Battlestar Galactica (2003)/Revelations

Revelations
Season 4, Episode 10
Airdate	June 13, 2008
Production Number	4A12
Written by	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle
Directed by	Michael Rymer
Fleet Survivors	39,665
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Battlestar Galactica (2003) — Season Four

Revelations is the tenth episode of the fourth season of Battlestar Galactica, and the sixty-third episode overall.

Edward James Olmos (Admiral William Adama), Mary McDonnell (Laura Roslin), Katee Sackhoff (Kara "Starbuck" Thrace), Jamie Bamber (Lee Adama), James Callis (Dr. Gaius Baltar), Tricia Helfer (Number Six), Grace Park (Lieutenant Sharon "Athena" Agathon)

Michael Hogan (Colonel Saul Tigh), Aaron Douglas (Chief Galen Tyrol), Tahmoh Penikett (Captain Karl "Helo" Agathon), Michael Trucco (Samuel Anders), Alessandro Juliani (Lt. Felix Gaeta), Kandyse McClure (Lieutenant Anastasia "Dee" Dualla)

Guest Star: Lucy Lawless (D'Anna)

Guest Star: Callum Keith Rennie (Leoben)

Guest Star: Rekha Sharma (Tory Foster)

Co-Starring: Bodie Olmos (Lt. Brenden "Hotdog" Costanza), Keegan Connor Tracy (Jeanne)

Cast: Brad Dryborough (Hoshi), Vincent Gale (Lt. Peter Laird), Don Thompson (Sp3 Anthony Figurski), Alexandra Thomas (Hera), Lara Gilchrist (Paulla Schaffer), Heather Doerksen (Sgt. Brandy Harder), Finn R. Devitt (Baby Nicky), Sonja Bennett (Sp2 Marcie Brasko), Barry Nerling (Adama's Corporal)

Uncredited: Leo Chiang (Tattooed pilot)

Plot Overview

When the rebel Cylons hold the colonials on their basestar hostage in exchange for the Final Five within the fleet, the secret four are confronted with the fear of revealing themselves in exchange for the good of the human race.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• D'Anna states the Colonials have but four of the Final Five.

• The four Cylons hear the music again, drawing them to Kara's Viper. Tyrol and Anders tell her something's changed about it. She scans and finds a Colonial emergency locator signal that only the Viper can pick up. She concludes that it's coming from Earth.

• After a tense stand-off, Lee informs D'Anna of the signal and an alliance is formed as he's granted Tigh, Tory, Anders, and Tyrol amnesty. He offers the Cylons a chance to come with them to Earth, which they take.

• The fleet jumps to Earth, as confirmed by the constellations. However, the joy quickly dies when they come to the surface and find whatever civilisation that was there is now in ruins with no sign of life in sight.

Characters

• Tory joins the Cylons and effectively quits working for Roslin, revealing her identity as a Cylon to she and Baltar.

• Tigh reveals himself as a Cylon to Adama. He's initially in denial before being overcome with anger and emotionally breaks down.

• Tigh later gives up Tyrol and Anders as Cylons, leading to marines taking them in front of Kara who learns he's a Cylon.

Trivia

Goofs

• When Gaeta gets up from his seat in the CIC, the shadow of his amputated leg is visible.

Quotes

• Tory: You had no idea, did you?

Roslin: No.

Tory: Might be worth pondering what else you've been wrong about.

Roslin: Tory, wait. You're right. I'm wrong. Okay? You are one of the revered Final Five, and as such the Cylons will listen to you. (to a Six) Is that not right?

(the Six nods)

Roslin: So, Tory, please, go to D'Anna and try to convince her to back down and release all the hostages.

Tory: I'm done taking orders from you.

• Adama: I'm looking for options. You got one?

Tigh: I should have told you when I first found out, but I didn't have the guts.

Adama: What's wrong with you, Saul?

Tigh: Remember back at the nebula when I told you about that frakking music? I thought it was in the ship. I was wrong. It was a signal. Some kind of crazy, frakked-up Cylon signal. Switched me on. I can't turn it off.

Adama: Switched you on.

Tigh: Like Boomer. I'm one of the Five.

Adama: One of the Five.

Tigh: One of the Five D'Anna's after.

Adama: Quit frakking with me. Colonel, I've known you for 30 years.

Tigh: I told you. I didn't find out until the nebula.

Adama: Think about this. When I met you, you had hair. I never heard of a Cylon ageing.

Tigh: Doesn't mean they don't. Before the attack on the Colonies, we didn't know skinjobs existed. Turns out there's another kind of Cylon we didn't know about, and I'm one of them.

Adama: On New Caprica, you were in captivity. They did something to you. They - an implant, a post-hypnotic suggestion that makes you feel this way. Let's go talk to Doc Cottle.

Tigh: Listen to me! It is not a delusion. It is not a chip in my head. I am a Cylon. I fooled you for months now. I didn't want to, but I did.

Adama: Get your hands off me.

Tigh: If I had the guts to airlock myself when I first found out, we wouldn't be in this mess. But that's the way out. Not this suicidal attack. I am one of the Final Five. D'Anna will back down if you threaten to flush me out an airlock.

• D'Anna: So you're all in agreement this is the way to Earth?

Tigh: It's a stretch, but it's the best explanation we got.

Lee: Which is why we choose to share this information with you. We could've jumped away with it, left you behind, but that would have lead to another confrontation, another standoff.

D'Anna: All this has happened before --

Lee: But it doesn't have to happen again. Not if we make up our minds to change. Take a different path. Right here, right now. You were afraid we'd kill these four. And yet, here they are, standing right behind you. Free to go. Or stay. I've granted them an amnesty. So the question is: where do we go from here?

• Adama: You guys just gonna sit here flapping your lips or are we going to go find Earth?

Lee: Kara and I have been working on a recon --

Adama: Frak it. This is the end of the line. We got nowhere else to go. And if we give the alliance too much time, it'll fall apart again. Gotta roll the hard six. We all go together. As fast as we can.

Lee: Yes, sir.

• Adama: Crew of Galactica, people of the fleet, this is Admiral Adama. Three years ago I promised to lead you to a new home. We've endured a difficult journey, we've all lost, we've all suffered, and the truth is I questioned whether this day would ever come. But today, our journey is at an end. We have arrived... at Earth.