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"Exodus" (Parts one and two) are the third and fourth episodes of the third season from the science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica.
Part One We pick up where we left off: Jammer has let Cally Tyrol escape in anticipation of the imminent Cylon Centurion slaughter. The episode then jumps back one hour and cuts to Colonel Tigh. Chief Tyrol shows Tigh a list of people the Cylons are going to execute. Tyrol has received the list from his source inside Baltar's administration (presumably, Felix Gaeta again). Cally's name is on the execution list. Tigh realises that they still have time to prevent the executions, and dispatches Tyrol and some other armed resistance members to the execution map coordinates. Meanwhile, Sharon Agathon and her marines land on New Caprica and initiate their rendezvous with the Resistance. Sharon posts two marines to cover her as she makes contact with Samuel Anders. As they begin discussing the plans, namely that Sharon is to retrieve the launch keys for the remaining colonial ships so that an evacuation can be executed, Centurions ambush them and manage to kill some of the Resistance members. Sharon's colonial marines destroy the attacking Centurions, and snipers kill two Humanoid-Cylons that have been spotted fleeing from the scene. The Resistance finds the rendezvous map on one of the corpses and Anders realises that Ellen Tigh has betrayed them. At the execution site, Tyrol and the resistance manage to destroy the Centurion firing squad and wound Brother Cavil. Tyrol saves Cally and gives his regards to Laura Roslin and Tom Zarek who were also part of Cally's convoy. Tyrol tells Roslin that Admiral Adama is coming back to rescue them all. Number Three has an intense nightmare and wakes up from her dream with the urge to go into New Caprica and talk to a priestess at the temple. Upon doing so, the priestess convinces her that she knows of her dreams and that the "fruit born of two peoples", Sharon's hybrid-baby, Isis/Hera, is alive. Number Three refuses to believe the priestess, but is told that she will never understand true love until she holds the child. Gaius Baltar and Caprica Six struggle with their roles in the betrayal of humanity. Baltar has sunk deeper into self-pity during the Cylon occupation. Caprica Six is selfishly focused on what she needs from him for their relationship, to the detriment of her position within the Cylon hierarchy. Starbuck watches her "daughter", Kacey, as she recovers from her accident. Leoben Conoy is shocked at how she is transforming with the prospect of being a mother. Starbuck apologizes for leaving Kacey, who seems to understand what her mother is saying, alone. Kacey forgives her and the two appear to begin to bond. Number Three is walking back to the Cylon facilities through Caprica City when she comes upon a dog and begins to pet it. She looks across the way and sees Dr. Cottle operating on a wounded Cylon, Brother Cavil. He finishes what he's doing and they begin talking. She asks him if he had a hand in killing Sharon's baby, Hera, and he tells her that the baby was still born. She refuses to believe him. Meanwhile back on Galactica, Admiral Adama and Commander Lee Adama finalize the mission plans: Lee and the Pegasus are to wait at the specified coordinates for 18 hours for Admiral Adama to arrive on successful mission completion. Should Adama fail, Lee is to take the remaining fleet and continue the search for Earth. Helo assures Dee that they will see each other again. Back on New Caprica, Sharon successfully infiltrates the Cylon facilities, taps into the Cylon datastream and recovers the colonial ships' ignition keys. Her escape is interrupted by Number 3, who tells her that Hera is still alive. Sharon refuses to believe that Adama has lied to her. She incapacitates Number Three by shooting her in the legs, and escapes to give the launch keys to Tyrol. She asks Tyrol about Hera's ashes to confirm that her death actually occurred. The Resistance meets to plan the details of their evacuation strategies. Anders confronts Tigh about Ellen's betrayal. She confesses to having done it, but pleads for Saul to understand the motive behind her actions. Back on Galactica, Helo presents Admiral Adama with the news that the keys have been retrieved. Adama makes a speech his crew to prepare them for the impending action, and with that the civilian evacuation is set in motion. Part Two Lee wrestles with his order to protect the civilian fleet as Adama launches his rescue mission. On New Caprica, Col. Tigh confronts Ellen over her betrayal of the insurgency. Ellen confesses, telling Tigh that she did it in order to save his life. Tigh consoles her with a drink. She collapses, dropping the cup. Col. Tigh lays her down, and breaks down sobbing over poisoning his wife. With the Galactica in far orbit within the nebula, the Vipers and Raptors execute their planned attack. The Raptors successfully launch multiple drones in two groups. The Galactica and the Colonial One DRADIS immediately registers the two groups of drones as two Battlestars. While Baltar and the humanoid Cylons discuss their current situation, a series of explosions rock the New Caprica settlement. It is the beginning of a coordinated uprising, meant to distract the Cylons until the human population can meet at predesignated coordinates for evacuation. Number Eight announces that their sensors have detected the approach of two Battlestars in orbit. The humanoid Cylons realise that they have lost control of the situation and prepare to withdraw. Number Five says that they should detonate a nuclear device that they have hidden inside the settlement. When Baltar, Caprica Six, and Gaeta are alone in the office, Gaeta threatens to kill Baltar. Baltar asks him to do so, but Gaeta relents, saying that Baltar has one chance to redeem himself: by disarming the nuclear weapon. Tigh, Tyrol, and the rest of the fugitives race for the landing field but are pinned down by guarding Centurions. Suddenly, Galactica jumps into the upper atmosphere and launches her Vipers during the freefall. Trailing fire, and about to crash to the ground, Galactica jumps away with a loud thunderclap. The Vipers bombard the guard tower and landing field gate, allowing the population access to the ships. The Galactica, now in orbit over New Caprica, faces four Cylon Basestars. Damaged in its jump into the atmosphere and lacking the help of its Vipers, Galactica puts up a valiant fight, but Admiral Adama realises that his rescue attempt may have doomed his ship. Just when all hope has been lost, Lee Adama arrives in the Pegasus to take the brunt of the fire from the Cylon Basestars, destroying one Basestar as it arrives. In the ensuing firefight, Pegasus--which has left its Vipers behind to guard the civilian fleet--is critically damaged. Once Galactica has repaired her FTL drive and jumped to safety, Lee has the Pegasus placed on auto pilot, then orders all hands to abandon ship. The abandoned Pegasus rams a basestar, destroying both the Battlestar and the Cylon ship; debris from the Pegasus destroys another basestar. Back on New Caprica, Baltar and Caprica Six come across the baby Hera, her foster mother, Maya, having been killed. Number Three appears and asks to hold Hera in her arms. Caprica Six persuades Baltar to allow this, realising that Biers won't detonate the nuclear device while Hera is still in the vicinity. The New Caprica escapees return to Galactica and the fleet. Starbuck has brought Kacey with her, but before she can explain to anybody who Kacey is, another woman recognises Kacey as her own daughter, who was taken from her by the Cylons. Laura Roslin re-installs herself upon Colonial One, even though she is no longer President. Tory Foster informs Roslin that Hera and Maya did not make it off New Caprica. On Galactica, Adama shaves off his moustache and returns to work. Notes and Trivia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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