#TBT (Throwback Thursday) #53 – January 21, 2016

#TBT. Screen caps of the Chief in the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA episode 2×13: EPIPHANIES. This episode aired 10 years ago on January 20, 2006. #BSG10YEARS.

Episode Synopsis: Cancer-stricken President Laura Roslin lies near death in the Galactica’s sickbay. Still lucid and in command, she orders that the pregnancy of the Cylon spy Sharon be terminated, after inexplicable properties are discovered in a fetal blood sample.

Dr. Gaius Baltar, who, as vice president, is poised to assume the presidency upon Roslin’s death, protests that a half-human, half-Cylon child would make an ideal case study; the child’s father, Lt. Karl “Helo” Agathon, also is outraged by Roslin’s decision.

Admiral Adama is determined to carry out Roslin’s final decree until Baltar discovers that the hybrid fetus’s blood cells might possess fantastic healing properties.

Meanwhile, a secret group of Cylon sympathizers resorts to sabotage to demand that humanity sue for peace with the Cylons. Adama arrests their leader, Royan Jahee, but the group continues its violent revolt, bombing the tylium refinery ship, leaving the fleet short of fuel and vulnerable to enemy attack.

An even more ominous threat emerges when Baltar once again connects with Gina, a flesh-and-blood version of the Number Six who lives in his head. Gina has infiltrated the sympathizers’ ranks, in an effort to promote the Cylon agenda.

Baltar realizes that President Roslin doesn’t trust him to succeed her as president, and that she might, in fact, know of his affiliation with Caprica Six, who sabotaged the Colonial defenses. He discreetly arranges for a nuclear warhead to fall into the hands of Gina and the Cylon sympathizers, placing the entire fleet in mortal jeopardy.

written by: JOEL ANDERSON THOMPSON
directed by: ROD HARDY
special guest star: COLM FEORE as President Adar

VIDEO: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA – 2×13: Epiphanies (January 20, 2006)

TV SHOW: Battlestar Galactica
EPISODE: 2×13: Epiphanies
AIR DATE: January 20, 2006 on Sci Fi Channel (USA)
AARON’S CHARACTER: Chief Tyrol
WRITTEN BY: Joel Anderson Thompson
DIRECTED BY: Rod Hardy
LINKS: IMDb / Wikipedia / Battlestar Wiki

TRANSCRIPT: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA – 2×13: Epiphanies (January 20, 2006)

(1) INT. GALACTICA – HANGAR DECK

Starbuck: Why don’t you just shoot us in the locker room, Chief? Save the wear and tear o­n the ships.
Tyrol: Kat’s guns are clean, I checked ’em myself.
Starbuck: Yeah, well I don’t believe in accidents.
Cally: Chief. Something’s not right. She hands him two rounds.
[One is too light, and breaks when he squeezes it too hard]
Tyrol: The weight’s off, it’s too light.
Cally: I found three more just like it. Mixed in with the regular rounds.
Tyrol: Casing’s been weakened. Falls apart in the barrel. Next o­ne hits it– bang, she’s lucky she didn’t lose her whole wing. One bad round’s a fluke. More than o­ne, sabotage. Pull ’em all!
Deckhand: Alright you heard the Chief, lets pull ’em all! Go!


(2) INT. GALACTICA – HANGAR DECK
***** TYROL IS IN THIS SCENE. NO DIALOGUE *****

Tyrol and Cally in Hangar Bay.


Transcript: Sci Fi SadGeezers

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA – 2×13: Epiphanies (January 20, 2006)