Written By: David Eick & Ronald D. Moore
Directed By: Jeff Woolnough
The opening sequence is a collage of scenes alternating back and fourth between Kobol and Galactica. On Kobol the President’s team is climbing up a mountain in the rain, Struggling to get up. Roslin also tries to keep track of all the notations in the scriptures. On Galactica, Adama, Tigh, Gaeta and Tyrol go over scriptures and maps to try to find the location of Roslin’s party on Kobol.
(1a) INT. GALACTICA – ADAMA’S QUARTERS (01:46 – 01:52)
***** TYROL IS IN THIS SCENE. NO DIALOGUE *****
(1b) INT. GALACTICA – ADAMA’S QUARTERS (02:29 – 03:08)
Adama: She could be anywhere.
Gaeta: If we only use information contained within the Book of Pythia, which makes sense given the President’s identification for that particular gospel, then the Tomb of Athena is most likely located somewhere… in the mountains to the west of the City of the Gods.
Adama: Let’s assume she starts at the most easily recognized landmark, which is the Opera House. They’d be setting down somewhere around here in this meadow, then heading west.
(1c) INT. GALACTICA – ADAMA’S QUARTERS (03:27 – 03:40)
Tyrol: Raptor One went down right about here just outside the ruins of the city. Now, we never made it past, say, here. But we visually scouted the approaches out to the mountains.
(1d) INT. GALACTICA – ADAMA’S QUARTERS (03:53 – 04:22)
Tigh: If this is all she’s got to go on, I don’t know how the hell that woman thinks she’s gonna find this tomb.
Adama: Well, maybe she’s seen it in a vision.
Tigh: (snickers)
Gaeta: (Stifled laughter)
Adama: I’m serious. She says she sees things. Images, prophecies, whatever. The point is that she believes in them. And so do the people that are with her.
Tyrol: Sir, all due respect, that terrain is so rugged, I can’t imagine navigating it without a map or a guide.
(1e) INT. GALACTICA – ADAMA’S QUARTERS (04:48 – 06:00)
Gaeta: The last rescue team reported no sign of a Cylon Baseship or a Raider anywhere near Kobol.
Adama: Well, we’ll set the jump arrival coordinates to the upper atmosphere. Just in case.
Gaeta: Ah, sir, that’s risky, and it’s certainly not possible with a ship of this size.
Adama: I’ll be going down in a Raptor.
Tigh: What?
Adama: I’m not gonna leave the fleet undefended. And it’s too risky to try and take all of us.
Tigh: We’ll send a search party for frak’s sake.
Adama: [sighs] “And Zeus warned the leaders of the 12 tribes that any return to Kobol would exact a price in blood”
Tyrol: It certainly did for us.
Adama: No more bloodshed, enough loss. I’m only gonna take people who are absolutely necessary. Don’t try to argue with me, Saul. Truth is, I’m the only one that can reach out to Roslin. It’s always been between us anyway. We may have gone down separately, but we’re gonna come back together. Hopefully on our feet. But even in body bags we’re gonna be coming back together.
(2) RAPTOR ONE (12:34 – 14:09)
Tyrol: How simple could it be? Okay. We were in the north-northwest continent, quadrant c, sector 2, which…
Racetrack: Oh, for frak’s sake, let me see if I can make heads or tails of it.
Tyrol: Look, I marked the terrain as best I could but we’re not… Topography’s for pansies anyways.
Adama: (to Billy) How you feeling? Diplomatic?
Billy: I still don’t think this is a very good idea, Commander. The last time she saw me, she wasn’t too happy with me.
Adama: She trusts you. Values your counsel. She’ll listen to you.
Billy: I doubt that very much. I’m her assistant. She doesn’t put any more stock in what I say than-
Adama: She thinks you’ll be president one day.
Billy: ‘Scuse me?
Adama: That’s what she said to me once. That you reminded her of President Adar when he ran for his first office.
Billy: I don’t really know how to respond to that, sir.
Adama: Don’t let it go to your head. Adar was a moron.
Racetrack: This is an intra-atmos entry. You guys buckled in?
Adama: Yeah
[The raptor makes a jump to Kobol. It jumps straight into the atmosphere, the crew is subjected to some very strong g forces during reentry]
Racetrack: Perimeter’s clear. No cylon presence.
Adama: See? Nothing to worry about. Having good luck already.
(3) KOBOL – CAMPSITE (20:51 – 24:35)
[Sound of disturbed brush]
Apollo: (whispering) Psst! Starbuck! Psst.
Starbuck: High low.
[The party take up defensive positions in anticipation of an attack. Apollo peaks around a corner with his gun raised and finds Adama there also with his gun raised]
Adama: Put down your weapon, Captain.
[They each put down their weapons, and hug each other. Adama starts to cry]
Roslin: Commander.
Adama: It’s good to see you.
Billy: Madame President.
Roslin: Billy. Billy, you have no idea what it means to me to have you here.
Billy: It’s good to see you too.
[Adama walks over to Starbuck, brushes the hair away from her face]
Tyrol: (seeing Athena) Oh, my gods. Commander? Commander!
[Tyrol raises his weapon to defend Adama]
Helo: She’s with us, Commander.
[Adama starts to stare her down. He has a series of flashbacks of being shot and seeing Boomer’s corpse]
Adama: (from ‘The Farm’ in the morgue) Why?
[Adama attacks her. He puts his hand around her throat and throws her to the ground]
Roslin: Commander, no! No!
Apollo: (to Zarek) Get off him
Adama: I want you to die.
Roslin: Commander. Commander, please don’t. We need her.
Helo: Commander! Commander, you’ve gotta let her go.
Adama: Die.
Helo: Sir!
[Athena is still being strangled. She grunts and makes some choking noises. Soon though Adama starts to have an anxiety attack and loses strength and starts to fall off her]
Apollo: Dad? Dad?
Athena: (grunting) And you ask why?
[Adama falls off Athena. She gaps for breath]
(4) KOBOL – CAMPSITE (25:42 – 27:01)
Helo: I can’t believe the old man reacted like that.
Athena: You know they killed the other Sharon?
Helo: What?
Athena: In cold blood, not even a trial.
Tyrol: Hi.
Athena: Hi.
Tyrol: Sharon?
Athena: Hello, Chief.
Tyrol: You know who I am?
Athena: Yes. We haven’t met but… I remember you (she hugs him and he is weirded out) It’s good to see you (she kisses the side of his face).
(5) KOBOL – NEAR THE TOMB OF ATHENA (30:51 – 33:20)
Meier: Have you had a chance to think about our conversation?
Athena: I haven’t thought about anything else.
Meier: And?
Athena: When we get to the entrance, they’ll be distracted. I’ll take the father, and you take the son.
[In the distance, the entrance to the Tomb of Athena]
Athena: (calling out to the others) You should see this!
Roslin: Lieutenant Thrace, I hope you have that Arrow handy.
[Athena pulls a gun on Adama, and Meier does the same to Apollo. Athena turns and shoots Meier, then Apollo shoots one of his cronies who is about to shoot her. She points the gun at Adama again]
Athena: I need you to know something. I’m Sharon, but I’m a different Sharon. I know who I am. I don’t have hidden protocols or programs lying in wait to be activated. I make my own choices. I make my own decisions. And I need you to know this is my choice.
[She relinquishes the guns to Adama, who passes it to Tyrol]
Tyrol: This is one of the old stallions. It’s not military issue. Where the hell’d you get this?
Athena: It’s his.
Meier: Oh…oh.
Zarek: Take it easy.
Meier: Just wanted… to see you get your due.
Zarek: You never did listen to me.
[Meier grunts and dies]
(6) KOBOL – ENTRANCE TO THE TOMB OF ATHENA (33:20 – 34:42)
[Starbuck moves the arrow over the door to the tomb with no effect]
Starbuck: Stupid frakking thing couldn’t come with a handbook? No, because that would just be too logical, wouldn’t it?
Roslin: “And the Arrow of Apollo will open the Tomb of Athena”
Zarek: Yeah, well, unless anyone sees a keyhole or whatever, then we’re either in the wrong place or we’re just perfectly screwed.
Adama: Okay, then why don’t we just, uh- Helo, come here.
Apollo: On three. one… two… three!
[They start pushing on the rock door. It starts to break loose and open]
Apollo: There it is.
Roslin: Oh, my gods.
[The tomb is opened]
Apollo: (to Starbuck) After you.
Adama: Helo, you stay out.
Helo: Yes, sir.
Adama: Chief?
Tyrol: Sir?
Adama: Guard everybody.
Tyrol: Sir.
(7) GALACTICA – HANGAR DECK (38:41 – 40:38)
***** TYROL IS IN THIS SCENE. NO DIALOGUE *****
[Adama is giving a speech to a large portion of the staff of the Galactica]
Adama: We have struggled since the attacks… trying to rely on one another. Our strength and our only hope as a people, is to remain undivided. We haven’t always done all we could to ensure that. Many people believe that the scriptures, the letters from the gods, will lead us to salvation. Maybe they will. “But the gods shall lift those who lift each other”. And so, to lift all of us, let me present once again the President of the Colonies, Laura Roslin.
[Applause]
[Adama starts a co-ordianted clap for the President, everyone joins in]
Transcript: Sci Fi SadGeezers