth season of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica
. It first aired on television on May 9, 2008. The episode guest starred actress Nana Visitor
, best known for her role as Kira Nerys
on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
. The survivor count shown in the title sequence is 39,675.
refuses to obey Captain Starbuck
's orders to rendezvous with Leoben's
Basestar
. Starbuck tries to initiate the FTL jump herself but is restrained by Athena. Helo tells Gaeta
to initiate the jump to the fleet, but Anders
prevents it by shooting Gaeta in the leg. Holding Helo at gunpoint, Anders forcefully reminds him that Starbuck is still in command.
Horrified by the outcome of the situation, Starbuck finally agrees that taking the Demetrius is too risky and will instead take a Raptor
. Anders volunteers to go with her, and Starbuck asks Athena to go as well, hoping she will alert them of any traps. Helo states the Raptor doesn't have enough fuel to return to the fleet, but Starbuck believes she can return with the Basestar. Helo gives her a 15 hour window before he returns to the fleet.
On Colonial One, President Roslin
talks with her aide Tory Foster
. She commends Tory, who has stepped up with more confidence in her duties and asks her to keep an eye on every issue. Because of her declining health, Roslin is unable to handle every detail herself.
Meanwhile, Starbuck's Raptor jumps to the middle of a Basestar graveyard. As she searches, Starbuck feels close to something and guides the Raptor to the sight of a ringed gas giant with three stars and a comet – the comet being, to Starbuck's astonishment, Leoben's Basestar as it trails vapor behind it. Suddenly, the Raptor is struck by debris and Starbuck is knocked unconscious.
Starbuck awakens, finding herself inside a Basestar hangar bay. While Athena inspects the Raptor, she is approached by several copies of the Number Eight model. One of them tells her that she was the first to realize their kind need not be a slave to their programming. They explain that in their attempt to revolt, the Sixes
only led them to disaster and they ask Athena to help lead a mutiny against them. Athena refuses to get involved and admonishes the copies about picking a side and staying with it.
In Galacticas sickbay, Roslin overhears a terminal cancer patient, Emily Kowalski, complaining about her treatment. She finds her listening to Gaius Baltar
over the radio, and suggests Emily's treatment would go better if she did not listen to him. Emily suddenly explodes in rage and tells Roslin to go away.
Back on the Basestar, Leoben argues with a Six (Natalie) over allowing Starbuck to see the Hybrid. Starbuck sees no choice in the matter as both sides need to help each other. Athena interfaces with the Cylon computer and informs that the Basestar's FTL is damaged. The system can piggyback off the Raptor's FTL to navigate a jump back to the Demetrius, but the Hybrid will have to be disconnected. After observing Athena's interface, Anders eyes another terminal. He inches his hand toward it covertly, but Starbuck calls his attention elsewhere.
As Anders' associate, Jean Barolay, preps the Raptor for the FTL link up, a copy of Six approaches and recognizes her as a resistance member back on New Caprica. The Six reminds Jean that she had murdered her, unprovoked, in cold blood. When Jean replies that she would be happy to do it again, the Six slams her head into the Raptor door frame. Jean stumbles and collapses, dead. Infuriated, Anders forces the Six to the deck and holds a gun to her head. Starbuck tries to talk Anders down from killing her. The Six known as Natalie asks her sister why she killed Barolay. The Six tells her of an incident on New Caprica when Barolay pushed her into a water treatment reservoir and did nothing but watch her drown, and that she could not get past it. Natalie reaches for the gun and while it is still in Anders' hands, she pulls the trigger herself. Natalie tells a stunned Anders that she gave him what he wanted – "blood for blood", and with no Resurrection Ship, she says the Six is as dead as his friend.
Back on Galactica, Roslin talks again with Emily who apologizes for her earlier outburst. She tells Roslin that she doesn't agree with Baltar's political stance, but agrees with his religious beliefs saying that she feels a single loving presence from God just as Baltar describes it. She says she had a dream of standing on a ferry boat, crossing the river that Baltar says separates their world from the afterlife. On the shore, she sees her family waiting for her.
On the Basestar, Starbuck sees the Hybrid and listens to her strange rant of technical information and nonsensical statements. Athena and another Eight arrive to disconnect the Hybrid; as the Eight proceeds to pull the connector, the Hybrid begins to howl. A Centurion guarding the room quickly reacts and shoots the Eight in the ensuing confusion. As Kara and Athena disable the Centurion with multiple gunshots, the Hybrid speaks to Starbuck: "The dying leader will know the truth of the opera house. The missing three will give you the five who have come from the home of the thirteenth. You are the harbinger of death, Kara Thrace. You will lead them all to their end. End of line." Starbuck stares into the face of the Hybrid, horrified by what she has been told.
On Galactica, Roslin sits with Emily. Roslin explains that Baltar is speaking only of the Cylon God, but Emily believes he is the god of all and argues that the metaphysical stories of the Lords of Kobol
are inconceivable. Roslin agrees, stating the Lords are only metaphors. Roslin tearfully harkens back to when her mother was dying and how she believed Aphrodite
would take her away, but in the end there was nothing but darkness. Emily says that Roslin was the one who saw only darkness and couldn't possibly know what her mother really experienced.
Back on the Basestar, Natalie tries to solve the Hybrid's riddle saying "the Three" is reference to D'anna and that she knows who the final five Cylons are. The five have come from the 13th tribe and they will know where Earth is. The next step is to unbox D'anna. Now knowing what to do, Starbuck's team and the Cylons prepare to rendezvous with the Demetrius.
On Galactica, Roslin has the dream that Emily described. Seeing herself on a boat with Emily and her loved ones waiting by the shore. Roslin sees her mother standing there for her, but responds that she is "not ready". She awakens to find that Emily has died.
On Demetrius, the clock has run out and Helo prepares to jump back to the fleet. Suddenly, the Basestar appears right on top of them. Athena calls Helo and tells him they have successfully secured the Basestar.
On Galactica, Roslin talks to Admiral Adama
, discussing Emily's shared dream she had. Adama doesn't know what to make of it; his thoughts are set on Lee turning in his wings for a political career, and Starbuck's sudden reappearance from the dead. Knowing the Demetrius is overdue, Adama wonders if he will ever see Starbuck and her crew again. Roslin explains that she is with him now and that they will find Earth. Adama recollects when he only was using the myth of Earth as a carrot for the fleet. Roslin asks why he now believes in Earth, and he replies, smiling, she made him believe.
Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
Battlestar Galactica is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore as a re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series created by Glen A. Larson...
. It first aired on television on May 9, 2008. The episode guest starred actress Nana Visitor
Nana Visitor
Nana Visitor , born Nana Tucker, is an American actress, best known for playing Kira Nerys in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Jean Ritter in the television series Wildfire.-Early life:...
, best known for her role as Kira Nerys
Kira Nerys
Kira Nerys , played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Backstory:Per Bajoran custom, her family name, Kira, precedes her given name, Nerys. She has two brothers , and her parents' names are Kira Taban and Kira Meru...
on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
. The survivor count shown in the title sequence is 39,675.
Plot
The episode begins aboard the Demetrius, as HeloKarl Agathon
Karl C. Agathon is a fictional character on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica TV series, portrayed by Tahmoh Penikett.-Background:...
refuses to obey Captain Starbuck
Kara Thrace
Kara Thrace is a fictional character in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica franchise. Played by Katee Sackhoff, she is a revised version of Lieutenant Starbuck from the 1978 Battlestar Galactica series...
's orders to rendezvous with Leoben's
Leoben Conoy
Leoben Conoy is a fictional character portrayed by Callum Keith Rennie appearing in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series....
Basestar
Cylon Basestar
The Basestar is the capital ship of the Cylons in the 1978 science fiction television series and movie Battlestar Galactica along with its re-imagining in the 2003 miniseries and 2004 television series.- Battlestar Galactica :...
. Starbuck tries to initiate the FTL jump herself but is restrained by Athena. Helo tells Gaeta
Felix Gaeta
Lieutenant Junior Grade Felix Gaeta is a fictional character on Battlestar Galactica played by Alessandro Juliani.- Character overview in his early career :...
to initiate the jump to the fleet, but Anders
Samuel Anders
Samuel T. Anders is a fictional character from the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica television series, played by Michael Trucco...
prevents it by shooting Gaeta in the leg. Holding Helo at gunpoint, Anders forcefully reminds him that Starbuck is still in command.
Horrified by the outcome of the situation, Starbuck finally agrees that taking the Demetrius is too risky and will instead take a Raptor
Colonial Raptor
The Raptor is a multipurpose military spacecraft featured in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. According to producer Ronald D. Moore, the Raptor is analogous to the U.S. Navy's EA-6B Prowler.-Description:...
. Anders volunteers to go with her, and Starbuck asks Athena to go as well, hoping she will alert them of any traps. Helo states the Raptor doesn't have enough fuel to return to the fleet, but Starbuck believes she can return with the Basestar. Helo gives her a 15 hour window before he returns to the fleet.
On Colonial One, President Roslin
Laura Roslin
Her first actions include organizing all FTL-capable ships together and convincing Commander William Adama to abandon a retaliatory attack on the Cylons. President Roslin and Billy Keikeya, her aide/press secretary/chief of staff, establish a working office space aboard her transport, renamed...
talks with her aide Tory Foster
Tory Foster
Tory Foster is a fictional character from the 2004 TV series Battlestar Galactica, portrayed by Rekha Sharma.-Character biography:Tory, like the other members of the Final Five, was originally from a planet called Earth...
. She commends Tory, who has stepped up with more confidence in her duties and asks her to keep an eye on every issue. Because of her declining health, Roslin is unable to handle every detail herself.
Meanwhile, Starbuck's Raptor jumps to the middle of a Basestar graveyard. As she searches, Starbuck feels close to something and guides the Raptor to the sight of a ringed gas giant with three stars and a comet – the comet being, to Starbuck's astonishment, Leoben's Basestar as it trails vapor behind it. Suddenly, the Raptor is struck by debris and Starbuck is knocked unconscious.
Starbuck awakens, finding herself inside a Basestar hangar bay. While Athena inspects the Raptor, she is approached by several copies of the Number Eight model. One of them tells her that she was the first to realize their kind need not be a slave to their programming. They explain that in their attempt to revolt, the Sixes
Number Six (Battlestar Galactica)
Number Six is a family of fictional characters from the reimagined science fiction television series, Battlestar Galactica. She is portrayed by Canadian actress and model Tricia Helfer. Of the twelve known Cylon models, she is the sixth of the "Significant Seven"...
only led them to disaster and they ask Athena to help lead a mutiny against them. Athena refuses to get involved and admonishes the copies about picking a side and staying with it.
In Galacticas sickbay, Roslin overhears a terminal cancer patient, Emily Kowalski, complaining about her treatment. She finds her listening to Gaius Baltar
Gaius Baltar
Gaius Baltar is a fictional character in the TV series Battlestar Galactica played by James Callis, a reimagining of Count Baltar from the 1978 Battlestar Galactica series...
over the radio, and suggests Emily's treatment would go better if she did not listen to him. Emily suddenly explodes in rage and tells Roslin to go away.
Back on the Basestar, Leoben argues with a Six (Natalie) over allowing Starbuck to see the Hybrid. Starbuck sees no choice in the matter as both sides need to help each other. Athena interfaces with the Cylon computer and informs that the Basestar's FTL is damaged. The system can piggyback off the Raptor's FTL to navigate a jump back to the Demetrius, but the Hybrid will have to be disconnected. After observing Athena's interface, Anders eyes another terminal. He inches his hand toward it covertly, but Starbuck calls his attention elsewhere.
As Anders' associate, Jean Barolay, preps the Raptor for the FTL link up, a copy of Six approaches and recognizes her as a resistance member back on New Caprica. The Six reminds Jean that she had murdered her, unprovoked, in cold blood. When Jean replies that she would be happy to do it again, the Six slams her head into the Raptor door frame. Jean stumbles and collapses, dead. Infuriated, Anders forces the Six to the deck and holds a gun to her head. Starbuck tries to talk Anders down from killing her. The Six known as Natalie asks her sister why she killed Barolay. The Six tells her of an incident on New Caprica when Barolay pushed her into a water treatment reservoir and did nothing but watch her drown, and that she could not get past it. Natalie reaches for the gun and while it is still in Anders' hands, she pulls the trigger herself. Natalie tells a stunned Anders that she gave him what he wanted – "blood for blood", and with no Resurrection Ship, she says the Six is as dead as his friend.
Back on Galactica, Roslin talks again with Emily who apologizes for her earlier outburst. She tells Roslin that she doesn't agree with Baltar's political stance, but agrees with his religious beliefs saying that she feels a single loving presence from God just as Baltar describes it. She says she had a dream of standing on a ferry boat, crossing the river that Baltar says separates their world from the afterlife. On the shore, she sees her family waiting for her.
On the Basestar, Starbuck sees the Hybrid and listens to her strange rant of technical information and nonsensical statements. Athena and another Eight arrive to disconnect the Hybrid; as the Eight proceeds to pull the connector, the Hybrid begins to howl. A Centurion guarding the room quickly reacts and shoots the Eight in the ensuing confusion. As Kara and Athena disable the Centurion with multiple gunshots, the Hybrid speaks to Starbuck: "The dying leader will know the truth of the opera house. The missing three will give you the five who have come from the home of the thirteenth. You are the harbinger of death, Kara Thrace. You will lead them all to their end. End of line." Starbuck stares into the face of the Hybrid, horrified by what she has been told.
On Galactica, Roslin sits with Emily. Roslin explains that Baltar is speaking only of the Cylon God, but Emily believes he is the god of all and argues that the metaphysical stories of the Lords of Kobol
Lords of Kobol
The Lords of Kobol are deities featured in the fictional universe of Battlestar Galactica. The Lords of Kobol are worshiped by the humans of the Twelve Colonies...
are inconceivable. Roslin agrees, stating the Lords are only metaphors. Roslin tearfully harkens back to when her mother was dying and how she believed Aphrodite
Lords of Kobol
The Lords of Kobol are deities featured in the fictional universe of Battlestar Galactica. The Lords of Kobol are worshiped by the humans of the Twelve Colonies...
would take her away, but in the end there was nothing but darkness. Emily says that Roslin was the one who saw only darkness and couldn't possibly know what her mother really experienced.
Back on the Basestar, Natalie tries to solve the Hybrid's riddle saying "the Three" is reference to D'anna and that she knows who the final five Cylons are. The five have come from the 13th tribe and they will know where Earth is. The next step is to unbox D'anna. Now knowing what to do, Starbuck's team and the Cylons prepare to rendezvous with the Demetrius.
On Galactica, Roslin has the dream that Emily described. Seeing herself on a boat with Emily and her loved ones waiting by the shore. Roslin sees her mother standing there for her, but responds that she is "not ready". She awakens to find that Emily has died.
On Demetrius, the clock has run out and Helo prepares to jump back to the fleet. Suddenly, the Basestar appears right on top of them. Athena calls Helo and tells him they have successfully secured the Basestar.
On Galactica, Roslin talks to Admiral Adama
William Adama
William "Bill" Adama is a fictional character portrayed by Edward James Olmos in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica television series...
, discussing Emily's shared dream she had. Adama doesn't know what to make of it; his thoughts are set on Lee turning in his wings for a political career, and Starbuck's sudden reappearance from the dead. Knowing the Demetrius is overdue, Adama wonders if he will ever see Starbuck and her crew again. Roslin explains that she is with him now and that they will find Earth. Adama recollects when he only was using the myth of Earth as a carrot for the fleet. Roslin asks why he now believes in Earth, and he replies, smiling, she made him believe.
External links
- "Faith" at Battlestar Wiki
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